Chapter 28 The Boundary of Chang'an
Yuan Yun heard the alarm bell ringing, but before he understood what was going on, he was already protected by Xiao Liu and several guards. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Xiao Liu immediately sent people to investigate on the city wall, and he set up a big sword to separate Enchanting and Yuan Yun.
"Since the big handsome is inconvenient at the moment, the little woman won't bother, and she will retire here first." After the bewitching finished speaking, one turned around and disappeared into the corner of the street.
Yuan Yun didn't pay attention to the enchanting who left, but couldn't help frowning when he listened to the alarm bells that were still continuing, because after thinking about various possibilities, he felt that Li Wei didn't have the courage to attack the Gunpowder Army head-on, not to mention that the Gunpowder Army was still defending the city, and the other party couldn't have a chance at all.
With doubts, Yuan Yun decided to go to Zhang Liao to confirm the reason, but he didn't go far before he met the other party.
Zhang Liao was dressed in black armor, and when he saw Yuan Yun, he immediately hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, the gunpowder army camp in the city lost a cart of gunpowder shells just now, so I specially ordered the bell to ring to seal the city." ”
Yuan Yun was stunned and puzzled: "How can you be so negligent?" The baggage battalion has set up four layers of defense, and there are a lot of gunpowder bullets in a truckload, how did these thieves transport them? ”
Zhang Liao was a little ashamed when he heard this, because he designed and arranged the defense of the baggage camp.
Yuan Yun wasn't blaming Zhang Liao, but he couldn't understand how the thief did it?
After all, the capacity of the transport truck is very large, and it takes at least 100 people to steal a truckload of gunpowder ammunition.
This is outrageous, a hundred people entered the heavily defended baggage camp, where could they hide from the eyes of the guards, let alone steal.
Touching his chin and thinking for a while, Yuan Yun suddenly smiled and said: "General Zhang Liao, you don't have to look around, hurry up and look near the baggage camp, I think these thieves buried those gunpowder bombs on the spot, and after we left, they can easily take them away." ”
Zhang Liaowei was stunned, and immediately figured out the key, so he quickly urged his mount to run out, and he didn't even have time to greet his own soldiers.
Seeing that Zhang Liao was gone, Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, he really lured the wolf into the room, the enchanting came to see him and brought more than a dozen personal guards, these people were still waiting outside the courtyard during the meal, and when the enchanting invited him to go for a walk, none of these personal guards were gone.
And the small courtyard that he requisitioned in the city was not far from the baggage camp, and now he knew with his knees what the enchanting guards were going to do after they disappeared.
But now that the people have run away, I just want to ask her and have no chance, this ghost woman is really cunning, and she deliberately lied to herself that she wanted to stay with her for the night.
Fortunately, Lao Tzu has a habit of cleanliness and has no interest in emotionless male and female sumo wrestling, or if he agrees to come down at the time, maybe this ghost woman will come up with something.
In the middle of the night, Zhang Liao came to report, and sure enough, he dug up the lost gunpowder bombs next to the baggage camp, but more than 30 were still lost and could not be recovered.
Although Yuan Yun did not blame, Zhang Liao still stubbornly received twenty military sticks, and as for those soldiers who were responsible for guarding the baggage camp, most of them were sent to the medical camp, and it is estimated that their butts have already blossomed.
After this incident, Zhang Liao's management of the baggage camp was directly to the extent of perversion, two people had to be guarded before each truck, and all wooden fences were built around the camp, and no one who was close was ordered to kill them first.
As for the lost gunpowder bullet, Yuan Yun was not too worried, although the formula of gunpowder was simple, but after fusion, if you want to distinguish the ingredients, unless you use modern instruments, you can't start at all.
Since Enchanting has succeeded, then it will be her luck, and this account will come back with her hate sooner or later.
"Little Liu, isn't it time to let the copper tiger move, let the second lady give more swords and soldiers when the next delivery passes, there are more than 10,000 people in a cottage, only more than 3,000 weapons, it's pitiful."
After Yuan Yun finished smiling, he went back to the bedroom with his hands behind his back, and at this time he suddenly missed Liu Yiyilai, this wife was not around, and it was really difficult to sleep at night, laughing.
The army rested in Hongnong for many days, and it was not until Xu Du sent a thousand soldiers to arrive to take over, and then began to continue to march towards Chang'an.
