nycdaug Chapter 398 Qin Tianming’s mentality is messed up!
Chapter 398 Qin Tianming’s mentality is messed up!
After Li Changsheng killed Qin An with one strike, he sheathed his sword and ordered Du Dalong, "Hang this fellow's head on the city wall for the people of the Tiandao League to see!"
Du Dalong clasped his fists in response, then held Qin An's head and walked towards the city gate tower.
Two more bodyguards came forward and cleaned up the headless body very skillfully.
Soon the hall was as new as before, as if Qin An had never been there.
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"Holy Son, Qin An..."
A disciple of the Tiandao League hurriedly ran into Qin Tianming's tent.
Qin Tianming deliberately kept a straight face and said, "What's going on? Why are you so flustered? Did Qin An return empty-handed?"
He asked Qin An to persuade him to surrender, not because he really wanted to persuade Li Changsheng to surrender.
He simply wanted to humiliate the other party and let Qin An find out the situation in the city.
After all, he was also a man who had read many military books and knew the principle of knowing yourself and your enemy, and you would never be defeated in a hundred battles.
The disciple responded, "Qin An hasn't come back!"
Qin Tianming asked, "If Qin An doesn't come back, does he still plan to stay in Ancheng?"
The disciple said, "Holy Son, it was Li Changsheng who chopped off Qin An's head and hung it on the city gate tower!"
Qin Tianming was shocked when he heard this.
"Li Changsheng, you don't take this Saint Son seriously at all!"
"Come here, pass the order down, attack the city tomorrow!"
"Holy Son, the walls of Ancheng are strong. We lack large-scale siege equipment, so it's not advisable to force an attack. Let's wait for the Deputy Alliance Leader and the others!"
However, Qin Tianming was already extremely angry at this time. He refused to listen to these words of persuasion and insisted on launching a fierce attack on Ancheng.
Since it was Qin Tianming's sudden idea, without large-scale siege equipment, he naturally could not break through the Ancheng city gate.
At dusk, after leaving behind a thousand corpses, they were forced to call off the battle.
This result really made Qin Tianming very angry.
So, after he returned, he ordered his two deputy generals in charge of military supplies, Zhang Da and Fan Qiang, to cut down trees on the spot and build large siege equipment.
After three days, the finished product must be seen.
The two deputy generals, Fan Qiang and Zhang Da, were so frightened that they trembled on the spot.
"Holy Son, we are short of craftsmen. It is not easy to build a large siege machine in three days!"
Qin Tianming didn't care about that at all. He flew into a rage and shouted, "If there are no craftsmen, go find some from nearby. If it's something easy to do, what's the point of keeping you around?"
"If I don't see any siege equipment in three days, I will court-martial you two and publicly behead you!"
Zhang Da and Fan Qiang both felt like they had lost their parents.
That night, the two of them got together to discuss what to do.
But no matter how hard they racked their brains, they could not build siege equipment within three days.
If you don't want to lose your head in three days, your only way to survive is to surrender.
But to whom to surrender is another question.
Although Ancheng is close at hand, Li Changsheng only has more than 10,000 old, weak and sick people under his control.
In their opinion, they were simply unable to resist the 200,000 main forces of Deputy Alliance Leader Qin.
It is very likely that Ancheng would be captured as soon as they surrendered.
By then, you will still be unable to escape death.
After much thought, I can only join Xiao Yunyong.
Just as Fan Qiang and Zhang Da were plotting how to surrender to Xiao Yunyong.
Outside the military camp, there was a sudden sound of drums.
Qin Tianming, who had been busy all day, was just beginning to feel sleepy when he suddenly heard the sound of drums and was immediately awakened.
"What's going on? Where does the drum sound come from?"
Upon hearing this, his subordinate said, "Holy Son, it seems that the defenders in Ancheng are causing this commotion. They seem to be planning to attack us at night while our foundation is still unstable!"
Qin Tianming shouted angrily, "You've arrived just in time! Pass the order down, everyone, prepare to fight. This time, we're going to make sure they never return!"
However, these 30,000 soldiers, fully armed and in high spirits, waited until the fourth watch.
But they still didn't see the imperial army coming to attack the camp.
Moreover, since it was dark and the road was not visible, they were afraid of an ambush and did not dare to attack rashly.
I could only endure my fatigue and stand still, highly alert.
It was not until dawn that they could see clearly what the so-called drum sound was.
It turned out that there were more than a dozen sheep hanging up, and war drums were placed under them.
The sheep's hooves kicked around, causing the drums to sound louder.
Qin Tianming was so angry that he cried out when he saw that he had been fooled.
He was so angry that he ordered his men to chop down all the hanging sheep and war drums on the spot.
Soon, hundreds of personal soldiers rushed forward.
But when they chopped the war drum, a pungent smell filled the air.
Before they could react, they started foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes.
"Oh no, there's poisonous smoke coming from the war drum!"
Before they could even leave, they were lying all over the ground.
Qin Tianming saw that he had been tricked by Li Changsheng again, and he gnashed his teeth in hatred.
"Damned Li Changsheng, I must kill you. If I don't tear you into pieces and scatter your bones and ashes, I will never be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
When he was angry, he suddenly drew out his scimitar and chopped it at the sheep hanging on the tree.
There was only a "click" sound.
The unfortunate sheep was cut in half with one blow, and blood splattered on the spot.
Moreover, he was eager to take revenge and drove his soldiers to attack the city again regardless of their fatigue.
The final result is naturally predictable.
In just one morning, nearly two thousand people were killed.
By the afternoon, another thousand bodies had been left behind.
This means that the 30,000 vanguard troops led by Qin Tianming had left behind 4,000 corpses before they even touched the city wall of Ancheng.
At this rate, in another seven or eight days, all of his 30,000 vanguards would be killed or wounded.
Qin Tianming has always considered himself a favored child of heaven, and he has never suffered such a great loss.
But no matter how much he hated it, he could do nothing about it.
In order to vent his anger, if his subordinates did something that was not to his liking, he would beat them up or even kill them on the spot.
This undoubtedly made Fan Qiang and Zhang Da more determined to escape.
If the situation continues like this, the two of them will have to run away.
After the three-day deadline, the heads on their necks will definitely have to move.
That night, the sound of war drums rang out again.
Qin Tianming learned his lesson this time. He first sent out a team of scouts to go to the source of the drumming sound to check the specific situation.
Soon, the scout came back to report.
Or hang the sheep and beat the drum!
After listening to his subordinates' report, Qin Tianming laughed wildly.
They mocked Li Changsheng for being at his wit's end, saying that this was the only trick he could come up with.
After laughing, he continued to sleep soundly.
The past two days have really tormented him to the point where he barely slept a wink.
If the commander-in-chief acts like this, the other soldiers will naturally follow suit.
No one took the sound of war drums outside seriously.
Just when the entire military camp fell asleep.
There are three hundred cavalrymen quietly approaching this side.
To avoid making any noise, all the horses' eyes were covered with black cloth, and their hooves were wrapped with thick cotton cloth.
In this way, the three hundred cavalrymen advanced forward silently at the fastest speed like ghosts in the dark night.
The sword pointed directly at Qin Tianming's vanguard camp!