War is brutal, and nowhere is its brutality best demonstrated by the innocent deaths of large numbers of non-combatants. The siege of the city with the unarmed people as the front is the epitome of this cruelty. Although this method is extremely vicious, it can not only hit the morale of the defenders, consume the strength of the defenders, but also reduce the casualties of the attackers, which can really be called a "trick".

Because this trick has been tried and tested repeatedly, I don't know that there are "famous generals" who have used it throughout the ages. The so-called success will make ten thousand bones withered, and the names left in history are those conquerors, who have ever remembered his evil deeds!

Today's Li Zicheng is no exception. After an unsuccessful siege yesterday, he immediately realized that the defenders were extremely tenacious, and if they wanted to attack hard, it would not be enough to put more than 10,000 people in the camp.

So from the afternoon, he just bluffed and confronted the Qin soldiers across the outer moat, but secretly drew out 3,000 elite soldiers to raid Sanyuan, Chunhua, Lintong and other places near Jingyang. Instead of attacking relatively wealthy county towns as before, they targeted villages that had no defenses at all. Because their goal is very clear, which is to coerce the population!

After a night of raiding, Li Zicheng successfully enveloped more than 10,000 people. Only a few of them took the initiative to join the thieves because they couldn't get by; The vast majority of the rest are just honest peasants, and they don't want to rebel at all. But under the threat of the sword, they had to be driven by the thieves to attack the city.

And in order to let the people listen to him, Li Zicheng also detained all the women and children in the camp, saying that if anyone retreats from the battle, or even turns against him, he will be cut on his family! Therefore, these ordinary people were really helpless, so they had to risk their lives to attack Qin Wangzhuang.

This trick really worked, although Zhu Youzhen ordered the firepower to suppress it, but Qin Bing always had some scruples in the face of his father and fellow villagers. Although they had to shoot, most of the shots were in the open space, hoping that the people would be frightened and take the initiative to retreat.

But the lives of the people's families are in the hands of thieves, and none of them will survive if they return. If you rush forward, even if you die, maybe your wife and children will still be alive. As a result, some were frightened by the sound of gunfire, but most of them rushed forward in a hurry, and soon advanced beyond the inner moat.

Li Zicheng is also worthy of being the best among the thieves, he has long expected this situation and made full use of it. He ordered many soldiers who broke into the camp to pretend to be ordinary people, and also mixed in the crowd and rushed up. The Qin soldiers were reluctant to beat them, but they showed no mercy to the Qin soldiers, and they raised their hands with an arrow.

This distance is much closer than the outer moat, so the accuracy is greatly increased. And the Qin soldiers threw the rat bogey, but they still shrank back, so for the first time since the formation of the army, there were major casualties! In less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of warriors were killed and wounded by bows and arrows.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Zhu Youzhen was really anxious. If it continues to fight like this, it will really become a war of attrition, and all the Qin soldiers and ordinary people will be consumed, but the casualties of the thieves will be minimal! He immediately shouted: "Increase your firepower, and annihilate all the enemies who will attack in the future!" If there is any mercy under his hands, he will not be forgiven! ”

The order was like a mountain, and the Qin soldiers woke up in horror. When they resumed fighting in earnest, the tide of the war was immediately turned. Not to mention the common people, even those rogues are simply unable to resist the dense firepower of the birds. In an instant, the crowd outside the moat fell in pieces, and it was impossible to describe the tragic situation at that time with "a river of blood".

When the surviving siegers saw this hellish scene, their spirits had completely collapsed, and they could not care about Li Zicheng's strict orders, let out a shout, and immediately turned around and ran.

The overseers who were mixed in the crowd also wanted to cut down a few civilians to stop their rout; But the rows of buckshot came over, and even they could not stand on their feet, so they had to be defeated along with the chaotic crowd.

The battlefield returned to a temporary lull. But outside the four gates of Qinwangzhuang, there are already mountains of corpses! Although the battle was short-lived, at least 2,000 besiegers were killed. Of course, the vast majority are ordinary people.

In addition to paying the price of dozens of casualties, the Qin soldiers at the head of the city suffered a serious blow to their morale. Although they resolutely carried out Zhu Youzhen's order, at this time, seeing the tragic situation of the people who died under their hands, many people couldn't help but cry.

and those reservists who had just been drafted had never seen such a bloody scene, and they were all so frightened that their faces were like ashes, and a few even vomited.

Zhu Youzhen's face was also pale, and his mood was even more sad than that of ordinary soldiers, because the order to shoot was given by him personally! But if this wave of attacks is not repelled, Qin Wangzhuang will be really dangerous!

"Meifeng, immediately convene the generals to discuss the matter, the battle can't be fought like this anymore!" He said with difficulty for a while, "In addition, order all the soldiers defending the city to take strict precautions, if the thieves come to attack the city again, be sure to start suppressing the fire from the outer moat, and not let them attack the inner moat and the edge, otherwise the casualties of the common people will be greater!" ”

Not long after, Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng and Xie Yong hurriedly arrived and reported the situation on the other three sides, which was similar to the north. Zhu Youzhen listened and said hatefully: "This damn Li Zicheng, I originally respected him as a good man, but he did such a hurtful thing today!" If it falls into my hands one day, this king will have to break him into pieces! ”

"The prince is angry!" Although Qi Meifeng persuaded Zhu Youzhen, she couldn't help but cry and said, "We must make it clear to the soldiers that it is not us who kill the people, but the thieves!" As long as everyone can turn this corner, there is no problem in defending the city. ”

Everyone was silent, knowing that there was no other good way to do it. Yes, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, it seems that Li Zicheng is determined to take Qinwangzhuang. On the battlefield, either you die or I live, if you are soft-hearted and reluctant to start, the Qin soldiers will only pay a greater price!

"Isn't there any other way?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but hit the city wall with his head, he really hoped that he could bear some pain on behalf of the people!

The generals were taken aback, and hurriedly pulled Zhu Youzhen to persuade him. Only Li Dingguo stayed for a moment, and suddenly asked tentatively: "Your Highness, the last general has a plan, if it can be successful, it can greatly reduce the casualties of innocent people." ”

"Speak! Speak quickly! Zhu Youzhen was in great spirits immediately, he knew that Li Dingguo had always been resourceful and old-fashioned, and he would never say anything if he was not sure.

"It's just..."Li Dingguo said hesitantly, "This method is really a bit risky, if it doesn't work well, Qin Wangzhuang will be in danger of being lost!" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Zhu Youzhen encouraged him.

Li Dingguo then said his plan. Everyone was dumbfounded and shook their heads to say that it was too risky.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time, but raised his head and said resolutely: "Riding a horse and riding a boat is three points of risk, let alone fighting?" For the sake of these innocent people, I think it's worth the risk! ”