Chapter 52 The horse sets foot to open the sealed city

Hou Sui is intriguing with his subordinates.

Zhang Xuan also meditated on the face of Kaifeng City every day.

Since entering July, although the camp is fierce, but it is not a day to attack the city, without him, it is the heavens do not do beauty, it seems that after two or three years of drought, there is still a lot of rain now, often can not attack the city for several days, a heavy rain down, the battlefield under the city can not be used for at least two or three days.

And the rain increased, which aroused Zhang Xuan's worries about the duel river irrigation city. And Zhang Xuan also found an obvious problem, that is, breaking into the camp and attacking the city was not as decisive as Zhang Xuan imagined, and he had to make Zhang Xuan think about it.

Whether it was windy or rainy, Zhang Xuan took more than 100 cavalry around the city every day.

The northern city wall of Kaifeng City has long been riddled with holes, and there are large areas of slopes, and even wooden railings have been built on them. Those gaps were filled one by one, but these slopes were not easy to deal with, and it was a big project to deal with, and they had to work outside the city, although Xiao Yuanying was not interested in attacking the city. However, non-commissioned officers and soldiers were absolutely not allowed to operate outside the city.

Although the supplies have decreased and the intensity of the siege has increased, the soldiers guarding the city have also changed batch after batch. The quality has dropped a lot.

But even with all kinds of defects, the city wall of several zhang is also an insurmountable obstacle for Zhang Xuan.

"Bang bang." The crisp sound of horses' hooves swept past Zhang Xuan, but he saw Luo Yulong riding a horse, his equestrian skills were quite powerful, and he made a sharp stop beside Zhang Xuan and said, "My sister said that you are here, and you want to break the city, have you thought of it?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "If I thought about it, it wouldn't be like this. ”

After the battle in the north of Kaifeng, the relationship between the three brothers Yuan Shizhong, Luo Yulong, and Zhang Xuan became much closer, and in Luo Yulong's eyes, Zhang Xuan still has some ability, and he is no longer the little white face he was at the beginning.

Luo Yulong said: "Then think about it, my father can't sit still under Kaifeng City." ”

"Oh." Zhang Xuan asked, "What's going on?" ”

"What else is going on?" Luo Yulong said: "Grain? Now two-thirds of the horse team in the camp are collecting food in various places and transporting it to the camp, and my father even told King Chuang to let King Chuang stay under Kaifeng City to continue to attack the city, and we will go south to collect food. It also lightens the burden on the battalion. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, his heart was shocked, but he said casually: "What is the result?" ”

"King Chuang said that as soon as Kaifeng is broken, the woman in Kaifeng City will have money and silk, let me Cao Ying take it first. Dad agreed to stay for a while. Luo Yulong sneered and said: "Dad, it's true, and now in Kaifeng City, there is a ghost woman Qian Bao, women are either eaten, or released, didn't forty or fifty thousand women be released from the south gate the month before last?" As for money, is it useful to have food? I don't know what my dad is

What to think. ”

Zhang Xuan sighed in his heart and said secretly: "I don't know how Cao Cao thought of it, but he must have more than you think." ”

After a long time of contact, Zhang Xuan also understood what kind of person Luo Yulong was. To be a good brother is good, but as the head of one party, he lacks too much, but as Luo Rucai's only adult son. Zhang Xuan also slowly understood why Luo Rucai was willing to be Li Zicheng's deputy general.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

"This bird city." Luo Yulong was also full of annoyance and said, "I can't wait to rush to the head of the city and take down this city wall." ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly felt that his eyes flashed, and said, "What did you say?" ”

Luo Yulong said: "I said riding a horse to the city. Then he sighed and said, "I know it's impossible." ”

Riding a horse uptown, the slope of the collapsed city wall, and the lax defenders on the city, countless things swirled in Zhang Xuan's brain, Zhang Xuan suddenly jumped up and said, "How steep can a war horse rush?" ”

"How steep?" Luo Yulong said: "I haven't tried it. ”

Zhang Xuan said excitedly: "Then go and try." ”

Can the cavalry go uphill, the question. No one thought about it before. Zhang Xuan didn't either, and neither did Luo Yulong. Zhang Xuan immediately experimented, just above the river embankment, the long river embankment is a great project far beyond the Kaifeng city wall.

