Fotucheng woke up from his sleep.
Continuous drums sounded outside, and there were faint sounds of killing from the top of the city. Some areas were very fierce. It seemed that the defenders were still unable to push the attacker off the top of the city.
Fotucheng walked around the room and sighed secretly.
It's a pity that he came to Yecheng too late and failed to gain Shi Le's trust.
If he believed in himself, he would have told him now that after experiencing the big defeat during the day, it would be impossible to defend such a huge city, at least the outer city could not be defended, and he could only retreat to the palace complex (Santai) to hold on.
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In tonight's battle, it was obvious that the Jin army was testing which section of the city wall was weakly defended.
Once they are tested out, they will immediately deploy elite troops to break through and attack the city.
He came from Tianzhu and had a lot of experiences along the way. He heard a lot of things and saw a lot of things. He couldn't be more clear about these little war tactics.
The old monk is not ignorant of war.
Naihe, Naihe!
Fotucheng came to the table, moved a small rope bed and sat down, opened the scripture, and silently recited it, praying for the soldiers of the two warring armies.
The world is tough and this is all he can do.
The gate of the Buddhist temple was suddenly pushed open, and a group of people rushed in noisily, occasionally mixed with the cries of children.
Fotucheng continued to chant sutras without raising his eyes.
He specifically ordered the elderly, weak, women and children to be admitted to avoid chaos, and the door should always be open for convenience at any time.
Generally speaking, those who serve as soldiers will not act recklessly in the Buddhist temple, which is considered a relatively safe place.
Wave after wave of people came in, and even the windowsills were full of people.
Some people were crying, some were shouting, and some were chatting.
"Datou left the city and surrendered." someone said.
"Which one is the big one?"
"Who else could it be that was the one who delivered the charcoal to General Wang's house?"
"Why did he become a soldier?"
"They have been conscripted." The speaker sighed: "Even in this Buddhist temple, there are young and strong monks who have been conscripted and went into battle with tin sticks. I saw it with my own eyes this afternoon."
"Can...can I fight?"
"Being beaten, planted on the city wall, and not knowing whether he was alive or dead, it is obvious that the Dharma is not profound enough."
Buddha Tucheng stopped chanting sutras.
The world is ignorant and has never seen his various methods. It would be great if he could speak in front of Chen Gong Shaoxun, just once! He could convince him by performing little tricks.
This is a secret technique brought by Tianzhu, and Shao Xun must not be able to see through it.
Alas, to be honest, he doesn't like to play with these things. Unfortunately, it is too difficult to spread the Dharma in the Jin Dynasty, so he must use surprise to win.
The two people outside were still talking.
"If you leave the city and surrender now, can you avoid death?"
"Of course. There are always hundreds of people running away tonight. If Tomorrow City is not broken, more people will run away tonight."
"How to run?"
"Spend some money and lower yourself from the top of the city."
"No one cares?"
"Wang Yang's people turn a blind eye, while Taobao's people don't care at all."
"You've already done this, and you're still doing nothing."
Another group of people poured in outside the gate.
The conversation stopped, and only the sound of crying filled my ears.
Sitting in sleepy city, everyone is very scared.
Fotucheng stood up again and was silent.
The morale of the soldiers in Yecheng was completely shattered.
Soldiers have families, relatives and friends, and they are not ignorant of the outside world.
Since the powerful families in the four counties of Wei, Ji, Dunqiu and Leling all defected to Shao, this war no longer needed to be fought.
The money was raised by wealthy families.
Food was raised by wealthy families.
Military intelligence relies on reports from wealthy families.
Resting places when going out to raid were provided by wealthy families.
Some people even rely on contributions from wealthy families for their troops and horses.
The situation has reached this point and people's minds have changed. If you expect them to work hard, you are simply overthinking.
Even in Henan under the rule of Shao Xun, if the wealthy family turned against him and took refuge with Shi Le, he would be in a very embarrassed state.
Maybe it was a mistake to come to Hebei and I had to find a way to meet that person.
How can I meet him?
Do you want to take some credit? Shi Le and his family members have not come to his pagoda recently, which is a bit troublesome.
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Even though it was late at night, there were still people coming and going on the street.
At Yinshi, a group of sergeants noisily withdrew from the top of the west city. After seeing Shi Le's figure from a distance, they suddenly turned around and rushed to the top of the city noisily to fight with the garrison troops who had climbed the city.
The field army was a little confused.
