94 Battle of Wai Huang
When he heard that he was going to storm the city, outside the tent, twenty commanders came to ask for orders and fought to be the first to camp.
"Don't fight, go and draw lots, and draw three first camps. Crossbowmen are in charge of cover! A quarter of an hour later, all three attacked at the same time! Montenegro ordered.
Nobita came running again and asked to take the lead in the siege. Since the capture of Xiaxiang City, Montenegro has specially mobilized a hundred Iron Eagle Warriors and Nobita to form an assault team. But this time Montenegro did not accede to Nobita's request. Because he saw that the Wei army at the head of the city was very neat, his face was fearless, and Nanmo participated in defending the city, he must have a good weapon, but he couldn't let this hundred-man iron eagle warrior die in vain.
After a while, Montenegro boarded the four-zhang high cloud car, waved the flag, and the war drum sounded. The Qin army began to attack on three sides. Looking at the Outer Yellow City, which was two hundred paces away, I saw that the Qin army first ascended to the camp to hold the shield and back blade, and quickly crossed the moat and climbed the ladder under the cover of the archers. The Wei army was initially suppressed by the Qin army's strong crossbows, and many soldiers who threw stones with their heads outcrops were shot in the face. Seeing that the Qin soldiers were already approaching the battlement, suddenly a gong sounded, and the Wei army hid behind the battlement, pouring hot tung oil downward, and the Qin soldiers on the ladder immediately fell down the ladder in pain! Fall into a pile underneath.
"Not good! Dare to call in the gold and withdraw the troops! Black Mountain ordered, and the military commanders on the cloud cart immediately rang the gong.
The Qin army immediately stopped climbing the ladder, and a group of Qin soldiers with shields on their heads stepped forward to rescue the wounded under the city. At this time, several torches were dropped on the city at the same time. A fire immediately ignited under the city, and the tung oil on the Qin soldiers below was immediately ignited, and they immediately cried and β΅screamed, and many of the slightly injured immediately ran back and jumped into the moat! More who didn't have time to run were burned to the ground. The whole battlefield was immediately filled with the smell of burning! At this moment, a row of tall shields on the daughter wall in the city was suddenly lowered, revealing three bed crossbows behind them, and more than a dozen long arrows with thick arms were facing the black mountain on the cloud chariot.
As soon as Montenegro heard the sound of the crossbow on the bed, he immediately understood that it was from himself on the cloud chariot, and hurriedly jumped backwards, grabbing the rope on the cloud with both hands and sliding downward. At the same time, more than a dozen spear-like thick arrows smashed the top of the cloud car, and the three military commanders were pierced through the body by the long arrows. The cloud cart also lost its balance and fell backwards. Montenegro's hands were rubbed by the rope, and as soon as he slid down a little, the cloud cart fell, and Montenegro also fell heavily to the ground. Nobita stepped forward in a few steps, grabbed Montenegro's shoulder, and pulled to the left before dodging the falling ladder. The men immediately surrounded them, shielded the Black Mountain and retreated. Several more long arrows flew from the city, shattering the shields, and the bodies of the two short soldiers were pierced by the arrows, and they were killed instantly. More skirmishers immediately blocked the front of Montenegro with their bodies and shields. Nobita picked up the black mountain and jumped to the military tent behind him.
A few coughs from Montenegro! There was a pain in his chest, and he immediately woke up from his coma. A mouthful of blood spat out! I know that I fell and injured myself!
Everyone escorted Montenegro back to the camp, and Montenegro was the military doctor sent by the Horse Mansion, who saw Montenegro wake up and said: "The horse is injured internally, but his life is worry-free. It is necessary to recuperate for a period of time, otherwise it will leave a dark disease! β
"Ahem!" Montenegro coughed a few more times, held back the pain in his chest, and asked, "What time is it?" β
"It's Shen Shi, you've been in a coma for an hour!" The Imperial Physician replied.
"You go out first, and call a few of the people outside the tent in!" Montenegro said.
"No! I'll go decoction first! You make a long story short! After the doctor finished speaking, he withdrew.
Several old subordinates walked in. Mi Long scolded angrily: "This gang of ink people, Lao Tzu will definitely arrest all these turtle calves, and kill not one of them with thousands of knives." β
"Shuai, you vomited so much blood, you won't die, right?" Before the meatloaf could finish worryingly, it was immediately interrupted by Zhang Jin's slap and scolded: "You stinky mouth!" What nonsense? β
"Brother Ahei, you hurry back to Taocheng immediately, bring back a hundred sets of Wei soldiers' clothes, and you must rush back before the third watch! Tell Xin Sheng to replace me tomorrow! Montenegro said.
"No!" Brother Ahi answered, and immediately Pegasus rushed back.
