"Damn it, General, our army has lost more than 600 people today. The Zhao army's catapult cart and crossbow are too sharp. We are no match for it at all. Especially their raids and attacks from time to time and the sudden come
The soldiers were already suffering a little." From time to time, the General's Mansion of the Northern Army of Bingzhou came from time to time.
"General, you must be careful about the comments in this city. So far, our army has lost many soldiers. Now our army has more than 20,000, which has lost four or five thousand soldiers. And the Bingzhou army only
However, less than 2,000 people were lost, and there were more than 16,000 troops, and the gap in strength was not big. If this continues, we will sooner or later lose less than the Bingzhou Army."
"Yes, the Zhao army attacked the south gate where we were stationed, and most of the soldiers who received the losses were our soldiers. However, the Bingzhou army was raising their strength in the city. According to the spies' returns, the Bingzhou army is now strictly guarding the military camps.
And step up training. The Bingzhou army is stationed in the city. Who else can we have besides guarding us? The general, we must not ignore it."
"Okay, Cao Feng and Cao Zhi stay, let the rest go!" Cao Gang, who sat on the main seat, said coldly. Cao Gang is now comparable to what he was in the northern part of Bingzhou.
The time difference is far. In the past, the heroic spirit was a domineering overlord. Now, Cao Gang is already covered in a beard and full of fatigue.
After the other generals retreated, Cao Gang said a little dullly: "Tell me the news you found out, hey... My Cao clan was defeated so much! Thinking about it... I also supported me.
More than 100,000 troops were scattered across the northern part of Bingzhou, but now..." Then, Cao Gang sighed deeply...
Cao Feng said in a deep voice: "According to the subordinates' exploration, Yang Li is afraid that he already wants to surrender to the Zhao army. In addition, since the Bingzhou soldiers captured by Zhao Xun were released last time, many Zhao army spies have also been released.
Then he mingled into the city and began to have a secret contact with the officers and generals of the Bingzhou Army. Although Yang Liyan later ordered the soldiers under his command not to go out of the camp at will,... but... he did not send anyone to capture these Zhao army spies, nor did he deal with the Zhao army spies under his command.
The officers and generals who came into contact with him.”
Cao Zhi spoke coldly: "Not only that, the officers and generals of the Bingzhou Army also hindered our soldiers from arresting these Zhao army spies, and in addition, they also secretly hid the other party. Yang Li and the Bingzhou Army are definitely our confidant."
"What about the situation in Bingzhou? What is your investigation? As Zhao Jun said, the entire Bingzhou has been captured by Zhao Xun?" Cao Gang ignored the news about Bingzhou Army and asked instead.
Cao Feng's face froze and he said awkwardly: "Report to the general, if nothing unexpected happens, this is probably the case. Although we have not received the latest news yet, we can be sure that Zhao's army has defeated Situ Tai, the governor of Bingzhou.
.Situ Tai, the Grand Governor of Bingzhou, had already fled to the Fenzhou Prefecture in a panic. A few days ago, the Bingzhou army had only less than two prefectures in Bingzhou. However, there was no abnormal movement in Yongzhou."
Cao Gang smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said dimly: "It seems that Situ Lei gave up Bingzhou. He did not face two powerful enemies at the same time. It seems that Bingzhou eventually fell into Zhao Xunzhi
I'm handed."
Seeing Cao Gang's mood depressed, Cao Zhi said anxiously: "Uncle, although Zhao Xun has the advantage of Bingzhou now, it does not mean that Situ Lei is willing to throw Bingzhou to Zhao Xun. In addition, the Turks are not willing to be Zhao.
Xun will raid and lose troops. As long as we persist, Zhao Xun will face a situation of attacking from north to south. By then, we are in the central Bingzhou and will definitely take advantage of the situation. Uncle, you cannot lose confidence."
Cao Gang laughed bitterly and said, "The north and south are attacking each other? Take advantage of the situation? You should not comfort me. You two should be very clear about the situation in front of you. It is almost October now, so let's not talk about it.
Have the Turks recovered from the last raid by Zhao Xun? Even the weather is not suitable for the Turks to invade south again? Besides, what Xue Nai Khan is afraid that he is more concerned about is his dominance in the northern grasslands.
