"Everyone, get up and follow me! There is something going on below, hurry up!" The captain of the city tower finally heard that the little noise was coming from below, and immediately ordered in a hurried voice. For the latest free chapter of this book, please visit...
The ones closest to the inner city wall were a few people from the group that had spoken earlier. One of them just stood up, stretched himself, and looked towards the city gate. He was surprised to find that there were hundreds of people gathered in the city gate hole.
He rubbed his eyes, trying to see more clearly. Suddenly there was a crisp sound, and he felt a stabbing pain in his neck. Immediately, he felt cold and weak all over, and he lost consciousness for a moment.
"Xiao Hu, what's wrong with you..." One person saw the soldier standing up and suddenly falling to the ground, and asked urgently. But before he could finish speaking, he remembered a series of "whoosh" sounds in the dark night, and soon he
I also felt a stabbing pain in my body and then lost consciousness.
"Damn! Night attack... coming..."
Someone finally realized something was wrong and opened his mouth to shout, but was immediately hit by a crossbow bolt in the darkness. Hundreds of men in black appeared on the city gate tower, and some of them began to clean up those who were still confused and confused.
Of the defenders, the remaining ten or so people stepped out and quickly climbed onto the suspension bridge chains on both sides like monkeys. They took off the sharp axes that had been prepared on their backs and slashed them down fiercely.
"Ding!" The sound of gold and iron as the iron ax chopped the iron chain was heard for a long time. In an instant, more than ten heads on the distant city wall all poked their heads down. However, the man in black on the city wall didn't care, nor did he.
Panicked, he held the crossbow in his hand and pulled the trigger. Immediately, a series of screams rang out, spreading far and wide in this quiet early morning.
At this time, the defenders on the city tower finally reacted and rang the bell. The sharp sound of "Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!" rang out rapidly. Lights lit up everywhere in the city, and shouts and curses continued.
More than a dozen men in black hammered down dozens of times in a row, and the thick iron chain was finally broken. With a snap, the suspension bridge fell from the sky and was laid in front of the city moat. The city gate below the city had already been opened.
"Send the signal!" The man in black waiting by the city gate saw the suspension bridge falling, his eyes flashed, and he ordered coldly.
"Boom!" A flaming arrow soared into the sky, creating a beautiful moment in the dim night sky. Then, with a crisp "hit" sound, the flame suddenly exploded, forming a large ball of fire.
It looks particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall who were still resisting the men in black felt that the city wall under their feet shook the ground slightly. The defenders on the city wall also discovered in panic that in the dim night morning light, there were shadowy figures in the distance.
Countless knights are galloping over on war horses.
The defenders in the temporary camp around the city gate finally reacted at this moment, and hurriedly rushed towards the south gate with weapons in hand, hoping to deal with the enemies under the gate and keep them at bay.
It's a pity that the men in black at the city gate were well prepared. Under the cover of several large shields, the men in black at the back were divided into ten rows, with those in front squatting and those behind standing. Everyone held a rifle in their hands.
When the crossbow saw them coming, an arrow flew towards them. In addition to one weapon, the Han soldiers who rushed over in a hurry even had armor on them.
There was no time to put on the armor, and many Han soldiers were naked and rushed over. Facing the arrows and crossbows fired in the dark night, they could only block the flying crossbows with their swords, and at the same time, they would
Eighteen generations of the ancestors of the men in black opposite have been questioned. Of course, the soldiers guarding the city could not escape the curse in their hearts.
"Damn it, where did these men in black come from? They are definitely not the work of Zhao Jun from outside the city who sneaked into the city. These crossbows and these weapons are all standard weapons. Apart from the army, only the rich families in the city have them. Damn it, what if
Let me find out who did it, and I will kill his whole family." The commander of the Nancheng camp cursed angrily with a livid face.
Two to three hundred corpses were left behind in succession, and the Han soldiers who came to counterattack failed to seize the city gate. Just because these soldiers who came to help got up in a hurry and came in a hurry without armor, shields, or bows and crossbows.
Arrows, they can only splice gunshots to resist the suppression of the crossbows and bows of these men in black.
Of course, it was impossible for more than a hundred men in black to fight against an army of hundreds or thousands. However, they failed to recapture the city gate quickly, but the cavalry outside the city did not slow down at all, and came straight towards them like flying.
