When the night came, Zhou Xun and Zhao Xun personally verified their military achievements and registered them. Some quarrels occurred, and the battlefield was chaotic, and it was impossible to tell who killed the enemy soldiers. Such quarrels were not very wonderful, Zhao Xun and Zhou Xun went to the side to mutter. In the end, they would rather record more military achievements than let the quarrel spread.

In that case, it would be Zheng Lang's business and the court's business. We have to overcome the difficulties in front of us first.

But there is good news, and hundreds of young and middle-aged people have asked to join the war.

However, the Jiaozhi Military Camp was discussing countermeasures.

It was the solution that the Jiaozhi general in Lianzhou came up with.

The casualties between the two sides were huge, and Lianzhou was more difficult to attack than Anyuan City, so the main general was Guo Jiayi, a brave general of Jiaozhi. When he attacked Zhancheng a few years ago, he had seized 30 elephants, killed the general of Chameng Wang Rendou, captured 5,000 prisoners alive, and countless Chameng soldiers were killed by him. But it was a field battle. Now the Song Dynasty organized a large number of militias, huddled in the city, like a little hedgehog, and could not start. Guo Jiayi quickly stopped the attack, sat in the camp for a long time, and came up with a plan.

Use bumping wood.

Both city walls have a distinctive feature, both of which are rammed earth as walls, not brick and stone walls. So they hit the city walls with a bumper wood. After the wall collapses, they become sniper wars, and the Song Dynasty militia lost their advantage.

There will be sacrifices, but the number of sacrifices will decrease. Moreover, through observation, Guo Jiayi saw that the Song army lacked strong crossbows and bows were not good bows. Zheng Lang had no choice. If he fully armed a soldier and used excellent standard weapons, infantry armor, and other supporting facilities, the cost would be at least 100 yuan. Then how much money came? The regular imperial guards had not achieved it, and could it popularize militias?

In addition, the militia lacked organizational cooperation. If you want to stop the collision of wood and hit the city wall, you must waste the weapons in the city. Judging from all the signs, although the Song Dynasty was prepared, it would not have expected that Jiaozhi would invade a large number of weapons. Although there were weapons in the city, there would not be many. You don’t have to knock down the city wall, as long as you consume all the weapons in the city. The city will be destroyed without attacking.

Or reinforcements came in the Song Dynasty.

But this was also planned.

Why choose to launch an attack in March is the time for spring farming production?

There were not many Song troops in Guangdong and Guangxi. The strongest foreign cavalry retreated from Guangdong and Guangxi. There were 10,000 regular imperial troops, and there were only 20,000 local soldiers. Guangnan East Road also distributed some of the troops.

Spring farming production arrived, and all the people scattered, and even the mobs could not be organized. It was a time of malaria and rampant. It was beneficial to the battle of their own army. Before the war, various disputes occurred in Jiaozhi. Some ministers did not want to fight, and some wanted to fight. The emperor asked the generals that Wuer or Guo Jiayi were the same voice and they had to fight. Once the autumn passed, the harvest of Guangnan West Road was brought up, and more barbarians turned against each other. It would be too late to take action against Guangnan West Road. . Moreover, the prime minister repeatedly said that he would stay in Guangdong and Guangxi for a long time and had a bad attitude towards Jiaozhi. Maybe after two or three years of operation, the prime minister would be able to organize an army to attack Jiaozhi. At that time, the Song people in Guangdong and Guangxi asked for money and food, and the people adapted to the weather in Guangdong and Guangxi. They did not need the Song Dynasty to send troops, but could only recruit a huge army from Guangdong and Guangxi. Jiaozhi was surrounded by enemies, and there were rebellions inside from Jiaozhi, and Jiaozhi was in danger.

Moreover, Wu Er and Guo Jiayi both have the same statement. Zheng Lang has few troops to use, at most 20,000 people.

