Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 174 Ziqing, please be at peace!
The only question was who would take the lead, and the first person to stand up was Wu Song from the Jingdong Army.

He bowed and said in a sonorous voice: "I am willing to go!"

Su Wu nodded, but before he could say anything, Han Shizhong also stood up and said, "Wait, the Jingdong army has already fought two battles in a row, this time let my Fuyan army fight for a while!"

Guan Sheng from Hedong also spoke up: "Jingdong and Fuyan are both strong armies, but our Hedong army has been elite since ancient times. I, Guan Sheng, am willing to go first!"

Hao Siwen stood up and bowed: "I'd like to go with you!"

Wu Jie, the deputy commander of Jinyi, also came to say, "When the Fuyan army goes to battle, I am willing to be the first to go up!"

Naruda also stood up and said, "Everyone, don't fight, don't fight. Brothers of the Western Army, don't fight. I have many elite soldiers under my command. Let us try first!"

Even Yao Pingzhong from the Northwest came to speak: "We have come from afar, and have not achieved any success, but we are all thanks to General Su's care. How can you not let us Northwest men go first!"

In fact, there was one person who had not spoken the entire time. He waited until everyone had finished talking before he stood up and bowed, "Everyone, don't be in a hurry. You are all guests from far away. Only I, Wang Bing, am a general from the south of the Yangtze River. How can I let you go first in this battle?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Bing looked at Tong Guan first, then at Su Wu, stepped forward and knelt on one knee, and then said: "Prime Minister Rong, General Su Rong, I know very well that all the troops are elite and very powerful, but I have a thought in my mind. Now the soldiers from Jiangnan, I think most of you have contempt for us, and I also know that you look down on us. This time I am willing to go up first, so that the soldiers from Jiangnan can fight for their dignity!"

Just looking at Su Wu, he really had a bitter smile on his face. He also looked at Tong Guan and everyone else with a bitter smile. This matter was really not easy to handle.

Su Wu didn't mind using other people's personnel instead of his own, nor did he care about the idea that some people thought he wanted to preserve his strength and let others die, because Su Wu had already proved himself in the battle of Jiangnan.

He just didn't know how to choose for the moment. In fact, everyone present was capable of being used, except for Guan Sheng's troops in Hedong, who made Su Wu somewhat worried.

But who should we choose?
Su Wu didn't choose and just went to see Tong Guan.

How could Tong Guan not understand what Su Wu was thinking? He just said: "Zi Qing has a lot of thoughts. If he doesn't choose, then I will choose!"

As soon as Tong Guan finished speaking, everyone looked at him, their faces full of anticipation, no fakery.

Sometimes, it’s just an atmosphere. Many strong people get together, working for the public and united. This is an atmosphere.

There are also many strong people together, and everyone has eight hundred minds, which also creates a kind of atmosphere.

How to bring strong people together to fight for the same goal without distinguishing between you and me, this is the way of human heart.

Tong Guan spoke up: "Wuzhou will be the first to ascend!"

Wang Bing was overjoyed. He still knelt on one knee, tilted his head, and arched his hands forward: "I understand your command!"

Su Wu said with a smile: "Wuzhou has few soldiers, and the troops that can be used are only a little over 2,000 in total, and the remaining 4,700 to 8,000 are all new soldiers. It's okay for Wuzhou to go first, and Han Shizhong of Yanzhou will go second!"

"Understood sir!" Han Shizhong stepped forward and bowed.

Su Wu looked at Tong Guan, who smiled and nodded slightly. Su Wu then continued, "In this battle, being the first to ascend the city is secondary. It is really difficult to break the city in one go. We just need to wait for the momentum of ascending the city first so that the thieves in the city will know how powerful we are and be terrified. That's all!"

Su Wu and Tong Guan seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding. Tong Guan sat upright and Su Wu really carried out the military orders. He was becoming more and more accustomed to carrying out these military orders, and everyone else took it as normal.

Su Wu said this without fear of misunderstanding among the generals. Even if these people were the ones in front of him, they could really motivate the army. Su Wu's meaning was simple: don't make unnecessary sacrifices, just increase the pressure.

Wang Bing and Han Shizhong received orders again.

Su Wu continued to give orders: "Tomorrow, we will form our battle formations and show our military might. All weapons and bows and crossbows must be fired with all our might. The army must be in good shape and not slack off!"

