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Chapter 20: A Wrongful Death

Sparse feather arrows crossed the sky, whistling and rotating towards the group of soldiers in the Kyak County who were charging towards the ladder. However, due to the serious shortage of numbers, they could not cause too many casualties to the soldiers in the Kyak County, nor could they stop the charge of soldiers in the Kyak County.

The county soldiers hiding behind the long shield immediately fought back. With long-term rigorous training and accumulated experience in actual combat, the feather arrows were shot faster and more accurately at the head of Wulian City, and the firepower suppressed the Wulian Han army's long-range attack. Fortunately, the number of county soldiers' crossbowmen was not large, and the threat to the Han army was not posed great. The crossbows of both sides were not fierce.

Finally, the two ants soldiers from the Ke County soldiers lined up to cross the moat bridge and began to put the bamboo stairs to the top of Wulian City. The slightly dull scene suddenly changed when the Wulian County soldiers carrying the woods rushed towards the city gate.

"Bangbangbangbangbang! Bangbangbangbangbang!"

As the bangzi sounded, the heads of Wulian City, which had few people just now, suddenly looked like ants. Countless Han soldiers with red cloth tied on their heads seemed to emerge out of thin air, rushing to raise the sheep head stone and smashing them down the city. Generally, the sheep head stones weighing six or seven pounds were like hail raindrops, and they kept hitting the heads of county soldiers and soldiers, smashing the county soldiers and soldiers in a hurry, bleeding from their heads, screaming and roaring. During this period, there was also the golden juice made of rice fields, which made the county soldiers so hot that they screamed and stinked.

At the same time, the two yaks hanging above the city gate were also put down at the same time. The yaks covered with spiked yaks were smashed with iron chains. The county soldiers who had just rushed to the bottom of the city tower immediately fell to the ground. They were either broken and broken by the tendons or broken by the spiked thorns, and blood flowed. Then the yaks were quickly pulled up again, dragged to a high altitude and smashed again. In conjunction with the dense rain of stone, the first yaks of the county soldiers almost broke apart in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers of the county squad were worthy of being a regular army. Even though they suffered such a fierce attack, there were still several bamboo stairs that insisted on landing on the city. The well-equipped county soldiers immediately stepped on the ladder and climbed up quickly with their weapons and hands and feet. However, what greeted these county soldiers and warriors were even more violent and dense, and they could stand on the city wall and attack the flails below directly. The county soldiers and soldiers who were limited in their movements could not care about the east or west. They were successively smashed down the bamboo stairs by Han soldiers, and they were dizzy and covered in injuries.

The karst terrain that can be seen everywhere in the territory and the full support of the people in the city provided sufficient ammunition to defend the city. The Han soldiers on the front line did not have to consider other issues. They just grabbed the stone and leaned out and caught the enemy and smashed it on him with the stone. A sheep-headed stone was smashed down, and two sheep-headed stones were immediately sent to his feet, almost endless.

That's not all. Even though the Han soldiers in the front row were unfortunately caught and fell down, their companions immediately made up for it, they still grabbed the stone without saying a word. While roaring, they tried their best to hit the sheep-head stone on the heads of the county soldiers under the city. The stones fell like rain, and continued.

Even the soldiers of the county siege could not withstand such fierce counterattacks. In the fierce battle, almost every second, the county soldiers were hit by the Han army's sheep-head stone. If it was just hit on the shoulder, it would be slightly better. Basically, the soft tissue contusion was not a big problem, and the worst was a fracture. However, once the soldiers fell from the sky, the county soldiers would stagger and fall down the lightest, dizzy and unable to recover from their senses. They became a living target for the Han army to smash stones. If it was severe, they would simply have a skull fracture and they would be seriously injured and died. So in just a moment, the county soldiers were already injured and many people died.

