At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 133: Collapse at the first touch and making great achievements again

December 36, the 8th year of the First Emperor's reign.

The family members of the Qin army brought from various places in Nanyang County appeared under the city wall of Wancheng and shouted: "Son, surrender to the rebels as soon as possible. The rebels have allocated 50 fields to the family. From now on, we will no longer have to share other people's fields. With this With 50 acres of land, we can live in peace and contentment, please come back soon."

"My dear man, don't pay for your life for the Qin army. The rebel army will be exempted from corvee taxes. We will have a good life in the future. You must come back alive."

"Shitou, find a way to escape, I'll wait for you at home!"

On the wall of Wancheng, a Qin Jun shouted in surprise: "This is my mother calling me."

An older soldier beside him covered his mouth and said, "Don't worry about your life. I don't know how vicious the Qin officials are. If you let them know that your family is with the rebels, be careful not to save your life." , as long as you know it, don’t fight the rebels and find a way to escape."

There were also a large number of soldiers commotion on the other three walls, because they all found their relatives below.

Faced with this situation, Yin Lu first chopped off the heads of dozens of Qin soldiers in the name of Litong rebels to deter the soldiers' commotion.

At the same time, war drums were used again to interfere, but this time it had little effect. The soldiers all knew their relatives. Even if they didn't know what their relatives were talking about, just seeing their relatives on the city wall was enough to make them cry.

The morale of the Qin army was completely shattered after these two waves of psychological warfare. On the surface, no one dared to act rashly, but that night, dozens of Qin soldiers were hung down from the city wall by ropes and defected to the rebels.

8 month 5 day.

The rebels shot tens of thousands of long arrows into Wancheng, but these arrows did not have arrowheads, but carried letters with words from the relatives of the rebel soldiers.

Why don't you sacrifice your life for the Qin people? Your family is waiting for you to come home. Think about the children at home. When the rebels attack the city, they hide in the corner and wait for their words to undermine the morale of the Qin army. Although most of the soldiers of the Qin army did not know the characters, there were always some soldiers who knew the characters and recognized them for other soldiers.

After Yin Lu learned about this, he confiscated all the notes and warned the soldiers that if they kept it secretly, they would be beheaded, hoping that the soldiers would hand over all the notes. However, some soldiers still hid the notes secretly, and Yin Lu immediately killed them on the pretext of treason with the rebels.

But he didn't know that after he killed these soldiers, the soldiers in Wancheng looked at him with hatred in their eyes.

"We can't kill anymore. If we continue to kill, we don't need to fight this battle, and the morale of the army will collapse." Captain Li Jun advised. Yin Lu couldn't see it, but Li Jun saw it. He understood that if he continued to kill without the enemy fighting, Wancheng's army would collapse.

Yin Lu smiled bitterly and said: "If we don't kill, the morale of the army will collapse faster. Now we can only use severe punishment to scare the soldiers so that they don't dare to think and take other actions, otherwise this battle will not be fought."

Li Jun said with a tone of broken three-dimensional view, as if it was difficult to understand the world: "How did things become like this? We have 30,000 troops, shouldn't we be afraid of the rebels?"

After Xu Fan annihilated the 8 Qin army, the Xianyang court issued an order to recruit soldiers to resist the expansion of the rebels.

At that time, Yin Lu, Li Jun and other senior officials of Nanyang County swore to the First Emperor that as long as they were around, Nanyang County would not fall.

They also had this confidence at the time, so if they were to lead an army of 3 to attack Xu Fan, they would not be sure of victory. But with 3 troops to defend, relying on the high height of Wancheng City, the complete fortifications, and sufficient food and grass, it can be done even if it lasts for a year.

And such a long time was enough for Qin's army to besiege these rebels. They confidently believed that as long as the rebels dared to come, Qin's army could surround and annihilate these rebels under Wancheng.

But what Yin Lu and the others never expected was that the rebels did not follow the routine and actually used opera and the soldiers' relatives to undermine the morale of the soldiers in the city. This was the first time in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods that such a routine siege had occurred in hundreds of years. , they don't know how to deal with it at all, they can only try to deal with it.

December 36, the 8th year of the First Emperor's reign.

The morale of Wancheng's army was close to collapse, and the rebel army officially began to attack Wancheng.

