In the tower, Wu Gen, Bao Xiang and Meng Shuo talked for a long time before they understood the intricate and complicated relationship between the Meng family.
It turns out that the contemporary head of the Meng family, Meng Hao, has five sons, who are stationed in five major cities. The main city, Baiya City, is garrisoned by the eldest Meng Gan, where the family head is also located. The other cities are garrisoned by four sons respectively.
Among the five sons, three sons agreed with the head of the family and were unwilling to join the Lu family in confronting the Ji family. However, the third son Meng Zhuo and the fifth son Meng Qi were won over by the Lu family. It was these two people who leaked the private communication between the Meng family and the Ji family to the Lu family, which caused such misfortune.
In fact, the Meng family did not completely fall in line with the Ji family. They just felt that if they followed the Lu family to the end, they might end up dead, so they left a way out for themselves.
However, even Meng Hao did not expect that the Lu family would be so ruthless and directly sent the vicious dog, the Fearless Army, to kill them. He was caught off guard for a moment.
According to Meng Shuo's estimation, after this incident, the Lu family will not necessarily let the Meng family disappear. It is possible that they will seize part of their territory, and then choose one of Meng Zhuo or Meng Qi to be the head of the family, so as to avoid the Ji family having difficulty in explaining things.
After hearing these inside stories, Baoxiang let out a long sigh, "This is such a mess. It's so disturbing. As the family gets older, there are more weird things happening."
Wu Gen blinked and had some ideas in his mind. Originally, the Lu family asked him to take over the three major cities of Qinghuai, Rolling Stone and Baiya. Since Meng Shuo can recruit his fourth brother, Rolling Stone City is not included. This White Cliff City Whether to take it or not is still up for debate.
The three of them were chatting when suddenly Zhang Wuyang barged in and said, "Report to the leader of the village, the scouts are here to report that there are wolf soldiers fifty miles away. They should be the scouts sent by the Meng family."
After arriving, Wu Gen stood up suddenly. Since the Lu family wanted to test their loyalty, they had to meet these wolf soldiers for a while.
"Wu Gen, my clan uncle is a loyal and honest man. He has always been dignified. He is quite capable in battle but not arrogant. I'm afraid you won't get anything good from him." Meng Shuo stood up and solemnly advised, "Wolf soldiers are long in the field but don't show off." If you are good at attacking the city, it is better to stay in the city and wait until he is ready."
Wu Gen did not comment, stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he turned around and said: "Brother Meng's kindness is accepted by Wu Gen. However, if it were the cavalry commanded by your uncle, I would still be scratching my head, but against the wolf soldiers , I feel quite a bit proud of it.”
After a few people left the tower, Wu Gen turned around and said to Zhang Wuyang, "Watch him closely, we will rely on him to deceive others in the future."
Now that he had the news that the wolf soldiers were coming, Wu Gen naturally ordered the whole city to impose martial law, close the city gates, and repair the tanks as soon as possible.
After waiting for half a day, Wu Gen, who was sitting on the east city gate, finally saw smoke billowing in the distance and countless blue wolves as big as Kui ox, howling and rushing towards them. On the backs of these green wolves sat two soldiers, one holding a bow and the other holding a halberd.
"There are 1,200 wolf soldiers here. It's hard to fight." Wu Gen turned to look at Baoxiang. He had just roughly counted that there were more than 600 wolves on the other side. According to the information from the Lu family, the Meng family only had less than 400 wolves, which was a huge undercount. Moreover, there are two people in this wolf, plus these evil wolves, it is a bit difficult to fight now.
Soon, two more infantrymen appeared from both sides of these wolf soldiers. These people were wearing armor and holding shields and holding long knives. Soon they surged out from both wings and protected the sides of the wolf soldiers.
The herdsmen are good at cavalry, and infantry is extremely rare in Kuntian Continent. The Meng family has hidden so many infantry, which shows that it is unique.
Wu Gen counted and found that there were 800 heavy infantrymen. Together with these wolf soldiers, they could be said to be a rare and powerful force.
"How about we defend." Bao Xiang also scratched his head. If it were a field battle against two thousand opponents, his fledgling men would really be unable to withstand them.
"Shou Shou." Wu Gen nodded repeatedly. He originally thought about his chariot going out of the city to fight with the opponent, but now he completely stopped thinking. It was better to just stay in the city and be a locked turtle.
With an order, most of the Fearless Army went up to the city wall, armed with all kinds of powerful crossbows and bows, and got ready to defend the city.
After a while, three wolf soldiers rushed out from the opposite side. The leader of them was a dark-skinned, tall man, holding a big knife and ran over.
"Listen, thief, my Meng Zhenfu wants to talk to your leader, call him out quickly." The soldier next to the man yelled towards the city.
Wu Gen signaled Zhang Wuyang and others to get ready, then he reached the top of the city, leaned out half of his body and shouted: "I am Wu Gen, a member of Qianhu of the Fearless Army, and the person opposite is Meng Shun and Meng Zhenfu."
The man urged the green wolf under him to take a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "This is the governor, why are you so good at fighting and attacking my Meng family for no reason? Today my army is here, why don't you quickly go down to the city and surrender?" , maybe one life can be left behind.”
Wu Gen raised his head and laughed loudly and said: "Meng Shun, I'll give you face and call you a pacifier, so what if I don't give you face and call you a Meng thief? Your Meng family rebelled against the Lu family, and I was ordered to conquer it. You said, Who is the thief?"
"Impossible. My family head and Lu Wanhu are on a spring hunt. The Lu family has no plans to send troops. It must be you, the thief, who pretended to be the Lu family and carried out robbery." Meng Shun retorted flatly.
