Chapter 31: Assault on the Sacrificial City.
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At the end of April 739 in the Dayang calendar, His Royal Highness King Yin led 20,000 Zhengyang troops to attack the capital of Changting Province for a long time.
After ten days, 20,000 Zhengyang troops finally arrived at the city of sacrifice.
After a day's rest, Zhu Jian, the king of Yin, ordered an attack on the sacrificial city.
Although they were surprised by the 20,000 Zhengyang troops that suddenly appeared outside the city, the garrison of the sacrifice city was not too panicked, and on the first day of the Zhengyang army's siege, they relied on the defense machinery and arrows to force the 5,000 Zhengyang army to not even touch the city wall.
On the second day, Zhu Jian, the king of Yin, sent 10,000 Zhengyang troops to attack the sacrifice city, and the number had reached half of the 20,000 Zhengyang troops in his hands. However, this time Zhu Jian, the king of Yin, let 10,000 Zhengyang troops attack the sacrificial city from the south and west of the sacrificial city respectively, and this time the 10,000 Zhengyang troops finally let the siege equipment stick to the city wall, but before these Zhengyang soldiers had time to climb the city wall, the fire oil poured by the soldiers of the city sacrifice city was to make all hopes suddenly shattered, and many Zhengyang soldiers who were contaminated with fire oil let out heart-rending shouts.
Zhu Jian, who was standing on the hillside and watching from afar, saw this scene, and Gu Jing Wubo's eyes immediately showed a trace of gloom, and after sighing lightly, he ordered the guards beside him, "Mingjin withdraw the troops." ”
So the attack on the second day of the sacrificial city was still fruitless, and the 20,000 Zhengyang soldiers in Zhu Jian's hands in the past two days were also rapidly reduced to 15,000, a quarter less in just two days, which was somewhat unexpected by Zhu Jian.
On the third day, Zhu Jian ordered a day off.
Inside the big tent.
Looking at Zhu Jian, who was frowning, Le Bai couldn't help but propose, "It's better to go to Crane City, first, to cut off the connection between the Sacrifice City and the front line, and second, to use Crane City as a springboard to continue to attack Xucheng and join the Yue King's army." ”
Zhu Jian shook his head and said, "It's too late." The garrison strength of Hecheng is only slightly worse than that of the sacrificial city, if the 5,000 soldiers are not dead, they can exchange their lives for their lives to attack them, but now the army's heart is unstable, even if they want to try, I am afraid they can't do anything. ”
"So what do we do now?" Le Bai said viciously, "Since it is death both horizontally and vertically, it is better to continue to storm the sacrificial city, I don't believe that this sacrificial city is an iron wall, even if it is, our Zhengyang army will bite off a piece of meat for it." ”
"The copper wall is not necessarily impregnable, and the two days of temptation can deduce that the garrison of the sacrifice city is only a few thousand, and the reserve of arrows is not much. If the 30,000 Zhengyang troops of the imperial uncle were here, they might be able to capture this sacrificial city in one fell swoop. ”
Lebber was silent for a moment, then spoke, "There is no speculation about the war. ”
Zhu Jian sighed when he heard this, "Yes, there is no speculation about the war, so naturally we have to plan for the worst, I have never blamed Uncle Huang's choice, on the contrary, Uncle Huang can lend me 20,000 Zhengyang Army is already a great recognition of my Zhu Jian, and my Zhu Jian's inability to capture this sacrificial city is my Zhu Jian's incompetence." ”
"By the way, has there been any news from the carrier pigeons?" Zhu Jian suddenly asked Lebo.
Le Bai nodded and said, "As you expected, the 20,000 Zhengyang soldiers came to the city of sacrifice to put a lot of pressure on Wang Yu and Chen Chi, and yesterday Mo Wenjun and Gu Lijun both chose to avoid the battle. ”
"In this way, my Dayang has stepped firmly into this long pavilion with one foot." Zhu Jian smiled faintly and said.
