However, there was no joy on the face of the general Han Shao. He only crossed his hands to Wang Lin and said: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my duty. I am just tired from the night battle and cannot bear to be used again. Please send Jun Rong back to camp."
"Han Er is so presumptuous! My lord has been waiting here all night, aren't you tired..."
As soon as Han Shao finished speaking, a general behind Wang Lin glared and yelled angrily, but before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin raised his hand to stop him.
"I know Erlang is disgusted by my ruthless methods, but the thieves are rampant now. If I want to win, I must use any means. I will take responsibility for the infamy through thousands of years of history. If I succeed, you will all be Zhongxing heroes!"
Wang Lin took a step forward, patted Han Shao on the shoulder and sighed. After hearing this, Han Shao just lowered his head and said nothing. When Wang Lin raised his hand, he bowed and led his men to the camp on the side of the city.
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"This Han Er is really unruly! If not for the protection of the lord Gaoyi in Jiankang City back then, how could he have survived? Now he has only made military exploits, but he dares to be so arrogant!"
When several generals around him saw this scene, they couldn't help but said angrily: "This Han Shao is very clever and interesting, and he is different from others. Others go out to forage for food and return home with a full load, but he only leads his troops to harvest grass and grain for food."
Food. If things don't work out, and they all become thieves who eat people and get fat, how can he remain innocent alone?"
When Wang Lin heard the complaints from the generals, she sighed and said: "Although I run the army with benevolence and manage affairs with violence, I also understand the right and wrong. Living in troubled times, the ant people who have no choice but to make a living, the most indispensable thing is ruthlessness.
A martial artist who is fighting for his life, but if he gains three points of power, he needs to enjoy a lot of blessings. His desires are extremely strong and he does not know how to restrain himself.
Han Erlang has such courage but is careful not to abuse it. This kind of virtue is something I have only seen in my life. You should not treat him as an alien and alienate him. If you can get close to him, he will definitely be someone you can entrust with your affairs."
When all the generals heard Wang Lin's words, they all had sarcastic looks on their faces. It seemed that they all agreed with what Wang Lin said, but they were a little embarrassed to admit it for a moment.
This victory in the night attack on the camp greatly boosted the morale of the troops, and Wang Lin also knew that the enemy was still extremely powerful. It was difficult to reverse the overall situation with a victory in one battle, but as long as she had confidence, she could continue to fight.
In the end, with little efforts, we can gradually reverse the situation of strength and weakness between ourselves and the enemy.
Due to the absence of Han Shao, the celebration banquet in the city was not very lively. After Wang Lin had a banquet with the generals, she went to the military camp. There was a large row of wooden fences on the school grounds in the camp.
There were many people imprisoned in the fence. When they saw Wang Lin arriving, they all begged loudly for mercy: "Please forgive me, please forgive me!"
Wang Lin looked at these people and laughed and said: "Last night we sent sergeants to attack the camp at night. Do you think we will win or lose?"
"Your Majesty is so wise and powerful that he will definitely defeat the Qiang thieves!"
When the prisoners inside the fence heard this, they all shouted loudly.
After Wang Lin heard this, she laughed twice at first, then she lowered her face and pointed at these people and scolded: "Of course we won, but we won because of our brave men. As for you and others, we won."
The children of our family have probably already exhausted all the enemy camps!
Hum, the huge Xiangzhou is all your property, how can our soldiers have any land here? To protect your local property, our soldiers need to fight bloody battles, and borrow some materials from you to use as military supplies, but they are stingy and refuse to give them to you.
, you and other local thieves really don’t regret dying!”
These prisoners in the barracks were powerful and wealthy families in Changsha City and its surroundings. Wang Lin was in short supply of military resources before, so she pressed these families to donate money, but the results were not ideal.
Others might try to reason with them, but Wang Lin was not used to these people's faults. She directly ordered all these powerful and wealthy families to be controlled, and forced all the children of their families to join the army and kill the enemy, agreeing that as long as they had military merit, they would be able to do so.
Let their family go and return their property.
But these powerful disciples who gathered hastily were just a mob, running rampant in the countryside, bullying men and dominating women. They may be very majestic, but when it comes to fighting a heavily armed elite army, it is naturally the same as committing suicide. And since Wang Lin
How could he be merciful after doing such a thing? Even if there were some powerful disciples who returned with Han Shao's troops, he ordered them to be executed outside the city.
Hearing Wang Lin's words, the powerful and wealthy people imprisoned in the fence all let out desperate screams. But Wang Lin didn't have the slightest mercy in her eyes, and ordered these powerful people to be led out of the fence one by one and bound.
On the rack.
Everyone was stabbed to death as many times as the property was found in their home. The entire school grounds was filled with a bloody and cruel atmosphere, but Wang Lin's subordinates burst into cheers.
They may have once been peaceful tenant serfs in the countryside, but after suffering all kinds of torture and blows, their chests were already full of hostility.
In this world, some people enjoy happiness and some suffer. But when the order is lost and the butcher knife is wielded, if the joy, happiness and misfortune are not reversed, then what is the meaning of the butcher knife? Since some people make money in a right way, then some people also steal in a right way.