"Brothers, follow me to kill..." Qin Shan, the captain of the cavalry, shouted loudly and took the lead in charging into the city. Thousands of Zhao Jun cavalry rushed across the suspension bridge like a dazzling wind, with a rumbling dull sound, and rushed into the city.
After passing the city gate, they rushed into the city, dispersed the blocking Han troops, and headed straight for the city.
Qinshan left a thousand men and horses to guard the city gate and clear out the remnants of the Han army around the city gate. He and the remaining cavalry did not stop at all. They carried guns and knives and galloped across the city. Wherever there was fire, they rushed towards it.
The gathered men and horses were like a rain of arrows and crossbows. Following closely behind, Zhao Xiong also led most of the infantry to rush over. In the dim light, an unknown number of men and horses arrived.
After the army entered the city, in addition to assigning various units to go straight to the remaining three city gates, the other soldiers, under the leadership of the captain generals, went straight to the Han army camps in the city. At this moment, in the Han army camp, Zhou
The original Han generals also just got up and were caught off guard.
Then, the soldiers were summoned to prepare for a counterattack. However, they gathered urgently in the dark night and did not prepare in advance. It happened that the Zhao army made a surprise attack into the city. For these Han army soldiers who had been in contact with the Zhao army for three days and were full of fear of the Zhao army.
, this is simply a disaster.
It cannot but be said that the Han army was still an experienced soldier, and it cannot but be said that they were not ordinary guerrillas. During the chaos in the city, after being hurriedly awakened by Zhou Yuan and other generals, they did not roar or collapse.
They all began to prepare to put on armor and go into battle. Unfortunately, when Zhao Xiong and other troops from various towns arrived, they
At that time, only a small number of troops had been gathered in various camps in the city. Although they quickly raised troops to fight, the troops were not fully prepared. The soldiers were caught off guard, and their morale was completely destroyed. Moreover, due to the night raid, there was no unified command.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp, and the 20,000 soldiers and the new soldiers are like a pile of scattered sand.
The generals of the Zhao army led their troops and horses to gallop across several enemy camps in the city. Countless crossbows fired and arrows rained down. Before they could engage in battle, the new troops among the Han army had already collapsed. Those Han troops were already in disarray.
It is difficult for an old soldier to be hostile.
"The king has an order, and those who surrender will not be killed!" After seeing that the Han army was defeated and fled in all directions without unified resistance, Zhao Xiong, who was in charge of the operation, issued a new military order. Of course, this was also what Zhao Xun requested.
In an instant, the Han army, which had already collapsed, surrendered. Even some Han generals did not dare to fight against the Zhao army. They knelt down and asked to surrender. By daybreak, Xianyang City had gradually stabilized, because Zhao Jun
Surrounded on all sides, the soldiers of the Han army who escaped from the city also fell into the hands of the Zhao army, and no one escaped. More than 30,000 soldiers and new recruits were all captured by the Zhao army. Xianyang Han army guard Zhou Yuan and his subordinates
Almost all of the generals were captured alive.
"Haha...we won in one battle, good! Good job, generals!" Zhao Xungao sat in the general's mansion in Xianyang City where the former Han army chief convened the generals for discussion, and congratulated all the generals with a smile.
"Zhou Lin, Fang Ye, Zhang Tai, you three have made great contributions to our army's capture of Xianyang this time. I will make corresponding arrangements for you as agreed in advance." Zhao Xun also said to the three non-Zhao people on the right.
A middle-aged man from the military department said.
"The common people are willing to obey the king's orders, and don't dare to disobey!" the three people said in succession.
These three families were the three big families in the city who were carefully won over by the Zhao army. After the Zhao army conquered the western counties of Xiyong Prefecture, leaving only Xianyang and Chang'an under the jurisdiction of the Han army in Xiyong Prefecture, the big families in the city felt that
It has become a foregone conclusion that Zhao Jun will rule Xiyong Prefecture. Although they do not want Zhao Jun to take over this place and damage their family business, the general trend is hard to change, and they also know the result of their confrontation with Zhao Jun.
Therefore, while cooperating with the Han army and defending the city, many of the wealthy people in the city gradually distanced themselves from the Han army. Especially after the Han army forced them to provide food and grass for the army, these dissatisfaction became even deeper. At this time, Zhao Jun
He carefully selected some Zhaos with good reputations in daily life to win over them.
