Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 192 The idea is inconsistent
The severely injured Yangdi Qin Army still chose to give up. With the Young Marshal deliberately letting go of the West Gate Road, the Yangdi Qin Army, which had only more than [-] people left, resolutely chose to stick to the end and sent people north again. Asking for help from the Qin army in Sanchuan County, while organizing the people in the city to participate in the defense of the city, in order to make up for the shortage of manpower, most of the young and strong women in Yangzhai City were recruited into the army and organized into an army alone to participate in the defense of the city.

In addition, in order to allow the people in the city to resist bravely to the maximum extent, Gao Jing also adopted the suggestions of the officials under his command and made people in Yangdi City make a big publicity, saying that after the Young Marshal Army and the South Korean army broke through Yangdi City, All the people in the city were slaughtered, no matter men, women, old or young were spared.The people of Yangdi believed it was true, and under the fear, they became more determined to defend to the death, willingly serving as cannon fodder for the Qin army in Yangdi.

Because of this, after three days of preparing sufficient siege equipment, the Young Marshal could only launch a frontal assault according to the original plan, and the South Korean army also mobilized to join the battle with their siege weapons. .

Logically speaking, the Young Marshal's Army and the Han Army are fighting together, and they are planning to attack Yangdi's southeast two gates at the same time. The two armies should be in charge of a battlefield respectively. However, the strength of the Han Army is too weak after all. There are less than [-] people, and it is difficult to take on the heavy responsibility alone. Therefore, Xiang Kang and Han Cheng agreed early on and decided to use a mixed force. The vanguard is responsible for attacking the city wall first and opening the way for the young marshals to enter the city.

After Zheng Bu, Ding Ji, and Li Shang were assigned to attack the east gate of Yangdi, the siege began quickly, and the young generals who came forward with their long shields quickly lined up a large number of temporary troops by the moat. Covering the fortifications, the crossbowmen hid behind the shields and shot arrows to suppress the defenders on the city, and then more than [-] trebuchets lined up and threw stones at the two southeast gates of Yangdi at the same time, attacking the defenders of the Qin army from a long distance. Not to be outdone, the soldiers resolutely fought back with their bows and crossbows, and had a great time shooting at each other with the soldiers of the young commander.

About half an hour later, taking advantage of the long-range attack of the Young Commander's Army, which had greatly restricted the chances of the defenders on the city, the Han army who volunteered to be the vanguard of the siege began to attack. Han Xin and Wang Xier each led a South Korean army and pushed With the ladder car and the city crash car striding forward, they attacked the Yangzhai city gate and the section of the outer moat that had been filled in at the same time. The army also carried a large number of flying ladders, preparing to directly launch an ant-attached battle while opening the way.

Not to mention, in order to get more benefits from the young generals, the relatively poorly equipped South Korean army fought quite impressively in this battle. The torch was ignited and continued to grit their teeth. The crashing convoy even faced the hail and raindrops of arrows and falling rocks. It was very difficult to bypass the wall and approach the city gate with great tenacity. Smashed, the fourth South Korean army crash vehicle still continued to move forward without hesitation, desperately hitting the gate of Yangzhai City.

It's a pity that the South Korean army can only do this. The tenacious Yangzhai defenders saw their tricks and used rockets and torches to burn down two large ladder vehicles of the Korean army one after another. The sheep's head stone and the gray bottle smashed at the soldiers of the Han army who were climbing the ladder to the city. While gritting their teeth to withstand the onslaught of the Han army, they also caused considerable casualties to the soldiers of the Han army.

Seeing this situation, in order to share the pressure as much as possible for the hard-working friendly army, Xiang Kang decisively sent more long shieldmen and crossbowmen forward, and used more dense feather arrows to cover the friendly army's attack. However, the Qin army was too tenacious, and the Han army kept They were all blocked under the city. Even if there were occasional soldiers who were lucky enough to rush up to the city wall, they were quickly wiped out by the defenders who had a partial force advantage, and they were still unable to occupy the position at the top of the city.

