Chapter 64: Chills
Deng Ai's 20,000 troops came, but this was not what Deng Ai wanted to come, but Sima Zhao's strong order!
Jia Chong was defeated, losing nearly 10,000 teachers, and losing the important stronghold of Xixian, and Sima Zhao could not force it at this time, and Jia Chong's differentiation strategy has all failed.
There are also many people behind the Zhong Society, Yingchuan Zhong is also the leader in the world, Sima Zhao wants to move the Zhong Society, it is also very difficult.
What's more, Zhong Hui is Sima Zhao's right-hand man on the surface, if Sima Zhao dares to deal with Zhong Hui when Zhong Hui has not really raised the flag to rebel, who would dare to take refuge in Sima Clan.
The most important thing is that now it is still the Wei State, or the Wei State of the Cao Clan, the Cao Clan raised the flag in Youzhou to rebel, which involved a lot of Sima Zhao's energy, Zhong will have the heart to raise the enemy and respect himself, only confront the Han State, and continue to accumulate strength.
Regardless of this time, after losing several battles on his side, the morale of the army has declined, but Sima Zhao has to take this into account, in the past, he bullied the Wei State, but now the Wei State only relies on the water army, and the great river is dangerous, which makes the Wei State lose a good prop to boost the morale of the army.
Now there is only Deng Ai who is forced to fight, the Han State is like a hedgehog, and now Bazhou and Hanzhong border counties are heavy troops, attacking these places, the possibility of failure is the majority, looking at the map, Sima Zhao has taken a fancy to the stronghold of Shangyong County.
Shangyong County has been occupied by the Wei State by two-thirds, and the Han State has only one-third of it, so in this case, taking the entire territory of Shangyong County is also a good way to export evil spirits.
Although Deng Ai was unwilling, he trained elite soldiers in Jingzhou, and it had only been a few months, and the soldiers had not yet been trained, not to mention that the remaining part of Shangyong County, although it also belonged to Shangyong County, was a dangerous place, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But Sima Zhao can't wait for time, he feels that his time is running out, he wants to usurp the throne, but he can't usurp the throne after successive defeats, otherwise the people will be unconvinced, the Cao family has done the country for decades, and their Sima family may not be as good as the Cao family.
Several edicts, under the strong order, Deng Ai can only obey the order, although he made great contributions last year, but Zhong Hui also retreated the responsibility to him, different from Zhong Hui, the Zhong family of the world's famous family.
Deng Ai was just from a poor family in the place, and he was promoted by Sima Yi in the micro end back then, Sima Zhao's order, he couldn't disobey!
Han Shangyong County Middle School
"Bang bang" a few times, the roar broke through the air, and the boulder fell, causing the enemy soldiers below who could not dodge to fall down with a bang.
The banner of "killing" was unmoved, and at the head of the city, the Han soldiers roared and shouted, their faces were as hideous as blood, and there were people who drove the newly pulled out people, and these people were driven to the city with only spears.
Li Liu's wheezing sound at this time was the same as the bellows of the blacksmith shop, the enemy who saw it poured up, he mustered up the last strength in his body, and the oblique knife flew towards him, only to hear the sound of "poof", and slashed into the opponent's body very hard, tearing and spurting blood, spraying the city wall.
The soldiers around him were holding spears and fighting to pick the grid, and the enemy soldiers who rushed over were pierced by the spears and fell heavily to the ground.
The corpses of the enemy that were crisscrossed under the city had been piled up into a small slope, blood continued to flow down from the cracks of the corpses, and the screams and cries in the city were in danger at this time.
Suddenly, there was a great chaos in the city, and another group of Wei soldiers killed the city, fighting, blood gushing, stumbling and rolling, like a blade, trying to tear open the protection of the city.
At this time, the leader is holding two halberds, sweeping left and right, and each time, his side is swept over, and the enemy soldiers behind swarm up to kill.
"Not good!" Seeing this, Li Liu knew that it would not work, and if he was killed by this Wei general like this, the city would be broken, and he wanted to go over and kill the Wei general, but he seemed to have no strength in his body, and when he was desperate, he only heard an order: "Shoot!" ”
I only heard the sound of "poof" endlessly, and the member Wei Jiang roared angrily at this time, but he was hit by more than a dozen arrows in his body, and he was stunned and threw himself on the ground.
As soon as this man died, the Wei people who rushed to the city were finally demoralized, although they were driven down the city like a tide under the counterattack of the Han soldiers.
In the embers of fireworks, the sun sets.
The sunset was like snow, and Li Liu was holding on to the city wall with some detachment, and he also felt that his vision was stained with blood and water everywhere.