All the generals stood up: "Yes, sir!"

"I'll draw up the battle formation diagram later, everyone get ready!" Su Wu raised his hand and waved. As for the battle formation diagram, it was not a strange thing. There were too many troops, so a diagram had to be drawn, and even clear communication had to be made with every unit.

Let everyone know where they should be and what they should do.

In fact, this was also the feeling of the first "joint exercise". With several armies and so many people, organization was a big problem and it had to be solved slowly.

This is just like doing morning exercises in school. In the first one or two days, you have to line up clearly. The principle is the same. Of course, the complexity is not on the same level.

Just wait until early the next morning to cook. The soldiers cannot eat a full meal, just half full.

The trumpet sounded and the troops lined up.

The Southern Army had more than 84,000 combat and auxiliary troops.

The Western Army, led by Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi, had 11,000 soldiers and was stationed on the right wing, with cavalry.

The Western Army, under Wang Yuan, had 6,700 combat soldiers. One of his troops, Han Shizhong, was in the second vanguard, and the rest was on the left wing, with cavalry.

The Western Army, under Yang Weizhong, had 5,400 combat soldiers and cavalry on the left wing.

The Western Army, under Yao Pingzhong, has 6,200 combat soldiers and cavalry on the left wing.

The Hedong Army, Guan Sheng's unit, had 6,800 combat soldiers and the right wing, but no organized cavalry.

The imperial guards of the capital, the Xuanzan Department, had 4,300 combat soldiers and the right wing, but no organized cavalry.

The Liangzhe Army, under Wang Bing's command, has 2,200 combat soldiers and is the vanguard, but has no cavalry.

The Jingdong Army, Su Wu's army, had 10,000 combat soldiers, with the infantry in the center and the cavalry on the right wing.

There were a little over 50,000 combat soldiers and about 30,000 auxiliary soldiers. Some of the auxiliary soldiers were interspersed among the cavalry to provide assistance, some operated siege equipment, some operated the bed crossbow and the eight-ox crossbow, some stayed in the camp to guard the camp, and some transported arrows back and forth.

When the battle array was in progress, there was no major chaos, but minor chaos continued. The Yuhou and Du Yuhou kept riding their horses and galloping back and forth. There was a general platform in the middle of the army. On the general platform, Su Wu looked around and issued military orders continuously...

Tong Guan sat there quietly, looking calm and composed.

In the Song Dynasty, there were regiment commanders and brigade commanders everywhere, including Liu Yanqing. Although he held the position of general manager of the Fuyan Road army, he was nominally the direct superior of Wang Yuan and others. However, in fact, it was not the case. In terms of organization, each unit was a unit, and Liu Yanqing was really just a "brigade commander."

The same goes for Su Wu. He was just a "brigade commander". When it came to occupying the venue, it was Qin Ming and others who came. In fact, in terms of organization, Qin Ming and Su Wu were also independent.

In front of us, there are a lot of regiment commanders and brigade commanders, and then Tong Guan comes as the chief officer. This is how the war goes.

What was Su Wu doing at this time?
What is he doing? He is learning how to command and operate a large army. In front of him is a large army.

For example, Gao Qiu also led 130,000 troops to attack Liangshan before. Needless to say, the chaos was so great...

Su Wu naturally wanted to avoid that kind of chaos and make everything clear about these 80,000 people.

Therefore, he even got off the stage and rode his horse to patrol everywhere. It was not because he wanted to get angry, he just wanted to check and fill in the gaps, to take a look, to feel the situation, and to solve the problems on the spot when he found them.

You also need to get a feel for how big each unit is, what position it occupies in the formation, and if the left wing is attacked, who should be the most suitable to attack, and who should be the most suitable to attack the right wing...

Left and right wings, are the configurations balanced?

How should the weapons be placed, where should the crossbows be positioned, and who should be in front of and behind...

And the most important point is, when conducting large-scale troop operations, discipline, discipline, and discipline are required!

What is discipline?
The pace is unified, and military orders are as heavy as mountains. You must do whatever you are told to do. You must execute it whether you understand it or not.

Discipline or what?
The commander-in-chief has a full and sufficient understanding of each army, and knows the combat capability level of this army, what it is suitable for, what tasks it can undertake, what kind of pressure this army can withstand, and what kind of pressure may cause problems for this army.

What is discipline more?
What kind of personality does each general have? How should we understand the words or military intelligence reported by people with different personalities?

