Chapter 80: Attack and Defeat
The Qin army did not burn and kill. The men were ordered to leave their homes and gather in the southern city. Some who did not obey the order were found out and beheaded on the street. There was scattered resistance, which was also ruthlessly suppressed. In fact, a large number of peasant households have no place to live in the city, and live in the homes of relatives and friends. So there are often several families and several men in a house.
The center of Yangcheng is in the north city, and the south city is an open space, which is mainly used for martial arts. At present, it is overgrown with weeds and infested with wild beasts. When the men gathered in the southern city, the fox rabbits flew away to other places. Some were directly killed by the Qin army.
There are about 5,000 households in the countryside around Yangcheng, and now there are about 3,000 people gathered here, and the rest of them have either died, or fled, or did not enter the city at all, and escaped the catastrophe. 3,000 people are imprisoned by 30,000 people, and the oppression is suffocating, and no one knows what kind of fate will befall them.
For an entire night, the Qin people did not issue any orders to them, seemingly forgetting their existence. Except for the Qin soldiers who guarded them, the other Qin soldiers all entered the courtyards of their houses to eat, drink and rest. The guards rotated their troops on time. The Yangcheng people standing on the field couldn't resist their sleepiness, and sat down to rest with each other, and the Qin soldiers on guard did not intervene. Although it is surrounded by walls, it does not protect itself from the cold wind, and everyone shiveres from the cold. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Freeze to death!" A few Qin soldiers came over, dragged the man named Leng out of the ranks, took off his clothes, tied his hands and feet, and threw him on the high platform in front of the field, allowing him to gradually lose consciousness in the screams. If someone wants to get up and urinate and is ordered not to move, they will solve it on the spot! The people next to him wanted to dig a pit for him, but they were also stopped by Qin Jun. Those who wanted to stand up and reason were killed by the Qin army, and their bodies were dragged to the high platform in front.
A tragedy happened in the dark night. Some people couldn't help this depression, had a nervous breakdown, and jumped up and ran in the ranks; There are also people who want to resist because of the large number of people. They were all killed without exception, and they didn't even make much of a fuss.
In this kind of suppression and killing, the entire Yang City ushered in the first dawn of the sky. The snare drums in the city sounded, and the Qin army began to line up the army, and then breakfast. The people of Yangcheng, who had been frozen for a night, stood up and moved, as if they had woken up from a nightmare. But those hundreds of corpses reminded them that this was not a nightmare, but a reality.
Cooking smoke rises from every house and fills the entire city, making people nostalgic. To the surprise of the people of Yangcheng, a group of women appeared in front of the venue carrying clay pots. The leading Qin army shouted: "Each of them is looking for your relatives!" ”
So the group of women began to call their husbands and fathers, and the men also began to call wives and daughters, and after a while, most of them found their families, returned to their original positions under the urging of Qin Jun, and began to eat. After last night's despair, today's reunion was suddenly ushered in, although it was only two people looking at each other, everyone felt a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe in their hearts, and they were glad that they and their families could survive. How beautiful it is to be alive! Some of the people who were planning to flee secretly dispelled their thoughts, and the thought that it was better to die than to live occupied their thoughts.
There are also women who have not found their men, most of whom were killed last night! The heart-rending cries of those women also strengthened everyone's determination not to act irrationally.
There are also men who have no one to bring food, who have not yet married a wife, or whose wife has died young. These people would be called to him by someone he knew and give him half of the porridge. There are also men who obviously have wives and daughters at home, but they don't come out, and the women next to them whisper that they may be too strong and killed by the Qin army!
After about a moment, Qin Jun began urging the woman to leave. The men who ate slowly drank the porridge in the jar in quick succession, and the woman reluctantly left with the empty jar.
Another unexpected thing happened: the one who came forward to issue the training turned out to be Yang Chengshou. He called out the elders of the towns and ordered them to assemble their towns in good ranks and to line up in their own directions. Subsequently, Yang Chengshou ordered some people to clean up the dead bodies on the street, some to prepare cars, and some to carry grain in the warehouse. The people of Yangcheng were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out whether this Yangcheng Shou was a Han or a Qin. Although I can't figure out the state, but Yangcheng Shou is Yangcheng Shou, Jiwei is still there, listen to him! Those elders also went to do the work he assigned according to the arrangement of Yang Chengshou.
Most of the people who died on the street were Han soldiers who died in battle. Yang Cheng Shou ordered their clothes to be stripped off and distributed to everyone. Those rods and clubs can be taken away if they are wanted, but metal weapons, whether copper or iron, especially bows and arrows, must be surrendered. Most of the men and women who died at the door of their homes disobeyed the Qin people's orders and were beheaded on the street. They were also stripped of their clothes and sent to a high platform in the south of the city.
When the bodies were cleaned up, a fire was lit on the high platform, turning the corpses into a torch, and thick smoke billowed and obscured half of the sky.
On the other hand, the grain in the granary was carried out and loaded onto the cart. The cart was pushed out into the street, and someone came to harness the oxen, pulled them to the edge of the city, and lined up in a neat line. They saw groups of Qin troops passing outside the city, hurrying along Yingshui to the next target upstream.
