"The Holy One has decreed to attack You. Xuzhou is the center of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. How can we open the city gate privately to welcome the rebels! Why don't you shoot the crossbowmen quickly!" As he spoke, Liu Hui had already beaten the soldiers who were returning home. The rebel faction shows no mercy at all.
Pang Taiqiu was secretly happy and looked embarrassed, but the deputy general was furious: "No!"
Wei Yanshan withdrew his eyes and said to Pang Taiqiu: "I can understand the mood of those soldiers who want to return home but are unable to do so, but it is extremely inappropriate to rush into the city. Let them temporarily station outside the city." The lieutenants all thought in their hearts. One loose.
Liu Hui descended from the tower angrily, and the other generals also dispersed.
Pang Taiqiu walked up to Wei Guogong and said, "I am not cruel, but I sent someone to send a message yesterday. As long as Pang disbands the rebel soldiers he recruited, I can let him take some people into the city, but he refuses."
Wei Yanshan thought, if Pang really listened to Pang Taiqiu and only brought a few people into Xuzhou City, he would probably die within a few days.
There are many smart people, but Pons just didn't fall into the trap as Ponteciu expected. Ponteciu is now very angry.
He took a thorough look at Pang Taiqiu's psychology, and still had a gentle smile on his face: "It's Pang who doesn't know what's good and what's good."
Pang Taiqiu said with a smile: "It's good if the Duke can understand me."
"Those rebels below the city..."
Wei Yanshan's voice was cold and cold: "They are rebels. Does General Pang still want to spare their lives?" Wei Yanshan intuitively felt that Zhou Xu's handiwork must be among these menacing people, so how could he possibly take them in.
Pang Taiqiu understood: "I know." After a while, he said worriedly: "I heard that Zhou Manzi and Wushuang generals fought, and used a weird thing called Heaven's Punishment. It is said that there was thunder and lightning in the punishment that day, but Exploding mountains and cracking rocks is extraordinary.”
Wei Yanshan sneered: "It's just some gunpowder to scare people."
He had already obtained the exploded fragments of Heavenly Punishment, and after a brief sniff, he knew that Heavenly Punishment was wrapped in gunpowder, but it had changed its shape and power. Wei Yanshan bit his teeth lightly and tried his best to calm himself down. He asked his craftsmen to study it. Unfortunately, nothing was found from those fragments of Heavenly Punishment. This kind of thing that clearly knew what it was made of, but could not be made, made Wei Yanshan a little angry.
"Yes, yes." Pang Taiqiu said humbly, "I will send some soldiers disguised as Youzhou soldiers tonight to kill Pang's people."
"Since Zhou Manzi has gone to Daizhou, Duke, should I send some troops to Jinling?" Pang Taiqiu expressed his loyalty to Duke Wei and said, "After all, Guangling and Jinling are far apart. One, the aliens over there captured Jinling..."
Pang Taiqiu wanted to say at this moment, Duke, your wife and legitimate son are both in Jinling now, so you are not afraid of being taken over by the foreign generals under Zhou Youzhou? No, there is still a pair of concubines and concubines in Luoyang.
"No need." Wei Yanshan said: "Jinling not only has the Yangtze River natural moat, but also the Tiger Hill, which cannot be conquered in a short time."
Since Wei Guogong said so, Pang Taiqiu stopped asking.
Wei Yanshan is indeed not worried about Jinling, Luoyang and other places. In addition to Jinling, Luoyang also has the natural danger of the Yellow River and is surrounded by mountains. Every place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Compared with these two places, Xuzhou is much weaker and is set off by them. , but it seems that there is no danger to defend. This is why Wei Yanshan must sit in Xuzhou.
He has always been proud of the Taiyuan Shenwu Army under his command, and believes that he is not inferior to the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.
But now there is a sudden change of heavenly punishment. This feeling of being unable to control made Wei Yanshan frown slightly. Since the expedition to Youzhou, the defeat in Youzhou that he had imagined did not happen. Instead, the defeat became more and more fierce.
Sure enough, Youzhou is not an easy nut to crack.
evening.
