Zhuo Letai was not in a hurry to attack the city, but ordered his fierce general Manghuaer to bring a group of Sheng army prisoners to the Guangning city wall and burn them alive every day, so that every soldier guarding the city could see and hear his own people. Struggling and screaming before dying, they hung up the charred corpses with a wooden pestle and stuck them one by one in the snow, and finally led all the soldiers to shout "surrender without killing".
If you close the door and ignore it, you will have to shout for two or three hours. If you go out of the city to pursue it, you will run away quickly, and you will not be able to catch it.
After repeating this for three days, the guards and soldiers who witnessed such atrocities began to lose their morale and were full of fear towards the Jin people. Rumors even began to appear in the city that Han Zhaoxing was going to surrender to Zhuo Letai.
Yuan Mao ordered the soldiers to pour water on the city wall day and night to strengthen the city wall by freezing, but he knew that the strongest city wall could not withstand the collapse from the inside. People's impetuousness. Zhuo Letai is worthy of being a famous general of the Kingdom of Jin. He attacked the heart first before attacking the city, which was too vicious.
Han Zhaoxing discussed several plans to ambush Manghuaer with them, but they all felt that it was too risky, Manghuaer must have come prepared, if he left the city rashly, there were still ambush outside the city, he would fall into his hands.
That night, Yuan Sikong hurriedly found Yuan Mao: "Father."
Yuan Mao had no time to talk to him at all: "Don't come again, so your mother can rest assured."
"No, Dad." Yuan Sikong ran up to stop Yuan Mao, "It will snow tonight."
"what?"
"Guangning has been sunny for three days, and the snow has melted, but it may snow tonight, so it's a good time to set up an ambush."
"How did you know it was going to snow tonight?"
Yuan Sikong pointed to the clouds in the sky: "It is said in the book that the clouds are low, thick, and scale-shaped, so it rains in summer and snows in winter. Kong'er has observed it for many years, and it is true in seventy-eight out of ten."
Yuan Mao looked up at the clouds in the sky, doubtful: "Really?"
Yuan Sikong nodded: "If you put studs on Manghuaer's way now, after a night of snow, there will be no traces, and then let the soldiers ambush him when he retreats, it will be twice the result with half the effort."
Yuan Mao thought for a while: "Okay! Dad will give it a try. If it really works, it can kill the prestige of the gold thief."
Yuan Sikong was very happy: "Father, the wounded soldiers have been settled properly, what else can Kong'er do?"
Yuan Mao pressed his shoulder: "You take good care of your mother, your eldest sister, and your younger brother, so you can share your father's worries."
"Of course Kong'er will take good care of them, but..." Yuan Sikong glanced at the towering city wall behind Yuanmao, "Father, I can do more."
"Okay, you go back first."
Yuan Sikong went one step further, and the clear eyes that belonged to the young man shone with determination and determination: "Father, if it really snows tonight, and Manghuaer really falls down tomorrow, it will prove that Kong'er is useful. Kong'er is with you?"
Yuan Mao was intimidated by Yuan Sikong's bright eyes: "Kong'er, of course father knows that you are a useful person, but the war was too brutal and you are still young, so I don't want you to get involved. You understand father's painstaking efforts." ?"
"Kong'er understands, but every citizen in Guangning has already been involved in it. The city is alive, and the city is destroyed." Yuan Sikong knelt on the ground with a plop, "Father, take Kong'er with you. I will definitely help you!"
Yuan Mao sighed softly, his face full of helplessness. No matter how much he wanted to isolate Yuan Sikong from danger and cruelty, Yuan Sikong pounced on him again and again. He knew that this child's future was limitless. How long can he stop it
That's all.
Yuan Mao pulled Yuan Sikong up from the ground: "Okay, I promise you."
Yuan Sikong showed joy: "Thank you, Dad!"
"Where did you come from? What good thing do you want?" Yuan Mao said solemnly, "I have three chapters with you."
"Father just talk."
"First, absolutely obey my orders, and don't make up your own mind; second, don't let you speak, and don't speak; third, take good care of your family before you can come to me."
"Yes! Kong'er will definitely do it!" Yuan Sikong's heart was beating hard several times. He was always thinking about the military situation at home, and he couldn't sleep or eat at all. No matter how dangerous it was, he wanted to stay by Yuan Mao's side , defend Guangning together.
"Let's go, I'll let them lay an ambush."
Horse studs, also called thorns, are cast from several iron nails and are thrown on the ground. There are always iron nails facing upwards, which can pierce the horse's shoe. It is said that this thing was invented by Wuhou. When Wuhou died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, the Shu army retreated, Sima Yi pursued it, and the long history Yang Yi "laid a lot of thorns to block the road", which was very effective against cavalry.
Taking advantage of the night, the soldiers cast stumbling nails, and Yuan Mao ordered Hu Baicheng to lead five hundred troops to lie in ambush on the way Manghuaer was retreating in the middle of the night.
Mang Huaer usually comes to provoke in the early morning, when the snow is neither thin nor thick, it is just right;
Everything is ready, just waiting for the snow to fall.
Everyone stood at the top of the city waiting for the snow, and when it was late at night, there was no change in the sky.
