The red-faced man did not hold a weapon in his hand, and he had a smile when he spoke, but his smile was a bit cold, and his words were full of murderous intent. When the Yuan Jun soldiers saw this red-faced man, they couldn't help but tremble with their legs.
He shivered and involuntarily threw away the weapon in his hand.
Soon, Yao Qi, Ma Liu and his cronies who rushed into the shops and houses were escorted out. Only then did they realize that there were thousands of people stationed in this small town. Only four of them
Fifty people just want to fight against the autumn wind. It's like hitting eggs against rocks.
Guan Yu pointed towards Yao Qi and said, "Bring him up!"
Guan Yu could see clearly just now that he was the one giving orders at the entrance of the town.
After all, Yao Qi is a man who has been on the battlefield and seen blood, but he is not afraid when facing Guan Yu. He puffs out his chest, dear baby, just accept me! The latest chapter. Unfortunately, even if he stood on tiptoe, he could only reach
Guan Yu's shoulders.
Guan Yu looked at Yao Qi and said coldly: "Who are you? What do you want to do in this town?"
Yao Qi was heartbroken, curled his lips and said, "This is a military secret, no comment!"
"If you don't say it, I think there will always be someone who is willing to say it." Guan Yu sneered, and suddenly raised his hand to shine on Yao Qi's neck. There was a crisp "click" sound, and Yao Qi's body softened.
Guan Yu pointed towards Ma Liu, "You tell me!"
This time the Han army faced the allied forces of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Xianbei and Wu Heng. The total number of enemy troops had already exceeded one million. Facing such a powerful enemy, Liu Xin did not want to act like a woman anymore and had already issued an order.
He ordered that some stubborn prisoners of war could be executed on the spot if necessary. Guan Yu is now exercising this power.
Seeing Guan Yu take Yao Qi's life with a single knife, Ma Liu could not resist at all. He was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube and told everything he knew.
Yao Qi and Ma Liu both held the position of captain in Yuan Jun, and they were in charge of thousands of troops. Although it was impossible to know the higher-level decisions, they still knew the basic trends of Yuan Jun. After Guan Yu listened to Ma Liu's words
After explaining, he immediately made a decision and ordered the entire army to assemble immediately.
According to Liu Xin's original deployment, the troops lying in ambush will launch an attack on Yecheng the day after tomorrow. Of course, this attack is just a feint attack. As the saying goes, if you attack it, you must save it. Yecheng is Yuan Shao's base camp. Not only Yuan Shao himself and his
Even most of Yuan Shao's civil and military personnel and their families are in Yecheng. If Yecheng is attacked, Yuan Shao will definitely notify Liyang's troops to return reinforcements as soon as possible. This arrangement is a typical encirclement and reinforcements
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However, through Ma Liu's explanation, Guan Yu discovered that Yuan Shao's army was transferred to Liyang faster than expected. If he waited until the day after tomorrow to take action, I am afraid that Yuan's army in Liyang had already begun to attack Chaoge.
In order to prevent the Xianbei cavalry from going south, Liu Xin had already informed the generals above the deputy commander of the Fourth Army that he would deploy the main force of the Fourth Army to attack Jiexiu counties. Therefore, Guan Yu was very worried that Chaoge could not withstand Yuan's attack. He had to
Take action first to attract Yuan Shao's attention.
The 280,000 troops assembled in Dangyin had a strict division of labor among themselves. The 50,000 infantrymen of the First Army were responsible for the feigned attack on Yecheng. This army had already lurked fifty miles north of Dangyin and could be attacked with an order.
, they will appear at the gates of Yecheng within half a day. Guan Yu's task is to lead the 20,000 infantrymen of the Third Army to attack the rear of Yuan's army returning from Liyang.
After learning Ma Liu's explanation, Guan Yu made a bold decision to sneak attack Neihuang County in Wei County. Neihuang is fifty miles east of Dangyin. It is where Yuan Shao's grain is stored and it is also the food supply base for Yuan's army on the Liyang front.
Capturing Neihuang would be equivalent to cutting off the food route for Yuan's army on the front line.
Guan Yu immediately decided to march in danger. Of course, he did not forget to inform the army commander Zhang He and Xu Huang, the commander-in-chief of the operation, of his decision.
The battlefield situation was changing rapidly, and Liu Xin granted the generals above the deputy corps commander the power to make arbitrary decisions on the spot, so Guan Yu's arrangement was not illegal. However, Xu Huang was still shocked when he received Guan Yu's report.
As long as Guan Yu's troops appear outside Inner Yellow City, Yuan Jun will immediately be alerted, and this battle plan will be in danger of being exposed. Xu Huang had no time to think about it and immediately decided to adjust the battle plan, and the entire battle started two days in advance.
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Yuan Shao spent a lot of money on the base camp of Yecheng. Not only did the city walls be built tall and strong, enough food and grass was stored in the city for the entire city's soldiers and civilians for two years, but four military garrison cities were built around Yecheng. These four garrison cities served as guards.
Around Ye City, there were no civilians living in the city, and all the troops were stationed there. What Xu Huang wanted to pretend to attack was a garrison city in the south of Ye City, called Wucheng.
The Han army moved very quickly. It only took less than half an hour from receiving the temporary order from Xu Huang to setting off as a whole. The original intention of the feint attack was to attract Yuan Shao's attention, so there was no need to be secretive. Moreover, this time the feint attack was
It has another function, providing cover for Guan Yu's actions.
