The hunt for the bandits and the collection of prisoners and trophies lasted all night.
At dawn, Liu Cheng sat in the Chinese army's tent in the camp and listened to Xu Shu's statistical report.
Xu Shu opened the registration book and said: "Lord, in the battle last night, our army killed more than 3,200 enemies and captured 4,300.
Remaining people, according to hidden Our army's scouts near the county seat said that there were only a thousand bandits who escaped back to the county seat last night.
The prisoners also told them that they came out with 10,000 people this time to set up camp here, which means that there are still more than 1,500 bandits.
Soldiers deserted and disappeared” "In last night's battle, our army captured more than 6,000 weapons, more than 1,200 sets of armor, 1,500 crossbows, 50,000 arrows, more than 2,000 stones of grain and grass, 3,000 kilograms of cured meat, and 3,000 cattle.
Ten heads, two hundred sheep, one thousand gold and one million coins, and three thousand cubic meters of wood."
After hearing this, Liu Cheng said: "I didn't expect that these bandits were quite wealthy.
A mere 10,000 people went out to build a camp in the city, but they actually carried 2,000 stones of grain and grass.
These people just plundered a lot of grain and money in Hedong and Bingzhou."
Jia Xu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, there are a large number of aristocratic families living in Hedong, Shangdang and Taiyuan.
Even Linli County has several big aristocratic families.
The forts in the homes of these aristocratic families are filled with grain, grass, gold, silver and copper coins.
Just afraid of all After the bandit army broke through the city and the fort, they robbed their subordinates.
I believe that the bandit army's grain and grass warehouse in Linli County must have stored a large amount of grain, grass, gold, silver and copper coins.
As long as Linli County is conquered, these grain, grass, gold, silver and copper coins will be mine.
It’s military” Liu Cheng nodded and said to Xu Shu: "Register these trophies into the warehouse.
Cows are the main labor force in cultivated land.
Don't slaughter them.
Go interrogate the prisoners and see where the cows were snatched from.
If they are big landowners from aristocratic families, If it's home, sell it.
If it's ordinary, Those who are familiar with the people will be returned to them.
By the way, the captured wood can be used by the army craftsmen to build siege equipment.
There is no need to send people to cut down the wood.
All the craftsmen must be mobilized before dark today.
Build enough siege equipment.”
"promise" After breakfast, Liu Cheng left Wang Shuang and more than 10,000 men who participated in the ambush last night to stay in the camp to guard the prisoners.
He led Jia Xu, Chen Dao, Zhang Liao, Yang Ru and others and nearly 20,000 troops to march towards Linli County.
Half an hour later, the army arrived at the foot of Linli County.
The momentum created by the 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Army was much greater than that of the 20,000 bandit troops.
Outside the city, the smoke and dust covered the sky and stretched endlessly, with no end visible at a glance.
A large and neat military formation quickly and steadily moved toward the city.
As I got closer, I heard the deafening sound of horse hooves coming continuously, and the tremors on the ground were transmitted to the city wall.
Every one of the bandit soldiers on the city wall were frightened by this huge momentum, so that their calves trembled and their faces turned pale.
Yang Feng looked at the slowly approaching Northern Army formation and said to the leaders around him with extra dignity: "In the past, when we fought with the county soldiers in Hedong, Taiyuan, Shangdang and Hanoi, I felt that the officers and soldiers were nothing more than this.
Today, when I see the imperial court The soldiers and horses really confirmed the statement that all the best soldiers and horses in the world are in the capital.
In this battle, we must go all out, otherwise we will die without a burial place."
Xu Huang really couldn't compliment Yang Feng's ability to encourage him.
He clasped his fists and said: "Chief, this city wall is too low, not strong enough, and in disrepair.
There are collapses with varying degrees of damage everywhere.
They even You don’t need large siege equipment, you can easily reach the city wall with just a siege ladder.”
It was not that Yang Feng had not noticed the problem of weak defense of the city wall, but he was afraid that speaking out would affect the morale of the army.
Now that Xu Huang raised it in person, he knew that he could not avoid this problem.
He said: "So we will definitely lose. " Xu Huang thought for a while and said: "Now the enemy is strong and we are weak.
The enemy takes the initiative and we are passive.
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The enemy can fight when they want, leave when they want, and rest when they want, but we can't relax for a moment, so we will definitely win."
No.
So we can only find ways to delay the time until it snows.
We must hold on and prepare enough dry food.
Once we successfully drag out the heavy snow, we can take the opportunity to break out.
The heavy snow blocking the road will hinder the imperial cavalry more.
Then it will be up to who can run faster on two legs.
It’s almost time.
Other than that, I can’t think of any other way to survive.”
Yang Feng felt heavy.
He knew that Xu Huang was right.
He asked: "Is there any way to delay it until it snows?"
Xu Huang said: "We must not let them attack the city easily.
Once we let them attack the city, we will be close to defeat.
This kind of city wall cannot stop them.
Instead of passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.
With our back to the city wall, we can let them Their cavalry could not exert its maximum effect.
After leaving the city, they sent out The general fights them for a few rounds in the hope of delaying some time.
The battle will mainly depend on the bravery of the generals on both sides.
If our side can win a few rounds and dampen the opponent's spirit and morale, we may be able to take advantage of the situation and attack with an army to gain points.
It's cheap, as long as they win a small victory, they can only recover their morale and come back again."
Yang Feng weighed Xu Huang's words and made a decision: "Okay, let's do it this way.
