Chapter 3314 What will happen if you beat the little one?
Chapter 3313 What will happen if you beat the little one?
Emei Ridge, east side.
Wherever I heard the joy, the sound of killing shook the sky.
The rural gentry families in these areas of the Han Dynasty were often able to unleash amazing defensive power when protecting their estates.
As the sun set, the tinkling sound of gold sounded, which meant that Cao Jun's attack failed again.
Outside Wenxi City, high mounds of earth have been built along the city wall.
Lu Zhao's strategy was half right.
Indeed, using mounds of soil to attack Wenxi is indeed a good way. As long as the mounds of soil can be piled up to the top of the city, it will naturally mean that Cao's soldiers can directly charge to the top of Wenxi City.
But Lu Zhao forgot one question.
Earth is not bricks and stones.
Although it is said that Lu Zhao has indeed thought of a way to prevent these people from throwing earth bags everywhere, but even if the people stack the earth bags in one direction, the earth bags will inevitably slide down under the action of gravity, and the more they fall, the more they will fall.
The higher they are stacked, the faster the bags will fall.
The war is still going on, and even though the captured civilians are trying their best to pile up the dirt bags, there is still no good effect.
On the bloody road that was trampled on, many corpses just became part of the mound. It was as if no one cared about their birth, and no one cared about their death.
There is not enough food, only huge projects.
The soldiers of Cao's army treated these civilians like cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. If they did anything wrong, they would be whipped all over the face, or even hacked to death. Then they would ask other cattle and sheep to peel off their skins and cut off their meat to make broth.
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Cao Jun's soldiers did this, firstly, to better control these civilians, secondly, they did not treat these civilians as human beings, and thirdly, to reduce the loss of food and grass as much as possible and ensure the maximum supply of Caojun's soldiers.
Squeezing the common people to the maximum extent. However, Lu Zhao was not clear about it, and it was precisely what he did that made the people in Wenxi unite more and more, and resisted Lu Zhao's attack.
Except for those stupid, bad guys who watch piracy, most people don't want to be a victim of others.
If Cao's army had been more confusing when it arrived, the people would have fallen into the trap and been deceived into opening the city gates and faced the fate of being massacred. However, they only recruited a military commander with little brains or low intelligence.
Knowing how to kill, kill, kill, the people who heard the news naturally became more and more united under the leadership of Pei.
Seeing the tragic deaths of the civilians in the city, the people in Wenxi City naturally felt the same way. At this moment, even if Lu Zhao said that surrendering would avoid death, and that he would be treated generously and leniently, no one would believe it.
Lu Zhao could only be honest and chip away at Wenxi's city defense bit by bit, and he was also very strange, why are these guys in Wenxi so strong and stubborn?
Wenxi City is not big.
The advantage of a small city is that it does not require too many troops to defend the city. When Cao's army concentrates on attacking a certain side of the city wall, it can quickly mobilize soldiers from other walls to assist in the defense. After all, if the city is too large
Damn, I'm probably half dead from exhaustion just running around like this.
Similarly, urban primary schools also have their disadvantages.
Days of fighting have caused the Wenxi city wall to collapse and be damaged. In these collapsed and damaged areas, the people of Wenxi demolished their houses and blocked them with bricks, stones and wooden beams.
The first person to demolish his own house was Mr. Pei himself.
Mr. Pei has taken the lead, what can the others say?
The Chinese people have always been like this.
As long as the leaders work hard, the people will naturally burst out with power beyond imagination!
So those guys who always scold the Chinese people for lying down and complaining, and always think that these people are either stupid or bad, open their mouths to be cunning and shut up and are untouchables, are actually these guys. They really need to take a good look at themselves.
They are not stupid or bad. Of course, if these guys could reflect on themselves, they would not scold the public.
Under the low Wenxi city wall, various siege equipment are piled up in a mess.
Goose cart, oar cart, rush cart, ladder.
Some were smashed and some were burned.
Surrounding these siege engines are layers of corpses.
There are those from Cao's army and those from the garrison. Of course, most of them are still civilians.
