"What!? The Jingzhou army has already arrived at the city!" Yuan Shao was shocked and jumped up from the table. The white porcelain tea bowl in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. This white porcelain tea bowl was his favorite, and inside
The brewed tea was a smuggled item bought with a lot of money. Now it fell on the ground. Yuan Shao didn't even take a look at it. He grabbed the detective and asked loudly, "What does Lu Kuang do for food? Fifty thousand people."
You can't defend a small military city, and it will be lost so quickly!"
The Tan Ma was choked by Yuan Shao, but he didn't dare to resist. His face was all blue and purple, so he still tried to match him.
The news of arrival came out slowly.
Wucheng is the gateway to the south of Ye City and the only way for the Han army to attack Ye City. Therefore, Yuan Shao still attached great importance to it and sent 50,000 horses to Lu Kuang.
Wucheng originally had only 10,000 defenders, but now it has increased to 50,000 troops. It looks like its strength has been strengthened, but it is not the case. The original 10,000 troops were elite soldiers who had experienced battles, but the 40,000 troops that were later deployed were
The gap in combat effectiveness among the newly recruited young men can be imagined.
After the Han army began to attack the city, they used trebuchets as usual. Thousands of stone bullets rained down on the top of Wucheng. It was much more intense than the feint attack more than half a month ago. Experience
The veterans who had fought in the previous battle were lucky, but these recruits had never seen such a battle. Seeing the rain of stones falling from the sky with a sharp roar, the companions around them who could not dodge were instantly wounded and their brains were splattered. The recruits had already
They were so frightened that they could not even move forward, let alone fight back. Of course, even if they wanted to fight back, they would not be able to find the target. The Han army was still 600 steps away.
The trebuchet attack lasted for an hour, and the walls of Wucheng were blasted apart. When the Han army launched the attack, the new soldiers abandoned their swords and guns, turned around and fled. Instead, they disrupted the veterans' positions and waited for them to react.
The Han army had already climbed to the top of the city, and the battle ended in only half an hour.
Yuan Shao fell down on the table dejectedly and murmured: "Maybe Cao Cao has been defeated. Even the Thunderbolt Chariot fell into the hands of Liu Xin. Now Yecheng is no longer easy to defend."
The detective lowered his head and said, "My lord, that's not like Cao Cao's thunder chariot at all. It's much more powerful than Cao Cao's thunder chariot."
Yuan Shao suddenly jumped up from the seat again, pulled out the sword from his waist, stabbed the Tan Ma fiercely in the heart, and shouted sternly: "No one is allowed to reveal that the Jingzhou Army has such a powerful siege weapon.
Otherwise, it will be treated as disturbing the morale of the military!"
Seeing the Tan Ma's body being carried out, all the civil and military officials in the hall felt miserable. Today, Yuan Shao no longer had the high-spiritedness he had as a member of the aristocratic family, and was only filled with suspicion and rage. Everyone lowered their heads.
Dare not speak, only the judge who was the most loyal to Yuan Shao quickly raised his hand and said: "My lord, the city wall of Ye City is much higher than that of Wucheng, and it is extremely strong. Don't worry about the attack of thunder chariots, the top priority is to rush to the city to defend against the enemy.
For want!"
Only then did Yuan Shao realize that the Han army was already approaching the city, and hurriedly said: "Quick, come with me to the top of the city to take a look."
What appeared outside Ye City was the Han cavalry, with 10,000 armored cavalry in the center and 40,000 light cavalry on the two wings. These cavalry were just arrayed outside the city and did not do anything else. They did not even surround Ye City.
Seeing that the Han army had few soldiers, Wen Chou became excited, brandished his spear and said, "My lord, the general is willing to lead his troops out of the city. Before they can gain a firm foothold, kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"
Xu You shook his head and said: "Although General Wen is brave, we don't have many cavalry in our army. If we leave the city to fight in the field, I'm afraid we won't have the advantage. I hope my lord will think twice!"
Yuan Shao, who originally occupied the northern states, had a large number of cavalry, but after a year of fierce fighting with Cao Cao, more than half of them were lost. Yan Liang's 100,000 cavalry fell into Liu Xin's encirclement and reinforcement plan, and the entire army was wiped out. Now, although Yecheng is said to have
Fifty thousand cavalry is actually only about 20,000 in full battle. If he fails to win in one attack, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to organize a second cavalry in a short time. Yuan Shao still has 20,000 cavalry and needs to be relied on as a last resort.
They came to protect him and evacuate Yecheng safely, so Yuan Shao did not want to let these cavalry take risks out of the city.
Seeing that the walls of Ye City were tall and solid, and that the Han army under the city did not deploy any siege equipment, nor did they see the legendary super thunder chariot, Yuan Shao could not help but regain some confidence, waved his hand gently and said: "Zi Yuanyan
It makes sense. Could it be that the Jingzhou army could still ride their horses and rush to the city? Let them show off their power here and send orders to the soldiers to prepare. As long as they dare to attack the city, they will never come back."
Although Yuan Shao was full of confidence, Shen Pei still frowned and said: "Liu Xin is not a person who is not familiar with the art of war, so why would he send cavalry to attack the city? In my humble opinion, he must have ulterior motives for this move, but we must guard against it.
