Chapter 637 The Dilemma of the Historian Father and Son
Outside Luoyang City, in Commander Shi Siming's tent.
From Shi Siming to Shi Chaoqing, all the generals looked depressed.
Since the last time the Sinian airship transported grain to Luoyang City, in the past three days, the airship has taken off every day and then airdropped grain into Luoyang City.
Shi Siming also sent people to chase the airship to investigate. The airship was launched from Xingyang City, but Xingyang City was also very heavily guarded and was a tougher nut to crack than Luoyang City.
The airship overhead would pass by Shi Siming's camp in a grand manner every day, then drop a bunch of artillery shells and then go to Luoyang City to airdrop food. But that damn Zhang Xun actually carried the airdropped wooden box to the city wall. For this reason, the morale of Shi Siming's army was greatly reduced.
I feel depressed, and I no longer have the fighting spirit I had when I went south.
Shi Siming knew that continuing like this was not an option. Since the plan to trap Zhang Xun to death had gone bankrupt, he could only risk losses and forcefully attack Luoyang City.
At this time, Shi Siming cursed again. In the past few days, the strange airship had brought more bombs and bombed the camp where Shi Siming was building siege engines, which greatly slowed down the construction progress of the trebuchet.
Shi Siming killed several craftsmen, ordered them to speed up, and finally built a few siege engines.
With insufficient siege equipment and low morale, this siege was destined to be a tough battle with heavy losses.
Shi Siming's handsome face also showed a ferocious expression. He slapped the table and said:
"Start attacking the city early tomorrow morning! Don't give Zhang Xun a chance to breathe!"
When An Lushan was there, Marshal An was the sun of Hedong. Marshal An would do whatever he said.
Jixian County was once the administrative seat of Youzhou. This historical city existed during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was once the administrative seat of Youzhou and is now the gateway to Zhuozhou, the administrative seat of Fan Yang.
In fact, these people are also speculators from Hedong. If it were not profitable, they would not follow Shi Siming to rebel.
He was noticed by Zhang Xun, so he taught him reading and literacy, as well as the art of war and martial arts.
The 50,000-strong army was dispatched in unison, and the momentum could be said to be very huge, but for Zhang Xun, who had once stood firm in Suiyang and blocked the 300,000-strong army of the puppet Yan, all this was nothing but trivial matters.
Nan Jiyun has always respected scholars, and he was very courteous to the military wives Zhang Duanyang left for him, which also gave players the opportunity to show off their skills.
Fortunately, Zhang Duanyang left him a lot of talents. Now the Qingzhou Army can move from Zizhou to fight in Qingzhou, but its numbers are still small and its supplies are smooth. This is all because of the players' help.
However, there are also many factions within, and there is also competition between them.
The soldiers cheered up a little, but everyone began to make eye contact again. To attack the city, someone must be the first to attack the city. The first person to attack the city would suffer the greatest sacrifice. No one was willing to let his men die.
After the fall of Jixian, Tian Chengsi in Zhuozhou City became even more frightened and kept writing letters to Shi Chaoyi asking for help.
Tian Chengsi was once a fierce general under An Lushan. After An Qingxu killed his father, Tian Chengsi and Shi Siming returned to Hedong.
Now we can only launch a strong attack.
Whenever Shi Chaoyi sent out a small group of troops, they would be eaten by Nan Jiyun. Once a large group of troops were eliminated, Nan Jiyun immediately disappeared.
After hearing that Shi Siming sent his son and direct descendants, the other generals took their orders.
During the Linzi battle, Shi Chaoyi discovered that Nan Jiyun was very difficult to deal with.
Tian Chengsi had resentment in his heart, but after An Qingxu succeeded to the throne, he withdrew all his father's veterans to the rear. Even if he was dissatisfied, he could only accept the order.
There are a large number of mountains between Qingzhou and Zizhou. Nan Jiyun hid in the mountains and began to fight guerrillas with Shi Chaoyi.
Today, the soldiers guarding Zhuozhou City are all soldiers under Tian Chengsi's own command.
The soldiers had no better way. Seeing that the airships were delivering food to the city day by day, it was not an option to continue like this. The 200,000 troops consumed a huge amount every day. If Luoyang was consumed like this, Shi Siming's side would definitely suffer even more.
The Hedong army itself is a private military system with a Hu military system.
In Fanyang, Yu Chixin's army entered Jixian. The defenders of Jixian only held it for one day before being defeated and fled back to Zhuozhou City.
Therefore, Shi Chaoyi could only keep writing letters to reply to Tian Chengsi, and ordered him to defend Zhuozhou City. As long as he defended Zhuozhou City, there would be hope, and he could lead the army to encircle and annihilate the Tang army.
If Shi Siming is compared to the chiefs of the Hu people, these military leaders are the chiefs of the major tribes.
Shi Siming sighed. At this time, if he didn't do his best, the military leaders under him would not do their best.
But due to emotions and reasons, he is now Shi Chaoyi's general. If he gives up Zhuozhou without fighting, he will be despised by the world.
Nan Jiyun took the lead and was very popular among his soldiers.
