The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 36 Attacking Ping County Again
Shan Tiancheng retreated with the horse thieves and mountain thieves from Qinglong village, but they did not retreat back to Qinglong village, but gathered in the distant forest.

Shan Tiancheng stayed on the horse. The horse under him was a trained war horse. The horse Tian Dan rode when he went on an expedition was just an ordinary horse, and ordinary horses were rare in the new country.

It didn't take long for the spies sent by the Gobout Army Division to report.

"Master, I have found out that the soldiers from Mi County are not from Mi County, but from Xin Guo."

"New country?"

Shan Tiancheng looked to the west: "Xinguo? Isn't it just two counties, is it worthy of being called a country? How many people did they send in total?"

"It's not clear, but there should be thousands of people, and the city defenses are full of soldiers."

"Thousands of people. The emperor of the new country is very brave. He is a big country and dares to send thousands of people. I don't think he has a single legion in the whole country. Let's go!"

The rest of the horse thieves got on their horses one after another, and the dog-headed military officer asked cautiously: "Master, where are we going?"

"Since he Xinguo dared to send soldiers to Mi County, the two counties of Xinguo must be empty of troops. It's the same if I directly take down his Xinguo. Bring the map."

A horse thief took out a map from his pocket.

Shan Tiancheng took a glance and couldn't help laughing: "Let's go to Ping County!"

With a large group of horse thieves, Shan Tiancheng marched towards Ping County in a mighty manner.

Soldiers and population do not mean the same thing. Only trained soldiers can really fight, while ordinary people have no combat power at all. The people's war of the vast ocean, even in the War of Resistance Against Japan, only appeared in the real sense. After a few times, it was just transportation and logistics at best, and it was impossible to actually go to the battlefield.

In the same way, there are only so many soldiers in the new country. As long as these troops are defeated, no matter how large the population is in the county, they are just lambs to be slaughtered. The purpose of the war is to eliminate the living forces.

"drive!"

Shan Tiancheng took the horse thief and the rest of the bandits straight to Ping County, and not long after, a group of people appeared in the forest not far from Ping County.

Shan Tiancheng's eyes narrowed slightly, because he saw that there were many soldiers guarding the city of Ping County.

"Master, there are also soldiers stationed in Ping County."

"Impossible. I don't know where these small countries get so many soldiers. These small countries don't have enough food, and they can't pay so many soldiers. His new country is not bankrupt?"

After finishing speaking, a fierce light flashed in Shan Tiancheng's eyes.

"Prepare to attack the city!"

Wang Xuan is currently patrolling the city of Ping County, and the soldiers he brought with him are all veterans who have been trained, and their overall quality is very good.

Moreover, Commander Tian repeatedly told him not to slack off and not to lose Ping County before he came, so Wang Xuan naturally remembered it in his heart.

To Tian Dan, Wang Xuan was dissatisfied at the beginning, but after spending time together, Wang Xuan discovered that Tian Dan's commanding ability is very strong. In terms of training soldiers, the time for a recruit to grow into a soldier, can be greatly shortened.

In other words, he drilled too efficiently.

So Wang Xuan was naturally convinced.

At this moment, Wang Xuan saw smoke and dust appearing not far away, as if a group of cavalry went straight to Ping County.

"Close the gate!"

Wang Xuan reacted and immediately yelled.

The suspension bridge in Ping County was pulled up quickly, and the soldiers rushed into the city. Many soldiers in the city below hurried up to the city defense to help defend.

The soldiers at the top of the city stared at the horse thieves who were rushing in. Those bandits didn't have many ladders in their hands, but they still had a part to attack the city.

"rush!"

Shan Tiancheng yelled.

The bandit ran forward with a ladder in his hand and a shield in his hand.

"Fire arrows!"

Wang Xuan also yelled.

All of a sudden, the soldiers on the top of the city quickly bent their bows and set up arrows, and the arrows were released unevenly, covering the bandits in front.

Puff puff!
Most of these arrows were blocked by the raised wooden shield, and the bandits rushed towards Ping County as if they were dead.

Put the ladder on the moat, pass the moat, and place the ladder on the city wall.

Wang Xuan was yelling: "Defend the city with all your strength! If you put a bandit up, you're ready to lose your head!"

Ping County did not have many resources to defend the city. There were not as many arrows and rolling stones as before in Mi County. The soldiers picked up rolling logs and smashed them down. Several bandits who were climbing on the ladder were screaming. After being hit, several of them had their heads deformed.

Some ladders were too high and were placed beyond the top of the city. Several soldiers grabbed the ladders and pushed them back suddenly. The soldiers in the middle of the ladders immediately fell down screaming.

One by one, the bandits stepped on the ladders and rushed under the city wall, and continued to swing the ladders, preparing to forcefully rush up.

Shan Tiancheng, who was not far away, was also red-eyed and shouted: "Come on, keep rushing for me! Whoever can rush to the top of the Ping County wall will be rewarded heavily. Each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!"

Hearing these words, those bandit soldiers turned red-eyed, as if their morale had been aroused, they worked harder.

It's just that things like sieges always require a lot of troops, and they start besieging a city from all sides, so that they can be captured with a high probability, but Shan Tiancheng only faces one wall, plus he lost a lot in Mi County before. Bandit, so it is extremely difficult to capture Ping County.

To attack a city, it is possible to have at least four times the number of soldiers defending the city.

At that time, Ma Di said to Zhuge Liang, "Using troops to attack the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom; mental warfare is the top priority, and military warfare is the bottom." One of the reasons is that the loss of the siege is too great.

Shan Tiancheng didn't know the art of war. He looked at the bandits who were screaming and dying, his eyes were red, and he wished he could charge forward.

It's just that the cavalry is not used to attack the city. If it is changed to infantry, these horses will be useless.

"what!"

Another bandit fell, and there were almost nine ladders built on this side of the city wall. The rest of the ladders didn't completely go over the top of the city, but even so, most of the bandits still couldn't get up.

The first bandit had already reached the top of the ladder, holding a knife in his right hand, and was just about to make a move when a soldier rushed over and stabbed him to death.

"Hey!!"

With a shot through the heart, the soldier suddenly retracted the gun, and the bandit fell straight down.

The height of the city wall in the game is considered to be the lowest in the county town, but it is still eight meters high. If you fall like this, you will definitely fall to your death.

"kill!"

The bandits are not afraid of death, and several bandits rushed up on the ladder, but the rolling logs and other items on the top of the wall were used up in one fell swoop.

"Pull out the weapon!!"

Wang Xuan yelled, he drew his sword, and chopped off the head of a bandit who rushed to the city with one strike.

Hot blood gushed out, and the head swirled down.

The rest of the soldiers also drew their weapons one after another, and slashed at the bandit rushing to the top of the city!
(End of this chapter)