With a command to release arrows, countless arrows fell down from the sky, and suddenly countless screams rang out, temporarily suppressing the number of cloud ladders.

It's just that although the bow and arrow have the effect, it really can't play a completely suppressive role, and there are still some people on the ladder who have been shot, and now they have begun to climb up, and they are getting closer and closer to the top of the city.

"Throw sleepers, boulders." Another order came from Yan Liang's mouth. Suddenly, the guys who were originally prepared to defend the city were thrown down, and there was a burst of people who turned on their backs, and I don't know how many lives died tragically.

This is the cruelty of siege warfare!

This is why it is often said that if the side that wants to attack the city does not have the advantage of numbers, it is difficult to win.

The fierce battle has been going on like this, and from time to time some Liu Beijun soldiers will go up to the city tower by means of the cloud ladder and start a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Sixth Legion, and then one by one their lives will be taken, and the blood of corpses will be spilled on the city.

The siege lasted from noon to night, and Liu Beijun's voice came out. Then the besieging armies retreated like a tide.

Seeing that the enemy had finally retreated, General Yan Liang, who commanded the battle, also breathed a sigh of relief, and then his body was about to sit down softly.

In this afternoon, he has been commanding from the top of the tower, and even where there is a gap, he will take his own soldiers up to kill for a while. Only then did he barely hold the city. Now that the war has stopped, he is too tired.

Even Yan Liang is like this, you can imagine what will happen to the other soldiers. Everyone was relieved, and then they lay down like mud in all corners of the city tower. At this moment, even if there was a cold corpse around them, they didn't care.

"Let the soldiers go down and rest, and then come up in other regiments." Yan Liang just rested for a while, then got up, went downstairs with his own soldiers, and went straight to the mansion.

In today's battle, Yan Liang's troops suffered nearly 6,000 casualties. Of course, Liu Beijun is no better, and if you first calculate it, I am afraid that 10,000 casualties will not be able to stop.

This is still because Liu Beijun has the help of catapults and archers, otherwise the number of losses will only be even greater.

"The general has worked hard." In the palace, some generals who did not participate in the war were waiting here, and when they saw Yan Liang, who was covered in blood, come back, they all hugged their fists and said.

"Everybody's worked hard, too." Yan Liang nodded to the generals. Although it is said that these people did not participate in the war today, it does not mean that they will not be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If it continues like this, I'm afraid everyone will have to go sooner or later.

Under the only high seat, a soldier came over with a wet towel, Yan Liang wiped the blood on his face, and the whole person was much more energetic. When he looked at the division commanders and regiment commanders below, he also had a little more spirit. "Let's talk about it, how long can we last if we continue to fight like this."

In front of ordinary soldiers, Yan Liang naturally wouldn't say this, and he didn't hurt his morale. But in the face of these generals, he really doesn't have to worry too much.

"General, although Liu Beijun's attack is fierce now, the casualties are heavier than ours. If they want to eat us, they don't have 78,000 people, and I think this kind of loss is not what they want to see. A division commander said with his fists clenched.

"Yes, in today's battle, we played a majestic battle, presumably in the next attack, what is Zhuge Liang should also weigh it carefully." Another division commander clenched his fists and said.

Obviously, everyone's morale is still good, at least not completely discouraged. Yan Liang was very relieved after hearing this, as long as everyone still had morale, this battle could continue. Thinking that what they said is also good, such a lose-lose style of play, I believe that no one will like it. Why, then, is he afraid?

"Well, I'm glad that everyone is so confident. In this way, go down and have a good rest, I am afraid that there will be a bad battle tomorrow, then we will show them with practical actions that we are not soft persimmons, and we can be manipulated by others. Yan Liang also said with a confident expression.

"Only the general's orders are obeyed." Several division commanders and some regiment commanders all clenched their fists in unison.

After the First World War, Yan Liang and the others did not have any intention of being discouraged. In Liu Bei's army's account, Zhang Xiu was indeed reporting today's results to Zhuge Liang with some sadness. "Strategist, in today's battle, because of the fierce attack, we killed 7,000 people and wounded more than 4,000 people."

Speaking of these figures, Zhang Xiu was a little distressed, he was thinking, if such a battle was to continue like this, he was afraid that even if Chiyang City was captured, they would not have the strength to deal with the main force of the Sixth Legion.

"Hmm." Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry, and the old god said.

"Are the people I sent out today the ones I named in advance?" The voice sounded again, and it was indeed asking Zhang Xiu.

