If you fight for the land, you will kill people to fill the fields. If you fight for the city, you will fight and kill people to fill the city.
In the era of cold weapons, the confrontation between the two armies has always been a direct charge after the two armies formed their formations. After the battle between small groups of troops, under the command of the commander, the confrontation between various arms of the two sides began. Archers and cavalry were long-range attacks. A powerful weapon, heavy cavalry is an existence that can determine victory or defeat in a melee between two armies!
The side that takes the initiative to attack means that it has to withstand the rain of crossbows and arrows from the other side. When fighting in hand-to-hand combat, the two sides are really attacking each other. There are no fancy and complicated martial arts moves because there is neither time nor space to display. If you are not careful, you will Die by the enemy's sword!
Siege warfare is even more cruel. The emergence of various offensive and defensive weapons means that the siege party often has to pay thousands of soldiers to capture a city. In fact, it is exchanging human lives for the city.
If you encounter an enemy general who is good at defending the city, or your own general who lacks resourcefulness, the casualties will be more, and you may not even be able to capture the city in the end!
Tancheng, an alley outside the Donghai County Prefecture.
Xu Zongwen will never forget the first time he stabbed a stranger with a cold spear into the body. Xu Zongwen galloped on his horse, and under the strong impact of the horse, he sent the spear head into the body of a Qin soldier, and then penetrated the Qin soldier's fragile body. The body was hit until blood spurted out!
The battlefield was filled with smoke and the pungent smell of blood, cries and groans from both sides, and the strange cries of crows perched on the roof late at night after being awakened.
Tancheng is in chaos, and the night is like an endless net covering the entire world. No one can be spared on the battlefield!
When Xu Zongwen received the news that Zhuge Kan had repelled the garrison of the Tancheng Prefecture, he immediately led his 100 cavalry to rush there. On the way, he encountered a group of Di tribe who resisted tenaciously. There were about 30 people. They had no horses. But he took the initiative to attack Xu Zongwen's Hundreds on the long street!
With no choice, Xu Zongwen had no choice but to fight in order to reach the prefect's mansion earlier and capture Donghai Prefect Li Yan alive so that he could surrender and purge the remaining enemies in Tan City.
Because, on the way to the prefect's mansion, he saw more than once the Han people rushing onto the streets with hoes, sickles, and even wooden sticks and kitchen knives to fight the Di Qin army, and the Han people in the Qin army had already surrendered.
This time, he has to face the challenge in his heart and cannot shrink back. Instead of a hundred pairs of eyes behind him, he has the attention of four thousand people!
He originally thought that the process of killing was very cumbersome, because when someone wants to take your life, resistance is the instinct of life, so the killing will be long-lasting.
But I didn’t expect that ending a person’s life often only takes a moment, a blink of an eye!
If there is a first time for everything, there will naturally be a second and third time, and the same goes for killing enemies on the battlefield.
Xu Zongwen dismounted, holding the steel knife tightly and slashed at the head of a Qin soldier. The sharp knife broke the Qin soldier's head in just a moment, when a red and white thing flew along the gap of the knife edge and hit Xu Zongwen's head. On his face, his restless heart suddenly became extremely calm, and the boiling blood in his body also cooled down, as if killing was a trivial matter in the first place!
Chopping a human head with a knife is no different than chopping a melon, it just takes a little more effort!
Qin Bing fell, and Xu Zongwen, who was originally filled with grudges about the murder, stood up at this moment!
"You can't kill without a nod, but human life is the most fragile in the world." Xu Zongwen looked at the fierce fighting in front of him and ran over with a steel knife in hand.
It was getting late, when Xu Zongwen killed the Di team and rushed to the prefect's mansion, he couldn't wait to let Zheng Lue take off the heavy armor on his shoulders. At this time, his pure white jacket and felt boots were already covered in his armor. Dyeing dark red with blood.
There are enemies and there are your own.
