Luo Rucai asked his men to prepare a large amount of wet cloth to cover their mouths and noses, and specifically told the soldiers that it was best to block their noses and breathe through their mouths so that they would not smell the stench.
Although you can still see it, you can't smell it and immediately start to feel nauseated. As long as the vomiting time is delayed, the rebels' combat effectiveness will not be suddenly weakened.
But planning is one thing, but when it comes to actual combat, it's another thing. Most of the soldiers thought it was too uncomfortable to have their noses blocked, so they did not obey the leader's orders, so they were attacked one after another during the siege.
Golden juice can be seen everywhere on the battlefield, and it is close to the river. The wind is not weak. It can be said that it has a unique flavor and a fragrance that spreads for ten miles. Wherever it goes, it attracts everyone...
Under these circumstances, both the siege and defense of the city progressed very slowly.
The rebels who came to attack the city were confused in their minds and weak in body due to vomiting. It was very difficult for them to climb the ladder. Only a small part of them could climb up. Most of them stayed by the ladder and waited until they got over the energy.
In order to save ammunition and protect themselves, the officers and soldiers at the top of the city would not fire at the rebels outside the city at will as long as the rebels did not climb up. If they fired arrows at the crenels, they would be hit.
In this way, everyone hid behind the female wall, waiting for the thieves to come to their door.
Due to the small number of defensive troops and the young and strong people who came to support, there were only 400 people on the north side of the city. It was very difficult to deal with the vicious thieves outside.
But if a bandit climbs to the top of the city and three or four of them work together to deal with it, it is still very safe. After all, bandits are also human beings, not invulnerable devils with three heads and six arms. They will die even if they are stabbed by a spear.
This turned into dozens of rebel soldiers coming to attack the city and hundreds of defenders. This happened every round, which made Luo Rucai frown. If things go on like this, I don't know when and what month we will be able to capture this Fang County.
The defenders did not show their heads when fighting, making the rebel archers unable to play much of a role. If you want to use firecrackers to bombard the city, the power of the firecrackers is not enough, and the number is not enough.
It's not impossible to just keep charging at the city like this. If you persist for three days in a row, the defenders will definitely be exhausted. It's only a matter of time before the city is captured.
However, for the rebels, apart from firecrackers, the most lacking thing was time. Sun Chuanting was afraid that he would not give the rebels three days to attack Fang County.
If you can't defeat them in one day at most, you have to move out immediately. If it's too late, the rebels will flee, and Luo Rucai doesn't want to be out of breath by the Sun Gou thieves.
Sun Gou's officers and soldiers are always a poisonous thorn stuck in the back of the rebels. If they can't be pulled out, they must be careful at all times, otherwise they will die with one careless move.
The city in Fangxian County is not big, and Luo Rucai does not believe that the defenders here will prepare a lot of gold juice in advance, otherwise it means that the officers and soldiers have already learned about the rebel uprising.
However, Yun County did not know about it, which means that Fang County should have only known about it in the past two days. In this case, you will not prepare a lot of golden juice. You can pour it at most three times and it will almost be used up.
This thing can be continuously produced, but it will take time. If the rebels attack the city quickly, they can seize the city while the defenders are short of gold juice.
However, Luo Rucai also had a backup plan. In addition to ladders, the "Cao Army" soldiers also prepared a lot of flying claws specifically for climbing walls. When the number of ladders was insufficient, this kind of object came in handy.
Dozens of flying claws were thrown up high, and after falling, they hooked onto the upper edge of the parapet. The soldiers pulled back hard. After feeling that the rope was firm, they began to kick on the city wall and climb up.
The fifty or sixty people who climbed up at once would definitely surprise the defenders. This was much more than the number of people who ascended the city from the ladder, unless the defenders could cut the rope of the Flying Claw in advance.
Climbing with a rope is a strenuous task, especially because it requires a lot of physical strength, but there are indeed many experts in "Cao Ying", and it is not a problem to climb a ten-foot cliff with flying claws.
What is even more shocking is that the first batch of "crawlers" used the hammers they carried to dig holes in the city wall halfway, so that subsequent companions could use the pits to climb.
As long as there are enough pits on the city wall to provide the proper grip, a large number of "Cao soldiers" will not need ladders and can directly climb to the top of Fangxian City, which is not high.
Since there was no horse face as a cover for lateral shooting, the defenders wanted to repel the thieves climbing up with flying claws, either by cutting the rope or shooting outward from the crenel.
Since only one end of the flying claw is exposed on the female wall, even if the defenders use knives and axes to cut the rope, they will take great risks, and they will be hit by arrows if they are not careful.
Sure enough, after discovering Cao Jun's special tactics, the defenders began to lean out and try to stop this action. Soon they were shot by Cao Jun's archers, killing and wounding no less than twenty or thirty people.
