The scene of 40,000 people working together was very spectacular. The three construction sites were crowded with people, one team after another, all over the mountains and plains.
Unfortunately, the enemies in the old city did not dare to leave the city, leaving the cavalry ambushing near the city to wait in vain for a whole day.
"Why don't these Qiang people know how to attack the enemy before they have a firm foothold? They are so stupid." When he withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, Sun Jian was angry that they refused to fight and kept complaining.
Liu Xiang was not in a hurry. If the enemy left the city, he would use his cavalry to kill them. If the enemy did not leave the city, it would speed up the progress of the project. Anyway, he would not lose.
Han Dang's troops went six miles deep into the valley entrance, set up camp on the road and built forts, and built enemy towers and cliffs on the cliffs, waiting for the defenders to attack. Zhang Xiu's troops dug trenches under the city and built cofferdams to completely block the defenders inside the old road. military.
The project went very smoothly. The cavalry laid in wait for three days, and the defenders never left the city. The general structure was completed. The trench was wide and deep, surrounding the city. Behind the trench was a wall of sheep and horses as high as half a man, which could provide the archer troops. For cover, there are three siege forts behind it. The wooden walls are extremely stable. There are many watchtowers in the camp and they are heavily guarded.
Is the city gate strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack? Don't worry, they will be trapped to death if there is no water or food.
Most people can rest. The civilians accompanying the army will continue to repair and reinforce. The rest is to wait patiently.
Our army is waiting, and so is the enemy's army.
The Sanguan garrison was waiting for Gudao County to rescue them. The Gudao garrison was waiting for reinforcements to come to the rescue. After waiting for five days, the reinforcements did not show up. Gudao had food and drink, and was living well. The Sanguan garrison could not wait any longer. There was only one person in Guandao City. The food for seven days will be exhausted in two days. The less food in the warehouse, the more panic they feel.
As the saying goes, people are like iron rice or steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry. This is a physiological need that cannot be overcome. Therefore, there is a saying in the art of war: There is no better way to plan poison than to starve yourself of food.
"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer. We can't fight when we're hungry."
After hearing the tribe's persuasion, Shao Ge kicked down the tree in front of him and shouted angrily: "People from the old way are trash, why haven't we opened the road yet?"
Shao Ge was the young king of the Xianling Qiang Hanniu tribe. He initially rebelled with Li Wenhou. He was tall, strong, and brave in battle, and was highly appreciated. Later he was sent to garrison in Sanguan. He originally planned to occupy the old county as well. , but unfortunately the Jin Bigu people who occupied the county seat were outnumbered and powerful, with seven or eight thousand people. He couldn't compete with them, so he could only stay in Sanguan with three thousand people.
The grain road was in the hands of others, and he was not less angry. Now, he was blocked by the Han army, and that beast Jin Bigu didn't come to rescue him. I will definitely stab him to death next time we meet.
"Come here, follow me and fight out of the mountain pass to transport food."
Naturally, all the more than 3,000 people could not leave. There were Han troops in front and behind them, and a thousand people were left to guard the pass. He personally led more than 2,000 people to break through the Han army's camp and open up the food road.
As soon as Shao Ge moved, the Han troops in the south and north of Guan Guan were aware of it. Before he could fight Han Dang, Zhang He had already led his troops to fight. A crash cart, two ladders, and three well orchids were built along the smooth slope. Along the way, he pushed hard to the pass that was less than 300 meters wide. He brought a lot of crossbows, lathes and oars, but he could just lift them up and go.
The crossbowmen boarded Jinglan and began to shoot at the defenders on the wall. There were also crossbowmen below who were waiting behind the oars to fire arrows. Unfortunately, the pass was narrow and the army could not be deployed, so the numerical advantage could not be used. There were cliff villages built along the cliffs in Sanguan. There were archers stationed above, and the terrain advantage was too great, so the Han army's crossbowmen were suppressed.
