Chapter 131: An outing-like siege

Soon, E Huan led the army to Zhangling County, because this was a feint, so E Huan was not in a hurry to attack the city, he commanded the soldiers to slowly find a suitable place outside the city to set up camp, and then announced a day off, and then began to attack the city the next day.

The next day, Ehuan ordered his troops and horses to come to the south gate, but he did not immediately attack the city, but persuaded him to surrender. E Huan was originally a rough man second only to the vulture bones, what kind of big truth would be said there, at first he was patient to speak well, talking and talking, seeing that there was no reaction on the city wall, the anger in his heart began to rise.

So, persuasion became scolding the city, he was not as afraid of death as Liu Hou, he was single-handed, rushed straight to less than fifty meters outside the city gate, and began to shout and scold when he had enough dantian qi, and in an instant, what country scolding, Sichuan scolding blurted out, (received a notice from the Civilization Office, eat river crabs for dinner today, so a thousand words are omitted here).

In short, it is nothing more than to greet the female relatives of the whole family of Zhangling County first, and then greet his ancestors for the eighteenth generation, the language of the ancients is not so rich, and there are not many scolding words, and soon E Huan is out of words, so he has to repeat and greet again and again. Greetings and greetings, with greetings to the people of the entire Zhangling County.

Fortunately, there were no civil officials to follow him on this expedition, otherwise he would definitely be impeached, because this Zhangling County is not an ordinary place, and the people here cannot afford to offend. There is a very good character here, that is, Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangwu Emperor.

At that time, it was still called Chungling Township, and it was here that Liu Xiu raised troops to fight for the Central Plains, and finally swallowed the world and unified the rivers and lakes. As an official of the Han Dynasty, E Huan insulted the villagers of the Zhongxing (founding) emperor, which is a big or small crime.

Speaking of which, this Ehuan is also one of the famous loud voices in the Shu army, and his voice is second only to Zhang Fei, and his scolding with all his strength is not only heard by the defenders at the city gate, but also by many people in the city who are close to the city wall.

There was a bit of a riot in the city, not because the people learned that the army of Shu Han was coming, thinking about their homeland, excited or something, the warlords of the late Han Dynasty were fighting, and the prestige of the Liu royal family had long been gone, even if it was Liu Xiu's hometown, most of the people in this era were numb, and the warlords were killing and killing, so they didn't matter who ruled them, as long as they could have enough to eat.

The reason why they are rioting is that they are worried that they will be affected and that their lives and property will be endangered. Many people immediately thought about going home and packing up and fleeing.

At this time, the Zhangling County Order was also in a hurry, yesterday he knew that the Shu army had arrived, and he personally climbed to the top of the city to watch the Shu army blatantly camp outside the city, he knew that with less than 2,000 defenders in the city, it was impossible to hold the county, so he sent people out of the city overnight, and sent a letter of help to Xu Du and Sima Yi.

Then he couldn't untie his clothes again, and personally led people to guard the city wall all night, guarding against the Shu army attacking the city. Who knew that the night was peaceful, and the Shu army was not in a hurry to attack the city. He originally wanted to make up for a while, but who knew that his subordinates would come to report that there was a movement in the Shu army, so he had to climb the city gate tower again to continue to be on duty.

Unexpectedly, the Shu army still did not attack, but just scolded people there, just when he was about to ignore this Shu general and go back to sleep, he heard that the people in the city were in turmoil, and fled one after another. He was taken aback, this is troublesome, the people are the foundation of the city's stability, without the people, his county order is equivalent to a bare pole commander.

Even during the war, the role of the common people is very great, they can provide food for the army, make weapons and armor and other military supplies, and can also carry rolling stones to help defend the city, the city wall is broken and damaged by the enemy, they can also help to repair it, and even when the number of soldiers in the city defense force is reduced too much, they temporarily draw strong men and directly drive them to the city wall to participate in the defense of the city, which is also a common trick used by the city defense officials.

In short, the people are free labor and free cannon fodder, can't let them mess up, can't let them escape, Zhangling County Ling had this idea in his heart, and hurriedly ran down the city wall to stop the people from fleeing, as for Ehuan's vicious swearing and agitation, he only thought he was singing.

E Huan felt very bored, he scolded there for a long time and no one paid attention to it, he was tired of scolding, he was thirsty, so he had to go back to drink saliva, rest for a while and then continue scolding. A morning passed like this in the tenor solo performance of E Huan.

In the afternoon, Ehuan organized a loose siege, this time focusing on archery, or rather shooting at the defenders on the city walls. The rattan armor soldiers did not have muskets or crossbows, and they still used bows and arrows from the era of cold weapons.

Ehuan asked the troops to take turns to gather under the city wall and shoot arrows at the wall, and the defenders on the city wall naturally counterattacked with bows and arrows. The rattan armor soldiers didn't care about this, anyway, they were all wearing rattan armor, except for a few unlucky eggs who were shot in the eye, the arrows from the city wall were nailed to them just to tickle them.

