Chapter 254 Tunnel Battle
When Gongsun Lan told Li Guan that Feng Zhang had joined forces with the entire Duli Town to attack, Li Guan felt that the situation was serious. Although Shamen Town had expanded its troops several times, it was only 8,000 people. For Shamen Town, which now has only a hundred thousand people, it has almost reached a militia ratio of 20 to 1, which is already the limit.
But nearly 30,000 people came to the opponent, and the comparison of troops between the two sides reached nearly 4-1. Although he won two wins, he was not blinded by victory. If Shamen Town was completed, Li Guan could still be trapped in the city. But now the castle is only halfway through, and such a castle cannot stand against the enemy at all.
If you cannot fight head-on or stick to it, you can only take your wisdom.
Even so, Li Guan still made a comprehensive mobilization. The Black Bear, Green Wolf, Iron Gun, Iron Bird, Zhenhai, Nutao, and Feiying were all mobilized outside the country, logistics camps, prisoners of war camps, and even labor camps. Although most of the prisoners of war camps and labor camps were prisoners of war from Duli Town and Beisha City, and prisoners of war from Daxie Village, at this time, Li Guan could only mobilize them. All prisoners of war were sent to weapons and broke up with the children of the Minzhuang Camp who were temporarily recruited.
This was a national mobilization, and more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Shamen Town were armed to fight.
The fireworks in the North Mountain were igniting. In fact, this was not Li Guan asking for help from Dengzhou. Li Guan had never expected Dengzhou to rescue. Although Li Guan understood that his beacon was igniting, Dengzhou would definitely come to rescue him. But in fact, Li Guan did not want them to come. Dengzhou's rescue was a double-edged sword. Their arrival was not necessarily a good thing, and they had to fight on their own.
"The beacon of Beishan has started!"
Almost as the war fire broke out, several soldiers who had been observing immediately told several officers the news.
Shaobing Island has now been occupied by the DaXie Army, and the bastion and the arrow tower have become occupied by the DaXie Army, especially the three bastions, which have even set up the DaXie Army's chariots to shoot. After a long bombardment, Feng Zhang led most of the troops to finally rush to Beishan Wharf. Now the three thousand left-behind soldiers on Shaobing Island seem a little leisurely. The bastion, arrow tower, and the camp bars on the island are chatting loudly.
The envoys of the army had already attacked Shamen Island, and this time they finally got avenge. They didn't have much hatred for Li Yan. However, they were bound to have a generous reward in this battle.
These people chatted and beat and scolded very relaxedly, and were not very alert at all. There were many warships on the sea outside the island, so they would not have thought that anything else would happen.
"The Fifth Captain. The guys above are not prepared at all. The solution that Yanei has come up is really amazing. The war has already risen. Let's fight out and take back Shaobing Island." A Shamen Town officer dressed in iron armor said loudly.
The Flying Eagle Camp's No. 5 Shu laughed twice, looked up and found where he was now. In a crisscrossing underground passage, the passage was dug very wide and deep, eight feet high and one zhang wide. There were also wooden beams and wooden boards to reinforce the passage. On the left and right sides of the passage, a hall of about three zhang was dug through more than ten or twenty steps.
This is a huge underground maze. Many materials, food, weapons, etc. on Shaobing Island are stored in the underground halls. Now, this is not just an underground storage room, but also an underground military storage room. Da Xie's soldiers came. In order to lure Feng Zhang to take the bait again, Li Guan did not plan to fight head-on at the dock this time, but retreated first and then defeated and ambushed.
The first capital of the Flying Eagle Camp stationed on Shaobing Island shot almost 30,000 arrows at the beginning and immediately retreated into the underground passage, waiting for the signal of counterattack to arrive.
Wushu looked at the passage in addition to the two hundred subordinates of the First Capital, and there were nearly 2,000 temporary personnel from the logistics camp and the Minzhuang camp, and couldn't help but grin. Feng Zhangdog Thief made you laugh at the beginning. Now it's our turn to take action.
"As planned, the first team and five gangs will lead 100 people. You will first enter three bastions and nine arrow towers from the passage, and take back the bastions and arrow towers. The people from the second team and the rest follow me, let's take their chariots and gun positions. Remember, move quickly!"
"clear!"
The plan has been repeatedly explained, but now it is just a repetition when it is about to begin. According to the plan, more than 2,000 people are divided into two major parts and move quickly along the passage.
Li Asan was a prisoner of war, to be precise, a prisoner of war from Qingnipu. He was originally a Tang man from Liaodong and a hunter. Later, he was moved by the generous food and salary of Duli Town and was thrown into Duli Town as a soldier. The soldiers in Duli Town were indeed well treated. He worked as a soldier in the fortress outside the city of Duli Town for five years. He had already saved a considerable amount of money when he was twenty-three years old. He used this money to marry Sanniang from his neighbor Liu's father-in-law's family as his wife, bought two Silla slaves, and also got a prisoner of war slave. After five years of full war, he was even promoted to a mate commander because of his bravery in combat. Perhaps as long as he worked for another three or five years, he would be promoted to the deputy leader. At that time, he could buy a house in Duli Town and move his whole family into the city.
But although this wish is good, during a raid by the Qingnipu Crane Cavalry Army, the fortress where he is located was captured. Although he fought to the death, he became a prisoner in the end. He was imprisoned in Qingnipu for nearly half a year, working day and night in the mine, and almost died of exhaustion in the mine. Then, for no reason, he was sent to Shamen Town and became a slave in the Shamen Town labor camp.
