Chapter 783: Ji Ling's Ambition and Yuan Shu's Plan
Following Ji Ling's loud and long tone of "annihilate", the sound of metal friction of armor quickly sounded in the dormitory. A burly figure with blood stains on his armor took a few steps forward excitedly and appeared beside Yuan Shu's bed.
It was Ji Ling who mistakenly thought that Yuan Shu was determined to fight Cao Zhi. After hearing Yuan Shu's words, he spoke excitedly and unknowingly approached Yuan Shu's bed.
Just when Yuan Shu was also infected by Ji Ling and wanted to continue to curse Cao Zhi, Feng said softly in time: "Your Majesty, you can't... get angry easily. You have to restrain yourself, otherwise... it will be bad for your dragon body.
, if you have something, what can you ask me to do..."
Faced with his wife's worries, Yuan Shu was always able to quickly control his emotions. Under the clearly audible bombardment of stone bombs outside the city, Yuan Shu silently stared at Feng for a while, and then said softly to Feng:
"You should go back to the palace and rest first. I won't get angry again!"
With a worried look on her face, Feng left Yuan Shu's palace with three steps. She knew that there were some things that she, as a woman, really couldn't intervene in and couldn't help.
A smart woman needs to know when to tell a man that she values her rights and when to obey. Feng is a woman who knows how to measure her rights. At the same time, she also knows Yuan Shu very well. She knows that even if Yuan Shu goes now
Even after death, he still would not give up his dream of pursuing an imperial career. Although even Feng could see that Yuan Shu's Zhong dynasty would not last long. But she always believed that she was the one who accompanied Yuan Shu through the final dream of his life.
's fate.
While Yuan Shu persuaded Queen Feng to retreat, he also drove Yuan Yin out of the palace, who wanted to catch Ji Ling for reading Yuan Shu's letters privately.
Then, with a look of absolute despair in his eyes, Yuan Shu ordered two chamberlains to help him sit up, brought a table and gave Ji Ling a seat.
Ji Ling sat down in excitement and mood. Yuan Shu backed away to further discuss military and state affairs with him. Ji Ling felt that he was being taken seriously. He stood firmly beside Yuan Shu's bed and said loyally: "
Your Majesty, I suggest that your Majesty immediately order all the soldiers and horses from all over the country to move closer to Shouchun. We can only have a chance of survival if we make a desperate move and defend Shouchun. I think that when the Emperor's health is good, the Emperor should take the time to inspect various cities. In this way,
Inspiring sergeants, and…”
"Ji Ling, I want you to quickly organize a group of dead soldiers... to leave the city, enter Cao Zhi's camp, and assassinate Cao Zhi!"
Yuan Shu, who had been adjusting for a long time, finally spoke up amid Ji Ling's talk of ambitious strategies. But the words seemed to burst out from between his teeth, word by word, with a sonorous and absolute flavor!
"He actually wants to assassinate Cao Zhi? Is this his plan?"
When Ji Ling heard this, his expression changed drastically and he broke out in cold sweat! His body was trembling, and he was a little stunned by Yuan Shu's astonishing words. Ji Ling unconsciously became unsteady and backed away slowly. He stepped back step by step, and then
He sat heavily on his seat, breathing heavily in his chest.
After a long time, Ji Ling, who was pale and lowered his head, finally stammered and asked, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to..."
Ji Ling felt that his voice was a little distorted, so he raised his head, but he immediately met the Emperor Zhong's determined eyes.
This is a crazy, stubborn, tenacious, and... unshakable look!
This is a crazy action! Completely crazy! And it is self-destruction. Entering tens of thousands of troops to assassinate the commander of Cao Jun, is this possible?
Ji Ling's beads of sweat as big as soybeans flowed down his face one by one and fell to the ground. However, Ji Ling, except for changing his sitting position to kneeling on one knee, did not dare to say a word at this time.
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After seeing this look clearly, Ji Ling understood that whatever he said about King Qin was useless. Yuan Shu didn't listen at all. He was just consolidating his hatred and coming up with this unrealistic plan.
.And he has no doubt about his belief in his plan. If he dares to raise objections, then his Zhong family emperor may immediately order the guards outside the palace to execute him immediately!
"Your Majesty, I...I accept your order."
Ji Ling stood up, looked at the Zhong family emperor Yuan Shu, bowed deeply, and then said: "I swear allegiance to the emperor to the death, and I will personally lead this assassination mission. But I finally beg the emperor to order Shouchun to be defended, and
Issued an edict to recruit all soldiers and horses outside to return to the capital, King Qin..."
When Yuan Shu heard that Ji Ling was going to lead the team in person, he couldn't help but look at Ji Ling in surprise, then took a breath and affirmed: "Okay, that's better, I will remember your loyalty, and the Zhong family will also
Your loyalty will be remembered, Ji Ling, go!"
Yuan Shu looked at Ji Ling's disappearing back, and with a long sigh, Yuan Shu muttered to himself: "Ji Ling, don't blame me!"
#######On the third day of the battle, Cao Zhi ordered that Cao Jun sacrificed watchtowers. These specially made watchtowers were more than ten meters high. Some of them, the tallest even reached more than twenty meters, were made of
It is made of wood and bamboo materials. In order to prevent fire, the surface is covered with cowhide and moist mud is smeared on it. There are bases and rollers under each watchtower. Dozens of strong soldiers hold shields and push the watchtower towards the city wall.
