As lunch ends, a new round of war is about to begin.
The third elder stood on the general ordering platform, looking at the bandits and tribal warriors below with expressions of satisfaction in their eyes. Some of the bandits were holding their stomachs, with hungry looks on their faces. They had eaten just now. They were only less than half full after eating, and some of the big eaters were not even half full. They all looked at the third elder in confusion.
The tribal leaders on the side also looked at the third elder with some hostility. Not only did these soldiers not have enough to eat, but they also didn't have enough to eat. Seeing the confusion and even complaints on everyone's faces, the third elder was very proud. , because this was exactly his plan. In order to allow these people to attack the city desperately, he deliberately left them without enough to eat.
"Brothers, I know that everyone has not had enough to eat. Do you know why you are not allowed to have enough to eat?" asked the third elder.
"I don't know." The people below shouted scatteredly.
"That's because Chengdu has a lot of fine wine, delicious food, good meat, good mutton and beef, well-cooked chicken, delicious chicken soup, plump pork, various cuisines prepared by chefs, and cooked and soft millet," said the third elder. On the ordering table, people were talking about various foods in a lively way.
The soldiers below listened and kept swallowing, with longing in their eyes.
"As long as you take Chengdu, these will all belong to you, and you will be able to have enough to eat, and even use the meat as cooking." The third elder said loudly while looking at the soldiers below.
"Siege the city! Siege the city!"
Looking at the high-spirited matter, the third elder felt very proud. This method was learned from ancient books. It was also a general who had been attacking the city for a long time. When the food and grass were about to run out, the soldiers were three-thirds full. , and then said that there were all kinds of delicacies in the city, which attracted the soldiers to yearn for it. During the last attack on the city, every soldier held the idea of entering the city to eat and attacked the city with all his strength, thus conquering the city in one fell swoop. He is following this approach now.
But what the third elder didn't notice was that the only people who responded to him were his bandits and Yu Yuan's guards. The people from other tribes didn't respond at all. Instead, they looked at the third elder with resentful eyes. When distributing food, the third elder Considering that his people were the main attackers, he gave them a little more food and made them full. The third elder thought that he was unaware of it, but what he thought was that other people had noticed this. .
"Okay, follow my orders and prepare to attack the city!" the third elder said with a wave of his hand.
"Nuo!" The bandits and Yu Yuan's guards marched towards Chengdu with their weapons in full spirits.
As for the people from other tribes, they followed behind these people and looked at the people in front of them with resentment in their eyes. Food is the most important thing for the people. If the soldiers do not have enough to eat while marching and fighting, it may even cause mutiny. If it is said that there is not enough food and grass, everyone will eat the same amount, and no one will say anything. But when some people are full and some are not enough, an unbalanced mentality will appear and spread to the entire army. . They will think that the person who ate more ate their own portion, causing them not to be full.
Such behavior will not only not improve the morale of the entire army, but will also divide the army and create gaps in the army. This is the case with the Shushan Allied Forces now, but the three elders who caused this phenomenon are still improving their own ideas. Morale and elation.
The soldiers on the city wall stood ready to look at the approaching Shushan coalition forces below. They had also eaten, but they were only eight times full. This was not because the city was out of food, but because they deliberately did not eat too much. Being full will be a fierce battle for a while. If you eat too much, it will cause stomach discomfort and cause you to lose your life.
"Brothers, Lieutenant Sima's reinforcements are coming soon. As long as we resist this attack, we will be safe. Then you can eat as much as you want, drink as much wine as you want, and you will still have money and food. And the reward of title and title will be land. With this money and land, you can find a wife, buy a cow, give birth to a baby, and live a good life as a wife on the hot bed.
To tell you the truth, some of the big families in the city rebelled, and they were all captured, and all their land was taken away. As long as you kill the enemy fiercely enough, if you survive, the land will be yours. If you die in the battle, the land will be given to you as a pension. Your family members! Brothers, hold on! "Ziyou said loudly.
"Hold!!!" the soldiers on the city wall shouted.
The eyes of these soldiers were full of fanaticism and excitement. They joined the army just to have a good meal and to live a good life. A good meal and a good life depended on the land, and Ziyou had promised to give them land, so they naturally became The goal is to get more land and make the family live a better life.
Ziyou was slightly stunned when he looked at the siege team below. Qu Yi on the side also looked the same. Compared with the siege team in the morning, this one in the afternoon was just a joke, because the Shushan Allied Forces below were marching towards the city in an orderly manner. They were approaching Chengdu, and the people behind were loose and scattered, about fifty steps away from the team in front.
Attacking a city requires one go at a time. There is a certain gap between the soldiers in front and behind to prevent accidental injuries and trampling. However, such a gap is no different from a joke. Let alone siege, the people behind can even shoot the people in front with their bows and arrows. .
