Chapter 3314 What Will Happen if I Hit the Kid?

Chapter 3313 What will happen if I hit the younger one

Emei Mountain, east side.

Wenxi, the sound of killing shook the sky.

These local gentry and nobles of the Han Dynasty often burst out amazing defensive power when protecting their own manors.

When the sun sets, the sound of ding-dong-dong gongs and drums sounded, which meant that Cao's army failed in another attack.

Outside Wenxi City, high mounds of earth have been built along the city wall.

Lu Zhao's strategy was half right.

Indeed, using mounds of earth to attack Wenxi is indeed a good idea. As long as the mounds can be piled up on the top of the city, it naturally means that Cao's soldiers can directly rush to the top of Wenxi City.

But Lu Zhao forgot one problem.

Earth is not bricks and stones.

Although Lu Zhao had indeed thought of a way to stop these civilians from throwing earthen bags everywhere, even if these civilians piled the earthen bags in one direction, they would inevitably slide down under the action of gravity, and the higher they piled, the faster they fell.

The war was still going on, and even if these captured civilians tried their best to pile up the earthen bags, it still didn't have much effect.

On the bloody road trampled out, many corpses just became part of the earthen pile, just like their birth, no one cared, and their death, no one cared either.

There was not enough food, only a huge project.

The Cao army soldiers treated these civilians like cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. If they did something wrong, they would whip them all over their heads, or even hack them to death, and then ask other cattle and sheep to peel off their skins and cut off their meat to cook into broth.

Cao's soldiers did this, firstly to better control these civilians, secondly, they really didn't treat these civilians as human beings, and thirdly, to reduce the loss of food and grass as much as possible, to ensure the supply of Cao's soldiers and to squeeze the civilians to the maximum extent. But Lu Zhao didn't know, and it was because of his doing so that the people of Wenxi became more united and resisted Lu Zhao's attack.

Except for those stupid, bad and pirated guys, most people don't want to be cattle and sheep under the knife of others.

If Cao's army had been more confusing when it came, it's possible that the people of Wenxi would have fallen into the trap and been tricked into opening the city gate and then suffered the fate of being slaughtered. But Lu Zhao was just a general with little brains, or a low intelligence, who only knew to kill, kill, kill, so the people of Wenxi naturally united under the leadership of Pei.

Seeing the tragic deaths of civilians under the city, the people in Wenxi naturally felt the same way. At this moment, even if Lu Zhao said that surrendering would save his life and that he would be treated generously, no one would believe him.

Lu Zhao could only honestly gnaw at the city defense of Wenxi bit by bit, and he was also very curious, why were these guys in Wenxi so strong and stubborn?

Wenxi City is not big.

A small city also has its advantages, that is, it does not require too many soldiers to defend the city. When Cao's army concentrates on attacking a certain side of the city wall, it can also quickly mobilize soldiers from another city wall to assist in defense. After all, if the city is too big, running around like this would probably be exhausting.

Similarly, a small city also has its disadvantages.

The days of fighting have caused the walls of Wenxi to collapse and be damaged. In these collapsed and damaged places, the people of Wenxi demolished their own houses and used their bricks, stones and wooden beams to block them back.

The first to demolish their own houses was Pei himself.

Pei has taken the lead, what else can others say?

The Chinese people have always been like this.

As long as the leader is powerful, the people will naturally burst out with unimaginable motivation!

So those who always scold the Chinese people for lying down and complaining, and always think that these people are either stupid or bad, and some guys who open their mouths and close their mouths and call them untouchables, are actually these guys. They really need to weigh themselves carefully to see if they are stupid and bad. Of course, if these guys can reflect on themselves, they will not scold the people.

Under the low-rise Wenxi city wall, various siege equipment are piled up in a mess.

Goose carts, oar carts, battering rams, and ladders.

Some were smashed, and some were burned.

Surrounding these siege equipment are layers of corpses.

There are Cao’s army, defenders, and of course more are still civilians.

Under the city wall, there are gaps dug everywhere.

