The officers and soldiers suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the Ohnozawa bandits lost nearly 3,000 troops.
If it were in the past, the Onozawa bandits had strong soldiers and horses, and the loss of 3,000 people would be nothing at all.
Now it's no longer possible. After rounds of wars, the Onozawa bandits no longer have much to fight. They only have 10,000 men at full battle. Now they have reduced their number by 30% and their combat effectiveness has dropped by almost half!
A battle loss rate of 30% is too much for even the most heroic army in the world, not to mention the Onozawa bandits are still far from the most heroic army.
For a time, the morale of the Onozawa bandits almost dropped to freezing point, and deserters actually appeared!
Ohnozawa provided protection for the bandits' lair and also provided convenient conditions for the bandits to escape.
As long as you find a small boat or even a bamboo raft, you can escape from the vast Onozawa without being discovered by almost anyone.
Even if someone discovers it, it will be difficult to catch up.
The waters of Onozawa are vast and there are many reed swamps around it. It is almost impossible to find it if you paddle into it.
As for setting fire to the reed swamp, no one who has ever been around Onozawa would do that.
First, when burning reeds, you need to look at the direction of the wind. Once the wind direction changes, it is very likely that you will be burned first instead of others.
The second is that the reed marsh is not connected as a whole as many people imagine.
Usually there is a large area here and a large area there, and many of them grow in the water.
If a fire is set, it is most likely that this area will be burned, but that area will not be burned. Even if it can be burned, it is impossible to burn all the reeds.
As more and more people flee Liangshan, the hearts of the Onezawa bandits are gradually disintegrating.
Bandits who are young and strong and have no family problems can escape, but those with families are in trouble.
Of course they can also find a boat and paddle out, but what about after landing?
There are officers and soldiers moving around everywhere. If you run out at this time, it will be difficult for the whole family to escape!
To make matters worse, the official army's attack on the checkpoint on the northern slope of Liangshan did not stop because of excessive losses.
In some people's minds, more than 10,000 lives may be a lot and very precious.
However, in the eyes of others, more than 10,000 thieves and an army may not be as important as more than 10,000 dogs. They waste food while alive and pollute the air when dead. It is not pleasing to the eye.
Gao Qiu is this kind of person. If more soldiers die, he can save more military pay.
So, Gao Qiu forced his men to attack the checkpoint day and night!
It has to be said that Gao Qiu's move is really effective, which coincides with Ci Bu's ability to control soldiers.
There are many officers and soldiers, so they can take turns attacking.
The Ohnozawa bandits were gone. There were only a few thousand people left and there was almost no time to rest.
Even though the front of the level is only one or twenty meters, these two or twenty meters are like a meat grinder.
If there are not enough manpower behind them as backup, not enough manpower to supplement, and not enough manpower to transport supplies to the level, the bandits on the level will soon collapse.
There are only a few dozen people defending the level, but at least a few thousand people are required to move together.
Even if you don't move, you still have to stay behind the level and be on call at any time. You can't lie down in the tent and fall asleep.
Therefore, the Onozawa bandits were very tired.
As time goes by, this fatigue is increasing exponentially.
After the officers and soldiers lost another 10,000 people at all costs, the Onezawa bandits finally couldn't hold it anymore.
Too irritating, isn't it?
The officers and soldiers attacked the city while firing eight oxen crossbows.
If you don't stand up to defend, the officers and soldiers will soon climb up.
If you stand up, you will be attacked by the Eight Bull Crossbow again.
What's even more disgusting is that after such a long time, the government army actually produced a batch of siege equipment.
This batch of siege equipment is incredible. It is not a shield car, a ladder, or a ram car, but a trebuchet, which is known as the king of long-range along with the three-bow crossbow!
Trebuchets are relatively bulky and difficult to move. During wars, they are usually made from local materials and only built after arriving on the battlefield.
Originally, Gao Qiu had no intention of attacking the level by land, so he did not build a trebuchet.
Unexpectedly, the Onezawa bandits refused to give him any face, bullied Captain Gao for being uneducated, and always made a fuss about other people's food supply.
In anger, Lieutenant Gao began to order the craftsmen accompanying the army to build trebuchets, preparing to deal a devastating blow to the Onozawa bandits.
Speaking of craftsmen, we have to mention the last war where Tong Guan led his army to attack the Onezawa bandits.
After the war, Yun Chao, a fisherman, really made a fortune.
One of the assets was the Qianlaihao craftsmen who accompanied the army.
All of these craftsmen were proficient in their craftsmanship, and they all took advantage of Yun Chao.
With them, the level of Yun Jiajun's craftsmen has increased several times.
Compared with the craftsmen who accompanied the imperial court, the craftsmen in Qingyang County and Dongping Prefecture were really not good enough.
Apart from anything else, the craftsmen of Qingyang County and Dongping Prefecture could not build a trebuchet alone.
With the ideas provided by Yunchao, they could barely build it, but compared with the trebuchets built by the imperial craftsmen, the effect was really unsatisfactory.
As for the three-bow bed crossbow, even with the ideas provided by Yun Chao and even the ready-made three-bow bed crossbow as a reference, the original craftsmen of the Yun Family Army could not build it in a while.
One is the material problem, and the other is the technical problem. In the final analysis, it is still a technical problem.
Some things are not given to you as a ready-made thing, and you can just make them by scratching the surface of a gourd.
For example, no matter how many scientists have studied the engines of later generations, they have not been able to completely imitate them, and the technical standards still do not meet the advanced foreign levels.
It is true that Yun Chao is a time traveler, but he is not a god.
No matter how many people say he is the reincarnation of a god, he is still essentially an ordinary person.
Therefore, Yunchao is not omnipotent.
If he can roughly know how to make steel, how to make glass, how to make soap, etc., he is already quite awesome. If you expect him to be able to build cars, masturbate, or even make nuclear bombs with his hands, don't even think about it!
Therefore, Yun Chao has long been eyeing the craftsmen in Gao Qiu's army.
Especially after seeing the sample of the trebuchet built by Tong Guanjun's craftsmen.
Yun Chao didn't quite understand why such a powerful trebuchet would slowly disappear in later wars. Could it be that it was replaced by artillery?
"Reporting to brother Chao, the Liangshan checkpoint has been breached by the army in the afternoon, and a large number of officers and soldiers have invaded Liangshan!"
"good!"
Yun Chao stood up and said: "Brothers, the time has come for us to show off our talents. Send the order and all departments will execute it according to the original plan!"
"yes!"
All the generals received the order in unison.
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Regardless of the bloody smell that rose to the sky, Captain Gao personally climbed the checkpoint on the north side of Liangshan Mountain.
When he thought that he might sit on the throne of Privy Councilor after returning to the imperial court, the broken limbs and remains everywhere became cute.
"Haha, hahahaha! Order, the Onozawa bandits are committing extremely heinous crimes. They will take no prisoners, young and old, and kill them all. No chickens or dogs will be left behind!"