He was injured. There was a gaping wound just two inches above his left shoulder. The flesh and blood from the enemy's spear had been opened. Although a thin layer of scab had formed, the corners of his mouth were filled with pain. The slightly hissing arc cannot deceive others.
After using a steel knife to chop off the head of a Qin soldier, Xu Zongwen killed three more enemies one after another. At the same time, he also added two wounds on his left shoulder and arm, plus the arrow wound on his cheek during the Battle of Feishui. Xu Zongwen already had three wounds on his body.
He is also slowly accepting that in this chaotic era, killing is not a crime.
Especially on the battlefield, a head represents military merit and a promotion level!
Furthermore, those who died at the hands of Xu Zongwen were not Han compatriots, but the Hu people who wreaked havoc on China and committed crimes against the Han people.
Xu Zongwen realized very clearly that this was just the beginning. The current opponents are the Di people, and the opponents in the future may be the Xianbei, Qiang, Jie, and Huns. In the end, they may even be the Han people themselves...
Xu Zongwen thought a lot. He forgot about the injuries on his body and the pain for the time being.
"Brother, you can't do it if you are injured and bleeding!" Zheng Lue and Shen Yu have always been brothers to Xu Zongwen in private, and they only address their official positions in front of others.
Zheng Lue had seen the old military doctor bandaging someone. He pulled off his white trouser legs, and while Xu Zongwen was absent-minded, he circled Xu Zongwen's shoulder several times. How could Zheng Lue, a rough and rough man like him, know how to take care of Xu Zongwen's injuries? Affection?
"Zheng Lue, please watch carefully!" Shen Yu reminded hurriedly from the side.
Zheng Lue's bandaging movements were wild and neat, and Xu Zongwen's strangulation was painful!
However, Xu Zongwen didn't dare to shout out. There were so many people in a large public place. If he really wanted to shout out, the news would not spread throughout the army the next day, and he would be laughed to death!
"This is just an ordinary battle. We will encounter battles more dangerous and more dangerous than this in the future. It turns out that this is the fate of the general." Xu Zongwen calmed down. He looked at all sides of the battlefield and continued: " This is also the fate that every soldier on the battlefield cannot escape."
Zheng Lue didn't understand. He just stood aside and guarded Xu Zongwen. Shen Yu secretly nodded at what he said.
"Death is not enough to make a general afraid. A general will die in a hundred battles, but he will live even though he dies! Die to win, die well, and be shrouded in horse leather is his final destination!"
He remembered that on the night of the Battle of Feishui, when Zhu Xu said these words to him, the firm look in his eyes seemed to be exactly the same as the black color in the sky thousands of miles above the battlefield of Feishui that day, or simply merged into one. Zhu Xu is a man who has survived countless times on the battlefield, and he has experienced only a handful of battles.
The entry of the brigade into the city followed Xu Zongwen's thoughts and drifted away.
Outside the prefect's mansion.
"Captain!" The Jin troops guarding the gate saluted.
Xu Zongwen asked hurriedly: "Did Li Yan catch him?"
"Back to Captain, Captain Zhuge is still surrounding us. Everyone is in the backyard. Don't worry, Captain, we will definitely not be able to escape!"
"Why are you still lingering? Just kill the Hulu who don't surrender. An hour has passed and you haven't caught Li Yan yet?" Xu Zongwen was a little unhappy. He was injured and was already in a bad mood. Hearing that there were still people in the prefect's mansion The battle was thunderous and clanging, and he couldn't help but curse.
The sergeant guarding the gate did not dare to answer, and Xu Zongwen stepped directly into the prefect's mansion.
"Who is it?" Zhuge Kan's soldiers were leading Xu Zongwen to the backyard. When he passed the door of Li Yan's bedroom, Xu Zongwen suddenly saw a black figure jumping from the bedside. He quickly asked people to surround the outside of the bedroom.
