Originally, the best way to surrender prisoners was to first complain, and then carry out a wave of activities to attack local tyrants and divide their fields. After all, this method has been proven to be extremely effective in later generations, ensuring that these prisoners can risk their lives.
It's just that this plan is not suitable for today's era, nor is it suitable for Li Hao's current status. After all, Li Hao is now a member of a wealthy family, so he can't dig up his roots by himself.
In that case, I guess Emperor Wen should be very happy, because he can weaken the power of the aristocratic family without him taking action, and then when this incident causes an uproar in the world, he can use Li Hao's head to appease people. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone, but for For Li Hao, it was a big loss.
Therefore, complaints are still necessary, but the spearhead must be directed. Try to eliminate the connections between most of the aristocratic families in Shu, and focus on Gongsun Shu.
Of course, Li Hao had no intention of letting go of some of them that were too difficult to write down. Anyway, two chickens had to die to make the monkeys wake up.
For this reason, Li Hao specially found some eloquent guys to sneak into the prisoners and help them find the target of hatred.
In addition, Li Hao couldn't give him land or anything like that, but he was willing to spend money. All kinds of rewards and posthumous pensions were all in place. Although the effect may not be as good as the land, it was still barely enough.
Especially in the subsequent battles to deal with the Shu army's attack, after Li Hao fulfilled his promises one by one, the morale of these converted soldiers increased greatly, and attracted those who had not joined the army to join.
After Li Hao digested all the captured soldiers, he had more than 40,000 troops, so Li Hao began to try to counterattack two months later.
The primary goal was to attack Mianzhu. After Hou Dan was defeated in his last attack on Fucheng, he retreated to Mianzhu to defend it.
Then when Gongsun Shu launched an attack against Guanghan and Fucheng, this guy also led his troops to participate, and then returned without success again.
Now that the Mianzhu garrison was less than 30,000, it was a good time to try to fight a dozen. Of course, before sending troops, Li Hao also sent people to Guanghan to inform She.
Although Lai She didn't trust those surrendered soldiers, since Li Hao promised to send out only 2,000 Han troops to suppress the formation, and the remaining 28,000 soldiers and horses were all surrendered, it would not affect the defense of Fucheng.
Then Lai She didn't stop him, because he also wanted to see what kind of tricks Li Hao was playing.
In this way, Li Hao led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Mianzhu. At this time, Hou Dan in Mianzhu City had been defeated in previous battles.
Facing Li Hao's nearly equal number of soldiers and horses in the city, he did not dare to go out of the city to attack, but only dared to hold on in the city.
Of course, Hou Dan's reason for his subordinates is to use the power of the city wall to consume Li Hao's vigor. When Li Hao's troops cannot attack for a long time and their morale is low, they can then eliminate Li Hao in one fell swoop and take back Fucheng. .
But at the same time, Hou Dan sent people to Luoxian and Shifang to ask for help. However, Wu Han had already entered Shu and launched another war on the southern front, involving part of the Shu army. There were not many troops on the northern front now.
In addition, the invading troops were about the same strength as Mianzhu. Since ancient times, it had been easy to defend the city but difficult to attack it. Luoxian County and Shifang believed that as long as Hou Dan did not take the initiative to attack, the defense would be fine, so they did not send troops.
Under this background, Li Hao didn't know whether Hou Dan's subordinates believed this, but they were still very resolute in their persistence. For example, they cut down all the tall trees near Mianzhu City, which made Li Hao very angry. To make siege equipment, Hao had to transport materials from far behind, which was a huge delay for more than ten days.
When Li Hao arrived at the north gate of Mianzhu City with all the equipment, except for the south gate, which only sent a few people to watch, Li Hao also sent people to surround the other east and west gates.
Originally, according to the method of surrounding three and missing one, the South Gate should have sent people to hide in the dark, and wait until the enemy retreated before making a sudden attack.
It's just that Li Hao didn't have enough troops at hand, so he simply used lies to make things real and things to be real. However, the number of Li Hao's troops and horses was actually not difficult to guess, so the chance of hiding it was not great.
Hou Dan was a little dumbfounded when he saw the equipment in front of him, because many of the things used by the Han army were things he had never seen before.
After all, Shu was too isolated. They had only fought against the Han army during the Longyou period. But at that time, the Han army focused on its soldiers and their speed, and they rarely used these weapons.
Later, they were used during the siege of Jicheng, but the supporting Shu army was eliminated by Li Hao halfway, so Hou Dan had no idea about these things.
Therefore, the situation on the field was not what he thought. The Han army would cross the trench under the rain of arrows, and then rush up the city with ladders under the rain of arrows.
Instead, the Han troops hid under cover and paved the city trenches with trench bridges. Then fifteen tall rams lined up in a row, pulling and fighting in front of dozens of horses with layers of protection. With the help of hundreds of soldiers pushing back, they slowly moved towards the city wall.
