The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 119
In June of Jixia, the sun is scorching.

This season, that is, it can be cooler in the early morning, and when the sun comes up, the temperature will rise slowly.

Starting from Tainingwei, for three consecutive days, Jia Jing asked the army to break out of the camp in the early morning, and when they traveled to the end of Si hour, they found a cool place to rest to avoid the hot noon.

We stayed until late afternoon when the heat receded before moving on.

Fortunately, there are many mountains, forests and rivers along the way, and there are places to escape the summer heat at any time along the way.

……

On this day, at the end of Si time again, Jia Jing ordered the army to rest at the foot of a mountain.

During the rest, many soldiers looked at the two figures, one white and one gray, flashing past in the forest not far away from time to time, and then looked in the direction of the Chinese army banner, their faces full of enthusiasm.

Originally, everyone admired Jia Jing's ability to command and train troops, but now seeing such rare and exotic beasts in action, they couldn't help but respect Jia Jing even more.

Although in the folklore and interesting stories, you can often hear the figure of the white tiger appearing somewhere, and the words of many people who have seen it.

But this is something that happened in front of my eyes, and it is a completely different concept from the previous hearsay.

Besides, everyone in the world knows that the appearance of the white tiger is a sign of a war of swords and soldiers, but now the white tiger accepts the master to serve, or accepts a general with great military exploits as the master, what does this mean?
Soldier?

No, maybe it should be called the God of War!

Unknowingly, Jia Jing has slowly begun to deify in the eyes of all the troops under his command. When they saw Jia Jing, their eyes were already full of fanaticism.

……

"It's not far ahead, so it should be Duoyan Weicheng?"

Looking at the mountains ahead that had gradually become clear, Jia Jing whispered to herself, then turned her head to Lai Fu and said, "Bring me the map around Duoyanwei!"

"Yes!" Laifu took the order and went.

After a while, Jia Jing sat upright on the horse, letting the horse move forward, while she unfolded a small two-foot-long map with both hands, carefully checking her current position.

Well, this is purely to get acquainted with the terrain around Duoyan Weicheng, and to consider the way to attack the city in the future. It is by no means afraid of a repeat of the history of the wrong direction last time.

…………

It's approaching evening.

Duoyan Weicheng is already close in front of the army.

Duoyanwei, named for its proximity to Duoyan Wenduer Mountain, its acropolis is also like the mountain behind it, tall and heavy, standing proudly near the Pier River.

Jia Jing first ordered the army to set up camp about five or six miles away from Duoyan Weicheng, and then sent a soldier to Duoyan Weicheng to persuade them to surrender.

About half an hour later, the soldiers who had gone to shout out to persuade them to surrender came back in a state of embarrassment and reported: "General, in Duoyan Weicheng, the eldest son of Bolai is in charge of the army at this time, and he said he will not surrender! It is even the archer on the archery tower to attack..."

Looking at the distressed soldiers, Jia Jing frowned slowly: "Son of Bolai, do you want to hold on and not surrender?"

Afterwards, Jia Jing nodded again, and said to the soldier: "The general knows, you should go back and rest first, thank you for your hard work!"

After the soldiers saluted and resigned, Jia Jing ordered several lieutenants to be summoned to raise their accounts for discussion.

In a few moments, more than ten school lieutenants arrived.

First, everyone was asked to sit down, and then Jia Jing said: "The general just ordered people to go under the Duoyan Weicheng, and shouted to persuade him to surrender, but he didn't want to guard the city and lead the army, but it was the son of Bolai!
The revenge of killing one's father is irreconcilable, so everyone must be prepared to fight a tough battle! "

Hearing this, all the generals bowed their bodies and saluted, and said in unison: "The last general will obey the command of the great general! I will not hesitate to die!"

Jia Jing stretched out his hand to help, signaling to everyone that they don't need to be too polite, and said: "Since that's the case, let's discuss how to attack the city next!"

After all, Lai Fu on the other side said: "Ask someone to bring up the finished sand table!"

……

After a while, several soldiers came in each carrying a three-foot-square sand table.

Put all the small sand tables in the middle of the big tent, and after a while, a huge sand table nine feet long and six feet wide appeared in the big tent of the Chinese Army.

On the sand table, the majestic Duoyan Wenduer Mountain and the majestic Duoyan Weicheng are all made according to the actual proportions, and even the roads and fields around the Duoyan Weicheng are clearly shown.

Not far from Duoyan Acropolis, there is even the Pi'er River, which is decorated with blue cloth strips, meanders by.

Pointing to Duoyan Weicheng, Jia Jing looked at the generals, and said firstly: "Duoyan Weicheng's walls are thick and high, and it is also a military guard, so attacking with water and fire is not feasible. If you want to conquer it, the general will only Two methods can come to mind.

One is to besiege and block the two gates of Duoyan Weicheng until all the supplies in the city are exhausted, so that it can naturally be taken down without bloodshed.The advantage of this method is that it is peaceful and stable, but the disadvantage is that it will inevitably consume a lot of time and food.

Secondly, just like in the past when attacking the city, set up horses and artillery to forcibly attack the city.Using this method, although the effect is fast, the damage to the soldiers must not be low. "

After all, Jia Jing raised his head and asked, "I wonder if the generals have other good strategies for attacking the city?"

"This one……"

All the captains looked at each other, but none of them had a good idea to break the city.

In the big tent, there was a moment of silence.

After a long time, a captain hesitated and said, "What if we dig into the ground?"

Before Jia Jing could speak, another captain retorted: "This move is also inappropriate. The Duoyan Weicheng was established at the place where it was established, taking into account the enemy's method of digging and attacking the city. The thickness of the entire city wall is almost Liuzhang, if there is time to dig a tunnel, we will be trapped to death if we are sleepy!"

"..."

Discussions were going on in the big tent, and Laifu reported outside: "Master Hou, a letter from the household department!"

Hearing Laifu's tone, it was full of seriousness that wasn't used to, and a bad premonition floated in Jia Jing's heart.

"Bring me the letter!"

……

In the camp, the school captains watched Jia Jing open the letter, their eyes only glanced at a few words, their brows were already frowned, and their hearts were full of fear.

This is not a good sign!

Sure enough, after reading the letter, Jia Jing still frowned, and said after a long time: "Everyone, there is no need to discuss how to attack the city!"

He raised the letter in his hand,

"A letter from Beijing, Guanzhong has experienced a severe drought in spring and summer this year, and there was a plague of locusts a while ago, and there will inevitably be famine in autumn.

The food and grass that Shenjingzhong is currently raising must be left for the famine that may break out at any time, and it is no longer possible to raise more food and grass to supply us. Today is the last batch!
Your Majesty also ordered us to make a quick decision! "

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of noisy voices in the big tent, which were nothing more than worries about the injuries of the soldiers and cordial "greetings" to the corpses of those Guanzhong officials.

Jia Jing reached out and pressed falsely.

Seeing this, many school captains fell silent instantly, and all looked at Jia Jing.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Jia Jing said in a deep voice: "This is the end of the matter, it's useless to talk too much, let's all go back and prepare the siege equipment, and attack the city by force at midnight tomorrow!"

When all the generals heard the words, they all stood up and said, "The last general obeys the order!"

After all the soldiers left the camp, Jia Jing held the letter, feeling a little powerless in her heart.

Once the city is forcibly attacked, I don't know how many more soldiers will die, but they are all living people!

The battle here is not over, and there will be another famine over there...

Eventful autumn!
(End of this chapter)