Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 526 Tragic Rebellion

Poor Yan King Zang Tu not only chose a very bad time to rebel and rise up, but he was so blind that he chose an envoy who was struggling to the extreme to go to the enemy camp.

After returning to the city with the defense map of Jicheng, which had been donated to the Yan army, according to the request of Xia Shuo and others, in order to paralyze Zang Tu, and also to urge Zang Tu to send people out of the city to contact the Han army again, Zang Tu personally named the envoy to the Han camp Li Liao told a lot of nonsense and made up a lie that Xia said he had been swayed and bargained. As a result, not only did Zang Tu not feel suspicious, but he clapped and laughed and said, "Okay, things will be much easier now." , at least we don’t have to worry about Xia saying that that bastard is fighting us to the end.”

"General Li, have you found any signs that Zhao's bandits are preparing to attack the city?" Zhang Sheng next to him interjected and asked, "Also, you and the prince mentioned the tyrannical trebuchet before. Have you seen it? Do you know how many there are?"

"No." Li Liao didn't need to lie about this matter, he just shook his head and said: "When I entered the camp of the Zhao Guo bandit army, the soldiers of the Zhao Guo bandit army were still hurrying to build the camp, and they didn't see any siege weapons ready. , I haven’t seen the kind of trebuchet I’ve seen far away in Licheng before.”

"That's good." Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The tyrant's army had better prepare more time. The later the attack, the better. The later they attack the city, the more hope we have to wait for the Xiongnu Shanyu's reinforcements." .”

"Even if we come to attack the city now, I'm not afraid." Zang Tu replied confidently: "Jicheng is our capital. Well, as long as they dare to come, Custodian can beat them to death and cause heavy casualties."

"Your Majesty, Jicheng is indeed not afraid of a violent attack by the tyrant's army, but it is afraid that someone will act as an internal response to respond to the tyrant's army attacking the city." Zhang Sheng said darkly: "Especially the tyrant's army is notorious for buying and instigating rebellion. The action has already started. The minister suggested that it is best for the king to be careful and guard against these situations."

Hearing this, the guilty Li Yao naturally twitched the muscles at the corners of his mouth, but Zang Tu nodded his head and said, "Of course you have to be careful about this. When the tyrant's army attacks the city, the widow will let Quan'er lead the guards to guard the city." The palace, look after the families of all the officials, the widow will not believe it, who dares to betray the widow after eating a leopard?!"

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Hearing Zang Tu's words, Li Liao immediately became alarmed, and secretly said: "We must find a way to solve this problem, otherwise, I am afraid that none of my family members will survive."

The next few days can only be described as bland. The scouts of the Han army continued to move around Jicheng, desperately collecting all kinds of information about the defenders of Jicheng. In order to deal with Zang Tu's intentionally spreading rumors about the massacre of the city, he made a clear announcement that the innocent people in the city would not be harmed after the city was broken. Prepare to throw stones, and try to build the equally important incendiary bomb as soon as possible.

On the sixth day after Li Liao returned to the city, under the respective command of Xia Shuo, Tao Xi, and Gongsun Tong, the Han army dispatched a large number of auxiliary troops to carry earth and rocks, and began to fill up the moats of the east, west, north, and north gates of Jicheng. The army Tao Xi's department is in charge of the west gate of Jicheng, Gongsun Tong's department is in charge of the north gate of Jicheng, Zhao's army is in charge of the east gate of Jicheng, only the south gate of Jicheng, which is protected by water control, is ignored.As a result, after the filling of the river began, the defenders on the city kept using strong bows and crossbows to stop the Han army soldiers from filling the river.

When the situation was reported in front of Zang Tu, Zang Tu, who was old on the battlefield, immediately understood that the Han army was planning to attack the east, west, and north gates of Jicheng at the same time. Although Zang Tu, who had strong confidence in the defense of Jicheng, was not afraid of this, he was somewhat worried. , Said: "How come the bandit army of Zhao State is working so hard to fill the river? Don't they want to be fooled, and really want to help the tyrant's army attack us with all their strength?"

According to the request of Xia Shuo and others, Li Liao also took the opportunity to speak out, urging Zang Tu to send another secret envoy out of the city to contact Xia Shuo and understand Xia Shuo's attitude. Go to Zhao Jun camp and contact Xia Shuo.As a result, the envoy did not return to the city until the next morning, and reported that Xia said that Tao Xi and Gongsun Tong had forced him to fill the river. At the same time, Xia said that he promised again that as long as the Yan army surrendered to the Zhao army, Xia said that he would promise He will not execute Zang Tu directly, but will beg for Zang Tu's life in front of Xiang Kang.

"Besides these, Xia said, did Pifu have anything else to say?" Zang Tu hurriedly asked again, but the envoy flatly denied it, while Li Liao on the other side glanced at the seemingly calm envoy and sneered in his heart—although he didn't know The inside story, but Li Liao also dared to bet that Xia said that he refused to sever the secret contact with Yan Jun, so there must be other plans!
After the hard work of the soldiers of the Han army, and after paying a certain price of casualties, towards the evening of the eighth day, the soldiers of the Han army managed to fill in six solid roads that could directly cross the river at the east, west, north, and north gates of Jicheng. You can push and pull heavy siege weapons such as ladder carts and Lu Gong carts directly under the city of Jicheng.The situation was reported to Zhang Sheng, Zang Tu's think tank. Zhang Sheng, who had a keen sixth sense, immediately knew something was wrong. Launch an all-out attack.

