Chapter 2037 is why, what to do
Maicheng.
Maicheng was an important city of Chu State in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It is said that it was built by King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, when the people of Wu attacked Chu, Wu Zixu built donkey and mill cities on the left and right to attack this city, which means "the donkey in the east is milled in the west, and the city of wheat will be destroyed by itself". So in history, Guan Yu went to Maicheng, maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe it also revealed a bit of the taste of killing donkeys...
Now Zhang Yun feels like the wheat being continuously crushed in the donkey mill.
Because from the Spring and Autumn period to the present, the terrain around Maicheng has undergone many changes. The fortified city that was originally located between the Juzhang and Zhangzhou Rivers, the accumulation of sediment, and the diversion of the river have made Maicheng now an ordinary small town. , although Zhang Yun and other Jingzhou soldiers urgently repaired and erected fortifications, it is obviously still not a strong city.
Whether it is arrows, rolling stones, or food reserves, there are some problems. The only thing that can support Zhang Yun and others is the hope of Liu Biao''s reinforcements.
The only good news is that now the Juzhang Ershui River has changed, forming a large area of ??reed fields and mud fields, making it difficult for the attacking Jiangdong to form a strong attack.
This time it was Pan Zhang who was mainly responsible for attacking Maicheng.
Pan Zhang can also be regarded as Sun Quan''s confidant general, and he has been with Sun Quan in the early years. Before Zhou Tai took Jiangling, this time Pan Zhang led the army, and he wanted to capture Maicheng and open up the road to the north!
The most important thing in attacking a city that is firmly guarded by the city wall is to consume the strength and equipment of the defenders, so that they can finally break through the city in one fell swoop, and to consume it, one must sacrifice their lives. Fortunately, Nanjun has a large population, and Pan Zhang doesn''t care about human life the least. Yes, they collected a large number of people without any hesitation, and took turns to attack day and night. Even if a sea of ??blood was ground out, Maicheng would be submerged!
So this siege seemed extremely tragic from the very beginning.
Jiangling people in a group of ten were tied into a team, and then under the persecution of swords and guns, they came to Maicheng with mud bags like walking corpses, and braved arrows to throw the mud bags into the river to fill up the ditches. piled up under the city. Let the Jingzhou soldiers who defend the city shoot, not to mention the consumption of arrows, and it will not have much effect. If you don''t shoot, if you can''t stop the people of Jiangling from filling up the trenches and piling up mounds, they will be attacked on the city wall sooner or later. Don''t be cruel, shoot down one or two people in a group of Jiangling people, and then try to delay the rhythm of the Jiangdong soldiers'' attack.
But what he didn''t expect was that Pan Zhang didn''t care whether it was mud or flesh filling the moat below the city!
The Jiangdong soldiers in the back held up their big shields, forcing them to push the living people and the dead together and fill them in!
The people of Jiangling wailed, but there was little resistance. It''s like a group of bleating sheep. Even if they see their own kind being skinned, cut and deboned, at most they bleat twice more, and then turn their attention to the green grass in front of them. Anyway, the next one will be caught. It is not necessarily oneself who is slaughtered.
From daytime to nightfall, the offensive did not stop at all.
Pan Zhang ordered to light the torches and continue the night battle.
Countless soil and flesh were filled in, the moat was filled, and blood mixed with muddy water overflowed from the congested moat, showing a strange purple color under the dim yellow night.
Among the filled soil, some human hands or feet were exposed one by one, stretching in different directions, and in some cases even twitched violently, just like these people who were buried It''s as if the people in it are still alive, and it seems that these dead souls want to catch the living people passing by and drag them into the underworld together.
However, this is only the beginning...
More Jiangling citizens were escorted and dragged. When they arrived at the front of the formation, Jiangdong soldiers held a basket, and one by one began to distribute black pancakes about half the size of a fist, and then began to give these people some broken knives and guns. Drive them forward, until the city.
Above Maicheng, dozens of Jingzhou soldiers held large shields and stood firmly at the crenel. Cooperating with long spears and wooden forks, they withstood fifteen or six long ladders. Under these long ladders, there were groups of Jiangling people who had just picked up their swords and guns, their faces pale and at a loss. Some people have already gnawed the black pancakes, while others are still burying their heads in gnawing...
