In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 105
"These unruly people deserve to be killed..."

On the top of the city, looking at the black heads below, Wang Pu was shocked and angry. He did not expect that these mud-legged people who were usually worse than ants would dare to openly rebel against the enemy and help the thieves attack the city.

The key point is that there are so many people here, and they are all young and strong men. The total number of the three parties is probably tens of thousands.

Other generals were even worse.

Especially the two commanders Yang Hewei and Gaoshanwei, as well as the other military attaches, were trembling slightly.

They are different from these generals. Their official residences, family members and property are all in the city. Once they are attacked by this group of thieves and rogue people, everything will end.

So everyone looked at Wang Pu and others with pleading expressions.

"Commander Wang, in order to prevent the thieves from sneak attack from the north, we should also block the north gate!"

"Yes, Mr. General, as long as we defend the city, I am willing to give 2000 taels of silver to thank Mr. General and everyone..."

"I am also willing to give you 1000 taels of silver."

The military attachés gritted their teeth and wanted to use money to strengthen the determination of Wang Pu and others. What they feared most now was that Wang Pu chose to break out.

"That's easy to say. Don't worry, everyone. We have a total of two thousand elites. Although there are many thieves, they are all rabble. There is absolutely no way they can get in. However, the north gate must not be blocked."

Wang Pu waved his hands and consoled him, but the words he said made the military attachés feel cold, and the next words made everyone feel like they were falling into an ice cellar. They almost couldn't hold it back and stabbed him with a knife.

"Now I will arrange the defense tasks. Commander Lu, you will be responsible for guarding the south city. Commander Gong will be responsible for guarding the east city. Liu Tongzhi, you will be responsible for guarding the west city. I will personally take charge of the north city. Okay, everyone, hurry up and make arrangements!"

"Commander, you can't..."

"Lord Commander-in-Chief..."

Seeing Wang Pu heading towards the North City with his servants, and all the military generals and their servants following him eagerly, the military attachés suddenly started wailing anxiously.

But he had no choice but to greet Wang Pu and the eighteen generations of the generals' ancestors in his heart.

As a result, half of the two thousand elite servants in the city were taken away by Wang Pu and the generals and guarded in the north city. The war horses were also tied near the city gate.

The remaining thousand servants have to guard three city walls. Although there are still tens of thousands of young men in the city, everyone knows that those young men are unreliable.

"Brother Lu, it's better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. These white-eyed wolves are unreliable. Let's give some money to reward the army first. No matter what, we must not let the thieves invade the city!"

"That's right, that guy surnamed Wang is really nothing. Fortunately, I gave him my concubine to warm his bed last night..."

"You are still just a concubine, but I...hey! I won't mention it anymore, I will get angry if I mention it."

Obviously, the two of them had spent a lot of time trying to win over Wang Pu to help defend the city, but who would have thought that when things came to a head, Wang Pu would not even be willing to give them a servant.

In this way, all the military attachés gritted their teeth and collected 1 taels of silver, rewarded them, and killed more than a dozen pigs and sheep. The nearly ten thousand young men finally gained some morale and were no longer sick. They were about to fall when they followed. As if angry.

Obviously, Lin Rui has been fighting a psychological battle these days to break down the resistance of ordinary people in the city.

.........

"boom!"

Outside the south city, as a captured tiger squatting cannon fired, two thousand border troops, tens of thousands of young men, carrying ladders and shields, shouted and rushed towards the city wall.

A thousand young men pushed twenty ladders forward slowly. Standing on the ladders were soldiers holding swords, shields and wearing armor. Three thousand Mongolian cavalry followed behind the ladders on foot holding bows. .

Finally, the seven thousand young men led by Lin Rui himself slowly fell to the end. Obviously, Lin Rui was not willing to let these recruited young men take the lead.

After all, these young men have been carefully selected by him. They are honest and honest, but their bloody humanity has not been wiped out. Given time, they will definitely grow into a strong army, which is not comparable to those Mongolian teenagers.

"Come on..."

"Kill..."

At the same time, more than 2 people on the east and west sides, also carrying ladders and waving wooden sticks, rushed towards the city wall.

For a time, the entire southeast and west sides of Yanghe City were filled with charging crowds. The deafening shouts of killing went straight into the sky, but it was not long before they were covered up by the screams.

Countless people were hit by rolling logs and rocks thrown from the wall, splashed with feces, or overturned ladders. This siege battle entered a fever pitch almost from the beginning.

Although the official offices of Yanghe Guard and Gaoshan Guard were all in the city, and the city wall was eight miles in circumference, 4 people were invested at once. Even if it was besieged from three sides, it was still a bit crowded, so the casualties under the city wall were very high.

Lin Rui had no choice but to attack in turns. Although he could maximize his military advantage, those mercenaries were not a real army. They just relied on their passion and ruthlessness. They could only rush forward in a swarm to maximize their effectiveness. maximum.

Otherwise, when the first group of people rush forward and suffer heavy casualties, the second group of people may not dare to rush forward again or lose their morale. "ah…"

"oops…"

The casualties continued, and the screams under the three city walls became more and more intense. Bricks, stones, wood and corpses were spread on the ground, and the strong smell of blood and stench could be smelled miles away.

