Chapter 614: Zhao Zilong captured three cities on a daily basis
Chapter 614: Zhao Zilong captures three cities a day
The blue sea waves and the endless blue sky transform into one in the distant sky. And between the water and the sky, countless golden dragon battle flags connect to a beautiful scenery, from far to near. The mighty and tall iron-armored warships line up into a long fleet
, like a giant dragon in the sea, sailing through the wind and waves.
Yes, this huge fleet is the naval warship in Youzhou. However, such a powerful maritime power now feels like a cannon hitting mosquitoes. The coastline of Cao Cao's territory is extremely long, but Cao Cao has no
Coastal defense awareness.
Of course, this is not Cao Cao's fault. After all, before Liu Ming, there was no such thing as a sea attack in the Central Plains. Not only Cao Cao, but also the military strategists of all dynasties before Cao Cao did not pay attention to this point. After all, the Central Plains is vast and all wars are
It revolves around land and city offensive and defensive wars. The desolate areas along the coast were originally not paid much attention to. The limited naval army only carried out river wars in large water systems such as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.
Therefore, the powerful maritime power of Youzhou has no place to use, so Cao Cao has no sea defense at all.
At this time, the generals of Youzhou who were about to land in different moods.
"Zilong, you are about to go to the dock. You and I will fight together, and we will compete to see which of us will take Xu Du first. If we lose, we have to serve a drink." Zhang Fei's nature
He laughed loudly.
"The third brother is brave, I am absolutely unable to do it. Of course, I am treating you. However, you should not be greedy for merit and make mistakes in your busy schedule. At that time, I will take the lead. I will take it as my choice." Zhao Yun was also very
Said heroically.
Zhang Fei laughed after hearing this. Gan Ning, who was standing beside him, said with great depression: "The two generals have important responsibilities, but I stayed on this sea and was lonely. To be honest, the navy under my command landed in battle
, it is not weak, it is a pity that he cannot go to the land to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions."
Xu Shu smiled and said, "General Gan, don't be anxious. Your navy set up a water camp is the foundation of our army's cross-sea battle, and it is the top priority. How can you say it is useless? From now on, your navy will
Continuously transporting follow-up troops here, and ensuring the safety of military ration supply. At that time, I’m afraid you will be too busy and there is no time to be lonely.”
Gan Ning was even more bitter at that time. These two types of busyness were not the same thing at all. How happy it would be to go into battle to kill the enemy. This round-trip transportation, cough! It would be fine if you don’t want to!
At this time, Lu Su, who was also appointed as a military staff officer, looked at all and listened to all of this and felt deeply moved.
Since Lu Su returned to Youzhou with Xu Shu, he was warmly entertained by Liu Ming, Xun Yu and others. Lu Su was also very moved. However, Lu Su did not completely abandon Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang and defect to Liu Ming because of this. However, when
After Liu Ming ascended the throne, a long talk when he opened Lu Su was deeply touched Lu Su.
The ruler, no matter what the people in power say, only the smile on the faces of ordinary people can truly evaluate the quality of a regime. For the sake of the smile on the faces of the people, only by doing and improving them can we truly
Benefit the country and the people. It is better to get up and walk than to sit and talk in vain.
These words deeply touched Lu Su. The fundamental purpose of Lu Su coming to Youzhou was to broaden his horizons, and the purpose of broadening his horizons was to strengthen the country and the people. Therefore, Lu Su accepted Liu Ming's activation.
Now, Lu Su looked at the powerful navy in Youzhou, remembering that he followed Zhuge Liang's remarks at that time and thought he could stick to the rules and guard Jiangnan. How ridiculous it was. It was indeed a bit like watching the sky from a well.
Not to mention Liu Ming's million-dollar army, even the concept of the ocean in Youzhou, it is not comparable to Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
Then Cao Cao won’t say that his naval force is not worth mentioning at all, but even Sun Quan’s naval force’s battles are just rivers, lakes, and it has not risen to the point of the ocean at all.
But Youzhou attaches great importance to the navy. The iron-armored giant ships in Youzhou can cross the sea for expeditions, carry full ships of troops, and can float on the sea for one month. Now, from Liaodong to Xuzhou, it takes seven days to breeze.
Arrive. In the past, the fortresses on the land that Cao Cao, Sun Quan and others regarded as natural dangers, faced with the long coastline, it was as if they were not on guard. Then Cao Cao and Sun Quan were Shenwu, and with their current foundation,
It is also impossible to build another Great Wall like the Emperor of Qin to protect its coastline.
