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Chapter 233 Lou County Isolated City

Fortunately, the goal of the Red Sun Kingdom this time is to siege the city. In this kind of siege, infantry and crossbowmen are more needed than cavalry.

Since they were thrown here in a hurry by their own fleet, the army officers and soldiers of the Red Sun Kingdom don't know exactly where this place is now, so they can only repair it on the spot first, and then send some cavalry to scout the surrounding area first.

And just when the Red Sun Kingdom sent cavalry to investigate, a small county not far away was already in chaos. Many powerful people in the county were leading a large group of servants and gold. Yin Xiruan fled outside the city.After all, those hundreds of thousands of enemy troops are about to come!If you continue to stay in this small county with only a few hundred defenders, you will be waiting for death!
Looking at the dignitaries who kept fleeing out of the city, Zhou Tiebi, the county magistrate of Lou County, had cold eyes. He thought that he was pretty good to these guys before, and would give them a share of any benefits, and he The reason for doing this is to hope that these guys can help him at critical times.But now that he encountered difficulties, these guys didn't even say hello to him, and fled with their families to the outside of the city.

"It's disgusting! If these guys are willing to cooperate, there is absolutely no problem in guarding for half a day, but now, how should they guard!"

Not long ago, Zhou Tiebi had a call with the military. The nearest army could arrive in Lou County in half a day, so he only needed to wait for reinforcements for half a day.However, when those dignitaries who were afraid of death heard that hundreds of thousands of troops from the Red Sun Kingdom had come to kill them, they ran away one after another.As for how the news leaked out, Zhou Tiebi didn't even need to guess to know that his subordinates must have turned out to be traitors, and they were bought by those powerful officials in Lou County!
Without the support of those dignitaries, Zhou Tiebi can only mobilize some local police officers, government servants and militiamen.And these people add up to less than 300 people, and the equipment is extremely simple, like those militiamen who are temporary workers, they don't even have a decent armor, most of them only received a poorly made short spear.With such a group of subordinates, how could he block the onslaught of the army of the Red Sun Kingdom for a long time!

The ones who are truly capable of fighting are actually the servants of the powerful men. Many of those people are real warriors and their strength is not weak.Only with the help of these people in defense can it be possible to block the attack of the Red Sun Kingdom army!

"My lord, maybe we can ask members of the Blood Shark Gang to help defend the city!" Seeing his county magistrate's frown, Mao Kun, the head catcher, offered his suggestion.

Hearing Mao Kun's proposal, Zhou Tiebi did not immediately agree to it, but asked this subordinate: "Are those members of the Blood Shark Gang trustworthy? I heard that they and those from the Red Sun Kingdom The pirates have always been in collusion, and many sea merchants have been robbed by them! Let them help defend the city, and won't let wolves enter the house?"

"My lord, there must still be smart people in the Blood Shark Gang. Once our entire county is captured by the Red Sun Kingdom, the property that the Blood Shark Gang has built in the city over the years may not be able to keep. Under the circumstances, they better stand on the same front as us!"

"That makes sense! Then you go and inform those guys! If they are willing to cooperate with us in defending the city, then I don't mind sharing some of the credit when the Red Sun Kingdom's attack is repulsed. I can let the Blood Shark Gang The higher-ups will go ashore in vain!"

"Yes! My lord, I will inform them right away!"

Looking at the head catcher Mao Kun who left quickly, Zhou Tiebi still felt unsure. After all, the Blood Shark Gang was a notorious gang in the local area. These guys could be said to have done all kinds of evil in the past, which made Lou County this The law and order in the remote county has always been very bad, and Zhou Tiebi has been implicated because of this. The county magistrate who has been here for nearly ten years has not been able to be promoted.

It would be a lie to say that he has no resentment towards this gangster in his heart, but now, Zhou Tiebi can only rely on those gangsters to help. After all, those powerful people in Lou County have already expressed their position well with their actions .He has no other choice.

