Hearing what the other party said, Zhang Jun nodded, and Liu Zheng saw the horizontal and rolling logs that he said, but he used several logs to be tied together horizontally and vertically and placed on the top of the city. The horizontal log sticks out from the top of the city, just blocking the way for officers and soldiers to climb up the top of the city from the ladder, while the vertical log is protected on the city head, so that the soldiers in Shimen can face from the gap in the middle of the log. External assassination can block the attacks of officers and soldiers.
The offensive of the officers and soldiers in the past few days has already achieved a certain degree of success. If you persist, Shimen City will definitely be taken down. However, as soon as the horizontal wood and rolling wood were released, coupled with the intensified resistance of the Shimen Army, the disadvantages of the officers and soldiers were again supplemented, and the officers and soldiers had no means to deal with them for a while.
Zhang Jun nodded and said: "This commander also knows this, but if we don't take down the city, how can our army take down Shimen City? Wouldn't you suggest that this commander give up attacking Shimen City?"
Liu Zhengjiang took a deep breath, paused for a moment, and said: "Master Zhang! The final general also knows that the victory of Shimen City is a necessary goal of our army, and it is absolutely impossible to give up! The final general's meaning is, even if you don’t get from the city. With a head attack, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Shimen City can’t be breached!”
Hearing what Liu Zhengjiang said, Zhang Jun was taken aback at first, but he soon understood what Liu Zhengjiang meant. Even when his eyes lit up, he stared at Liu Zhengjiang and slowly said, "What do you mean, Do you have other ways to break through Shimen City? Hurry! Quickly say it!" This Shimen City problem has plagued Zhang Jun and there is really no way he can do it. The reason why he has patience to let this low-ranking general speak his own opinion. I just feel that since the other party is here, there must be a Shimen countermeasure. Sure enough, when he heard that the other party really had a way, Zhang Jun, who was extremely deep in the city mansion, couldn't help but change his face.
Liu Zhengjiang didn’t mean to sell Guanzi. When even he said to Zhang Jun, “Master Zhang! When he was patrolling outside Shimen City during this period of time, he found that the soil in Shimen City was not very shadowy or rocky. So what the end general means is that if we secretly dig a tunnel from the barracks and go straight to Shimen City, and then send elite soldiers into the city, we will definitely conquer Shimen! The Shimen army is only relying on the walls of Shimen City, without this. Advantages, how the Shimen Army is the opponent of our officers and soldiers! To win Shimen City is easy!"
Compared with the sad clouds in the military barracks outside the city, the expressions of the officers and soldiers on the front of the city are much better. Although the faces of the soldiers are still exhausted, they are still full of energy, talking and laughing.
General Shan Hongfei, Hua Zhonglong and other Caomang generals who were standing on the edge of the city wall all said and laughed in full anger, as if they did not put hundreds of thousands of enemies in their eyes. At this time, the female general Miao Yufeng also smiled to the letter king Zhao Zhen and said: "This method of the adults is really good! Although you have made this thing simple, it is more effective than ordinary rolling logs!" With that, Miao Yufeng reached out and patted. She didn't care about the blood stains on the horizontal wood and rolling wood on the wall.
The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled, but he was relieved. At the beginning, they were forced to breathe out by the officers and soldiers. I didn't expect that the fire created by the gunpowder left by Ji Qianqian burned most of the opponent's elite troops, but it severely stimulated those officers and soldiers.
In the attacks of the past few days, those officers and soldiers attacked desperately and almost broke the city's head several times. As for the previous fire attack tactics, Xinwang Zhaozhen did not dare to use it anymore. For one thing, the other party was already alert and could not play a big role. Secondly, there was not much gunpowder in the city, and Xinwang Zhaozhen had to keep it to deal with. Other special circumstances.
In order to defend the city wall, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen racked his brains and used a lot of new things. Not to mention, these defensive gadgets are really effective, not only blocking the impact of officers and soldiers, but also does not affect the attack of one's own army, it really kills two birds with one stone!
