On March 14, the fifth year of Shaokang, Chang Fan was discussing military affairs with Xiang Tao, Tong Zhan, and Zhang Fei in the barracks.
"Boss, something big has happened!" Liao Sikai shouted before entering the camp.
"What's wrong?" Chang Fan had an ominous feeling.
"It turns out that a month ago, the Second Prince and the Prime Minister Wei Zhongxian deliberately cut off the rations of the Marquis of Valiant Cavalry and General Tong Hu. The soldiers at the front line ate all the horses and ate the tree bark. Now, some are starving to death, and some are running away. Yesterday, Marquis Weiwu and Marquis Jiayi defeated the Marquis of Valiant Cavalry, and only 30,000 people escaped! The general of the Copper Tiger Army resisted the enemy's crazy attack for seven days and seven nights. In the end, he starved to death and did not let a single rebel army enter Tongguan Pass!”Liao Sikai looked at Tong Zhan carefully.
Tong Zhan's eyes suddenly glazed over. He slowly walked out of the tent and knelt to the east. His veins were bulging as he cried loudly.
"Father ~~~~"
"Then why did that dog cut off the rations?”Zhang Fei roared angrily.
"In the court, the young Emperor and the Third Prince control the army, while the Second Prince and the Prime Minister control the civil servants. The two sides have always been at loggerheads. A few days ago, the military situation was tense, but they temporarily endured it. Now that they have won a great victory in the north, the Second Prince must want to take the opportunity to weaken the Emperor's power and become the Emperor in the future.”Xiang Tao analyzed.
"This bunch of animals, the battle results that so many soldiers exchanged their lives for are all gone. If Great Wu is going to be finished, it will be in the hands of these bastards!”
"Zhang Fei, shut up. Do you want to die?”Chang Fan quickly stopped the furious Zhang Fei.
"Deputy Commander, Lord Tong Zhan is going to leave the camp by force.”The guard outside the tent shouted.
Chang Fan and the other three immediately left the camp.
"Tong Zhan, what are you doing?"
" I don't believe that father will die. I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it…"
The soldiers were blocking Tong Zhan, and he could not charge out no matter how hard he tried.
"Let me go!" Tong Zhan's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted at Chang Fan.
"If you don't f * cking come back alive, I'll go to the King of Hell and chop you up! Ding Feng, take a hundred men and follow him." Chang Fan knew that he couldn't stop him.
"Yes, sir!" A small leader replied.
"Boss, let's go too." Zhang Fei shouted.
"Calm down, everyone. From now on, prepare for war!”Perhaps the Second Prince did not expect the consequences of running out of food to be so serious. Chang Fan felt a sense of crisis, a huge crisis!
In fact, the outcome was worse than Chang Fan had expected. In the battle on the eastern front, the so-called God of War, Marquis Xiaoqi, was almost completely wiped out. The number one general under the loyal and brave Marquis, Tong Hu, had died in battle. The eastern front's military strength was almost empty, and their morale was extremely low. In contrast, the enemy's morale was high. In the next half a month, the defenders along the road were on the lookout. In just half a month, the Wu Kingdom lost 600,000 troops, all of whom were elites!
On March 27, Wei Zhongxian forced Emperor Shaokang to kill Sun Bin, Marquis of Xiaoqi, on the charge of colluding with the enemy. The whole army was indignant. The next day, the old troops of the Marquis of the Cavalry surrendered to Li Yi and declared their rebellion against Wu.
On April 3rd, General Zhenyi transferred 300,000 troops from the northern front to defend the capital. The loyal and brave Marquis Xiang Xin led the remaining 200,000 troops on the northern front to defend against the 700,000 peasant army.
On April 10th, the peasant army launched a full-scale counterattack. The military advantage that the Wu army had gained earlier was gone.
4th month, 18th day. Qin Zhen, the Marquis of Zhenbei, led 370,000 troops from the south to Yaoshi Town, which was less than 30 miles away from the capital. As long as they passed through Tai County, they would reach the foot of the capital.
4th month, 28th day, Weiwu Marquis Li Yi, Jiayi Marquis Le Xing, and Zhenbei Marquis Qin Zhen joined forces in Yaoshi Town. Their total force exceeded a million, while the capital only had 600,000 soldiers, and most of them were forcibly recruited.