The rebel army's 1 troops were divided into three groups. Yingbu led 1 troops to attack the east gate of Wancheng, Song Liu led 2 troops to attack the west gate of Wancheng, and Xu Fan led troops to attack the north gate of Wancheng.

The first wave of vanguard troops to attack Wancheng was Captain Chen Xiaodao's battalion.

The captain Chen Xiaodao and the captain Deng Yuo summoned the five army commanders under their command, namely Zhong, Bao, Zhang Yuan, Chu Xiong and Qin Wuji. Sima Supervisor Zhang Qiang, Han Fu, Lei, Zhao Yun, Jing discussed the matter of attacking the city.

Chen Xiaodao said: "The general gave us the task of ascending first. Do you have the confidence to conquer Wancheng?"

The five army commanders and five commander commanders couldn't help but smile bitterly when they looked at Wancheng's three-foot-high city wall and four- to five-foot-wide moat.

Zhong, who has been in the army for more than ten years, said: "If you want to conquer such a strong city, you must first fill in the moat, and then build up little by little archery towers and other defense facilities on the city wall. Sometimes it may not be possible to conquer it even after fighting for a year and a half. Back then, the Qin Dynasty The army attacked Daliang, but failed to capture it for more than a year. In the end, Daliang City was flooded, and this strong city was conquered."

"Even if the Qin army is now distracted, it is difficult to break through such a strong city in one go. If you want to break into such a strong city, you need to let the army continue to test and attack, wearing down the Qin army's supplies and energy. Wait until the defenders inside When the army is tired, we can seize the opportunity to attack the city."

Deng, the captain and supervisor of the army, also knew that Chen Xiaodao was trying to force others into a difficult situation, so he said: "Just do your best. The Qin army has little morale anymore. Even if we cannot attack Wancheng and the subsequent brothers' troops have broken through Wancheng, we still have it." A credit.”

Chen Xiaodao said: "The general taught us to set high goals before. In this way, it does not mean that we cannot achieve the highest goal, but it is good to achieve a medium goal. You should also have this idea and be able to defeat the highest goal." Well, if we can’t break through, then we’ll find a way to consume the Qin army’s supplies.”

Then he looked at Zhongdao: "You are the person with the most experience in joining the army in our army. You will take the lead. Several other army commanders will be on the side to contain the Qin army."

"promise!"

Zhong and Zhang Qiang immediately summoned Xiaohei Xiaolan and a dozen other old subordinates and said: "We are the first wave of troops to attack Wancheng. Don't embarrass the general."

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Uncle Zhong, don't worry, even if we die, we won't embarrass the general."

At first, they were all common people of Sanchuan County. They were recruited by Wang Li and brought to the battlefield. Then they were defeated by Xu Fan. They went to the battlefield again and became soldiers of the rebel army.

But they never expected that this change of family would drastically change their destiny. After working as a soldier for more than ten years, Zhong Zai was taken seriously by the rebels. He jumped from a soldier to the commander of the camp. He made great achievements in the attack on Li You's tribe and became a first-class hero of the rebel army. For the first time in his life, he paraded his horse with pride and became a hero in everyone's eyes. He became an officer like Army Commander Ma Qu. A righteous man died for his confidants. These people all wanted to repay Xu Fan.

"Don't say such unlucky words as death on the battlefield. We all have to live and serve the general." Sima Supervisor Zhang Qiang said: "The general just said that???"

He quickly took out a book from his chest, which read "100 Morale-boosting Quotes for the Supervisory Army"

Then he flipped through the pages, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw what he wanted to say: "If people lose their land, they will survive, and both people and land will lose. If people save their land, they will eventually survive."

"Just like our Chu State, although it was destroyed by the Qin State, as long as we Chu people are still alive, we can resurrect the Chu State under the leadership of the general, so your lives are very important to the rebels, don't say it easily If you die."

Xiaolan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Jiang Jun, although I also want to be moved, knowing that you are worried about our safety, but you can only make me want to laugh."

Hearing Xiaolan's words, the other village leaders burst into laughter. Don't watch them laugh, but in fact, Xiaolan and these officers respect Zhang Qiang very much. Zhang Qiang is very senior. It is said that his younger brother, who was a general, often tells them stories about generals and takes good care of them in daily life, so Zhang Qiang is They have a high prestige in their hearts, but Zhang Qiang always likes to pretend to be a scholar, which makes them feel funny.

