In the second year of Chongzhen - March 16th, the day was marked by the fierce god - the main killer!
"Dang-dang...dang-dang...the bandits are coming, the bandits are coming!"
"Beware of thieves... Go to the city to prevent thieves!"
In the morning, the sound of gongs sounded from the watchtower in the south of Suide City, and the sound was loud and resounded throughout the city.
Xue Caishen, Xue Jinyu, and a group of Qin merchants were well prepared and immediately led the servants and guards to the south city wall to gather their eyes and watch carefully!
"rumble!"
I saw a black line appearing in the distance, and then slowly became thicker and larger, and then turned into a black crowd, running towards them in an disorderly manner, kicking up dust all over the sky.
The bandit team was divided into two parts. Those in front were all hungry people. There were about 30,000 to 40,000 men, women, old and children. They were all sallow and thin, dressed in ragged clothes. They were holding weapons such as hoes, pickaxes, rakes, and wooden sticks. With such an appearance, it would be more appropriate to say that he came to beg for food rather than to attack the city.
There are thousands of people behind, all of them are burly and strong men, holding bright swords and guns. Some of the leaders are wearing armor and riding mules and horses... These people are the real bandits.
Such a formation is the usual method of siege by rogue bandits.
The pioneers drive the hungry people to attack the city and consume the strength of the defenders. When the power is almost exhausted, the real bandits rush forward to pick up the fruits of victory!
This method is very powerful and immoral. It completely uses the lives of hungry people as siege tools. Many people will be killed and injured every time.
The bandit leaders did not care. The hungry people would die. Anyway, as long as the city was captured and everything inside was taken away, new hungry people would come in and continue to be used as tools to attack the city. The number was getting larger and larger, so they were not afraid at all. not enough.
Enough chatter, let’s get back to the main story!
About fifty feet away from the city wall, the team of hungry people stopped, and then a group of people rushed out, led by a middle-aged strong man wearing armor, with a square face, broom eyebrows, copper bell eyes, wide sea... ...The head is big and round, with no hair on it, and it shines in the sun!
"People on the city wall, listen carefully, I am breaking the sky - Monk Wang, too. You have been surrounded by my king's army. You are impervious to wind and rain, and you cannot escape with your wings. If you are wise, open the city and surrender immediately. I can guarantee that after the army enters the city, they will only take part of the property and will not kill people randomly!
If you don't surrender, when the king's army breaks through the city, all the men, women, old and children inside will be killed, leaving no one alive... not only the murderers, but also the cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs, not even the rat holes. Pour it with boiling water, I always do what I say! "
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Monk Wang shouted several times, but there was no response from Suide City. Xue Caishen and others had already sworn to stick to it, how could they surrender obediently to Kaicheng just because of a few words from the other party?
Besides, after Kaicheng surrenders, they will only take part of the property and never kill people indiscriminately... If this kind of nonsense is true, sows can really climb trees.
As for Monk Wang, seeing that he couldn't be deceived by lies and knowing that the people defending the city were smart people and would not be fooled, he had no choice but to wave his hand and give the order to attack.
"You all have heard it true. After we capture Suide City, we will have enough white-flour steamed buns to eat—go for it!"
"Come on!"
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Amidst the chaotic shouts, the hungry people began to attack. Those who rushed in front held bricks, tiles, and sandbags in their hands... and threw them into the moat desperately, trying to fill in the passage... Look at the top of the city wall again, No reaction at all.
There were so many hungry people that they quickly filled out several passages, then rushed across the moat and came to the bottom of the city wall... Looking at the top of the city wall, there was still no reaction at all.
Next, the hungry people set up ladders and prepared to climb the city wall... This time there was a reaction from the city wall, and baskets of things were thrown down, as dense as raindrops.
"Ah, what?"
The hungry people attacking the city screamed in terror. Some hid here and there, and some raised iron pots and chopping boards to protect themselves... But the hungry people soon discovered that no one was injured.
It turns out that what was thrown down from the city wall was not stones, but white steamed buns!
That's right, it's a steamed bun, freshly baked and steaming!
"The steamed buns... are really steamed buns... grab the steamed buns and eat them!"
The hungry people were stunned for a moment, then grabbed the big white steamed buns on the ground and ate them hungrily. As for the matter of attacking the city, they had long forgotten about it.
This is not surprising, the hungry people were all brought here, and in order to have a full meal, they desperately attacked the city for the rogue bandits.
Now that we have enough food to eat, our goal has been achieved, so why bother to attack the city with all our strength?
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"Damn it, don't grab the steamed buns. I will chop off the head of anyone who grabs the steamed buns... Attack the city, let me continue to attack the city!"
On the other side, Monk Wang was furious, shouting and cursing loudly, and sent a team of his subordinates to rush to the front to supervise the battle, but it was of no use at all.
