On the first day in Linzi, in Wang Zheng's opinion, Cheng Jiao and others were too stupid.
They actually only regarded these common people as a kind of simple consumables, exchanging them for arrows and falling stones for the Linzi city defense.
As well as filling the moat...
How can such simplicity and crudeness be effective?
These refugees are just like these people, they have thoughts and brains.
Since they will die regardless of whether they do something or not, how can these refugees really contribute when they are in complete despair?
How can it be efficient?
When working passively, it is the instinct to survive to seek more opportunities to breathe while wandering. If hundreds of thousands of refugees are driven like this, this moat may not be able to fill a road in ten and a half months.
As a time traveler, Wang Zheng certainly understands the horror of the human sea tactic.
Even if the so-called 400,000 figure is reasonable, it would be to cut half of the population to 200,000!
What is the greatest power?
All Wang Zheng dares to boast about Haikou.
Because he felt that as long as these people were mobilized, three days would be enough to clear the moat.
Although under the current circumstances, no benefits can be given and no ideological unification can be achieved.
It would be inappropriate to hold a grievance meeting.
But Wang Zheng had his own way.
The next day, when the sun began to rise.
Countless black spots gathered outside Linzi City again.
This time, Wang Zheng first demarcated the area based on yesterday's estimate of the range of the army's crossbows and trebuchets.
Now it is piled up like a hill.
These were large piles of sacks filled with sand, soil and rocks that Wang Zheng ordered Cheng Jiao and others to make overnight for the refugees.
They were frightened out of their wits, so they did not arrange for them to come forward today.
Today, according to the original order, Xu and the refugees here are responsible for filling in the river.
"The first group will run forward here. Just put down twenty sacks and you can be back in the morning!"
"The second batch will continue to move ten sacks from that position to the previous position."
"For the third batch, just throw five sandbags into the river."
"Those who move forward will live; those who move back will be killed!"
Wang Zheng's method is very simple, give them a way to survive.
Therefore, he divided it into three sections from the starting point to the moat according to the shooting range of the official army.
The refugees are also divided into three groups, and the day is divided into three periods.
Wait for the next period, and the three groups of people will rotate to the next position.
At different times, each group of refugees only needs to do a certain distance. The last step of throwing bags into the river, the same group of people only need to do it once today.
Just throw in five sandbags.
This also means that three groups of refugees made threatening actions against Linzi City at the same time, further distracting the attack firepower of the official army.
When Xu Fang and others agreed to Wang Zheng's proposal, Wang Zheng proposed this plan, which naturally caused an uproar.
Everyone is questioning that the efficiency of General Tiangong's move will only be lower than that of the first day. How can it be possible to complete the three-day boast?
Wang Zheng sneered and just asked everyone to wait and see what happened.
He didn't bother to talk to these ignorant people.
First day...
It seems that a group of refugees are constantly filling in the river, but is it efficient?
How many people are dawdling?
How many people are always paying attention to how to avoid the attack of the army?
How many people are running around and turning back because of fear and panic?
What's more, the most important thing is that this is equivalent to keeping the refugees in the backwater.
You won't die if you fall into the water, you will drown if you stay there!
With Wang Zheng's arrangement, everyone has hope of survival.
You only need to do three things a day, the most dangerous step is to throw five sandbags, and you don't have to die after you finish it!
In this way, the refugees will focus more on how to accomplish this goal first.
Only in this way can forcing with swords be effective.
Because they naturally know how to choose.
This time, the attack on the head by the officers and soldiers only had the possibility of death, but running back without completing the mission was the real certainty of death.
Therefore, compared to yesterday, today's refugees have become faster in carrying sandbags and walking faster.
They started to run forward.
Finish moving early, finish filling in early...
You can leave this dead place as soon as possible!
I survived today!
Thinking of this, the nimble person had already finished the move first. He didn't even wait for the next rotation according to Wang Zheng's plan, and took the initiative to work overtime towards the next work goal.
Since it is enough to finish everything, it is better to finish it earlier.