Bar."
"As for Situ Lei, he now hopes that Zhao Xun will not attack him on his own initiative, rather than provoking Zhao Xun. Don't forget that Murong Cheng was eager to enter Luoyang and take the position of the Nine Five Lord. Therefore,
Situ Lei's focus is still on the east side. At least, he will not have any other ideas about Bingzhou before next spring. You two said, how long can we last? Ten days? Half a month? Even Situ
Lei and the Turks are now in action, and Zhao Xun will definitely solve us first. Isolated and helpless, isolated and helpless! When we cooperated with the Turks, we had a great loss of people's hearts, which made us lose a lot, and we had a chance.
, it is difficult to accomplish anything. Don’t forget how much money my Cao family has paid in order to get the support of the people in this city.”
"It is also because of this that Zhao Xun is unwilling to accept our surrender. He wants us to be a means to promote his benevolence, righteousness and love for the people. Otherwise, he would be happy to accept the 20,000 elite soldiers in our hands and would never attack.
He has sent someone to persuade him to surrender."
There was a hint of regret in Cao Gang's words. As for whether he really regrets colluding with the Turks or fearing death, only he himself knew. However, there was one thing very clear, Cao Gang already understood, Zhao
I am afraid that there is no intention to surrender him. Otherwise, the Zhao army spies in the city would not only contact the Bingzhou army, but not the Bingzhou Northern Army. Nothing else, among the Bingzhou Northern Army, the officers and generals were all from the Cao clan, and
The soldiers were also private servants of the Cao family and were extremely loyal to the Cao family. Of course, if the defender fails to defend the city and the general is killed, it is not impossible for ordinary soldiers to surrender. However, it is not very effective to persuade individual soldiers alone.
"Forget it, these are useless words. Cao Feng immediately went to send a message to Yang Li, asking Bingzhou Army to assist in defending the city, at least half of the troops should be sent to assist in defending the city. Since Yang Li is not kind, don't blame me for being cruel.
Next, we will start to consume the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army.”
"Cao Zhi, increase the surveillance in the city, but those with unknown origins will be killed. In addition, a reward order was posted and a reward for the spies of the Zhao army. In addition, the soldiers of the Zuoying and Youying camp monitored the Bingzhou army camp, but there were
Changes, killing them without any slightest. Zhao Xun, I will take my life, and I will let you break a few teeth. The young and strong we trained into the army to strengthen our strength. Also, declare to the people in the city
Zhao Xun refused to accept the surrender of the military and civilians in the city, and intended to destroy the city and massacre the city to swear the power of the Zhao army."
"Let the guard camp inspect the entire city, but those who are interested in surrendering the enemy will be taken down, and they will be incorporated into the dead slave camp and defend the city in the south city. By the way, take down the prisoners in the city and our heads in charge of this city.
All those who wanted to collude with the Zhao army were incorporated into slave camps, let them defend the city, and let them consume the Zhao army's soldiers and arrows together with the Bingzhou army."
After all, Cao Gang was a former general of the border army. Although he was not in a high mood before, once he made a decision, he immediately became a decisive person.
Although Yang Li intends to surrender to the Zhao army, he still does not make the final decision. Perhaps, in his opinion, Zhao Xun still uses their Bingzhou army and Bingzhou Northern Army to consume internal struggles. Therefore, since the beginning
He gave in everywhere. This time, although Cao Gang asked him to send troops to help defend the city, he did not think too much. In his opinion, Cao Gang paid a considerable price to defend the south city.
However, Yang Li did not expect that Cao Gang had already wanted to use the Bingzhou Army as cannon fodder. Most of the soldiers of the Bingzhou Northern Army who defended the city with the Bingzhou Army were prisoners and intentionally after Cao Gang took over the city.
Among the people in the city who surrendered to the Zhao army, many of them were large clans. These large clans just thought that Zhao Xun occupied Bingzhou was unchangeable. They wanted to establish a relationship with Zhao army earlier to get benefits.
As a result, it was taken down by the Northern Army of Bingzhou.
