Chapter 798: Cornered
PS: I just moved and had a busy day, and I only have one big chapter today
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A hundred years ago, the Jin army attacked the Chidi Luzi Kingdom entrenched in the Shangdang area, and in the process of advancing, established the Light Wolf City as a base between Duanshi and Danshui. The city is built on the mountain, the rear uses the steep cliff as a barrier, it is very steep, the city wall is based on the mountain stone, built with fine loess plate, because it is built under the supervision of the father of the Bank of China who is known for its carefulness, so a hundred years have passed, and it is still very strong. It's a pity that it hasn't been used for a long time, and it has been overgrown with thorns and weeds everywhere, and the women's wall is not high, so it is difficult to resist the cold of early winter.
Late at night, the cold wind from the north roared and blew, carrying fine sand and floating soil and slapping on Zhiguo's face, he couldn't help but shudder, stretched out his hand and rubbed his stiff face fiercely, and then walked quickly to the city, and draped the woolen shoulders on Zhiyao's body.
"Cousin, pay attention to your body, if you fall, who can the soldiers rely on?"
"The generals of the defeated army are not brave enough, am I still worthy of the soldiers' reliance?" Zhiyao showed a wry smile, he hadn't taken care of it for a few days, his face was scruffy, his eyes were bloodshot, Zhiguo calculated carefully, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and it looked like the whole person was out of shape, after all, there were too many things that had happened in the past few days.
When there is no fighting, Zhiyao will always hold on to his sword and quietly look out of the city: the Light Wolf City, which should have been pitch black, is now surrounded and illuminated by layers of campfires...... The light wolf city is backed by a zigzag mountain range, and the east is the Danshui Valley, but on both sides of the Danshui River, the campfire is like a falling star, covering the entire river, as if the Milky Way has fallen into the mortal world.
Zhi Yao sighed: "Two years ago, when I attacked the small city of Taigu with the overwhelming momentum of Taidai, when I besieged the lonely banner of the Zhao family, I never thought that I would have a day when I would be trapped in the lonely city, I am really ashamed of my grandfather and father, and I am ashamed of the soldiers who trust me......
Zhiguo hurriedly said: "This defeat is not a crime of war, if the Wei clan does not rebel, we may have stood outside the Hyun clan at this moment, and exchanged offensive and defensive ...... with Zhao Wuxian."
It is now the frost of October, and it has been three full days since the battle in the Danshui Valley, and Wei's sudden defection made everyone unexpected, the coalition army directly lost the entire right flank, and the central army and the left flank were also exposed to the enemy's blows.
Shi Kun was counterattacked by Tian Ben, defeated, and he himself died in front of the battle, and these two fierce generals belonging to two camps were separated. Tian Ben continued to carry the momentum of thunder, killed from Han Mountain, and disrupted the 8,000 people of Fan Gaoyi and Liang Yingfu, so that they could not turn around, so the whole army was stranded on the east bank of Danshui. The Jin army collapsed layer by layer, and countless routs rushed to the wolves, but few escaped, and even Fan and Liang were trapped in the chaotic army and were captured by the Zhao clan neatly.
On the other hand, the 15,000 Chinese troops commanded by Zhi Yao were attacked by Wei pawns, plus 2,000 Zhao cavalry smashed their backs, which was also a big mess. However, due to the fact that the main force of the Zhao clan in front was desperately blocked by Yu Rang's 3,000 dead soldiers, which slowed down the speed of the attack, and the Wei army was mainly self-preservation, and the desire to attack was not strong, so Zhi Yao was able to evacuate with the clan soldiers.
When he turned back by the Danshui, he could only see countless corpses densely scattered on the battlefield, their torsos entangled with each other, and the hot blood soaked the dry sand, forming countless tiny streams that converged into the Danshui, making the river even more red and bloody, and Yu Rang had completely fallen into layers of encirclement, especially wielding weapons, making people dare not approach.
The soldier dies for his confidant, and Yu Rang does what he says, but what Yao is most afraid of seeing is the last years of the strong man......