No matter how diligently the bows and arrows fired from the top of the city, the actual damage caused to the Han army attacking the city was not great. On the contrary, it weakened the spirit of the city sergeants.
Of course, although Hou Dan had never seen this thing, he could guess that it should not be allowed to get close to the city wall.
So after realizing that this thing was useless for ordinary arrows, Hou Dan came up with another idea. After all, no matter how strong this thing was, it was made of wood. It must be afraid of fire, so he immediately had people put fire starter arrows on the arrows. , and then fired a salvo at Linchong.
When Li Hao saw this scene, his heart moved, thinking that this Hou Dan was not all a waste.
However, when making Linchong, Li Hao himself considered the requirements of fire protection and covered the front with wet felt leather. Of course, this cannot completely prevent fire attacks, but it is still no problem to deal with a small number of rockets.
So after Hou Dan saw that a wave of volleys was ineffective, he immediately changed his mind and let all the rockets be concentrated in one place to defeat them one by one.
At the same time, they also planned to organize a group of elite soldiers to rush out from the city gate, bringing fire starters directly under Linchong to prevent the fire, a two-pronged approach.
Li Hao couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the dots of fire on Linchong. However, Li Hao was not worried about the rockets at the top of the city. After all, it was amazing that Hou Dan could ignite a Linchong with this efficiency. Li Hao could still accept this loss.
But he felt that Hou Dan would not let it go when he saw this situation, so he called Yuan Wo and said: "I guess Hou Dan may open the city gate and send people out to set fire to destroy these Linchongs.
Go and move the cavalry to the front. If you find soldiers and horses coming out of the city, immediately go forward and annihilate them. It would be better if you can rush into the city with the flow. "
After Yuan Wo left, Li Hao sent people to notify people at the other three city gates, especially the south gate, to prevent Hou Dan from making a surprise attack.
Sure enough, not long after that, the north gate of Mianzhu City suddenly opened, and a group of defenders rushed out of the city gate carrying torches and headed towards Linchong. They waited for the others to leave and then closed the city gate.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Wo immediately led the cavalry to charge, and then the group of people who rushed out were almost strangled back and forth by the cavalry before they could get close to Linchong.
Originally, Yuan Wo could have left some people behind and let them escape into the city, hoping to wait for the city gate to open and take advantage of the opportunity to rush in. However, Hou Dan must have noticed this, and refused to open the door. Instead, he let They ran along the city wall toward the south gate.
Seeing that there was no chance of entering the city, Yuan Wo did not want to miss the defeated generals with the arrows on the city head, so he took the initiative to withdraw.
At this point, Hou Dan's test was over, and he could only hope that the rocket would make a contribution, but in the end, only one Linchong was burned down.
When Hou Dan saw nearly two hundred soldiers running down from the burning Linchong building, his expression was so ugly.
When the remaining Linchong troops were close to the city wall, Li Hao knew that the critical moment of the battle had arrived, and immediately ordered a group of men and horses carrying ordinary ladders to prepare, waiting only for Linchong's overpass to build up the city wall and attract the troops on the top of the city. , they can rush up and climb the ladder to the city.
Li Hao had prepared for this siege battle for so long in advance, just to build up his prestige in one go, so Li Hao didn't plan to test it, and went all out as soon as he took action.
Facts have proved that Hou Dan was indeed a little stunned by Li Hao's hand, because as soon as the overpass was built, more than 2,000 Han troops rushed to the city wall screaming and fearing death. His momentum drove the defenders on the city into retreat.
Although they later rushed back under the command of Hou Dan, they finally allowed the Han army to gain a firm foothold. Then dozens of ladders were put up on the city wall, and the Han army continued to climb from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.
From about three o'clock in the morning to the end of noon, they attacked the city head. It took more than an hour and a half. The Han army finally pushed back the Shu army and captured the north gate wall.
When the north city gate opened and the main force of the Han army entered the city, Hou Dan had completely given up the idea of starting a street fight with the Han army, and instead thought about escaping Mianzhu.
So Hou Dan didn't even bother to summon troops from the city and the east and west gates. He only retreated to the south gate with a group of personal soldiers, left in a hurry with the defenders, and fled straight to Luoxian County.
Even Hou Dan ran away, so the Shu army in the city naturally didn't have much will to resist, and soon surrendered to Li Hao.
After that, the prisoners were taken into custody and cared for, and the people's livelihood was stabilized. There was also the matter of sending people to Guanghan to inform Lai She that he had captured Mianzhu.
However, the matter of recruitment has already been established, and these people in Shu have a lot of contact with each other. There are original people who have come forward to give their own opinions. In addition, after Li Hao confiscated the loot, he readily rewarded and compensated, so it is easy to handle this matter. Pretty smooth.
