Chapter 2364 Who is whose nightmare?
Regardless of the various shocks caused by Li''s involvement in Sichuan and Sichuan, whether the courage to resign and throw down her sleeves was given by Lady Liang, just say that before the winter came, Zhang Ze in Hanzhong was like a man on the gambling table. The gambler who had lost all his cash was now red-eyed, wondering whether to stake his own arms and legs or the wife, children and children around him.
Don’t expect gamblers to be humane when they are red-eyed, and you certainly can’t expect Zhang Ze to surrender voluntarily. When others surrender, they are at most a coercion, which can alleviate some of their guilt, but Zhang himself knows that since he will die no matter what, why can''t he try again?
?Yangpingguan surrendered.
Under the attack of the Vulcan Stone Cannon, they could only pick up soap and be pushed down and humiliated over and over again, which made the Zhang soldiers at Yangping Pass extremely painful. Then, after receiving the news that the peripheral Di people had been wiped out, they were psychologically That little bit of expectation was completely shattered. In addition, the so-called reinforcements in Zhang Ze''s mouth were not seen for three days and three days, and then three days more. However, after the news of the tightly sealed Shangyong''s fall spread, Zhang at Yangping Pass The soldiers were almost in complete despair...
Therefore, nearly ten days ahead of schedule, Zhang Liao advanced all the way to Nanzheng and launched a campaign to recapture Nanzheng. At the same time, he sent soldiers to contact Wei Yan''s troops.
Zhang Liao''s plan was still to besiege the city and provide reinforcements.
Although this strategy is old-fashioned, it has been proven time and again in China, or in the military history of the world, that it is indeed easy to use and effective, and even if they know it is a trap, people still keep jumping to it. …
Under Nanzheng City, part of Zhang Liao''s cavalry roared back and forth, occupying key points on the battlefield. Then every day, some of Zhang''s surrendered soldiers came to Nanzheng City to shout, persuade them to surrender, or abuse Zhang Ze, or call out to relatives and friends in the city. The morale of the defenders in Nanzheng City dropped a little bit.
The Zhang family of Hanzhong Beidaying came to help, and then Zhang Liao gave them a critical hit, and they collapsed like shit...
?The infantry on the march were attacked by the cavalry before they had time to form their formation, which was a disaster. Especially when there are first-class generals like Zhang Liao, elite cavalry can fight ordinary infantry, even without soap, it will be just as smooth.
Strictly speaking, less than 15% of those who were directly killed or injured in the battle were actually defeated. However, Zhang''s defeated army was completely destroyed, and not even 10% of them escaped. A large part of Zhang''s soldiers ran away directly during the escape process, threw away their armor and weapons, and went into the ravine to become deserters.
However, Beidaying did not know this situation, or even if it knew it, there was nothing it could do. Therefore, after rescuing Nanzheng once, it did not dare to send reinforcements again. After hesitation, and after a few days of delay, Wei Yan came to check the water meter with a smile.
Soon after, the Nanshan Army Stronghold was defeated again. Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, and Zhu Ling surrounded them and gathered at the foot of Nanzheng City. The Zhang family, who had a sense of luck at the top of the city, fell into despair.
Zhang Liao and Wei Yan planned the attack plan for Nanzheng. After all, if Zhang Ze really resisted, he would probably enter into street fighting. After breaking through the city wall, if the fighting group was confused due to the order of entering the city, it would lead to inefficiency in street fighting. , or it may lead to excessive casualties among the people, and even if they win, it will not look good.
Mainly because it doesn’t look good hanging in the martial arts hall.
Therefore, Wei Yan and Zhang Liao would naturally seize the time to discuss with each other and strive to make the most complete and comprehensive plan. Zhu Ling also knew this and wisely did not point fingers in front of Zhang Liao and Wei Yan, which would be annoying, so he borrowed In order to avoid the reputation of observing the Vulcan Stone Cannon, he also took on the responsibility of patrolling and guarding the perimeter.
In the engineering camp, many siege equipment have been manufactured, the most common of which is the chariot.
The basic form of the vehicle is a tank chassis. It can be regarded as a tank chassis. It can be modified into a crash vehicle, a ditch-filling vehicle, or a long pole to transform it into a falcon vehicle according to needs.
