Three hundred and seventieth chapters surprise attack in World War I reversed the situation
The infantry were still dozens of miles away, and it was impossible to expect them to support us.
Guan Yu made his decision in a moment.
This time we must seize the city quickly, so that the enemy cannot react, and we must beat them so that they are panicked and cannot stop. After a slight pause, the enemy can organize a counterattack.
Kaiyang has six city gates, one each in the north and south, and two in the east and west. When they rushed into the north gate, they killed hundreds of defenders. According to the normal defense layout, the number of defenders in the city would not exceed 2,000.
If you only guard the army, you can defeat it with more cavalry.
But there are still nobles and wealthy households in the city. Once their tribes are gathered, there are still thousands of people. There are a lot of people in the city. If they are recruited, there may be tens of thousands of young people.
They cannot be stabilized, they must be disrupted, and a joint force cannot be formed in the city.
"Leave three hundred men to guard the north gate. The others will follow me into the city and kill the prefect." Guan Yu gave the order loudly and led 700 cavalry straight to the prefect's mansion.
The main road in Kaiyang is four feet wide, which is convenient for quickly mobilizing troops and cavalry charges. They came so fast, and there were still many pedestrians on the road who had not had time to escape. Now is not the time to be merciful, and there is no time to care about how to hurt people by riding horses.
problem.
Seven hundred cavalry roared past, screaming and screaming everywhere they passed, and in a moment they rushed to the office of Kaiyang Prefect.
There was a small square in front of the office, and many people were coming and going in a hurry. These people were either messengers or messengers. After a hail of arrows, the prefect's communication with the outside world was blocked.
Guan Yu rushed towards the gate of the office without slowing down. When he got to the door, the horseman stood up and stepped on the door panel that was about to close. There was a loud bang, the shoe hit the door nail, and a cloud of sparks burst out.
, the two door panels were knocked open by the momentum of the war horses, and several people behind the door fell to the ground like gourds rolling on the ground.
Several feather arrows flew past him, killing the guards inside the door. He knocked lightly on the horse's belly, and the horse rushed out of the door and rushed into the courtyard of the office. Not far away was the main hall, which he could see through the door.
A middle-aged scribe sat behind the memorial and looked at him in surprise.
It’s you!
Guan Yu dismounted from his horse, stretched out his long legs like pillars, and rushed into the hall in a few steps. With the sword in his hand, he chopped down the guard who came to stop him. He hurriedly took a few steps and grabbed the guard who was about to escape into the back hall.
The middle-aged scribe grabbed him by the back of his collar and carried him in front of him like a chicken.
He asked in a deep voice: "Are you the prefect of Langya?"
"I am Yingchuan Xin Ping, the prefect of Langya. What do you want?" Xin Ping struggled for a few times and was as helpless as a child caught by an adult. He simply gave up and asked without fear.
But being held in the hands of Guan Yu, who was over two meters tall, he looked really bad, his demeanor was completely lost, and he couldn't show any momentum at all.
"Our army has already entered the city. It will cause too many casualties. The governor should give the order to surrender." Guan Yu didn't care about celebrities or not. He captured the governor just to force Kaiyang to surrender.
"Wishful thinking, am I a greedy person, and now I fall into the hands of thieves, all I can do is die." Xin Ping is not afraid of death. It is impossible to want him to surrender. Langya Eleven County must not be arrested because of him.
He abandoned his weapons and surrendered.
"First Evolution"
The character of a famous scholar is admirable, but it is a pity that Guan Yu did not have time to argue with him, so he was heartbroken with just one sword blow.
"Then it's as you wish."
After saying that, he chopped off Xin Ping's head and asked someone to find a long pole to carry it. He also ordered the courtyard to clear out the guarding cavalry, carry firewood, sprinkle oil on it, and set fire to the prefect's mansion.
The power in the city is scattered. If the governor dies and the governor's house is burned, people will inevitably be in panic. He wants to win in the chaos.
The fire soared into the sky, and Guan Yu led his Yue cavalry straight to the county government office. After the prefect, he would be the county magistrate. If these two people were removed, the city would become a pile of loose sand.
Although the county captain controlled the military power, the garrison in the city was weak, so the key targets were naturally the prefects and county magistrates who could gather large households and common people.
The county government office was actually not far from the prefect's mansion, but the cavalry were killing people and setting fires too quickly. When the county magistrate gathered the manpower on duty and rushed to support them, they happened to bump into the cavalry brigade heading to the county government office.
Well come!
Guan Yu rode forward, picked out the leading county lieutenant with a single glance, and followed him on horseback with a sword, following him into the crowd.
The steel knife was swung, and the arrows were flying in the air, killing people with heads rolling and flesh flying everywhere.
How could a group of county officials and thieves' officials resist the elite cavalry? They were scattered in one charge, and the county magistrate followed in the footsteps of the prefect and county lieutenants and went to the underworld to report.
