Chapter 298: Tianshui People's Heart
When the fire broke out at the south gate, the smoke was thick, and the city fell into chaos, the Shu army took advantage of the chaos to quickly enter the city, opened the city gate, and welcomed most of the men and horses such as Ge Liang and Ma Chao outside the city into the city, seized the grain warehouse, and drove and persuaded the defenders in the city to surrender. Vertex updates are the fastest
Jiang Wei was rejected by the generals who were sent by Cao Xiu to support and represent the military power of the central court, so he could only lead the county soldiers to build a wall at the east gate to defend under Zhang Ji's arrangement.
At dawn, he climbed the city wall, and was about to ask the sergeant what the enemy was doing, when he saw at a glance that the enemy army outside the east gate had been evacuated, and only about a thousand foot soldiers remained, staring at the outside of the city tower with weapons in hand.
Not only are the people gone, but the catapults that had been installed are also gone, and only the dozen or so mounds piled high and low are still standing there.
and the mud that was piled up at the gates, which still sealed the gates of the city.
What about people? What about catapults? Where have they gone?
The sergeant shook his head: "No, I don't know. ”
"You're on duty here, how can you not know?" Jiang Wei was going to be angry. Vertex updates are the fastest
The sergeant felt inexplicable: "My lord, every day when it is dark, they will withdraw their troops and drag the catapult back, why haven't they come here today, we don't know, it won't be that they are asleep, right?" ”
Oh, yes, Jiang Wei slapped his head, it's not that the enemy is gone, but that the enemy hasn't come today.
However, yesterday at dawn, the enemy had already sent troops, and they had already begun to play with the mud, so what happened today, why didn't they come yet?
Oh, by the way, the enemy said that from today onwards, the west gate will be blocked, could it be that they blocked the east gate steadily, and then ran to the west gate to play in the mud, ready to seal all four gates and simply trap us in the city for a long siege?
"You, hurry up to the west gate and see if the enemy has gone over there?" He ordered one of the sergeants who had followed him.
The sergeant received the order and ran west along the wall.
He had taken the wrong route, first north and then west along the wall, and if he had gone south first, he would soon have seen the movement of the south gate. Vertex updates are the fastest
He was reluctant to go through the south gate, because he, like Jiang Wei, saw those who had fought a big defeat and fled to Jicheng, and kept saying that they were here to save them.
Jiang Wei stayed in the city and continued to stare at the enemy troops outside the city, guessing what kind of tricks the enemy was playing.
After a while, the people who went to the west gate did not return, but a sergeant from the side of the city near the south gate came running: "My lord, it seems that the enemy has fled to the south gate." ”
"South Gate?" Jiang Wei didn't think it was strange, didn't Ma Chao always challenge outside the city at the South Gate? There is already an army of enemies.
The visitor argued: "There seems to be a lot of people over there today, and besides, when I look at it from afar, I seem to see that the city is full of that, that kind of thing, catapults, right?" It's the thing that has been throwing mud at the east gate for the past two days. ”
That's it, it seems that the enemy is going to change the direction of the main attack to the south gate. Jiang Wei raised his feet to leave: "You two, come with me and have a look." ”
"My lord, don't go. Vertex updates the fastest" The two were reluctant.
Jiang Wei hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The two sergeants glanced at each other and hesitated to persuade: "My lord, those generals from the imperial court are watching over there, so we don't need to worry about it." If you worry about it again, it won't be good anyway. ”
These words stung Jiang Wei, yes, the day before yesterday was in front of me, and if it passed, it was really boring.
The two sergeants took advantage of the situation and said: "The enemy has piled up a mountain of dirt here for two days, and then threw soil to seal the door, seeing that the pile is getting higher and higher, they should not give up so easily, maybe they will suddenly come back and attack our east gate, when the time comes, the time will ......."
What a point! Jiang Wei couldn't help but think about it seriously, he came up with a few ideas, but he suffered a big loss, and at this time he went over there to worry about it, but when he turned around, he lost the east gate, but he really ruined his reputation.
Oh, I don't have a name now, but I ruined my father's reputation.
However, he also looked down on the generals from the imperial court, thinking that those guys were beaten by the enemy and fled, hiding in Jicheng, but they were arrogant in front of their own people, and such people could not be entrusted with heavy responsibilities at all. Vertex updates are the fastest
The army needs soldiers to be brave, have strong fighting spirit, and have a neat appearance, which cannot be seen in those gang of people at all. On the contrary, it is vividly reflected in the enemies under the city.
Look at those enemies, in the face of their own out-of-town impact, not afraid of chaos, invulnerable.
Even the loud laughter and shouting the inconsistencies of the city were so neat and powerful, and it showed that they were well trained.
Moreover, every time he makes a move, people seem to have been prepared, and they look like they are victorious and confident, and they are afraid that they can guard the east gate, which is good.
However, if the enemy really went all out to attack the south gate, and he didn't care about it and rescue, wouldn't Jicheng be even more precarious?
"Alas!" To go, or not to go, that's a real question! Jiang Wei slapped his hands together and sighed.
The two sergeants looked at each other again, and then said to Jiang Wei: "My lord, even if you want to go, you have to wait until the enemy is really attacked over there, and you can't hold it anymore, so it's not too late for us to go again." ”
Yeah! Jiang Wei also figured it out, let those guys taste the bitterness again, and then kill their prestige, completely extinguish their confidence to go to Jicheng to play tricks, and then we will go to the rescue, maybe we can also promote them to obey their own deployment, so that they can command tens of thousands of horses, and Jicheng is expected to be defended!
He finally smiled lightly, and lay down on the castle tower with peace of mind, counting the number of people outside the city to pass the time, waiting for the situation to change.
After counting for a while, I only heard that there seemed to be a lot of movement at the south gate, so I quickly turned around to look again.
I saw that over there, it seemed to be repeating the scene on the east side of the east gate the day before yesterday - the city gate tower was burning.
All the sergeants turned their heads and stared at the south gate, but none of them really had the intention of passing.
Seeing the fireworks at the South Gate, Jiang Wei couldn't hold it anymore, wanted to rush over again, and persuaded himself not to worry, but his feet couldn't help but slowly approach that side.
Suddenly, he heard a conversation that frightened him.
It was a few sergeants, leaning against the inner side of the city wall, while watching the movement of the south gate from afar, and muttered in a low voice:
"Today's fire seems to be much worse than the day before yesterday."
"Well, that's enough for those court adults."
"The fireworks are so big, where can people get close, just burn a few of them."
"That is, let them die a few more, so that they will not be angry with them in the city."
"Don't say that, without them, we can't defend Jicheng on our own. Last time, Ma Chao 10,000 people came and fought for eight months, this time, without these imperial armies, the enemy was more than doubled, and maybe they would be defeated in a month. ”
"Can they hold on? Haven't you heard that 50,000 of them, more than 30,000 of them, were beaten to the point that they came to us to take refuge? What kind of rescue and defense of the city, I think it is purely to come to us to protect them, but we want to pretend that we owe them. ”
"That's it, I think this city can't be defended, but if you can't hold it, you can't hold it, anyway, I haven't heard of Liu Bei's slaughter of the city, and there is nothing to say that if you surrender when you are surrounded, you will be beheaded, I heard that if Liu Bei is allowed to rule the world, the tax will be much lighter......"
"Are you crazy? If someone else hears this, your life will be gone! (To be continued.) )