Chapter 70: Countermeasures
"Brother Junnian, this Zhang Liao refuses to open the city, what can he do? Why don't I wait for the army to be retired? Back in the army, Ren Qi saw that he couldn't deceive the city gate, and began to retreat.
After all, he hasn't torn his face with Ye Zhao yet, counting it, Zhao Yun said that he would still have credit for Ye Zhao if he moved Ren Qi to attack, since he couldn't win Cheng/Du, it was better to retreat and seek the second, first lie dormant under Ye Zhao, and then wait for the opportunity.
Zhao Wei glanced at Ren Qi helplessly, shook his head and sighed, "Haven't you noticed it yet?" That Ye Zhao, I didn't believe in me at all, if he was made the lord of Shu, how long do you think you could be the Qianwei Taishou? ”
Ren Qi looked at Zhao Wei and frowned: "You mean he will be like Liu Yan?" ”
"Liu Yan will at least take into account a little bit of the scholar's feelings, but Ye Zhao, do you know that when the first emperor was alive, he openly supported the promotion of books among the people in the court, so this matter, arguing with the Manchu Dynasty in court was regarded as a good story in Luoyang." Said in a deep voice.
"So what?" Ren Qi was a little puzzled, what happened in Luoyang a few years ago was also circulated in Shuzhong, and even now there are bookstores selling books in all counties of Yizhou, and he can't help it at all, but he really can't think of anything to do with it now?
"How?" Zhao Wei sneered: "This is Ye Zhao's attitude!" If he is the lord of Shu, the selection of materials will not be limited to the family, he will not only be like Liu Yan, use Dongzhou Shi, but also select the poor and even the poor to enter the Shi, if at that time, he is the sword, I am the fish and meat, and my Shu sergeant has no other way to go except to attach to him. ”
In other words, Sergeant Shu had to give up most of their current transcendent status, and with Ye Zhao's character, it was impossible to give them too much privilege.
"So what's going on now?" Ren Qi frowned when he heard this.
"I waited and collected the troops and returned to the camp, making the appearance of wanting to return to Qianwei, now Chengdu / Du is at the beginning, the people's hearts are unstable, there is still the old Liu Yan in the city, we must divide the troops to deter, I will take advantage of the night to attack the city, first occupy this Chengdu / capital, and then contact Mr. Qiande to call on the Shu sergeant crowd to attack, then Ye Zhao even if he is powerful, under the siege, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape death, if you can contact that Zhang Lu, you can even counterattack Hanzhong, and take the Ye Zhao foundation." Zhao Wei said in a deep voice.
"This is a brilliant plan, so let's prepare this!" Ren Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly followed what Zhao Wei said, and made a posture of retreating.
"General, those people are back!" Wu Da and the others standing on the city wall couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw Ren Qi retreating.
"Don't be careless!" Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "In short, before the arrival of the lord, strengthen your vigilance, especially tonight, I always feel that Zhao Yun will not leave so easily." ”
"Whoa!" Wu Da agreed, but he was a little unimpressed in his heart.
Seeing that the situation was stable, Zhang Liao left 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard the four gates, and the other 3,000 people were sent by Zhang Liao to various parts of the city to prevent trouble with Liu Yan's old troops in the city.
In the dead of night, Wuda leaned on the city tower and was drowsy, marching for days, plus today's battle, which made them tired, plus now that it has been down, the mind is naturally relaxed, even if there is Zhang Liao's instructions, in the dead of night at this moment, sleepiness will unconsciously come up, even as a general Wuda is like this, and the rest of the soldiers are naturally the same, one by one or leaning against the city wall, or holding weapons, their heads keep tapping, and they don't find out at all, a group of men and horses under the cover of the moonlight, Quietly approaching this side.
"Dada~"
In the silent night, a few slight noises woke Wu Da up, frowned and looked at the empty night sky, a burst of urine rushed in, Wu Da looked around, walked up to the female wall, unbuttoned his trouser belt and poured out to the city.
The sound of the sparse commotion was accompanied by a foul smell, and Wuda suddenly felt that some troops, the sound of water splashing on the ground, why was it so close?
Subconsciously looked down, what caught his eye was a wet human face, which looked a little hideous at the moment, and a knife flashing with cold light in his hand, in Wu Da's stunned gaze, stabbed into his body from the bottom up.
"Oh~oh~"
The sound of the horn with a different atmosphere woke up the soldiers defending the city, and they saw Wuda standing diagonally on the city wall in a strange posture, and the single knife that had been stained with blood was submerged from his lower body, which made many soldiers who saw this scene subconsciously clamp their legs.
"Not good, enemy attack!" As Wu Da distorted his face and fell to the ground in pain, after convulsions a few times, he completely lost his breath, and finally someone reacted, and under the night sky, a terrible roar broke the silence of the night in an instant.
"Kill!" Almost at the same time, dozens of black shadows jumped onto the city wall from all corners of the city wall, killing Ye Zhaojun's soldiers who had not had time to react.