If the Song Dynasty attacked the two states of Qin and Lian, the Song Dynasty distributed few troops and could eat them in the plains. The troops were divided more, and they could meet with ships and concentrate on fighting. If the Song Dynasty army supported the two states of Qin and Lian, they could return to the ship. Then the Song Dynasty's troops in Yongzhou would be empty, and his own business would achieve the goal of supporting him.

If he is not prepared, Guo Jiayi's plan will succeed.

But it is hard to say whether it can succeed now.

There is another longer-term thing, only Zheng Lang and Zhang Kang know.

After this battle, many people had practical experience. If there was anything else, they would not be as hasty as yesterday. These people were soldiers in wartime and people after the war. They only needed to pay some rewards and pensions for this battle, and they did not need the court to provide money and silk. And they were scattered in fields and towns, and they were recruited when needed. They were a decent army. It has great significance for protecting the safety of Guangnan West Road. At least before they aging, Guangnan West Road was equivalent to not using money and silk, and there were tens of thousands of elite soldiers hidden.

It may not be targeted at Jiaozhi, but also Yizhou, Yongzhou and Leizhou Peninsula Shengman tribes are powerful and illegal. It is very likely that Ziqiman, Guanzhou and Yongzhou are invaded.

But this battle must be held back.

The most difficult thing is Anyuan City, so Zheng Lang asked Zhou Han and Zhao Xun to come and command in person, the former was Anmin, and the latter was commanding the battle. In fact, other regions also needed military talents to be good, so they had to do it.

The next day, there was a wind blowing, and a heavy rain poured down.

In this bad weather, both sides ceased. It was Jiaozhi ceased, and the Song army took a breath.

But there were still many Song troops on duty on the top of the city. Zhao Xun looked at the enemy camp, and the Jiaozhi people were busy tightening the cables of the ships. Nearly a hundred ships almost filled the Qin River. He suddenly thought about the fact that Xiaozhu burned the Nong Zhigao ships, but just thought about it. Jiaozhi was very strict, his troops were small, and he was blocked by the terrain. Xiaozhu's plan could not be copied. Zhao Xun was also afraid of forcing the Jiaozhi people to suppress this **.

In a heavy rain, I received Zheng Lang's order.

Two orders clearly mean that Zhou Han and Zhu Shoulong must hold on for twenty days.

But there was another secret order, which was unpredictable and must be guarded against. Zheng Lang did not tell Yu Jing and other officials.

The secret order is not an order, it is just a notice, saying that it will not take twenty days in reality, and it may only be ten days, which is enough for them to resolve the crisis. And in less than ten days, a group of reinforcements will arrive.

Then wait for Zheng Lang's order and notice before making arrangements. But within these ten days, you must find a way to stop.

Zhao Xun frowned, it was not easy to hold on even ten days. Once the enemy ignored sacrifices and fought desperately to attack the city, with the scale of Anyuan City, Zhao Xun even doubted whether he could hold on for five days.

The rain gets heavier and heavier, which is a good situation. It is best to rain for ten days. With reinforcements coming, it becomes easier to defend Anyuan City. As the Qin River water also begins to rise. At this time, the people of Jiaozhi did something crazy.

Seeing the Qin River rising, Pei Qingcheng looked at the city and then into the wilderness.

There are many embankments in the wild, and rice is mostly carried in the embankments. The seedlings are alive, revealing their lovely blue color.

He gave an order, asking the soldiers to open the steep gates of each embankment and put the river water into the embankment. In the blink of an eye, many embankments became lake swamps again.

This time, Anyuan City was really in chaos. Some people were crying, and some people wanted to move out of the mud bags blocking the city gate. They rushed out of the city to fight with the people of Jiaozhi. Zhao Xun laughed. He sent officials to comfort him. No need to be afraid. With Mr. Zheng, wouldn’t Zheng let them starve to death? Besides, as long as the enemy is defeated, they can still replant the late rice for a season. They also notified all the people in the city that it would not take long. Five or six days later, reinforcements would arrive. Not many enemies came, only more than 8,000 people. Once the army arrived, they could be wiped out calmly.

Now I cannot be in chaos, I have to defend the city. If the city is in, the city is destroyed and the people are destroyed. With the tragic sect of the people of Jiaozhi, nothing will be left.

