Chapter 320 Attacking the Heart
"Zilong, are you as obsessed with this little guy?!" Zhang Fei was so angry that he had met Zhao Yun. Because he had known each other for more than a day or two, at that time in Qingzhou, Liu Bei was Gongsun Zan's junior brother. Liu Bei escaped because he beat the supervisor. It was Gongsun Zan who took him in Liu Bei. After the trouble, Liu Bei made Liu Bei a plain prime minister. Because he fought with Yuan Shao not only in Youzhou, but also in Qingzhou. Gongsun Zan's troops in Qingzhou were Tian Kai and Zhao Yun. Liu Bei also asked for his own orders and went to Qingzhou to compete with Yuan Tan, but he had a good fight with Yuan Tan several times, so Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were still old prime ministers.
I have known each other for many years, and even after the battle of Xuzhou, Tao Qian, like Gongsun Zan, asked for help, and Liu Bei took the initiative to go, so Zhao Yun followed him. Later, after Tao Qian gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei, Liu Bei got the Xuzhou Musket given by Cao Cao to attack Shouchun Yuan Shu, and Zhao Yun was also following him, but now Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong actually attacked him! Not only did he take action, but he was also merciless. The spear that had just been suddenly not abandoned Xu Shu, maybe Zhang Fei would have been nailed to death on the Shouchun city wall. This is not an acquaintance. Even if it were an enemy, the enemy could not come up, just kill it!
"I, Old Zhang, have never read a book, and I don't know what benefits the fake king has given you, which makes you lard so that you can't be so heartbroken, but Old Zhang, I know that if you don't surrender and are stubborn, it will be a dead end!" Zhang Fei yelled at Zhao Yun and Xu Shu in a low voice, and Zhang Fei had no pressure on Xu Shu. After all, Zhang Fei did not know Xu Shu, a stranger, killing him, but if he attacked Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei hesitated. Zhang Fei said it was right. The Shouchun City family was almost unable to defend. There were corpses everywhere on the entire city wall, and there were only two thousand left this morning. Now there were only hundreds of people left. The green flag on the city wall was flying. This is the battle flag of Liu Bei's army. It can be said that within half an hour at most, the Shouchun city wall would be lost, so the entire Shouchun would be exposed to Liu Bei's army!
"Are you stubborn? General Zhang. Yun and you used to be the same robes, but now we are indeed enemies, each of them is their own master. If General Zhang speaks wildly again and says that my lord is not, then don't blame Yun for not taking into account the old love!" Zhao Yun's eyes also had a trace of struggle and pain. Zhao Yun is the most loyal person. Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and even Liu Bei are people admired by Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun was also a little painful to attack them. But when he thought of what the day lord Liu Mang said to Zhao Yun that map, and the people of the entire Yangzhou, Zhao Yun calmed down. "Even if it's not for anything else. Just for the millions of people in Shouchun, General Zhang is sorry!" Zhao Yun clasped his fists at Zhang Fei.
"Millions of people? Zilong, you are not confused! My elder brother is the real support of the Han Dynasty. For the sake of the people of the world, have you forgotten that my elder brother has been following me after losing Xuzhou? Have you forgotten that my elder brother has been loved by the people of Xuzhou?" Zhang Fei didn't want to fight with Zhao Yun, not that he couldn't beat him, but that Zhang Fei was unwilling.
"Haha, the people are rushing to follow? What a Left General, what a great Han emperor! He abandoned the people in order to escape himself!" Zhao Yun and other military generals could not see it, but Xu Shu could see it at a glance. Liu Bei's purpose of letting these people follow, and with more people, he would naturally give Liu Bei more time to retreat. The people are blocked on the road and pursue the soldiers. Either wait for the people to go through and chase, or just kill them directly. If they wait for the people to go through and then chase after them, Liu Bei would have run away long ago. If he killed the people to go through and chase them, the butcher's bad reputation would be real.
