Chapter 20: Don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts!
"It's over, I'm done plowing the city!"
In Dongli City, the city lord known as the "Loulan Kingdom Diehard" - Bu Linghou, was hiding under the bed at this moment, trembling and said:
"The two armies are fighting, and if you don't kill the envoys, you secretly kill the envoys behind my back, do you want to kill hundreds of my Bu clan's lives?"
Bu Linghou is the "left and canal" of the Loulan State, but the Loulan State is more inclined to the feudal state-building system, and in his own city - Dongli, he also has the Duke of Wen and the captain of Dongli to take care of the civil and military affairs for himself.
Duke Wen has gray hair, he has been in charge of Dongli's civil and diplomatic affairs for many years, and he is a good and loyal courtier, and he sighed:
"Junhou, although the East Plough is in danger, but I heard that this group of Qingzhou soldiers has also lost their troops, and the total number is even five or six hundred less than my East Plough soldiers, and the strength is limited, you only need to hold on for a month, and wait for the Hun army to come to the rescue, the offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed, why bother to do this little daughter posture?"
Captain Dongli was a tall armored general, almost two meters five or six, looking down at Bu Linghou's cowardly appearance hiding under the bed, a little disdain suddenly appeared in his heart, and he said unceremoniously:
"Please go to the city in person, and promise to give all the beautiful maids of the Hou Mansion to the bravest soldiers, ordinary soldiers, and also give food gold and silver, if so, morale will rise greatly, and there will be no problem in defending the city for a month."
In fact.
The matter of killing the messenger was also the work of this unruly captain of Dongli, who cut off first and then played, cutting off any ideas in the city.
He was born in the national capital and was one of the guards of the king of Loulan, not a native of Dongli.
Even if the last Dongli soldier was killed in battle, he would have to defend the eastern barrier of the capital of Loulan.
However.
As soon as he heard that he was going to give the beautiful maid to the lowly Loulan soldiers, Bu Linghou was immediately ten thousand unhappy, lying under the bed and tilting his head, and said angrily:
"It's just a little bit of food, the beauties in the Hou Mansion, which one is not lonely? Do you want to be alone with those untouchables?
This is absolutely impossible! ”
to the end.
Not to mention going to the city to motivate the soldiers, Duke Wen fought for a long time, but he only got half of the grain in the Hou Mansion and a small number of livestock, barely enough for the people and soldiers to eat for a month.
Captain Dongli scolded secretly:
"You, the Marquis of Gaomen, I don't know how many women's young lives have been ruined, it is better to let them leave the mansion early, at least my corporal will love his wife more than you!"
Right now.
In the depths of the temple that had just finished the sacrificial activities, an old man with white hair suddenly ran out.
This person was the only great witch in Dongli City, and his face was crazy, and he shouted:
"Prince, the ghosts and gods have finally sent down a spiritual decree!"
The two dukes on the left and right both showed disgusted expressions, but Bu Linghou was overjoyed, and immediately became bold, got out of the bed, grabbed the hands of the old witch Zhu, and said happily:
"Is there a way to save my east plow?"
"Yes!"
Old Wu Zhu raised his head and swore an oath:
"Although the ghosts and gods are in the spirit world, they can also set off a night walk of a hundred ghosts in the middle of the night, as long as they last until the night, the east barbarians outside the city will be scattered, and they will never be able to live forever!"
"Good!"
Bu Linghou was overjoyed and asked skillfully:
"What did the ghosts and gods ask for?"
Old Wu Zhu smiled slightly:
"The ghosts and gods understand the danger of Dongli, this time there is no need for human sacrifice, just a little livestock blood."
"Good!"
Bu Linghou immediately agreed.
The left and right dukes sighed, and there was always an ominous premonition.
Sure enough.
Bu Linghou turned around and said coldly:
"When do you need to eat meat to be a soldier? Then all the cattle that were given to the soldiers were sacrificed to the spirits. ”
Then.
He asked Captain Dongli again, pouted, and said:
"You want money and food, and you want gold and silver beauties, it shouldn't be difficult to withstand a day, right?"
