The hunch of the leader of the Xishan Prefecture Rebel Army was correct.
When he entered Dongshan Prefecture, some people patrolling the border of Dongshan Prefecture told him not to enter. When he didn't listen, he left without confronting them. At that time, he despised the other party, thinking that the other party was afraid and did not dare to Fight him, now it seems that he is well prepared.
From the border of Dongshan Prefecture where he entered to the city of Dongshan Prefecture, it is about one hundred kilometers. Not to mention that he will encounter harassment once every kilometer, but he will definitely encounter harassment once every two kilometers. These people who harassed them have lost their temper. .
Originally, they wanted to walk along the road to rob and get something. Now that they were harassed by these people, they did not dare to stay. They just wanted to quickly walk to the location and fight to the death with the people of Dongshan Mansion.
They continued to suffer casualties and casualties, and before they even reached Dongshanfu City, they had already suffered hundreds of casualties.
Hundreds of people were injured or killed before the battle began, and morale dropped sharply. Especially the wailing of the wounded really affected morale. The leader of the team asked the wounded to stay behind and not go with them, lest they It affects morale too much.
Without the painful screams of the wounded, the team's morale improved a lot.
Because they were almost there, the leader of the rebel army cheered everyone up and said: "Dongshan Mansion is just a small mansion. It is not like those famous cities. The city has high walls and thick walls. There is not even a moat. The city gates are not that thick. Let's use wooden blocks." , just knock them away. Once we get in, we can all fight them. How can we still be afraid of them? We just can’t get in. There are so many of us, so we have been surrounding them outside. After a long time, we have no food. They will also starve to death, so what are they afraid of?"
Because there were so many of them, he would not be afraid of being harassed by the people sent by Linlang like the bandits from Dongshan Prefecture before. Anyway, there were many people, so the impact of harassment would be limited.
Besides, the view in front of the city gate is wide, and it is impossible for the people of Dongshan Mansion to harass them with bows and arrows like before, because they will be discovered as soon as they appear.
Either the previous road, unlike the north, was an endless plain, and no matter how flat it was, there were woods on both sides. Otherwise, if it was an endless plain like the north, you could see if there was anyone in the distance at a glance. There is no fear of being attacked at all.
As for food, although they only brought dry food for three days, they were not afraid. There were so many of them and they were collecting food on the spot near Dongshan Mansion. Who would dare not to give it to them?
Speaking of which, he felt strange. Why did the rebel army before Dongshan Mansion leave without besieging Dongshan Mansion? Isn't this stupid?
Regarding this, because the rebels had already run away, the rebels in Xishan Prefecture did not find out the reason.
However, I found out that the female leader of Dongshan Mansion was particularly beautiful, which aroused the desire of the leader of Xishan Mansion to see how beautiful she was. In fact, this was one of the reasons why he attacked Dongshan Mansion.
As a result, the leader of the Xishanfu uprising army came to Dongshanfu City with his people. He immediately called the spy over and gave him a big riding whip.
"Didn't you say that the city wall of Dongshan Mansion is very primitive and has no moat? What is this?"
Looking at the sparkling moat, the spy was also dumbfounded and said: "When I came here ten days ago, it was still flat here. There were some strange houses built in front, and there was nothing else."
His knowledge was limited and he didn't know what those strange houses built by the other party in front of the city wall were.
But if you understand, you will know that there are things like arrow towers and barbicans there, which are used to prevent the enemy from entering.
In this era without explosives, Linlang used the construction methods of later generations when the city wall was at its strongest. It was difficult for ordinary people to break through it - at least these people in Xishan Mansion couldn't break it because they had no explosives and limited siege tools.
But the leader of the Xishan Mansion uprising army had never been to a large city and had little experience. He also did not recognize the things Linlang built in front of the city wall, but it didn't matter. Let's cross the moat first.
There were horse-repelling stakes in front of the moat, so the leader of the rebel army asked people to remove them so as not to block them and make it inconvenient for everyone to cross the river.
Finally, when we arrived at the Juma stakes and were about to take them down, we found arrows shooting from the upstairs in front of the moat. It was not easy to move the Juma stakes.
The leader of the Xishan Prefecture uprising army did not want his people to die, so he planned to send people to find people around the city and ask them to demolish these things. When the people on the city wall shoot arrows, they will kill the people, but their people will not die. Not afraid anymore.
——This is also the trick that most people who attack a city will use, using the lives of ordinary people to fill the moat.
But how could Linlang let them get their wish? Long before, he had asked the people around him to move into the city as much as possible.
If they don't want to move, let them dig tunnels quickly and hide in the tunnels.
As for those who are further away, it is better. Firstly, they can hide in the tunnels; secondly, they disperse to various places to arrest ordinary people, and the patrol team in Fucheng can continue to harass them, and can send more people to harass them. They, after all, are scattered and suitable for siege.
And if you don't catch the people in all directions and gather them together...if you only look for the people in one direction, how many can you find, and the effect on them is limited.
Moreover, being together makes it easier for Linlang to send people to harass them with bows and arrows.
Therefore, the leaders of the Xishan Prefecture uprising army soon discovered that they could not find the common people around them.
In fact, when they came before, they found that there were no ordinary people around. But at that time, they only thought that the ordinary people were hiding at home. But now they looked at it, and it didn't look like they were hiding at home, but had completely disappeared. Gone.
He hadn't thought that people were hiding in the tunnels. He just thought that Linlang had brought them to the city, so there was no one outside the city.
So I walked about ten miles and still couldn't find anyone, so I thought there was no one here and stopped searching. Of course, the main reason was that people kept harassing me all the way, causing casualties. The leader of the rebel army in Xishan Prefecture was really... I've had enough of this, so I don't want to look any further.
But when we come back to see this city, we need to move horses and fill in the moat. This is difficult. After all, people will shoot arrows as soon as we get close. Isn’t this troublesome?
Not only did he find it troublesome, but some of his subordinates also found it troublesome and discussed with him, saying: "Why don't you go back first and get some siege equipment and then attack again."
The leader of the Xishan Prefecture uprising army also felt that this was necessary. Otherwise, if the other party had made the city so powerful and there were no people around, he would not be able to attack it for three days and there would be no food around, so how could he attack it?
It seems that next time I will bring food, as well as siege equipment.
He had already thought about it. When the time came, he would recruit civilians from the Xishan Mountains to transport grain. Once they arrived, he would use these civilians as cannon fodder to help move the horse piles and fill in the moat. He did not believe that if he did this, the city would not be captured.
So the leader of the Xishanfu uprising army listened to the advice of several brothers and prepared to retreat.