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"Lord, good news, good news!" Zhang Yuanjing's voice came from afar, outside the Zhao army camp, which made Zhao Xun feel a little curious. Although Zhao Xun has always been leading the army,
The entire Zhao army's situation and some government affairs were spread far and wide, and it was spread here openly or secretly, so that he could see them one by one.
"Lord, good news, great news." Zhang Yuanjing said loudly as soon as he entered the tent of the coach, full of joy on his face.
Zhao Xun put down the official document in his hand and smiled and said, "What's the matter that makes our Lord Zhang so excited? Let's hear it."
Zhang Yuanjing handed the official document in his hand and said with a smile: "Lord, Situ Tai has evacuated, and Li Huaiyuan and other generals have led their troops to take over Fenzhou and Changping. It can be said that we have completed the occupation of Bingzhou. We
The Northern Strategy has now completed the first big step, the most basic and critical step.”
"Oh? That's great. I immediately sent an order to the Government Affairs Department and asked them to send additional civil servants to take over these places. It's nothing to win it down. Only by managing it well and turning it into our stable rear
It is the most critical thing." Zhao Xun said with a smile. He had known about these situations for a long time. However, it was the information reported by the Shadow Department, which was a good news sent by Li Huaiyuan and others, and the situation was even more
For details and clarity.
"No, very good. Situ Tai still cares more about his position as King Yong, and took 15,000 personal guards away. Wei Chen and others did a good job, otherwise, I'm afraid Situ Tai would take him away
More people.” After reading the detailed report, Zhao Xun said happily.
It turned out that when Wei Chen arrived in Zhenlin County, Situ Tai was reorganizing the army and expanding his personal guards. After Wei Chen used both soft and hard work and secretly shot his elder brother unwilling to go back, Cai Zhiyao gave up the newly recruited 10,000 elite Bingzhou army.
, he just took away the personal guards he brought from Yongzhou.
However, Zhao Xun didn't know that Situ Fei really didn't want Situ Tai to go back, and also intercepted Situ Lei's envoy.
"Lord, the information from Yongzhou!" At this moment, Han Meng brought another urgent report.
Zhao Xun opened it and saw the joy on his face even more, and said, "It's so great. Now, Bingzhou is truly worry-free."
"Seeing that the lord is so happy, my subordinates speculated that the negotiation results between Lord Deng and Situ Lei have come out. Situ Lei has officially given up the Bingzhou land." Zhang Yuanjing said with a smile.
"That's right, Situ Lei gave up Bingzhou. In addition, he also agreed to the conditions we needed in advance, opened the boundary restrictions, and allowed the people in the south to enter the Bingzhou." Zhao Xun said excitedly.
Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said, "It's great. My Bingzhou area is vast and sparsely populated, and it's just that there are few people. However, the Yongzhou area is full of refugees due to the war and the wanton taxation of the Yong army. If Situ Lei let go, he let go.
Restrictions are of great benefit to us. They are also a great foundation for our future expansion to the north."
"Yes, but that's true! Although I always thought that Situ Lei would agree to our conditions and give up the Bingzhou land, I just didn't expect that he would agree so simply to let the people under his rule enter the country. Although it was just to let refugees enter the country
But the people in Yongzhou, Liangzhou and other places have long been exploited by him because of the war. In addition, the people here are eager to enter our rule. At that time, I still don’t know how many people there will be.
Will enter the country.”
"Since that's the case, we must be prepared to respond. Yuan Jing, let Youzhou mobilize food, grass and supplies and prepare to respond. Especially the southern parts of Bingzhou, which have been occupied by us recently, must not be any further ambitions.
What advantage will Situ Lei get?"
"What is fighting in war? Isn't it just soldiers, horses, money and food? But after all, the most important and most basic thing is the population and the people. Since Situ Lei made a fuss, we should seize it and absorb it vigorously.
The land is vast and sparsely populated. Even if one or two million people have entered, it can be placed. Besides, between the northwest of Bingzhou and the northeast of Liangzhou, the territory with several prefectures is about to come from
The Qiang and Hu took it back. At that time, I still don’t know how many Han people can place the proportion of the Qiang and Hu dilution of the Qiang and Hu." Zhao Xun explained in a deep voice.
