There are only a few things in this world that go well with you, and most of them unfold in directions that make you embarrassed or not so satisfied. That's why there are sayings "Everything depends on people, and everything depends on God" and "My destiny is up to me and not up to God." Fight.
Just when everyone was looking forward to Manzi realizing the reality and retreating after suffering a big loss in Wocandang, they once again made Hong Chao see the stubbornness and "I don't care". Don't understand.
According to the news sent back by the cavalry sentries deployed in Yongchuan City, only half a day after Wocandang was attacked by the water, the surviving barbarians could be seen on the shore of the water belt near Yongchuan City starting to rebuild the military stronghold. and collect corresponding supplies. Then in the afternoon, I saw small boats carrying groups of three or five barbarians crossing from the other side of the flood zone. As the number of small boats increased, more and more barbarians arrived in the direction of Yongchuan City. At the same time, They also brought over batches of weapons and ordnance.
As a result, everyone's expected idea of letting the barbarians retreat down the river to the southwest can basically be said to have ended in vain. Such a posture made it clear that they were recharging their strength and preparing to capture Yongchuan City in one fell swoop before the food problem became fatal and block Yongchuan City so that they could get enough food to fill their stomachs.
After learning the news, Liu Jianyu could only sigh secretly in his heart, then put aside the joy brought by the previous water attack strategy and face the upcoming decisive battle again.
However, although it seems that it has returned to the original situation, Yongchuan City is still as precarious as an egg exposed under a hammer, but the actual situation has really changed greatly because of a water attack.
First of all, Manzi's troops were severely damaged by a water attack, and were reduced by at least 30%.
Secondly, the food supply for the army was almost completely emptied by the flood. Even if some of the barbarians' Qigong practitioners could save some with practical methods, it would not be much. It is simply unrealistic to support the consumption of tens of thousands of troops. This limited the time for the barbarians to attack the city to a range of four to six days.
In other words, if Yongchuan City can hold out for four to six days, it will be a great victory, and the barbarians will inevitably defeat themselves.
Finally, there is the lack of ordnance. Whether it was three layers of heavy armor, large engineering equipment, or even the heavy hammers that the barbarians loved to use, they all sank to the bottom of the water under the attack of the flood. It's not impossible to salvage it, but it definitely can't be done in a day or two. Ten days and a half month is probably less. Therefore, coupled with the urgency of food, the barbarians could no longer wait for their combat power to be completely restored before attacking, and could only launch a strong attack with the weapons available at hand.
Of course, the best way is to retreat. But now it seems that this is an option that has been abandoned by Yunyan.
Since the war is inevitable, Liu Jianyu no longer makes any arrangements. What should be arranged has already been arranged. All that's left is to prepare for war and settle down with each other.
Bailang also got the news immediately. In fact, when he saw the new flag on the tallest simple stone tower erected by Liu Jianyu in the city, he knew that the barbarians would not retreat, but chose to attack.
The three crossed flags of swords, guns and swords were replaced by a huge battle flag with black characters on a red background. The word "war" on the flag indicated that Liu Jianyu was communicating to everyone in Yongchuan City that the battle was officially in progress and that the enemy would come at any time.
Bailang also had to return to the industrial park overnight and take charge personally, arranging the entire industrial park in such a way that although there was no way to hold on to it, he could do his best to inflict damage on the enemy.
All the workers in the shops got off their jobs, picked up shovels and hoes and started digging in the streets. It's not about digging trenches, it's about digging out pits about the size of a basin and half a foot deep.
After that, vats and vats of golden juice stored in the corners of every street in the industrial park were opened.
Several strong men, who covered their mouths and noses and lined the inside with green onion and ginger particles to block the smell, raised the large vat containing the golden juice with their eyes empty, and fished out the caltrops that had been soaked for a long time. Make sure to put a caltrop in every hole you dig. The people behind covered the small pit with a piece of cloth and spread a thin layer of soil. Finally, they smoothed it with a small broom to ensure that it did not look much different from the surrounding ground.
This movement can be considered smooth and smooth.
Digging holes and lifting things are all done by the guys in the shop. Although they were scared to death, they worked extremely hard without any resentment at being used as free labor. Because they know that if the city is broken, they will die.
Later, putting iron caltrops into the pit and making traps to cover it up was done by street wanderers or waist knives in the knife studio. These methods were taught to them by the veterans under Liu Jianyu during city defense training.
It is said that this kind of pit was originally used to defend against cavalry charges. It was later discovered that it was equally effective when used in lanes or outside city walls to deal with Yunyan barbarians.
The barbarian was so huge that he couldn't move around with the help of nearby buildings while running. If he stepped into such a pit, his legs would be broken, and he would be stabbed by caltrops stained with gold juice. He would suffer from a fever attack and die within three to five days. Even if the barbarians had anticipated it, blocking the pits in the ground with covers and other methods would surely slow down their advance, and they would be hit by arrows from the wall or on both sides, causing damage.
So when setting up these traps, the doors of all the houses in the industrial park and even the large bricks were all smashed or unloaded and sent back to the city, just because they didn't want to leave the barbarians with local materials to cover the pits on the ground. The convenience of the hole.
During the whole process, Bai Lang just watched from the side, and his main purpose was to cheer up the brothers below. After all, he was far less familiar with how to kill barbarians than the Hong Dynasty's military, and they had already considered all aspects. The soldiers below don't need to think too much, just do it.
"Yang Xiu."
"My subordinate is here!"
"Let the retired craftsmen from the Zhou and Hou families leave tonight. In addition to those on the list, if you can take more with you, try to take away as much as possible."
"Leaving tonight? This barbarian hasn't come yet. What if the army notices it?"
"Tomorrow may be too late. I can't say whether Yongchuan City can be defended, but the industrial park will definitely not be able to be defended. What if tomorrow those barbarians who lack siege weapons plan to take advantage of the unprotected areas of our industrial park first? What should we do if we have surgery? If we go a little bit first, we will be less burdened later."
Yang Xiuying said yes, and immediately ordered the two disciples below to handle the matter. The craftsmen from the Zhou and Hou families have long been selected. There are less than ten master craftsmen in total, and there are nearly twenty skilled craftsmen below. It is not difficult to get rid of this person.
On the other side, Liu Xu and Zhou Dongzheng were jogging over. He ran to Bai Lang and then bowed: "Zudao, the things you want have been prepared and transported to the middle area as per your request. You can pass now."
Bailang nodded, and after hearing this, he jumped up and flew over the roofs of the abandoned buildings on the side of the street. Liu Xu and others quickly followed behind. Of course they were quickly swept out of sight by the whitecaps.
This kind of movement that skips the street can only be done by warriors and Qi practitioners. For barbarians, even if they have warriors, it will be difficult because the body is too heavy and many buildings cannot withstand their strength.
When Liu Xu and others caught up with Bai Lang, they saw that Bai Lang was already carving something on a gray stone pillar with the short knife in his hand, and there were eight such stone pillars.
(End of chapter)
