Chapter 177 Infighting
Yang Zuo did not hesitate to call the Yan army to attack the city, and took turns to fight. The division of labor was clear. One group of people died in battle, and another group of people continued to attack the city.
He used military skills and knew that the Yan army was afraid of at this time not the number of casualties, but time. As an army with almost no logistics supplies, if it could not conquer Huang County with a quick battle, the Yan army would become a bandit without food and grass.
At the same time, he learned from Deng Zhong that the internal dispute in Qingzhou was between Cheng Xi and Tian Yu. Although Cheng Xi was the governor of Qingzhou, he was dissatisfied with the veteran Tian Yu, who was in charge of the army. The resentment had been long. Han Sheng belonged to the Tian Yu faction, and naturally he was in the same power as Cheng Pei.
The information provided by Deng Zhong is one of the key points. The military power of the Wei army in Huang County was in the hands of Cheng Pei, and Xiahou Xuan personally sent an envoy to rescue the soldiers in Huang County. At this time, the soldiers were Tian Pengzu and Han Sheng, and it was not difficult to consider the various ways.
Therefore, Yang Zuo claimed that he would only accept one of the surrenders, and the surrendered person must capture the other person as a condition to beg for surrender, which aggravates each other's suspicion and contradictions to a greater extent.
The two of them are neither of the same faction, they have hatred and cannot work together. In addition, the accumulated grudges of the army and face such a large-scale siege, Cheng Pei will also worry that Han Sheng will not be strong and will arrest him and surrender to the Yan army. On the contrary, the other party has the same idea.
The crisis of trust expands like a crack, and no one can guarantee the conflict of human nature.
Soon, seven Yan soldiers climbed up to the top of the city, waved their swords and slashed several people, controlling the space behind them, and then the continuous Yan soldiers also sent fifty people up.
Han Sheng was prepared, and the swordsman rushed forward and fought with the Yan army, and both sides suffered casualties.
The Yan army under the city braved the raft and fell rocks and climbed the city to join the battle group one after another. The two sides fought each other, and the corpses of the Yan and Wei army died of the corpse of the two Yan and Wei army.
The fierce battle lasted for nearly a day. Seeing that the strong attack could not be achieved, the Yan army was exhausted, so they immediately retreated one after another to wait for the opportunity, and then came to an end.
People in Huang County were in panic. First, the most popular Tian Pengzu was rumored to be killed in battle, and then surrounded by the Yan army. The disadvantages were revealed. For a moment, countless people sighed and cried, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and the people's hearts were scattered.
Since Cheng Pei was forcibly seized military power by Tian Pengzu, he became the commander who lived in Huang County. He was naturally dissatisfied with thousands of dissatisfied people. The three thousand elite soldiers handed to him by Xiahou Xuan directly took them to Tian Pengzuzu. The new and old hatreds surged into his heart, and he almost went crazy on the spot.
When he learned that Tian Pengzu never returned, he heard Yang Zuo claiming that Tian Pengzu was dead. He was overjoyed and thought to himself: "Tian Pengzu thought he knew the army, but unexpectedly he was ambushed and swallowed up two thousand people by the reinforcements of the Yan thieves."
But soon he couldn't laugh. The Yan thieves almost surrounded the entire Huang County, and the siege was at all costs. They didn't even prepare for the most conventional siege building tools, and simply climbed the city with a long ladder to attack.
Yan's words were even more shocking, and they forced him and Han Sheng to fight each other. They thought to themselves: "From this situation, they can't be defended anymore. Han Sheng has soldiers in his hands, and I only have more than ten personal soldiers. If he plans to capture me and perform merits to Yan's thief, wouldn't I be dead?"
Once this idea emerged, it completely indicates that the relationship between the two was broken. The more Cheng Pei thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid. Of course, he could not surrender to Yan. After all, the Cheng family was deeply rooted in Qingzhou and would never abandon the city and surrender unless he had no choice.
Han Sheng is different. The whole family is in Huangxian County. If he raises troops to surrender, he will have no power to resist. He will be like fish on the chopping board and beg for slaughter.