It was only at this time that Yuan Yun really saw the social tragedy in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The crops were almost all deserted, and passing through a few villages, the houses were empty, and occasionally I saw some people, all of whom were so hungry that they were full of hunger, and the children were all big and small, and their faces were yellow, and they looked like they would die at any time.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the gunpowder soldiers sent out their dry rations one after another, so that some women and children were killed on the spot after eating too quickly.
Yuan Yun had no choice but to give a special order, and the matter of relieving women and children could only be handed over to the medical camp, and those who gave food without authorization would be punished with canes.
After the order was given, the seven-foot men of the Powder Army were forced to cry, they were all people who had suffered this crime, how could they not empathize?
Yuan Yun saw three cauldrons erected on the side of the road, and when he got closer, he found that it was human flesh cooking, and there were even human leg bones floating in the boiling water, and a group of ghost-like guys were eating around the pot, even if they saw the army, they had no intention of leaving.
When Zhang Liao saw this scene, he immediately ordered all of them to be killed, but he didn't know how many such people he had shot along the way, including many women and children.
Yuan Yun wanted to stop Zhang Liao from allowing his subordinates to kill so indiscriminately, but was stopped by Jia Xu.
Jia Xu just told Yuan Yun that once a person eats a person, it won't be long enough, but after a long time, this person will no longer be a human, but a thinking beast, which is extremely dangerous, and these cannibals he sees now are obviously human flesh that has been eaten for a long time and cannot be saved, so Zhang Liao will give this order.
The closer he got to Chang'an, the more miserable this purgatory-like scene became, and Li Dao didn't need to do anything at all, because there was nothing left to be used.
"I don't understand, Li Dao runs Chang'an like this, doesn't he know that the end will come sooner or later?"
After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he exhaled deeply, he suddenly felt that it was extremely correct to let Diao Chan and Yiyi not go ashore, just now, news came from the medical camp that the number of refugees collected in the past few days has passed 10,000, but less than 5,000 can survive today.
Many people slack off when they think they are saved, and this slackness keeps them from waking up, especially the elderly and women.
Jia Xu also sighed in front of the fire, they are now close to Chang'an City fifty miles, after camping tonight, they will arrive at Chang'an City tomorrow, once Chang'an breaks the city, maybe the tragic situation in the city is even more tragic.
"Li Dao has never been a visionary, when he captured Chang'an City, the first thing he did was not to kill the remnants, but to lead the troops to surround the palace, and then loot and humiliate the palace concubines, until he enjoyed three days in the palace, he remembered Wang Yunlai, at this time Lu Bu had already run away with your senior sister, if not, even if Lu Bu had the ability to have ten thousand enemies, he would not be able to escape." After Jia Xu finished speaking, his face looked very weird.
Yuan Yun naturally knew why Jia Xu had such a strange face, because it was his idea that led to Wang Yun's failure, and he also knew that Diao Chan was his senior sister, which was really sad.
When Li Wei heard that Dong Zhuo was executed, he was so frightened that he panicked, and he just wanted to quickly disband the troops, and then escape into the mountains and forests to hide, but Jia Xu made a plan and persuasion to make Li Dao give up the idea of escaping, and then reorganize the army, while marching to Chang'an, while collecting the remnants of the army, and finally reached 100,000.
Even though Wang Yun knew the scale of Li Wei, he did not adopt a friendly strategy, and insisted on still making Li Yu a thief, and the result was that he was burned to death for three days after the army broke the city, and the Wang family had more than 400 people, and a few people who escaped.
Thinking of this, Yuan Yun arched his hand and said: "Mr. Wenhe didn't say a word to remind Li Yu when he was at ease in the palace, which can be regarded as giving my senior sister a chance to withdraw and win, so you don't owe anyone." ”
Jia Xu nodded when he heard this, he wasn't worried about Diao Chan's revenge, he just remembered the atrocities of Li Dao after he entered Chang'an, so he felt a little guilty.
Now that he is going to enter Chang'an again, he persuaded Li Dao to continue to make trouble in order to survive, but now he regrets it the most, and now he has to face the people of Chang'an City, and he really feels very ashamed.