And just when Zhou Tiebi was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, and they all turned to the local gangsters, dozens of cavalry scouts from the Red Sun Kingdom also discovered the small county town of Lou County.

Speaking of which, the army of the Red Sun Kingdom was also unlucky. Originally, according to the plan, they were supposed to go all the way to Linjiang City under the escort of their own fleet before landing.However, due to the morale collapsed by the Hanhai Empire during the naval battle, the remaining dozen or so small warships simply did not have the courage to continue escorting them. They just found a place that was more suitable for landing and were thrown away by hundreds of thousands of troops. After getting off, he returned as fast as possible to avoid being caught up by the fleet of the Hanhai Empire.At this time, they really have no power to fight anymore!
As a result, the army, which was cheated by the navy, could only land on this strange coast that was not in the plan, and then had to spend energy to investigate the situation in this area before deciding on the next move.

The only good news is that there seems to be no regular army of the Dagan Empire in this area. It seems that the Dagan Empire was also caught off guard by the completely unreasonable move of the Red Sun Kingdom Navy.The army can take advantage of the huge strength of the army before the Daqian Empire reacts, and first lay down a few towns as a foothold.

Because this area is very desolate, there is only one relatively large town like Lou County within a few dozen miles. Most of the other places are villages and landowners' estates, with limited population and resources, and there are no city walls to protect them. So it doesn't have much strategic value.So after discovering Lou County, the army commander of the Red Sun Kingdom, Saburo Kumamoto, decided to make this county the first main target of the attack. As for the villages and manors, he only sent a few small troops of 100 people there. Just capture.I believe that those villages that have no soldiers to guard them and no fortifications have absolutely no resistance, and will be captured by the Red Sun Kingdom's army in a matter of seconds.

As for Lou County, which is protected by a city wall, Saburo Kumamoto sent [-] troops to attack it, while the other soldiers took the time to repair it.

After drifting on the sea for several days, many of his soldiers were very uncomfortable, and some of them even suffered from seasickness. Without a break, they would have little combat effectiveness.The 2 people he sent were considered to be in the best condition.

On the other hand, after getting the promise of the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi, Li Dayu, the leader of the Blood Shark Gang, also agreed to help Zhou Tiebi defend the city.

And since Zhou Tiebi first expressed his sincerity, Li Dayu also decided to reciprocate. In addition to mobilizing all the gang members to defend the city, he also took out a batch of weapons and armor to help the county magistrate arm the soldiers .

After Zhou Tiebi saw the weapons and armor that Li Dayu took out, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, because in addition to the melee weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, those weapons actually had many powerful bows and crossbows. Now the domestic regular army has begun to replace firearms, but weapons such as strong bows and crossbows are still contraband!Once the secret possession is discovered, the house will be confiscated and beheaded!There are also those armors. Although most of them are simple leather armors and cloth armors, these are not things that a gangster should have!The crime of concealing armor is no less serious than concealing a powerful bow and crossbow.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Tiebi would have been able to convict a member of the Blood Shark Gang of hiding armor and conspiring to rebel just by relying on these things, and then apply for the mobilization of nearby imperial garrison troops to forcibly destroy him.

However, due to the special situation now, Zhou Tiebi was only surprised for a moment, and then let his arresting yamen servants give priority to picking weapons and armor.

After seeing the surprised expression of the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi, a member of the Blood Shark Gang approached Li Dayu, the leader of the Blood Shark Gang, and asked, "Master, we took out all our family assets. Grind and kill the donkey?"

Facing the inquiries from the gang, Li Dayu thought for a while and replied: "Probably not, County Magistrate Zhou's reputation is still good! He doesn't seem like the kind of person who can cross rivers and tear down bridges! Don't think too much about me." , give me all my strength to defend the city later, if the city breaks down, everyone will have nothing to eat!"

"Guangzhu, don't worry! Brothers, you still understand this! Those bastards from the Red Sun Kingdom don't want to set foot in Lou County!"

