Chapter 1889: The isolated city of Yanjing (Part 2)
Liu Che naturally knew that considering the current situation in Yanjing, defending was the best and only option, but he was still unwilling to sit back and wait for death.
After a long silence, Liu Che asked: "Can we take advantage of the time when Su Lie and Xue Li's armies have not yet joined forces to send troops to defeat Su Lie's 30,000 men?"
"Your Majesty, although there are still 30,000 troops in Yanjing City, which are equal to Su Lie's troops, their combat power is completely unequal.
Su Lie's 30,000-strong army fought from the Bohai Sea to Yanjing, winning consecutive battles and achieving great morale.
On the other hand, our army has lost cities and territory one after another, its morale is low, and even one-third of its troops are new recruits.
If we defend the city, our army can still resist it, but once we leave the city to fight in the field, we will definitely lose."
Huo Guang said with a bitter look on his face, what he said was true. After all, the war had reached this point, and there was no need to destroy his family's prestige, because there was no prestige to destroy.
Hearing this, Liu Che was completely discouraged, waved his hands and said feebly: "That's all, I won't leave the city unless I leave the city. I hope General Xian Yu can help, but we can hold on for as long as possible."
After Xian Yufu fled back to Yanjing, Liu Che originally wanted to punish him severely, but considering that there were no generals in Yanjing, all the ministers wanted to marry Xian Yufu, and Li Guangcai was the chief general in Yuyang, he pardoned Xian Yufu.
He was guilty of the defeat and made him responsible for guarding Guangyang City.
Xian Yufu was defeated and returned. Not only was he not punished, but he was reused to guard Guangyang City. This made Xian Yufu even more grateful and vowed to be loyal to Liu Che and never surrender.
"Your Majesty, Guangyang City is second only to Yanjing City, and there are 3,000 garrison troops of General Xian Yu. I think we can hold out for ten and a half months," said Prime Minister Wei.
As you can see from the name, Guangyang City was once the seat of Guangyang County and also the seat of Youzhou.
When Liu Yu served as the shepherd of Youzhou, no city in Youzhou was particularly prosperous. He was mainly dedicated to handling and regulating foreign affairs, so Guangyang City, which was located relatively north, was more suitable as a city to govern.
After Liu Che succeeded Liu Yu, Youzhou was filled with a large number of refugees from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The population has greatly increased compared to before, and economic and commercial aspects have also entered a stage of rapid development. The political status of Guangyang City has become embarrassing.
Woke up.
Guangyang City is located in the north, which is not conducive to controlling the entire territory of Youzhou, nor is it conducive to commercial development. It is even less conducive to the future southward movement to Jizhou, and it will also be threatened by the Manchu cavalry...
If Guangyang City were to continue to be the administrative seat, there would be a lot of disadvantages but no benefits, so Liu Che decisively moved the administrative center to Jixian County, which is now Yanjing City.
Ji County was originally a small county with a population of nearly 10,000, but after Liu Che moved there early, he not only moved a large number of refugees to expand the population, but also expanded it three times and renovated the city five times. In a few years, Ji County was built into a large city with a population of 200,000.
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Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it is rare for a single city to have a population of more than 30,000. However, Jixian has a population of 200,000, which is absolutely unprecedented.
In addition, due to the threat of the Manchus, Liu Che attached great importance to defense when he built the city. Therefore, Yanjing is said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its defensive power is not inferior to Yecheng, the number one city in Hebei.
Most of the resources of the Northern Han Dynasty were used to build the city of Yanjing. Guangyang City, the original administrative seat, was naturally neglected and began to gradually decline.
However, after all, Guangyang City was once the seat of a state, and the basic foundation is still there. At least the city wall was built very high and thick, and with the reinforcements added before the war started, it can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Supplemented by Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin, these two veteran generals who are good at defense, logically speaking, there is no problem in holding back the Qin army for a period of time, but the cruel reality is...
"Report...to report to Your Majesty that Guangyang City was captured by the Qin army."
"What?"
Liu Che, Wei Prime Minister, and other puppets screamed in surprise, especially Prime Minister Wei. Just now he was saying that he could hold on for half a month, but in the blink of an eye, Guangyang City was lost, and he couldn't even hold it for a day.
This slap in the face is too fast.
"Guangyang is a fortified city, how could it be lost so quickly?"
Liu Che's face was full of disbelief, and then he yelled: "Trash, it's just trash."
Liu Che did not expect Xian Yufu to be able to hold Guangyang City for long. After all, Xue Gang and Huo Guang's tens of thousands of troops could not hold Dai County and Shanggu County for a month, but they would have to hold it for at least ten days.
There is a fortified city like Guangyang City, but you, Xian Yufu, can't defend it for even a day. This can no longer be described as incompetent, you are simply a waste!
While cursing, Liu Che felt something was wrong. Brothers Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin were both generals he promoted personally. He knew their abilities well and there was absolutely no way they were incompetent.
At this thought, Liu Che's eyes flashed with fierceness, and he asked sternly: "Has Xian Yufu betrayed and surrendered to the enemy?"
After saying this, Liu Che's eyes were full of violence, and he wanted to immediately kill Xian Yufu's entire family. He trusted Xian Yufu so much, how could Xian Yufu betray him.
The soldier quickly explained: "No, General Xian Yufu did not surrender to the enemy. It was because the Qin army's offensive was too fierce.
Two generals, Xue Rengui and Lu Fengxian, personally participated in the siege. Our soldiers could not stop these two men, so the Qin army broke through the city in one day.
The two generals Xianyu Fu and Xianyuyin held on until the last moment and finally died in battle and martyred their country."
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers who reported the report were already crying, and all the ministers also looked sad.
Liu Che did not expect this result. He was dumbfounded, and the anger in his heart disappeared in an instant. After a long silence, he said sadly: "Pass on my decree, General Xian Yufu is posthumously named Marquis of Guangyang, and General Xian Yuyin is posthumously named Marquis of Guangyang."
Marquis of the military capital."
"Your Majesty is wise."
The Qin army's offensive was so fierce that it exceeded Liu Che's imagination. Even a fortified city like Guangyang could not hold out for even a day.
After the fall of Guangyang City, Xue Rengui's next target was naturally the military capital city.
The defensive power of the military capital city is not as good as that of Guangyang City. Even Guangyang City cannot be defended. It is even more impossible for the military capital city to block Qin. Therefore, the fall of the military capital city is inevitable.
By then, will Yanjing City, which has been reduced to an isolated city, really be able to defend itself against the Qin army's offensive?
It was said that the officials of the Northern Han Dynasty had no confidence, even Liu Che had no confidence.
God did not favor Liu Che. One day later, news came that the military capital had been captured by Xue Rengui.
At this point, Yanjing City was completely reduced to an isolated city. Except for Wei Qing's 50,000 troops in Zhuo County, the Han army no longer had any power in Youzhou.
But the situation on Wei Qing's side was not much better than that of Liu Che. Under the attack of Bai Qi and Huo Qubing's 100,000 troops, it was already good for him to ensure his own safety, let alone go north to aid Liu Che.