After speaking, Cao Youliang ordered his people to gather the rebels and keep them under centralized supervision.
Seeing this, Wen Xuan on the top of the city refused to agree. He ordered arrows to be fired to kill all the people below.
A rebel leader next to him said: "Chief, there are still our people below."
Wenxuan was furious, slashed the leader to death, and then roared at the others: "Fire arrows."
"咻咻咻,,,"
A hail of arrows shot down from the top of the city, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly used their shields to shield them. Those rebels who were unable to enter the city in time did not have such good luck, and many died tragically at the hands of their own people.
Many of the rebel soldiers who were shooting arrows had tears in their eyes. They put themselves in the shoes of those who were shot to death by themselves in the city.
Today they were abandoned by their leaders and shot to death by their own people. Will the same happen to you tomorrow?
Cao Youliang did not forcefully attack the city. When the new army was training, Zhao Yun once told them that in exchange for a stone and a bow and arrow, the lives of the soldiers would be exchanged for a broken city.
As long as such a war of attrition is not unavoidable, we should try our best to avoid it. We must know that people are the most precious, and it does not matter how many days earlier or later the city is conquered.
So Cao Youliang ordered people to build a ladder and collect stones to prepare for the attack tomorrow.
Seeing the officers and soldiers setting up camp, Wen Xuan and Wang Zhengxing were relieved, but their faces were still solemn. The combat power of the officers and soldiers was beyond his imagination and they were deeply impressed.
But who knew that all this was just the beginning. In the evening, Cao Youwan rushed to the north of Lianjiang County with five thousand troops.
The soldiers and horses were dressed in the same uniform as the officers and soldiers who fought during the day. This made the rebels in the city panic and hurriedly reported to Wenxuan and Wang Zhengxing.
Soon, both Wen Xuan and Wang Zhengxing arrived. When they saw so many powerful troops appearing, they were so boundless that they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their breathing was heavy.
If they are like this, it goes without saying what happens to the rebel soldiers below.
However, what made them temporarily relieved was that maybe it was getting late and these armies did not attack the city immediately and were preparing to set up camp, which gave them a little breathing space.
But even so, the government troops besieged the city from the north and south, but they also brought the east and west sides into sight. Once the rebels left the city from the east and west, they would be chased and intercepted by the government troops, and they would not be able to get rid of them even if they wanted to.
Faced with such a severe situation, both Wenxuan and Wang Zhengxing were worried and did not know what to do for a while.
At night, Wang Zhengxing walked back and forth at home with an uneasy look on his face. He kept thinking about the scene in his mind during the day when Cao Youliang's army fired thousands of arrows and his own side suffered heavy casualties.
The more shocking the scene, the more severe the pressure on Wang Zhengxing.
At this time, his father Wang Tianbing found him, with a worried look on his face and asked him: "Zhengxing, I heard that all the officers and soldiers were like magic soldiers descending from the sky. What is going on? Is this true?"
Wang Zhengxing nodded silently, "Father, it's true. I don't know where these officers and soldiers came from. They are extremely powerful. Before our army could fight them face to face, hundreds of people were killed and wounded. The morale of the army was immediately in chaos and collapsed."
, thousands of people will no longer be able to fight."
When Wang Tianbing heard this, his face was full of fear. He smiled miserably: "My father should have thought of it a long time ago. If the government implements the new law, if there is no hard means, how can we dare to do this? It's only because my father understood it too late."
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His heart was filled with despair, and Wang Zhengxing didn't know how to comfort him. In the end, he had to watch Wang Tianbing leave helplessly.
Wang Tianbing returned to his bedroom, unable to sleep anymore, thinking that his family was about to be destroyed, and all this was caused by his own behavior of letting his son go. He could not forgive himself, and extremely regretted resisting the new law.
If everything could be started over again, so what if there was no land? Could it be that I couldn’t survive with my huge wealth? Could it be that I couldn’t survive with a prosperous population?
Wang Zhengxing was equally unable to sleep as Wang Tianbing. He knew that it was only a matter of time before the city was destroyed. If the current situation could not be changed, the entire family would be destroyed and no one would survive.
This night, many people are bound to be unable to sleep.
After dawn on the second day, Cao Youliang and Cao Youwan's armies began to shoot arrows into the city. The arrows were marked with cloth, which brought news into the city to encourage the rebels to leave the city and surrender, and to encourage the righteous people to kill the thieves and ask for merit.
Not only that, they also blatantly built trebuchets and ladders for firing iron artillery under the noses of the rebels, and even started digging trenches, hoping to trap the rebels in the city alive.
All of this is to cause civil strife among the rebels and make them surrender without a fight.
Cao Youliang and Cao Youwan's persuasion to surrender was naturally effective. The rebels themselves were unpopular, and now the situation was not conducive to the rebels, so many rebel soldiers began to flee.
As long as these scattered soldiers run out of the city, they will be centralized and guarded by the officers and soldiers, and then the officers and soldiers will take them outside the city to set an example and encourage more people to escape and surrender.
Faced with the increasingly unstable military morale, Wenxuan and Wang Zhengxing naturally could not sit still and wait for death. While they strictly restrained their subordinates, they organized troops to go out of the city to fight with the officers and soldiers.
However, for several days in a row, they lost troops and generals, and fought several battles without getting any advantage, which made them even more impatient.
"It's not good, it's not good, chief, the army is attacking our old camp in Gutian."
Just when Wenxuan, Wang Zhengxing and the others were in a state of panic, a rebel soldier came back in a hurry to report the news.
It turned out that Cao Youwen took people directly to Gutian, Duan Wenxuan's home base.
Gutian County is Wenxuan's hometown, his parents, wife and children are all there. If Gutian falls, Wenxuan can directly hit the wall.
When Wenxuan heard the news, he was so frightened that he lost his mind. Without saying a word, he immediately took his troops back to Gutian to help him to avoid any unexpected events.
When Wang Zhengxing saw this, he was shocked. If Wen Xuan left, he would be dead.
He hurriedly advised Wen Xuan: "Brother Wen, if you return for reinforcements at this time, you will definitely be plotted by the officers and soldiers. If they set up an ambush on the way, or cover up and pursue you along the way, you will also be defeated. The matter of returning reinforcements is still
We need to take a long-term view.”
After hearing this, Wenxuan knew it was reasonable, so he had to postpone the return plan and wait for the right time.
Although Wang Zhengxing temporarily persuaded Wen Xin, he knew that his end was counting down. If he could not break the situation, he and his family would be in catastrophe.
While he was thinking hard about how to break the situation, Wang Zhengxing suddenly had a stern look in his eyes, which made people feel frightened.
That night, Wang Zhengxing took his housekeeper Wang Zhong to his father Wang Tianping's room.
Wang Tianbing looked around and saw his son Wang Zhengxing's face was sad, his eyes were red, and there were tears hidden. He had obviously cried just now.