Chapter 117: Commitment
For three days, the indiscriminate bombardment of trebuchets lasted for three days.
During these three days, Zhang Chun and his soldiers were tortured by Han soldiers.
As soon as the war drums sounded, the Han soldiers just rushed out of the large array, they rushed to the place where the archers could not attack, shouted some words to make them surrender, and turned back directly, without a real siege at all.
Zhang Chun's eyes were red, and he couldn't figure it out, could it be that these Han soldiers wanted to fill Xiangping City with stones? Or did these Han troops have no intention of attacking the city at all?
The more he thought about it, the tighter Zhang Chun's brows furrowed.
So many Han troops have come here, and they don't attack the city, so what are they doing? Now the grain is not ripe in this season, and the grain and grass needed by more than 10,000 Han troops is an astronomical amount, and they can't rely on time with him at this time.
If you really have to wait for the grain and grass to run out, even if these Han troops get food from several counties outside Xiangping City, they will naturally retreat.
What is this main general of the Han army going to do, is he here to attack Xiangping City, or is he doing it?
What the hell does this damn guy think, is it all but to attack Xiangping City with trebuchets, except to go to Xiangping City and shout surrender?
Compared to Zhang Chun's madness, his soldiers were miserable.
Most of the soldiers trained by Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju in Xiangping City have died in the crazy attack of Gongsun Xu's trebuchet, and most of the soldiers who can stand at the head of the city now are recruits who have not undergone any training.
Some of them were drawn from the big families in Xiangping City, and the other part was that when they saw the strong young people in the city, they directly grabbed them on the city wall, issued them weapons, and let them stand on the city wall.
This is also a last resort, Zhang Chun knew in his heart that if his elites were always in the city, it wouldn't take long for these elites to be wiped out.
Instead of doing that, it is better to find some cannon fodder troops to go up, anyway, the Han army did not attack the city at this time.
Once those Han troops attacked the city, he led his soldiers back to the city and fought a vigorous offensive and defensive battle with the Han soldiers.
Zhang Chun didn't close his eyes much for three days and three nights, the damn Han army was so shameless, from the moment it was just about to get dark, they began to beat drums, and those siege soldiers took turns to feint on three sides with ladders.
The range of these feints was getting closer and closer to the city wall, and even on a few occasions, these Han soldiers had already touched the bottom of the city wall.
He had to fight one hundred and twenty points to defend the city, and once these Han troops launched a general attack when he was slack, the possibility of the destruction of Xiangping City would be greatly increased.
Just when Zhang Chun was tired of turning back from the east gate and the west gate, and at this time when he really couldn't stand the command post under the city gate for a while, Gongsun Xu gave the order for the whole army to assemble, and he was ready to attack the city at this time.
Gongsun Xu stood on the platform, looking at countless hot eyes looking up at him, and a soaring pride rose in his heart.
Gongsun Xu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, strode forward two steps, raised his hand high, and said loudly: "Zhang Chun's rebel thieves colluded with Wuhuan Qiu Liju and others to rebel, this is the biggest rebellion encountered by the Han Dynasty in decades, and it is also a great shame for our Youzhou.
In front of them is Xiangping City, Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju are already at the end of their strong crossbows, and they won't be able to jump for a few days at all.
So! At this time, you must cheer up even more, and strive to catch Zhang Chun's rebellion with me, so that Liaodong will no longer be poisoned by war in the future.
Today is the day when the city is broken, as long as you take Xiangping City, official positions and wealth will be tilted towards you.
As I said before, if I continue to fight with my grandson, not only will I not be in arrears of food, but I will also be rewarded more according to my military merits.
Now I ask you if you want to be an official, if you want to have more wealth, if you want to own your own land, and now, you tell me with the loudest voice. ”
Gongsun Xu knew in his heart that at this time, he didn't need to talk too much to these soldiers under him, that is, what he said was so fanciful that there would not be many people who could understand it.
In such a situation, say something that they most want to hear, and what they want to get the most, and that will resonate with the soldiers under them.
"Yes." When tens of thousands of soldiers heard Gongsun Xu's words, their expressions were so excited that they were beyond words, and they replied loudly.
What is the purpose of being a soldier, either to get food and pay to support the family, or to get out of the land, now Gongsun Xu's words have been said to be home, as long as Xiangping City is captured, they will have more food and money.
In particular, Gongsun Xu mentioned the land. At this time in the late Han Dynasty, ordinary people had little land, and most of the land was hoarded in the hands of scholars and some landlords.
Now Gongsun has said that he will give them land.
If Master Gongsun Xu did it, it would be worth it for them to sell their lives to Gongsun Xu.
Gongsun Xu heard the earth-shattering sound below, and the corners of his mouth were shaped like crescent moons.
The soldiers under him were different from the soldiers under other generals, and these soldiers under him were all miscellaneous troops, and they were all made up.
Among these soldiers, there are bandits, rebels who surrendered, and there are many Wuhuan soldiers, and there are only about 3,000 soldiers in the Han army, and most of them are infantry soldiers who Meng Yi and Gongsun Zhan don't like and want to be cannon fodder.
Now they can shout this voice from the heart, which is also a recognition of Gongsun Xu.
Gongsun Xu took another step forward and raised his hand to signal the people below to listen to him, and after he roared loudly: "As long as you can conquer Xiangping City with me, my Gongsun Xu will definitely fulfill the promise just now, and now it depends on whether you can fight bravely to kill the enemy and whether you can obtain higher military merits."
Gongsun Xu gave these Han soldiers such a promise at this time, it is really nothing, according to Gongsun Xu's thoughts, Xiangping City can definitely be captured today.
As long as Xiangping City is defeated, what can these promises be! There is no harm in giving these soldiers under his command the right benefits.
"Conquer Xiangping City."
"Fight the enemy."
After listening to Gongsun Xu's words, the soldiers below shouted even louder.
"Lay down Xiangping City. Take the land to eat. ”
"Lay down Xiangping City. Glory to the ancestors. ”
"Laying down the ...... of Xiangping City"
All the soldiers outside the south gate of Xiangping, after shouting these words, began to launch a real siege battle towards the south gate of Xiangping.