Although there are still a lot of defenders facing Gangjinglan, those people are holding on to a huge shield with both hands and waiting for the next group of people to come up and replace them. Piaotian Literature Network () They have no other weapons in their hands for a long time. Their only thought is to shrink their bodies as much as possible and hide, hide, hide as much as possible
There was no fighting spirit at all, and even the generals who sent troops just acted according to their conscience: they only got beaten, and the soldiers they sent were simply sent to die. []
The days went by like this. The Yizhou soldiers seemed to want to watch the excitement. Under such circumstances, they did not order a forced attack on the city. Many people in the city began to feel sorry for them.
The defenders, who had been suffering for many days, finally couldn't hold back their anger. The grumpy defender Zhang Wei ignored the opposition of the other defender Xu Shang and insisted on fighting out of the city. He wanted to destroy the steel shaft hanging above his head. Lan.
"Sitting here waiting for death is also death. It is better to fight out of the city. Even if you die, you will have to kill a few people on your back." Zhang Wei said angrily.
That afternoon, after lunch, the five thousand guardsmen, led by Zhang Wei, moved the stone strips behind the city gate, opened the dilapidated city gate, and shouted to fight their way out.
¡°Obviously, the defenders hated Gangjing Lan deeply. As soon as they rushed out, they slashed and chopped at Gangjing Lan, and cursed loudly at the same time. After working hard for a while, I found that I couldn't chop it, and I couldn't chop it into pieces. Moreover, arrows kept shooting from it, and garbage, excrement, and urine were thrown down. Some soldiers even took off their pants as a prank, took out the shameful thing, and sprayed it down. The smelly liquid made the defenders' lungs explode when they stormed out of the city.
After a while. They finally understood that no matter how hard they tried, the steel well rail could not be cut into pieces, so they could only use the stupidest and most effective method, which was to first remove all the stones pressing on the base of the steel well rail, and then use horse-drawn horses to He needs to push it and overturn it.
Zhang Wei then ordered most of the soldiers to be on guard outside, while he personally directed the remaining troops to divide the work: some moved the stones, and some returned to the city to get ropes. When there is land, call the horses to get ready to pull
Where are the Yizhou soldiers at this time? Why are there no troops to protect this heavy guy? In fact, this was a temporary strategy thought up by the Yizhou soldiers protecting Gangjinglan. When the defenders began to rush out. Those Yizhou soldiers pretended to be helpless and retreated a certain distance. They wanted to lure the defenders farther away from the city and then destroy them.
It was a pity that the defenders were so angry at Gangjinglan that they overcame everything else. When they saw the Yizhou soldiers who were protecting Gangjinglan retreating, they did not bother to pursue them. Instead, they settled down to deal with Gangjinglan, so that the Yizhou soldiers' plan to lure the enemy in was completely completed. Bankruptcy.
Seeing that the defenders were not fooled, the Yizhou soldiers hesitated. Later, Xu Shu, who still knew the situation, ordered the nearby Wutu Gu, Zhang Ren, and the commander of the imperial army E Huan to each lead 2,000 troops and immediately kill them in front: first, to protect the steel well fence from being destroyed by Zhang Wei's army; second, to kill Zhang Wei. Guard troops and wait for an opportunity to follow them into the city.
Just when Zhang Wei ordered batch after batch of soldiers to climb the steel well railing so that they could tie ropes and be dragged by horses, Yizhou soldiers came over from the left, middle and right, shouting and killing. Behind their three-pronged army were densely packed soldiers.
The soldiers Zhang Wei sent out to guard were quickly defeated. Those who surrendered, those who fled, and those who retreated accounted for almost one-third each, but not many were killed by the enemy.
At this time, Zhang Wei didn't care what happened to Gangjing Lan, and quickly led some of the veterans and generals around him to rush forward.
He happened to run into Zhang Ren, his former enemy. As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. The two of them didn't answer, and one of them raised a knife and the other fought with a gun. The soldiers under their respective men immediately started fighting.
But how can Zhang Wei¡¯s men and horses be the opponent of the Yizhou soldiers who have been recharging their strength for a long time? Not long after the contact, the soldiers began to retreat. Coupled with the influence of the defeated soldiers at the beginning, the soldiers around Zhang Wei sold Zhang Wei after Zhang Wei and Zhang Rencai fought for three rounds. He was left to fight the Yizhou soldiers alone.
Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and persisted for a while, but he could only fight to a draw with Zhang Ren who was eager for revenge. When the invincible and killable Wu Tu Gu rushed over to join the battle group, Zhang Wei, who followed his brother The general Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao only supported him for one round before his head was chopped off by Wu Tu Gu, and his chest was pierced by Zhang Ren's silver spear.
