Chapter 1435: The Han Banner World (One Hundred and Twenty-Five) The Last Hour
Listening to Qiao Shan's words, Wen Zhuang's face darkened a little bit, "The people of Da Chu should believe in the court, not the rumors circulating in the market. Rumors stop at the wise. You are all talented people. Why do you believe some completely irrelevant lies?"
Qiao Shan shook his head and said, "County Governor, why do you have to cover up? The Han army's attack was too sudden. We Da Chu were not prepared for the battle at all. I don't want to discuss the faults of the court officials here, but we also know that the king has given up Jiangjiang now. According to the information I have received, the troops assembled by General Qu are approaching Yingdu. The general is planning to fight a decisive battle with the Han army in Yingdu. Victory is certainly a cause for celebration, but once failure, Chu will perish. ┠.(［。c［om"
Wen Zhuang said coldly: "Victory Since the outcome is still undecided, why have you lost confidence? "
"It's not us who have lost confidence, but the county governor. Can we wait until the moment of the decisive battle in Yingdu? The county governor knew very well that the Han army did not really focus on attacking Jiangdong County. According to the information I received, the King of Han still attaches great importance to Jiangdong County, the central city in the south. He does not want to turn it into a wasteland. But as the day of the decisive battle in Yingdu approaches, I think the Han army will soon lose patience. Jiangdong County, with no reinforcements outside and no food inside, how can it hold on?" Qiao Shan looked directly at Wen Zhuang.
"If it were just these, it would be fine. The bigger problem is that the 200,000 elite troops led by General Qu Wan were blocked in the southern part of Qin and could not return. If it was General Qu Wan's 200,000 people who fought the Han army in Yingdu, then I Even if all the food is offered, there is no question. After all, there is still a glimmer of hope. But what kind of people are gathered in Yingdu now? The county governor is an important official in the court, and he knows more than us. With these people, can they stop the Han people's fierce army?" Another big merchant Wang clan leader in Jiangdong County also interrupted.
Wen Zhuang's eyes became sharp: "What do you want to do? Do you think Wen is a weak and can be bullied?"
Qiao Shan smiled slightly: "County governor, you are in power, holding the power of life and death. The lives of millions of people in Jiangdong City are in your hands, and we are nothing. ┞┢═┝┟.{. But because of this, please ask the county governor to be more considerate of the people's difficulties. Once the war starts, all lives will be destroyed. But it will still be useless at that time. The King of Han has arrived outside the city. It seems that Han The army's confrontation with Jiangdong County City has reached the limit of patience. If Jiangdong County City has not expressed its intention, I am afraid that the Han army will attack. We have soldiers but no food, and people but no morale. How can we fight this battle? "
"Gao Yuan has arrived in Jiangdong County City? How did you know? Are you colluding with the Han army?" Wen Zhuang said sternly.
Qiao Shan sighed: "County Governor, although I am a businessman, I am still a Chu person. If I really collude with the Han people, is Jiangdong County City still in the hands of the county governor? We did get this news from the Han people, but this was only told to us by some of our former business friends. His original intention was to let us find a way to leave Jiangdong County City as soon as possible, because the general attack of the Han army is about to begin. "
Wen Zhuang did not eat this meal in the end.
Instead, he left Liuyuan in despair.
"County Governor, these people are simply lawless. Why not take them all down, so that the soldiers will have food and not worry about the pain of food shortage? "After leaving Liuyuan, the captain of the personal guards was still angry.
"The soldiers have food, but what about the people in the city?" Wen Zhuang looked back at Liuyuan with a sense of loss. "Actually, Qiao Shan and the others are right. The Han people did not attack Jiangdong County City, not because they could not conquer it, but because they did not want to fight. Maybe Gao Yuan wanted to preserve the most prosperous city in the south intact!"
"Since Gao Yuan is here in person, the battle to attack Jiangdong County City will probably start soon. It doesn't matter whether there is food or not." Wen Zhuang smiled bitterly.
"County governor!" The captain of the personal guards was shocked.
"No need to say. ┡╪┢┢.?. I want to be quiet." Wen Zhuang waved his hand.
Another day, the sun rose, and the Han army camp outside Jiangdong County City, which had been quiet for a long time, finally began to move. Amid the rumbling of drums, teams of soldiers lined up from the camp.
The drum sound alarmed Jiangdong County City. After a while, the officials of Jiangdong County City, led by Wen Zhuang, heard the news and went to the tower. Looking at the Han army gathered outside the city, the dense artillery and countless siege vehicles, everyone in the city was pale.
"Those black things must be the artillery of the Han army!" Wen Zhuang turned to Tian Shangyuan beside him and said, "Our navy was killed in one battle, and they were hit by the artillery on the ships of the other navy and could not fight back at all. The smaller ships were hit by the artillery, and the worst was that they were broken into two pieces."
