The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 76

[Chapter 76 Yunnan County]

Light and seven years in December.

It was snowing heavily in the north and it was freezing cold. Everyone stayed at home and did not dare to go out.

But the south is still warm like spring, and the emerald green color is still permeating everywhere, and it has never faded.

Wang Fang led his army into Yuesi County, which led fifteen counties (roads), with 61,208 households and 408,405 people in the county.

This is a large county with a vast territory and a very large population.

The six counties in the west of Yizhou are newly occupying. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Zhong Yu has not ordered to start a major purge of those families as in the north.

And Yuesi County is close to Shu County. He is very clear about the strength of Zhong Yu’s army. He has heard a lot since January, and is deeply afraid.

Therefore, the counties along the way surrendered one after another, and did not dare to block his army. On the way, it is more appropriate to say that it is not an attack, but a receiving city.

After rushing for a month, the army has taken over the entire county of Yuesi County. In order to be just in case, and to implement Zhong Yu’s order to eliminate the source of chaos before departure, Wang Fang allocated 70,000 troops to Yuesi County throughout the month. Cannon fodder, increased his cannon fodder army to 100,000 people.

Now that Yuesi County has been pacified, it is time to set off for the next target, Yunnan County.

Entering the area of Yunnan County, Yunnan County has a vast territory and a large population, no less than Yuesi County.

In addition, the Han nationality and foreign nationalities live together, and the customs are simple and sturdy, and they have not accepted Wanghua 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 officials and local chiefs of the Han Dynasty, so there is a rebellion at this time.

Along the way, Suijiu County, Gufu County, and Qingling County in the northern part of Yunnan County surrendered without a fight.

But when they arrived in Longdong County, the county seat of Yunnan County, they encountered resistance.

The county governor of Yunnan, in conjunction with the local barbarian chiefs, guarded the county together.

With the support of the local barbarians, the county governor of Yunnan received about 30,000 barbarian soldiers and horses, plus the county soldiers and county soldiers he had drawn from various places, there were also 10,000.

At this time, the small town of Longdong has gathered an army of 40,000 troops. Although these troops are not well equipped, they are located in the frontier, Yunnan County, where the people are sturdy. , is a good source of troops.

The drums of war roared, and the armors sounded.

100,000 soldiers surrounded the entire Longdong County like a mountain and a sea. The Longdong City was like a small reef in the sea, so small that it seemed that it could be submerged by the sea at any time.

“attack!”

Following Wang Fang’s order, the 70,000-strong army crawled towards the Longdong county town like ants, and the blue and red color opened up under the entire county town, dyeing a color between heaven and earth.

The Yuesi County Xinzheng Cannon Fodder Army was divided into 16 teams, each with 5,000 people rushing to the county seat.

There is only a coarse cloth on his body, and he only holds a wooden stick that has just been sharpened in his hand, filling the city wall in batches.

The 30,000 cannon fodders they had brought before served as supervisors, holding sharp blades and wearing armor, standing behind the group of cannon fodders to supervise them.

“Come on! For the sake of the lord, for our family, rush up and kill these barbarians.”

With a pre-war mobilization, although it was of little use, this sentence mainly reminded their families that they were under their control, and provoked the contradiction between the Han and the barbarians.

In general, the effect is still there, at least the floating eyes of those soldiers became much firmer immediately.

Thinking about it, they should not dare easily and escaped on the battlefield.

The drums of war sounded, and the first batch of 5,000 cannon fodder slowly caught up.

Carrying dozens of cloud ladders, I approached the city wall step by step. There are many mountains around Yunnan County, and there is no river around Longdong City, so I avoided the fatal step of filling the moat.

The group of soldiers who had just been caught as cannon fodder looked around and found that they were surrounded by their own people, and their courage and sense of security suddenly increased a lot.

I was thinking in my heart that there are so many people around, even if I die, it may not be me who will die, and the number of opponents is smaller than that of my own side. It is also us who have a better chance of winning.

Thinking of this, the footsteps were much lighter, the speed of the charge was also increased, and everyone shouted loudly 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 show fear.

Getting closer and closer, finally approaching the city wall, and erecting the ladder at the foot of the city wall.

On the way, there was no long-range attack. After all, those 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 be more than ten meters or tens of meters. What is the use in such a big scene, it is better not to take it out and shame.

But at the foot of the city wall, it was different.

The city has accumulated savings for a long time, and the mountains of stones are thrown down one after another as if they don’t need money.

The cannon fodder was smashed in one fell swoop, hundreds of people died, and the rest fled one after another, daring not to gather under the city.

Seeing the humiliating and clumsy performance of those cannon fodders,

Wang Fang was very angry, and ordered the 3,000 elite soldiers under his command to go to the front of the formation.

These elite soldiers are equipped with crossbows and have long-range strike capabilities. Whether they are used to siege cities or to deter those cannon fodder, they have very practical effects.

When those elite soldiers came to the front of the city wall, those cannon fodders had already run to a hundred meters away from the city wall. It seemed that they also had some self-knowledge and did not dare to really escape to the back.

Otherwise, those supervising teams will never show mercy, and will definitely kill a small number of them to warn the army.

“Give it all to me, and those who fall back will be killed without mercy!”

With the threats and announcements from those elite soldiers, those cannon fodder soldiers still wanted to stay here, and even sent a few people to talk to them about some conditions.

shhhhhh!

A rain of arrows poured down, and screams sounded everywhere.

Immediately, the group of cannon fodders who were still fantasizing in their minds were sobered up.

Let them clearly understand that they are only a small part of the 100,000 army, and they are dispensable cannon fodder.

It is not an important army that cannot be given up, and may be abandoned by their coach at any time. Now they are there to talk about 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 carry the ladder to the battlefield.

In the eyes of those cannon fodders, the rolling stones and hot oil on the battlefield at this time seemed nothing compared to the arrow rain of the supervising team behind them.

Gritting his teeth, he stepped on the ladder and rushed towards the city wall.

From time to time, people screamed and fell down, but people kept stepping on the corpses and continued to climb up, one after the other, back and forth.

Human life was so worthless at this time, but in just one day, sixteen batches of cannon fodder took turns.

The establishment of a team of 5,000 people was completely crippled, and they could only be reorganized into ten teams of 5,000 people. After a day off, they had to catch up on the battlefield again.

And the sky is slowly getting dark at this moment, and the cruel day has ended like this. Tomorrow, those cannon fodders will be greeted by a desperate siege battle.

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