The county captain was stunned when he heard Zhang Hu's order. In his opinion, it was important to send people south to Fengyang, but wasn't it more important to send people north to Fuchuan to ask for reinforcements?
"Do you understand why the enemy came with full cavalry?
That's because their main force is gnawing at Fuchuan, and when they can't gnaw at Fuchuan anymore, they have to divide their forces and go south.
Now you are sending people north to ask for reinforcements. Let’s not talk about whether they can get there. Even if they can get to Fuchuan, they won’t be able to send reinforcements, so it doesn’t matter whether they go to Fuchuan or not. It’s better to send people to Fengyang.”
Zhang Hu glanced at the county lieutenant beside him and directly said what was on his mind. Now that Fuchuan is in crisis, it is useless to send people there. After all, they have so many cavalry coming out. Fuchuan must know that since no one has sent troops to intercept them.
It proves that they have no ability to support the rest, and sending people there is useless.
"I know. I will immediately arrange for someone to go south to Fengyang to report the news."
The county lieutenant had nothing to say after hearing Zhang Hu's analysis. All their rights and status were given by Shi Xie, and now it was time for them to serve Shi Xie.
At midnight, the southern city gate slowly opened, and seven or eight cavalrymen rushed out of the city gate in a hurry, running towards Fengyang.
"Team leader, the fish are out."
Zhao Yun had already dispersed his scouts, and thousands of cavalry had already surrounded Linhe City. As soon as their city gate was opened, the cavalry ambushing outside detected the news.
“Big fish, little fish?
How many?”
The team leader immediately became excited when he heard what his subordinates said. When assigning tasks, he knew that the enemy would definitely send people to ask for help. There were too many big guys in the north to compete for positions, so he chose the south gate first. Unexpectedly, it was really a damn choice.
correct.
"They should be small fish, eight of them, all with four legs. They just left the city gate."
The subordinates immediately told the news they had discovered.
"Small fishes will be small fishes. It's time for me, Zhao Laowen, to eat my dumplings. I tell everyone not to act rashly. When all the enemies are trapped and ready to move, we must not let any of the eight fish go."
Zhao Laowen glanced at the people around him and directly issued his order.
"promise."
The order from the cavalry leader was directly conveyed to the entire squad, and the fifty cavalrymen lay in ambush, waiting for the enemies coming out of the city to enter their encirclement.
"The troops are divided into eight groups and each is doing his or her own thing. You must send me the news to Fengyang."
The cavalry team that came out of Linhe City did not hesitate to order the other seven cavalry soldiers to run towards Fengyang in eight directions.
"Team leadership, it's not good. The enemy has dispersed. Our circle is not big enough to contain them."
As soon as the enemy divided their forces, Zhao Laowen's team, which had been ambushing them, immediately became depressed. Why did they divide their forces so well? How could they catch them if their own strength was scattered.
"What the hell, kill as many as you can."
Zhao Laowen was also helpless. He originally wanted to wait for the other party to move closer, but now he was waiting for all these small fish to run away.
"kill."
Dozens of cavalrymen rushed out from hiding and killed the enemy directly.
"Disperse, disperse, rush."
The eight cavalrymen each chose the right direction and started running wildly, while Zhao Laowen's cavalry was like a small net, snaring the eight people.
"Fire the arrow."
The crossbow was fired for a moment, and dozens of crossbow arrows pierced the sky and directly shot three cavalrymen off their horses. Then they rushed forward and surrounded two more slow-running cavalrymen, but the remaining three cavalrymen were surrounded by
He slipped out of the gap in the net and continued running towards Fengyang.
The three surrounded cavalrymen knew that they could not escape and did not resist. They dismounted and surrendered. However, Zhao Laowen looked at the two cavalrymen who had escaped and shook his head. He knew that he could no longer defeat the enemy. With this credit,
Missed it in vain.
"It's really unlucky. Take these three people to fight back with the general. Li Dayan, if you can't take those three people, I'll kick your ass."
Fifty cavalrymen led three prisoners and ran straight towards the camp.
The soldiers and horses who went south to Linhe City to report the news were just gone. Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses made many ladders in a day's work but only one carriage. Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun did not attack rashly.
Just like what Chen Gong said, sharpening your sword does not waste time chopping firewood. It doesn't matter if you have more or less time, but the more prepared you are, the fewer soldiers you will lose when attacking the city.
On the second day, five tower trucks rose from the ground. Now Zhao Yun's troops had six tower trucks, which could be regarded as meeting the basic requirements for siege.
"Military advisor, we are almost ready and can start the attack."
Now that the preparations were almost complete, Zhao Yun came directly to Chen Gong to report the military situation.
"It's the general's business to march and fight. It's up to the general to decide when to attack the city, but there is one thing I want to explain."
Hearing Zhao Yun say that preparations were almost complete, Chen Gong also nodded. He didn't care about these things, but there were some things that he had to explain.
"If you have any orders, please ask the military advisor."
Hearing that Chen Gong had something to explain, Zhao Yun immediately came over.
"It wouldn't matter if the enemy surrendered from the beginning, but since they chose to resist, there is nothing to say. To deal with the enemy, we must kill them as a warning.
The civilians don't matter, but all the resisting soldiers and officials will be beheaded without leaving any trace."
Chen Gong glanced at Zhao Yun and directly asked a question that gave Zhao Yun a headache.
