"How much food and grass do we have in the capital now?"
Cao Kang asked Cao De.
"Back to the Emperor, we have plenty of food and grass now. Even if they besiege us for a month or two, we can still do something!"
Cao De said very confidently.
"good!"
"In this case, we don't have to worry about it for the time being. Just let them besiege. I don't believe that they can besiege outside for a month or two with so many people. If we consume, they will also consume!"
"Then let's see who can last until the end!"
"Send my order. From now on, no one can leave the city without my order!"
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!"
Cao Kang said to everyone.
In fact, the 10,000 men who went out just now were killed in an instant. People in the capital will not go out to die at will.
Outside the city, in Fan Hanzhong's big tent.
"Wait a minute, 10,000 troops were killed in a flash?"
"How many people died on our side?"
Fan Hanzhong asked the soldier in front of him with a shocked face.
"There should be about a dozen people on our side who were slightly injured. It seems that they were injured by those who pretended to be dead when they were cleaning up the battlefield."
"Otherwise, we probably won't lose a single person."
The general said to Fan Hanzhong.
"How can this be?"
"How did Zhang Bao's people do it?"
"Tell me in detail."
Fan Hanzhong's face was full of disbelief.
Fan Hanzhong has never closed his mouth since he heard that all the 10,000 people who rushed out of the city were slaughtered by Zhang Bao's men.
That's 10,000 people, and many of them are riding horses. How can they be so obediently waiting to be beaten by you?
If they can't fight, they won't run away?
The distance to the capital is still very close now. As long as they escape, for them, people in the capital will not be unable to open the door.
But this highly mobile 10,000-horse force was killed abruptly by Zhang Bao and his men.
Fan Hanzhong couldn't accept it all of a sudden.
Fan Hanzhong asked himself, if he wants to defeat these people, there is no problem, but if he wants to kill all these ten thousand people, those are two different concepts.
"General, I was watching from the mountain on one side. I know the whole thing."
"At the beginning, when the cavalry in front rushed to the official road, many horses fell down. According to my opinion, it should be Mr. Zhang and his people who prepared scattered horse traps on the road in advance. pit."
"But this kind of horse trap seems to be different from the one we had before. Theirs is smaller, but deeper. There is no guarantee that all horses can step in, but as long as a horse steps in, the horse's legs will basically It just broke."
"It doesn't matter if the horse's leg is broken. Once it falls, it will be a mass of people. I saw with my own eyes that the people and horses at the front were not shot by bows and arrows at all. They all fell to the ground by themselves."
"Then it's about bows and arrows. General, I finally know what bows and arrows don't cost. In the past, we had to aim and shoot arrows, but this time they were different. Let's put it this way, after the battle, they Everyone’s arrow baskets were empty, which means that each of them shot out all the arrows they carried.”
"General, I did a rough calculation and found that there were more than 13,000 people involved in the ambush. This person had almost 20 arrows. Counting this, the number of arrows in the entire place was within a short period of time. Within that time, there were more than 200,000 arrows.”
"Under such a density, it would be difficult for anyone to survive."
"It was easy after that. After the bows and arrows were shot, they rushed out from both sides."
"Every corpse must be stabbed once. Even if it is not completely dead, there will be basically no breathing after this round."
The general told Fan Hanzhong all the things he saw.
"Can this still happen?"
"So luxurious?"
"No wonder you can kill them all!"
Fan Hanzhong nodded.
In their previous battles, they used bows and arrows as a kind of pre-fight, specifically used to kill the enemy's cavalry. But when Zhang Bao and the others fought, they treated the archers as the main force.
Moreover, these archers are not specialized archers. They have archers and usually carry broadswords with them.
In this way, you can attack from a distance and fight in close combat.
Where did their Dongzhou troops get so much equipment?
Fan Hanzhong was a little stunned.
To be able to hold a big sword and wear some armor is something that was unimaginable before.
Unexpectedly, everyone on Zhang Bao's side not only had a big sword, but also carried bows and arrows on their backs, and seemed to have breast shields.
And judging from the number of people, there are tens of thousands of people equipped with this kind of equipment, which can no longer be described as luxury.
Fan Hanzhong's mouth watered when he heard this.
In the final analysis, a war is about basic productivity, and what is at stake is the manpower and material resources of both sides.
The wealth here in Dongzhou can be seen from this aspect.
"We can't do anything else. First, according to the current traps, dig them all on all the roads around the capital!"
"The same goes for all kinds of traps, use them all for me!"
"I want to make it difficult for the troops coming out of the capital to move even an inch!"
Fan Hanzhong said to his men.
…
Sanhe County at this time.
After experiencing Yang Kang's attack last time, Sanhe County became busy again.
The most important thing is the explosive pack and strong alcohol.
These two things, one can explode and the other can set fire, are both necessary for war.
Some time ago, not only did they give a lot to Fan Hanzhong's side, but they also spent a lot on their own defense in Hezhou.
Fortunately, after taking Jeju before, their people were not idle. They also brought back all the materials from Jeju. They only needed to make them according to the configuration.
Moreover, there are not many requirements for the explosives used in war now. Production is not like before, which required so many tricks. The basic conditions are met if the quantity is large and the explosives can be exploded.
Therefore, after this period of rush work, the original shortage in the entire Hejian Village's underground passages has been replenished again.
At this time, Huang Chenzhi was taking stock of the details of all the explosives in their Sanhe County. The power of this kind of stuff was too great, and there was no room for error.
"grown ups!"
"Urgent message from Xiazhou!"
At this moment, a person hurriedly ran in.