In fact, Shimen City was not attacked because the officers and men under Zhang Jun lacked siege equipment. From beginning to end, they used a ladder to climb the city wall to launch an assault. As for the siege equipment such as smashing carts and well fences, they were very powerful. less. Because of the shortage of funds and the seriousness of corruption and corruption, they simply don't have so much military resources and can't make those siege tools.
Although Shimen City is safe for the time being, Xinwang Zhaozhen did not relax his vigilance because of this, because he also knew that the officers and soldiers would never let it go, and there would definitely be other tricks to attack the city. It’s just that the atmosphere in the city is very good now, and Wang Zhaozhen won’t be so stupid that he will be so stupid at this time. When he smiled and said to the generals, “Everyone must be vigilant, use our weapons well, and let those officers and soldiers be one of them. Don't even want to climb up our city!"
The words of the letter king Zhao Zhen were deliberately increased. His bold words were immediately heard by the officers and soldiers on the front of the city, and they all echoed loudly.
Among these officers and soldiers, there are not only the army formed by the children of the Jianghu gang, but also the soldiers before. However, after these two days of bloody battles, the soldiers adapted from the bandit army have gradually grown into qualified soldiers, not to mention, but the murderous spirit in them is just like those veterans who have experienced many battles. It's no different.
After inspiring the morale of the defenders, Xin Wang Zhaozhen and Wang Zhiyi, Cui Hu, Pang Zheng, Miao Yufeng, Huazhonglong, Shan Hongfei, Ji Yuntian and others looked at each other and laughed, but slowly walked to the city. The corner of the head.
After seeing no one around, the smiles on the faces of the generals slowly faded. Among them, Wang Zhiyi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now the morale of the army can finally be sustained for a while. What do you do next? ?"
Although Shan Hongfei is usually impulsive, he is also the leader of the world after all. He even believed Wang Zhaozhen in his heart. How could he be the kind of brainless person? The other generals are also not simple. The conversation just now was discussed by King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and the generals. It was a scene they had discussed with King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen before, and the purpose was to improve the morale of the soldiers on the front of the city.
After a few days of hard fighting, although they were not defeated, the soldiers have fallen a lot in terms of physical and mental strength. If the morale is not improved, the soldiers will be overwhelmed in the face of hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers.
The letter king Zhao Zhen sighed and said, “It’s hard to say right now. The officers and soldiers outside the city will never give up taking Shimen City because the offense is blocked! Then they will definitely come up with other ways to launch an attack on Shimen City. We must Be careful!"
The generals were already convinced of Wang Zhaozhen's ability, and Dang even nodded in agreement. And Shan Hongfei frowned and glanced at the soldiers on the top of the city who were hurrying to rest, and said: "It has been nearly three days now! I don't know when will General Wu Jie's army come?"
After hearing General Shan Hongfei's words, Wang Zhaozhen couldn't help but laughed bitterly. Wu Jie's army was actually dispatched very quickly, just for the public opinion to benefit him, and to master the righteousness, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen asked them to go back again.
The reason why Xinwang Zhaozhen faces the officers and soldiers independently is that he wants to help him cannibalize the area controlled by Zhao Gou in the future. Now he himself must not borrow his Xinwang army establishment and establish a power alone. So he couldn't use Wu Jie's army at all.
Next, the army led by Yang Yao should be able to give a head-on attack to the officers and soldiers with insufficient strength. But I don't know when I have to wait until the battle situation on Shimen's side will turn around. But the question is, will Zhang Jun allow himself to wait until that time
Of course, Wang Zhaozhen wouldn’t tell the generals directly about these things, and he lowered his head to ponder for a while, and said tactfully: “For the time being, Wu Jie’s army may not come so quickly! And, their primary goal, that’s also It should be the officers and soldiers of Baojing Prefecture, which is closer to the military camp. According to intelligence, there are no fewer officers and soldiers in Baojing Prefecture than here. It is closer to Wu Jie’s military camp. In order to protect the safety of the rear, our army must first be able to Go to attack the officers and soldiers of Baojing Prefecture!"