Captain Dongli watched as many livestock that had just been pulled out of the Hou Mansion and originally belonged to the soldiers, but in a blink of an eye, they were pulled into the temple again, cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for the ghosts and gods to enjoy, and said in a particularly sullen manner:
"It is the duty of our sergeants to defend their homes and the country, don't say one day, even if it is defended for thirty or fifty days, there is no problem."
…………
Just as the Marquis of Bu Linghou withheld the livestock that should have been distributed to the soldiers and presented them to the ghosts and gods, the soldiers of the eastern plough at the head of the city and the militia that were forcibly requisitioned, under the slogan of "protecting the family and defending the country", repelled several fierce attacks from the east.
Mo about 50 Qingzhou soldiers, plus 500 people, adopted the most traditional ant-attached siege method, which is quite similar to the siege scene in film and television dramas, mainly bombarding the city gate with a heavy hammer and climbing with a long ladder.
Pity.
Whenever a man or Qingzhou soldier climbed the city wall, he would immediately be pushed down by the soldiers in the city.
But—
soon
The commander in charge of the eastern battlefield quickly noticed a trace of abnormality, the strength of the siege soldiers was too weak, so weak that he had one of the three classic illusions in life:
"I can fight back!"
The commander was puzzled, so he immediately reported the situation to Captain Dongli, and at this time, news also came from the west:
A large number of soldiers and men carried and set fire to the city, fueled by horse dung, hay, and wet wood, and set fire to a phalanx of flames on the west side, and the smoke billowed and swept along the northwest wind to the east.
Cover the sky!
Almost the entire view of the west side is restricted.
The soldiers were coughing, it was difficult to see the environment in the distance, but the commander was different, he had practiced martial arts for many years, his eyes had long been alienated, and he jumped to the top of the arrow tower in the west, and looked into the distance, and found that in the thick smoke, there were actually thousands of soldiers in iron robes, who were cautiously approaching, for fear of being discovered by the defenders.
Captain Dongli's fierce eyes, which were as fierce as tiger eyes, suddenly widened to a great extent, and he said angrily:
"It's not good, it's the enemy army attacking the west!"
"Immediately dispatch half of the soldiers in the east of the city, as well as the reserve of fresh troops in the city, and immediately rush to the west city wall, no matter whether that bullshit witch is pretending to be a ghost, or really inviting a ghost and god, we must hold out until night!"
"Yes, Captain Dongli!"
The soldiers moved like the wind, and the five hundred soldiers in the east of the city, and the three hundred soldiers in the city, a total of eight hundred strong troops, rushed to the western city wall like a gust of wind.
Pity.
Those who climbed the city wall from the thick smoke were only fifty Qingzhou soldiers and thousands of people wearing iron and green robes.
Standing on a hillside somewhere, Jiang Chen laughed and said:
"What age are you, still playing the traditional sound of the east and the west?"
The mindset of the countries of the Western Regions coming from east to west is the underground layer;
The east ant-attached siege is the first layer;
The west side covers the sky and the sun, and the sound of the east hitting the west is the second layer;
The strategy of exchanging clothes between the people and the Qingzhou soldiers can barely be counted as the third layer;
Ordinary generals can perceive that "striking the east and attacking the west" is already a pretty good level, but the real killing move is hidden in the fourth layer!
Located in the north of Dongli City, thousands of "people" transporting materials suddenly opened the grain bag and quickly raised the sword hidden in the grain cart, flashing with fierce light under the setting sun......
"Speed!"
Zhang Ying roared angrily.
Thousands of Qingzhou soldiers did not carry any siege equipment, and rushed to the city wall at an astonishing speed, and rushed to the city in a blink of an eye.
Followed by.
Let's leap!
Jumping four or five meters high, most of the Qingzhou soldiers took advantage of the uneven place on the wall to stand firm and hold firmly, and there were also strong people who directly inserted their swords into the yellow mud city wall.
In an instant.
There were almost seven or eight hundred Qingzhou soldiers, who successfully climbed the northern city wall, and all the soldiers, including Zhang Ying, showed fanatical smiles on their faces!
This battle must be won!
…………
Outside the city.
Jiang Chen stood on the hillside, observing the situation in the city, turned his head to Feng Lebin, and asked teasingly:
"Abin, I'm so smart, are you okay?"
Feng Lebin was strong by nature, and after seeing that the plan took effect, he had a little admiration, and said honestly: "It's very good." ”