The second is Yun Chongche.
Then there is the most eye-catching catapult, the "Vulcan Stone Cannon".
?The number of these devices increased day by day, making Nanzheng feel a real sense of pressure. Even his breathing was not so smooth, and he felt uneasy.
Some technical soldiers, holding wooden tablets filled with key points in their hands, inspect equipment everywhere, guide craftsmen to place equipment, and standardize the placement of dangerous goods...
These soldiers have mastered basic writing and learned some basic manpower adjustment and item arrangements in this way. Then after accumulating merits several times, these soldiers will reach the standards of local inspections, and some people will Will choose to leave the army and go to the local area, officially becoming a small official under the hussar to manage the local area.
Some other soldiers were taking Zhang''s soldiers to dig out soil and pack it in the surrounding area as preparation for filling the gully for the city protection.
‘Move quickly! If we can’t finish today’s soil, everyone’s food will be halved! "The soldier in charge shouted loudly, "My general is kind and didn''t ask you **** to go up and fill the ditch with meat. It''s a blessing to you! If that guy is sneaky, let him be the first to fill the moat when the city is attacked! 』
‘Move quickly! Hurry up! 』
Several soldiers were supervising the shouting when they suddenly saw a catapult being rolled out from the engineering camp...
Hey, what are you doing? 』
‘Are you going to attack the city? 』
“No, this is probably a test range measurement?” 』
Sure enough, after the catapult was deployed and fixed, three stone bombs were thrown, and one flew in from the top of the Nanzheng city wall. I don''t know what it knocked down, but I heard a horrified shout from the city. Then the second one hit the city wall and made a hole. The green bricks and mud powder fell down one after another. The third one successfully landed on the gate tower of the city wall and hit the wall of the gate tower. It went in and created a huge hole.
The city gate tower shook, and a lot of tiles on the roof crackled and fell like rain. The Zhang family defenders on the city wall turned pale, staring at the hole in the city gate tower, as if everyone''s heart was being smashed. It''s like there''s a hole in it.
The stuff of casting a stones is not great, but the psychological damage of the soldiers is very great ...
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In the city of Nanzheng.
The outside of the city was besieged, and the entire city was naturally under martial law.
?Li Cong stood on the wall of his yard, looking at the street in the distance.
???More than twenty soldiers of the Zhang family were dragging some strong men who had been captured from the houses in the city towards the city wall. Behind the strong men came some crying women and children, who were then stopped and kicked down by these soldiers, and finally fell to the ground and cried...
?Li Cong withdrew his head from the wall, his face looking rather ugly.
As the saying goes, rabbits don’t eat grass beside their nests.
?So what does it mean when a rabbit starts eating the grass around the nest, or even the grass inside the nest?
“Zhang is going crazy...” Li Cong murmured.
?Li Yuan seems to emerge from the shadows, but also seems to have always been in the shadows. "No, I''m already crazy. 』
?Li Cong glanced at Li Yuan and remained silent.
“I’ve seen a lot of people like this...” Li Yuan said with a sneer, “Anyway, they’re going to die anyway, why not drag a few more people on their backs? I bet this fool named Zhang has killed a lot of people in the inner palace in the past two days... Am I right? 』
Li Cong glanced at Li Yuan and nodded slightly.
Under the huge pressure, it was inevitable to be upset, and then the surrounding servants, Ji Nu, etc., spilled water on the floor, left foot entered the door first, a hair hung down by the ear, and the head lowered slowly, It’s so low…
??Not to mention the servants who dared to talk back or were disobedient, every one of them died.
What''s the reason not to kill anyone anyway?
??It is said that the number of corpses of servants thrown out of the Zhang Mansion in the past few days is more than the previous three years combined!
Among them, there was even the beautiful girl who was said to be Zhang Ze’s favorite before...
?Perhaps before Zhang Ze killed Mei Ji, something probably flashed through his mind, such as why he couldn''t keep it for others to take advantage of, or why you dared to look at me before I fell completely, etc.?
Of course Li Cong didn''t know what Zhang Ze thought. If Li Cong knew about it, the whole Zhang family would be doomed.
Brother, haven’t you decided yet? "Li Yuan sneered and said, "If you don''t think about it anymore...it will be too late..." Li Yuan said the word "late" very strongly. He didn''t know whether it was "late" or "finished".
