Chapter Thirty-Six: The Price of Recklessness
Early the next morning, Sun Mingjun came to fight again.
Suddenly, a herald came from outside the village, hurriedly opened the gate of the village, and came to Zhang Mi, "Protector of the law, the two brothers Anwen and Anwu rebelled, and took Sun Mingjun to attack the base camp urgently, and the general urgently asked the protector to rescue." ”
When the herald had finished speaking, he went back to his life.
And Zhang Yan slapped the table and scolded angrily, "Okay, I already knew that the two of them were spies, but unfortunately the general didn't listen to me, and the whole army gathered." ”
When those subordinates heard that Zhang Mi wanted to send troops to rescue him, they hurriedly persuaded, "Protector, this matter is not known to be true or false, you must not act recklessly, let the sentry check the situation first." ”
Zhang Mi thought about it, but still resisted the impulse, and decided to let the sentry go to see the situation first.
But not long after, another herald arrived, and this time his tone was even more urgent: "Protector, the general ordered you to come back quickly, and if you are a little late, you will be destroyed." ”
When Zhang Wei heard that Zhang Bao was in danger, he still cared about the return of the sentry, and regardless of the opposition of his subordinates, he led his troops to rush to the battlefield.
A team that had already been ambushed on Xishan, after seeing that Zhang Mi had been successfully lured out, broke into the granary, and after eliminating the remaining defenders, set fire to engulf the entire granary in a sea of fire.
Because it was still daytime, the waves of fire that rushed to the sky were not obvious, and if you didn't pay attention from a distance, you really wouldn't notice it.
When Zhang Wei rushed to Zhang Baojun, what was greeted was not Zhang Bao's praise, but a scolding that cut his head and covered his face.
And the sharp-eyed Yellow Turban Army was the first to find that there seemed to be a wave of fire on the side of Xishan, and when he shouted, Zhang Bao's entire army looked at Xishan.
Even Zhang Bao saw it, and hastily ordered Zhang Mi and another Dharma protector to rush back to Xishan.
Zhang Bao hurriedly called Jin to withdraw his troops, and now it is the most important thing to ensure that the Xishan granary is fine.
This back and forth is half an hour at the earliest, and the fifteen minutes of this return can be said to be the heaviest moment in Zhang Mi's life.
Zhang Yan's heart had already reached his throat, and the more he went to Xishan, the more desperate his heart became.
Finally, he led his troops to the granary, and his eyes were full of fire, and now he could not be rescued, and it was impossible to step on it with his feet.
Zhang Mi dismounted and sat down on the ground, his eyes wide as he watched as the sea of fire swallowed up their food and his life.
No matter how stupid Zhang Mi is, he knows that he can't escape this time, and he has no shame to face Zhang Bao again.
While everyone in the company was watching the sea of fire, Zhang Yan snatched the knife under his hand and ended his life in a sad way of killing himself.
When the news came back to Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao was in a hurry, his mouth was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted.
When the news came back to Sun Ming, Sun Ming ran around the camp excitedly, and shouted when he met people, "We burned Zhang Bao's granary, and the thief army is at the end of its rope." ”
Sun Ming did this, on the one hand, he was really happy, and on the other hand, he also wanted to inspire all the soldiers in this way.
Sure enough, all the soldiers who heard Sun Ming's news had the joy of victory on their faces.
Because Zhang Bao's troops were not enough and there was no siege, Sun Mingjun and Gaoliu City exchanged a lot of information these days.
When the news reached Gaoliu City, the confidence of the military and civilians in Gaoliu City doubled.
And Sun Ming, who had run around, returned to the tent, thought for a while, and asked the soldiers outside the tent to summon Yu Li over.
Now, Sun Ming felt that he had to guard against Zhang Bao's dying counterattack, and he looked at the map by himself, waiting for Yu Li to arrive.
As soon as Yu Li arrived, Sun Ming beckoned him to come forward, "Desen, I thought about it, thinking that Zhang Bao at this time may be desperate and make the final death struggle, and we still need to be on guard." ”
Yu Li replied, "That's right, that Zhang Bao is very likely to do something that ordinary people dare not do." ”
"Now it's too late to transport grain, there are only two ways in front of Zhang Bao, retreat or a war, both of which we have to calculate."
Sun Ming pointed to the map and said, "You see, the enemy is gathered in the west of Gaoliu City, and we are directly below him, and if he wants to flee now, he can only bypass Gaoliu and go to the east." ”
"The west is the territory of the Xianbei tribe, there are few people and things, it is impossible for them to go west, I plan to let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead 6,000 people to the lower village of Gaoliu City to be the front camp, and form a corner with the main camp to block Zhang Bao's retreat."
Yu Li nodded slightly, agreeing with Sun Ming's opinion.
"And tell Guan and Zhang that they can only defend, not chase the enemy, as long as Zhang Bao rushes to the front camp, the men and horses of the camp and the defenders of Gaoliu City will rush out, and the rebels will definitely be annihilated."
After Sun Ming and the two agreed on a plan, they asked the sentinels to go to Takayanagi City with letters to exchange information.
And Zhang Bao's side, as Sun Ming expected, the granary was burned, and they were already in a hurry, and the remaining food was only enough for the whole army for three days.
After these battles, Zhang Baojun has only more than 40,000 people left, but the daily food consumption of more than 40,000 people is also astronomical.
Because at that time, the whole army and horses saw the fire wave in Xishan and knew that the granary was burned, and Zhang Bao couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
Only one day later, Zhang Baojun's morale dropped to the bottom like a roller coaster, and the people in the army were panicked, and a large number of deserters appeared one after another.
If this continues, let alone starvation to death after three days, half of the people can be run away in three days.
Zhang Bao could only scold the remaining generals in his account, and make the last incompetent roar.
After scolding Zhang Bao, he also calmed down, he needed to find a way to change the situation of the battle.
Zhang Bao didn't want to sit still, he also wanted to go crazy again, the catapult that their army had assembled before had already completed one.
It was a special siege weapon that projected boulders over long distances, and it is said that the master who made this weapon was a descendant of Luban and was extremely good at making it.
Because of the huge thickness of Takayanagi Castle, ordinary catapults have little effect.
Zhang Bao's last thought was to attack the city, as long as the city was broken, they still had hope.
Zhang Bao summoned all the Yellow Turban Army early the next morning and made the final mobilization: "My believers, the time has come for the God of the Yellow Sky to test us, and tomorrow we will rescue Gaoliu City and punish the incompetent Xiaoxiao who stole the throne." ”
"We have the siege weapons that God has given us, and tomorrow we will be able to break the city and punish the eunuchs. The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand! ”
After Zhang Bao's preaching, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army barely stopped.
Now, Zhang Bao didn't bother to cover up, and had clearly told Sun Ming and Gao Liucheng that he was going to attack the city, although there was only one catapult and a dozen ordinary catapults.
When Sun Ming heard the news, he was even more shocked, he had thought that Zhang Bao would escape, would attack his front village, and possibly attack his base camp.
I really didn't expect him to choose to attack the city, although the Gaoliu Castle is an earthen wall, it is tall and thick, if there is a three-five-plane special one, it will be different, but now there is no time.
"Is that Zhang Bao's catapult really so godly? However, it is still necessary to guard against the sound of the east and west. Sun Ming read the secret letter and wrote two more letters, one to Guan Yu and one to Gao Liucheng.
Remind them to be careful of Zhang Bao's offensive and also to prevent him from escaping.