Chapter 328: No Way to Pick Peaches
The round of tomorrow on the horizon slowly rose, although the first afterglow was so golden, but at this time, the gap where the county seat of Na'e County was opened was already a river of blood. The bright red blood washed away the newly collapsed city wall like a torrential rain, leaving corpses everywhere, of course, this is not over, at this moment in the city, the shouting and killing still did not stop.
After slashing and killing a rebel soldier in front of him, Guan Yu glared angrily ahead, at this moment it was inevitable for the Han army to enter the city, but there was still a group of more than 100 rebels in front of him who were resisting to the death, blocking their movements. Guan Yu knew that these were the dead soldiers left by the rebels, because at this moment, more and more rebels in the city were running away, and when he saw them, they looked panicked as if they were about to escape.
But even if the other comrades chose to retreat, but at this moment they were still dragging Guan Yu's troops at the mouth of the collapsed city wall, not caring about the actions of others, Guan Yu knew that they were obviously ready to die, but so what, breaking the city is necessary, as long as the group of people in front of him is annihilated, the county seat of Exian County will no longer have to worry about it, not to mention that he has to seize the Qu Shuai of Exian County to make meritorious contributions, and it is naturally impossible for them to delay the progress of their own troops and horses.
"Kill! Those who dare to resist will be killed. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Guan Yu shouted, and then took the soldiers and horses of the headquarters that followed closely behind, and went straight to the forward that blocked the rebels, in his opinion, this group of hungry rebel soldiers, just woke up from sleep in the morning, and came to snipe before the water and rice were exhausted, can they have some combat power at all, and if they don't descend at this time, let alone when, they still have to resist so fiercely, can they not make Guan Yu angry?
The rebels on the other side saw Guan Yu's soldiers and horses coming, and it was obviously impossible not to be afraid, after all, Guan Yu's brave performance of killing several rebels just now had already frightened these rebels, and now this killing god directly led troops to attack them, can they not be frightened? However, even so, these rebels did not want to retreat, because they were all cronies of Qu Shuai who had escaped from Exian County, and no one could believe Qu Shuai, after all, the longer they delayed, the better the chance that they would be able to retreat safely.
At this time, the number of Han troops besieging the city was also generally known by the rebels at this moment, and in the opinion of Na Qu Shuai, as long as tens of thousands of Han legions were not besieging the city, as long as he arranged his powerful subordinates to drag the Han army besieging the city, so as to ensure that most of his soldiers and horses could retreat safely. Of course, doing so will undoubtedly send those broken soldiers to death, but compared with his own escape, that Qu Shuai's choice is obvious, and he will undoubtedly only choose the latter, so he will arrange for his cronies to be cut off, after all, with other people, maybe when he sees that he has run away, he will drop his blade and flee or surrender, which is unreliable. And these cronies did not disappoint that Qu Shuai, so that Guan Yu, the forward of the Han army, had to pay a lot of price for every step forward, which cost lives, but what was more precious was the time to break the city in an all-round way.
After all, it is also the time when the sun is rising, and the Jingzhou army is also the regular county soldiers of the Han army, and everyone who should get up should get up at this time, and there is such a big movement in the county seat of Exian outside the tent, if they are not awake again, it is estimated that they can really be described as sleeping like a dead pig.
With a "snap", at this moment, in the tent of the Chinese army camp in the Han army camp, Zhao Kai patted the case angrily, pointed to the scout who came to report the news below, and said angrily: "Fuquan has broken Exian County? If you have the courage to speak falsely, I will kill it. ”
The words that came out of the scout's mouth surprised him, how could Zhao Kai not believe the scout's words at this moment, after all, he had nearly 20,000 people in his hands who had not breached the city for several days, and Fuquan only had more than 4,000 people to break the city in a few days, could this not surprise him?
"Back to Ming Gong, the Yizhou soldiers did break the city, and the county seat of Exian and Exian suddenly collapsed, and the Yizhou soldiers entered the city." The scout hurriedly saluted and replied, just looking at Zhao Kai's increasingly unkind face, he was so frightened that the words in his mouth were also slurred, but fortunately, in the end, he truthfully reported the situation he had detected to Zhao Kai.
"Get out! Get lost! Zhao Kai drank twice in a row, and drove the scout out out as if he were about to be amnestied, and then asked left and right with a soothing face: "Why is this so?" How so? ”
In the tent of the Chinese military camp, at this time, the civil and military forces around Zhao Kai saw that their superiors were in a bad mood, and they all lowered their heads and were silent. Of course, they didn't know what to say at the moment, after all, from the scout's intermittent reply, they also learned that the Yizhou soldiers could quickly break the city, and the city wall collapsed on its own, how could they accept this?
