Chapter 22: The Siege

It's a sunny day again, but at this time, the north wind has begun to become a little biting, and everything is withering, adding a bit of bleakness to the vast earth.

In the barracks, Li Xuan was wearing the Han Army's military marquis armor, looking at the direction of Guangzong from a distance, after a month of regular military career, his temperament gradually changed a little, and his body faintly revealed a bit of military temperament, and his eyes were a lot sharper.

Although he couldn't be as free as before, the month after joining Lu Zhi's rebel army was definitely the most reassuring month he had since entering the Three Kingdoms of Chaos.

Don't worry about the attack that may come at any time, Lu Zhi is strict in governing the army, the military regulations are strict, and he has a life-saving grace for his current boss Zong Sheng, as long as he does not violate the military regulations, after completing the daily training, there is no imaginary exclusion and oppression, and at the same time, he can continue to absorb the experience of governing the army, although the Yellow Emperor's Heart Sutra also has these contents, and even more detailed, but many things can never be expressed in books.

Some things seem very simple in books, even just a few words, but in reality, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky, as if there is an invisible layer of window paper, which can be seen but cannot be reached, without immersive experience, may never be able to step out of this critical step, and because of this month's military career, Li Xuan has truly transformed into a qualified general.

Even Li Xuan felt that the Yellow Emperor's Heart Sutra, which had been hovering at the peak of the first level and could not break through, was faintly loose, and it seemed that it could break through at any time, but he always couldn't grasp that opportunity.

In the heavily walled barracks, there was a faint sense of restlessness and restlessness at this moment, Li Xuan could feel this restlessness and restlessness, looking in the direction of Guangzong City, a self-deprecating wry smile flashed in his eyes.

Zong Sheng's grain and grass was robbed, it was not accidental, it was just a beginning, but this beginning, for the counterinsurgency army led by Lu Zhi, was undoubtedly a nightmare, and at the same time, it also gave Li Xuan more understanding of Zhang Jiao that could never be found in books, Zhang Jiao may not have a big picture, and he is also quite a layman in politics, but he can organize such a huge peasant uprising, and he is by no means a mediocre talent, at least in terms of demagogy, Zhang Jiao has no less ability than Liu Bei.

Before the war, in order to prevent Zhang Jiao from robbing grain, Lu Zhi did not have only one grain transportation team, but sent a full fifteen elite troops to transport grain and grass materials from all directions to ensure that the army had endless grain and grass.

But Zhang Jiao relied on his extraordinary means, although he could not buy the grain officer appointed by Lu Zhi, but he bought a lot of deputy generals, as long as people have thoughts, they will inevitably give birth to seven emotions and six desires, Zhang Jiao is undoubtedly a grandmaster-level figure in this regard, and he secretly bought many deputy generals of the Han army through various means, and even like the deputy general of Zong Sheng before, it is directly the internal response of Zhang Jiao in the Han army.

The status of the deputy general is not high, and most of the official positions are some military horses, military marquis and even tun generals, if it is on the frontal battlefield, it can play a very little role, and even if it rebels, it may be immediately killed by his subordinates, but if it is used in the right place, it can play a role in turning things around.

Perhaps because of the rise at the bottom, Zhang Jiao is obviously much more proficient in this aspect of research than Lu Zhi, and after a well-arranged operation, only two of the fifteen grain teams sent by Lu Zhi successfully arrived, and the other seven grain teams were burned, and the other six were intercepted by Zhang Jiao.

If you put it in modern times, this guy is definitely a heroic figure who belongs to the ** uncle level.

Originally, Lu Zhi's painstaking plan to clear the field was completely dismantled by Zhang Jiao's move, and the shape was reversed.

In this special plane, if it is a field soldier, it will automatically get supplies issued by the space every day, and there is no need to worry about food, but once you join the imperial army, your identity will change at the same time, this benefit will also be canceled, and the food and clothing will be distributed by the imperial court.

Now, with the replenishment of this batch of grain and grass in Guangzong City, there is no need to worry about food for the time being, although not all of them have been intercepted, but only six batches, if you save a little, plus Guangzong's grain storage, it is enough for the yellow turban to survive this cold winter.

On the other hand, the Han army has lost most of the grain and grass, if the problem of grain and grass cannot be solved before this batch of grain and grass is exhausted, it is impossible to survive this winter, and even if the imperial court replenishes the grain and grass in time, and wants to transport it again from all over the country, it is far from being able to quench the thirst at all.

If there is a problem with only Zongsheng's team, Lu Zhi can also discuss with the local gentry to solve it, but the thirteen teams and two teams are destroyed, even if the local gentry are willing to help, it will be a drop in the bucket for the 300,000 army, after all, this is the base of Julu and the Yellow Turban, as a hostile class, the gentry here are definitely the ones who have suffered the most losses.