He casually captured the government officials who were kneeling and surrendering, and asked about the general information about Kaiyang. There were more than a thousand defenders, the city had a population of more than 80,000, and there were more than a hundred noble families and wealthy families. The commander-in-chief of the county led the troops to go on an expedition.
The situation is similar to what Guan Yu expected. Now that the prefect, county magistrate, and county captain are all dead, and the captain is gone, only the county magistrate is left to take charge of the overall situation. Can he be kept?
With the prisoner showing the way, we easily found the county magistrate's mansion.
This man was a smart man, and he was about to take his family to escape, but unfortunately he was a step too late, and he became the first person to be carried on a long pole.
The high-ranking officials in Kaiyang were all captured in one fell swoop. The city was leaderless and in chaos. A large group of cavalry was carrying the prefect, and the heads of the county magistrates were howling in the streets.
The prefect's mansion was filled with flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky. The sound of fierce battles and shouts could be heard faintly from the north gate. The cavalry seemed to be in a deserted land inside the city. The roar of the horses trampling the earth shook the hearts of the people in the city.
The people were frightened and fled in all directions, crying and screaming.
The nobles and wealthy households were extremely frightened and fled out of the city one after another under the protection of the tribe.
As long as it was not a head-on encounter and Guan Yu did not pursue him, he would be afraid of arousing resistance in the city. If the reinforcements could not arrive in a short period of time and could disrupt the city, then the goal would be achieved.
The defenders who were originally besieging the North Gate saw that the situation was not good and had no intention of fighting. Some went home to take their families to escape, and some ran away directly.
The chaos lasted all afternoon. It was not until more than 400 defenders in the military camp, treasury, and six gates surrendered that Guan Yu finally took control of the situation.
Kaiyang fell.
He sent a message to the infantry of the front army, ordering them to travel overnight to provide support as soon as possible. He also sent someone to contact the Chinese army to report the battle situation.
A group of Yue cavalrymen were on tenterhooks all night. It was not until daylight broke out that the infantry of the former army appeared on the northern horizon. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the nervousness passed, joy, excitement, and pride surged into my heart.
"Haha...hahahaha!" Everyone, including Guan Yu, was laughing wantonly.
Win!
A thousand light cavalry and fast horses attacked the city and captured Langya County.
This is one of the largest cities in Xuzhou, and it is also one of the most famous cities in the world.
Become famous in one battle!
When Liu Xiang received the battle report, he was a little dumbfounded. Kaiyang had been obtained like this? He was deducing the Kaiyang battle situation over and over again, how to weaken the morale of the defenders, how to destroy the city defense equipment, and how to intercept the returning reinforcements.
As a result, the cavalry rushed into the city, and all problems were ignored.
Is he worthy of Guan Yunchang?
He has grown to this extent!
very nice.
"Yan Gang, bring your light cavalry to support at full speed, and be careful to prevent the enemy's army from returning."
"Send the order to the whole army to speed up the advance."
There are still more than 40,000 enemy troops in the south, and now is not the time to take it lightly.
Gao Gan also received the news of the fall of Kaiyang. He felt that his eyes were darkened and it was over. The Yellow Turbans were not wiped out, but Liu Xiang from the north invaded Xuzhou, and he was doomed.
Chen Deng, who was accompanying the army, could no longer remain silent and began to persuade: "General, it's time to retreat. We must be prepared for the enemy to attack from both sides. We must first retreat to Pengcheng to preserve our combat power, and we must seek help from the envoy as soon as possible."
Gao Gan had a bitter taste in his mouth, and with a sense of luck, he reluctantly asked: "Can our army counterattack Kaiyang and recapture Langya?"
Chen Deng shook his head and sighed.
The generals in the military tent bowed their heads and remained silent, and even the impatient Yan Liang was not optimistic about the counterattack.
Kaiyang City is high and deep, and the enemy's troops are not weak. However, after these days of consumption, their soldiers are exhausted, and their strength is less than 40,000, making it difficult to defeat them.
Unable to counterattack, Langya was lost. Even if the lord returns, he may not be able to get it back.
Three of the five counties in Xuzhou have lost control, and Guangling County on the southeast coast is also isolated. It is not far from falling. They must return to the army to defend Pengcheng Kingdom and wait for the return of the lord.
After Gao finished doing it, he himself could not escape the blame.
The Xuzhou army took turns covering the area and slowly retreated to the territory of Pengcheng Kingdom.
Yuan Shao received the battle report the next day.
Liver pain.
Want to vomit blood.
Langya was lost, the Yellow Turbans were rampant in the East China Sea and Xiapi, Guangling was left alone, and only the Pengcheng Kingdom in Xuzhou was still in its hands.
The situation was originally great. They occupied Pei State in Yuzhou and invaded Runan. Yuan Shu was about to be destroyed. The three counties of Yangzhou joined their own camp. Seeing that the territory was about to span the three states, how could the old nest be taken away in such a blink of an eye?