Just like the face of an adolescent, bumpy.

Some civilians were driven by Cao's army to dig holes in the potholes under the city, trying to dig a gap in the city wall so that a large group of soldiers could rush into the city directly!

However, the civilians were not well fed, and the walls of Wenxi were made of multiple layers of glutinous rice. These civilians did not have any handy tools, so they seemed to be busy every day, but there was still not much effect. The dug soil rustled, but the progress was not fast.

The blood almost soaked all the land around the city, forming a sticky depression in some places. Stepping on it was like there were countless wronged souls in this depression that would stretch out invisible hands to grab the legs and feet of people passing by, and they could not be pulled out for a long time.

Attacking the city was difficult, and defending the city was also hard.

Originally, they were from the same country, the same nation, and even the people of neighboring counties, but now they were divided into the enemy and us, fighting to the death.

"The general has an order!" Cao's soldiers shouted loudly, "Today's battle, there are many slack! Execute the twenty-stroke killing order! "

The defeated civilians stood still under the swords and spears of Cao's soldiers.

The Cao's soldiers wandered among them, occasionally grabbing one or two people, beating them up, and dragging them to the front of the battle.

『Kill! 』

The Cao's military school waved his hand expressionlessly.

The head fell to the ground.

Twenty strokes to kill, that is, 5%.

If an enterprise or company has employees who are lazy because of declining efficiency, then it is more or less understandable to implement the last-place elimination mechanism, but the Cao's current twenty strokes to kill order is definitely not because of the failure to attack Wenxi...

Because the Cao's soldiers even stood on the wall of the camp, watching these defeated civilians laughing, and did not feel any anxiety about not being able to conquer Wenxi.

It was like watching the jokes of these civilians!

Because to be honest, these civilians are also from Hedong.

Hedong people fighting Hedong, this is not a joke, what else is it?

『What are you still standing there for? 』 The Cao's military school shouted indifferently, 『While it's hot? 』

A group of Hedong civilians, like zombies, staggered forward, skinning some and cutting some.

In Journey to the West, tens of thousands of people were eaten in Lion Camel Ridge, but as long as you become a driver of a god, all sins can be eliminated.

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The cavalry led by Zhang Xiu and Li Er did not entangle with Lu Zhao under the city of Wenxi, but rushed directly to Lu Zhao's rear line.

For the cavalry, riding a horse is almost an instinct for them.

For Li Er, riding a horse and trampling and killing Cao's soldiers at will has become the happiest time of his past few days.

Zhang Xiu bypassed the Wenxi battlefield and began to intercept Cao's rear-line troops.

Li Er roared, waving his sword, rushing left and right, unstoppable.

He laughed wildly while slashing down the fourth or fifth Cao army soldier, and then he found that there was no opponent in front of him. They killed through the Cao army formation and completely defeated the Cao army transport column.

『Hahaha!』 Li Er shook off the blood on his sword, and then shouted to Zhang Xiu who was slowly coming, 『General! We should have fought like this a long time ago! This is so satisfying! So satisfying!』

Zhang Xiu looked at the black smoke rising from the burning baggage cart, glanced at Li Er again, and then looked into the distance, 『Generally speaking, after beating the younger ones, it is time for the older ones to come... Guess who will come?』

Li Er was wiping his sword, and he laughed when he heard it: 『Isn't this just right? I also think these Cao army soldiers are too weak to be beaten, and they fell down in a few hits! It's time for a real opponent!』

『Humph.』 Zhang Xiu ignored Li Er's dissatisfaction.

He had also gone through the phase of Li Er, thinking that killing was the most enjoyable and military exploits were the most important.

But now, Zhang Xiu has more things to consider.

"The old will come, and the young will be afraid." Zhang Xiu turned back and looked in the direction of Wenxi, "What do you think the Cao army in Wenxi will do if they know that their retreat is cut off?"

"Ah?" Li Er was stunned for a moment, "This..."

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The shouting and killing sounds under the city of Wenxi, although still loud, no longer have much strength, more like perfunctory.