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On the third day of the battle, Cao Jun obviously spent a lot of money and rolled out dozens of tall watchtowers. Each watchtower could hide dozens of soldiers. Dozens of archery towers were pushed to the moat.
By the side of the city wall, juxtaposed with the opposite city wall, Cao Jun's archers standing in the watchtower could directly shoot at the defenders on the city wall.
Although Shouchun Yuan Jun tried to use catapults to bombard the opponent's watchtower, the catapults had a low hit rate and the distance was short, so the effect was not very good. In addition, Cao Jun's catapults cooperated and carried out dozens of covering attacks again.
The tall watchtower erected on the bank of the moat, across the moat several meters wide, Cao Jun and Yuan Jun began another round of shooting. But once there was no advantage of the gap in the city wall, Shouchun defended Shouchun by shooting arrows at a horizontal height.
The army suffered a great loss. Cao's army has always been famous for its archers' bows and crossbows, which are excellent and sharp. The armor and defense on their bodies are also stronger than those of the defenders. During the exchange of fire, after careful calculation, the damage to the defenders was naturally
Bigger.
Just before the sun set in the evening, Cao Jun took advantage of the cover of the archers on the watchtower, separated into two square formations, held up shields, and tried to cross the pontoon bridge erected on the moat to directly attack the city gate. After a fierce battle, although the defenders were repelled
Cao Cao's army was defeated, but he himself also suffered heavy casualties.
However, Cao Jun's explosives, which Yuan Jun's officers had been worried about, had never been used by Cao Jun, which made them relieved. Later, there were rumors that Cao Jun's explosives had been exhausted in the last battle at Hefei, and Cao Jun would not have any more.
This terrifying firearm came to attack them.
Ji Ling has always disagreed with this statement. The fact that Cao Jun did not use explosives now does not mean that they no longer have them, but that they are waiting for the best time to use them. Even if they really do not have such firearms, with their strength, they are still capable of breaking through.
Shouchun's.
Of course, Ji Ling is no longer in the mood to pay attention to these things. He even went to the city defense for only half a day today. After the offensive and defensive battle in the evening, he returned to his home in Shouchun early. It was a rare opportunity to spend time with him.
Madam, the children had dinner together. Although he had issued a ban on alcohol in the army at this time, Ji Ling still drank some wine with his family that night.
As Ji Ling's wife who has lived with her for more than ten years, she always felt that her husband was a bit strange today, but Ji Ling didn't say much to his wife. He just said "take good care of the children" and left home. Ji Ling has been busy with the war recently.
, so he often stayed overnight in the barracks. Although Ji Ling's wife felt that her husband's words and deeds today were a bit unusual, she still did not think of the worst and just waved goodbye to her husband silently at the door of the house.
That night, after Ji Ling returned to the Xicheng garrison, the five hundred sergeants he personally selected also had the most sumptuous dinner and were waiting for him quietly in a barracks.
Many sergeants guarding the city already knew that Ji Ling was going to lead his troops out of the city to steal the camp tonight, but they didn't know that he was going to assassinate the enemy commander. But everyone knew that going out of the city to steal the camp at this time was tantamount to suicide. This was a
A mission with no return.
Countless Yuan Jun generals who came after hearing the news tearfully dissuaded Ji Ling from taking risks personally. Some people took the initiative to ask Ying to go out of the city to perform tasks in Ji Ling's place, but they were all rejected by Ji Ling. Ji Ling faced a group of old comrades who shared life and death again.
He couldn't hold back his tears. After crying, Ji Ling told the generals who stayed in the city to hold on until reinforcements arrived. Ji Ling asked Yuan Shu to mobilize troops from Yuzhou and other parts of Zhong's country to gather in the capital.
Ji Ling wanted to give the remaining generals hope and confidence that they could still win.
Finally, Ji Ling said selfishly, "Brothers who can survive, please come to my house when you have time!" After that, he raised his neck and drank the water and wine prepared for tonight's expedition, and threw away the empties in his hands.
Bowl, shouted "Brothers, I'm going to take the first step!"
The sneak attack soldiers led by Ji Ling took advantage of the darkness and quietly dropped 500 elite soldiers from Nancheng in a rope basket. Because Nancheng was the least valued by Cao's army in their opinion, these 500 people used the cover of darkness to cross the moat. Ji Ling first
Three hundred soldiers, each carrying something to start a fire, attacked Cao's army's watchtower by the moat.
The ignited fire and the shouts of killing immediately triggered the rumbling of Cao's army's war drums, and the rapid bugles mixed with the shouts of killing of the soldiers. The sound almost dispersed the clouds in the sky.
Ji Ling took the remaining 200 elites and hid in the dirty moat before landing. They waited until batches of Cao Jun soldiers on the plain came forward one after another, like a tide, frantically burning them to block and retaliate against Yuan Jun's sneak attack.
Then Ji Ling and others took advantage of the soldiers and horses on duty to rush to the scene of the incident, while the Cao army soldiers and horses behind were still gathering. Ji Ling and others came from
He sneaked out of the moat, ran away from the Cao soldiers who were shouting for death amid the dense rain of arrows covering the sky behind him, and blended into the Cao army camp in the wilderness.