Pangsi suddenly woke up from his sleep. They were asked by Xuzhou Jiedu to station themselves under the city. The messenger did not say when they would be able to enter the city. Little did he know that he could no longer suppress his soldiers who wanted to go home. Pons recalled that there were many examples of arrogant soldiers killing their commanders in the past. Without exception, it was because the commander's behavior made the soldiers below him very dissatisfied.
He vowed to take these people home, but now he failed and was blocked outside the city gate. Pang clenched the dagger in his hand and opened the curtain. Before asking what happened, he saw the centurion anxiously He rushed over and said, "General, there is a night attack!"
After a sudden chaos, Pons organized his troops to fight back immediately. The troops were in chaos and the horses neighed.
Pang only saw the word "you" on the flag opposite and was frightened, so he quickly sent people to pat down the city gate to let them in. Unfortunately, he was shot to death by an arrow before he could reach the city gate!
The rebel troops he gathered suffered more casualties in the war. Just when Pang was about to organize a manpower assault, the Youzhou soldiers and horses on the opposite side suddenly became chaotic. A louder and louder shout of killing rushed over. Pang opened his eyes wide. Looking at the Youzi flag that appeared behind him, he was a little confused, but this did not prevent him from fighting back. With the help of the latter team, those who raided were completely defeated, and they hurriedly returned to Xuzhou City.
Pang Si led the remaining Xuzhou soldiers and stared at those people with red eyes as they fled back to the city.
Until now, there was something he didn't understand.
It turned out that the people who killed them turned out to be Xuzhou soldiers in the city. Pang stared blankly at the wall opposite.
Many veterans burst into tears, mixed with hoarse yells and loud cries.
There was a rare silence on the city wall.
Jin Ben led Chang Luan slowly back into the darkness. The ground was extremely bloody, with human heads and corpses scattered everywhere. The enemy who killed them was not him, but their comrades who came from the same hometown.
Chang Luan clenched his fists. He returned home and found that his old mother was well taken care of by Youzhou soldiers. They not only repaired the house, but also diagnosed and treated her eye diseases. Youzhou soldiers also came to take care of her on weekdays. This move made Chang Luan grateful. He didn't know what to do. Although his hometown was occupied by people from Zhou Youzhou, Youzhou soldiers were strict in their military management and there was no burning, killing or looting at all.
This time Chang Luan followed General Jin to Xuzhou in the dark. When he discovered the crazy scene in the city, he couldn't help but scream.
In the night wind.
I don’t know who cried and sang the wandering song of Xuzhou. For more than six years, those Xuzhou soldiers far away in the southwest relied on this wandering song to comfort each other. They missed their hometown so much that their singing was rough and choked with sobs. The sound of the wind spread far away.
They traveled long distances, dusty and exhausted.
They just want to go home.
Jin Ben saw more and more people walking on the city wall, and it seemed that some people in the city were getting along with each other.
He took out the tips bag sent by Cui Langjun and looked at it. He did everything Cui Langjun ordered, helping Chang Luan take care of his old mother and inserting himself into the rebel army recruited by Pang Si. His men then sang local Xuzhou wanderer songs in the crowd to disturb the morale of the troops.
Finally conquered Pons.
Jin Ben looked at the dull-eyed Pang Si, who wanted to laugh but seemed to be crying, walking towards him. He put away his kit and waited seriously for Pang Si to fall into the trap.
Chapter 253 "War" revision
"Siege the city!"
Following an order, the fierce attack on the main city of Daizhou struck again. The originally peaceful land of Daizhou has been torn into pieces by the constant coming and going of cavalry. The war continues. The left cavalry of the Guangming Army led by General Wushuang has now shrunk to In the main city, small groups of troops came from the direction of Taiyuan from time to time, but they were all trapped in the home field of Youzhou soldiers led by Yang Dong.
Zhou Xu sat on the horse, looking at the battlefield in the distance, with a fierce and indifferent face, a pair of slightly narrow eyes slightly narrowed, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes like wind and sand, leaving deep marks on his face, Lin Wenjue fell behind the general on horseback , also looking ahead.
