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Zhu Xieyuan recruited them so that they could have enough to eat, and each of them was willing to die for loyalty.

They wear rattan armor all over their bodies and rattan helmets on their heads, as if the rattan armor soldiers in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" reappeared in the world.

In fact, there were no rattan armor soldiers in the Three Kingdoms, but they were common in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The "Wu Bei Zhi" of the Ming Dynasty also specifically recorded the production method of rattan armor.

Moreover, after being soaked in tung oil, the ignition point of rattan armor is very high, and it is not as afraid of fire as in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"-of course, if it does burn, it is more difficult to extinguish than ordinary rattan wood.

Repeated soaking in water and then drying in the shade will take a year to soak rattan. The rattan armor produced in this way is light and strong.

These Guizhou soldiers climbed the mountain very fast, climbing the hillside as if they were walking on flat ground. The 2000 soldiers were divided into four teams and attacked four positions including Hu Dinggui at the same time.

"Go and ask for support!" Hu Dinggui exclaimed.

Without Hu Dinggui's request, Huang Yao had already sent a reserve team, even Huang Yao came with his own soldiers.

"Stab their arms and throats!"

These rattan armor soldiers have large areas of their necks, arms and legs exposed, mainly because rattan armor is inconvenient to wear.

But they are very flexible, and the rattan armor all over their bodies weighs less than ten catties.

Huang Yao stabbed a man in the arm with his spear. The rattan armored soldier was so fierce that he rushed to the battlefield with injuries, but was stabbed in the rattan armor by another soldier, and couldn't stand the force and rolled down the hillside.This fellow fell in a mess, shook his head, and got up again and continued to charge upwards.

Hu Dinggui pierced the rattan armor soldier's throat with a single shot, but two soldiers beside him were hacked to death.

More and more rattan armored soldiers rushed up, and the position gradually showed signs of falling.

"ignition!"

There are twenty thousand enemies left, and this is Huang Yao's bottom of the box.These tens of thousands of enemies, as well as those reserve teams, are designed to prevent unexpected situations.

"Boom boom boom!"

The upper body of the rattan armor soldier was not afraid of the explosion (the power was too small), but his legs were injured in various ways, and those who were close were directly blown off their legs.

At the same time, the spreading chili noodles also made Teng Jiabing very uncomfortable.

Huang Yao and Hu Dinggui took the opportunity to counterattack, killed the rattan armored soldiers who had entered the position, and then went to support the adjacent positions.

After finally killing the rattan armored soldiers, those defeated rattan armored soldiers wanted to organize an attack again.

"Pull, pull up the mountain!"

Huang Yao quickly ordered to shrink the defense line. After repelling the enemy, all the positions were completely headed towards the top of the mountain, where there was a second line of defense.

However, the water pool in the middle of the mountain was gone, and Datong soldiers could only drink a small amount of mountain spring water and some water stored in advance.

Hu Dinggui was injured in two places on his leg and one on his chest. If it wasn't for the protection of the cotton armor, he would have died long ago.

He ordered a count of the number of people, and there were only 30 people left in his team of 16 people.

However, after abandoning the first line of defense, the second line of defense is more conducive to sticking to it, and the problem of insufficient drinking water can be temporarily ignored.

Although the officers and soldiers occupied the first line of defense and seemed to have made a major breakthrough, the camp at the foot of the mountain was already noisy.

"Master, you can't fight anymore, if you fight again, there will be deserters!"

"The Luling Zhao bandit knows how to bewitch, so he must have invited the gods to his body, and the rebels will kill every single one of them."

"Yeah, more than half of the casualties will not retreat, it must be using black magic!"

"Supervisor Rong, the Xiangyong recruited by Wansheng is no longer willing to fight. The last attack was defeated after a few casual pokes. The Xiangyong was completely scared!"

"..."

Adding up the first three days, only more than 700 officers and soldiers were killed.

In the bloody battle on the fourth day, more than 3100 officers and soldiers were killed in one day, and there were thousands of wounded in various conditions (most of them were still injured by fleeing and falling).

The death rate has already exceeded [-]%. The reason why there is no large-scale rout is purely because both sides are scattered on the surrounding hillsides.If the two armies gather to confront each other, based on this death rate alone, the entire army will have already fled.

On the side of the Datong Army, the casualties in the dangerous terrain were very small.

The real losses were in positions with less steep terrain, and the casualty rate of individual sentry teams had exceeded 50%.In particular, the charge of the Tengjia soldiers caused heavy losses to the Datong soldiers, and they had to give up the first line of defense.

In one day, the Datong Army suffered more than 1200 casualties.

Among them, 441 were killed, 106 were seriously injured, and the rest were minor injuries of varying degrees.

The casualties mainly came from being too tired, the reaction speed slowed down, the formation became loose, and the impact of the rattan armored soldiers.

Otherwise, the Datong army would occupy a favorable terrain to defend, and the officers and soldiers would be defeated at every turn. How could they not even lose [-] to [-] battle losses?

