At the beginning of the siege battle, it fell into a fierce fight, and Cheng Ying took the sword to personally supervise the battle at the head of the city. The siege vehicles were blocked by countless broken bricks and stones thrown down from the city, and the Han army in the city kept shooting down with bows and crossbows to reap the lives of the Wu army.

Rows of ladders were erected up the walls, and the soldiers climbed up with shields and blades in their mouths. With the protection of the great shield, bricks, gravel and crossbows could not hurt them at all. The Han soldiers used the ramming rod against the ladder, and three or five people pushed together. Wu Jun, who had climbed halfway, fell down like a scattered gourd seedling, some broke his arms and some broke his legs. Carry away the wounded, and continue to climb without falling.

Yun Xiao was carefully roasting a leg of lamb on the charcoal brazier, and the guy Huo Yu appeared again. However, it was discovered before it could get close to the barracks. However, the guy still dropped an improvised bomb and successfully injured a sheep. In desperation, Yun Xiao had to have the sheep killed to solve its pain.

Liu Cheng, a slut, smelled the smell and came over, this guy is now comparable to a police dog. As long as Yun Xiao gets something delicious here, he can always come over as soon as possible. Grabbed another pickled leg of lamb on the table and roasted it on the brazier in a decent manner.

"Xiangguo from Jiangdu sent a letter asking for help, what are you going to do?"

Liu Cheng said while roasting the leg of mutton. In the end, he is a few years older, and he is much more sensitive to things in the court. If Liu Duan was here, he would not ask these questions, but would concentrate on dealing with the leg of mutton in front of him.

"What to do, cold salad. There were only 500 of us, and although we were cavalry, the carriage was not as fast as the cavalry. Xiang Sanqiu also has cavalry, and he is forced to fight with him, even if our five hundred people win. How much is left. Go to Jiangdu and train the army of the king of Jiangdu so that they can help us fight. That's the right thing to do. It's all their own children, and there's no need to die here. ”

"Also, the king of Jiangdu also has six or seven thousand soldiers and horses under his command. Plus the king of Changsha. It is still possible for the king of Jiujiang to gather 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses. It's really not cost-effective to use our people to fight, and besides, you and I are all northerners who are not used to water warfare. When crossing the Yellow River, there are many people who are seasick, not to mention the Jiangnan where the river is everywhere. ”

"In six or seven days, we will be in Jiangnan, and the good days will come to an end."

"Master Hou."

The scout who had gone out to explore the path came back, looking very nervous, as if he had seen something very terrifying.

Looking at the village at the foot of Jiulong Mountain, Yun Xiao was silent. I don't know who did it, but it must have been a bunch of brutes. It can be seen that this was originally a wealthy Zhuangzi. The wealthy Cheng dù is no less than the Zhuangzi of the Yun family. Almost every house has a pigsty and a shed for the poultry. There are traces of cattle pens in the yards of many houses.

The fact that no one collected the corpses proved that the people in the Zhuangzi were basically killed, and that many of the women were naked, and that they did not even have the last fig leaf. Nearly every dwelling has been set on fire, and if you go in and look for it, you might find a small charred corpse beneath the collapsed beams. Or in a burnt cellar somewhere, a roasted corpse is found.

In the ashes of a pile of firewood, there were two charred corpses hugging each other. I can't see the face clearly. I could only see that they were holding very tightly, and their hands were stuck in the flesh.

This Zhuangzi is like in the movie, the place after the Japanese devil's three-light policy.

Yun Xiao's eyes were full of anger, no matter who committed such a crime, he would be punished.

"Dai Yu, you are from Wu Guo. The Wu language is more familiar than us. You go find a few tongues and come back and ask who did it. ”

"No"

Dai Yu galloped out with the thirteen iron guards. Yun Xiao ordered the soldiers to help collect the corpses, there were not so many coffins. But at least dig a pit and bury it. Let these unfortunate people be laid to rest.

Dai Yu soon returned, followed by a few people. As soon as these people saw the banner of Yunxiao. There was a look of hatred in his eyes. Dai Yu's face was ugly, so cloudy that it could drip water.

"Master Hou. The thing here was done by King Jiangdu. Moreover, the king of Jiangdu was surrounded by Xiang Sanqiu in the county seat of Baoying, twenty miles away, and had been besieged and attacked all morning. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Oh, immediately gather the rear of the army and change the front team to retreat."

Yun Xiao gave an order without hesitation, an old and spicy general like Xiang Sanqiu would not fail to release the scouts. Maybe there were already scouts observing him from a distance, and then reporting to Xiang Sanqiu. Xiang Sanqiu's cavalry was the most troublesome, and he had been chased for more than ten days. ran from Suiyang to Huainan before escaping.

The cavalry is good for this, and it comes and goes quickly. Under the surprised eyes of several villagers, these cavalry of the imperial court ran along the road in smoke and dust. Soon turned around the col and disappeared, wasn't he scared away by General Xiang's name? It must be. Several dealers guessed in their hearts.

