Chapter 83: Back to Elysium
Frustrated: Aren't we too ruthless, nearly 20,000 people! It's gone, it's hurtful.
Wei Yandao: If you are not from my clan, your heart will be different. Do you want to put it back and fight us next time?
Zhang Jie said: Okay, we didn't do anything, just overtook them back to Elysium, and just treated it as if nothing happened.
Tell your brothers to keep their mouths shut.
Gongsun Chan returned to the city, anxious. He knew that Wuhuan couldn't help.
Dao: Now Wuyan and the others have been captured. What shall we do? Tian Kaidao: We can only defend the city now. Gongsun Zhan said: Prepare materials to defend the city and prevent Zhang Jie from digging tunnels. Promise!
Zhang Jie's camp, Zhang He said: My lord, we have captured nearly 20,000 good war horses this time! Gongsun Zhan's horses were all captured, and the others climbed the city wall and went back, but the horses could not climb up.
What if there are just almost four thousand captives? Zhang Jie thought about it, these Gongsun Zhan soldiers were all Han Chinese, of course they couldn't be killed casually.
Dao: Send someone to Jixian County, and let it go after this battle. Promise!
Of course, Zhang Jie will not kill all the Han prisoners, the population is the largest resource, since it is ancient, after the war, these young people are his people, and they must be treated well.
Zhang Jiedao: What are your best plans for breaking through this city?
Zhang Hedao: Why don't you dig the city wall like Jixian County?
Frustrated, he said: You can't use this trick anymore, Gongsun Chan must have taken precautions, and besides, there is a way to deal with the tunnel, and the enemy army only needs to dig a hole and fill it with water. Our soldiers digging tunnels are in danger. How could Gongsun Chan be fooled again and again?
Zhang He felt the same, nodded and said: It seems that there is only a hard attack. Zhang Jie said: No, Gongsun Chan is now a battle of trapped beasts. There are more than 20,000 defenders, and there are the advantages of the city wall, if we fight hard, how many people will have to die to take it?
At this moment, Zhang Yan said: Yu Yu told me that he had a plan to break the city.
Oh, General Yu has a strategy to break the city? Zhang Jie didn't believe it very much, but to give Zhang Yan face, let's call him over. After a while, the poison will come into the account.
Zhang Jiedao: General Yu has a strategy to break the enemy? Yu Poison Dao: It's not a strategy, it's a stupid way, the last general has encountered a steep hill in the mountain a few times, the horses can't go up, the last general will let his brothers use stone sacks, fill in a little ramp, the horses can go up with a charge below, the last general sees that the city wall is not particularly tall, just fill the soil with a sack, fill a slow ramp, and then the cavalry charges, should be able to rush up, as long as the cavalry goes up the city wall, the defenders can only escape.
That's right! Why can't we think of this when we crossed over?
Later Mongol cavalry often used this trick to attack cities, as long as the walls were not particularly tall, it was not too difficult to fill a ramp.
Zhang Jie said: Okay, General Yu's plan is feasible. Act accordingly. Zhang Yandao: But where can I find so many sacks for a while? Zhang Jie said: There is no need for so many sacks, let's first fill a slope with stones at the bottom layer, only use sacks on the top two layers, or use wooden boards to pave a gentle slope, in order to prevent the planks from slipping, you can spread a layer of sacks on the wooden boards. Cloth and the like. But the slope should be wider, and it should be filled in a little longer, not too steep. This will make the sacks much smaller.
This plan was offered by General Yu Poison, and General Yu led the troops to fill in the slope, and the rest of the generals cooperated. Promise! Yu Poison replied loudly.
Zhang Jie called Qi Zhou and Wei You again. Zhang Jie said: The two generals have newly joined the Jizhou Army, and Jie has a task that he hopes the two generals will complete. Zhang Jie saw that he called himself the lord and was quite obedient, so he said: Now that the right Beiping County is besieged, and the rest of the cities are not occupied, I plan to let the two of you lead the troops to occupy the right Beiping In addition, Xu Wu, Wu Zhong, and Jun Mi are three cities. I don't know what the two of you think?