He was determined to do so, and he couldn't even wash it off! As for Liu Bei's love for Xuzhou to win the love of the people of Xuzhou, it cannot be blamed for the people of Xuzhou, because they were afraid of being beaten by Cao Cao. Cao Cao threatened to capture Xuzhou to avenge his father and massacre the entire Xuzhou. The former master of Xuzhou Tao Qian could not beat him. With Liu Bei like a man, he naturally felt like a man who fell into the water and grabbed the straw in the water! Moreover, Liu Bei was lucky. He was about to take Xuzhou, but Cao Cao was fleeing because his hometown Yanzhou was taken away by Lu Bu and needed to go back to rescue and retreat. This naturally made him grateful to Liu Bei.
"Hmph, no matter what, you can still defend Shouchun City! Just rely on the hundreds of old, weak and sick on this city wall!" Zhang Fei was choked by Xu Shu's words, and he was unable to refute at all, because although Xu Shu was not saying the whole reason, it also included most of the reasons!
"Zilong, don't worry about me. Go away quickly, take those things with you and go to Guangzhou to find your lord. As long as your lord is in our great cause, you will definitely succeed!" Xu Shu pushed Zhao Yun. Those things are really important and cannot be missed.
"Military advisor, don't worry! Those things have been sent by Yun onto the warship. They may have arrived in Lujiang County after going down the river!" Zhao Yun said indifferently. Zhao Yun disobeyed the military order this time, but Zhao Yun is not a brainless person. Those things are more important than killing Zhao Yun, so Zhao Yun asked a few soldiers who know how to water to board the warship and headed towards Lujiang County! There were Liu Bei's naval troops in this Huaihe area before, but now Liu Bei's naval troops and Liu Mang were directly sent to the Huaihe River by Liu Mang. "And who said there were only these hundreds of soldiers!" Zhao Yun smiled slightly. Before he could finish his words, he heard a sudden sound of killing sound from behind him.
"Kill, kill, kill, drive these bandits out, drive out Shouchun, and kill them!" A group of people wearing heavy armor and holding knives surged out of Shouchun's inner city. The two hundred current white horses Congyi were led by. Although they were heavy armored cavalry, don't forget that before, they had been transferred from the city management army. The city management army was heavy armored infantry, so naturally the infantry battle was very powerful.
"Are you just a few hundred people like this?" The shocking shout of killing originally shocked Zhang Fei, but he only had only a few hundred people when he opened his eyes! Even if he was a heavy armored infantryman, he could still fight ten? There are hundreds of Liu Bei's army above the city wall now!
"Of course it's not the only one!" Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Fei indifferently and said, "Kill, kill, kill!" Behind the two hundred white horses were a group of people wearing civilian clothes and holding swords, and they did not have a trace of defense. However, they were full of fighting spirit and dared to charge.
"The people of Shouchun?!" Zhang Fei said with a frown.
"This sound of shouting and killing all day long? Those people?" Liu Bei, who was under the city, was also paying attention to the movements on the Shouchun city wall, but now his feeling was like swallowing flies, because those dressed in civilians were all the people on their birthdays! Some of them were holding swords, which were taken out by Zhao Yun who opened Shouchun's arsenal. But there were only a few thousand swords. More people were holding hoes, pried boards, and even wooden sticks! Such weapons rushed up the city wall! Using the people to defend the city and use the people to fight, isn't this Liu Bei's plan! Whether it was when Cao Cao's army attacked Xuzhou or Liu Mang attacked Yuzhou, Liu Bei used the people in a superb way. The reason why Liu Mang delayed so long and the reason why Cao Cao could not kill Liu Bei was because the tactics of the people were very useful, but Liu Bei did not expect that the Shouchun city would have played like this!
Two hundred white horses Congyi took the lead, stabbing into the heart of Liu Bei's army on the city wall like a sharp knife. The people in Shouchun followed the strong people first. Although they were a little timid, they gradually became familiar with each other after seeing the blood. With the two hundred white horses Congyi in front as the leader, they also began to chop the enemy's head with their swords, and behind them were people holding axes and sickles. Although there were no swords, they were many people, and there were many people, so there were naturally many people. This wave of people rushed up, and the soldiers of Liu Bei's army finally climbed up the city wall and fought for a while. After being beaten up, they naturally began to disperse.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements, our reinforcements!" The Shouchun garrison troops on the top of the city also showed their power. They were selected by Liu Mang from the people. Seeing a large number of fellow villagers climbing to the top of the city, they naturally had the courage to rise. Liu Bei's army was fighting less and less. However, the Shouchun people fought more and more. Many Shouchun people replaced the weapons in their hands with swords, and some people simply picked up the armor on the ground and put them on their bodies.