"Don't be too happy, I don't think you don't know what it will mean to us once they return to the city." Le Bai took a deep breath and said, "As far as I know, the 10,000 Yongjun Iron Cavalry is also heading towards the Sacrifice City, and it is expected that it will take at least five days to a week to reach the Sacrifice City. Now that you know that most of the pavilion is plain, you should also know what plains mean to cavalry. ”
Zhu Jian's face was still calm, and even the corners of his lips involuntarily rose upward.
"It's already a dead end."
Since it is a dead end, there is nothing to fear.
"Do you want to continue the assault on the fortress?"
"Is there any other way we can go besides this?" Zhu Jian smiled and asked.
Hearing this unchangeable answer, Le Bai smiled bitterly, "Then let's fight, it's not too much of a loss to die under the sacrificial city." ”
"Isn't it too much of a loss for you to die after the age of 100?"
Hearing this, Le Bai swept away the annoyance in his heart, glanced at Zhu Jian and said, "As soon as you said this, I came to this long pavilion with you now is the least cost-effective deal that I have ever made with Le Bai, no, there has never been a single transaction with you Zhu Shorty that has been earned." ”
Zhu Jian didn't show the slightest annoyance when he heard this, but looked at Le Bai with a smile and said, "Lao Le, I still have a deal here that you can't do, if it is done, I invite you to go to the sacrificial city to drink flower wine." ”
Le Bai was stunned, and then squinted at Zhu Jian and said, "Okay, you Zhu Shorty, did you already have a plan to break the city, and deliberately made me worry about you for so long!" ”
Then Lebo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I won't do this transaction, the price is too low." If it does, you Zhu Xiaozi will have to invite me to visit the Changting Palace. I heard that this Changting lord is such a beauty, I want to see if these concubines in Changting are as beautiful as fairies. ”
"No problem." Zhu Jian slapped his big hand on the wooden case, and responded quite boldly, which was extremely rare.
"Tell me, what the hell is the plan, I'll hear it."
Zhu Jian drank a cup of tea unhurriedly before he spoke, "It's very simple, play my banner." ”
"What do you mean?"
"Let the garrison of the city understand that it is my Yin King Zhu Jian who leads the 20,000 Zhengyang troops to attack the city, of course, in order to let them confirm the news thoroughly, I will personally supervise the battle tomorrow when the city is attacked."
"No! If you are injured by a stray arrow, the gains outweigh the losses."
Zhu Jian directly waved his hand and interrupted, "I have made up my mind, and if I want them to be convinced that it is me, I must stand in front of them." ”
Seeing that Zhu Jian refused to listen to persuasion, Le Bai, who suppressed the anger in his heart, continued, "Okay, then I want to hear what you want to do at the expense of revealing your identity." ”
"There are still 3,000 cavalry in the 20,000 Zhengyang army that have not been used"
"It's fifteen thousand Zhengyang Army." Lebo said coldly.
"Well, all in all, these 3,000 cavalry are the top priority of my plan this time. Whether or not you can break the city depends on these 3,000 cavalry, so I hope you can serve as the general of this cavalry. ”
Lebo's eyes widened, this plan has not been said at all, but he has made himself an official first.
Lebo couldn't help but snort coldly, "Don't think that you can buy me with this position of general, if you don't complete this plan, even if you don't want the position of centurion on your body, I will never allow you to mess around." ”
Zhu Jian smiled and said, "Then I may want you to be disappointed, this time I am really going to mess up." ”
"Then you better not say it." Leber said expressionlessly, "Because I don't agree." ”
"If you don't promise me, I, you, Brother Su, and the remaining fifteen thousand Zhengyang soldiers will die."
"If you agree, you, Brother Su, and thousands of Zhengyang soldiers will survive, as for me, it depends on luck."
Zhu Jian looked at Lebo quietly, his eyes full of smiles.
Leber was silent, he almost forgot that his friend had always had only one choice.
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