There were not many defenders in Fang County. Fortunately, when the news came, the local "sweeping king" Zhang Yichuan had not yet revolted, giving the civilian and military officers time to make minimum defense preparations.
The city gate has been blocked by stones. Since the official army is unable to take the initiative to attack, there is no need to have a back-up. It is impossible for the rebel army to break the city by hitting the city gate. They can only climb the city. Attack.
There are enough sandbags prepared on the battlements, filled with sand dug from the river. This is also a good defense method when the door panels are not enough, and it is still very effective against incoming arrows.
The county magistrate Hao Jingchun didn't expect the ant-like rebel army outside the city to come to attack the city, but Yang Daoxuan's idea of guerrilla warfare was different, because the smell at the top of the city made him want to vomit.
In order to deal with the thief army attacking the city, the defenders used a large pot to boil a lot of golden juice. Gold juice is high-temperature liquid artificial fertilizer. Even wearing a mask can't block the strong smell...
When the temperature is so high, once burns caused by gold juice lead to infection, it is basically impossible to recover in a short period of time. In more cases, the sores will become suppurated, then fester over a large area, and even require amputation to save life.
As a local official, Hao Jingchun was still very diligent. He ordered people to collect all the "local specialties" of the people in the city, put them into more than fifty large pots and boiled them continuously, so smoked that guerrilla Yang Daoxuan almost lost his mind. .
There is nothing that can be done about it. If the golden juice is cold, the killing effect will be greatly reduced. Only under high temperature, giving the bandits a bloody blow can burn them to a point where they are worse than dead.
There are two hundred barrels that have been prepared, and they are all ready at the top of the city. At least fifty barrels can be allocated to one wall. Whoever dares to come over first to find trouble will have the most unforgettable "delicious food" in this life. .
"Brother, should we fight against this Fang County or not?"
"Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan is too slippery. He talks about one thing and does another in his hands. He is obviously an unreliable leader. Originally, each leader can take charge of the city in the defense area, and there is no problem in conquering it. This "sweeping the floor" King" is a bit too much.
Except for "Cao Cao", the other leaders have similar statuses, and no one needs to be shorter than the other. "One hundred thousand" Hei Yunxiang does not want his men to attack the city for the "Sweeper King".
"Let's take a look first. If the defenders resist to the end, then we can argue!"
Luo Rucai didn't want to run hundreds of miles. When he saw the government troops defending the city, he led his troops to move to other places. If Fang County was prepared, Baokang and Nanzhang further east might have received the news of their uprising. .
If we don't attack Fang County, we won't be able to attack Baokang and Nanzhang. Maybe we won't even be able to attack Zhongxiang. Then where will they go to find food? Tens of thousands of brothers eventually had to run around and starve to death.
With Yun County's experience in siege, this Fang County city is not stronger than Yun County. There is no reason why the rebel army cannot attack for a long time. They can break into the city in four or five hours at most, loot all the money and food in the city, and then The Sun Dog thief escaped before he arrived.
As for Baokang's "Hunshiwang" Wu Ziqiang and Nanzhang's "Fat Zhang" Zhang Zixiu, Luo Rucai has no time to think about the situation of these two people and their troops. He hopes that the uprising can be successful.
"'Sweeper King'! It's up to you!"
"One hundred thousand" Hei Yunxiang meant that he didn't want to send troops anymore, which was what "Little Qin King" Bai Gui and "One Dragon" Xue Chengcai meant.
Hei Yunxiang captured Zhushan, while Bai Gui, Xue Chengcai and their eldest brother Luo Rucai conquered Yunxian County. You, Zhang Yichuan, should show off your joining the team.
If you don't do anything and just follow others to invade other places, then there is something wrong. Maybe the reason why the news leaked was from you.
"……good!"
Seeing that the four leaders who came from afar were all looking at me with the same attitude, if I didn't show off my skills, I might be suspected.
Zhang Yichuan agreed immediately. His five thousand troops were not too many, but they were also very determined. Although there were more than a thousand Luo Rucai's men inside, there were still nearly four thousand after excluding this part.
If even the small Fangxian County cannot be conquered, these guys will definitely be brought up again and again in the future, and Zhang Yichuan will have to show his hand in both emotions and reasons.
"Brothers, follow me! Take down Fang County, play with women, and divide the money!"
"Okay~!"
"Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan doesn't have much ink in his stomach, but when faced with his illiterate minions who may not even know a few words, as long as he comes up with the most practical motivational method, he will respond to them all.
It wasn't that he didn't want to capture Fangxian at all. The money and food in the city were urgently needed by his troops, so his men made a lot of ladders and shields for attacking the city, and the soldiers didn't know how to make them on the spot.
"Come on!"
"Kill the dog officer!"
"Kill all the officers and soldiers!"