At this time, it can be seen that the Wei people's main formation, which was close to the city wall, finally retreated and retreated to the camp in the rear after several days of attack.
This is already the ninth day, these days, Li Muke can be said to be doing his best, if it is not that he can't surrender, he must have surrendered, but at this time, he can only use all the means, and all the strength in his hands has basically been used.
At the same time, Deng Ai was also ruthless, he was invincible in this battle, and the consequences were also known to be very serious, but the soldiers in his hands, after five days of fighting, had already lost more than half, he used the most vicious method, that is, regardless of reputation, ordered people to arrest the Han people in the mountains and the Han people in the rear counties, and brought these strong men to drive tens of thousands of people to attack the city.
As soon as this method appeared, even Li Mu, who was a Qiang person, felt that Deng Ai was crazy.
This is to send these people to death, but Deng Ai also has difficulties, if he doesn't do this, he can't capture the city, then his consequences will not be much better.
These tens of thousands of people only issued bamboo guns, and rushed up like this, and Deng Ai also sent some elites, mixed in with these people, and also sent out, mixed in with them.
This battle, another three days and three nights, this from the rear counties, the tens of thousands of people pulled from the county have basically been consumed, although these people also broke out many crazy attacks, but still by the Han army relying on the city wall to resist.
Hearing the drum and trumpet, the strong men of Shangyong City stepped forward one by one at this time, stepped forward to clean up the situation, and pulled down the corpses of the enemy and their own people one by one, and there were also strong men who made up for the enemy's wounded soldiers.
After only listening to a few voices of Jia Ye, Li turned around and saw that it was Li Mu and his brother Li Itch coming over.
"If we don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on." Li Yi said at this time, and he said bluntly: "Father, there are two thousand sons in my camp, and now there are less than half of them." ”
"And half of them are wounded, and there are only two or three hundred people who can really fight." Li Yi looked at the military camp of the Wei people under the city at this time, the Wei people still had tens of thousands of soldiers, and he said at this time: "Father, should we consider withdrawing?" ”
"Withdraw now, I'm afraid of a dead end." Among the brothers, Li Liu has read the most books and understands the situation the most: "Now neither we nor the Wei generals have a way to retreat, as soon as we retreat, the army will be defeated like a mountain, and the responsibility for losing the land will naturally be all on us, and if we are held accountable, Your Majesty is only afraid that we will not be spared." ”
Hearing this, the father and son all smiled bitterly, and at this time they also faintly heard some rumors and warnings, and knew that what they said was true.
Li Liu didn't complain at this time, he just touched the knife and said in a voice that squeezed out between his teeth: "Father, I don't think the enemy army will last long!" ”
"That's right, it's better to hold on than anyone else now."
On the viewing platform, Deng Ai silently looked at Shangyong City in front of him at this time.
"Won't you surrender?" Turning his head, he asked a scribe.
"Yes!" The scribe bowed his head and spoke, not daring to lift his head.
"Hehe, I can't imagine that this Qiang people are still so loyal, and they still refuse to surrender at this juncture, if they go to the old age, those Han generals and Hanchens have such a backbone, I won't live today, okay! Order, rest for the night, tomorrow must break the city, Xu not to seal the knife. ”
Deng Ai is good at boosting morale, and after some promises, morale has risen slightly.
"Yes!" The trumpets sounded, and the formation was withdrawn from the barracks.
At this time, the castle guard in the city was lighting the lamp, and the group was discussing inside.
Speaking of discussions, the most important people are only Li Mu, Li Liu, Li Qi, their father and son, as well as Zhang Teng, the cavalry captain sent by Luo Shang, and the military Sima Fashang sent by Fa Sui, who is now the leader of the five people in the city.
Of course, Li Mu, the superior lieutenant, is the highest, and Zhang Teng's cavalry lieutenant is just a miscellaneous military position, similar to the military Sima, commanding two battalions of cavalry, and Li Liu and Li Qi are both military ranks, and they are not even formally appointed, but temporary positions.
However, at this time, Zhang Teng and Fa Shang were patrolling outside, and they had not yet arrived at the city guard mansion, so in the city guard mansion, there were only three Li father and son.
"How many soldiers do we have now?"