They selected 300 people and attacked the city at night. It went smoothly at first, but the defenders were not strong in fighting spirit. After a stalemate for a while, they collapsed. But as soon as they collapsed at the bottom of the city, they turned around and rushed forward again, as if they had seen a ghost.
, shouting for a fierce battle.
The garrison was caught off guard and was driven off the city wall.
Shi Le's face was ashen.
The defeated troops just now were not the servants of wealthy families, or the young men recruited for temporary conscription, but serious troops. They enlisted in Changshan Latin back then, and they were considered one of his oldest troops. Everyone was divided into fields.
The house is located in Zhuxiang, Anyang County.
This made Shi Le particularly angry and wanted to punish him severely.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
Can you blame them? It seems that you can't.
Their families are still in Anyang, and they don’t know whether they are alive or dead. What do you want them to do?
Is it to blame that Ji Bao failed to defend Anyang and his army was defeated and died? It seems even less likely.
Anyang is located four miles south of the Huan River. Shao Xun's fleet penetrated directly to the north of the city, cutting off the retreat of all armies south of the Huan River. The local wealthy families were affected by this, and their position was quite suspicious. In such a dangerous situation, Ji Bao dared to face the difficulties.
Now, it’s time to take on this mortal burden.
It was normal for him to lose in battle, and his death in the end due to internal strife was also very tragic.
If you can't blame anyone, then you can only blame Shao Thief!
While he was sighing, Wang Yang came over with sweat on his head, the armor leaves on his body making a clanging sound.
"How?" Shi Le asked.
"The door is closed." Wang Yang breathed a long sigh of relief.
Someone had just opened the city gate secretly. When Wang Yang got the news, he was frightened to death.
After hurriedly notifying Shi Le, he led his own soldiers to intercept the city gate. It turned out that the person who opened the city gate was a cavalry force from the Wuhuan tribe of Shangdang. It was not that they surrendered to the enemy, but that they simply ran away and quit - the infantry can fortify the city.
If you hang a rope over your head and escape, the cavalry will have no choice but to open the city gate.
It was their behavior that attracted the attention of the Jin army, so the nearest group of field troops set off urgently and rushed up carrying ladders.
Wang Yang fought fiercely with the Jin army at the gate of the city. After finally killing them, one-third of his soldiers had been lost. Before he could feel sad, he heard that the Jin army had entered the city, so he hurried to the rescue. Fortunately, it was a false alarm and the defenders
After the army collapsed, they saw Dahu coming, so they went to the city to fight hard and drove back the Jin army.
There was another sound of footsteps in the distance.
Shi Le and Wang Yang looked up and saw Tao Bao, the prefect, hurrying over with more than a thousand soldiers.
"Your Majesty—" Tao Bao had just saluted when he was interrupted.
Shi Le held the scabbard in his hand and hit Tao Bao directly on the face, saying: "The Zhang family's gang ran away."
Taobao was startled and did not hide, allowing Shi Le to vent his anger.
"Zhang family" obviously refers to the Wuhuan Zhang family of Shangdang.
But there are too many people named Zhang from the Wuhuan tribe in Shangdang. Which family is it? Or which family is it?
"You stay here tonight and don't slack off." Shi Le gave Tao Bao a cold look and left.
Wang Yang stepped forward, patted Taobao on the shoulder, and sighed: "Don't blame Dahu, he is just angry. He will regret it tomorrow morning and come to you to apologize."
After that, he left.
Taobao nodded silently, then reached out and wiped it, and there was blood on his forehead.
He turned around and looked at the soldiers he had brought with him.
The soldiers all avoided his gaze and pretended not to see him.
Taobao smiled miserably.
After all, he is also an important member of the army, a veteran general, but he was beaten and scolded by Da Hu in public, and even bled. How will he lead the army in the future? Doesn't he want to lose face?
Dahu thought they were the Eighteenth Cavalry...
Which of the eighteen knights today does not hold a high position, has a group of wives and concubines, and has a cloud of servants? Which one does not have a bunch of people around them to eat with them?
In the past, he could endure being beaten, scolded, slapped and even tied up by Da Hu, but not now.
Taobao took a deep breath and began to patrol the city defenses.
****
Within three stages, a bunch of people were sitting in the courtyard, whispering.
Ms. Liu glanced at them coldly and said, "What else did Fudu say?"
"Fudu" is a name in the Jie language. Weiyuan General Liu Da's nickname is Fudu. Liu is just the surname their ancestors gave themselves.
