Chapter 133: The Captives Persuade to Surrender
On the afternoon of the second day of the siege of the rebels.
The first siege of the day began, and in addition to the ladders, there were also more crashes that rushed to the city gates in the morning.
Last night's promise was a shot in the arm to the friendly generals, and the defense became stronger, and the rebels were repulsed several times, but Cao "Xing" captured hundreds more of the rebels' wounded.
On the third day, the rebels attacked again, but there was no fierce general to ascend first, and there was no main elite to accompany them, and they all relied on the people to attack, and in the end they all failed.
When the city was attacked again on the fourth day, Chen Ying's handsome camp fell out.
"Smack~"
A Shanyue general slapped the table heavily: "Why is it that every time our Shanyue people's troops attack the city, but you stay behind, a divine 'archer' in the official army specializes in killing our military attachΓ©s, most of these military attaches are Shanyue people, every time the army is defeated, there are always dozens of Shanyue people killed."
Moreover, as soon as the Lord is about to die, you will organize him into your own part as soon as possible, surnamed Chen, and your appearance is too ugly! β
Chen Ying squinted his eyes, and Chen Cai, the protector, also patted the case and shouted: "I wish the third child, you dare to question Mr. Chen!" Isn't it easier to command in a group! β
"Humph! Chen Cai, you have grown from a small hundred to tens of thousands now! It's also a profiteer, of course you'd be happy to! But Naion's men suffered heavy casualties! β
After speaking, Zhu Laosan pointed to Chen Ying:
"It's difficult for Chen Cai to add more, where is my part to add?"
The Shanyue generals loudly supported Zhu Laosan one by one.
Chen Ying looked at everyone, and really felt sad for these simple-minded generals, did they quarrel directly in front of them like this? Do you think that if you have the support of many Shanyue generals, you can stand in the open and oppose it, or do you have no wisdom to oppose it verbally?
Chen Ying, who was too lazy to explain, suppressed all the opposing voices in one sentence: "Today I will attack the city!" β
After speaking, Chen Ying got up and left the tent.
Chen Guo's troops, which had expanded to 40,000 people, marched to Xiangyang.
Seeing the flag of General Chen, the defenders cheered up one by one, and they were still a little nervous in their hearts.
Chen Yingbu is a rare warrior in the rebel army, and has always been the vanguard and main force of the rebel army, and most of the dozens of cities that have fallen have been captured by him.
The drumbeat of the highest level of defense sounded, Cao "Xing" stood at the head of the south gate, and Xiangyang except for the five thousand reserves left, all the soldiers went to the head of the city.
But as soon as the battle began, he "exposed" his horse's feet, and saw that Chen Ying's troops were scattered in formation, and the attack dragged on, and they were still driven by the prison army behind before advancing.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, when communication was difficult, Cao "sex" and Chen Ying had very little contact, and Cao "sex" himself did not know what "medicine" was sold in the other party's gourd.
Suddenly, Cao "Xing" found several familiar figures in the rebels, one was an old man holding a child, the other was a young woman with tall and tattered pants "exposed" out of her thighs, and a hunchback, etc., all of which had been seen during the previous three days of fighting, because of their uniqueness, they had always left an impression on themselves who had been guarding the front line.
"Why are several soldiers from different tribes gathered under Chen Ying's command?"
Cao "sex" muttered.
The siege rebels approached the city wall under the drive, and the rain of arrows "shot" down, "shooting" down hundreds of rebels, and the ladder was set up on the city wall, but few were willing to climb.
"This battle consciousness is equal to nothing!"
Cao "sex" muttered, and then clapped his hands high-five.
I understand, I understand, this guy is excluding dissidents again, since you Chen Ying doesn't want them, then I'll accept it.
"Brother Lai, I'll leave it to you here!"
Cao "sex" commanded, regardless of Lai Gong's literati identity and no command experience, he quickly ran down the tower: "Tiger and leopard Yi from the horse, follow me to snatch him tens of thousands of prisoners back!" β
Two hundred tiger and leopard Yi who protected Cao "sex" at all times turned over and got on the horse, the south gate was opened, and before the rebels entered, two hundred iron horsemen rushed out, and the tiger cavalry in the front row raised their guns flatly, picking up the rebels who were blocking the road one by one.
The leopard rider bent his bow and arrows and fired upward "shots" in all directions, causing psychological panic among the rebels.
The rebels, who had no horses, no cavalry, and no courage to form a pike, were like butter cut by a fiery red iron, and could not pose any threat to the tigers and leopards.
The huge psychological panic caused by the cavalry charge made the rebels rush to dodge and trample on each other.
Cao "Xing" raised a strong bow, and his top-level riding and "shooting" skills were displayed, and one by one he tried to resist, or the military attache dressed as Shanyue, were all targets he named.
The unstoppable tiger and leopard Yi chiseled through the siege of Chen Ying's troops, turned the horse's head, and killed it again.
It was like a horse running in a circle in the field, rushing back and forth nine times, circling around Xiangyang County, killing hundreds of rebels, and killing no casualties of his own.
When he turned around again, the rebels had all collapsed, and Cao Xing looked at the rout, Chen Zishuai's flag was lowered, spears were standing, and 10,000 rebels maintained a tight formation and retreated in an orderly manner, and he showed a trace of a smile, and shouted at the rebels who threw away their armor beside him: "Surrender and avoid death, for food and shelter!" β
"Surrender and avoid death, provide food and shelter!"
The tiger and leopard Yicong shouted loudly, this shout was very novel, and the officials and soldiers at the head of the city were puzzled to listen to it, but the effect on these collapsed rebels was excellent.
Hearing this shout, Cao's familiar old man with children, tall woman with "exposed" legs, hunchback, etc., decisively gave up resistance, raised his empty hands, and squatted on the ground to surrender.
Some of the rebels dressed in Shanyue were still unwilling, and still fled with their legs, and the leopards rode and galloped, and a rain of arrows "shot" them to the ground.
The four gates of Xiangyang were opened, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade came out, and the game of capturing prisoners was started, and groups of rebel prisoners were taken to the city.
In an attack on the city, Chen Guo and the others used tens of thousands of losses to block the mouths of the Shanyue generals, and although they were defeated, they proved their "dedication".
Next, the rebel troops took turns to fight, but to no avail.
At this time, Cao "Xing" used another strange trick, that is, to send rebel prisoners to live happily as prisoners on the battlefield.
"Brothers, don't die for the rebels, surrender! The life of the prisoner camp was good, there was no oppression, no beatings, and no random executions! β
"Folks, surrender, the prisoner camp has two meals a day, and it's full, it's good dry food! When you come here, you will say goodbye to the days of being bitter and tired, and drinking gruel every day! Look at me, it's only been a few days, and I feel a lot fatter! β
"Brothers, Mr. Huang Long has an order, whoever surrenders, will be rewarded with a chicken, so that everyone can eat meat and support it at one time!"
The exaggeration, truthfulness, fabrication, and truth of all kinds of captives' persuasions to surrender were transmitted to the rebels besieging the city, and the rebels who were already co-oppelled were greatly moved.
A young siege rebel, still climbing on the ladder, dropped his weapon and shouted, "I want chicken!" I'm going to eat dry! β
With the help of the officers and soldiers, the rebel ascended to the top of the city and joined the happy prisoner camp.