Chapter 282: The Battle of Restoration
Old Master Liu straightened his body, and his eyes were flashing with fanatical colors.
"We have been waiting for this day after half a year of preparation and a month of hard fighting. Gathering all the troops in the city and all those who can get weapons, it is time for us to counterattack. We not only want to defeat the besieged enemies, but also pursue the victory and fight until the foot of Qianliu Mountain, join the Taiping Army, attack forward and backward, and completely defeat Molo."
Holding the crutch in his hand, Old Master Liu shouted: "This is the last time I have taken you to fight, counterattack, counterattack!"
The order was conveyed in the city, and closed doors opened. The men carried weapons and walked out of the house silently. Under the eaves, refugees who lived homelessly stood up and walked silently to the arsenal where weapons were being distributed. In the open space in the city, countless people walked out of the temporary shacks.
There were continuous flow of people in every corner of the city. They rushed to the arsenal to collect a weapon, and then led by a guide, walked towards the assembly ground.
They have been in danger for nearly half a year, and they have been held in the city for almost two months, and everyone is in a state of fire.
It's time to fight back.
On the city wall, countless torches were lit up, and the black crowd raised their heads. The first thing that caught my eye was an old man with white hair and beard. Most people in Shayang County now know this old man. He is the controller of the Liu family, Old Master Liu.
Old Master Liu was originally aloof. Most of them, ordinary people, may not be able to see Old Master Liu's true deity throughout their lives. However, in the siege of more than a month, this thin and dry old man sat steadily on the top of the city almost most of the time, and almost became a symbol of the unfalling city of Shayang County.
When I saw Mr. Liu and the thousands of people, I felt much more at ease.
Old Master Liu is actually wearing armor. Could it be that he, who is over 70 years old, wants to go out of the city to attack himself?
The next moment, Old Master Liu gave them the answer.
"For our Shayang!"
"For our women and children!"
"Take these robbers away!"
The loud voice of Mr. Liu spread throughout every corner of the city. It ignited the anger in the hearts of everyone in the city. They had lived well, had solid houses, fertile land, gentle women, and lovely children, but Shuntian Army came and forced them to give up all the beauty they had and became poor men with nothing. If they didn't drive away these bandits, how could they have a peaceful life?
The deafening shouts rang out in the clouds.
"Drive away the bandits!"
"For our women and children!"
Old Master Liu walked down the city wall amid the shouts. Where were Liu Bao and others, holding two war horses in his hand. Old Master Liu jumped onto the horse, pointed the cane in his hand and shouted sternly: "Open the city gate and counterattack!"
The city gate, which had been closed for more than a month, was slowly pushed open with a squeaking sound. Just as a gap was opened for people to pass, Old Master Liu clamped his war horse with his legs and rushed out like an arrow. Behind him, a crowd of people gushed out.
In the Shuntian Army camp, Li Han was always a little worried. This uneasiness came from Qianliu Mountain, and he kept retrieving troops from him.
When they came out of Changyang County, Wu Xin trained a total of 30,000 elite soldiers. In Li Han's opinion, these 30,000 elite soldiers were only stronger than the county soldiers of Yue State. This was also the reason why they were full of confidence when they fought Changyang County. They believed that as long as they had enough time, they could have 50,000,000, or even more such elite soldiers.
But Changyang County is too poor, and they must first fight out and take down the wealthy Shayang County, so that they can have enough wealth to support such an army.
After breaking out of Changyang County, they were hit by a blow. Shayang County's policy of clearing the countryside and giving up a large area of land but firmly defending the city, leaving them almost nothing and not having enough supplies, which has put the Shuntian Army in a dilemma.
Immediately afterwards, another strange soldier broke out halfway. The Yanshan bandits who called themselves Taiping Army made the Shuntian Army fall into a big frustration. Thirty thousand elite troops were tortured by Bao Bufan and nearly 10,000 people were lost. The Taiping Army, who was able to make a fortune, was killed in two battles. Li Han originally thought that this was Bao Bufan but was incompetent, but Qianliushan's battle finally made him realize the power of this army.
The King Shuntian set out in person and took away 15,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers. He thought he had to use ten fingers to get snails, but he was sure to get it. Unexpectedly, he killed it for several days and suffered heavy losses.
When Li Han heard from the people who came back to mobilize troops that King Shuntian took action himself and led his team to raid up the mountain, but was killed by his opponent. None of the hundreds of good men brought with him escaped, Li Han's mouth could no longer close.