To Zhang Sheng's surprise, although he met Zang Tu smoothly, when he saw Zang Tu, Zang Tu was drinking and having fun with Zhaoshe Huawei, Zhai Xu and Zang Quan and other cronies in the palace garden. It was very festive, and then Zhang Sheng asked curiously and found out that it turned out that Zhai Xu and Zhaoshe were visiting their family members, and it happened that Zhai Xu's daughter was playing with Zang Quan's son Zang Quan, who was about the same age. Xu betrothed his daughter to Zang Quan's son, and Zhai Xu agreed without hesitation. Zang Quan was so eager to make friends with the party that he couldn't ask for more. Also came to join in the fun, so everyone drank it directly in the garden.

Such a coincidence did not make Zhang Sheng suspicious. After congratulating him symbolically, Zhang Sheng just hurriedly persuaded Zang Tu to order to prepare for the battle immediately. However, Zhaoshe Huawei and Zhai Xu agreed that Zhang Sheng was worrying unfoundedly and that the Han army was impossible. Zang Tu, who had already blushed and had a thick neck, thought the same about attacking so quickly, so instead of listening to Zhang Sheng's good advice, Zang Tu forced Zhang Sheng to sit down and drink. They teamed up to persuade him to drink, and soon got Zhang Sheng, who was not good at drinking, drunk.

After getting drunk, Zhang Sheng was finally carried home by someone else, but he didn't know how long he had been lying on the bed. Zhang Sheng suddenly heard the sound of gongs in the distance, and had to struggle to get out of bed to understand the situation. After the sound of the gong came from the three gates in the east, west and north of Jicheng at the same time, Zhang Sheng complained loudly. He could only change his clothes quickly, and rushed to the palace to wait for his orders, smelling of alcohol all over his body.

Fortunately, Zang Tu drinks a lot, and the drunkenness last night did not make Zang Tu bedridden. After all the officials of Yan State arrived in a hurry, Zang Tu shouted at the panic-stricken officials of Yan State: "Don't Don't panic, don't be afraid, although the sudden arrival of the tyrant's army this time caught us off guard, we have enough resources before the battle. We don't have to wait for the tyrant's army to attack the city, we can get everything ready, no need I'm a little worried!"

"I hope so." Zhang Sheng muttered, and then glanced at the silent Zhaoshe Huawei and Zhai Xu, somewhat suspicious in his heart, secretly said: "Isn't what happened yesterday evening a bit too coincidental. "

Zang Tu's suspicion is obviously not as serious as Zhang Sheng's. When arranging the city defense, Zang Tu still let Zhai Xu be in charge of the west gate of Jicheng, Wei Man in charge of the north gate, Zang Tu's wife and younger brother Ying Chi in charge of the east gate, and the reserve team in the city. Two of them were led by Zhaoshe Tuowei and Li Liao respectively, Zang Tu personally commanded the main force of the reserve team, and Zang Quan was in charge of the safety of the royal palace and the officials of Yan State.

Zhang Sheng was somewhat worried about this, and after a little calculation, he said, "Your Majesty, judging from the information collected before, the one who sent troops to attack the west gate of Jicheng today must be the tyrant general Tao Xi. This man has always been famous for his fierceness and bravery , the army under his command is more than the tyrant army commanded by Gongsun Tong, so if it is as expected, our main battlefield today will probably be the west gate of Jicheng. The minister suggested that we might as well arrange a reserve team for Zhai Junzun in advance, and by the way Help him control the key points of the city defense such as the urn city, the city gate and the Qianjin gate, so that Junjun Zhai can free up his hands and focus on dealing with the tyrant's army's attacking soldiers with all his strength."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Sheng quickly added another sentence, saying: "I propose that the reserve team under General Li Liao rush to the west gate battlefield in advance to help Zhai Junzun defend the city. Please allow it."

After listening to Zhang Sheng's analysis, he found it reasonable, so Zang Tu also nodded, and agreed to the decision on the spot. Li Liao, who cared about the safety of his relatives, complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only obediently bow his hands and sing promises. Xu glanced at Zhang Sheng intentionally or unintentionally, and then thanked Zang Tu for his arrangement.

Of course, the matter was not over yet. After the city defense affairs were arranged, when all the officials dispersed, Zang Tu took the initiative to say to Zhang Sheng: "Ai Qing, I still feel a little worried about those tyrants who once attacked Puyang and Julu. , I want to go to the scene to see it with my own eyes, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty Shengming, you can win every battle if you know yourself and the enemy. We should go and see the situation of the tyrant's trebuchet with our own eyes." Zhang Sheng quickly complimented him, and then said: "My lord, why don't we all go to the west gate of Jicheng to see the situation?" Well, that is the main battlefield, if there is any change in the situation, we can adjust the deployment on the spot."

