Chapter 964: Meiyang in Despair
At this moment, the bloody battle in Meiyang is already tragic.
Siege warfare has always been the bloodiest thing, and now that the Xiliang soldiers are on the verge of running out of food, failing to capture Meiyang City is equivalent to a dead end, so they have no scruples, and they have used all kinds of tricks.
Fan Chou was originally a person who came up from the bottom, relying on his personal martial arts, and he didn't have the slightest concern, and although Han Sui was born in Xilianghao, he had been in the Qianghu area for a long time, and he was used to some Qianghu style, so these two people carried the people in the Wubao around Meiyang to attack the city, basically without any psychological barriers, and they were very neat.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the wars between the princes were a bit like the battles between the nobles who were divided into feudal feuds in Europe in the Middle Ages, or the wars in medieval Europe had only evolved to the level of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China......
Expelling the common people and attacking the city is the usual method used by the nomads to attack the farming people, and among the soldiers led by Fan Chou and Han Sui, the number of Qiang people is quite a lot, so it is not difficult to implement.
In the land of Guanzhong, there was originally no dock fort.
At least at that time in the Qin Dynasty, there was no such thing as a dock fort. Because of the Qin Dynasty, all the land was state-owned, and everyone obtained the land by virtue of their military exploits, as for the dare to conceal the population and hide the grain privately, no one dared to do such a thing in the face of the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty.
It's just that after Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty, on the one hand, in order to cut the leeks that grew too gratifying in the counties and counties, and on the other hand, it was also to mix sand with the population of the old Qin family in Guanzhong, so waves of people from Guandong came to Guanzhong, and the model of Wubao Manor was brought into Guanzhong, forming the basic state of the current Guanzhong sergeant clan.
Among these people, some people saw the coming of the war, and had successively migrated to the east and south, most of them to Hanzhong, Jingbei, and even some continued to migrate south to Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, but there were also some people who could not leave their homeland and stayed in Guanzhong.
And now, these local tyrants who stayed in Guanzhong have finally encountered unreasonable swords and guns.
The population was taken hostage, the fields were left untended and cultivated, and weeds began to spread among the seedlings.
Those who dared to resist were dead, corpses were scattered in the wilderness, and heads were cut off and piled up at intersections.
For all this, or everything that will happen in the future, Fan Chou and Han Sui turned a blind eye, and they were forced to do this part, and there was a lot of control there!
The veil of warmth, which was still a little bit before, was torn off. As soon as the attack on Meiyang began, Fan Chou and Han Sui took their soldiers and brought all the dock forts along the way, as well as the surrounding people, all of them, forcing these people to attack the Meiyang City Wall again and again!
The surviving materials of several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, in the dock fort have all been looted! But those who resisted, men regardless of old and young, were slaughtered, and women were tied up and thrown on the baggage cart, Fan Chou and Han Sui even let out the words, if they captured Meiyang, they would be selected and enjoyed according to their merits!
Hundreds of soldiers, in a hurry, drove the people bound in strings, numbering nearly 2,000, with knives, whips, and spears, forcing these people to step on the blood-soaked mud that had turned black pulp, to fill in the trenches, to erect ladders, to dig the city walls......
Under the beautiful sunshine city, twisted and entangled, knots of black charcoal-like, like decayed and withered branches in winter, is the body under the fire oil, if not seen, ordinary people simply can't imagine that a normal-sized person will shrink into such a small size after being burned into black charcoal by the fire, under a slight touch, the ripe and scorched skin will be detached, revealing white bones.
A little further away from this area, in the moats of the city, there are layers of corpses, men, women, children, and women, all kinds of colors. Sporadic flames burned on these corpses, emitting the characteristic smell of burning fat and flesh fibers
Meiyang's original trench outside the city was three zhang deep and one zhang five wide, but now, it is still basically filled with all kinds of corpses, most of which are ragged people's corpses, stacked on top of each other, and a few are not dead, but injured, and the Xiliang soldiers also dislike their uselessness, so they mercilessly threw these people into the trench together.
As waves of civilians died under the city, the counterattack on the city gradually became scattered, only a few generals were still shouting hoarsely, allowing the soldiers to counterattack, but at the moment, not only the soldiers were almost exhausted, but even the equipment to defend the city was already scarce, how could they effectively counterattack?
The captain of Meiyang City was covered in blood, some of his own, and some of others, hanging a right arm, but still holding a war knife in his left hand, walking from one end of the city to the other, shouting hoarsely: "Xiliang thieves only dare to drive the people to attack the city and die!" They didn't dare to lay down their lives to attack the city! The commander has sent someone for help! Xiliang thieves, they are also guarding against reinforcements from martial arts! Reinforcements will arrive soon! Two more days, two more days!! ”
The captain roared so loudly that his throat split, but he still kept shouting, because he knew that if the army's morale was scattered now, it would be an immediate defeat!
