The entire siege war is no longer a siege war, nor is it a defensive war.
The battlefield has completely turned into a giant meat grinder. People are dying every minute, and their deaths are very miserable.
Especially the siege soldiers on Cao Mengde's side were all very embarrassed. Their death methods were various and full of creativity.
Some people were doused with kerosene all over their bodies and burned to death. However, some people were not burned to death immediately. Instead, they turned around and were thrown into the crowd, spreading the flames from their own bodies to others. As a result, one person was burned to death all at once. The child becomes two people, or even more.
Some people were killed by stones falling from the city wall. There are many ways to kill them. If you are lucky, you will be hit directly on the head and die without pain. But if you are lucky, your bones will be almost broken. You have to struggle. It will take a while to die.
There were countless people who fell from high places, and each of them fell miserably. Some people also hit others, so the two of them returned to the west together.
Especially on the northern city wall, the corpses had now formed a hill. The hill was more than ten meters high. The people behind did not need to use ladders, but climbed the mountain of corpses to the city wall.
The remnant veterans on Li Yuguo's side also fought bravely, and of course the price they paid was heavy. Although the ratio of casualties during siege and defense was generally two to one, Li Yuguo's side had fewer troops to begin with, and the opponent had Of the 700,000 people, he only has 10,000. If this continues, Li Huguo will sooner or later finish his account.
"How are the people doing now?" Li Huguo asked eagerly.
Yang Paifeng was panting, and she said: "Now Mrs. Diaochan is also commanding the team, but there are too many people, a total of 300,000 people, of which more than 200,000 are old, weak, women and children. They can't walk fast at all, and our boats on the river are too big." Too little, too little, because when General Han Shizhong conquered Hanzhong, he had already sailed away all the ships, and now... now we are helpless."
"Are there not enough ships?" Li Huguo almost fainted, wondering why he hadn't calculated this? Since we are leaving by water, we must have ships, but the retreat of the ships is too slow. The river near Jingzhou is already very turbulent, and Li Hugo planned to let the people go to Jingnan, so they had to cross the river to get there. River, but the river is too fast, which affects efficiency, and there are too few ships, which is even more outrageous.
"How long will it take for the retreat to be completed if this continues?" Li Yuguo asked.
Yang Paifeng clenched his fists and said, "Sir, it will take at least three days and three nights..."
"Three days and three nights?" Li Yuguo looked at Cao's army in the distance and said to himself that Cao's army was densely packed with such numbers. If they attack at this pace, it probably won't take three days. One day and one night would be enough to capture the entire Jingzhou.
Li Yuguo was worried about time, and Cao Mengde was also very convened. He said, "How many people have we lost?"
"Twenty thousand people have already died in the siege, but I guess their people have been accounted for. As long as we persist..." Sima Yi said.
But before Sima Yi finished speaking, Cao Mengde interrupted him: "What?! We have already lost 20,000 people?"
"The opponent only has one hundred thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, and some defenders from Jingzhou headquarters. There is nothing to fear. My lord, please order an attack. All soldiers must go all out!" Sima Yi said.
Zhou Yu next to him said: "Prime Minister, military advisor, in my opinion, Li Hugo must be hiding something. He has so few people in the city, why are he still persisting? As far as I know, Li Hugo has a group of red rabbit horses that can Traveling thousands of miles a day, but he didn't escape, he must be afraid of something. If we can find the thing he is afraid of, then we can go straight in and Li Huguo will naturally surrender without a fight."
"Yes, it would be a good thing if we really know what Li Yuguo is worried about, but it is already night now. Ming Jin withdraws his troops and sends a few spies to see the situation in Jingzhou City and see how many troops they have!" Cao Mengde said.
Sima Yi was so busy: "Now is the time when the enemy is tired. Could it be said that we just let this opportunity pass now? We should pursue the victory and continue to attack, so that we can capture Jingzhou City as quickly as possible, Lord! We are now very far away from Xuchang Zhiyuan, our food and grass supply lines have been stretched too long, and a prolonged war will not be good for us!"
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle!" Cao Mengde said, "I have made up my mind. You don't need to say more. When the spies come back, we will talk according to the news!"
"Okay, okay..." Sima Yi knew that he couldn't defeat Cao Mengde, so he gave up.
The spies sent by Cao Mengde pretended to be ordinary people. It was the appearance of this person that Yang Paifeng captured. Just as Yang Paifeng was about to arrest him, Li Yuguo appeared next to him: "This should be Cao Mengde's spies." , No rush... He is here to inquire about the news, which means that Cao Mengde does not understand us or our details, this is an opportunity. "
"Sir, if this person knows that our city defenses are empty, wouldn't it be dangerous for us if they try their best?" Yang Paifeng said.
Li Yuguo smiled confidently: "The mountain man has his own clever plan!"
When Cao Mengde's Xizuo came to the city, he found that there were only a few people in the city. The Xizuo was so shocked that he couldn't help but ask: "Why is there no one there?"
At this time, Zhao Yun dressed up as a young man and passed by in a hurry. Xizuo said quickly: "Brother, what is going on in Jingzhou City?"
"Cao Mengde is going to attack from outside, so our people will naturally go elsewhere. Now... there are no ordinary people here!" Zhao Yun said, following Li Yuguo's plan.
Xizuo was puzzled: "What do you mean? What do you mean there are no ordinary people? I just came from outside. It's a little strange to see this place... "
"I'm afraid I don't understand the current situation. I heard that General Li brought a lot of troops to Jingzhou City and was training in the dark!" Zhao Yun said with a smile.
Xizuo took out a piece of silver from his arms: "Brother, let me go and have a look. I have admired General Li for a long time, and I can't wait to see his military power this time!"
Zhao Yun weighed the money and said with a smile: "I don't care about the money. I will reluctantly take you there this time. After all, this is a secret!"
"Haha, thank you brother!" said Hosaku.
The two came to the river, and Xizuo took him with him, because at this time, a large number of soldiers and horses were gathering on the riverside, all wearing fine armor, which made Xizuo stunned...