Chapter 53: After the Defeat
"Brother Meng, why did you order to stop firing arrows!" Zang Ba found Zhang Chao and asked with a frown.
"The battle is in chaos, they are all ordinary people, why bother to force each other?" Zhang Chao shook his head and sighed.
"If you don't force it at this time, they will attack again, and they will only die more at that time, you are the head of a city, how can you be a woman's kindness at such a moment?" Zang Ba said helplessly.
"It's like that in the way." Zhang Chao sighed and said: "There are also many people in Quyang, and you also say that I am the head of a county, and I can endure the blows?" ”
Seeing that the large group of people were already entangled with the Taiping army in the rear in panic and clashed with each other, Zang Ba sighed and said: "It's a pity, if there are more soldiers and horses, take the opportunity to kill them at this moment, and you will definitely be able to defeat them with one blow." ”
Don't look at the Taiping Sect outside the city, but most of them are ordinary people, and they are obviously not willing to drive for the Taiping Sect, in this case, there are not too many people, only a few hundred people, and this Taiping army that seems to be quite large can be defeated.
"All the county guards in the city have been transferred, and there are only three hundred, how can they still have the strength to go out of the city to pursue?" Zhang Chao shook his head, looked at the people outside the city who were fleeing in a panic, and laughed: "It's really ridiculous that such a rabble also wants to subvert my big Han country." ”
"But after this war, the fortunes of the Han Dynasty will be shaken, and then there will be the current situation...... Alas~" In the end, Zang Hong could only sigh helplessly, the chaos set off by Zhang Jiao was definitely worse for the Han Dynasty, which was already in decline and decline, but even so, he and Zhang Chao were only the county magistrates, so what could they do?
"Let's try to repel the thieves first." Zhang Chao obviously didn't want to talk about this issue, but frowned and looked at the Taiping Sect rebels who began to regather outside the city, thinking about countermeasures.
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The smell of blood began to permeate the battlefield, and the funny thing was that in fact, not many people were killed by the defenders' arrows, and many more were killed by the Taiping Sect in charge of the exclusive occupation in the rear.
In the chaos, Chen Mo saw that the rear was killing, and pulled his mother to slow down, although his little face was pale, his eyes were quite clear, at least he was not scared stupid.
"Mo'er, after the mother's body!" Mother Chen pulled Chen Mo and said anxiously.
"Mother, slow down, I'm afraid there will be a fight ahead!" Chen Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw that the life count of a Taiping Sect disciple holding a ring-headed knife suddenly began to decrease wildly.
Well?
Chen's mother looked at her son suspiciously, not understanding what he said.
The next moment, the Taiping Sect cut off the head of an old man with a fierce knife, and beside the old man, a young man suddenly turned red in the eyes and roared: "Dad! I'll kill you! ”
As he spoke, the dung fork in his hand stabbed into the chest of the Taiping disciple, and in the stunned gaze of the Taiping disciple, the people around him who were afraid and did not dare to go forward swarmed in, and directly hugged the Taiping disciple, and a large number of people stepped on the Taiping disciple, even if he was not stabbed to death by the dung fork, he was trampled on by so many people at this moment, and he was never lucky.
"Mother, hurry up, keep up!" Chen Mo was overjoyed when he saw this, and pulled his mother to follow the crowd outside.
After all, there are not many real Taiping Sect disciples, and this side has been crushed, and there is no way to stop it in other directions.
Under the handsome banner of the Taiping Sect, Zhou Fang frowned and looked at the army that was just killed by a wave of arrows from the other party, trampling on each other, his face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, and only after a while did he snort coldly: "Withdraw the troops!"
It's all fought to this extent, what can you do if you don't withdraw?
"Qu Shuai, why didn't the sect members we arranged in the city make trouble?" A Taiping Sect general frowned and asked.
"I don't know, maybe something has happened!" Shaking his head, Zhou Fang frowned.
Although the Taiping Sect does not have siege equipment, but the victory is to have enough mass base, the congregation throughout the world is not just talking, the general Taiping army siege routine, the first is the city in the county order or something consciously escaped, but the soldiers are not bloody, if this trick does not work, then it has to rely on the disciples in the city should cooperate with the outside, in the Taiping Sect siege the city, snatch the city gate.
If both of these tricks fail, there is no other way.
"Qu Shuai, I waited for the next minister to seize two ladders, why don't you order someone to transport them?" One of the generals frowned.
There are also generals in the Taiping Sect who are disappointed in the Han Court and know how to fight, but the number is too small after all, Zhang Jiao asked a large number of loyal believers to learn the art of war from these people three years ago, and if you attack the city head-on, you need siege equipment.
"There are only two of them, so what if they are delivered?" Another general frowned and retorted: "In my opinion, it is better to let people besiege Quyang, and we will continue to go south and capture Huaiyin as soon as possible." ”
"It's easy to say, so many people, if you don't capture Quyang, where will the grain and grass come from?"
"It's better to let people cut down wooden ladders and storm Quyang, I don't think there are many defenders in Quyang, if we wait for a strong attack day and night, we should be able to overcome it as soon as possible."
"It's fine." Zhou Fang nodded in agreement: "Order people to rush to build it overnight, and attack the city tomorrow!" ”
"Qu Shuai." A general bowed down and said: "When those rout troops fled today, they killed many sergeants of our army, if this matter is not dealt with, I am afraid that the soldiers will have resentment!" ”
"This ......," Zhou Fang thought for a while and said, "Now the battle still depends on these people to consume the strength of the defenders. ”
"But if it is not resolved, I am afraid that the generals and soldiers of the army will not be convinced."
"Then arrest a few people and execute them in public, first, to appease the morale of the army, and second, to establish authority and let those people be more peaceful." Zhou Fang groped his chin and said, "This matter should be done as soon as possible, and the troops must not be delayed tomorrow!" ”
"Qu Shuai rest assured!" When several Taiping Sect generals heard this, they each gave their orders and left.
On the other side, Chen Mo took his mother back to their gathering place, Heizi nested by the door, looking around vigilantly, with faint injuries on his body, seeing Chen Mo's mother and son coming back, he stood up excitedly and limped up.
"Kuroko!?" Chen Mo hurriedly picked up the sunspot, looked at the wound on the sunspot, and said with a sinking face: "Who did it?" ”
Mother Chen sighed, pulled Chen Mo and said, "Mo'er, forget it." ”
There are a bunch of hungry people all around, and it's good that Kuroko can be alive.
"Brother Mo! Look, who is this? In the distance, Dumb's voice sounded in the distance, and when Chen Mo turned his head to look, he saw Dumb coming over with Da Lang.
"Dalang?" Chen Mo stepped forward, looked at Da Lang and said, "You are also here?" ”
"Well, when I met Dumb on the battlefield, I realized that you were also here." Da Lang nodded, sat down a little tiredly, and said, "Ergou, take me with you, right?" My father and mother are gone. ”
Even during this time, Chen Mo was used to seeing life and death, but when he heard the words at this moment, he still felt inexplicably blocked in his chest, and only after a long time did he ask, "How did you die?" ”
"There is a Taiping sect who fell in love with my mother and wanted to arrest someone, but my father was killed by them by theorizing with them, and my mother was also ......" In the end, the tears in Dalang's eyes fell uncontrollably.
"Are you afraid of death?" Chen Mo sat next to Da Lang and asked.
"As long as you can eat enough, what is there to be afraid of death?"
"Okay, then let's do it together, and avenge Uncle Wu and them sooner or later!"
"Hmm."