But they didn't panic, they hid behind the oar shield and continued to throw towards the wall. Someone would come to help them.
"Boom, boom, boom." The sound of the heavy crossbow arm rebounding sounded, and the crossbow behind it began to shoot at Yazhai. The seven-foot-long crossbow gun was nailed hard to the earth-and-wood defense fortification, and it collapsed. Pieces of soil and broken wood were scattered, and some unlucky Qiang archers were even nailed to the cliff with crossbows. Those who were shot to death immediately were luckier. Unfortunately, those who could not die temporarily were left crying in pain. The sound echoed in the cliff, like a ghost howling, making people shudder.
With a heartbreaking crunching sound, the bed crossbow continued to be cocked and fired.
With the help of bed crossbows, the Han army's crossbowmen finally suppressed the defenders at the pass.
"Crash the car forward, advance with the ladder, and attack the city." Zhang He gave the decisive order. The defenders became smaller and the pressure was greatly reduced. He wanted to seize the opportunity.
Shaoge knew that the Han army from the north of Guan Dynasty was coming to attack the city, but he didn't care. The confrontation lasted for more than a month. The Han people came to fight every few days, and then left after shooting for a few times. The people he left behind were enough to deal with the situation. If you guard this place alone, ten thousand people can't defeat it. That seems to be the saying, right? He laughed, this is knowledge! How can those gang of bumpkins who smell like cow shit compare to him?
He was proud for a while, then continued to lead his tribe forward, heading straight for Han Dang's camp.
Looking at the wide and deep ditch, the earth behind the ditch, and the towering village walls, watchtowers, and cliff villages, Shao Ge swallowed his saliva. It was not easy to fight, but he had to bite the bullet. He roared loudly: "No. You have to die to eat, you have to kill to survive, and you have to kill to survive."
A group of Qiang people roared and rushed towards the Han army camp. There was no probing, no distinction between the front and rear troops, and they swarmed up.
Han Dang is a veteran in the army, and this kind of momentum cannot scare him.
He loudly encouraged morale: "Our army occupies a favorable terrain, has more people than them, and has better weapons than them. Tell me, how can we lose?"
The soldiers under his command responded loudly: "We must win! We must win!"
"Kill the enemy and receive a heavy reward for meritorious service. Those who have the ability will use it, and those who have no eggs will get out. All the troops obey the order and follow me to kill the enemy!" Han Dang led his people forward to engage in the battle, using trenches and sheep and horse walls to stop the Qiang people. , a large number of arrows were shot out, and the spears and halberds like a forest stabbed the enemies rushing into the ditch crazily.
The trench was as deep as one person, and the wall of sheep and horses at the edge of the trench was as high as half a person. The Qiang people had no siege equipment. Those who filled the trench were shot to death, and those who rushed into the trench could not climb up at all. The watchtower behind and the cliff village on the side, It was filled with crossbowmen. From the moment the war started, arrows had not stopped missing. Qiang people kept falling. Their corpses were scattered at the bottom of the trench and the north bank, dyeing the loess under their feet red, and the black-red soft mud was lying on the ground. The corpses and footsteps of the Qiang people surged between them, just like the legendary quagmire of flesh and blood, unlike the human scene.
There was no way to break through. Shao Ge kept urging. He knew that if he couldn't break this camp, he would starve to death in a few days.
Die now, die later, you have to die anyway, you have eaten enough for a long time, it is worth it.
The lives of the Qiang people in Liangzhou are worthless. If you die, you will die. No one is afraid of whom!
He roared hysterically, drew out the long knife from his waist and rushed forward. Behind him were the clansmen who were screaming and roaring. They had charged with the tribal king again and again, sometimes for the treasures and supplies of the caravan, and sometimes for the treasures and supplies of the caravan. Sometimes it was for a piece of pasture, and sometimes it was just for a sheep or a mouthful of water. They fought for their lives with the king, rushed up, killed, or were killed. Their ancestors had been doing this for generations, and they were used to it.