Zhang Xuan's pavilion-like slope on the river embankment allowed Luo Yulong to ride a horse and rush up. Yuan Shizhong was also alarmed by the movements of Zhang Xuan and Luo Yulong, and came to watch.

I have to say that many people underestimate the war horse, most of the slope, Luo Yulong can ride up, and the slope below sixty degrees can rush up, but if the slope is too high, it will affect the speed of the war horse, and the cavalry without speed is not as good as the infantry, if the speed is maintained, this slope will be reduced again.

If at this time, Luo Yulong and Yuan Shizhong still didn't understand what Zhang Xuan wanted to do, they would be too stupid.

"You want the cavalry to go straight to the city." Yuan Shizhong was taken aback and said, "This is unlikely. ”

"It really can't be." Zhang Xuan sighed and said, "The slope of the city wall collapse is too steep to rush up on horseback. ”

"Nope. You can try. Luo Yulong's eyes were full of excitement, and he said: "I can rush to Cao Ying, select a group of equestrian experts, and rush directly to the city when the time comes, brother-in-law, you still have a way, why didn't I think of it." ”

"How's your horsemanship?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Cao Ying doesn't dare to say the first, but there are always the top ten." Luo Yulong said.

"You have already tried it just now, this slope, the speed at which you rush up, is not as good as a person's walk, I'm afraid you have been killed before you rush up. Unless the slope is re-inclined

Slow it down, otherwise the plan simply won't work. Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "It's the same when you think about it, if the slope is too gentle, the city will naturally find a way, where is there such a big hole for you to drill, it's a fool to be a person." ”

"If I made the slope a little slower, I think I could do it." Yuan Shizhong said.

"What way." Luo Yulong and Zhang Xuan asked in unison.

"It's simple, siege." Yuan Shizhong said.

"Siege?" Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart, he was a little puzzled, he didn't understand how the siege could fill the slope, but when he thought of the specific siege scene, his heart suddenly moved, and he said, "No." ”

"Good way." Luo Yulong also figured it out and applauded loudly.

"This can't be done, big brother, these are too cruel." Zhang Xuan said: "You are simply taking people as a stepping stone." ”

"Yes." Yuan Shizhong said: "It's just to take people as a foothold." But how does the city do it, the city starves to death in batches, and the wine and meat are constantly on the city, and you can eat enough at once, and you don't have to say anything about the food, what kind of meat is this meat, do you know? ”

"Human flesh." Zhang Xuan said stunned. He couldn't believe the answer, but apparently it was the only explanation.

Yuan Shizhong said with a cold face: "Third brother, you have taught a lot of the art of war, and now, I will teach you the first essence of the art of war, which is to be in charge of the army." ”

"Big brother is right." Luo Yulong said: "Fill in a siege road, but more than a thousand lives, compared with Kaifeng City, what is it, I know that your Zhang Xuan's subordinates are noble, and I am Luo Yulong." I'm just going to try what it's like to open the lockdown. ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Why bother Cao Ying, my little Yuan camp lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of people, you can attack the city in the afternoon, and in a day or two, you can smooth this road." At that time, it will depend on the demeanor of the second brother. ”

Between Yuan Shizhong and Luo Yulong, they determined the details of the siege.

Regardless of whether this method can succeed or not, it seems that both of them will have to give it a try.

This kind of appearance of not treating human life as human life made Zhang Xuan frightened.

Zhang Xuan doesn't seem to know whether he feels that he has become the person he hates the most, the kind of executioner who kills people without blinking. In the face of such a big killing, Zhang Xuan didn't seem to want to stop it.

"Is it right to kill one person and save ten thousand?" Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Saving 400,000 people in the sealed city, is it a good deed that I want to do until I die, or have I always made excuses for myself." For the excuse of wielding a butcher's knife, then to the peace of the world? Is it an excuse for me to kill. ”

"Is it really right to go on a killing spree for a noble purpose?" This thought has been circling in Zhang Xuan's ears and lingering. Let Zhang Xuan not have a moment of peace, as long as he is idle, he will reappear in his mind.

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