"Yes, military division, the troops that are attacking the city today are all recruited by us in the Yizhou border area." Zhang Xiu said with great conviction.

"That's fine." Zhuge Liang tapped his forehead again, and then the goose feather fan in his hand shook lightly: "These people are all loyal to the old lord Liu Zhang, and they were originally unstable factors in the army. ”

Just this gentle explanation, Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up, "Strategist, did you do this on purpose?" ”

Thinking of it, this is likely to be Zhuge Liang's intentional method of killing people with a knife. After all, there are such general unstable factors in the army, so if they are not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that something big will happen sooner or later.

"It's not deliberate. If they can capture the city, it also shows that they have some ability. But if you just know the boredom and complain, what's the use of keeping it. The voice is still not loud, but in the ears of people, it does carry a strong murderous aura.

It turns out that Zhang Xiu can finally determine that those soldiers today were originally used by Zhuge Liang to solve internal problems. In this way, everything is planned.

It didn't take me to think that the military advisor had no other way, but that it was intentional. Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and he said that he would not use such a method to attack the city, and such a lose-lose style was not done by a wise man at all.

Just breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Xiu scratched his head. Even if it was intentional today, then there should be other ways for the military division to do it next. But I don't know what it is? He looked at Zhuge Liang with a curious gaze.

As if he knew what Zhang Xiu was thinking, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Okay, General Zhang, you don't have any ideas, the answer will be known tomorrow, you just have to wait for the result." ”

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Zhang Xiu also knew that it was useless to ask more, so he nodded and agreed, and then retreated to rest.

After there was no one in the tent, Zhuge Liang's expression became much more serious, and he saw him gently look up at the sky above the tent, muttering to himself, "This is not because I want to kill, but for the unification of the world, I hope the sky will not blame me." ”

After that, Zhuge Liang shook his head lightly again, and his expression returned to his original positive face.

In Chiyang City, Yan Liang was very tired after a day of fighting. After returning to the palace and chatting with the generals for a while, he rested. But just after the third watch, a soldier woke him up, and in his daze, he heard that "the general is not good, there is an accident on the city tower." ”

As soon as he heard that something was wrong, Yan Liang instinctively stood up, and he reached out and took the long-handled big knife next to the bed and went out of the door.

Something did happen on the castle tower, and it was a big deal.

When Yan Liang took his own soldiers and several division commanders to the city tower, what he saw was a large number of soldiers wailing and falling to the ground.

"What's going on?" After asking, Yan Liang wanted to step forward to see what was going on. But a division commander did stand in front of him, shook his head and said, "The general can't go, those soldiers... The soldiers were leprosy. ”

"What? Leprosy? What's going on? Yan Liang asked with a surprised expression. He couldn't imagine why there was a plague here.

Leprosy was a type of plague, and at that time it was a disease that everyone talked about as a discoloration.

According to historical records, there were three epidemics during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, five times during the reign of Emperor Ling, and the epidemic was even worse during the reign of Emperor Jian'an. Tens of thousands of people have been devoured by the disease, causing an unprecedented catastrophe in ten rooms and nine emptiness. Among them, the epidemic scale of diseases in 171, 173, 179, 182, and 185 during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty (168-188 AD) was the largest. At that time, the Nanyang area was also hit by a series of plague epidemics, and many people lost their lives as a result. In less than a decade since the early years of Jian'an, two-thirds of the people have died of the epidemic, and seven out of ten of them died of typhoid fever.

It was the emergence of the plague that caused the population to drop sharply at the end of the Han Dynasty, which also played a great role in hindering the development of that time.

Even after Zhang Chao became a general, he also fought with the plague a few times. Fortunately, he has the backing of Zhangjia Medical College, and there are many doctors who have learned from it, and they have fought against the plague several times under the leadership of Hua Tuo, but they have achieved good results.

As a result of these efforts, there have been significantly fewer outbreaks of plague in recent years. But he never thought that he would appear here today, and seeing that at least more than 2,000 soldiers on the city wall were infected and fell to the ground, losing their combat strength, Yan Liang's eyes were about to burst out.

The division commander who reported to him, that is, the general who was in charge of guarding the city tonight, let out a long sigh, faced Yan Liang and said, "General, these soldiers are all responsible for cleaning up the battlefield. But he didn't expect that there were leprosy patients among the dead Liu Bei soldiers, and as soon as their bodies came into contact, they were infected. ”