Chapter 1058: Break the cauldron and sink the boat, fight to the death
Chi You originally wanted to take advantage of proclaiming himself emperor to provoke the Han generals into a battle. If he could kill one more, he would kill one more, and if he could weaken the opponent one more point, he would weaken the opponent one point more.
In this way, we can at least lay a solid foundation for the subsequent decisive battle.
But I didn't want Xu Shiji to still look like an old turtle. It made people hate him, but there was nothing they could do about him!
Although one Shi Jin was killed, how could it satisfy Chi You's appetite based on this alone?
But, time waits for no one!
Guan Yu's troops are about to arrive, and Chi You can only start the next step in advance!
Now that Guan Yu has arrived, the curtain they have drawn should also begin!
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, apart from their identities as Liu Bei brothers, must also be Liu Bei's most die-hard fans. Suddenly there are two more emperors. Can Guan Yu still sit still?
Is Guan Erye’s sword in danger?
It was supposed to take a few more days to arrive, but Guan Yu ordered the army to march urgently, and even like Xia Houyuan, he came over a few days in advance, vowing to kill the two false emperors Chi You and Zhang Dingbian. Under the knife.
Of course, although Guan Yu came a few days earlier, Chi You and Zhang Dingbian were a little surprised. However, it was not a bad thing that Guan Yu came all the way in a hurry.
Marching in a hurry for so many days must pay a price.
On that day, General Zhang Dingbian killed nearly half of his few horses, and took out all the remaining grain and grass to give the soldiers one last meal.
In the original history, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu used a ruthless method to collect enough food and grass. Not only did they draw the food and grass, but they also gave the soldiers meat.
In this life, it was Fan Li and Chi You who set the precedent, and Cao Cao became the second.
It is possible to use this method to collect military rations again now.
It's just that there's no need for that.
Previously, Chi You had not reached the point where he was at the end of his rope, so he naturally dared to use such ruthless methods to make a comeback, or in other words, he was waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.
But now that we are at the end of our rope, why bother trying to trick the people of Yanzhou before dying? Human hearts are full of flesh, and no matter how ruthless a person is, he will not be so unworthy of a son of man.
If they really regard killing as a hobby, like the man who wrote the Book of Seven Killings, the trend of history will not allow them to get down to business.
Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. Some people may still have doubts about whether this statement is true! However, if they lose the hearts and minds of the people, the world will really have nothing to do with them!
Therefore, instead of continuing to make the common people miserable and miserable, it is better to let the soldiers eat their last meal and fight the last decisive battle happily.
"Soldiers! Eat and drink well!"
Outside the city, a total of 20,000 troops were arrayed here.
In this last decisive battle, Zhang Dingbian selected the last elite, kicking out all the old, weak, sick and disabled members of our unit, and also kicked out all the improvised militiamen, even those who had not fully completed their duties. All the wounded who had lost their combat effectiveness were kicked out.
"…………"
All the soldiers were in a roar.
Within a few months, this was the most filling meal they had eaten, and certainly the best meal they had eaten.
"Okay!" Zhang Dingbian laughed happily and asked the soldiers to leave all the cooking utensils in the city and not take any of them out. Of course, it was useless to take them out. If there were only pots but no rice, how could the soldiers eat directly?
The pot doesn’t work?
"Seal the city gates and deploy fire belts!" Zhang Dingbian ordered again!
Following this order, the city gate behind them was completely closed, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who stayed in the city used rolling wood and thunder stones to completely block the city gate.
And they dug a ditch between their military formation and the city. There were fire-generating objects underneath. Anyone who dared to retreat would be buried in a sea of fire. The city gate behind the sea of fire was completely sealed. If someone was not burned to death, they would be burned to death.
Choked to death.
As a result, Zhang Dingbian completely cut off their retreat.
"Ding, Zhang Dingbian has achieved the achievement of breaking the cauldron and borrowing one from the city. He will be rewarded with a random skill enhancement and advancement, and his warrior skills will be upgraded to a god general..."
Examples of burning the cauldron and sinking the boat have been around since ancient times, but the names are different: burning the cauldron and sinking the boat, burning the boat on the river, burning the boat and burning the cauldron, borrowing from the city, etc. These are similar to the principle of burning the cauldron and sinking the boat.
There is also a similar saying in "Sun Tzu Nine Places", "The commander-in-chief went deep into the land of the princes, and used his opportunity to burn the boats and destroy the cauldrons."
"Zuo Zhuan: The Third Year of Wen Gong" records that Qin Bo attacked Jin and burned the boats in Jihe River. Qin Mugong sent Meng Mingshi to attack Jin. Meng Mingshi burned all the boats after crossing the river from Maojin, and defeated the Jin army in a last-ditch battle.
Occupy the royal palace and other places.
"Zuo Zhuan: The Second Year of Chenggong" also contains, "Please collect the embers and borrow one behind the city."
The most famous example is of course Xiang Yu. Even when later generations talk about the burning cauldron, they only remember Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu has completely become synonymous with burning the cauldron and sinking the boat.
In today's decisive battle, Zhang Dingbian had long been prepared to die. Therefore, he followed the example of the ancients and fought with his back to the city.
"Brothers, now our food and fodder have been cut off, and our retreat is dead. If we retreat, our brothers will die without a burial place. If we want to survive, we have to fight!"
"Brothers, if we have no food, we will grab it from the enemy! If the enemy has nothing to eat, then of course we will have something to eat..."
"Ding, Zhang Dingbian's blood attack skill has effect three..."
Zhang Dingbian had helped Chi You to control the Central Plains for many years, and had fought with almost all the princes around them. From the Sun family back then to Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin, Dou Jiande, and Liu Bei later, none of these princes were left behind.
During this period, Zhang Dingbian could not have made any progress. During the Battle of the Grassland, Zhang Dingbian's basic force had already increased to 104 points. After so many years in the Central Plains, his basic force had reached an unrivaled peak.
Up to 105 points, and before that, because he was named the Emperor of the Earth, he officially advanced to the level of a divine general.
And during the same years of fighting in the Central Plains and fighting with various princes, Zhang Dingbian also completed the achievement of killing four gates at once by chance. His original surprise attack skill was advanced to the current blood attack skill.
All the soldiers were still standing like that, but vaguely, there was an invisible airflow spreading from the silent steel bodies. This airflow was so strong and so chilling, as if it was just a blink of an eye.
It has turned into countless clanging sounds of swords and weapons, rising straight into the sky!
"Fight! Fight!" All the soldiers went crazy. Their whole bodies were trembling with excitement, and they roared hysterically: "We will fight until we die! We will not return until we win!"