Pushing open the door of Li Yan's dormitory, Xu Zongwen held his sword attentively under the torchlight of everyone, and was about to prepare to fight the enemy, but he found a man with messy bun in the corner, wearing a coarse brown shirt and a beige single shirt. The figure seemed to be a woman.
"A bold thief, why don't you just arrest him without hesitation?" Zheng Luohu stood in front of Xu Zongwen and shouted angrily at the woman.
The woman was shaking because she was frightened, and she was crying even when she answered.
Looking closely, it turned out that there was a female corpse lying on the bed next to her. It seemed that she should be the concubine of the prefect Li Yan. It was not known whether she was mistakenly killed by the Jin army or the Qin army among the rebels.
Standing up, one could see that this woman had a pair of furrowed eyes, and a few strands of hair on her cheeks were gently fluttering in the wind. Xu Zongwen was fascinated by it, especially the cunning eyes flowing around her flexible eyes. There is a spiritual energy exuding from above and below.
"I wonder who the girl is, and what does she have to do with the prefect Li Yan?" Xu Zongwen suddenly whispered softly, which made Zheng Lue and Shen Yu look a little incredible. The captain who was killing people in Xiapi yesterday was actually still there. There is such an unknown side!
"General, have mercy on me. This little girl is just a commoner. Since Li Yan, the governor of the East China Sea, and his fellow Di people came to the East China Sea, we have never had a happy life! Li Yan cleverly set up a name, levied excessive taxes, and broke the bones and sucked the marrow of the people under his jurisdiction. The little girl tonight I want to save the life of this bitch officer and restore peace and tranquility to the people of Donghai. I wonder if the general will do justice for heaven and capture Tancheng..."
As the woman talked, her tearful eyes were filled with pear blossoms, and tears were falling down like rain. Xu Zongwen couldn't bear to look at her.
"That's it, Zheng Lue, I'll leave this girl to you. Take good care of her and make sure she doesn't make any mistakes!" Xu Zongwen wanted to leave in a hurry. He couldn't stand the scene of his daughter crying and wiping away her tears!
Zheng Lue grinned and agreed. He had long noticed that his captain was interested in this girl, and now he entrusted her to his care. Isn't this clear enough?
Xu Zongwen didn't think that much. He just wanted to pacify Tancheng as soon as possible and then have a good sleep.
Xu Zongwen left with Shen Yu and the remaining troops. The woman followed Zheng Lue out of the room and headed to another unknown place. Before leaving, she kept looking back at Xu Zongwen who had disappeared at the end of the sea of people.
"Li Yan, you are desperate. Surrender immediately. My captain can promise to keep your body intact."
"Stop talking nonsense, you southern barbarians are just smart talkers. If you have the skills, come and take my head!"
"Team leader, we have lost many brothers. If the blame comes from above..."
"What do you know? We followed Lieutenant Xu to descend Pi and attack Tancheng. Isn't this a credit to us? Do you feel bad for losing men and horses? Will you still feel bad when we divide the reward money?"
"Captain!"
"Captain Xu."
Xu Zongwen rushed to the backyard and saw a group of people surrounding a disheveled Qin general who strode over.
"Don't block it, make way for the captain. Shen Yu asked the sergeants along the way to get out of the way quickly.
"Li Yan, are you willing to surrender to the Jin Dynasty?" Xu Zongwen saw that there were no Qin soldiers standing next to Li Yan, and he tried to persuade him to surrender.
"Kill if you want, why waste your words!" Li Yan's attitude was very decisive. He had been injured in many places. If he hadn't been leaning against the wall, he couldn't even stand on his legs.
Xu Zongwen shook his head and ordered: "Crossbowman, send him back to the west!"
"Fire the arrows." Zhuge Kan gave the order, and all the arrows from the bows and crossbows in the hands of hundreds of Jin soldiers were shot out at the same time, nailing Li Yan to the root of the wall. Li Yan's whole body was covered with arrows, like an open arrow. hedgehog……