These three big families were attracted by Zhao Jun. After learning about this situation, Zhao Xun decided to launch an internal and external attack on Xianyang in order to capture Xianyang. Therefore, as early as half a month ago, these three big families cooperated with Zhao Jun in training
They had manpower, prepared weapons, and gathered intelligence. Precisely because they had the Zhao army behind them, they were very close to the Han army, but were not suspected by the Han army, and even found out some of the situation in the city.
After using the name of Luo Dingyuan of Chang'an to lure the enemy into battle and eliminate 5,000 defenders, the Han army in the city became afraid of the Zhao army, which further hit their morale. Later, the Zhao army used catapults to threaten the city, allowing the Han army to
The defenders did not dare to be careless and were on tenterhooks all day long, which made them tired.
Later, while the whole army was having a banquet in the camp, the Zhao army took advantage of the Han army's defenders to lower their vigilance, and asked the internal forces to cooperate and capture the south gate of Xianyang, allowing the Zhao army to successfully enter the city and defeat it in one battle.
After the celebration, Zhao Xun summoned Situ Liang, Yang Wangqing and the generals of the various towns to continue military discussions in order to solve the last Han army-controlled Chang'an in Xiyong Prefecture.
"Now that almost all of the land in Xiyongzhou has been captured by us, the remaining land in Chang'an has not had much impact on us. They no longer dare to leave the city. Therefore, there is no need to station too many troops in Xiyongzhou. The two of us and I
After deliberation, the Privy Council decided to let some of your troops retreat to Dongyong Province."
"The current situation in Dongyongzhou is also very bad. Although the Southern Allied Forces did not capture the land of Dongyongzhou, they also allowed the people in Henan Prefecture and Hongnongfu in the south of Dongyongzhou to withdraw to the city and abandon the fields outside the city.
. We cannot let the food in these fields be wasted between fields, or captured by the Confederate Allied Forces. Otherwise, we will have hundreds of thousands more victims in need of relief."
"Zhao Xiong, after tomorrow, you will immediately lead the Sixth Town back to Dongyongzhou and support Zhao Lin's Ninth Town to garrison Dongyongzhou in order to force the King of Hanzhong to retreat. Think about it, since Xiyongzhou has been lost, he will not continue to fight in Henan Prefecture.
We fought hard. Now, he should be concerned about his Hanzhong territory instead of continuing to attack us."
Zhao Xiong said in a deep voice: "The last general takes orders!"
"Zhao Kang, have the people you arranged been arranged properly? How many defeated troops were let go by us, and how many of them were our people?" After arranging to play in East Yongzhou, Zhao Xun turned his attention to the land of Chang'an.
Zhao Kangdao: "We let go of about 3,000 defeated troops, of which we only had 600. However, their identities and origins have been properly arranged. They were all surrendered from Lantian, Sanguan, Luogu Pass and other places.
The identity of the soldiers was replaced. However, there are only 600 people. Isn’t it too small to be effective?”
"Six hundred people?" Qin You, the general of the eighth town of the Forbidden Army, frowned and said, "There are indeed a few. Your Majesty, do you want these soldiers to enter the city and cooperate inside and outside to support our army in attacking the city?"
Situ Liang smiled and said: "Of course, after the news that we captured Xianyang spreads, Chang'an will definitely not make the same mistake as Xianyang again, and will definitely strengthen its vigilance. It is naturally impossible to make six hundred people cooperate inside and outside. However, Xianyang
Isn’t the loss of the army a big earthquake for the Chang’an defenders?”
"We need to let the Han army in the city know that except for their Chang'an land, the rest of Xiyong Province has fallen into the control of our country, Zhao. We need them to spread rumors in the city, and we need them to win over those who want to survive in the city.
, the great clan that is willing to turn to us."
"In addition, after these people informed Luo Dingyuan about the destruction of Xianyang City, do you think that Luo Dingyuan will be wary of the big families in the city? Will he allow the big families in the city to continue to control the family's private soldiers? The task of these six hundred people is to cooperate
The internal agents in the city create pressure on these wealthy families or stir up trouble."
"Of course, we have to persuade the Han army in Chang'an to surrender again. If we can get the Han army in Chang'an to surrender, that would be the best thing. Naturally, these arrangements will not be used. However, if they refuse to surrender, we can only
A battle. By then, these six hundred people will definitely be arranged by Luo Dingyuan to go to the city to assist. Perhaps, they can play an extraordinary role."