"Zhang Er saw that I was injured, and I will definitely come to attack in the second half of the night! Miron, you can arrange it well. Kill half and let them go back half. Montenegro said to Mai, "At night, let Nobita's 100 iron eagle warriors put on the clothes of the Wei army, follow the Wei soldiers who came to sneak attack and flee into the city, go straight to the south gate, and grab the south gate, Mai's 10,000 people will take advantage of the chaos to attack the south gate overnight." Zhang Jin's 3,000 cavalry bypassed the Outer Yellow City during the third watch, and ambushed twenty miles outside the West Gate. β
"No!" Everyone responded in unison, and each went to prepare first.
A few had just left, but the big girl ran in in a hurry, and when she saw that Black Mountain's face was pale, tears immediately rolled down. Painfully wiped the blood from the corner of Black Mountain's mouth and asked, "Does it still hurt?" β
Montenegro smiled bitterly: "It's okay, the imperial doctor said that it would be good to rest for a while!" How many casualties are there today? β
"Three hundred people were burned to death and more than 200 were burned. I just gave them good medicine and bandaged it, don't worry! The chick replied.
In the second half of the night, the Wei army really came to attack, 2,000 people rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army in Montenegro, but were surrounded by the Qin army, a rain of arrows rushed to kill, and immediately killed more than half, leaving seven or eight hundred people to rush out of the encirclement and run back. Nobita took a hundred Iron Eagle Warriors and immediately took advantage of the chaos to blend into the defeated army. Mi Long scolded: "These turtle calves, you really dare to come to sneak attack, Lao Tzu doesn't release water, none of you want to go back." β
Nobita and a hundred others were mixed in the defeated army of the Wei army and soon entered the east gate. Inside the east gate, there were indeed heavy defenses. Nobita did not say a word, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wei army to rescue the wounded, a hundred people quickly turned to the south gate, and they lined up in a neat line, like a patrol at night, swaggering to the south. On the way, I passed by two teams of Wei soldiers! The other party also greeted them! Nobita didn't say a word, and trotted towards the south gate! As soon as he approached the city gate, he immediately divided into two teams, one team killed the city gate, and the other team killed the city wall, and the Wei army at the south gate was in chaos. Seeing the sound of killing in the south gate, Montenegro immediately ordered the siege of the city, and the Qin army did not light torches or make a sound, and immediately rushed forward with a cloud ladder. Daxiong opened the way with an iron rod, quickly grabbed the head of the city, cut down the drawbridge with a sword, and the Qin army immediately swarmed in.
Zhang Er was checking the casualties of the sneak attackers at the west gate, when he suddenly heard the shouts of killing at the south gate, and hurriedly ordered reinforcements to the south gate. He rushed to the south gate with the doorman and the dead soldiers. As soon as he was halfway there, the soldiers came to report: "The Qin army pretended to be the Wei army and suddenly attacked the south gate, and the south gate has been lost!" β
Zhang Er was shocked, pulled out his sword and shouted: "If you retreat, you will die, only if you fight to the death, everyone will follow me to drive out the Qin army and recapture the south gate to survive." After shouting, he led a group of young men to the south gate.
When I arrived at the south gate, I saw that there was a scuffle everywhere, and when I saw a large number of Qin troops pouring into the city, the two sides immediately scuffled together.
Chen Yu grabbed Zhang Er from behind and said: "The general trend has gone, escape from the West Gate at night, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of no firewood!" β
"I'm still waiting for my wife and children to be in the house, it's too late to retreat, how can we live alone?" Zhang Er replied.
"The big husband fights the sword in the world, why should he have no wife? Besides, if the Qin army enters the city and does not disturb the people, they will lose their lives if they follow us, don't hesitate anymore! It was a short-bearded man in his early thirties. This man is the Han of later generations
"What Liu Ji said is very true, big brother can't lose big because of small things, let's go!" Chen Yu persuaded.
Zhang Er no longer hesitated, and led a thousand dead soldiers out of the West Gate.
As soon as I got out of the city, the sky began to lighten! Liu Ji did not go west with the others, but turned south alone. He thought to himself: "If the Qin people can let go of the West Gate and let everyone escape, they will definitely send troops to ambush them in the middle of the road, and walking with the large team of men and horses will definitely be a dead end." Sure enough, not far away, the brigade was ambushed by the cavalry of the Qin army, most of them were killed and wounded, and the rest became prisoners. Zhang Er and Chen Yu fled into the old forest under the desperate protection of several dead soldiers, and luckily escaped with their lives.
Zhang Er's wife, Bai, was quite far-sighted, and when the killing in the city was rampant, she immediately took her children and a few cronies out of the house from the back door and hid in an ordinary small courtyard!
By daybreak, the battle in Outer Yellow City was over! Montenegro entered the city with the army, the soldiers came to report, and more than a dozen ink people refused to surrender outside the west gate! Montenegro walked quickly to the west gate, and saw that the Qin army surrounded more than ten people, and countless crossbow arrows had been wound and aimed at them. The dozen or so people were all wearing patched old kudzu clothes and straw sandals on their feet. Among them was the corpse of a hedgehog that had been shot into a hedgehog. There was also a rag bag on the ground, which had been pierced by arrows, and was filled with glittering gold. There are also more than a dozen corpses of Mo disciples around.