Under the city wall, there are gaps dug everywhere.
It's like a face in adolescence, with pits and bumps.
Some civilians were driven by Cao Jun and dug holes in the potholes under the city, trying to open a gap in the city wall so that large groups of soldiers could rush into the city!
However, the common people didn't have enough to eat. Secondly, they found out that the city wall was made of multi-layered rammed earth walls made of glutinous rice. These common people didn't have any handy tools, so they could only see that they seemed to be busy every day, but still didn't have much effect.
The earth was being dug up, but the progress was not rapid.
The blood water almost soaked all the land around the city, forming sticky depressions in some places. When you step on it, it feels like there are countless ghosts in such depressions who will stretch out their invisible hands to grab the legs and feet of people passing by.
I couldn't pull it out for a long time.
It is difficult to attack a city, and it is also difficult to defend it.
They were originally the same country, the same nation, and even the people of neighboring counties and counties, but now they are divided into two sides: the enemy and ourselves, fighting with their lives.
"The general has an order!" Cao Jun's soldiers shouted loudly, "There is so much slack in today's battle! The order to kill with twenty strokes!"
The defeated civilians stood still under the swords and guns of Cao's soldiers.
Cao Jun's soldiers wandered among them, grabbing one or two people from time to time, beating and kicking them, and dragged them to the front of the formation.
"kill!"
Military Academy Cao waved expressionlessly.
Heads fell to the ground.
Twenty kills, which is five percent.
If an enterprise or company has lazy employees due to reduced efficiency, it is somewhat understandable to implement the last-place elimination mechanism. However, Cao Jun’s current twenty-shot kill order is definitely not because he is not happy with the attack...
Because the soldiers of Cao's army even stood on the wall of the camp, watching the defeated civilians laughing and joking, they did not feel any anxiety that they could not conquer Wenxi.
It's like watching the jokes of these civilians!
Because speaking of it, these civilians are also from Hedong.
People from Hedong are attacking Hedong. This is not a joke, but what is it?
"Why are you still standing there?" Military Academy Cao called indifferently, "Why don't you take advantage of the heat?"
A group of Hedong civilians staggered forward like zombies, peeling off the skin and cutting the flesh.
In Journey to the West, Shituoling cannibalizes tens of thousands of people, but as long as you become a driver for the gods, all sins can be eliminated.
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The cavalry formation led by Zhang Xiu and Li Er did not entangle with Lu Zhao at the foot of Wenxi City, but pounced directly on Lu Zhao's rear line.
For hussars, galloping is almost an instinct for them.
For Li Er, trampling his horses and killing Cao's soldiers was the happiest moment for him in the past few days.
Zhang Xiu bypassed the Wenxi battlefield and began to intercept and kill Cao's rear troops.
Li Er roared, brandished his sword, and charged left and right, unstoppable.
While laughing wildly, he chopped down the fourth or fifth Cao Jun soldiers, and then found that he had no opponents in front of him. They penetrated Cao Jun's array and completely defeated Cao Jun's transport queue.
"Hahaha!" Li Er shook off the blood on his sword, and then shouted to Zhang Xiu, who was coming slowly behind him, "General! You should have beaten me like this! This is so happy! So happy!"
Zhang Xiu looked at the black smoke rising from the burning baggage cart, glanced at Li Er again, and then looked into the distance, "Generally speaking, when the young are born, it's time for the old... Guess what?
Who is coming?』
Li Er was wiping his sword. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Isn't this just right? I thought these soldiers of Cao's army were too weak to withstand beatings. They fell down in just a few blows! It's time for a real opponent!"
"Hmph." Zhang Xiu ignored Li Er's dissatisfaction.
He had also gone through the stage of Li Er, where he felt that killing was the most satisfying and his military exploits were the best.
But now, Zhang Xiu has more things to consider.
"The old ones will come, and the young ones will be afraid." Zhang Xiu turned back and looked in the direction of Wen Xi, "What do you think Cao Jun in Wen Xi will do if he knows that their way back is cut off?"
"Ah?" Li Er was stunned for a moment, "This..."
