"The bandit leader is dead, who else dares to fight!?"
The arrogant announcement, like the roar of a bell, shook from the top of the city and swept in all directions.
The chaotic battlefield suddenly became silent. All the water pirates were trembling with fear and confusion, and their morale plummeted.
On the contrary, the spirits of the surrounded Ban Zhi were greatly boosted, and infinite power seemed to be born in their bodies. I don't know who took the lead in shouting, which immediately caused all the Ban Zhi to shout wildly in unison.
"The King of Yan is mighty! The country is forever solid! The rebels and thieves only have their heads missing! Kill!"
In the roar, overwhelming pride exploded from his chest. The dozens of injuries on his body were immediately thrown away by Ye Qiang, and he suddenly stepped forward.
The water bandit on the opposite side subconsciously stabbed the water bandit with a harpoon, but Ye Qiang did not flinch. He turned slightly to the side, and when the harpoon passed by, he stabbed the long knife into the water bandit's abdomen, twisted it hard, cut it horizontally, and lifted it up. Kick your foot.
Using the body of this water bandit, he knocked away the other water bandits behind him, and a small gap appeared in the encirclement.
Seizing this opportunity, Ye Qiang continued to advance forward, and the rest of the Banzhi also launched a full-scale counterattack with him. The thick encirclement was broken with a single blow. The water pirates were now completely out of their minds, had no intention of fighting, and were only focused on escaping for their lives.
The city head, which was less than two feet wide, restricted the escape direction of the water bandits. They could only run around like headless flies. In an instant, no one knew how many people died under trampling.
Some people had just climbed up from the city. Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately jumped out of the crenel, but they collided with the people who were climbing up. They both fell down the city, perhaps hitting more people and causing greater chaos.
There were hundreds of water bandits under the city who had not yet had time to go up, but they dispersed with a roar. Most of them ran back to the dock, and a small number of them went to the west embankment.
Speaking of which, most of the thousand people led by Li Baineng were old water bandits, and they still had some rules, but by the embankment, they were still in chaos.
It took a lot of effort for the four thousand water pirates to just land ashore. After landing, they were even more at a loss. They could not find their leader, and the leader could not gather his subordinates. There were shouts and curses everywhere.
It's been a quarter of an hour, and they can't even form a team. What a fucking rabble!
Xuanhe looked at this messy scene and kept scolding his mother in his heart. He couldn't bear it anymore, "Master Fang, please think of something quickly, it will be dawn if it continues!"
"What can I do?" Fang Tang spread his hands, feeling helpless.
Although he has a large number of men, bandits are bandits after all. Their organizational structure is very sloppy, and they usually don't pay much attention to training and have no experience in large-scale operations. Even the plan to attack Wujiang City this time is Given by Liu Xiuli.
With Liu Xiuli's experience in the army for more than 20 years, he naturally knew the quality of this group of water bandits, and he fully considered this when formulating the plan.
Limited by the dock capacity under Wujiang City, Liu Xiuli wisely divided the siege into two parts.
Li Baineng led a thousand men with the most combat effectiveness to raid the south gate, and then Fangtang launched an attack on the west wall.
In fact, when Liu Xiuli thinks about it, there are no more than 300 combatable soldiers in the city. As long as Li Baineng can successfully attack the city, the battle will be basically out of suspense. No matter how useless the other 4,000 people are, they will definitely be able to fight with the wind. The most important thing is The purpose is to surround the city to prevent King Yan from escaping.
The plan was good, but Liu Xiuli still overestimated the combat effectiveness of the water bandits, underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Banzhi, and even underestimated the perversions of several people around King Yan.
At this time, dozens of deserters rushed over. Xuanhe immediately ordered the people he brought to go forward and cut down most of them, leaving only three people for questioning.
"Why did you run away from the battle!?"
"We're defeated, we're defeated, if we don't run away, we'll die..."
"Is your second boss really dead?"
"I don't know... I haven't had time to go to the city yet."
"Then how did you know you were defeated!?"
"Our people above the city are all trying to escape. What if we're not defeated?"
"I don't know anything, so what's the point of keeping you!?"
Realizing that he couldn't find any useful information at all, Xuanhe became furious and hacked the three deserters to death with a flurry of swords.
Therefore, there are skills to being a deserter. The principle is, "You can't flee toward the enemy, and you can't flee toward your own people."
