Chapter 398: Attacking the City Again
Not long after the girl left, Ye Heng and the others were eating, and Shi Jingtian suddenly broke in and shouted: "Uncle Shi, General Gao, you go to the west of the city to have a look, there is movement of the rebels!"
"What, what's going on?" the two of them immediately stood up, picked up the food they hadn't finished eating, and flew away with Shi Jingtian towards the west of the city.
"I don't understand either, General Li is arranging troops over there, and Uncle Xue asked me to come to you!" Shi Jingtian replied.
The two knew that something must be wrong, and immediately rushed over as fast as they could. Of course, Ye Heng was the fastest, and when he appeared on the city wall, he immediately saw that the rebels were pushing wooden carts, transporting carts of corpses under the city wall, and then all of them were moved down and placed at the base of the wall.
It didn't take long for Gao Lang and Shi Jingtian to also appear at the head of the city. Gao Lang immediately looked down, and Shi Jingtian went to find the snow wolf.
"City Lord, General Gao, do you understand, what are the rebels going to do?" Li Quan appeared at the head of the city after a while and asked the two.
"I don't understand! Logically speaking, since we have brought back our own comrades who died in battle, they should be properly handled, so why are they brought down to our city?" Gao Lang said very puzzled.
"I thought it was weird, too. When they collected the corpses on the battlefield just now, we did not stop them, and we also collected the corpses of our fallen soldiers. I'm afraid that the decay of the corpses will cause a plague over time, so I wanted to discuss with you what to do with the corpses of my brothers. Gao Lang said.
"I have a suggestion, bury all the dead soldiers together! Isn't the city lord's mansion demolished, that area is big enough, dig a big pit there, and bury all the corpses together. If we can't defend the city, everyone will die together, and if we win, we will build a monument on it in the future, which will be called the Pingcheng Martyrs' Monument, so that our future generations will remember how many people have lost their precious lives in order to protect this city and defend our homeland. With this monument, people will always remember these dead soldiers, and they will always remind future generations how happy it is to be without war. Ye Heng said.
Ye Heng's idea was immediately supported by Gao Lang, but Li Quan said: "It should be the City Lord's Mansion there, and it will have to be rebuilt if there is a chance, isn't it okay to build the tomb there?"
"If you can't keep Pingcheng, everything is empty talk, if you keep it, then, without their sacrifice, there will be no future city lord's mansion, the dead are great, bury them first, even if you want to rebuild the city lord's mansion in the future, you can also choose a new site. Ye Heng said decisively.
"Okay, listen to you!" Li Quan agreed, and then immediately went to deal with the matter.
After Li Quan left, Ye Heng stared at the rebels under the city transporting corpses back and forth, his expression became more and more solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "General Gao, how can I have a bad premonition! As the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong, and the rebels are really unreasonable to act like this, I'm afraid that there is some conspiracy here!"
"Then shall we pour some fire oil and burn all the corpses in the city?" asked Gao Lang with a frown.
Ye Heng shook his head and said, "No, now it's different from when the city was sieged, arson was a tactic at that time, and no one can blame anyone." But now there is no war, the other side is just transporting corpses, if you still have to set fire at this time, for fear of arousing the hatred of the rebels! General Gao, you should know that although morale is something that cannot be touched or seen, it can really affect the direction of the battle, don't you say?"
"City Lord, you're right, if my comrade-in-arms' body is burned in front of me, I will definitely find him desperately!" Gao Lang said in a deep voice.
"So, let's not act rashly, just get everyone ready to fight at any time, and we'll wait and see. Ye Heng said.
Gao Lang immediately ordered the whole city to be on higher alert. The people of the city spontaneously formed a team to help the soldiers carry arrows, stones, fire oil and other supplies, and some began to dig pits on the site of the old city lord's mansion.
Outside the city, wagons of corpses were carried under the city walls, piled up higher and higher in the corners. There are more than 10,000 corpses in the rebels, how many trips do they have to transport?
Gao Lang looked at the corpses piled up higher and higher, and said to himself: "Look at the rebels' losses today are really big, these corpses are piled up and haven't finished yet." But they have taken back all the corpses, so why do they have to transport them to our walls?"
The speaker had no intention of listening, Ye Heng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and said to Gao Qiang: "General Gao, if the rebels use the corpses to pile up enough height, can it become a springboard to attack us?"
When Ye Heng said this, he really woke up the dreamer, Gao Lang was immediately shocked, and said: "It's completely possible! In that case, we will have little left with the advantage of defending the city wall! Once the rebel army takes advantage of this to attack the city wall, we are not superior in terms of troops, and it is easy for them to break into the city, and then there will be a big trouble!"
"Then how should we deal with it?" Ye Heng asked lightly as he stared at the mountains of corpses piled up under the city.
"Since we have guessed Han Kaiyuan's plan, then we have to find a way to sabotage it, and it will be over if we don't let him succeed!" Gao Lang said.
"The question is what to do? It's better to have a plan that not only destroys the rebels' plans, but also inflicts heavy damage on them. Ye Heng said.
"This ...... I really couldn't think of a good way to do it. Gao Lang whispered dejectedly.
Ye Heng stared at the ground and was silent, and after a long time, he said, "General Gao, do you say that the rebels will directly attack by stepping on the corpse?"
