Chapter 2419 Counting


    Cao Jun roared loudly and climbed up the wall along the ladder, as if he could get a power buff by roaring loudly. But as soon as these Cao soldiers poked their heads out, sharp weapons came oncoming. The soldiers who couldn''t dodge were stabbed and fell down screaming, while those who escaped immediately fought back with their weapons. Two soldiers also fell down, and the Jiangdong soldiers in the back rushed forward with howls, and the two sides exchanged death endlessly at the ladder.


    The soldiers of Cao Jun in the first wave and the second wave have retreated to repair.


    Cao Jun soldiers in the first two waves suffered a lot of casualties, especially Cao Jun in the first wave. Even with the powerful attack power of the catapult, it did not directly destroy the morale of the Jiangdong soldiers, and the Jiangdong soldiers occupied a favorable location, which made Cao''s soldiers pay a considerable price.


    Xia Houjie moved forward and arrived at the Cao army array closest to the city, but did not carry his own flag. After all, in this day and age, moving with a battle flag is almost equivalent to telling the other party where you are. Xia Houjie listened to the shouts of killing from the top and bottom of the city wall, and watched the new troops enter the killing field with a calm expression.


    There are not many Jiangdong soldiers on the city wall.


    This is about as expected.


    Although the Jiangdong Army occupies a favorable location, Ling County itself is not big. After being attacked by the catapults, it also caused a certain amount of damage to the city walls and defensive equipment. It was Cao Jun himself who was more proficient in land warfare. In the process of fighting for the city wall, Jiangdong soldiers were constantly injured and killed.


    The most critical thing is that Ling County lacks Zhongda’s defensive equipment, and it is weak against Cao Jun’s siege equipment...


    Originally, there was kerosene on the city wall of the Jiangdong Army, which was intended to be used to burn crash vehicles and other equipment, but these kerosene also became part of the previous fire, and participated in a crazy dance jubilantly, so there was no drop.


    When the corpses were slowly piled up on the city wall, the first Cao soldier finally got a firm foothold on the city wall. Although he was quickly killed by the following Jiangdong soldiers, with the follow-up Cao Jun''s soldiers rushed up the city wall, and the Jiangdong soldiers couldn''t bear it.


    A soldier of Cao Jun shrank behind the shield and withstood the thrusts of several spears of Jiangdong soldiers. Then another Cao Jun spearman stood up next to him. This spearman cooperated with the sword and shield hand to kill a Jiangdong soldier, and immediately opened There was a small gap, and more soldiers of Cao Jun appeared on the city wall and formed a small formation to attack. The Jiangdong soldiers couldn''t resist, and after killing a few people, they uttered a cry, turned and fled to the back.


    Xia Houjie also took the opportunity to board the city wall, and led the soldiers of Cao Jun to advance for a section, occupying a section of the city wall, and then left a part of the soldiers to control the bifurcation of the city wall of Wengcheng. Turning to the north, they ran down the corridor directly to the city. They had to capture the city gate and let the army enter the city through the city gate. This was the fastest way to invest their troops, and it was also their most important combat goal at the moment.


    At this time in the city, there are still many burning fires near the city wall, which should have been ignited by Cao Cao''s kerosene bombs before. The places near the city gate are all charred house wreckage, and there are still some heat waves in the air. , there are black smoke everywhere, thick or light, dancing around non-stop, like monsters and monsters floating in the air, or baring their teeth and claws, or showing a sneer.


    A group of Jiangdong soldiers happened to run up from under the tunnel, and bumped into Xia Houjie and others head-on.


    Xia Houjie shouted loudly, shook out his long spear, and assassinated the first Jiangdong soldier on the spot. Then Xia Houjie''s guards also moved forward one after another, raising their swords and guns at the same time. On the ground, screaming again and again, rolling down the ramp.


    Jiangdong at the back of the tunnel dodged the wounded soldiers on the ground, and the formation became chaotic. Xia Houjie took the opportunity to rush forward with his soldiers, and quickly defeated the messy Jiangdong soldiers. At the price of a slight casualty of two people, they were cleared. The Jiangdong soldiers who came from the corridor were supplemented.


