Chapter 2401 No Choice

Chang Xi is the governor of Donghai County and the parent official of this place.

There are many varieties of parent officials.

Just like parents, there are parents who worry about their children and work hard to squeeze out the last drop of bone marrow to nourish their children. Of course, there are also parents who are aloof and gesticulating all day long, scolding and scolding, saying that it is not a big deal. Okay, let’s open another small account type.

In reality, blood-related parents come in many forms, some good and some bad. So how can we ensure that officials, who are only called "parents" in name only, will adopt an attitude towards the more vulnerable "children"?

Obviously, no one can guarantee it.

Even in the same country, in different counties, the experiences of people will not be the same.

In the process of serving as officials, will these people understand what is causing their hardship in life? They would not know at all, let alone think that sometimes it was the political game above that led to certain events happening, and that caused their lives to be wasted in an inconspicuous place.

Just like in Tan County.

Under the city wall, which was not very high, various damaged siege and defense equipment were scattered everywhere. Next to these broken wooden boards and piles were corpses that had been soaked in the rain and turned white. Under the city wall, there are gaps dug everywhere, just like the holes of marmots.

There are several ways to attack the city wall, and Zang Ba chose the dumber ones. On the one hand, these subordinates of Zang Ba cannot be said to be elite soldiers and can master many complex tactical changes. On the other hand, they are stupid. Of course the method will take more effort...

After all, sometimes stupid tricks can make people look like they are diligent.

Without credit, there is also hard work, right?

Especially the holes dug out at the base of the city wall are enough to prove Zang Ba's "merit" in attacking Tan County. But when this "merit" may not be what others want, it becomes a "laughing stock" from "merit".

Zang Ba's men were covered in mud, rain, and blood, and they withdrew in embarrassment. On the high ground of the mound, the soldiers of Cao's army stretched their heads and looked over. Then someone said something, and there was a sudden burst of excitement. The roar of laughter is like the crowd standing around the Monkey Mountain in later generations, staring at the monkeys passing under the Monkey Mountain.

"Hey! Look at that red ass! 』

These soldiers of Cao Cao's army are naturally the trusted soldiers directly under Cao Cao, responsible for suppressing the formation.

Compared with Zang Ba's soldiers, the soldiers directly under Cao Cao are of course better equipped, with more sophisticated tools, sharper swords and guns, and more armor. To put it simply, they are a group of soldiers wearing clothes and armor. A group of people without clothes or armor laughed at them.

"ha! There's a black ass over there! 』

"Oh haha……"

so happy.

On the highland slopes, there was a military formation surrounded by cloth curtains. In the military formation, there were guards from Cao's army who were wearing coir raincoats and looked extremely strong. These personal guards who directly belonged to Cao Cao looked at Zang Ba's soldiers struggling in the mud and water with cold eyes, as if they were looking at a stone, without any emotion.

Cao Cao was sitting under the Chinese army's curtain. Although the rain was pouring, it was relatively dry around him. He was sitting on a bench with a slight smile on his face, as if he was not alone this time. Not here to fight, but just out for a hike.

Chang Xi rebelled, and Zang Ba surrounded the city with his army.

Seeing Zang Ba's posture of besieging the city, Cao Cao was not impatient at all, and even gave Zang Ba some advice, asking Zang Ba to lead his men to recruit all the nearby people into the army, and plunder all the villages, towns and villages around Tan County. Loot, and burn everything that cannot be taken away...

As a result, Donghai County, especially around Tan County, suddenly became a purgatory on earth!

Zang Ba's troops also discussed it, but in fact ordinary soldiers did not know Cao Cao's intentions. However, after the big hats were pressed down, Zang Ba had to lower his head, pinch his nose, and tuck his tail. Follow Cao Cao's "suggestions" and move towards the abyss step by step.

At least follow Cao Cao's "suggestions", and you can delay it to some extent, but if you don't do it, you will die faster!

Zang Ba suspected that Cao Cao had already understood everything he had done. Zang Ba even felt that Cao Cao might have already thought about it when he set out, and never wanted to see a Taishan Army swinging in the middle and potentially threatening...