Gao Lang thought for a moment and said, "It's possible, but it's not big. If I were in command, I would have to lay some hard objects on the corpses during the attack...... City Lord, do you mean they have other arrangements after that?"
Ye Heng nodded and said: "The other party's boss came up with such a method to attack the city, which will inevitably make many soldiers dissatisfied, if they directly step on the corpse, the soldiers will definitely be even more angry; ”
"Then the rebels will definitely lay something else on the corpse, the soil and sand and gravel are the best, followed by wood, and ......" Gao Lang said along the topic of Ye Heng, but after only saying two answers, he couldn't think of a better way.
"General Gao, don't guess anymore, they are going to lay wood on the corpses, you see behind the rebel camp. Ye Heng pointed in the direction of the rebels and said.
Gao Lang followed Ye Heng's finger and looked over, only to see that the back of the rebel camp was covered with dust, and many warhorses were running towards this side with the trees they had chopped down.
"The trees within a radius of more than ten miles must have been cut down by the rebels! These trees are not dry, and they are not easy to ignite with oil, and even if they do, they can be easily extinguished by the other side. Ye Heng looked in the direction of the rebel camp and muttered.
"If you want me to say that we don't care if they are morale or not, whether they hate or not, now why don't we immediately pour down the fire and set the corpse on fire! Anyway, it's already a situation of endless death, and we are still afraid of him?" Gao Lang said loudly.
Ye Heng didn't answer immediately, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "General Gao, ...... you before?"
The two leaned together and muttered for a while, Gao Lang slapped his thigh, and laughed happily: "Yes! Why didn't I think of it? The city lord really has you, I'll arrange it immediately!"
Ye Heng nodded, Gao Lang ran down the city wall in a hurry, and arranged for the two to discuss the matter.
Ye Heng stood on the city wall, watching the rebels constantly transport the corpses back and forth, and there was no longer any trace of worry.
In the rebel camp, Han Kaiyuan and the generals were also paying attention to Pingcheng's reaction, but after so much time, Pingcheng did not move at all, which made them very puzzled. They thought that the Heijo army would soon discover their intentions and try their best to stop the destruction, but they did not expect that the other party would not move and did not take any action.
"Marshal Han, the momentum is not right! Why didn't Pingcheng send troops to stop us?" the straight-minded general couldn't help but wonder.
"Maybe they didn't understand our intentions and thought that we had emptied the other three sides and wanted to continue attacking on those three sides. The general who came up with the idea said.
"Leave them alone, they won't stop us from setting things up in a hurry!, but when we put wood on the corpses, no matter how stupid they are, they will understand our true intentions. Ladies and gentlemen, listen to my orders in a moment, and the other three sides will attack the city at the same time to contain the enemy's forces. Ben Shuai's side will send the Han family army to attack, and we will strive to break through Pingcheng with one charge!" Han Kaiyuan said with confidence.
"I'll obey the commander's orders!" the generals said in unison.
"Okay, you guys go back to their respective camps and prepare immediately, and listen to my orders to attack the city again!" Han Kaiyuan ordered. After the generals left, Han Kaiyuan said to Han Bin, "Bin'er, this is a good time for our Han family army to establish a meritorious career, you must seize it!"
"Please rest assured, as long as our Han family army can rush to the city wall, I guarantee that we can break through Pingcheng!" Han Bin said in high spirits.
Han Kaiyuan nodded and praised: "Good spirit, worthy of being the most outstanding disciple of my Han family! If we can win Pingcheng in this battle, we can set off again in a few days, whether we go east or south, you and I will have many opportunities to make meritorious contributions." As long as we seize the opportunity, we can further strengthen our Han family's army and expand our Han family's influence in the alliance, and in the end, our Han family will receive even more benefits!"
"Our Han family, under the leadership of the uncle, will definitely be able to go to the next level and go to glory!" Han Bin said respectfully.
Han Kaiyuan laughed and said: "Our Han family has been working hard for decades, and it is finally time to harvest the fruits! As long as our plan can be carried out smoothly, our Han family will be the next powerful family to make it to the Dragon Gate List!"
"When the time comes, I will fully support you, uncle, to sit as the head of the family and lead the family to move forward!" Han Bin immediately said.
"Bin'er, your choice is very wise! Although there are still people in the family who are dissatisfied with me, however, time will tell, today we will let the world see the strength of our Han family's army!" Han Kaiyuan said heroically, "Bin'er, tell your subordinates, don't be merciful after entering the city, let them kill everyone in the city with their hands and feet! We must let the whole world know that those who dare to block our Han family road will not end very well!"
"The last will be ordered!" Han Bin replied loudly, looking like he was on business.
"Okay, you go down and prepare!" Han Kaiyuan said with a wave of his hand.
As soon as Han Bin walked out of the camp, an officer walked in and said to Han Kaiyuan: "Marshal, everything has been arranged according to your orders, just wait for your order, we will rush to Pingcheng and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"
"Very good!" Han Kaiyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go, I want to make this city disappear from the Shuntian Empire from now on!"
Not long after Han Kaiyuan left the camp, the deafening drum suddenly sounded, and a large number of rebels rushed out from the three directions of Pingcheng, southeast and north at the same time, and they once again showed up the siege equipment and launched a second attack on Pingcheng!