Yi Ping, you lead people to defend the city, and I will go to meet the right general of the imperial court in person.
Gongming, you come out of the city with me."
"Yes, Chief" At this time, Liu Cheng was riding on the red rabbit horse and looking at the Linlu City wall in the distance.
This kind of county wall was really not tall.
It was a hollow wall built with rammed earth, not stone, nor a solid wall.
Using rammed earth as the main material for walls is not without its benefits.
Rammed earth walls have relatively high toughness.
If a trebuchet is used to fire stone bullets at the wall, the stone bullets will only leave a small hole in the wall.
The damage to the wall structure and load-bearing capacity is not great.
On the contrary, if it is a stone or brick wall, especially a wall that is older and has been severely weathered, stone bullets can easily cause the wall stones or bricks to break. thus causing collapse.
The biggest disadvantage of rammed earth walls is that they cannot withstand wind, rain and weathering.
This is inferior to city walls built with stone and bricks.
However, the cost of building walls with stones and turning heads is too high, and if the enemy uses large siege equipment, especially heavy trebuchets to fire stone projectiles at the city wall, walls made of this material will collapse more easily than rammed earth walls.
Because if a rock hits a rock, as long as the force is strong enough and the speed is fast enough, in most cases one of the rocks will break, but a rock hitting the soil will not.
"Xu Shu" Liu Cheng stared at the city wall for a while and shouted.
Xu Shu came out from the horse and clasped his fists and said: "My subordinates are here."
Liu Cheng pointed to the city wall and said, "Look how high this city wall is."
Xu Shu observed for a while and clasped his fists and replied: "My lord, this Linli County is not a strategic location, and the city wall is built according to the minimum scale.
The height of the city wall will never exceed two feet.
It may be one or two feet short of the two feet.
And There are varying degrees of damage and collapse everywhere.”
Liu Cheng nodded and looked up at the sky again.
The sky was very gloomy, and the north wind was strong.
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It could snow at any time.
Once it snowed, the offensive would have to stop.
It was best to capture this place before it snowed.
The county seat occupied by bandits.
"Go and tell the craftsmen that I will do my best to build siege ladders for my general in the morning.
Enough siege ladders must be built before noon.
In the afternoon, my general will attack the city."
"promise" Despite the howling north wind and the cold weather, the soldiers of the Northern Army stood motionless in the military formation.
On the contrary, the bandit soldiers on the city wall were so cold that they kept rubbing their hands and stamping their feet.
Even those who stayed on the city wall The leader of the bandit army, Yi Ping, couldn't help but cursed: "These imperial soldiers are really crazy.
They come out to fight and attack the city in the middle of winter.
How many months will it take to stop?
They are really full."
"Creak, creak, creak" At this time, the city gate opened, and several bandit leaders rushed out of the city on horses, followed by a large number of bandit soldiers.
When all these soldiers and horses left the city, Liu Cheng made an estimate , about three thousand people.
Yang Feng led the bandit army to set up a military formation under the city wall.
The bandit army was in a mess, and some people could not find their leader even after the battle.
The entire army formation was crooked, messy, and noisy everywhere.
Liu Cheng looked at the bandit army opposite, couldn't help but smile on his face, and shouted: "Zhang Liao" "The subordinates are here" Liu Cheng pointed his horsewhip in the direction of the bandits' formation and said: "Go and shout for them to drop their weapons and open the city gates to surrender unconditionally.
If they don't surrender, once the city is broken, everyone will be destroyed."
"promise" Zhang Liao agreed, and galloped to the front of the bandit formation and shouted loudly: "The leader of the bandit army opposite, listen, I am Zhang Liao, the commander of the army under the command of the right general.
The general asked me to tell you something.
If you put down your weapons and open the city gates and surrender unconditionally, you can still survive.
Otherwise, once the city is defeated, everyone will be destroyed."
Yang Feng shouted with a black face: "You asked us to surrender without even fighting.
Who do you think you are?
Why should I listen to you?
I have General Fan Yong.
If anyone among you can beat him, let's talk about surrender."
It's not too late."
After saying that, he raised his chin to a big man with a powerful appearance and figure beside him.
The big man nodded and rushed towards Zhang Liao with a ghost-headed sword in his hand.
While riding the horse, he waved the ghost-headed sword and shouted: "I am Fan Yong of Taiyuan, and the dog officer has come to die."
Zhang Liao snorted coldly and shouted: "If the Lord of Hell asks by whose hands you died, you must remember that the person who killed you was Yanmen Zhang Wenyuan."
After saying this, he shook the reins in his hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and lifted his crotch The sweaty horse rushed out instantly.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, die!"
Fan Yong shouted and slashed at Zhang Liao with the ghost-headed sword in his hand.
"die to me" Both sides roared loudly, and in the blink of an eye they were fighting together.
Before the battle was over, Fan Yong was stabbed under his horse by Zhang Liao's halberd.
Yang Feng and the bandits were immediately shocked.
The bandit soldiers all looked panicked.
Although Fan Yong was not the strongest in martial arts among the bandits, he was still among the top.
He could even block three moves of a young general on the other side.
If you don't stop, you will be killed.
Yang Feng turned to look at the leaders around him, and immediately nodded to one of them: "Huangtou, go ahead."
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A man with yellow hair rushed towards Zhang Liao on horseback and shouted: "Look at me, Huang Liren, coming to kill you."
"Waiting for you to die!"
Zhang Liao shouted and rushed forward.
Only five of them met, and Huang Liren was also stabbed under the horse by Zhang Liao with a halberd
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