How to communicate with military officers of various personalities, and what kind of communication method is suitable for what kind of people?

There was no rush to start a war. Su Wu just rode his horse and rushed out, looking everywhere, asking questions everywhere, and learning about things everywhere.

Once upon a time, Su Wu was also commanding an army of 80,000, which is actually an army of 100,000.

The first time, Su Wu was actually nervous, so he was particularly serious and solemn.

In fact, Tong Guan had never commanded so many people. Tong Guan's real battlefield experience was all in the northwest. The geography of the northwest is actually very complex, and the defense lines of each army are also long. It is actually not easy to gather so many people.

Secondly, in the battles in the northwest, he did not need so many people many times. An army of 50,000 or 100,000 could not be deployed in the mountains and rivers near the Loess Plateau or the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The battle against Fang La was the first time in history that Tong Guan commanded so many troops, but now, Su Wu was taking over.

Su Wu cherished this opportunity very much, because compared with the Liao and Jin dynasties, Fang La's bandits were not really strong, but it was already the best opportunity to learn.

Therefore, Su Wu became less and less anxious to attack, but kept running around.

On the Hangzhou city wall, there were many people watching the Song army's battle array, and some even had a better view than Su Wu...

Crown Prince Fang Tianding, who was on the top of the city wall, had a frown on his face. The Nanli general Shi Bao also had a frown on his face.

Just look outside the city, the flags are like clouds and the armor shines towards the sun. How many armors are there?

Also look at the two wings, there are really a lot of cavalry...

Looking at the battle formations, one after another, they are tight and orderly, the soldiers fighting are determined, just like a forest of pine and cypress, at a glance, they are orderly and tidy.

What did you see? You saw a spirit of vigor and vitality. What is this spirit of vigor and vitality? It is the elite.

Just look at the horses running everywhere, coming and going, and the already straight and level army formation becomes even more neat.

Fang Tianding sighed and said, "I thought that the vanguard Su Wu was an elite, but it turns out that there are so many elites..."

The people around him did not answer, and a sense of pressure arose spontaneously. They had seen many government troops and knew the troops under their command even better.

Once there is a comparison, there is a guilty conscience...

Prime Minister Lou Minzhong said: "You have all seen it. Looking back, we must train our soldiers well. We must train them again!"

There is helplessness in these words. I have been in Hangzhou for nearly two months, but in fact, all my time has been wasted. I have been raping, robbing, and enjoying life...

Has any unit really prepared for a rainy day and conducted rigorous training? And which soldiers were willing to conduct rigorous training?

I thought the government troops were vulnerable, and that the Song army in the world was just that...

Now that it has really happened, it will be too late to regret.

General Shi Bao of Nanli said, "Don't worry, Prince, don't worry, Prime Minister, just fight to the death. If I don't die, Hangzhou will definitely not fall!"

I only saw the people behind me shouting, "Report!"

"Speak!" Fang Tianding didn't even turn his head, just staring at the army formation in front of him, absorbed in it. He felt pressured, guilty, and even envious. He also wondered when his own army would have such an army formation...

"Your Highness, the Northern City troops are also in formation!"

Fang Tianding frowned when he heard this, and immediately turned around and said, "Let's go and take a look!"

Needless to say, the method of attacking from both the north and the south is to make it difficult for the enemy army to defend on both sides. No matter what, there is still communication between the north and the south when it comes to the war. It is impossible to fight in formation on one side and really not move on the other. You still have to save face.

A group of people went down the city. They had horses, so they mounted their horses and galloped towards the north city. The streets were empty, which made it convenient to ride fast.

Even if we rode a fast horse to the north city, it would still take more than two minutes.

Going up to the city to take a look, Fang Tianding suddenly felt a little relieved. The army in the north city was far inferior to that in the south city.

Fang Tianding also asked his attendants: "Why is there such a big gap between this side and the south?"

Lou Minzhong came and said, "In the south, there are Su Wu and the troops from the northwest, as well as some Hedong troops. Here, most of them are troops from the capital. Logically, the imperial guards from the capital should be more elite, but that was during the founding years. Now, the troops from the capital are mostly in disarray... However, that part is also extraordinary..."

Fang Tianding just scanned the area and found the so-called group. After looking at it for a few times, he said, "That group must be the main force that arrived first!"

This is true, that unit belongs to Xin Xingzong of Xihe.

