Chapter 12: The Siege of the City
Guan Yu showed a puzzled gaze, he didn't know why he wanted to let go of Zhou Cang, but it must be related to the fourth brother.
Although everyone saw the defeat of the invincible Zhou Cang, they were still reluctant to attack the city, and it was not until the sect member sent someone to urge them to give the order to attack the city.
Li Yuan saw that the soldiers of each battalion rushed towards the city wall carrying shoddy ladders, and crossed the trenches, and dense arrows were shot on the city walls.
Those who did not climb the ladder were smashed into meat cakes, and those who climbed the ladder were even worse, and those who fell down with a breath were hit hard again, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and between the wreckage of broken arms, people kept dying.
Li Yuan glanced at it and said secretly: "This is really hell!" ”
However, he saw that many people were hesitant, most of them were players, with the heart of luck and meritorious service, and they were recognized by the imperial court, and they all wanted to be mixed with an official and a half-job.
"Uncle, shall we go up?" You Cao asked.
Li Yuan glared at him, so frightened that he shrank his head and stuck out his tongue.
He knew that the longer it was, the more the soldiers would not dare to come forward, but what could he do, if it was a ground battle, he would have killed it a long time ago.
Liu Bei was also hesitant, but Zhang Fei was hot on the sidelines, if he hadn't stopped him, he wouldn't know if he was dead or alive.
This was an attack as if all the battalions were crazy, only Li Yuan and Liu Bei's second battalion did not move, and the two of them saw that it was not a way, so they had to order an attack.
Li Yuan took the shield, a little scared and a little excited in his heart, the whole person was surrounded by a fight, and the screams were like sharp arrows, drilling into his ears.
He shouted, "Kill! ”
There were less than 800 soldiers behind him, and under the leadership of Li Yuan, they rushed forward and attacked the city, either you die or I die.
Liu Bei didn't dare to delay, and ordered to attack, Zhang Fei "whooped", kicked the horse and galloped, and it was too late for Liu Bei to call again.
He reluctantly instructed Wang He to stay in the rear and be responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses, and he and his second brother followed Zhang Fei's back to kill him.
Li Yuan stood on the left and right with You Cao and Dian Wei, and the three of them stood in a stone's throw and commanded the soldiers to attack the city. He saw that there were corpses strewn all over the field under the city walls, and the blood shed made him tremble, and the corpses would be trampled and destroyed after death.
For some reason, raindrops fell from the sky, and after a while, there was an uproar, as if I couldn't bear to see this scene again.
But the siege continued, and it did not retreat until the sound of gold was heard in the distance.
Li Yuan was a little more careful, and fifty-six people died, which hurt him so much that he had the idea of retiring from the army.
The sect member invited the four Liu Bei brothers because he knew that Zhang Fei had defeated Zhou Cang.
Li Yuan stood in the rain, saw the mountains of corpses piled up under the city wall, and the sad appearance of everyone, and sighed: "After the Yellow Turban, there are a series of tragic historical events such as Dong Zhuo, the chaotic war of the princes, the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, and the chaos of the Five Huhua. ”
He can't change anything, he can only try to protect some things with the torrent of history.
He observed a moment of silence, then turned around and went to the various tents to comfort the wounded soldiers one by one......
This drizzle entangled for three days, and the ground was muddy, and it was no longer suitable for war.
At this time, everyone was in the sect's account, and Li Yuan saw that the seat had changed, and Liu Bei was a lot ahead.
The sect member waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, cleared his throat and said, "See what kind of system you have become?" Can't stand a little setback. ”
Wang He said: "Now that the war in the south is unfavorable, General Zhu was defeated by Bocai, and General Huangfu was trapped in Changshe, presumably this news has been known by Zhang Jiao and others.
The Art of War: The powerful are also in power because of profit. Soldiers, treacherous ways. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot, used and shown not to use, near and shown far, far and near; Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave. Attack it unprepared, take it by surprise.
