Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3313 What will happen if I hit the kid

Emei Ridge, east side.

Wherever the news came, the sound of killing shook the sky.

These local gentry and nobles of the Han Dynasty were often able to display amazing defensive power when protecting their own estates.

As the sun set, the sound of jingling horns rang out, meaning that Cao's army had failed in another attack.

Outside Wenxi City, high mounds of earth had been built along the city wall.

Lu Zhao’s strategy was half right.

Indeed, using earth piles to attack Wenxi is indeed a good idea. As long as the earth piles can be piled on the top of the city, it naturally means that Cao's soldiers can directly rush to the top of Wenxi city.

But Lu Zhao forgot one question.

Soil is not brick or stone.

Although Lu Zhao had indeed thought of a way to stop these laborers from throwing earth bags everywhere, even if these laborers piled the earth bags in one direction, they were bound to slide down under the influence of gravity, and the higher they were piled, the faster they fell.

The war was still going on. Even though the captured civilians were desperately piling up the earth, there was still no significant effect.

On the trampled bloody road, many corpses simply became part of the pile of earth. Just like their birth, no one cared, and their death, no one cared either.

There is not enough food, only huge projects.

Cao's soldiers treated these civilians like cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. If they did something wrong, they would be whipped or even hacked to death. Then they would order other cattle and sheep to skin them and cut off their meat to make soup.

Cao's soldiers did this to better control the civilians, and they did not treat them as human beings. Thirdly, they wanted to reduce the loss of food and grass as much as possible and ensure the supply of Cao's soldiers by squeezing the civilians to the maximum extent. But Lu Zhao did not know this, and it was because of his actions that the people of Wenxi became more united and resisted Lu Zhao's attack.

Except for those stupid, bad guys who watch pirated movies, most people don't want to be slaughtered by others.

If Cao's army had been more deceptive when they arrived, the people of Wenxi might have fallen into the trap and been tricked into opening the city gates, leading to their massacre. But Lu Zhao was just a general with little brains, or low intelligence, who only knew how to kill, kill, kill. So the people of Wenxi naturally became more united under the leadership of Pei.

Seeing the tragic deaths of civilians under the city, the people in Wenxi naturally felt the same way. At this moment, even if Lu Zhao said that surrendering would save his life and that he would be treated generously, no one would believe him.

Lu Zhao could only be obedient and chip away at Wenxi's city defenses bit by bit. He was also very confused as to why the guys in Wenxi were so strong and stubborn?

Wenxi City is not big.

A small city also has its advantages, that is, it does not require too many soldiers to defend the city. When Cao's army concentrates on attacking a certain wall, it can also quickly mobilize soldiers from other walls to assist in the defense. After all, if the city is too big, running back and forth like this would probably make you exhausted.

Similarly, small cities have their own disadvantages.

Days of fighting had caused many parts of the Wenxi city wall to collapse and be damaged. The people of Wenxi demolished their own houses and used their bricks, stones and wooden beams to block the collapsed and damaged parts.

The first person to demolish his own house was Pei himself.

Pei has taken the lead, what else can others say?

The Chinese people have always been like this.

  As long as the leader is capable, the people will naturally burst out with motivation beyond imagination!

So those who always scold the Chinese people for lying down and complaining, and always think that these people are either stupid or bad, and some people who open their mouths and close their mouths and call them untouchables, are actually these people who really need to think carefully about whether they are stupid and bad. Of course, if these people can reflect on themselves, they will not scold the people.

Under the low Wenxi city wall, various siege weapons were piled up in a disorderly manner.

Goose cart, oar cart, battering ram, and ladder.

Some were smashed, some were burned.

Surrounding these siege weapons were piles of corpses.

There were Cao's army and defenders, but of course most of them were civilians.

There were gaps dug everywhere under the city wall.

It's like the face of a teenager, full of pits and bumps.

  Some civilians were driven by Cao's army to dig holes in the potholes under the city, trying to dig a gap in the city wall so that a large group of soldiers could rush directly into the city!