Yu Rang and other 3,000 dead soldiers gave Zhi Yao time to escape with their lives, he was unwilling to swallow back into his belly, and led the army to break through the tail pursuit and interception of several groups of enemy troops, but the Zhao cavalry was too fast to completely get rid of it.
They were entangled with the pursuers for an hour before they were able to retreat into the Light Wolf City, which was guarded by the Zhiguo, under the response of the rear army's defective department. When I counted the number of people in the city, there were 8,000 people on the left wing, almost none of them came back, and there were 15,000 Chinese troops, and only 5,000 people were left to cross the Danshui and return to the west......
It's not that Zhi Yao didn't leave a way for himself to retreat, they could also retreat along the Duanshi River Valley behind the Light Wolf City to Duanshi City, which was the place where the Jin army had baggage and grain reserves, which was more suitable for defense than the Light Wolf City, which was short of food.
But they soon found that their back road had been cut off, and at the same moment as the fierce battle of Danshui, the partial division of the Zhao army attacked Duanshi City in the west!
Under the leadership of Lu Xing, the strange soldiers of Liu Xia suddenly appeared behind the Jin army's defense line, which was originally the Duan clan who was gentle and easy to attack in the river valley, coupled with lax defense, the main force was drawn to participate in the attack, etc., they were unable to resist the onslaught of the strange soldiers, and they were soon lost. The change of hands of the Duan clan and the entire river valley meant that the Zhao army could launch an attack from behind, and the barrier built by the Zhi army on the west bank of Danshui had also become a barrier to besiege itself, which was simply a cocoon!
Since there was no way out, more than 10,000 remnants of the army could only trap the light wolf city, and the combined forces of Zhao, Wei, and Han immediately surrounded the city and attacked from all sides. The extremely tragic offensive and defensive battle lasted for three whole days, and the number of Jin troops in the village was reduced from more than 10,000 to less than 7,000, and the rest were all injured, and in addition to the light wolf, in this large encirclement composed of mountains, rivers, and barriers, the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han, as well as the servants who surrendered, added up to 70,000 enemies!
Twice is attacked, ten is encircled, this is the simplest truth in the art of war, the war was divided at the moment Wei Ju shouted "righteousness in the Eastern Army", and now it depends on how long Zhiyao can struggle......
But even ants will fight hard when they are cornered, and they will not close their eyes and wait for death!
Zhiyao tightened her shoulders and began to inspect the city again, guarding against any possible omissions.
The city of light wolf is full of broken walls, the Zhao army has moved the ballista cannon that can send flying stones to a close attack, three days and three nights of fierce attack and defense caused the city wall to appear in many damage, the sand collapsed to form a gap, the army can only dig and move stones to block the gap when the enemy stops attacking.
He walked around the fire where the officers were, and walked a short distance along a low wall, where the soldiers rested. I saw them lying on their backs, some of them were sleeping, some were chatting, and some of the wounded were making miserable low trumpets and cries from time to time.
In the darkness, through the campfire outside the city, Zhiyao could see the despair in their eyes.
At this moment, a thinly dressed scribe came over and said: "Gentleman, without the baggage stored in Duanshi, the light wolf is a dead city, not only lacking food, water, but also winter clothing, although the enemy has postponed the attack, but according to my observation, I am afraid that it is making larger siege equipment, we can't wait long......
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The person who came was Zhiyao's chief staff, and both he and Zhiguo had reminded Zhiyao to beware of the Wei family, but Zhiyao was too proud and confident to care, and now he regretted it.
He originally had a clear face and elegant eyebrows, but at this moment, his left hand was wrapped around Ge Bu, his robe was stained with blood in many places, and the long sword that had cut a few gaps was slanted into his waist, looking like he had been after a bloody battle. He is still a strategist, let alone an ordinary soldier.
Zhi Yao put Pikan's shoulders on his body, stopped his gratitude, and said a little tiredly: "The soldiers have little food, even if they have wings, they can't fly, such a dilemma, I'm afraid that I have come to the end." “
The flaw hurriedly said: "Gentleman, it's not time to despair yet!" ”
"Could it be that you still have a plan?"
