Chapter 49: Siege Failure: Angry Killing
Dong Zhuo and Lu Zhi are two completely different people.
Although both of them are Zhonglang generals, it was Lu Zhi who suppressed Dong Zhuo before, and all the action strategies of the Han army were decided by Lu Zhi.
As soon as Lu Zhi left, Dong Zhuo completely took over the Han army, and the strategy formulated by Lu Zhi before was all overthrown by Dong Zhuo at the first time.
Dong Zhuo had long been unhappy with Lu Zhi's siege and not attacking, if it weren't for Lu Zhi's identity there, where would Dong Zhuo be willing to bow his head.
He has been in Xiliang for 20 years, and I don't know how many battles he has participated in, and they are all nomads with strong combat power. The Yellow Turban Army was not taken into account at all.
On the second day after Lu Zhi was escorted away, Zhang Jiao was not ready to go out of the city to face the battle, and Dong Zhuo took the lead in attacking.
Since Dong Zhuo chose to attack the city, Zhang Jiao naturally had no reason to go out of the city to fight with him.
With the help of the city wall of Julu, it is just possible to consume some more troops of the Han army.
The siege equipment of the Han army is not comparable to that of the Yellow Turban Army.
The huge siege engines, as well as the ladders that could directly climb the city walls, were pushed out of the barracks by the Han army.
But for such a long time, the Yellow Turban Army was not unprepared for anything.
In particular, the giant deer is still the lair of Zhang Jiao, and it has been constantly preparing before the arrival of the Han army. The best weapons for defending the city, such as rolling stones, logs, fire oil, etc., have long been hoarded in Julu City.
As soon as the Han army approached the city wall, the countless Yellow Turban troops on the city wall were smashed down by countless stones.
There was a ladder leaning against the city wall, and it was also cut off by various canal commanders for the first time.
Dozens of Han soldiers hid under the siege engines and frantically slammed into the city gates, but immediately fire oil was poured on the siege vehicles, and then several torches fell.
The wooden siege vehicles were burning under the fire oil, and the Han troops ran out one after another.
A costly built siege engine was scrapped.
"Watch me smash him." A Yellow Turban picks up a rock and throws it at the burning siege engine.
Rumble!
Stones fell from a height of three feet, and the blazing siege engine was smashed to pieces.
"Haha."
Watching the siege vehicles destroyed, the Yellow Turbans on the city walls laughed.
Compared with the siege, the pressure of defending the city is much less, as long as the Han army does not climb up, there is no need to worry that they will be suddenly stabbed to death by spears.
And they just had to stare at the city, keep throwing stones and rolling logs, and smash the Han army who were climbing the wall.
When he saw that there were Han soldiers shooting arrows from under the city, he immediately lowered his body and easily dodged the arrows that came from him.
The siege engines were burned, the ladders were cut down, and as the Han army began to retreat, Dong Zhuo declared the siege a failure today.
Watching the Han army retreat, the Yellow Turban Army on the city wall began to cheer.
At the beginning, these Yellow Turban Army were still very nervous, after all, the combat power of the Han Army was far above them.
But after this battle, they were full of confidence, and the Han army was like this, when they were guarding the city wall, these Han troops also had no way to deal with them.
As soon as the confidence was raised, the Han army outside the city did not look so terrifying.
And because these Yellow Turban soldiers have always been by Zhang Jiao's side, they can be regarded as Zhang Jiao's descendants.
is obviously different from those Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou and Qingzhou, and they are more recognized by Zhang Jiao's identity as a great sage and mentor.
The Taiping Dao is religious in nature, and their followers have their own religious beliefs, and these Yellow Turban soldiers who can't survive believe that Zhang Jiao can lead them to overthrow the Han Dynasty and then let them live a good life again.
"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand."
Even if Dong Zhuo retreated two miles away, he could still hear the slogans of the Yellow Turban Army.
In the Han army, a captain who originally followed Lu Zhi said: "I just said that I can't send troops, and I want to besiege the thieves and wait for the thieves to run out of food according to General Lu's intentions. ”
Dong Zhuo was not a good-tempered person, he had been suppressed by Lu Zhi before, and today's order to attack the city ended in failure.
At this moment, the anger in my heart has already erupted like a volcano, and there is nowhere to vent my anger. Hearing this person's words, he easily pulled out the sword at his waist and stabbed the sword into the captain's body.
"Ahh
The sudden change made the officers at all levels in the big tent scream.
Dong Zhuo pulled the sword out of the captain's body, and then gently pushed the corpse to the ground.
Then he looked at the other people in the big tent with a pair of eyes, and said sharply: "This general is ordered by the emperor to come here to exterminate the thieves, and there are those who are afraid of war, there are such people." ”
No one thought that Dong Zhuo would be so cruel, and he was killed by him with a sword just by saying the last sentence. The generals who originally belonged to Lu Zhi were all panicked on their faces.
Even though there were a few people who were unwilling and wanted to be angry, they were all quietly stopped by others.
It is obvious that Dong Zhuo is covering the sky here now, and they can only accept it if they don't want to die, and they can't resist.
Dong Zhuo easily took the life of a lieutenant and completely controlled the 100,000 Han army. At least on the surface, no one dared to question his orders.
"Rest tonight, and continue the siege tomorrow."
Dong Zhuo finally ordered that he didn't care how many people the Han army would die after capturing Julu, and he had only one purpose, that is, to capture Zhang Jiao alive by breaking through Julu in the shortest possible time, and then personally escort Zhang Jiao back to Luoyang to make himself go to the next level.
Nothing else matters except your own future.
Zhao Hui came to General Tiangong to attend Zhang Jiao's post-war meeting.
In today's siege battle, Zhao Hui just glanced at the city wall and left first.
"Everyone has seen today's battle." Zhang Jiao's face was radiant.
"Zhou Cang, according to today's battle, how long can the rolling stone fire oil in the city last?"
Most of the materials in the city are managed by Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang said: "Based on today's consumption, it can be used for at least fifteen days. ”
Hearing this number, Zhang Jiao was very satisfied.
"Very good, then let Dong Zhuo be at ease for a few days, we will first use the city wall to consume a wave of Han troops, and then go out of the city to fight the Han army ten days later."
Zhang Jiao didn't expect Lu Zhi to leave, so Dong Zhuo overturned the previous strategy of the Han army and began to attack the city on a large scale.
Zhang Jiao estimated that if Dong Zhuo attacked the city for ten consecutive days according to today's scale, the Han army outside the city would lose at least half.
At that time, he was leading the Yellow Turban Army to defeat the remaining Han army in one fell swoop, and then sent people to Yingchuan to support Bocai Zhang Bao.
In this way, the overall situation is determined, and major events can be expected.
Although because of Lu Zhi's arrival, many cities in Jizhou have been reoccupied by the Han army, as long as these Han troops in front of him are destroyed, Jizhou will still be his horn at that time.
And at that time, he could also start attacking Luoyang.
From Lu Zhi's dismissal to Luoyang, Zhang Jiao's confidence is getting stronger and stronger.
Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was so mediocre and listened to the eunuchs, how could the Han family not die.
His Taiping Dao will eventually rise to replace the Han Dynasty and become the new dynasty.