Chapter 164: Surround but Not Fight
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But he didn't want to, Wang Daosi was more fierce than that Yaozi, not only defeated Yang Zaixing, but even the captured prisoners were killed with a knife, leaving no room for survival.
What a man-eating demon!
The bandit army that stopped on the Yangtze River belonged to seven or eight different leaders, and after Yang Zaixing's entire army was destroyed, there were already a few forces that had the intention of retreating and fleeing, but they were suppressed by the most powerful ones.
Now, everyone was shocked to see the corpses floating like dead fish in the river.
As a result, it can no longer be suppressed.
First, there were two small bandit armies that set sail to the west regardless of the situation, and then there were two large bands. The ships on board were becoming more and more sparse, and by the evening of the next day all the enemy had scattered in a hurry.
According to Wu Tuo, Yan Yuemeng's sailors on the river, Chen Da's military justice department, and the scouts of the Tabai Army, by the third day, the fleet of those bastards had fled to Xiaogan, and they all returned to the old camp.
It's like turning into the wind.
They came to Huangzhou without fighting, and fled in embarrassment without firing a single arrow, which shows how great the psychological blow of Yang Zaixing's destruction was to them.
In fact, this matter was expected by Wang Shen for a long time. These rats are not of the same mind at all, and before they come to fight Huangzhou, they first have to beware of their companions shooting cold guns in the back and annexing their own troops and territory. Even if everything goes smoothly to win Huanggang, they are all thinking about how to share the benefits, and their minds are used to be suspicious of each other, and how they are willing to make wedding clothes for others for other people's pawns. In this kind of troubled times, if the troops are disabled, others will not only not give you any supplements, but they will also fall into the well if they say it is not good. They wouldn't do that stupid thing.
The enemy's army fled in a hurry, and the whole situation in Qihuang was greatly improved. Wang Shen was in a good mood, and his nosebleed was gone.
The only thing that annoyed him was that Chen Da was still disobedient, and he actually falsely claimed that those corpses were all captives who were killed by him, and Wang Shen's bad reputation for killing stars was falling.
However, Wang Shen didn't care about being angry with Chen Da, because there was still a Kong Yanzhou on Qi Chun's side that needed to be solved.
After a hearty victory, the morale of the troops was high.
Wang Shen immediately left Wutuo to organize Xiangyong to garrison Huanggang, and returned to Qichun with Tabai, Beiwei and the former army.
In the days when Wang Shen returned to Huanggang, Lu Can and Gu Lie were still organizing people to attack Kong Yanzhou. However, the troops besieged the city for a month, and they had already lost their strength, so naturally they did not achieve any results.
I thought that if the victorious division returned to Qichun, Kong Yanzhou's department would definitely be in panic all day, and he would definitely try his best to break through and flee for his life. But he didn't want to, but the soldiers and civilians of Qichun still refused to leave.
LΓΌ Benzhong and a group of loud Kong soldiers came to the city wall again to boost morale loudly.
"Everyone has heard that Wang Shenxiao'er has defeated 10,000 elites of General Cao Cheng, and even the soldiers who laid down their arms and surrendered will kill him without leaving any of them."
"Wang Shenxiao'er has already issued an order to slaughter the city, don't take prisoners."
"We have no way out, for the sake of our relatives and our families, we can only fight to the death."
"King butcher, beast, beast!"
"Let's fight with the surname Wang, fight one is enough, fight two to earn one."
"Wang Shen'er is full of evil, does all kinds of evil, and is extremely vicious, and he will not die well in the future!"
And the people cried and scolded, "My son is on this wall, whose surname is king." My Hun family and my father and mother are starving to death because of your siege, and I will die on this wall today, even if I am a ghost, I will come to ask for your life! β
"Wang Shen, return my father's life!"
"King thief, I want you to accompany my two brothers!"
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For a time, the city walls were full of angry cries and countless pairs of hateful eyes.
Hearing this ghost-like cry, I couldn't help but make the cold hairs on my body stand up.
Being scolded like this, Yue Yun's face turned blue and shouted: "Military envoy, let me go up, see me take Qi Chun down for you." β
Gu Lie: "The old man surnamed Lu is really hateful, the general let me go, and I will bring his head back to you." β
Hu Yantong began to say cool words at this time: "Gu Lie, you better forget it." During the days when the envoy Wang Jun was away, you must have been thinking about how to take this Qichun City, so that you could show it off in front of us. If you want to take it down a long time ago, it can be delayed until now. You don't mean anything to say today? β
"You!" Gu Lie was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Hu Yantong pointed the finger at Yue Yun: "General Yue, you are known as the three armies of Yongguan all day long, and when you encounter Yang Zaixing's monster, you are not the same as being beaten all over the ground looking for teeth." I don't think I'm going to be able to attack this time. I'll leave it to you, and the military envoy won't be at ease. β
"What was recognized as being beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, didn't you take down Yang Zaixing, if you are not convinced, let's compare?"
"Okay, shut up." Wang Shen drank the three of them, touched his chin with his hand, and muttered for a long time before he said: "Don't fight, withdraw all the troops besieging the city, Qi Chun, a certain plan to surround but not fight." β
"Surround but not fight?" Lu Can next to him looked puzzled: "Daosi, do you want to think about it in the long run, I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate." Today, there is a great drought in Qi and Huang, and the people in the realm have fled, and there is no hope for the summer harvest. After such a long-term siege, the consumption of military rations was too great to last long. This advantage is in the fast attack, and it can't be delayed for a long time. Once the thief army on the Jianghan side knows that our army is false and real, and then fights again, how can you resist it? β
"Yes, it can't be delayed any longer." The generals all nodded.
"It's not a long-term siege, and it's not that you want to fight this war for a long time, you are anxious, and I am anxious." Wang Shen said: "It's just that there is a big problem with our current playing style. If the fighting continues, the morale of the troops will be exhausted, and if the casualties are too heavy, there will be very serious political consequences. Stand down, everybody, and do what you order! β
Yes, no matter how hard you fight, I don't know how much price you have to pay, and Wang Shen doesn't have much confidence.
Few of the historical battles he knew of had such brutal sieges besieged. In fact, in a cold-weapon war, attacking fortifications is a military operation with great losses and attrition, and a qualified commander will basically not come to this point unless he is absolutely surprised.
Therefore, there are not many such cruel urban offensive and defensive battles recorded in the historical materials, and when you count them carefully, there are also a few battles in the Tang Dynasty's Zhang Patrol guarding Suiyang, the bloody battle of Diaoyu City, and the defense of the war zone in Xiangyang at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.
There will definitely be a way to take down Qi Chun, I must come up with it.
After receiving Wang Shen's order, the armies retreated unwillingly, and only adopted an encirclement posture against Kong Yanzhou.
The brutal fighting finally stopped.
After returning to the Chinese Army's festival account, Wang Shen calmed down and recalled the historical materials he had read before and Kong Yanzhou's life little by little.
After a long time, he slapped his forehead: "The strong fortress must be broken from the inside, I have forgotten one person." β
He shouted to the guards: "Order someone to take down the wine and food, and then go and invite Kong Xian and Kong Boyuan, and say that I will invite him to eat and drink." β