Even if it turns the East China Sea into a white land!

But only the people have the land. How much land can withstand such burning and killing? What kind of idea does General Cao have? Even if Chang Xi is killed, Donghai will definitely be finished. Then, what ability does such an area have to defend Jiangdong? Could it be said that even Jiangdong doesn't matter anymore?

Zang Ba deliberately delayed the attack from the beginning, and then Cao Cao's step-by-step "suggestions" forced him to speed up the attack. As a result, it rained again...

This made Zang Ba really want to vomit blood.

The siege in the rain obviously made the siege party suffer even more losses, but they could not stop. So far, even Zang Ba didn't know how many Taishan troops would be added to Tan County!

Zang Ba's face turned a little blue.

In the awning behind Zang Ba, dozens of Zang Ba's soldiers with dejected expressions were maintaining order inside and outside the shed. Inside the shed were those slightly injured soldiers, which were filled to the brim, and blood flowed from the ground of the awning. It flows out like red snakes crawling on the ground.

There is no way to treat serious injuries, and there is no good treatment for minor injuries, but they cannot be left alone next to uninjured soldiers. That will cause the military morale that was not very strong to begin with to collapse again.

Moans kept coming from behind.

Soldiers with fever caused by wound infection were moaning uncomfortably, even when they were sleeping, and some were calling their mothers...

Zang Ba didn't have to look back to see clearly that his men, even if they were slightly injured, would be lucky to survive in such weather.

The rain seems to be working hard to wash away the evil in the world, but the corpses that have been soaked white are like mountains of iron evidence, frozen in the mud, motionless.

From the city gate to the trench, and from the trench to the military camp, there were corpses at almost every step. Some of these corpses were tidied up, but most of them were left lying in the mud and water on the ground because they were too late or did not have the intention to tidy them up!

"General Zang!" "A messenger from Cao's army stepped on the red snake-like liquid crawling on the ground and made a chirping sound, "The general is here to invite you! 』

Zang Ba concentrated slightly, "I know..."

The soldiers who ordered Cao Jun didn't say much, turned around and left, as if they would get some bad luck if they stayed too long.

"General..." Zang Ba's close guards were somewhat worried.

"..." Zang Ba pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's see if there are any medicines and bandages, and gather some more for brothers... I'll come as soon as I go..." Cao Cao won't do anything to him now. At this level, verbal criticism and rebuke are meaningless. If you want to take action, it will be a matter of life or death.

"I've seen the general!" 』

"Xuan Gao..." Sure enough, Cao Cao smiled, as if he was very satisfied with Zang Ba's battle, "Come on, sit down!" Sit first! 』

My vision is much worse when I stand up, but almost the same when I sit down.

"I wonder if the general has called me here..." Zang Ba sat down and said, "What are your orders?" 』

"Hahahaha..." Cao Cao smiled, "It's not a big deal...Haha, I just wanted to ask Xuan Gao, how are you? Are you tired?" Can you still hold on? 』

This question is not something that can be simply said casually in the workplace in future generations, let alone today?

Cao Cao smiled, like a big boss full of affinity.

Zang Ba had a stiff smile on his face, like a project manager who couldn't complete the task but had to report on his work.

At such a moment, it seems that there are several choices, but in fact...

If the answer is "yes" and you can continue to hold on, then it means that Zang Ba will continue to devote his soldiers to the siege and continue the siege operations like a meat grinder!

So the answer is "no". Since it can't be done, then let Cao Cao take command. Is it normal? So once Cao Cao takes over the command, is it equivalent to depriving Zang Ba of his military power? Even after this battle is over, those soldiers except Zang Ba's headquarters will naturally become Cao Cao's subordinates...

The answer "I don't know if I can" is still the same as the answer "I can't". After all, this is in the military. On the one hand, ambiguous answers will not be accepted by Cao Cao. He will definitely be pressed until he can only choose whether he can or can't. On the other hand, the time given is not sufficient, and it is not possible to complete the task. It's not a workplace mission, but a battlefield showdown where someone will die if you don't do it well!