The so-called Xihe is Xihe Lanhuang, which is where Wang Shao and Li Xian opened up the border in the past. It is located on the line of Xining and Lanzhou. It is located under the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Xihe obviously has a strong army, and it has fought many times with the Tubo tribe in the south and the Dangxiang tribe in the north.

Let’s not talk about Xin Xingzong himself for now, but his troops are actually very strong.

Fang Tianding sighed in his heart, but said: "The north is a step behind, Wu Zhi and others are guarding here, let's go, let's go south!"

The crowd went down to the city again, changed horses, and rode away at full speed.

Less than two quarters of an hour after the horses had gone, when they were still three or four miles away from the southern city wall, they heard the rumbling sound of drums outside the city.

"Hurry!" Fang Tianding was very anxious and urged the horse to gallop.

As soon as he arrived at the foot of the city, he saw a large group of black flies flying in the sky, heading straight for the city. Shi Bao shouted, "Prince, be careful!"

Speaking of which, Fang Tianding, although he is personally brave, he is not very strong. He is far inferior to his cousin Fang Jie, the gap is huge.

So, Shi Bao hurried forward to protect Fang Tianding, swinging the meteor hammer in a circle in front of his head.

Fang Tianding was also riding his horse at full speed, but suddenly he saw an arrow as big as a spear stuck in the bluestone road in Hangzhou City in front of him, nailed into the stone slab. The arrow shaft was still shaking violently, making a buzzing sound.

Seeing this scene, Fang Tianding was shocked. What kind of crossbow was this? How could it be so powerful?
He couldn't help being surprised. When he got to the foot of the city, he quickly went up to see that from the top of the city, arrows of all sizes were falling like rain.

The huge stones weighing dozens of kilograms smashed the brick and stone fragments on the parapet, causing them to fly everywhere.

The soldiers on the city wall were hiding behind the battlements, and many of them were trembling.

Fang Tianding entered the city wall and looked towards the shooting holes. The towering stone cannons and strange crossbows were all roaring. There were so many crossbows that a quick count showed there were two or three hundred of them.

Fortunately, there were not many stone cannons. Even the crossbows had always been transported with the army. The stone cannons, or catapults, were all made on site by craftsmen, and there were not many of them.

The government troops are coming!

The ramming machine went straight to the city gate, but there was no rush because the gate was already blocked tightly with earth and rocks, so it could not be opened even if it was rammed.

The towering ladder truck is moving. What is a ladder truck?
It is a huge ladder, the front and left and right sides of the ladder are all wrapped, people in the ladder can be protected from attacks, and the ladder truck is close to the city wall. It is also heavy and difficult to topple over. The upper exit of the ladder truck will be slightly higher than the city wall.

All they had to do was wait for the soldiers to get out of the car and leap onto the city wall.

Fortunately, there were not many ladder trucks, and they were heavy and moved very slowly, with horses pulling in front and people pushing in the back.

There was also the wheelbarrow, which was a cart with people inside and bundles around it. A dozen people could just push the cart forward, and it was also protected from enemy arrows, logs, and rocks. A long ladder could be placed on the wheelbarrow, and when you got to the bottom of the city, you could take the ladder down and hook it on the city wall, and then people could climb up.

You can also bring other things, such as long wooden boards. What are the wooden boards for? The moat in Hangzhou is not wide, so just put more long wooden boards across it to form a passage.

Obviously, war is engineering!

At this time, trying out your skills is both a practice and a learning experience.

it has started.

Su Wu was not on the general's platform. He rode his horse closer to see, but because there were too many troops and the general's platform was too far away, he could not see the true details. He was not the real commander-in-chief, but Tong Guan was.

So, let him come closer to take a look!
Arrows and stones came in an endless stream.

The soldiers were pushing, pulling, and carrying, all running.

The boiling grease on the top of the city wall was emitting black smoke, so there was a way to deal with it. If the ladder truck came up and could not be pushed down, the only thing they could do was to ignite it with the boiling grease.

Who is in the front? Fifty-year-old Wang Bing is in the front with his son.

Thick wooden boards were placed across the moat, and some people even jumped directly into the water. This moat had long been a stinking ditch. In Hangzhou, which had not been at war for hundreds of years, who really cared whether this stinking ditch was a moat?

