Chapter 36 No problem
The battle did not end because the Han army soldiers captured Chen Can, the commander of the county soldiers alive. In order to completely defeat the county soldiers and to capture more prisoners, Zhang Zhi gave the order, the Han army immediately launched an attack on the county soldiers, intending to take advantage of the victory and annihilate the main force of the county soldiers in one fell swoop.
However, it is a pity that the Han army's dream was not realized. Not only was it unable to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the county barracks, but on the contrary, it was also in front of the county barracks and was frantically resisted by the county barracks. After paying a considerable price, it was unable to rush into the county barracks.
This is also a very normal thing. First of all, there are too many new recruits in the Han army and generally have no experience in attacking. Secondly, in order to be able to confront the Han army for a long time, the soldiers of the Ke County built the camp to a very strong position. They dug three trenches just to protect the camp, and built a large number of deer antlers and horse-resisting horses and arrow towers and other defensive fortifications, which made the Han army unable to expand its forces. They could only choose the camp gate as a breakthrough. The county soldiers only needed to defend the camp gate to block the Han army's attack, and it was naturally very easy to fight.
The large amount of paper armor equipped by Han soldiers is not completely omnipotent. First of all, the face, neck, calves, forearms cannot be protected. Secondly, as long as the enemy is strong enough or the luck is good, the tip of the spear knife may still break the armor head-on, or stab the body of the Han soldiers from the gap in the armor of the paper armor. In addition, the county soldiers who had no way to retreat were fighting to the death again, and the strong bows and crossovers kept shooting into the Han soldiers from both sides of the camp gate, so the number of casualties of the Han army naturally increased. The several attacks on the camp gate were firmly blocked by the county soldiers, and they never made a breakthrough.
The county soldiers who had retreated on both wings quickly returned to the camp from other battalions to assist in the battle, effectively strengthening the battalion's strength, making the Han army's hope of taking advantage of the situation to attack the camp even more slim. Depending on the situation, Zhang Zhi, who had a meager capital, had to order the attack to suspend the attack when the Han army's offensive was blocked again, withdrew the soldiers and reorganized the team, seized the time to drink water and eat noodles and recover his strength, and then asked someone to take Chen Can to himself and asked: "Premier Chen, are you willing to surrender?"
Chen Can, who had never spoken out of surrender before, still said nothing, but just lowered his head slightly and looked at Zhang Zhi with his squint eyes, with his expression still seemingly dissatisfied. Zhang Zhi saw this and said, "Premier Chen, I know you are not convinced, but if you lose, you lose. Now no one can save you. If you want to survive and want to go back to reunite with your family in Qilan City, you have only one choice, which is to cooperate with us, join forces with us to restore the country and revive the Han Dynasty."
Chen Can still didn't say anything, and Zhang Zhize said again: "Don't worry, I can't treat you badly. As long as you surrender, I will still let you be the prefect of Guan Ke. When I regain Nanzhong and regain the Han dynasty in the future, I will definitely reuse you further. Your future will be more and more than your father Chen Zhonghou."
"Recover Nanzhong? Restore the Han Dynasty?" Chen Can finally spoke and said with disdain, "Just rely on you? Can you do this with your mobs?"
"Why can't it be done?" Zhang Zhi asked back and said, "Did Prefect Chen forget it? When I rejected your order to surrender and decided to lead Wu Qianjun and civilians to raise troops to restore the country, I had only two dissatisfied troops in my hand. I had nothing to do. Not to mention confronting your soldiers in the Jingke County, it was extremely difficult to deal with the rebellion of the powerful surnames in the county."
"But now? In less than two months, our Wulian Han army has grown to a point where it has grown to a height. Not only can we defeat your main force of the county soldiers on the battlefield, but we can also capture you alive? You said yourself, if you give me more time to further develop and grow, can I recover Nanzhong and regain the Han dynasty?"
"Do you have a population?" Chen Can refuted: "Do you have weapons? Do you have military supplies? Do you have military supplies? Do you have war horses and supplies? Without these, what will you use to recover Nanzhong? Revitalize the Han Dynasty?"
"I have instant noodles! There are endless instant noodles!" Zhang Zhi replied with confidence and said, "Instant noodles are my population, money, food, military supplies, weapons, supplies and war horses. You have already seen instant noodles. You said yourself, if the poor people like Jing Ke and Nanzhong can have endless instant noodles with me, would they be willing to support me in reviving the country and revive the great man?"
"You really can't finish your instant noodles?" Chen Can asked in surprise.
"Premier Chen, I know you won't believe it." Zhang Zhi replied: "But I can swear to Prime Minister Zhuge and General Jiang Wei's spirit of heaven, as long as you choose to surrender to me and assist me in reviving the Han Dynasty, as long as there is a meal to let your instant noodles be cut off, you can leave me at any time, and I will never stop you!"
