Many forts and ditches were dug outside the capital, and densely packed soldiers and horses were stationed there, but the soldiers and generals looked bad.
News of the town's fall kept coming from the front.
Several times they even saw the flags of Mrs. Chu's Zhenwu Army on Huainan Road. Although they were just sporadic scouts and were quickly killed or beaten away, the soldiers were still frightened.
The soldiers and horses of Huainan Road came and advanced very quickly. The Lady of Chu really lived up to her reputation.
It is certainly unusual to dare to attack the capital...
I heard that this lady from Chu State is a deity descended to earth, who spreads beans to form soldiers, and is invulnerable to soldiers and horses...
"What nonsense." The general standing on the gate of the fortress angrily scolded and frowned, "Where did it come from here? Is there a spy sneaking into our army?"
A lieutenant general said: "It seems to be coming from the refugee camp."
After Mrs. Chu attacked the capital, the defenders of the capital not only recruited people from the city to serve as laborers, but also captured many refugees from outside.
The lieutenant general curled his lips with disdain: "Mrs. Chu has always been accustomed to promoting her reputation. The cornucopia of porridge is made of fairy jewels. These ridiculous words are widely spread among the refugees..."
So it must have been spread by refugees from outside.
"Strictly investigate these rumors to avoid shaking the morale of the army." The general ordered and sneered, "Why did Madam Chu come to attack the capital? It was to relieve Wu Ya'er from the siege, and to get His Majesty to withdraw his troops and return to defense, so that Wu Ya'er could
After escaping from death, she didn't really want to attack the capital at all."
The lieutenant general nodded and said: "Whenever they arrive at a place and capture it, they grab food, set up camp and dig trenches. It seems that they will stay there for a long time to threaten and intimidate us."
"Your Majesty had expected it, so he didn't return to the defense." The general sneered, "What if the town is lost? Even if they occupy so much place, what can they do? Attack the capital? Come on, let me see what happens in the capital.
Got beaten down."
The deputy general looked back at the city in the distance. It was entrenched on the earth. It was tall and thick. It seemed very close and boundless, just like a palace in the sky.
"Isn't she a fairy?" He laughed, "She calls open the door, and the capital opens."
This joke was very funny, and the general laughed. Before the laughter fell, his feet were shaken, and a loud sound of fighting could be heard in the distance...
"Siege the city! Siege the city!"
I don’t know how many people roared, but they could still be heard clearly from such a distance.
Although there was a city behind him, the expressions of the generals and lieutenants still changed slightly.
"Mrs. Chu's entire army has gathered, and about fifty thousand people have rushed over to the formation." The letter soldiers rushed over to report, "Five lines of defense have been secured."
So fierce!
The general was relieved quickly and smiled carelessly.
"We have to act like we are attacking the city, otherwise we will not be able to scare us and His Majesty." He said, pulling out his sword, "Gather the soldiers and horses, let's fight them! Let's see who can scare whom."
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Fighting to defend the city, who can scare whom?
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"Break the camp!"
"Break the camp!"
"Disarm and survive!"
A rolling roar came from the distance, and the ground trembled with the roar. The refugees squatting in the ditch and being captured as laborers were frightened.
The camp was broken so quickly. This city of the rebels was the hardest they had ever dug. Dozens of people could die in a day...
But I didn't expect that it would be breached in less than half a day.
Seeing the tide of soldiers and horses coming in the distance, and the rebels retreating like a tide, many of the refugees squatting in the ditch couldn't help but stand up and watch...
"With so many flags, there are at least 10,000 soldiers and horses."
"Have you really never seen the world? Ten thousand people, that's obviously thirty thousand people."
Probably seeing that the rebels were being repelled continuously, and that the rebels here were busy gathering and deploying defenses and ignoring them, the refugees began to boldly talk in low voices, with suppressed schadenfreude and fear.
Of course they hope that the rebels will be defeated, the sooner the better, otherwise they will be exhausted, digging trenches and carrying earth walls day and night.
But they also don’t want Mrs. Chu to come. When Mrs. Chu’s soldiers and horses attack, they will be driven by the rebels and used as human shields.
That's really a dead end.
Although Mrs. Chu is said to be very kind, her kindness was not on the battlefield.
"Did you see that Mrs. Chu's attack is bound to win, and all the troops and horses are on it." Someone squeezed over and said, "It is inevitable that we will start soon."
The momentum is indeed such. Madam Chu's military attack has been going on for three days. One camp after another has been breached. Groups of rebels have retreated to the defense lines outside the capital. The gathered refugees look frightened and uneasy.
"The rebels actually don't care about their camp being broken." The man continued in a low voice, "They can retreat to the capital. As long as the walls of the capital are there, Mrs. Chu can't break in no matter how many troops she has."
This was indeed true. Everyone whispered again, no wonder these camps were attacked so quickly. It turned out that they had a way out but no intention to fight.
"But we have no way out." The man sighed, "They defended the camp and let us die first. They didn't take us with them when they returned to the city. There are many people available in the city. Without us, there will be less people to eat.