Because the East China Sea is not the only one fighting at the moment, Xiapi is also facing the Jiangdong Army. If the passage cannot be opened in Tan County and the troops cannot reach Xiapi in one day, then it means that Xiapi will have to fight for one more day. risk!

So what if you answer "yes" and then secretly delay? Just like what Zang Ba did before.

It seems ok.

This is the only way, but it can't be delayed for too long. After all, the people around Tan County have been basically wiped out, and they have been exhausted. No matter how much you delay, Zang Ba's troops will still be consumed.

Unless the spring rain becomes heavier and turns from drizzle to heavy rain, then the offensive can naturally be stopped.

Things like the weather cannot be controlled by human beings, so Zang Ba cannot be blamed for it, but who knows how long this rain will last?

Once the spring rain stops, I believe Lao Cao will immediately force Zang Ba to fulfill his promise. After all, this is not the workplace of later generations. Subordinates beat and scold them when they cannot complete their tasks and call the police. This is in the Han army. If Zang Ba talks nonsense, If he makes a promise but fails to fulfill it, Cao Cao can use it as a military method!

If Zang Ba does something serious and resigns, I will stop working. If I don't keep him here, I will keep him. Haha, if Zang Ba really does this, Cao Cao will definitely laugh.

As mentioned before, there is water on the left and right of Tan County, Yishui Mushui is blocked on the left and right, Tan County is blocked in the front, and Cao Cao's army is blocked in the back! Zang Ba blocked Chang Xi, and Lao Cao blocked Zang Ba!

What Cao Cao hopes most is for the Taishan Army to fall apart. If Zang Ba does this, it means that the Taishan Army is really doomed. Zang Ba himself may be able to survive for a while, just like Xu You, but he will definitely not live long. .

Zang Ba raised his hands to surrender, and Chang Xi was bound to die. Yin Li was under the control of Man Chong, and Sun Guan and Wu Dun, who were the only ones left alive, would not be able to survive for long!

Therefore, at the moment, as long as Zang Ba utters "can't" or "I don't know if I can", the fate of Taishan Army will be immediately clear!

By that time, can Zang Ba still maintain his position in the Taishan Army? Oh, you yourself have given the command of the army to fellow student Lao Cao, why are you still clamoring that we should oppose Lao Cao and pursue self-reliance? Doing knitting? !

Then Zang Ba can say that he was just confused for a moment, and then go to classmate Lao Cao and tell him that he made the wrong choice. He rolls around in the office to show that if classmate Lao Cao doesn't return the army to him, he will die to make it clear that he will rise from the top of Mount Tai. Jump down?

hehe……

"Don't worry, General!" Zang Ba could only grit his teeth and said, "It has been raining continuously for days now, so the city will have a chance to breathe. If the rain stops, it will definitely..."

After Zang Ba finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned as if a body-holding technique had been cast on him.

Cao Cao looked into the distance, then looked left and right, laughed twice, and looked at Zang Ba, with some playfulness in his eyes, "Xuan Gao is indeed favored by God... Look, this is not it, The rain stopped..."

Zang Ba swallowed hard.

Is this a doting?

This is a scam!

The sound of fighting and screaming sounded again.

After the rain stopped, a new round of offensive was naturally launched.

Zang Ba was pressured step by step by Lao Cao, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to attack.

The moat surrounding the city in Tan County was once again filled in where it was washed away by the rain. Naturally, the abandoned siege equipment, bags of sand and earth from the surrounding area were used, as well as the corpses that had died under the city.

In the newly filled passages, you will see some arms and legs sticking out from the sand or puddles, and occasionally moving in the air, like the undead trying to stand up again from the sand.

There are also some unknown heads floating in the turbid puddles. I don’t know if they were trampled on or for some other reason. These heads are like moldy beef balls. It is impossible to distinguish the front and back, with dry and scattered hair. Wrapped on the surface of the meat ball, they collide with each other from time to time due to vibrations around the channel, and then rotate...