A soldier was rubbing his hands in the cold: "Master Yuan, when will this snow fall?"
"Wait patiently." Yuan Mao stood with his hands behind his back, his face serious.
Yuan Sikong was also a little anxious, if it didn't snow tonight, he would be driven home if he broke his promise to Yuanmao.
After a while, Yuan Shaoxu also became a little suspicious: "Father... Master Yuan, why do you think there will be snow tonight?" He glanced at Yuan Sikong beside him, and suddenly thought of something: "It can't be Kong Let me tell you."
Yuan Mao remained silent.
Yuan Shaoxu said anxiously: "Master Yuan, do you really think he can see the sky? How can such a joke be used as a basis for Bu Jun?"
Yuan Sikong pursed his lips, wanting to refute, but remembered that Yuanmao didn't let him speak casually, so he followed in silence.
What Yuan Shaoxu was about to say, Yuan Sikong suddenly saw a small soft white drifting in front of his eyes, he raised his head suddenly, but seeing Jiutian sprinkled silver, he excitedly said: "It's snowing, it's snowing!"
Everyone looked up one after another, and Yuan Mao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay!"
Only Yuan Shaoxu frowned, his expression changed.
Yuan Mao walked down the tower and ordered: "Send the scouts to survey the terrain of Mang Huaer's retreat again."
"yes!"
"This matter must be kept secret, and the soldiers on duty tomorrow must not disclose it."
"yes!"
At this moment, Han Zhaoxing came towards him, who was still a few feet away, and asked first, "Yuan Mao, but you sent Hu Baicheng out of the city?"
Yuanmao clasped his fists and said, "Master Hui Zongbing, it is the last general who ordered Hu Baicheng to go out of the city to ambush Manghuaer."
Han Zhaoxing said in a deep voice, "You and I just discussed a few days ago not to go out of the city without permission. Why didn't I know when you gave the order?"
Yuan Mao replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Li left the Guangning Guard before he handed over the garrison talisman to the last general. The latter is the Guangning garrison and can dispatch soldiers at will."
Han Zhaoxing raised his voice: "I am the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. I was ordered by the emperor to guard the border. The Liaodong army is at my disposal. Don't you think of me, Han?"
Yuan Mao knelt down: "The last general dare not." His face was calm and calm, and his tone was calm, "It was the last general's loss if he didn't ask the commander-in-chief. He is more familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the officers and men of Guangning, so he can dispatch them more conveniently than the commander-in-chief."
"You..." Han Zhaoxing's face was livid, and he was too angry to speak.
In fact, since Han Zhaoxing returned to Guangning, the struggle between the two for the military power in Guangning has been undercurrent. On the surface, Han Zhaoxing is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. One city, one pond, one soldier and one soldier in Liaodong all obey his orders. But in fact, he lost Qingzhou first and then Huangshui. Guangning is very prestigious, Han Zhaoxing can't command Yuanmao's men at all, and the Liaodong Army brought back by Chen Yulong has a large number of disabled.
Yuan Mao also knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and put his tone more humbly: "Fights often pass by in a hurry, and if you miss it, it is hard to find. It is the negligence of the last general in a hurry. Please punish Han Zongbing."
The Liaodong soldiers who knelt on the ground behind him hurriedly interceded for Yuanmao.
Of course Han Zhaoxing didn't dare to punish Yuan Mao, as long as Yuan Mao still held the military talisman in his hand. Seeing that Yuanmao gave him the steps, he followed the trend and walked down: "The punishment is serious, Mr. Yuan doesn't have to be like this, please get up."
Yuan Mao just stood up.
Han Zhaoxing coughed lightly: "It's just that any future moves of the Guangning garrison must be discussed with me first."
"I will understand in the end."
Yuan Sikong applauded Yuanmao in his heart, he deserved to be his most admired father, and at the same time cast aside Han Zhaoxing severely.
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Everyone was completely awake, and when dawn came, a good news came from the front.
After a night of light snow, Manghuaer was caught in an ambush, and the cavalry led by him stepped on the studs and fell into a mess. When fleeing in a hurry, he encountered Hu Baicheng's ambush halfway, and his head and tail were broken. This battle killed the enemy Nearly a hundred soldiers were rescued, and the general Mang Huaer died on the spot.
As soon as the good news spread, Guangning Wei was full of joy, and the army was full of enthusiasm.
The first battle is extremely important to the morale of the army. They are already outnumbered and weak, and the 70,000 army is overwhelming. The threat can be imagined, so even though this battle is just a small ambush, the number of people retreating is not much. It was the enemy's small army, and it was still exciting. It was expected that Zhuo Letai would not dare to send people to provoke him.
Of course, they also knew very well that if Zhuo Letai stopped sending people to provoke, then the next step would be to attack the city.
They both wanted him to come and they didn't want him to come.
In the battle of the siege, I am host and other guests. Of course, Cheng Jun can delay it if he can, but Zhuo Letai has 70,000 troops, and how many cattle and sheep he has to eat in a day. He can't afford it. Since he can't delay, it is better to fight !
As everyone expected, Zhuo Letai saw that the threat was useless and the persuasion to surrender was ineffective, so he took the artillery baton and marched towards Guangningwei with a raging momentum.