Before, Lu Zhi was strong and cleared, constantly compressing the living space of the Yellow Turbans, and forcing the Yellow Turbans to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but now, the host and guest were translocated, but Lu Zhi had to take the initiative to find fighters, regardless of the losses, to launch a siege war against Guangzong, and to attack the city, which was undoubtedly the result that Lu Zhi did not want to see.

Looking at Guangzong City in the distance, like a wild beast crawling on the earth, Li Xuan faintly felt an indescribable sense of urgency in his heart.

Historically, Lu Zhi, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army, did not sit for too long, and it seems that there was an accident, and then he was escorted away by a eunuch named Zuo Feng with the will of the imperial court, and then Dong Zhuo took office.

Of course, although he admires Lu Zhi's ability and personality, it is obviously impossible to say how deep his feelings are, for Li Xuan, it is impossible for this position of Beizhong Lang to fall on his head, as for who sits in this position, it has nothing to do with him, but he vaguely remembers that Dong Zhuo, the dead fat man who opened the pattern of princes competing for hegemony and completely ruined the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, suffered a big defeat as soon as he took office.

Although victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, this defeat can be said to be completely contrary to Li Xuan's original idea of meritorious promotion, which he cannot accept.

"Woo~Woo~Woo~"

The melodious horn sounded in the vast military camp with the passionate sound of drums, listening to the familiar and unfamiliar rhythm, Li Xuan's originally somewhat sloppy gaze suddenly cleared, this is the horn of the army's assembly.

"Assemble!" Shaking his head, Li Xuan was lucky, and with the sound of the drums, the sound clearly entered the ears of each of his soldiers.

Lu Zhi was extremely strict in administering the army, and when the army was assembled, those who did not succeed after the three drums were punished by military law, and there was absolutely no mercy to talk about.

The voice fell, and two hundred soldiers with a military appearance appeared neatly in front of Li Xuan's eyes under the leadership of Li Shan, Li Lin, and Li Feng and Li Huo, who were later promoted to military generals.

"Let's go!" Li Xuan's knife-like gaze swept over the faces of each soldier, and after making sure that the number was correct, he waved his hand and led his troops towards the empty ground outside the barracks.

There are 10,000 people, and there is no shore, this is by no means an empty word.

The sound of weapons unsheathed, the wheezing sound of soldiers running, and the sound of weapons colliding with each other, Li Xuan led his soldiers and horses to follow behind Zong Sheng, watching countless military marquis dressed like himself quickly and neatly converge with their respective troops, quickly forming a sea of black and oppressive people, and the biting cold wind blew up the red tassels on the steel helmets of the soldiers, forming a tumbling sea of red.

Zong Sheng stood at the front of the army across his horse, looking at the towering city in front of him, there seemed to be a flame burning in his chest, and the grain and grass in his hands were robbed, although there was a reason for it, but for him, this was a big stain in his military career, this stain must be erased with the hottest blood of the enemy, there is no second way.

Looking at the yellow flag representing the yellow turban symbol on Guangzong City, Zong Sheng's eyes gradually burned, and his heavy snort converged into two thick white lines in the air.

"General, Guangzong can't go down in a day, don't be blinded by hatred." Li Xuan gently knocked the horse's belly, laboriously manipulated the war horse under his crotch to Zong Sheng, and said in a deep voice.

"I know." Zong Sheng nodded without looking back, but looking at the white gas that kept spurting out from his nose, Li Xuan knew that he was blind in vain.

A month of getting along, Li Xuan also has a general understanding of Zong Sheng's character, this is a person who is very demanding of himself, but he will not control his own feelings, in the face of hatred, it is difficult to find such a thing as reason in him, to put it nicely, it is called a temperamental person, to say that it is unpleasant, it is a reckless man.

Looking at Zong Sheng's reaction, Li Xuan didn't say much, his words had been pointed out, his obligations had been fulfilled, as for whether to listen or not, it was Zong Sheng's business, everyone should be responsible for their own actions, in Li Xuan's opinion, Zong Sheng may be a good friend, but he is by no means a qualified general.

After the three drums, Lu Zhi began to wave the order flag in his hand, and the first wave of siege troops began to advance, and the exaggerated siege ladder slowly moved towards the city wall under the impetus of nearly a hundred strong men, and at the same time, the yellow turban soldiers on the city wall also began to pour arrows on the ground unscrupulously.

With the height of the walls of Gwangjong Castle, although the range of archers in this plane is not good, it is difficult to shoot arrows from under the castle, but this is a wonderful world with various command skills.

In the army, Lu Zhi waved his hand, and all of a sudden, including Li Xuan, felt a force arise spontaneously, and at the same time, the range of the archers also increased several times under the effect of this force.

"Lord, the city wall has come within the range of our archers, do you want to fight back?" Li Feng came to Li Xuan with a bow and arrow on his back and a steel shield in his left hand, and said loudly.

"Keep going!" Li Xuan looked at the city wall, this was the second time he had faced a war of this level, the last time was in the county, he was a small militia serving as cannon fodder, and this time, he was a general who commanded two hundred elite soldiers.