CHAPTER XXXIV
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After all, although Rongyang City is quite strong, Han Guang, who lacks equipment and food, can be said to be isolated from death.
However, Zhang Jiashi did not let his officers and soldiers immediately devote themselves to the siege battle, and what he had to think about was what to do next after defeating Han Guang.
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In the two days before leading the army back to Rongyang, Zhang Jiashi transferred the Qi officers and soldiers who were unwilling to continue the battle to Guanzhong and the Hebei area to carry out the restorative construction work.
In this case, Zhang Jiashi left Zang Tu to lead the army to serve as the pillar of the eastern defense system of Sanchuan County, because for many considerations, Zhang Jiashi could not let Zang Di return to Handan County or Qinghe County, and he could not let Zang Di serve as the county guard of Sanchuan County.
After all, Sanchuan County is a very important place, and Zhang Jiashi's intended candidate for the county guard is Sun Po, and Su Teng serves as the county lieutenant of Sanchuan County.
Regarding the abilities of Sun Po and Su Teng, Zhang Jiashi is quite relieved.
Sun Po was not dissatisfied with this arrangement, although he naturally did not like to be constrained too much, but Sun Po did not think that he could not do this thing.
Therefore, after reaching a consensus with Sun Po and Su Teng, Zhang Jiashi began to carry out the concept of defense construction in Sanchuan County.
In order to prevent this place of four wars from being attacked by the Kwantung princes and becoming a war of attrition area that Zhang Jiashi did not want to see, Zhang Jiashi expanded the inland river building boat troops under Li Ping's command accordingly.
This arrangement cannot be completed in a short period of time, after all, it takes a long time to train personnel and build ships, and the corresponding equipment is equipped.
Due to the area east of the river, Zhang Jiashi once again sent people to mobilize the Lou Boat Soldier Troops under Qin Min to supplement Li Ping's Lou Boat Soldier Troops.
Qin Min didn't take Zhang Jiashi's secret warnings to heart, and even disobeyed some orders, Zhang Jiashi was very angry, and even planned to transfer the positions of Li Ping and Qin Min.
If it weren't for the advice of Sun Po and Chen Ping. Zhang Jiashi would really arrange it like this.
And now Zhang Jiashi has to endure again, after all, the persuasion of Chen Ping, Sun Po and others is very reasonable, because the Lou Chuanshi troops under Qin Min have not yet gotten out of control, and once Zhang Jiashi's actions are too big, it will make Qin Min take risks and make the situation out of control.
Therefore, Zhang Jiashi did not deal with Qin Min at such a time, but put it in the Great Qin Empire to sweep the troubled times again. It was also because of this reason that he did not act on Qin Min after unifying the world.
And in order to avoid the occurrence of some serious problems. Zhang Jiashi ordered the personnel of Liaodong to gradually transfer to the relatively safe area of Tieling in Liaoxi County.
After all, if there is a change in the Lou Boat Engineer under Qin Min's command, Zhang Jiashi can't bear to see what problems will happen to his precious military personnel.
During that night, Zhang Jiashi issued more than a dozen transfer orders in a row, and he transferred some of the core personnel of the Mo family and the Xuanniao Sect, which were willing to be controlled by him, to Guanzhong or Hebei to develop their own foundation.
Moreover, there are some things that cannot be directly dealt with by the officers and soldiers under his command, such as some sects that boast of being high, after Zhang Jiashi repeatedly recruited personnel from these sects to take up positions. I gradually lost my patience.
Because if these sects can really not eat Zhou Su, Zhang Jiashi can still turn a blind eye. But the miasma of smoke in these sects makes many Mo family members unable to look at it.
Zhang Jiashi does not think that it is a good thing to let the authorities get too involved in this situation, and he hopes to change this situation with some corresponding rules.
In addition, in the transfer order given to Mo Hong, Zhang Jiashi hoped that he could come to Guanzhong, because Mo Yan'er might give birth to a child next month. It's time for him, who was his grandfather, to come and have a look.
