Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Battle of Jinan!
I kind of understand that the war in the era of cold weapons depends on more people. To say that Zhang Yu's vanguard army has 70,000 is enough, then Zhu Di's more than 100,000 people should be regarded as a sea of people.
I stood on the north wall of Jinan City, looking at the endless sea of people below, and the sound of the battle flag hunting in the wind, which made me a little dizzy. I'm sure Tie Hyun has never seen such a battle, just look at his heaving chest.
Zhu Di definitely didn't want to spend too much manpower, material and financial resources to knock down Jinan City. It's best to be bloodless. However, he is determined to win Jinan City, and the reason is already very sufficient.
First, the northern army under the city sent a general to shout. The content of the shouting is roughly that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is going to King Qin in Nanjing, is it difficult to Jing. Then it is necessary to borrow the road from Jinan and let the generals defending the city open the door. It's like a cutscene, a bit like the Northern Army sending people into the city to investigate. Maybe someone went to Jinan City to inquire last night. Of course, they couldn't have gone out through the side door. After Zhang Yu occupied Jinan, he smashed the mechanism of the stone gate at the side gate, and the gate could not be opened.
Naturally, the people on the tower of the city ignored him. How can these diehard loyalists of Zhu Yunwen tolerate a traitor swaggering into Jinan City. If you want to enter Jinan City, you must step on our corpses. That's what it means, anyway.
Because it was morning, the wind was beautiful, Zhu Di would not attack immediately, and there were still people sleepy. The siege of the city is not a matter of one or two days, and it is not in a hurry to set up camp first. It didn't make any sense for us to watch them make fires and cook on the top of the tower, so we should go down first to discuss a strategy for retreating from the enemy. The wind on the roof is not as strong as downstairs, but it's still quite hard.
There is a front-line command post under the city tower, and it has not yet reached the point of working here, so it is necessary to follow the officials back to the prefect's yamen. Since Tie Xuan occupied Jinan City, I still really have a relationship with the political axe organ, and I have been in the prefect's prison twice, and most of the rest of the time I am in the prefect's yamen.
On the way, I kept thinking about who was going to kill all the people in the prison before Zhu Di attacked Jinan City. If it's just for the three of us, what is the purpose? Could it be Gu Liuxian, who sees that Tie Xuan still values me very much, and is afraid that we will expose his painting skin and have no proof of death. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense, and in the end it was almost him, which was described as "suspicious neighbor stealing axe".
Anyway, Zhu Di's attack is not something I need to worry about, because history will not change because of my appearance, or the history I entered is really history.
I didn't see Gu Liuxian on the city wall, and I don't know if he was sent to defend the city elsewhere because of his weak heart. This kind of shameless and obscene person with quirky habits should not keep him. I must get rid of him when I have a chance, I said to myself in my heart.
"Mu Wu, do you have any good countermeasures?" When I was at the gate of the prefect's yamen, Tie Xuan asked me.
What is the best way to deal with this, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth? Of course I can't say that.
"Lord Tie, Zhu Di Bai will naturally not attack the city, and tonight he will let the vanguard feint to attack the north gate. Naturally, it is a formation that if you can beat it, you can run if you can't beat it. "The vanguard army has many cavalry, and there is little experience in attacking the city." We have plenty of arrows and flowing stones, so we need not fear him. The important thing is to stabilize the mood of the people in the city, and of course, the momentum of the sergeants is also to be encouraged. ”
"What's this encouragement?"
"This Iron Lord is the best, why bother asking. "I'm going to say goodbye and leave. I'm still anxious to see Liu Sitong's situation.
"Wang Province, Wang Jiao's edict is with you?" Tie Xuan mentioned Wang Province, and Luo Shicheng must have told him.
"Lord Wang has killed himself. ”
I don't know how brave a person has to be to commit suicide, but I'm not that bold anyway. You know, a cut in the neck hurts to death, let alone cut to the point where you can die. But maybe as long as you close your eyes and exert yourself, that is, a matter of an instant, you will have to endure it, who knows.
"I've heard about that. Tie Xuan's expression was gloomy, this was by no means pretending, "He was an official in the same dynasty as me, and he worked with me in Jinan Mansion for more than two years. He was a gentleman of great integrity. ”
"In today's world, the cart is turned upside down, chaotic, there are many abuses, and there are not many people who can clean themselves up. ”
"It's not easy for Lord Tie, not only with integrity, but also with courage. "I'm telling the truth," a civil servant can hold on to a city. ”
"I want to see him, this war is in the ascendant, and it is unrealistic to want to bury him. ”
"Then use cremation. I said casually.