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Feng Ji sneered and said: "What could be the purpose? The Art of War says, if you are to encircle an enemy ten times, if you attack it five times, if you double it, fight it, and if the enemy is divided, you can divide it. Liu Xin's current military strength is not as good as ours. It is difficult to siege a city, and it is even more difficult to attack a city."
Difficult, his move is nothing more than to lure our army out of the city to fight with him. If his subordinates' information is good, Liu Xin must have an ambush behind these cavalry. This is just a trick to lure the enemy, and the lord must not fall for it.
His treacherous plan!"
Xu You had always played a rivalry with Feng Ji. Hearing Feng Ji's words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Yuan Tu's words are wrong. If you suspect the enemy's tactics, you should use tired soldiers. Look at the Jingzhou cavalry under the city. They are neatly organized and they are obviously elite."
Division, how can we use such an army as bait? Xu thinks that they want to block us in the city!"
Feng Ji retorted: "If you want to block us in the city, why not block only one gate? This is obviously a tactic to lure the enemy!"
The intention of the Han army was actually very simple. After hearing Liu Xin's assertion that Yuan Shao was an indecisive man, Xu Huang came up with this strategy of recruiting suspicious troops. He lined up his cavalry outside Yecheng, neither besieging nor attacking the city, so that
Yuan Shao couldn't figure out his intention for a while, so as to achieve the purpose of dragging Yuan Shao's army into the city. At the same time, the Han army infantry had already launched separate attacks to attack the three acropolises of Ye City: Zuicheng, Jiuhou City and Pingyang City.
If Wucheng is added, Yecheng has a total of four acropolises, which are horns with each other. If the Han army wants to attack Yecheng with peace of mind, it will naturally have to cut off these wings first. With the experience of attacking Wucheng, the Han army can
When attacking the other three acropolis, they did not carry out a long-term stone-throwing attack. They only threw a wave of stone bullets and then began to send infantry to the city. The geographical location of these three acropolis is not as important as Wucheng, and the military strength is naturally not as good as Wucheng.
While Yuan Shao's advisers were still arguing, the three acropolis were defeated before they could withstand a single charge from the Han army.
It is undeniable that these counselors under Yuan Shao are still somewhat capable. Xu You has vaguely guessed the intentions of the Han army, but they have used most of their wisdom in intrigues, and each of them is quite selfish. There is not much left.
Focus on thinking about the truth behind things.
Yuan Shao felt a little dizzy after hearing this, frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "No matter what his intentions are, I will just stick to the city and see what he can do to me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Han cavalry under the city suddenly moved. The 10,000 armored cavalry slowly retreated, while the 40,000 light cavalry separated into three groups and galloped to the left and right. In a moment, the remaining three cavalrymen in Yecheng
A beacon fire was lit at each door as a warning.
Xu You pretended to be shocked and turned pale, stroking his palms and saying: "My lord, as expected by Xu, the Jingzhou army wants to block us in the city!"
In fact, Xu You was the one who was least willing to abandon the city, but he knew that the more he said this, the less likely Yuan Shao would choose to abandon the city.
Sure enough, Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said: "Liu Xin gathered 50,000 cavalry just now, but Yuan didn't take it seriously. Now a mere 10,000 cavalry want to block Yuan's way. It's nothing more than idiotic talk. Why should Yuan be afraid?"
Is there any?"
Wen Chou cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the Jingzhou army has been divided this time and the troops outside the city are empty. Please let the generals go out of the city to fight for a while!"
Guo Tu said from the side: "Liu Xin has always been cunning, so it's not certain that this move is really a ploy to lure his enemies. It's better to wait and see for a while, and don't make any moves."
Yuan Shao thought for a while and found that all these people were right, but he hesitated again. At this moment, there was a loud "bang" outside the city, and countless stone bullets rushed over, and the sky seemed to darken!
It turned out that after the Han army launched a round of attacks on the three acropolis, they mobilized all the trebuchets around Yecheng. It was when the cavalry learned that the trebuchets and the infantry preparing to attack the city had entered combat positions.
, and then went to the other three gates.
Although the soldiers of the Yuan army who had participated in the battle for Liyang all changed their minds after hearing about the Pili chariots, Yuan Shao never believed that the Pili chariots could attack the tall city of Ye. It was not until this time that he realized firsthand the power of the Han army's trebuchets.
Although the city wall of Ye City is very strong, the attack of the stone bullets only broke up some rubble, which was not enough to shake its foundation. However, the same tall and majestic city tower could not withstand such a heavy blow. In the first round of stone rain,
Then it collapsed suddenly. The masonry and rubble fell to the ground, and the dust raised made everyone standing in front of the city gate building disgraced.
Shen Pei hurriedly advised: "My lord, this is dangerous, please go down to the city and take shelter for now!"
But Yuan Shao pushed him away and said loudly: "Yuan is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! I swear to defend the city with the soldiers and live and die with Ye City..."
Before his impassioned speech was over, there was another loud "rumbling" sound outside the city, and countless dark things flew over, and there was a chaotic sound of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong sounds all around.
Yuan Shao subconsciously shrank his neck, and a black object flew over his head, hitting the ruins of the city building behind him and shattering into pieces. When he turned around to look, he realized that what the Han army threw this time was not a stone.