But when the reinforcements will come, the captain himself does not have a little bottom......
Suddenly, there was a scream from under the city, and the lieutenant, almost instinctively, pressed his short body under the battlements of the city wall, and at the same time shouted: "Raise your shield!" The sword and shield hand holds the shield ......"
After shouting twice, the captain realized that in fact, there are not many sword and shield hands now, and these soldiers facing the front line are the first batch of soldiers to die, and now even he doesn't know when death will come. The captain huddled under the battlements, dodging the rain of arrows, and when he heard a few screams around him, he knew that several more soldiers who had not had time to dodge or were slightly distracted had died in this rain of arrows.
Now that the soldiers in the city have been consumed little by little, the original defenders are no longer enough, and they have already instigated two or three waves of people to assist in defending the city......
The sound of arrows skimming the air swept through the ruined walls of Miyang like knives.
The sky has gradually darkened, only some of the burned artifacts above and below the city show a faint light in this thick blood, which should be a warm orange, but it shines on the bones of the corpses, which will only make people feel cold.
Who would have thought that Xiliang Bing would do this?
Even Dong Zhuo never drove the people to attack the city, let alone plundered the dock fort in the countryside!
This is going to be cut off!
When the Xiliang soldiers and thieves coerced the young and strong people and even the old and weak women and children to drive them into battle together and frantically attacked Meiyang, when the few archers of his own did not shoot the few remaining arrows and barely stopped for a moment, when his war knife cut down one by one the neighbors who still had some impressions, the captain realized......
Meiyang is finished.
If he is defeated, he will be greeted by either slaughtering the city, or being wrapped up and then attacking the next city.
At this time, in front of the captain, there is only a fight to the death, rather than being stabbed, it is better to hold on to the hope of the event and survive in death! After all, the cavalry for help was sent out in five or six batches early in the morning, and after all, someone could create a siege, and there were still a large number of imperial troops in Wugong County, as long as they survived this period, when General Xia arrived with a large group of reinforcements, they would be able to fight for some lives!
It's just that the current situation, even if it wins, the population around Meiyang will be exhausted......
Reinforcements!
Reinforcements from the Great Han!
Where are the reinforcements?
When will reinforcements arrive?
Above the head of Meiyang City, a battle flag with a big "Han" character written on it, because it was burned by smoke and fire, the arrow penetration looked a little tattered, maybe it was overwhelmed, or it was shot by several arrows in succession The flagpole, in the rain of arrows in the sky, it broke with a click, and the flag finally stretched its body in the air, and then fluttered, fell to the city, stained with blood and mud, and was immediately stepped on by several dark feet......
What no one thought of happened quietly, the city and the city were constantly consuming, and it seemed to have entered a numb tug-of-war time, but when it was approaching nightfall, perhaps the guards of the city were too tired, and finally someone climbed the city wall along the ladder!
Some of the people who climbed the city wall stood at the head of the city in a daze, looking left and right, not knowing what they were going to do, standing dumbfounded with simple wooden spears......
However, the Xiliang soldiers who supervised the battle under the city also stood with their heads tilted for a moment, and then let out a shout!
"Go up! Climb aboard! ”
At this time, Fan Chou was still habitually standing on the front line, and after suddenly hearing about the success of the city, he immediately held a shield in one hand and a sharp ring-headed knife in the other, and rushed to the city with the elite.
At this time, Meiyang's defenders reacted, and the captain almost frantically rushed over from the other side of the city with dozens of soldiers and resisted desperately.
Because everyone knows that this area at the head of the city is the last line of defense, once it is broken through, the defenders of Meiyang no longer have the ability to engage in street fighting, and there is only one way to perish!
"Hold on to the ladder!" Fan Chou raised the shield high, covering his head, biting the back of the ring knife, stepping on the simple ladder with both feet, and climbed to the top of the city in just a few breaths, first using the shield against the spear that came from the stabbing stab, and then raising the knife is a powerful sweep, forcing several close Meiyang guards away.
Fan Chou's strength was heavy, and with a swing of the big knife, he violently cut off the shafts of two spears stabbed from one side, and in the midst of the sawdust splashing, he slashed down with a fierce knife, and immediately cut over a person, and blood splashed everywhere.
Captain Meiyang rushed forward and slashed at Fan Chou.
The two people's war knives collided in one place with a bang, and the knives were put together, both of them pressed forward as much as they could, and the two people were extremely close, and both faces were full of hideousness.
However, after all, Meiyang's captain has been fighting all day, and Fan Chou has been recuperating in the city for most of the day, and the gap in strength is gradually revealed......