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "You guys don't know how to understand me. I don't know a few Chinese characters. I was forced by the general to learn Chinese characters after I joined the army. I don't know much yet. I usually have to teach you how to read and write and learn military rules and disciplines. Now It takes a lot of effort to understand this book.

Then Zhang Qiang said seriously: "Anyway, you have to remember that you have to fight hard but also pay attention to your own safety and come back alive."

The important thing is to check the equipment of his subordinates one by one, including each person's shield, long sword, halberd and other weapons, to ensure that these weapons are qualified.

"You need to bring enough weapons, especially shields. If you want to survive on the battlefield, you rely on these things."

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Brother Chong, although it is unlucky, I still want to say that if I die in battle, please help me take care of my son."

Chong Bu said angrily: "My son will take care of himself. Our good life has just begun. Why are you talking about this?"

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Back then, I was just an ordinary citizen in Sanchuan County. I suffered all the bullying from the Qin officials. Only the rebels and the generals respected me, reused me, and allowed me to return home in fine clothes. Now everyone in the town knows that my husband, Hei, is Great hero, my life is worth it, and I will use this life to repay the general in the future."

Xiao Lan smiled and said: "I am the same way. When I go home this time, everyone sees me as a great hero, and I also marry a noble girl. I have never experienced such glory in my life. Only here in the Rebel Army have I tasted it. What it’s like to be human.”

Yingchuan County Haoqiang felt that he was obviously suppressed by the rebels, and he would definitely not be able to defeat him. There was no one above him, and he did not dare to make trouble.

But after all, these people had a profound background. They quickly changed their thinking and looked for promising officers in the rebel army to marry them. They used this method to infiltrate the rebel army and find spokespersons for their own interests.

Xiaolan, who had just turned 18, came into the sight of Yingchuan's powerful men. Although Qu Chang's official position was not high, Xiaolan was only 18 years old, but he was already a first-class hero in the rebel army. He was valued by the top brass of the rebel army and had a bright future, so A powerful man from Xu County found Xiaolan for marriage.

Xiaolan was not an exception. During that one-month holiday, a large number of rebel officers married Yingchuan. Zhang Qiang said: "What nonsense are you talking about when you are just an adult? Now that you have tasted what it's like to be a human being, you should do it for a few more years. You are different from us. You are still young and have a lot of life waiting for you, General." I won’t let you down.”

"We will attack the city tower directly under the cover of the crossbowmen later," Zhong said.

Xiaohei smiled and said: "The Qin army's combat effectiveness has declined very quickly. Maybe we can break through Wancheng's wall in one go."

"Boom boom boom!"

The war drums of the rebel attack sounded. Xu Fan commanded two battalions of soldiers to suppress the Qin army on the wall with bows and crossbows from both directions. In an instant, arrows were like locusts, and long arrows were inserted into the walls of Wancheng. The soldiers of the Qin army were so pressed by the rain of swords that they could not raise their heads and could only hide under the city wall and tremble.

Zhong held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, standing at the forefront of the team. When he saw the Qin army on the wall being suppressed, he could hardly raise his head and shouted: "Kill!"

Thousands of soldiers carried wooden ladders and rushed forward. When they encountered the obstruction of the moat, they smashed the wooden piles down, then laid the ladders, stood on the ladders and laid wooden planks, and a simple pontoon bridge was built.

Their hands-on ability was very fast, and thousands of people appeared on more than a dozen pontoons.

Zhong Ze's blood boiled and he shouted: "Brothers, follow me and fight."

Zhong, Xiaolan, and Xiaohei each led a commando team of one hundred people. He stepped directly across the moat, hooked the ladder to the wall of Wancheng, and started climbing up.

"The rebels are coming. Use rocks to kill them. Don't let them climb the city wall."

Under the shouts of the officers, the Qin soldiers on the tower braved the dense rain of arrows to go to the edge of the city wall. They carefully threw down the ramparts and stones. The main thing is to save life. However, a large amount of rocks fell, and several ladders were immediately knocked over, and more than a dozen rebel soldiers were killed.