Most of the blue bricks on the surface of the Tan County city wall have peeled off under the attack, exposing the rammed earth layer inside, and even some collapse has occurred in many places. The defenders in Tan County took advantage of the break in the attack to repair the collapsed area with wooden fences, sand, soil, and bricks, but the repairs were still not strong enough. Around these collapsed wooden fences, the two sides fought the most fiercely, and the most people died. The surrounding soil turned purple and black, like the sauce of braised pork, so thick that it could draw strings.

Chang Xi, who was standing on the city wall of Tan County, just like his name, could not hold any reason in his angered mind. He just shouted angrily at Zang Ba below the city: "Beast!" traitor! Scum! running dog! I'm right here! Come up if you dare! Duel! 』

In fact, Chang Xi was also injured. Although he also wore a suit of armor, armor is not omnipotent. It does not mean that wearing armor can ignore injuries. These wounds not only failed to restore Chang Xi's rationality, but also caused pain and irritation to Chang Xi. Even more irritable and angry, like a wounded wild boar.

Therefore, this wild boar, Chang Xi, seems to have not realized that Tan County has indeed reached its most critical moment!

The city walls of Tan County were already riddled with holes, and many of the generals and soldiers under Chang Xi suffered casualties. The loyal soldiers who followed Chang Xi suffered heavy casualties. Even the people of Tan County were also involved in such a battle to defend the city. Unable to escape, they were forced to participate in the defense. If one looked into the city at this time, it would be as devastated as the Tan County city wall.

At this moment, many of Chang Xi's men standing on the city wall were injured. Although they had more shelter from the rain on rainy days than Zang Bajun outside the city, that was all!

In addition, in addition to Zang Ba, the army outside the city also included Cao Jun!

In the distance, behind Zang Bajun, there were countless Cao Jun soldiers, their heads were surging, their armor was cold, and there were many swords and guns. From time to time, messengers ran past Cao Jun's array, loudly delivering some orders, and then All responses sounded. Whether it was fighting spirit or the level of elite soldiers, these Cao soldiers were obviously higher and stronger than Zang Ba's men!

So even if it can withstand Zang Ba's attack, can it still withstand Cao Jun's attack?

Even if you can put it off one day, can you still put it off the next?

Although Chang Xi shouted as hard as he could, trying to increase the morale of the soldiers with his own martial arts and courage, it did not have much effect. The faces of the surrounding soldiers who were defending the city were still full of despair...

Chang Xi breathed heavily, then turned around and stood on the steps of the collapsed city gate. He kicked half of a wooden stake into the air and smashed it to the side, attracting the attention of the surrounding soldiers and shouting loudly. Said: "The East China Sea is ours!" Tan County belongs to us! Brothers, follow me and fight everywhere. If there is good food and drink, I will share it with you! If you have money and women, I will share it with you too! This East China Sea, this Tan County, is our last piece of land! To tell you the truth, I have already sent people out to ask for help, and it will arrive soon! Brothers, if you follow me and fight to the death, I will share with you all the food, drink, wealth, and women you will have in the future, I swear to God! 』

"In such a troubled world, you can either eat meat and drink wine and be a superior person, or you can just kick your legs and die!" Chang Xi shouted almost with all his strength, and you could even see the spittle he sprayed flying in the air when he roared, "I am here, and Tan County cannot be trapped!" Our reinforcements are coming! When the time comes to fight out, we will be the victors! 』

"We will definitely win!" 』

Chang Xi said some decent words, which slightly aroused the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers on the city wall looked around, and one after another raised their swords and spears towards Chang Xi, expressing their determination to continue fighting with Chang Xi...

In fact, taking a step back, they have no choice. Most of them are soldiers under Chang Xi's command. Even if they surrender, even if they survive, they will become the lowest level cannon fodder and die in the next war. Inside, so, what good options are there?

God just likes this. It seems like it makes people think that there are still one, two, three, or four choices, and you can choose any one. But in fact, when the real thing comes, you will often find that there is no choice at all. !