Xu Chu and Ren Jun also wanted to gather the people who were still squatting at the base of the city wall, dumbfounded, as well as the injured who might still be saved, but they could not rush out at this time. The buffer between the residential area outside the city and the city wall
The area is just a stone's throw away. If Xu Chu and the others want to rush across this stone's throw to save people, they will be attacked by arrows from the defenders on the city wall.
They could only wave their hands and shout loudly, asking these people to come over by themselves. But most of the ordinary people who experienced such bloody scenes were frightened. In their view, not only did the officials in the city abandon them, but they also wanted to
To kill them, even the Cao army chasing after them will kill them all. As invaders, it is very common to massacre hostile people. They have no way to survive. Being surrounded from two sides, there is only one way to die.
So at this time, most of the people in Chenliu who were under the city wall had dumbfounded eyes and fell in a pool of blood, praying to God to save them. Only some young children who did not understand the dangers of the world were still crying.
At this time, Chenliu City was already a place of purgatory. Finally, a brave man chose to rush back to Cao Jun. "Whoosh!" With a sound, the man didn't even scream, and was struck by an arrow.
The back pierced through the chest, and he was nailed to the bloody ground. At this time, the arrows falling in swarms under the city had blocked the pace of Cao's army's attack. This also blocked the way for the people who were hiding under the city wall to escape.
"Stop shooting arrows...What are you doing? These are our subjects..."
Zhang Miao roared and ran back to the west gate wall to stop the brutal killings by his men. He had just learned from the soldiers returning to the city that the soldiers who retreated into the city killed many ordinary people and locked many away.
When Zhang Miao heard this, he cursed his subordinates for being idiots. This was not his original intention. He asked his soldiers to enter the city first. This was to save the living soldiers, but he did not let you kill Lao Baixin. In the end, he did not even let you go outside the city.
The people who entered the city did not mean that they were abandoned. This was not commensurate with his reputation of "strictly observing Zhang Mengzhuo in the country".
When Zhang Miao rushed back to the city and saw the situation below the city, he even felt like crying. The people are like water, and soldiers are like fish in the water. Only rulers like Zhang Miao understand these truths. But Zhang Miao scolded him harshly.
Why don’t the soldiers and generals under my command understand that the common people grow food for them? Without the common people who come to eat, who will they rule?
Zhang Miao knew that it was useless to scold his men at this time. He could only tell his men to stop shooting arrows with tears in his eyes. Now it was obviously impossible to open the city gate to release the separated people. That did not mean that he had also released Cao Jun.
City. He could only shout to Cao Jun who was hiding a stone's throw away, asking them to accept these refugees for the sake of being "Han Dynasty people".
At this time, Zhang Chao and others came forward and tried to comfort Zhang Miao. There was no need to waste a lot of time for some untouchables.
Zhang Chao's words immediately attracted Zhang Miao's reprimand. He was getting angry when Zhang Chao rushed out. Zhang Miao was so angry that he not only turned around and rushed to his younger brother Zhang Chao, scolded him loudly, but also raised his hand and slapped him twice.
Zhang Chao almost lost his direction, but many of his subordinates in the city pulled the two away.
Cao Jun outside Chenliu City also sent someone to reply at this time. Xu Chu took the opportunity to curse a few words about hypocrisy, and tentatively sent troops over to gather the refugees.
Zhang Miao kept his word and did not send anyone to shoot them. After all, he was not a bloodthirsty person. Compared to the current heroes in the world, he was still a relatively benevolent one.
In this era, kind people will always become losers!
This is what Jia Xu just said to Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi curled his lips and said nothing, but continued to look at Xu Chu and Ren Jun's results.
As soon as Cao Zhi received Ren Jun's report, he was afraid that the front army would go too deep and be too out of touch with the troops behind, creating a gap that the enemy could take advantage of. So Cao Zhi immediately ordered the central army and his rear troops to
Jun quickly posted it.
This resulted in the assembly and formation of troops that originally took a day or two to complete. At dusk of the second day after Xu Chu gathered the refugees under Chenliu City, all Cao Jun troops completed the siege of Chenliu County.
Xu Chu annihilated more than a thousand enemy troops in this battle, which was not too many, but he captured more than 3,000 people, and gathered as many as 5,000 to 6,000 refugees outside the city. These people were too late to enter the city. Ren Jun had already
Arrange these refugees in an area more than ten miles away from the city for temporary resettlement, give them food to eat, and try their best to treat those who are injured. Some young and strong men have been recruited by Cao Jun, and they have begun to act as civilians, dismantling the barriers and
The residences on the route of their army made it possible for their heavy equipment and large troops to be transported smoothly to Chenliu City.
But the biggest gain in this battle was not how many prisoners were harvested, how much area was captured, or how many enemy troops were killed. It was that Zhang Miao and his Chenliu defenders had an advantage in confidence that they could defeat in just this battle.
