The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 273 The Prelude to the Decisive Battle ([-])
On July [-]th, the Jin army once again launched a huge siege.For the first time, it effectively threatened the city wall of the Han army.

"Former general, the results of our army's battle losses have come out."

"Read it."

"Well, in today's battle, 250 and six of our troops were killed, 130 and five were seriously injured and temporarily unable to return to the battlefield, and 330 and five were slightly injured. Twenty-one people were missing (falling off the city wall)."

"Hey, the weather is so hot that the corpses of the brothers who died in battle cannot be preserved. Orders are issued to clean up the remains of the brothers who died in battle, and then they will be cremated and buried together. Before cremation, their hair will be chopped off, and they will be separated according to their names, places of origin and so on. Put it away. When this battle is over, we will send their hair home."

"Subordinates... obey!"

"Well, you go. Prepare the preliminary matters first. After explaining the matter here, I will personally come and light the remains of the brothers."

"Here!"

After dismissing the military officer in charge of counting the battle damage, Zhang Zunchang sighed, raised his head and said to Jiang Bin, who was in charge of logistics, "Uncle Zhong Quan, after this battle, what are the supplies for our army to defend the city?"

"Well, there is no need to worry about food, bows and arrows. Although the Jin army's trebuchets also came into range after the battle, they fired a lot of stone bombs at our Anguo City, causing damage to some buildings in the city. But in the end The roof is made of cement, so the loss is minimal. However, after this battle, our army’s stock of stone bombs has been reduced to less than [-]... This, order, is it transferred from Mei County by zipline? Come some?"

"Yes. But we actually have other ways to replenish the stone bombs."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Hehehe, as long as we have cement and sand, we can make stone bombs by ourselves. Just in time, my brother sent a letter to remind us to pay attention to the enemy's tunnel attack. He suggested that we also dig a tunnel in the urn city. The sand dug out is just right Cement is used to make stone bullets. Then just hit it out!"

"I see. Ling Xing really thought deeply."

"Hey, what am I thinking about? It's because my brother reminded me in time. By the way, Zizhao (Wang Mai), you have been in Guanzhong for a long time and are familiar with the climate here. Do the math, will it rain tomorrow? "

"Back to the former general, the sun should still be shining brightly tomorrow."

"Good, tomorrow morning, let's go to the city together to see where the enemy is digging the tunnel, and then we will also pre-dug the tunnel in the corresponding direction. Since my brother said that we should try our best to kill the enemy. Then I will not plan ahead Bombarded the enemy's tunnel. Well, yes, Zicheng."

"Former general, Luo Xi is here."

"Trouble you to go out of the city and tell Shi Zhongrong that tomorrow our army will allow them to send no more than 500 soldiers to our city to carry the remains of the fallen soldiers."

"As ordered!"

……

On the other side, Shibao Barracks.

"I would like to report to Chief Sima, today our army continued to attack the city for a whole day, and after returning to the camp at night, the troops were counted. More than [-] people did not return to the army."

"What? How is this possible? Even if the bastions and trebuchets of the Shu thieves are more powerful, it is impossible to harvest so many heads, right?"

It should be said that as a veteran, Shi Bao has a wealth of battlefield experience, and his intuition is quite accurate.He watched the battle under the city for a whole day. In his opinion, it is acceptable for his side to lose seven or eight thousand in this battle.It is normal to take a nod to tens of thousands.But what happened to nearly 2 people who did not return to the camp?

Of course, not all of these [-] people were killed in battle.For example, those who were temporarily unable to move after being injured, or those who fell from the city wall and fainted all of a sudden, but these are not the bulk of the non-killed personnel.The real big head is - deserters.

There was no other way. On the one hand, the structures of the bastions in Anguo and Meixian were extremely abnormal, and there was no hope of taking them down.On the other hand, the locust plague that is now raging in Guanzhong has not subsided at all. According to the old man with rich agricultural experience, there are so many summer locusts, so by this autumn, the number of autumn locusts will not be small at all.

For those soldiers who lived in Guanzhong, under such a natural disaster, although officers at all levels in the army have repeatedly stated that the imperial court escorted a large amount of food from Luoyang into Chang'an for relief.Among them, the military must have priority.But you have to know that those who are drawn out to serve as soldiers in this era are often the pillars of various families.If they are not at home, how will the old, weak, women and children at home live?Do you really expect the officials of the imperial court to go to give condolences and relief one by one?

Therefore, it is fine to stay in the barracks and not allowed to go out, such a large-scale siege.Experienced Guanzhong veterans will consciously spare their lives and play dead in battle.Then he secretly left the battlefield in the dark, trying to go home.

"Great Sima Rong, a considerable part of the troops participating in the battle today are local troops in Guanzhong..."