Not only that, Zhao Quan, the guardian of Wulian South Gate who was also trained in actual combat, also selected strong Han soldiers to form several mobile teams. He was led by the experienced veteran Wulian, equipped with the best melee weapons at present, and was specifically responsible for running around the city to put out fires. When the situation was critical, the rescue was immediately rescued. Therefore, even if two soldiers of the Ke County soldiers rushed up the city wall by chance, they were immediately surrounded by the Han army mobile team that rushed up. One was stabbed to death by random swords and spears, and the other was forced to jump off the city wall and escape, and none of them could stand firm in the city.

Seeing the county soldiers in the distance below the city, Xue Rang and Wu Ma were of course frowned and heartbroken. Su Ding also sat behind the Shuai case and slapped the table more than once, "Why haven't you done it yet? Why haven't you done this dog? Why haven't you done it yet? Our fierce attack should have already restrained the main force of the South Gate of the rebels. It's time to do it?"

No matter how much yelling, it was useless. The depths of Wu Lian's city were still quiet and there was no movement. On the contrary, the war on the Nanmen battlefield became more and more intense. The Han soldiers seemed to have a sheep-head stone that could never be smashed. From beginning to end, they used this most primitive city-defense weapon as the main force, and successively smashed the county soldiers and soldiers, making the county soldiers almost unable to accommodate the city. At the same time, the county soldiers suffered a loss. The siege weapons were too single and could not pose a decent threat to the Wu Lian city wall. Not only did they never find any opportunity to break through, but the casualties quickly expanded, showing fatigue.

Seeing this, Wu Ma, who was stepping up from the grassroots level, could not bear it, so he could only walk to Su Ding quickly and said in a deep voice: "General, Zhang Zhi's rebels' counterattack is too fierce, and our siege methods are too single. If this continues, it will not only be difficult for us to make a breakthrough, but on the contrary, there will definitely be heavy casualties. Please think about our soldiers and make adjustments as soon as possible."

Looking at the soldiers of the Jingke County who were silted under the city, Su Ding hesitated for a moment, then shouted: "Wang Er obeys the order, let me lead your garrison team to charge and strengthen the offensive!"

"General Su, Zhang Zhi's rebels fought back so fiercely, do you still have to continue to invest in troops?" Wu Ma asked in surprise.

"What do you know?" Su Ding scolded: "If we do not strengthen the offensive and completely restrain the main force of Zhang Zhi's thief army, how could our inner man take action? Wang Er, why are you still stunned? Why don't you bring the army with you?"

Forced by Su Ding's power, although he was reluctant, Wang Er, the chief of the county military camp, hurriedly held his fists and took the order, and immediately led his headquarters to charge up the ladder and reinforced the two county military camps that were suppressed under Wu Lian City. When Wu Ma saw it, he had no choice but to slap in the table and curse: "Zhu Xiangpai, in order to help you attack the city gate, I have put half of my troops into the battlefield. If you don't take action, even if you break the city, I will not give you the first merit!"

Reinforcements are useless, there are no reliable siege weapons, and the moat has not been filled to expand enough space for military expansion. After the county soldiers carried the stairs to the city of Wulian, they were still hit by the dense stone rain of Han soldiers. Not to mention rushing up the city wall with the fragile stairs, it was difficult for them to climb the city wall to climb the ladders. The Han soldiers relied on the full support of the people in the city and insisted on fighting with sufficient number of sheep-headed stones, smashing the county soldiers with the equipment far superior to their own side, screaming and killing and wounding.

After more than half an hour, Su Ding gradually panicked when he saw that the county soldiers on the front line were too serious. Xue Rang could not bear it anymore and had to bow to Su Ding and said, "General Su, it would not work if we continue to fight like this. Our Ant Support soldiers have already reduced their physical strength. If we continue to fight like this, our casualties will only increase."

"What is that ordinary man Zhu Xiang doing?" Su Ding roared and roared, "Even if he was riding a turtle in the city, he should have climbed to the city gate, right?"