The 50,000-strong army of the First Army set off at noon, with flags covering the sun and war drums roaring, and they rushed towards Wucheng in a mighty manner, like a black torrent of steel.
Recently, an army has passed through this area almost every few days. The people were afraid of being implicated, so they hid in the mountains long ago, and the fields were deserted. However, the Han army marched so brazenly, and its target was direct.
Referring to Wucheng, the gateway to the south of Yecheng, it quickly attracted the attention of Yuan Jun's sentinels, and the alarm flew into Yecheng.
Hearing the news, Yuan Shao was shocked. His plan to attack Hanoi had not been completed yet, and there were still some details to be negotiated about the alliance with Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, Liu Xin actually attacked first, and he set up a formation to capture the thief and the king.
Yuan Shao hurriedly summoned all his advisers to discuss, and after deliberation for an entire afternoon, they finally came to the conclusion that Liu Xin's action in Taiyuan was just a feint attack, with the purpose of attracting the main force of Yuan's army to aid Taiyuan. However, it failed, so he made a desperate attempt to attack by force.
Yecheng. At this time, although the main force of Yuan's army had not been transferred to Taiyuan, it had been transferred to Liyang. Together with the four surrounding military garrison cities in Yecheng, the total strength of the army was only 100,000. The Han army, with great fanfare, gave people
It felt as if there were hundreds of thousands. This made Yuan Shao nervous, and he immediately ordered Li Yang's army to return for reinforcements, and sent someone to contact Cao Cao to ask for troops to assist.
Leading the Han army in the feint attack were Shi Huan and Wang Wei, two generals of the First Army. They arrived and set up camp ten miles south of Wucheng. After a short rest, they drove to the outside of Wucheng overnight. Although the Han army only had
Of the 50,000 people, only 20,000 arrived at the gates of Wucheng, but each of them had two or three torches. Lu Kuang, the guard of Wucheng, looked down from the top of the city and saw that the city was full of fire. It looked like there were 100,000 people.
Lu Kuang did not dare to fight, so he ordered people to close the city gates tightly, lit beacon fires, and reported to Yecheng.
The Han army did not attack the city immediately, but assembled various siege equipment step by step. This time Liu Xin spent a lot of money. Even though it was a feint attack, he still sent over heavy equipment such as trebuchets and ladders.
At this time, Yuan Shao also climbed up to the top of Yecheng. He looked at the beacon fire slowly rising in the direction of Wucheng. He was anxious, but he did not dare to send reinforcements. Because according to the report of the sentry, the Han army numbered 200,000.
After all, Yuan Shao sent two messengers to Wucheng and ordered Lu Kuang to wait for help.
Probably because they were worried about being attacked from both sides, the Han army only surrounded the east, south, and west sides of Wucheng, and left the north side open. Yuan Shao's messenger entered Wucheng effortlessly. Lu Kuang saw that his messenger came and went freely,
His confidence was also greatly increased, and he asked the messenger to reply to Yuan Shao, swearing that the city was still alive and the people in the city were dead, and offered a plan, hoping that Yuan Shao would send troops into Wucheng the day after tomorrow, and when reinforcements from Li Yang arrived, they would give the Han army a break.
Pincer attack. After all, there are only 10,000 troops in Wucheng. If you want to attack from inside and outside, you are really more than willing but not powerful enough.
Not long after the messenger left, there was a loud "rumbling" sound outside the city, and the Han army began to attack. The Han army did not launch a charge, but lined up eighty trebuchets and aimed at the head of Wucheng.
A random bombardment. After many improvements, the trebuchets can now hit far and accurately. Each trebuchet can throw more than ten stone bullets at a time. But now it is night, and the trebuchet operators are attacking themselves.
The effect cannot be evaluated, and there is no way to correct it. Despite this, the rain of stones in the sky still caused huge psychological pressure on Yuan Jun who defended the city.
This was not the first time that Yuan Jun came into contact with the trebuchet. In the fierce battle that lasted for more than a year, Cao Jun also used trebuchets many times, successfully suppressing the advantage of Yuan Jun's bows and arrows. However, the power of Cao Jun's trebuchet
It was less than one-fifth of the Han army's trebuchets, and its range was much closer.
The Han army's trebuchets can fire thousands of stone bullets in one salvo. If you can't dodge them, even holding a shield is useless. People and shields are often knocked over. In fact, it's not just shields, many stone bullets fly directly over them.
The city wall fell on the military camp in the city, and many soldiers hiding in tents were also killed and injured.
The Han army's stone bullets seemed to be endless, firing round after round. The Yuan army's soldiers cowered in the corner in fear, or hid near the farthest north gate, still being hit by stones that were hit to the ground and then bounced up from time to time.
Block hits.
The defenders of Wucheng waited in uneasiness until dawn, and the Han army's stone bomb attack finally stopped. When the defenders climbed out of various hiding spots tremblingly, they were completely stunned by the scene in front of them.
After a night of attacks, the walls of Wucheng became riddled with holes. The originally neat military camps in the city were swayed here and there, and smashed corpses could be seen from time to time. When they climbed to the top of the city, they discovered that the city was full of holes.
It was quiet outside, and the Han army had withdrawn its troops and returned to the camp at some unknown time.
In Neihuang, one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Yecheng, the fierce fighting lasted all night, and there was still no sign of stopping.