Chapter 216: Fishing in Troubled Waters
The flood around Lan City recedes after three days, and the land under the city wall has already been soft, and many sections of the city wall have collapsed. Eight? One in one? Wen???. (a) 8 (a) 1 Z (8) ?. (8) C?O (8) M. Zhu Flange had no choice but to order the defenders to withdraw from the city. The city of the Lan clan was full of mud, countless houses had collapsed, and the people were sitting on the ruins, crying every day, calling the Buddha, and the Buddha had never appeared. The whole city was in mourning, the army had no fighting spirit, and the people were complaining.
The Han army set up porridge shacks outside the city, and let the prisoners stand on high places and shout inside the city, beckoning the soldiers and civilians to eat outside the city. The soldiers and the people who couldn't resist the temptation came out of the city.6 Someone came out of the city and came to the garrison of the Han army, and began to feast. After eating, he wiped his mouth, and saw that the Han army did not restrain them much, so he went back to the city to invite more people to eat.
Zhu Falan saw that the Han army was killing people with soft knives, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to line up at the collapsed place of the city wall to prevent the personnel from going to the Han army to eat again. The people were angry, and the discontent began to ferment; The soldiers smell delicious food every day, but they can't eat in their mouths, and the complaints unconsciously spread in the army, and after two days, the rice grain in the city has been moldy and inedible, and the taste of hunger is not a joke.
There are 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Lan City, how can they be fed with so many mouths? Guo Jia looked at hundreds of thousands of people with a smile, eating hotly, and said to the left and right: "Gao Attached can also be obtained." ”
Zhang Liao and Xiahoudun are both veteran soldiers, and they were surprised when they heard this, and they looked at Guo Jia, not knowing why.
Guo Jia said with a smile: "A big flood, drowning a lot of livestock, wild beasts, I have ordered the leader army to make jerky, wait for these 200,000 people to eat their stomachs, 50,000 soldiers stay in the army, give the people three days of food, persuade them to rush to Gaofu to eat, 150,000 people into Gaofu, how dare the defenders not stay?" The army took advantage of the rear, and Gao Fu also fell down in one fell swoop. ”
Everyone bowed to him.
More than 100,000 ordinary people of Guishan, under the persuasion of the Han army, carried food for three days and rushed to Gaofu. Gaofu is the waste capital of Guishan, and there is definitely no shortage of food in the city. Everyone is a Kushan person, you can't starve to death without food, right?
Wei Yan took a lot of effort, and finally persuaded Xu Rong to sit in Maracanda, Zhang Heng led his men and horses to the Amu Darya River with Wei Yan's army, the defense of Mulu City, Wei Yan received a letter from Guo Jia, intending to let Huo Jun take over. Huo Jun didn't say a word, and rushed to Mulu City with 20,000 people, Jiang Weile was broken, and hurriedly handed over to Huo Jun, and rushed to Lan City with 20,000 people.
When Wei Yan's army arrived outside the Lan Clan's city, what they saw was a bleak scene, Cao Zhen was left behind as the rear, and he was training and surrendering. When Wei Yan came, Cao Zhen was overjoyed, so he was ready to pick a son, Wei Yan quit, and immediately said to Cao Zhen: "The emperor's will has said that my army will be controlled by Lord Guo when it enters Guishuang, but it didn't say that it was controlled by your General Cao, right?" If you want me to take over this stall, Master Guo brought the warrant. ”
Cao Zhenle smiled and said, "Wen Chang, if I don't rush to the front line, I'm afraid I will be blamed to death by my brothers." Look at you, you came from afar, and you will rest here for a few days, and you should give my brother and me a face. ”
Wei Yan saw Cao Zhen's smiling face, and he also smiled stupidly: "Brother Zidan said so, if you don't give you this face, you will really be unable to speak when you meet Cao Gong in the future," Cao Zhen was overjoyed, "However, you also know that our group of people are holding back their strength, if they rely on Zidan's face, they will not be able to go to the battlefield, brother, you say, I am invincible with two fists and four hands, I am not afraid of being complained to death by them, I am afraid of being beaten to death by them." ”
Cao Zhengang opened half of his mouth, couldn't close it, clicked for a long time, pointed at Wei Yan and said: "Good Wei Wenchang, wait for me here, our brother's friendship..."
Wei Yan hurriedly covered Cao Zhen's big mouth, and said with a smile: "Both of us are soldiers, soldiers, obey first, besides, when did you become so small-bellied?" Just the friendship between the two of us, it is made of iron, and it is resounding. ”
Cao Zhen pushed Wei Yan away, rolled his eyes and said, "It is said that you Wei Wenchang is as cunning as a fox, and today you finally understood." ”
Wei Yan said with a shy face: "Cunning as a fox, that is to treat the enemy army and his own brothers, absolutely with all sincerity." ”
Cao Zhen said with a smile: "Okay, gossip aside, before Lord Guo leaves, let me tell you, leave half of the people and rebuild Lan City, and the city site should be changed to another place and built on the high ground, so as not to be washed away by the Amu Darya River again." ”
Wei Yan said, "What about you? ”
Cao Zhen sighed and said depressedly: "Let me take care of the prisoners of war and the people of Flower Thorn Zimo, and supervise their construction of the city." ”
Wei Yan laughed, "No wonder you Cao Zidan is unhappy with a hundred in his stomach, it turns out that Lord Guo arranged a beautiful difference for you." ”
"Wei Wenchang, come and tease me again, be careful that Lao Tzu is in a hurry for you."
Wei Yan waved his hands and said with a smile: "Zidan, you choose the city site, and I will arrange the people." ”
Among the hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of Han soldiers were mixed in, and these Han soldiers were Deng Aiwei, wearing wide Guishan robes, and their faces were smeared black and purple, mixed in the crowd, at first glance, they really couldn't be seen.