When the soldiers of the Qin army saw Montenegro coming, they all moved out of the way, and Montenegro motioned for everyone to put away their crossbow arrows.
Although the Black Mountain Ink Seeers stood with their swords, their faces were already afraid, and several of them had been wounded, and their wounds were bleeding constantly. Then he said to them: "General Ben and the Mo family have no enmity, yesterday they almost died on the bed crossbow of your Mo family, and today, most of your companions died at the hands of the Qin army. This is a war to the death! Put down the weapons in your hands, the wounded can be healed, and the dead can also be buried according to the rules of the inkman. If you survive, I will send you to Qin Mo Feng Mofeng's side. Qin Mo and Nan Mo are one family. If you want to resist to the end, I will send you to see Lao Mozi and give you a quarter of an hour to think about it! β
The disciples of the Mo family listened and still no one put down the sword in their hands. Instead, he looked at Black Mountain curiously, and yesterday he clearly saw him fall from a high cloud car, even if he didn't die, he should be seriously injured. How can I stand in front of me today?
"After a quarter of an hour, anyone who does not put down his sword will be killed." Montenegro commanded to the people around him.
Half an hour later, these Mo family disciples slowly put down the swords in their hands.
Just as he wanted to go back to the city, Zhang Jin also escorted dozens of prisoners back at this time, and said: "Most of the people who escaped from the city were killed, and a small number escaped in the morning fog!" There are only these living people left, but it's a pity that Zhang Er and Chen Yu ran away. β
"Do any of you know Liu Ji? Where is he now? Seeing what these people were wearing, Montenegro knew that they were Zhang Er's doormen, so he asked.
Dozens of people, you look at me, I look at you, and none of them answered.
"What does the general ask you for! Answer quickly if you know. If you dare to hide it, I'll invite you to your last meal later! Zhang Jin threatened loudly.
"Fengyi Liu Ji? After he left the city last night, he said that he wanted to go home and have a look, and went south alone! A man with a wounded hand replied.
"Do you know Liu Ji? What is he like? Montenegro asked again.
"Liu Ji is a good drinker, a lascivious person, and a big talker, and he became famous for once spilling urine in a new hat of a Confucian scholar. But he is bold, we all know him! The man replied.
"Let the medic bandage them properly!" Montenegro explained, "Those who are willing to stay will be put into the light barracks first. "The light barracks, when the Qin State was weak, were composed of the dead soldiers in the Qin army, and were usually used as the vanguard. Later all consisted of captives. As long as you cut off a head, you can officially join the Qin army, and you will be honored with meritorious service.
After taking Waihuang, the other cities had little decent resistance. Soon completed the combat mission assigned by Wang Ben, and Montenegro handed over to Xin Sheng to command, and he returned to Taocheng to recuperate under the repeated requests of the imperial doctor.
The Qin army swept away everything except Daliang City, and Daliang City finally became a lonely beast. Under the precautionary measures of the King of Wei, there were 200,000 Wei troops stationed in the four gates in the city, although there was no shortage of grain, grass and weapons, because all the gates were blocked, 200,000 Wei soldiers could not get out, although the grain was sufficient, but the price of vegetables and meat immediately increased dozens of times. The people of Daliang had to grow vegetables in all the open spaces in the city, but this was not enough for 500,000 soldiers and civilians.
At that time, the Wei State was strong, and regardless of the cost, the manpower and material resources were piled up on the royal city and the outer city wall of the new capital, and the Daliang City became the strongest metropolis in the world. The outer city wall is thirteen zhang high, the wall is ten zhang thick, the inner rammed earth and the outer stone block, almost a square wall. The royal city was even worse, with thick walls made of brick and stone, and there was not even rammed earth in the walls. Such a tall and majestic city wall, let you fly stones, strong crossbows, and all kinds of weapons, and you can't even get out of a small pit except for sparks.
Wei blocked the city gate, which was in line with Wang Ben's intention, and he had no intention of attacking Daliang at all. He only ordered the regiments to surround Daliang City, and transferred 100,000 people from the rear to build a wall outside the city first. Prevent the Wei army from sneaking up. He also invited the old river canal from Xianyang to order Zheng Guo.
Accompanied by Wang Ben, it took a month to survey the topography of Jishui, the chasm and the beams. The general plan of a new canal was drawn, and he proudly said to Wang Ben: "According to this drawing, I promise that the flood will only help you flood Daliang City, and will never wash away a single place or house outside the city." β
Wang Ben looked at the map and said, "After flooding Daliang City, why did you go far and not directly into the chasm, but export the ancient river channel dozens of miles away?" β
Zheng Guo replied with a smile: "You are a general, thinking about the success or failure of the battlefield, I am a hydraulic engineer, thinking about water conservancy and agricultural production after the war!" This canal was repaired, water turbines were installed, and 100,000 hectares of fertile land around it benefited. β
Wang Ben bowed to Zheng Guoshen and said, "Lao Ling is far-sighted, and Wang Ben is also convinced." I immediately ordered the people around me to be requisitioned and built aqueducts. β