"Has the lord brought the Bingzhou wolf rider to Ruyin?" Gao Shun looked at the map in his hand and asked Gao Shun next to him.
"En!" Gao Shun nodded in agreement.
"The lord wants to make a long-distance raid to take Ruyin?"
"kindness!"
"You are too slow to fall into the camp, so the lord asked you to stay and wait for the large troops behind?"
"kindness"
"Have you investigated Yingshang City? How many soldiers are there?" Gao Shun asked again.
"Look!" Gao Shun took out a piece of paper, on which were Gao Shun's notes, writing some details of Yingshang, including the height of the city and the width of the moat.
"Talk too much and you'll die!" Zhang Hu couldn't take it anymore, he cupped his fists at Zhang Liao, said he was not feeling well, and took his leave first.
"Old Gao, old Gao?" Zhang Liao shook his head with a wry smile. Fortunately, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have been in business for so many years, and they can still adapt.
"Taking Yingshang City, large troops stationed!" Gao Shun finally said more than two words.
Taking Yingshang, Zhang Liao also had this idea, but it was all about how to fight. Most of the heavy cavalry in his hands could not directly attack the city, and it was also heavy armored infantry fighting in the camp, and the siege battle was not enough.
"Take Yingshang Gongxin!" Gao Shun said to Zhang Liao.
"Attack the heart?" Zhang Liao heard Gao Shun's words and his heart moved, "How can you attack the heart?"
"Think for yourself!"
"Pfft!" Ge Jun couldn't take it anymore, he also told Zhang Liao that he was uncomfortable and left.
Gao Shun is indeed not suitable for commanding an army. He is only suitable for being a general and training soldiers. You just need to tell Gao Shun how to fight. You should figure out other strategies and the like.
"Report! Report to the deputy commander. There is a general outside the camp asking to see him!"
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Early the next morning, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's army left the camp and headed towards Yingshang.
There are many flags in Yingshang, and the current Yingshang city is not as good as before. Because Yingshang City had been ravaged by Liu Mang's army long ago, the general who defended the army was Mi Zhu's younger brother Mi Fang. Mi Fang would rather die than surrender at the beginning, but Liu Mang took Yingshang with a strong attack. At that stop, the ballista almost knocked Yingshang down.
"Old Gao, look at Yingshang, it's really a strong city!" Zhang Liao looked at Yingshang City. Even with people like Liu Pi, the success of Yuzhou depends on the background of Yuzhou. If it was placed before, Zhang Liao would not even think about seeing a city like Yingshang, and just waited for the big city. Let the troops come over and fight again. At any rate, the moat must be filled first, and then the heads will be piled up.
But now Yingchuan is in ruins.
"Old Gao, do you want to let you use the trapped camp to fight?!" Zhang Liao wanted to tease Gao Shun.
Looking at the city wall of Yingshang, it is towering and has a moat. When Liu Mang attacked the city, who bombarded it with ballistas. The moat was not completely buried, and if it rushed over, there would be a lot of casualties.
Gao Shun didn't even think about it, but just said two words, "Don't do it!"
"Old Gao, do you want to disobey?" Zhang Liao looked at Gao Shun with a smile. Yesterday, Gao Shun left him, the deputy commander, outside the camp to rest on his own. Even if he knew that he was coming, he ignored him at all, so Zhang Liao naturally wanted to take revenge.
I wanted to make fun of Gao Shun, but Gao Shun raised his head and rolled Zhang Liao's eyes, "Are you stupid, attacking the city? I'm not stupid! Don't go!"
Zhang Liao's smile playing on Gao Shun froze immediately. It is true that forcibly attacking a city is almost like a fool, but you can't be so straightforward, Zhang Liao just wanted to make a joke with Gao Shun, and wanted to make you Gao Shun Just keep your head down. But Gao Shun didn't talk to Zhang Liao at all, it's because you are stupid!
Really cool man. Zhang Liao could only smile awkwardly. Said it was a joke with you and then passed on first.
"Zhang Hu, step forward and shout!" Yingshang City can only attack the heart but not force it.
"Yes!" Zhang Hu nodded and rode his horse to the foot of Yingshang's city. He had been suffocated to death by Gao Shun in the camp for the past few days, and now he could finally let go of his voice.
"Listen, you bastards in the city, your grandpa Zhang Hu is here, and if you are sensible, open the city gate immediately, or you will be left alone when the city is broken!" Zhang Hu's voice was loud enough. The voice went down, causing commotion on the city wall.