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The shouts of killing under Wenxi City were still very loud, but they no longer had much energy and seemed more like perfunctory.
It’s like a salesperson from a marketing company in later generations responding to greetings, “Very good, very good, very good…”
The Wenxi city wall seemed to be more dilapidated than the previous two days.
But Wenxi was already in such tatters originally, so it seems that it would be okay to make it a little tattered today.
The east and west sides of the city are full of broken siege equipment, scattered all over the battlefield.
These behemoths that once carried the ambition to conquer the city are now broken pieces of wood and charred remains, seeming to silently tell the cruelty of the battle.
And in this chaos and destruction, there are corpses everywhere.
Cold and rotten.
Covered with devastation, this battlefield is like a drawing of hell, which is unbearable to witness.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and burning, the olfactory imprint of death and destruction.
The attack and defense between the two sides have been going on for nearly a month, and they both look exhausted from the fighting.
Most of the defenders in the city were also destroyed. Now many of the people in Wenxi City are holding swords and guns to help defend the city. Women, the old and the weak are struggling to transport the masonry, stone, wooden pillars and other things in the city to the city head.
Almost all the houses in the entire circle close to the city wall have been demolished, and all the usable stones, wood, etc. have been collected.
Some children sat sluggishly among the ruins, with little energy left to even cry.
Attacking and defending a city in the era of cold weapons has never been a beautiful thing.
And outside Wenxi City, in the camp of Cao Jun.
Several military officers gathered around Luzhao and were talking among themselves.
Their way back was cut off.
The soldier who carried the message lost almost half his life.
"What should we do now? This damn Wenxi defender is really tough! I thought..."
"What do you think? You think you can do that?!"
"Fuck! We have been defeated by Wenxi, and I will definitely skin the guard with my own hands!"
"They are all pickled and useless!"
"These guys are all the same thing! It's impossible to say that everyone in the city is just showing off! They are all from Hedong!"
"It's better to just kill them all!"
"Kill them all?! Ha! Kill them all and you go and attack the city?!"
"Wait! Aren't we going to discuss the issue of our food and grass now? Our way back is blocked!"
"Those damn hussars, they just dare to run around! Come attack the camp if you have the guts! Damn it!"
"Grain! Damn it!"
The road signs are a bit bad.
If I had known earlier, I would not have convened these military academies to discuss matters. Mao didn't even come up with a single point of discussion. He just kept chattering for a long time. When he couldn't listen anymore, he slapped the table and said, "Shut up."
Mouth!"
Several military officers suddenly shrank their heads and became quiet.
Lu Zhao originally thought of formulating a strategy, one is to continue to attack the city, and the other is to evacuate.
Very simple, right?
Unfortunately, seemingly simple things are often not simple.
Before attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao also thought that he was omnipotent and that conquering Wenxi would be easy, so he patted his chest in front of Cao Cao and issued the military order, but now...
Being cut off from retreat and burning supplies, conventionally speaking, the only option was to retreat.
But after retreating like this, where is the military order from Lu Zhao?
Wenxi is indeed struggling to his death, and it is obvious that if we continue to fight and defeat the city, the question is, who knows how many more days Wenxi can continue to struggle? What if Cao's army completely runs out of food the day before the city falls? Is it possible?
Can we still eat rat meat like those pigs and dogs? Is this necessary?
So Lu Zhao actually wanted to withdraw his troops, but if he went back like this, he would obviously have to shoulder the biggest blame, so Lu Zhao wanted to share the blame, and if everyone shared the blame, he would be more relaxed.
But Cao Jun's military academy was not a fool, so he naturally talked about things but did not talk about withdrawing the troops.
Lu Zhao asked several military academies to take turns to speak by name again, but he still couldn't get the result he wanted. These military academies of Cao's army either said they would obey the general's orders, or they patted their chests and said that they would definitely abide by Lu Zhao's decision no matter what he decided.
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Lu Zhao had a sullen face.
Cao's army was short of food, not just for a day or two.