    The loss of the Wengcheng caused Jiangdong soldiers to lose an important defensive support point. Cao Jun''s archers also climbed up the city wall one after another, shooting at Jiangdong soldiers in sight, which made Jiangdong soldiers even more flustered, and Jiangdong soldiers had to fight when they assembled. Suffering more losses, and the Jiangdong soldiers who charged up alone were not the opponents of Cao Jun who had already formed an formation.


    Under such circumstances, Jiangdong soldiers fled one after another.


    Xia Houjie began to attack the Jiangdong soldiers guarding the city gate, and the Cao Jun archers who arrived later stood on the city wall and suppressed the Jiangdong soldiers who were rushing. With the heavy arrows that pierced the armor, the Jiangdong soldiers left a few corpses and retreated into the city. With more and more Cao troops following up, it didn''t take long for Xia Houjie to slaughter all the Jiangdong soldiers in the city gate. , and then opened the city gate.


    Cao Jun soldiers who had been around the city gate early swarmed in, and the Cao Jun column wearing red and black shirts rushed into Ling County along Chengmen Street. Cao Jun fought head-on, and hid in the alleys beside the road.


    Yin Li, who entered the city from the city gate, greeted Xia Houjie, and without delay led a large group of soldiers, and quickly advanced towards the intersection of the cross street.


    Different from Xia Houjie, the guards behind Yin Li held up a small general flag with a big word "Yin" on it, stretching their teeth and claws on the flag.


    Yin Li is in a good mood. He originally thought that he would become a death squad, be the first to attack the city, and then be forced to fight to the death on the city wall of Ling County, but he didn''t expect that Xia Houjie would go to the city first, and he only had to wait for Xia Houjie to break through the city wall. , and then continue to advance into the city.


    For such an arrangement, Yin Li even felt a glimmer of relief.


    Yin Li also knew about the Taishan Army. But it was clear, and he couldn''t think of any good solution. This time Changxi was killed, which can be regarded as a big problem exposed among the Taishan Army. Yin Li was afraid that he would be implicated, but it seems that there is no such thing now. .


    The general still understands the truth and can tell right from wrong...


    "Be careful! 』


    Yin Li was a little distracted, and ran into a group of Jiangdong soldiers head-on, and was almost shot in the chest by one of the Jiangdong soldiers. Fortunately, at the last moment, Yin Li turned his body sideways, and the point of the gun was drawn on the iron armor on his chest. There was a flash of fire!


    Yin Li''s heart tightened, and he put all his thoughts on the battlefield. He swung his knife and knocked the Jiangdong spearman to the ground. Then he fired another spear, and chopped off the Jiangdong soldier''s arm with one blow. , bright red blood and yellow-white bone **** splashed in the air.


    "kill! 』


    Yin Li yelled and led his men to rush over, and several Jiangdong soldiers were hacked to death soon, but there were still Jiangdong soldiers rushing up with howls, some came from the alley, and even worse When Yin Li''s subordinates approached some doors and windows along the street, they suddenly rushed out from inside, or directly stabbed out with knives and guns, causing Yin Li''s subordinates to also suffer casualties.


    Yin Li was a little out of breath. These more than forty Jiangdong soldiers caused nearly 20 casualties of his subordinates, and these Jiangdong soldiers seemed a little strange...


    Normally, after the city is broken, the defenders will usually break up and flee, but the Jiangdong soldiers did not flee. This is one of the strange things. Another strange thing is that these Jiangdong soldiers are actually very powerful It''s not high, it''s like a second-class auxiliary soldier is stationed.


    A quarter of an hour later, Yin Li broke through the barrier and rushed to the government office in Ling County.


    The gate of the Lingxian government office was closed tightly. There seemed to be someone inside, and there were some movements, but they did not show their heads on the wall of the government office.


    Seeing the situation in front of him, Yin Li hesitated for a moment.


    "what to do? 』


    『Can’t you get on? 』


    Yin Li looked back, not knowing why, suddenly felt a little flustered in his heart, but they have already stood here, could it be possible to retreat?


    Yin Li gritted his teeth, "Go! 』


    Three or four of Yin Li''s subordinates approached the gate of the mansion warily, and then tried to push it, but they opened it all at once!


