Chapter 205 Meat Grinder

When Xiao Tianjian left Shuangfengzhai, he basically brought the medium-sized artillery in the gun camp on the side of Shuangfengzhai to Lianhuazhai. Huang Shengqiang's part of the artillery team was left with some short-range artillery such as old-style bowl mouth guns and tiger squatting guns and cannons captured from the officers and soldiers, and even many small Fran machines. Therefore, these things suppress the officers and artillery outside the stockade basically have no chance of winning, but these old-style artillery are very suitable for dealing with officers and soldiers close to the wall. Each tiger squat gun or bowl mouth can basically fill dozens or even hundreds of small cannons. When shooting at close range, it is like a broom. Generally speaking, the power is really scary.

The officers and soldiers did not know the power of this kind of the wall. A swarm of bees rushed up towards the wall with a big shield to cover them. What made them strange was that when they approached the wall sixty or seventy steps, the defenders in the village did not fire, so they were more bolder. Under the supervision of the officers, One by one, they shouted loudly and rushed to the wall and gate.

The officers of the Xingtian Army stared at the movements of the officers and soldiers outside the wall in their respective positions, and there was no idleness in their mouths. The villagers under their opponents shouted, "It's all stable for me. Don't rush to do it! Listen to Laozi's greeting and then do it together. There is nothing terrible about the officers and soldiers. After today, the brothers can get a big reward!"

These rural soldiers were very nervous. While carefully looking at the movements of the officers and soldiers, they clenched the weapons in their hands.

After all, it is a township barracks, and the quality of equipment cannot reach the level of the war camp. Therefore, the number of firearms equipped in the township barracks is very limited. Most of the township soldiers still use the crossbows captured by the Xingtian Army from the officers or local armed forces, but in the case, the Xiangtian Army's township barracks The quality of equipment is also far better than that of ordinary civilian troops. At least everyone has knives, guns and crossbows. In addition, Xiao Tianjian has sent many elite soldiers stationed in these township barracks as officers in the township barracks, so his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

As more and more officers and soldiers approached the wall with big shields, Zhao Erli roared hard: "Do it!"

After hearing the orders of the officers to do it, the impatient villagers immediately began to launch the crossbows in their hands.

Only a burst of bows and strings sounded on the wall of the village, mixed with some sporadic sound of birds, and a rain of arrows sprinkled on the heads of the officers and soldiers approaching the wall.

There was an immediate sound of screams and scolding among the officers and soldiers. Many officers and soldiers quickly raised the big shield in their hands over their heads, held them high to cover their heads, and continued to approach the wall in the scolding of the officers.

It was not until this time that the officers and soldiers found that this kind of wall was very unfavorable to their attack. They could not concentrate on one point to attack at all. Instead, they had to enter the depression of the wall to set up a long ladder and climb up the city. As soon as they entered the depression of the wall, they heard a burst of gunfire on the wall. It rings.

The small cannons placed on the wall of the fortress. As soon as the gunner saw that the officers had entered the depression of the fortress wall, he ignited the medicine together. An old-fashioned cannon roared even with gunpouring smoke, and the dense scattered bombs spilled on the head of the officers squeezed in the depression of the wall. .

Only at this time did the officers and soldiers find the danger of this strange wall. The depression here is simply a dead place. Even if they have a big shield in their hands, as long as they want to climb the wall, their side convenience must be exposed to the enemy's fire. Before they could erect the long ladder they carried, the officers and soldiers who poured into the depression paid a heavy price under the blow of the defenders.

An officer stood in the crowd and roared hysterically, ordering his soldiers to quickly put the long ladder on the wall and attack the wall. He also saw the danger of the wall and knew that he could only wait for death, so he urged the officers and soldiers to get on the ladder quickly.

However, under such terrain and circumstances, it is very difficult to put the long ladder on the wall. Arrows and projectiles are constantly falling from the three sides of the heads of the officers and soldiers, making them almost defenseless. In almost every breath, officers and soldiers will be hit by arrows or hit by bullets and fall to the ground, and some If the officers and soldiers want to erect a long ladder, they have to get out of the cover of the shield. Several times, the long ladder is halfway up. Because the officers and soldiers were injured, they let go and fall back to the ground. Instead of erecting the long ladder, they injured several officers and soldiers.

And the officer in charge of command was soon targeted by the Xingtian army on the wall. Several people attacked him almost at the same time. The bird and the crossbow fired together, and immediately nailed the officer who was jumping high to command the siege under the wall. With the death of the officer, he forced the official into the wall. The army became more chaotic. In a short time, it could not bear such losses and began to flee one after another.

Xu Dingguo has been watching the attack in front of him under Shuangfengzhai. At the beginning, he was still a little happy to see that the progress was very smooth. The basic mountain did not encounter the resistance of the thief army, and his men pressed under the wall.

But the following scene suddenly made him feel like being splashed with cold water on his head for three or nine days, from the head to the soles of his feet. He understood why the thieves built the wall like this. It turned out that this kind of wall was not because the builders didn't know how to do it, but a It seems that he is a little troublesome with a very well-considered defense system.

He saw the officers and soldiers who pressed up the team screamed desperately under the wall, and dispersed in a short time, so he scolded hatefully, "Damn thief! It's so difficult to deal with! Order Mingjin to withdraw his troops and change a team and go up again!"

So another thousand-person team was sent up...