Obviously, since he took charge of the army, the Taishou of Dahanba County, who has not tasted defeat, has led his troops to hide in the woods for the past few days, and he doesn't know what tricks he used to make the city wall of the county seat of Exian County collapse. And today's breakthrough of the city at the fifth watch is the plan he has prepared a long time ago, so there is a scene of the Han army breaking the city just now.
Of course, if it is purely in terms of breaking the city, this is obviously an excellent thing for the Han army. However, the whole thing did not involve their Jingzhou soldiers, which is not good, after all, they did not participate, and when the time comes, they will report the credit, for these Jingzhou soldiers who have been striving to get credit by quelling the chaos and have been promoted since then, Fuquan's hand is too poisonous, and they can't accept it at all.
Seeing that there was still a piece of silence in the tent, at this time, Zhao Kai's cronies and scribes came out of the line and saluted: "Ming Gong, it is better to inform Fuba County at this moment, and my Jingzhou army should help it break the city." "This Zhao Kai's cronies said simply, but in fact, the inner meaning is to let this Hao Kai quickly soften, if Fuquan really breaks the county seat of Exian County when the time comes, they Jingzhou soldiers can't even drink a mouthful of soup, after all, with their attitude towards Fuquan a few days ago, everyone knows that today's incident is that the young relative is taking revenge on them.
"Humph!" Zhao Kai glanced at this cronie, snorted coldly, did not speak, and secretly said that his cronies were really a waste, and he didn't know that he and Fu Quan were in an endless situation. If he goes to give in, the matter will reach the ears of Zhao Zhong behind him, and he can't say that he will lose the big money lord in the court, after all, his behavior of riding the wall is the most disgusting to the big man in the court, and this kind of behavior of losing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds is really a shame for his cronies. No wonder he has besieged the city for so many days, and he has not put forward a good proposal for himself to break the city, and now that Fuquan can break the county seat of Exian County with 4,000 soldiers and horses.
In fact, Zhao Kai's cronies also woke him up after Zhao Kai snorted coldly, what mistake did he make, for him, at this time, he was just thinking about meritorious service, after all, as long as he wanted to be promoted and make a fortune, no one would be a wrongdoer with the credit in hand, right? It's just that he was so excited that he completely forgot what kind of situation Zhao Kai's eunuch forces and Fu Quan's relatives represented were in Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai went to ask Fu Quan or Fu Quan promised Zhao Kai, both of which were impossible to happen, so he hurriedly bowed his head and retreated, for fear that he was making Zhao Kai angry.
However, some people don't know how to make this suggestion, of course, some people make suggestions that are beneficial to them, only to see another Zhao Kai's confidant Sima Dao: "Back to Ming Gong, now the army is about to break the city, but the rebels in the city are desperate, it is still difficult to overcome quickly, and at this time it is necessary to quickly support the friendly army." The last general asked for orders and led his troops to take Exian County directly to restore the territory of the Han Dynasty. ”
Well, this Sima obviously knew that there was a bend between Zhao Kai and Fu Quan, so he didn't mention Fu Quan's words at all, but changed the reason. He said that the rebels in the city resisted fiercely, and the friendly troops in Yizhou could not break the city quickly, so they, the Han soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, naturally had to help the friendly army, and no one could object to this.
As for the meaning of what Sima didn't say in his words, most of the people present understood that if the Yizhou army had broken through the county seat of Exian County at this moment, it would be fine for them to go, after all, the four thousand soldiers of Fuquan alone would definitely not occupy all the county seats of Exian County in one fell swoop. And as long as the Yizhou army does not occupy all of them, they will have a chance, and when the time comes, they will pick peaches and send some soldiers and horses to occupy a few places in the county seat of Exian County, so that when the imperial court reports the victory, it can naturally be said that they are the city that they broke through with the Yizhou army, of course, the Yizhou army may have the first merit, but their Jingzhou army can at least get some merit, right? After all, there are also bigwigs in the DPRK and China behind their Jingzhou army, and Zhao Zhong, the eunuch behind Zhao Kai, who spoke well in front of the emperor, so he didn't worry that this battle report was in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor would not believe it.
A smile flashed on Zhao Kai's face after hearing this, in fact, this was what he wanted to say the most in his heart, but because of his identity, he never said it, after all, if he was such a feudal official and said to his subordinates that he wanted to be greedy, it was obviously not too ugly to eat, and his reputation was not good? Therefore, even if he really wants to be greedy for merit, he can't say this, and he has to be advised by others, but the cronies and scribes in front of him obviously can't understand the psychology of his boss, and he has some bad ideas, or the military general who is eager to make meritorious contributions knows his mind and solves his difficulties.