The thief is very strong, it is better to retreat, and when the enemy sees me retreating, he will take advantage of the situation and attack. We waited and fought and retreated, and we have lost many times in a row, and we have been proud. Cause an army to scatter and flee in defeat and retreat, discarding horses, armor, money, banners and other things outside the body, and the thief army will rob, and the fleeing soldiers will gather together again in one place, forming an encirclement with the main force.
Divide an army again, pretend to be a Yellow Turban deserter, and blend into the city, thinking that it should be an internal response, but it can be decided by a war. ”
The more the sect members listened, the more happy they became, this plan would definitely be successful, and they hurriedly gave orders and began to implement this plan.
Li Yuan glanced at Wang He with some displeasure, and returned to the camp with Dian Wei.
Liu Bei and others laughed all the way back to the camp, the four brothers sat down, Liu Bei looked at the fourth brother more and more loved, although the second brother and the third brother were a little resourceful, but they were still worse than the fourth brother.
"Second brother, when the city is broken in Japan, Zhang Bao will definitely flee to Quyang, where there are many thieves. You can lead your troops and horses to ambush them in the middle of the road, and if you can kill them, it is best to kill them, if you can't spare them for the time being. Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes narrowed, and although he agreed verbally, he didn't think so.
"Fourth brother, what do you say I should do?" Zhang Fei said hurriedly.
Wang He glanced at Liu Bei, smiled and said, "Of course, you protect me and my eldest brother." ”
Liu Bei also laughed, Wang He took a sip of wine, and lamented: "The fall of the Yellow Turban is not far away, if you can establish great achievements, the four of my brothers can all be officials and benefit one party." ”
Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and then he disappeared, and said: "If this is the case, you will live up to your life's ambitions." ”
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are the same, but Wang He said: "The extermination of the Yellow Turban mostly depends on the local power, even if the Yellow Turban is gone, it has formed a trend of separation, although this division is weak, but it will become a fuse." The imperial court will continue to expropriate and extort money, and the sale of officials will continue to be popular, and virtuous officials will still be in dire straits. Even if we make meritorious contributions, we will make wedding dresses for others, and it is enough to let the eldest brother get a county order. ”
Zhang Fei slapped the board and insulted: "This bird court." Then he thought that the eldest brother was a member of the Han family, and smirked a few times.
Liu Bei glanced at him reproachfully, not blaming him for scolding the court, but for being open-mouthed.
"Big brother, what if we use money to buy officials?" This is Wang He's heartfelt words, so naturally he didn't say it, and he was not afraid of a rift between the brothers.
Two days later, the army marched and slowly retreated, and some even fled.
Zhang Bao stood at the head of the city, he was also happy with the good news brought by the past few days, and when he heard that the besieging coalition troops had withdrawn, he hurriedly climbed to the top of the city to watch.
"General Digong, can we pursue it?" Zhang Bao saw that it was Pei Yuanshao, another general under him.
"Yes! The general allocated me 5,000 men and horses, and I was weak and invincible, and the military law was engaged. ”
This is another general under him, Gao Sheng, seeing the soldier asking for his life, he suppressed his idea of pursuit, and replied: "Wait a little longer." ”
After a few hours, the coalition army had traveled several miles, and he didn't want to let go of this great opportunity, so he said, "Where is Pei Yuanshao?" ”
"The last general!" Pei Yuanshao said excitedly.
"You lead three thousand soldiers and horses to attack behind the rear, and if the enemy comes to attack, do not fall in love with the battle, but retreat slowly to watch the enemy's movements. If there is only a small group of soldiers and horses to pursue, you will take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and I will be free to help you. Pei Yuanshao took the order and left.
"Where's the ascension?"
"The last general!" Ascend out of the lane.
"You lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to outflank on the left side, and when Pei Yuanshao attacks in a big way, you will kill it." Ascension took the order and left.
"Where is Zhou Cang?" Zhou Cang responded to the list.
"Take 20,000 horses and lie on your right hand." Zhou Cang took the order and left.
"The rest of the soldiers will defend the city with me." The soldiers came out of the city gate, and Zhang Bao said with confidence.