"Where is Liao Hua? Put on me the Yuzhou army and rush up to the city wall to support Zhang Fei!" A cold light flashed in Liu Bei's eyes. Since these people don't know how to live or die, don't blame him. He wants all the Yuzhou army and Qingzhou army to go into battle and kill all the people.
"Lord, retreat!" Pang Tong stopped Liu Bei's further actions, because it was difficult for Liu Bei's army to have a foothold on the top of the city. The morale of these people was strong, but the morale of Liu Bei's army on the city was low. Even so, it didn't matter, because after all, Liu Bei's army was a soldier, and those people were just mobs, but the sky gradually became dark, and if you rushed to the top of the city, you would have to fight at night! Frequent changes were happening at that time, and Pang Tong also saw that the continuous people were rushing towards the city wall. If you really started killing, how could you kill them all!
Even if he is killed, Liu Bei's benevolence, righteousness and morality will be over. This is Liu Bei's big move. How can he lose it if he says it!
"Hmph! Mingjin withdrew his troops!" Liu Bei was helpless and could only follow Pang Tong's advice. The sound of Mingjin sounded from the camp under the city.
"Dingding Dingding!" Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and Xu Shu also heard the voice of Mingjin. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Fei was relieved because Zhang Fei was injured now. Zhao Yun's strength was no worse than Zhang Fei, and he was even stronger. If the war started now, Zhang Fei might be the one who died in battle. Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief because he didn't want to fight Zhang Fei so early. Although they were enemies, and secondly, in order to stop Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun threw out the spear in his hand as a javelin. Now he only had a sword in his hand, and there was no problem with dealing with ordinary generals. However, if he wanted to compete with his equal opponent, it would be fatal damage. He would not dare to be arrogant at all when fighting with Zhang Fei! The most important thing is that there was another military advisor Xu Shu next to him. If Zhang Fei attacked Xu Shu without caring about it, Zhao Yun would really be unable to take care of himself!
Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, because Shouchun City had been guarding for another day, and if these people coordinated it well, Shouchun would be able to guard for a longer period of time. The most in Shouchun City is people!
"General Zhang, why don't you leave? Do you need us to send you a ride?!" Xu Shu said to Zhang Fei, and his face was still white. The battle between him and Zhang Fei was really at its limit. You must cultivate well in the future, otherwise your body would probably not be able to withstand it.
"Hmph!" Zhang Fei snorted coldly. It was rare that he did not refute, but looked at Zhao Yun deeply, "Zilong, I hope you can do it yourself!" As he said that, Zhang Fei ran directly to the city wall with his spear, and soon appeared under Shouchun City.
"Cough cough cough cough cough!" Xu Shu finally couldn't help it and vomited blood from his mouth. This was an internal injury.
"Military advisor, military advisor, what's wrong with you?!" Zhao Yun hurried forward and helped Xu Shu up, but unexpectedly Xu Shu fainted. Fortunately, Zhao Yun heard that Xu Shu was still in a pulse and hurriedly asked someone to support Xu Shu.
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"Brother, if you send troops again today, Shouchun will definitely be broken!" Zhang Fei entered Liu Bei's army's tent and said to Liu Bei, "This is great, let that little white-faced run away, only this!" As he said that, Zhang Fei threw Deng Yi's head around his waist.
"Third brother, not bad. Not bad. I'll kill the deputy general of Shouchun City. You should remember your merits. You won't be anxious for a day or two after being broken. Okay, go down and you're tired too. Brother, I'll allow you to drink some wine in the evening!" Liu Bei said with a smile at his third brother.
"Thank you so much, brother!" It was natural to discuss with wine. Zhang Fei smiled and then went down.
