Chapter 114: Psychological Warfare
The White Wave Army slowly retreated, although Shuoxian's life hung by a thread, but finally kept the city from being burned and looted by the White Wave Army.
When Cui Yong heard that the White Wave army was retreating, he immediately set out to the city, bringing wine, meat, gold and silver, to reward a group of soldiers defending the city, and Cui Yong announced in front of everyone that he would pardon the crimes of the prisoners who came to defend the city, and distributed gold and silver, encouraging everyone to make persistent efforts, as long as they repelled the White Wave army, there would be a heavy reward.
Suddenly, a soldier came to the city and whispered to Cui Yong: "My lord, I found a body festering and dying in the people's homes, which may be caused by an epidemic, and I hope that your lord will make a decision as soon as possible." ”
"Does anyone else know about this?"
"Your Excellency, except for a few soldiers in charge of the inspection, no one else knows."
"Let them keep their mouths shut, whoever dares to leak the news will be killed!"
"No, the villain will do it immediately."
Cui Yong seems calm on the surface, but he is panicked in his heart, Bai Bojun has just retreated, and there is an epidemic in the county, if it spreads, I am afraid that Shuoxian County will soon become a dead city.
Zhang Zhongjing suddenly stepped forward, woke up the dazed county magistrate Cui Yong, and saluted with a fist: "Lord County Order, Zhang Zhongjing is a doctor, and he still has experience in the treatment of the epidemic, and please open the city gate and go to the village to control the epidemic!" ”
Cui Yong's originally smiling face suddenly turned cold, and the eyes of the surrounding city defense troops looking at Zhang Zhongjing were obviously not good, and they were in a hurry to leave the city as soon as they repelled the Bai Bo army.
Not to mention that there is no heart to unite to defend the city, if you tell the Baibo army about the situation of the troops in the city, if you attack with all your strength tomorrow, the city will inevitably be broken and killed, and everyone has every reason to believe that the man in front of you is the internal response of the Baibo army.
"Brother is really joking!" Tang Yang stepped forward, looked at the people around him and said with a smile: "You don't have to mind, my brother has been frightened and will always talk nonsense, I hope Lord Cui and you don't take it to heart, we will definitely defend the city with all our might, and never let anyone attack the city!" ”
Zhang Zhongjing also reacted quickly, saying this is full of suspicions, it is very likely to lead to the disaster of killing, and when the time comes, not only will the people be lost, but they will also let themselves live and die here, he glanced at Tang Yang very gratefully, and stood aside and said no more.
At this time, an officer stepped forward, and Langsheng arranged for the people to stand guard, and these prisoners who had just been replenished naturally bore the brunt of the guard, because they blamed Zhang Zhongjing for talking too much, took back the bow and arrow in his hand, stuffed it with a simple knife, and ordered him to stand by the battlement of the city defense wall to stand by.
Tang Yang wanted to help, but he was also powerless, so he could only stand by Zhang Zhongjing's side as much as possible, but tomorrow the Baibo Army will attack again, and it is difficult to say that he can stop it with his current strength.
And in the distance, you can vaguely see that the Baibo Army, which is not attacking well today, began to cut down trees around the perimeter and temporarily build cloud ladders, presumably tomorrow's battle will be much more cruel than today's, even the county lieutenant has no bottom in his heart, not to mention these ordinary and strong people who were temporarily recruited to the front line.
Those prisoners released from the prison, looking at the thick bloodstains, piled corpses, scattered limbs and internal organs from a distance, churned in their stomachs for a while, they had already lost the courage to fight to the death, and they trembled with fear.
Zhang Zhongjing looked at the Bai Bo army gathered in the distance, and from time to time the corpses were brought out to be burned and cremated, it was obvious that there was an epidemic in his army, and the search for a doctor must also be one of the reasons why the Bai Bo army attacked the county with all its might.
It's a pity that now it's Xiucai who can't explain the reason for seeing the soldiers, and the county magistrate Cui Yong is not willing to help the surrounding people at all, more precisely, he doesn't believe that Zhang Zhongjing has a good way to treat the epidemic, and sighs slightly, and can only hope that the battle will survive the next morning.
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In the middle of the night, Gongsun Yi led dozens of Xiao cavalry soldiers to the surrounding hillside, and planted dozens of flags of various colors collected from the surrounding area on the hillside, and quietly approached the camp by taking advantage of the night.