"General Su, are you still counting on that Zhu Xiang?" Xue Rang said with a wry smile: "Don't you doubt that this may be the treacherous plan of Zhang Zhi's thief army? The purpose is to trick us into launching an attack immediately, take advantage of our insufficient preparations, use the advantage of city defense to consume part of our troops, and also set off our aura."

Not to mention, Su Ding really listened to the advice this time. After thinking about it with a dark face, Su Ding still shouted: "Mingjin, withdraw our Ant Encounter Team!"

The golden horn sounded, and the soldiers of the county silenced under Wulian were as if they were pardoned. They quickly threw down the seriously damaged stairs and turned around and ran back. When Zhao Quan, who was commanding and supervising the battle on the city, heard the sound of the county soldiers' sound of the gold, he immediately shouted: "The traitor in the county is Mingjin! According to the arrangement of the Ming court, send a signal immediately! There are soldiers who will tell us immediately, don't worry about the fire in the city. We will put it ourselves and will not burn our home!"

According to Zhao Quan's order, one of his personal soldiers immediately rushed into the city tower, grabbed a red flag and rushed to the window facing the city, stretched out the red flag and shook it hard. At the same time, the grassroots generals such as the Han army headquarters, the governor and the Shi chief who had received the notice in advance also quickly explained to the Han army soldiers under their command: "There will be a fire in the city soon! But don't panic, we set it ourselves! The purpose is to lure the rebels to attack the city again! Don't panic! Just keep the city safe! The fire will not burn the houses in the city!!"

When the grassroots general of the Han army urgently conveyed the news to the entire army, he saw Zhao Quan sending a signal in the open area of ​​the city. Zhu Xiang, the reserve team of the Han army, did not hesitate, and immediately shouted: "Light up! Shout out loud, pretending that he was already in chaos in the city!"

Before Zhu Xiang finished speaking, the Han soldiers under his command had already thrown the burning torches onto the pile of firewood piles piled up in the open area, creating the illusion of someone setting fires in the city, and shouting loudly, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The bad idea that Zhang Zhi came up with just this morning received a satisfactory effect. Seeing that the smoke suddenly spread in Wulian City, he vaguely heard the shouts from the city. Not to mention Su Ding, even Wu Ma and Xue Rang were shocked and shouted together: "Is the city in chaos?"

"Fuck your mother, I'm just taking action now!" Su Ding roared even more, and then Su Ding roared at Wu Ma without even thinking about it, and immediately shouted at Wu Ma: "Wu Ma, take me the remaining three teams to rush up! You must take me Wu Lian!"

Knowing that the fighter plane was rare, Wu Ma did not hesitate, and immediately rushed down to command the remaining three county soldiers and garrisons to charge forward. Su Ding yelled repeatedly, "Beat the drum! Beat the drum! Cheer our soldiers! The three withdrawn teams will immediately reorganize and prepare to fight again!"

On the Han army, when they saw the county soldiers on the city wall, they really dispatched the remaining three garrison teams to charge. Zhao Quan immediately smiled and said ferociously: "Good here! There are only eight garrison teams in total, and six garrison teams were dispatched for the first time to attack the city. Let's see how you fight in the future?"

When Wu Ma personally led the county soldiers to rush to Wulian City and led the county soldiers to launch an ant attack on the city, Xue Rang, the governor of the county soldiers and soldiers, who were watching the battle on the distant high ground, vaguely discovered that something was wrong. When there were already many fires and smoke in Wulian City, the Wulian Han army, which was almost full of new recruits, not only did not have any panic at all, but also resisted more tenaciously and powerfully.

Not only that, after the large number of new forces of the soldiers of the Ke County gathered at Wulian City, the Han army suddenly had many more methods to defend the city. In addition to constantly smashing the sheep-head stones and splashing more gold juice, they also began to smash the costly lime bottles. At the same time, they tied the burning firewood bundles with ropes soaked in mud, setting fire to burn the county soldiers and soldiers, and then hit the flying ladder that had already been on the city wall, knocking the flying ladder backwards, causing the county soldiers on the ladder to scream and fall to the ground.

