"Carry the wounded down and put them in a safe place. In the name of the governor's office, summon all the doctors in the city to focus on treatment. Don't wrong the brothers who are guarding the city. Tell the people in the city that anyone who has the strength to come and help, even if they only move one piece per person." Stones, the rebels outside the city can't get in..." Xu Zongwen took a nap, and organized the civilians to transport the wounded soldiers down from the city tower, "By the way, tell the people that the rebels are going to massacre the city, and anyone who wants to survive will come to me. Move!"
"No!" More than a dozen messengers shouted and rushed towards the city, running around to deliver Xu Zongwen's general orders. Since Han Ji first besieged the city, all generals knew more or less that Fu Lang, the governor of Linzi City, was just This decoration, all military orders come from the military advisor general Wenzong Xu. No one dares to ignore the military advisor general's orders!
After Zhang San came down from the city tower, he reported everything about the battle to Xu Zongwen. Xu Zongwen fully agreed with this. As long as Han Ji's offensive is withstood today, Linzi City will be out of danger.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
Not only did the defenders of Linzi City suffer heavy casualties, but the corpses of the county soldiers had already filled the trenches under the city, and even the moat was filled to the brim. The county soldiers suffered at least 5,000 casualties during the half-day attack on the city.
Unlike the defenders of Linzi City, the wounded soldiers of the county soldiers were not so lucky. The generals did not pay attention to the injured sergeants. Instead, they regarded them as a burden. They did not care about life or death, and even trampled on the bodies of their own wounded soldiers to attack the city. The rabbit died and the fox was sad. Most of the county soldiers swallowed their anger and stored their dissatisfaction in their hearts. They dared to be angry but dared not speak out!
If you don’t explode in silence, you will die in silence.
Although the county soldiers have no other choice but to attack the city at the moment, as long as the anger and dissatisfaction accumulate to a certain level, and when the county soldiers' offensive is frustrated, as long as one person stands up and raises his arms, there will be a cloud of followers and responders. tide!
"Come on, kill them all. The Lord of the Palace has ordered that the first one to attack the city will be promoted to the third rank and rewarded with a hundred thousand yuan!" The captain in charge of supervising the army raised his steel sword and urged the vanguard to charge.
The officers were promoted to the third level and received a reward of 100,000 yuan. The county soldiers had become numb to these words. Only the new soldiers who were fighting for the first time would believe such unrealistic nonsense.
If you want to get promoted and make a fortune, you have to have a destiny, right? Official positions in the Qin State are not hereditary and can be passed on to descendants. If they could be hereditary, perhaps the county soldiers would risk their lives and fight hard for their descendants to enjoy blessings for several generations.
But the facts do not allow it, so the method of using rewards to boost morale can only be used once. When the offensive is insufficient and the morale of the defenders is high, the veterans who are on the battlefield will never serve as scapegoats and cannon fodder in vain.
The county soldiers were aggressive on the surface, but in fact they started to attack sparsely and weakly.
Han Ji saw clearly from behind that the county soldiers were not working hard enough. He jumped off his horse and stamped his feet angrily, scolding the captains of each army, and even before he was relieved, he pulled out the whip from the saddle and pointed it at several officers. The captain who was close to him began to whip hard, cursing at the same time.
The captains who were whipped were also unlucky boys. They had no choice but to regret that they didn't stand behind them when they came to report the battle situation...
"Master Fu, the defenders' crossbows seem to be sparse. I guess their crossbows must be insufficient. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to make a big push! Brothers have already failed once in Linzi City. This time..." Kou Xiuzhi touched He touched the tip of his nose and walked closer to remind Han Ji.
"You don't need to say any more, I understand and I will win!"
This time Han Ji used his trump card and put all his two thousand elite troops into the siege battle. In other words, when more than 20,000 troops were dispersed to attack the four city gates, Han Ji, who was already stretched thin, took over. The last reserve team around us was sent out!
"The whole army listens to the order!" The ordering soldiers dispersed and rode on horseback to deliver the order: "The Lord of the Prefecture has given an order. If the city cannot be broken before three quarters of noon today, from the Lord of the Prefecture himself onwards, those who are unfavorable in supervising the battle will be beheaded, and those who are unfavorable in attacking the city will be beheaded. If one group retreats, behead the captain; if one group retreats, behead the captain; if one group retreats, behead the centurion; if two groups retreat, behead the captain; if one group retreats, behead the leader... Anyone who dares to retreat even half a step will be killed!"