Not long ago, he solved the problem of the moat of the main city of Daizhou and the horse-repelling stakes in front of the moat. He first cut off the water in the moat, and then used trebuchets to cover a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians who pushed the trench-making trucks forward to fill the river. Now the moat is full of corpses, sand and gravel, and every step forward is paid in blood.
In the front row of the camp, ballistas, stone crossbows, and trebuchets were attacking the city from a distance. The power of the three crossbows made the defenders suffer a lot. When the salvo was fired, it was like dark clouds covering the sun, and the huge javelins were nailed into the city wall. , Long Xiaojun climbed up the ladder. Below, the ram was violently hitting the city gate, and the sound of killing was still shaking the sky after a night.
The defender Deng Wushuang's counterattack was particularly fierce and decisive. A Taicheng was built high on the city wall. The trebuchet on the Taicheng could send flying stones. The number of water bags on the city wall was greatly increased than before. The smoke was filled. Soldiers could be vaguely seen coming and going to get water to extinguish the fire. Not only that, they also prepared a large number of rolling wood, stone, and oil and gold juice in the building city.
The battle was very tragic.
Zhou Xu squinted his eyes for a while and said to Lin Wenjue: "Catch someone and ask why Deng Wushuang's morale has increased again today."
After Lin Wenjue left, Zhou Xu still looked at the main city of Daizhou.
He Man from Daizhou was blocked in Luochuan City in Hexi. At this moment, there was also a bloody storm in Hexi. Chang Shuanglin went on a killing spree, and He Man had no time to take care of himself. Wu Ziying, the newly appointed military governor of Daizhou, first asked the court for help. The messenger just He was shot dead as soon as he left the city gate. The siege had been going on for three days. Many officials from other counties in Daizhou came to rescue him with their troops, and they were all eaten by Lin Wenjue like dumplings.
Not long after, Lin Wenjue came back.
He whispered: "Deng Wushuang gave an order to the soldiers in the city. Anyone who retreats in front of the battle will have his whole family killed."
Those soldiers will also fight tooth and nail to defend the city for the sake of their families behind them.
This order was cruel, but it was effective. The originally low morale of the defenders was raised to an incredible level.
"Wenjue, you will have people build the earth hill in the east of the city later." Zhou Xu observed the wind direction for a while, and then said to Lin Wenjue.
Lin Wenjue hesitated and asked: "It is possible to build a mountain of earth to be as high as the city wall, but it will take a lot of time..." According to the height of the main city of Daizhou, the mountain of earth cannot be piled up in a month or two.
With such a long delay, their food and fodder is a big problem.
"Just do as you are told, make the noise louder, and then..." Zhou Xu waited and watched for a while, then continued: "At the weak point in the north of the city, use Heavenly Punishment to increase the offensive and attract their attention."
"Wei." Lin Wenjue cupped his hands.
"The wind direction is good today." Finally, Zhou Xu stretched out his hand to feel the wind.
In the past half month, it had rarely rained in Daizhou. Zhou Xu turned his horse around, returned to the Chinese army's tent, and changed into a suit of armor. When Lin Wenjue came in, his lord had already ordered a group of elite soldiers from the camp.
After finalizing the battle plan, Lin Wenjue held his helmet and looked at the retreating figure of his lord. He always felt that his lord was still the same as before. Many years ago, a young boy from the north known as General Long Wei single-handedly snatched him away from a group of slaves. come out.
Ten years have passed.
The predecessor of the Long Xiao Army was the Long Wei Army that the Northland boy once commanded.
The tower in the southwest corner of the main city of Daizhou is a wooden structure and is used to observe the enemy's situation. Since it is a full-scale siege, the southwest corner is naturally also under attack. At this moment, the enemy is using ladders and poles to attack the city. Under the city wall, they are shouting "kill Zhentian". The soldiers guarding the city wall in the southwest corner were tired and numb as they rolled down the huge rocks and trees to disrupt and kill the enemy and prevent them from climbing up the city wall. Their side was relatively good. To the north of the city, the Youzhou soldiers' offensive was fierce and continuous. The sound of explosions rang in their ears. At first they didn't dare to sleep after hearing the sound, but the long defense of the city made them exhausted.
