Chapter 60 Killing
Following Gangfeng Camp across the river was Zhang Ding's Pili Camp.
According to the predetermined plan, Pili Camp stepped off the pontoon bridge and went directly around the north gate, went straight to the east gate of Shaanzhou Prefecture to set up their formation, set up camp with their backs to the water, and replaced Gu Baisong's one hundred cavalry. Zhang Ding led an auxiliary force of 1,500 people, unloaded the grain and grass supplies from the carts, and began to build observation towers, dig trenches, set up horses, and erect fences in the north, west, and south directions... Because the area that needed to be defended was not large, within half an hour, it looked like the camp was already in shape.
Then crossing the river were Gao Tengdou's three flying beast battalions and Guan Shengyun's pro-army Poxiao battalion. After they landed, they just assembled as a team behind Gangfeng Camp, and then drove a short distance south. After the rearguard of the entire army, You Futian's Nutao Battalion landed ashore to take over the defense of Gangfeng Battalion, and at the same time, they also had to wait for Gu Baisong to drive the people to the city before the large forces would move into the main attack position in the south of the city. You Futian is in charge of the defense of the west gate. On the shore, Nutao Battalion takes over from Gu Baihua to block the gate, and Tianyi Battalion in Qinglong Stream provides backup and support.
The north gate of Shaanzhou Prefecture facing the Yellow River is empty and unfenced. Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao were eager for the city's officers and soldiers to run away from the north gate - in front of them was the Yellow River's natural barrier with a huge drop and fast currents. Not to mention boats, even if they threw a wooden board into the river, they would be swept under the water by the rapids. It was completely unreasonable. Possibly crossing the river. There are defenses in the water and on the shore to the west. Besides, even if You Futian is defeated, drilling into the ancient road that is dozens of miles to the sky is asking for death. If you go around to the east, you need to break through the defense line to the north of Zhang Ding's camp first. , then penetrate the Pili Camp headquarters, and then break through the southern defense line again... Well, okay, even if Hongnongwei has such cheating combat power, he will then run into Gao Teng, who has been waiting for a long time. Dou’s three flying beasts are in camp!
At this moment, Shaanzhou City has become an isolated island surrounded by iron walls - there is no hope of breaking out of the siege. The only question is whether Guan Shengyun's teeth are strong enough to chew off this big fat bone.
In the blink of an eye, a large number of people had already poured into the city. The people in front were crying and beating with their fists, clapping their palms, scratching with their nails, and hitting the closed city gate with their shoulders, while those behind continued to squeeze forward. Pushing. The individuals in the crowd are so small that they have completely lost their ability to act independently, like a solitary boat in the sea, flowing left and right with the crowd in an irregular direction. People are trying their best to keep themselves standing: as long as they lose their footing and fall, everything will happen in the blink of an eye. In a short time, the soles of the feet will be trampled by pairs of big feet around them, and they will no longer be able to struggle until the end of life.
Human power was unable to open the heavy city gate. People on both sides of the wall began to trample on each other and crawl towards the city. At this moment, driven by unnamed fear, the frightened people had fallen into a state of collective unconsciousness and madness. Almost no one went I will think about a common sense: it is absolutely impossible to climb a city wall three to five feet high using a ladder!
According to the figures on the state government's household registration book, there are more than 3,000 households in the south of the city. However, because Shaanzhou Prefecture is located at a transportation hub and has very developed service industries such as inns, restaurants, tailor shops, carriage shops, teahouses, and foot shops, there are even more people who have not been registered by the government. The total population exceeds 40,000. At this moment, almost They all rushed to the foot of the small Shaanzhou City. At a glance, they saw a dark crowd. Ma Wensheng's sanity had already been overwhelmed by huge fear. Seeing the overwhelming crowd coming, he suddenly felt that he was in danger.
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows! Drive them all away!" Ma Wensheng stared at his blood-red eyes and hissed the order through gritted teeth.
"Master Ma, you can't do it!" Jing Xiangshan roared, "These are all common people! What do you and I have to do with the Holy Spirit? It is our duty to protect the land and the people. The people just want to escape for their lives, how can they kill indiscriminately?!"
"You're talking nonsense! How do you know that they are all ordinary people? What should you do if there are thieves sneaking in and taking advantage of the chaos to enter the city? Besides, the thieves want to attack the city, and they..." As he spoke, Ma Wensheng pointed angrily at the chaotic crowd below the city, "They are like this You are obviously helping the thief! Shoot me an arrow!"
Wang Jian knew that it was not his turn as a small military official to speak in front of these civil servants, but he really had to obey orders to shoot the people who climbed the city to ask for help. He responded and ordered: "Knock the clapper to warn, remove the arrow clusters and shoot the arrows to disperse the crowd!"
There was a dense banging sound at the top of the city. Chief Guo and other non-commissioned officers took out the rattling arrows (with bamboo whistles tied to the arrow shafts) from the quiver, knocked off the arrow clusters, and shot them into the sky. There were no rattling arrows. The archers and ordinary soldiers waved and shouted at the same time to signal the people below the city to leave.
However, the sound of bangs and the whistle of a limited number of arrows piercing the air were quickly drowned in the din of tens of thousands of people. Even if the people in front heard it, they were crowded by huge forces from all directions and could not hold their feet at all. The crowd continued to surge, squeezing towards the city, and the screams and cries for help got louder and louder.