Then, something unexpected happened to Xiang Kang. Seeing that the soldiers had been unable to attack for a long time, Han Xin, who had been paying attention to Xiang Kang, actually went into battle in person, and led the soldiers of Han to join the ant-attached battle. Unfortunately, this move of Han Xin made Xiang Kang Increasingly disappointed, he thought to himself: "What's going on? How could Han Xin, a soldier of the first generation, be so stupid? He obviously has enough troops in reserve and has plenty of time to calmly attack the city, so why would he personally fight against ants? I'm not afraid of bad luck. Zhiliuya is going to kill you? Is this the talent of a general?"

Han Xin's personal battle did not play a decisive role. Even though the morale of the Han army was boosted to a certain extent, the soldiers of the Han army still failed to rush to the top of the city, and were still firmly blocked under the city. The two large ladder trucks also caught fire, and they were scrapped one after another just after crossing the filled moat, unable to play a siege role, and the casualties increased even more.

After all, the capital is too thin, and after observing with trepidation for a period of time, seeing that the army still has no hope of breaking through the city, Han Cheng next to him can only brazenly say to Xiang Kang: "General You, the soldiers under the command of the widow have already fought fiercely for more than a year. Shi Chen, the physical strength has dropped drastically, and the casualties are too great, can you..., can you let them withdraw and take a rest?"

"Get down." Xiang Kang nodded generously, and said: "The soldiers of the King of Han have tried their best, but the defenders are too tenacious, so they failed to succeed. I am also very satisfied that the soldiers of the King of Han can fight to this extent. .”

Han Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered someone to ring the golden gong to recall his troops, but when he heard the sound of the golden gong, the generals of the Han army who had been unable to attack for a long time were of course relieved, and quickly dropped the broken siege weapons, carrying The wounded soldiers retreated quickly, and the soldiers of the Qin army on the city cheered like thunder, celebrating their own army's resistance to the enemy's first strong attack.

The cheers of the generals of the Qin army disappeared quickly, because before the Han army retreated to the main formation, the [-] young commanders had already marched out with more siege weapons, and under the leadership of the young general Long Qi, they once again rushed forward. Rushing towards the South Gate of Yangzhai, what shocked the generals of the Qin Army even more was that a large number of flying ladders of the Young Marshal's Army had already rushed across the moat, and the catapults of the Young Marshal's Army in the distance were still throwing stones, risking accidental injury to their companions Continue to throw stones, at all costs to cover the ants attached to attack the city.

Before the battle, Xiang Kang had clearly informed all the soldiers of the army, saying that if the trebuchets of his own army continued to throw stones during the ant-attached battle, it would definitely accidentally injure many young soldiers and soldiers, but if they gave up throwing stones, the city guards The army will definitely be able to drop more stones and ash bottles, causing more casualties to the young generals, so instead of temporarily idling the catapults, it is better to keep throwing stones to attack the defenders on the city both psychologically and physically.

As expected, Xiang Kang's move achieved satisfactory results. Against the stones dropped by his own army's catapult and the enemy on the city at the same time, the young commander quickly put the flying ladder on the Yangzhai city wall one after another, and quickly climbed to attack the city. However, the defenders on the city were captured by the courage of the young generals, and they were obviously at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

Xiang Kang's luck these days is also obviously better. When the large ladder vehicle of the Young Commander's Army entered the range, the rockets released by the defenders were obviously not as dense as before. Obviously, the consumption was too large before, and there was no time. Supplement in place.Long Qie, who led the army to attack the city, saw that the opportunity was rare, so he decisively invested in the remaining ladder truck, trying his best to open a stable road to the city.

At the same time, the Young Marshals on the East Gate Battlefield had also taken action. Li Shang, who was relatively junior, obtained the consent of Zheng Bu and Ding Ji, led the army to launch the first wave of siege, and even put all the two ladder trucks in his hand into the battle. On the battlefield, I am determined to win the first victory in breaking the city.