"Commander, this is a bit difficult to handle. If the enemy resists to the end, I will kill them. But if those people lay down their weapons and surrender, I really can't do it."
Zhao Yun thought for a while and went straight to a showdown with Chen Gong. He could kill enemies with weapons, but if the enemy put down their swords and surrendered, he really couldn't do it.
"Zilong, I know that killing those enemies who laid down their weapons may make you feel bad, but the current situation is that what we have to do is not only take down the city of Linhe, but also uproot the forces led by Shi Xie.
And I want to kill him here as a warning to Feng Yangnai, Guangxin and even the entire Jiaozhou to see what will happen if he follows Shi Xie. This will be beneficial to our next battle."
Chen Gong glanced at Zhao Yun and directly expressed his thoughts.
"But, military advisor."
Although Zhao Yun also agreed with Chen Gong's words, doing so did go against his bottom line and was still a bit difficult for him to accept.
"It's okay, I'm a military advisor. I gave these orders. If anything happens, I'll be responsible for it. Just go and do it."
Chen Gong glanced at Zhao Yun. Although it was good for him as a general not to kill prisoners, he could not be too merciful, which would harm himself in the end.
"promise."
Hearing Chen Gong speak in a commanding tone, Zhao Yun knew that it was a foregone conclusion and directly clasped his fists and promised.
"Zilong, although a general must have the character of benevolence and faith, sometimes he has to adapt to local conditions and make decisions based on the situation. It is shameful to kill those who put down their weapons and surrender, but in many cases you have to kill them.
Because some people alive may be confused about the lord's hegemony. If we don't take action, the lord will take action.
In order to prevent the lord from getting his hands dirty, this villain must naturally be done by those of us who are ministers. Otherwise, why do you think Lord Wu'an Bai Qi massacred so many prisoners?
It is very difficult to bring these captives back to Qin. Not only does it require a large number of soldiers to guard, but it also consumes a lot of food. For Qin, these prisoners can only be a burden.
If Bai Qi didn't kill them, King Qin would also order them to be killed. It was precisely when Bai Qi saw this that he ordered the massacre of the prisoners."
Although Zhao Yun didn't say anything and just hugged Cheng Nuo, Chen Gong still wanted to say what was in his heart.
"Is Mr. Wu An Bai Qi?"
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Zhao Yun also fell into deep thought. These words had a great impact on him, and he even began to doubt whether his previous actions were right or wrong.
"Zilong, I didn't ask you to be the second Lord Wu'an, but you have to find your own way. If you insist on not obeying my general order, then you can return to Fuchuan now and leave this evil man to me."
Chen Gong knew that his words might not sound good to Zhao Yun, but he had to say these things. As for what Zhao Yun would choose, it depends on him.
"No need, strategist, Zhao Yun doesn't want to be the second human slaughterer, the second Lord Wu'an. I just want to be the first Zhao Yun. There has to be someone to do the evil. Since you can't let the lord do it, then let me do it for you."
Zhao Yun shook his head, and soon he figured it out. There was no second Bai Qi. He, Zhao Yun, had to be the first Zhao Yun. He could not massacre hundreds of thousands of prisoners while talking and laughing like Bai Qi.
, but he can still kill the enemies in Linhe City.
"Okay, then I will just wait for Zilong's good news."
Although I don’t know if Zhao Yun was perfunctory or if he had really figured it out, but he decided to do it, so leave it to him.
"promise."
Zhao Yun clasped his fists and left, went directly to the war drum, and started hammering violently.
"Dong dong dong,"
The continuous sound of war drums resounded throughout the camp. Upon hearing the sound of war drums, all the troops appeared directly. Ma Chao was already ready and led the Xuanwei army to kill first.
Tens of thousands of cavalry returned to the outside of Linhe City again. Looking at the returning enemies, war drums immediately sounded on the city wall.
Hearing the sound of the war drums, the soldiers, horses, government officials and other public officials who were already prepared immediately boarded the city wall. At the same time, the two or three thousand fine soldiers in the city also distributed weapons and prepared to go to the city wall to support the battle.
"Chao Huang, how are you?
Do you have the confidence to keep it?”
Zhang Hu glanced at the county captain, then at the cavalry under the city wall, and asked directly.
"Sir, we currently have 3,000 county soldiers, including government officials and civil servants, they are only 3,500. Even if we add 3,000 young men, we are only over 6,000.
There are at least 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and it is easy to block them for a while, but I feel that we can only last three days at most, and I can't guarantee it after three days."
A trace of worry flashed in Chao Huang's eyes. With the few troops and horses he had, he could only hold off the enemy for three days at most. After three days, he didn't know what the situation would be.
"Three days is three days. If you resist for one more day, Master Shixie can be more prepared and prepare for battle."
Zhang Hu nodded. Although three days is not much time, it is not bad to be able to block it for three days now. After all, there are only so many people here, so it is worth it.
"promise."
The top of the city wall was ready, and Zhao Yun's troops and horses were not idle below. The siege equipment began to be assembled. At the same time, the twenty trebuchets brought from Fuchuan also began to assemble nervously.
"I know all about ladders and carriages. What are those things?"
Chao Huang on the city wall stared at the assembly position below the city, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.
"I don't know, maybe it's the Jizhou Army's secret weapon."
