Under the Yangqu City Wall, most of the trenches have been filled in.
Use people or use soil.
You can even see branches-like arms, legs, feet, or half a head sticking out from some layers of soil.
The people built some simple wooden shields and ladders, and then, driven by Cao Jun, they carried the wooden shields and ladders and rushed forward despite arrows.
Why are the people so obedient?
Because their ancestors and fathers have told them for many years to be obedient.
Because those disobedient people were killed a few years ago, more than ten years ago, and hundreds of years ago, leaving no rebellious genes.
Because there are always people who feel that as long as they are obedient, they can still create value and be useful, then the one who dies first is the one who is disobedient and makes trouble...
As a result, a Yang Qu appeared who refused to listen to Cao Jun, making Cao Jun extremely angry. How could this person and this place be like this?!
Amidst the sound of "bang bang", wooden logs and rolling stones fell down, breaking and cracking the large shield and ladder.
Accompanied by the sound of "swish" arrows, screams echoed above and below the city.
While driving the people to attack the city, Cao's soldiers also fired back with arrows, suppressing the defenders on the city top.
The daylight in winter is very short. It's like the sun just comes out, nods, and then goes back to sleep. In the blink of an eye, the sky becomes dark.
Even so, there were still many casualties under Yangqu City, and most of them were civilians captured by Cao's army from the surrounding areas.
As night fell, General Cao's army retreated. The city was defended that day, but the defenders on top of the city did not feel much joy in killing the enemy, but felt depressed and helpless.
The city was extremely oppressive, and the faint cries of the people could be heard inside the city.
Defending the city does not mean there will be no casualties, especially when civilians without any training will inevitably be injured by stray arrows when helping to carry ordnance supplies.
Cao Jun shot into the city not only ordinary arrows, but also some rockets, which set some houses on fire. Even if they were extinguished, black smoke was still rising.
The sudden attack by Cao Jun caused great panic to the people of Yangqu County. Less than a day after the siege, panicked people already ran to the county government office, begging to stop defending the city. Cao Jun wanted to
Give whatever you want, and quickly send away the plague gods like Cao Jun, for the Chinese New Year...
When a few people persist, they may not be recognized by the majority, and may even attract abuse and ridicule. They will also use words such as "I am doing it for you," or "I am doing it for everyone's benefit."
"No! If this continues, Cao Jun will really massacre the city! They have done this in Xuzhou!" Someone rushed in front of Master Xu, pulled Master Xu's sleeves, and shouted, "They will massacre the city."
!Will kill us! Kill everyone!』
Master Xu just came back with some people to put out the fire. Before he could take a breath, he was pulled by this man and suddenly had a headache. "Calm down! Don't panic! Cao Jun can't attack! Can't attack..."
"But Old Wangtou is dead! Just like that! The city is also on fire... Look, look... everyone thinks so..."
The wails were mixed with accusatory anger and breathed out cowardice.
These people shouted with great proficiency, as if they had said it many times before.
"If we hold on any longer, Cao Jun will really massacre the city..."
"We don't even have reinforcements, how can we defend?!"
"Jinyang has surrendered, what's the use of holding on..."
"Master Xu, why didn't anyone come to save us?! Where is Qiaoqi? Where is he?!"
"It's only been one day of siege..." Chief Xu said only half a sentence before he was covered by even more noisy voices.
No one wants to hear what Chief Xu has to say, let alone the facts. They just want to vent.
Master Xu raised his hands, trying to calm down this meaningless noise, but he couldn't calm down.
Because these people just want to vent, just what I feel.
Venting their dissatisfaction and their fears, even they know that such venting has no effect, but perhaps venting their emotions is what they want most at the moment...
Just like all the wars they had encountered before, they could save their lives by surrendering. As for the rest, they had not thought about it.
Never thought about it.
This may be the normal state of ordinary people. In the face of war, not many people can remain calm after witnessing death. In the past, I only heard other people’s stories, but now that I have actually been in it, I can deeply understand the great fear involved.
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Fortunately, there are always people in China who are willing to think and are unwilling to repeat the same mistakes.