As a result, the battle has completely heated up. Amidst the earth-shattering sound of drums and shouts of killing, the flying ladders of the Young Marshals continue to climb up the Yangzhai city wall repeatedly. The soldiers successfully charged up the city wall.The four ladder vehicles also advanced tenaciously against the rockets and torches thrown by the defenders in a hurry, and gradually approached the city wall of Yangdi, forcing the Qin army to use the reserve team to go to the city to help in the battle, while the trebuchets of the young commander's army took the opportunity to go crazy Throwing stones, throwing stones without eyes on the battlefield of the city wall where the enemy and the enemy are intertwined, caused great casualties to the defenders who were too densely populated.

The first to make a breakthrough was the subordinate of the Young Marshal Jun Longqie. Although the first ladder car was burned by the rockets and torches that Qin Jun quickly replenished, the second ladder car took advantage of the opportunity of the front car to attract a lot of firepower and successfully rushed through. The moat leaned against the city wall of Yangzhai when there were not many fires, opening a relatively stable road to the city.

Seeing this situation, the Qin army was of course in an uproar, throwing stone torches at the ladder carts that had already leaned against the city wall recklessly. Long Qi also decisively led the reserve team in his hand to charge.And Xiang Kang didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered Uncle Zhou to lead his army out to attack the south gate of Yangdi with more siege weapons.

Perhaps Xiang Kang didn't need to do anything extra, Long Qi and his rear team had just rushed to the city of Yangdi, and the young commander and soldiers who pushed the ladder car forward had already rushed to the head of Yangdi City, firmly occupying a piece of land. At the top of the city, after the fierce general Long Qie rushed to the city wall with a machete made of steel, none of the soldiers of the Qin Army on the city wall could be his opponent. With ghosts crying and wolves howling, flesh and blood flying everywhere, the warriors of the Young Marshal Army behind took the opportunity to rush up the city wall in large numbers, occupying a larger position at the top of the city.

"The outcome has been decided!" Zhou Zeng expressed the aspirations of all the young commanders and soldiers, "The Tyrant Qin army has no hope of driving our soldiers from the city wall, and it is only a matter of time before we take Yang Di." .”

Before the words fell, there was also a loud cheer from the east gate of Yangdi. At the same time, a military flag of the Young Marshal's Army appeared on the east gate of Yangdi. It was obvious that Li Shang had already ascended the city. Dawn breaks the city.

Seeing this scene, the cheers in the young commander's army were of course louder, and everyone in the young commander's army was smiling, but Han Cheng and Zhang Liang beside Xiang Kang were envious and jealous, and Zhang Liang couldn't help but look at Xiang Kang. Said: "The soldiers under the command of the right general are indeed getting more and more powerful. In about half an hour, they were able to rush to Yangdi's east gate and south gate one after another. Compared with their performance on the Huaisi battlefield, It’s definitely more than twice as strong.”

"Didn't you come out of one battle after another?" Xiang Kang said with a smile: "After so many battles, the survival of the fittest, the remaining soldiers are of course hard to make progress."

Zhang Liang sighed helplessly. He regretted that he was careless in making friends and got too close to Xiang Bo, the top quality. As a result, he failed to play a role in Xiang Kang's establishment of the foundation of Huai Si, and missed the opportunity to cultivate a new life for himself. Opportunity to form an elite army—otherwise, why would the South Korean army have fought so hard on the Yingchuan battlefield and have been unable to open up a big situation for so long?
Regret was useless, and in order to take advantage of this opportunity to gain more benefits, Zhang Liang could only say to Xiang Kang: "You General, the victory or defeat has been decided, and our king's army is useless. Instead of wasting it, why not waste it?" Let us move to the west gate and north gate of Yangdi in advance, block the escape route of the Tyrant Qin army, and ensure that you can wipe out the Tyrant Qin army in Yangdi City as much as possible."

Having already successfully rushed up the city wall, it was obviously unnecessary to continue encircling the three quarters. For Zhang Liang's sake, Xiang Kang also casually agreed to let the South Korean army intercept and kill the defeated Qin army, and seize the belongings and other belongings of the defeated Qin army. arms.As a result, after the Han army left, the soldiers of the Young Commander led by Uncle Zhou quickly put two large ladder vehicles on the city wall, and more soldiers of the Young Commander rushed to the top of the city, occupying more positions on the top of the city. The defenders were flustered and had already begun to flee for their lives into the city.