Xin Wang Zhao Zhen’s statement is also reasonable. Cui Hu, Pang Zheng, Miao Yufeng, Hua Zhonglong, Shan Hongfei, Ji Yuntian and others naturally only sighed a long sigh. According to Wang Zhaozhen’s words, this Wu Jie For the time being, the army can't count on it, and now they still have to rely on them to resist the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thieves outside the city. In this, only Wang Zhiyi's eyes turned and he said nothing. He actually knew the meaning and actual situation of Wang Zhaozhen. He was the confidant of Wang Zhaozhen, and naturally it was impossible for him to leak the secret.
"General! General! The officers and soldiers are here again!" An exclamation sounded, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Cui Hu, Pang Zheng, Miao Yufeng, Hua Zhonglong, Shan Hongfei, Ji Yuntian, Wang Zhiyi and other generals hurriedly turned towards the city. Looking outside, as expected, the gate of the barracks of the officers and soldiers outside the city was wide open, and the army of officers and soldiers, led by several officers and generals, rushed towards Shimen City like a tide.
Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Cui Hu, Pang Zheng, Miao Yufeng, Hua Zhonglong, Shan Hongfei, Ji Yuntian, Wang Zhiyi and other generals immediately rushed to the head of the city. General Shan Hongfei raised his large pan knife and shouted angrily: " The whole army lined up! Prepare to meet the enemy!" At the same time, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen also raised his spear and shouted, and the army immediately responded to Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and General Shan Hongfei's orders.
It’s also because the previous scene between Xin Wang Zhao Zhen and Shan Hongfei, Hua Zhonglong, Miao Yufeng and other generals was not done in vain. At this moment, the morale of the defenders on the city is soaring. In the voice of the generals and Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, the defenders The soldiers straightened up and rushed to the front line of the city, ready to fight.
After two days of fighting, the number of defenders on the city’s head has dropped sharply to more than 21,000, but the remaining soldiers are all elites who have been baptized in battle, and the morale is now high and vigorous. The hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers outside the city did not fall in the slightest.
This attack by the officers and soldiers seems to be no different from before. For the horizontal wood and rolling wood on the front of the city, the officers and soldiers obviously did not have a good response to the city except for the use of ladders, platforms and vehicles, and bows and arrows.
Under the desperate impact of officers and soldiers, several crossbars and rolling logs were damaged. However, the well-prepared Xin Wang Zhao Zhen immediately carried out spare crossbars and rolling logs from behind. There were frequent logs on those logs. The iron thorns stab a large area of enemies with one roll.
In one charge of the officers and soldiers, at most dozens of officers and soldiers could be killed from the platform at the same time, but as soon as the officers and soldiers came to the city head, they all immediately saw the king. These officers and soldiers were beheaded by the generals and Xinwang Zhao Zhen in a blink of an eye.
Wiping off the blood stains splashing on his face, Xin Wang Zhaozhen couldn't help but frown when looking at the officers and soldiers outside the city. For some reason, he always felt that the officers and soldiers' attack was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell where the problem was. After General Shan Hongfei slashed an officer and soldier who was trying to climb up the horizontal and rolling logs, he turned his head and shouted at the believing king Zhao Zhen who was there, "My lord! What are you stupefying?"
"Uh!" The letter king Zhao Zhen was relieved, and immediately he had to suppress the anxiety in his heart and concentrate on killing the enemy. Although the help of the horizontal wood and the rolling wood can greatly slow down the attacks of the officers and soldiers, it does not mean that they can easily sit and guard the city head by believing in the king Zhao Zhen.
King Xin raised his spear, and accurately pierced the soldiers and soldiers who had climbed up the cross and rolling logs from the gap between the horizontal and rolling logs. Looking at the opponent's desperate gaze before death, Zhao Zhen, the unmoved King of Xin, didn't hesitate. He drew out the spear head, brought out a few blood arrows, turned around and pierced the spear again to kill the enemy.
This battle lasted for more than an hour. Soon, with the drumbeat coming from behind the army formation, the offensive of the officers and soldiers subsided in an instant, and the densely packed soldiers and soldiers immediately retreated outside the city. Go out, leaving only the corpses all over the floor.
