The first batch of cannon fodder was released, and slowly the second batch was added, the third batch, the fourth batch, the fifth batch, the reserve team. Wave after wave of cannon fodder slowly climbed up the wall of death.
Most of the day passed like this, and in two hours it would be completely dark.
The soldiers who had been retired before were also gathered together. The 30,000 strong men and cannon fodder originally captured from Zitong County. After two rounds of attrition in filling the moat and siege battles, only half of the 30,000 people were left, and only 5,000 of the 8,000 cannon fodder of the Five Poison Army were left.
After sorting through these two batches of cannon fodder, I found that there were still 20,000 people. More, he doesn't need that many troops, he only needs 8,000 people.
Then organize them into a team of 5,000 people to form four batches of cannon fodder. Let's attack him again before it gets completely dark!
Under the dissatisfaction of many cannon fodders, they were gathered together by the supervising team again, put on leather armor, took weapons, carried the ladder and charged again.
The sound of fighting resounded again on the battlefield, with the endless sounds of war drums and screams. CD's three-foot-high city wall has completely become a meat grinding ground, being fought over endlessly by both sides.
Finally, the cannon fodder here suffered heavy casualties. Can the defenders tolerate it better? At the beginning, three thousand of Zhong Yu's men were shot to death by the crossbow formation on his side, and all of a sudden the veteran was maimed.
We can only mobilize young men and servants from major families from the city, pull them to the city wall, and assist in the defense. CD County has a large population. In the Western Han Dynasty, the population of CD reached 76,000 households and nearly 400,000 people.
Even after natural and man-made disasters in recent years, the population has declined slightly. However, Yizhou was not affected much. With a population of more than 300,000, Yizhou was one of the most powerful cities in the world.
Therefore, with the help of the government and aristocratic families, he was later recruited with 30,000 young men to assist in the defense. After a morning of brutal attack and defense, more than 10,000 people were killed by Zhong Yu. Although the defenders relied on the city wall and had a geographical advantage, Zhong Yu's side also had an advantage in weapons.
So in general, the number of casualties is about the same. The defenders are also dead, almost 10,000, and they basically can't hold on for long.
It was hard to imagine that 1/3 of his people died when they first entered the battlefield, for a group of farmers and small businessmen who had just acquired weapons.
Their hearts could no longer bear any more casualties. Zhong Yu estimated that if another five thousand of his people died, they would completely collapse. Even if those officials and aristocratic families threaten, they will never listen again.
If forced, the soldiers, who may have lost their heads and filled with fear, would directly turn against each other and start killing each other.
Those aristocratic families' control over the young cannon fodder is not as good as Zhong Yu's. Their ability to suppress these young men relies on the majesty of the imperial court and the past prestige of the family.
These are all soft powers, imaginary. In the past, when the imperial court and aristocratic families were strong, they could rely on some slogans to gather the strong people to obey them.
But now these shapes understand their weakness, and their own strength is not that of those who are strong enough to resist. If they continue to resist, they will just lose their lives in vain, so abandoning those who usually prey on them and survive on their own will no longer be possible. Nothing more than normal.
But Zhong Yu is different. He can force those cannon fodder to obey his orders and continue to waste his life in vain under the city wall. It depends on the number of people, including his 14,000 Hanzhong veterans and system soldiers.
With the suppression of these elite soldiers who were loyal enough to them, the cannon fodder did not dare to resist their orders and could only obey obediently.
That is because they understand that even if they all rebel, they are no match for their own armies. Their families are all in their own hands. If they really rebel, is there any other option besides letting themselves and their families die
Soon, more than an hour passed, and only 8,000 of the 15,000 soldiers were left. The strong ones on the city wall who suffered heavy casualties were also on the verge of collapse. As long as he launched another fierce attack, they would collapse at the first touch and completely lose the will to resist.
It's time for me to bring the offensive and defensive battle of this CD city to a perfect end.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting darker, and the sun was hanging on the mountainside of a mountain, as if it could sink completely at any time, bringing darkness to the earth.
"Bang bang bang!" The sound of war drums sounded. At this time, there were no cannon fodder soldiers on the battlefield. Those soldiers had all been withdrawn to the military camp for a thorough rest.
At this time, the war drums were beating, and Zhong Yu ordered the veterans of the Hanzhong Army to attack the city. These people who had experienced some brutal siege battles had seen the cruelty of the battlefield, and then followed them to attack Yizhou.
They have continuously won victories and have accumulated extremely high morale along the way. They continued to march on the road and strengthened the training of the army. It can be said that they are a very elite army in this era.
At this time, they will show here that they have sharpened their swords for several months. Use this CD city to draw a perfect ending to their first battle after unsheathing.
Soon, like a tide, soldiers wearing green and red armor surged over the plain below the city. It hit the city wall hard, then you can say that the thick city wall of CD, which is more than ten meters thick, trembled slightly.
Because they had extremely skilled siege experience under Wudu County City before, these soldiers climbed up the city wall very quickly.
Those who had experienced previous siege battles and the young defenders could not help but be stunned. There was a slight pause on the hands, which should not happen to people who have experienced this life and death.
Arriving on the city wall, these veterans quickly killed the surrounding soldiers, and soon scattered the relatively weak young men.
The holes in the city wall spread one after another, and soon the soldiers occupied a large area on the city wall.
With each foothold established, more and more soldiers swarmed onto the city wall, slowly driving the young and strong soldiers off the city wall.
Finally, more than 1,000 of his people died. The Qingzhuan who defended the city finally couldn't help the fear in their hearts. They abandoned their weapons with a loud shout, turned around and ran down the city wall.
When the supervising team saw this situation, they quickly went to stop him. After killing dozens of people, they finally aroused the anger of those elites.
Instead, he turned around and started fighting with the supervising teams, killing them all and forcing them back. Faced with these irrational people, I think many people would not dare to face them directly!
Then, there was a thumping sound from behind. Turning around and looking back, I found that the soldiers with blue and red armor were chasing after them. With a strange cry, they all turned around and ran away.
After seeing this, these war supervisors did not dare to stay for a long time, and quickly fled with the defeated soldiers. At this point, the entire CD City fell into Zhong Yu's hands.
In 183 AD, in July of the sixth year of Guanghe, Zhong Yu occupied Hanzhong and most of the counties in the east, dividing it into Fangling County and Xicheng County.
In August, the entire Hanzhong County was occupied.
In October, Wudu County was captured.
In November, he attacked Yizhou, occupied Zitong County and Guanghan County, and destroyed CD City. Yizhou was shaken and the world was shaken.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival!
(End of chapter)