Tian Shangyuan closed his lips and said nothing. But Wen Zhuang noticed that the other party's hands were trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The general is the courage of the soldiers. Even the commander is timid, let alone ordinary soldiers.
In the Han army's central army camp, a yellow dragon flag suddenly rose. Compared with other central army main flags, this yellow dragon flag was not only raised higher, but the key point was that there were nine gold edges embroidered on the edge of the flag of this yellow dragon flag.
The soldiers who heard the drums turned their heads to look towards the center of the army. In the silence, a deafening cheer suddenly broke out.
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the king!"
Cheers came one after another. The originally quiet Han army formation was like boiling water. Countless weapons were raised high into the sky, and the sharp blades flashed cold light under the sunlight.
The yellow dragon flag with nine gold edges. In the Han Kingdom, only one person was qualified to unfold it, and that was the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty, King Gao Yuan.
The drums stopped suddenly, and the loud sound of the military trumpet came from under the flag of the central army. With the sound of the military trumpet, the formations fell silent again in an instant. A flag officer ran straight out of the central army with a flag held high, and stopped at the front artillery position.
Immediately, the artillery began to move, and the black muzzles of the guns began to rotate, and the gunners began to get busy.
"Their artillery is going to attack. Please ask Wen Junshou and the adults to go down first!" Tian Shangyuan was a general after all. When he saw the opponent's actions, he immediately judged that the attack was about to begin.
But before the people on the city began to retreat, the cannons below the city suddenly began to roar. In the smoke, red bullets drilled out of the barrels and flew towards the Jiangdong County City.
The whole city wall seemed to be shaking, and Wen Zhuang was also shaky. If the captain of the personal guards beside him hadn't grabbed him, he might have fallen on his back.
What surprised everyone was that there was only one round of artillery fire, and then nothing happened. When the smoke dissipated, the Han army on the opposite side did not attack, and the people on the city looked left and right, but they didn't see a single injured person.
Wen Zhuang suppressed his surprise and looked at the city wall outside. His mouth opened with a sound and could never close again. On the stone-encrusted city wall, there were iron bullets embedded one by one. In some places, because of their age, deep pits were blasted out by artillery shells. These shells were basically below the middle of the city wall. Obviously, this was a round of demonstration bombardment by the enemy and not a real siege. Otherwise, it would be impossible for all the shells to fall on the wall instead of on the wall.
The flag bearer was holding the flag high at this moment, rushing from the artillery position to the moat. At this distance, any archer with a little accuracy on the city could hit this arrogant guy with one arrow, but no one pulled the bowstring.
Because behind this person were countless black gun muzzles. If he was shot down, the next moment, the terrifying shells would probably fall on the city wall.
"Is County Magistrate Wen here?" Under the city, the general shouted loudly: "I am He Weiyuan, the commander of the personal guards of the King of the Great Han Dynasty. Our king has a few words for me to pass on to County Magistrate Wen."
Wen Zhuang took a deep breath and stood by the city wall, "Wen is here, what do you want to say, General He?"
"My king said that the Great Han army has been in Jiangdong County for more than a month, and the county magistrate is also aware of the intention of not attacking the county city. Now the entire Jiangdong County is under the control of our Great Han army. Jiangdong County City has become an isolated city. The reinforcements that the county magistrate hopes for may not come. What to do? If County Magistrate Wen has not made up his mind yet, my king will inevitably be very disappointed. Once the war starts, this thousand-year-old city, the largest commercial center in the south, will inevitably be destroyed. Destruction is easy, but reconstruction is difficult. My king finally gave County Magistrate Wen only one hour to consider. One hour, Wen Jun Shou has not opened the city gates yet, so our general attack will begin. If you surrender, you can keep your lives and property safe, but once our army breaks through the city, it will be another story. "
He Weiyuan left these two sentences, and without waiting for Wen Zhuang to reply, he turned his horse's head and rode away.
On the city, there was a deathly silence.
Yingdu, the royal palace. Huang Xie walked towards the kingdom with a gloomy face. Now most of the territory of Chu has been occupied by the Han army, and at this time, King Huai of Chu could not bear this major blow and fell ill. He saw that his illness was getting worse day by day. Usually, this king did not seem to be very important. It seemed that all the national affairs could be handled by himself and Qu Zhong, one civil and one military. But today, Huang Xie realized that without this magic needle, everything seemed to be difficult.
The strategy of the decisive battle in Yingdu set by Qu Zhong is being implemented. Countless troops are gathering towards Yingdu, which will be the last strength of the Chu State. Hundreds of thousands of troops will be concentrated in the Jingzhou area to fight the Han army for the last desperate battle. If they lose, there will be no Chu State. (To be continued.)
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