"The scouts let out twenty miles, not thirty miles. Observing the movement in the direction of Baoying at any time, the baggage carriage retreated ten miles, and retreated to Shouchun when he saw the beacon fire. ”

Yun Xiao didn't have the slightest intention of rescuing the scum in Baoying County, starting from seeing those horrible corpses today. Yun Xiao decided that the people who did these things were not people but scum, scum with extremely high purity.

"Brother, King Jiangdu is Cheng Ji's only son. His uncle is also the general Cheng from time to time who is in charge of the forbidden army, if we spread the word about it, I'm afraid it will ......."

When he is older, he thinks about a lot of things, and Liu Cheng naturally thinks about his own interests. However, since he was kicked out by Liu Biao to practice alone, his interests were naturally tied to Yun Xiao.

"What if it is preached? The scout came to report that there were more than 20,000 people in Xiang Sanqiu plus those people. We have less than 500 people together, do you think that 100 horsemen can break half a thousand, and these 500 can break 20,000? That's 20,000 people, that's 20,000 ducks there for you to catch and tire you to death. ”

"That's the truth, but we have to do something about it. Otherwise...... We can't explain the blame of the court. ”

"Explain ......," Yun Xiao thought as he touched his chin. If you don't do anything, you can't explain it, but if you do, you can't explain your conscience. rescued such a tyrannical prince, I don't know how many people in Jiangnan have been victimized in the future. Having to choose between interests and conscience makes it difficult for Yun Xiao.

As for Xiang Sanqiu's 20,000 people, Yun Xiao didn't pay attention to it at all. An army with gunpowder would be afraid of a rabble like twenty thousand? I'm afraid that the first round of grenades thrown out will be able to collapse this gang of turtles. I haven't seen firecrackers yet, and I'm not afraid of grenades?

Xiang Sanqiu must have known that he was coming, and those few dealers would sue him. It doesn't matter, Yun Xiao just wants him to know that he's coming. I hope this guy will work harder to attack the city, and try his best to capture Baoying and help him kill those scum by the way. It's best to kill the king of Jiangdu together, this is what you can't do, and it's really a good way to kill people with a knife. It's just that how to deal with this knife now is a big problem.

Yun Xiao opened the map he had drawn and kept scanning the terrain in front of him.

To the north of Baoying is Shouchun, and the soldiers and horses of Huainan did not suffer any damage during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. Xiang Sanqiu is not so bold, and a hundred miles to the south is Gaoyou. If he hadn't appeared on his own, it is estimated that he would have conquered Gaoyou and then went all the way south, occupying Jiangdu when he did not have a firm foothold in Jiangnan. Capture an important city first, and then use it as a base to fight yourself.

But now that he suddenly appeared, this guy has a water army. He will definitely escape into the Great Lake with Baoying's seizure, otherwise his endless harassment will also make him collapse. To avoid his cavalry, there is only one way to go down to the lake.

To go down to the lake, there is only Baoying and Gaoyou, which are on the road of 100 miles. Where could it be?

His fingers kept drawing on the map, and soon landed on a Zhuangzi called Liujiabao. This must be the nearest Zhuangzi with a wharf here.

I measured the distance, and sixty miles was almost in the middle of Gaoyou and Baoying. It is very difficult to eat 20,000 people on a short 60-mile road. However, as long as he eats the thousands of guards, he can be regarded as giving an explanation to the imperial court.

With a roll of his eyes, he took care of it. Since it is the people of the Liu family who are besieged, why don't you ask the Liu family for help. Thinking of this, Yun Xiao immediately wrote a letter to Liu An, the king of Huainan. asked him to immediately send troops to support Baoying County, and he led the team to go first. Sending messengers, Yun Xiao ordered the whole army to go east, and after nightfall turned south.

After a night of rapid marching, we came to a forest ten miles outside Liujiabao. Ordered the soldiers to rest, not to light a fire, and to eat beef jerky and steamed buns and scallion pancakes when they were hungry.

Xiang Sanqiu looked at the flags drawn by several villagers, and there was a big cloud on the red and black letters. It's really this guy coming, so fast.

"How many of them are there?"

"Back to the general, I saw a lot of people. I'm afraid there are more people than we are in Zhuangzi. ”

The bankers don't know how to count, and it is difficult for them to get accurate numbers. But according to them, there are still hundreds of people.

"Order the scouts, forty miles away, to detect the enemy's position. It is also advisable to find out the approximate number of enemy troops. ”

"No"

"He ordered all the troops not to rest, and to immediately attack the city on all sides, and there was no longer a distinction between priority and subordination. Those who enter the city first will be rewarded with 100 gold and promoted to lieutenant. ”

"No"

Siege engines with large shields were constantly clearing the bricks and stones in the path ahead, and the soldiers in the city were constantly shooting the exposed parts of these people with crossbow arrows. People kept being shot and wailing and rolling on the ground. However, they were soon killed by crossbow arrows fired from the city walls. And the crossbowmen under the city are also constantly shooting upward, as long as someone in the city dares to poke their heads out. Then there will be a rain of arrows like locusts.

"General Cheng, the Wu army suddenly began to attack the city from all sides like crazy. And there is no distinction between primary and secondary, and the four city gates cannot withstand it. ”

A military academy ran to Cheng Yingdao, who was supervising the war. (To be continued......)