The effect of Wang Yu's invitation to fight this time was far less immediate than the previous times.
The key point is that his identity is wrong. He is an envoy of the imperial court. He is asking for battle in the Baibo Army's home base to attack the powerful. Although it makes sense logically, not everyone can understand the twists and turns.
However, he succeeded in the end because his rhetoric impressed Li Le.
Although the latter is not very smart, he has a desperate temperament. In this era, generals with great strategies are valued, but generals who rush into battle are also very popular among soldiers, especially in an army like the Yellow Turban Army.
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Limited by equipment, training and other factors, the Yellow Turban Army's tactics are the human sea tactic. A strong general who can rush in front of everyone, capture the flag, and win the victory will naturally be more popular than the wise general who sits in the central military tent and commands.
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Li Le was persuaded by Wang Yu on the spot, which made Mrs. Guo unable to say anything about her rejection. Han Xian was originally non-committal, so in the end, Mrs. Guo had no choice but to think about it and think of a stalling strategy or something.
As a result, after the meeting, Li Le was not idle. He took Wang Yu and summoned his subordinates to help Wang Yu publicize: "This Master Zhu is an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court! He came on behalf of the emperor. He said,
The emperor did some stupid things in the past, but now he wants to make up for it, so he will lead us to attack the Wei family's Wubao and steal money, food and women!"
"oh!"
No matter what general leads what kind of soldiers, the second-ranking subordinates are also second-ranked. The reaction of Li Le's subordinates was much more enthusiastic than that of those in Han Xian's mansion. At least no one turned pale with fright and shook their heads as soon as they heard the word "Wei family".
After a while of commotion, someone asked: "Li Shuai, are we just going as a family? Can we survive the fight?"
Li Le said carelessly: "Well, it's just our family now, but Lao Yang, Mu Tu and the others are still hearing the news, aren't they? Lao Yang still respects the court very much. Mu Tu is of the same mind as us, and the three families have joined forces. There are already 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers.
,no problem."
"How to attack the city?"
"Simple, there is Mr. Zhu!" Li Le raised his thumb and praised with Wang Yu's incomprehensible enthusiasm: "Young Master Zhu is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court! The imperial envoy is a high-ranking official. Have you ever seen such a young man act like this?
A big official?"
Everyone shook their heads, wondering what kind of official the imperial envoy was. They didn't understand it at all, but since he came on behalf of the emperor, he must be very big, right?
"If you can do extraordinary things, you must have extraordinary abilities. Mr. Zhu is a great young hero in the court. He is proficient in strategy and is full of wit. And..."
Li Le scratched his head, a little short of words, and thought for a while. He simply used an analogy: "You should know about Mount Tai Wang Pengju, right? Master Zhu and that young hero came from the same school. Well, his skills are only a little worse than his senior brother.
. Think about it, with the help of such an expert, no matter how high or thick the Wei family's city wall is, what's so scary? Do you think so?"
"right!"
"I have heard that General Wang is the best at attacking cities. He is proficient in the Five Elements Escape Technique. During the battle at Hulao Pass that day, he fired a shot and knocked down most of the city wall at once. This time he conquered Xiongguan in one fell swoop! Wei
No matter how strong our Wubao is, can it be stronger than Hulao Pass?"
"With help from people like this, Wubao will be fine..."
"Li Shuai, if nothing happens to you, I will go back and prepare first. I have to tell the boys and let them cheer up."
Li Le said with a smile: "Go, go, all go."
After being a decoration for most of the day, Wang Yu was not impatient at all. Xu Meng's information was correct. Li Le was indeed the one who advocated the southward movement. He provided an opportunity and he immediately took advantage of it.
At the same time, Wang Yu was also confused. He didn't know where Li Le got such strong confidence. He even used the name of Wang Pengju of Taishan. Isn't he afraid that his teacher would be in vain and lose face?
For a person with Li Le's personality, Wang Yu was not afraid to ask directly, and Li Le's answer was very straightforward: "What's so shameless? Anyway, I originally wanted to go to Anyi, Guo
The boss has always been unwilling, saying that if we can't fight, it's better not to go, and we can still maintain a deterrent effect and deal with those powerful people. Lao Yang is also unwilling, always feeling that he is afraid of offending the court and offending him too harshly, which will cut off the path of appeasement.
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"Hey!" Li Le said with a smile: "If you ask me, what they say is nonsense. What can be more serious than offending the court by rebelling? Attacking Anyi may not be worth the loss, but attacking the Wei family is worthwhile.
You won't lose anything. If you really have the ability, Master, and capture one or two forts, then it goes without saying that you will receive great blessings from heaven. Even if you can't defeat them, hehe... Master, do you know what time it is now?"
"March! It's the time for spring plowing. We have a lot of manpower. After we divided our troops and went south, there are still people plowing. But if we wander outside the Wei family's Wubao, will their land still be planted? We still have to agree on how much.