"They are outnumbered, and the battle may not be won, for today's plan, only by relying on the deep ditch and high base of the Light Wolf City, it cannot be closed, and it is waiting for it to change. However, the light wolf city cannot be defended for a long time, not to mention that the enemy army only needs to drag us here, send half of the soldiers to the west to Xinjiang, and attack the capital with the army from Jinyang, then the Jin country will completely change hands. ”
"That's where I'm worried."
Ji Wei leaned up to Zhiyao and whispered, "So we can't wait, but take the initiative to do something!" ”
"What are you going to do?"
"At this time, with the 7,000 people in the city who are demoralized, it is absolutely impossible to defeat a strong enemy, and they need to use their strength to fight."
A trace of confusion flashed in Zhiyao's eyes: "Force...... Where? ”
"Just outside the city, Han Wei and the two families, the minister is willing to go out of the city at night to lobby the two of them, if Han Wei can join forces with the Zhi clan to attack the Zhao clan, maybe there is still a chance to ......"
"Hahahaha!" Zhiyao suddenly burst into laughter, and then touched his forehead, wanting to see if he had a fever and whether he had burned out his brain.
"It seems that you are not sick, not to mention that Han Hu and my family have a grudge against killing their father, just say that Wei Ju, three days ago I also used him as a humerus robe, but he betrayed him on the battlefield, resulting in a great defeat of our army. Wei has completely thrown himself into Zhao's arms, how can you persuade him to repeat it again? ”
But he said: "Otherwise, the three of them are not the same soldiers, the minister observed at the head of the city, and found that their camps were on one side, and when attacking the city, Zhao Wuxian also let the Wei family and the captives be the pioneers, and the Zhao and Han families stood by. If you are ignorant, within a few months, the three families will have suspicions and suspicions, and no matter how big the grudge is, they will join forces because of the situation and interests. ”
Zhiyao sighed: "How slim ......"
He said, "Has the gentleman ever seen the prostitutes in the Xinjiang Nu Lu?" ”
Zhiyao frowned: "You should know that I never go to that kind of place." ”
"The minister is just an analogy, those prostitutes are sexual, it is difficult to open their legs for the first time, but it is much easier for the second and third times, Wei's betrayal is already the third time, Wei Xianzi betrayed the Luan clan once, Wei Ju and Zhao Han broke their promise once, and now they betray the Zhi clan again, as long as they have Geng Jie in their hearts, the minister will have a chance!"
Zhiyao was silent for a long time, and said: "All this that the Wei family did should be Wei Hao's decision, and Wei Ju is just acting on his father's orders. Yu Rang is my left arm, you are my right arm, I have lost one hand, I don't want to lose the other ......"
He bowed down at the head of the city, with a hint of madness under despair in his eyes: "That's better than the light wolf city is exhausted, the soldiers kill each other, when the city is broken, it is the day when the jade is burned, anyway, they are all dead, and the minister might as well rely on this three-inch tongue to fight!" I hope that the gentleman will allow it! ”
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That night, in the Wei military camp outside the Light Wolf City, Wei Ju was tasting the wine syrup alone, although he was ready to "be pointed out by a thousand people", but betrayal was like a rotten sour wine, drunk happily in front of people, but he could only gag and regurgitate alone behind his back.
Anyway, the Wei clan let the Zhao clan easily win the big victory in the Battle of Changping, and drove the remnants of Zhiyao into the Light Wolf City, and the Zhao, Wei and Han families besieged this area to the ground, and the fall of the Light Wolf and the defeat of Zhiyao were only a matter of time.
But Wei Ju's heart was not happy at all, not to mention that although Zhao Wuxian was enthusiastic about him on the surface, he said that the friendship between the three brothers in Taoyuan was still there. But in fact, on the battlefield, the Zhao clan's trebuchets and ballistas have been pointing at the Wei clan's phalanx, and the elite Ran Qiu army is also placed in front of them.