Qi Zhoudao: There are almost not many defenders in these three cities, and the lord let us go to get it because we can trust the two of us, and the last general will definitely be able to take these three cities for the lord.
Zhang Jie said: After taking the city, find a way to get some sacks, Jie is useful.
Wei Youdao: The last general understands.
Zhang Jie said again: Those who are not allowed to rob the people must give money. Promise!
The two men then went with thousands of soldiers and horses to take the other three cities.
Zhang Jie ordered someone to go to Jixian County to find some sacks.
And Zhang He asked people to quarry stones. Since there are not many sacks, the bottom of the slope can only be filled with stones. Tens of thousands of people are afraid to move a stone, that is, 10,000 pieces, it is too easy to fill a slope, but now the sack has not arrived, so the stones are only piled not far away and the slope is not filled.
And Zhao Yun killed and scattered thousands of Wuhuan horseback, and now they are looking for Wuyan everywhere to find their whereabouts. They also had more than three thousand cavalry.
That night, Zhao Yun rushed to kill the Wuhuan camp, but the light was not good at night, so he didn't kill many people, but after these Wuhuan cavalry dispersed, they now assembled, intending to find Wuyan and them first. It's a pity that Wuyan and all the Wuhuan soldiers have returned to their "hometown".
A Wuhuan soldier said, after looking for a few days, there is no shadow, maybe they will go back to Liucheng first, let's go, this is too dangerous, we only have this little bit of men and horses now, and there is no food and grass, so we can only go back first.
In the end, everyone discussed killing some horses to make food, and then returned to Liucheng. It's a pity that Hao Zhao waited for them on the road for a long time, and in the end, only about 500 of the 3,000 people escaped. All of them were killed.
Gongsun Chan is now like an ant on a hot pot, feeling wrong everywhere, and the more Zhang Jie doesn't attack the city, the more uneasy he becomes.
Guan Jingdao: My lord, let's retreat to Liaodong, it's about to be winter, as long as we retreat to Liaodong, Zhang Jie will definitely not chase after him, Liaodong is cold, and Zhang Jie's army has no winter clothes. Definitely did not dare to pursue. We also have Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, Xuansu County, and Lelang County. Why fight with Zhang Jie here? If the city is broken, our family members are all in the city. The subordinates said something ugly, it's too late for us to retreat now, and when Zhang Jie thinks of a strategy to break the city, we have no chance to escape to Liaodong.
We are only facing Zhang Jie, and Zhang Jie has to face many candidates in the Central Plains, so retreating to Liaodong is the best policy. It is not advisable to stay behind to defend the city.
Gongsun Zhan was also scared, and said: What does Zou Dan mean? Zou Dandao: Today, Zhang Jie sent troops to find stones, which may be used by trebuchets, and the number is huge, and his subordinates think that it is the best choice to withdraw to Liaodong.
Gongsun Zhan said: Okay, I agree to withdraw to Liaodong, and Tian Kai also knows that there is a dead end if he does not retreat. He said: If the lord wants to scatter, he will withdraw tonight, Zhang Jie has mined a lot of stones during the day, and he is afraid that he will attack the city tomorrow.
Gongsun Chan said: It's too late tonight, I'm not ready for anything, let's do it tomorrow. But after withdrawing, who will stay to defend the city?
Tian Kaidao: The subordinates stay and drag Zhang Jie, the lord will take 20,000 horses away, and leave 2,000 men for me.
Gongsun Chan said: No, it's too dangerous for you to stay, let others stay. Tian Kai said: Kai received the grace of the lord's knowledge, there is no way to repay, Kai's mind has been decided, please don't have to persuade the lord, Liaodong bitter cold Kai is not by the lord's side, I hope the lord takes care of his body.
Gongsun Zhan's heart is like a knife, but he can only say: If Zhang Jie treats you well, you don't have to ask for death, I don't blame you.
Tian Kaidao: Loyal ministers do not serve the two masters, and the lord does not need to say much.
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