Chapter 46: Give You a Knife
Throughout the summer, Yanbei nailed himself to the city of Handan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The grain and grass consumed by tens of thousands of troops increased day by day, and soldiers and horses from all over the country sent good news during this time...... The entire territory of Jizhou, north of Handan, can be regarded as completely taken.
Now the situation in the north of Jizhou can be said to be Yanbei and Zhang Chun's two worlds, and even the territory of Yanbei is slightly larger.
Su Fuyan's meaning is very clear, he doesn't care about the entanglement between Yanbei and Zhang Chun, just as he doesn't care about the grievances between Yanbei and Pershing. That's the Han people's own business, and they Wuhuan people only care about whether they can get their fair share.
As the saying goes, when the sky falls, there is a big top.
This time, Zhang Ju Zhang Chun rebelled against the Han, although most of the soldiers used were Wuhuan soldiers, but in the final analysis, the Wuhuan people just listened to their moderation...... The Wuhuan people had a clear calculation, and they didn't dare to raise the banner of rebellion, it was nothing more than going south to kill people and rob objects and food.
In these years, no one except Zhang Jiao really fought the idea of destroying the Han Dynasty, and they all wanted to be kings. If you really want them to destroy the Han, who would dare?
The prestige of the Han family has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Even if Zhang Jiao rebelled, it was just to change the decay of this dynasty at the beginning...... After all, he is a foot practitioner, and he pays attention to where it is difficult to treat, and Zhang Jiao also thinks so.
Emperor Xiaohuan of the Han Dynasty was already terminally ill, and when it came to His Majesty's generation, I was afraid that it would not be cured.
So even if Zhang Jiao made a big battle in eight states, the ultimate goal was nothing more than to drag Liu Hong from the palace from the Jiade Palace.
In addition to Zhang Jiao, which of these Ma Xiang, Ou Xing, Han Sui Bian Zhang, Wang Guosong Jian, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun has so much courage?
Each is just a plan to tear the earth and become king.
As the saying goes, a scholar's rebellion will not succeed in ten years, because the scholar looks forward and backward, and also because the scholar is thoughtful...... Zhang Jiao spent 17 years to arrange, and once the news was leaked, it shocked the world.
Which one is better?
Even if they rebel, they all have their own ghosts, and most of them are not much different from Yanbei Zhang Chun's filthiness.
After the Yellow Turban, there was no such cohesive rebellion.
Yanbei was surrounded by Handan City, which was nearly 70 days.
The number of sieges doubled, but the siege of the city was only twice.
Yanbei didn't want to fill the city with the lives of his soldiers, and most of the people and defeated soldiers who fled out of Handan City did not want to pay attention to it...... He was going to go to the city and surrender himself.
In the days that followed, Yanbei attacked the city twice, during which he persuaded the city to surrender.
In the end, there were probably less than 1,000 people defending a huge city.
Yanbei has been waiting for two months, isn't it today?
"Order, adjust the soldiers and horses, spread out the formation outside the four gates, and attack the city with a cloud ladder!" Yan Bei stood under the banner, looked at the army formation formed by the rebels in the distance, pointed to the herald and shouted: "Tell everyone, find the frustrated one, catch the one alive, and reward ten gold!" ”
With the order of Yanbei above the high slope camp, thousands of rebels emerged under the city gates on all sides, and the momentum was huge.
The rumbling sound of war drums shook the sky, and although the Han army defending the city was scarce, it still broke out at the head of the city with a sound of engagement that was so subtle that Yanbei, who was miles away, could hear the sound of engagement.
That's enough, and there's only so much they can do.
Yan Bei raised his head and looked at the big banner behind him, narrowing his narrow eyes with a hint of disgust...... After this battle, he should be able to replace this banner with the word 'Yan', right?
When he was still a military marquis, he remembered that Sun Qing and Li Damu both asked themselves, 'Yan Junhou, do you want to be a general?' ’
Time slipped away in a breath, and the battle began under the city, and hundreds of Han garrisons faced a rebel army ten times their size at the head of the city, and the remnants of the defeated soldiers retreated all the way to the streets and alleys, and were finally wiped out at the county office.
Yanbei straddled the tall horse and paced the horse from under the city, the city walls were stained with blood, the moat was full of corpses, and the black or red armor was now all dark yellow skin mixed with the rotting flesh and blood, emitting a disgusting stench.
"Send someone to rummage through the moat, find out the banner we are wearing, and order Shuzuo to collect the names of the fallen soldiers and compare them with the registration at the time of conscription......" Yan Bei's tone was very calm, but his lower eyelids twitched slightly, "Send the news of their death and a year's military salary back home." ”
Zhang, banner, and feather are all things that distinguish the identity of soldiers in the Han Dynasty, similar to the later 'military ranks', but more to identify the identity of sergeants. The chapter is mostly on the back, and everyone has a square object with their name and place of origin marked on it. The flag, on the other hand, was worn by officers directly above the ranks, and was draped over the armor like a shawl, at the right shoulder.
The identification of Zhang Banyu was very mature in the Han Dynasty.
