Chapter 801: Zhiyao's Death (I)
PS: Thinking about the plot, there is only one chapter today......
Although the three armies of Zhao, Wei and Han were allied, they were separated when they camped, they were three miles away from the surrounding of the light wolf city, and the three big villages formed horns with each other, endlessly, of which Wei was in the east, Han was in the north, and Zhao was in the west and south.
Zhao Wuxian's Ran Qiu and other generals are good at training the whole army, and he is responsible for supervising the construction of the two large camps in the west and south, adapting measures to local conditions, not being constrained by the normal situation, and becoming with the terrain, piling up mountains and stones as the wall, and backing the west barrier of the Zhishi, the front of the camp is separated by layers and Feng Yuan, and the horses and deer are in the array, and there is a passage in the formation, and the protection is thorough. The wooden wall is divided into an arrow tower every twenty steps, and a nest tower is formed by a hundred steps, not to mention a person, even a bird can't run away.
At nightfall, there were still groups of patrol soldiers in the camp interspersed from time to time, and the sound of low shouts and shouts to respond to the sentry orders sounded from time to time, and the atmosphere was calm.
Zhao Wuxian's Chinese army tent was close to the left, more than 100 black-clothed guards were calm, carefully guarding the surroundings, although they were in the camp, they were still cautious, the main general's life was at stake, and there was no child's play.
At this moment, the lights are bright in the big tent of the Chinese army, a military discussion has just ended, and after the generals leave one after another, only the slightly tired Zhao Wuxian and the assistant Xiang Lu are left. "Lord, the next step is to start the official assault? In this case, the casualties are not small. Xiang Lu picked up the plan for attacking Light Wolf City on the desk and asked.
Zhao Wuxian asked the erector who rubbed his temples to retreat, and said to Xiang Lu: "If you besiege but not attack, the drum and trumpet will sound for a long time, and you will press step by step, the longer the time, the lower the morale of the defenders, so that within ten days, the enemy army will run out of food, and will abandon the city and flee, and then it will be attacked according to the benefits of the camp, without effort, what do you think?" ”
"That's exactly what the minister thinks!" "It's just a pity that I can't wait that long."
Zhao Wuxian pulled all the miscellaneous items on the case, leaving only a few simple silks and letters that had been prepared long ago.
"Winning a war depends not only on swords and swords, but also on simple silk and pen and ink ......"
While preparing for the final attack plan, Zhao Wuxian also had to jump out of this small land and look at the entire Jin Kingdom. The news of the Battle of Changping should almost reach Xinjiang, since Wei Hao has betrayed him, there must be a bloody storm inside and outside the Qi Palace. Wei Ju has not been able to work hard in the past few days, and he must have deliberately delayed the time, so that the situation in Xinjiang would fall into the hands of his Wei family.
That's why he sent a partial division to the west, and the main force can't drag on here for too long.
"In the land of light wolf city, I know that the Yao soldiers are less than 10,000, and the generals are not more than 100, and now they have lost the benefits of the mountains behind them, and only rely on the city walls that are a few zhang high, they can't stop the strong attack of our army at all, but the three families are unwilling to do their best, which allows them to live for three more days. Now that we know the reality of the city, we just have to wait for the day after tomorrow when the trebuchet will be built, and the wolf city will be like a bag, so there is no need to worry. Of course, I also hope that Zhiyao can't bear it and rush out in advance, you know, I only left a small number of guards on the mountain road in the northwest, this line of vitality looks very tempting......"
After saying this lightly, Zhao Wuxian continued to ask Xiang Lu to assist him, and filled the pale yellow bamboo paper with seal characters and stamped it with the seal of the head of the Zhao family, and sealed it in batches into a letter or bamboo tube.
They will be sent to the independent doctors west of Taihang in the Jin Kingdom, and when the dust of the war has settled, it is almost time for them to learn from Wei's "righteousness", and Zhao Wuxian is not interested in letting the army go to a protracted siege from col to col.
He hopes that within this year, the battle of the Six Secretaries of the Jin Kingdom will come to a successful end!
For a moment, it was extremely quiet inside and outside the tent, and only the footsteps of the black-clothed guards patrolling and the rustle of pen writing on paper could be heard......
Suddenly, Zhao Wuxian stopped reading the content of the letter, his ears moved, as if he heard something, Xiang Lu also stopped his pen, and looked around in confusion.
It seems to be a distant shouting and killing, and there are also bursts of golden drums, but they are not coming from Zhao Ying, but from a far, far away......
