"Report, my lord, Yingyang has been lost, General Shi Tao died in battle, and General Shi Shouxin was seriously injured!"
The Xuzhou incident has not yet been negotiated to a conclusion, but another shocking news came at this time.
"What!"
After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin and Miao Xun screamed at the same time, with disbelief in their eyes.
Before, Shi Shouxin only defended with a lone army after a big defeat, and he persisted for so many days, until the Xuzhou army came to help. Now, Zhao Kuangyin sent 10,000 troops to Shi Shouxin, but it only took more than ten days. How could it be possible?
Is it broken just by saying it is broken?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Zhao Kuangyin could not accept this fact, and shouted in a broken voice: "Gu Ke sent him 10,000 reinforcements, and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang only had 50,000 soldiers and horses. How could Yingyang break it just because he said it?"
Zhang Liao's Guangwu camp originally only had 50,000 troops. After these battles, no matter how small the losses were, there would still be attrition, and the cities that had been conquered before still needed to be garrisoned by men. Therefore,
, Zhao Kuangyin said that there were less than 50,000 troops, but he was actually estimating further.
Although only 10,000 reinforcements were sent over, they were on the defensive side. In addition, Shi Shouxin's original participation of soldiers and horses was not enough. They had just sent reinforcements for more than ten days, and they directly brought him such a force.
news!
Not to mention Zhao Kuangyin, but even Miao Xun and other counselors, some of them didn't believe it!
No matter how you say it, Shi Shouxin was the earliest general under Zhao Kuangyin. Everyone knew his abilities. Even though he was overtaken by Tian Dan and others in recent years, he still deserves the title of a famous general in the Central Plains. He just lost like this.
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However, they also knew that if this kind of news was not confirmed, how could it be spread falsely? Since it has already reached Zhao Kuangyin, it means that the news is confirmed!
Of the 150,000 Xuzhou soldiers and horses, except for 30,000 who stayed in Xuzhou, the remaining 120,000 followed Zhao Kuangyin to the Yuzhou front line. Among them, 50,000 soldiers and horses followed Zhao Kuangyin and pressed into the Xuchang front line, while 50,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Ru
Southern important land.
After all, this place is the most important place in Runan.
Of the remaining 20,000 troops, some were sent to Tian Rangju's place, while the other part were sent to Shi Shouxin's place.
As for Shi Tao, who died in the battle in the letter, he is considered a half-local figure. Although he is not a system figure, he was born from a system figure. Shi Shouxin, as the first general born after Zhao Kuangyin, will naturally continue the family lineage over the years.
Marry a wife and have children, and this one is the eldest son born to Shi Xinshu and a local figure.
He is also considered to be brave and good at fighting. He is one of the top two men under Zhao Kuangyin. He is always better than his master, but he cannot escape this cruel battlefield after all.
"Tell me, what is going on?" Zhao Kuangyin looked fierce, still unable to believe the news.
When he first attacked Yingyang, Zhang Liao built a plank road secretly to Chencang. He attacked Yingyang openly, but secretly led his light cavalry to support Cao Ren's troops. But even so, Xu Huang still had enough troops to attack Shi Shouxin in Yingyang.
After all, Zhang Liao only took away some of the cavalry, which had little impact on Xu Huang.
Even if the plan with Cao Ren succeeds, after Zhang Liao returns with his troops, Xu Huang will still be in charge of the siege.
First of all, both of them are talented generals, and Zhang Liao is good at surprise attacks, but Xu Huang is more steady and steady. In terms of offensive battles, Zhang Liao may not be able to match him.
Secondly, before Zhang Liao returned, Xu Huang had led troops to attack for so many days, and he had a good grasp of Shi Shouxin's defensive methods. Xu Huang was more knowledgeable than Zhang Liao on how to attack next.
In fact, Xu Huang was already sure of capturing Yingyang City long before Zhao Kuangyin's reinforcements arrived.
But it was precisely because he found out that Zhao Kuangyin had sent 10,000 reinforcements that he slowed down and prepared to eat them all in one go after the 10,000 troops arrived.
The tactics used by Xu Huang in this battle were tunnel combat.
This tactic has been around for a long time. It has appeared since the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, it was even more used in actual combat. Mozi even wrote an article called "Preparing Acupoints" specifically for tunnel warfare.
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang and Yuan Shao all conducted tunnel warfare. After the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the use of tunnel warfare became more flexible. In the Ming Dynasty, underground caves were dug to hide soldiers to deal with enemies.
However, if this tactic is used too often, there will be so many precedents, and the generals defending the city will be more prepared. After all, there are not many ways to prevent this kind of tunneling, and the difficulty does not consume much manpower.
All you need to do is dig a deep pit next to the wall, place a large urn in the pit, cover the mouth of the urn with leather, and then send soldiers to listen carefully. If the enemy is digging a tunnel, they will be able to hear it.
But for famous generals, even common methods can be put into their hands, and they may be able to perform tricks.
Xu Huang's ability is not necessarily stronger than Shi Shouxin, but since Zhang Liao came back, these five good generals have gathered on this battlefield, and this combination of skills has naturally exploded.
Since Zhang Liao temporarily replaced the general's position with Xu Huang, the skill effect of remembering the combo was not placed on the actual leader Zhang Liao, but on the defeated Xu Huang.
With the increase in combo skills, Xu Huang's commanding ability greatly increased in a short period of time.
They were also digging tunnels, but Xu Huang chose to do it in two lines: light and dark. Deep in one tunnel, there was a second secret tunnel hidden, and the two tunnels were dug at the same time. Although Shi Shouxin discovered Xu Huang's method of digging tunnels in time,
And after the tunnel was dug, it was smoked with mugwort, so that Zhang Liao not only failed to follow the tunnel to attack the city, but also lost some men.
However, this open tunnel was exposed, but the deeper secret tunnel was not exposed, but remained hidden. Shi Shouxin discovered one of Xu Huang's secret tunnels, but
But he never expected that Xu Huang also secretly hid another tunnel.
Moreover, since he had discovered Xu Huang's method of digging tunnels, Shi Shouxin instinctively thought that Xu Huang would not repeat his same tricks, which made him somewhat unprepared.
Therefore, after the enemy's reinforcements arrived, Xu Huang sent soldiers to dig out the secret tunnel that was about to be dug. From then on, the soldiers of the Guangwu Camp followed the tunnel and entered the city with overwhelming force. Although Shi Shouxin
He tried his best to resist, but he still couldn't escape the fate of his city being destroyed and his son perished.
