Chapter 52: The Battle of Chengdu (Part II)
On March 16 of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, this is destined to be a day of bloodshed, the Liu Menglian army dragged tired by Wei Yan's troops finally arrived at the city of Chengdu, along the way, first in Jialing City was wiped out by the residents of the riot more than 20,000 troops, and was wiped out by the Qianwei refugee riot nearly 10,000 people, plus when crossing the Min River, more than 10,000 people were washed away by Dong Zhuojun's water, and the 260,000 troops when the Liu Meng coalition army set off, there were only 210,000 left to reach the city of Chengdu, and after continuous marching, Liu Menglian's soldiers were extremely tired, Morale almost hit rock bottom. What's worse is the killer elephant soldier of the Southern Barbarian Army, because the elephants eat a lot every day, and the logistics and supply difficulties of the Liu Meng coalition army after a long journey, the 280 elephants brought by the King of Mulu were starved to death, and the rest were also hungry, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
On Dong Zhuojun's side, after several divisions of troops, Kang Peng's main elite in Chengdu was only 120,000, of which 40,000 had been taken out of Chengdu by Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, and there were only 80,000 infantry troops left in the city. Chengdu's city defense is also well-repaired, occupying a favorable location, the strength of the two sides is actually almost the same, and no side is sure that it can gain the upper hand in the offensive and defensive war.
At noon on the same day, Meng was personally led by the army to kill under the city of Chengdu New City, Sichuan is mountainous, bluestone can be seen everywhere, the city wall of the old Chengdu is built by bluestone, when Liu Yan burned the old Chengdu, the bluestone city wall was not damaged by the fire much, Kang Peng rebuilt Chengdu to make use of these bluestone city walls, demolished the city walls on the east, south and west sides, widened the north city wall, built a city wall of more than 30 miles between the Min River and the Tuojiang River, and the resident army was stationed between the two rivers. The ambitious and vicious Kang Peng planned to drag the army of Liu Meng's coalition under the city of New Chengdu and annihilate it in one fell swoop, so as not to go south to conquer the Nanban, which would be time-consuming and laborious.
At this moment, on the city wall of the new Chengdu, Dong Zhuojun has already been waiting for it, rolling stones, falling wood, fire oil, crossbows and lime bottles and other materials to defend the city are piled up, and the foot bow and catapult also come in handy, all arranged inside the city wall, the city wall of the new Chengdu is six zhang high, which is a difficult height for the attacking side to climb, but the long arrows launched by the foot bow and the boulder thrown by the catapult can be easily crossed, and the attacking enemy will be destroyed. In order to incite the people of Yizhou to help him, the shameless Kang Peng despicably instructed the Dark Moon Group to spread rumors among the people, saying that if the Liu Meng coalition army broke through Chengdu, it would kill all the men, old people and children in Chengdu, and the women would be robbed to be slaves.
Meng Huo's army came to the city, named to talk to Kang Peng, someone had already reported to Kang Peng, Kang Peng didn't say a word, took Pang De and Wei Yan and other generals, and escorted Zhu Rong to go straight to the city wall, Jia Xu is a civil official, Kang Peng left him in the rear to arrange material supplies, Kang Peng decided to personally command this decisive battle by himself, and accumulate experience for the future Central Plains war.
As soon as Kang Peng and his entourage went up to the city tower, Meng Shu saw Zhu Rong, who was tied up like a brown man, and immediately burst into tears, shouting: "Madam, madam, are you okay?" Although Zhu Rong's mouth was not blocked, he was just a cold Meng Shu, gritting his teeth and bleeding, refusing to say a word, just silently listening to Meng Shu's heart-rending cry under the city, "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?" Madame, you can speak......"
Kang Peng also took the opportunity to look at Meng Shu, and at a glance, Kang Pengle - finally there is a person who is fatter than Dong Boss! Meng Huo's height is almost the same as Dong Boss, both are less than six feet, but the waist circumference is a full eight feet, in comparison, Dong Boss, who has lost a lot of weight, looks relatively slim, although Meng Huo is obviously much more handsome than Dong Boss, but Kang Peng is also very satisfied.
