Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 184 Dark clouds over the city 3
  The Tatar army couldn't wait to move forward. Tens of thousands of cavalry were divided into two teams, ignoring the small fortress in front of them. They surged past from the left and right sides like a tide, heading south towards Yulin Fort.

"How many people did the Tartars leave to attack the city?" Jia Cong asked.

"Sir, if you look at it vaguely, there are probably nearly ten thousand people left." Xie Hui, who has excellent eyesight, cupped his fists and said.

Everyone took a breath. Three to five thousand people and nearly ten thousand people were two different things. This was a fierce battle.

"The Tatars have actually prepared siege equipment this time. It seems that their plan is not small. The enemy will attack the city with all their strength tomorrow morning. You can have a good rest tonight and have enough energy to fight!" Jia Cong said.

"Yes!"

"The enemy's force is huge and they will attack us in one fell swoop. They will not give us a chance to breathe. Tell Yu Hong and the others that the two groups will take turns to defend the city without making any mistakes," Jia Cong said.

"Yes."

At this time, the soldiers picked up the food, and Jia Cong, You Jiaxi, Wang Jin and others sat on the ground and ate against the wall.

Jia Cong waved to Kong Xing and Wang Fei to come over and asked, "Can I get hold of the master's weapons?"

Kongxing smiled and said, "The prisoner was very skilled. He found high-quality iron and steel in the blacksmith shop in the city, and made a sixty-four-pound water-milled Zen staff for Ji Zhi, and a pair of snowflake iron and iron wild goose feathers for Lei Tai. The knife is very handy."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "It depends on the master's methods tomorrow."

"I won't disappoint you."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Wang Fei, your little skill is good for spying on the enemy. Tonight, you go down to the city in the dark to find out the strength of the enemy's army. Don't scare off the enemy."

Wang Fei cupped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, my lord, my humble position will definitely fulfill my mission." After saying this, he finished the pancakes and broth in a few mouthfuls and slipped down to the city with the help of a flying hook.

Deng Lei said: "Aren't you afraid that this thief can escape?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "I don't doubt the people I employ, but not the suspects. Besides, with the gold seal on his face, where can he escape? Only by following me is his only chance to turn over. I don't think he will do it. Stupid thing."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and thin snowflakes slowly floated down, falling on everyone's heads, bodies, and bowls. It was snowing.

Jia Cong slept in the city gate tower until late at night, when he was woken up by the soldiers and said that Wang Fei was back.

"Tell him to come in." Jia Cong leaned on the bed and washed his face.

Wang Fei came in quietly and was glared at by Zhang Yuanba and Yan Shuangying. He knelt down and kowtowed a few feet away and said, "Sir, I visited the enemy camp at night and got close to the Chinese army's tent. It's a pity that I couldn't listen." Understand what the Tatars are saying.

However, the villain probably counted more than a thousand tents, and estimated that the enemy army had tens of thousands of people. And they were building siege equipment overnight, and it seemed that many Han craftsmen were helping them. "

Jia Cong smiled coldly. The Tatars were well prepared and ordered the generals to come in to discuss matters.

"Wang Fei has found out that the Tatar army is not small, at least tens of thousands of people. Why is this?" Jia Cong asked.

"This..." Everyone was confused.

Logically speaking, the Shifangsi Fort is nothing special. If a small fortress requires 10,000 troops, and there are 200 fortresses in Liaodong, how can the Tatars have so many troops? This is really strange.

"Could it be that the Tatars think this place is a necessary place for advance and retreat, so they pay special attention to it?" You Jia said happily.

"No, if that's the case, which one of Yulin Fort and Pinglu Fort is not a must-pass on this route? In particular, Pinglu Fort guards the Puhe Stone Bridge and is a key point in protecting Fengtian City." Wang Jin shook his head and said , everyone nodded in agreement.

"Could it be that the Tatars saw how powerful the city defense here was today, so they deliberately left extra troops?" Zhang Yi said.

Deng Lei said: "Even if we want to stay more, we can't keep so many people. Besides, the space here is limited and can only accommodate two or three thousand soldiers and horses, so it is useless to keep many people."

The crowd nodded yes.

Wang Fei said boldly: "Perhaps the Tatars are afraid of being killed today, so they should allocate more troops and horses to strengthen their courage."

"It's your mother's shame." Everyone sneered. With an army of more than 100,000 people, what does it mean to lose a few hundred people?
  Kongxing said: "Could it be that the Tatars were frustrated by the defeat and became angry and vowed to destroy the city, so they deployed heavy troops."

"How can we be angry when two armies are facing each other? A Tatar general would not be so stupid." Jia Cong shook his head.

There are different opinions and no consensus.

Jia Cong suddenly said: "The Shifang Temple Fort has no more than a thousand guards all year round. Now that I'm here, the Commander-in-Chief has sent me more than two thousand people. Is it possible that there are some important people in the Tatars?"

Everyone's eyes lit up and they all said in unison: "Your Excellency, you must be so wise!"

"This can also explain why this group of Tatars can come up with so many siege equipment. Since the enemy has important personnel stationed, the offensive must be no small matter.

Tomorrow, Teacher Wang will guard the north wall, Lao Deng will guard the west, Lao Zhang will guard the east, and Mr. You Qian will guard the south. I led the great monks and Wang Fei's troops to provide support in the center, and the four walls were marked with flags. ” ˆ ˆ “I humble my duty and obey my orders!” "

Knowing that there would be a fierce battle today, before dawn, the leading soldiers brought food and gave it to the soldiers guarding the city.

As soon as the fish belly white appeared in the east, the Tatar camp began to stir. With a creaking sound, more than 20 three-foot-high siege ladder trucks, crash carts and other equipment were pushed out, followed closely by three thousand Tatars, slowly Approach slowly.

