Chapter 69: Inexplicable Trickery

Early in the morning of the second day, Han Yi led the army to move to the northwest corner, and some of the soldiers pushed the baggage battalion to make thirty bamboo houses overnight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe bamboo house is three zhang high, five zhang long, and four zhang wide, and there are ten wooden wheels under the house, with a total weight of more than 5,000 catties. went all the way, but it attracted bursts of shameful laughter from other departments.

At that time, the people had the aftermath of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the heaviest warriors, often respected the warriors who were the first to fall into battle, and were proud of the horse leather shroud. As a warrior, it is also common to charge with his clothes covered, and he will definitely not like the utensils that he will protect. Even shields are not often used, let alone bamboo houses.

The soldiers of various departments ridiculed the new Runan soldiers for being cowardly and timid, and the main general Han Yi was also embroidered with straw bags. Many people abandoned the bamboo house, and Hou Chuhu, the right Zuojun, shouted indignantly: "Zuojun Sima, let's abandon the bamboo house, when we are crisscrossing Runan, when have we used such utensils, we will never be afraid of death." ”

Han Yi smiled like a spring breeze in the face of shame, and explained: "You and the others were originally temporary conscripts, not county soldiers, and you went with me for some reason. As the commander of the Lord, how can I not care about your life or death, and waste your lives at will? ”

Chu Hu shouted loudly: "Zuojun Sima, we have all been thieves, and our lives are as worthless as mustard. Sima Renyi, no more brutal than other generals in the court, not only forgave us for our sins, but also placed us in the territory of Haiyang, granted us fields, distributed food, and let us live and work in peace and contentment. How can we not repay such a great favor? Today, some people laugh at Zuojun Sima for being cowardly and timid, but I feel the same for Zuojun Sima's humiliation here. Although the protector is not the minister of Sima of the Zuojun, he also has the heart of humiliating the minister. Zuojun Sima also asked him to sit in the camp, and the matter of filling in the soil and burying the trench will be left to me. When I can go to the city and fight, I will tell you again. ”

After that, he raised his arms and shouted: "How can we wait for the new sea bream people to hide and fight like rats, and today we can fill in the mound without this bamboo house." Men who are not afraid of death can come with me. ”

One sentence suddenly made countless aggrieved people around them drink together, and they didn't listen to Han Yi's persuasion, and all abandoned the bamboo house and followed Chu Hu away. Han Yi looked at the hundreds of people who had gone away and Che Jing, who was waiting for a few percent of the light poles, and smiled bitterly, and his heart was also extremely moved. I don't give people much kindness, but I can win people's hearts like this, how can I not make myself feel emotional.

It's just that Chu Hu's behavior still made Han Yi very displeased, and before he gave the order, he was provoked by the shameful laughter of the friendly army to throw away his own life, and even led hundreds of people who dared to die. How can such a rash act serve a military candidate?

The width of the mound is only more than sixty steps, and there are hundreds of people guarding it to protect the people and fill the soil, so it is almost the same, and it is true that Han Yi does not need to command it personally. But the thieves of Wancheng are not dead, but they will shoot indiscriminately with bows and arrows, and the dead and wounded will be many. Che Jing repeatedly persuaded Shangqiu, but the soldiers were still unwilling to use the bamboo hut to cover their bodies, so Han Yi had to order someone to send hundreds of shields to the incident.

After Han Yi met with Zhu Yun, he met with several county magistrates, one of whom said: "The excavation of the earthwork is now in progress. However, the people under my rule are only responsible for transporting the bags of earth to the bottom of the mound, and the distance above the mound will be handled by your own department. ”

Han Yi was stunned when he heard this, and said unhappily: "Isn't Su Xianjun saying that he is laughing?" Nearly 50,000 square meters, hundreds of millions of trillion pounds of earth and stone, you call our ministry to carry its own luck? Our department is also responsible for being the first to ascend, so how can we have the strength to do such a hard work? ”

The county magistrate rolled his eyes and said: "The battlefield has no eyes, and the people know nothing about the soldiers like you, and the dead will be used indiscriminately." Thinking that my Nanyang was suddenly attacked by thieves, the people died and escaped countless people, and the household registration was already very missing, these tens of thousands of strong laborers, or I waited for the six counties to search for it, how could it be chaotic. So I just transported it under the mound. ”

Han Yi opened his mouth and looked at Zhu Wei on the side, but Zhu Yan turned around and acted as if he didn't see it. Han Yi looked at the captains and military horses with evil smiles on their faces around him, and couldn't help but be secretly angry, the army of thieves who had been so good had made it like this, and this time he had also encircled himself, and he didn't know why.

Hmph, anyway, you are not in a hurry, why should I be in a hurry, the Runan soldiers are only here to help, and it is also the fault of your southern army to fight the Nanyang Yellow Turban. Han Yi said slowly: "Well, since the manpower is not enough, our department will slowly take good luck, and it will not hurt to transport it for ten years." ”

Zhu Yun coughed lightly and said, "Han Mingyuan, you promised to be the first to ascend for the army......

Han Yi choked and said, "Yes, but I didn't refuse, I just postponed it." ”

Zhu Yun coughed several times and said: "Last night, there were rumors in the Minzhuang camp, saying that Runan Han Mingyuan was good at driving the Minzhuang to fill the trenches, and if the battle was successful, all the Minzhuang would die seven or eight times out of ten. If there is a dead person, it is thrown directly into the trench and the matter is landfilled. The people were terrified, and begged the county magistrates not to transport them to the city, but only to the mound. ”

Han Yi was furious and shouted angrily: "Who is so shameless that this rumor ruins Han's reputation?" If you don't want Han to be the first to board the army, you can stand up against it, why do you make such vicious words? ”

Zhu Yan coughed and persuaded: "The situation in the Minzhuang camp is complicated, and it is impossible to find out who spread the rumors. However, yesterday afternoon, Mingyuan was supposed to make you the first to board, and there was something wrong with it. If Mingyuan is unwilling to take the lead for the army again, this matter can be discussed in the long run. ”

Han Yi suppressed his anger and glanced at Zhu Yan, people often say that Zhu Yan is fierce, but he doesn't look like it from today. On the contrary, there are some inscrutable yin and yang strange temperaments. After thinking about it, Han Yi felt that this Zhu Yun and the generals of the Southern Army were very strange, and he thought that he would simply stop doing it. However, thinking about what happened not long ago, I feel that being a person without power and powerless will always be bullied by others. This time I came to Yuannanyang, I must not return empty-handed, otherwise I would ask for officials from the court with any merits.

Although Zhao Qian's left thief Cao Shi is good, it is not the official position of the court, if Zhao Qian doesn't like it, just say it, there is no room for half a point. As long as he is an official official of the court, even if he is only a county magistrate and lieutenant for one term, relatively speaking, his status will always be different from that of Bai and he is not easy to be bullied.

Han Yi slapped his chest and shouted: "Since I have promised to go first, I will definitely continue to the end, and I will never give up halfway." The county lords can let the people transport the earthwork to the bottom of the mound, and I will take care of the rest. ”

After that, he and the county magistrates clasped their fists and inquired, and the county magistrates glanced at each other and nodded silently. Han Yi glanced at Zhu Yun and the others again, turned around and left.

After Han Yi turned around, he said to the generals, and all the generals were in an uproar, and Cheng Qi asked: "Zuojun Sima, what do you mean by Zhu Yun and the people of the Southern Army?" ”

Han Yi said in a sullen voice: "The people who came out of Luoyang City are all flowery, how do I know." ”

Lu Ping asked: "Then what should our army do, should we strike and return to the camp, or continue to attack the city?" ”

Zhou Ge patted his spleen and shouted: "Naturally, we will continue to attack the city." Zuojun Sima once led us to defeat Chen Guo and Peng from more than 100,000 thieves. This time, there are only 100,000 thieves in Wancheng, but our army is well-armed at this time, which is definitely different from the past, and it can be broken together. ”

The generals couldn't help but be angry when they heard this, and Han Yi also laughed and said, "Yes, I can not only defeat Peng Tuo, but also defeat Han Zhong." Moreover, most of our army will have 7,000 men who will arrive today and tomorrow, and 6,000 people in Minzhuang. Even with the strength of our Runan soldiers, Han Zhong can be defeated, and our army can be mainly opposed, so why do you need to look at the face of his southern army. ”

The generals agreed, and in addition to the 400 people who were protected by the shield of Chu, the whole army and the 4,500 people of Minzhuang were divided into three groups, each group of 1,500 people, and took turns to go back and forth on the mound of 130 steps.

The landfill battle began, and the mound was only about 20 steps away from the city, and the faces of the thieves were clearly visible. The thieves shouted at the head of the city and shot arrows with their bows, and the arrows rained down, and each salvo was nearly a thousand sharp arrows. Chu Hu stood on the mound with 400 people, back and forth for the soldiers who carried the soil cart to resist the rain of arrows, and 1,500 people kept going back and forth like ants to carry the soil and fill it.

However, the shield is small, and it is okay to protect one person, but it is difficult to protect several people. Let Chu Hu and the others stop blocking it, and even block the arrows with their bodies. But in less than a moment, more than 100 people were hit by arrows, and more than 30 people died. Han Yi was furious, and he couldn't control the temperament of Chu Hu and the others, so he immediately ordered Chu Hu and the others to temporarily retreat. He waved his hand and ordered the soldiers on standby to push out the bamboo hut, cover it with cowhide, and apply it with wet mud, and pushed it up the mound in unison.

As soon as the bamboo house arrived, the power of the thieves' arrows at the head of the city was immediately reduced, and the bow could not shoot through the cowhide bamboo house wrapped in wet soil, and there was no strong crossbow to destroy. The soldier who carried the earth cart immediately became safe, and rushed forward again to continue to dump soil and stones. Chu Hu, who was carrying more than 20 arrows, breathed a sigh of relief, blaming himself for his previous agitation. Han Yi saw that Chu Hu was brave and brave, and he was still alive with more than 20 arrows, so he was afraid that he would lose too much blood, so he hurriedly ordered him to go down and wrap up his wounds, and handed over the responsibility of protection to Che Jing to arrange.

After Che Jing took office, in addition to ordering people to protect against stray arrows, he also ordered people to shoot the Yellow Turban Moth Thieves who were shooting with crossbow arrows from the small square hole specially set aside, and the arrogance of the Yellow Turban Moth Thieves was immediately greatly reduced. However, after all, there were many thieves, one after another, one dead and wounded, and one person picked up his bow and continued to shoot. If it weren't for the small size of the city, I am afraid that tens of thousands of thieves would shoot arrows at the mound.

At the end of the day, countless arrows were shot on the bamboo house, the cowhide was broken, the bamboo tube was worn, and the bamboo house was crumbling. Pulling down the bamboo house, it can be said that the arrows on it can be counted in tens of thousands, and Han Yi's army has obtained thirty or forty thousand intact sharp arrows.

With the protection of bamboo houses, the Runan soldiers were not injured by the arrows thrown high, only more than 100 people. However, the Yellow Turban Moth Thief was shot by a crossbow arrow and killed no less than a thousand people. Moreover, the earthwork was very well filled, and it was only thirteen steps away from the city. It only takes one to two days to get to the top of the city.