I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 385 Live hard!Loaches attack the city with refugees
Afterwards, Guan Cong bowed deeply again, and said respectfully:
"Young master, there are some things that should never have been said, but His Royal Highness... now he just obeys the young master's words, but it is really a last resort! In addition, there is always a confusion, that is, Your Highness Does he really want to help the Zhou family, or does he just want to establish himself as king?"

Li Ran took a deep breath.

"If he can become a sage and enlighten the lord, and benefit the common people, even if he becomes a king himself, that's all right!"

Li Ran knew that in this era, there were actually many kings who killed the lord, and many of them also achieved some dominance.For example, Duke Huan of Qi, as the lord of a generation, was suspected of killing his brother in order to seize the throne.

At least Wang Zichao hadn't taken this step yet, all he did was to get back what belonged to him, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"If he can really do what the young master said, that would be great. However, when the situation is stable, even when the power is growing and fame is growing like that of King Ling of Chu back then, will he still be able to not forget his original intention? This is really hard to know!"

Hearing this, Li Ran put his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"If you dare to ask the young master again, what does the young master think that King Ling of Chu treated the young master back then? King Ling of Chu could be regarded as a man of merit, knowing people and doing good things. But in the end? But he still couldn't escape. Jiaotai is complacent and does not listen to good words. In the end, it is his own fault, and Qianxi is humiliated! All of this, the young master has personally experienced it back then, so there is no need to listen to it and say more here, right?"

Li Ran thought about it for a long time, and he could only sigh about it. Human nature will indeed change with the development of the situation. What he hopes now is that Wang Zichao will not repeat the mistakes of Chu Lingwang.

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"Wu then led 2000 people out of the city to meet them, and stopped the army of sweet loaches outside the city, and let these refugees enter the city! Then we will carefully screen these refugees! Your Highness must not be called by others as a massacre of refugees !"

Wang Zichao looked at these refugees, and fell into deep thought for a moment. Li Ran also knew that this move would shake the morale of his own army, and if they were not handled properly, there would be endless troubles!
Li Ran pondered for a while, and said:

Sun Wu hesitated for a moment, then immediately replied:

And the city had already made preparations and fought hard to resist.Li Ran was still not at ease, so he went up to the city wall to watch the battle.

Wang Zichao and Li Ran looked over, and saw a crowd of common people in the front line, with the old and the young rushing towards this side, there were thousands of people in a mess, they were obviously refugees.

The Gan army came to encircle them with almost several times their strength, intending to wipe them all out.Immediately, both Fan Li and Sun Wu were surrounded, Wang Zichao saw the situation, made a decisive decision, and ordered people to rush out to save them.

Fortunately, an ambush was set up early in Wengcheng. Chu Dang waved a three-handed halberd, and the other guards were also divided with spears, and these Ganjun who took the lead were beaten on the spot.

On the fifth day after the city was besieged, Ganxiu finally got the supplies from the rear and launched a new round of attacks.

"Sir, it's important to defend the city..."

"Your Highness, don't worry, I've already made up my mind! Now, it's time for us to take the initiative!"

The refugees had already entered the city at this moment, and the defenders mobilized another [-] soldiers, using several chariots to attack the enemy's formation, and they were turned on their backs for a while, which made both Sun Wu and Fan Li breathe a sigh of relief.

Even so, Li Ran still didn't dare to be negligent, and had to ask the two of them to identify the refugees, and later asked Guan Cong to assist them. On the one hand, they settled the refugees, and on the other hand, they also interrogated them one by one.

Wang Zichao also put on uniforms and armor, and sat there himself.Sun Wu and Fan Li commanded the defenders to stand firm, and it can be said that they were well-organized, panicked but not chaotic.

It's not that Li Ran is ignorant of this, but in such a situation, there is really no way to solve it.

And the army behind followed closely behind.