He concentrated his troops at the west gate of Zhuozhou. If he saw that the situation was not going well, he would immediately flee from the west gate and rush to Taiyuan City, the capital of Hedong.
However, Nan Jiyun had already passed the best period of studying at that time. He also loved martial arts and light literature, and could not read such things as military books.
After offending the historians, would Tian Chengsi surrender to the Tang Dynasty? Otherwise, where would the supplies for so many of his armies come from?
After understanding the combat effectiveness of this Tang army, Tian Chengsi also formulated a strategy for himself.
A strong general who can break through the enemy's formation is the strongest assaulter in the entire army.
Nan Jiyun charged so fiercely, but he didn't expect the fighting to be so detailed!
Nan Jiyun is a fierce general who can charge out of Suiyang with dozens of men. The role of strong generals in this era is far greater than in the era of hot weapons.
As for the players Zhang Duanyang stayed in Qingzhou, they stayed in the Qingzhou Army and became the backbone of the Qingzhou Army, making up for Nan Jiyun's deficiencies in logistics, army organization and tactics.
The attack on Linzi failed due to the gap in military strength, but when Shi Chaoyi entered Qingzhou, the situation quietly changed.
So Shi Siming nodded and said: "Shi Chaoqing!"
Tian Chengsi came from a family of military generals in Liaodong, and his family was a prestigious military general family in Hedong.
These armies established through township parties, blood relationships, and master-disciple relationships are naturally powerful in battle.
However, Nan Jiyun's side was constantly supplied. He was able to fight guerrillas in the mountains and keep the army well fed. Shi Chaoyi really couldn't figure out how he did it.
"The end is here!"
With the player's communicator that transcends the times, Shi Chaoyi gradually fell into passivity from the moment he entered the mountain.
Seeing the appearance of his generals, Shi Siming was furious again, but he was helpless.
In addition, Shi Chaoyi received bad news one after another from the rear.
In these years of fighting in the south and north, there has never been a loss. These private generals and ministers are also the reason why Tian Chengsi can still be reused after relying on Shi Siming in Hedong.
The occupation of Luoyang City is becoming increasingly anxious, and Shi Chaoyi, who has just invaded Qingzhou, is not easy either.
After fighting for a day, Shi Siming looked at the unscathed Luoyang City and had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
Tian Chengsi is not a fool. Now that Fan Yang's situation is like this, he can see that he has no support.
In the past, Nan Jiyun fought under Zhang Xun. Whether it was strategy formulation or logistical supplies, Zhang Xun took care of all these. He only had to lead the charge.
But Shi Chaoyi himself was still trapped in the mountains of Qingzhou. Shi Siming was besieging Luoyang and could not spare any manpower to rescue Fan Yang.
Hiding in the mountains, Nan Jiyun changed his cavalry into infantry and was like a ghost in the mountains.
The soldiers under Tian Chengsi were all his old team when he was the general of Anlu Mountain.
What made Shi Chaoyi even more uncomfortable was that because he was not familiar with the terrain of the mountains, his army could not go deep into the mountains to supply supplies.
With Shi Siming's enticement, Tian Chengsi defected to Shi Siming and was then assigned to assist Shi Chaoyi in Fanyang.
Nan Jiyun came from a humble background. When he was young, he made a living by manning boats on the river, that is, he was a punter.
Zhang Xun defended the city in a very orderly manner. Luoyang City was originally a strong city, but now it has a stable source of food, and the morale in the city is even higher.
On the second day, it was another sunny day, and Shi Siming's troops who besieged Luoyang began to attack the city.
Shi Siming's direct lineage is the royal family on the grassland, the most powerful one, but it is impossible for him to swallow up all the tribes on the grassland.
Now that he is leading the army alone, he needs to worry about these things.
"I order you to lead the 10,000 elite troops of our headquarters tomorrow to advance the army first and attack the city from the west wall of the city!"
In troubled times, the soldiers under his command are his capital. Without his soldiers, Shi Siming would not rely on them so much.
For Tian Chengsi, it was a very uneconomical deal for his soldiers to fight against the Tang army to protect the historian Fan Yang.
But after An Qingxu killed his father and usurped the throne, not to mention military leaders like Shi Siming, even military leaders such as Cui Youqian and An Shouzhong did not listen to An Qingxu's words.
"The last general takes command!"
Now Shi Siming is in charge of Hedong. In addition to his own trusted generals, he also recruited some of An Lushan's old subordinates.
Anyway, the Tang army was not large in number, and it was impossible to completely defend Zhuozhou City. As long as they offered a token resistance and then fled, Shi Jia and his son could not say anything.
Taiyuan is a great city in the world, and it is much easier to defend than Zhuozhou City, which is surrounded by plains on all sides.
Moreover, Tian Chengsi had other ideas. If he could rely on Taiyuan and have Taiyuan as his foundation, he could also separate himself from one side.
However, Tian Chengsi made a good plan, and Yuchixin stopped after capturing Jixian.
Yuchixin only continued to hold public trials, moved the powerful people of Jixian County to Liaodong, and re-equalized the land among the people, but stopped marching towards Zhuozhou City.