Chong rushed to the front. When he was halfway up the ladder, a Qin soldier appeared on the female wall. He looked at Chong, but smashed the stone aside and waved to Chong to see if he wanted to Climb quickly.

Seeing this scene again, he used all his strength to climb the ladder. When he was approaching the top of the city wall, two spears were thrust down. He was shocked, but he didn't expect the two spears to stop in front of him. He immediately grabbed the two spears and used all his strength to With the help of these two spears, he jumped up to the top of Wancheng's city wall.

The sudden appearance of Zhong shocked everyone, and Qin soldiers immediately surrounded him.

"Brothers of the rebel army, kill the Qin officials!" The two soldiers immediately killed two Qin troops who were planning to besiege the enemy.

These two soldiers were the relatives of Xu Fan's family members who were brought to the city by the rebels. When they knew that their relatives were already among the rebels and that the family had been divided into land, they did not want to continue fighting, but they were more cautious, even if they had this idea Nor were they exposed.

Later, they felt lucky for their caution. The other Qin soldiers who were exposed were all killed by Yin Lu ruthlessly. This made them more cautious. They did not dare to expose their thoughts, but followed the plan. Today, when the rebels attacked the city, they immediately counterattacked. water.

This scene shocked everyone on the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city did not expect that their companions would rebel. For a moment, all the Qin soldiers looked at their companions with a sense of distrust and fear.

"Brothers, the Qin officials are dishonest, why should we fight for them? Let the rebels come up, and we will go home and divide the fields." The two soldiers shouted.

"Who dares to disturb the morale of our army!" A Qin Army officer roared and blocked up with some soldiers.

"Brothers, kill!" At this time, Zhong was frantically killing the Qin army officer, his shield and sword in his hand invincible. The surrounding Qin soldiers dispersed with a roar. They did not want to fight the rebels, but they were also worried that the Qin army officers would force them to go up and surround the rebels, so they hid in the corners of the city wall without helping each other, which became the choice of many Qin soldiers. Suddenly the battlefield was vacated.

Zhong and the Qin Army officers were killed together. At this time, Xiaohei and Xiaolan took the opportunity to climb up. Seeing that Zhong was being surrounded and killed by the Qin Army, they immediately stepped forward to help the three brothers and cut down the Qin Army officer together.

"Formation, formation!" Zhongzhong shouted, more and more soldiers climbed up from under the ladder, and they formed a military formation behind them. More and more areas on the city wall belonged to the rebels.

"Brothers, let's fight towards the city gate and let the main force in!" Zhong calmly commanded.

At this time, Xiao Hei was guarding Zhong on the left, and Xiao Lan was guarding Zhong on the right. The three of them led the rebel soldiers with three arrows, slashing left and right, unstoppable. The soldiers following behind were also holding shields and fighting bravely to be the first. Step by step, the rebels' advantage was expanded, and the Qin soldiers on the city wall were killed by the rebels and retreated.

"Drive the enemy down and kill them!" Li Jun, the captain of the Qin Army, discovered what was happening here and immediately a group of soldiers came up.

Zhongzhong shouted: "Kill all the Qin soldiers in front of you."

The two armies fought fiercely in the narrow area of ​​the city wall, and no one dared to take a step back.

Li Jun hacked to death a rebel soldier and encouraged his morale: "Force the rebels back to the city and hold on to this place."

More and more Qin soldiers surrounded him.

Under the city wall, Chen Xiaodao was surprised to find that Zhong and the others had actually scaled the city wall with just one charge.

He drew his long sword and pointed at the city wall and said: "The whole army charges with me, and I must capture Wancheng."

The remaining 4000 rebels were waiting to climb up the city wall in garrison units. Their arrival completed the heavy front line. The Qin army on the city wall was beaten back steadily, and more and more rebel soldiers climbed up the city wall.

The fierce battle between them became more and more intense. Both sides were furious and did not dare to give in for fear of causing the entire army to collapse.

But there are more and more soldiers in the rebel army, and the Qin army is getting fewer and fewer killed. Heavy, Xiaohei and Xiaolan kill directly in front of Li Jun. Xiaolan roars and slashes at Li Jun with a sword, but is killed by Li Jun. He blocked it with his long sword. At this time, Xiao Hei also slashed Li Jun with his sword and immediately cut off one of Li Jun's arms. At the most serious moment, Li Jun's heart was stabbed with a sword, and Li Jun fell to the ground immediately.