Nothing left.
This kind of evenly matched competition is originally about who loses confidence in the war first. Whoever loses confidence will lose this battle!
Another ten days later, with the help of a large number of civilians, a straight avenue ten feet wide appeared under Chenliu City. Many of the civilians who helped Cao Jun demolish these houses were the owners of one of the houses, but they still spared no effort.
He helped Cao's army clear the road, set up their positions, and capture Chenliu City.
The common people are always more pragmatic. To be honest, Zhang Miao has been in charge of Chenliu County for many years and has treated the common people well. But just a dozen days ago, his subordinates made a "misstep", which suddenly destroyed the achievements and popular support that Zhang Miao had built over the years.
Sweeped it clean.
"My wife was killed by those sons of bitches!"
"My son died there!"
"My parents are lying at the gate of the city!"
This is the voice of the Chenliu people who have become refugees. Their family members have died, and they want revenge!
Cao Zhi actually didn't do anything to make them grateful. Cao Zhi just provided them with a mouthful of hot food, and the food may have been confiscated from their homes. They now live further away from the city.
The shabby houses were also temporarily built using trees they cut down nearby and old materials from demolished houses. These houses could only serve as a barrier from the rain. It was really impossible to block the severe cold in December.
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But they were still forced to prepare for Cao Jun's attack on Chenliu City, and they worked like coolies every day to prepare. Outside Chenliu City, which Cao Jun temporarily controlled, there was no freedom, and even freedom was restricted. Everything became a
There is no distinction between private property or shared property. Everything has only one goal, serving this war.
Cao Zhi found that under the influence of Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others, he was becoming insensitive. He was already indifferent to the suffering of some people in order to seek victory. Cao Zhi once realized something when he looked up at the stars late one night.
However, this is probably the basic requirement to become a tycoon.
It is impossible for there to be no beggars in the world, and it is impossible for everyone to have enough food and clothing. There will always be people who are rich and poor, and this is the way of the world.
This was the view expressed by Cao Zhi during a chat with Xun Yu. The reason was that Cao Zhi talked about the modern utopian theory. Unexpectedly, this kind of idealism was untenable in the Three Kingdoms era and was denounced by Xun Yu, a great Confucian.
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Cao Zhi was very surprised. In fact, as early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were Chinese politicians who saw the world so thoroughly. However, the utopian egalitarianism seemed too childish compared to Xun Yu's reality.
Later, when Cao Zhi told Jia Xu about the matter, this guy was more realistic and told Cao Zhi directly that the best way for you to realize your political ideals is to fight violence with violence and eliminate all possible obstacles to your political views.
If you raise objections to others, it will be possible to realize your political ideals.
As soon as Cao Zhi heard Jia Xu's vicious ideas, he knew that he was tempting him again to become a hero and even dominate the world by himself in the future. But Cao Zhi knew in his heart that if Jia Xu was induced like this, what he would cultivate would no longer be a person with utopian ideals.
Cao Zhi is a tyrant with evil will.
Sometimes it is difficult for Cao Zhi to understand the thoughts of ancient people. In their view, a rebel is better than a ruler with a political consciousness. And someone like Jia Xu seems to have been working hard to cultivate such a rebel throughout his life. If he lives in his lifetime,
If they can succeed, even if they are sent to be killed by the traitor they have trained, they will feel extremely glorious and die without regrets.
The more Cao Zhi got to know the thoughts of Xun Yu, Jia Xu and other wise men of the world, the more he felt that these people were a little masochistic!
But then again, during the battle of Chenliucheng, Cao Zhi could no longer hold back. The equipment needed to attack the city had been basically built: ladders, watchtowers, crash carts, and even ten catapults were being transported from Danyang.
On the basis of this, more than 20 vehicles were temporarily built. Zhang Miao left him enough materials and civilians to help him build and operate these things.
All large-scale siege equipment is usually made from local materials and built locally. This has become routine. In ancient times, when transportation was extremely inconvenient, if you wanted to attack another city from one place, especially someone like Cao Zhi
It is unlikely that troops traveling from Danyang to fight in a place as far away as Chenliu would bring enough large-scale siege equipment.
They also selectively brought the most important catapults, but the mountains were high and the roads were far away, so the ten they could bring was the limit. This was because Deng Ai had already transported a batch of catapults when he attacked Liu Yao in Chaoxian County.
The Chaohu area is crisscrossed by rivers. Because the Yanzhou rebellion broke out suddenly, before Cao Zhi went on the expedition, he issued a transfer order and recruited ten catapults to transport them to Yanzhou through a section of waterway.
But Xu Chu and Ren Jun unexpectedly quickly obtained the outer area of Chenliu. Looking at the wooden structures, they felt that it would be a shame for Brother Zhang Miao not to use them.