Seeing that Zhang Zhi was so confident, Chen Can couldn't help but feel a little skeptical. Zhang Zhize said again: "Premier Chen, I won't say much nonsense. Now you have only two choices. One is to surrender to me and go to the gate of the county barracks for me. With the reputation of Prefect Ke, he ordered the county soldiers and soldiers in the camp to put down their weapons and surrender. The other is that you are obsessed with it and let my soldiers take you to the gate of the county barracks and use you as a shield to launch an attack. At that time, your life and death will only depend on your luck."
"Shameless, despicable!" Chen Can cursed angrily.
"I learned from you!" Zhang Zhi said coldly: "The last time the Wulian Defense Battle, how did I treat the soldiers of the Jingke County, and how did your subordinate Su Ding treat our Han soldiers? A man who is inferior to beasts like him, not only did you not punish him severely, but instead asked him to continue to command the troops, and brought him to harm our Han soldiers and the Wulian people. Since you can do the first day of the lunar calendar, why can't I be fifteen?"
Chen Can didn't say anything again, Zhang Zhize untied the gourd around his waist, and while drinking water and eating the crisp noodles, he tore a pack of crisp noodles and handed it to Chen Can, saying, "Eat some, this kind of instant noodles is called crisp noodles. You can eat it without soaking it in water. After eating this pack of instant noodles, you must give me an accurate answer. Are you willing to surrender? Or are you willing to serve as a shield for the attack camp?"
Chen Can hesitated and did not reach out, Zhang Zhize forced the plain noodles into his hand and said, "Eat it. If you still refuse to surrender later, this pack of plain noodles should be your last meal."
Looking at the Han army soldiers who were swallowing the crisp noodles beside them, and then looked at the dark yellow crisp noodles in their hands. Chen Can couldn't help but put the crisp noodles to his mouth, opened his mouth and bit it, and then chewed it twice. Chen Can suddenly understood everything, understood why Zhang Zhi was able to grow the Han army to this point in such a short time, and also understood why the Han army soldiers still remained with Zhang Zhi in such a difficult situation, and also understood why the Liuke County soldiers who were forced to surrender before, and why no one chose to return to the county soldiers when the main force of the county soldiers made a comeback.
Because instant noodles are so delicious! Even if Chen Can is the eldest son of Liu Chan's favorite Chen Zhi, who has entered the Shu Han Palace to attend palace banquets more than once, he has never eaten such crispy and delicious food! Of course, let alone those people and soldiers of the Kanke who can't even eat salt!
Not to mention that the taste of instant noodles is more exaggerated than ancient palace food. Does Puyi know? How many people can be more qualified to evaluate palace food than him? However, when this guy was about to fail, his biggest wish was to eat a few more packs of instant noodles with chicken soup flavored noodles that were only produced in the Japanese country at that time. This is a clear documentary record!
Slowly chewing and savoring the delicious taste of the crisp noodles, Chen Can suddenly made up his mind. He first finished the crisp noodles with big mouthfuls, and then licked the corner of his mouth and asked Zhang Zhi: "Do you really promise that you can't finish eating instant noodles?"
"As long as I have a breath, I can guarantee it." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile.
"Okay, I surrender and take me to call the door." Chen Can said firmly: "But I can't guarantee that I will succeed. After all, everyone knows that I was forced by you."
Zhang Zhi was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the Han army soldiers to prepare for another attack on the camp. Then he arranged for Zhu Xiang to lead the army to take Chen Can to the gate of the county army camp, and asked him to order the county soldiers in the camp to open the camp to surrender. As a result, Chen Can did nothing to play tricks and stood in front of the camp gate and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of Ke County should obey the orders, I am your prefect Chen Can. I now order you to open the camp immediately, put down your weapons and surrender to the Han army! Start the camp immediately and surrender!"
The county soldiers guarding the camp gate looked at each other, but Su Ding, who had been running for life before, jumped out and shouted: "Soldiers, don't listen to the orders of Prefect Chen. He was forced by Zhang Zhi's thieves to give this order. Never open the door. Once the door is opened, the thieves will rush in and kill us all! Never open the door! Fight with the thieves!"
Su Ding, who knew that he had a great sin, shouted at Chen Can again: "Premier Chen, don't worry, Mo General knows that you were forced. After Mo General brings the army back to Qilan, Mo General will report to Jianning's Governor Huo, and ask him to send troops to save you immediately!"
"Su Ding, a man!" Chen Can roared at Su Ding and pointed at Su Ding and roared: "If you weren't the man who escaped first just now, the situation would have reached this point? I ordered you to surrender immediately and start a camp immediately!"
"There are only Qu Generals who died in battle in the Great Wei Dynasty, but no Qu Generals who surrendered!" Su Ding shouted with confidence and shouted again: "Soldiers, don't open a camp. Keep the camp. I will take you back and let you reunite with your family. Don't waver! Han State has long been finished, and surrendering to the Han thieves at this time is a dead end!"
In order to conquer the heart, the Han army's propagandist naturally appeared with a horn made of instant noodles cardboard boxes, loudly publicizing the Han army's captive policy, ensuring that the surrendered county soldiers would not be killed, and also ensuring that after the county soldiers put down their weapons, the county soldiers could choose their own way out, willing to join the Han army's incorporation, and unwilling to join the Han army to send dry food to them home. At the same time, Chen Can also keep making loud orders, ordering the county soldiers to open the door to surrender, and also named the county soldiers who had fled back to the camp one by one, asking them to kill Su Ding immediately and lead the army to open the door to surrender.
