Tucheng is surrounded by rivers on both sides, and only the west and north sides are plains.
Murong's cavalry had already set up camp in the north, and many infantrymen were coming from the north with a large number of refugees.
The east side of Tucheng is close to the river, and a dock has been built on the riverside. Ten boats are constantly transferring the old and weak in Tucheng to the south bank of the river.
The battle between the Beggar Army and the Murong clan was inevitable. In order to avoid affecting the people in the city and to leave a way out for themselves, the Beggar Army relocated all the people who could not help defend the city and all kinds of materials.
Wang Jingneng saw that in the wilderness on the south bank, some auxiliary soldiers of the begging army began to lead the people to build camps again.
If the Murong clan can be defeated in the future, the camp on the south bank will be the bridgehead for the Beggar Army to develop the southern land.
If the opponent cannot be defeated, the beggar army will slowly shift its base to the south.
The Tucheng in the north served as a military fortress for fighting against the Murong clan.
This situation.
It is the same as Wang Jing’s plan to leave Donghu Village on the north bank of the river.
On the earthen wall, there were many beggar sergeants holding long spears on strict guard. The small city was filled with the tense atmosphere before the war, and everyone's expressions were very solemn.
In addition to the original elite of the beggar army, the auxiliary soldiers, civilians and recruits who had recently joined the beggar army were obviously a little scared.
“I don’t know if Zhang Hun and Li Shuo will survive this battle!”
Wang Jing thought to himself.
When I first came to this world, they gave me a lot of favors, and I still haven't repaid the favor I owed them.
However, anything can happen on the battlefield.
If they died in battle, Wang Jing would have no other option.
He can only wait until he becomes stronger in the future, and then kill the Murong clan's men to avenge them.
Murong's men continued to move south. They did not plan to attack the city wall immediately. Instead, they sent many people to cut down wood and make temporary siege equipment such as ladders and rams.
On this day, the two sides faced off on their own, and nothing major happened.
Waited until the next day.
Hundreds of cavalry came to the front, surrounded by a man in armor. The man held a whip in his hand and pointed at Tucheng as if to say something to the people around him.
Several armored generals beside him burst into laughter.
A burly man suddenly hammered his chest, turned around, gathered his troops, led groups of infantry, and forcibly led one or two thousand refugees towards the city wall.
Boom!
The loud war drums were beaten, and the evil spirit of the war instantly rose into the sky.
Hundreds of Murong's infantry carried ladders, roared to be brave, and divided into several teams to attack the city wall. Beside them, a large number of refugees were driven forward.
"Driving the people to attack the city! They are really ruthless!"
Wang Jing had already taken the boat and came to the river again to look into the distance.
When he saw Murong using the refugees as cannon fodder to keep driving forward, he couldn't help but clenched his fists.
He is not a warm-hearted and good person. In essence, his character is a bit cold and he will only do things that are good for himself.
Helping others rarely happened to him.
But no matter how cold his inner personality was, when he saw old men and women being driven forward in ragged clothes, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.
On the city wall.
Ran Liang, Zhou Gong, Zhen Hu, Zhang Hun and others all saw the scene not far away.
"brute!"
Everyone's faces showed anger.
The Murong family is a Hu people. Historically, they have occupied Liaodong for many years. They even took over Hebei and dominated the north, but they still remain true to their character as a Hu people.
Historically, Murong Xianbei defeated Ran Min and occupied Yecheng, capturing 50,000 Han women.
After Murong Xianbei insulted these women, he used them as military rations and ate them all in one winter.
Later, Murong Xianbei went south and plundered tens of thousands of Han women again. Most of them were eaten on the way back to the army. The remaining eight thousand women could not eat and did not want to let them go, so they simply drowned them all, so that the Yi River would not flow.
Murong Xianbei was so cruel that he burned, killed, looted, and cannibalized people as a normal thing. He did not regard the Han people as the same kind at all.
At present, driving the people to attack the city is just child's play.
"No, Chen Yi said that Murong's men and horses don't have enough food and grass, so they will divide their troops to collect food... What if Murong's cavalry treats the refugees as military rations and directly eats them?"
Wang Jing also suddenly thought of this, and his expression suddenly changed.
However, his mind turned and he quickly thought of other things, and slowly regained his composure.
"The five hundred Murong cavalry can use people as military food, but their horses cannot eat people, and there are more than 10,000 civilians..."
"If they are used as military rations, how can they be used as cannon fodder in sieges? It is certain that the Murong clan will divide their troops!"
When about two thousand people and infantrymen carrying ladders rushed to the city wall, Captain Zhou Gong's eyes were red and he suddenly drew his sword.
"Fire the arrow!"
he snapped.
The archers on the city wall subconsciously loosened their fingers and heard a whooshing sound. Hundreds of arrows were like a torrential rain, hitting a large number of people.
Most of those who were shot down were ordinary people, who acted as human shields for arrows, and the infantry carrying the ladder suffered very few losses.
A large number of people were hit by arrows, and screams suddenly reached the sky.
Blood splatters!
The burly man who had just mobilized the troops was now leading two hundred cavalry to suppress the formation. Whenever the refugees were afraid to retreat, there would be cavalrymen with bows to kill them.
Under the threat of death, they had to brave the rain of arrows and continue to move forward.
Peng!
Under the cover of more than two thousand refugees, hundreds of foot soldiers carried ladders and braved the rain of arrows and finally rushed to the city. A dozen ladders were quickly set up on the city wall. The foot soldiers drew their swords and climbed up the ladders with roars...
Boom! The rolling logs and stones placed on the city wall crashed down, and a large number of soldiers had their brains burst and fell from the ladder.
It's just that the city wall is not high, so falling down is not fatal.
Except for a few soldiers who were directly killed by rolling logs and rocks, the other soldiers quickly got up after falling and continued to attack the city wall.
The Murong cavalryman behind is the war supervisor.
If they don't fight hard, they will be killed even if they go back.
Soon, under the vigorous attack of hundreds of infantry, someone finally rushed to the city wall, one or two. After many soldiers rushed to the city wall, they began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the beggar army.
In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and blood splattered.
With sharp eyes, Wang Jing saw Zhang Hun leading a dozen of his men, struggling to thrust out their spears and stabbing the enemies who climbed onto the city wall to death.
Leaving aside the veterans of the Beggar Army, even the new recruits have gone through a lot of training.
They formed a small-scale battle formation, and their fighting skills were much more powerful than the infantry that Murong had selected and trained temporarily.
Even if hundreds of infantry climb the city wall, they will be driven off in a short time.
Nearly a hundred people were killed in the battle, including the commanders and captains.
The remaining soldiers finally could not bear the horrific damage. After being driven off the city wall, they never dared to attack the city again. Murong's cavalry, who was supervising the battle behind, did not blame him for this, but took advantage of the situation and ordered to retreat.
obviously.
This time it was just Murong's tentative attack on the city.
For this test, about a hundred soldiers died in the battle, and three to four hundred refugees died tragically outside the city wall. Murong didn't even look at such a huge loss.
"Murong Xianbei! They are all murderable people!"
After Wang Jing watched this tentative offensive and defensive battle, he developed a heartfelt disgust for the Murong clan. He drove the people to attack the city and regarded the Han people as ants. In addition, in history, the Murong clan of Xianbei frequently cannibalized people and massacred the Han people. records.
It gave rise to a murderous intention in his heart.