At this moment, Cheng Da, the personal commander of the soldier beside him, leaned over and whispered: "Young Master, Chief Han calls you over."
Cheng Pei's heart tightened, and sweat as big as beans flowed down, and he frowned and said, "What's the matter with calling me?"
Cheng Dadao: "It is said that the young master went to the city to supervise the battle."
He was even more surprised and thought to himself: "This must be an excuse, I will go over and fall into the trap."
But it wouldn't work if you don't get out of this situation. Cheng Pei whispered: "All personal soldiers, go to the city with me, and don't leave a single step."
Cheng Da was a little scared and whispered: "Is the young master worried that Han Changshi intends to murder?"
"In this situation, instead of waiting for others to plan for me, I would rather plan for him first."
Cheng Pei smiled gloomyly and immediately led fifteen personal soldiers to the city tower.
Han Sheng was supervising the situation. While ordering the Wei army to operate the catapult, he commanded the civilians to carry the falling stones and roll the wood upstairs to provide backup.
He was a little exhausted. Seeing Cheng Pei's expression dodging, he didn't care and said casually: "Young Master Cheng, please take care of the people's transportation of stones and soil, guard the east, and I guard the south."
Cheng Pei snorted coldly, first looked around, and suddenly pulled out the long sword with a clang. Fifteen personal soldiers in front and behind also drew their swords in their hands at the same time.
This sudden incident occurred, and Han Sheng's personal soldiers also noticed that seven or eight people stopped Han Sheng, holding weapons in their hands, and looked at Cheng Pei and others nervously.
Han Sheng frowned, "What does Mr. Cheng mean? The sword has no eyes, so don't hurt yourself."
Although Cheng Pei was afraid, he tried to calm down. He pointed his sword at his nose and said coldly: "I suspect that Han Changshi intends to surrender to the enemy. If he does not stop him, the entire city will fall. Now you have to hand over the military power."
When it comes to the word "please", it almost squeezes out from the gaps of teeth.
Han Sheng laughed up to the sky and shook his head and said, "Young Master Cheng, don't say such things. What's your intention? How can I not know? You have lost your military power and are uneasy in your heart. Do you think that if you don't take the military power in your own hands, you will be captured and surrendered to the Yan thief?"
Cheng Pei didn't explain and said seriously: "Of course I have to guard against you. Han Changshi's family is in the city. You are worried about Tian Yu's punishment, and you are afraid that there will be no hope of future career and will cause death. By this, you are the person who is most likely to surrender to the enemy."
"This is just one-sided statement. If you want to add a crime, why not worry? Besides, the prefect Tian enforces the law impartially. Whether he has any faults, he will be sentenced to take it away without any worries. Moreover, the thief Yan is vague and will not see anyone in his life or a corpse in his life. He insists that Tian Pengzu died in battle, and I still don't believe it in my heart. If you are bewitched by the thief Yan, I will not be as knowledge as you."
Han Sheng did have such thoughts in his mind. Although Tian Yu has always been impartial and selfless, he may be angry with others if he involves his beloved son. However, it is just a thought and has no action to put it into practice.
Cheng Pei snorted, and the sword tip stretched forward a few inches, his arm kept trembling, and said in a deep voice: "Are you still trying to argue? The military powers in this city were handed over to me by the generals in the west, but they were taken away by you. Now I will take back the military power in the name of General Xiahou. If you don't hand over, you will deal with it according to military law."
Han Sheng was furious, "When the army was at the city, Mr. Cheng was fighting in internal affairs. Don't you know that your brothers were fighting against the wall and defending their insults from outside? If you insist on doing this, it will only give Yan thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it."
Cheng Pei no longer cared about anything else and faced the Wei army up and down the city and whispered: "I have a word, and the three armies listened quietly: Do you follow the orders of General Xiahou or the orders of Chief Han? General Xiahou was sent by the court to supervise the military of Qingzhou. Tian Yu had to obey General Xiahou's official position. How could he seize my military power? If you don't want to treat it as a riot, you can make a decision on your own."
As soon as this statement was spoken, the most fierce power battle broke out in the calm Huang County.
Chapter completed!