"The army of Yangzhou is here, what should we do, what should we do!" There was constant commotion on the city wall. There were not many defenders in Yingshang, and there were no more than five thousand soldiers at all, but Yingshang City is so big. Now Yingshang The Shang Taishou is still an unknown person, but he can read a little, so he was selected by Liu Bei's dwarf to be the prefect.
"Don't panic, don't panic! I'll be protected by the Yingshang city wall and the moat. This city won't be broken for a while!" Yingshang's general defending the army spoke to strengthen the morale of the army.
The general's words made the tense atmosphere in the scene even more tense. It won't be broken for a while, it will be broken sooner or later.
"Stick to help, stick to help! Uncle Liu Huang will definitely come back to save us!" The prefect of Yingshang cheered. If he is not Liu Bei, he is at most a teacher. Being a prefect is like a fool's dream. The matter, but because of Liu Bei, he took the position of the prefect, so he is still very grateful to Liu Bei, the prefect of Yingshang. If the city of Yingshang is destroyed, where will he be the prefect!
How can there be reinforcements? This group of people is still clear-eyed. Their lord has been defeated again and again, and now they are unable to protect themselves, but they still want to deceive themselves. After all, as long as the city is still there, they still have a chance. If the city is lost, it will be slaughtered. Although they only have 5,000 defenders now, there are tens of thousands of people in the city. At that time, they will still be able to encourage the people to come to defend the city.
"That's right, you can't surrender, haven't you seen what An Fengjin looks like!" a prefect of Yingshang shouted loudly.
An Fengjin? Anfengjin is not far from Yingshang. The fire in Anfengjin can be seen even in Yingshang. There are deserters in Anfengjin who fled to Yingshang. The defenders of Yingshang told about the tragedy of Anfengjin.
As soon as Anfengjin was mentioned, the defenders on the city wall appraised it. They are all the people in this city. If the city breaks down. Yingshang has also become Anfengjin, what should I do
"Listen to the defenders in the city, I will give you a stick of incense time, and you will not come down after a stick of incense. Don't blame your grandpa Zhang for sending troops to attack after that long." Zhang Hu shouted loudly from the side.
"Ge Jun, you go too!" Zhang Liao looked at the faces of the Yingshang defenders on the city wall, and knew that these people wanted to defend to the death. This is not in line with Zhang Liao's thinking, so he said to Ge Jun next to him that Ge Jun nodded and also rushed forward.
"General Zhang, General Zhang. Don't persuade to surrender, don't persuade to surrender!" Ge Jun stepped forward and shouted at Zhang Hu.
"Ge Jun, why are you here?" Zhang Hu looked at Ge Jun and asked in confusion.
"I'm here to tell the general not to persuade you to surrender." Ge Jun said to Zhang Hu.
"Not to persuade you to surrender?" Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, Zhang Liao sent him out to persuade him to surrender, why has it changed now, but seeing Ge Jun's eyes, Zhang Hu still understood.
"That's right. We can't persuade you to surrender! If you persuade us to surrender, how can we get any wealth in this city!" Ge Jun said with a loud cry.
"Treasure?" The defenders on the Yingshang city wall were a little puzzled.
"Caibao, this treasure is not only in the eunuch's mansion and this military camp, but also in the homes of the common people." Ge Jun's voice became louder again.
"Okay, okay, I knew it, I knew it, you see, these Yangzhou soldiers have no good intentions, they want to burn, kill, loot and torture us on Yingshang. How can we surrender and be that chopping board Where's the fish on the table?" The prefect of Yingshang beamed with joy, "We want to live and die with Yingshang, and we can't let them smear our people!" He raised his arms and shouted. Immediately, Yingshangcheng looked at the enemy.
"The hearts of the people are available!" The prefect of Yingshang was very happy. The Yangzhou army couldn't get the people of Yingshang to help him, so he couldn't defend it with five thousand soldiers, but if he got it, With the support of the people, it will be different. The people in the city defend the city together. With the height of Yingshang City, at least they can hold on for a while.
"General Zhang Hu. You must know that our lord, the King of Shu, has a kind heart and treats the people well. That's good, especially for the people under his rule. Look, the tax is only three Layer!" Ge Jun continued to shout.
"Third floor?" The defenders on the city wall were a little dumb. You must know that in Yuzhou, Liu Bei also received 50% of the money. Even so, everyone is grateful. Some other princes have 70% to 80%. It turned out to be only 30%.