Li Yuan had persuaded Li Cong before. Although Li Cong did not report to Zhang, he did not indicate that he would follow Li Yuan''s arrangements and take any measures.
??Li Cong took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "Brother, the city is currently under martial law and there are soldiers guarding everywhere. Even if I am willing to follow, I don''t have many weapons in my hand... So what should I do..."
What’s so difficult about this? Haha, today I am pulling the civilian husband...tomorrow it will be time for you brothers...then you can be honest...hahaha..." Li Yuan chuckled and said, "The opportunity is now in front of you..."
Li Cong was stunned.
"As soon as the city gate opens..." Li Yuan''s voice was low, but full of temptation, "It will be a great achievement... Think about how many fertile fields, how many industries, and how many Zhuangzi the Zhang family has around Nanzheng... Haha. , when the time comes...even if my virtuous brother looks down on these idiots, why don''t he think about his own family? The children and grandchildren also need to eat..." At this moment, a confidant of Li Cong came hurriedly from the front yard and said in a panic: "Master Qi, the Zhang family sent someone to ask us to come out. Thirty men, help defend the city! 』
Li Yuan pawed his hands and smiled.
Li Cong''s eyes condensed slightly.
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When Zhang Liao and others launched an offensive against Nanzheng...
Smoke and dust billowed from the top of the city, making the sight blurry.
The smell of blood was mixed with the smell of earth, the smell of sour rot produced by ruptured internal organs and the smell of burnt rotten eggs. It was like stinky tofu and stinky mandarin fish plus stinky herring, plus one that had been worn for more than a month and became rancid. The smell of smelly socks with green fur mixed in with other things.
Zhang Sheng grabbed a half-burnt intestine that jumped out of nowhere and stuck to his face, and threw it aside...
There were roars and screams everywhere. Some of Zhang''s soldiers, who had obviously suffered a nervous breakdown during the attack, were staggering on the city wall like zombies, screaming in despair, and then walking, there was a He fell down at the foot of the city, or was knocked down by arrows or gravel.
Zhang Sheng, the leader of the team, dragged a wounded man and slowly moved on the ruined city wall. He didn''t dare to stand up. He didn''t know when the arrows and crossbows would be thrown out of the fireworks, and it was relatively safer under the battlements.
Even these battlements have been torn apart by catapult attacks...
?Another burst of screams came from the air, and Zhang Sheng screamed and huddled up.
A moment later, he heard a painful groan from the city wall beneath him. The entire city wall seemed to be shaking violently. The mouth of the battlement not far ahead was hit by a stone bullet, and the entire city wall shattered and collapsed. The stone statue erupted in all directions like a fountain, hitting Zhang Sheng''s helmet, like the **** of death knocking on the door with his fingers.
After the initial kerosene bombs were exhausted, Zhang Liao and others switched to stone bombs. Although there was no fear of the leg-weakening burning effect, the destructive power of the stone bombs was not much inferior to that of kerosene bombs. , in less than two days of torture, Nanzheng changed from the fragrance of autumn to the beauty of flowers.
Zhang Sheng''s heart almost jumped out of his chest. He curled up as much as possible. After finally waiting for the burst of stone bullets to stop, he continued to drag the wounded. Now he just wanted to go to the city tower and leave this terrifying city wall through the city ladder. . He just wanted to escape, but he was also afraid of being killed by the supervising team, so if he brought a wounded person with him, it could be regarded as an excuse.
Not far away, there are some corpses or broken limbs strewn about, some of them are soldiers, and some of them are civilians. Some corpses were still relatively fresh, and they even trembled when Zhang Sheng dragged the wounded people past, as if they were following Zhang Sheng, or dragging Zhang Sheng to the kingdom of death.
Zhang Sheng carefully walked around the corpses, and then carefully passed the place where the battlements collapsed. This place has been smashed and the adobe is exposed. Maybe one or two more hits will cause a big collapse of this place...
??The city tower has been completely burned, leaving only half of the black-gray remains, with some black smoke lingering lingering in it. Zhang Sheng finally moved to the back of the dilapidated city tower and took a breath. He heard some shouts and shouts coming from the city staircase, and then someone''s head emerged cautiously like a groundhog.