God follows the Way, and who doesn’t have his or her own moral principles?
This night attack on the camp did not stop the Wei army for too long. After two days of rest and reinforcements from behind, the Wei army stationed a stronger camp on the south bank of Dongting Lake, and then continued with the cooperation of boats and cavalry.
Come to the south and fight.
Wang Lin's troops fought and retreated, and the battle line was gradually compressed towards Changsha. Although several counterattacks of night raids on the camp were organized during the period, because of the first lesson, the Wei army was vigilant and all effectively resisted.
, no big losses were caused.
The most effective counterattack method had little success, and Wang Lin's situation suddenly became passive. Although the Xiangshui front line has a relatively complete city defense system due to many battles, and there are many fortresses on the bank for defense, but
As time goes by, the situation becomes more and more unfavorable for it.
At present, the Wei army has only formed a land blockade against the Liang army through cavalry force. However, with the arrival of the spring floods and the river rising, the Wei army's large ships can enter the Xiangshui channel, go southward, and reach the city of Changsha. The situation will then be
It will become more difficult.
Of course, the arrival of the flood season does not have a completely negative impact on Wang Lin. There are also some positive changes. That is, with the restoration of the north-south waterway, Wang Lin can obtain part of the supplies from the Lingnan area, thus gaining continued long-term
Confrontation combat endurance capability.
The long-term battle made the soldiers of the Wei army quite overwhelmed. Originally, in their opinion, Jiangling was captured so easily, but the rest of the Nanliang troops were not easily captured? However, they did not expect that the enemy's fighting spirit was so tenacious and they fought so hard.
It was difficult for them to enter the thieves' den with overwhelming force, and they could only vaguely see the top of Changsha City after fighting for more than half a month.
This situation is actually normal. Wang Lin's troops are originally one of the most courageous troops in Nanliang. Although the military discipline is rotten, their courage to fight and fight is second to none. Moreover, Wang Lin herself is extremely prestigious among her troops.
Because of their high level of loyalty and obedience, these soldiers are able to fully implement Wang Lin's instructions and are naturally very resilient in battle.
Seeing that February is approaching and the time is about to enter March, Liang Shiyan, as the commander-in-chief of the army, is also a little anxious. Although the king far away in Jiangling has been sending orders to warn him to fight steadily and not to be greedy for credit, but when the advantage is so obvious,
The situation also turned the battle situation into an anxious one and made him feel uneasy.
In order to seize the enemy's city fortress as soon as possible, he even personally organized the first warrior camp, led his troops to attack and kill, and uprooted the city fortresses around Changsha City one by one. Finally, he gradually formed a siege of Changsha City. However, the real
The difficult battle has just begun.
Changsha City is like other great cities nowadays. In addition to a main city, there are many small cities surrounding it. Although these small cities have been uprooted one by one, the main city is also tall, strong and broad.
The Xiang River also becomes deep and wide at this section, and there are more than a dozen tributaries flowing into the Xiang River near Changsha City alone. The intricate water network forms the natural moat of Changsha City, making the city become
It becomes increasingly easier to defend and harder to attack.
Prior to this, Xiao Yu, the king of Hedong, was stationed here. Xiao Yi's eldest son Xiao Fang and others even stayed here when they attacked Changsha. Later, when they joined Wang Sengbian, they still relied on internal and external cooperation to win this place.
There was a city. Wang Lin's tribe had previously occupied the city and rebelled. Wang Sengbian and other generals had been attacking for a long time without success. It was only because Wang Lin entered the city to recruit surrender that the rebellion was quelled.
Now Wang Lin's tribe is trapped in this situation again. Although the overall situation is not good, they still have a considerable psychological advantage. They were undefeated in the city before. Now they are still under Wang Lin's command, so of course they can hold on to the city better.
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Liang Shiyan's army advanced here and organized two attacks on the city. He soon felt the distress of Wang Sengbian and others. Now the Changsha city itself has been built to be indestructible, and as the weather gets warmer, the waterways
Gradually, it became impossible for him to besiege the city for a long time.
Just when Liang Shiyan was at a loss and worried that his efforts would be in vain, the situation finally ushered in a huge change.
Li Qianzhe's tribe, which had been having poor communication since crossing the Yangtze River, finally got the latest news. After a series of campaigns, campaigns, and appeasement, Li Qianzhe finally defeated Wuxi, Wuling and other barbarian tribes, and led his troops to fight with them.
Tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers marched towards the Xiang River and occupied Kongyun City, south of Changsha City, guarding the main channel of the Xiang River.
When Wang Lin in Changsha City learned the news, she was immediately shocked. Today's Xiangshui Channel is the life and death line for his army. If he cannot obtain supplies from the south, it will be difficult for another person to emerge in Changsha City in such a short period of time.
He ordered wealthy households to be slaughtered by him to survive, and he was trapped in this isolated city, no doubt waiting to die.
So after some weighing, Wang Lin quickly made a decision and sent the envoy to surrender!