Zhang Liao finished sorting out the military affairs after the camp at this time, and at this moment he also came to the fire in front of the camp, and was slightly stunned after hearing Yuan Yun's words, and had already guessed their topic.
After adding a piece of dry firewood, Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "Back then, Mr. Wenhe and I were still enemies, but now we are sitting together and working together, so we can only say that the world is unpredictable, and we face it indifferently, always thinking about the past, and we can't move forward." ”
Jia Xu snorted, and then put away his somewhat sad face, and then said with a straight face: "I have read the scout's report, Li Wei has shrunk so much that almost all the troops have been squeezed into the city, and the walls around him have also been heightened and reinforced, but the roads in front of several city gates have been specially repaired, it seems that he does not intend to blindly defend it, but is ready to let the cavalry rush out at any time and kill us by surprise." ”
Zhang Liao nodded and agreed: "What Mr. Wenhe said is extremely true, although the gunpowder army is brilliant, but the number is too small, Chang'an is such a big city, it is impossible for us to surround it, Li Dao is to seize this point, feel that according to the city to defend the attack, retreat can be defended, no matter how bad it is, you can choose a city gate to escape, most of his subordinates are cavalry, we must chase it is definitely not able to catch up." ”
Jia Xu's old eyebrows frowned slightly, and he sighed: "I'm afraid the two generals are thinking simply, Li Dao has fought with us several times, and he is already familiar with the fighting methods of the gunpowder army, if the city is broken, Li Dao is likely to organize troops to entangle with us in the streets and alleys, which is what the old man is most afraid of." ”
Yuan Yun was also a little difficult when he heard this, he only thought about breaking through the city before, but he didn't think that after entering the city, there would be a city street battle, and if the gunpowder army fought in the narrow streets and alleys, the strength would be greatly reduced immediately, and the disadvantages of a small number of people would also be exposed.
Shaking his head with a headache, Yuan Yun shouted: "It would be nice if there were more steel crossbows, five thousand gunpowder soldiers with crossbows, even if Li Dao sprinkled his men all over the city, we can pull them out one by one, it's a pity." ”
Jia Xu was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Even if the city defense is broken by us, we can't enter it all, so we can only send people to form a corps, enter the city to search for Li Wei's grain and grass, and quickly burn any grain found, hoping that this will make them run out of supplies and choose to retreat, so that we can really take Chang'an City, but I'm afraid it will take longer." ”
After hearing this, Yuan Yun felt that it could only be so, but he just thought that if Li Wei's grain and grass were burned by the gunpowder army, it was estimated that those people would be unlucky, and such a big city would not know how much food would be consumed every day.
The poisoner is indeed a poisoner, although Jia Xu will definitely feel guilty for this, but once it comes to winning or losing the war, he will not show any mercy.
Such a talent is suitable for today's environment, no wonder Duan Xuan is defeated, Zhang Xiu is defeated, and Li Wei is also about to lose, but Jia Xu is still standing, this is a university question, you can feel guilty, you can regret it, but what you should do is still to be done.
The benevolence of a woman, Yuan Yun asked himself if this is not the case, he has always had a modern utilitarian heart, that is, no matter what he does, he likes to weigh it first.
Treating the people of Chang'an with kindness is the starting point of his morality, but when this starting point conflicts with the lives of the soldiers of the Powder Army, he will not consider the sacrifice of those people.
Just like when he thought that Xiao Liu was more important than ordinary gunpowder soldiers, these were the results of measurement.
Lao Tzu seems destined to become one of those great men recorded in history, because he is born with a short-term character, and as for the heroic deeds of killing himself, it is enough to experience it once in his previous life.
If someone held Liu Yiyi's neck with a knife now and forced him to retreat, Yuan Yun would definitely order him to go back to Xu Du without thinking about it, and there would be no hesitation.
Damn, little citizens!
Yuan Yun scolded himself secretly, but he didn't have any psychological burden, but was a little complacent.
"Report! The water dragon car from Xu Du arrived, and he was waiting for the generals to be dispatched outside the camp, and the military officials who escorted him also said that Cao Ang Shizi had pacified Xuzhou, so he sent a large number of steel crossbows that had been taken away, and it was estimated that they could be transported by water in four days at the latest. ”
Following the guards' report, Yuan Yun and the three of them glanced at each other, and a thick smile appeared on each other's faces.