There was no accident, Zhao Kai pretended to be silent for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Quasi!" Quickly order the whole army to pull out the camp, point directly to Exian County, and order the whole army, after the city is broken, there will be all kinds of wine and meat rewards, and you must fight bravely to kill the enemy! "Because the timing of Fuquan's selection was too early, not only the defenders in the county seat of Exian County had just woken up from a dream, and the water and rice had not entered, but the Jingzhou soldiers of the Han army outside the city had not eaten a grain of rice, but time did not wait for anyone, and if they did not hurry up to occupy the territory, who knows if they would not even be able to grab a credit at that time?
"No!"
The generals received the order, and then after Zhao Kai signaled, saluted and quickly returned to the camp, straightened out the soldiers and horses, and after a while, the Han army camp sounded a variety of horns, and the Han soldiers who packed up their clothes and armor in a panic quickly assembled, and it didn't take long to assemble.
At this time, Wen Shang, who had just returned to the camp and ordered his soldiers to assemble quickly, was waiting for the soldiers to assemble, and several uninvited guests quietly passed through his own soldiers and sent messages to meet him.
"I've seen Wang Jun, but I don't know why Wang Jun is here?" Wen Shang's face was very bad, he walked into his military camp tent with a puzzled and worried face, and greeted the person in front of him, and the person in front of him was no one else, it was Fuquan's cronies and strategists, the chief bookkeeper Wang Mou.
Now that Fuquan suddenly did a sneak attack on the county seat of Exian County without calling the Jingzhou army, at this time he met with Wang Mou again, if it was spread out, plus the matter of Fuquan digging a tunnel and burning the foundation of the city wall was spread, it was difficult not to suspect that this matter had something to do with his Wenshang? For Wen Shang, who still wanted to offend both Zhao Kai and Fu Quan, this was something he never wanted to bump into, so of course his face was not good.
Wang Mou smiled and replied: "The prince still needs Sima Wen's help, and he specially ordered him to come and inform Sima." ”
"What?"
"The rebels have now fled to the north gate of Exian County, there is no doubt that they should have fled to Yixian, and the prince wants to order Sima to lead the Jingzhou soldiers to chase and kill the thief, if there is a law to make the Jingzhou army pursue the whole army, it will be wonderful."
"This ......"
Before attacking Exian County, in order to prevent the Jingzhou army in the Han army camp from becoming suspicious, Fuquan ordered Wang Mou and Yang Hong to take their own scholars, and some later miscellaneous soldiers were still patrolling the camp where his Bajun soldiers were originally located, so as to reduce the suspicion of the Jingzhou army, after all, even with these scribes, they were not much use for the siege. Moreover, for Fu Quan, there are more important things that these strategists need to do, such as the Wang Mou of Wen Shangzhongjun, who came with an order.
According to the original plan, once the rebels in Exian abandoned the city and escaped, Fu Quan would order his soldiers to blow a horn that Wang Mou could understand, so that Wang Mou would try to let the Jingzhou army know that the rebels were chasing and fleeing, and try his best to make the Jingzhou army collide with the rebels who fled out of the city. For Fu Quan, of course, he will consider whether the Jingzhou army will come over to pick peaches, after all, since ancient times, soldiers have been unscrupulous for meritorious service, not to mention that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, an era when military merit is particularly important for soldiers to worship the prime minister, there are frequent incidents of grabbing merit between friendly troops, and he has a bad relationship with Zhao Kai, and he thinks with his ass that once Zhao Kai knows that he has broken the city, he will not send troops to rob him.
Therefore, it is necessary to design the Jingzhou soldiers to come late, after all, it must be inevitable for the Jingzhou soldiers to enter the county seat of Exian County, everyone is the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty, can Fuquan still close the city gate and make the archers aim at the friendly troops who want to enter the city? As for how to come late, it is natural to let the Jingzhou soldiers have other purposes to do, and the rebels who escaped from the city are looking for things for these Jingzhou troops.
Of course, Fu Quan made more than this plan, in order to prepare himself for the siege of the city was an accident. As far as he is concerned, as long as it is a short-handed battle, with an army like the rebels that are not evenly formed, poorly trained, and unfavorable in armor, even if there are many brave and warlike barbarians in their army who can resist with blood, they will still not be the opponent of the hundred battles under his command, and what can make Fu Quan jealous is only time at this moment.
After some persuasion and persuasion in the tent, Wen Shang finally nodded, and then he left the tent with the soldiers who had come to inform him that the soldiers outside the tent had been assembled......