Although Li Baineng's life and death could not be determined, Xuan He had already realized that the first wave of attacks should have failed, so he did not dare to delay any more. While sending people to notify Liu Xiuli, he also brought the hundred men he had brought with him. A forbidden army was dispatched and began to use strong methods to sort out the water bandits.
After beheading twenty or thirty heads, the water bandits' obedience was improved to the extreme. In just one stick of incense, they were divided into nearly forty hundred-man teams.
"Master Fang, from now on, I will be in charge. You stay by my side and don't go anywhere! Send the order and advance towards the city wall!"
Just when Xuanhe sent his troops to assemble, the battle at the top of the city had come to an end.
Although the water bandits had long been clamoring to surrender, Zhao Mengqi did not accept the surrender as he did not have enough manpower to guard too many prisoners.
It wasn't until there were less than a hundred water bandits left that Zhao Mengqi asked people to shout to surrender and not kill them.
At this time, Zhao Mengqi himself couldn't remember how many people he had killed. Anyway, the horizontal knife in his hand had been chopped into pieces, so he had to pick up a simple knife to use.
The garrison in the city finally arrived. The garrison commander Mao Liang tremblingly replied to Zhao Mengqi, saying, "Your Highness, the ninth commander of Xiongjie has been ordered to come. All the 215 people in the camp have been brought here. Please bring them to your Highness." Order."
Zhao Mengqi glanced at Chen Xiaokun and Xia Houji beside him, then looked at Maoliang lightly, "You should also be from the Fenghua Army, right?"
"Go back to your highness, the last general will be here." Maoliang replied anxiously.
"Then you have slacked off a lot. I heard that the Fenghua Army has always had strict military orders."
Mao Liang thought that Zhao Mengqi was going to punish him, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "It is the general who has embarrassed the Fenghua Army. Your Highness, please give the general a chance to redeem himself."
"Well..." Zhao Mengqi muttered deliberately, "Marquis Chen Du Yu, what do you think should be done?"
Chen Xiaokun cupped his fists and saluted, "Military law should be decided by His Highness, and the general has no right to comment."
Zhao Mengqi nodded, feeling satisfied with this trial. Maoliang did not defend himself, nor did he ask Chen Xiaokun to plead with him. Chen Xiaokun also followed the rules. For the time being, it seemed that the atmosphere of the Fenghua Army was really good.
"As a first offender, I'll give you a chance. Don't let me down again!"
"The general will remember His Highness's teachings and will fight to the death to disobey His Highness' wishes!" Maoliang's hanging heart finally let go, but his spirit did not dare to relax any more.
Zhao Mengqi ordered, "Immediately clean up the battlefield and deploy city defenses. Next, we still have to fight."
At this time, Hou Tao roughly interrogated the prisoners and obtained relatively accurate information, "Your Highness, the bandit leader is Fang Tang. This time they came out in full force, with a total of more than 5,000 bandits... Another thing worth noting is that , two days ago, a person called "Xuan Tong Ling" appeared next to Fang Tang. He was probably Liu Xiuli's general. He also brought a hundred soldiers with him. "
"Commander Xuantong? It's probably Xuanhe, that guy. He's very good at fighting. Please be careful, Your Highness." Chen Xiaokun reminded.
Zhao Mengqi was noncommittal, "I'm not too worried. After all, with these rabble, even Sun Wu can't lead him. What I'm worried about is that since Liu Xiuli has taken action, he will definitely not count on the bandits, and there will definitely be others behind him." hand."
At this time, an imperial city inspector rushed over and said, "Your Highness, six hundred people from the Fenghua Army have arrived at the north gate and are requesting entry into the city."
After thinking for a while, Zhao Mengqi shook his head, "It is difficult to clear the city gate blockade for a while. I'm afraid it will be too late to let them enter the city. Let them go around the east wall to form a formation and wait."
"Your Highness, our Fenghua Army is here this time. It is not fully equipped and may not be of great use." Chen Xiaokun reminded again,
Zhao Mengqi was stunned, then thought of the appearance of the three of them before, and immediately understood, "Someone, go tell Duke Chong and ask him to immediately try to replenish the Fenghua Army's armor and weapons."
Fortunately, Wujiang has a small arsenal, which is enough to arm two to three thousand people.
A sergeant rushed from the west city, "Report! The bandits are approaching the west wall. It is impossible to determine the number of people in the night. It is estimated that
The total is no less than three thousand. "
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