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After solving some things outside the battlefield, Zhang Jiashi began to study the next battle plan.
According to reason, Zhang Jiashi naturally didn't need to solve Han Guang, who was trapped in self-distress and Rongyang, so quickly. However, Zhang Jiashi planned to gradually restore the foundation of civil governance in the western and north-central regions of Sanchuan County after defeating or expelling Zhang Han from the land of Sanchuan County.
Under the influence of several years of war and epidemics, Sanchuan County, which was originally a large county with a relatively large population in the Great Qin Empire, can be said to be ten rooms and nine empty now.
Although Zhang Jiashi does not need to be in a hurry to make this arrangement now. However, considering that the situation in the western, central, and northern areas of Sanchuan County may affect the second phase of the counterinsurgency campaign next year or the year after, Zhang Jiashi planned to carry out restoration construction in these three relatively safe areas.
This is also the main reason why Zhang Jiashi did not choose to directly support Han Xin and Yingbu, but led the army back to Rongyang and Chenggao.
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Han Guang can be said to hate Zhang Jiashi so much. Since he was defeated by Zhang Jiashi in the Battle of Jixian County, he can be said to have been unlucky until now.
But he didn't say that now, even when he was at his strongest, he chose to go south, just to avoid fighting with Zhang Jiashi's Liaodong Army.
In a sense, Han Guang is indeed a bit of a bully and afraid of the hard, but Zhang Jiashi already vaguely had the posture of a famous general at that time, and it was obviously unrealistic to lead a group of rabble to find trouble with Zhang Jiashi at that time.
But what Han Guang didn't expect now, that is, he could never get rid of Zhang Jiashi's shadow.
And this time, he estimated that there was no way to escape.
He knew very well that as long as he opened the gates of Rongyang City and broke through to other places, he would only be able to die faster. After all, although Rongyang City does not have a very good defensive foundation, it is better than breaking through and then being killed by these Qin dogs with a single charge.
He knew very well that the officers and soldiers under his command would still have some effect if they defended the city, and once they faced the Qin army in the field battle, then ...... There is only one dead end.
His thoughts raced. In the end, he decided to take a gamble, that is, he asked Zhang Jiashi to surrender.
Of course, he knew that he would surrender like this, and Zhang Jiashi would definitely not agree, so Han Guang used Rongyang City as his bet.
It is true that he can't defend Rongyang City, but he has to burn the somewhat dilapidated Rongyang City. He asked himself if he could do it.
So he sent a scribe whom he had taken captive. Descend the wall of Rongyang City with a hanging basket and ask to see Zhang Jiashi.
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Zhang Jiashi met with this scribe, and after hearing the other party's suggestion from Han Guang, he couldn't help but show a sneer.
What is the situation in Rongyang City, Zhang Jiashi can be said to know even better than Han Guang himself. After all, Han Guang was only able to take advantage of it after he transferred the garrison and materials.
Zhang Jiashi's abandonment of Rongyang and Chenggao is not to say that these cities have no capital for defense, but Zhang Jiashi knows very well that the damage of these cities is quite serious. This is the case in many towns in the area of Mikawa-gun, which was affected by the war.
The plundering of the rebels, the spread of the battlefield, and the turmoil of the displaced people made Sanchuan County quickly turn into a ruin.
Of course, from the appearance of some towns, the walls of these towns naturally did not suffer structural damage. However, many of the buildings in the city have been damaged to varying degrees due to the influence of many reasons, and even directly turned into a pile of decaying tiles.
In such a situation, Zhang Jiashi naturally didn't care about Han Guang's threat.
He looked at the somewhat thin scribe and shook his head: "Han Guang's life, Gu will not be used in exchange, if Han Guang really intends to burn Rongyang to the ground." So lonely is still a little unwanted. Of course, Lone advises you, if you want to live, or if you are willing to come to Daqin to seek a half-official position, Lone can still help you a little. ”
Hearing Zhang Jiashi's words, the scribe also fell into deep thought.