He increased his troops. But he only had a few thousand elite troops in his hands. He transferred another five thousand at once and became a bare bar. But it was impossible to disobey the orders of King Shun Tian, and Li Han knew very well about this.
Five thousand troops went to Qianliu Mountain, and now Li Han has only a thousand well-trained people left, which is also his own personal guard. Before the troops left, he played a small trick to exchange the clothes of the troops who were going to reinforce with a large number of civil and political soldiers. In this way, his camp still had enough manpower.
He hoped that this could be hidden from the old fox in the city and that he could survive until King Shuntian returned to victory.
After more than a month of fighting, the old fox had never left the city to fight back, which gave Li Han a little more courage. I hope that the old fox would be as timid as a mouse.
But the old fox explained to him why he could call the old fox.
Just after inspecting the camp, Li Han, who was tired of lying on the bed with clothes, jumped up in shock by the deafening shouts.
When he rushed out of the tent, what caught his eye was the suddenly bright city of Shayang County.
Yes, Shayang County City suddenly became brighter, so dazzling and so breathtaking.
After siege for more than a month, whenever he entered the night, the most common scene he saw was that the walls of Shayang County were bright, torches and irritating wind lights illuminated the entire city wall, which was to guard against the Shuntian Army's sneak attack. However, standing on the watchtower and looking at the city, except for a few places, it was pitch black.
But now, the entire city is lit up. Under the night sky where only a few stars shine with faint light, it looks so dazzling.
What made him even more frightened was the shouting soaring into the sky.
What he feared the most was the thing he was most afraid of was that.
All the gates of Shayang County City were opened. Countless people were rushing out from inside and pounced on the camp of Shuntian Army.
"Speak warning, all the staff will fight, and all the staff will prepare to fight!" Li Han shouted out of his composure.
Although he does not have a well-trained army, he still has more than 100,000 young and strong people. As long as everyone works together, they will not be able to fight.
But he obviously forgot that among these amazing numbers of young and strong people, many of them came from their association, and even many of them were from Shayang County. These days, under the pressure of swords and guns, they had to join the Shuntian Army. But now, the counterattack from Shayang County is an opportunity for these people.
They don’t need to fight back. In fact, they don’t have the courage, but one thing they can do is to escape, run away.
The densely packed Shuntian Army camp was in chaos amid the sound of warning horns and the fierce fighting drums.
A large number of people rushed forward with weapons, but at this moment, a large number of people rushed out of the fence while taking advantage of the chaos, plunged into the night, and fled to the distance without any chance.
Old Master Liu waved his crutches and rushed to the front. The night breeze blew his head full of white silk, adding a bit of tragic feeling to the soldiers following him.
The front was the county soldiers. Liu Xingwen and Liu Bao were one on the left and one on the right, slightly behind Old Master Liu. Thousands of county soldiers who returned to the county town from Yanshan have almost changed half of their manpower after more than a month of bloody battles. However, wars are always where people grow the fastest, and this army's combat effectiveness has improved a lot compared to before.
This county soldier was actually not as bad as expected. Qin Feng also pointed out this after the war. If it weren't for the wrong information, if it wasn't for the commander's arrogance, if it weren't for their lure into such a Jedi, with the strength of Qin Feng in Yanshan at that time, it would be difficult to eat them.
Knowing shame only makes you brave. After Liu Xingwen suffered this defeat, he has made a lot of progress.
After the county soldiers, there were private soldiers from several major families. These people did not have the combat system like county soldiers, but in terms of personal combat effectiveness, they were far superior to county soldiers. They were vulnerable to regular army, but they could maximize their combat effectiveness against a group of messy enemies like Li Han.
Under the leadership of Old Master Liu, who could barely maintain the ninth level of cultivation, with the assistance of the patriarchs of the four major families, they easily entered the camp of the Shuntian Army without any effort.
Behind them were more people in Shayang County. There were originally tens of thousands of permanent residents in Shayang County. After the war broke out, Shayang County even accommodated refugees no less than those in the permanent residents. Excluding the elderly, weak, women and children, now they all rushed out.
The whole nation is a soldier. At this moment, the two armies had many similarities. The difference is that Shayang County City led a well-trained army, but the Shuntian Army was gone.
This is a chaotic battle, a chaotic battle in the night.
After the Shuntian Army had contacted the two sides, they collapsed before the tea ceremony.
One was a tired army that had fought hard under Shayang County for more than a month without any progress, while the other was full of anger and was determined to drive away the bandits and restore the family. After the top combat power of both sides reversed, the war itself was not very suspenseful.
Chapter completed!