It's like the salesperson in a marketing company in the future responding to greetings, "Very good, very good, extremely good..."

The walls of Wenxi seem to be more broken than the previous two days.

But Wenxi was so broken before, so it seems that it's not a bad idea to be more broken today.

The broken siege equipment on the east and west sides of the city are scattered all over the battlefield.

These huge monsters that once carried the ambition of conquering cities and territories have now become broken wood blocks and charred wreckage, which seem to silently tell the cruelty of the battle.

In this chaos and destruction, there are corpses everywhere.

Cold and rotten.

The battlefield is like a picture of hell, which is unbearable to watch.

The air is filled with the pungent smell of blood and burning, which is the smell mark of death and destruction.

The attack and defense of both sides have lasted for nearly a month, and both sides are exhausted from fighting.

Most of the defenders in the city have also been killed. Now many people in Wenxi City are holding swords and guns to assist in defense on the top of the city, while women and the elderly and weak are struggling to transport bricks, stones, wooden pillars and other things in the city to the top of the city.

The houses around the entire circle of the city wall have been almost demolished, and all the usable stones and wood have been collected.

Some children sat in the ruins in a daze, and they didn't even have much strength to cry.

In the cold weapon era, attacking and defending a city was never a beautiful thing.

And outside Wenxi City, in the Cao army camp.

Several military schools surrounded Lu Zhao and were talking about it.

Their retreat was cut off.

The soldier who delivered the message almost lost half his life.

"What should we do now? This damn Wenxi defender is really a tough guy! I thought... "

"What did you think? Do you think you can think? ! "

"Fuck! After conquering Wenxi, I will definitely skin the defender with my own hands! ! ""They are all those filthy things! ! "

"These guys are all the same kind of stuff! It's possible that they are pretending on the city and outside the city! They are all Hedong people! ! "

"Why not just kill them all! ! "

"Kill them all? ! Ha! Kill them all and then you go to attack the city? ! ! "

"Wait! Aren't we going to discuss the issue of our food and grass now? Our retreat is cut off! 』

『Those damned cavalry bandits only dare to run around! Come and attack the camp if you dare! Damn it! 』

"forage! damn it! 』

The road signs are a bit bad.

If I had known earlier, I would not have convened these military academies to discuss the matter. Mao didn't even come up with a single point of discussion, and he kept chattering for a long time. I really couldn't listen anymore, so I slapped the table and said, "Shut up!" 』

Several military academies suddenly shrank their heads and became quiet.

Lu Zhao originally thought of formulating a strategy, one is to continue to attack the city, and the other is to evacuate.

Pretty simple, right?

Unfortunately, seemingly simple things are often not simple.

Before attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao also thought that he was omnipotent and that conquering Wenxi would be easy, so he patted his chest in front of Cao Cao and issued the military order, but now...

With their retreat cut off and their supplies burned, conventionally speaking, they had no choice but to retreat.

But after retreating like this, where is the military order from Lu Zhao?

Wenxi was indeed struggling to his death, and it would be obvious to defeat the city again. But the question is, who knows how many more days Wenxi can continue to struggle? What if Cao Jun completely ran out of food the day before the city fell? Is it possible to imitate those pigs and dogs and eat rat meat? Is this necessary?

So Lu Zhao actually wanted to withdraw his troops, but if he went back like this, he would obviously have to bear the biggest blame, so Lu Zhao wanted to share the blame, and if everyone shared the blame, he would be more relaxed.

But Cao Jun's military academy was not a fool, so he naturally talked about things but did not talk about withdrawing the troops.

Lu Zhao asked several military schools to take turns speaking by name, but he still couldn't get the results he wanted. These Cao Jun military academies either said they would obey the general's orders, or they patted their chests and said they would obey Lu Zhao's decision no matter what he decided...

Lu Zhao had a sullen face.

Cao's army was short of food for more than a day or two.