"...I see. Hey, Shibao lived in Huainan for a long time. Any disasters there are always floods. I have never encountered a locust plague. I made a mistake today. Thank you Zimei for reminding, um, Zimei, send an order to Suichong to let him go from here The North Shore dispatched [-] Chinese troops. Our side dispatched the rest of the Guanzhong soldiers.”

"As ordered!"

"Well, everyone, let's talk about tomorrow's attack..."

"Report~~~~ Da Sima, there are envoys from the bandit camp."

"Oh? Bring it up. Well, remember, blindfold the messenger!"

"Here!"

After a while, Luo Xi, who was blindfolded, felt a burst of light in front of his eyes, and then, an extremely handsome and beautiful old man appeared in his eyes when his eyesight was restored, but his eyes were full of fierce light.

This is Shi Bao, the chieftain of Jin, right?It really was Shi Zhongrong, Jiao Wushuang.

Although he secretly complained in his heart, he was from the Luo family, a wealthy family in Yizhou.Luo Xi was not picky in terms of etiquette: "Luo Xi, Luo Zicheng, the infantry captain of the Sima Mansion of the Han Dynasty, has met all the generals of Jin."

"The envoy has come from afar to work hard, and my official is Jin Guo Da Sima Shibao. Today the envoy is here, so Guan Zifeng has anything to say?"

"There is nothing else. My former general said that the weather is hot and the corpses are extremely perishable. In order to prevent the remains of the soldiers from the two armies from becoming rations for flies and maggots, my former general suggested that tomorrow your army can send no more than 500 people Troops, go to the city of our army to collect the remains of the fallen soldiers in our headquarters. As long as your army has less than 500 soldiers, our army will not interfere."

"Huh? Former general? The former general of your country is Zhang Lingxing, right? Why, isn't Guan Zifeng in Weinan?"

"Yes, my eldest Sima is currently sleeping in Mei County in Weibei."

"Hmph! Zhuzi is so arrogant, the old man will make him unable to cry sooner or later."

"Hehe, Da Sima Shi still needs a lot of hard work to achieve this wish."

"Hmph, the envoy is also eloquent. I ask you, what are the casualties of your army in today's battle?"

"250 and six people were killed, 470 were injured. 21 people are missing."

"Hiss~~~Zi Chengxiu wants to say big things to deceive the old man."

"Hehe, Da Sima Shi, this is Luo Xi's truth. Believe it or not, there are so many."

"Hmph! I absolutely don't believe it."

Of course I can't believe it anymore, if I really want to believe it, this battle will simply be impossible to fight.

"Zicheng is from Yizhou?"

"Well, my Luo family's ancestral home is Xiangyang, Jingzhou. But my grandfather's generation went to Yizhou to serve as the prefect of Guanghan, which was earlier than Liu Yan entered Shu. Therefore, I can also be regarded as Yizhou."

"Is your grandfather's surname Luo Mingmeng?"

"Of course."

"Then your father is Zi Gong under the disciple of Confucius in the middle of Sichuan, Luo Xian Luo Ling Ze?"

"Uh, my father is indeed Luo Lingze. But Qiaomen Zigong's name is just a joke. Da Sima should not mention it."

Speak up.Luo Xian is a student of Qiao Zhou.Isn't Qiao Zhou known as Confucius in the middle of Shu?Since it is Confucius, the disciples under his name are of course the reincarnation of 72 sages.For example, Wen Li, the current prefect of Brazil County in Shu Han, was compared to Yan Hui (moral first).As for Luo Xian, he was compared to Zigong.

Zigong is a student of Confucius and his biggest sponsor.So the reason why Luo Xian was able to get this metaphor fully shows that the Luo family is very, very rich.It is a super big family in Yizhou, and often sponsors various academic activities of Qiao Zhou.

Therefore, Shi Bao's next sentence was: "I have heard for a long time that Guan Zifeng suppressed the family in Shu and killed Zhongliang. As a common surname in Yizhou, the Luo family was unable to resist due to the current situation. Why did they follow him in the Northern Expedition?"

"Hahahaha~~~" Luo Xi couldn't help laughing when he heard Shi Bao's provocation: "Shi Da Sima, if someone named Sima or Wang came to tell me these things, that's all. What does Da Sima mean by telling me this? If a person’s background determines his position, isn’t Da Sima Shi a natural ally of my Da Sima? Why are our two armies still fighting here today? "

After saying this, Luo Xi's face became serious: "Although today's Han is the weakest in the Three Kingdoms, the reason why they are still alive is because in our country, there are always a group of fools who insist on that from generation to generation Ideal: Rejuvenate the Han Dynasty! Although Luo Xi came from a wealthy family in Yizhou, he still takes this ideal as his lifelong ambition!"

(End of this chapter)