Northwest? "It's coming......" As soon as Zhao Wuxian's words ended, Qi Wan opened the camp tent and walked in, arching his hand and said: "Lord, Xiying is coming to report, the army has broken through!" “
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"What, breakout?" A few hours ago, at the head of the Light Wolf City, after Yu Rang claimed that he was willing to risk his life to assassinate Zhao Wuxian, this plan was vetoed by Zhiyao. The gentleman of the Zhi clan immediately proposed a new plan, which made Yu Rang and Ji Bian stunned at the same time.
Looking at the tragic situation of the two right-hand men, Zhiyao couldn't help but feel sour in her heart. Of the 3,000 dead soldiers, only a few people were left alive, they were his elite, although they failed to break through the barrier of the Zhao army, but it was because the enemy army had already taken precautions, and Wei Ju's villain betrayed behind.
After the Wei rebellion, the battle had already been lost, and Yu Rang took those dead soldiers to block the Zhao army's large array to attack him, so that the Zhijun army would not be completely wiped out on the east bank of Danshui, which was enough to fulfill his responsibilities. How could he let him risk entering the Zhao camp again for the sake of a one-hundredth-percent chance of assassination?
He asked himself if he could treat his courtiers like passers-by and lackeys......
Rather than that, it is better to seek another opportunity, although there is only a 1 in 10 chance of success......
Zhi Yao held his sword and said: "Yes, looking at the city head, you can know that the Zhao army is heavily defended, not to mention a living person, even a bird can't fly in, you just escaped from the dead, and then you just went in to die in vain, so why let the Zhao family have an extra head of the sacrificial flag?" Instead of being sent to death in vain, it is better for 7,000 soldiers to survive together and break out! ”
Yu Rang's eyes widened like a copper bell, his skills were among the best among the military generals and retainers of the Jin Kingdom, and he could also walk on the ground in the rugged and steep mountains, it was not difficult to run outside the encirclement by night, and he even had the confidence to sneak into a military camp without being discovered, but if he knew that the army broke through collectively, he didn't feel any hope.
"The current situation is that there is no hope if there is no breakthrough, there are only seven or eight thousand soldiers defending the city, including the wounded soldiers, which seems to be a lot, but there are more Zhao, Wei and Han outside the city, and there are 70,000 troops! Our army is stubbornly defending the lonely city, with no way out in front and no reinforcements in the back, and the food and grass are only enough for three days. Now that the enemy knows that the light wolf city is virtual and real, and there are more siege weapons that send flying stones, the next siege will definitely be more ferocious, can 7,000 soldiers still block ten times the enemy's full attack? The soldiers who have gone through bloody battles have run out of food, and they can't be as brave as these three days, stubbornly repelling the enemy's attack? ”
The generals nodded, what Zhiyao said made sense, the grain of Guangwolf City was transported from Duan's, and Duan's grain was transported from Shangdang, Xinjiang, and Anyi, and now it has been cut off by the Zhao army.
Now the breakthrough may not be successful, but there is still a glimmer of hope, and the dead rule will definitely be wiped out, this choice is actually very simple!
Yu Rang put down his bold assassination plan, bowed down and said: "I am willing to fight my way out of the encirclement with the lord, Yu Rang is still the precursor of the gentleman as before, this time, even if I am the only one left, I will fight to the death!" ”
After Yu Rang, he slowly bowed down, his eyes were resolute, although he couldn't speak, but everyone could understand his determination.
The guards at the head of the city bowed down in unison, and everyone's eyes looked at Zhi Yao, his strong left hand pulled out the long sword at his waist, and the blade blackened by blood was in stark contrast with the tip of the handle that was still crystal clear, pointing to the layers of encirclement.
"I see that the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han are camping in a very orderly manner, but they can't respond to each other, this is our opportunity. Immediately bury the pot and make food, let everyone eat and drink enough, and when it is ugly tonight, break out! Whether you live or die here, I will bring 8,000 Zhi's disciples here, and I will bring you back again! ”
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There was no war tonight, the sky gradually turned gray, the night slowly fell, the whistling mountain wind was like the wailing of thousands of unjust souls, whirring, it blew through the Danshui River Valley, stopped at the light wolf city, blew the big silk at the head of the city, and also blew up Zhiyao's long hair, and blew up the big curtain of his shawl.
The soldiers had a full meal, and the rations of the dead robes became their food, and after eating and drinking, they silently wiped their weapons, and looked at the campfire in the camp of Zhao Wei Han outside the city, and their hearts were full of apprehension.
Those who can still fight will follow Zhiyao to break through the siege, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled, or voluntarily or forced, to stay in the city, and when the sun rises, they will surely die.
The ugly time has come, after the city gate was opened, Yu Rang drove the carriage out, Zhiyao finally looked back at the wolf city, the city tower became full of holes under the destruction of the ballista and the strong bow and crossbow, like the country was broken by the gateway to be extremely miserable, the big wall at the head of the city was also quietly lowered, moved to his car, still fluttering in the wind, full of energy.