"We have already exhausted more than half of the 3,000 soldiers we have mastered, father, this is the foundation of the Li family for decades." At this time, Li Qi had already shouted: "Father, it looks like we know that this is deliberately consuming our strength!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, you see that there are more than 1,000 people in the Anqiang camp here, plus the 1,000 soldiers sent by the envoy and the 500 soldiers later, what else?" Li Liu asked coldly at this time: "In such a situation, no outsider will think that this is the country's lord deliberately consuming our strength!" ”
"Brother, things are difficult here, and it is precisely because of the support from the rear that things are difficult to do." Li Qi shouted at this time: "According to my statement, it is better to surrender the Wei people, hum, at that time, the Wei people will have to hand over this Shangyong County to us." ”
Hearing this, Li Mu's face couldn't help twitching his muscles, in this era, it is difficult for people who turn their backs on the lord to gain respect in this world.
Especially when the lord is merciful and does not violate morality, besides, the Han State is a wolf's den, so the Wei State is not a tiger's nest?
Just look at the Wei general, sacrificing the lives of the people and 10,000 people, you know how ruthless it is, and there was a massacre of the city last year, how could they vote!
"This can't be done, brother, that Zhang Teng and Fa Shang are both loyal and righteous people, even my family, and my family members are also in the rear, if they betray, it is my family, and they will also be exterminated, and the second brother ......"
"Don't think about it." Li Liu said at this time, looked left and right, and suddenly said: "If my family wants to win, we must come up with a strange plan, and my father has sent a dead soldier to infiltrate the enemy army and assassinate General Wei." ”
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On the viewing platform, Deng Ai silently looked at Shangyong City in front of him at this time.
"Won't you surrender?" Turning his head, he asked a scribe.
"Yes!" The scribe bowed his head and spoke, not daring to lift his head.
"Hehe, I can't imagine that this Qiang people are still so loyal, and they still refuse to surrender at this juncture, if they go to the old age, those Han generals and Hanchens have such a backbone, I won't live today, okay! Order, rest for the night, tomorrow must break the city, Xu not to seal the knife. ”
Deng Ai is good at boosting morale, and after some promises, morale has risen slightly.
"Yes!" The trumpets sounded, and the formation was withdrawn from the barracks.
At this time, the castle guard in the city was lighting the lamp, and the group was discussing inside.
Speaking of discussions, the most important people are only Li Mu, Li Liu, Li Qi, their father and son, as well as Zhang Teng, the cavalry captain sent by Luo Shang, and the military Sima Fashang sent by Fa Sui, who is now the leader of the five people in the city.
Of course, Li Mu, the superior lieutenant, is the highest, and Zhang Teng's cavalry lieutenant is just a miscellaneous military position, similar to the military Sima, commanding two battalions of cavalry, and Li Liu and Li Qi are both military ranks, and they are not even formally appointed, but temporary positions.
However, at this time, Zhang Teng and Fa Shang were patrolling outside, and they had not yet arrived at the city guard mansion, so in the city guard mansion, there were only three Li father and son.
"How many soldiers do we have now?"
"We have already exhausted more than half of the 3,000 soldiers we have mastered, father, this is the foundation of the Li family for decades." At this time, Li Qi had already shouted: "Father, it looks like we know that this is deliberately consuming our strength!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, you see that there are more than 1,000 people in the Anqiang camp here, plus the 1,000 soldiers sent by the envoy and the 500 soldiers later, what else?" Li Liu asked coldly at this time: "In such a situation, no outsider will think that this is the country's lord deliberately consuming our strength!" ”
"Brother, things are difficult here, and it is precisely because of the support from the rear that things are difficult to do." Li Qi shouted at this time: "According to my statement, it is better to surrender the Wei people, hum, at that time, the Wei people will have to hand over this Shangyong County to us." ”
Hearing this, Li Mu's face couldn't help twitching his muscles, in this era, it is difficult for people who turn their backs on the lord to gain respect in this world.
Especially when the lord is merciful and does not violate morality, besides, the Han State is a wolf's den, so the Wei State is not a tiger's nest?
Just look at the Wei general, sacrificing the lives of the people and 10,000 people, you know how ruthless it is, and there was a massacre of the city last year, how could they vote!
"This can't be done, brother, that Zhang Teng and Fa Shang are both loyal and righteous people, even my family, and my family members are also in the rear, if they betray, it is my family, and they will also be exterminated, and the second brother ......"
"Don't think about it." Li Mu said at this time, looked left and right, and suddenly said: "If my family wants to win, we must come up with a strange plan, and my father has already sent a dead soldier to infiltrate the enemy army and assassinate General Wei." ”
"What?" Li Mu and Li Qi both looked at it, and suspected that Li Liu was a little crazy.
Of course, it is best to assassinate the Wei generals, the Wei people are about to collapse immediately, Deng Ai is loyal to the Sima clan, if it weren't for him, the Wei people would not have been able to gather such a force of more than 20,000 capable soldiers in Jingzhou.