Driven by the survival instinct, in just a moment, another hill made of sandbags appeared not far from the moat.
At this time, Li Jiayuan on the top of the city was stunned by the sight in front of him.
what's the situation?
Why are these refugees suddenly so proactive?
The next moment, he broke out in cold sweat.
After a while, he had seen nearly a thousand sandbags successfully thrown down the moat by the refugees.
With such amazing efficiency, Li Jiayuan couldn't sit still at all.
He sighed, with the refugees looking like this today, I'm afraid the thieves no longer need to send out the main force to supervise the battle, and naturally their own cavalry are not allowed to leave the city.
You can't use precious cavalry to kill refugees, right? That's absolutely impossible.
It's not that he is soft-hearted.
But with such a large number of refugees scattered, even if the five hundred cavalry exhausted their horsepower, they probably wouldn't be able to drive away even one-tenth of them, right?
You can only use equipment!
If possible, Li Jiayuan really doesn't want to use this against the innocent people below.
Yesterday, only one wave was actually used, and the refugees who were filling the river below were hit until they completely fled in all directions. However, the tragic scene also left him and the officers and soldiers at the top of the city speechless, with expressions of unbearable expression.
Although there were still refugees throwing bags into the bag one after another, they were scattered and did not pose a threat at all.
Li Jiayuan only needed to order the officers and soldiers to fire a wave of arrows intermittently, and he could scare them away for a long time.
But today is completely different.
This is clearly organized.
Such an orderly situation made Li Jiayuan realize that he would not be able to stop them from attacking the city unless he was completely ruthless.
As a member of Cao's army where massacres were commonplace, Li Jiayuan still retained his sympathy for the people and was still a person who cared about his reputation.
But the current situation...
If you don't use any harsh measures and continue to let it go...
Linzi's first line of defense may not last more than a few days!
"Fire the arrow!"
"Smash the trebuchet on me!"
On the top of the city, more than a dozen trebuchets with adjusted angles shook, and the rope stretched to the extreme contracted suddenly, throwing the stone projectiles at the other end of the cross arm into the air.
At the same time, countless arrows rained down.
After yesterday's terrible blow reappeared, horrific deaths and injuries also followed one after another.
Today's refugees once again enjoyed the treatment of the previous group of people...the same screams of pain echoed throughout the sky.
Many people were even completely frightened and fainted by the blood and mutilated limbs so close to them.
"continue!"
Li Jiayuan hardened his heart and remained unmoved, and once again gave orders to the soldiers on the city in a cold tone.
"Listen, even if they are your fellow villagers, they are still helping the Yellow Turban bandits to attack the city."
"If we come to Linzi in batches, think of all the young and old people in the city who don't want their families to be destroyed, and I'll give them a hard beating!"
"Don't have any sympathy! Otherwise, military justice will be dealt with!"
Three consecutive waves of attacks, with crossbows, bows and arrows, and trebuchets taking turns, once again caused over a thousand casualties to the refugees who were driven to fill the river.
Only this time, they disappointed Li Jiayuan.
These refugees never collapsed.
Because Wang Zheng has told them clearly.
If you throw five stone bags, only the people around you may die, but you may not die.
If you dare to run away, you will definitely die!
So even if the tears flow freely, even if the legs become weak...
The refugees were still busy lifting, unloading, and throwing things into the river.
This is a human comedy.
They took the initiative to face death countless times, just to gain a glimmer of life.
Even if...it's just a short day.
When this scene of hell on earth lasted for a whole day, Wang Zheng, who had gathered the refugees, remained speechless.
Nearly ten thousand people have been lost...
Looking at the broken limbs and corpses everywhere under the city, looking at the survivors crying, laughing maniacally, or expressionless...
Wang Zheng was silent and then took a long breath.
Even though he had made a decision long ago, he was not truly hard-hearted after all.
This situation still left him speechless.
On the other side, Xu He and others looked happy when they rode their horses to guard the city.
What General Tiangong said is true.
Based on this situation, I'm afraid it won't take three days to fill in a few passable roads!