The hungry people kept grabbing steamed buns to eat, and were not willing to attack the city at all. No matter how they drove them away, it was in vain. Some were forced to panic, and even hit the bandits with hoes and wooden sticks, and took advantage of their numerical advantage to quickly swamp them. .
You should follow the law and not blame the crowd. Seeing that many of his men were beaten to death, Monk Wang had no other good option except to curse a few times. He could only withdraw this group of hungry people and replace them with another group to continue the attack on the city.
As a result, three times in a row, all the hungry people who attacked were beaten back by the rain of steamed buns. During this period, no one died. Only some hungry people were squeezed and injured while grabbing the steamed buns, and some were broken because they ate too much!
"Ho!—Ho!"
After winning the first battle, bursts of cheers rang out in Suide City.
Xue Caishen even patted Qin Feng on the shoulder and praised loudly: "Master Qin is really powerful. He defeated the attacks of the rogues without using a single sword or a shot, and also reduced countless killings. It can be said that his merits are immeasurable!"
"I don't dare to take it. Thanks to the enthusiastic donation of food by many merchants in the city, we have the capital to fight this kind of steamed bun war. But from now on, I'm afraid we will have to fight with real swords and guns."
Qin Feng's guess was correct. Seeing that several attacks failed, Monk Wang became angry and began to change his tactics.
Withdrawing the team of hungry people, the real rogue bandits rushed to the front, preparing to attack.
"Brothers, listen carefully. Let's all work hard. After we capture Suide City in one go, kill the men as you please, play with the women as you like, steal gold, silver and jewels as you like, eat the delicacies as you like... kill them!"
"Kill!"
Under the command of Monk Wang, the real bandits began to attack. Carrying ladders and brandishing swords and guns, they rushed towards Suide City like a group of mad dogs... This time, what greeted them was no longer big steamed buns, but big rocks!
"Whizzing!"
Big rocks weighing dozens of kilograms were constantly thrown down from the city wall. If they were hit, their brains would burst, or their bones and tendons would be broken!
After throwing the stones, they continued to roll the logs.
The huge rolling log, which was more than one foot and five feet long, as thick as a small water tank, and covered with iron thorns, was thrown down... When it rolled, it was a large piece of flesh and blood, and it was terrible to see!
In addition to stones and rolling logs, there is also a defensive weapon on the city, which is a pot of boiling golden juice, which is a juice made from human and animal excrement, with arsenic, aconite, wolfsbane and other explosives added to it. toxic substances.
This stuff is dirty, smelly, hot and poisonous. Once it gets on someone, it will poison you if it doesn't burn you to death, and it will disgust you to death if it doesn't poison you.
"Help...it's hot and stinky...if you can't stand it anymore, just kill me with one knife...ah!"
"No retreat...no retreat!"
The rogues who attacked the city were miserable. Some were hit by stones and their brains were burst. Some were hit by rolling logs and their flesh and blood were mutilated. There were also many people who were poured with golden juice and were burned to death. They were rolling all over the ground and making noises like killing pigs. Scream.
Soon, the walls of Suide City were covered with corpses, the water in the moat was dyed red, and the bandits suffered heavy casualties.
On the contrary, the losses suffered by the defenders were minimal!
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In this way, the two sides fought from noon to sunset. The bandits launched three consecutive attacks, but were all beaten back.
Seeing that the casualties of the troops and horses were too heavy, in desperation, Monk Wang could only order to stop the attack, led the bandit army to retreat several miles away, and then set up camp, reorganized the troops, and prepared to continue the attack tomorrow.
Looking at the army of rogues retreating like a tide, Qin Feng, standing on the top of the city, realized that he had made a mistake, that is, he seriously overestimated the combat effectiveness of the rogues!
The quality of the members is poor, the weapons and equipment are poor, the organization and training are poor, the strategies and tactics are poor... it's simply a mess!
What is depressing is that in the face of such poor rogue bandits, the Ming Dynasty's army suffered repeated defeats and lost cities and territory.
It can only be said that the army of the Ming Dynasty was even worse and the officials were extremely incompetent!
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According to the original plan, it was to rely on the solid walls of Suide City to defend the city and consume the food and fodder of the rogue bandits bit by bit.
The rogue bandits had no stable rear area, so they relied on plundering food and grass from all over the place, and the quantity must not be large. As long as Suide City held on for about ten days, the rogue bandits would run out of food and grass, and they would retreat on their own.
But after seeing the fighting power of the rogue bandits, Qin Feng decided to change his plan and simply eliminate these tens of thousands of rogue bandits to prevent them from continuing to cause harm to other places... As for how to eliminate them, it depends on the specific situation!
The next day, the bandits continued their attack and failed.
On the third day, the rogue bandits no longer attacked during the day, but launched a night attack. As a result, Suide City was well prepared and defeated them again.
After three consecutive failures, the rogue bandits suffered heavy casualties and lost all their vigor... Will the rogue bandits continue to attack?
