Chapter 101: A Suspicious Tactic
Zhao Hong saw it on the city gate, and hurriedly greeted Zhang Ming: "General be careful!" But in front of the two armies, his words were muffled by the shouts of the soldiers before they reached Zhang Ming's ears.
As soon as Zhang Ming turned the horse's head, he heard a "bang" sound of the bowstring loosening, and then he felt a sharp wind coming towards his neck. He didn't even have time to dodge before Tai Shici was pierced through his throat with an arrow, and his body shook twice and fell off the horse.
Even though Zhao Hong was already mentally prepared, at this time, he saw that Zhang Ming and Tai Shici were shot off the horse after only one round. Inevitably, there are some mental ripples.
Tai Shi Ci didn't look at the corpse that was still twitching on the ground, and bent his bow and arrow at Zhao Hong at the city gate. Without waiting for Tai Shici to shoot an arrow, several guards around Zhao Hong hurriedly pulled Zhao Hong into the dark. Tai Shi Ci snorted coldly and feathered arrows came out, and the banner waving in the wind on the city gate fell to the ground.
Zhu Jun grasped the timing very accurately, and as soon as Tai Shici shot an arrow, he had already ordered an attack. Without Zhang Ming's command, there was chaos at the city gate, Taishi Ci's arrows were not missing, and more than 20 Yellow Turban soldiers fell to the ground.
These thousands of Yellow Turban elites fought against Zhao Yi's troops, and suffered heavy losses, and only a thousand remnants fled into the city. Zhao Hong ordered the city gate to be closed and held out.
Zhu Jun's troops took advantage of the situation to attack and launched a siege battle. The officers and troops did not distinguish between priority and priority, and stormed the city gates on all sides, and the Yellow Turban Army and the official army fell into a melee, with heavy casualties on both sides of the attack and defense.
The battle lasted for three hours, and the officers and soldiers rushed up to the tower three times, but were killed by far more defenders than themselves. The shouts of killing were incessant, and the soldiers died between breaths.
This kind of siege battle Tai Shi Ci, Gao Shun and other generals are no longer very useful, the siege uses the tactics of crowds, and it is impossible to break through the city gate by relying on personal bravery.
After a few hours of rushing and killing, Zhu Junming withdrew his troops, and the Yellow Turban Army on the city gate was also able to breathe.
Zhao Hong was covered in blood, staring at the orderly retreat of the officers and soldiers, rubbing his shoulders that were a little painful, and the day finally passed. Staring at the city gate, these Yellow Turban soldiers hurriedly greeted: "All the troops rest, let the doctor heal the wounded soldiers." ”
The elite soldiers led by Zhang Ming suffered heavy losses, which not only reduced the defense force of the Yellow Turban Army, but more importantly, made the morale of the Yellow Turban Army low. Tai Shici's image of bending bows and arrows made these soldiers very afraid.
Zhao Hong clutched the flag shot down by Tai Shici, and his eyes became more and more cold: "Greetings to the generals' mansions!" ”
When Sun Yang and the others came to the mansion, their faces were not very good-looking. Several of them originally discussed to stick to Wancheng, Zhang Ming went out of the city to attack the enemy, it was decided by Zhao Hong, at this time the plan failed Zhang Ming was killed, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Several people have a lot of complaints about Zhao Hong.
"General, at this time, the official army is strong, our army should stick to the city, avoid its edge, and wait until the momentum of the official army weakens, and then attack it head-on." Sun Yang expressed his opinion.
Some generals agreed, and some generals spoke ambiguously, which seemed to be defecting to the enemy, which made Zhao Hong look twice.
Although the method Sun Yang said could ensure peace for a while, after a long time, officials and troops from all over the country arrived, and at that time, Zhao Hong's troops had no ability to resist at all.
Zhao Hong still expressed his opinion and advocated defeating Zhao Yi.
"Has General Zhao forgotten today's disaster?" Sun Yang glanced at Zhao Hong with slanted eyes, if it wasn't for Zhao Hong's insistence on letting Zhang Ming fight today, how could the situation be like today.
In fact, Zhao Hong's strategy was not wrong, but it ignored the fight between the generals, resulting in Zhang Ming's death in the hands of Tai Shici. Seeing that these generals agreed with Sun Yang's words, Zhao Hong sighed and left here without saying anything more.
These people are short-sighted and don't know that fighting to the death at this time is the only way to survive. Greet his soldiers: "Send a few people to meet Zhao Liang secretly, and report to me quickly if there is any unusual behavior." ”
These people were all Zhao Hong's henchmen, and the soldiers didn't ask about anything, what Zhao Liang was talking about, and they all took orders and went down.
Zhao Liang is the general who spoke ambiguously just now and had the appearance of defecting to the enemy. Woe Xiao wall broke the golden soup, this kind of person is more hateful than Sun Yang and others, although Sun Yang is afraid of war, but he has not yet reached the point of betraying the Lord to survive.
At this time, the official army camp, Zhao Yi and Zhu Jun were discussing tomorrow's attack plan, and because of Tai Shici's performance today, Zhu Jun authorized Tai Shi Ci to participate in this kind of military meeting.
Although the Yellow Turban Army is a rabble, its combat strength is far from being the opponent of the official army. However, occupying a favorable position, the casualties of the officers and troops were not small. If it was according to Zhao Yi's previous strategy, the casualties might not have been so large.
However, Zhu Jun did not agree, and at this moment he studied the siege battle with Zhao Yi. At this time, the Yellow Turban Army had not yet reached a desperate situation, so Zhao Yi left them a way out, and they would not drill.
Only by ordering the officers and troops to attack, so that the Yellow Turban Army felt that they could not resist and abandoned the city and fled, only then could they succeed in killing. Zhao Yi thought hard for a quarter of an hour and didn't think of any good way.