The Fang La bandit, who had been in the city for nearly two months, had eaten the best food, drank the hottest drinks, and slept soundly. He had robbed so many things, including gold, silver, and copper coins, that his hands were tired. He even thought of staying in Hangzhou today and moving to another city tomorrow to do it all over again.

Changzhou, Jiangning, and Bianjing are all no problem.

Who would dive into the freezing water in winter to widen and deepen this stinking ditch?
The soldiers jumped into the water, drove wooden stakes into the mud, propped up the wooden boards across the water, and even put their shoulders on the boards.

Let the carts and ladder trucks pass through...

Wang Bing stood by the water, shouting and giving orders...

Wang Xun pushed the ladder truck and shouted desperately: "Push, push faster!"

The creaking big wooden wheel slowly passed through the wooden bridge. Wang Xun leaned sideways and raised his head to look at the top of the city wall, which was not far away!

On the top of the city wall, people were also shouting: "Don't hide, the Song thieves are approaching, arrows, logs and rocks, hurry!"

Some people were still hiding, but some people stuck their heads out to take a look under the rain of arrows, and some even started to fire back. They didn't hit anyone, but they shot the horse pulling the ladder cart on the spot.

The horse felt pain but wanted to run away, but the cage restrained it tightly, so it just kept running, and the ladder truck took a few more steps.

With a click, the cart hit the city wall. Immediately, more than a dozen people got out of the cart and started to set up a ladder.

From the top of the city wall, logs and stones were rolling down the city walls, but the people below were smart enough to dodge, while arrows were also shot at them.

It was the roof of the car that was hit and made a loud clanging sound.

There was another loud noise, and the ladder truck finally approached. The soldiers pushing the truck immediately filed up. Wang Xun, dressed in iron armor, led the way, and his steps on the wooden steps were as fast as flying.

He only climbed halfway up, and when he looked up again, he saw that the exit of the ladder truck was already engulfed in flames.

Wang Xun paused for a moment, gritted his teeth, and immediately started pushing forward again. With a few pushes, he headed towards the fire, dived into it, closed his eyes and jumped away. When he opened his eyes, he saw countless people on the city wall staring in amazement.

The instant he landed, Wang Xun had already stepped firmly on the ground on the top of the city wall. He used his two buds to smash left and right, but looking at his face, he had no eyebrows, his short beard was burnt, and his face was red.

There was actually someone inside the ladder truck who imitated Wang Xun and jumped out of the crater. He was incredibly brave.

There were also people behind, who actually came up with wooden buckets with water in them, and poured water towards the exit of the ladder truck. As soon as they poured water, there was a cloud of water mist, and some people jumped out, but the fire started again, and someone poured more water...

How could Su Wu not be moved when he saw this from a close distance? No wonder Wang Bing was the first person to enter Hangzhou in history.

Su Wu even brought a hundred or so personal guards and urged his horses to move forward.

On the general platform, Tong Guan also exclaimed: "Wuzhou soldiers are really good!"

Cheng Hao was standing next to him, his face was pale and his legs were shaking. He didn't have to go into battle, but his legs couldn't stop shaking when he saw this scene.

But he still remembered to reply to the Prime Minister's words: "I thought the soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River were useless, but I didn't expect them to be so brave!"

Tong Guan turned to look at Cheng Hao and asked, "How is your first time in battle?"

"I'm not afraid!" Cheng Hao answered seriously.

"Really?" Tong Guan could still smile.

"Well... I am afraid, but I am not afraid either. With such a brave army in front of me, I am very safe here. If I still can't stand, how can I have the face to follow the Prime Minister?"

Cheng Hao said this with some excitement.

Tong Guan nodded: "This is nothing. When the two armies really fight, if you can still stand like this, then it's really not bad."

"I can definitely stand!" After saying this, Cheng Hao tried his best to control his legs from shaking.

First he thought of his old father, then of his brother-in-law, and then he looked at the bravery of the first ones to reach the top. He knew that he had to be able to stand still. He took a deep breath and stood still calmly.

Although Wang Xun climbed to the top of the city wall, it was not a scene of killing everyone.

Looking over at the city wall, a man came with a lot of iron armor. He had a cloak knife in his left hand and a meteor hammer in his right hand, and he came straight towards Wang Xun, the first to climb the mountain.

The meteor hammer was swung far away, and Wang Xun dodged it with a flash. The cloak knife was already chopped down, and Wang Xun Guduo tried to block it. The metal and iron hit paused his body.