The commander-in-chief of Taiyuan who occupied the Magpie Nest asked their Daizhou Jiedushi to issue a cruel order. If they retreated, the entire family in the city would be beheaded.
Many soldiers were dissatisfied and resentful but unable to resist. The battle became more and more intense. Just an hour ago, their resources were used to support the north of the city. Fortunately, the number of soldiers attacking the city in the southwest corner was not as large as before, and they could still deal with.
At this moment, a soldier discovered that there were more Youzhou soldiers on the ladder. He couldn't help but anxiously rolled down the boulders and logs. Most of his attention was on the ladder. Unknowingly, the punch pole under the city had been given away. Arrive at the city wall.
Not none of the Youzhou soldiers crossed the city wall, but most of them were swarmed and killed by the soldiers guarding the city. This time someone discovered them and immediately wanted to rush forward and kill the people who had climbed the city wall, just like before.
Unfortunately, changes have occurred.
Zhou Xu wiped the necks of those people clean with the Youzhou knife. The elites he brought did not need to be said. They had already started killing. Zhou Xu looked at the high city wall below and wiped off the blood on the knife. Without further ado, with the help of the wind, set fire.
Turn on the fire!
The wind assisted the fire, and the tower in the southwest corner quickly ignited a raging fire. Thick smoke billowed, and the sea of fire spread. Zhou Xu felt the heat wave hitting his face, and his smile was slightly distorted.
Lin Wenjue, who had been waiting in the dark for a long time, led his army to rush towards the southwest corner where the army was faintly defeated, and finally the city gate was opened.
After the city gate was broken, Youzhou soldiers rushed in crazily. Street fighting between the two sides was inevitable, but Youzhou soldiers were never afraid. In fact, they were more skilled and fierce.
The retreating Taiyuan soldiers were trapped in street fighting and killed. When Zhou Xu came out of the alley, the setting sun outside was like fire, and there were puddles of blood on the bluestone ground. As Youzhou military flags were planted on high places, Zhou Xu also came to Daizhou Jiedu Envoy Office.
Wu Ziying knelt on the ground trembling all over. Just when he was about to beg for mercy, a knife flashed before his eyes, and then he felt pain in his neck and lost consciousness.
Zhou Xu cut off Wu Ziying's head and threw it to Lin Wenjue.
"Send this head to all the counties in Daizhou and surrender without killing him."
"Wei!" Lin Wenjue said in a loud voice, holding his bleeding head.
Zhou Xu suddenly remembered something: "You will check if there are Mingxin laymen in the prison later. If they are still alive, send troops to escort them."
Zhou Xu sat on a chair in the lobby and placed the old Youzhou knife on the table. The dark blue peace charm on the handle of the knife had been dyed black and red by blood and was dripping with blood.
When Wu Xun was supported by his servants and saw his son's body, his heart ached. He fell on his son and was so sad that he couldn't say to himself: "Zhou Youzhou, why is this like this?"
"He's dead, so you don't have to die." Zhou Xu loosened his wrist guard. The long period of slashing made his wrists uncomfortable due to the wear and tear on his wrist. It's fine now. As for Wu Xun, he doesn't know how to do it. Let him take charge of Daizhou again. Daizhou was conquered by him, so it will naturally belong to him now.
Wu Xun burst into tears.
Zhou Xu touched the chair, and it was not until the sky became dark that the Light Army in the city strangled them all. Zhou Xu walked out of the Jiedu Mansion Office and changed his weapon to an ordinary spear.
After the city was conquered, the city was naturally his. Zhou Xu rode up to Deng Wushuang surrounded by people.
There were dozens of torches all around, illuminating everything like daylight.
Deng Wushuang was covered in blood and had numerous wounds. He fell in a pool of blood and leaned against the alley wall to prop himself up, his face haggard.
When he heard the sound of horse hooves, he glanced up.
Zhou Xu also looked at him.
