Facing the approaching bull demon troops, Gongsun Yan had no choice but to take Baima Yi to take shelter for the time being.
However, after Li Chengliang's Liaodong Jingqi briefly rested after the war, Xue Wanche did not allow them to enter Xiaopei. Instead, he treated them as a wandering cavalry, optimistic about the road between Xiaopei and Xuzhou.
Next, Xiaopei, as the bridgehead of Xuzhou, will face a fierce battle. Before the opponent's large forces arrive, Xue Wanche also begins to make final pre-war preparations.
The whole of Xiaopei was put under military control. If one person caused trouble, ten households around him would be killed. In other words, as long as one person caused trouble, it would not be him alone, nor the ten people around him, but the whole family.
Ten households use this high-pressure policy to allow the people of Xiaopei to supervise each other.
The ants are still living in vain. No matter how bad their impression of the Jin army is, in order to survive, if anyone really has any objections, these people themselves may tie them up and force them to Xue Wanche's place.
In fact, in order to have a direct impact on these people, Xue Wanche took the initiative to have 30 families beheaded, with hundreds of heads killed one after another, regardless of men, women, or young or old.
As for whether someone among these 30 households really took advantage of this time to cause trouble, everyone was dead anyway. How could other people know? They just need to know that they will really die if someone makes trouble!
In addition to rectifying the internal people's hearts and strengthening the city's defense, Xue Wanche also sent Xue Wanjun to escort a batch of grain and grass and a batch of ordnance from Xuzhou to Xiaopei to prepare for a long-term defense.
As long as Di Qing does not solve the problem for a day, he cannot lose a day here.
Naturally, the opponent's large force did not dare to bypass Xiaopei and attack Xuzhou directly, but that would not necessarily be the case if it was the white horse Yi Cong who came and went like the wind. Such a light cavalry, famous for its speed and mounted shooting, as long as they did not waste time.
, bypassing Xiaopei and turning back quickly before the food runs out is never a problem.
Therefore, Liaodong Jingqi is required to take charge of the response.
Within a few days, Yi Yin, who was still holding on in Pengcheng, received the news of the loss of Xiaopei, especially the series of bad news that followed, which made him feel a little discouraged.
At this moment, Yi Yin, at that moment, seemed not to be the powerful prime minister in the Central Plains who was inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people, but just a twilight old man.
In just a few days, one piece of bad news followed another.
First, news came that Chen Deng in Guangling had rebelled against the enemy, which was equivalent to blocking Zhu Yuanzhang's reinforcements.
The impact of Chen Deng's rebellion was definitely not limited to him alone, or to Guangling as a whole. From the moment he received the news, Yi Yin had actually expected it.
Sure enough, within a few days, bad news came to Xiapi. Although the place has not fallen yet, it is definitely not optimistic.
Most of the aristocratic families, including the Chen family, joined forces to rebel. With lightning speed, they first seized the armory and armed all the servants, servants and common people of these aristocratic families. Good guy,
In one fell swoop, several thousand troops were gathered.
The aristocratic families in this period basically controlled most of the arable land, and it was naturally impossible for them to cultivate this arable land themselves. Therefore, a lot of the population during this period was actually hidden in the hands of various aristocratic families, large and small.
And now, this part of the manpower has also been armed by them.
Although the quality of the soldiers and horses was not good, the quantity was sufficient. Su Qin did not fight head-on with the Xiapi defenders. Instead, he gave full play to their advantages and took advantage of the general trend of the world and the embarrassment of Xuzhou's crisis to win over more aristocratic families.
market, growing their power like a snowball.
Even in the later stages, even ordinary people will be rolled in unconsciously. In the Yellow Turban period, the so-called coercion is just like this. Of course, it is not necessary unless it is a last resort. After all, Li Xiang does not want to
Turn the Central Plains into a wasteland.
Therefore, although General Bupi was a good general, even though he was neither big nor small, and was a famous person in history, he still could not quell the chaos in a short time due to insufficient troops at his disposal.
And if there is no way to quell the chaos in a short period of time, the situation will only become more tilted towards Su Qin and the others.
But now, the bad news about Xiaopei came again. One after another, Yi Yin was almost breathless as the bad news hit him one after another.
It is never just the last straw that breaks the camel's back, but every straw that breaks the camel's back.
The most important thing is that after guarding for so many days, his soldiers and horses also suffered heavy losses.
In the first few days, Di Qing mobilized the most elite soldiers and horses to attack the city. Naturally, the casualties of the defenders within Pengcheng remained high.
In the next few days, although the Xuzhou Army's surrender troops that had gathered in Donghai and Langya were replaced, the fighting during this period was far less intense than in the first few days, but the casualties of the Pengcheng defenders still did not decrease.
In the initial period, Di Qing mobilized a large number of elite troops to attack the city, so Yi Yin naturally had to invest the 10,000 regular troops instead of the 20,000 temporary troops that were later formed.
Although Di Qing later switched to surrendering his troops, as the proportion of losses among Pengcheng's elite troops continued to decline, the overall combat effectiveness also naturally declined. Therefore, the casualty rate naturally did not decrease.
After the war until now, the number of the 10,000 regular defenders has become less and less. Although the combat power of the temporarily formed troops has been significantly improved due to the bloody battles during this period, it still cannot be changed.
overall situation.
Therefore, after the war started until now, Peng Cheng was completely in a shaky state.
Especially as bad news came one after another, the morale of the defenders in Pengcheng had seriously collapsed. Both reinforcements could no longer be counted on, and the last hope was gone, so morale naturally declined.
Although Yi Yin also tried his best to save the situation, he still couldn't stand Di Qing's habit of letting a bunch of soldiers with loud voices shout news from all over the place, nor could he stand the floating water party members who came and went without a trace in the city.
It is difficult for an individual to change the general trend. Yi Yin himself can hardly hold on, let alone the soldiers below.
It was the early morning of another day. Di Qing was habitually preparing to command his soldiers to launch today's siege. He was sure that he would have at least five more days to completely capture the city, but with a crunching sound, he suddenly
The gate of Pengcheng, which had been closed for a long time, opened from the inside.