At this time, the prince said to Yin Buying, the favorite minister beside him:
"It's just, who knows if these refugees are real or not? Regardless of letting the refugees into the city, the army of Ganxiu will take advantage of the emptiness. In terms of these refugees, there may also be spies mixed in. If they are allowed to enter the city, There must be endless troubles!"

Li Ran and Wang Zichao stood on the city wall, looking at the refugees who were being identified, they looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

But the two of them took the opportunity to gather all the remnants together in one place, and their morale was greatly increased. Sun Wu and Fan Li fought bravely to take the lead, and hurriedly joined the eight thousand reinforcements, destroyed the chariots, killed the horses, and did not leave them for the enemy. Started to retreat towards the city gate.

Seeing that the gate of the city was wide open, Gan Jun led his troops to charge.Sun Wu and Fan Li retreated back to the city, and dispatched the rest of the army to enter the city in an orderly manner. When the last soldier returned, a dozen of the Gan army who rushed to the front rushed to kill.

At this moment, Sun Wu suddenly ordered all to stop shooting arrows. Prince Chaoqi asked:

Wang Zichao said:
"Sir, there are too many worries in defending the city like this. I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss in the end!"

Sun Wu immediately led two thousand troops, opened the city gate, turned around to the enemy's flank, and charged.

Most of the Gan army rushed to the bottom of the city, but seeing another wave of arrows and giant trees falling from the city, they knew that it would be difficult to attack again, so they had to withdraw their troops.

At this time, Fan Li led another two thousand soldiers and rushed out of the city to block the branch of the Gan army.However, Sun Wu and Fan Li were not connected head to tail, and it was difficult to respond to each other, and they were surrounded by the Gan army.

"What happened?"

"Open the door! Let the refugees in!"

"Your Highness, the enemy is driving a large number of refugees ahead, but the army is hiding behind the refugees..."

Although Sun Wu was brave, but there were too many enemy troops, he was trapped in the enemy's formation in an instant, rushing from left to right, but couldn't kill him. Some Gan troops divided into two groups, besieging Sun Wu all the way, and attacking the city gate all the way. .

When the Gan army saw this, they immediately divided up to meet them.The two armies met each other, causing casualties, but the refugees rushed forward to the city gate.The soldiers in the city also had to be ordered to come to meet them, and to prevent chaos, these refugees were placed inside the city wall.

Wang Zichao has not yet established a firm foothold, and he deeply agrees with this.

"The heart is vicious. If His Highness really slaughters these refugees, not only will it be confirmed, but once it is spread, it will definitely chill the hearts of the people in other places. If His Highness leaves this stain, in the future if you want to become a king, you will have to do it." Difficult!"

In today's battle, although Li Ran suffered certain losses, fortunately, Wang Zichao did not bear the reputation of slaughtering refugees after all, and Gan's army also suffered heavy casualties and their morale was frustrated.So, the result is not too bad.

Seeing that Li Ran was in a dilemma, Sun Wu immediately said:

The soldiers on the city wall couldn't bear to shoot these refugees, but as an enemy army, attacking the city would be difficult to defend, and they had to kill these refugees in the end.

Although relying on the personal bravery of Sun Wu and others, they barely won this fierce battle, but after all, they also paid a very heavy price to save the refugees.

Li Ran replied:

"Then it will be hard for General Sun..."

The prince was taken aback.

This is really a cruel and vicious move, but it often has miraculous effects.

When the vanguard retreated, the defenders immediately closed the city gate with all their strength, and the soldiers on the city wall threw huge logs and stones down one after another to stop the Gan army.The two-foot-thick wooden gate slowly closed, and after the gate was bolted, several people moved giant logs to block the gate.

Wang Zichao looked at Li Ran in surprise.

"Sir, Chao Neng's acquisition of the capital is to lure Gong Jian to take the initiative to attack! If we do the same, I'm afraid we will repeat Gong Jian's mistakes!"

Li Ran heard the words, but only smiled slightly:

"Hehe, as the saying goes, 'Defend with righteousness, win with odds', this moment, that moment!"

(End of this chapter)