Zang Tu nodded and said yes, and hurriedly led Zhang Sheng and a team of guards to the west gate of Jicheng to check the situation. As a result, when they boarded the west gate of Jicheng under Zang Tu's Yanwang banner, more than 2 Han soldiers were killed. The array has also been completed outside the west gate of Jicheng, and more than 40 legendary Han army trebuchets have also been lined up in front of the formation, and they have begun to slowly approach the west gate of Jicheng.

Looking carefully at the deployment of the Han army and the siege weapons they brought, Zang Tu sneered and said, "Except for those catapults that I have never seen before, there is nothing strange about it. Isn't it just a trench bridge car driving the road and flying?" Tiyun ladder climbs the city, hits the city car and smashes the door, as long as we fight as usual, we can deal with it with rockets, stones and sheep's head stones, and everything can be cracked."

"The key is those goddamn catapults." Zhang Sheng stared at the approaching Han army catapults, and said without looking back: "The prince said that he once saw the tyrants with his own eyes on the Licheng battlefield. The army trebuchet can easily smash down the towers, destroy the female wall, and smash the city wall directly, so that the tyrants and soldiers can quickly ascend the city, I hope our city will not be like this.”

"A small county like Licheng is worthy of comparison with my capital." Zang Tu sneered and said, "It's about to start. Today, I must see with my own eyes whether there are any rumors about the bullshit catapults of the tyrant's army. so powerful."

While speaking, a guard flew up to Zang Tu, and presented a letter to Zang Tu, saying, "Report to Your Majesty, General Ying Chi just sent someone to send it to you, saying it was written to you by Xiang Xia, the traitor of Zhao State." I wrote the letter myself and shot it at the east gate of Jicheng with an arrow in advance."

Zang Tu was stunned when he opened the letter in a big way, and Zhang Sheng who was next to him hurried forward to read it together, but he was just stunned at a glance, because Xia said that the letter was too simple , wrote directly in vernacular: "The traitor Zang Tu, the original truth promises to continue to be valid. If you can't hold on for a while, just open the east gate of Jicheng and go out of the city to surrender to me. The true truth still promises not to kill you, and will guarantee Beg for your life in front of the emperor. Surrender to me is the best policy! Don't forget!"

To Zang Tu and Zhang Sheng's surprise, they were still behind. Immediately afterwards, a book of arrows that the Han army shot up the city wall in advance was sent from the north gate of Jicheng. The letter was also written by the general of the Han army, Gongsun Tong. Yes, "Zang Tu is a traitor, if you can't hold on, go out of the city from the north gate and surrender to me. I promise not to kill you, and I will definitely intercede for you in front of the emperor. In addition, you also know that I am Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche faction Those who come here, if you surrender to me, it is tantamount to surrendering to Lord Guangwu. I will intercede with Lord Guangwu on your behalf, and His Majesty will give us some face. So surrendering to me is your best choice. You can think about it Clear."

After carefully reading the letters signed and sealed by Xia Shuo and Gongsun Tong, Zang Tu and Zhang Sheng looked at each other, and after a while they said in unison: "Is the tyrant's army so confident? Before the fight started, they were already scrambling to persuade us to choose who to surrender to." ?”

"My lord, be careful! The tyrant army has started throwing stones!"

Zang Tu and Zhang Sheng were brought back to their senses by the soldiers' loud reminders. When they turned their heads quickly to look, they saw three 40 yuan boulders flying from the sky. As they landed one after another, the city towers that had been repeatedly reinforced by the soldiers of the Yan Army were like houses made of paper and sand. They collapsed amidst the sound of successive impacts, and turned into ruins in a blink of an eye. At the same time, there were many soldiers of the Yan Army Unable to dodge, being hit by boulders, all of them were smashed to bloody flesh, broken tendons and bones, and the unbelievable screams and exclamations immediately resounded through the entire west gate of Jicheng.

"Really so powerful?" Zang Tu and Zhang Sheng turned pale together, then ashen ashes together.

There was also something that surprised Zang Tu and Zhang Sheng. After the first round of volley, Tao Xi's troops of the Han Army did not rush to start the second round of stone throwing, but sent a knight with a strong gun that had already been opened. The crossbow stepped forward, flew to the foot of the west gate of Jicheng, pulled the trigger and shot a crossbow arrow into the city, and soon, a letter written by Tao Xi, a general of the Han army, was also presented in front of Zang Tu.

The content of Tao Xi’s letter is simpler, and he wrote directly: “Zang Tu dog thief, have you seen how powerful Nai Weng’s trebuchet is? Kaesong surrendered to me, and I promise not to kill you, so that you can see us alive Your Majesty begs for mercy, and will intercede with His Majesty the Emperor for you, trying to save your dog's life! Otherwise, you will know the consequences yourself!"

As if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head, Zang Tu shivered suddenly, and then said with a mournful face: "These three arrogant people have already treated the widow as a bird in a cage."

(End of this chapter)