The soldiers of the Qin army were demoralized after being killed. The death of Captain Li Jun in battle became the straw that broke the camel's back. The Qin army's will to resist completely collapsed. The remaining Qin army dispersed in a hurry, and there was no longer a Qin army to stop them. in front of them.

Under the leadership of Zhong, the army rushed all the way to the city gate. Zhong shouted excitedly: "Turn on this switch."

"Boom!" The suspension bridge at the north gate of Wancheng fell quickly.

"Squeak!" The huge city gate was opened by a dozen soldiers led by Xiao Hei and Xiao Lan.

"Victory!" The gates of Wancheng were opened, and all the rebel soldiers under the city wall cheered, and the cheers were earth-shattering.

"Soldiers, kill the enemy!" Xu Fan commanded the remaining troops and made the final general charge. Tens of thousands of rebel soldiers entered the city from the Wancheng gate with great momentum.

Correspondingly, the soldiers of the Qin army were horrified when they saw this scene. Their morale was already low. Now that the city gates have been breached by the enemy, their morale has completely collapsed. The soldiers who were hostile to the rebels discarded their weapons and said: "Surrender, surrender." But the Qin army who was far away hid in the corner, waiting for the war to end.

At the east gate of Wancheng, after Yingbu learned that the rebels in the north had been captured, he rode on his horse and shouted: "Brothers, charge forward, don't be unable to chew even a bone."

At the west gate of Wancheng, Song Liu also commanded the army to capture the west gate.

"Kill the enemy's governor's mansion!" Song Liu commanded loudly.

The three armies of the rebel army were like three long dragons, heading towards the core county governor's mansion in Wancheng from three directions: east, west, north and west. The rebel soldiers were full of morale all the way, and they moved forward vigorously and unstoppably. The Qin army along the way did not dare to stand in front of the rebels. They were afraid of being misunderstood by the rebels, and it would be a great loss if they were killed at this time.

"I caught another high official," Xiaolan said excitedly.

When Zhong heard the sound and ran, he found Xiaolan pulling a middle-aged man. Looking at his rich appearance, you knew he was either rich or noble.

Xiaolan said: "This is Wang Hong, the county supervisor of Wancheng. He tried to escape, but I caught him."

Wang Hong immediately defended: "I don't want to escape, but I want to join the rebel leader. I have said before that we cannot resist the rebels. Oh, no, they are the rebels. Otherwise, Wancheng will definitely be attacked by the rebels." Down, turned into powder."

Wang Hong had the idea of ​​​​surrendering. After all, under the rounds of psychological battles by the rebels, the morale of the Wancheng defenders could be seen declining. He knew that it was impossible to defend Wancheng without reinforcements. It's just that he didn't expect that Wancheng, which had nearly 3 defenders, could not be defended for even a day, so that he had the idea of ​​​​surrendering, but was caught before he started taking action.

Zhong sneered and said, "Don't listen to the excuses of these dog Qin officials, just catch them and hand them over to the general."

When Xu Fan and others arrived at the governor's mansion, Yin Lu, the governor of Nanyang County, had already hanged himself. The Qin officials who stayed at the Nanyang governor's office opened the city gate and surrendered like Xu Fan.

From then on, the rebel army captured the important town of Wancheng in one day.

After Wancheng was captured, Xu Fan immediately sent Deng Zong to arrange 1000 soldiers to inspect the entire city to prevent local rangers from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble. On the first day, dozens of rangers who were committing crimes and crimes were killed. These rangers also felt aggrieved. Originally, they wanted to help the rebels attack the city as internal agents, but they did not expect that the rebels captured Wancheng in one day.

This was completely beyond their imagination. They originally wanted to lead their men to capture some Qin officials and make contributions, but the organization of these rangers was not up to standard at all. When they were released, they became chaotic and did not obey the command at all. As a result, they were directly killed by the rebels. few. However, the effect of killing chickens to scare monkeys is also very good. After Wancheng was conquered, peace quickly returned.

(End of this chapter)