Yangzhai City is like a huge meat grinding ground, where countless people have lost their precious lives.
There are soldiers from Yuan Jun and soldiers from Cao Jun here.
Their corpses are now stacked layer upon layer, making it difficult to tell them apart.
Now the sun has begun to set in the west,
Yuan Jun's fifth wave of siege also officially sounded the horn and beat the war drum!
Most of Cao Ren's 10,000 soldiers have been defeated.
Now, in addition to Cao Ren and Dian Wei, those responsible for the defense on the city wall also have soldiers who came from the other three gates for reinforcements.
Only a thousand men were left to defend the other three gates.
Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Cao Hong each led four thousand men under their command.
They took turns climbing the southern city wall to help Cao Ren and Dian Wei resist Yuan Jun's attack.
On a hillside far outside Yangzhai City,
Zhao Yun and the cavalry behind him were taking a short rest here to bandage their wounds.
The three thousand fine knights who originally left the city together,
Now there is less than half left,
In order to destroy the enemy's trebuchets and wells, Zhao Yun's elite cavalry suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, Yuan Jun also prepared for the war hastily. In just two days, they were not able to build many siege equipment.
Zhao Yun led the cavalry to fight with Yuan Shu's cavalry while waiting for an opportunity to attack Yuan Jun's siege equipment. In the end, he succeeded in destroying most of Yuan Jun's equipment, effectively reducing the pressure on the city wall.
The sun is almost setting,
The fifth wave of siege battles ended not long after.
"Clang clang clang!"
As the sound of gold rang out from Yuan's army, Yuan Shu's army was suffocated for a moment, and then quickly receded like the tide, dispersing without chaos.
Under the last rays of the setting sun,
Lu Yan and others climbed to the top of the city after the bloody battle and watched Yuan Shu's army slowly withdraw.
The battle lasted from morning to evening,
The expected sneak attack from other city gates did not come.
Lu Yan somewhat understood Yuan Shu's thoughts.
He looked at Sergeant Yuan whose shadow was stretched by the setting sun,
He told Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai: "Yuan Gongli wants to prove his strength to Duke Cao.
What he wants is a head-on confrontation!"
Hearing this, Guo Jia smiled and said:
"The Yuan brothers are really interesting.
Both people have very distinct characteristics, whether they are good or bad..."
Xi Zhicai turned his head and looked quietly at the figures shaking on the city wall.
That was Cao Cao's soldiers sorting out Paoze's remains. Lu Yan had said before that they would be taken back to Chenliu Haosheng for burial.
Xi Zhicai sighed and said: "In this battle, we can only win miserably."
Lu Yan's expressionless face finally showed a smile:
"But we won in the end, and we also captured Yangzhai, and then the entire Yingchuan County!"
Guo Jia said with a slightly excited tone: "That's right! Once Yuan Shu retreats and we go back to take over Xu County, then Yingchuan County will eventually be ours!"
Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were quite happy to be able to take their hometown into their own hands and save it from the ravages of war.
Yuan Shu's army retreated openly, and Cao Jun had no intention of pursuing it. After all, the losses on both sides were heavy.
Although Yuan Shu did not defeat Yangzhai City in this battle, he had proved his strength to Cao Cao and other princes in the world.
If they didn't have the strong city of Yangzhai to rely on and fight head-on, Lu Yan and the others would probably still be far behind.
However, there is a huge disadvantage brought by the number of people here.
Moreover, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and everything depends on people's plans.
No one can tell what the final result will be until the last moment.
...
Yuzhou is among the best in the world,
In the 18th year of Jianwu's reign in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he governed the Yuzhou Governor's Department in Qiao, with jurisdiction over 2 counties, 4 countries, and 97 counties, ruling almost half of the Central Plains.
Cao Cao's hometown is Qiao County.
Yuzhou currently has only two counties, one is Yingchuan County and the other is Runan County.
Now that Lu Yan and others defeated Yuan Shu, Cao Jun took over Yingchuan County.
Yuan Shu, on the other hand, withdrew his troops and returned to his hometown of Runan.
Yingchuan has always been a large county in history and one of the most prosperous areas in the Han Dynasty.
In addition, Yingchuan County also has a profound cultural heritage. Xia Yu once established his capital in Yingchuan. There are a large number of aristocratic families gathered here, so Yingchuan has always produced talents in large numbers.
Unfortunately, Yingchuan County is also one of the places most affected by the Yellow Turbans.
Coupled with the frequent wars in the Central Plains,
Many people, including some aristocratic families, also moved, moved, and dispersed.
Boss Cao learned that the defenders of Chenliu County not only thwarted Yuan Shu's intention to sneak attack on his rear, but also occupied Yingchuan County. In the past two days, he often smiled from ear to ear and praised Lu Yan for his foresight and foresight when meeting everyone.
The leader can only...
As a result, Lu Yan's military commander was promoted by Cao Cao to the position of governor of Chenliu County because of his outstanding military exploits.
Lu Yan became the governor of Chenliu County.
The original county governor Zhang Miao happened to be transferred to Yanzhou by Cao Cao, and was given a position with authority but no authority, which was equivalent to being under surveillance nearby.
Lu Yan's diary mentioned Zhang Miao's rebellion, but Cao Cao was still very cautious.
Cao Ren served as the governor of Yingchuan County, and Cao Hong was transferred to Shanyang County as the prefect. Boss Cao had settled his two most considerate younger brothers this time.
On the way back to Chenliu County,
Lu Yan actually felt a little uncomfortable, "When we went out, we were all big, but when we came back, a lot of them were missing. Alas..."
yes!
When we went out, we had more than 40,000 soldiers, including Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Dian Wei.
But what about when we go back now?
Yingchuan County needed soldiers to stay behind, so more than half of them were sent away.
In addition to the nearly 8,000 soldiers who were killed and seriously injured in the battle, there were only 15,000 soldiers and nearly 8,000 urns who followed Lu Yan back to Chenliu.
Cao Ren guarded Yingchuan, Li Dian stationed troops in Xu County, and Cao Hong went to Shanyang County.
There was a lively family of generals before,
Now only Yu Jin and Dian Wei are left.
Seeing that Lu Yan was a little depressed, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but comfort him: "There is no banquet in the world that never ends, longevity, you'd better not be too attached."
"Sigh... I've only had a few days of leisure, and Duke Cao caught me up in a fight again... The problem is that I've been taken away, what do you want me to do next?"
"Don't you still have me here? Don't be too sad." Guo Jia joined the consolation queue.
"You?" Lu Yan looked up and down, shook his head and said, "You have to leave eventually. The vast world outside is where you, Guo Fengxiao, can display your abilities."
Guo Jia was stunned, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Well... what you said makes sense, and I can't argue with it..."
Lu Yan obtained permission from Cao Cao to keep Zhao Yun, but Xi Zhicai still had to return to Yanzhou immediately.
After Xi Zhicai thought for a moment, he said to Lu Yan:
"My lord has recruited many new officials. If you need it, Chang Sheng, I can convey your request to my lord to send some people over for you."
Lu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.
He actually thought of a person who is not famous now, but will be very famous in the future, "Man Chong!"
Thinking of Man Chong,
Lu Yan couldn't help but look at Guo Jia from the corner of his eyes.
He remembered that he had seen in a certain TV series, Man Chong followed Guo Jia and looked like a fan of the wine master.
Thinking of this,
Lu Yan couldn't help but look forward to seeing Man Chong meet Guo Jia.