Chapter 30 Pacification of Xizhou
Yue Feng was a little dumbfounded when he saw this city wall, which was ten zhang high. Although Guo Jia said that the catapult car can shoot fifteen zhang high, but that is the highest point, if you look at it according to efficiency, ten zhang is the best effective height. Yue Feng first occupied the east gate and set up camp, he didn't want to surround the state capital, if there were 30,000 troops there, it would be miserable.
In the evening, after another symbolic attack, the state army retreated. Yue Feng found Guo Jia, and Green Butterfly discussed a plan to break the city.
Now that the weather has warmed up, Yue Feng only saw the petite figure of the green butterfly, dressed very capably, and the snow-white ankles were exposed under the seven-point black trousers, which was very eye-catching, and it was a little distracted. When the green butterfly saw that Yue Feng was in the big war, she didn't forget to occupy her eyes, and sat on the chair angrily, secretly thinking that next time she would wear a more revealing one, she could see it but not touch it, and she would be angry with you.
Yue Feng saw that Guo Jia had arrived. Hurriedly asked Guo Jia: "If you use siege equipment, how many days will it be broken?"
Guo Jia said: "It's been prepared, but the land of the state capital has more sand and less stones, and there is not much soil." I'm trying to figure it out. I don't know what they eat!"
Yue Feng thought to himself, it's not like that, this is almost the hinterland of Xinjiang, thanks to the current environment, or it will become a desert.
Guo Jia continued: "Even if it is solved, if the ten-zhang city wall is full, it will cost about twice as much earth and stones, and it will take two days to prepare and one day to launch. It's just that there are no bricks, the wall is broken, and repairing it is also a problem. ”
Yue Feng saw that Guo Jiadu began to think about what would happen after the city was broken, and he knew that the siege vehicle could break the city. He smiled and asked Green Butterfly, "Does Butterfly have a clever plan?"
When the green butterfly heard this, she knew that Yue Feng had resurged, and said softly with an uncharacteristic smile: "Doesn't Feng'er have a plan?"
Yue Feng and Guo Jia instantly had goosebumps, and Yue Feng heard the title of Feng'er even more, and remembered a lyric, that is, you are Feng'er and I am sand, in this sandy land, it is quite appropriate. But Yue Feng is not a little excited, the green butterfly is so abnormal, does it have to be a killer? Generally speaking, before the female mantis wants to eat the male mantis, it is more gentle.
Yue Feng immediately said: "Green Butterfly has a good plan, the state capital must have your spies, and the generals who defend the city will rebel, can you?"
Green Butterfly said: "The guard of this place, Murong Bei, is the younger brother of Murong Chui. But my spy Liu Huamei has been his lieutenant's wife, and that lieutenant has been rebelled by Liu Huamei. Even if the assassination is successful, most of the generals and soldiers in this city are loyal to Murong Trai, and it may be difficult to take control of the army. ”
Yue Feng thought that Liu Huamei's name was really vulgar, maybe it was a stage name. And he said, "What about the other three?"
Green Butterfly said: "It's all like this, if you want to occupy it from the inside, at least 2,000 soldiers will raid the city wall." There were about 20,000 soldiers in the city. If the walls are breached, our army can easily occupy them. ”
Yue Feng said: "How many spies are in the city?" Green Butterfly said: "About twenty, because the control here is quite strict, and it is easy to expose too many people." Most of them are idle, some are storytellers, some are in business, and some are gangsters, with Liu Huamei as their leader. ”
Yue Feng's eyes lit up when he heard the story, even if he broke through the city now, 30,000 against 20,000 would be a miserable victory, plus the state capital was very large, and it was impossible for the siege equipment to play and burn the city. So the crux of the matter is that they are loyal to Murong Chui. In Yue Feng's eyes, there is no 100% loyalty, even Guo Jia Xiang Yu, it is only when he goes uphill that he will follow him. If they are all dead, then it proves that they are not the masters of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not the masters of the name, and they still abandon the darkness and turn to the light if they take refuge in others! Not to mention that they are all heroes among the people, and they do not have any stupid ideas from the beginning.
