Chapter 226: Catch the Thief and Catch the King
Chapter 226 Capture the thief and capture the king
Harmful buds should be snuffed out as soon as possible, to give the enemy a chance to revive, and to increase the difficulty of the challenge for himself. Ye Anlan will not be so full and idle.
She took the elite soldiers under her command and marched all the way to the vicinity of Wenshang, and then ordered everyone to set up camp to rest and recharge their spirits.
Wen Shang's guard Feng Yi had already received the news from the scouts that Ye Anlan's army was suppressing the border. He sent someone to send a letter to Shi Rong's father asking for help, and at the same time began to dispatch troops in full swing.
The rolling logs used to defend the city were moved up the city wall one after another, and at the city gate, he also had someone place a wooden shelf specially used to top the gate. Even for ordinary people in Wenshang, he sent people going door to door to recruit strong men.
The people in Wenshang complained a lot because of this, but Feng Yi no longer cared about the so-called "popular sentiment" by the chief political officer of Wenshang. With the enemy at hand, the only thing he can take care of now is defending the city.
Judging from the information sent back by his scouts, Ye Anlan is not an opponent he can easily defeat. In order to defend one of the four remaining cities of his lord, he must prepare as much as possible within his ability. Prepare some more.
Feng Yi thought carefully and prepared well, but what he met was Ye Anlan, who didn't play cards according to common sense.
Although this was not the first time that Ye Anlan used methods other than stealth and assassination and sneak attack at night to attack the city, the biggest difference between this time and the last time was that Ye Anlan didn't bring a thunderbolt at all this time.
Without thunderbolts, naturally he couldn't break through the city gate in an instant with thunderbolts, but Ye Anlan didn't want to risk the lives of his soldiers.
Break open the city gate with manpower, or climb the city wall with a ladder, Ye Anlan couldn't accept this kind of combat method at all.
She took the rested army to the outside of Wenshang City, and then began to study the city walls, gates, and defenders of Wenshang.
Feng Yi obviously put a lot of effort into the city gates and walls on Wenshang. The thickness and strength are no less than that of Shi Rong's father's lair, Jeju Prefecture.
Moreover, the morale of the soldiers on Wenshang was not low because of the consecutive defeats of their comrades. Except for the ordinary people who were driven to the shelves, Ye Anlan couldn't see anyone who behaved differently on the city wall of Wenshang.
She tapped her palm with a horsewhip, "It seems that the guard on Wenshang is quite capable."
Yang Xiaotao and Wei Zhen haven't been practicing internal skills for a short time, and neither of them has as good eyesight as Ye Anlan. Ye Anlan can only tell from the behavior of the guards and soldiers whether they are panicking and want to run away. Naturally, these two people can't see clearly. There was an expression on the faces of the city guards.
But those ordinary people who were forced to walk up the city wall, the two of them could clearly see their reluctance and fear from their every move.
Yang Xiaotao saw that they were obviously resisting, but because they were forced by those rebels with knives and guns, they could only resign themselves to helping carry quiver, stones and other supplies for the defense of the city, and she suddenly became angry.
She pointed to the middle-aged man who had just been kicked to the ground by the defenders and said to Ye Anlan: "Girl, is that an ordinary person? What are they doing? Are they pulling ordinary people here as cannon fodder?"
Ye Anlan looked at her helplessly, "Since you've seen it with your own eyes, why are you asking me all this?"
Yang Xiaotao was a little embarrassed, "I saw it, but they are here."
"It's my principle not to implicate ordinary people, but it's not everyone's." Ye Anlan was not as filled with righteous indignation as Yang Xiaotao, she sighed and said to Yang Xiaotao, "We can't demand others by our own standards."
The "Water Injection Army" has existed since ancient times. Which of the so-called soldiers in the Water Injection Army are not ordinary people?
Those with a little bit of conscience, such as Feng Yi, the guard on Wenshang, basically use young and middle-aged men of the right age in the water injection army, while those who have no moral bottom line at all will push the old and weak women and children together. to the front.
They won't even let the water injection army follow the regular army, but will force them to charge forward, using their lives to consume the enemy's weapons, strength, and morale.
If you really meet such people on the battlefield, can Ye Anlan not fight them? cannot. Can you show mercy? cannot.
This is also why Ye Anlan doesn't like ancient battlefields, and doesn't like to face the enemy head-on. Instead, she can fight as long as she can.
She ordered Yang Xiaotao, "Someone bring my crossbow here."
She has great strength, large size and weight, and the continuous crossbow that ordinary people can't use alone can be aimed and fired directly without using internal force.
Yang Xiaotao heard the words and immediately had Liannu brought over, "Girl, do you want to kill Feng Yi yourself?"
Ye Anlan took the Liannu, "It depends on the situation."
If there is a chance, she will kill the enemy general first, and then persuade the soldiers under her command to surrender. But if Feng Yi insists on being that little turtle and resolutely refuses to give her the chance to capture the thief first, then she can only pick up the soldiers on the city wall and shoot them first.
In this way, many more people will die on the opponent, and the speed of the army's chaos will be much slower. Compared with directly shooting and killing the main generals including Feng Yi, this method can only be regarded as a bad idea.
Compared to their frontal attack, the other party defended the city, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Ye Anlan's "bad move" obviously protected the soldiers who were on her side to the greatest extent.
Two evils are the lesser of two evils, and she is also doing this to protect her companions.
Thinking of this, Ye Anlan took a deep breath, she turned her head, and said softly to Yang Xiaotao, "Don't be idle, let someone pick up some stones of suitable size for you, and then you can shoot at them from beyond the range of the bow and arrow." Their city gates smashed down. Remember, you must use all your strength, it is best that the stone can not only break through the city gate, but also fly into the city through the hole."
Otherwise, if she smashed it three or five times, all the stones she threw would become obstacles in the way for them to attack the city, and others would have to laugh when they saw it.
It's them themselves, I'm afraid they will die here too.
Yang Xiaotao nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, girl, I will smash down their city gate within a quarter of an hour."
After finishing speaking, Yang Xiaotao took a group of people to help her find the stone.
The soldiers on the city wall were confused. Why is it that the two armies are facing each other, but suddenly a small group of people from the other side went into the wilderness not far away to search around? What are they looking for?
Someone felt that something was wrong, so they immediately reported Yang Xiaotao's abnormal behavior to Feng Yi.
Feng Yi didn't know that Ye Anlan had prepared a long-range and powerful crossbow waiting to deal with him. He took his two lieutenants and hurried up the city wall.
However, as soon as he appeared, Ye Anlan quickly raised his crossbow and shot ten specially made arrows at him.
(end of this chapter)