"Thirty percent tax, my lord, this, this, this is for the benefit of the people!" Zhang Hu was also flattering Liu Mang.
"Who says it's not!" Ge Jun and Zhang Hu sang the double reed. "Our lord, everything else is good, but there is one thing, that is, he takes too much care of the people, not only the people of my Yangzhou, but also the people of this big man!"
"General Ge Jun, but what does this have to do with not persuading him to surrender!" Zhang Hu asked suspiciously.
"Of course it has something to do with it!" Ge Jun looked like he hated iron but not steel. You can let the brothers fill their stomachs!" This stomach is naturally a pocket.
"If you persuade me to surrender, isn't this Yingshang city under the command of the lord? Why do we want to rob and how to rob? You don't know the lord's military law. It's not allowed to take the people's needles and thread. Those who take it, That would be beheading."
"Ah!" Zhang Hu was shocked, "Then what should we do!"
"General Zhang Hu, so we can't persuade you to surrender, wait until we take down this Yingshang, haha, this Yingshang is ours, they are enemies, and the people under their rule are naturally enemies, so it is not a problem to rob enemies Come on, there are so many beautiful and beautiful girls in Yingshang! When the time comes to conquer the city, our brothers will eat delicious food and drink spicy food, and we will be able to sleep with them. What a day! Comfortable. If you persuade to surrender, then the brothers will be wild, just take the rewards from Yingshang and how much money you can get. Killing Yingshang to grab his food is the chance to make a fortune. "Ge Jun looked at Zhang Hu bitterly.
"What to do, what to do!" The city wall shook again, and Ge Jun over there was describing how to rob in detail. These things have been done by the Xiliang iron cavalry, even if they haven't done it, they have always seen it Well, of course, it's painting the gods, making everyone on the city wall feel insecure.
"Idiots are talking in their sleep. If you want to take down my Yingshang, you have to see if we are willing to use the swords and guns in our hands!" Yingshang Taishou snorted coldly, which made everyone in Yingshang feel more at ease, yes. They still have weapons, and the city of Yingshang is still in their hands. As long as Yingshang City is not broken, then what Ge Jun said below is a fool's dream. Thinking of this, the heart of the defenders of Yingshang is even deeper.
"General Ge Jun, if you don't persuade him to surrender, this Yingshang City will be piled up with the lives of your brothers, and you can't die for the money." Zhang Hu said earnestly to Ge Junyu.
"Haha, that's why you don't understand Zhang Hu. If you are asked to read two more military books, you will be foolish if you don't listen to them. This Yingshang city, don't look at him as high as several battles and surrounded by a moat. In fact, He is full of flaws, and it is easy to take him down." Ge Jun looked at Zhang Hu with a look of disgust.
"You can easily take down my Yingshang? Then come here! The prefect is waiting for you on the city! Let's see how many people you have to die before you can come in front of this prefect." Although it was breached once, it was repaired anyway. You can easily take it down with one sentence. You are the defenders of this city for nothing.
"Don't you believe it! Do you still remember what the Lord said!" Ge Jun said disdainfully.
"What words?"
"Naturally that's the sentence. The strongest fortress in the world is often not breached from the outside! It's from the inside!" Ge Jun is popularizing knowledge to Zhang Hu.
"Inner? General Ge Jun, do we have an inner response in Yingshang City?" Zhang Hu asked intentionally.
"Internal response?" The defenders on the city wall looked at each other.
"Don't be suspicious, how can there be internal support in our city. This is just a cover-up by the enemy." Prefect Yingshang was comforting people.
"How could we have internal support in the city!" Ge Jun seemed to be catering to the prefect of Yingshang.
"Then how to break the city!"
"Haha, this method of breaking the city is here!" Ge Jun pointed to his mouth and said.
"mouth?"
"Use your mouth to kill us? If your mouth could kill us, we would have died thousands of times!" Yingshang prefect sneered, and the city laughed again and again.
"It's still the mouth, but this mouth is not our own, but theirs." Ge Jun looked coldly at the Yingshang defenders on the city wall.
"Their?"
"General Zhang Hu, let me ask you, what is the most inseparable from this man!"
"It's mother, ladies," Zhang Hu said without thinking, making everyone smile.
"Made knows you guys, they're promising!" Ge Jun scolded with a smile, "This man can't live without this mouthful of food!"
"What's the meaning?"