It was the third day, and in another five or six days, it was the ** day. Although reinforcements may not have arrived, they were not too far away.

Although this flooding of water made Zhou Qing feel heartbroken, it was of great benefit to inspire the people.

The dikes in front spread into lakes, and the number of people who signed up for the army immediately increased. However, only five or six thousand pairs of vine armor were prepared in the city, so so many people did not need to join the army.

Soon Pei Qingcheng stopped this crazy move.

After hearing this news, Guo Jiayi cursed and sent someone to stop Pei Qingcheng's actions. Why are you sure to attack the city? It is because the city is full of temporary militias organized by the people. They have no combat experience and are still afraid of fear. Once weapons are lacking, casualties increase, morale will inevitably be depressed. Now, you set fire to other people's houses and flood the crops, cut off their lives, and take the initiative to force these people to fight to the death. Once you fight to the death, how can Anyuan City be captured?

That's it. There are tens of thousands of acres of rice fields, and several embankments have flooded the flood.

The wind and rain stopped that night.

The next day, I continued to attack the city, but changed the method. The road was muddy, but it had little impact on the Jiaozhi soldiers.

It was not the solution that Pei Qingcheng came up with, but the method that Guo Jiayi came up with. This was also the lucky place in Anyuan City. If Guo Jiayi came, the Song army would have a headache.

Come to the moat, start line up, and raise arrows to shoot.

The city has the advantage, but at this range, the range of the Jiaozhi army's bow and arrow can also be extended to the top of the city, and the Jiaozhi army has a larger number, which has the advantage of the number of people. Zhao Xun had to organize the soldiers to raise rattan cards to fight back.

Both sides have shield protection, and their lethality is not great. However, the consumption of weapons is not good for the Song army. The arrows are put down, and because they cannot leave the city, they cannot be taken back. On the contrary, the Jiaozhi army can pick up the arrows shot by the Song army and use them for their own use.

This is Guo Jiayi's weapon consumption strategy.

There are also arrows on Jiaozhi landing on the city or in the city, but they are all regular troops, and their efficiency in using bows and arrows is much higher than that of the Song Dynasty, and their weapons consumption is several times or ten times lower than that of the Song Dynasty.

But this is a conspiracy.

Because behind them were many Jiaozhi soldiers carrying the bumping wood cut from nearby forests, were they sitting and watching them lift the bumping wood and hit the city wall?

Even though they knew that the weapons were consumed severely, the Song army had to do it.

It also prevented the Song army from using gunpowder tactics. Although the temporary gunpowder production was established in Guangzhou, the manufacturing cost was still very high, the catapult was insufficient, the Jiaozhi people were dispersed, the lethality was low, and the use of gunpowder was not worth it.

After nearly an hour of shooting, Zhao Xun had no choice but to order the speed of shooting. If this continues, he will be fully prepared. The stored weapons are far beyond Guo Jiayi's imagination, and all the arrows will be used up in two days.

Seeing that the Song army slowed down its arrows, Pei Qingcheng issued an attack order.

The soldier carried the wooden slam toward the other side of the moat.

This was not allowed to rush over, Zhao Xun asked the messengers to concentrate their strength and shoot the soldiers. He was reluctant to do so, and then he brought gunpowder to the top of the city. Although it was a waste, he had to do so for the safety of the city wall.

However, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said softly: "It's only now that I thought of this idea. It's not very smart or stupid."

"Why?" Zhou Qing didn't understand very much.

"Zhou Anfu, think about the wood in the warehouse."

Zhou Ying thought about it and smiled. It turned out that he was ready.

There were still Jiaozhi people approaching the city wall, and huge bumps into the wall, causing the soil to fall down in large groups.

However, the threat was not long, and under the counterattack of the Song army at any cost, they were successively repelled.