A large number of "Zhan" characters were constantly circling around the heads and ears of the county soldiers. Looking at the row of blindingly bright swords behind the team, the supervising team was ready!
Everyone knows that this time they have to risk their lives and fight. They can no longer muddle through. They will die before and after. There is no other way but to win!
"Kill!" The captains and captains of each army under the fifth prefect's tent led the charge to kill, and the county soldiers under their command also had to charge hard. No one wanted to be the fallen soul of the supervising team!
After the offensive of the Cai County soldiers was temporarily suspended, Xi Jian patrolled back and forth at the top of Linzi City, comforting the wounded, motivating the surviving sergeants, and forced Fu Lang, the governor of Qingzhou, who was already a puppet, to follow him to patrol the city defense.
Fu Lang was already numb. He did whatever Xi Jian asked him to do. He repeated whatever Xi Jian asked him to say, like a parrot.
Ever since that night Xu Zongwen suddenly led his men to break into the governor's mansion and win over the hearts and minds of all the servants in the governor's mansion from top to bottom. Fu Lang had neither freedom nor privacy at all. He was responsible for monitoring his relatives every two hours. The army commander would write down all his whereabouts, who he met and what he said and send them to Xu Zongwen for review.
Fu Lang now only thinks about his concubine and several infant children. As long as they are fine, nothing will matter.
"Go and tell Commander Zhang that the enemy is preparing to attack the city in a large scale. Ask the general when is the best time to attack the city?" Xi Jian hooked his hand and called a sergeant who was helping to transport tung oil to come over and send a message.
"promise!"
After the sergeant who received the mission left, Xi Jian continued to pull Fu Lang forward. Everywhere he passed, he asked the sergeant a few questions about his injury and whether it was serious. How many people are there in the family, whether any of the sisters are married or waiting for marriage... and so on, to show concern.
"Envoy, envoy?" Xi Jian turned around and wanted to remind Fu Lang to say a few words, but he saw Fu Lang's eyes fixed on the city. He also followed Fu Lang's gaze and said, "I have to be a good boy. It's so big." The formation!"
At the foot of Linzi City, the county soldiers were like wheat with no end in sight, falling towards Linzi City when the wind blew.
"Brothers, the rebels are attacking the city, get up quickly!" Seeing this, Xi Jian quickly ordered the sergeants who were resting and preparing to get up to meet the enemy.
When the Linzi garrison at the head of the city was rushing to meet the enemy, Xu Zongwen was finishing his inspection of the Linzi military camp and riding a bay-red horse towards the city gate. In order to hide his identity, the green thunder horse was given to Zhang Si to take care of. He could only choose a group of docile ones from the stables of Fu Lang's Governor's Mansion to ride first.
Zhang San received Xi Jian's reminder. As soon as he got off the tower, he met Xu Zongwen who was running up in a hurry. He almost lost his balance. Fortunately, Xu Zongwen had quick eyesight and quickly reached out to help him. Xu Zongwen asked hurriedly: "Why are you so panicked?"
Zhang San immediately reported to Xu Zongwen in detail the military information that Han Ji had sent out elites to launch a larger siege. He also recalled what Xi Jian had told him many times to see if he had missed anything.
Xu Zongwen's dark and cold eyes dimmed, he shook his head and sighed: "It seems that it is difficult to stop this unjust war without more people dying!"
"Take out the sulfur, saltpeter, and all the remaining tung oil. Han Ji is going to fight hard, and we can't be empty-handed, right?" Xu Zongwen walked up the stone steps to the tower, leaving Zhang San far behind.
"Ah San?" Xu Zongwen called out, and Zhang San came back to his senses.
Zhang San wiped his sharp eyes, but still couldn't believe that the general actually went up to the tower!
"When the enemy is in close combat with me, beat the five-tone drum and ask Xu Wen to follow his plan." Xu Zongwen appeared behind Xi Jian silently, almost not intimidating Xi Jian!
"General!" Xi Jian was about to salute, but Xu Zongwen stopped him. "My subordinates will go immediately to make arrangements."
Xi Jian understood what Xu Zongwen meant. There was no need to stick to etiquette in emergencies.
