After the military meeting, Chen Chong ordered the ministries to build mountains around Mianzhu. At the same time, he ordered the ministries to fly into the city and shoot arrows. However, these arrows did not hurt anyone. They just tied letters to the arrow shafts. Within about half a day, the Han army
Thousands of letters were soon shot into the city, and they all fell into the hands of the Shu people in the city. As for the effect, we can only wait and see.
The strategy of attacking the heart did work quickly. It was night, and the soldiers on the periphery heard a lot of noise in the city. When they climbed up and looked into the city from a distance, there seemed to be flames that were flickering. It seemed that there was indeed a commotion in the city. But the scale was not large.
Before the Han army outside the city had time to respond, the riot in the city had subsided and failed to cause a bigger riot. This surprised the Han army.
At Yin time the next day, the Mianzhu garrison suddenly opened its gate to attack the camp, and then started a fierce battle with the Han army in the north. The sound of killing was loud on the battlefield, and the Han troops guarding in other directions also woke up from their sleep and looked at the sky in the northwest.
The firelight was just a side view. Many Shu people who had surrendered to the Han army came out of the camp to look out in surprise. During the day and night, the Mianzhu city wall was hidden in the mist. After listening for a while, the sound of fighting did not subside, but became louder.
The situation is getting more and more intense, which can't help but surprise them: at this point, the defenders in the city still have the fighting spirit to fight and are quite capable. It is really incredible.
After a while, the whole army received the notice, saying that the Shu people in the city sent out elite troops to fight with strong generals, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. As for the Han army, the assistant captain Kong Xin was beheaded by the enemy general. However, as the Han army
Each battalion gradually reinforced, but the Shu people could not open the gap, so they all retreated through Wangchun Gate.
It turned out that the troops sent by the Shu people were the rebel general Wu Yi, the Anping Zhonglang general Liu Xun, the Shu prefect Zhao Wei and other troops. Everyone wore iron armor and covered their faces with iron masks to fight. Most of the soldiers had returned from hundreds of battles.
The desperadoes led by Liu Xun were released from prison and were far more difficult to deal with than ordinary Shu people. Therefore, the Han army was caught off guard and allowed them to break through half a mile in one time.
Kong Xin, the auxiliary captain of the Han army, saw that the Shu people were unstoppable, so he rushed across the enemy formation from the flank, intending to cause chaos to the Shu people. Kong Xin relied on his bravery, and along the way, he encouraged the trend of despising the Shu people, so before entering the battle,
At that time, he only had more than ten cavalry with him. He also decorated his iron-clad horse with white feathers, which made him quite eye-catching in the military formation. Due to the chaos of the battle and extremely poor visibility, some archers did not distinguish between friends and foes, so they headed towards the men wearing white feathers.
They shot randomly and killed Kong Xin's horsemen, and the rest of the crowd dispersed. Kong Xin was also hit by more than ten arrows, but because of his thick armor, he did not suffer any major damage.
At this moment, Liu Xun, who was traveling with the rebellious general Wu Yi, saw that he was riding alone in the battle without the protection of his subordinates. He hurriedly raised his spear and rode back to challenge. When the good horses were clashing, the two of them were facing each other because they were preparing to attack.
Due to the lack of strength, the first stab failed. But Liu Xun had quick eyesight and quick hands. Before Kong Xin could draw his sword, he dropped his horse sword, reached out to grab the opponent's horse sword, and at the same time drew the sword quickly,
He cut along the stick towards the palm of the opponent's hand, cutting off three of Kong Xin's fingers in one go. Kong Xin let out a cry of pain, and then Liu Xun grabbed his neck and inserted the tip of the knife along the soft flesh of his tongue. Blood immediately flowed from the
With gurgling sounds pouring out of his mouth, Liu Xun successfully cut off Kong Xin's head and took away his mount.
Although the Han army suffered many casualties in this battle, they repelled the Shu people's surprise attack. The Shu people retreated hastily, leaving many wounded behind and became prisoners. The Han army learned a lot about the city through interrogation.
The situation there. From the prisoners, they learned that the person who beheaded Kong Xin was Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang; there were also powerful generals such as Gao Xiang, Fan You, Zhan Yan, Chen Feng, and Chen Shi in the city; and Liu Zhang
Dong He's regiment, which has already sent a message to Nanzhong, will arrive in about half a month to provide support in Nan'an.
As for the Shu people who caused trouble in the city, there were actually not many, probably only a few hundred people. Although Liu Zhang was a weak person, he did get the support of the local people in Mianzhu, and many people thought of Liu Zhang.
Because of Liu Fan's old favor, he did not follow him. He then continued to interrogate the prisoners and asked about Liu Zhang's methods of mobilizing the army. It turned out that after the siege, Liu Zhang opened his treasury, rewarded everyone in the city with goods, and promised,
After Liu Fan returns to the rescue, he will ask for merit and reward them with fields. He said this: "Last year, Zhang Liao went to welcome the emperor, which caused such a disaster. My brother even promoted him to the school captain. If Mianzhu could be saved, the general would
The following is not enough to give a reward!" Although the words were simple, but with real money in front of them, the morale of the already decadent Shu army was immediately boosted, which led to the counterattack before dawn that day.
When Chen Chong heard that Liu Zhang's son was involved in the battle, he couldn't help but sigh: "Time waits for no one. Liu Jiyu's son has reached the age of being involved in the battle."
Since it was not possible to persuade him to surrender, all the generals came to ask for battle and attack the city, and Chen Chong agreed. Because Kong Xin rashly fell into the battle and died in battle, it was also related to the fact that his cavalry refused to patrol and the rescue was not good. Chen Chong ordered Kong Xin's subordinates to all wear white rags.