The adjutant behind him couldn't help nodding, and was about to give up his hand to implement this matter, but when he saw Yan Bei turn his head, his nose was a little red and said, "I won't go, let the brother who ordered the order do it for me...... Kowtow to the fallen brother's Aon. ”
"Huh?" The adjutant paused for a moment, and then hurriedly intervened and responded: "No! ”
After saying that, the adjutant threw away his horse, and Yan Bei snorted lightly, and rode his horse through the tall urn city, the loyal guard Qingdao bent his bow and stood beside him, and his eyes looked at every piece of brick and stone of this famous city that stood in the Warring States Period.
Most of the cities in the Han Dynasty were mostly civil engineering structures, but Handan, as the capital of the Zhao State in the past, had the inner city structure made of large blue bricks, which was strong and reliable, and the civil engineering structure was only reinforced in the later Han Dynasty with the urn city and horse face wall...... All in all, this is an unusually solid city.
Entering the inner city, you can see the majestic Zhao Wuling King's soldiers, the wide street that can be used for eight horses in parallel is lined with layers of houses, although now every house is closed, and a yellow dog runs on the street from time to time, which seems to be particularly depressed, but Yan Bei's eyes are overflowing with satisfaction.
How can you not be satisfied? This city is fatter than Xiangping, Wuji, and even Zhang Chun's current troops...... A hundred times better!
And now, the owner of this city...... It's called Yanbei!
"Captain, we caught that Han official named Fu Zhu, what should we do?"
A column of sergeants marched through the streets, and the horsemen who reported the news galloped from their horses, turned over and dismounted, and said: "I was stationed in the county office, and finally I was hit in the leg bone by a crossbow arrow, and then I was captured. ”
Yan Bei nodded calmly, and said with the joy in his heart: "Choose a house for him, send a team of soldiers to guard it strictly, don't let him run away, don't let him die, find a doctor to treat his injuries, eat and wear well, and don't slack off." The bounty will be pressed first, and three days later, the sergeants will be gathered in Congtai to discuss the meritorious deeds! ”
"In addition, I sent a message to the generals from all over the country to Handan City in three days, and I have important matters to discuss."
On the reward for meritorious deeds, Yan Bei's eyelids twitched. Before the war began, he had made too many wishes, but he was afraid that this time he would have to scatter all the money in his hands.
But what about that old saying?
Wealth scatters and people gather.
Although this is not a minister's road but a royal road, for Yanbei...... Under Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, the soldiers in his hands are his Yanbei's life.
Once he doesn't even have this little bit of people in his hands, the puppet emperor and puppet general in Jizhou can't wait to get rid of him!
Yan Bei didn't plan to meet with Fu Zhu now, and the top priority for him now was to go to Feiru...... Rescue his third brother Yandong.
There is nothing more precious in this world than brotherhood.
"Ah, murderous ......"
At this moment, when Yanbei's troops marched in the streets and alleys of Handan City, a scream came from the houses next to the road.
The woman's scream.
Yan Bei glanced at each other with the guards, raised his horsewhip and said, "Go over and take a look." ”
The sergeant was ordered to march out, and Yan Bei paced his horse at the door of the house to piggyback, his left hand buckled the hilt of the knife, because standing here probably made him have some bad associations in his heart.
After 70 days of waiting in full swing, 4,000 lives died tragically under the city...... Yan Bei knew that his subordinates were being held back too hard.
There was a lot of energy in people's hearts, which was waiting for him to give the order to break the city and plunder for three days.
In many cases, the general or lieutenant who gives orders is far more mentally sober than the non-commissioned officer who fights in person on the battlefield, because the blood does not rush to the brain.
Especially in this kind of protracted killing battlefield around the city, the spirit of either you die or I die occupies everyone's heads...... For Yanbei, conquering this Xiongcheng of Jizhou means that he relied on his brothers to seize control of half of Jizhou, and get a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack in the true sense.
More importantly, he hid a heavier chip in his game with Zhang Chun.
But for those ordinary soldiers? The head means a reward, because Captain Yan said that he wanted to attack the city, so he attacked the city. As for the point of laying down the city? Handan City is no more meaningful to them than the seat of Julu County.
It's just a city.
For seventy days, the soldiers became machines that only knew how to kill, mingling with the loess that was often blown up by the winds on the spring plains, chewing dry naan, drinking soup made of large salt particles and gravel, and being surrounded by the cry of fear before death?
People are actually not far from perversion.
Is there anyone still reasonable at this time?
War is a terrible beast that devours the highest morality in the human heart and makes the most cowardly dare to lift the knife.
A red-eyed sergeant was escorted out, his armor already in his hands, shirtless with a stiff smile on his face. Behind him, the soldier came out with a weeping woman...... And there was blood on her clothes.
"Captain, her man was killed......"
Yan Bei lowered her head, and the woman lowered her head and did not dare to meet his gaze.
"Captain Yan? His subordinates killed three people at the head of the city...... I don't want a reward! ”
"You're brave." Yan Bei looked at him, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and raised his head and asked, "Then what do you want?" ”
"I want her!"
"Hmm...... You take two steps forward. Yan Bei said softly, his eyes flashed back and forth on the faces of the woman and the sergeant, the sergeant took two steps forward, and suddenly saw a flash of the knife, Yan Bei's narrow eyes looked at him emotionlessly, wiping the blood on the knife on the war horse, "I can't give you a woman...... But I can give you a knife. ”