Chapter 258: The King Wants His Ministers to Die, and the Ministers Are Not Dead (11)
This strange battle made Lang Wenyuan almost vomit blood, saying that the battle was not appropriate, and he didn't even touch the enemy's side at all, and the whole army was annihilated.
The helpless Lang Wenyuan knelt in front of Emperor Wenxuan's tent and pleaded guilty all night, and the next morning, before he even saw Emperor Wenxuan's face, he was forked down by the people who ordered him to come out, and he was escorted to the top of the flower feather, escorted up, and waited for the return to Beijing to be convicted after beating fifty boards.
According to Emperor Wen Xuan's idea, he just cut it directly, but he was brain-dead, Zhao Wu was still a little sensible, and he was a prelude to the mutiny in the military camp! For the sake of his personal safety, Zhao Wu slapped him on the back and let Emperor Wen Xuan spare Lang Wenyuan's life.
There are also factions in the barracks, and the reason why Lang Wenyuan was appointed as the commander is not only because of his strong ability, but also because he is also a famous general, a proper second generation of the army, and now that he has been taken down, the rest of the generals who came with him have also woken up.
Nima, it seems that it is very dangerous to work for this emperor, so 20,000 people died, or because he listened to the opinion of the emperor who commanded blindly, because of this, he turned the second generation of the army into a blank slate, and I heard that he was almost killed on the spot. Everyone thought about it like this, not only was the work of this commander not fragrant, but it still looked like a hot potato, so when the emperor invited everyone to ask who could succeed him, everyone unanimously elected the emperor himself.
The emperor is very happy, you are really good, I am so wise and powerful, just waiting for everyone to elect me and roll up my sleeves to go into battle!
"Your Majesty, see how you should attack the city today, and whether you will send a team of men. First sweep out the poisonous thistle terrestris in that meadow?" After appointing the emperor as the commander-in-chief, Zhao Wu asked with a bow.
The rest of the generals are all noses and mouths, and mouths and hearts. Refuse to say a word, lest you get into trouble.
"No need, I brought an army of 200,000 people, and I am afraid that he will have some small means that do not enter the stream? That is, no matter how many thistles there are, where can there be more, and today I will send 50,000 people to attack the city, that meadow. Just take someone to pad me flat, and just step on the corpse and go over. Emperor Wen Xuan didn't care about his words, but the people under him scolded in their hearts:.
There is a way to be kind, not to lead soldiers. Righteousness does not raise wealth, and everyone doesn't care about death, but hearing Emperor Wen Xuan treat human life like a mustard like a mustard, everyone is cold.
In fact, according to Emperor Wenxuan's temper. I can't wait for the remaining 180,000 people to press it together. But the problem is that there are too many people, and if so many people go together, I am afraid that their own people outside the city will block their own people.
Yesterday's battle was an anticlimactic battle, so today, when I went to the city on July Day, I was greeted with the accusatory eyes of many soldiers. Their work all day yesterday was to stand at the head of the city and watch a bunch of fools fall into the ditch they had dug beforehand, and then the fools went on to die one after another in the thistle grass, and then, the rest of them all accepted to surrender. There is no use for them.
So they stood on the head of the city for a day. The rest of the work was to give each of the 500 people who had surrendered a working meal. The captives' eyes turned green when they saw the bread given to them, and they thanked them one by one, saying that after so many years, it was the first time they had seen a cake full of grain, that is, when the year was good, their food was only half grain, half wild vegetables or elm bark noodles.
The captives said that they had met good people, and that they were full ( ̄ ̄) ( ̄ ̄) fly.fly.fly.
The court has become more and more corrupt and profligate over the years, plus a palace built today, a palace built tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow to go out to the south of the Yangtze River, and the royal family is also very happy, as long as foreign countries come to pay tribute, in order to show the prestige of the heavenly state, they will return the amount of ten times the tribute, so that the small country next to it comes a hundred and ten times a year, and they all take the tribute as a transaction! (This is not a joke, we really did it in ancient times!) Therefore, the annual taxes, silver, grain, and grass are gone in a blink of an eye, and only some can be squeezed out as military salaries, and they will also be stripped away by the army's top brass, so this group of soldiers not only can't even get their salaries, but they can't even eat enough. In July, the land in Qianyang City, where they were located, was still fertile, but in some barren places, the people lived even more miserable, and even the desolate land was changed to food.
July slowly climbed the city wall, and behind him was Fu Zhiyuan and a group of Xiao family's private soldiers, carrying more than a dozen large wooden boxes.
The enemy's 50,000 soldiers have already lined up, and the first wave is infantry, and this group of people is basically cannon fodder for thunder, and they are completely sent to death.
Behind them, a dozen catapults, rushing carts and other equipment were lined up, followed by cavalry, followed by tens of thousands of infantry.
The sound of the war drums reminded that the first group of infantry had already rushed towards this side, and the catapults in the distance were also pushed into the range and began to throw thunder stones at Qianyang City.
"Set up a net" July calmly commanded.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people had already picked up large bundles of rope nets at the top of the city, supported by the soldiers of the city on one side, and another group of soldiers pulling down the hanging baskets below, and spread along the city wall.
These were all rehearsed when Emperor Wenxuan grabbed women along the road, so everyone was very skilled.
The thunderstone broke through the air, but just as it was about to hit the city wall, it was stopped by the rope net in front of it, and after only making a popping sound, it bounced along the rope net, plopped into a muffled sound, and smashed to the ground.
Today, catapults have no nemesis on the battlefield, but the rope net designed by July has caused all the thunderstones thrown to land softly.
Emperor Wenxuan, who was waiting to see the city wall smashed in the distance, was furious, although he also knew that the catapult did not play a decisive role, but in July, he stopped him very facelessly.
"The forward infantry, began to charge upward, and the cavalry behind followed. Emperor Wenxuan's anger was already on his face, and his expression made the people next to him tremble, and Zhao Wu hurriedly went to convey Emperor Wenxuan's order.
At the same time as the rope net was opened, there were no idle hundreds of three-bow crossbow beds on the city wall that were pushed up.
This is also a weapon designed by July according to memory, this crossbow has the size of a bed, can place three bows and crossbows, and put three giant arrows in a row, and the pull is with a winch, which is not difficult to operate.
This thing had been trained by the soldiers in July before, so everyone was familiar with it, but this time, July tied a small cloth bag and rockets from the box that they had just brought up to the bow and arrows.
The crossbow bolts were raised, and this time the target was the catapult in the distance, as well as the rushing car and the well that were waiting to be played. (To be continued......)