However, the laborers were not well fed, and the wall of Wenxi city was made of multiple layers of rammed earth with glutinous rice. They did not have any handy tools, so they seemed to be busy every day, but there was still not much effect. The dug earth made a rustling sound, but the progress was not fast.

The blood almost completely soaked the land around the city, forming sticky depressions in some places. Stepping into these depressions was like countless wronged souls reaching out their invisible hands to grab the legs and feet of those passing by, and it would take a long time to pull them out.

Attacking a city is difficult, and defending a city is also hard.

They were originally from the same country, the same nation, and even people from neighboring counties, but now they are divided into enemy and friendly sides, fighting for their lives.

"The general has an order!" Cao's soldiers shouted, "Today's battle, there are too many slacking! Issue the order to kill with 20 strokes!"

The defeated civilians stood still under the swords and spears of Cao's soldiers.

Cao's soldiers roamed among them, grabbing one or two people from time to time, beating and kicking them, and dragging them to the front of the formation.

"kill! 』

Cao Jun’s military school student waved his hand expressionlessly.

Heads fell to the ground.

Twenty draws kill, which is five percent.

If an enterprise or company implements a last-place elimination mechanism because of declining efficiency and laziness of employees, it is more or less understandable, but Cao Jun’s current twenty-draw kill order is definitely not because of the failure to capture Wenxi...

Because the Cao army soldiers even stood on the wall of the camp, watching the defeated civilians laughing, and did not feel any anxiety at all about not being able to conquer Wenxi.

  It's like watching these common people making a fool of themselves!

After all, these civilians are also from Hedong.

  People from Hedong are fighting against people from Hedong. If this isn’t a joke, what else could it be?

"What are you still standing there for?" Cao Jun's military school shouted indifferently, "Why don't you take advantage of the opportunity?"

A group of Hedong civilians, like zombies, staggered forward, some skinning the people and some cutting their flesh.

In Journey to the West, tens of thousands of people were eaten in the Lion Camel Ridge, but as long as one becomes a driver of a god, all sins can be washed away.

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The cavalry led by Zhang Xiu and Li Er did not engage in a fight with Lu Zhao outside the city of Wenxi, but instead attacked Lu Zhao's rear directly.

For the Hussars, galloping on horseback has almost become an instinct for them.

For Li Er, riding his horse and trampling and killing Cao's soldiers at will became the happiest time of his life in the past few days.

Zhang Xiu bypassed the Wenxi battlefield and began to intercept Cao's rear-line troops.

Li Er roared, waved his sword, charged left and right, and was unstoppable.

While laughing wildly, he chopped down the fourth or fifth Cao army soldier, and then found that there were no opponents in front of him. They killed their way through the Cao army formation and completely defeated Cao army's transport column.

"Hahaha!" Li Er shook off the blood on his sword, then shouted to Zhang Xiu who was slowly following behind, "General! We should have fought like this a long time ago! This is more satisfying! It's so satisfying!"

Zhang Xiu looked at the black smoke rising from the burning baggage cart, glanced at Li Er, and then looked into the distance, "Generally speaking, after the younger one is beaten, it's time for the older one to come... Guess who it will be?"

Li Er was wiping his sword, and upon hearing this, he smiled and said, "Isn't this just right? I thought these Cao army soldiers were too weak to take a beating, and they fell down in just a few hits! It's time for a real opponent to come!"

"Hmph." Zhang Xiu ignored Li Er's dissatisfaction.

He also went through the phase of Li Er, where he felt that killing was the most satisfying thing and military exploits were the most important thing.

But now, Zhang Xiu has more things to consider.

"The old ones will come, and the young ones will be afraid." Zhang Xiu turned back and looked in the direction of Wenxi, "What do you think the Cao army in Wenxi will do if they know that their retreat is cut off?"

"Ah?" Li Er was stunned for a moment, "This..."