『Go up! go up! Hurry up! The Jiangdong soldiers who were supervising the battle behind waved their sabers, "Go up, go up!" Go to the city alone, the old and the young go home! If you can get the head of a first-level Jingzhou soldier, you will be rewarded with a hundred gold! superior! superior! 』
These Jiangling people have weapons in their hands. If they want, they can even turn around and fight Jiangdong soldiers!
But nobody does that...
The soldiers of Jingzhou on Maicheng shouted: "Fellows! You belong to Song Jiaqu! I also went to your village to build roads and pass through canals, have you forgotten? The thieves and robbers you made a few years ago were also caught by us! Don''t come up! Run if you dare not fight, run! 』
"superior! superior! Anyone who dares to run will be hacked to death! 』Jiangdong soldiers roared from behind, and then slashed on the last Jiangling citizen who fell, blood gushed out, and the Jiangling people who hadn''t died screamed and rolled on the ground, Xiao Ban pulled the black pancake in the muddy water and blood Bubbled in water.
The rest of the Jiangling people gathered under the city seemed to be pricked by needles, one by two began to climb up the ladder...
"Why? ’The Jingzhou local soldiers on the top of the city were so anxious that they cried out, ‘Why listen to them, can’t you tell the good from the bad? Why? ! 』
The people in Jiangling who were persecuted also cried and pushed forward desperately, "Don''t blame me, they are so fierce... We are being persecuted, they are so fierce..."
The two sides on the top of the city were in a stalemate. In the end, it was unknown which side moved the knife first, and then a piece of flesh and blood fell like rain.
The Jingzhou soldiers defending the city began to attack in desperation, hacking and killing those Jiangling people.
Among the **** rain, the people of Jiangling, brandishing their swords and guns, were crying, "I blame you, I blame you, didn''t I say that I want to protect us?" You didn’t guard well, and now you are coming to kill us...I blame you, you deserve to die, you all deserve to die...』
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Gan Ning brandished a thick-backed broadsword and hacked into Cao Jun''s formation. In the last few steps of sprinting, Gan Ning almost flew up, and with the force of the forward charge, he chopped down the three of them in one fell swoop.
The strategy of directly hitting in was also formulated before the war, which was to make these Cao army infantry collapse under the attack, make them turn around and flee, and disrupt the follow-up Cao army formation. This is also the only way to raid at night. With the defeated army in chaos, one wave drives another wave, and finally affects the entire opponent array until it is completely broken.
Gan Ning is also a person who is proficient in battle formation, so it is needless to say that he used these methods. At least from the present point of view, whether it is the point of breakthrough or the development, Gan Ning has done a good job, and it is also the most correct choice.
Behind Gan Ning, the Jingzhou soldiers followed closely and rushed into Cao Jun''s lineup. Cao Jun who dared to stand in front was basically cut down, like a wild boar digging into a cornfield. All kinds of inarticulate screams and screams erupted.
The sound of swords piercing into flesh came from all around, blood gushed out continuously in an instant, and there were screams everywhere. In an instant, Gan Ning''s troops smashed Cao Jun''s first formation, Gan Ning waved the saber on his back and shouted: "Over there!" Drive to the center banner! 』
Defeating Cao Jun''s camp may be just around the corner!
However, at the center of Cao Jun’s army, under the banner of the Cao family, it was not Cao Hong, but Cai Hao and some of Cao Hong’s guards...
Although Cai Hao was wearing Cao Hong''s armor and was sitting still, his eyes could not help turning left and right, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. The guard Cao Hong behind him made Cai Mao feel like a thorn was on his back.
When Gan Ning came in, Cai Mao''s hands and feet trembled even more. Maybe Cao Hong didn''t know, but Cai Mao didn''t know how good Gan Ning and Gan Xingba were? If he was killed close to him, with Cao Hong guarding him, he would definitely not give up his life to protect him, not to mention that...
Cao Hong''s guard seemed to see Cai Mao''s uneasiness, and said coldly, "It''s good to sit down!" It will be fine! The general has made arrangements, this battle must be won! 』
Cai Mao managed to force a smile, and prayed in his heart, hoping that these soldiers left behind by Cao Hong could stop Gan Ning!
Where did Cao Hong go?