Suddenly, there was chaos again in the distance, and a fireball ignited a row of houses.
Soldiers rushed over and shouted: "Master, the county magistrate ordered us to put out the flames immediately..."
"Give way!" Master Xu shouted, "No matter what, we must put out the fire first! Do you want the whole city to burn down?!"
These people are still talking and venting, but they no longer surround Master Xu, but they don't put out the fire either, they just sigh and lament.
Chief Xu looked at these people and shook his head, but quickly led others to put out the fire.
Chen Lan, who was on the city wall, also knew about the farce in the city, and sighed slightly, "It's stupid... Qiusi once said that we need to develop the wisdom of the people, the wisdom of the people... Oh... don't worry about it for now, just do what you are doing now."
, if there is another person who obstructs Mr. Xu from doing what he does, we will send people to disperse them! We really have no time to pay attention to these guys now..."
"Wei." The soldiers took the order and went away.
Chen Lan pulled the battlement and looked down.
Most of the people driven by Cao's army had died, so the scene was naturally quite miserable.
However, Chen Lan did not pay attention to these corpses, nor was he in the mood to feel sad or lament whether the people were suffering or not. Instead, he was thinking about another thing. Why did Cao Jun slow down after driving these people to their deaths?
The rhythm of the siege was slowed down, and it almost seemed perfunctory at the end?
Is this Cao's army preparing to build artillery carts to attack the vehicles, and then launch a general attack?
Or is there resistance to Cao Jun from other counties, so there are not many Cao Jun here in Yangqu?
Or maybe Cao Jun's large army is still behind and not all of them came to Yangqu? Is it to ambush the reinforcements coming from Pingyang?
If so...
This is not good.
After learning that Cao Jun had conquered Jinyang and Cui Jun had rebelled, Chen Lan immediately took defensive action, gathered the people, and sent out messengers asking for help. But could these messengers reach Pingyang or Pingyang?
How to deal with it there is not something Chen Lan can know.
But what the defenders feared most was the lack of reinforcements from outside.
If the reinforcements coming from Pingyang were really ambushed by Cao Jun...
I don't know how long it took, but Chief Xu came to Chen Lan and said, "My lord, the fire in the city has been put out..."
"Well..." Chen Lan responded, and then suddenly changed the topic, "If I take some people with me, I attack Cao Jun at night..."
"No! Never!" Chief Xu said, "Don't underestimate Cao's army! Since these Cao troops can attack from thousands of miles away from the mountains, they must be very elite. If the county master is trapped, Yangqu will be lost."
If morale is lost, this city... really can't be defended..."
"Hey..." Chen Lan sighed and said, "I know this...but I feel that Cao Jun's arrival is a bit strange...if I don't investigate clearly, in my heart..."
Chen Lan's eyes fell on the corpse at the foot of the city, "By the way, Mr. Xu... tell the truth, how many people outside the city have not had time to move in?"
"This... is gone..." Master Xu replied.
Chen Lan turned her head and said, "I mean, the common people, whether they are Han people or Hu people..."
Master Xu was silent for a while, "If we say they are Hu people...then there is a Hu people tribe at the other end of Guaizi Mountain..."
"Guaizi Mountain? I remember there seems to be a small village there..." Chen Lan frowned and thought for a moment, "Wait, I have an idea..."
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Xia Houcheng on the other side was also in a bad mood.
Yangqu actually refused to fall!
Is this true?
In Shandong, which county does not surrender when the county government is overthrown?
Why did something unexpected happen here?
This breaks the rules!
You must let Yang Qu know the consequences of breaking the rules!
"Why haven't we found many untouchables yet? How can we attack a city without untouchables?!"
Cao Jun's military academy lowered his head and reported back: "Additional manpower has been sent to look for it... We are not familiar with this place, and the weather is freezing, so these people generally don't go out for activities... There is a village to the west.
But there's no one inside..."
"I don't want to listen to these excuses!" Xia Houcheng waved his riding whip, "If we can't find these untouchables, we will use our lives to fill them! You have seen it. If there are another thousand untouchables today, it is impossible to say that the city gate has been taken down.