Everyone on the city was nervous. Siege equipment had always been a nightmare for the defenders.

"Prepare the catapult! Smash the stubborn wood in front of me!" Jia Cong's heart was pounding. It was the first time he was fighting. If he said he wasn't nervous, he would be lying.

A dozen or so catapults were slowly pulled apart by the sergeants. Stones weighing dozens of kilograms roared across a parabola in the air and were shot at the ladder truck hundreds of steps away.

The ladder trucks were tens of feet apart from each other, but none of the stone cannons hit in this round.

"Come again!" Jia Cong shouted.

More than 3,000 Tatar cavalry galloped towards the city at great speed, surrounding the north, east and west sides. At the same time, they bent their bows and nocked arrows. A dense rain of arrows rained down on the city. Apparently, they wanted to distract the defenders from dealing with the situation and create trouble for the ladder. The car gets closer to buy time.

Whoohoo!
  The catapult continued to project, and suddenly there was a loud bang. A ladder truck was hit by a huge boulder, and sawdust flew into the air. It collapsed half of the way, swaying and fell. With a bang, a large cloud of dust was shaken, and seven or eight Tatars were crushed. Under the car, bloody and bloody, he screamed loudly.

The crossbows and arrow towers also began to show their power. Amidst the clanging of the heavy bowstrings, fierce crossbow arrows continued to shoot out, piercing the bodies of men and horses, ruthlessly harvesting lives.

The Tatar general brandished his sword and shouted wildly, desperately urging the soldiers to fire arrows to fight back and cover the approach of the ladder truck.

The wheels were rolling, and the ladder truck, driven by the full force of a dozen Tatars below, gradually accelerated, approaching the city wall within a stone's throw from three directions.

"Catapults! Rockets! Knock out the siege engines!" Jia Cong shouted.

The defenders bent their bows and set arrows, lit arrows wrapped in oilcloth in the brazier nearby, and shot them out together.

I saw more than 200 points of fire streaking through the air, hitting more than ten ladder trucks respectively, but it was a bit like shaking a tree. Many arrows were bounced by the rawhide covered on the truck, and a few were weakly hung on it. The fire flickered and could not be ignited at all.

The ladder truck was not affected at all and continued to approach. At the same time, the Tatars on the roof began to draw their bows and shoot at each other.

Fortunately, at the same time, the catapult made another new contribution, destroying two more siege engines with two booms.

The Tatars obviously refused to break the city and would not give up. They did not care about any losses and covered the approach of the ladder truck. Three thousand-man Tatar teams attacked the north, east, and west walls at the same time.

Puffy!
  Seventeen ladder trucks and one crash truck finally reached three city walls. The front guard plate of the ladder truck was lowered, like a small suspension bridge, heavily placed on the wall stacks. Inside, more than ten Tatar soldiers holding scimitars rushed down with a grim smile.

At the same time, more than two thousand Tatars galloped over, dismounted, and each carried a siege ladder to set up on the city wall. Some got under the ladder cart and climbed up the ladder, while more than ten people pushed the ram cart and began to storm the city. The remaining 1,000 Tatars continued to shoot and cooperate with the siege.

Jia Cong was a little shocked. The real battlefield was not a simple and mindless attack from the bottom up with a ladder in the TV series, but a three-dimensional attack.

There are archers covering the distance, and there is a ladder truck above as a passage. They step on the wall from a high position and tear apart the defenders' defense line. In the middle, there are ants clinging to them and a steady stream of reinforcements. Below, there are crashing cars slamming into the city gate.

Boom, boom, boom! The terrifying sound of banging the door was like a heavy drum beat, hitting Jia Cong's heart hard!

Jia Cong gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to call for the backup team. This was the first wave. If he couldn't withstand this, what would happen next?
  Since the Tatars were besieging three and one was missing, Jia Cong hurriedly ordered people to raise flags and send half of the defenders from the southern city wall to support other directions.

"Follow me to kill the enemy!" Jia Cong raised his big gun and rushed to a ladder truck first.

Two tall Tatars laughed wildly and rushed down, waving scimitars on the left and right at Jia Cong.

court death! Jia Cong's gun flickered, flew a little higher, and almost pierced their throats at the same time, sprinkling a cloud of blood.

The Tatars behind him were taken aback by his ferocity, and were stunned for a moment, showing hesitation.

It turns out that you are also afraid of death. Jia Cong sneered, put away his gun, stood up, and moved out of the way. At the same time, he winked at Zhang Yuanba and ordered him to stand on the other side. The two of them surrounded the car, one on the left and the other on the right.

The Tatars were angered by Jia Cong's contempt. They rushed down with their scimitars and roared angrily. They fired their bows left and right to kill the two men.

Die! Jia Cong shouted loudly, the tip of his gun trembled wildly, and numerous gun shadows appeared, which dazzled the Tatars.

There was a pop, and one Tatar had been stabbed through the chest. A large amount of viscous blood poured out from the blood groove of the triangular spear head. The other two Tatars took the opportunity to rush forward, but were blocked by Jia Cong's soldiers.

Just like that, Jia Cong pulled out the barrel of his gun and stabbed left and right, piercing the necks of two Tatars. Then he stepped forward, twisted the gun like a wheel, parried two incoming scimitars, and killed one of them again. At the same time, he turned over and kicked the other person off the wall.

Zhang Yuanba here was wearing heavy armor and ignored the scimitar coming at him. His hammers were dancing wildly, one at a time, breaking the muscles and bones of four or five Tatars and causing their heads to explode.

At this time, the two defenders rushed up to the ladder truck in reverse direction with the cans in their hands, smashed the cans on the car, causing kerosene to splash everywhere, and then stepped back and threw the torches up.

boom! The ladder truck suddenly burst into flames.

(End of this chapter)