Cao Hong led the cavalry, ready to go straight to the Xiangyang Bridge and surprise the Xiangyang North Camp!
Facing the Xiangyang Bridge is the Xiangyang North Camp of the Jingzhou soldiers.
The garrison general in Xiangyang North Camp was Shen Mi who came to Jingzhou with Gan Ning. His personal martial arts is naturally not as brave as Gan Ning, so Gan Ning has always been the one who stands out, compared to him, he is a little unknown.
Shen Mi originally hated Sichuan and Shu, thinking that Sichuan and Shu are poor, dirty, and chaotic. It seems that they are all mountains, trees, soil, and bugs. After arriving in Jingzhou, everything seems to be fine. Wake up, you don''t have to run around to conquer the barbarians, and you can even eat meat and drink often without worrying about sleeping. When you wake up, there are a few blood-sucking flesh worms on your neck...
In the past two years, Shen Mi has always spared no effort to eliminate thieves and suppress tycoons for Liu Biao. And Liu Biao is of course very kind to such an obedient general who is not from the Jingzhou faction, and he rewards him constantly. Life in Jingzhou, for Shen Mi, compared to Sichuan, of course it can be regarded as a big step up.
But I don''t know why, during this period of time, Shen Mi often thinks of Sichuan, folk songs, streams, moss, and the mountain peaks shrouded in clouds in his dreams.
Obviously I hate Sichuan and Shu?
Obviously Jingzhou is much better than Sichuan and Shu?
This made Shen Mi not quite understand.
What Shen Mi couldn''t understand was that the situation of the big man became more and more strange. The central court of the Han Dynasty was precarious, and the place seemed difficult to settle down.
The alliance between Liu Biao and Cao Cao suddenly collapsed, and Cao Jun approached Xiangyang, which turned upside down, and the intensified conflict between Liu and Cai made Shen Mi somewhat panicked. At this time, Liu Biao summoned Shen Mi, and begged him to guard Xiangyang Beiying and defend the place...
In Shen Mi''s view, since he has received a lot of courtesy and benefits from Liu Biao in the past two years, it is natural to stand by Liu Biao''s side at critical moments. Keep the North Camp of Xiangyang City well, the camp is alive, and the camp is dead.
As for Liu Biao and Cao Cao, who will win?
Shen Mi didn''t know, and he didn''t think much about it.
It''s just that when she is free, Shen Mi sometimes wonders, aren''t Liu Biao and Cao Cao both Hanchens? Why are you calling back and forth? Didn''t Liu Biao and Cao Cao call each other brothers before? Could it be that the friendship between brothers is so fragile?
Tonight when Gan Ning attacked, Shen Mi was also sleepless, standing on the wall of the camp, watching the flickering flames and swaying figures in the distance, and watching Gan Ning rushing into the half-built camp of Cao Jun with his soldiers, his hands couldn''t help He clenched it tightly, as if he wanted to transfer part of his strength to Gan Ning through the air.
Seeing Gan Ning slashing and killing in Cao Ying, Shen Mi couldn''t help but applaud loudly!
After all, this time is also the last time for Shen Mi to lead the army.
When you fight back and forth, you always hit yourself, and when you kill and kill, you always kill yourself.
This is the case in Sichuan and Shu, but it is also the case in Jingzhou...
Shen Mi felt tired.
Shen Mi has revealed to Gan Ning many times about the current chaotic situation of the Han Dynasty that he is ready to bid farewell to Liu Biao after repelling Cao Jun in this battle. In the mountains, those gold and silver belongings were either left to Gan Ning, or returned to Liu Biao. Anyway, I fought my life to defend Liu Biao against Cao Jun, which can be regarded as repaying Liu Biao''s kindness in the past two years.
Thinking about what I hated the most in the past, Sichuan and Shu, but now I want to go back to Sichuan and Shu. Shen Mi doesn''t know whether he did the right thing or went wrong all these years.
Watching Gan Ning and Cao Jun fighting, Shen Mi stood on top of the camp, applauded the benefits, and shook his head and sighed when he saw the entanglement: "You should take the flank, how can you go straight?" From the outside to the inside, layer by layer, so that it can be driven more, like going straight to the Chinese army. Although it is brave and shocking the enemy, but if you say... hey, Xingba is good at everything, but it is too brave. fight...''
Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from the other side of Cao Jun''s camp!
In the swaying flames, I saw a group of cavalry mixed with infantry, completely ignoring the battle on Gan Ning''s side, but going straight to Xiangyang Bridge!
Xiangyang Bridge, across the Han River, was originally an important passage connecting Fancheng and Xiangyang. If Liu Biao''s original plan was followed, even if Cao Jun came, he would first pass through Xinye, then use Fancheng to block it, and finally Xiangyang. Therefore, Liu Biao did not intend to demolish the Xiangyang Bridge from the beginning.
However, what I didn''t expect was that Cao Jun didn''t take the line of Xinye Fancheng at all, but went directly to the city of Xiangyang through Bishui. In Fancheng in the northwest of Xiangyang, firstly, there were no generals stationed, and secondly, I am afraid that he was caught off guard and failed to target them. How to deal with Cao Jun''s attack.
So Liu Biao had three lines of defense against Cao Cao, but now there is only the last one left, the North Camp of Xiangyang City. To reach the North Camp of Xiangyang City, one must first pass the Xiangyang Bridge.
I have also considered whether to destroy the bridge before, but firstly, the number of Cao''s army seems to be small, and secondly, destroying the bridge also means breaking the road, and it is even equivalent to automatically abandoning Fancheng and the area north of Fancheng to Cao Cao. In terms of the low morale of the soldiers in Jingzhou, it was undoubtedly another blow.
Therefore, the Xiangyang Bridge was not moved, but I didn''t expect Cao Jun''s counterattack to be so fast, even a little incredible!
After being stunned for a moment, Shen Mi immediately patted the wooden pile on the wall of the camp, "It''s broken! Hurry up...''
Before he finished speaking, Shen Mi felt a sudden chill on his lower back, as if a piece of ice had stuck to his skin, and the next moment was a sharp pain!
Shen Mi howled subconsciously, and then instinctively punched backwards, but the punch was empty, and reached out to touch his lower back, except for the biting cold, all he felt was slippery.
"you…"
Shen Mi stared wide-eyed, fixedly staring at the guard standing behind him, the guard who followed him all the way from Sichuan to Jingxiang.
The rest of the guards also looked at all this in surprise, and one of the guards asked blankly, "Ah Cheng, what are you doing..."
Before everyone reacted, the person who did it had already gritted his teeth and shouted: "Do it! 』
Immediately, more than a dozen people rushed up, armed with swords and guns, and surrounded Shen Mi''s remaining personal guards, and in a blink of an eye, flesh and blood flew everywhere!
Shen Mi felt that the energy in his whole body seemed to be disappearing through the wound, but he still didn''t understand, and shouted with glaring eyes, "Why? Why? ! 』
『It’s because you are ignorant! In such troubled times, we don''t want to die here! ”The hands of the man who did it were trembling, “You want to retreat to the mountains and forests, but where will you put us? ! We desperately protected you all the way out of Sichuan, is it just to go back to the bushes with you one day? Gold and silver treasures, you don''t want it, no problem, give it to us, but you want to return it! I totally forgot how we got here today! You want to retreat, you want to go back, I will send you back today! 』
Shen Mi was stunned for a moment, "I asked you back then, but you didn''t tell me..."
"we say? What do we say? The benefits and reputation are all yours, we can say...』
Before the man finished speaking, Shen Mi let out a fierce roar, and pulled out the sharp short blade on his back, rushed towards the man with a **** glow, grabbed it, and then the knife flashed If you move, you will be tied down!
The people next to him were frightened by Shen Mi for a moment, but when they reacted, it was too late to rescue them.
However, the knife in Shen Mi''s hand stopped in front of the man, and the blood on the tip of the knife dripped on the man''s face and flowed down the man''s face.
『Heh, huh...』 Shen Mi laughed twice, "I really thought... you and I are like brothers..."
Shen Mi pushed the man away, then looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "Brother..." Before he finished speaking, the rest of the people had rushed forward, raising their knives and guns, piercing Shen Mi thoroughly, and then mercilessly With one knife, Shen Mi''s head was chopped off, and Shen Mi''s blood gushed out all over the people around him!
『Shen Mi has conferred the title! Quickly open the camp gate! Welcome to the imperial army! Slay and treason! 』
(end of this chapter)