!Look for it again! Otherwise, I will send you to attack the city first!』
Wang Tiansheng of the military academy received the order and quickly sent out several scouts to search for other villages...
In today's battle, Xia Houcheng led a partial army to attack Yangqu, but the battle was not satisfactory to him.
Yangqu County is a majestic city, and the walls are not very high. However, they were not able to capture it all day long, and most of the civilians and prisoners were lost. It suddenly seemed a little passive.
It's not that this Yangqu is difficult to play, but that there isn't much time for him to consume.
Xiahou Dun's order was for him to gather the surrounding counties and villages of Taiyuan and go to Jinyang as quickly as possible with the population and supplies.
Sudden wealth often makes people feel happy.
If Xiahou Dun failed to attack Jinyang, he would have no choice but to return to Xingshe County, Fukou. However, he did not expect that he would conquer Jinyang so smoothly. After obtaining a large amount of supplies from Jinyang, Xiahou Dun naturally wanted more.
Further, prepare to do a good job around Taiyuan County.
Only the poor make choices, while the rich naturally want them all.
How far can human vision extend?
Being able to see further does not depend on how powerful the person is, but with the help of other forces, such as mountain climbing, sentry towers, or other tools.
Xiahou Cheng's vision is not far away either. His most ambitious idea is to become the backbone of the Xiahou family and achieve a small goal. As for the whole world, he doesn't know and can't see it.
Because the key between Taiyuan and Heluo, that is, Shangdang has not been captured, it is very difficult for Xiahou Dun to contact the Heluo area. He can only plan according to the scope that Xiahou Dun himself sees, and
For Xiahou Dun, the easily captured Jinyang provided him with the courage and support to continue fighting and expand his scope.
Xia Houcheng felt that this was his chance!
He originally thought this was a very simple matter, even a beautiful job!
Walking around, everyone will surrender due to the flag, and you can also get some benefits by the way.
But now, the good job has turned into a hard job.
Xiahou Cheng was unhappy because he failed to capture Yangqu. Especially when the soldiers who went out to look for civilian husbands came back one after another, but did not bring back any good news, Xiahou Cheng's face became more and more gloomy.
Without enough civilian husbands, they would not be able to put enough pressure on Yang Qu.
Xiahou Cheng's strategy couldn't be simpler.
Yangqu County is not a big city, so there are not many defenders. More than a hundred people can support the sky. Plus some temporarily transferred civilians to help defend the city, it can be regarded as about three hundred. If Xia Houcheng can get a thousand
If the prisoners on the left and right are forced to attack the city, then the soldiers defending the city in Yangqu will inevitably consume most of their energy and endurance.
dash forward……
Didn’t you realize that today, in just one day, the defenses outside Yangqu County have been basically filled in?
But now that there are not enough manpower, this strategy cannot be implemented.
"How about...asking the general for more troops and horses..." Someone suggested to Xia Houcheng.
Xia Houcheng frowned and immediately cursed: "Looking for the general? You idiot can think of it! Are there many idle people at the general's side? What's the use of such a small county if you and I can't attack it? Huh?!"
Continue to look for me tomorrow! I don’t believe that there are not even a thousand people around Yangqu?!"
Xia Houcheng cursed and cursed, and the humble military academy did not dare to say anything, so he could only keep his complaints to himself.
Of course, Xia Houcheng would also have some regrets. If he had known that the villages around Yangqu were empty, those prisoners captured before would not be so eager to use them...
But if you don't use those prisoners to consume, then it means providing food to these prisoners. Even if you let these prisoners starve, you must give them a half-full meal before attacking the city. Otherwise, you don't even need to beat them, they just lie down.
How can the defenders consume the strength of the defenders when the city is under attack? Therefore, it is hard to calculate whether it is a loss or a gain.
Xia Houcheng cursed a lot, but he still had some conventional military literacy. When he was about to take a rest, he ordered: "These bastards of the Hussar like to make sneak attacks, so be careful when you are on duty at night!"
Wang Tiansheng from the military academy on the side said with a smile: "I really want the Yangqu defenders to come for a sneak attack! If they really come, cut off their heads and send them to the city tomorrow, they will probably surrender directly, just like Shexian County, right?"
