The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 76: Yunnan County
光和七年December.
The north is full of snow, and the cold is deep in the bones. Everyone stays at home and dare not go out. But the south is still warm as spring, and the emerald green color is still pervading everywhere, never faded.
Wang Fang led his army into Yuexang County, which led 15 counties (roads). There were 61,208 households and 408,405 people in the county. This is a large county with a vast area and a very large population.
The six counties in the west of Yizhou are newly occupied. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Zhong Yu has not ordered the start of a major cleaning of those families in the north.
Yueyang County is close to Shu County. He is very clear about the strength of Zhong Yu's army. I have heard many of them since January, and I feel terrified.
So the counties along the way surrendered one after another, and they did not dare to stop his army. On this road, it is more appropriate to receive the city rather than an offense.
After a month’s journey, the army took over the counties and counties of Yuexang County. Just in case, and to execute Zhong Yu’s order to avoid the source of chaos before departure, the Wang Fang made arrangements throughout Yuexang County. With 70,000 cannon fodder, his cannon fodder army increased to 100,000.
Since Yueyang County has been settled down, it is time to set off for the next target, Yunnan County. Entering the territory of Yunnan County, Yunnan County has a vast territory and a large population, no less than Yuexuan County. In addition, the Han nationality and foreign nationality live together, the customs are simple and sturdy, and they have not convinced Wang Hua for a long time.
The Han Dynasty has been in a semi-dominant position since ancient times, and it belongs to the joint governance of Han officials and local chiefs, so it rebelled at this time.
all the way, Suijiu County, Gufu County, and Qingling County in the north of Yunnan County surrendered without a fight. But when he arrived at Nongdong County, the county government of Yunnan County, he encountered resistance.
The county guard of Yunnan county, united with the local barbarian chiefs, and defended the county together. With the support of the local barbarians, the Yunnan county guard received about 30,000 barbarian soldiers and horses, plus the county soldiers and county soldiers he had drawn from everywhere, there were also 10,000.
At this time, the small Nongdong county town has gathered 40,000 troops. Although these troops are not well equipped, they are located in the frontier, Yunnan county with strong folk customs, and the county residents are brave and fierce. , Does not obey discipline, is a good source of troops.
The drums of war blasted, and the armies rang. 100,000 soldiers surrounded the entire Nongdong County city like a mountain like a sea. Nongdong City was like a small rock in the sea, insignificant, as if it could be submerged by the sea at any time.
"Attack!"
Following the Wang Fang's order, the 70,000 army crawled towards Nongdong County City like ants. The green and red color opened up under the entire County City, dyeing a color between heaven and earth.
The New Cannon Fodder Army of Yuexang County was divided into 16 teams, each with 5,000 people constantly rushing to the county town. There was only a coarse cloth on his body, and only the wooden sticks that had just been sharpened in his hand, filling in the city wall batch by batch.
The 30,000 cannon fodder brought before was used as a supervising team, armed with a sharp blade, wearing armor, standing behind the group of cannon fodder army, supervising them.
"Come on! For the lord, for our family, rush up and overturn these barbarians."
With a pre-war mobilization, although it was not of much use, this sentence mainly reminded their family members to be controlled by themselves, and also provoked the conflicts between the Han people and those barbarians.
Generally speaking, the effect is still there. At least the floating eyes of those soldiers immediately became firmer. They should not dare to think about it easily and fled on the battlefield.
The sound of war drums sounded, and the first batch of five thousand cannon fodder slowly rushed up. Carrying dozens of ladders and approaching the city wall step by step, Yunnan County is surrounded by mountains, and Nongdong City is surrounded by no river, so the life-threatening step of filling the moat is avoided.
The group of soldiers who had just been captured to serve as cannon fodder looked around and found that they were all around, and the courage and sense of security in their hearts suddenly increased a lot.
is thinking in my heart, there are so many people around, even if they die, it’s not me who might die, and the number of opponents is smaller than that of my own, and we are the one who has the better chance of winning, afraid of a ball!
Thinking about this, the pace became much lighter, and the speed of the charge increased. Everyone shouted, in order to increase their courage and intimidate the enemy. Not to mention, this really has a lot of effects, at least some of the defenders above the city wall showed fear.
got closer and closer, finally approached the city wall, and erected the ladder at the foot of the city wall. On the way, he didn't receive any long-range blows. After all, the defenders were also a group of poor barbarians wearing open crotch pants. What spare money did they have to make bows and crossbows?
The usual hunting bows can only look like a dozen meters or tens of meters. What use is there in such a big scene? It's better not to use it as a shame.
But it's different at the foot of the city wall. The accumulation in the city has been for a long time, and the piles of stones are thrown down one after another as if they don't need money.
The cannon fodder was smashed in one go. Hundreds of people died, and the rest fled, afraid to gather under the city.
Seeing the humiliating and awkward performance of the group of cannon fodder, Wang Fang was very angry, and ordered his three thousand elite soldiers to go to the front of the formation.
These elite soldiers are equipped with bows and crossbows, with long-range strike capabilities, whether they are used to siege cities or to deter those cannon fodder, they have very practical effects.
When the elite soldiers came to the front of the city wall~IndoMTL.com~The cannon fodder had already reached a hundred meters away from the city wall. It seems that they also have some self-knowledge and dare not really escape behind.
Otherwise, those supervising teams will never show mercy, and will definitely pull out a small part of them and kill them to warn the army.
"Give me all up, and those who fall back will be killed without mercy!"
Following the threats and announcements of the elite soldiers, the cannon fodder soldiers wanted to stay here, and even sent a few people to talk to them about some conditions.
咻咻咻! A shower of arrows poured down, and screams rang everywhere. He immediately awakened the cannon fodder that was still in his mind.
let them clearly understand that they are only a small part of the 100,000 army, and they are nothing but cannon fodder. It is not an important army that cannot be renounced. They can be abandoned by their coach at any time. Now they are there to make conditions and do not want to go to the battlefield. It is just a way to die.
In desperation, he could only continue to pick up the bamboo stick in his hand and lift the ladder to the battlefield. At this time, the rolling stones and hot oil on the battlefield seemed to be nothing compared to the arrow rain that supervised the team behind them in the eyes of the cannon fodder.
gritted his teeth, stepped on the ladder and rushed towards the wall. From time to time, people screamed and fell, but people kept stepping on the corpses to continue climbing, one after another, back and forth.
Human lives are so worthless at this time, but in one day, sixteen batches of cannon fodder were rounded once. The establishment of a team of 5,000 people was completely disabled. Only ten 5,000-person teams could be reorganized, and they had to rest for a day before catching up on the battlefield again.
And the sky is slowly getting dark at this moment, and that's the end of a violent day. Tomorrow will meet those cannon fodder with desperate siege.