Wu Tu Gu looked at the headless corpse that was slowly falling down with blood spurting out. He smiled and said to Zhang Ren, "General Zhang. I'm really sorry. There really is no one to kill Wu. Haha"
Under the strong attack of the Yizhou Bing Sanlu Army, and the soldiers on the steel well fence kept pouring their arrows, the defeated defenders scrambled to escape towards the city.
Xu Shang, who was hiding in the city gate to watch the battle, saw that the situation was not good and immediately ordered his soldiers to close the city gate.
How can the city gate be closed at this time? The defeated soldiers swarmed into the city and filled the little space at the city gate. The two rows of closed-door soldiers who were facing the defeated soldiers were staggering and it was very difficult to move through. Although he finally rushed to the city gate after chopping down more than a dozen people with a knife, closing the door was even harder than climbing to the sky. The door was blocked by not only the defeated soldiers who had lost their souls, but also a thick layer of corpses lying on the ground. .
Some soldiers near the city gate took the initiative to prevent people inside from closing the door. Some even shouted as they squeezed in: "It's bad. The city gate is about to close. Stop them!"
As they shouted, Xu Shang was even more dumbfounded: some strong and big guys were worried about being locked out of the city, so they took the knives in their hands and slashed in front of them.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Ren shouted: "Brothers of the garrison, you have been defeated! Now the people in the city want to lock you outside the city and abandon you. Why are you still working for them? Whoever surrenders to the King of Shu, who You can survive and get a reward!"
Wu Tu Gu also shouted: "Those who make way will live, those who block the way will die! Kill¡ª¡ª!"
The Yizhou soldiers shouted in unison: "Get out of the way! Kill!"
Xu Shang saw E Huan dancing with the Fang Tian painted halberd with both hands as if he were in a deserted place. Human heads, arms, and blood were flying in front of his horse, and he had already crossed the city gate and rushed into the doorway. His face turned pale with fright, and he turned around and ran away.
But after taking a few steps, he was blocked by his chaotic soldiers. Just as he was still trying to get through the gaps between the people, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and soon he didn't know anything anymore.
Once the two generals died, Cao Jun completely lost his sense of resistance. All the soldiers chose to kneel where they were not on the road, their heads lowered in fear. Begging the enemy to spare his life.
A few hours later, the battle here ended. The four gates were opened, and the jubilant Yizhou soldiers slowly entered the city in order, while those Cao soldiers who surrendered were escorted out of the city, and they would serve the Yizhou army as coolies.
Liu Jia naturally took over the countless gold and silver treasures collected by Cao Jun, and at the same time opened warehouses to benefit the people, and the city slowly regained its vitality.
After the Guangwei County City, the largest city in Guangwei County, was breached. And Huang Zhong's army trapped Cao's army in Pingxiang City in the city. In addition, Zhao Yun's army completely established a foothold in Long County, so the total number of Qingshui City, Lueyang City, Jingning City and other cities that were completely surrounded was More than 14,000 defenders began to surrender voluntarily.
Although the two thousand defenders who were trapped by Huang Zhong's army were all veterans of Zhang He's army, seeing that Yizhou was occupying them on all sides, they had no idea of ??trying again. Qingshui City, Lueyang City, Jingning City, etc. The white flag was also raised after the city.
Guangwei County was occupied by Liu Jia, and Zhang He's 60,000 troops finally became the turtle in the urn.
"Lord, this Cao army is too inexperienced. We have only been here for more than ten days. These more than 30,000 troops have been eaten by us. According to Wu Mou, we might as well hand over Zhang He's 60,000 troops to General Ma Chao Forget it, they will definitely be able to deal with them. How great would it be if we went directly to Xuchang and arrested Mr. Cao Cao? Haha" Wu Tugu said with a smile at the celebration banquet.
Although Zhang Ren and Qiao Zhou who had never fought against Cao Jun did not speak, the looks in their eyes were in favor of Wu Tu Gu. Only E Huan was noncommittal. Because he had a bloody battle with Cao Jun at Jiangzuikou. The battle was really tragic. Zhao Yun and himself could be said to have narrowly escaped death. If the lord Liu Jia and Pang Tong hadn't led their troops in time, he would have become a pile of dirt underground. Dry bones. The real combat effectiveness of Cao's army is definitely several times that of these troops.
Liu Jia also took a sip of wine and smiled at Wu Tu Gu: "What we are fighting now are all new recruits from Cao Cao's army. Among the more than 30,000 soldiers, 25,000 soldiers were just recruited and sent by Cao Cao to make up the numbers. Yes, how can we really explain the strength of Cao Jun? When we fight Zhang He next, we will know whether Cao Jun is the weeds and mud that you, General Wu, think."