Just when Xu Dingguo had a headache, Hu Dawei in the east also had a headache. He encountered the same problem as Xu Dingguo in the east gate of Shuangfengzhai. In the face of this strange-shaped cottage, his first attack also failed. The first wave of attacking generals sent was beaten by the defenders of the Xingtian Army. Hua Liu escaped back, and the loss was very light. The angry Hu Dawei stood outside the stockade and jumped his feet and scolded, but he had no choice.

After repulsed the first attack of the officers and soldiers, Li Shuanzhu took stock of the losses of the two personnel. When the statistics came up, Li Shuanzhu was happy. In the face of two attacks, the losses of the township barracks of the Xingtian Army in the northeast did not exceed 20 people, and the loss of less than 20 people. Or because the training of the township soldiers is limited, in most cases, there should be no casualties. If the barracks are changed, such losses can also be avoided, and the losses can be completely reduced to single digits.

However, the officers and soldiers had as many as 200 corpses in two places, which did not include the wounded soldiers who were injured and robbed. Such an exchange made Li Shuanzhu very happy, so he personally went to the township soldiers of the two township barracks.

In the following days, Xu Dingguo and Hu Dawei constantly sent troops to attack Shuangfengzhai and constantly changed their tactics. However, in the face of the strong wall of Shuangfengzhai, no matter how hard they tried, Shuangfengzhai was always like a monster, lying on this Shuangfeng Mountain and did not move. Xu Dingguo He and Hu Dawei have never been able to attack the stockade.

This kind of burgh-style wall finally exerted its unimaginable defense ability. In the face of the attack of the renovated officers and soldiers, the two township soldiers in the village gradually adapted to this fierce offensive and defensive battle, and began to grow up in the battle, and the Vietnam War became more and more brave.

For seven days, Xu Dingguo and Hu Dawei launched a fierce attack on Shuangfengzhai every day, but none of them ended in failure. Instead, there were thousands of corpses under the wall of Shuangfengzhai. Under the whole wall of Shuangfengzhai was almost like a monster devouring human life, putting batches into it. The lives of the officers and soldiers on the battlefield were harvested, and this place became a veritable meat grinder. In the face of such heavy losses and the strange wall of the unmoving Shuangfengzhai, so that even the army's heart could not help but feel a little scattered. As long as you listen to Xu Dingguo's point to fight against them, it will be like a mourning examination. What? I couldn't even take it out of my spirit. Looking at this cottage, no one wanted to touch this hedgehog-like ghost cottage.

In order to appease the army, Xu Dingguo had to suspend the attack and summoned his men to discuss how to break through this damn stockade. These generals who followed Xu Dingguo had different opinions. Some people proposed a night attack, some people proposed to bypass the front and sneak attack from behind, and some people simply proposed to give up attacking both sides of the northeast. The wall climbed up from other places that were not guarded by the wall. In short, no one proposed to continue the frontal attack.

After hesitating for a long time, Xu Dingguo finally adopted the general's opinion and decided to send a strange soldier to go around the back of Shuangfengzhai and launch an attack from the back mountain.

So a thousand officers and soldiers secretly left the camp. With several guides familiar with the local situation, Xu Dingguo and Hu Dawei continued to lead their troops to attack Shuangfengzhai from the front, so as to attract the attention of the Xingtian army in Shuangfengzhai and create favorable conditions for the success of the sneak attack.

However, Xu Dingguo's sneak attack finally failed, because there were also mountains behind Shuangfengzhai, and it was densely covered with mountains and forests, so it was difficult to pass through the brigade. What's more, Xing Tianjun spread many open and dark whistles around Shuangfengzhai. The officers and soldiers made a little movement, and they were immediately found by Xing Tianjun's sentry post. It was sent back to Li Shuanzhu in the village.

After hearing this, Li Shuanzhu sneered and immediately ordered the two sentry soldiers to the back mountain to ambush. When the army, which had about a thousand people, wasted the power of nine cattle and two tigers to get out of the mountain forest, Li Shuanzhu did not give these officers and soldiers a chance to gather at all, so he immediately brazenly ordered to launch. Attack.

Although Li Shuanzhu didn't have many people, there were only 500 people. In the face of more than a thousand officers and soldiers who wanted to sneak up on Houzhai, they showed an absolute advantage. As soon as the war broke out, the 200 firemen of the Xing Tianjun began to shoot in turn, and the officials who were crowded together. The army fell in rows. Although the officers and soldiers also resisted to a certain extent, there was chaos soon because the main general was shot and fell to the ground. Then Li Shuanzhu led his troops to attack. The thousand officers and soldiers did not support for a long time, and they were completely defeated by him. They turned their heads and plunged into the jungle one after another. I ran for my life.

Li Shuanzhu did not lead his troops into the mountain to search for the remnants. He only ordered the township soldiers composed of hunters in the mountain to go into the mountain to clean up these remnants. The regular troops are definitely not as good as these hunters who have lived in the mountains and forests all year round. Li Shuanzhu will not make such a mistake and personally led the troops into the mountain to suppress the remnants. Therefore, it is more appropriate to let these hunters do it, and what he should do is to keep Shuangfengzhai.

Xu Dingguo waited until the evening to learn about the news of the defeat of the strange soldiers. He couldn't help but be so angry that he was even furious. In his eyes, with his current strength, even if he attacked a strong state capital and county, there should not be much problem, but in front of him, he did not be called a big thief's cottage. There is no way, which is really a little unacceptable to him.