    Some figures in the government office were shaking, as if they had fled to the backyard.


    Sometimes it is like this, if there are no such figures, it is impossible to say that these soldiers under Yin Li will be suspicious. After all, they do not know who the opponent is and what will happen. He was inspired, and immediately uttered a cry, and rushed towards the inside!


    Yin Li couldn''t help being led by the soldiers, and rushed into the government office...


    But after walking a few steps, Yin Li realized that something was wrong.


    The messy objects scattered around, at first glance, look like fleeing people in a hurry, overturned and scattered on the ground, but now it seems that these messy things are mainly letters, lacquer boxes, wooden frames, and rags, and these Things have the same property...


    Combustible!


    Yin Li''s eyes flickered, then his nose twitched slightly, and then he smelled something that frightened him, "Not good! withdraw! Get out! 』


    As if Yin Li''s voice was an order, fires appeared in the mansion immediately, and at the same time, rockets shot out from nowhere also began to land in the mansion. The fire oil under these sundries was ignited, and the flames exploded into the sky!


    Everywhere you look is bright red!


    …(;￢￢￢)…


    Xia Houjie looked at the place in front of him where the flames suddenly burst into the sky, sneered, and then waved his arms, "Get out of Ling County! Order to withdraw from Ling County! 』


    Let''s drink some wine together, are we brothers?


    It’s really easy to fool a fool...


    The fire in the city spread quickly, and then began to spread along the streets, and soon spread to all the city gates. As for Xia Houjie, it may be because Cao Cao''s kerosene bombs had already ignited the burning objects before, and now Instead, there was no flame burning.


    Xia Houjie remembered that before Cao Cao sent soldiers over to explain matters...


    When will the Xiahou family of the Cao family take care of outsiders?


    Naturally when it comes in handy.


    Like the present moment.


    Xia Houjie glanced at the streets where the corpses were everywhere, and didn''t care whether Yin Li could escape from the fire. He just took his own soldiers back, went out of the city gate, and went directly to report to Cao Cao.


    Cao Cao looked at Xia Houjie coldly, his face was obviously not very good-looking, "There is a fire in the city? ! 』


    "yes. 』Xia Houjie didn''t know when, a blood-stained bandage appeared on his arm, and then the blood was still dripping down.


    『You then abandoned General Yin and retired? 』Cao Cao was furious.


    Xia Houjie prostrated himself on the ground, "I have advised General Yin not to advance rashly and proceed with caution, but General Yin did not listen..."


    Did Xia Houjie tell Yin Li to be careful?


    Definitely did.


    But that was before going to town.


    So what Xia Houjie said now is not false.


    "So..." Cao Cao''s expression eased a little, and then he snorted again, "Even if General Yin is greedy for meritorious deeds, you should be responsible for it!" Quickly go to Ling County to check and meet General Yin! If someone is caused to lose the general, he will be punished severely! 』


    Xia Houjie kowtowed, and then, dripping with blood and with "injuries", he stepped back to "respond" to Yin Li.


    Zang Ba watched coldly.


    Cao Cao is calm and composed.


    Life is like a drama, anyway, as long as you don’t feel embarrassed, it’s others who are embarrassed.


    『Come on, let the left and right wings go out with light cavalry! Chase and kill the defeated soldiers for ten miles! 』


    『The front army retreats! Send someone to clean up the battlefield! 』


    『The Chinese army is on alert! The scouts scattered thirty miles up and down! 』


    『The rear army is ready to accept the wounded, so prepare hot soup! Avoid drinking unboiled water! 』


    Cao Cao passed down the orders one after another in an orderly manner. After all the orders were issued, he turned his head slightly and met Man Chong''s eyes...


    As early as when Man Chong reported the detection situation in Ling County, Man Chong was in the tent of the Chinese Army, and on the surface, he was talking about some ordinary situations, but in fact Man Chong went to find Cao Cao again in private.


    There are some abnormalities in the Jiangdong defenders in Ling County.


    First, of course, there is no CUHK defense equipment.


    Normally speaking, building these defense equipment is not a very difficult task. Take the racket sticks for building cars as an example, there are also such sticks on Jiangdong building boats. It''s just that the rackets on the towers are weapons aimed at other ships, while the rackets on the towers are aimed at towers. The structure basically makes no difference, so why isn''t it done?