Xue Rang felt that the situation was not good, and after a while, Xue Rang clearly saw that Wu Lian Han army was still in flames in many places in the city, and sent a reserve force to rush up to the city wall to assist in the battle. After confirming this, Xue Rang did not dare to neglect and hurriedly spoke to Su Ding: "General Su, the situation is wrong. Why has the city caught fire? Can Zhang Zhi's rebels still draw the reserve force to go to the city to assist in the battle?"

"What's strange about this?" Su Ding said without thinking: "If you are Zhang Zhi's son, you see a fire in the city and you see us siege the city with all your might, how can you send people to suppress our inner support while sending troops to the city to help the battle?"

After saying that, Su Ding said again: "Stay calm and wait patiently for a while. Zhu Xiang will be able to open the city gate to meet us immediately."

The price of patient waiting was of course that the number of casualties of county soldiers expanded rapidly. After receiving the help of the new force, the counterattacks of the Han soldiers on the city wall became even more fierce. Taking advantage of their condescending geographical advantage, they were always hitting the sheep-head stone, gray bottle and gold juice on the heads of county soldiers, racing against time to expand the casualties of county soldiers.

The well-equipped Liuke County soldiers suffered a loss. The weapons of the siege were too simple and single. No matter how hard they attacked, they could only carry the siege wood to hit the city and step on the bamboo ladder ants. As a result, the siege wood was suppressed by the Han army with Yaksha and Sheephead Stone. If they could not hit the city gate twice, they were forced to retreat and replace the wooden hand. The county soldiers who stepped on the simple flying siege were even killed and injured by the stone bottles and were scalded by the stinky gold juice. Many grassroots generals of the county soldiers, including Wu Ma, were injured while climbing the ants.

Finally, after waiting for another twenty minutes, he never waited until his former subordinate Zhu Xiang opened the city gate from the inside. The commander of the county soldier Su Ding vaguely felt that the situation was not good. Xue Rang next to him was so anxious that he almost knelt down on his knees and begged: "General, don't wait any longer. It's time to call the gold. For our soldiers, call the gold quickly. Our siege weapons are too single, and it's impossible to take the Wulian City with the flying ladder and the mamu."

After a gloomy face and thinking for a moment, Su Ding had no choice but to order the gold to sing. As a result, after the bronze bar sounded, the well-trained county soldiers quickly and orderly retreated across the moat and fled the Wulian Han army's crossbow range. However, the retreating county soldiers were already injured, and there were even corpses all over the ground under Wulian city, with corpses and serious wounded soldiers everywhere.

Wu Ma, who was cut a big hole on his cheek by the sharp horns of the sheep-head stone, returned to Su Ding directly with blood on his face. As soon as he met, he asked Su Ding: "General Su, what are you talking about? We have fought for so long and sacrificed so many brothers. Where are your inner men?"

"Ask me, who will I ask?" Su Ding asked with a dark face, and said, "You didn't see it just now. There was indeed a fire in Wulian City, and there were also sounds of civil strife. Perhaps Zhu Xiang was killed by Zhang Zhi's son, so he could not open the city gate."

It seemed as if it was to hit General Su Ding in the face, just at this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed to Su Ding and knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to General, Chief Meng Tun asked the villain to report to the general that the rebel soldier who surrendered from the city yesterday disappeared."

"What? It's gone?!" Su Ding jumped up and roared with red eyes: "What are you doing for? How could a living person run away? When did he run away?"

"Report to the general." The messenger said with a sad face: "In such a large camp, we only have one garrison to guard the camp. You didn't tell us to be optimistic about the rebel soldier, so we don't know when he ran away."

"Baoshi! Idiot! Pig and dog! Send someone to find him immediately. You must catch the man who dares to surrender. This general must cut him into pieces and execute him in a thousand knives!"
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