Zhang Yuanjing responded: "Don't worry, lord, all the lords from the Government Affairs Department must be prepared. After all, this is also a matter of our plan, and there will be no fault in the food and grass. After all, my Zhao army has accumulated for several years.
Not only did they not participate in the war with the southern states, they also launched a good trade with the states and hoarded a lot of food. In addition, the livestock seized from the Turks was enough to accommodate nearly one million people. It just so happened that we
The newly occupied Bingzhou will completely allocate land, which can also be regarded as a solution to the worries of these people entering the country."
"Okay, the Battle of Bingzhou should be completely over. We are considered the final battle here."
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"General, in the battle today, more than 2,000 soldiers of our army were killed, while more than 1,500 soldiers of the Northern Army of Bingzhou were killed. It can be said that the soldiers guarding the city in the south suffered heavy losses." The general Qin Ling, a general in the Bingzhou army camp, wrinkled
Report with a brow.
Before Yang Li could speak, Yang Xiong shouted loudly: "Damn it, why is the loss so great today? Today is just the sixth day of the Zhao army's siege. If this continues, it will not last for a few days. When the defenders are short of troops, they will be short of power.
, The Zhao army can completely raid any of my city gates and break through in one fell swoop. Is this Cao Gang crazy, is it completely unnecessary? The Zhao army's attack has been a tentative attack recently, so why has it been so deprived of
Many soldiers? How many casualties were there in the Zhao army?”
Qin Ling smiled bitterly and said, "According to the lieutenant who was responsible for defending the city today, the Zhao army only lost four or five hundred people. The loss was so great that the Bingzhou Northern Army was not sure why, and the layout was in chaos and there was no good defense at all.
, the chaos of war was the second reason that the General of the Northern Army of Bingzhou insisted on fighting with the Zhao army to shoot arrows. The reason was that in the past five days, there were too many Zhao army arrow clusters we seized."
"It's a pity that the Zhao army has a proper structure, with more than fifty catapults and hundreds of crossbows, and the sharp arrow formation of the Zhao army, we were defeated extremely miserably."
Yang Li frowned at this moment and didn't say anything for a while. He didn't know what to say about Cao Gang's crazy behavior. Yesterday, Cao Gang asked him to send troops to defend the city. As the leader of one of the troops in the city, he naturally had no choice but to do so. But now he looked at it.
Come on, Cao Gang seems to be like the last madness before death, which is really unreasonable.
"General, Cao Gang is obviously crazy. His actions in the northern part of Bingzhou made King Zhao extremely angry and determined to kill him. He knew that he could not survive and wanted to die with Zhao's army, but we
You suffer an unrestrained disaster. General, the lives of nearly 15,000 brothers are all under your fingers. You must not let Cao Gang continue like this." Deputy General Yang Xing said in a trembling voice.
"Yes, General, it would be fine if he really fought a decisive battle with Zhao's army, but it would definitely not work if Cao Gang sent him to death like this. The most hateful thing is that Cao Gang is now in charge of the city commander and let our soldiers
Obey his military orders." Qin Ling also said coldly.
Yang Li's face turned cold and he said sternly: "Qin Ling, Yang Xing, you two should still be contacting Zhao Jun's people. Go and meet them and discuss the surrender. Since Cao Gang wants us to die, we
I am absolutely unwilling. This general decided to surrender to King Zhao and no longer die with the bastard Cao Gang."
"Yang Xiong, immediately order the entire army to prepare for combat. Since Cao was crazy at the beginning, he must be very cautious about us. No matter what, he must do a good job of preventing it."
After Zhao Xun received the news from the city, he immediately discussed the matter of breaking the city with the generals. Finally, he reached an agreement with Yang Li and decided to raid the breaking the city on the night of the eighth day.
The city was sieged for two consecutive days, as usual. Although Yang Li was careful and careful, and was prepared, more than 2,000 people were still deprived by Cao Gang. However, Yang Li also learned that Cao Gang used prisoners as a prisoner.
The situation of the soldiers made Yang Li very angry. Because of this, he decided to surrender and work with the Zhao army to solve Cao Gang. Afterwards, Yang Li personally met with the Zhao army spies, made detailed plans, and attacked.
During the process of the city, superstition was sent out of the city and handed over to Zhao Xun.