Does it save you trouble?』
It is easy to repeat the same old tricks. It was like this before, it is best to be like this now, and it will still be like this in the future. Don’t change it, just one plan. How troublesome is it to change it?
Xia Houcheng nodded, "No matter what, let's check the trap layout again. It's never wrong to be careful!"
"Follow the order." Military Academy Wang Tiansheng turned around and left.
Just like what the military academy said just now, Xia Houcheng also hoped that the defenders of Yangqu could come for a sneak attack.
Before marching into Feiqian, the Cao and Xiahou clansmen had discussed and discussed the Hussar's tactics for a period of time, and found that the Hussar Feiqian liked night attacks before...
Night attack is indeed a good method, especially when commanding elites.
The military system in Shandong is over there, which is probably similar to the human militia in Warcraft, with three levels of infantry and high-level cavalry recruited. The militiamen are basically cannon fodder, and they are not incapable of fighting, but their morale is short-lived and collapses quickly.
If it cannot be taken down in a short period of time, it will immediately revert to the appearance of a farmer. Therefore, when the numerical advantage cannot be used at night due to vision problems and other problems, elite night attacks will form a localized effect of using more to defeat less and using the strong to bully the weak.
Achieve good results.
In view of Yu Qiusi's strategy of surprise and night attacks, Cao's army naturally developed many ways to deal with it.
When Xiahou Dun was in She County before, he successfully lured out the defenders...
And now Xia Houcheng wants to copy the success again.
What if it succeeds?
It's just that Xia Houcheng slept in his clothes all night. When it was almost dawn, there was no surprise attack from Yangqu's defenders, but he was awakened by his own soldiers.
I don't know if it's because Yangqu's garrison generals are too timid, or because Yangqu feels they are confident that they can defend it.
Anyway, the trap Xia Houcheng dug failed to trap the defenders of Yangqu.
"This group of trash! Incompetent people!" Xia Houcheng cursed, "You don't even have the guts to make a sneak attack. It's really... humph, if you go and capture some more prisoners alive, you will definitely defeat Yangqu today!"
When Xiahou Cheng was announcing his prediction of victory, a soldier suddenly came in a hurry.
"Sima!" The soldier said with some joy on his face, "Found it! We found a Hu tribe on the other side of the mountain, with two to three hundred people..."
Xia Houcheng stared, "What's the fun of two or three hundred people? Capture them!"
To successfully conquer Yangqu, at least one or two large villages with a population of about a thousand people are enough.
The soldier quickly said, "No, Sima, it's a small tribe of Hu people, and there are dozens of horses..."
"Oh?!" Xia Houcheng then realized, "Where are the people? Where are the horses? Have you captured them all?"
The soldier swallowed his saliva and said, "Sima, there are only a few of us watching from a distance... There are not enough people. If we go up here, even if the barbarians don't resist, we can't catch up with them on horseback..."
Xia Houcheng took a breath.
This is not wrong.
Dozens of war horses?
Xia Houcheng's eyes lit up.
This is a big deal!
Even if it is not a war horse, but an ordinary horse without training, it is still a very attractive income. Even if it cannot be used immediately in the battle formation, it can be used to drag and transport supplies and transport people, which is still quite good.
I will definitely get the approval of General Xiahou Dun...
Xiahou Cheng could imagine that when he sent back the harvested horses, General Xiahou Dun would pat him on the shoulder and praise him...
And you can also keep two or three of them for yourself, whether you use them for your own use or as gifts, it will be perfect!
Xia Houcheng was drooling as he thought about it.
"Come here! Assemble the team!" Xia Houcheng stood up, "Move quickly! We must not let these bastards escape!"
"Yes! Ah, Sima, then this Yang Qu..." the soldier responded, and then asked hesitantly, "What should we do?"
"You idiot! Yang Qu is right over there, and he can't run away!" Xia Houcheng said while moving his shoulders to warm up, "Why are you so anxious? Come on! If you don't hit me today, you can hit me tomorrow!"