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The shouting and screaming outside Wenxi City, although still very loud, felt like it had lost much strength and seemed more like a perfunctory response.

It's like the salesmen in marketing companies in the future responding to greetings, "Very good, very good, extremely good..."

The walls of Wenxi seemed to be more dilapidated than they were two days ago. But Wenxi was already so dilapidated, so it was not a bad idea for it to be even more dilapidated today.

To the east and west of the city, there were broken siege equipment scattered all over the battlefield.

These behemoths that once carried the ambition of conquering cities have now become broken pieces of wood and charred wreckage, seemingly silently telling the cruelty of the battle.

And in this chaos and destruction, there were corpses everywhere.

Cold and rotten.

The battlefield was devastated and looked like a picture of hell, which was unbearable to watch.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and burning, which was the olfactory mark of death and destruction.

The attack and defense between the two sides have been going on for nearly a month, and both sides seem exhausted from the fighting.

Most of the defenders in the city were also killed. Now many of the people in Wenxi city were holding swords and guns to assist in the defense on the city walls, while women and the elderly and weak were struggling to transport bricks, stones, wooden pillars and other items in the city to the top of the city walls.

Almost all the houses around the city wall were demolished, and all the usable stones and wood had been collected.

Some children sat in the ruins in a daze, too weak to even cry.

Attacking and defending a city in the era of cold weapons has never been a beautiful thing.

And outside Wenxi City, in the Cao army camp.

Several military academy students surrounded Lu Zhao and were talking in a buzz.

Their retreat was cut off.

The soldier who delivered the message almost lost half his life.

"What should we do now? This damn Wenxi garrison is really tough! I originally thought that..."

"What do you think? Do you think you can think?!"

"Fuck! After we capture Wenxi, I will skin the garrison commander with my own hands!"

"They are all filthy and useless!"

"These guys are all the same! Maybe they are just pretending in the city and outside the city! They are all from Hedong!"

"Then why not just kill him!"

"Kill them all?! Ha! After we kill them all, you're going to attack the city?! "

"Wait! Aren't we supposed to discuss our food supply now? Our retreat has been cut off!"

"Those damned cavalry bandits only dare to run around here and there! If they have the guts, come and attack the camp! Damn it!"

"Food! Damn it!"

Road recruitment is a bit disappointing.

If I had known, I would not have called these military academies to discuss the matter. They didn't even discuss a single thing, but kept talking nonsense for a long time. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I slammed the table and said, "Shut up!"

Several cadets suddenly shrank their heads and fell silent.

Lu Zhao originally wanted to come up with a strategy: one was to continue attacking the city, and the other was to evacuate.

  Simple, right?

Unfortunately, things that appear simple on the surface are often not simple.

Before attacking Wenxi, Lu Zhao thought he was omnipotent and that conquering Wenxi was a piece of cake, so he patted his chest in front of Cao Cao and accepted the military order. But now...

With their retreat cut off and their supplies burned, the only option they had was to retreat.

But if we retreat like this, what about Lu Zhao’s military order?

Wenxi was indeed struggling to survive, and it was obvious that the city would fall if the fighting continued. But the question was, who knew how many days Wenxi could still struggle? What if Cao's army ran out of food the day before the city fell? Could they learn from the pigs and dogs and eat rat meat? Was there any need for that?

So Lu Zhao actually wanted to withdraw his troops, but if he just went back like this, he would obviously have to bear the biggest blame, so Lu Zhao wanted to share the blame, so that if everyone could share the blame, he would feel more relaxed.

But Cao’s military academy students were not fools, so they naturally talked about this and that and didn’t talk about withdrawal.

Lu Zhao again named several military academies and asked them to speak in turn, but he still couldn't get the result he wanted. These Cao's military academies either said they would obey the general's orders or patted their chests to say that they would follow whatever decision Lu Zhao made...

Lu Zhao's face was gloomy.

Cao's army has been short of food for more than one or two days.