Seeing that the momentum was not right, several Meiyang soldiers hurriedly raised knives and guns from the side to kill them regardless of it, trying to help Captain Meiyang recover their disadvantage, but Fan Chou's personal guards also caught up with the city, and blocked these Meiyang defenders one by one like crazy, and in just a few breaths, the two sides have exchanged several lives with each other.
Fan Chou pressed half a step forward, and finally grabbed a better position, and then exhaled and pressed Captain Meiyang's knife aside, and slashed it down in Captain Meiyang's shocked look!
Captain Meiyang's head, accompanied by the blood light that soared into the sky, flew high......
With the death of the captain, the fighting spirit of Meiyang's defenders was like ice and snow under the scorching summer sun, coupled with the exhaustion of the whole body, he suddenly shouted, and then scattered and fled.
"The city is broken!"
"The city is broken......
Meiyang Ling heard the sound from the city from afar, and the blood on her face faded and turned white.
"Lingjun! The city has been broken by thieves, and it is no longer violable, please leave the city quickly! A certain guard makes you safe! Meiyang Ling's guards said eagerly on the side.
"Let's go?" Meiyang Ling muttered and repeated, then shook his head and laughed miserably, "The Xiliang thieves are surrounded by all sides, how can they survive?" Where can they flee? "Originally, Xiliang was still besieging Sanqueyi, but when he found that Meiyang did not escape, but used this gap to send cavalry for help, Fan Chou and Han Sui were furious, so they led the army to surround the small county town of Meiyang, and now it is easier said than done.
"Come down...... " Mei Yang Ling sighed and said.
At the moment, Guanzhong was in chaos, and he was at a loss, first Wang Yun, then Li Dao Guo Yan, and then immediately replaced by Chong Shao and others, and then it seemed that Li Dao and these people fought back......
Anyway, I tried my best, and it makes sense anyway.
Come down.
Isn't that person in power very different from him?
The sound of fighting on the main street gradually stopped, and Fan Chou and Han Sui rushed to the Meiyang Mansion with Xiliang soldiers, but what they saw was Meiyang Ling kneeling in front of the mansion gate, holding the seal of the county order in both hands, and raised it high.
"What is this for?" Han Sui pursed his lips and said to Fan Chou.
"This is ......" Fan Chou was soaked in the blood of others, and the blood residue that had not completely dried up dripped down the nail piece, "...... To surrender? Hey...... Hey hey ......"
Fan Chou took a few steps forward, stood in front of Meiyang Ling, slammed the blood-stained ring head knife in front of Meiyang Ling, and said, "...... Yo, why do you suddenly want to surrender? Isn't it necessary to fight to the death? ”
The thick smell of blood on Fan Chou's body stimulated Meiyang Ling's five internal churns, and it was closer, Meiyang Ling could even see broken bones and meat foam sticking to Fan Chou's armor, and there were a few pieces of things that I didn't know if they were intestines or pieces of meat, accompanied by Fan Chou's actions, as if they were still alive and trembling on their armor......
Meiyang Ling hurriedly lowered her head, didn't dare to look at it again, and said softly: "...... Jianghan soup soup, Wufu 洸洸...... The general is mighty, and he ...... himself in his humble duties, "Meiyang Ling also wants to use this Hanjiang River to express that it is still useful for him, he can still help the Xiliang Army to stabilize the situation in Meiyang, and he can still help collect military rations to calm the people's hearts......
But before Mei Yang Ling's words were finished, he heard Fan Chou whisper in front of him: "Ball, don't say anything!" Annoying four grin......"
Fan Chou slashed all the way up, he was already able to kill, how could he have the heart to listen to Meiyang Ling's nagging something, he couldn't hear two sentences in three sentences, so he impatiently raised the ringhead knife, and in Meiyangling's surprised and frightened eyes, he chopped it down!
"Alas! You...... Hey......" As soon as Han Sui raised his hand, Meiyang Ling's head had already fallen to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Fan Chou turned his head to look at Han Sui, and by the way, he stretched out his tongue and licked the blood of Meiyang Ling that had splashed on his mouth, and asked with a smile.
"Ah...... It's okay, just kill it......"
Han Sui was also speechless, waved his hand, and suddenly the Xiliang soldiers behind him rushed up and rushed into the palace. Everyone knows that in Meiyang, whether it is people or items, they must be good in the government, at this moment, as long as you remember to leave the best for the two generals, the rest will naturally be cool first!
Fan Chou laughed, carried the knife and walked to the palace.
Han Sui kicked the roll to his feet, and kicked the head of Meiyang Ling, who was still staring at him, thinking in his heart, whatever, anyway, Guanzhong was not his own anyway, no matter what, the benefits will be enough first......