Along the way, more than 100,000 people, like locusts, crossed the border, and the villages they encountered were eaten cleanly. If you don't eat other people's things, how can people live? Therefore, there are constantly people joining this mighty team and marching towards the high annex city.
As a result, Guo Jia ordered Zhang Liao and Ma to lead thousands of cavalry to disguise themselves as ordinary people, leading the horses, carrying all kinds of things on the horses, and blending into the ranks of the people. On this day, when they came to the outside of the high annexed city, the guards at the head of the city hurriedly told the lord Huvikada.
When Huvikada came to the city, he gasped when he saw so many people, and hurriedly sent people down to the city to inquire about the situation. After a while, the men sent out returned to the city and spoke carefully to Huvikada.
Huvikada frowned and thought for a long time, and then said to the left and right: "Let the people take a detour and enter the city through the south gate." ”
The people under the city have stopped, they have walked for so long, hope is in front of them, why do they have to take a detour into the city? He was angry and began to curse at the city, what chickens, pigs, dogs, insects and the like, all covered Huvikada's head. Deng Ai and his gang couldn't understand, so they sat in the crowd and were silent.
Huvikada's subordinates said: "General, the crowd is excited, what should I do? ”
With a wave of his hand, Huvikada said, "Execute the order." ”
The petty officials at the head of the city began to do ideological work on the people, and the common people were still more sensible, and many people forced themselves to support their bodies and began to make a detour. Deng Ai saw it, and hurriedly whispered to the people around him: "This guard is not simple, find a way to inform Lord Guo, and say that the people have taken a detour, I guess it may be at the south gate to enter the city." ”
Guo Jia got the news and sent someone to inform Zhang Liao and Ma that they must cooperate with Deng Ai and hold on until the army arrives.
Huvikada's concerns were not unreasonable, and he was also afraid that the Han army would suddenly kill and take the opportunity to seize the city gate. As soon as the people made such a detour, even if there was a Han army behind, the defenders in the city would have time to react and respond in time. But he didn't expect that the Han army was mixed in the common people, and it was impossible to screen them one by one with so many people.
Deng Ai moved slowly with the flow of people, embellished at the end, and looked at the city gate when he was about to arrive, Deng Ai whistled, the first was difficult, the short knife was flashed, and he slashed at the soldiers at the city gate. Hundreds of Han soldiers also drew short knives and pounced on the defenders. When the garrison saw this, he shouted loudly and ordered the gates to be closed.
How could Deng Ai let him get his wish, jumped a few feet, cut down the soldiers behind the city gate, and the people crowded at the city gate, seeing the bloodshed, rushed to the city, the defenders at the head of the city could not rush over to support, Wei Yan successfully held the city gate.
Later, when Zhang Liao and Ma arrived, the people in the city gate cave had run out, and Deng Ai led hundreds of people to fight with the enemy. Ma shouted: "My family dodge!" ”
The Han army naturally understood, and consciously dodged a road, the defenders of the high attached city didn't know what was going on, and when they saw the Han army scattering, they had to rush forward, and the horse's big gun was rounded, and with the help of horsepower, it swept on the soldiers in front. This blow is enough to have a thousand powers, the defenders of the high attached city, Hula lala, a large piece of the horse, the horse lifted the reins, the war horse jumped up, the spear pulled the spear flower, protected under the war horse, and waited until the war horse landed, just fell in the crowd, the huge impact, knocked four or five soldiers away. The horse fought bravely and drove out the soldiers in the cave of the city gate.
Deng Ai set up a cannon, indicating the direction of the army. Zhang Liao's cavalry had already entered the city with his horses, and some of his men and horses were sent to catch up with the city.
Hu Weikada was anxious, the Han army was really not ordinary cunning, and commanded the army in the city to rush to the south gate, trying to surround the Han army entering the city.
Hearing the cannon, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Xiahou Dun rushed to the city gate, broke through the city gate, and saw the Han army and the Gao attached guards squeezing in the narrow space in the direction of the south gate to fight to the death.
Lu Bu's bravery, as it was back then, Fang Tian's halberd was wielded, penetrating the enemy's encirclement. Ma saw that the heart of victory was great, and a silver spear, like a dragon entering the sea, stirred up the defenders of the high annexed city did not know the east, west, north and south.
Zhao Yun came to the head of the city, saw countless soldiers surrounding Zhang Liao to fight, shouted, the bright silver spear rolled, killed more than 20 people in a row, and hit Zhang Liao's side, Zhang Liao was overjoyed, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you are east and west, clear the head of the city." ”
Zhao Yun agreed loudly, ordered the soldiers to open the way with crossbows, and led the people to kill.
The two of them worked together to quickly disperse the guards at the head of the city, divided some of the soldiers to guard, and the rest of the soldiers leveled the crossbows and launched a stormy attack on the high attached army under the city.
The use of the repeater greatly saved the physical strength of the soldiers, and the effort was only to pull the trigger and replace the arrow magazine. Suffice it to say, as long as there are enough arrow magazines and crossbows are not in trouble, a soldier can shoot continuously for an hour. If you let the archers do it, they will definitely not be able to do it, after all, a person's physical strength is limited, and it is not bad to shoot ten arrows in a row.
More than 2,000 people at the head of the city, shooting a rain of arrows, reached the effect of 20,000 people, and the high attached army under the city suffered heavy casualties, plus three fierce generals took the lead in the charge, and quickly retreated.
Seeing that the Han army was attacking like a tide and that his soldiers were on the verge of collapse, Hu Weikada had no choice but to order a retreat, trying in vain to exchange space for time.