As the siege horn sounded below, the people in the front naturally tried their best to attack Chengdu, while the people in the rear lazily attacked Chengdu. Ziyou no longer thought about what happened to the people below. Yes, it is beneficial for the other party to do so.
"Fire the arrow!!" After the people below came within the range of the crossbow, Ziyou ordered the arrow to be fired.
The black rain of arrows blocked the sky and hit the soldiers below like scattered hail. The sharp arrows shot through the bodies of many people. Some people rushed to the Chengdu city wall with shields, ladders, ropes, etc. They were all thrown onto the city wall. For a moment, bows, arrows, and rolling logs and rocks were all thrown downwards. The bandits were killed and injured numerous times by these rolling logs and rocks.
Yu Yuan's guards did not choose ladders, but climbed up with ropes. Some people even climbed up by leaning on the gaps in the city wall. They climbed on the dangerous peaks of Shu Mountain all year round, relying on the protruding holes on the peaks. Their arm strength is amazing.
The dangerous siege battle began. This was a life-and-death siege battle. Of course, the life-and-death battle was limited to the bandits and Yu Yuan's guards and the soldiers on the city wall. As for the other tribesmen when the Qin army fired the first wave of arrows, They began to retreat back. In addition to not having enough to eat, their leader also said that the people in front of the siege were the main force, and they could leave the palace without contributing any force.
With the order of their leader, they were not even willing to work. The Qin army's arrow rain was short-sighted. Since the leader said that there was no need to risk their lives, they naturally would not risk their lives.
The third elder, who was still feeling proud, was immediately stunned when he saw this scene, and then looked at the leaders of other tribes angrily.
"Brothers, my men are fighting bloody battles in front, while your warriors are sneaking around behind. Isn't this good?" said the third elder.
"Hmph~ You don't even want to feed our soldiers, do you still expect them to help you attack the city?" A tribal leader said with a cold snort.
The leaders of other tribes also had the same attitude. Originally, they were unwilling to let their people attack the city, but now they had a valid reason. They wished that their soldiers would be at the back until the men under the third elder attacked. It's almost time for them to play again.
Looking at the faces of these people, the third elder was very angry, but he could not say anything more. He could only ask them to send troops again. Just as these leaders were arguing, in the dense forest behind them, Sima Xin had already led the army. return.
In order to lure the Third Elder and the others to attack the city, they mobilized 25,000 people out of the city. In order to make them think they could take advantage of it, Sima Xin pulled out the long sword at his waist. The soldiers behind him were already hungry and thirsty. , the two thousand people in the mountain are not enough for ten of them, so they must capture these people.
"Attack!!" Sima Xin brandished his long sword and galloped out of the dense forest.
The horn of the attack sounded again, and a large number of Qin soldiers rushed out from the dense forest. The sudden sound of the horn interrupted the leaders' wrangling. They looked around for the sound of the horn. The thundering sound of charging and killing rang out. They looked towards Arriving at the back of the camp, they surged towards the camp like a black tide.
The third elder looked at the Qin army like a tide and was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why Zhang Liang didn't hold back the Qin army. The other leaders were not stunned. They immediately gathered their people. Of course, they were not to fight Qin. army, but fled for their lives. In this situation, facing the Qin army like a tidal wave, they only had so many people, there was simply not enough to kill them.
For a moment, the whole camp was in chaos. Sima Xin rushed into the camp first, and the long sword in his hand immediately killed two people. The attackers also discovered the Qin army coming from behind, and the rhythm of the siege suddenly became chaotic. When they got up, everyone had no direction.
The defenders on the city wall saw the supporting Qin army, and their morale was greatly boosted. After repelling the bandits and Yu Yuan's guards who rushed up, they waited for Ziyou's order to go out of the city to attack. Ziyou looked at the soldiers' movements. Face, commanded
"Open the city gate and attack!"
"No!" the defender shouted.
After leaving a certain amount of manpower, the city gates of Chengdu suddenly opened. More than 3,000 Qin troops rushed out of Chengdu, and more than 20,000 Qin troops led by Sima Xin also rushed towards the Shushan Allied Forces. In front of the professional army, these The tribal warriors and bandits seemed so vulnerable. Only Yu Yuan's guards could fight back and forth with the Qin army. However, facing the Qin army's numerical superiority, they could only drink in hatred and were constantly consumed by the Qin army. .
Looking at the melee battlefield below, Qu Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Their acting and efforts over the past half month had not been in vain. Zi You looked to the east, the battle situation in Chengdu had been decided, and he was thinking about the Chu army entering Wu County. How is the situation now.
(End of chapter)