He whispered to Yu Rang beside him: "Maybe I will bury my bones here today, maybe I will never see the sun tomorrow." “
But I once led the soldiers to fight for survival, and fought hard for the last glimmer of life!
He pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed to the thousands of campfires ten times larger than himself in front of him, and ordered in a low voice: "Take advantage of the cover of the night, cover the past, the enemy siege the city wall is threefold, and after breaking one, continue to advance, the rear army will follow, and those who fall behind will ask for more blessings!" This battle is not for the prestige of the Marquis of Jin, but for the breath that we can't swallow after being plotted by the Wei villain, just to live, just to go home! ”
"Stay alive, go home!" The low slogan sounded from behind, the forward left from the east and south gates, and attacked the tens of thousands of troops of Zhao and Wei with the posture of moths to the fire, and the remaining 6,000 soldiers did not light torches, and rushed out from the north gate, the night road was not easy to walk, and they could not maintain the formation at all, so they could only pull the rope and follow the people in front.
They sneaked in the dark, hundreds of steps away from the first siege barrier, the Zhao scouts discovered the anomaly here, they lit a lot of fires in front of the fortress all night, and could vaguely see the enemy's movements, the shaking of the earth made them feel that there were troops approaching, the scouts suddenly straightened up and released an arrow into the darkness.
"Ahh When the arrow hit, a terrible scream rang out, and then disappeared, and the person who screamed was killed by the robe......
But the watchtower had already spotted the enemy breaking through, and they began to shout loudly and beat the gong!
"Kill it." The Zhijun also knew that his whereabouts were exposed, and began to shout and charge, and the silent team suddenly broke out with a loud shout, and the Zhijun with spears and swords and halberds killed the encirclement!
A loud and clear shout of killing suddenly sounded outside the Light Wolf City, and the Zhao soldiers who were on duty behind the barrier rushed to their respective positions, but they were a little caught off guard, and for a moment they didn't know how many enemy troops there were in the dark night ahead.
Zhi Yao watched the soldiers break through from behind, he didn't stick to this, and instead stared into the distance, the mountains in the northwest were like ancient giant beasts entrenched in the paths, and the Zhao army put two or three thousand people there to garrison, which was the weakest place in the entire encirclement. The Zhijun sent a brave soldier to feign to attack the Zhao Wei barracks in the south and east, and the main force concentrated on attacking the northern camp of the weak Korean army, and then turned to the west after opening the passage, killing a bloody road from the mountain road to complete the breakthrough!
What is the route after this? Even Zhiyao can't say clearly, he knows that the Duan clan has fallen, but Shangdang still doesn't know if it's there? Did Zhao Jun arrive in Fenshui or not? Did Wei Hao also launch a mutiny at the same time? In whose hands are the Qi Palace and the Marquis of Jin? Are your grandfather, father, and brother okay?
Even if he escapes this time, how long can the Zhi clan hold out in the Jin Kingdom? How many days, or how many months?
The future is like a vast night, everything is unknown, Zhiyao can only take one step at a time, trembling, walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss......
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On the sentry tower, the sound of the alarm sounded like thunder, and after discovering the enemy's situation, the soldiers on guard frantically struck the gong, urging the soldiers in the battalion to resist the enemy as soon as possible.
In the big tent in the southern camp, Zhao Wuxian heard the sound of killing, and after receiving Qi Wan's report, he threw away the pen and paper in his hand, drew his sword out of the sheath and went out of the camp to watch. "The Zhi army is out of the city, and the south and east have been attacked, but it seems that there are not many people, and the real main force of the Zhi clan has broken through the two siege barriers and killed to the north!"
Xiang Lu's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Lord, the Han clan has never been known for being good at fighting, if the soldiers are desperate to break through, they are only afraid of ......."
"Han Hu has twice as many soldiers as the enemy, I also greeted him in advance, so as not to cause the battalion to roar and the whole army collapse, even if the army breaks through to the north, it still has to face Danshui and the partial division I put in the north, the valley is the world of cavalry, if I know Yao, I will not go all the way to the north, but will hit the Han camp by surprise, after mobilizing the strength of our army, and then turn to the west!"
After knowing the true direction of Yao's breakthrough, Zhao Wuxian said: "Pass the order, let the armies on duty set off immediately, divide into two, one part to monitor the movements of the Wei camp, and the other part to support the Han camp, and the army will arrive later!" “
After hearing the news, the generals who rushed to the scene took the order and left, looking up at the increasingly dark sky, Zhao Wuxian sighed, and his eyes flashed with excitement. "Zhiyao, the enemy of Zhao Xiangzi in history, the old grudge and fate of you and me, today, let's make a break here!" (To be continued.) )