Lu Zhao made these Hedong civilians eat rat meat, and killed them 20 times every day after the siege, all in order to save food and grass as much as possible. He divided the Hedong civilians into ten teams, with eight teams going into battle every day and two teams resting. He never gave them enough food and grass, and always instilled in them the idea that it was because these civilians did not work hard to attack the city that they had no proper food and grass to eat.

At the same time, some people were promoted from these teams to reduce the possibility of them being killed. They were made to serve as representatives of Cao's army, assist Cao's army in management, and be responsible for distributing the pitifully small amount of regular food.

  This is how the current situation was maintained, but as a result, the retreat was cut off!

The follow-up food and supplies cannot keep up, which is really fatal!

Lu Zhao looked from left to right, then from right to left, and finally said viciously: "You want me to make the decision, right? Okay, I'll make the decision, but what if someone doesn't follow my orders?"

Several military cadets looked at each other, and they all felt that something was not right.

Someone forced a smile and said, "The general is considerate of us..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Zhao interrupted the man, "I asked you to speak just now, but you didn't. Now you want to speak again, it's too late! Come here! Make ten lots!"

Several military cadets couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

It is obvious that the recruitment for the military academy will be done by drawing lots.

In the Han Dynasty, drawing lots was called "Pin Dian". It is said that when the Red Eyebrow Army decided on the emperor, they used the method of drawing lots, and finally let Liu Penzi become the emperor...

"The grain team has been robbed. Even if we start transporting grain immediately, it will be difficult to sustain!" Lu Zhao stared at the military academy in front of him fiercely, "Didn't you all say you would listen to me? Good! Now let's draw lots! It's just right, each of you has two teams of civilian laborers, and one team of civilian laborers corresponds to one hour! Starting from the hour of Yin tomorrow, we will attack the city with all our strength! If the civilian laborers retreat, the soldiers will kill them! If the soldiers retreat, you will kill them! If you retreat, humph, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law!"

Without food and fodder, Cao's army would absolutely not be able to continue to support these civilians.

Even the small amount of supply every day is a considerable pressure, so a bloody battle tomorrow naturally seems to be an inevitable choice.

Lu Zhao took the lot handed over by the guard and covered the marked part in his palm. "Come on! Tomorrow's battle, even if it means heaping up human lives! We have to pile them up on the top of the city!"

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On the other side of the battlefield, the troops led by Cao Xiu were rushing towards Wenxi.

Cao Xiu should have arrived at the Wenxi battlefield earlier, but...

Cao Xiu also received the news that the transport team was attacked by the cavalry. This bad news made the already tense Cao army even more anxious.

When the intelligence came, Cao Xiu and his deputy general were studying the map and planning the route in the tent.

The soldier who reported the incident was panting, pale, covered in dirt and blood, and his voice was trembling and hurried: "General! The grain team was ambushed by the cavalry and suffered heavy losses!"

If you want to make something, you can't just rub it out while walking...

Originally Cao Xiu thought it would only take a day or two, but unexpectedly it took four or five days.

As a result, the journey will naturally be slower.

Originally, Cao Xiu felt that the time spent was worth it.

Now it turns out that the price was worth it.

Cao Xiu stood up and measured on the map, confirming the location where the cavalry attacked the grain team. In fact, it was less than two days away from them. If before...

Of course, it's too late to think about it now.

Although as a seasoned general he had learned to remain calm in the face of such emergencies, the attack on Cao's grain team not only meant the loss of grain and weapons, but also meant that the enemy's tactics were becoming increasingly cunning and fierce. It also meant that Lu Zhao had lost control of the battlefield, leaving a huge gap in the Wenxi battlefield.

This is dangerous!

Cao Xiu immediately made a decision, his voice firm and powerful, "Pass the order, cook at three o'clock, set out at five o'clock! The whole army should speed up the march, we must get to Wenxi as soon as possible! At the same time, send more scouts, we must find out the specific location and size of the enemy attacking the grain team! Bring all the newly made chevaux de frise! We must face the cavalry head-on!"