Chapter 122: Cao Cao's Stratagem
Today's siege was finally over, and Sun Jian sat down in his tent, his clothes and armor soaked with sweat. Originally, the task of besieging the city was the responsibility of the captive army, but the morale of the captive army was too problematic for the past two days, and it was impossible to make progress for a long time, but the casualties continued to increase. Sun Jian volunteered and led an army of 2,000 captives to attack the city for the last time today.
However, he was the only one who was brave, and the rest of the soldiers were all warless, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the city. Thinking of this, Sun Jian hated it so much that he slammed his fist on the table, smashing a good desk to pieces.
Lu Zhi was also sitting in the tent at this time, frowning and thinking hard about countermeasures. The guards on duty outside the account reported that Captain Cao came to visit. Lu Zhi hurriedly sat up straight, and said, "Please come in!" Cao Ying lifted the curtain and walked into the tent, and saluted: "General Lu!"
Lu Zhi asked, "What is the matter with Meng De here?"
Cao Ying asked rhetorically, "Is General Lu thinking hard about countermeasures for the morale of the army?"
Lu Zhi perked up and said, "Exactly!"
Cao Ying asked again: "There is a plan, the general has to bear great risks, I wonder if the general has the guts?"
Lu Zhi said unhappily: "Meng De, do you think I look like a cowardly mouse?"
Cao Ying nodded and said, "So Xiang came to find the general." ”
Cao Ying put his mouth to Lu Zhi's ear and muttered for a long time. When Lu Zhi heard the end, he changed color and was about to scold, but Cao Zhi also put on a posture of being willing to be trained. Lu Zhi opened his mouth but didn't scold, frowned and thought for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Meng De!
Cao Wei laughed teasingly: "No! It's the general's boldness!" This look is enough to learn Yang Wei's face when he jokes with him, if Yang Wei sees this scene, he will definitely be so shocked that he will smash his eyeballs to the ground, I can't imagine that his infectious power is so strong! Even Cao Ying, a serious and unsmiling person, has been spoiled by him.
The next day, the army outside the city did not attack the city as scheduled. The barracks were quiet, and the soldiers sat lazily in the sun chatting and fartizing. Only all the paperwork in the barracks was gathered and busy writing something. A thousand-strong group of guards and a dozen craftsmen had quietly sneaked out of the camp by taking advantage of last night's darkness.
On the third day, there was still no movement under the city, but 100,000 archers approached the city wall with strong bows, and after three rounds of arrow rain, they quietly retreated, and all the arrow rain passed the city wall and shot into the city, only a few arrows shot to the city wall.
On this day, although there was peace outside the city, there was chaos inside the city, because all the arrows that came in had no arrows, and each arrow had a letter tied to it, and the contents of the letters were roughly divided into the following categories.
Some wrote: "At the time of the siege, remove the yellow scarf on the head to assist the enemy to avoid the death penalty"
Some wrote: "Kill one enemy and you will be free." ”
Some wrote: "Those who kill Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and a thousand households will be sealed!"
Some wrote: "Whoever kills one person will be rewarded with 100 gold and sealed 100 households!"
When the literate soldiers saw it and spread it, for a while, the hearts of the soldiers in the city were in turmoil, and all the Yellow Turban soldiers knew that they had been fooled, and what army broke through the city and said that there was no grass left, it was all a lie that deceived people and deceived themselves to fill in with their lives!
After Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao heard the report, they felt bad, so they sent someone to lecture and said: "This is all the tricks of the army outside the city, and the Taiping Daoists must not fall for the enemy's tricks. ”
These soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army only want to live, and as for whether or not the reward is honored, it is better than anything else! This day was spent quietly outside the city and in the chaos inside the city.
On the fourth day, there was finally movement outside the city, and early in the morning, the army outside the city lined up in array and was ready to attack the city, but the mental state of the soldiers was a little sluggish. Only Lu Zhi sat on the horse alone, in good spirits, without the troubles of a few days ago.
At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the sky, and a thousand-strong cavalryman, wearing Xiliang military uniforms, surrounded by a Huangluo umbrella, walked in the direction of the barracks.
Lu Zhi saw that he had come at the right time, and raised his voice and said: "Soldiers, Your Majesty was assassinated a few days ago, for safety reasons, it is rumored to the outside world to return to Beijing, in fact, Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of the army, and has rushed to Guangzong in a light car, do you want to show your heroic posture in front of Your Majesty? Can you take Guangzong as a gift to Your Majesty? So, cheer up, before Your Majesty arrives, take Guangzong, and kill Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao!"
Lu Zhi didn't have Yang Wei's ability, and his words were passed down by the heralds one by one. When all the soldiers heard this, their faces were excited, ashamed of their state in the previous few days, and they all waited for the horn of attack to sound.
As all the soldiers wished, the horn of the attack sounded at the right time, and all the captives howled, resisting the rain of arrows, carrying the ladder and rushing to the city wall, the siege proceeded very quickly, and Lu Zhi was a little dumbfounded that under Cao Ying's strategy, this fortified city, which could not be captured many times, was broken in a short period of time.
When the soldiers rushed to the city, nearly half of the Yellow Turban soldiers tore off the yellow scarves on their heads, and reflexively killed the Yellow Turban soldiers who had not yet ripped off their headscarves.
The rhythm of the siege can be described as overwhelming, that is, the moment you just ascend to the top of the city, the city is broken, and the yellow turban soldiers who originally guarded the gate have ripped off their headscarves and opened the city gate.
The army rushed in through the open gates, and the city was filled with shouts of killing, and there were some extremely stubborn fellows, but they were extinguished before they could even make the slightest splash, because the besieging army was simply growing up in exponential multiples.
An hour later, Zhao Hong walked out of the city gate cave with a bloody human head. He was the first to leave the city, and there was still shouting and killing inside. Zhao Hong didn't waste any effort on ordinary soldiers at all, and went straight to the county government in the city when he entered the city, because he was outstanding and was catching up with Zhang Liang, who wanted to flee in a hurry.
Zhang Liang's martial arts are commonplace, and what he learns is not martial arts, they are all magic tricks such as blind tricks, how to be Zhao Hong's opponent, Zhao Hong raised the knife and fell, and Zhang Liang's good head was chopped off by Zhao Hong, which became the capital of Zhao Hong's promotion to become wealthy.