"What?" Tie Hyun was shocked.
"I'm talking nonsense, don't take it seriously. ”
"I'm afraid there's only one way. Tie Hyun thought about it for a moment, but still compromised.
"Lord Wang would never do that kind of mutilation of children...... "I finally defended Wang Province, but in fact, it was still me.
"Of course I know. ”
Wang Xing just died and committed suicide. It was only when I was taken to the prefect's yamen that I saw the wound on his neck. Shocked, no blood flowed out, and the pale was a little shocking. The body was cremated the next day, after Cheolhyun gave a short speech praising the indomitable character of the royal province. In the end, all dust returned to dust, and this may be the best place for him.
Liu Sitong was arranged to recuperate in a "field hospital" that had been prepared for a long time. The first patient in this place was actually a general of the Northern Army, I don't know if it's a kind of irony. There are many soldiers of the Southern Army guarding here, which is also to prevent him from any more accidents.
"Could it be Gu Liuxian's people who wanted to kill us last night?" Now I really feel that he is with me, and he has a bit of sympathy. Maybe it was his sentence in the morning, "What are you still standing there doing, run!", which moved me so emotionally.
"Are you thinking about anyone else?" asked me as Liu Sitong sat on the simple bed.
"That...... It may be that Tie Xuan ordered the murder to kill people, after all, the prison is full of felons who fornicated with the Northern Army, and they should have been killed a long time ago. ”
"Then he doesn't need to sneak in and kill us. ”
"It's not a glamorous thing. ”
"What are they going to do with Wang Xing's body?"
"Tie Hyun said that he would be cremated tomorrow. ”
"Oh......" Liu Sitong pondered for a moment, "Do you really want to help Tie Xuan fight against King Yan?"
"It's not that I'm going to help Tie Hyun, it's God who wants to help him. ”
That night, Zhu Di really launched an attack. The ladder to the city, as well as the giant wooden car to attack the door, are well attacked. I stood on the city wall but I saw it clearly, although it was a fierce attack, there was no order, those who ascended the city and those who attacked the gate did not cooperate with each other, and those who were in charge of covering could not keep up.
The southern army defending the city could repel their attacks with only bows and arrows. In the back, the archers even began to pursue the Northern soldiers who were still rushing halfway, as well as the stragglers who had already fled.
"Save the arrows!" I had to warn them. They may not have any concept of fighting a protracted war for more than two months.
I finally tasted the good taste of commanding thousands of troops. I wanted to take a strong bow from the archer and shoot an arrow, but then I thought about it, forget it, it's too easy to mess up something I've never done. It's better not to get syrupy.
Busy until the middle of the night, Zhu Di's siege troops left hundreds of corpses and retreated to places where arrows could not reach. I'm also very excited, this kind of battle without any danger, it just makes people feel like blood boiling. If the two armies clashed and saw each other, I guess I would be too scared to run.
I didn't see Zhu Di, mainly because I didn't know him either. If the light is dark, it would be nice to be able to see people climbing on ladders. He won't let his men play at will. Or he has to suffer a loss to really get serious.
Zhu Di is serious. The defeat at night made him even more crazy in vain. With him in command, at least there are no more deserters. The madness of the soldiers is that people climb the tower one after another, and the real sense of the battle begins. Tie Xuan originally wanted to stay on the city wall, but was forced down by Luo Shicheng.
I could have walked, but my brain was hot and I decided to stay and experience it. I walked through the walls with my knife in my hand, and ran wherever I saw the fighting. But I just can't plug it in, everyone is playing like glue, and it won't be my turn at all. I had to run to another place.
In fact, the war has reached such a point that the fight in a state of anxiety does not need to be commanded at all. All the fights were for survival, and I couldn't find anyone to cut each other, so I had to go and greet the Northern soldiers who were still on the ladder and hadn't climbed up. It feels like ants crawling out of an ant's nest, and there is an endless stream of them. Plug this end and get up that end.
In the TV series, a soldier defending the city pushed the entire ladder out, and the siege soldiers on it fell to the ground. This kind of thing is all, and I didn't know how to push it at first. Not to mention that the soldiers who are climbing the ladder cut you with a knife, even if no one cuts them, the weight of those people is not something you can push if you say so.
Zhu Di besieged the city for five days in a row, but he returned in vain. In total, 2,000 people were killed and wounded. In these five days, I killed four people. This is already a remarkable achievement. Some people fought bravely and could kill a dozen or so people. Like I belong to the opportunistic and picked up four cheap.
I didn't realize that I was talking about killing people now as sparsely as eating and sleeping. Until I met that woman.
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