Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2544 The Dilemma of the Plains, the Han Dynasty is on the Verge of Collapse
"continue!"

Lian Po was extremely satisfied with this scene!
He had already laid enough groundwork, weakening the city's defenses to a minimum.

This time, he organized the attack with the determination to conquer the plains in one fell swoop.

He didn't intend to send his soldiers into battle so quickly; during the day, he only prepared for mutual bombardment between the two sides.

His real offensive will be at night.

Yes, Lian Po was ready for a night battle.

Night battles would inevitably result in heavy casualties, but for Lian Po, if he could capture Pingyuan and break through Qinghan's capital, a certain degree of casualties would be acceptable.

In war, casualties are inevitable.

Because he had already decided to fight at night, a large portion of his troops were not actually pushed forward, but instead were conserving their strength in the rear.

Lian Po, who held an absolute numerical advantage, was willing to preserve some of his troops to allow them to recuperate and rebuild their strength.

However, Qinghan did not have this condition.

Therefore, even though nighttime is not conducive to a major battle, sending well-rested troops to launch a strong attack on the Qinghan troops who had been in a panic all day under the flying stones already gave them a huge advantage.

When night fell and Wang Liao realized that the Jin army had just begun their fierce attack, his expression changed drastically.

The Han soldiers on the city wall had been under a hail of flying stones and arrows all day long, living on the brink of death, and their spirits were constantly on edge.

After a long day of stress, you can imagine how they must feel.

At this moment, the Han army, which had been conserving its strength for a long time, launched a formal attack, and was immediately overwhelmed and unable to raise its head.

Although the casualties of the Jin army increased sharply in the night battle compared to the daytime battle, the pressure on the enemy was even greater.

"Catapults, move the siege towers forward!"

"Replace all the flying stones with kerosene!"

When the large number of troops officially launched the attack, Lian Po calmly gave the order.

"Pass down the order: whoever is the first to reach the summit will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, promoted three ranks, and given ten maidservants!"

At this time, Lian Po was very generous with his reward.

There are quite a few tough guys in Qinghan. Although there are some like Shi Miyuan who surrendered right away, they are far fewer than those in Jizhou.

And once these tough guys break down, their families suffer terribly.

The generals naturally couldn't make decisions regarding Liu Bei's family members, especially Liu Bei's family members.

However, the families of those Qing-Han officials, whose status was neither high nor low, basically became spoils of war for the soldiers.

Although a large portion of Qinghan's family members in the plains city had moved to the southern part of Qingzhou.

However, not every official is qualified to do so.

Those officials who were not of high enough rank still had their families in Pingyuan City.

Therefore, Lian Po didn't mind making these promises at this time at all.

The higher the rank of the officials' families, the more they could provoke the soldiers. No one present uttered a single word of dissent.

War is inherently cruel, and the losing side naturally has to bear the corresponding price.

If one day their Jin army becomes the defeated side, their families will suffer the same fate when facing the victors.

Just like the battles of Liangzhou and Xizhou ten years ago, what a tragic scene they were!
"Ha! I made it up!"

A Jin soldier who had climbed the city wall using a ladder chopped a Han soldier to death with a single blow and then let out an excited shout.

However, in the next moment, he was swept away by a spear by the Han general Tai Luan.

"First to climb" doesn't refer to the first soldier to scale the city wall, but rather the first soldier to scale it and survive.

Tai Luan swept away an ordinary soldier with a single spear thrust, his face expressionless, but a hint of weariness was clearly visible in his expression.

He spent the entire day on the city wall, hiding behind a battlement to avoid flying stones. Although there was no intense activity throughout the day, he still didn't get a proper rest.

He had to continue fighting into the night; he wasn't a robot, so exhaustion was to be expected!
If this is true for generals, then it goes without saying that it is true for ordinary soldiers.

Now, although it was already night, Lian Po ordered the Jin army's catapults and siege towers to move forward, and the catapults' projectiles were now being used to fire oil.

After the position was moved forward, the catapults no longer targeted the city walls, but instead directly hurled oil into the city behind the walls.

Therefore, under the intense and continuous bombardment, flames would rise up in the area behind the city wall, igniting the surrounding houses or shops.

Under these clusters of flames, while it wasn't as bright as day, it at least brought some visibility to the night.

Lian Po's move was quite ruthless; he directly threw oil into the city, and the Han army couldn't possibly ignore it.

Otherwise, if the burning house is not controlled, they will still perish if the fire gets out of control.

However, with their current troop strength, how could they possibly spare any extra troops to fight the fire?
Therefore, Liu Bingzhong could only have Ban Gu organize the surrounding people to go and put out the fire.

However, could these people withstand the relentless and intense spray of oil?

That's why the situation was quite chaotic in the area near the city wall within Pingyuan City at that time.

"what!"

Huangfu Duan, who was assisting Ban Gu in organizing the people to fight the fire, was unfortunately hit by a ball of oil. The rising flames ignited his body, causing him to let out a fierce roar.

"Quick, quick, save them!" Jin Dajian cried anxiously from the side.

They quickly organized people to throw sand and stones at Huangfu Duan.

However, that ball of oil had landed almost directly at Huangfu Duan's feet, spilling most of the jar of oil onto him. It wasn't something that could be extinguished so easily!

Just as the flames were about to be extinguished by the sand and stones, the mournful roar abruptly stopped!
Huangfu Duan is merely a microcosm of this region today.

Almost every moment, the civilians who were organized to fight the fire were burned by the flames, and every moment, someone fell on this tragic battlefield.

War is never just a matter between soldiers on both sides.

In war, those most affected are always the civilians on both sides.