Zhao Xun smiled and said: "I wonder what the situation in Chang'an is now. I wonder what the expressions on the faces of Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng are? Are they defending Chang'an?"
Needless to say, the situation in Chang'an was very bad, and the faces of Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng were equally ugly. They were trapped in the city by Zhao Jun, and their contact with the outside world was cut off by Zhao Jun's cavalry, making them completely unaware of the situation outside the city.
However, they had plenty of food and supplies, so they were not worried about Zhao's siege.
However, neither Lin Shucheng nor Luo Dingyuan expected that within half a month, only Chang'an was still in the hands of the Han army in Xiyongzhou, and the rest had fallen into the hands of the Zhao army.
They even did not expect that the Shu army reinforcements from the south, as Song Yang, the envoy of the Zhao army, said, not only did they not go north to support Xiyong Prefecture, but instead started a confrontation with the Han army in Hanzhong and occupied the cities in the southern prefectures and counties of Hanzhong.
They also did not expect that Xianyang to the west of them would be captured by the Zhao army, and almost all of the more than 10,000 Hanzhong reinforcements would be wiped out.
When Xianyang's defeated army appeared outside the West City last night, the Han soldiers on the city didn't believe it at all. However, when one of the Han generals showed up, the defenders on the city wall discovered that the soldiers outside the city were disheveled.
The rebel army is really our own soldiers.
When Lin Shucheng and Luo Dingyuan came to inquire, their faces turned pale. Luo Dingyuan, in particular, scolded the general of Ximen to death. Because of his questioning and disbelief, the Xicheng defenders knew what was happening in Xiyongzhou now.
The situation, everyone knew the situation in Xianyang, and everyone knew that their land of Chang'an was already an isolated city.
The news has spread, and Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng can no longer cover it up. They can only issue a blockade order to the Xicheng defenders so that they cannot spread the news. However, can this be easily suppressed? However, it is also because the Xicheng defenders have learned of these situations.
Only the defeated army outside the city can successfully enter the city.
Of course, these defeated armies have been checked, but they did not find any problems. Except for a small number of these people who escaped from the western prefectures and counties, the rest were all soldiers from Hanzhong.
That is to say, they are all soldiers who came from Hanzhong to support Xiyong Prefecture.
"Mr. Lin, why did Zhao Jun let them escape? Logically speaking, there is a Zhao Jun cavalry blockade between us and Xianyang. Even if they all go to attack Xianyang, it should be difficult for these defeated troops to escape the pursuit of Zhao Jun's cavalry.
That's it." After arranging for these defeated troops and strictly ordering them not to leak their situation, Luo Dingyuan asked with a bitter look on his face.
Lin Shucheng said coldly: "Why else? General, haven't you seen the trouble these defeated troops have brought to Xicheng? It's nothing for them to come back, but the defenders soon learned that we are the only Han army in Xiyong Prefecture.
We have taken charge of the territory, and now we are an isolated city."
"You mean, this is what Zhao Jun did deliberately? That's right, this will cause chaos in our city because of these situations."
"How was Xianyang lost? It was because there were wealthy families in the city who responded. If the wealthy gentry in Chang'an City learn of this situation, General, do you think they will continue to stand with us and continue to die for us?" Lin Shucheng frowned.
, said in a harsh voice.
Luo Dingyuan was startled, his face turned cold, and he said sternly: "Even if this is the case, we cannot be unprepared. Mr. Lin, most of your subordinates are locals, so you will help defend the city, patrol various places, and inspect the tasks of the wealthy gentry in the city.
Then leave it to our Hanzhong reinforcements. Anyone who colludes with the Han army will be killed! The Han army will kill them if they break the city, but I, the general, can kill them now."
Hearing what Luo Dingyuan said, Lin Shucheng hurriedly stopped him and said: "General, no, this may have the opposite effect. I believe that there must be Zhao Jun's meticulous work in the city. If you do this, they will definitely think that we are
They will be attacked because of the Xianyang incident. By then, maybe..."
Luo Dingyuan shook his head and said: "Don't worry, this general will not attack anyone without reason. I will do this just in case. What we have to do now is how to deal with Zhao Jun's attack. Zhao Jun captured Xianyang, we
This is their final destination."
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