The men were allowed to go home and have dinner with the Qin people. The Qin people lined up, and these Yangcheng people also returned to their own ranks. They were asked to escort food and other baggage to the upper reaches of Yingshui. In front of them and behind them were the Qin troops who had withdrawn from Yangcheng. When they walked for about ten miles, after it was already dark, a fire broke out in the direction of Yangcheng, and the city towers, treasury and other city defense buildings were all burned down by the broken Qin army.
The people of Yangcheng, who had not slept all night, spent another sleepless night, and they drove the ox cart and walked on the vast mountain road through the dim night. From time to time, an ox cart overturns, and people are helped up to reload the fallen items, which requires a long delay. Fortunately, although the road is rough, it is not precipitous, and nothing dangerous happens.
When the sky dawned again, they saw the continuous military camp and the city surrounded by the military camp in front of them again!
Surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side, the city controls two cross-cutting avenues. From Yingshui to the east to Yangzhai, to the west over a low hill, is the tributary of Yishui, wild water, down the river to Yique and Luoyang; Crossing the mountain to the south can lead to the upper reaches of Rushui, and to the north is the Yuyuan Pass, and the same can reach the Yiluo Plain, where Zhou Tianzi is located. It is said that the name of the negative millet is because the people around it carry grain to trade here, and it is a bazaar, and it is located in a key area. Due to the developed economy and prosperous commerce, there was once a vassal state here. Therefore, although the status of the negative millet in Korea is only a small border city, the scale of the city is not small, five miles square, and there is an inner city, which is the specification of the capital of a small princely state.
The Qin army that surrounded the negative millet was Ye Peng's Nanyang soldiers, and 30,000 people camped on the other side of Yingshui and surrounded the negative millet from three sides. The pattern of Heyangcheng is similar, with the negative millet built on the south bank of Yingshui, and farmland and townships on the opposite bank.
With the arrival of the Nanjun Army, which had captured Yangcheng, the number of troops outside the city doubled, and a large amount of grain, grass and baggage were also brought with them. With such a force, it should not be a problem to capture the negative millet.
At the same time as the Nanjun army set up camp, the Nanjun lieutenant took refuge in Zhai Ling, Yangcheng Shou, Yangcheng Wei and Yangcheng Cheng, and appeared under the negative city together.
The guard of Yangcheng asked the captain to go to the city and said to him: "Yangcheng has fallen, and it is difficult to protect it." Wei Ke opened the city to protect the people of Yiyi. ”
The captain said: "The ministers are ordered by the king to guard the burden, and they dare not abandon it." Guarding the lost Yang City, when thinking about the death of the country, how can I help the people to abuse Ye? ”
Yangcheng guarded: "Yangcheng is lost, and there is nothing to do." The ministers are willing to protect the people, so they say it. As for the dead country, I didn't dare to do it. ”
The captain said: "The minister does not dare to abandon the city without a fight. Rong Chen died in the country, and then opened the city! ”
Yangcheng guarded: "Runing fell into a city and the people of the city died? Don't be mistaken! ”
The captain said: "The minister knows the dead country, and he doesn't hear about him." May you not repeat your words! “
Yang Cheng Shou shouted: "The captain who does not obey the order, and the one who is bound to come out is a merit!" ”
Negative millet said: "We are all willing to die in the city, and we dare not survive!" "Ordered the city to shoot arrows downward. Sure enough, a volley of arrows came out of the city and fell in front of them.
Yang Chengshou changed color and said: "You will regret it too late!" "Walk around the city, shouting on all sides, and make the city bound and the lieutenants come out. But there was no movement in the city.
After calling for a long time, it had no effect, and the lieutenant also arrived, let them come back and concentrate on arranging the siege.
Since the city was surrounded by water on three sides, there was almost no possibility of building a mountain of earth, and there was not enough room to storm the city gate, so Wei Yi decided to forcibly climb the city from three sides.
After the eclipse the next day, the Nanyang army crossed the river from three sides and launched an attack on the negative millet. Arrows rained down on the city, and the Nanyang army was shot back by the rain of arrows before they could even cross the river and go ashore. However, the Nanyang army was strong, with 10,000 men on each side on three sides, divided into ten echelons. After the first echelon was pushed back, the second echelon immediately followed. Then came the third dial, the fourth dial...... The battle continued until noon, and the density of arrows in the city gradually decreased.
Later, the people of the city were surprised to find that a troop of troops dressed as Koreans had been pushed to the front. They had no weapons, but only torches, and rushed across the river with ferocity; The scattered arrows in the city were not enough to pose a threat to them. After crossing the river, he rushed straight to the city gate, threw his torch into the city gate, and immediately returned. Then the second group of people also rushed up with torches in their hands.
The captain ordered each of the women in the city to carry water and water the city gates, and to make sure that the city gates were wet. So thousands of women in the city took a jar and poured water on the three gates.
After setting the fire, the Qin soldiers rushed over again. This time, with a sporadic array of arrows, they landed on the south bank, and the archers rushed to a suitable distance and shot arrows at the city, suppressing the soldiers on the walls. Other soldiers quickly approached the walls and climbed up.