After Xu Zongwen killed Jia Xin, the former captain of Qi County, and Cheng Chu, the governor of Qi County, in front of tens of thousands of county soldiers that day, Han Ji became angry and ordered an attack on Linzi, but the county soldiers Because he did not bring the proper siege equipment and insufficient food and grass, he allowed the county soldiers to plunder dozens of towns around Linzi after retreating that day, and burned all the looted towns, along with thousands of captives. The surname was driven towards Linzi City.
When the barbarians attacked a Han city, they could only dismount and charge. The cavalry who lost their horses could only become the same as the infantry in the siege battle, relying on their mortal bodies to block the defenders' golden juices, thundering stones and rolling logs, and facing the rain of swords, guns and arrows. , and eventually turned into fallen corpses without a doubt.
The land at the foot of the strong city is fertile, so the Hu people have always had the tradition of driving the people to attack the city. Firstly, they take advantage of the weakness of the Han people in not attacking their own people. Secondly, they can also reduce their own casualties, etc., and achieve multiple things with one stone.
Han Ji was desperate for victory. After his first siege failed, he thought of the tried-and-true siege method in the past. While pretending to retreat, he set up an ambush on the retreat route, attracting the Linzi City defenders to chase him. Ambush.
It's a pity that Xu Zongwen was not fooled. After that, he let go completely and launched a massive plunder. The area near Linzi City was devastated, and the people were in dire straits and complained.
"These beasts deserve to die!" Xi Jian, who had always been gentle on the city wall, cursed Han Ji for his shameless act of driving the people to attack Linzi.
Pei Qing also shook his head repeatedly. The reason why the Jin army was able to win consecutive battles was because they used the slogan of regaining the homeland of the Jin Dynasty and rescuing the suffering people to attract a large number of Han generals and people to defect. Now Han Ji drove the people to attack. The city undoubtedly created a huge problem for the Linzi defenders and Xu Zongwen, and also gave them a huge problem!
It doesn’t matter if you fight, it doesn’t matter if you don’t fight.
Dilemma, how to deal with it?
Xu Zongwen did not appear on the tower. He hid in the corner tower in Wengcheng and commanded the overall situation. He listened to battle reports at any time, then made judgments and issued orders.
Pei Qing and Xi Jian are undoubtedly very supportive of Xu Zongwen's life-saving approach. After all, they have suffered a loss and gained a good memory. This is a good thing. If the general makes any mistakes, it will definitely be a huge blow to the morale of the army.
"Driving the people to attack the city?" Xu Zongwen was stunned when he heard Zhang San's report. He had not expected this.
No matter how many times I calculated, I still missed something.
Xu Zongwen still underestimated what Han Ji would do. He came to his senses and asked, "Do you two gentlemen have any suggestions?"
If you have a problem, you must find an adviser. Isn't it the duty of Pei Qing and Xi Jian to offer advice? Otherwise, what use does this general have for them?
"Back to the general, these two gentlemen don't have any suggestions. They just asked the subordinates to come and ask the general how to deal with it?" Zhang San's head lowered lower and lower, and he could already feel Xu Zongwen's displeasure.
Xu Zongwen pulled out his hair and relaxed his neck. Good guy, you didn't say anything. At least you can come up with a plan and then make your own decision?
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. This sentence is really true: a wise saying.
"It's time for our envoy to take action." Xu Zongwen thought for a while and then ordered: "Let all the people in, and then seal the city gate with huge rocks. After the people enter the city, they will escort all the young and strong people to the barracks for safe custody. Get up, lest Xizuo who’s mixed in there doesn’t cause trouble..."
"Tell the people, don't panic, follow the government's arrangements, everyone will receive food every day, and anyone who doesn't follow the rules will be killed as a warning to others!"
"Leave this matter to Mr. Auxiliary Machine."
Pei Qing was good at civil affairs, and he would not make any mistakes when arranging the affairs of the people. Xi Jian was full of ingenuity and left the city tower to deal with it, just in case anything went wrong.
After Xu Zongwen made arrangements, he took the people out of the corner tower. After leaving Weng City, he and Zhang San went to inspect several other city gates.
Near the Linzi city gate, black smoke drifted into the air. The smell of burning corpses filled the area for three or four miles. The dead bodies of county soldiers and horses were strewn all over the ground.
The armor pieces of the captured county soldiers were scattered all over the ground, and they were all disgraced and dejected. The people surrounding the collapsed main street involuntarily covered their noses and took a few steps back, their faces full of disgust and disgust!
"Kill them, kill them!"
"That's right! We should bury them all alive to relieve our anger. How dare you rebel and attack Linzi!"
"What do you keep this kind of person for?"
"I heard that the county soldiers outside captured all the villagers near Linzi and used them as cannon fodder to attack the city!"
"These rebels are really not human beings. They are a bunch of sons of bitches. They only know how to bully the unarmed people like us, but they don't dare to fight against the Jin army in the south. They only know how to use other methods to harm our own family!"
"you do not say!"
"Kill them, brothers, kill these rebels!"