They can also earn a few arrows by the way to make up for the loss of arrows in the army. Not to mention, these rattan armor soldiers shot arrows under the city for an afternoon, and the arrows they brought not only did not decrease, but increased.

At the end of the afternoon, each rattan armor soldier was filled with dozens of arrows, and when they returned, they picked up the arrows and handed them over to the craftsmen to polish the arrows and then use them the next day.

In this afternoon's shooting, the losses of the vine armor soldiers were in single digits, while the Wei army lost more than 100 or almost 200 people, which accounted for 10% of the defending troops. This result was not achieved because of how good the archery skills of these vine armor soldiers were, in fact, their archery skills were terrible.

They are not professional archers at all, except for a few who are good hunters or usually practice archery because they love archery, everyone else is an amateur, just with a bull force to pull the bowstring and shoot indiscriminately.

Although their accuracy is very poor, but they can't stand the large number, E Huan divided the five thousand vine armor soldiers into five teams, each team of 1,000 people, each time a team is dispatched, then each salvo has a thousand arrows are thrown onto the city wall, and one or two of these thousand arrows are always favored by the goddess luck to shoot the enemy on the city wall.

Moreover, these rattan armor soldiers relied on their bodies wearing rattan armor and were not afraid of the enemy's arrows, and they actually walked less than twenty meters away from the city wall.

However, even so, these rattan armor soldiers are only one in a thousand, two hits, and if you want to enter the bow barracks, you must not even be able to pass the entrance exam (of course, there are also reasons why the Wei army was covered by the female battlements of the city wall, only revealing the head, shoulders, hands, etc., and the target was small).

However, with such an outrageously low hit rate, the vine armor soldiers actually took nearly 200 lives of the Wei army in one afternoon, and one can imagine how many arrows they shot in one afternoon.

The Zhangling County Commander was dripping blood in his heart, and the morale of the defenders in the city was severely hit, and at the end of this day, the defenders not only suffered heavy casualties, but all the soldiers were exhausted.

The rattan armor soldiers shot arrows below, and the defenders on the city wall also kept fighting back, shooting arrows with bows for an afternoon, and now many people's arms are red and swollen, their muscles are strained by Yan zhòng, and the fingers used to hold the bowstring have also been strangled with blood marks by the bowstring. Although these are not serious injuries, they can recover without resting for three or five days.

It's only been done like this in one afternoon, what should I do if the Shu army comes to attack the city tomorrow? The sorrowful Zhangling County Order wrote two more letters overnight, one to the imperial court, and one to Sima Yi, to the effect that today the Shu army launched a fierce attack on the city, and he personally risked the arrows and stones, and climbed on the city wall to command the imperial guard, and after a day of fierce fighting, finally repelled the fierce Shu army.

However, after a day of fighting, the defenders also suffered a hundred percent of the battle damage, and then recounted their loyalty, swore to defend the country, and vowed to live and die with Zhangling City.

However, the difference between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, and if we still lose 10% of the battle every day in the future, if we continue like this, the support of the defenders in the city will be almost exhausted in less than three or five days, and it will be on the verge of collapse. Therefore, in the letter, he once again urged the imperial court and Sima Yi to send troops to the rescue.

The truth is this, but the fierce Shu army in his mouth is now as easy as an outing. Different from the exhaustion and exhaustion of the defenders of Zhangling, the vine armor soldiers were divided into five teams to take turns to fight, and each team shot ten arrows before retreating to rest, and the other team went up to continue shooting.

Each team had plenty of time to rest, so at the end of the afternoon, each team shot an average of more than 40 arrows, but they didn't feel tired at all. Go back at night and pinch your arm, take a hot salt water compress, and tomorrow you can still go into battle to kill the enemy.

Ehuan ordered people to build some simple pergolas directly outside the city wall, and the rattan armor soldiers who retreated to rest could sit here cross-legged and drink herbal tea, eat dry food, play farts, lie down and rest, chase and fight with excess energy, and even some people lit piles of bonfires, barbecued food and ate deliciously, but it was not a scene of outings.

Liu Hou has always been strict in governing the army, and the Hong army, including the rattan armor soldiers, has always been very disciplined, and it is impossible for this situation to occur under normal circumstances. This time it's a feint anyway, it will take time, and you can't capture the city all at once, so you have to give the enemy a reasonable explanation, right?

Therefore, he deliberately asked his subordinates to make such a lazy appearance in order to confuse the enemy and make the enemy believe that the reason why he could not attack such a county town with empty troops and neglected defense for a long time was because his troops were a loosely disciplined fish belly army, and there was no other reason, so as to dispel Sima Yi's concerns and let him rest assured that he could send troops to the rescue.