So strong!

It was General Shi Bao of Nanli. What if he was the first to ascend the mountain? The first to ascend the mountain alive was the one who was alive!

Wang Xun counterattacked with the bone flower in his other hand, and the two of them were already fighting each other. The iron armor around Shi Bao and the iron armor under Wang Xun's command also smashed into each other.

The flame of the ladder truck was small, and it could not burn through the wooden walls on both sides of the ladder in a short time. More and more armored men jumped up, but some of them could not jump down. There was really no place to stand on the top of the city.

Wang Xun needed to lead the soldiers on the top of the city wall to create a piece of open space before they could jump again, otherwise they would hit their own people if they jumped over.

However, Wang Xun was unable to create any space for a while, because Shi Bao was so ferocious!

But looking to the left and right, he saw several ladders, which were also on fire and people were jumping. In the distance, many of the government troops' arrows had stopped, and many of the bandits' armored soldiers nearby were also fighting bravely.

That hooked ladder is also climbed by ants...

Generals under Fang Tianding, generals under Shi Bao, Su Ting, Mao Di, Tang Fengshi, Zhang Daoyuan, Leng Gong, Cui Yu...

All the generals were fighting hard, and for a while, there was a fight on the top of the city!
The government troops who climbed onto the top of the city wall were obviously at a disadvantage!
Su Wu, with a sullen face and expressionless expression, patrolled back and forth. A man of kindness cannot command an army. No matter how reluctant he was at this moment, he forced himself not to care or think about the casualties of the soldiers.

Too few people went up, and many people were hanging on the ladder and couldn't climb up.

Su Wu also shouted and urged: "Quick, charge forward!"

Even below the city wall, there was beginning to be hesitation.

Su Wu's horse patrolled left and right, and his spear was also driving: "Go, go quickly!"

After a few rounds of patrols, Su Wu suddenly turned around to look. Who was he looking at?

"Han Shizhong, come here!" Su Wu rode his horse and waved his hand!
"Understood!" Han Shizhong was the first one in the second formation. He was running quickly with a long ladder on his shoulder, and his subordinates on both sides followed him.

A new long ladder was hooked on the parapet. Han Shizhong was the first to go up, followed by the Yanzhou soldiers who crawled along like ants. Below them, the man from the northwest pulled his strong bow and crossbow and aimed at the top of the city.

I saw a bandit soldier holding up a stone high up and smashing it down!
An arrow flew up and the stone fell down. The arrow flew up again and the man who smashed the stone fell down.

The stone fell and landed on the large shield on Han Shizhong's head. Han Shizhong's body trembled, but his feet remained on the shield.

As soon as he reached the battlement, Han Shizhong threw the big wooden shield high up and directly onto the top of the city wall. He turned over and took two steps and was on the top of the city wall. He bit the wooden handle in his mouth and took it off. It was a round-headed hammer.

He was hit in the face, his brain bursting. He lowered his head to pick up a knife. The moment he lowered his head, the armor on his body was crackling. He raised his body, sweeping with the knife and smashing with the hammer.

He just hit the forehead and knocked a thief to the ground with each hit. He didn't care how many people were in front of him. He seemed like a madman, hitting with a hammer, pulling with a knife, or kicking with his legs and bumping with his body.

However, Su Wu didn't know that Han Shizhong could still pull a strong bow and had excellent archery skills, but he couldn't use it at this moment.

Su Wu shouted from the city wall: "Han Shizhong, go to the right!"

Han Shizhong, who was on the top of the city wall, heard it, turned around and looked straight to the right. Not far to the right was Wang Xun.

Wang Xun was already struggling and was unable to make any progress, so Han Shizhong just led a dozen of his men to attack in the direction of Wang Xun.

Attacking a city is really difficult!

This high wall has always been a natural barrier. No matter how bravely we try to climb it, we are outnumbered and have to struggle to hold on.

It can also be seen how brave and courageous those who truly achieved the honor of being the first to reach the target were.

In the past, it was said that Su Wu was the first to climb the mountain. But compared with the battle here, what kind of first climb was the battle at Qingfeng Mountain?
Su Wu's heart was as hard as a rock, but it was also fake. He was extremely anxious and rode his horse to look around. He was afraid that Han Shizhong, Wang Xun and others had gone up and would not be able to come down...

He knew that he couldn't capture the city today!

