Chapter 218: Digging a Trench

But it didn't take long for the Han soldiers to start blocking the door with sandbags. A soldier with a shield hand and a sandbag quickly dropped the sandbag and ran. It didn't take long for the four gates to be blocked with sandbags.

Then a steady stream of sandbags began to block more and more, and finally the four gates were blocked like a hill.

At this time, Budugen received a report that the Han army had blocked the four gates. I'm starting to get anxious too.

Bring in Fu Luohan and consult with Daihua. Bu Dugen said: Zhang Jie sent troops to block the four gates, this is because he is afraid that we will escape!

What do you say?

Fu Luo Han said: Break through! If you are trapped in the city, you will be trapped to death sooner or later.

Budugendao: How long can you eat food? Dai Hu Dao: Originally, it could only be eaten for three months, but now there are nearly 40,000 warriors who can eat it for half a year.

It's just that there are still many war horses in the city, but there is not enough forage in the city! If you let the war horses eat food, it won't be long before they will be eaten up. And Zhang Jie besieged the city, I don't know how long he plans to besiege it.

Budugendao: There are still a lot of wounded in the city now, and the morale of a soldier yesterday has dropped, if you break through now, it will only be annihilated. For today's plan, we can only defend the city first, and then break through when the Han army is lax. If the Huns can send troops in a month's time, then we will be more sure of breaking through.

Fu Luo Han said: At present, our army has been defeated, I am afraid that the Huns will not send any more troops after they know about it! They are afraid of getting burned!

Budugen Dao: Regardless of whether the Huns send troops or not, we can only defend the city first and wait for the opportunity. Starting tomorrow, some livestock will be killed for military rations.

Promise!

On the third day, Wang Dang arrived with nearly 10,000 hoes.

Zhang Jie called all the officers above the commander to speak.

Zhang Jie said loudly: Brothers, the Xianbei Hu people let us fight a big defeat and collapse. But some fled to the city. When the turtle with a shrunken head. In addition, there were tens of thousands of Hu soldiers in the city. If we go to the siege. I can definitely take it. I never doubted that. But we will kill a lot of people by attacking like this. The lives of the Hu people are not worth much, but the lives of the brothers are worth. We still have to live to enjoy the Xianbei woman!

So, we can't storm it, what should we do? Starve them to death and force the Hu people to surrender. How hungry? It's just that they are all trapped in the city, and they can't be allowed to break through and run. But we can't just keep it like this twelve hours a day!

What to do! Dig a ditch!

There is no moat in this willow city. Let's dig a small moat around him. When we're done, we'll just stay on the shore. If the Xianbei people want to break through again, then we will shoot them like rabbits. The brothers said that it was good or not!

Good! Good! Good!

Zhang He, you lead the brothers to dig first, and dig from the city gate first. When digging, pay attention to enemy crossbowmen on the walls.

Promise!

Ju Yi, your crossbowmen are holding on to the digging brothers? Defend against enemy arrows.

Promise!

Subsequently, 20,000 people began to dig ditches on the outskirts of Liucheng. The place where the digging began was the four gates. Then there is the perimeter of the city walls.

Many soldiers who did not have hoes dug with their swords. There is strength in numbers. Tens of thousands of people can't dig any ditch.

Bu Dugen saw that Zhang Jie was digging a ditch on the periphery, and he was even more anxious. Several times he was ordered to shoot arrows from under the city walls. It's a pity that Ju Yi's strong bow and crossbow were shot back.

The Han army did not rest, took turns digging, and in just over a day, a trench surrounding Liucheng was dug. It is nearly three meters deep and five steps wide. People jump in and can't even show their heads.

Every few steps on the shore is a simple wooden shed. In the wooden hut lived crossbowmen.

See this scene. Budugen was desperate. How do you rush out?

If you want to break through, you must first fill the trenches. But the opposite side is full of crossbowmen. Behind the crossbowmen were the cavalry. Breaking out is all about looking for death.

Zhang Jie in the barracks. Zhang Jie said to Jia Xu: Wenhe, now Budugen is already a turtle in the urn. There's no escape.

But we still have more than 40,000 people here, which is a waste.

The siege of the city is not a day's work.

I want you to take Zhang He back to Yecheng. At present, Jizhou is empty. I'm a little uneasy. Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in the Central Plains. But whatever, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case.

Zhang Heshan Shou. I'm relieved to have him back. Besides, there are too many people guarding here, and it is also difficult to transport grain and grass.

Jia Xu said: From the current point of view, it is indeed unnecessary, but the old man has nothing to do when he returns to Yecheng, so it is better to accompany the lord here! Just let Zhang He take the troops back.

Zhang Jie said: Go back when you are old! There is not even a house in this place, and your old body is afraid that you will not be able to bear it!

Besides, I'm more relieved to have you in Yecheng! Don't excuse yourself.

Why don't you go back to Yecheng, and the old man will guard the lord here?

No! Surround this is just the next policy, and the best policy is to force Bu Dugen to surrender. At this step, Jie Dugen may surrender early. Moreover, we can't let the Xianbei people know how many people we evacuated and went back, and Jie has to often let Du Gen see me. Maybe we have to negotiate, it's more convenient for Jay here, so it's settled!

When Wenhe returns to Yecheng, he can rest in Taiyuan for a few days. Bring the wounded who stayed in Taiyuan back to Yecheng as well!

All right! When will the old man leave? Jia Xu said:

Let's go in the evening! Try not to let the Xianbei people find out. Zhang Jie said.

At that moment, Zhang Jie called the generals and announced that Zhang He and Jia Xu would return to Yecheng with 20,000 horses.

And, Wei Yan took away 10,000, and Gao Ran took 10,000. Zhang Yan brought back 20,000 yuan, plus he took nearly 10,000 wounded people.

Plus more than 10,000 people who died. Now Zhang He has taken another 20,000 with him. Of the 100,000 troops at the time of the expedition, only more than 10,000 people remained in the siege of Liucheng, plus Zhao Yun's 5,000 cavalry. and Zhang Jie's more than 1,000 personal soldiers. There are nearly 20,000 people in total.

20,000 people besieged Xianbei 100,000. There are many such things in history, and the Jin soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty surrounded Kaifeng. At that time, Kaifeng had a population of one million. It's a pity that in the end, the emperor was taken prisoner.

Zhang He, after Jia Xu left.

Zhang Jie found Ju Yi, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Jie said: At present, there are only us left, in order to prevent Budugen from breaking through.

Later, you divided the brothers into four shifts to guard the guards. Each class only keeps three mornings a day. Let the brothers take turns to rest, such as finding Xianbei breaking through and then beating the drum to report.

Others sent some brothers to move in and out of the empty tent to be suspicious soldiers. Concession Dugen thought that we still had the same number of people.

Promise!

Yuanfu, in the future, your own soldiers will also set aside a part of Suizilong to patrol the trenches. You must not let the Xianbei people sneak out of one.

Promise!

In the face of such a siege, Budugen has no way at all. I wanted to secretly send someone out to investigate the situation several times, but I was arrested. So far, he doesn't even know how many people Zhang Jie has besieged the city.

It's been sunny lately since it rained on the day of the decisive battle. It's getting hotter and hotter.

Zhang Jie is also becoming more and more impatient. There are a lot of women in the family who can enjoy it, but no one is in a good mood if they stay in this place where birds don't.

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