Chapter 25

Qin Feng spent only seven days on Hong Kong Island this time, so he had to return to the Qi world ahead of time.

Feng Qingyun's private morality was not good enough, but he was not mediocre and incompetent. After making the decision, he summoned the generals to issue an order of war in the early morning of the next day. Under the command of the capital, Yu Fangzhou led 10000 troops and personally came to the front to preside over the siege.

After Yu Fangzhou took orders in silence, he went out of the army to rectify his troops.

This commander is nearly fifty years old. His ability is regular, but his personality is a little old-fashioned. What's rare is that he is loyal to the imperial court and ignores Feng Qingyun's several suggestions. This makes the coach very dissatisfied, this time will be the difficult task assigned to him.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Yu Fangzhou was not a fool. Naturally, he understood that it was Feng Qingyun's plan to kill people with a knife. He and his ten thousand men are prepared to use as chips and cannon fodder to consume in the battlefield. They are also bait to lure Zhao Yuanjing to show his mysterious killer mace.

No matter what the final victory or defeat of this anti rebel war, he himself, together with his 10000 troops, is basically doomed.

Unfortunately, knowing the result, Yu Fangzhou has no way. After all, he is not the commander in chief, Feng Qingyun is. There are strict laws in the army. Even if you are forced to die, you can only follow your orders.

Dare you disagree? You can be ordered to be pushed out on the spot to chop! After that, you will be charged with "fear of the enemy, fear of war" and "confrontation with military orders". If you die, you will not be able to live peacefully.

“…… What should I do now, general? "

In the camp, a young captain asked anxiously.

"What else? Of course, we are ready to lead the army to attack the city. " Yu Fangzhou was expressionless.

The school captain said angrily, "that bastard is the dog of old thief Zhang Minzhong. He is deliberately trying to kill you. Is it so at his disposal..."

Yu Fangzhou's face changed. His eyes were as cold as a knife, and his power suddenly showed up. He was so frightened that he was still in his mouth.

After a long time of silence, the commander of the old capital sighed, and his look relaxed. This captain is his kindred. Even though he is related to him, he has been with him for many years. This time, because he is worried about his safety, he talks impulsively.

"Yu Zong, I know your mind, but there are some things that you and I can't control. Now that things are here, what can we do?"

Yu Fangzhou looked bleak and said: "to eat your salary is to be loyal to you. I have been in the army for more than 30 years, and I have experienced more than 100 battles. It is a fluke that I can live to this day. Now I'm dying in the war for my country. I'm not wasting my whole life working hard... "

After a pause, he took out a tightly sealed package from under the desk, looked at it for a while and then handed it to the captain and said:

"although you and I don't have the name of father and son, I treat you as if I were my own. Now there is nothing to say. This is my life savings and some experience of marching and fighting. You can take it back home."

"The imperial court has been rotten and rotten. It will be no more than ten years for the country to overturn and the heaven and earth to be changed. If you have the intention, you can choose a Ming Lord to take effect in the future. It is also good to have a wife and a son and to honor the ancestors."

"General..." Yu Zong's face was full of tears and his voice choked.

Yu Fangzhou grinned and patted him on the shoulder: "my husband is determined to live and die. Why do you want to be a little girl? Let's go

The captain knelt down in silence, kowtowed a few times, got up and walked away from the camp.

A moment later, the rapid sound of bugles rang through the camp, the fence opened, and a large number of cold looking soldiers poured out of the camp like a tide. Under the loud orders of the officers, they pushed all kinds of siege equipment to approach the wall.

Under the banner, Yu Fangzhou rode his horse and calmly issued dispatching orders.

This is no better than the last time Mengluo besieged Jingnan county. At this time, Yangcheng County had plenty of food, grass and weapons and high morale. It was destined to be a great battle. Even if all the ten thousand soldiers died in the end, it was not unusual, including his commander.

On the city wall, the rebels had been waiting for a long time. Many boiling cauldrons were lined up, all of which were golden juice and boiling oil.