"Master, you can't fight any more!"

There was a quarrel in the camp, and Zhu Xieyuan hesitated, but he was already riding a tiger.

The situation of besieging the rebels this time was completely beyond Zhu Xieyuan's expectations.He has never seen this kind of army, and he can't even imagine in his dreams that there is such an army that is not afraid of death in the world!

If the troops are withdrawn now, even if they can return to Nanchang safely, the officers and soldiers will inevitably be terrified when they hear of the rebels.

The officers and soldiers have been killed and feared, feared at the level of spiritual will.

After that, if we fight again, I am afraid that every time we face each other, there will be countless people who flee from the wind!

But if you don't withdraw your troops today, you won't be able to fight again tomorrow. The rattan armor soldiers can continue to use them, but Xiangyong is tired of fighting.The few attacks in the evening were all pretending to fight, and fleeing after receiving the battle is considered a warrior, and many village braves fled halfway through the charge.

"Every time the drum is tapped, the troops will be withdrawn at midnight!"

It takes about 24 minutes at one o'clock, that is, every 24 minutes, the Datong soldiers are disturbed by drumming.

While beating drums and preparing to withdraw, Zhu Xieyuan wanted the whole army to flee.

This battle is really impossible to fight, not to mention the siege for eight days, and the siege for two more days, the officers and soldiers will desert every night, and half of them will escape at night after the siege for five days.

After all, Wang Tingshi was a governor, and he was left alone by Zhu Xieyuan.

"Why do all the bandits die, but the officers and soldiers are afraid of the head and the tail?" Zhu Xieyuan looked at the Lion Mountain and said to himself.

Wang Tingshi said: "The rebels are all given land, and in order to protect the land, they must die."

Zhu Xieyuan pointed to the barracks and said: "But these brave men are mostly sons of good families, and they fight to keep their own land."

Wang Tingshi said: "The small people protect the land, they are protecting their lives. The gentry protect the land, they are only protecting their wealth."

"No, no, there must be more than that." Zhu Xieyuan shook his head repeatedly.

Not only Xiangyong was afraid of being killed, but Zhu Xieyuan himself was also afraid. Fear and powerlessness were mixed in his heart. He really didn't know how to fight in the future.

With the same terrain and the same strength, if it is replaced by the conquest of the chieftains of Sichuan and Guizhou, those chieftain soldiers can last up to three days!

This mountain attack made Zhu Xieyuan lose confidence.

The coach is no longer confident, can he still count on the soldiers below?

Chapter 202 [Broken]

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The sky is full of moon and stars, and the drums of war are beating everywhere.

Huang Yao sat by the campfire and let the soldiers bandage his wound.

Zhao Han firmly occupies Zhangshu Town. As the distribution center of medicinal materials in the south, the most important thing he lacks now is medicine.Moreover, the two drug dealers who presented the excellent golden sore medicine formula were recognized and supported by Zhao Han, including the one who punished Fei Chun's parents according to law.

"There's something wrong with the war drums of the officers and soldiers tonight. They beat five times in just one watch." Huang Yao frowned.

Mission officer Tu Menggu said: "Either plan to attack at night, or plan to escape."

Huang Yao suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, Mr. Tu also knows how to fight, and he can actually see through the intentions of officers and soldiers."

The Tu family also belongs to the common surname in Jiangxi, and its ancestor was Tu Qin who supported Sima Rui and proclaimed himself emperor.In the area of ​​Nanchang and Fengcheng, there are a lot of people with the surname Tu. There are several descendants of rich families who defected to Zhao Han, and there are also many recruits to help Zhu Xieyuan fight.

Tu Menggu said: "This afternoon, I shuttled between various positions, encouraging the morale of our army, and at the same time observing the enemy's movements. After noon, officers and soldiers are more and more likely to flee, and in the evening, many officers and soldiers have not yet approached the positions. , was already frightened and fled down the mountain.”

"We have a low life. It doesn't matter if we die. The general town will take care of it, and orphans and widows will not be bullied." Huang Yao pointed at the foot of the mountain. If you die, your family's land and real estate may be taken over by your relatives. You are a good family member, are you willing to work hard?"

"Hey, I definitely don't want to." Tu Menggu said with a smile.

After the wound was bandaged, Huang Yao got up immediately: "The officers and soldiers will flee tonight, it depends on whether Lao Li (Li Zheng) dares to come and take advantage of it!"

Li Zheng didn't wait, and the officers and soldiers suddenly attacked at night.

The surviving more than 1000 rattan armor soldiers and thousands of "elite" officers and soldiers suddenly launched night raids on various positions.

The Datong Army paid the price of more than 40 casualties and finally interrupted the attack of officers and soldiers.

Tu Menggu wondered: "Could it be that the officers and soldiers are not going to flee, but are going to fight to the death with us? After another two days, our army will have no water."