Originally, Zhang Zhi thought it would take a long time to attack the heart before he had the hope of taking advantage of the opportunity of the county soldiers to break through the enemy camp. However, what Zhang Zhi and the Han soldiers did not expect was that just when the county soldiers were hesitating, thick smoke suddenly rose from the county soldiers' camp, and fires rose, and announced that someone deliberately set fire in the camp to respond to the Han army's attack.
Seeing this, the county soldiers, which were already in a state of shaking, were naturally in a big uproar. Zhang Zhi did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Han army to launch an attack on the camp again. More than 20 Han army soldiers in paper armor immediately took their axes and rushed to the camp gate, slashed and slashed at the camp gate.
The Han army soldiers finally did not disappoint Zhang Zhi. Taking advantage of the opportunity of chaos within the enemy, they finally broke through the defense line of the county soldiers' camp by bloody battles. The Han army brigade swarmed into the camp, shouting the slogan of surrendering but not killing, while struggling to kill the county soldiers who were fighting stubbornly. The county soldiers whose morale was extremely low completely collapsed, and countless people put down their weapons and kneeled down to surrender. The county soldiers who were unwilling to surrender fled from other camps, and fled to the north, and there were very few people who really fought to the death.
Finally, after Zhang Zhi entered Chen Can's central army tent with great enthusiasm, he realized that the person who had brought a few county soldiers to arson in the county barracks before was actually Chen Can's confidant Bo Zengkai. Zhang Zhi was overjoyed and immediately announced that he would give Zeng Kai a great reward. Zeng Kai respectfully thanked him, and then explained to Chen Can the reason why he did this, saying: "Don't blame the prefect, my subordinates did this in order to save you, so they had to do this."
"You are for Zhang Mingting's instant noodles?" Chen Can said with a wry smile.
When Zeng Kai was laughing awkwardly, Wu Ma strode to Zhang Zhi and said, "Ming Court, there is a bad news to report to you. This time we let Su Ding's man run away. He heard from the surrendered county soldiers that we had just broken through the camp, and that man ran out of the camp and took his confidant to steal the only few war horses in the camp. We may not be able to catch up."
"It's okay, he can't escape. Sooner or later, he will find him to settle the new debts and old accounts." Zhang Zhi answered confidently, and asked Chen Can and Zeng Kai again: "Premier Chen, Zeng Zhuo, there is a very important question to ask you, an important issue related to the safety of your wife, children, and the elderly. I hope you will answer truthfully."
"Zhang Mingting, I will definitely speak out, and I will say everything." Zeng Kai immediately replied.
"How many defenders are there now in Jilan City, the capital of Jike County?" Zhang Zhi asked: "What is the specific situation of the defenders? How many former standing troops are there, and how many temporary county soldiers are there?"
"Report to the Ming court, there are three camps." Zeng Kai immediately replied: "One camp is the original Qilan Standing Army, and the other two camps are county soldiers from Guangtan and Xi County."
"That's great!" Zhang Zhi said happily: "Now we will take advantage of the opportunity to win Qilan, and there is great hope."
"Mingting, are you going to fight Jilan?" Wu Ma was shocked.
"Are we willing to miss such a good opportunity?" Zhang Zhi asked back, and said, "If we don't take advantage of the situation and quickly take down Qilan, push our defense line to Qilan, and seize strategic depth and population and military supplies. When Huo Yi receives the news and dispatches the elites of Nanzhong to attack us, should we still have to rely on the power of Wulian Yi County to compete with the elites of Nanzhong under Huo Yi?"
"But are we sure of doing this?" Wu Ma said in surprise: "Even if Qilan is now empty in troops, if we send troops to attack Qilan, we must first raise enough food and walk the 350-mile mountain road from Wulian to Qilan, and at the same time we must solve the problem of logistics supply."
Zhang Zhi smiled, smiling extremely relaxedly, and said, "Don't consider the issue of food and supplies transportation and supply. If we fight Jilan, we don't have to bring a piece of food. Just bring enough weapons and supplies. The issue of food and supplies transportation and supply is a fatal problem for other troops, but for us, there is no problem."
After saying that, Zhang Zhi frowned slightly again and murmured: "On the contrary, the army of the four villages that went south to the south was a problem. If they refused to surrender and the organization was withdrawn from Qilan, it would be even more difficult for us to take Qilan."
When Zhang Zhi was secretly worried, the long-lost system voice suddenly rang out in Zhang Zhi's mind and said, "A friendly reminder to the host that Qilan is the governor of Jingke County. If the host can really defeat Qilan, he will seize control of the first county in reputation and obtain the first phased breakthrough to complete the task. This system will enable the host to open the second junk food aid, so that the host will randomly select the second type of junk food aid. The specific amount of aid will still be determined by the host's character."
Chapter completed!