Golden juice, also known as golden soup, is the fecal soup after decaying and fermenting. In the ancient battlefield, the occurrence frequency of this thing is very high. Its effect is equivalent to a relatively primitive biochemical weapon. Once the boiled gold juice is poured on the body, it is inevitable that the skin will be cut and the flesh will be broken, and there is almost no medicine to cure, because it is impossible to avoid infection.

Boiling oil is similar to it. It is a sharp weapon in the city defense war. Of course, there are not many oil plants in this era, so the use cost is high. Qin Feng managed to get these on the wall.

At the moment, he and Zhao Yuanjin are observing the military situation in the gate tower. The Imperial Army under the city is in formation. The archer array has already started, and a large number of arrows are flying like a storm. As a result, soldiers on the city walls hid behind the crenels of the city walls and protected their vital parts with shields.

Further away, with the aid of a stone throwing machine, stones rolled in the air, falling on the wall with huge potential energy, shaking the towers slightly.

This is even the firepower preparation in the cold weapon age. For a time, the city walls, towers, crenels and aisles are full of cracked stones and falling arrows, all of which are like hedgehogs. There are also many stones and arrows across the city wall and fall into the vacant land and residential areas behind.A moment later, the rain of arrows stopped. In the heavy drumbeat, hundreds of soldiers pushed all kinds of siege equipment and rushed towards the wall.

Lin Ke, the general of the city, looks calm and looks at the Imperial troops who are approaching the city coldly without saying a word. Until they get close to a certain distance, they wave their hands severely and order the arrow to be released.

All of a sudden, the arrows on the head of the city fell like rain, and because of the acceleration of gravity, the penetration force of the arrows dropped was much stronger. Many soldiers who had no time to protect were hit by the arrows and screamed and groaned incessantly.

The soldiers who didn't hit the arrow raised their shields and continued to rush. Some of the faster soldiers had already built the ladder to the top of the city, and then tried to climb up.

The Garrison Army was on the high ground, and the hot golden juice and boiling oil poured down incessantly. The soldiers who were splashing down screamed and fell down one after another, breaking their tendons and fractures.

In the city offensive and defensive war, the defenders have natural advantages in attacking and defending the city. The attacking side with attacking equipment rushes in from a hundred paces with siege equipment, and the physical consumption is not small. Then they have to climb up to the top of the city from the bottom to the top and braved the heavy blows of the enemies above, resulting in 45 / 10 of the casualties on the way.

Sun Tzu's art of war has it: "the upper troops attack the plan, the second attack the diplomatic relations, the second attack the army, and the lower attack the city."

"If you can't get rid of it, and if you kill a third of the soldiers and the city hasn't been pulled out, it will be a disaster."

It means that when two countries are at war, the best strategy is to defeat the enemy's diplomacy and isolate it, and then to defeat the enemy's army. As for attacking the enemy's cities, it is actually the most inferior and least cost-effective way.

The general could not restrain his anger and drove his soldiers to climb stairs to attack the city like ants. As a result, one third of the soldiers were killed and the city was still unable to conquer. This was the disaster of the siege.

Ge Shuhan, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, led more than 60000 troops to attack Shibao City, a strategic area of Tubo. Due to the dangerous terrain, only 400 Tubo soldiers were stationed in the city, which cost the Tang army tens of thousands of casualties to conquer.

In the battle of fishing city in the late Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongol army attacked for many years without any help. Even the Great Khan mengge was seriously injured and died under the city.

Therefore, in the age of cold weapons, the casualty rate in the city offensive and defensive warfare is always high, even the famous generals are no exception.

Now, facing Yangcheng County, which has complete defense measures and sufficient supplies and weapons, Qin Feng secretly spare no effort to provide logistical support. It is not generally difficult for the imperial army to capture the city.

Three days in a row, the imperial army suffered heavy casualties, but did not make any progress.

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