Zhang Yichuan's troops were not equipped with many firecrackers, and the firing of cannons was just symbolic to boost the morale of the soldiers. The reason why they were so excited was the many good objects in the city.
As long as Fang County is conquered, both people and wealth can be divided up. Moreover, there were not many defenders in the city, which was also the main reason why the men of the "Sweeping King" were able to attack the city vigorously.
The Fangxian city located on the south bank of Zhushui is not tall, but because it is a relatively flat valley, the city can control the surrounding areas and still has high strategic value.
When the garrison at the top of the city saw that the bandits outside were finally rushing towards them like a flood, they immediately opened their bows and fired arrows to stop them. The few Folangji and Tiger Crouching Cannons at the crenels also fired one after another.
The rebels lacked firecrackers, and there were not even a few carriages to cover the infantry's charge. It was just soldiers with swords and shields in front, and guys carrying ladders following behind. There were no formation regulations. How long could they run during the siege? Just run as fast as you can.
As long as they can avoid the arrows and bullets and run underground to the city's roots, that's half the success. The other half depends on how well everyone climbs the ladder and seizes the city head.
Since Luo Rucai was watching the battle, Zhang Yichuan did not have the nerve to use "Cao Cao's" troops. Instead, he used his own 3,000 men to attack Fangxian County from the east, south and west.
The north side is close to Zhushui, and the ground is mostly mud, which is not convenient for the soldiers to move forward, so they are not included. There are rebel soldiers nearby, and it is impossible for the officers and soldiers in the city to break out from the north.
"Give it to your forehead!"
"quick!"
Under the powerful temptation of money and women, the rebel soldiers were not afraid of fire resistance from the city. Even if their companions were constantly hit and fell by arrows and bullets, most of the remaining people were not afraid at all.
If you don't get much advantage by being an official soldier, you might as well be a rebel army, burning, killing, looting, and having fun. If you can play with a woman from the city, that would be really exciting.
Even if it is just an idea, it will make everyone feel that there is nothing wrong with following the "Sweeper King" in revolt.
A person's life should be so heroic. What's the point of being a coward and an honest person all his life?
Wasn't the "Sweeping King" just a humble man working for others, so what benefits did he earn?
When the flag broke out, the status suddenly changed. Now there are three to five thousand troops.
If they become emperors in the future, they will all be the founding heroes!
With this thought, everyone rushed towards the city head against the dense rain of arrows and whistling bullets.
In front of the warriors of the rebel army, the county magistrate Hao Jingchun was a useless thing who knew nothing.
The only thing to be afraid of is the guerrilla Yang Daoxuan and his more than a thousand officers and soldiers.
However, we have a large number of people, and "Cao Cao" leads tens of thousands of horses to suppress the formation. It is natural to capture the city.
Therefore, the soldiers of the "Sweeping King" were able to attack in succession from half a mile away regardless of casualties. They quickly rushed to the ground of the city and surrounded the county seat.
Even though no less than two to three hundred people were injured by the officers and soldiers during the attack, and it is still unknown whether they are dead or alive, this loss is completely acceptable to the "Sweeping King".
As long as Fangxian can be conquered, it is worth it even if seven or eight hundred people are injured. To feed so many people, there is no food. Otherwise, the soldiers will not be able to fill their stomachs and will not follow them to do big things.
"quick!"
"Hurry up the ladder!"
"Climb up!"
"Next!"
After arriving at the base of the city, they set up a ladder. The little boss hurriedly urged his minions to climb the ladder. In just one round, they could seize the top of the city and kill the dog officers and soldiers so much that they called them grandpas.
"this……"
"ah……"
"My forehead is burned to death!"
"Get out of the way!"
"It's golden juice!"
"It stinks!"
The garrison at the head of the city wore coarse cloth gloves, picked up the wooden bucket, and poured the entire bucket of golden juice down. Most of the golden juice was at a high temperature. Even if it did not bubble, the temperature was enough to burn the human epidermis and subcutaneous tissue.
For the rebel soldiers who were unable to react in time, the smell was secondary. This thing could really kill people without being seen. In such hot weather, even if there is a small cut on the body, if it is stained with gold juice, it will quickly become diseased if it is not cleaned in time. .
The guy who climbed the ladder was still some distance away from the golden juice, but under the crenel, the guy who thought he was unharmed was soaked in the rain and burned like a pig, making a miserable wailing sound.
A scoop of this thing is enough to make people roll on the ground, let alone a bucket of enlightenment. Not only is the stench extremely bad, but it is also extremely difficult to eliminate the pain, and subsequent treatment is very difficult. .
There is a shortage of doctors in the rebel army. Anyone who is injured in the battle has to admit that he is unlucky and rely on his own body to resist the invasion of germs. If he cannot resist it, the only option is to kick his legs and die.