Huang Yao shook his head and said: "The officers and soldiers can't fight anymore. In the hands of Governor Zhu, there are only one or two thousand rattan armored soldiers. But this is not fighting on flat ground. Our army's second line of defense is even more dangerous. How can the officers and soldiers be defeated so easily?" What he can do is delay. Our army lost the first line of defense, and also lost the water source, until the day we have no water to drink. But how long can the morale of the officers and soldiers last? No matter how fierce the attack is tonight, the officers and soldiers will definitely die retreat!"

Huang Yao patrolled the positions with injuries, prepared the soldiers for the pursuit down the mountain, and then leaned on the rock to take a nap.

There was a drum beating down the mountain to tell the time on time, so he was not afraid of oversleeping.

Nearly three o'clock, Huang Yao ordered the whole army to attack, no matter whether the officers and soldiers retreated or not, they must go to night raids to regain the first line of defense.

"kill!"

The Datong army went out in all directions, and killed the first line of defense, only to find that the position was full of dummies made of thatch.

"Dudududu~~~~"

The sound of suona came from the direction of the artificial river, and then a suona was passed on to a suona, all of which were sent by Li Zheng and Fei Yinggong along the way.

The officers and soldiers retreated and were discovered by sentries.

The sound of suona from near to far, tore through the silence of the night, and continued to spread to the mountains farther away.

It would be too late to stop them immediately. Li Zheng, Fei Yinggong, Zhang Tieniu, Liu Zhu and others led the troops directly to the northeast, trying to go upstream to block the retreat of the officers and soldiers.

They... all went to nothing!

Zhu Xieyuan did not follow the river all the way back to Nanchang, but crossed the river one mile south of Fengcheng.

There is the narrowest part of the river, the width of the river is only 30 meters.

Moreover, Zhu Xieyuan left a thousand officers and soldiers here, so that he could watch the defenders of Fengcheng County from south to north with the officers, soldiers and sailors in the Ganjiang River, and he could make preparations for crossing the river in advance.

The navy has been harassing Fengcheng County, and Jiang Liang, who is in charge of guarding the city, has not dared to act rashly these days, let alone cross the river to attack the thousand officers and soldiers.

The location of these thousand officers and soldiers is disgusting, at the confluence of two small rivers.Whether Jiang Liang from Fengcheng County came to attack, or Li Zheng and Fei Yinggong from the mountains came to attack, they had to cross the river first.The officers and soldiers also prepared a lot of small boats, and they could escape by boat when the situation was not good.

Before encircling the mountain, Zhu Xieyuan had already planned his escape route!

More than [-] officers and soldiers followed the river and arrived at the ferry south of Fengcheng at dawn.

Huang Yao led more than 3000 tired soldiers and chased them all the way from the southwest.Really tired soldiers, many soldiers wanted to doze off while walking, forced themselves to march, pulling each other's belts.

But Li Zheng, Fei Yinggong and others blocked the retreat and ran too far. When they realized something was wrong, they hurried back along the river.

"The main force of the officers and soldiers has come back?"

Liu Shunyi, the county magistrate of Fengcheng, boarded the tower in a panic.

Jiang Liang pointed to the south and said: "The officers and soldiers want to cross the river. Liuzhi County, Fengcheng will be handed over to you for defense, and I will lead the troops to attack halfway across the river!"

Liu Shunyi said in horror: "No, our responsibility is to defend Fengcheng. There are officers, soldiers and sailors in the north, and there are many built ladders. If the general leads troops to the south, what should the officers, soldiers and sailors take to attack the city from the north?"

"I will only take a thousand regular soldiers out, and leave you a thousand farmers and soldiers, and hundreds of warriors temporarily recruited," Jiang Liang said. gone?"

"But..." Liu Shunyi hesitated to speak.

Jiang Liang didn't bother to talk to him, so he asked someone to open the city gate and left the city with a thousand soldiers.

"kill!"

Hundreds of officers and soldiers have successfully crossed the river, Jiang Liang suddenly killed them, and these officers and soldiers fled in fright.

Instead of being surprised, Zhu Xieyuan was overjoyed, and said to the generals under his command: "The rebels have left the city. You don't have to wait for a boat, take off your armor and swim there, and seize Fengcheng County!"

More than 2 people crossed the river, all of them were Jiangxi soldiers who could swim, and the river was only 30 meters wide. How could Jiangliang's [-] soldiers be able to defend against it?

After killing more than 2000 officers and soldiers, thousands of them swam over quickly, and they surrounded Jiangliang's [-] Fengcheng defenders.

"Form a circle!"

Jiang Liang shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers came here to swim, and those with armor took off their armor one after another. Jiang Liang, who was forming a circle by the river, was really hard to chew.

Moreover, when fighting in battle on flat ground, the strange weapons used by officers and soldiers to deal with wolf traps are not so effective.

Even the more than 1000 rattan armored soldiers who swam across the river wearing rattan armor (the rattan armor is waterproof), had no way to face the formation of wolf traps, shields, and spears.

"Split up and attack the city, the ladder is by the river!"