Lu Zhao made these Hedong civilians eat rat meat and killed them twenty times every day after the siege was over, all in order to save food and grass as much as possible. He divided the people of Hedong into ten teams, eight teams went into battle every day, and two teams rested. They never gave them enough food and grass, and they always instilled the idea that it was these civilians who didn't work hard to attack the city that caused them to have no real food and grass to eat.

At the same time, some people were promoted among these detachments to avoid the possibility of being killed. They were allowed to serve as Cao Jun's spokespersons, assist Cao Jun in management, and let these people be responsible for distributing the pitifully small amounts of serious food.

This will maintain the current situation, but the way out will be blocked!

The subsequent food and fodder cannot keep up, which is really fatal!

Lu Zhao looked from left to right, then from right to left, and finally said viciously: "I have to make the decision, right?" Okay, I've made up my mind, what if someone doesn't follow it? 』

Several military academies looked at each other, feeling somewhat bad.

Someone forced a smile and said: "The general is considerate of us..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" ” Lu Zhao interrupted the man, “I asked you to say it just now, but you didn’t say it, and now you want to say it, it’s too late! Someone come! Let’s make ten lots! 』

Several military academies couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Obviously, the road recruitment is to draw lots at the military academy.

In the Han Dynasty, drawing lots was called "drawing lots". It is said that when the Red Eyebrow Army decided on the emperor, they used the method of drawing lots, and finally Liu Penzi became the emperor...

"The food team has been robbed. Even if we start immediately, it will be difficult to sustain it!" Lu Zhao stared fiercely at the military schools in front of him, "Didn't you all say you want to listen to me?" good! Now it’s time to draw lots! It just so happens that there are two civilian husband teams per person, and one civilian husband team corresponds to one hour! Starting at Yin time tomorrow, we will attack the city with all our strength! The civilians retreated and the soldiers killed them! The soldiers retreat, you and I will kill them! If you wait to retreat, humph, don't blame a certain military law for being ruthless! 』

Without food and grass, it would be absolutely impossible for Cao Jun to continue to support these civilians.

Even a small amount of daily supply is still a lot of pressure, so tomorrow's bloody battle naturally seems to be an inevitable choice.

Lu Zhao took the lot handed over by the guard on the side, held the marked part in his hand and covered it, "Come on!" A battle tomorrow will cost lives! They must also be piled on top of the city! 』

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On the other side of the battlefield, the troops led by Cao Xiu were rushing towards Wenxi.

Originally, Cao Xiu should have arrived at Wenxi battlefield earlier, but...

Cao Xiu also received the news that the transport team was attacked by hussars. This bad news made Cao Jun, who was already nervous, even more anxious.

When the information came, Cao Xiu was studying the map and planning the route in the tent with his deputy.

The soldier who reported the report was panting, his face was pale, and his body was covered in mud and blood. His voice was trembling and urgent: "Report to the general!" The grain team was ambushed by hussars and suffered heavy losses! 』

Of course, no matter what kind of equipment you want to make, you can't rub it out while walking...

Originally, Cao Xiu thought it would only take a day or two, but he didn't expect it to take four or five days.

As a result, the journey will naturally be slower.

Originally, Cao Xiu felt that the time spent was worth it.

Turns out it was not a small price to pay.

Cao Xiuteng stood up, measured on the map, and determined the location of the hussar attack on the grain team. In fact, it was less than two days away from them. If we say before...

Of course, it's too late to think about it now.

Although he was a veteran general and had learned to stay calm in the face of such emergencies, the attack on Cao's grain team not only meant the loss of grain and weapons, but also meant that the enemy's tactics became more cunning and fierce. It also meant that Lu Zhao had lost control of the battlefield, leaving a huge gap in the Wenxi battlefield.

This is very dangerous!

Cao Xiu immediately made a decision, his voice firm and powerful, "Pass the order down, cook at three o'clock, and set off at five o'clock! The whole army speeds up the march, we must get to Wenxi as soon as possible! At the same time, send more scouts to find out the specific location and size of the enemy attacking the grain team! Bring all the newly made chevaux de frise! We must face the cavalry head-on! 』