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The people watching casually picked up the dirt and gravel on the ground and threw them at the defeated soldiers. The county soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness could only avoid each other fearfully, but they were still unavoidable from flying towards me. He was hit by a stone and ended up with a bloody head!
"It stinks!"
After Xu Zongwen inspected the other three city gates, he turned around and turned to Zhang San while covering his mouth and nose and asked: "Where is Mr. Auxiliary Machine?"
Xu Zongwen turned around for a long time and looked for it for a long time. He didn't see Pei Qing's shadow and asked quickly.
Zhang San turned sideways and replied: "General, didn't you just order the city gates to be opened to admit the people who were abducted by Han Ji? Mr. Pei is rushing over after receiving the order to prepare for the resettlement."
Xu Zongwen nodded, turned around and strode toward the tower.
"General, didn't you say you can't go up to the tower?" Zhang San stepped forward to stop him.
Since Xu Zongwen was hit by an arrow, Pei Qing, Xi Jian and Nie Zhen'er have all given him good advice. They all said the same thing. They must not let Xu Zongwen risk going up the tower again.
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Xu Zongwen smiled bitterly and said: "I will just sit on the stone steps and listen to the noise, and I won't go anywhere."
"Then I'll find a team of men and horses to protect the general with shields to prevent the general from being hurt by random arrows outside the city." Zhang San didn't wait for Xu Zongwentong to agree, and ran towards the city.
"You guys are all right. Go to Xi Zhizhong and get some double fox shields to protect the general. Go quickly!"
Seeing that the sergeant in front of him showed no reaction, Zhang San raised his foot and kicked him, "Did you hear that? Hurry up!"
"No!" The sergeants of the team hurriedly raised their hands and were ordered to receive the double fox shields.
Xu Zongwen was looking at it happily, but he didn't expect that Zhang San left him and came to the sergeant, and he actually looked like a Shangguan! It's okay to reprimand the sergeant in a dignified manner.
Outside the city, Han Ji rode his horse forward and ordered: "Push forward! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
"Did you hear that? The Lord has an order. As long as you enter the city, you can avoid death. If you move your heels even half a step back, you will lose your head immediately..." The captain in charge of escorting was repeating Han Ji's order.
"Beat the drum for me. After the three-way drum, anyone who doesn't stand still, moves backwards, or dares to interfere will be cut off by me!" Han Ji said fiercely.
The messengers on the side nodded quickly, turned their horses and left, conveying Han Ji's military orders without missing a beat.
Inside the Trojan Wolf, fifty soldiers of the Xu tribe were crowded inside. They relied on a few small air outlets below to breathe a few breaths of fresh air.
The person responsible for carrying out the special task this time was a pro-military commander recommended by Zhang San to Xu Zongwen. The pro-military commander was named Xu Wen. When talking about his relationship with Xu Zongwen, he was even close to him.
Xu Wen was the seventh son-in-law of Xu Zongwen's second uncle's third daughter's uncle, his fourth cousin's fifth uncle's uncle, and the sixth daughter's family.
Even Xu Zongwen couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised Xu Wen: "Okay, young man, you can still be named Xu after going around in such a big circle. This general obeys you, and there is no one except you for this mission." The second person was chosen.”
In this way, after Xu Zongwen made the final decision, the commander responsible for executing the mission codenamed "Trojan Wolf" was Xu Wen.
For this reason, Xu Zongwen specially promoted Xu Wen, the commander-in-chief, to the rank of deputy, and hid in the Trojan wolves with fifty people, waiting for the order from Linzi City, preparing to give Han Ji a fatal blow!
Xu Zongwen and Xu Wen agreed that the code for dispatching troops was the five-tone drum. Just then, Han Ji ordered the drums to be beaten to attack the city. The three-tone drum stopped. Fortunately, they did not continue. Every time the drummer dropped the hammer, his heart pounded and went crazy with the rhythm. Beating, if the three-tone drum hadn't listened, he would have rushed out of the Timber Wolf with fifty pro-military brothers and launched an attack.
The county soldiers drove the common people to attack the city. Some of the crowd carried the old and the young, and some limped along with wooden sticks.
Even if the people work so hard, the county soldiers who are responsible for driving away from the periphery will still wave their whips. Those who are whipped do not dare to say anything, because each of the county soldiers carries a steel knife on their backs, and they will be beaten if they are even slightly unsatisfied. They kill easily!
"General, is it time for Xu Wen to take action?" Zhang San looked eagerly. Xu Zongwen asked him to run up and down to report the military situation in the city. His legs were almost thick from running...
Xu Zongwen shook his head repeatedly: "What are you so anxious about, kid? The emperor is really... so why are you so anxious? The eunuch is anxious!"
Xu Zongwen quickly took back the word "emperor" that he had not yet spoken, and poked Zhang San, who had just sat down, with his hand: "Go up and watch."
Facing Xu Zongwen's unkind gaze, Zhang San gave up!
One level of official rank would kill anyone, let alone Xu Zongwen who was so many levels higher than him?
There is no way, why are we born to run errands? Zhang San cursed, then reluctantly got up and headed towards the city.
"You brat, Ah San, have you not eaten? Hurry up!"