If one move fails, the defenders will then use a spear or a long ax to extend from the crenel, intending to cut the rope from the side. This is much more difficult and requires great accuracy to succeed.
"Master! Your soldiers have already gone up!"
General Ya excitedly pointed at his own soldiers in the distance who were using flying claws to climb up the city. It seemed that this trick was indeed very effective. It can be said that it is difficult to see the enemy with a standing stick. In short, the defenders who poured gold juice on their own soldiers will not survive. A little longer.
"Hmm~! Not bad!"
Luo Rucai used a telescope to see more clearly, and he was very satisfied that he could capture the city in one go. In comparison, other leaders had no such idea.
As long as you can get to the top of the city, you have to use all the tricks. How do you know it doesn't work if you don't use them? This flying claw looks ordinary, but it can win unexpectedly in battle.
"Kill the thieves who are attacking the city quickly!"
The officer in charge of the defense here is Chief Secretary Zhu Bangwen. When he saw the banner with the word "Luo" before, he felt nervous and speculated that it was Luo Rucai who led the army to attack the city.
Unexpectedly, this cunning and ruthless thief lived up to his reputation. Not only did he use a lot of ladders, but he also asked his men to use flying claws to climb, which almost caught the defenders off guard.
Facing more and more traitors boarding the city, Zhu Bangwen had no choice but to order his men to fight the enemy with all their strength. The traitors must not be allowed to capture the city, otherwise the city of Fangxian County would fall into the hands of the enemy.
If they completely give up attacking the rebels outside the city and only defend the city head, the defenders can still have an absolute numerical advantage, but the numerical advantage can only offset the qualitative disadvantage.
Those who could follow Luo Rucai in the uprising were veterans who had fought with him for many years, and were very powerful in combat. However, the defenders had very little actual combat experience, and the only time they did so was to defend against an attack by rogue bandits.
More than 300 garrison soldiers and young men can resist the attack of fifty or sixty bandits. If there are more, it will be a bit difficult. When the bandits on the city reach a hundred people, it will become an embarrassing burden.
The situation suddenly became tense. Even though Zhu Bangwen shouted urgently and ordered the defenders to resist the enemy on the spot, they could not resist the continuous stream of thieves who came to the city.
At present, there are already hundreds of thieves all over the outside of the city wall. They are as dense as locusts crawling onto the rice fields. It makes people feel dizzy just looking at them. Those who come up from the ladder are also counted.
The defenders had long since exhausted their gold juice and their firearms were in short supply. While the rebels were still attacking the city with high intensity, the defenders had no choice but to use cold weapons to resist desperately.
"Go to hell, dog officer!"
When a bandit soldier saw Zhu Bangwen, who was commanding the battle not far away, he should be a high-ranking official judging from his clothes, he deliberately avoided the attacks of the officers and soldiers around him, crept closer, aimed at the opponent's waist, and stabbed him fiercely. .
"ah……"
Zhu Bangwen screamed suddenly, turned around and saw a ferocious-looking soldier pulling out a waist knife from his body, spurting out a fountain of bright red blood.
The guards on both sides hurriedly left behind the enemy and came to rescue him. Even if the sneak attack did not injure the chief clerk, Zhu Bangwen's condition was not optimistic.
Affected by the sneak attack on the main register, the morale of the defenders gradually declined. Although they did not collapse instantly, they could no longer suppress the large number of thieves who came to the city and began to give up the initiative.
"Brothers! Come on! Kill all the dog officers and soldiers, and all the money and women in the city will belong to us!"
The leader of the team loudly encouraged the soldiers around him. Seeing victory in sight, the "Cao soldiers" were naturally as excited as if they had drunk chicken blood, and began to charge at the defenders.
Especially to avenge the hatred that they had poured out the golden juice before. For them, enjoying an "incomparably sumptuous feast" for no reason was even more abominable than killing their wives and seizing their children.
No matter how many officers and soldiers there are on the other side, they will all be slaughtered. Those who are still alive will be poured with oil and all will light sky lanterns. When the city is captured, Hao Jingchun's dog officer will be rounded out and executed in Ling Chi.
"Don't retreat!"
Seeing that the rebel army was still strong and became more and more courageous as they fought, no less than a hundred of our own troops were cut down. The remaining officers, soldiers and young men were frightened and kept retreating. They even began to abandon the city and planned to retreat into the city. Zhu Bang heard that Give orders quickly.
But there is nothing that can be done to stop this overwhelming momentum of defeat. For the defenders, they have lost even the confidence to fight three against one. This Fang County can't stand it anymore, so they should take the opportunity to escape as soon as possible. They don't want to He died at the hands of thieves at a young age.
"It's over! People are done with it!"
