After the Battle of Yanchi, Lu Bu rested for a while in Anyi and ordered his subordinates to count the heads and prisoners. A total of 2,000 heads and more than 400 prisoners were obtained, which can be said to be a considerable gain. He also tortured the Huns captured during the war.
, in order to inquire about the enemy's intelligence. After half a day of torture, they learned the arrangements of Jinyang and the news that Chen Chong was still alive. Lu Bu asked about Chen Chong's whereabouts, but no one could answer him. Anyway, he did not go north to Jinyang.
It seems that he is not in Puban either. When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Is it possible that he is fleeing east to Luoyang and wants to accompany Liu Bei?"
After resting for two more days, Lu Bu ordered Pang Shu to lead more than 5,000 troops to defend the city and take the remaining 4,000 light cavalry. They left the north of the city at Shenshi. No one knew where they were going up and down the city, and they were seen disappearing before night fell.
In the dusk.
It was nearly the twelfth lunar month, but the clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing the yellow sun. The air was filled with moisture from melting snow, and the hard soil underfoot became muddy and difficult to walk on. Lu Bujun led his horse and walked,
The column was separated by more than ten miles in front and behind. Anyone who encountered pedestrians going in the same direction on the way forward was forced to turn back, otherwise they would be arrested and killed. Therefore, they went all the way north without knowing what was ahead.
When they arrived at Dongchipi, they rested for the night. The next day, the whole army set off, and Zhang Liao was ordered to lead a hundred elite cavalry. They rode quickly to Houmaji by the Huishui River. The crowds here increased sharply. It turned out to be Bafu.
A checkpoint was set up here to levy taxes on business travelers. When the soldiers guarding the customs noticed something was wrong, they immediately burned smoke as a warning. The black smoke rose into the blue sky, and Jiangyi, ten miles away, could naturally be seen clearly.
But it didn't matter at this time. Lu Bu led his cavalry to rush forward and quickly rushed to the foot of Jiangyi City. The first hundred cavalry circled the city and found that the city gate had been closed and the outer walls had been repaired.
A wooden shed was erected on the city wall, and a trench was dug outside the wall. Water was originally supposed to be diverted into the trench, but now it was freezing and snowy. In order to prevent it from freezing, the defenders cut off the water and put many pointed wooden stakes in it instead. However, Lu Bu's surprise attack
But it had a miraculous effect. There were dozens of horse materials outside the city, but they were all left outside before they could move them in. Zhang Liao led his Qingqi to search everywhere and brought back dozens of prisoners.
Through cross-examination, it was learned that most of the Huns had not returned due to their defeat in the previous battle. Therefore, Pei Mao, the servant, sent some of the defenders in the city into small teams to collect scattered soldiers in the countryside. Only about 2,000 people remained in the city. Lu Bu
He also learned that after the Xiongnu cavalry went south, tens of thousands of grains and fodder were sent from Jinyang from the north, enough to feed ten thousand people for several months. Lu Bu laughed and said, "This Pei Mao is just defending the city honestly, but he still wants to
Gather the defeated troops? Do you have time?"
Lu Bu's army only had 5,000 men, and could not completely siege the city. He was worried that if his troops were scattered, once the people in the city protruded from one point, they would be unable to resist. Therefore, he only camped in the west and north of the city, so that even if a challenge came out of the city, he could immediately respond to the challenge. p>
After nightfall, someone in the city tied white silk to an arrow shaft and shot it. When the sergeant saw that it was a letter written by Pei Mao, he hurriedly handed it to Lu Bu. Lu Bu started to read it and found that Pei Mao showed off his qualifications in the letter. He said that he was the former governor of Bingzhou.
, the son of Pei Ye, the general who conquered the Liao Dynasty, also lived in Bingzhou, and he was half the same hometown as Lu Bu. During the lifetime of the late emperor, he served as a county governor and a minister. As a person with experience in officialdom, he advised Lu Bu to take the overall situation into account.
, to overcome the difficulties together. The letter was full of words and quoted scriptures. Lü Bu took the trouble to write a line on the back of the silk: "We must leave the city at six o'clock tomorrow and surrender. When the time is over, the whole city will be massacred!" The following signature: "General of the Han Dynasty, envoy
Commander Chijie was in charge of all the military affairs in Guanxi, and Marquis Lu Bu of Wen County was ordered to shoot him back into the city.
At this time, Pei Mao read the reply and found out that Lu Buzhi was planning to massacre the city. When the officials in the city learned about it, they all changed their colors in shock.
He Lianchi, who had escaped first, advised Pei Mao that it would be better to take advantage of the enemy's lax siege and concentrate his efforts to break out and remove them. Then, he would wait until the scattered soldiers around him were collected before engaging in battle. Pei Mao was intimidated by Lu Bu's name and did not dare to go out.
He said: "It is not our purpose to attack the city, and there is food in the city, so it is better to wait quietly and wait for help." Little did they know that the soldiers sent out, when they heard that they were besieged by a large army, took a small road and fled towards Linfen and even Pishi.
, not even a single reinforcement will come.
Pei Mao and the generals in the city were worried, and the soldiers and civilians were also extremely worried that the enemy would break into the city and kill them. The people were noisy and sad, and had no intention of sleeping. But Lu Bu outside the city made the soldiers take turns to sleep. He himself was very tired.
There was only one soldier left standing guard at the door, holding a sword. He lay down with his clothes on, fell down and snored like thunder, and slept until dawn.
There was no wind on the second day, and the sky was dark. It was already past time, and the gates of Jiangyi City were closed tightly, with no intention of surrender. Lu Bu did not attack the city immediately. In the morning, he sent half of his troops to burn all the surrounding villages, fields, and prisons.