"Even if most of us here are new soldiers, then the five thousand defenders in Long County should be considered veterans. Why didn't they last long? Lu Qian's army outside the city was defeated. General Zhao Yun's soldiers have not arrived yet. , they abandoned Long County and ran away." Wu Tu Gu took a bite of the mutton. retorted.
Liu Jia smiled again and said: "The reason why Du Xi abandoned the city must be Cao Cao's intention. Their purpose this time is to abandon Xiliang and let us fight to the death with Zhang He's army. Cao Cao's army will rest for 1 time and our main force will be lost." The vitality of the army. They withdrew these five thousand soldiers to strengthen other cities in Fufeng County to prevent us from continuing to advance inland and to prepare for their next counterattack. You don't know that there were only 600 soldiers left in Long County at that time. Really? Moreover, these 600 soldiers retreated in an orderly manner only after our Generals Wei Yan and General Ma Dai approached the city. Will the combat effectiveness of this kind of troops be strong?"
While Wu Tu Gu was drinking, Xu Shu also smiled and said, "There's more"Our General Huang Zhong attacked Dipingxiang City with only 2,000 troops defending it. We were surrounded by 30,000 elite troops outside, which was 15 to 1. They actually had the guts to insult and challenge us. If from time to time they find that we have occupied all directions, they may have to wait for a while to wait for us to attack the city. "
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While Liu Jia¡¯s army was reorganizing the prisoners, cleaning up the city, and reassuring the people, Li Hui sent several news from Xuchang and Jianye:
Cao Cao successfully became the King of Wei. With the strong recommendation of Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, Jia Kui, Guo Huai and others, the emperor was "happy" to canonize Cao Cao as the King of Wei, although Cao Cao actively declined three times. , but still "helplessly" accepted it. During this process, Sima Yi showed outstanding talents and was trusted by Cao Cao. Xun Yu didn't know why he had reservations and was ignored by Cao Cao for a few days.
The rest and reorganization of Cao's army is coming to an end. Soldiers and horses are being mobilized from various places to store food and grass. There is the possibility of large-scale use of troops. Cao Jun is now vigorously repairing the city defenses along the river and taking a defensive position against Sun Quan. The troops he mobilized are obviously preparing to launch an attack on the Yizhou army. Judging from the road construction in the interior, the targets of the troops are directed at Yongzhou and Xiliang. Although the armies from various places are not yet in place, judging from the signs, it is estimated that the total number of troops sent by Cao Cao this time is more than 300,000.
Sun Quan was making active preparations for proclaiming himself emperor, and the orders he issued to various places began to be stamped with the imperial seal.
After Guan Feng returned to his father, he cultivated himself at home for a period of time. Now he began to visit Zhang Fei and Liu Bei. He didn't go to Zhuge Liang's house much, and he never went to Jian Yong's house.
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"Yuan Zhi, is Cao Cao resting so quickly? The more than 30,000 Xiliang soldiers we received from General Ma Chao haven't even finished resting yet, and they" Liu Jia said, holding the stationery filled with news.
"Cao Cao's family has a big business and a large population, so they can reorganize their troops faster than us. Besides, we are developing very fast here, and they are also very anxious. They are worried that we will wipe out Zhang He in a few seconds. Not only did they fail to achieve their goals The original purpose of losing our fresh troops has actually added nearly two states to our ranks. So they want to end their rest and recuperation early and send out troops to contain us as soon as possible, so that Zhang He's 60,000-strong army can play more roles. Maybe they also hope to give us a before and after It's a flanking attack." Xu Shu analyzed.
"Humph, a front and rear flank attack? It's good that Zhang He can defend his few cities. Yin Jia thinks we can give Zhang He a front and rear flank attack first." Liu Jiadao.
"Oh, my lord has come up with a new way? This is a new idea. My lord, can you tell me how we can attack Zhang He from both front and rear?" Xu Shu asked sincerely, "Why did our soldiers appear behind Zhang He? ?¡±
"Haha, this method is not all Jia's credit. Shiyuan also sent a letter to Jia yesterday with the same intention, but he was worried that General Ma Chao would have any new ideas." Liu Jiadao.
When Xu Shu heard this, he quickly understood what was going on. He said: "This method is good. General Ma Chao will not have any other ideas. In my opinion, in addition to General Ma Chao, the lord can also send General Pang De and General Yang Hong to go together. General Pang De is brave, and Yang Hong The general has a plan. As long as this passes, my lord, great things will be accomplished."
"Okay! It's settled. How many soldiers does Yuan Zhi think is appropriate?" Liu Jia asked.
"Thirty thousand people are enough. Now General Ma Chao already has 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. Send them 10,000 rested Xiliang soldiers. Haha, with this move, Zhang He will be in big trouble. .¡±