Before dawn, the captured Bing people were brought to the camp of the Liang army, along with several Bingzhou Sima. Lu Bu ordered people to give water to the governors and let them sit on the ground to rest.
Lu Bu had no intention of questioning the remaining more than 600 people who were captured. They were all beheaded and pushed into the ditch.
The reason why Lu Bu kept these commanders was mainly for two reasons. One was that he wanted to inquire about the details inside Bingzhou so that he could make follow-up arrangements. The other was that he was also a native of Bingzhou, and speaking of them, they were also considered fellow villagers. Lu Bu still had some
To solicit.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth to ask, the man who had been restrained and squatting next to him suddenly jumped up and shouted at Lu Bu: "Lu Fengxian, I know you. Back then, when Longshou and the general were waiting for us to invade Xijing,
, you were lying in the city like a dead dog. As soon as you heard that we had won, you were not even able to recover from your injuries, so you had to rush to the dragon's head to ask for your position. Those who didn't know, thought you were going to recognize your father again.
Come on! Are you worthy of being a general?!" After saying that, he laughed.
When the servants dragged the man down to be executed, Lu Bu looked a little embarrassed, and the others lowered their heads, as if they heard nothing. Speaking afterwards, it seemed that the man was a bastard from Xihe, named Bisi or something.
of.
At dawn, snow was falling heavily. The ground was full of charred ruins, and smoke was still rising everywhere. Hao Meng, the captain of the school, rode a horse and carried a wealthy woman through the ruins. The woman was naked, and outside
Putting on the leather robe of a soldier, he kept shivering, not knowing whether it was fear or cold. The state soldiers along the road, who were sitting on the roadside to rest, all smiled and greeted him. Hao Meng also chatted with people from time to time.
While riding the horse slowly away, he looked up at their backs and saw that the horse was slowly stopping. The woman suddenly jumped to the ground with her bare feet and ran away in a panic. Looking at Colonel Hao, he was still sitting there.
He immediately stopped moving. After a while, he seemed to be unable to sit still. He staggered, swayed five or six times, and fell off the horse! People were shocked and ran up to take a look. They saw Hao Meng's chest.
There was a short knife stuck in it, and the scabbard was still on his belt. He opened his eyes and looked up to the sky, already dead.
When I looked for the woman again, she had already disappeared. Someone said: "What the Huns couldn't do, a weak woman did it." After discussing for a while, they still dispersed.
Lu Bu's army stayed in Jiangyi for three days and plundered more than 5,000 people. They were all tied up with ropes and brought back to Puban. They were ordered to build mountains around Puban. The remaining people would be treated as slaves after the war.
The people in Chang'an were sold as slaves in the market. At this time, Jia Xu wrote to ask about the situation on the front line. Lu Bu also replied truthfully, saying that a thousand people had been left to guard the city, and Hedong was already within his grasp. At the end of the letter, he proudly said:
"At this time, it is not easy to find a living dog in Jiangyi."
The defenders in Puban City were heartbroken when they learned that Yanchi and Jiangyi were defeated in the two battles.
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Now looking from the city wall, there are countless refugees like ants being forced to besiege the city. Many officers have lost the determination to fight. Privately, Taixi said: "The city cannot be defended. Could our guards be better than Jiang?"
Are there many cities? Jiangyi cannot be defended! If you are wise, you should rectify your sergeants now and break out of the siege at night and go north."
At this time, I was hesitant to even make a move. After all, no matter how outstanding the general was, he could not do anything if he violated his army's will. However, he also took into account that Chen Chong had led his army westward and was missing. If he disobeyed Chen Chong's arrangements, he might be put to death.
During this period, I really didn’t know what to do.
So everyone held a military meeting again at night to discuss the coming and going of this trip.
Qian Zhao first asked several military commanders in the army for their opinions. One military commander came forward and said: "Chen Shijun has promised beforehand that we will wait here to hold on and reinforcements will come to save us, so Lu Bu will retreat without a fight. But.