As the evening approached, Jiaozhi withdrew its troops, but Zhao Xun repeatedly refused the requests of the Jiaozhi people and prevented them from retracting the dead bodies under the city wall. It was hot in March. The dead bodies rotted quickly, harming the defenders on the top of the city, but increasing the difficulty of the Jiaozhi people siege the city.

Pei Qingcheng was furious about the "misfortune" of the Song army. Of course, he would not reflect on his own actions.

On the contrary, because Guo Jiayi's approach in Lianzhou was very "benevolent", both sides tacitly allowed the bodies of soldiers who died in battle to be taken back. They were only allowed to carry the bodies back and prevent them from cleaning the battlefield and picking up weapons.

On the fifth day, the weather was clear, and after a day of sun exposure, the road surface was dry.

In the morning, Jiaozhi did not send troops, but continued to cut down big trees, and made some cars, putting the bumped wood on the car to make a simple siege car.

Attack again in the afternoon.

After a long time of collision, many places in Anyuan City walls were damaged. But another day passed.

Faced with the tenacity of the Song army, Pei Qingcheng asked why Nong Zhigaoeng quickly took down Yongzhou City, but after five days, Anyuan City was safe and sound?

Guo Jiayi had no choice but to answer patiently that Nong Zhigao could break through Yongzhou City because it was the cooperation of the barbarians who attacked inside and outside to break through Yongzhou City. Otherwise, with Nong Zhigao's ability, he would not have been able to win the taller and stronger Yongzhou City. Don't think about it, all the troops in the Beibu Gulf of the Song Dynasty gathered together to two cities. As long as these two cities are taken down, the Song Dynasty's army will be dragged by the Jiaozhi army in the Yongzhou direction, and our army can drive straight in.

So far, no reinforcements from the Song Dynasty have arrived. The troops from the Yongzhou direction have launched a general attack. It is just that because they are separated by mountains and seas, there has been no news feedback yet.

Continue to attack the city on the sixth day.

The dead bodies under the city were officially rotting, and Zhao Xun had to ask the soldiers to cover their noses with towels. Some of them directly stuffed their noses and breathed with their mouths.

This also brought difficulties to the Jiaozhi people's attack. Many soldiers were reluctant to push the siege cart, even if Pei Qingcheng promised to capture Anyuan City, he would give him a heavy reward.

Moreover, after the initial panic, fear, worry, nervousness, and anger, the militia gradually adapted to this bloody atmosphere. Some people were originally poor hunters, with good archery skills and increased lethality. The Song army no longer needed to use much rolling wood stones and gunpowder, and only with bows and arrows, they could advance and attack and retreat again and again.

Pei Qingcheng had no choice but to use the law enforcement team again to kill more than a dozen soldiers who were greedy and cowardly and unwilling to advance in succession. Under the intimidation of death, a large number of soldiers once again pushed the siege carts and crashed into the city wall.

In the afternoon, a city wall finally collapsed under the collision, and together with more than a dozen soldiers on the top of the city, they could no longer get up. Several soldiers fell outside the city, causing the Jiaozhi people to kill them alive, and several people fell on the house and were injured.

Seeing the gap appeared, Pei Qingzhen immediately ordered his subordinates to rush towards the gap.

The situation was critical, and Zhao Xun gave orders to the gap in person, commanding the soldiers on both sides to suppress the enemy with bows and arrows and gunpowder packs.

He also ordered County Magistrate Zhang to go to the city urgently, and called on the barbarians with bows and arrows at home to organize themselves, and use the cover of private houses to shoot arrows from both sides to the gap.

This is the most contribution of the people.

Despite the suppression of gunpowder packs and bows, many Jiaozhi people rushed to the city. However, the walls fell in a poor position and fell in the houses instead of the streets, and they rushed in at a faster speed. Then the densely packed people spontaneously organized themselves and raised arrows to shoot. Some people did not have bows and arrows in their hands, so they found sticks to kill the fish that had escaped. Not only to protect the safety of their families, but also to fight money. Killing a Jiaozhi people was five pieces of money, two pieces of cloth and silk, and five stones of grain. Many immigrants, who had suffered a year, may not be able to get this reward.
To be continued...