Chapter Eighty-Eight: Blood for Blood
He glanced back at the beggars beside him, and then at the slaves who were pressed to their knees.
What a look!
It's just carved out of a mold.
The Western Xia army doesn't want to threaten themselves with those slaves, right?!
Chen Yan feels very likely!
Chen Yan turned his head to look at Zhou Lide beside him.
"Lide, how many Tanguts are still in our cells? To live. ”
Zhou Lide is still thin and thin, but his eyes are more radiant than the previous numbness and pain.
Zhou Lide thought for a while and said.
"There are probably more than 1,000 prisoners, who are going to throw them into the mine to mine to atone for their sins after the battle, plus those who were originally in prison, there are probably more than 1,400 people."
After getting along for a period of time, Chen Yan found that Zhou Lide was talented.
Not the kind of talent who can write articles that will be passed down through the ages.
It's the real pillar of the country, and his calculation and memory, as well as his ability to analyze and deal with things, and his ability to deal with emergencies are all first-class.
This is a truly talented doer!
In times of peace, being a country's chief assistant will not be incompetent!
"Go, bring me all the captives."
Chen Yan commanded.
"Yes."
A captive sergeant took the order.
Under the city, not long after, the herald came again.
"My marshal wants me to bring a message to the Governor, he is going to execute three thousand slaves today, and I ask the Governor to keep his eyes open."
"These betrayal slaves are all Han slaves!"
Chen Yan's face darkened, and he knew that his guess had come true.
"Kill!"
With a cry, the scimitar was cut down, and the heads of the Han slaves fell to the ground, and blood spurted from Lao Gao.
Even if they desperately begged for mercy, the Xixia people still showed no mercy, cutting off with a knife, and the heads fell to the ground.
Looking at the scene in the distance, Chen Yan's fingers were holding the wall tiles of the city wall, and his eyes were extremely cold.
In a short time, 500 Han Chinese slaves were killed, and the herald once again jumped to the city of Zhehe.
"Metropolitan Governor, my family's handsome Wen, is this show exciting?"
"Hehehe......"
Chen Yan sneered and said with a cold face.
"Coincidentally, I also have a good show for Li Shuai to see, come on, bring up the Western Xia captives who are trying to riot in the city, and behead them for public display!!"
With Chen Yan's order, one by one the Western Xia captives were pulled up to the city, and then beheaded, and their bodies were thrown off the city wall.
The Western Xia army is killing Han slaves again, and Chen Yan is also killing Western Xia prisoners.
……
Richard took a deep breath and looked at the fallen corpses at the head of the city, his face gloomy and terrifying.
He forgot that this kind of thing is not only capable of killing people, but also on the other side, although there are no Western Xia people in Zhehe City, there must be a lot of Western Xia prisoners.
Now he can't steal chickens!
Knowing that this method was useless, Richard Gordon gritted his teeth and ordered the siege of the city.
The Western Xia army once again swarmed to Zhihe City, roaring one by one, and began to force the city tower through the cloud ladder.
The soldiers on both sides fought together, but the battle had only been going on for half an hour, and Richard Goha's eyes suddenly lit up.
Today, the siege of the Western Xia army is going extremely smoothly, and the other party seems to have lost some of the will to fight, and in just half an hour, there are several times when they almost attack the city wall.
He saw a turning point, the enemy didn't know why the morale of the army was fluctuating, maybe he would soon be able to lead the army into the city!
Chen Yan glanced at the Western Xia army outside the city with disdain, today's Dang Capture Army and the Beggar Army are not effective in defending the city, which was arranged by him.
That's right, Chen Yan did it on purpose!
If he didn't give the Western Xia army hope of breaking the city, would he continue to fill in the city?
The commander of the Western Xia Army is not stupid, definitely not, maybe he will retreat temporarily!
And if Chen Yan wants to shed the last drop of blood of the Western Xia Army here, the best way is to let the commander of the Western Xia Army see the hope of breaking the city.
The kind of ...... that wants to refuse and welcome.
As for whether it will be self-defeating, pretending to be invincible and becoming really invincible to be attacked into the city by the Western Xia army, if there is only a beggar army, Chen Yan would not dare to play like this.
However, there is a captive army, but Chen Yan is not worried about these at all!
The training of the Sweeping Army and the quality of the army can be played with deception, and one of the training subjects of the Sweeping Army is to train the Sweeping Army to organize the minimum defense in the event of the defeat of the whole army.
Then stabilize your position and launch a counterattack!
A whole day passed, the Western Xia army climbed the city three times, and was driven down three times, although the losses were more than the previous two days of siege combined, but on one occasion they almost gained a foothold on the city wall.
It's night, fold and the big tent of the city and the captive army!
Chen Yan sat at the top and looked at Wang Guo not far away.
"How's the city going?"
"The Metropolitan Governor is ready, and all kinds of traps have been set, but the Metropolitan Governor, do we really want to let the Western Xia army enter the city to fight with us in the streets?"
Wang Guo said with some doubts.
Chen Yan nodded.
"Of course, otherwise, the Western Xia army will not send cavalry, and I would like to fight with them in the street than to fight with tens of thousands of cavalry in the field."
"I'm going to turn Zhehe City into a burial place for the Western Xia army!"
"Obey the orders of the Grand Governor!"
The generals clenched their fists and said.
"Today's scene is very good, let the Xixia army go to the city three times today, and in the next few days, we will gradually relax our defensive strength, so that the Xixia people have the illusion that we can't do it anymore and they are about to break the city."
"Then, when they are almost exhausted, let them into the city, and then destroy the Western Xia army in the street battle to complete the turnaround."
"As long as we can wipe out this elite army of Western Xia, the entire Western Xia will be at our disposal, even if we capture the royal capital of Western Xia and build a state, it is not impossible!"
Chen Yan encouraged everyone and depicted a bright future.
Yes, once Chen Yan founded the country, then they will all be the founding heroes, waiting for all generations, and resting with the country......
Who can't help but be impressed?
Everyone felt their hearts beat violently.
……
Chen Yan wanted to fight street battles with the Western Xia army, but there was no way!
He wanted to destroy the main army of Western Xia, and then attack Western Xia, but it was impossible to fight in the field.
Fighting with 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry in the field, Chen Yan has no pit in his brain!
The only way left was to lure them into the city, use the terrain inside the city to offset the advantage of the Western Xia cavalry, turn the cavalry into foot soldiers, and fight him in the field.
As for saying that the Western Xia army was short of food, Chen Yan could consume them until they ran out of food, and then the whole army collapsed.
Chen Yan never thought about it, the Xixia coach is not stupid, he won't withdraw his troops first, he has to fight with Chen Yan under the city of Zhehe? !
Besides, what is the army, it is a violent machine!
Those who play with knives can really kill, super fierce.