Chapter 30: The Meat Grinder
The sun sets, and the sunset is as red as fire.
After paying 3,000 casualties, Sun Jian finally ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Such a huge number of casualties is not undeniable.
The only consolation is that after paying 3,000 casualties, Sun Jian's army finally filled the moat.
Just wait for the army to rest for the night, and the next day they will wave their army and storm the city.
Late at night, Sun Jianjun's camp.
Cheng Pu said to Sun Jian: "My lord, we need to prevent the Xiliang rebels from going out of the city to attack the camp at night. ”
Sun Jian said awe-inspiringly: "What Demou said is very true, Luo Zheng is a little scheming, when he was in Bishui Pass before, he had set up an ambush to harm a certain loss of public and righteous justice, and he couldn't be careless, so he worked hard tonight and personally watched the night." ”
Cheng Pu said sonorously: "The last general will obey the order." ”
Sun Jian said in a deep voice: "Luo Zheng, this thief is not famous, I don't want to be quite able to use soldiers, and there are even fierce generals like Xu Chu under his command." I don't know how this thief sneaked up on Qiao County, and I still can't figure it out. ”
Cheng Pu also said: "The last general is also very puzzled, how can the Xiliang army fly to the city if it is not a bird." ”
Sun Jian said in a condensed voice: "The things that Demou is confused about are also something that I have never been able to understand. But no matter what, Luo Zheng can't be underestimated by this thief, it's much more difficult to deal with than Hu Zhen's waste, and he can't be careless. ”
Cheng Pushen thought and said: "Don't worry, the lord will take care of it." ”
Qian County, Chengbei Workshop.
Luo Zheng called the old horse and asked, "How long will it take to finish the required things?" ”
Lao Ma said: "At least two days." ”
Luo Zheng said 'um' and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, you can ask for manpower and materials, and you must complete all the things you need within two days." If you can complete the task, you will receive a bounty of ten ingots and two women. ”
Lao Ma's face was bloodshot suddenly, he smirked twice, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, general, I promise to complete the task." ”
Luo Zheng nodded, inspected the workshop again, and left immediately so as not to affect the work of the craftsmen.
When he left the workshop, his brows furrowed.
Sun Jian's army was attacking the city very tightly, and time was really waiting for no one.
It's not that Xiliang Tie can't defend Qian County, but Luo Zheng doesn't want to fight hard with Sun Jian.
With the advantage of cavalry, but driving them to defend the city, they were originally left to use their troops to take advantage of them.
If he had to wait for the craftsman to smelt the armor and equipment, how could Luo Zheng make such a low-level mistake. As long as you lead the army away, you can ask Sun Jian's army to follow behind the ass and eat ashes, even if you can't get rid of the three thousand Youyan cavalry, it doesn't hurt.
Today, the moat has been filled, and Sun Jian will inevitably storm the city in the future.
At that time, the two armies will really fight in a short fight, and the Xiliang army will inevitably have casualties.
Luo Zheng didn't want to waste his soldiers' lives in this kind of unintentional defense of the city, so he was naturally a little anxious.
Everyone has the value of living, and even if they die, they must die well.
The casualties of the army naturally have to be rewarded accordingly, so that the casualties can be valuable.
Letting the soldiers die in the head of the city of Qiaoxian is meaningless, and there is no reward at all.
Early the next morning.
Sun Nuran once again waved his army to storm the city, divided the remaining 12,000 foot soldiers into three teams, each team of 4,000 people, and divided them into two phalanxes in the front and rear, and launched a fierce attack on the east, west, and north gates of Qiaoxian County in turn.
The drums of war are shocking, and the sound of killing is overwhelming.
Under the threat of the saber of the overseer team, the Kwantung infantry gritted his teeth and rushed forward with his shield in his head.
From time to time, a rain of arrows poured down through the gaps that the shield could not protect, knocking the hapless Kanto foot soldiers to the ground.
Finally, holding their shields and carrying the ladder, the light shield soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city wall and struggled to put the ladder on the top of the city.
The Axeman, who was immediately behind the Light Shieldmen, immediately stepped out of the crowd and quickly climbed the ladder with his shield in hand.
However, at this moment, pots of fire oil and rolling wood and stones poured down again.
The Kwantung infantry who were crowded under the city wall were immediately knocked over by the smashing man, and then dozens of rockets fell, and the city wall immediately turned into a sea of fire, and countless soldiers fell into the flames with a miserable howl, and the smell of burnt skin and flesh was scattered with the wind.
As for the sword and axe soldiers who climbed the ladder, they were rolled down like dumplings smashed by rolling logs and stones, and their tendons were broken and fractured.
Qian County is the seat of Yuzhou and the heart of a state.
Although there are not many garrison materials, they are not comparable to the county seat.
The walls are piled up with rolling wood and fire oil, and if you save a little, you can still use it for three days.
For the siege army, these things are big killers.
If these supplies are not exhausted in a day, the besieging army will have to pay an unimaginably heavy price.
When the 300,000 Kwantung Coalition troops first attacked the Tiger Pass, they paid a huge price. It was not until later that the Western Liang Army was almost consumed in the garrison materials in the Tiger Prison Pass that the Kwantung Coalition Army was able to attack the city and fight with the Western Liang Army in a short battle.