Although there is no main general, but Ye Zhao training, the first cooperation, when the enemy is found, even if there is no command, the soldiers defending the city are also quickly gathered together in groups of three or five at the first time, pounce on those who rush up to the enemy, under the night, the city wall continues to stage a tragic battle, although the night battle is unfavorable to both sides, but in the case of the number of disadvantages, obviously the unfavorable situation is greater for the defense of the city, and the condescending advantage is suppressed too much in the case of not being able to see things one zhang away.
Zhang Liao in the city of turmoil at the first time, then gathered the city soldiers and horses, and at the same time sounded the siren, that is Ye Zhaojun's unique way of communication, the unique rhythm represents different code words, at this moment, Zhang Liao ordered to abandon the city wall, to the city closer, to defend the city wall for them in a disadvantaged number, is not good, it is better to move the battlefield to the city, one has a fire can be illuminated, the other can also disperse the enemy's forces, for Ye Zhaojun who has strengthened individual combat and small-scale group combat, The criss-crossed streets and alleys can play to their advantage.
Ren Qi and Zhao Wei quickly entered the city through the open city gate, looking at Ye Zhaojun, who was defeated on the whole line, Zhao Wei couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "That Zhang Liao is nothing more than that!" ”
"It's done!" Ren Qi said with some excitement.
"Don't be too happy, send someone to seize the city, and drive Ye Zhaojun out of the city before dawn!" Zhao Weilang said.
"Good!" Ren Qi agreed and ordered someone to pass the order.
It's just that the next development did not go as smoothly as expected.
Although he succeeded in taking the city wall through a sneak attack, he was met with stubborn resistance when a large number of soldiers poured into the streets and alleys of the city...... Or it would be more appropriate to use the word slaughter.
The soldiers of Ye Zhaojun, who lost the city wall, did not completely collapse because of this, but under the command of Zhang Liao, they were broken into pieces and scattered in the streets and alleys of the entire city.
The sound of fighting, the whole midnight has not stopped, but the advance speed of the Qianwei soldiers and horses is terrible slow, most of the night has passed, seeing that dawn is coming, but even the state pastoral mansion has not touched, more than 20,000 troops, scattered throughout the city, in fact, there are not many, gradually eaten by Zhang Liao.
Zhao Wei and Ren Qi also found out that something was wrong, this night battle, in addition to developing according to their plan at the beginning, followed by the fact that after the army entered the city, it was contrary to their original intentions.
"How so?" Ren Qi pulled Zhao Wei in a panic, they just saw with their own eyes a full team (fifty people) of soldiers and horses in front of them, being pounced on by more than a dozen Ye Zhao soldiers to fight and kill, leaving a corpse, seven or eight Ye Zhao soldiers quickly retreated, but their own soldiers died nearly twenty, and the rest were also frightened, and did not dare to go to the city again.
Zhao Wei obviously also found out that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly order all the troops to gather and gather troops to capture the Prefecture Governor's Mansion!" ”
The opponent is obviously good at street fighting, and if they split up at this moment, they will only let the enemy break them one by one, so it is better to gather forces and use superior forces to force the opponent to fight a decisive battle.
The desolate sound of the horn sounded before the first rays of dawn fell on Chengdu/Du, and the soldiers and horses of the city quickly retreated towards the sound of the horn.
At the same time, Zhang Liao also discovered the other party's intentions, and immediately issued a general attack order, biting the opponent and reducing the opponent's living force as much as possible before the enemy army gathered.
The chaotic sound of fighting lasted for another hour, until the dawn of the day, Zhao Wei and Ren Qi regrouped their troops, when the 20,000 troops last night entered the city, after most of the night of fighting, at this moment alive gathered over, there were less than 7,000, some died in the street fighting, but more were defeated and fled directly out of the city.
Zhang Liao's ugly face gathered people and horses to confront Zhao Wei and Ren Qi at the east gate, and there were no large casualties, but last night, only more than 2,400 people were left who died of 5,000 soldiers, and this battle damage was already very low compared to Qianwei's soldiers, but it still made Zhang Liao feel ashamed, and the three deputy generals under his command had no survivors!
This was the first time he had taken charge alone, and he was almost wiped out by the entire army killed by these people.
This is still Ye Zhao who has specifically talked to the generals in the army before about how to deal with the city break, how to use a special horn to order the execution unit to be assigned to the soldiers in the army to control the overall situation, there has been targeted training and Zhang Liao has the deepest grasp of this, so that after the city is broken, he can still entangle with the enemy, otherwise, once the city wall is broken, even if Ye Zhao's army is elite, in the case of fighting separately, it will only be broken by the enemy.
Just a little bit, he was about to be wiped out, and this mission was also a failure, losing this opportunity for Yang Ming, and at the same time betraying Ye Zhao's trust in him.
Looking at the defeated remnants of the assembled army in front of him, there seemed to be a flame burning in Zhang Liao's eyes.