There was no suspense in the ensuing battle. After successfully occupying the positions at the southeast two gates of the city, the soldiers of the Young Commander under the city quickly broke open the city gate and directly entered the city. The defenders scattered and fled. He opened the two northwestern city gates to flee for his life. Gao Jing, the governor of Yingchuan County, saw that the situation was over, and after crying in the county governor's mansion, he committed suicide and died for his country.

At this time, Xiang Kang, who was brainwashed by modern education, of course had already ordered the various departments of the Young Marshal Army to ask the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army to allow the enemy to lay down their weapons and surrender, and not to kill the prisoners of the Qin Army at will.However, not long after the order was issued, the scouts of the Young Marshal suddenly flew to report that the South Korean army had frantically massacred the fleeing Yangdi people outside the two gates in the northwest of Yangdi, and even the soldiers of the Qin army who had put down their weapons and surrendered. Not letting go, Xiang Kang was furious when he heard the report, and said: "There is such a thing? Uncle Ya, Chao Zhi, you command the whole army for me for the time being, I will go and see the situation myself!"

"Wait a minute, General Right!" Chen Ping hurriedly stopped, and said, "For safety's sake, take our cavalry with us."

Xiang Kang thought about it carefully, so he immediately ordered Guan Ying to lead the cavalry to protect him and go to the west gate of Yangzhai. Chen Ping didn't feel relieved, so he rode his horse and went to the west city with Xiang Kang.As a result, when I arrived at the scene, there were dead bodies all over the city outside the west gate of Yangdi, lying full of the corpses of the people of Yangdi and soldiers of the Qin army. They rushed directly into the city, killed people and set fire to them. Beside Han Cheng's flag formation, there were dozens of disheveled young women crying loudly, and piled up a pile of parcels that had just been robbed.

At this time, seeing Xiang Kang coming suddenly, the soft-spoken Han Cheng had already led Zhang Liang and Han Xin over to greet Xiang Kang. As soon as they met, he said with a smile on his face: "General You, it's just in time. There are some women who escaped from the city, and some of them are still good-looking, please choose the right general, and take them back to serve your daily life."

"No need!" Xiang Kang flatly refused, pointed at the corpses all over the ground outside Ximen City, and said angrily: "King Han, what do you mean? What's wrong with the Qianshou Lishu in Yangdi City, they have all left the city to flee for their lives Why do you want to do such a cruel thing to them?"

"Does the right general need to care so much about some civilians?" Han Cheng asked suspiciously.

"Aren't civilians human?" Xiang Kang, who was severely brainwashed by the humanitarian education of modern society, was furious and asked, "There are no civilians who farm and weave and work hard. What do we nobles eat and wear? There are no civilians who serve as soldiers." Serve, our soldiers form an army to fight for us? Also, if I remember correctly, Yangdi should be the old capital of South Korea, and the civilians of Yangdi, Li Shu, are also citizens of South Korea. As the king of Han, It's fine if you don't want to benefit your people, why do you want to do such a cruel thing to them?!"

The education he received was completely different. Han Cheng was completely dumbfounded by Xiang Kang's training, and he murmured after a long while: "It's true that they are the people of Han, but they were driven by the Tyrant Qin army to help the Tyrant Qin army defend the land. City, killed our siege soldiers, so they deserve to die...."

"Fart!" Xiang Kang cursed and roared: "The Tyrant Qin army has knives on their necks. How dare they not listen to the Tyrant Qin army? If they help the Tyrant Qin army, they will die. Don’t the common people, Li and Shu, who pay taxes and food for the imperial court, deserve to die? We, the six kingdoms who were once forced to become Qin people, should all die after that too?!”

Han Cheng had nothing to say, but Han Xin beside him was very dissatisfied. He stood up and clenched his fists and said, "General You, please be more polite to our king!"