"What's impossible? You are also the governor of the Meng family after all. Don't you know the twists and turns here? Why should you deceive yourself?" Wu Gen couldn't help but sneer when he saw that the other party refused to admit that he was sent by the Lu family.
"Stop talking nonsense, our army is here. You have only half a day to lead the troops out of the city. If not, don't blame the swords and guns for being blind." Meng Shun knew that he couldn't dwell on this issue, so he simply threatened him directly.
"Are you scared of me? If you have the guts, come up here. Do you think it's interesting to say these harsh words?" Wu Gen looked disdainful and raised his fingers at the other party.
"You thief are stubborn, I think you are looking for death." Meng Shun said angrily from the city.
"Come and beat me." Wu Gen turned around, exposed his buttocks to the top of the city and patted him.
"That's right, come up if you have the guts. If you don't have the guts, don't give up your surname as Meng. Just use your surname as Zi. You will be my good son." A high-pitched voice sounded. Niu Chao wore a huge helmet on his head, with two He pulled his mouth away with his hand and stuck out his tongue to demonstrate at the other person.
There was a roar of laughter on the top of the city, and more people followed Wu Gen's example and pointed their buttocks towards the outside of the city.
Meng Shun's face couldn't help but tremble. After leading so many young soldiers and fighting so many battles, this was the first time he encountered such a shameless opponent.
Turning his head without saying a word, Meng Shun walked towards his team. At this moment, Wu Gen kicked heavily on the city wall and shot at Meng Shun like an arrow from a string.
As if Meng Shun could see what was going on behind him, he twisted his body and slashed backwards with the big knife in his hand, just in time to collide with the broken knife.
After a loud noise, the green wolf under Meng Shun whined and fell to the ground on all fours. Blood oozed from his mouth and nose, and he died on the spot.
Wu Gen was shocked by the force of the blow and flew back. He quickly ran to the wall and jumped onto the top of the city with one foot. He was injured, and the injury has not healed these days, so he did not dare to fight with the opponent head-on.
Meng Shun was furious and just about to catch up, when there was a crash and a row of archers appeared on the top of the city, with dark arrow clusters hesitating like poisonous snakes.
He didn't want to take the risk of receiving hundreds of arrows to regain the dignity of being attacked, so he just glanced at the ruffian-like young man coldly, turned around and walked towards his team.
Meng Shun was a very rational and calm person. Even though he suffered such insult, he did not get confused and attack the city. Our own wolf soldiers and formation-breaking soldiers have come from afar, and both men and wolves are exhausted. We must not suddenly launch an attack on the city.
Moreover, although this march was on their own territory, the important town of Qinghuai City was captured and an important supply base was lost. The army's food and fodder had to be transported from other places, and they also had to wait for follow-up supplies.
Therefore, the two armies were in peace on this day. Meng Shun was building a camp, and Wu Gen was replenishing the city's defenses. The two sides had a tacit understanding and did not provoke each other again.
At night, Wu Gen invited Meng Shuo over. When they met, he complained: "What's going on with the heavy infantry led by your uncle? Why do they look more fierce than the wolf soldiers?"
Meng Shuo smiled and looked a little proud, "I didn't expect that the clan uncle would bring all his own soldiers. To be honest with Commander Wu, these infantry are called formation-breaking soldiers. They were built by the clan uncle himself. There are eight of them." Hundreds.
These fierce soldiers are selected from a hundred. Not only are they well-trained, but they are also extremely well-equipped. More than half of them are proficient in the Ruyi Tong method. Coupled with the clan uncle's secret skills, they are no less powerful against any soldiers and horses.
Kuntianzhou has many cavalrymen, but no one expected that the clan uncle would create such a group of infantry. When he first formed the army, many people laughed at him, but his uncle was unmoved.
Until one time, thousands of horse thieves invaded the territory, and the clan uncle led the 800 people to intercept them. The five thousand horse thieves charged and killed ten times in a row, but they failed to shake the formation of the soldiers. On the contrary, the horse thieves were killed and only less than a dozen were left Thousands of people, the frightened horse thieves fled in all directions. From then on, there was a saying that it would be better to fight against ten thousand horses than to fight against the soldiers who broke the formation. "
"So powerful." Wu Gen, Bao Xiang and the others looked at each other. During the day, they just watched the ferociousness of these infantry from a distance, but they didn't expect them to be so powerful. But think about it, with the prevalence of cavalry in Kuntianzhou, this infantry is definitely unique in its ability to achieve a reputation.
"These formation-breaking soldiers are good at attacking cities." Zhang Wuyang asked with a frown.
"I don't know about that. The Formation Breakers have done many field battles since their establishment, and there is no precedent for attacking a city." Meng Shuo spread his hands, looking helpless.
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to reveal too much information, Wu Gen sent him away, and several people started discussing in the room.
After the discussion, everyone felt a little scratched their heads. Although the opponent had few people, if there was any means to attack a certain section of the city wall, it would be really difficult to defend. After all, a thousand fearless troops were spread out on the city wall, but the number of troops was actually not large.
And the most important thing is that Wu Gen and others have never fought in a city defense battle, so they were a little confused for a while.
However, Tu Dan suggested that since he didn't know what the other party's powers were, he should just follow the stupidest method and put all the bows and crossbows of the chariot on the top of the city, and then prepare things like tung oil, rolling stones and lime, and place them all on the city wall.
Attacking and defending the city are all stupid battles. There are no fancy means and can only rely on human lives.
"Okay, let's grab some civilians from the city tonight and try our best to carry the defense equipment to the wall. Tudan will be responsible for this. Lexi will master the crossbows and kill the enemy from as far away as possible." In the end, Wu Gen could only make a move. Simple command.
Some people died, but not completely...