Just when he felt hopeless and dull, he saw Li Yan with his own eyes and heard the general of Shamen Town say that as long as they and the slaves could serve for five years, they would be free. This made him feel a trace of light, but yesterday, Li Yan summoned them again and sent them weapons. He told them that as long as they could cut down five enemy heads in this battle, they would be able to get free immediately. The more heads they cut can be exchanged for ten cents of money.
This notification made him feel excited immediately. Li A San was not afraid of war. Before joining the army, he was a very talented hunter. The hunting bow in his hand could shoot down the flying eagles in the world. After joining the army, there were no less than ten opponents who died in his hands. Five heads could be exchanged for freedom, which made him very happy.
After agreeing to join the war, he was assigned a spear. However, he told the person who distributed the weapons that his archery skills were good. When he asked for a bow, the other party just took a bow and let him shoot three arrows. Sixty steps away, the three arrows hit the bull's-eye. He got a longbow and a pot of thirty arrows. For exception, the warehouse clerk also gave him an iron helmet. "Hold it, kill a few more enemies on the battlefield. No matter what your identity was before, you have to be free. Kill a few more, and you can still get rewards, one ten-strait of the head."
Sitting in the tunnel, holding a familiar but somewhat unfamiliar bow and arrow in his hand for half a year. Li A San's hand was shaking. He heard the lieutenant leader of the Shamen Town next to him. The person above was from Daxie Village. Tonight they joined forces with the people from Duli Town to attack. When he heard the three words Duli Town, he was a little surprised, but then he stopped thinking about it. Duli Town has long become a thing of the past. Although he was a soldier in Duli Town, what about this?
"Quick, fast, fast! Follow this passage, there is one of the bastions above. Everyone rushed up. Don't worry about anything. Take the bastion first. If there are any resistance, you will be killed without mercy. After occupying the bastion, immediately climb up the bastion and shoot with a chariot and the crossbow in your hands." The bearded gangster shouted loudly at the fork in the passage.
After saying that, the group took the lead, holding a shield in one hand and slashed into the fork path first. At the end of the fork path was a step, which looked about twenty or thirty. The team led the person to lightly walk up to the end of the step. He listened to the sealed block for a while, and then waved at them. Suddenly, several of the tallest soldiers tried hard together, and pushed the baffle open, and the block opened, and an exit appeared in front of everyone.
"Kill!" The gangster shouted softly, lifted his sword and jumped up first, and Li A San also held his bow tightly and followed behind. When he rushed forward, he had already reached the first floor of the five-story castle. This was a very wide fort hall with a circumference of fifty steps. As soon as he saw, there were only four or five big Xie soldiers in the hall on the first floor chatting, and two of them were sleeping soundly.
Li A San and the others suddenly surged out from the ground, which shocked the people. Just as one was about to shout, the bearded gangster had already thrown a dagger into the man's mouth. Several of the soldiers also threw the daggers and shot arrows. Li A San reacted quickly and fired the bow that had already been put on. He immediately fired a big Xie soldier with one arrow to the center of his forehead.
Before several big Xie soldiers could scream, they were immediately killed by various blows. The bearded man stepped forward and checked, and said to Li A San with great satisfaction, "You shot to death just now, and you performed well. This sergeant's head is considered two ordinary soldiers' heads. If you kill three more, you will be free."
Li A San grinned and felt excited.
The bearded man said in a low voice: "The first army led thirty people to stay at the gate, and the rest of them followed me to continue on! Move quickly and quickly! Kill his mother before they could react."
"Kill the goddamn." Li A San's eyes were shining, and he responded with a low voice, holding the bow in his hand, following the bearded gangster, and quickly rushed to the second floor. There were more people on the second floor, and more than a dozen people were killed by them at a loss. Li A San killed another one, and this time he was still a sergeant. He had long seen that the sergeant was wearing iron armor, and even the iron helmet was more refined.
The third floor and the fourth floor, they had almost no effort, and they had already reached the fifth floor in one go. There were about one hundred people on the fifth floor, sitting or standing behind those huge cannons and slow cars.
The two armies met, and this time it was a bloody battle. The bearded gang leader led his men to rush forward with a shield, shouting loudly as Li A San and others shot arrows. The two sides fought bloody battles. Fortunately, there were only soldiers who operated crossbows and shot guns on the fort. The martial arts skills were not the most superb, and they were not brave enough to fight. After being wiped out by Li A San and the others, they immediately shouted to surrender and surrender when they saw no one coming to support.
Looking at the prisoners kneeling on the ground and the corpse that fell to the ground and bleeding, Li A San wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked to the bearded mate who was bandaging the wounds of his arm, and said in a trembling voice: "Two sergeants, six ordinary soldiers, and one mate."
The bearded man looked at Li A San with appreciation, "One sergeant is counted as two, and one sergeant is counted as three. It's great. You get thirteen military merits at once. After this battle, you are free and you can also receive an eighty-tenth stake in rewards. If you get the money, you can go wherever you want."
"I want to go back to Liaodong." Li A San said.
"It's your freedom if you want. There are boats to Liaodong every day at Dengzhou Port, and you can leave at any time."
Li A San hesitated for a moment and said, "If I pick up my wife and children and come back, will you still want me to join the army? I want to join you."
Chapter completed!