"General Zhang Hu, how much do you eat for a meal?"
"There are several catties of food!"
"Yes. You are a soldier, so naturally you have to eat more, but we can eat. The defenders inside the city walls may have no food. Their lord hasn't distributed their food yet. "As soon as Ge Jun said this, many people on the city wall became restless. It is true that they have not paid food for a long time.
"Was it deducted by someone?" Zhang Hu asked with his eyes wide open.
When Zhang Hu said this, the Yingshang defenders turned their attention to the garrison general and the prefect of Yingshang.
The prefect of Yingshang panicked, none of the officials is as clear as water, and when the water is clear, there will be no fish, so this prefect of Yingshang is still greedy for ink, so he was a little flustered, but of course an official has a thick skin, otherwise he would Impossible to be an official "This prefect is an official with a clean sleeve, how can I be greedy for your food and salary, don't listen to the false words below."
"Who is greedy for ink? Liu Bei's official is still clean!" Ge Jun's words made Yingshang prefect a little more comfortable, and he couldn't help thinking that this dog's mouth can still protrude ivory.
"But it's hard for such an honest person to live without rice! Their lord Liu Bei's Runan has no food and grass, so how can they allocate food and grass to Yingshang? The food and grass in the treasury of Yingshang City are completely empty."
"What, our Yingshang grain depot is empty?" Someone began to discuss.
"Let me just say, why hasn't the food and salary been paid for several months, it turns out that there is no food!"
"Yes, yes, do you still remember back then, my lord and General Guan borrowed food and grass from us?"
"How can we fight when there is no food and grass! You can't go hungry."
Seeing everyone's comments, the prefect Yingshang became anxious and hurried to refute the rumors, "No, no, my lord has sent food and grass a long time ago."
"Then why didn't you post it? Could it be that you are greedy for ink?" Someone among the defenders asked under the cover of the crowd.
"I am an honest and honest official."
"Then why don't you pay the food."
"I..." Yingshang prefect didn't know what to say. If it was shipped, then he would be greedy if he didn't pay the food. If it wasn't shipped, it meant that there was no food in Yingshang.
Originally, the prefect of Yingshang was hoping to borrow a little more from the people like Guan Yu, but before he could open his mouth, he was stabbed out by the Yangzhou army, and he jumped up immediately.
"If you want me to tell you, if there is any food and grass, go to the treasury and you will know!" Ge Jun continued to fan the flames. "So General Zhang Hu, Yingshang has no food and grass. In a few days, a bunch of soft-legged shrimps that have no food to eat will be easily caught! At that time, because of the stubborn resistance of Yingshang City, we will snatch him and burn them. Without him, the lord will not say anything more."
This is a naked threat, and this is also a naked threat. You have no food and grass, and it will only take a few days to break the city. Once the city is broken, I will rob you and destroy your family.
The people on the city wall were panicked, Yingshang prefect wanted to suppress it, but there was indeed no food in his treasury.
"Don't panic, everyone! Even if there is no food and grass in the treasury, wouldn't the fathers and folks in this city let everyone go to battle hungry to kill the enemy! Think about it, there are tens of thousands of people behind us! These people may be your parents or your wives and children, what are we afraid of!" The garrison general stood up, and these words made Yingshang, who was about to collapse, hold back.
"Huh?" Zhang Liao frowned. This is not what Zhang Liao wants. If this continues, this will really turn into a bitter battle.
"The deputy commander should let me go!" said a young general next to Zhang Liao.
"En! I can only trouble the general." Zhang Liao nodded.
Just when Ge Jun and Zhang Hu were about to return without success, and the Yingshang defenders on the city wall were about to live and die with the city wall, a young warrior came out of Zhang Liao's army on a horse and headed towards Yingshang. Run in the direction above.
"General, don't move forward!" The young warrior walked in front of Ge Jun and Zhang Hu and wanted to move forward, but was stopped by Ge Jun, because if he went forward again, he would be in Yingshang. Within the attack range of the city, if thousands of arrows are fired from the city wall, even a martial artist cannot hold it back.
"Thank you, General Ge Jun, for your concern!" The young general smiled and cupped his fists at Ge Jun, "I have my own measure!"
"Soldiers and common people of Yingshang, do you still remember me!" The general walked to the foot of Yingchuan city, immediately took off his helmet and shouted to the guards of Yingshang on the city wall.
"General, general!" The defenders at Yingshang on the city wall were in an uproar. (to be continued)