After waiting for twenty days, it is already the twelfth lunar month, and there is no sign of reinforcements. Without reinforcements, this is a dead end. How can we defend it? It is better to withdraw."
But Li Yi, an official in Jingzhao of Sili Mansion, refuted it and said: "How can Jiangyi be compared with Puban? They were not well prepared, and the city wall was lower than Puban. It is said that the rebels did not use ladders, one person held the head and the other
The tail can push people up against the wall. The Puban city wall is four feet high, how can it be compared with Jiangyi? The bandit army had been attacking for three days in vain, so it is too early to leave now? So what?
Is it worthy of your trust?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone retorted: "No matter how high the city wall is, it is just delaying time. If we don't leave as soon as possible, we will naturally not be able to leave when we are exhausted. Besides, it is just a city.
, so what if you lose it? If you are worried that the city will be taken away by others, it is better to let it go before leaving. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 19
Hedong retreats
A big fire will leave them with a ruin."
This statement won the approval of most people, who thought it was a trick. However, some people noticed that neither Chen Deng nor Qian Zhao expressed their stance. Their silence meant that there was still room for change.
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The first one to speak was Chen Deng. He thought carefully and said to Qianzhao: "If we just talk about defending the city, it can actually be defended. However, the rebel army has won successive victories and its morale is high. Without strong reinforcements from outside, our army's morale will be very low."
Feeling depressed, it is actually impossible to think about defending the city as before." The implication was that he still agreed to abandon the city and go north.
Qianzhao actually had the same idea, but when he was asked to give the order, it was difficult for him to make up his mind. He looked at the eyes of everyone looking at him and couldn't help but think: The envoy entrusted the city to me. If I retreat, I don't know where the envoy is.
What would happen? He couldn't help but think of the scene of Chen Chong's instructions when he left. Suddenly, he had an idea and said to everyone: "Please wait a moment."
While everyone was confused, two moments later, he walked into the camp with Chen Zhang and said softly to Chen Zhang in front of everyone: "The bandit army is surrounding me more and more tightly. The generals are afraid that they will not survive. You want me to lead the army."
I'm leaving the city. I wonder if you would like to follow me out of the city?"
After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity. After all, Chen Zhang was only a four-year-old boy, so what decision could he make? They could just escort him away afterwards. But seeing that Qianzhao was taking the matter so seriously, they couldn't say much at this time.
We can only calm down and wait to see how Chen Zhang responds.
Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Zhang did not hesitate at all. He clenched his fists, shook his head slowly, and then said decisively: "My father said before he left that I should stay in the city and wait for him to come back. You want to Go, just go by yourself, I won’t leave.”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and someone advised him, "Young master, you don't have to be like this. After I leave, I will set fire to the city and leave nothing to the thieves."
Chen Zhang still shook his head and said: "Then I will stay in the city, and you can just set fire to it yourself."
Seeing that the young boy was so determined, everyone couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. At this time, they heard Qianzhao and stood up and said: "When the envoy left, he said that he would entrust the young master to me. Although I am frightened, I am not very grateful. But if we go north like this, If there is a spirit after death, what face should I show to the envoy? In ancient times, there was Cheng Ying[1] who killed himself to repay the kindness of Lord Zhao, so as to save his descendants. I want to imitate him, but I don’t know what you think?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be greatly moved, and they all said: "I am willing to die with the general!" Then the military morale was restored, and everyone made plans to live or die with the city, but they would wait until Lu Bu came to attack.
One day later, Lu Bu's army began to attack the city. After suffering the last loss, Lu Bu did not immediately set up a ladder to attack the city. Instead, he concentrated on waiting for the siege mountain to be built, and then built watchtowers on the mountain. Until the east, west, north, and south sides were erected. After nearly a hundred watchtowers, he ordered his soldiers to go up to the towers and fire thousands of arrows into the city. The defenders on the city were not to be outdone and fired at each other. The arrows were missed and they came back and forth, often making "Zeng Zeng" sounds in the air. There was a sound of arrow clusters colliding together, and when they fell, it was like a layer of black snow was sprinkled on the sky.