"Bah! What a damn bad luck!" General Shan Hongfei spit out bloodshot saliva, looking at the officers and soldiers who retreated outside the city with a look of unwillingness. Just accidentally, General Shan Hongfei hit an officer and soldier with a knife, and the knife directly hit the side of General Shan Hongfei's helmet. Fortunately, the knife in the hands of the officers and soldiers was only a rusty simple knife, and it was swung across the horizontal and rolling logs. Although it was cut on the helmet, it did not cause Shan Hongfei to be injured.
It was just that Shan Hongfei was smashed into the head by the impact of this knife. Of course, the fate of that officer and soldier was that General Shan Hongfei's knife chopped into two flesh and blood corpses.
However, the letter king Zhao Zhen was lying on the head of the city, staring at the army formation of the retreating officers and soldiers, but his face did not seem to be happy because he repelled the attack of the officers and soldiers. After General Shan Hongfei babbled a few words beside him, he also found something wrong with the letter King Zhao Zhen, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what's the matter? Is it hurt?"
The letter king Zhao Zhen shook his head, glanced at Shan Hongfei, hesitated again and again, still asked: "General Shan Hongfei! Do you think there is something wrong with the attack by the officers and soldiers today?"
"Something's wrong?" General Shan Hongfei couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I really didn't see this? Why? Your Highness, did you see any problems?" Because his voice was small and he saw four There is no one under him, so he is called Your Highness directly. Generally, he is called an adult.
The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly. If he could see it, he wouldn't be so distressed. But now I think so much, but I can't think of a clue, I can only let go of the anxiety in my heart for the time being. Dang Even took a deep breath and said, "It may be my illusion! Alright! General Shan Hongfei! Let's clean the battlefield!"
Although Xin Wang Zhao Zhen felt uneasy for the time being, but in the next few days, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen's anxiety became stronger and stronger. Just repelling a wave of attacks by officers and soldiers, Xin Wang Zhaozhen looked at the officers and soldiers who had returned to the barracks with a gloomy expression, without saying a word, but confused the generals on the left and right.
Seeing this situation, Wang Zhiyi, who is closest to King Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, couldn’t stand it anymore. He hurriedly pulled Xin Wang Zhao Zhen aside and asked: "His Royal Highness, what's wrong with you these past few days? Why do you always keep a straight face? Now the soldiers have been panicked by you!"
But Wang Zhiyi said with a bitter face: "Wang Zhiyi, I feel more and more that these officers and soldiers have conspiracies over the past few days! But I just can't figure it out. This feeling is so passive! "
After hearing his flowers, Wang Zhiyi didn't care much. He smiled and said, "My lord! Let me see, even if the officers and soldiers have some conspiracy, let's just let the soldiers come and cover the water and earth! But you are here! Tricky!"
For Wang Zhiyi's flower, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen only smiled bitterly, and he didn't know how to explain Wang Zhiyi. Because of his existence, Shimen City was not attacked by officers and soldiers. Wang Zhiyi's impression of officers and soldiers was large, but he didn't think they were powerful. That's why Wang Zhiyi dismissed Wang Zhaozhen's concerns.
However, Wang Zhiyi and other extremely generals are not worried. It does not mean that Xin Wang Zhao Zhen is not worried. He looked up at the sky, but the sun has already begun to set. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen can only say: "Maybe I haven't rested during this time. That's why! Gentlemen! I'll go down to the city head first, and walk around the city, so I think it's a rest!"
Regarding the explanation of the letter king Zhao Zhen, the generals who surrounded him did not pay much attention, and said, "My lord, please rest early! With us, there will be no problems!"
Nodded, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen knew that the officers and soldiers had not engaged in night battles in the past few days, so the generals who had handed over the head of the city to his subordinates did not matter much. Moreover, Shan Hongfei has been quite honest during this period, even without his own dissuasion, he has not said to go out of the city to meet. He had fisted at the generals and turned around and walked down the city.
After getting off the city, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen did not go home to rest directly as the generals ordered, but wandered around the city alone with a spear. In the past few days, the letter king Zhao Zhen spent almost all of the dead in the city. What he saw all day was bright red blood and smelled a pungent fishy smell. Now I can smell this fresh in the city The air, the whole person feels so comfortable that the whole body feels relieved.