The whole camp was scattered with some tents, and most of the Baibo troops who had been fighting for a day slept on the ground, and there were not even sentry posts, let alone secret sentry posts and patrols, and Gongsun Yi was very puzzled about how such an army could survive.
Dozens of Xiao cavalry soldiers held sharp blades, cautiously approached the sleeping Bai Bo army, raised their knives and fell, and assassinated the Bai Bo soldiers one after another.
Sneak attack and assassination all the way, and actually came all the way to the general tent of the main general of the Baibo army, the military tent was brightly lit, and the officers expressed their opinions, and there was some confusion for a while.
Gongsun Yi quickly understood from the words of these officers that the epidemic in the Baibo army was also very serious, thinking of the seriousness of the epidemic, many people fled with their families, and it was too late for the surrounding officers and soldiers to hide, how could they come here, this county is very isolated, and there will be no reinforcements coming, otherwise these Baibo troops will not pay attention to Shuoxian.
The reason why the White Wave Army did not leave, I am afraid that there are not a few sick people in the army, if this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before this White Wave Army ceases to exist, and the White Wave Army is also desperate, planning to capture Shuo County, loot and look for a healer at the same time.
Gongsun Yi nodded slightly to Guan Hai beside him, and led a group of cavalry troops to rush into the military tent, and Peng Tuo, the leader of the Baibo Army, who was in a very bad mood, originally scolded, but when the sharp dagger was across his neck, the original words were swallowed hard.
Gongsun Yi then walked in, looked at the group of Baibo generals and said lightly: "Do you want to die or live?" ”
"Who are you?"
"Don't care who I am, you have been surrounded by officials and soldiers, immediately order all departments to lay down their arms and surrender, otherwise you will be executed on the spot!"
All the generals of the Baibo army looked at the leader, and the general sighed slightly, seeing that the tiger and wolf armor soldiers around him were obviously not the soldiers in the county, and they knew that the general trend had gone, and looked at Gongsun Yi and said coldly: "I need a guarantee, my brothers can all live, and they must be healed." ”
"I promise you, as long as you lay down your arms, I will guarantee your safety."
For Gongsun Yi, the White Bo Army, like the Yellow Turban Thieves, is an army that takes up arms against the harsh government of the imperial court, and there is no need to kill them all, and if it is a fight to the death, Gongsun Yi has only dozens of people around him, and he is powerless to fight against the hundreds of Bai Bo Army.
"Peng Tuo, the commander of the White Wave Army, I don't know who the adult is?"
"Ben will be Gongsun Yi." Gongsun Yi responded lightly, at least before the Bai Bo army has all laid down its weapons, Gongsun Yi will not show the slightest flaw.
Soon under the command conveyed, a group of white wave soldiers put down their blades one after another, and at this time, a small cavalry with a rope stepped forward and tied up these white wave troops in turn.
Some of the Baibo soldiers wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but when they saw the flags faintly visible on the surrounding mountains, the Baibo soldiers who had some thoughts became honest for a while, but no one knew how these officers and soldiers would treat them.
The sky was bright, and soon hundreds of Baibo soldiers were brought to the camp tent, and everyone was stunned to find that there were only dozens of Xiao cavalry soldiers in front of them, and they were shocked and filled with grief and anger, but at this time their hands and feet were tied, and seeing the blade shining with cold light in the hands of Xiao Cai soldiers, there was nothing else to do but sigh for a while.
It's just that when the night was dark, I was first restrained by orders, then I was frightened by the flags on the hillside in the distance, and then I saw the tiger and wolf soldiers and cavalry, and I thought that there were only dozens of people who came to attack. The sneak attack went unexpectedly well, and Gongsun Yi ordered a group of horsemen to escort hundreds of unarmed Baibo soldiers towards Shuoxian.
When the Baibo army came to the city, there were drums for a while, and soon the officers and soldiers in Shuo County quickly rushed to the front of the city to prepare for battle, but to everyone's surprise, the Baibo army under the city was tied, and dozens of cavalry slowly advanced from both wings.
Suddenly, a man stepped forward and said loudly to the city: "I am the general of the Qingzhou Hussars, the Yonghou Gongsun Yi, the Baibo army has been defeated by our side, quickly open the city gate and lead our army into the city!" ”
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