So for the allegiance that Green Butterfly said, Yue Feng felt that he had a lot to do. As for Murong Bei, that is Murong Chui's younger brother, and he must die.
After thinking about it, Yue Feng said: "Passed on Liu Huamei, hid underground after assassinating Murong Bei, manipulated spies, created public opinion pressure, and fought psychological warfare. Let them hype up my recovery of Tuoba Gui, Ma Chao's affairs, and the burning of Tianshui. Besides, I wanted to surrender Murong Trai, but I didn't succeed. In this way, the people of the state capital were moved, and we projected a large number of letters of persuasion and propaganda paper. Show the power of throwing stones, and it is estimated that you can take the state capital. If it doesn't work, we can attack it again, and we need time to prepare the stone throwing materials anyway. ”
Green Butterfly thought for a while and said, "It should be feasible, Liu Huamei is extremely capable." ”
Yue Feng continued: "If Liu Huamei's husband is all down, and she also has a heart, let them be a loving husband and wife, and there will be fewer tasks." ”
The green butterfly nodded, indicating that she understood what Yue Feng meant. Because Liu Huamei is very good-looking, she will use the beauty trick, and Yue Feng's words at least fulfilled her.
Yue Feng asked Guo Jia again: "What method can you think of to collect sand into stones?"
Guo Jia said: "Not yet. The sand is extremely trivial, such as fire, it is glass, and the glass is fragile enough to withstand a strong ejection. Even if it is wrapped in cloth, it can hurt people, but it can't break the city! We can't step on the glass. ”
Yue Feng said with a smile: "Wrap it in cloth, how about it?"
Guo Jia slapped his thigh and said, "Clever plan, don't hurt the city wall, save a lot of money." ”
So in this tent, several people set up such a vicious plan that in a few days, it would become a nightmare for the defenders of the city walls.
On the night of the second day, Green Butterfly told Yue Feng that Liu Huamei's husband had succeeded in assassinating Murong Bei, but he was also hacked to death with a knife, and Liu Huamei had infiltrated the state capital for the next step.
Green Butterfly said that there were relatives when she said this, and Yue Feng was very uncomfortable when she heard it. After all, the deputy general is also a warrior, for the sake of his beloved, he knows that he will die, but he still goes generously. Yue Feng felt that this kind of fact was too cruel, and Liu Huamei, as a woman, even if she was suspicious when she approached, she would be extremely uncomfortable now.
A man's war, but a woman needs to sell her body and even her feelings to win, is indeed a bit ruthless. But if you give up one person's life, you can save the lives of ten thousand people, and they are all lives, so is there a difference between men and women?
Yue Feng was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "After this time, don't send her out, find a good man for her in the mansion, and be responsible for contacting!"
Seeing Yue Feng say this, Green Butterfly also knew that Yue Feng had something to worry about, but she had to do it. Compared with other cold-blooded monarchs, Yue Feng was considerate, so he said: "Die'er takes the order." And he withdrew.
Yue Feng heard the sound of the butterfly, and was stunned for a long time, thinking, after all, she is still a woman, she is so sentimental!
However, on the fifth day, Guo Jia came to report that it was ready. Yue Feng directly ordered the siege of the city, after all, what kind of psychological warfare, it is also under the action of external forces, otherwise wait for the other party to fight in their hearts?
Yue Feng saw the east gate of the state capital, flying huge objects one after another, crackling like locusts, endlessly. The current glass is not at all transparent, as Yue Feng imagined, but cloudy. But the effect of the flying explosion is like glass. In less than a moment, the guards of the city wall screamed. A quarter of an hour later, Yue Feng shouted to stop, and ordered the sergeant to shout loudly to surrender, he was not willing to shout at the ten-foot high wall and the wounded soldiers, and fight against the voice.
After the sergeant shouted for a quarter of an hour, the opposing soldiers were sent up to the city wall again, and the order to attack was given over the wind. Just over and over again, no one went up the wall. Yue Feng was a little irritable in his heart, after all, whoever heard the sound of glass breaking too much was not in a good mood. He decided to give the order directly and attacked with all his might.