In this situation, the Youzhou army relied on sea routes to transport a large number of troops back and forth, directly seizing Cao Cao's Xuzhou, and then quickly attacked Cao Cao's unguarded Yanzhou. It could immediately cut off Cao Cao's support supply. Cao Cao's soldiers stationed on the front line
Apart from sitting and waiting for death, the horse has no way to counterattack. Those strong fortresses are really useless to help Cao Cao's counterattack.
Just as Lu Su sighed, the Youzhou army had already landed. Countless sampans were put down, and the Youzhou army quickly landed on the shore and started the construction of the water camp. However, after the arrival of the shore, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun did not wait.
Instead, the troops immediately divided into two groups, each with 100,000 troops, and occupied Xuzhou.
Gan Ning continued to transport troops back and forth to facilitate the dispatch of troops to the local areas captured by Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others.
Just talk about Zhao Yun's troops leaving the shore, he arrived at Dongwu City shortly after he left the shore.
Dongwu City was originally a small town on the border and sea. It was located in the rear of Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao and Liu Ming were fighting fiercely at this time, there was still no atmosphere of war here. The four gates were wide open and there was a flow of people coming and going.
Although it is remote and a little slight, it has not been cut off.
The soldiers guarding the gate were not nervous at all except for collecting the city gate tax. Even when they heard the sound of galloping horses coming from afar, they were just very curious and ready to open their eyes. They did not respond.
Prepare. He directly mobilized the sound of horse hooves as Cao Cao to get the troops. After all, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry also gained great reputation in Xuzhou.
It was not until Zhao Yun's cavalry rushed into the city gate that these soldiers came to know it. But it was too late at that time. The defenders of Dongwu City were only one thousand people, and they were in the brink of Zhao Yun's army and even the city was in.
It's impossible to resist at all.
Zhao Yun's army captured Dongwu City without bloodshed and established its first foothold.
However! Zhao Yun did not make any stops in Dongwu City at all. Apart from leaving a thousand infantry defense and ensuring the subsequent supply of military rations, the remaining large troops immediately continued to advance.
Half a day later, I came to Dong'an.
I have to say that the endless fertile soil in this Central Plains is really suitable for the galloping of cavalry. Even the thunder thunder carts dragged by horses move extremely fast. Only those infantry soldiers, but Zhao Yun knew about it.
Cao Cao stayed behind to follow up when the troops in the mainland were insufficient. After all, the attack required speed. The attack was caught off guard.
This Dong'an City is much larger than that of Dongwu City and has a much larger population. However, there are still not many soldiers guarding the city, with only two thousand troops. However, the commander who guards the city is the young model of Xiahou family, Xiahou Shang.
Xiahou Shang is the nephew of Xiahou Yuan, and his literary and military skills are very outstanding. It is only a temporary turnaround for him to serve as a guard general in Dong'an. However, Xiahou Shang did not let this go and was scattered. Xiahou Shang
Young and energetic, after coming to Dong'an, he trained the two thousand guards according to the elite standards.
Although these elite soldiers were selected from many ordinary soldiers, they were definitely not achieved by just practicing them. However, after so much time of training, their alertness was much stronger than ordinary soldiers, at least
It is much more sensitive than the defenders of Tobu Castle.
The battle dust rose everywhere, and the horse's hooves were like thunder. These guards from Dong'an immediately closed the city gate according to Xiahou Shang's training requirements and quickly rang the alarm bell, which was reported to Xiahou Shang.
When Zhao Yun's troops arrived, Xiahou Shang had already climbed to the city tower to watch.
However, this rapid reaction had no more impact on the overall situation. After Zhao Yun's army arrived, Zhao Yun did not even make a call to the enemy and directly ordered the Thunderbolt Divine Thunder Cart to launch a warning launch on the city.
Forty Thunder God Thunder Cars were launched at the same time, forty Thunder God Thunders were thrown to the top of the city, and a shocking roar. The soldiers who were originally watching at the top of the city were immediately destroyed. Among them, they included that
The unlucky Xiahou Shang.
Although Xiahou Shang's martial arts are good, he is still a flesh and blood body after all, so he should not be able to splatter shrapnel. Xiahou Shang had never seen this thing before, and did not know the power of the Thunder God Thunder. Therefore, he did not know how to hide. It is also considered
Dead in a mess.