During the three days of besieging Guangwolf City, Zhao Wuxian also used the excuse that it would take time for the mechanical installation to let the Wei clan take the prisoners as the vanguard to attack the city, and the three families slowly rotated, of course the Wei clan did not do their best, and so did Zhao Han, so this projectile land was only defended for so many days.
He was always afraid that Zhao Wuxian would not do anything, so he suddenly launched a night attack, took his camp away, and swept away Zhiwei together......
How can we deal with this situation? Just when Wei Ju's face was gloomy, Ling Hubo suddenly appeared from outside the camp, walked to Wei Ju's side, and said in his ear: "Cousin, there are people in the Light Wolf City who are coming to ......."
Wei Ju was excited, and asked in a low and hurried voice, "Who is it?" ”
"Our acquaintance, Zhiyao's adviser is flawed, he knew that the Wei clan was stationed in the east, but he pretended to be Zhao Zhao and went down to the city, and was caught by the soldiers patrolling the camp, so he said that Zhao Wuxian had confidential affairs, let him come to the face, and the soldiers did not suspect him, and brought him to our place, so he was recognized."
He got a little closer and said, "It was Zhiyao who asked him to come, did my cousin see it or not?" ”
"Nope! Push it down and cut it down immediately! ”
Wei Ju waved his sleeves violently as if he had touched something unclean, but after he stood up and paced a few steps, he repented again, turned back to Ling Hubo, who was about to go down, and said, "Wait, I have a little friendship with him after all, let's talk about it when we meet......"
It didn't take long for Zhao Bing to be brought in, and he had been searched several times, without a weapon. Wei Ju retreated left and right, leaving only Lu Xing to protect him, looking at the haggard face, almost losing the demeanor of Zhiyao's wise man in the past, he couldn't help sighing: "I almost can't recognize the silkworm, I have suffered a lot in the city." ”
"This is all thanks to the blessing of the Wei family......"
The edge of the flaw was half concealed and half exposed, and he did not grovel because he wanted to lobby, which made Lu Xing furious, and drew his sword and said: "Bold!" ”
Wei Ju stopped him, the expression on his face did not change, but a trace of shame flashed in his eyes, at the age of twenty, people's skin was far less thick than that of politicians who were over half a hundred years old.
He saw all this in his eyes, what he was best at was to observe words and looks, and learn from what the other party was thinking, and when he saw Wei Ju like this, he knew that what he expected was not bad. Zhao Wuxian and Wei Han's two families made an appointment, the day of the extinction of knowledge, three points of the land, now the light wolf city will be broken in the twilight, the Zhi family is in danger, but Wei Ju has no joy of land, but there is a sense of worry, it can be seen that he is in a dilemma.
If you don't help Zhao, you may be destroyed after defeat, and if you help Zhao, you may be excluded when the Zhao family is dominant, and you may still perish in the end......
"I have at least two chances, if Haotian doesn't let the Zhi clan perish, he will help me and let me succeed! Even if you can't defeat the Zhao clan in the end, you have to find a way to separate them and drag these repeated villains of the Wei clan to die together! ”
After a flash of thought, Wei Ju asked: "Although I have an old relationship with the Emperor, I know that the Wei family is already enemies, what do you want to do if your lord asks you to come here?" "Reprimand my repetition? Wei Ju smiled bitterly in his heart, trying to make himself look like he didn't take this seriously, as his uncle and grandfather said, he needed to become thick and black in order to survive in the future Jin Kingdom.
He arched his hand and said: "My lord has been surrounded for a long time and died on the eve of death, so the foreign minister pretended to be a sergeant of the Zhao family, and came here overnight to ask to see the prince, my lord has something to say, the prince can allow me to speak, I dare to speak, otherwise, the minister asks to die in front of the general!" ”
He straightened up and walked towards Lu Xing's sword blade, and did not retreat after being reprimanded, until he was pressed against his chest by the tip of the sword, and even oozed blood.
Wei Ju had no choice but to wave his hand: "You don't have to behave like this, you have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say, if you are reasonable, you will follow, if it is unreasonable, hum!" You won't be able to get out of this camp! (To be continued.) )