If the city was lost, Fangxian County would also be lost. Zhu Bangwen directly thought of the people in the city. The rebels had suffered a lot before, and they would definitely take revenge. Massacre of the city was inevitable.
Unexpectedly, even though he tried his best, he still couldn't withstand the fierce attack of the bandit army. Zhu Bangwen couldn't help but began to cry bitterly, crying for his own incompetence, and feeling compassion for the people in the city who were about to suffer a devastating loss.
In less than half a stick of incense, the defense on the north side of the city completely collapsed, and no one of the defenders was left. Zhu Bangwen was unwilling to run away, and planned to kill himself with a knife, but the soldiers had to forcibly lift him up and fled into the city. .
"Congratulations, sir! E's army was the first to break the city!"
"Haha~! Let's go to the city and have a look soon!"
The truth from his subordinates had turned into a compliment, but Luo Rucai still felt better after hearing it. He didn't say any big words, but he was extremely proud in his heart.
Compared with the "King of Sweepers" and "The Whole Hundred Thousand", the person who can lead the rebel army to make a comeback is himself, otherwise they will not be able to conquer even a small county.
"Report~! Officers and soldiers were found within fifteen miles of the north bank, numbering no less than 300!"
"...Explore again!"
"yes!"
This is definitely not good news. Even if the army and the army are thirty miles away from here and rush to help with all their strength, they will arrive in two sticks of incense.
The joy of breaking the city was immediately diluted by the bad news. The smile on Luo Rucai's face disappeared in an instant. He didn't know whether it was the Sun Gou Thief's vanguard or the main force who came personally.
It took only two hours from the total to the capture of the city. If the officers and soldiers arrived at this time, it means that they are only three hours away from their own troops at most, which is less than a hundred miles.
This was still under the premise of crossing mountains and ridges. If we fought on the plains, I'm afraid the officers and soldiers would come faster. At this point, Luo Ru hurriedly asked General Ya to mobilize all the troops from the city.
If you covet money and women, you may even lose your life in the end, because what is coming is a big evil star, and you must evacuate this place immediately before Sun Gou Thief's team can catch up.
"What? Withdraw? Brother, are you kidding me? We have already destroyed the city!"
"Sweeper King" Zhang Yichuan completely disagreed with Luo Rucai's proposal. In his opinion, "Cao Cao" was scared out of his wits by Sun Chuanting, but he did not say it directly due to human feelings, but that was what he meant between the lines.
"Yes, brother, there is a lot of money and food in the city. Even if we want to evacuate, we have to empty the money and food first!"
"One hundred thousand" Hei Yunxiang looked down on the "sweeping king" who was a strong man but a strong man, but under the current situation, he also agreed with Zhang Yichuan. With so many soldiers and generals lost, he had to get some compensation from here, and he couldn't do a loss-making business.
"Little Qin King" Bai Gui and "Yilong" Xue Chengcai didn't express their opinions immediately. They just glanced at each other and understood each other's thoughts. Without words, they just wanted to get away as soon as possible.
These two guys are secretly slandering the "Sweeping King" and "The Whole Hundred Thousand". You have never seen Sun Gou Thief's new style of firecrackers. The blast was earth-shattering. After the lightning and flint, less than half of their troops were crippled.
If you think your troops can withstand this thunderous bombardment, you can go up and bear Sun Chuanting's attack. We will cheer for you from behind. If you win, we can lead the horse and put the stirrup on it.
"Okay, we have to leave within two sticks of incense, we can't delay it any longer!"
Luo Rucai asked his troops to only take away the food near the city gate, and not to interfere with anything else, otherwise they would risk their own lives. The soldiers below were not happy, but military orders were difficult, and those who violated the orders would be punished on the spot.
"Brother, how can I finish moving two sticks of incense? It will take at least half an hour, otherwise all my soldiers will be hungry!"
Zhang Yichuan had lost so much capital and planned to make up for it from the city. Otherwise, he would have suffered a huge loss. The gold juice alone would make him sick for a month.
"Then brother, just adapt to the situation and withdraw first!"
Luo Rucai also knew that what the other party said was reasonable, but if he couldn't defeat him, he couldn't defeat him. If he even lost his life, what was the use of asking for a lot of money and food?
"Brother, why don't we do a 'half-crossing attack' and kill the dog officers and soldiers when they cross the river. This will also empty the city of money and food. What do you think?"
Not only did Hei Yunxiang not want to run away immediately, he also wanted to give the officers and soldiers who came for reinforcements a blow. "Cao Cao" was frightened by Sun Chuanting, but he had not yet. But one of his troops alone is not enough, he must bring everyone together to do it.
"...What do you mean?"
Luo Rucai was noncommittal, but still wanted to seek the opinions of other leaders first. Only when most people agreed would he be willing to try again.
"Dry!"