At this time, Tan Ma reported: "General, General Sun Jian led his troops to come to reinforcements!" ”
Hearing this news, Zhao Yi's eyes lit up and he thought of a plan.
"Please!" Zhu Jun was excited, at this time, with Sun Jian's new force, he had a much greater grasp of dealing with the Yellow Turban Army.
Sun Jian, Zhao Yi and Zhu Jun are already old acquaintances, and they cut to the topic after a few words of greeting. "The last general learned that there were yellow turban thieves in Wancheng, and led his troops to come to support. And the last general will get a message that the defenders near Wancheng are also marching this way. ”
"The general came just in time." Zhu Jun smiled, the news brought by Sun Jian is really good, if the defenders of all counties come here, attacking Wancheng will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Zhao Yi ordered his soldiers: "Light three torches per person tonight!" Remember, order one every other hour! The soldier took the order.
"Bo Lai wants to use a suspicious tactic?" Zhu Jun's head was really not slow.
"Yes, seeing that there is an abnormality in our army, the Yellow Turban Army will think that our soldiers have increased. The morale of the army will be chaotic. Zhao Yi's eyes were full of strong confidence.
In this way, the Yellow Turban Army had only two methods, one was to abandon the city and break through, and the other was to hold on. Both of these approaches are beneficial to Zhao Yi. If the city is abandoned and breaks through, without the strong city wall to block it, there is no need for Sun Jian's department, and the official army of Zhao Yi and Zhu Jun's department can defeat Zhao Hong's department. If he can't hold on, Zhao Yi is here waiting for reinforcements from various counties.
The officials and soldiers moved, and the soldiers on the city gate told Zhao Hong as soon as possible. Zhao Hong personally inspected the city wall and found that the situation was even more severe than he expected, and the surrounding area was surrounded by officials and troops, and the number of officers and troops increased every hour. Although Wancheng is strong, it cannot last long after all, and many city defense facilities in today's battle were destroyed by official and military trebuchets, and the defense power was greatly reduced. How to deal with the impact of the officers and soldiers of the brigade.
Zhao Hong couldn't help but think of the scene when he led the army to surround Wancheng that day, and now it is still a siege, it is still Wancheng, but the roles of besieging and being besieged have been reversed.
This is a test, and if it can be passed, there will be a time for a comeback. And the only hope is to lead the troops to fight desperately. However, at this time, the people in the city are not united, and it must be possible to break through with one heart.
Zhao Yi only arrived in Wancheng today, and Zhao Hong estimated that the soldiers from the surrounding counties might not arrive until the day after tomorrow, but he didn't expect to come so quickly.
At this time, only a little fire could be seen in the dark night, and no figure could be seen, and a general beside Zhao Hong guessed: "General, is this a plan of Zhao Yi's suspicious army?" "If you count according to the torches, the officers and troops of Zhao Yi's department have grown to a terrifying number at this time.
Zhao Hong sighed: "Whether it is a suspicious plan or not, we have to be prepared." ”
Wancheng is just a lonely city, and Zhu Jun can use means to mobilize soldiers from all sides, so Zhao Yi and they gambled. But Zhao Hong didn't dare to bet, and if he lost, he would never turn over.
Zhao Liang, who was in charge of the defense of the West Gate, was wandering around the city wall of the East Gate, his face worried. Naturally, the changes in the officers and soldiers of Zhao Liang's department were not concealed, "General, the number of officers and soldiers has reached a terrifying number at this time, and the number is still increasing!" Zhao Liang's lieutenant shouted with panic on his face.
Zhao Liang climbed the city tower and saw the many torches like stars, and his bluffing legs were a little weak, how could his Yellow Turban Army withstand the impact of the officers and soldiers of the brigade.
He had even thought of the scene of the destruction of the name city, his lips turned pale, and he became more determined in his heart: "Greet a few generals to discuss matters in the mansion." ”
Several lieutenant generals in Zhao Liang's mansion had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Zhao Liang hurriedly rushing forward, one of them glanced at a few people around him and whispered: "General, at this time of crisis, what is the best way to get our brothers out?" ”
The man's words were clear, and he wanted to run. This coincided with Zhao Liang's thoughts, but he didn't show it, but frowned: "At this time, Wancheng is still in our hands, and we still have a chance to fight to the death with the official army." How can you flee without a fight? ”
"General, several of us have followed the general since the beginning of the uprising. Everything you say is from the bottom of your heart. The Yellow Turban Army of the 36th Party has been wiped out by the official army, although our army captured Wancheng, but it was under heavy siege. With the current situation, if you don't plan early, your life will be in danger. ”
The rest of the lieutenants were fighting with this person with the same mind, and they persuaded Zhao Liang one after another. Zhao Liang showed a contemplative look, and finally sighed lightly, and finally spoke: "At this time, our army's defeat has appeared, if the generals want to find a way to live, there is only one way to go now. ”
Zhao Liang and his lieutenant generals decided to defect to the official army, and immediately wrote a letter of surrender. Ordered his cronies to send his lieutenants out of the city overnight. The West Gate is Zhao Liang's department, loyal to Zhao Liang, as long as the official army camp protects their lives, tomorrow's battle Zhao Liang's department will open the west gate to welcome the official army into the city.
Seeing the deputy general leave the mansion, the hanging hearts of Zhao Liang and the others finally let go. Order the soldiers of Simon to prepare for the contingency and wait for the news from outside the city.
After less than an hour, there was a shout of killing outside the palace gate, Zhao Liang rushed out with his sword, and saw his guards retreating under the attack of others.
His own guards are carefully selected, and their combat power is extraordinary, how can they collapse at the touch of a button today. "General, Zhao Hong's department suddenly attacked and killed our army, and the guards suffered heavy casualties!"
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