    Slack?


    Too late?


    No artisans?


    Or some other reason?


    Second, there are no generals defending the city, or some famous generals in Jiangdong.


    Is Ling County important? It is very important. After all, it is the gateway to the north of Guangling. If Ling County is breached, then they can go straight down to Guangling along the Sishui River, but the question is, will the Jiangdong Army be afraid if they go straight down to Guangling along the Sishui River? If it were replaced by other troops, it would obviously be difficult to deal with it, but now they are facing Jiangdong soldiers, and the people of Jiangdong are eager for Cao Cao to advance by land and water!


    Because as long as Cao Cao''s water army is defeated, Cao Cao''s army will inevitably be involved. In addition, Cao Cao transported grain and grass all the way from Xiapi to Guangling Huaiyin. May be attacked by the Jiangdong Army!


    So from this point of view, the Jiangdong Army may not be afraid of losing Ling County, perhaps even more hope that Cao Cao will get Ling County, and then attack Huaiyin to lengthen the supply line. After all, in these days, these county towns and villages on the battle line have either been relocated to Jiangdong, or have been massacred, or have died of the plague, or fled elsewhere.


    Thirdly, when Man Chong saw Jiangdong soldiers marching, there were many people who relied on the battlements and gateposts.


    In many cases, the spirit of soldiers is a relatively imaginary thing. It is not possible to mark some values ????on the heads of soldiers to distinguish them, but it can be observed and speculated through the actions of soldiers.


    The state of Jiangdong''s soldiers made Man Chong puzzled.


    After all, the peak period of the plague has passed now. After burning and burying a large number of corpses, coupled with the increase in temperature, the air has also become drier, and the survival time of the virus in the wild has been further shortened, and the phenomenon of soldiers getting sick has been controlled. Under such circumstances, the Jiangdong soldiers still showed some weakness, and even had to rely on something to recover their physical strength, which means that either the plague in the Jiangdong army is still very serious, or they deliberately Taking in the sick Jiangdong soldiers...


    This is not the first time Jiangdong has done this kind of thing, and it is not surprising that he is repeating the old trick now.


    All kinds of situations are combined in one place, and Man Chong feels that Ling County is Jiangdong''s plan.


    Now it seems that this is indeed the case.


    Then Cao Cao cooperated very well, stepping into the pit as if defenseless.


    It''s just that the foot that stepped in was not Cao Cao''s own, and someone who didn''t know Cao Cao''s own, but Yin Li.


    Greedy and aggressive.


    That makes sense. And Yin Li did exactly that.


    Xia Houjie reminded me, didn''t I?


    If Yin Li is self-aware, detects a problem, and avoids it, then it means that Yin Li is still a talent, and he can consider subsequent use according to the situation. If Yin Li is completely unable to detect abnormalities, then he is just being brave For those of you who are alive, you are lucky to be alive, but it’s okay to die. Just like Cao Cao''s surrender to Lu Bu in history, even though he knew Lu Bu''s bravery, he was merciless.


    『Report! 』


    Several cavalry scouts galloped all the way from the south of Ling County, and then rushed to the high platform of the Chinese army, jumped off their horses, rushed to the audience, and reported loudly: "My lord! Surabaya southbound ship! Jiangdong Banner! 』


    『Aha! ”Cao Cao laughed loudly, “As expected! 』


    If it is an ordinary general, after the city is breached, most of them can''t wait to enter the city. While controlling the main points in the city, they will also reorganize the facilities in the city, such as counting warehouses and warehouses. Otherwise, it will be too late, and the gold and silver in the city may be gone. , and if you don''t want to slaughter the city, you also have to restrain your soldiers and so on.


    So when the general stepped into the Lingxian government office, the preset soldiers immediately lit the fire, and also sent a signal to the Jiangdong ships behind!


    And if the general Cao Jun who attacked Ling County at this time was caught in the fire on one side, and was attacked by the Jiangdong navy on the other side, Cao Jun, who was overwhelmed and temporarily lost his commanding ability, would be a big defeat!


    And now...


    (end of this chapter)