Kang Peng cleared his throat and yelled at the Liu Meng coalition army under the city: "I am Dong Zhuo, the Taishi of the Han Dynasty, and the people of the south are not convinced by Wang Hua, and they dare to invade the territory of my Han Dynasty. ”
Meng Shu was stunned first, and immediately shouted at Kang Peng: "Dong Zhuo, I have kept my promise to come to Chengdu to fight with you, you are about to release my wife, and I will fight you for another three hundred rounds." ”
Kang Peng laughed loudly and said triumphantly: "Meng Huo'er, are you dreaming nonsense? When did you promise to let Zhurong go when you arrived in Chengdu? ”
Meng Shu was furious, pointed at Wei Yan and shouted: "It's your subordinate who said it, as long as I go to Chengdu to fight with you, you will let my wife go." Wei Yan, do you even mean what you say? ”
Wei Yan, who has a master and a general, smiled, spread his hands and smiled: "Meng Shu, I just said that Zhu Rong will be taken to Chengdu and disposed of by the Taishi, but I didn't say that you will release your wife when you arrive in Chengdu?" ”
"You're ......!" Meng Huo pointed at Wei Yan and was so angry that he opened his mouth, but Dong Zhuojun laughed up and down, looking at Meng Huo laughing wildly like a clown, Kang Peng even laughed forward and backwards, and only after a while could he hold back his laughter and said: "Meng Huo, the original appearance has decided, Zhu Rong will be killed with a knife and a knife at the head of Chengdu City, in order to punish you for the crime of violating the border of our Han Dynasty." After speaking, Kang Peng's fat hand waved, and several soldiers had already pulled out their bright steel knives and gestured on Zhu Rongjiao's body.
"Don't." Meng Shu was so anxious that he didn't care about anything, jumped off the war horse and rushed a few steps closer, knelt down for Kang Peng, and cried: "Dong Zhuo, don't kill my wife, kill me if you want to, just let my wife go, please ......." ”
Meng Shu disregarded his identity for Zhu Rong, crying to death in front of the two armies, kowtowing and bleeding, this true feeling even moved Kang Peng, not to mention others, but the person in question Zhu Rong had dull eyes, just like a dead man, letting her future husband cry and mourn to the enemy, and she didn't even move.
Seeing Meng Huo so infatuated, Kang Peng was overjoyed in his heart, and took the opportunity to shout: "Meng Huo, it's okay to spare Zhu Rong's life, but you have to do two things according to your own appearance, and your original appearance will spare Zhu Rong's immortality." ”
As soon as Kang Peng's voice fell, Zhu Rongjiao's body shook violently, but Meng Shu was overjoyed and shouted: "Okay, good, I promise you any conditions, do you want me to withdraw the army?" I will quit the Han Dynasty immediately, and I will never violate the territory of the Han Dynasty. ”
Kang Peng laughed and said, "Do you think this prime minister will be afraid that you will harass the border?" The first thing this minister wants you to do is to completely annihilate Liu Yan's army and exchange Liu Yan's head for Zhu Rong's life, can you do it? ”
"It's ......." Meng Huo hesitated, although the ethnic minorities in the south of this era have not yet accepted too much Central Plains culture, but the folk customs are simple, and they don't know what treachery is, Kang Peng forced Meng Huo to kill allies, and Meng Huo fell into a dilemma. Meng Shu hesitated here, but Liu Yan, Dong He and others were shocked, Meng Huo only killed Fei Guan a few days ago for Zhu Rong, because Fei Guan made a mistake in estimating first, Liu Yan had nothing to say, and now Kang Peng forced Meng Shu to kill his own army, Liu Yan and others had to be on guard.
Unconsciously, the Liu and Meng coalition forces had distanced themselves from each other, clenching their weapons one by one, their palms sweating, for fear that their allies would suddenly turn against each other. Kang Peng saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, and put pressure on Meng Huo, pulled out the ghost head knife and put it on Zhu Rong's delicate neck, and said with a wicked smile: "Meng Huo, the current phase is counted to three, if you don't do it, the original phase will do it." One! ”
Meng Huo was sweating profusely, sweat rolled down his belly down the three-layer chin, and he couldn't choose between love and righteousness, and Liu Yan and the others had already restrained the team, just waiting for Meng Huo's decision.
