Chapter 79: Failure to Capture Water (Part I)
The Xiongnu are desperately attacking the city, the city gate is wide open, and a Biao Han army is killed, the head of the person, the face is like the bottom of the pot, holding double knives, covered in blood, viciously killed. The Xiongnu were caught off guard, and with a bang, it was difficult to resist, and many people had died at the hands of the Han army. The Han soldiers pushed down the ladder, and the Huns on the ladder fell down one after another, breaking their skin and flesh, and they were dying. When King Huyan saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "The gate of the Han army has been opened, if you don't go in at this time, when will you wait?" After speaking, he was the front army and patted his horse to the mountain. Halfway through, he saw that no stones were thrown on the city wall, but instead of arrows, and arrows rained down, and the Huns were hit by arrows and fell down. The Xiongnu were very afraid of the arrows of the Han soldiers and were afraid to move forward. The Huns with torches were shot to death one by one, with great precision, and the fire gradually decreased and became a little dark. An arrow came through the clouds, sticking to King Huyan and whistling, King Huyan was shocked and thought coldly: "There are many archers in the Han army, and it is pitch black, how can you fight?" If Geng Gong shoots another arrow, it won't be good, it's better to retreat and make a decision. With a wave of his hand, people slowly retreated without being surprised.
Geng Gong said: "Our army is tired, chase and kill, to the wilderness, the Huns know that our army is real and false, and they join forces to surround them, even if they have great ability, they can only wait for death!" Li Dangcai didn't dare to say any more. Geng Gong counted the soldiers and killed more than 1,000 people, most of whom were new recruits. Geng Gong couldn't help but be gloomy, and Fan Qiang persuaded: "Big brother, when the two armies fight, there will be casualties, which is a common thing in soldiers, don't be sad and sad." Geng Gong sighed: "I remember that Lao Tzu once said that a soldier is also a murder weapon, and the saint has to use it as a last resort." I didn't think so, thinking that leading troops to fight is to be loyal to the country, how can it be said that it is a murder weapon? Today, however, I am deeply touched. In the past, there were many battles with less, and although there were casualties, they were never like today. Especially those Shule soldiers and Jin Manbing, who have families and rooms, one person died in battle, and the whole family is heartbroken, do you think I can not be sad? When they heard this, they were in awe of Geng's righteousness. Geng Gong ordered Fan Qiang, Gao Feng and others to go back to the camp to rest, and he brought hundreds of soldiers to defend the city. Geng Gong caressed every soldier who died in battle, and cried and cried, very sad.
The Huns retreated, and after a few days, King Huyan repeated the old words, saying: "Shan Yu, Shule is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army is not good at attacking cities, and strong attack is not the way." ”
"Yesterday, I was under the city, carefully inspected the terrain of Shule, and saw that to the west of Shule, there was a stream of water flowing into the city. If we block the stream, hold the stream with heavy troops, and then besiege the city with soldiers to prevent the Han army from coming to seize the water, then the Han soldiers have no water available, and they will die of thirst, how can they be undefeated? ”
The two discussed the military situation, and before they knew it, it was midnight. Suddenly, the drums in Shule City were beating again and again, and the shouts of the Han soldiers were interspersed. Pu Nu was shocked, and walked out of the tent with King Huyan, looking up at Shule City. The night was dark and hazy, and there seemed to be countless Han soldiers, climbing down the wall, Pu Nu was surprised: "Are there so many Han soldiers?" He was a little timid in his heart, and said worriedly: "They take advantage of the night to cross the city, and they will want to fight to the death, what should they do?" ”
The shouts of the Han army became more and more urgent, and the Xiongnu archers quickly moved forward, crouched in the distance, and shot arrows one after another, and the arrows rained down on the Han soldiers hanging on the city wall. Suddenly, the screams resounded in the silent night, sounding very worrying. Pu Nu was overjoyed, raised his saber, and shouted: "Shoot, shoot me hard!" Shoot these brutes! "The Huns' arrows are even more ferocious.
King Huyan stared closely, and the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became, but what was wrong? He couldn't say it. The Han soldiers changed several rounds in a row, and King Huyan had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly said, "Stop!" Stop it! Stop it! "The Huns are shooting hard, where can they stop for a while? King Huyan shouted several times before the Xiongnu stopped shooting. Pu Nu was stunned: "King Zuoxian, didn't you say that you shot the Han soldiers with arrows?" You see the Han soldiers coming and going, but they don't dare to go down to the city, why do they suddenly stop and don't shoot? What if the Han soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to stop the arrows and climbed over the wall? King Huyan stumbled and said: "Shan Yu, we have fallen into the hands of the Han soldiers!" The Han soldiers hung on the city wall, motionless, when they were hit by the arrow, they only heard the wailing, but they did not fall under the city, this is very suspicious, these Han soldiers, must be fake! ”