But after the scribe raised his head, he looked at Zhang Jiashi. Shaking his head: "No, after thanking Qin Jun for his grace, Zaixia's family has already been separated in the war two years ago, and may even be dead." Although the heavens and the earth are large, there is no place for them. Qin Jun's thoughts don't think that Qin Jun is cruel, after all, compared to Qin Jun's reputation for being kind to his people and treating his people well, Han Guang and these people under his command are already stained with the blood of many people on their hands, and they also owe some people's lives...... In that case, let all these sins be paid with our lives. ”
Zhang Jiashi heard the scribe's words, looked at the scribe deeply, and then asked, "I don't know what your name is?"
"Down there are people in the mountains and wilderness, and it doesn't matter who your name is. ”
After the scribe said this, he bowed deeply to Zhang Jiashi: "I also hope that Qin Jun can eliminate the evil." ”
After saying the last sentence, the scribe left Zhang Jiashi's tent without looking back.
And Zhang Jiashi did not intend to forcibly keep the other party, but said to Chen Ping: "Prime Minister, although this person has made a mistake, but his feelings are pitiful, it's a pity that the other party has already had a will to die, it's a pity." ”
"Your Majesty, the chaos in the world is certainly a misery for all living beings, but there are few people who are willing to be wicked people from birth, and it is indeed a pity for this person. ”
Chen Ping looked at the background of this scribe's departure, and suddenly a thought appeared in his heart, that is, if Zhang Jiashi hadn't recruited him back then, what would his fate be?
Of course, what Chen Ping didn't expect was that Zhang Jiashi's birth out of thin air not only changed the fate of many people, but even changed the fate of the Great Qin Empire......
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After hearing the scribe's return, Han Guang couldn't help but sit on the ground, because he didn't expect that Zhang Jiashi actually planned to directly let him and all the officers and soldiers under his command die in Rongyang City.
But before Han Guang could recover, the scribe looked at Han Guang deeply, turned around and walked towards the battlements without saying a word, and then jumped into the ......
Amidst the exclamations of dozens of Han Guang officers and soldiers, the scribe fell off the wall of Rongyang City, which was about ten meters high, and then said his last words on the stone slab of the city gate:
"Perhaps...... That's ......."
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The death of the scribe did not mean that Zhang Jiashi would stop attacking Han Guang.
On the contrary, after receiving this news report from the scout, Zhang Jiashi sighed regretfully. Then he gave a combat order to more than a dozen generals and lieutenants in front of him:
"The other party is indeed a man, and he deeply regrets it. In order to show respect for this man, Lone ...... Order, no one in Rongyang City will be left!"
Zhang Jiashi's words made Li Xin and the others gasp. They didn't know too much about the situation in Rongyang City, but Ruan Weng Shao and some other Qin generals who accompanied Zhang Jiashi to Guguan sent a letter. knew that Rongyang City was in fact only a few civilians who were unwilling to leave and Han Guangjun.
Zhang Jiashi's order was actually an order to deal with Han Guangjun's massacre.
And when Li Xin and the others were about to persuade Zhang Jiashi to withdraw the order, what Li Xin saw was that Chen Ping, Sun Po and the others secretly shook their heads at them.
After seeing this, Li Xin and the others directly clenched their fists: "Oh!"
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Li Xin and other generals left Zhang Jiashi's temporary camp and quickly went to his own troops to command the troops to fight.
And Chen Ping's civil official heard Zhang Jiashi's sigh: "Is this right or wrong?"
Chen Ping did not answer, because they knew very well that Zhang Jiashi's sigh was actually a kind of regret for the situation in troubled times......
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Forty thousand well-prepared Qin officers and soldiers launched an offensive against Rongyang City at noon on November 26, 205 BC.
Purely on the number of troops. The more than 3,000 rabble under Han Guang's command who had no will to fight could not resist the offensive of the officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi's command.
Not to mention the huge equipment gap between the two sides.
In this battle, some new types of bed crossbows, which used crossbows filled with black powder inside, were officially used in the war at this time.