"superior! Come on! ” The supervising team on the city stairs shouted almost crazily, “If you don’t succeed, I will kill you now!” 』
Some of the people supervising the battle team saw Zhang Sheng and said, "You!" Hi! What are you doing here? 』
?Zhang Sheng quickly pulled the wounded man to his side, "I...he is injured, I want to send him down..."
“…” The supervising team was stunned for a moment, then cursed, “I’ll paralyze you!” Open your eyes and see for yourself! What kind of injuries are there? He’s half dead, and he’s still injured! 』
Zhang Sheng suddenly turned around, and then saw the "wounded person" he had dragged over desperately. He didn''t know when only half of the body was left, and the other half had long gone. Perhaps there was only one that was snaking out from the half of the body. Only then did I know the whereabouts of the other half.
??Seeing Zhang Sheng in a daze, the supervisor team wanted to step forward and beat him, but was stopped by another one, "Forget it, let him stay here for a while..."
This is a completely asymmetric war model.
To defend the city means to be beaten passively, which almost subverted the understanding of Nanzheng.
??While the two war supervisors were still arguing, another scream came from the air. Zhang Sheng subconsciously screamed and huddled together, hugging his head tightly and huddled under the remains of the tower.
The soldiers of the two supervising teams didn''t know whether they couldn''t react for a moment, or it was the first time they stepped onto the city wall and faced such a situation. They didn''t even make any evasive moves. Then a stone bullet fell from the sky, and they just fired some With a muffled sound of flesh and bones, half of the soldiers of the supervising team were taken away!
Another soldier from the supervising team was sprayed with hot blood all over his face. His eyes were so wide that they were about to burst out, filled with unspeakable fear, and then he let out a heart-rending cry the next moment. , seemed to be going forward, but accidentally tripped over a corpse, and fell into the city with his head and feet!
Those who were forced by the supervisor team to go to the soldiers on the wall and the people, when they saw this, they shouted together, just running around!
"go back! 』
hurry up! 』
『You’re welcome if you go down any further! 』
…
The chaotic flow of people clashed with the supervisory team.
There is blood flowing on the city walls, and it is also flowing inside the city.
…” Zhang Sheng held his head and huddled under the remains of the tower, muttering to himself, not knowing what he was talking about.
There were several loud noises again, and soon it hit a weak point. A large part of the city wall collapsed, and thick dust rose into the sky, completely submerging that section of the city wall.
‘They just want us to die! Go and die! 』
Why don’t they just die? ! 』
『Kill them to death! We quit! Quit! 』
We don’t want to die! Don''t want to die! 』
??The conflict between the captured civilian husbands and the soldiers of Zhang''s war team became more and more intense.
No one wants to die, and no one wants to die in vain, worthless, torn and smashed like a piece of meat, scattered in all directions, without a complete body!
?Zhang Sheng gasped and leaned against the charred bricks. He felt that his hands and feet were numb and trembling.
He heard Zhang''s team supervising the battle shouting, trying to summon the Zhang family''s direct soldiers like Zhang Sheng. He also saw that there seemed to be something abnormal in the city, and there seemed to be some chaos. Logically speaking, his surname was also Zhang, you should do your best for Zhang, you should stand up for Zhang...
But this time, Zhang Sheng leaned on him blankly, not wanting to move at all.
The hussars and horses outside the city showed Zhang Sheng an irresistible power to everyone in the city. No matter how brave and powerful the warriors were, they could not match the power. An enemy of a thousand people or an enemy of ten thousand people was falling from the sky. In front of the stone bullets and kerosene bullets, he was as vulnerable as the meat on the chopping board, with no ability to resist.
??Even more chaotic sounds sounded near the city gate.
‘Don’t let them rush past you! 』
‘Stop them and don’t let them open the gate! 』
Traitor! You are traitors...ah..."
O city gate! city…"
There seemed to be some sounds coming from outside the city. It seemed that the hussars had discovered something was wrong with the city gate and were preparing to attack.
I don''t know why, Zhang Sheng suddenly grinned and let out a giggle. His laughter was mixed with the chaotic shouts. He smiled and felt relaxed. He stared at the sky blankly, thinking in his heart. , let this nightmare end, let it end quickly...
(End of this chapter)