Half an hour later, the walls were more than half buried, and in just one more hour, they could march in. Yue Feng was really upset, so he returned to the big tent, and on the way back, he found that Guo Jia seemed to be wearing earplugs. Damn, you said it earlier.
While Yue Feng was waiting for the herald to come in to inform him of the time to march, the herald came in and said that the state capital had opened the other three gates, and all the generals and soldiers had lined up to surrender.
Yue Feng was overjoyed, it seems that they don't have the leisure to flee west, because if they flee again, it will not be Huaxia, and it is not a small decision to leave their hometown.
As soon as Yue Feng came out of the camp, the troops and generals arrived at the barracks unarmed. Yue Feng shouted at the general who seemed to be the leader: "Surrender early, it's not over." I'm not a good person to kill, and I'll reuse what you have the power of. ”
The general reacted for a long time and said, "We have already descended, and I can't stand that voice anymore." But you didn't react when we shouted to surrender!"
Yue Feng only then knew that these generals had already collapsed. It's okay for themselves, they can't hear it, they rely on the flag to command, they defend the city wall and can't play the flag, and they can't hear the drums. So they could only listen to the noise by the wall, but waited left and right, and the last time it rained, the defenders of the wall around them, who were not in range, said that in less than two hours, the wall would be the same peacefully.
They surrendered immediately, but no matter how much they shouted, they could not shout the crackling sound, so they had no choice but to come out of the other gates and surrender. It's not that they haven't thought about fleeing south to other counties, but as soon as they think about facing this thing, they are all lost.
Yue Feng happily took over the state capital, and also reorganized the state army. The only problem is that Yue Feng always shouts and speaks, and he also knows that it is his hearing problem, but he just can't restrain himself. Yue Feng walked on the streets of Xizhou Prefecture, and he could see people shouting everywhere, but he was still very relieved, after all, the most important thing is that the soldiers are not bloody. If you kill too much, it will not be good for your own rule, and at least it will take more effort to win the hearts of the people.
However, on the 10th, Yue Feng received reports from all over the country, except for Tianma, who had spent some effort, and the other four counties were all under the glass offensive of Adjutant General Guo Jia's siege troops. Yue Feng thought to himself, if someone beats me like this, no matter how many troops I have, I will either fight with him, or turn around and run. And Qinzhou also came to report, Zhuang Shengguo and Huaizhou have no changes.
Yue Feng knew that it was time to leave Xizhou, although Xizhou now had about 200,000 troops, in fact, the Qinzhou army accounted for ** thousand. The land in Xizhou is barren, and it is really a waste of money to support such a military force. The south of Xizhou is Tongguan, and the south of Tongguan is Xishu, although it can be laid with all its might, but it is not in line with their established strategy, and once blocked, grain and grass are a big problem. **'s actual experience taught him that it was not the work of a wise man to plunder everywhere.
After another five days of rest, Yue Feng transferred Qian Fu to Xizhou to take charge of people's livelihood and government affairs, and Guo Jia's deputy general and officials from the Ministry of Political Affairs assisted Qian Fu. Xiang Yu was the commander of Xizhou, and Zhang Zhiming was the commander of Xizhou's expedition to the south, in charge of Xizhou's troops, 200,000 troops, a total of 80,000 cavalry, and 120,000 infantry. Yue Feng left Xiang Yu and Zhang Zhiming with 50,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry to defend Sichuan and Shu, and decided to return to Qinzhou with the remaining Qinzhou soldiers and some Xizhou soldiers who were willing to leave home alone.
After that, there is a long personnel investigation, power transfer, division of military power, etc. Yue Feng decided to stay for another ten days, and wait for the situation to stabilize before leaving, so that Xiang Yu would rule more securely. Yue Feng even wondered if Xiang Yu and Yu Ji had just been transferred, but Xiang Yu took the initiative to refuse. The more Feng felt that Xiang Yu had matured, and he was no longer the thief who stole things, but more like a courageous, knowledgeable, brave and resourceful successor.