"Hurry up and go." Xu Shu scolded, and the sergeant had no choice but to run down the tower. He was anxious in his heart, hoping that Zhang Hu, the fierce bandit, would not tear him apart.
"Sir." After the sergeant left, Li Yan looked up and said to Xu Shu: "Isn't it a good idea to do this? The Sichuan army is attacking fiercely and Zhang Hu's army is hard to support. Even if we don't send reinforcements, we can still appease him so that the sergeant can reciprocate.
, that Zhang Hu was originally a bandit, so he might do something rebellious."
"It is precisely because he is a bandit that he cannot be comforted easily. Bandits are straight-forward and pragmatic. Since we cannot send reinforcements, we cannot make excuses. This will make Zhang Hu disgusted and order him to stick to it.
It will take five days to arouse the ferocity of his gangsters who refuse to admit defeat."
"Sir, you have a really insightful understanding of human nature."
Li Yan looked at the calm-looking Xu Shu, and couldn't help but feel a little more reverence in his heart. In the past, he was also a person who relied on his talents. When he was the county magistrate in Zigui, he not only looked down on his colleagues around him, but also looked down on the officials in other counties, and even looked down on the ministers of Mu Mansion.
, now that he has followed Xu Shu, Li Yan realizes that he has come into contact with too few people, and there are still strange people in this world.
But this strange man in his eyes was frowning, and he was deeply worried about his enemy. This was indeed because the Sichuan army had an advantage in military strength, but Li Yan had to admit that Liu Zhang was really difficult to deal with.
Li Yan sighed in his heart. Today Cai Mao came to make things difficult again. He persuaded Liu Biao to lead his troops to retreat to Xiangyang even though he could not retreat. Isn't this asking for death? Xu Shu had to bite the bullet and lower his face to find Cai to persuade Liu Biao.
Li Yan knew that Xu Shu didn't like Cai. She was a manipulative woman who put the interests of the Cai family first. Even Xu Shu knew that Cai hated him because of the death of his two clan brothers, but he still went to beg this woman.
, a generation of famous people humbled themselves in front of a woman who hid a knife behind her smile, and suffered all the humiliation.
Li Yan saw everything in his eyes, and Xu Shu's humiliation was as if he was being humiliated. If he hadn't been fascinated by the talents of Xu Shu, who was both civil and military, and wanted to learn more skills, Li Yan would have gone to Liu Zhang's service long ago, and he wouldn't be in the Jingzhou camp now.
I am angry with the Cai family.
Xu Shu didn't react at all to Li Yan's words of praise. He just glanced at the sky. There was a strong wind on the ground and a gloomy sky. Xu Shu turned his head silently and walked down the city wall.
At this moment, Li Yan didn't know what Xu Shu was thinking. Li Yan just felt that no matter what difficulties he encountered, Xu Shu would find a way. However, he didn't know that Xu Shu was also a human being, facing a desperate situation and carrying a lot of pressure.
The offensive in Dazhai continued, and the Sichuan army attacked Dazhai in batches. As Xu Shu expected, Zhang Hu, after hearing the death order to guard Dazhai for five days, burst out with fighting spirit and ordered a steady stream of soldiers to guard the cliff.
Clean water was transported to the front and sprinkled on the walls of Dazhai. The soldiers also wore scarves on their heads and gauze around their eyes like the Sichuan army. The two sides fought amidst the billowing smoke.
However, the Sichuan army attacked in batches and was able to rest and recuperate, but the Jingzhou army was always in thick smoke. Even the food was mixed with smoke and dust, making it difficult to swallow. When sleeping at night, the skin stung unbearably. Many soldiers had rashes, and each other
The spread was miserable, so Zhang Hu continued to use high-ranking officials and generous salaries and the "five-day period" to boost morale.
The Jingzhou Army barely held off the Sichuan Army for two days. On the third day, the Sichuan Army launched another fierce attack. Zhang Ren personally supervised the battle. The Sichuan Army, led by the Dongzhou Soldiers, attacked the Jingzhou Army Camp without fear of death. After several rounds of attacks, the Jingzhou Dazhai was in danger.
Between battles.
"General, brothers can't hold it anymore, what should we do?" The deputy general's whole body was black, only two half-closed eyes were exposed. Several pieces of gauze were changed in front of him, and this one was blackened by smoke and dust. After wearing it, it was almost
I couldn't see. As soon as I opened my mouth, I immediately felt particles entering my tongue, causing me to cough several times.
Zhang Hu weakly threw the sword aside and took a look at the soldiers around him. They were all leaning on or lying around, leaning on the wall to catch their breath. There was no spare gauze left, and the face towel was wet with breath. After three days,
The stench was terrible. Not only did the soldiers develop red rashes, but they also suffered from indigestion from eating smoky food every day. The Sichuan army's offensive was too fierce, and Jingzhou Dazhai was in dire straits.
What to do, there are only two days left.
Zhang Hu covered his mouth with his hands, gasped for air, and said to the deputy general: "What good ideas do you have?"
"Surrender, brother." The deputy general was originally Zhang Hu's brother when he was a thief, so he called him back by his original title.
"What did you say?" Zhang Hu jumped up suddenly, lifted up the deputy general's collar, ignored the smoke and dust around him, and shouted in the deputy general's face: "Can you say it again?"
The lieutenant wiped the saliva on his face, exhaled twice, took another breath, coughed repeatedly, and said while coughing, "We were robbers originally, and we have done our duty until now. Now we are in a desperate situation, and Xu Shu doesn't want to
If you are willing to send reinforcements to us, it is reasonable for us to surrender, and no one has the right to make irresponsible remarks."
Zhang Hu stared at the lieutenant for a while, then threw the lieutenant out and said loudly: "Surrender, thank you for your ability to speak out. Xu Shu gave me 20,000 troops, but I can't hold the camp. You tell me that surrender is reasonable? You
Are you the brothers who came down from Crouching Tiger Mountain? I, Zhang Hu, would rather die than surrender."
"Okay, let all the brothers on Crouching Tiger Mountain be buried with the eldest brother." The lieutenant general hummed a few times, got up from the ground, grabbed his long knife, and leaned on the wall to watch the Sichuan army formation in the distance.
The Sichuan army is gathering its troops to prepare for the next charge, and Jingzhou Dazhai will inevitably fall in the next charge.
After a while, Zhang Hu looked a little lonely. He sat on the ground and shouted dejectedly to the deputy general behind him: "Heizi, take your brothers to surrender. Since I, Zhang Hu, have called Liu Biao Lord, I have to wait."
Here, my brother has been with me, Zhang Hu, for so long, but he has never made a name for himself. If someone dies, I, Zhang Hu, can’t afford to take my good brother to be buried with him."
The deputy general was stunned for a moment, then turned around and smiled helplessly at Zhang Hu, "Since we said we are good brothers, we will live and die together."
The deputy general turned around and sat next to Zhang Hu. He was going to die anyway, so he simply let go, with a smile on his face, "I, Heizi, are not afraid of death, but I just feel that working for Liu Biao is not worth it. You said that when we occupied Xiangyang, Liu Biao sent
Kuai Liang came to persuade us, can any of the benefits promised to us be fulfilled? The military and financial power are all in the hands of the Cai family. We brothers have to look at the faces of the Cai family and the Kuai family every day when we walk.
Oh, now that a strong enemy is approaching, has he thought of us? We should sacrifice our lives for Liu Biao? There is no reason. I, Heizi, am really unwilling to die fighting for Liu Biao, but since the eldest brother is unwilling to surrender, it is Mr. Xu who lives for us.
Guarding, then his life or death doesn’t matter, just fight.”