Under the urging of the leader Li Dayu, more than 500 members of the Blood Shark Gang quickly entered the combat positions one by one, ready to fight.In addition, more than 800 young and strong people in the city were mobilized by the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi to participate in the defense of the city.

Originally, these young men who were mobilized temporarily could only defend the city with farm tools, but because the Blood Shark Gang took out a large number of privately hidden weapons and armor, these young men could at least get a decent weapon. For example, the closest arresters and yamen servants under the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi all got a suit of leather armor. Looks like a regular army.

However, compared to those gang members of the Blood Shark Gang, they are still inferior. I saw that the gang members of the Blood Shark Gang and hundreds of cronies under them were all wearing a set of iron bars that looked very sophisticated. Armor, the weapons in his hands seem to be made of high-quality stainless steel, and long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows are also very complete. This level of equipment seems to be better than that of the regular army of the Dagan Empire. Even those ordinary All the gang members also wore leather armor that seemed to have a good defense.In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is leather armor. The armor made by the blood shark gang is a kind of composite armor. It is wrapped with high-quality cowhide on the outside, and there is a layer of bamboo in the middle. It is difficult to break through the defense of this composite armor.The cloth armor is the same, with several layers of compacted cotton cloth on the outside, with bamboo slices sandwiched in the middle, the defense is not much weaker than the leather armor, but it is more afraid of fire attack.

Looking at the incomparably sophisticated equipment of the Blood Shark Gang, the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi finally understood why the Blood Shark Gang, whose overall strength is not high, was able to wipe out several local gangsters one after another, and finally dominated Lou County. This depends on equipment crushing!
Before the strength has broken through to the innate realm, a good armor is still very important for a warrior, and a weapon made of fine steel can double the combat power of a warrior.Relying on these excellent equipment, although the strength of the gang members is not too strong, the Blood Shark Gang still quickly wiped out several local gangs in Lou County.

But this time the Blood Shark Gang is not going to deal with any gangsters, but the regular army of the Red Sun Kingdom.To be honest, even the gang leader Li Dayu wasn't sure if he could block the opponent's attack.

But even though he was not sure of winning, Li Dayu still agreed to the county magistrate Zhou Tiebi's request for help. After all, it is really difficult for underworld figures like them to wash their hands and go ashore. His blood shark gang provided a rare opportunity, a chance to quickly clean up.

As a man with great ambitions, Li Dayu really doesn't want to be a gangster who keeps his head in his belt all day long. Many ordinary people think that gangsters like them are very majestic, but only he knows , compared to those real powerful people, he is just a mouse who cannot see the light. His life is not comfortable at all, and his prestige is not even half of it. In front of those real powerful people, he is just a mouse who can be beaten easily. Just a dead wild dog.

Therefore, in order to be able to clear his name and become a real powerful person, Li Dayu tried all the profitable businesses in these years, and finally accumulated some wealth.Then after encountering today's opportunity, he took out all the wealth he had finally accumulated and prepared to take a big gamble.If you win the bet, you will transform from now on and become a real master.If he loses the bet, then he and the Blood Shark Gang he founded will have no choice but to follow Lou County and be destroyed in the flames of war.

Just when Li Dayu was looking forward to his bright future, the [-] siege army of the Red Sun Kingdom had already arrived under the city wall of Lou County.

Looking at the large army of the Red Sun Kingdom, Li Dayu couldn't help swallowing, feeling a little regretful, because the number of enemies was far more than he had expected.Originally, he thought that for Lou County, a small and remote county with little oil and water, even if the Red Sun Kingdom wanted to fight, it would only send a partial division, and a few thousand people would be considered good.It's a pity that as a low-level person, the information he obtained was not as comprehensive as those of the real dignitaries. The Red Sun Kingdom didn't come here specially to capture Lou County this time, and it wasn't in their original plan at all.They were tricked by the navy, so they were forced to attack Lou County as the first foothold. The soldiers and horses were not only outside the city, but there were more than 20 soldiers not far away. Trimming on the coast too!

(End of this chapter)