Lu Zhao made these Hedong civilians eat rat meat and killed them twenty times every day after the siege was over, all in order to save food and grass as much as possible. He divided the Hedong civilians into ten teams, eight teams went into battle every day, and two
The team rested. They were never given enough food and grass, and they were always taught that it was these civilians who did not work hard to attack the city that caused them to have no real food and grass to eat.
At the same time, some people were promoted among these detachments to avoid the possibility of being killed. They were asked to serve as the spokespersons of Cao Jun, assisting Cao Jun in management, and let these people be responsible for distributing the pitifully small amounts of serious food.
This will maintain the current situation, and as a result, the escape route will be blocked!
It’s really terrible that the subsequent grain and fodder can’t keep up!
Lu Zhao looked from left to right, then from right to left, and finally said viciously: "I have to make up my mind, right? Okay, I have made up my mind. What will happen if someone doesn't comply?"
Several military academies looked at each other, feeling a little bad.
Someone forced a smile and said: "The general is considerate of us..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Zhao interrupted the man, "I asked you to say it just now, but you didn't say it, and now you want to say it, but it's too late! Come here! Let's make ten lots!"
Several military academies couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
It was obvious that the military academy had to draw lots for the road recruitment.
In the Han Dynasty, drawing lots was called "drawing lots." It is said that when the Red Eyebrow Army decided on the candidate for the emperor, they used the method of drawing lots, and finally Liu Penzi became the emperor...
"The grain team has been robbed. Even if we start immediately, it will be difficult to sustain it!" Lu Zhao stared at the several military schools in front of him fiercely, "Didn't you all say you want to listen to me? Okay! Now it's time to cast lots! Just right, each person has two
Each civilian team corresponds to one hour! Starting at Yin o'clock tomorrow, attack the city with all your strength! If the civilians retreat, the soldiers will kill them! If the soldiers retreat, you will kill them! If you retreat, huh, don't blame a certain military law for being ruthless!"
Without food and grass, it would be absolutely impossible for Cao Jun to continue to support these civilians.
Even a small amount of daily supply is still a lot of pressure, so tomorrow's bloody battle naturally seems to be an inevitable choice.
Lu Zhao took the lot handed over by the guard on the side, held the marked part in his hand and hid it, "Come! Tomorrow we will fight, even with human lives! We will also pile it on the top of the city!"
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On the other side of the battlefield, the troops led by Cao Xiu were rushing towards Wenxi.
Originally, Cao Xiu should have arrived at Wenxi battlefield earlier, but...
Cao Xiu also received the news that the transport team was attacked by hussars. This bad news made Cao's army, who was already nervous, even more anxious.
When the information came, Cao Xiu was studying the map and planning the route in the tent with his deputy.
The soldier who reported the report was panting, his face was pale, and he was covered in mud and blood. His voice was trembling and urgent: "Report to the general! The grain team was ambushed by hussars and suffered heavy losses!"
Of course, no matter what kind of equipment you want to make, you can't rub it out while walking...
Originally, Cao Xiu thought it would only take a day or two, but he didn't expect it to take four or five days.
As a result, the journey will naturally be slower.
Originally, Cao Xiu felt that the time spent was worth it.
As a result, I now find that the cost is not small.
Cao Xiuteng stood up, measured on the map, and determined the location of the hussar attack on the grain team. In fact, it was less than two days away from them. If we say before...
Of course, it's too late to think about it now.
Although as a battle-hardened general, he has learned to be calm in the face of such emergencies, the attack on Cao's army's food team not only meant the loss of food, grass and weapons, but also meant that the enemy's tactics had become increasingly sophisticated.
Cunning and ferocity also represent that Lu Zhao has lost control of the battlefield, leaving a huge gap in the Wenxi battlefield.
This is dangerous!
Cao Xiu made a decision immediately, with a firm and powerful voice, "Give the order, make food at the third watch, and set off at the fifth watch! The whole army speeds up the march, we must arrive at Wenxi as soon as possible! At the same time, more scouts are sent to identify the enemy who is attacking the food team.
The specific location and scale of the battle! Bring all the newly made anti-horses! We are going to face the Hussars head-on!』