"Brother Qin, it's just a small county city, yet you can't even take down 400,000 soldiers in 10 days. Isn't this a disgrace to your reputation as Northguard Marquis?”Li Yi, the leader of the Three Marquis Alliance, looked at Qin Zhen unhappily.
Qin Zhen's expression was extremely ugly, but what could he say? A small city with less than 10,000 people. He had been attacking non-stop for the past ten days. Nearly 20,000 people had died, but he had not obtained any benefits. It indeed showed that he was very incompetent.
"Grand Marshal, Tai City is the only way to enter the capital. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. County Magistrate Hao Zhao is quite talented. If we attack forcefully, even if we take it down, we will need to consume a lot of food and horses. I am an old friend of Hao Zhao. Why don't you let me go and persuade him with power? He will definitely surrender.”A short and fat middle-aged man said to Li Yi who was sitting upright.
"Mr. Jin Xiang makes sense." Li Yi agreed.
Jin Xiang rode straight to the city and shouted,"Hao Zhao, my old friend Jin Xiang is here to see you.”
The guards on the city reported to Hao Zhao. Hao Zhao let them open the gate and let them in. They went up to the city to meet.
"Why is my old friend here?" Hao Zhao asked.”“
"I am under the Weiwu Marquis's tent, assisting in military affairs and was treated with the courtesy of a distinguished guest. I'm here to see you. I have something to tell you.”
"Li Yi is our country's enemy!" Hao Zhao's face suddenly changed. Now I serve Wu, you serve Qin, each serving their master. We were good friends in the past, but now we are enemies! Please stop talking and leave the city!"
Jin Xiang wanted to speak again, but Hao Zhao had already left the watchtower. The soldiers hurriedly urged Jin Xiang to get on his horse and drove him out of the city.
Jin Xiang turned around and saw Hao Zhao leaning against the wooden railing. Jin Xiang reined in his horse and pointed his whip at Hao Zhao."Brother, the destruction of the Wu Kingdom is decided by the heavens. Why is brother so stubborn?"”
Hao Zhao said,"I am indebted to the country and can only repay it with death. Brother, you don't have to say anything else." Go back to see Li Yi as soon as possible and teach him to attack the city quickly. I'm not afraid!”
Jin Xiang came back to meet Li Yi and told him about Hao Zhao's method. Li Yi was furious,"Old thing, do you think I'm afraid of you?"”
Then, he asked Jin Xiang,"How many people are there in Tai City?"”
Jin Xiang replied,"Although I don't know the exact number, there are about 5,000 people.”
Li Yi laughed,"How can a small city stop my million strong army?" Attack immediately."
So the army built a hundred ladders, each of which could hold more than a dozen people, surrounded by wooden boards to cover them. The soldiers held short ladders and soft ropes in their hands. They listened to the drums of the army and attacked the city together.
Hao Zhao was on the watchtower when he saw the rebel soldiers install ladders and charge at him from all directions. He immediately ordered 5,000 soldiers to pick up rockets and distribute them in all directions. When the ladder approached the city, they shot arrows together.
Li Yi thought that there was no good equipment in the small city, so he built a ladder and ordered the three armies to attack. They did not expect the city to fire all the rockets, and the ladders were on fire. Most of the soldiers on the ladders were burned to death. The city was raining arrows and stones, and the rebel soldiers were forced to retreat.
Li Yi was furious,"You burn my ladder, watch me break your city with my charging chariot!"”Hence, he arranged for a car to rush down overnight.
The next day, they shouted and attacked from all directions. Hao Zhao hurriedly ordered the soldiers to transport stones to chisel the holes and use Ge rope to pierce them. The charging car was broken.
Li Yi also ordered the soldiers to transport soil to fill the moat and taught General Luo Ming to lead 30,000 shovel soldiers to dig tunnels from night to secretly enter the city. Hao Zhao then dug a trench in the city and killed them in the middle of the tunnel.
They attacked day and night for more than twenty days, but they could not break through at all.