Gu Baisong's cavalry stopped two or three arrows away from the city wall, sparsely opening a half-arc cordon, reining in their horses coldly and watching everything in front of them, maintaining a high degree of alert.
Ma Wensheng on the wall continued to shout: "Such a death row prisoner is unwilling to give up until he sees blood! Shoot someone for me! Release the arrow quickly!"
Wang Jian looked mournful and said bitterly: "Sir, we are the army, we are the army!"
With a snap, Ma Wensheng slapped a big mouth on his face: "You idiot! The officers and soldiers are going to kill thieves! Aren't these wall climbers thieves? If you continue to indulge yourself deliberately, you will be a group of thieves. I will first follow the theory of treason." , kill your whole family!"
Pan Ding, Jing Xiangshan and others stared at the hysterical Ma Wensheng with their mouths open. Wang Jian covered his face and looked at the two of them. When he saw no one said anything, he lowered his head and waved his hand towards the city with his eyes closed...
The screams were followed by the sound of arrows piercing the air. The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers also tried their best to pick up smaller bricks and throw them down the city. The people who rushed over to ask for help were unexpectedly hit and cried instantly. The sound is shocking!
They are helpless, they are sad, they are angry... However, there is nothing they can do about this disaster! The long-established habit drove most of them to shed tears, their knees weakened and they knelt down towards the city. They stretched out their hands in despair, crying and begging for mercy that they would never receive until they, or People around me were shot down and hit...
Due to the structural design of the Ming Dynasty's military system, most of the soldiers were not good people. However, if they were asked to shoot at the civilians, except for a few severely psychologically distorted people, most of them could not bear it even though they did not receive an explicit order, and often adopted a half-stretch method. , and it was also a diffuse attack without aiming, and the slingers did not perform a probe attack. They just picked some small pieces of bricks and threw them blindly across the wall. However, the crowd was too dense, and the targets were thinly dressed. People, even so, in the blink of an eye, two or three hundred people were hit by arrows or their heads were smashed and bleeding. The dead fell on the spot, and the injured struggled and wailed at the feet of the crowd.
Seeing the indiscriminate attacks from stones and bows and arrows on the city in front, the people behind did not dare to crowd forward any more. The huge driving force of the crowd disappeared. The people kneeling on the ground saw no hope of help. There were still sparse people on the city. Only arrows were shot down, and finally someone understood: there was a high wall with arrows and stones in front of them, and behind them were the thieves' swords and guns. More and more people simply sat down, pointing at the city head and yelling in despair - yes, they don't Hate thieves, they are thieves! They poured their anger and hatred into the city: in a sense, they were right to do so - the thieves just drove them away from their homes, but the government that was supposed to protect them blatantly massacred several people in broad daylight. Hundreds of lives!
What's wrong with them?
To the west of the crowd, outside the cavalry cordon, Guan Shengyun's main force passed silently. The auxiliary corps started civil engineering work behind the crowd. In less than an hour, they completed a solid and huge defense line that ran east to west from the south of the city. There were ready-made village houses for accommodation. The auxiliary corps only needed to build fortifications. It takes time to build a fortress, so it is very efficient.
Finally, the crowd under the city began to move: they left the city wall for about a hundred steps, avoided the range of bows and arrows, and headed west, leaning against the bank of the Qinglong Stream. In the southwest corner of the city wall, Gao Tengdou's three flying beast camps and two of Youfutian's raging wave camp. The open space between the road fortifications temporarily stopped. This clearing is not small, but it is still crowded, but it is also the only place where they can stay safely, at least for now.
Ma Wensheng on the city finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed dryly: "Well done, a great victory in the first battle! I will draft a memorial immediately to ask for your credit. Everyone cheer up, you will be rewarded for your great achievements in defending the city," and then added fiercely The previous sentence, "Those who dare to slack off will be punished on the spot!"
Then, pointing to several subordinates: "Master Pan, Master Jing, and Wang Qianshi, you should pay close attention to the movements of the thieves, and guard the city separately. Don't be careless. I will patrol the city first." After that, he ran down the city wall.
The three people on the wall looked at each other in shock: This is to kill the people who came over. The thieves haven't even attacked the city yet. How can they get such a great victory? Patrolling the city? A strong enemy is waiting for you. If you don't patrol the city wall, why don't you go to the city to patrol the city?
Soon, everyone on the south gate tower understood - Mr. Ma's angry curses could be heard faintly from the direction of the city gate below: "You guys are on death row! If I want you to block the door, I need to use a stone! These gravels It’s useless! What, you can’t find it? Bastard! Go and pry the steps! Baolun Temple, Confucian Temple, and Zhou Yamen all have ready-made ones? Drag them over to hold up the city gate! No bullock carts? You go find and drag them yourself Ah! Anyone who refuses to give is a traitor..."
Today, Guan Shengyun's army was not in a hurry to launch an attack. It completed the planned plan to encircle Shaanzhou and arranged a rotating guard force. The main force rested on the spot outside the city. Around Shenshi, the officers of each battalion gathered at Guan Shengyun's command post, a large restaurant in the south of the city, to hold military discussions before launching a formal attack.