, as the vanguard of the main attack on the west of the city, he also ordered Ma Chao to lead his troops to camp in front of the bamboo forest in the north of the city. This was because the Shu people had repeatedly come out of Wangchun Gate, and might repeat their old tricks. Therefore, they stationed the most elite Fufeng cavalry in the north of the city, ready to attack at any time.
Shu Army.
After the Shu army rose up from the mountains and began to attack Mianzhu City, the Shu army knew what the offensive was like. The arrows above their heads were like clouds, and the carts and stone carts under the gate were rushing and firing. In addition, the drums and shouts of death were like waves.
The sound really made many Shu people breathless. They had no choice but to stay in the dark and fight on the city wall. The Mianzhu city wall was high and perfect. Wu Yi, the leading general who defended the city, led dozens of his followers to climb up to the city tower. He felt like he was missing a stone.
Command defense.
As a veteran of many battles, Wu Yi had a high prestige in the army. The people of Shu were so excited when they saw that their commander was unafraid and braved the enemy personally. They risked life and death and fought to the death with the Han army. Day after night, the Han army
Still could not break through. The attackers suffered heavy casualties. The fighting was particularly fierce in the west of the city. The mountains and hills were piled with corpses of Han soldiers in white clothes and linen. They were under the command of Kong Xin, who was ordered to conquer the city first. Most of them died in the battle that day and night.
Under the fierce battle.
After the Han army suspended the attack on the city, Wu Yi ordered the wounded from the Shu army to be carried down for treatment, and the money and silk from the county treasury were carried up to the city tower to reward the soldiers. The money in the palace was exhausted, so he sent people to Liu Zhang's mansion to
He asked Liu Zhang to allocate the palace's property to reward the three armies. In fact, most of the palace's property was taken to Jiangling by Liu Fan, and no one else knew about it. Liu Zhang could have replied that he had no money, but after thinking about it, he still gave away his private property
He donated them all and said to Wu Yi: "There is not much gold and silver in the palace, but there are thousands of pieces of brocade, which can also be used as military supplies."
At this time, Zishi had passed, and they had just experienced a long and fierce battle. There was deathly silence above and below the city. Whether it was the Shu people or the Han army, most of them went to sleep tiredly with the smell of blood and sweat. Wu Yi ignored his fatigue.
, rushed to the north of the city to look at Chun Gate, and carefully observed the situation outside the city through the crenellations. He sent people to call Chen Shi, Liu Xun, Gao Xiang, Fan You, Zhan Yan and others to rush to the north of the city to discuss.
Chen Shi and Gao Xiang arrived soon. Everyone waited for a while, but still did not see Chen Shi and Liu Xun arrived. After waiting for a long time, they saw their servant returning alone. He said: "Both generals said that they were tired from guarding the city.
It won’t be too late to discuss it at dawn tomorrow. If you need anything, just ask someone to call you at any time.”
Wu Yi had no choice but to say to Chen Shi and others: "To be honest, although there is a lot of grain and fodder in the city, I only have a few boxes of gold and silver to reward you." Chen Shi and others had expected this, and looked at Wu under the torch.
Yi's eyes were bloodshot. He didn't know how to answer for a moment. Wu Yi patted Chen Shi hard on the shoulder, pointed to the dark Han military camp outside the crenel and said: "If you want to defend the city, you must win another battle to inspire
Sir, don't be too discouraged. If you persist for another month, His Highness's army will probably arrive!"
Chen Shi enthusiastically agreed and said: "The generals have sacrificed their lives, so naturally we are not far behind. Gold and silver are just extraneous possessions. Not to mention anything else, hundreds of thousands of people in this city have entrusted their lives to us, and we will not give up even if we die."
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Gao Xiang also agreed repeatedly. So he sent another order and summoned more than 3,000 elite soldiers from his unit, planning to go out to kill again at the ugly time. However, Wu Yi was still thinking about Chen Chong's previous methods of instigating rebellion. Although only a few people made trouble the night before
, but he didn’t know how many people were still preparing for the plan, so while waiting, he asked everyone if there was anything unusual. They thought for a while, and Fan You suddenly said: "I heard that Duke Xu Wenxiu and Chen Chong
I have family acquaintances, but I wonder if such a thing exists?"
Xu Wenxiu is Xu Jing of Runan. During the reign of Emperor Xiaoling, he presided over the Lunar New Year Review and commented on the world's figures. He was well-known among scholars in Kyushu. However, since Dong Zhuo usurped power, he has been wandering around and has been to Henan, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou.
, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places, it was not until the eighth year of Yanxing that he moved to Yizhou. For this reason, Shu Zhongshi Lin called him "a suave and magnificent man, with the tools of the world, and should be a guide for scholars", but Liu Fan, the king of Shu
He has never been given much importance, and he only has a casual position, staying in Mianzhu to occasionally ask questions.
When Wu Yi heard Fan You mention this, he immediately remembered that Xu Jing had closed his door for the past few days and had no contact with the county government. This made him tremble all over. He immediately picked two hundred people and ran to Xu Jing's house.
Go and catch Xu Jing's whole family: It turns out that he is digging a tunnel secretly in the house, trying to escape to Chen Chong.
However, Xu Jing's reputation was well-known all over the world and his identity was extremely sensitive. Wu Yi did not dare to make his own claims, so he had to suppress Xu Jing and his wife and children to meet Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was greatly embarrassed when he saw this, and he personally untied Xu Jing.
Jing put the rope around his body and sighed: "What debt does my brother owe to Duke Wenxiu that he wants to go away like this?" Xu Jing was embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "Since I have been captured by the envoy, I can do whatever I want." But Liu
Zhang thought that this battle was uncertain, and killing Xu Jing would not be enough to calm people's hearts. On the contrary, it would easily lead to changes, so he did not order the execution, but just imprisoned his family in the palace dungeon.