"Yana, what do you think?" one of the old men in his fifties said.
Mrs. Liu squinted her eyes and looked at the old man and asked, "Haizhu, have you already left the city?"
"I have never been out. My son He Du went out of the city and came back." The old man did not hide anything and said carelessly: "Fudu is very good with Shao Xun. The Jin people treated his injuries and gave him food, wine and beauty.
He also said that as long as he performed meritorious service, he would be given the official clothes."
The city wall of Yecheng tonight is like a highway, with people coming in and out, busy and very funny.
"Jin people and we are not the same people." Ms. Liu raised her face, her amber eyes flashing with danger. She said: "What benefits can you gain by turning your back on Gole? Shao Xun wins Yecheng. In the future,
If we attack the party again, I'm afraid I'll kill you all."
"Maybe, but Shao Xun has never deceived anyone so far. I heard that he has a good reputation." The old man said: "If we don't surrender now, we will all die. We can't wait until the day when Shao Xun attacks Shangdang."
Mrs. Liu looked at this group of relatives with disappointment.
When they were defeated, they had to either surrender or leave, and no one was willing to stay and live and die with Yecheng.
"Ye Na, don't look at me like that." The old man said again: "Da Hu can't hold Yecheng anymore, he will leave sooner or later, so why do you expect us to stay here and work for him?"
"Shao Xun was building walls and digging trenches outside the city. He didn't stop even late at night. If he didn't leave, it would be too late."
"We are cavalry, are we supposed to dismount and defend the city? Is it such a ridiculous thing?"
"It's useless for us to stay here. In the city, cavalry is not as useful as infantry. It is better to go back to the party, or simply surrender to Shao Xun. Remember, Ye Na, without us, you are nothing. You are just a woman
, if we don’t help you, Dahu will sleep with Cheng Ya’s sister in a blink of an eye and will never look at you again. He is a very ruthless person."
After saying these words, the old man stood up slowly, took two steps back, and said, "That's all. Take your hands off your waist. Women shouldn't carry swords."
Others also looked at Mrs. Liu, with dissatisfaction on their faces.
We are all a family, are we going to Shi Le to help that man who is doomed to fail to attack his relatives?
Mrs. Liu let go of her hand, took a deep breath, looked at everyone with her head raised, and said, "I will stay here and wait for reinforcements from the court."
In the evening, my husband said that if we gather the generals' personal soldiers and servants and retreat to Santai, we should be able to hold on for a long time, and there is still hope of waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court.
"You can guard it yourself, no one will come to help you collect the body." The old man shook his head, said hello, and led everyone away.
When the last person disappeared, Ms. Liu felt her body go limp, as if all her energy and energy had been drained away.
She knelt on the ground and looked into the distance.
The lights outside the city are bright, and countless people are wielding shovels, digging trenches, tamping soil, and building city walls.
That is a cage, a cage intended to trap everyone.
Some people could not withstand the pressure and ran away shamefully before the cage closed around them.
Among the soldiers in the city, few were willing to fight to the last moment for Da Hu.
During the day, three thousand horsemen left without saying goodbye and did not enter the city at all. They were the Huns, and it could be said that they were not the same people as them.
An hour ago, another two thousand Wuhuan escaped. At this time, it would be a bit deceiving to say that they are not our own, because they are from Shangdang.
At this point, their relatives and Shangdang Jiebu no longer wanted to do it. What was even more frightening was that in addition to escaping, they also seriously considered another possibility: surrendering to Shao Xun.
This was a direct consequence of Liu Da's capture.
As for the infantry, their attitude is not much different from that of the cavalry, or even worse, because their land, homes, and families are all in Hebei, and they are more likely to surrender.
There are also many powerful noble families in Ye City.
Their mansions are splendid, and their servants are swarming, and with just a little arming they are a source of unrest.
The reason why I haven't moved now is probably because I'm still waiting for an opportunity.
The timing may be fortuitous.
Maybe the meal was distributed unfairly.
Maybe someone swore a curse word.
Maybe someone was beaten.
Maybe someone lost money gambling.
It was just that the moonlight tonight was not beautiful enough, which made me feel bad, so I decided to betray Da Hu...
Yes, Yecheng is so fragile and weird now.
"If you eat black beans all day long, you won't be able to poop. It's better to do the opposite. Mr. Chen can eat corn rice." In the silent night, someone suddenly shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!