Within a few days, Li Hao raised more than 10,000 troops. Subtracting the 2,000 troops who died during the siege, Li Hao had nearly 10,000 more troops after the battle. At that moment, Li Hao He began to plan an attack again.
It's just that Shifang and Luoxian counties further forward are close to the hinterland of Chengdu. If they go further, they may have to face Gongsun Shu's full counterattack. Li Hao doesn't want to poke this hornet's nest yet.
So Li Hao set his sights on Qixian County. After occupying it, Mianzhu and Guanghan could also be connected and leverage each other's strength.
After determining the target, Li Hao immediately sent someone to inform Lai She. Now Lai She was really interested in Li Hao's methods and wanted to see what Li Hao could do, so he agreed.
Of course, Mianzhu's defense is also very important. For this reason, Li Hao exchanged 5,000 troops from Fucheng and Mianzhu, replacing the original 5,000 elites. After all, with Mianzhu blocking it, the threat to Fucheng is already very small.
After the defense change, Li Hao left 15,000 troops in Mianzhu, and then took another 25,000 troops to attack Qixian County.
The defense of Qixian County is not as good as Mianzhu, so it will naturally be easier to defeat. By the way, Li Hao has been given an additional 10,000 troops.
Now Li Hao controlled 60,000 troops, which was much more than what Lai She controlled. This made Lai She even more interested in Li Hao.
However, Lai She did not go after the source. After all, everyone has his own style. The method of leading troops that suits Li Hao may not suit him, and Lai She didn't want to inquire about other people's secrets.
But now that he had enough troops, Lai She wanted to take back Dianjiang and establish contact with the South Route Army in Jiangzhou. For this purpose, Lai She asked Li Hao to come to Guanghan to discuss.
Li Hao naturally supported Lai She's idea. For this reason, Li Hao mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses and gave them to Lai She. Of course, apart from part of the post-war pensions and other things that were given to Lai She, Li Hao was still responsible for the rest. .
Because Lai She couldn't give up money as generously as Li Hao, and more importantly, Lai She had many soldiers and horses under his command. If he gave Li Hao enough, it would be a question of whether others would give it.
She planned to personally take charge of sending troops this time, so he happened to be the one to contact the South Route Army. He was much easier to talk to than Li Hao.
For this reason, Li Wen was ordered to temporarily take charge of Guanghan's military affairs. As for Mianzhu, Hecheng, and Fucheng that Li Hao captured, Li Hao was still in charge. For this reason, Li Hao left 5,000 soldiers and horses in Hexian County, and took the remaining soldiers with him. The horse returned to Mianzhu.
In the next month, Li Hao led his troops to fight many times with the soldiers of Shifang and Luoxian counties, constantly bleeding the two cities. After the battle, the next two cities also learned to stick to their fortified cities and never go to war again.
Laishe's side also progressed smoothly. After taking Dianjiang, they established contact with the South Route Army. Since then, the Han Army's northern and southern routes have formed a large-scale siege of Chengdu.
The situation was great for a while, and then after Wu Han communicated with Lai She, he decided to attack Chengdu from the north and south.
On the Northern Route Army side, Li Hao was responsible for leading his troops to attack Shifang, Luo County, and Fan County. Later, after She led his troops back, he attacked Xindu and Pixian County via Pixian County and advanced to the city of Chengdu.
Wu Han and Liu Shang personally led the South Route Army to attack Wuyang and Guangdu, and met up with the North Route Army directly under the city walls of Chengdu. Due to the distance, the South Route Army launched the offensive first.
Facing the attack of more than 200,000 troops from the north and the south, Gongsun Shu was unable to resist. Finally, three months later, the armies from the north and the south successfully met under the city of Chengdu.
At this point, Gongsun Shu was completely helpless, and finally led five thousand dead men to raid the Han army camp, and was defeated. Gongsun Shu was injured and fled back. He died that night. Yancen surrendered with the city, and the center of Shu was pacified.
So the Han army entered the city of Chengdu to collect the remaining soldiers and appease the people and local families. Of course, only a small part of the soldiers and horses entered the city, and more soldiers and horses stayed in the camps outside the city.
While Li Hao was busy with these things, he suddenly heard someone reporting that Wu Han had ordered the army to enter the city to find out the cause of the death of General Zhengnan.
After hearing the news, Li Hao immediately knew that something was wrong. If it was really just an investigation, why would he mobilize a large army into the city? Coupled with what Li Wen Ding said originally, Li Hao felt even more uneasy.
He immediately sent people to find Lai She, and he hurried to find Wu Han. After all, if the two armies fought, no matter how many people died, Li Hao would not say anything.
But now that the other party is still surrendering, it would be wrong to take action again, and it may not only affect the prisoners, but even the people, and Li Hao can't stand it even more.
When he saw Wu Han, Li Hao asked: "Da Sima, what do you want to do by sending troops into the city now?"