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This is the most terrifying fact related to them. The faces of the refugees present turned pale.
"Lao Wai, you are a soldier." A refugee grabbed the man who was speaking, "Can you please tell me what to do?"
This reminded the refugees present that all eyes were focused on the man who spoke. The man was called Lao Wai. He was not a refugee, but someone who was selected from among the slave laborers to manage the refugees digging trenches. The captain was also a slave, but he only got paid.
But they are nothing in front of the real rebel soldiers and generals. They have to work together, and they can't escape even if they die as human shields...
Lao Wai shook his head: "What kind of soldier am I? I was just a night watchman in the capital..."
A thin refugee standing outside squeezed in and shouted: "Being a night watchman under the emperor's feet has more knowledge than a county magistrate."
Yes, yes, everyone nodded hurriedly, grabbing this most knowledgeable straw and asking and pleading randomly, "Think about it quickly", "Tell me what to do", "I don't want to die yet."
Lao Wai sighed: "Who wants to die? In this world..."
He waved his hand and slapped away the sigh, his expression becoming fierce.
"If we don't want to die, we have to let the rebels die."
Everyone was puzzled by these words. They thought that Lao Wai was too arrogant to serve as a night watchman in the capital. He actually thought that they could kill the rebels. Aren't they as powerful as the soldiers and horses of Lady Chu?
A few refugees helped comfort everyone and calmed them down. Listening to Lao Wai's careful explanation, the general idea was that the rebels didn't care whether they lived or died, and Mrs. Chu couldn't care about them either. The only two parties who could control their lives now were then.
You have to choose a side.
Of course, if you have to choose, choose Mrs. Chu. As long as you help Mrs. Chu kill the enemy, Mrs. Chu will treat them as one of her own.
There is an example of this. The Lady of Chu attacked Yangzhou City, and the people of Yangzhou who were driven to serve as human shields turned around and fought against the rebels, and then led the Lady of Chu to capture Yangzhou City.
Those dead heroes were enshrined in the Heroes Temple outside the city. Their families were taken care of by Mrs. Chu, and they had no worries about food and clothing. Those who were alive who wanted to be officials became officials, and those who were soldiers all had positions.
Ordinary people were divided into houses and land...
The group of refugees who listened were fascinated and excited.
"But can you really defeat the rebels with your bare hands?" asked a refugee who was still sober.
How can they be so powerful!
"Although we can't fight without weapons, we can defeat the rebels without weapons." Lao Wai smiled confidently and pointed behind him, "We can set fire to the camp."
Setting a fire, no matter how difficult it is for them, is possible, but does setting a fire work?
Lao Wai laughed: "Of course setting fire will work. Once the rebels are in chaos, it will be much easier for Mrs. Chu's soldiers and horses to attack us. Moreover, they will no longer care about us, and we can take the opportunity to run away. If we ran before, everyone
There is no way to escape, but it is different now. There are soldiers and horses of Mrs. Chu outside. As long as we can run over, she will definitely regard us as her warriors and save us when she learns that we set fire to the rebels for her."
It sounds reliable but a little unreliable, but there is no other way now. According to what Lao Wai said, at least he can run away while there is chaos. There are soldiers and horses of Mrs. Chu outside, and the rebels don't dare to pursue them.
They are too far...
Done!
A group of refugees gathered around Lao Wai and discussed carefully.
A refugee squatting outside was a little confused. He couldn't help but think, how could Lao Wai know so much about Mrs. Chu's affairs when he was working as a night watchman in the capital? He could almost read out the name on the Heroes' Temple...
Are you just telling people nonsense? Are you trustworthy?
Is it really possible to burn down the camp here? If it is burned, will the rebels be in chaos? Will the rebels just attack Mrs. Chu's troops and horses? What if they just attack?
No one thinks about this, they just do it anyway. When they don’t think about anything, things happen unexpectedly.
Looking at the fireworks rising in one direction, the general here was a little startled.
"Those servants burned down the camp?" he asked, incredulously, "Why did they suddenly go crazy?"
"They ran away," the deputy general said, "to escape."
The general regained his composure and felt a little ridiculous: "They are really crazy. Do they think that the defense line of the capital has been broken? They can get under the wings of Mrs. Chu in two or three steps?"
The deputy general should have laughed, but the corners of his mouth twitched and he did not laugh. He just nodded and said: "We have already gone to hunt him down, leaving no one behind."
This is not a big deal. Do you still want to burn down the camp with a fire? The general is too lazy to look back. The battle between the armies here is more important...
But the commotion on the other side of the fireworks was even worse. In addition to thick smoke, there were also vibrations.
"....Mrs. Chu's soldiers and horses made a surprise attack!"
Raid? The general's expression changed slightly. He looked ahead and smiled coldly. This was nothing unusual. In battles between large armies, there were always two wings to assist, and some fierce secret soldiers to raid the vanguard.
He said calmly: "Ignore it and let them withdraw their defense line."
So what if the West City defense line is abandoned? Is it a big deal? The general continues to withdraw his sight, but the commotion and fighting over there are louder, and the soldiers are coming faster...