If there were enough garrison supplies, Dong Zhuo would not have to worry about the Kwantung Coalition Army at all.
No matter how fierce his offensive is, just pick up the stone and smash it down, how can he still fight with his life.
Wait until it's getting late and the sun is setting.
After a day of onslaught, Sun Jianjun left nearly 2,000 corpses behind before retreating like a tide.
During this period, the Kwantung soldiers had killed the city several times, but they were all driven down by the Western Liang army.
Despite this, the Xiliang army also paid dozens of casualties.
After Sun Jian and Cheng Pu each led a foot soldier to kill the head of the city, Luo Zheng also personally went into battle to fight, fought hard with Cheng Pu for more than ten times, and was slashed several times. If it weren't for Xu Chu's desperate killing of Sun Jian to protect him, he was afraid that he would be cut down by Cheng Pu.
Luo Zheng didn't frown, and still fought with injuries.
Seeing that the general was so brave, the Xiliang soldiers were all highly motivated and fought desperately.
After all, Sun Jiandi's motley army was not as strong as the elite iron cavalry of Xiliang, and was soon driven off the city.
When the sun set and Sun Jianjun retreated like a tide, the city immediately erupted in cheers like a landslide and a crack.
The inner courtyard of the Assassin's Palace.
Luo Zheng drove out all his own soldiers, leaving only Xu Chu to stay by the couch.
A clear spring of warm ground flowed out of the bronze ring, flowing through the limbs and hundreds of remains, healing the flesh and blood wounds, and the wounds left by Cheng Pu a few slashes were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The rolled flesh wriggled slightly, and soon rejoined together.
After the scar came off, the flesh and skin of the previous injury were intact and did not leave the slightest mark.
Xu Chu was still wondering, but when he saw this amazing scene at this moment, his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.
No matter how big this fierce man's nerves are, he was shocked when he saw such a strange thing.
By the time he came back to his senses, Luo Zheng had already turned over and collapsed.
"This is my biggest secret, Zhong Kang must not say it to anyone."
Luo Zheng casually ordered, in fact, even if it was known, it was nothing.
In this era, people are ignorant and ignorant, not open-minded and information-advanced in the 21st century, and this kind of thing beyond people's imagination will only attract the awe of others, and will not produce a desire to snatch like the 21st century.
The reason why I say this is just to buy people's hearts.
Sure enough, a trace of emotion flashed in Xu Chuhu's eyes, and he said loudly: "Don't worry, the lord is as tight-lipped as a bottle." ”
Luo Zheng waved his hand and said, "After a day of fighting, Zhongkang will also go down to rest, do your best to cultivate your mental strength, and fight again tomorrow." As long as he holds on for two more days, he can fight to the death with Sun Resolute and win the battle. ”
Xu Chu retreated, but he didn't rest, just stood outside the door.
Luo Zheng moved his hands and feet, and found that his strength had increased a few points.
This time, he was stabbed a few times by Cheng Pu, and the injury was not light, and if he changed to someone else, I was afraid that he would have to lie down for a few months.
However, after the injury was fully healed, the strength increased a little more.
Luo Zheng thought about it and felt that the more serious the injury, the more strength would increase after the injury.
Having said that, being able to fight hard with Cheng Pu for more than ten years without dying is already an amazing progress.
When Luo Zheng first arrived in this era, any soldier could slash him with a knife.
Now he can fight with a fierce general like Cheng Pu for more than ten years without dying, and the progress committee is not small.
Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, Sun Jian once again waved his army to attack the city.
When it got dark, nearly 2,000 corpses were left behind again, and the Xiliang army also paid nearly 200 casualties this time, and there were not many garrison materials left in the city, and they could be exhausted in half a day at most.
Day 3.
Sun Jian continued to attack, and the casualties of the Xiliang army reached a staggering four hundred.
After the materials for defending the city were exhausted, the Kwantung infantry finally went forward to kill the head of the city one after another, and launched a tragic life-and-death struggle with the Xiliang army, although it still paid nearly 2,000 casualties, but also caused a lot of casualties to the Xiliang army.
So far, Sun Jian has brought more than half of the 15,000 foot casualties.
Eight thousand Xiliang Iron Riders entered the Central Plains, and after repeated battles, they also lost more than a thousand.
Nearly 300 Zhuang Ding, who followed Xu Chudi, were incorporated into the army, and the strength was only in the early 7,000s.
Night.
Luo Zheng took more than ten members of the military academy and guarded the outside of the workshop in the north of the city.
The old horse's face was haggard, his eyes were as red as peaches, and he didn't close his eyes for three days, and he was exhausted to the limit.
"General, this is armor."
Lao Ma handed Luo Zheng a full set of iron armor weighing seventy or eighty catties, although he was very tired, his expression was extremely excited.
Luo Zheng took the heavy armor, turned it over and looked at it for a long time, before he applauded loudly, "Very good, as long as the soldiers are put on such an armor, they will no longer be afraid of bows and arrows." Look at the three thousand Youyan cavalry can Nai Ben General He. ”
More than a dozen Xiliang generals had their eyes shining one by one, and their eyes were scorching.
Li Meng took the heavy armor from Luo Zheng's hand, and after weighing the weight, he was immediately overjoyed.
However, after the old horse took a complete set of heavy armor of war horses, all the military academies were dumbfounded.
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