Dozens of barrels of gold juice were poured down one after another in the south of the city, causing a whole row of rebel soldiers under the city to be scalded, totaling no less than a hundred people.
"Ahhhhh~!"
"Help..."
Many guys' facial features have been changed beyond recognition by the golden juice, and they are extremely hideous, like ugly monsters crawling out of the underworld. Their bodies are still exuding an unconcealable stench. They are wailing and crawling towards their companions around them.
Everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly ran away, and the attack weakened in an instant. Seeing this, the little boss couldn't bear it anymore, so he waved his sword and chopped down several stinky monsters at once. After the howling stopped, everyone felt calmer.
However, the weapons of the defenders were not just gold juice. Rolling logs and thunder stones had already been piled up on the top of the city, and they were thrown down like a violent storm, hitting the rebel soldiers who had no helmets and only wrapped in turbans and suffered terribly.
If you fail to dodge, your brain will be smashed open. If your brain is deflated, it will be similar to the situation of an arrow in the chest. Death is not far away, and no matter how hard your life is, you will not live long.
"Go on!"
"Don't stop!"
Zhang Yichuan, the "Sweeping King" who was supervising the battle in the rear, asked the troops to work hard, otherwise if they were repelled by the defenders, they would be laughed at by the many leaders behind them.
The dog officers and soldiers actually used such a disgusting thing. When they capture the city, they will massacre all the people in the city and capture the county magistrate Hao Jingchunyu and the guerrilla Yang Daoxuan alive.
If it weren't for these two people to interfere, this Fang County would have been captured by him long ago. How could he lose hundreds of warriors?
After the work is completed, these two dog officials must be chopped up in public to relieve their anger!
Zhang Yichuan didn't believe that with this small number of defenders, the other side could withstand his troops' tsunami-like onslaught.
"If there is anything special, use the special object and throw it down! The thieves who climbed up to the top of the city will wait for you with swords and guns!"
Guerrilla Yang Daoxuan was supervising the battle at the top of the city. Facing the swarming bandits, he broke out in a cold sweat. However, he remained calm on the surface, organized the defense in an orderly manner, and ordered his subordinates to resist tenaciously.
Hong Shaobao said that he would have to hold on for seven days before reinforcements could arrive. But judging from the current situation, if Fang County can hold on for three days, it would be good if we are united as one.
There was no testing at the beginning. As soon as these thieves came up, they launched a frantic attack as if they were desperate for their lives. They opened their bows and shot arrows. Even if they didn't deliberately aim, it was difficult to shoot the arrows into the open space.
Looking out from the perforation, we can see that the area near the city is full of furious bandits, and in the distance is a large group of bandits. As long as this attack is unfavorable, they will still have backup plans to carry it out.
The strength of the rebel army was far greater than what guerrilla Yang Daoxuan had expected. Originally, he thought it was only Zhang Yichuan and his group, but now he feared that there would be no less than ten thousand rebels outside the city, more than double the original estimate.
One thousand defenders resisted the attack of 10,000 rebels. Even with the support of a city, it was extremely difficult to succeed. Yang Daoxuan could only do his best and obey fate. At worst, he would sacrifice his life for righteousness, which could be regarded as serving the imperial court.
The only thing that made Yang Daoxuan feel gratified was that the imperial court had sent Hong Shaobao to lead an army of 100,000 to suppress the attack. Hong Shaobao had already anticipated what might happen in Fang County, so he sent people to inform him.
For the defenders of Fangxian County, the only thing they could rely on to resist the enemy was Hong Chengchou's invading and suppressing army. In Xiangyang, two hundred miles away, as long as Zhang Ni in Gucheng was eliminated, they would march south.
The county magistrate Hao Jingchun encouraged thousands of soldiers and minions in the city to unite and strive for lasting victory, in order to use this city to weaken the spirit of the rebel army.
First of all, you can save your life and not be massacred by the bandit army. The second is to buy time for Hong Shaobao to counter the rebellion.
Hao Jingchun estimated that the Fangxian defenders could hold on for three days, but he didn't know how he could survive the remaining four days.
Based on the current battle situation, Yang Daoxuan believed that three days was the limit. He was afraid that by the third day, all the defenders would have been exhausted.
Relying on the young and strong people to defend the city can only delay it for half a day.
By then Fang County will inevitably fall into the hands of the bandit army.
Hong Shaobao couldn't find him to settle the score. At that time, all the Junmin in the city had already been loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
"Fire the arrow!"
The reverie was only temporary. When Yang Daoxuan came to his senses, he ordered the archers to shoot. Taking advantage of the high morale of the defenders, he must kill as many traitors as possible.
Every time one more bandit is killed here in Fang County, it will be easier when Hong Shaobao leads his army to suppress it. This is the only place where Yang Daoxuan can help Hong Chengchou.