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei leaving with a smile, but as soon as Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei's face became very ugly, because he knew that if he couldn't take this Shouchun today, it would be even more difficult in the future. At least tomorrow's siege would not be so easy. The people had already stepped on the city wall. The people's tactics were what Liu Bei was best at. Once he told the people among the people that the siege under the city would massacre the city after breaking the city. If these people had no way out, they would naturally fight to the death.
Although the people's combat effectiveness is not as strong as well-trained soldiers, don't forget! No matter how elite soldiers are, they can't fight a hundred of them by themselves, don't be too many. As long as Xu Shu can mobilize 20% of the people in the city, then it's 200,000. That terrible scene made Liu Bei shudder.
"Why should you worry lord?" Pang Tong was very calm. He had just entered the tent. He had just asked about Zhang Fei's encounter with Xu Shu! After asking, he entered Liu Bei's tent and saw Liu Bei sighing.
"Shi Yuan, it may be difficult to break the city tomorrow. Maybe it will be difficult to take down Shouchun City!" Liu Bei said with a wry smile and said that if the people are really mobilized, it will be really difficult to fight.
"Lord is worried!" Pang Tong smiled. "It is true that the people on this city wall help defend the city, but from another perspective, it tells us that Shouchun City is about to be unable to defend it? If his defenders are enough, they will not use the people!"
"But military advisor, have you not seen the terror of the people?" Liu Bei explained to Pang Tong why he used the people himself, so that Cao Cao could preserve most of his strength even after he was defeated by Cao Cao.
"Haha, lord, lord, although this people are terrible, he can not only be used by him Xu Shu!" Pang Tong had already had a fixed test.
"Well? Sir, teach me?" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard Pang Tong's words. The calmer Pang Tong was, the more at ease Liu Bei was. That means that Pang Tong had already made plans and was confident.
"Lord, why did these people abandon their original family business and come to Shouchun!" Pang Tong asked and replied, "Of course it is for the good fields. Although the good fields are good, they will not be harvested until next year. Therefore, the food for this year is provided by Lu Bujun from Shouchun City!"
Liu Bei nodded. This was the plan Sun Ce played, but there was also Liu Bei's figure inside.
"For these days, no matter whether we have taken down small cities like Gushi Anfeng or Hefei, it will be the same result. There is not much food in the treasury. What does this mean? It means that there is no enough food in Yangzhou! The food for millions of people is closed for so long. Where will he get the food supplement from? If there is no more grain in Shouchun City and the rumors of starving these people to death are spreading in Shouchun City, what would you think in Shouchun City?!"
"Military advisor, what do you mean?!" Liu Bei is not a person who doesn't know anything, so he can naturally see the height of this strategy.
"Surprising the city is more about attacking the heart. Although the people's power is strong, it is a double-edged sword. If Xu Shu doesn't use it well, he will naturally hurt himself!" Pang Tong told Liu Bei calmly about his method. "Lord, I have sent spies in this city, I just need to tell them!" There is a good military advisor who doesn't need to worry about other things and gets done with everything.
"What Bei needs?!" Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong without the need for the army to do anything, Pang Tong would not need to come in.
"What the lord needs to do is let the army make rice, pull out dozens of cattle and sheep in the camp and slaughter them! After making them one by one a day, put them under Shouchun City, and send someone to inform the people of their lords of their benevolence and righteousness!"
Why do the people on the city go up to the city wall to help Xu Shu defend the city? Isn’t it just that Liu Bei’s army is afraid that the city will be massacred after the city is captured? Now Liu Bei is cooking food under the city, and then sending people to shout loudly, telling these people his sincerity, don’t be afraid! We are not butchers, we have captured Shouchun, but we just defeated the Lu Bu army. You are still your people. Moreover, spreading news that the Lu Bu army is insufficient in the city at this time will definitely make people panic. In this way, the people’s desire to resist will fade. On the contrary, the people may help Liu Bei’s army attack the Lu Bu army because of food problems. In this way, Shouchun City will be defeated without any attack, and it can even take down Shouchun without spending a single soldier.
"Okay, just follow the military advisor's method!"
Chapter completed!