After a volley, Zhao Yun immediately ordered the army to order Dong'an to surrender.
As a result, no one answered for a long time. This was not because the Dong'an army soldiers swear to never surrender. It was really that the previous volley shot scared the soldiers. They all ran to the city, and there was no one on the city wall, so of course they were
No one answered.
However, at this time, Xiahou Shang was dead. After the soldiers who survived the death on the top of the city ran back to the city, they reported their previous experience to Yang Zheng, the governor of Dong'an County. After being frightened, they immediately took the seal and registered their household registration.
Open the city immediately and accept surrender.
This Yang Zheng was originally an old man from Xuzhou. After experiencing Cao Cao's blood slaughter, Cao Cao had a military order. Those who did not surrender after besieging the city will be slaughtered. Yang Zheng did not want Dong'an to be slaughtered. Although Yang Zheng had never heard of You
The state army had examples of massacres of the city. But Yang Zheng did not want to make any mistakes in this regard.
Just as Zhao Yun watched all the soldiers on the city run away, not a single person, and no one replied, and was about to send someone to open the city gate and enter the city to restorate the people, Yang Zheng arrived at the right time and opened the city gate.
Zhao Yun immediately accepted Yang Zheng, still asked Yang Zheng to be an amateur, and took the surrendered soldiers to a place to take care of. Then, when the subsequent infantry followed, a thousand infantry remained garrisoned, and then sent troops to rush to
Dongguan.
There are also two thousand defenders in Dongguan. The city is not small, but the guardians are not a person who can be mentioned. Zhao Yun's troops are moving forward very quickly than the news that has been circulated. What's more, Zhao Yun is now
With the control of the spread of news, the Dongguan defenders didn't know what was going on, Zhao Yun's troops rushed into the city quickly.
The Dongguan garrison was blocked by Zhao Yun's army before they even had time to leave the military camp. Facing Zhao Yun's army, they could only surrender strangely.
In one day, Zhao Yun captured three cities in a row, locking in the path of leaking news in eastern Xuzhou. Then he took a break and set off and headed straight for Langjia.
Langjia is another destination that connects Xuzhou and Qingzhou. This strong fortress is also built there, as well as Cao Cao's White Tiger Camp. It echoes Cao Cao's Qinglong Camp and Puyang, surrounds Mount Tai and guards Qingzhou to lead.
The main road in Xuzhou.
Although there were relatively fewer troops due to the attractions of Liu Ming's three armies, the total number of troops in Langjia and Baihu Camp was more than 70,000, which was the main gathering place for Xuzhou.
Only after taking it down can Xuzhou be considered a complete occupation.
Fortunately, the Langjia Fortress, just like many fortresses, are all against the outside and not the inside. All the solid city walls and defensive measures are against the Qingzhou side. Zhao Yun attacked from behind, which is easy to fight.
There was a lot of it. Especially when Zhao Yun's troops arrived suddenly, Zhao Yun's troops became even more dominant.
However, even so, Zhao Yun still did not take it lightly, regained his energy, and was fully prepared to take down the Langjia Fortress at once.
Turning around, the sky was a little gloomy. Zhao Yun led the troops and advanced quickly.
However, this time, although he was still moving forward quickly, he was not as fast as he was at the beginning. Zhao Yun's cavalry unit had to cooperate with Zhao Yun's infantry.
Two days later, Zhao Yun led his troops to Langjia Fortress. All the villages, counties and towns along the way were taken over by Zhao Yun's troops. There was no trace of wind along the way. But Langjia Fortress is worthy of being the key guard of Cao Cao.
land.
Although the defense direction of the Langjia Fortress is mainly in Qingzhou, and there is a White Tiger Camp in front as the outpost, there is no relaxation at all.
The garrison of the Langjia Fortress was Cao Zhen, a relative general sent by Cao Cao before he set out. He was Cao Cao's confidant. He was definitely very meticulous in implementing Cao Cao's orders. Even today, when Cao Cao and Liu Ming fought against the three armies,
There is no relaxation in the defense of this important road between Qingzhou and Xuzhou.
Now, those alert sentries saw Zhao Yun's troops from afar and quickly reported it to Cao Zhen. Zhao Yun's army failed to directly rush into the Langjia Fortress and caught Cao Zhen off guard.
However, this still cannot change the overall situation.