Nanming Engineer

Chapter 176
The roaring and cursing from the top and bottom of the mountain, the sound of weapons colliding with gold and iron, and the screams caused by sharp knives piercing into flesh echoed and undulated in the air. The fire burned the ladder wood, and the black smoke soared into the sky to cover the sun. People at the bottom of Bodao Ridge can hardly see the city wall on the mountain.

From dawn to dusk, the attack and defense of thousands of people continued uninterrupted. The siege soldiers came like a tide and receded like a tide. On the city, it was smashed to pieces, turned into droplets and scattered without a trace, only mutilated corpses and all kinds of weapons and ordnance were left under the city wall.

In the setting sun and colorful clouds, there is a gloomy cloud.

The originally flat stone city wall was covered with marks of swords and arrows, and mottled blood was everywhere. It was hard to tell whether it was left by the besiegers or the defenders. The groans of the wounded were helpless on the silent battlefield. Floating, like wandering ghosts, the smell is moving, a group of black crows hovering in the air, greedily aiming at the flesh and blood corpses and pecking down.

Yang Zhan stood at the foot of the mountain with a pale complexion, watching the dejected servants retreat, his heart ached as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer on an iron felt.

He put all his strength into today's offensive. After the miscellaneous soldiers were exhausted, at noon, the red-eyed Yang Zhan made a desperate move and put 2000 members of the last elite guard team on the battlefield, trying to break the city with one blow. , Unexpectedly, the people went up, except for a short period of time occupying a small section of the city wall, they did not achieve any results. With corpses all over the mountain, the Baqianqi Barracks was almost disabled in the first battle, and the dead and wounded almost accounted for half of the people. This result not only surprised Yang Zhan, but also shocked him.

Counting on the top of the city, there were only two to three thousand people, relying on danger and self-respect, they actually blocked the 3000 people who took turns to attack all day, and the ten cannons were firmly locked on the official road without firing a single shot, allowing Zeng Ying Tens of thousands of people stayed here unable to move. Thinking of Zeng Ying's furious appearance when he saw him, Yang Zhan was covered in sweat, and the autumn wind blew, and he couldn't help shivering.

The last ray of sunlight disappeared on the top of the mountain, and the sky darkened. Bonfires were lit in the camps of the officers and soldiers that stretched for miles, and the rich aroma of rice wafted in the night sky. When it was time for dinner, the soldiers of each battalion followed the rules and took their own meals. Guys, line up and gather at the place where the Huotou Army distributes meals.

Yang Zhan walked towards Zeng Yingzhong's tent with frowning brows, thinking about how to face Zeng Ying's scolding later, thinking about it, but he didn't have a clue. The more I thought about it, the colder my heart seemed, there seemed to be a thousand catties under my feet, and I almost staggered and fell several times while walking.

Suddenly there was a commotion, which startled him from his contemplation. He heard the sound and looked around, but there was a commotion in a place where the Huotou Army was sharing meals. A group of soldiers shouted loudly around the Huotoujun, as if they were cursing something. The Huotoujun didn't give an inch, and cursed back with a greasy voice.

Yang Zhan stopped in his tracks and listened carefully. It turned out that the porridge that the group of soldiers were allotted was getting clearer and clearer, and they could almost see the figures. The sergeant, the Huotou army is even more angry, and he cursed that the food with the army is so small, and there is no next meal after eating this meal. If you want to have food tomorrow, you have to save a little. He also said that the sergeants are all pig heads, such a small town You can't even beat them down. There is a lot of military rations in the Chongqing government treasury, and you can have enough food in the past. Who the hell told you to be so incompetent?The two sides refused to give in, and the yelling and cursing became louder and louder, which alarmed the adjutant officer in the army, who came out to comfort him, and then the sergeants left cursing.

Yang Zhan was shocked again. There was not enough food in the army. He had heard about it for a long time. During the battle against Zhang Xianzhong in Shunqing Mansion, the army's rations and grass were all supplied by the prefectures in eastern Sichuan, especially the official warehouses of Chongqing Mansion had tens of thousands of grains. Zeng Ying's old nest has always been a transfer point for grain and grass to be transported from east to west. Ever since it fell into Wang Huan's hands, Zeng Ying was in a state of disquiet. The morale of the army is unstable.

Thinking about it this way, Yang Zhan felt a little heavy in his heart. A day was wasted on himself, and the food and grass in the army became a little tighter. Would Zeng Ying chop off his head?
Entering the tent of the Chinese army, I saw Zeng Ying sitting in the middle with expressionless majesty. His eyes fell on him, with sympathy, gloating, and different eyes.

Yang Zhan bravely stepped forward and bowed to salute. Zeng Ying nodded slightly and asked him to stand aside. Yang Zhan opened his lips in a murmur, and stood shuffling his feet.

With a cold face, Zeng Ying issued several orders in succession, and named the names of several generals. These men have more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. They are all fierce and brave, and they are also the coveted deputy commander The careerist who has been in the position for a long time, listened to Zeng Ying's general, and they all received the order loudly with excited faces. These people had calculated very clearly in their hearts. Serious injury, if so many people attack together tomorrow, it is very likely that they will be able to attack, so it is not in vain if they are so cheap.

Yang Zhan looked disheartened at the high-spirited generals, with mixed emotions in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, he could only sigh and stare.

Zeng Ying finished his deployment, and then squinted his eyes and turned to Yang Zhan, and said calmly, "Yang Zhan's troops are tired today and have suffered a lot, so they will return to the rear army and take charge of guarding the baggage, let's take a rest. "

As soon as this remark came out, it was equivalent to giving Yang Zhan a death sentence with a reprieve. Anyone with a discerning eye could hear it. This was to remove Yang Zhan from the first-line generals and send him to the second-line retirement. If there is no accident, when the dust of this war settles down It is certain that Zeng Yingteng will rearrange the personnel under his command, and Yang Zhan's deputy commander-in-chief is afraid that he will end up in the end.

Yang Zhan responded with a muffled voice, and the military discussion broke up. Zeng Ying waved his hand, and the generals filed out and went back to the camp.

The general who was originally in charge of the rear army happily handed over to Yang Zhan, and went back to pack up the army and move the camp. However, the officers under Yang Zhan who came with him knew what happened to him, and followed Yang Zhan to lead the army to the camp. Don't mention how aggrieved you are when you leave for the camp.

Zeng Ying's rear army is located at the rear edge of the entire camp, away from the direction of the Diaoyu City battlefield, surrounded by wooden walls built of rough wood, and the terrain is relatively high to avoid the damp atmosphere in the southwest. There are countless tents in the camp, and there are countless A large amount of food and grass are stored in it, guarded by two thousand soldiers from the supply battalion, plus the remaining thousands of defeated soldiers in Yang Zhan's headquarters, a total of nearly six thousand soldiers are guarded.

After a change of camps, it was already late at night, the weather turned cooler in October, the autumn wind was strong, blowing the flags in the camp fluttering, and the clouds covered the bright moon. It seemed that an autumn rain was coming.

Yang Zhan felt depressed, so he sat in the tent and summoned a few of his confidants, and drank mulled wine. Originally, Zeng Ying's army was strictly guarded and it was forbidden to gather people to drink alcohol in battle, but Yang Zhan couldn't care less, so he didn't want to drink some wine to relieve his anger. , he can't sleep.

(End of this chapter)