"Two!" Kang Peng roared viciously.
Meng Shu's eyes erupted with fire, his thick lips were bitten by his own teeth, and blood mixed with sweat fell dropwise on the armor on his chest, staining his chest red.
At this time, Zhu Rong suddenly spoke: "Dong Zhuo, let me say a few words to my husband and persuade him to kill Liu Yan." Kang Peng was overjoyed, and hurriedly escorted Zhu Rong to the edge of the city wall and asked her to persuade Meng Huo.
Zhu Rong cleared his throat and shouted to Meng Huo: "Husband, you listen to me." Meng Shu woke up like a dream, and wanted to rush to the city wall, Zhu Rong hurriedly stopped him, "Stop, you just listen there." Meng Shu stopped abruptly and stood dangerously outside the range of Dong Zhuojun's bow and arrows, which made Dong Zhuojun's plan to plot against him fail.
"Husband." Zhu Rong's voice was both crisp and clear, resounding in front of the two armies, "I always looked down on you before, thinking that you were a dirt bun, your martial arts were not as good as mine, and you were fat and ugly, and I was only forced to marry you on my mother's orders." However, I was wrong, I only learned today that you are the best person in the world, husband, please don't blame me. Speaking of this, Zhu Rong burst into tears and looked at Meng Shu affectionately.
Meng Shu burst into tears and choked up: "Madam, I don't blame you, it's me who is sorry for you, I'm sorry for you." ”
Zhu Rong continued: "Husband, I ask you for one thing, please be sure to agree. ”
Meng Shu nodded again and again, and cried: "Madam, you say, I will promise you everything." ”
Kang Peng was secretly happy, pushed Zhu Rong, and said in a low voice: "Tell him to kill Liu Yan, and the prime minister won't tell him to commit suicide." Kang Peng added in his heart, "It's strange if you don't ask him to commit suicide, when he dies, I'll take you in." ”
Zhu Rong glanced at Kang Peng lightly, and then looked at Liu Yanjun in the distance, and Liu Yanjun had already raised his heart to his throat, and finally turned his affectionate gaze to Meng Shu, and said affectionately: "Husband, I beg you not to fall for Dong Zhuo's poisonous scheme, after he forced you to kill Liu Yan, he will force you to commit suicide......" Zhu Rong had not finished speaking, Kang Peng had already covered her small mouth in anger, but Zhu Rong opened his mouth and bit it, and immediately bit Kang Peng's fat hand full of blood, so painful that Kang Peng screamed non-stop, and the fat hand was forced to dodge, Zhu Rong took the opportunity to shout: "Husband, take care, we will be husband and wife again in the next life." After that, Zhu Rong hit Kang Peng's ghost head knife hard, although Kang Peng quickly let go, but the ghost head knife cut iron like mud, and suddenly cut a long wound on Zhu Rong's slender neck, and the bright red blood was like a beautiful red flower, which was instantly sprinkled all over Zhu Rong's good body and Kang Peng's ugly and deformed fat......
"Quick!" Kang Peng was so anxious that he shouted, "Quickly carry her down for first aid, and call Hua Tuo to help!" ”
"Madame!" Meng Shu was like a wounded beast, rushing towards the city wall with a frenzied shout, and Liu Yan, who was relieved behind, took the opportunity to shout: "Avenge your wife, kill!" ”
Kang Peng was self-defeating, inspired by Zhu Rong's sacrifice, the morale of more than 200,000 Liu Menglian troops was high, and they rushed straight to the city wall of Xincheng with the momentum of thunder, the rattan armor soldiers were light and agile, and the elephant soldiers were heavy and calm, overwhelmingly pressing Dong Zhuojun, Kang Peng had no choice but to order: "Draw the bow, release the arrow!" ”