But as a result, the number of arrows in the city was greatly reduced. In just three days, nearly 20,000 arrows were shot in the city. After the arrows fell outside the city, some Liang people quietly collected them back outside the city in the middle of the night, causing the Liang army to lose arrows. Instead of decreasing, it is increasing, and the city is finding it difficult to sustain.
Qianzhao once wanted to send people down to the city in the middle of the night to collect the missing arrows, but it was clear from the Tushan watchtower. As soon as he saw someone coming down to the city, someone from the watchtower blew a horn to warn, and the Liang army's cavalry followed. Before they even got to the city, they were stabbed to death by the Liang army. After three or four such games, Qianzhao had no choice but to stop and no longer competed with the enemy to shoot at each other. The enemy's arrows from the watchtower missed again and they were killed. He crawled on the ground and built a canal on the wall to block arrows.
When Lu Bu saw this, he knew that the time was ripe to climb the city, and immediately ordered the entire army to attack the city.
As soon as the drums sounded, the Liang army rolled up to the city like a strong wind. Even though there was still ice on the city, making it difficult for people to exert force, the number of people who rushed up at the same time was several times more than before. The defenders had no choice but to stick close and climb up. The soldiers of the Liang Army on the mountain fought hand-to-hand, but after the soldiers occupied the place, they only defended but did not attack. They could not kill them. They could only watch more and more soldiers coming to the city, and the situation was extremely critical for a time.
Fortunately, Chen Deng came up with an idea at the last minute, thinking that the Liang people were climbing the city wearing heavy armor. In addition, the weather was still cold and it was difficult to bend and extend their fingers, so the defenders simply used poles with hooks to hook their feet directly. All those who were hit fell down and could not get up. The defenders poured boiling water on them, and these people were immediately stunned. (This chapter is not over yet!)
Chapter 19
Hedong retreats
They screamed in agony and had no ability to resist anymore. @ essence/书馆·无码~~The defenders no longer cared about these people who had boarded the city, and took advantage of the opportunity to overthrow the ladders they had set up, and then they repelled these people.
attack. Looking back at the people lying on the ground, I tried to take off their armor and stomach, but found that because of the hot water, their skin and flesh and armor and stomach were stuck together, making it impossible to take them off.
This attack was repulsed, but no one was sure how long they could hold on. They could only recuperate in the city while reorganizing the city's defenses to prepare for the next Liang army's siege.
But what makes people feel strange is that Liang Jun did not move for several days, but fell into an astonishing silence. Seeing this, Qianzhao became more and more vigilant in his heart, thinking whether it was a suspicious plan, and held fire every night
I patrolled the city. On the fourth day, I finally saw about a thousand cavalry coming from the northeast of the city and joining Lu Bu's army.
When Qianzhao saw the smoke rising from the enemy camp, he was startled and wondered if he would finally fight to the death. Who would have expected that after cooking, the Liang soldiers packed up their gear, gathered up their camp and gathered their horses, and marched in columns to the west.
. Looking from a distance, their backs in the snow seemed to be a long glance, which unexpectedly brought the war in Hedong to an end.
Could it be that Chen Chong had already gathered his troops and set off? Qianzhao quickly sent people to the other side to inquire about the news. Unexpectedly, he found that it was not the case. Instead, the news that came was that troops from Shuzhong were sent to Guanzhong.
【1】Cheng Ying: A righteous man of the Jin Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period, who has been praised by the world for thousands of years. According to legend, he was a native of Shaoliang City in ancient times, and was a friend of Jin Qing Zhao Dun and his son Zhao Shuo. Tu Anjia, the official in the third year of Jin Jinggong's reign
To kill Zhao Dun and destroy his clan, Zhao Shuo's guest Gongsun Chujiu conspired with him. He carried Zhao's real orphan as an infant and hid it in the mountains to raise him. He deliberately informed the generals and ordered the generals to kill Chujiu and pretend to be the child. Hou Jinggong listened to Han Jue's words and established the Zhao family as his queen.
, punished Anjia, and Ying committed suicide in retaliation for the pestle...