Seeing Li Yi suffer, Qin Zhen secretly gloated. If Li Yi immediately broke through Tai City, he would appear too useless.
Finally, Li Yi used all of his Blood Guards-10,000 men of sacrifice.
They rushed up, and once again, boulders and arrows flew down from the city walls. However, they didn't care. Once they reached the city walls, they threw City Hook Locks. The city walls of this small county city weren't very high, and these elites needed ten breaths to climb up.
The boulders and arrows became even more concentrated. Blood Guards were either killed by arrows, smashed to death by rocks, or fell to their deaths from City Hook Chains being cut off. However, they continued to advance expressionlessly without retreating. These were all men of sacrifice!
Finally, about 700 people rushed to the top of the city. These people immediately gathered and rushed down together. They only had one goal-the city gate.
Immediately, thousands of people surrounded these men of sacrifice. Every step they took required them to pay the price of more than ten men. However, these trump cards of the Marquis of Weiwu still managed to do it. When they moved away the huge horizontal bars that were blocking the city gate, the remaining dozens of people were also drowned in the sea of people. The garrison wanted to close the gate again, but it was too late. There was no doubt that an army of a million against five thousand people.
" What? The Blood Guards are all dead!..." Ah! My Blood Guards!" Upon hearing the news that all the Blood Guards had died in battle, Li Yi immediately fainted from heartache.
The furious Li Yi ordered a massacre! Hao Zhao was ordered to be cut into pieces. This 60-year-old skinny old man didn't change his expression before he died and cursed endlessly!
"What? The county magistrate of Tai City, Hao Zhao, annihilated the entire Blood Guards! He's too powerful!" Liao Sikai shouted in shock.
"In the past, he used 5,000 soldiers to stop the rebel army for more than a month. Even my father couldn't compare to such a general. I'm afraid that even the deceased God of War couldn't compare to him!”Xiang Tao also praises.
"That's right! Such a great talent had been a small county magistrate under the emperor's feet for decades, but he had not been entrusted with a big responsibility. The court was full of people like Wei Zhongxian, which could be seen from the employment of the Wu Kingdom.”Chang Fan sighed.
The rebel army had finally arrived at the foot of the capital.
The capital was no longer as prosperous as it used to be. The wealthy families had long moved away when they heard the news, leaving the poor to resign themselves to fate. The streets were filled with soldiers who were frequently mobilized, and Chang Fan was also sent to guard the city.
The rebel army was divided into four teams of 200,000 soldiers, and they attacked the city day and night. At the same time, the cavalry of the Northern Marquis was responsible for blocking the reinforcements from all directions. This was the 17th time in five days that the garrison had repelled the enemy's attack.
"F * ck! They didn't even give him a chance to breathe. Fortunately, Le Xing's chariots and Qin Zhen's cavalry are not good at attacking cities. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to fight.”Liao Sikai complained with a tired face.
"They have an army of more than a million, how much food do they need every day? Of course, we have to end this quickly." Xiang Tao analyzed.
"The art of war says,'When attacking a city, surround ten times, attack five times, divide the enemy when the number is doubled, fight against the enemy, and escape when the number is less'. They are using twice the number of soldiers to do five times the work. I think they are committing suicide. Although we have lost 50,000 men in the past few days, they have lost nearly 200,000! Li Yi wasn't a mediocre general, so there must be a reason behind this.”Chang Fan said worriedly.
Unfortunately, he didn't have time to think about it.
"Damn it! He's going to attack again. He's even crazier than me!!!”Zhang Fei shouted.
"Release the arrows!" Commander-in-chief Zhen Yi ordered.
The rebel army rushed to the city
"Throw stones, smash!"
The rebel soldiers set up the scaling ladder.
"Pour the cooking oil and fire the rockets."
……
On the 9th day of the 5th month of the 5th year of Shaokang, Li Yi secretly snuck into Chencang and dug a 10-mile underground tunnel from the outside. That night, 10,000 people sneaked into the city. At the same time, Prime Minister Wei Zhongxian surrendered to Li Yi. The rebel soldiers worked together to break through the south gate!
"I knew there was a way. It turns out that Old Thief Wei had surrendered long ago.”Chang Fan was furious and cursed.
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