In half a day, more than 3,000 people from the village were captured. They were forced to cut down bushes and dig soil, and then fill the trenches. The Liangzhou sergeants were pressing behind them. When they saw anyone who was slow or weak, they immediately
Pushed into the ditch. The sound of wailing reached the city. People in the city heard it and were all frightened. They could only pray to God for blessing.
Seeing that many ditches were about to be filled up, the garrison on the city panicked and did not care about so many things. Arrows rained down in random bursts. The dead fell to death in the ditch, and the people behind them covered up the earth and continued to advance. Not long after, they were already dead.
Fill the trenches.
Before nightfall, in the afterglow of the setting sun, Lu Bu encouraged his soldiers to prepare for the attack on the city. He said: "Jiangyi has not seen war for more than ten years and is known for its prosperity. After our uprising, it was said that many wealthy families entered the city.
Jinyang has brought tens of thousands more grains and fodder. It can be said that there are countless women of gold and silver. After the city is broken, you can plunder as much as you like without any scruples!"
Inspired by this, the Liangzhou sergeants were all excited and eager to try. They carried bows on their backs, put their quivers on their sides, put their short knives on their belts, and held their long knives. They let out loud shouts that shocked the night scene, and rushed forward together.
The trenches were rushed to the base of the city wall. They tied the poles into ladders, and the first climbers covered in heavy armor grabbed the sharp ends of the long poles, while the people behind held the ends and rushed towards the earth wall, pushing them off the top of the wall.
Like a raging wave, each wave pushed dozens of people onto the city. Although many people either failed to step on it, or were stabbed by the garrison commander, and fell down from the wall with dust on them.
, but every time there are still people who successfully reach the top of the city.
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As soon as the people who were guarding the city saw someone climbing on the city, they immediately jumped on it and swung their swords. Poor people who climbed up first were often seriously injured and died even though they were wearing heavy armor. But the Liang people below the city continued to climb up the city with amazing courage.
Some people landed in weakly defended areas and could not be wiped out for a while, while more people continued to climb up from everywhere. These people wearing heavy armor were still swinging unsteadily even if they were hit by multiple swords.
He used his knife to drive away the defenders, and there was also a Western Wei man who was hit by an arrow in the face. He stretched out his hand to break the arrow shaft and continued to fight as if nothing had happened. The bravery of these blood-covered people shocked the soldiers defending the city. As more
As the successors climbed up, the numerically disadvantaged defenders began to focus on one thing and the other, tired of coping. After a while, the Liang people who ascended the city began to gain more and more footholds.
At this time, Lu Bu's fierce generals, such as Zhang Liao, Hao Meng, Gao Shun and others, all wearing heavy armor, climbed onto the city from somewhere around the city. The warriors who rushed to the top of the city held the torches in their mouths.
It was lit and thrown onto the wooden arrow towers and wooden walls. After a while, the flames from the top of the city illuminated Jiangyi City, which was afraid of the darkness below. The crackling sound of the fire burning the wood was mixed with the roar of the fighting and shouting above and below the city.
, tore apart the originally silent night.
When the defenders on the city saw that the situation was over, many people gave up their defense and fled towards the city.
Suddenly there was a loud bang, and choking dust rose into the sky. The enemy troops attacking the city cut off the iron chain, and the suspension bridge of the north gate fell. Although the gate suddenly fell to the ground, seven or eight cold soldiers were killed.
But the people at the back let out even more ecstatic cheers, stepped on the rickety city gate, and rushed into the city through the dim yellow dust and smoke. The cavalry at the back followed closely and galloped through the trench, tying torches to the trenches.
At the top, they beat horses all the way and rushed into the city gate. The soldiers who were still resisting at the city gate saw the neighing beasts bursting out from the dust and mist swaying by the fire. They suddenly lost their fighting spirit and scattered in a crowd.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death echoing in the streets, the desperate people in the city trembled like lambs before death. People Huang Mangzai smeared dirt on his daughter's face and hid the young child in the well
The old man who couldn't walk swallowed the gold and silver in his belly and lay on the bed waiting to die. More rich and poor people knelt on the ground and prayed to the gods, willing to give up everything in the world in exchange for
The preservation of life.
Empress Helianchi ran back from the lost north gate. His mount was hit by an arrow on the way. He got up and limped back to the government office. Everyone in the government office was gone. Only Pei Mao, the servant, was seen wearing armor.
, holding a knife in one hand and a "Book of Songs" in the other, sitting alone on the threshold without moving. Empress Helianchi advised him: "Mr. Pei, commit suicide as soon as possible! Do you still have to be humiliated by the enemy?"
Unexpectedly, Pei Mao seemed not to have heard anything, and Empress Helianchi shook him again. Then he slowly said to the Huns, as if he had just woken up from a big dream: "I thought so too, but I really can't do it. If you
If you don’t mind, please kill me.”
Empress Helianchi smiled bitterly and nodded. His original knife was no longer good and he threw it away. At this time, he could only take the knife in Pei Maowen's hand. He looked at Pei Maowen's weak body and couldn't help but feel pity in his heart and said: "Bear it.
Just do it, it won't hurt." Pei Mao just nodded, and saw a flash of cold light, and the famous elder's body and head were separated.
The Huns beheaded the servant, and found another horse. They wanted to make a last-ditch effort, but as soon as they went out, they were surrounded by dozens of horsemen. Covered with arrows, he died immediately, without having time to send out more
Sound.
That night, Lu Bu's army lit countless torches to search for people and goods. They killed all the old and sick, and all the young and strong men and women were led away in strings with ropes. Even the old men in the army and those who tended the horses' fodder were
People also went around robbing, killing and raping young women. All the basements and ancestral halls in Jiangyi City were scrapped to the ground, and they took away the gold or other treasures hidden inside. That night, Jiangyi was like a hell on earth.