That long ladder is like a cloud ladder, and it is brave for ants to climb it, but human power is limited, and it is not possible to climb up in one go.

Today, I have never really thought about taking the city in one battle.

The current situation is not bad. The rebels have already known that the government troops really dare to climb, are really brave and can climb up. This is already very good...

From a bigger picture perspective, it was not yet time to fight a life-and-death battle, and Su Wu did not want the elite troops under Wang Bing and Han Shizhong, who were truly willing to die, to be consumed within the city wall.

This is an extremely cost-unworthy thing. Even if these brave men are really to be exhausted, they should be fought against the Liao and Jin people, not here.

Su Wu was already thinking about sounding the gong, and he also had to make preparations for it.

He just shouted to Wang Bing who was still at the foot of the city: "Quickly put out the fire on the ladder truck!"

Veteran General Wang Bing nodded and led his men to fetch water from the moat.

We may think that war is all about fighting and killing, but in fact, it is not the case. Even under the city walls, there are these tedious matters.

This ladder truck must be preserved temporarily at all costs, as it is the retreat route for Han Shizhong, Wang Xun and others.

Su Wu had already rode his horse back, heading back to the center of the army, which was several hundred steps away.

While beating his horse, Su Wu looked back.

Han Shizhong had already killed his way to Wang Xun's side. As soon as Han Shizhong's hammer came, Wang Xun smashed it again and again. How could Shi Bao resist? He was already retreating.

At this moment, Shi Bao was also horrified. He had always been proud of his martial arts skills. He was really a martial arts master and also very brave.

Today, he was faced with a young general, and he couldn't defeat him for a long time. Now another general came and beat him so hard that he could only defend himself. If he hadn't retreated quickly, his forehead would have been shattered.

How come he had never known that there were so many people with superb martial arts skills in this world?
As soon as Han Shizhong and Wang Xun met up, there was suddenly an open space in front of them, and people kept jumping down from the ladder truck.

Shi Bao even shouted: "Follow me, push forward, we must not let the government troops create a gap!"

Just push forward with your numbers, Shi Bao will come again relying on your numbers.

The two sides fought another tough battle.

At this moment, I heard the sound of a gong behind me.

Wang Xun immediately shouted, "Retreat, retreat quickly, I'll cover the rear, brother Han, you go!"

Han Shizhong would not leave, so he said, "Brothers, go ahead. I and Chief Steward Wang will cover your rear!"

This was Han Shizhong. The ladder truck was still behind him. The fire was no longer burning, and many soldiers turned around and climbed up from the battlements.

Han Shizhong and Wang Xun were at the forefront, with a total of about twenty people, fighting and retreating at the same time.

We don’t know how many people were killed, how many people were injured, and we still don’t know how many of our own people were killed or injured.

Even though everyone was fighting and retreating, Han Shizhong and Wang Xun had already retreated to the battlement. Faced with so many enemies, it was difficult for them to turn around and retreat for a while.

Wang Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Han, you retreat first. You are so big, retreat first, then pull me back!"

Han Shizhong did not hesitate. He swept the knife in his hand with great force, knocking off the target countless weapons. He suddenly rushed forward, his armor rattling, and everything in front of him was crooked.

Looking at Han Shizhong again, he turned around and went up to the parapet, then jumped onto the ladder, stood still, and shouted, "Little Wang, jump back."

It was already a critical moment. The crowd that was staggering had already moved forward. Wang Xun only looked at the weapons in front of him and blocked them several times without even turning his head, but his body had already leaped back.

When he turned his head again, he saw Han Shizhong's arm actually catching him in mid-air.

Su Wu naturally couldn't see all this. He was anxious and worried, pacing back and forth on the platform.

"Ziqing, please calm down!" said Tong Guan.

Su Wu stopped and nodded.

"Leave battle to battle, leave life and death to individuals. When the commander stands on the podium, don't think about the small details, but only think about the overall victory or defeat!"

Tong Guan spoke slowly.

"Thank you for your advice!" Su Wu nodded, but his eyes were still looking into the distance. He was even thinking in his heart, don't die, come back safely!

(Brothers, eight thousand five, a little less, time is running out, I will update first... It is the Spring Festival, brothers should be able to forgive... This month, I have also updated 300,000 words, and this book is about to reach one million words. A new month has arrived, and I am still asking for votes. Thank you brothers!)

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