"Want to make a move?" Noticing Han Xin's clenched fist, Xiang Kang immediately sneered and said, "If you want to make a move, I will accompany you till the end!"

Before Xiang Kang could finish his sentence, Guan Ying, Yang Xi, and countless cavalrymen who were born as civilians behind him had already clenched their weapons, sneered and glared fiercely at Han Xin, Han Cheng and the others. Zhang Liang saw that something was wrong, He hurriedly stood up to smooth things over, bowed his hands and said: "General You, if you have something to say, don't get angry, don't get angry, this is our fault, indeed we are fault."

After saying that, Zhang Liang hurriedly took the responsibility on himself again, saying: "Your Majesty, this matter is also the fault of my subordinates, I forgot to report to you, General You has a kind heart and never likes to kill innocent people indiscriminately, even if it is As long as the soldiers and generals of the Tyrant Qin army put down their weapons and surrendered, the right general would not pursue it. Therefore, under the tent of the right general, there are still many generals of the Qin army who surrendered, ordinary soldiers, and even many Qin people from Guanzhong. It's all my fault that I didn't remind you of this, which led to General You's misunderstanding of you."

After taking the opportunity to wink at Han Cheng and Han Xin a few times, Zhang Liang turned to Xiang Kang and said, "General You, we can't completely blame our king for this matter. Li escaped from the city, and our king ordered to intercept it, which is why so many innocent civilians were injured by mistake."

"Accidental injury?" Xiang Kang was furious, and snorted coldly: "But what I saw is that your army is indiscriminate at all, whether it is civilians or soldiers of the tyrant Qin, you kill everyone on sight? Why did you arrest so much?" How many women are ready to enjoy it?"

"Misunderstanding, it's really a misunderstanding." Zhang Liang bit the bullet and continued to lie, saying: "Since the right general doesn't like it, let's change it. I will ask the king to issue an order to prevent soldiers from killing innocent people indiscriminately."

Xiang Kang snorted again, and then said: "There are still those girls, let them go home too."

"No problem." Zhang Liang agreed without hesitation, and said, "Let it go, right away."

After saying that, Zhang Liang winked at Han Cheng again and again like killing a chicken and wiping his neck. Han Cheng had no choice but to immediately order the release of the man and to prohibit the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. He took those women away from the scene, lest Han Cheng and others settle accounts and vent their anger on those innocent women, and finally left the Ximen battlefield with the young commander's cavalry in a rage.

"Bah! Hypocrite!"

This was the first sentence Han Cheng said after Xiang Kang left, while Zhang Liang watched Xiang Kang's leaving back and sighed inwardly, "He has a good heart, but it's a pity that he doesn't know what it means to be kind and not to be a soldier. Suffering in this regard."

At the same time, Chen Ping also said to Xiang Kang: "General You, I'm afraid this is the last battle we will fight together with Han Cheng. With such a conflict, Han Cheng and the others will definitely not be willing to join forces with us again. "

"I don't want to join hands with them again." Xiang Kang replied: "The most important thing for us to attack Guanzhong is to win the support of the people and not force all the Qin people in Guanzhong to face us. It's only going to spoil our big business."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Kang pouted at the crying women again, and said to Chen Ping: "Sir, please spend more time later, so that people can comfort them, and let them know that I am the King of Han who rescued them." Come out, and then let them go home. And what happened just now, we should spread it among the people as much as possible, and let as many people know the better."

"Students understand, please rest assured, General You." Chen Ping agreed with a smile, and then said with a sly smile: "General You, it seems that your raid on Guanzhong this time is definitely not just to destroy Qin, but has a bigger purpose."

Xiang Kang smiled and said nothing, but thinking of Zhang Liang's reaction just now, Xiang Kang couldn't help feeling a little regretful in his heart, and thought: "It seems that Zhang Liang and I really have no destiny. They won't leave with me. But there's no way, I can't just watch Han Cheng and his gang kill innocent people indiscriminately just to please him, right?"

(End of this chapter)