Finally, as the veterans of the border army took the lead in escaping, countless young men also dropped their weapons and turned around to flee.

The crowd is like the tide hitting the beach, retreating as quickly as it rushes in.

A thousand young men pushing the ladder ignored the flow of people fleeing from them and continued to push the ladder slowly across the moat and closer to the city wall.

"Fire arrows!"

shhhhhh…

Although the mercenaries retreated, the real battle had just begun. Following Lin Rui's order, three thousand Mongolian archers immediately fired arrows towards the city.

Suddenly, there were wailings from the top of the city. The defenders who were running back and forth to carry supplies for the city defense fell in pieces. The others were so frightened that they no longer dared to be as unscrupulous as before and looked for bunkers. .

Some servants also fought back with bows, arrows and fire guns, but unfortunately they were all blocked by the young man next to the Mongolian archer with a large shield.

"Fire oil, use kerosene quickly to burn those ladders..."

Lu Zong looked at the twenty ladders that were slowly coming up and jumped anxiously, shouting as hard as he could.

The twenty ladders Lin Rui ordered to build are actually very simple. They are shaped like a triangle. The brackets are all made of wood, and a ramp is laid out with wooden boards on top. The ramp is 2 meters wide, 8 meters at the highest point, and 15 meters long. , there is also a 7-meter-high baffle at the top of the ramp, and 20 wheels at each end of the bottom.

Just push the ladder five meters away from the city wall, put down the baffle, and place it directly on the wall stacks. Then the soldiers and horses will rush directly from the ground to the city head along the ramp. In order to prevent slipping, the ramp is spaced at intervals. Two feet, a small wooden strip will be nailed.

At this moment, as the ladder advanced, huge baffles were set up on the wall stacks. The soldiers who had been preparing for the attack immediately rushed out and fought with the servants on the top of the city. The soldiers behind , the teenagers also rushed up the ramp in a steady stream.

Although there were seven or eight ladders set alight by the thrown fire oil cans, they still could not stop more and more soldiers from rushing towards the city.

When the frontier soldiers who had not fled far saw that they had already attacked the city, they immediately stopped, considered for a while, and then went back with their swords in hand.

The young men around them were stunned for a moment, but after shouting that the city was destroyed, they all turned around and fought back. In the end, even the defeated mercenaries on the east and west sides also moved towards the south.

Obviously, even if there is a chance, everyone will not just leave like this, they are all waiting to share the money.

Beichengtou.

Wang Pu and a group of military generals have been paying attention to the battle situation on three sides. At this moment, they saw that the rebel army had attacked the south city head. The young men who were guarding the city also fled towards the city. Only some military officers and their servants were still fighting desperately. , one by one immediately rushed off the wall, got on their horses, opened the door, and walked away under the protection of the servants.

If these generals were willing to bring a thousand servants to help when the soldiers first rushed to the city, they might be able to drive off the soldiers who rushed to the city.

However, Wang Pu and others were reluctant to let their servants fight for their lives. They only wanted to let their servants escape and save their lives.

Of course, it's not that Wang Pu and others don't want to defend, but they all know that if the Tatars are really attacking outside the city, they will choose to defend without hesitation.

But the Han people outside were full of chaos, and the young military households in the city refused to resist desperately. Only two thousand elite servants could not hold on.

Even if we can hold on to one wave, we may not be able to hold on to the next wave. Those countless mobs will have to be worn to death.

When their servants are almost exhausted, the opponent's real elite will probably be dispatched. By then, they won't even have a chance to escape.

Instead of doing this, it is better to escape quickly while the north is not surrounded. After all, there is the Great Wall of Mountains seven or eight miles away to the north. Even if the opponent leaves cavalry to intercept, they can rush to the mountain in one breath. At most, they will not need their horses.

Obviously Wang Pu and a group of military generals did not know the situation in the outside world and thought that they were isolated and helpless. The other party could incite so many military households to rebel, which meant that more mud-legged soldiers could be mobilized to attack the city.

That's why I lost the confidence to defend the city and chose to flee directly.

Sure enough, although Habeier immediately chased after him with more than 2000 female soldiers, in the end he only shot and killed 100 servants, allowing Wang Pu and others to escape up the mountain.

After all, the opponent also had nearly a thousand riders, and Hubbell was not willing to intercept them from the front, but just shot them with arrows from both sides.

But when the families of the military attaches in the city escaped from the north gate, it was not so easy. Due to the heavy losses of the family members and the carriages, facing two thousand Mongolian female cavalry, only a few of them escaped in the end. They were either shot or killed. captured.

Fortunately, the military attachés had the foresight to see that Wang Pu and the others were about to flee, so they each selected a successor and went to the gate of the north city, and fled with them.

As for the military attaches themselves, none of them escaped, they all chose to fight to the end. There was no other way. Once the city was broken and they escaped, not only would they be killed by the court in the end, they might even have their families confiscated and exterminated.

And once they die in battle, as long as one of their children and grandchildren escapes, they can come back in the future to continue passing on the incense and continue the family and their official positions.

(End of this chapter)