The size of this crossbow is much larger than the spear-throwing crossbow under Zhang Jiashi, but due to some factors, such as the production process and weight of the crossbow. The production of this crossbow is very small, but it is still a light crossbow made of mostly wood.
Zhang Jiashi thinks that the effect that this kind of bed crossbow can play is not too big, after all, even if the black powder periphery of these crossbows uses some relatively sharp bronze fragments, but the lethality of this weapon is indeed not high.
If it weren't for Bai Qi's belief that this kind of crossbow had a certain actual combat effect. Zhang Jiashi would not order the development of such a thing.
Because of the high cost of this crossbow, it is difficult to make, and it can only be regarded as a one-time thing.
If this kind of crossbow is used in large quantities, Zhang Jiashi will not say whether he will be able to withstand this cost impact, it is very difficult to just form a system and assemble and produce it in large quantities.
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This bed crossbow and its corresponding blasting bolt have a longer range than a metal bolt bed crossbow.
After all, the middle of a whole crossbow. It's all the product of being hollowed out. This also means that the scrap rate of this crossbow is quite high, and even a very skilled craftsman can destroy the density of the crossbow itself if he is not careful.
At the same time that Zhang Jiashi mobilized Li Xin, Yingbu and others to lead the army to support the battle in Sanchuan County, he also mobilized a batch of about 1,000 crossbows and 20 bed ballistas to the front line.
What Zhang Jiashi wanted was to test the effectiveness of these weapons.
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After the Qin army launched an offensive, thousands of heavy crossbowmen on nearly a thousand crossbow chariots fired tens of thousands of rockets at Rongyang City.
The officers and soldiers of Han Guang on the city wall were suppressed so much that they could not raise their heads, and they also paid a very heavy price.
Many of the crossbowmen or garrison infantry of the Han Guangjun army were shot through armor or rather thin cloth by rockets lit with oilcloth.
Han Guang supervised the battle on the city wall, and the death of the scribe did not give Han Guang any blow, on the contrary, Han Guang also used the return of the scribe to arouse the military spirit of the officers and soldiers under his command to fight to the death.
But it didn't work.
Because even if these people are aroused to survive, they must let these officers and soldiers have the ability to fight the Qin army.
Han Guang was relatively safe under the protection of a few shield bearers.
But the shieldmen in front of him were not so comfortable, that is, the shields of these shieldmen, sometimes even shot directly through by the crossbows shot by some powerful crossbows.
In this case, quite a few of the shield bearers have already been shot.
After all, the strong crossbowmen under Zhang Jiashi's command, the crossbows and strong crossbows used, although they could not satisfy Zhang Jiashi in terms of quality, but in terms of combat efficiency, they were indeed far superior to some of the strong crossbows used by these Kwantung princes or the equipment left over from the Great Qin Empire.
Zhang Jiashi naturally knew about such a situation, and he was not happy, after all, the combat ability of these things still had considerable shortcomings.
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Under the trampling of the Qin officers and soldiers inside, and the impetus of dozens of strong men behind, the twelve new-type boarding vehicles slowly advanced towards the city walls of Rongyang City.
Han Guangzheng angrily commanded the crossbowmen near him to attack these boarding vehicles.
But what Han Guang didn't expect was that under the cover of the shields of the heavy infantry of the Qin army in the back, one after another new bed ballista cars were pushed into the range.
What he didn't expect was that the arrows fired by these bed ballistas would bring him a death that he had never heard of before.
In the increasingly dense rain of arrows, twenty Qin officers and soldiers who were operating lit the fuses behind them and fired their blasting crossbows towards Rongyang City.
A few seconds later, the crossbows either fell into Rongyang City, making a not-so-strong explosion...... Or hit Han Guang, who can be said to be a very damn unlucky guy.
The armor on Han Guang's body couldn't block the shot of this large crossbow at all, and after the armor was shot through, Han Guang's body was even taken back a few steps......
Then, the built-in black powder exploded, and Han Guang's body, after the explosion, was only left below the chest...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )