Chapter 17: Whether to Slaughter the City
Long Duan'er was really angry, no matter how much Wang Ling'er comforted and persuaded her, it had no effect.
As for Liu Kuan, he has been in this era for more than ten years, and he also thinks that monogamy is obviously not suitable for Liu Tong, and Liu Kuan certainly hopes that Liu Tong will have more children and grandchildren. Although he loves Duan'er, he can't let her lose his temper, knowing that Long Duan'er is wronged, he has never come to comfort her. Duan'er saw that when his beloved father was wronged, he no longer coaxed himself like when he was a child, Duan'er knew that Liu Kuan was Liu Tong's father after all, and in the final analysis, he was his father-in-law, and he was no longer his eldest daughter.
Long Duan'er left, without saying goodbye to Liu Kuan, Wang Ling'er chased her all the way to bring her food, water and a bag of money, and repeatedly told him to be careful on the road and not to walk around. Duan'er saw Wang Ling'er's worried eyes, and felt a lot relieved.
"Sanniang, don't worry, I'm just going back to Luoyang, looking for my mother, and let him fool around with a country girl!" Long Duan'er resolutely left.
Outside Shouchun City, in Liu Kuanshuai's tent, the northern generals gathered together.
"Generals, the Battle of Daomen is over. Our fundamental task is to capture Shouchun and Luzhou. There are many ways to siege a city, and outwitting is the best strategy. However, since the formation of our national army, it has not yet undergone the test of a large-scale battle to attack and seize cities. The death of Gao Shun and General Pan Feng, we must use our flesh and blood to make the enemy chill and make them pay the price! My guiding ideology is to attack fortified positions, first, to accumulate experience for our future siege of cities, and more importantly, we must declare to the world that as long as our northern army goes, there will be no city and no city will be destroyed! ”
Seeing Liu Kuan's resolute attitude, all the generals volunteered to fight and attack the city. "General, I want to slaughter the whole city and avenge General Gao!" Cao Xing came out of the queue and knelt on one knee.
"Slaughter the city, blood for blood! Avenge General Pan Feng! Gao Ran also knelt in the lobby.
Liu Kuan is a humble person, his own army slaughtered the common people he can't do, in history Cao Cao in the name of avenging his father to slaughter Xuzhou, left a thousand years of infamy. However, completely ignoring the wishes of the generals is bound to undermine morale and cause a certain degree of division. Liu Kuan looked at the excited generals and fell into deep thought.
Historical records Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian, broke Pengcheng, Tao Qian retreated to Tancheng, Cao Cao did not conquer the city of Suiling, Xiaqiu and other cities, killed hundreds of thousands of men and women, chickens and dogs did not stay, and Surabaya did not flow. The city and city that passed through were not protected, and the people of Sanfu who were in exile and attached to Tao Qian were also killed. This has also become the most powerful evidence of Cao Cao's traitorous male, leaving a reputation for eternity.
Xun You has been following Liu Kuan for a long time, how can he not understand Liu Kuan's temperament. "Generals, our people's army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, but when Kan Ze and his ilk plot to kill Gao and Pan, and when the city is broken, we will never accept the surrender of the soldiers and soldiers of Shouchun Jiangdong, and we will comfort the second general with the blood of the enemy!"
He wanted to speak, and he also said: "When attacking the city, inform the people in the city that they must not help each other to defend the city, otherwise they will be regarded as soldiers." After the city is broken, the people in the city are my people, and the materials and properties in the city are my materials and properties. The Lord should know! ”
Liu Kuan was happy in his heart and didn't want anyone to raise any more objections. He immediately got up and said sharply: "I already know the meaning of the generals, so I will break through the city according to your wishes, and I will never surrender!" The congregation will obey the order! ”
Everyone lined up neatly and stood solemnly.
Zhang Liao led his headquarters to ambush and twenty miles south of the city, block the reinforcements from Luzhou, and annihilate the fleeing enemy of Shouchun. Cao Xing led the headquarters to capture the north gate, Gao Ran led the headquarters to capture the east gate, and Tai Shici led the headquarters to capture the west gate. Wu Qiu Jian integrated the catapults and ballistas of the whole army to cooperate with Zang Ba's troops, divided them into three, and attacked the enemy in the city from the above three sides from a long distance. He sent messengers day and night to inform the people of the city to leave the city as soon as possible, and those who did not leave the city were not allowed to help defend the city, and to inform the people living near the city wall of the power of fire attack, so that they could demolish their houses and stay away from the city. The battle of Shouchun must be prestigious! ”
"Raise your might! Raise your might! The shouts of the generals were louder and louder.
Liu Tong was in the ranks, and when he saw Liu Kuan sending such a general, he admired it in his heart. Tai Shici was injured, Cao Xingjun and Gao Lanjun were Gao Shun and Pan Fengyan, all of whom were holding back a vicious spirit, and when they attacked the city, they could not move forward bravely. And Wu Qiujian can also be handy because of his experience in attacking the thunder camp with fire.
Whether it was besieging three or missing one, besieging the city for reinforcements, or being sympathetic to the people, Liu Kuan's approach made Liu Tong happy and convinced, not only did not go against the wishes of the generals, but also maintained his reputation. Under the strong attack and not fighting with the trapped beast, testing the attack without blindly doing it, Liu Tong thought to himself, I still have a lot to learn.
Because Shouchun has been besieging the city for a long time, Xian Yufu, Zhang Liao and others have already prepared a large number of capture equipment. On that day, letters from the National Army rained down on Shouchun City. Sun Quan, Kan Ze and others faced the mountain of letters with sad faces.
Kan Ze broke the silence, "The body of the lord's daughter, please retreat to Luzhou, Kan Ze vows to live and die with Shouchun!" Sun Quan was impassioned and refused to retreat to Luzhou no matter what. In the end, at the signal of Kan Ze, Zhu Ran led his troops to take Sun Quan hostage and leave Shouchun, and retreated to Luzhou with the coffins of the seriously injured Lu Xun, Ling Fei and Ji Ling.
However, it is said that Zhu Ran, under Lu Xun's suggestion, did not retreat south to Luzhou, but after leaving the city from the south gate, he detoured to the east and turned to Luzhou.
In the early morning of the second day, after the whole army had a full meal, Liu Kuan gave an order, and the army drove to the city.
Kan Ze strangely found in the city that the Nationalist army advanced two or three hundred meters below the city but suddenly stopped. Siege battles are often important for morale and momentum, but the national army stops halfway, which is puzzling.
It didn't take long for Kan Ze to understand. I saw that behind the siege team, after the siege equipment was dispersed, a large number of catapults and ballistae were exposed. Kan Ze was not surprised to see this, catapults were not uncommon in this era, and although he had not seen them, he had also heard of them, because of the amplitude, the effectiveness of the crossbow in the siege was not high, because the long crossbow shot by the crossbow went in a straight line, and the effect of attacking the city wall was not good.
Kan Ze even laughed at his opponent a little, and even attacked the city with a crossbow.
Suddenly, the national army drums sounded loudly, and catapults were launched one after another, Kan Ze was surprised at this time, only to see that the city was not falling stones, but wooden barrels, and the barrels came down, and after they were broken, the city walls were full of black and slimy things. Barrels fell like heavy rain, on the walls, inside and outside the walls, everywhere, and some of them fell on the roofs of the inhabitants of the city and around the houses.
The catapults kept coming, but the attacking team did not move. Although Kan Ze and the generals defending the city had not seen the oil, they realized that this thing might ignite when it was ignited, especially when they saw that the houses of the residents in the city had already ignited a fire due to the spark flames, and they immediately panicked, and the fear continued to spread. The more the besieging team did not attack, but only threw oil barrels, the more panicked the city became.
Kan Ze and many generals have already arranged for people to fetch water, sprinkle it on the ground, and also arrange for people to fetch sand and soil to prepare to put out the fire. After nearly a quarter of an hour of rain-like barrels, Kan Ze noticed movement outside the city. The siege tower slowly approached, and rockets were fired from the tower, and because the rockets were tied with strips of cloth soaked in oil, the flames were strung high, and the rockets were overwhelming, which was very terrifying. The archers looked at the aim, and shot indiscriminately, and the fire suddenly raged inside and outside the city wall.
What made it painful to watch was that the crossbow was not aimed at the soldiers in the city, but adjusted the angle and shot into the city, the range was very long, and the houses within the city walls were also on fire. What shocked him was that the north gate he saw had already been attacked by oil drums, and there were a lot of black things under the door, and dozens of crossbows roared away, nailing them to the door, and the city gate suddenly burst into flames.
Kan Ze immediately panicked, and under the fire, the city gate would soon be burned to ashes. Kan Ze was weak, his feet slipped, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and then slipped again, and his back hit the ground. The general and his entourage hurriedly came over to help, and several people immediately slid to the ground.
Some generals organized people to extinguish the fire with water, but found that a bucket of water went down, not only did not extinguish it, but made the flames higher. The city wall is not only on the ground, but also on the people, and the city wall is full of flames, and everyone who is on fire has become a source of fire, staggering and igniting the people around them.
The city walls were suddenly chaotic, and there were headless flies everywhere, full of ghosts crying and wolf howling.