Ping An money comes out? In short, I will definitely not lose money on this trip! It’s really embarrassing to return without success, and the loss is yours, not Li Le’s, haha.”
Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance. Who would have thought that such a stupid young man would actually know how to take advantage of others? Come to think of it, in history, before and after Mr. Zhang entered Sichuan, didn’t he come up with all kinds of tricks, and he was completely different from before?
Troubled times are indeed very tempering!
Wang Yu was not upset about being used. He originally intended to be used. With his status, it was impossible for him to take over the command of the Baibo Army. Through his influence on the generals of the Baibo Army, he could adjust the Baibo Army's strategy and stir up chaos.
For the situation in Hedong, this is enough.
According to Jia Xu, Duan Xuan, one of the four great generals in Xiliang, did not deal well with Dong Zhuo, so he and Dong Yue were stationed very close to each other, which actually served as a check on each other.
As long as the Baibo Army moves south in a large scale, Li Xiu and Guo Si will definitely be ready to fight, let alone return reinforcements. It will be a good thing if they don't ask for help from Dong Zhuo. On the Luoyang battlefield, the Xiliang Army can only continue to rely on the Bingzhou Army and other foreign armies to fight.
, this is quite important in your own strategic planning.
Of course, it is not enough to achieve Li Le's basic goal. The best thing is to capture all the Wei family's territory and make the Baibo Army reluctant to give up. In this way, the Baibo Army and the Xiliang Army are at a very subtle distance.
I can't even think about not fighting!
Interest is the basis for determining strategy. It will not be swayed by human will!
With Li Le working so hard, he doesn't need to worry too much about sending troops. What he has to do now is to concentrate on studying how to attack the city.
The population in Baibo Valley was quite dense, and Li Le's propaganda quickly took effect.
People talked a lot and quickly reached a consensus.
Maybe they are jealous of the Wei family's wealth, or they are impressed by Wang Yu's reputation as an imperial envoy, or they remember the miserable life in the past. There are many different things, but the goal is the same. That is to go south!
Among them, there were many who had been oppressed by the Wei family, and these people had the most determined attitude. Some even raised the banner of revenge, which added a bit of momentum to the southward robbery.
"Li Le, this bastard! You actually played this trick on me! Does he still take me as the boss in his eyes? It's really unreasonable!" After being suddenly attacked by Li Le, Guo Tai was caught off guard and flew into a rage.
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"Commander, what should we do now?"
"What else can we do?" Guo Tai angrily said: "People's hearts are floating, and the situation has been established. If I come forward to stop it, I will definitely be regarded as a bad person. Let them go, you go and light up five thousand people, and I will inform Old Han
Tell him to leave someone to guard the valley and set off together tomorrow."
"Shall we go too? That's not..."
"Of course I want to go. Why not?"
Mrs. Guo knocked on the table and sneered: "We don't go to the Wei family very often, so we can earn money on the way. We can also beat them up, so we don't have to go to them every time to ask for money or food. The most important thing is
, let’s not follow. How can we watch their jokes? Just the Wei family’s castle, hey, how can it be defeated? If I don’t keep an eye on it, what should I do if they make up an excuse to fool people?”
"The handsome man is wise."
"Hmph, by the way, what is that person named Zhu doing?"
"He was with Li Shuai first, and then went back to Han Shuai's house for a secret talk for half an hour. He is now at the city wall..."
"City wall?" Guo Tai was stunned and asked suspiciously, "What is he doing at the city wall?"
"It seems that he was studying the structure of the city wall or something. The people who were staring at him reported that he seemed to have asked the guards guarding the city some common sense about attacking and defending the city..."
"Common sense? No way, he is really a layman? That kid seems to be very smart, but he is seeking his own death by making false threats?" Mrs. Guo's face flashed with green energy, and she said with murderous intent: "
He doesn’t think that I don’t dare to kill him, does he? I am in control of the world, who can I be afraid of? Not to mention that he is just Wang Laoer’s envoy, even if he is really an imperial envoy, I will kill him.”
"At first glance, that boy looks like a pampered young man. His fair face looks like that of a Taoist man... I guess he just hasn't been in battle and is just talking nonsense. How can he hide it from you, Marshal?"
"Haha..." After hearing this, Mrs. Guo laughed loudly and said: "Don't talk about these things. You can go to slaughter the various tribes again and tell Yuvluo that it is still spring.
You won't get anything if you rob. Wait until autumn, then raise troops to attack Hanoi, and the harvest will be bountiful!"
"Here!"
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"There are many ways to attack the city. The ones our Yellow Turban Army often use are nothing more than earth-building, cloud ladders, hole attacks, water attacks, and ant attack along the city..."
"The first method is the most commonly used, which is to pile earth bags under the city wall, pile them on top of the city wall, and then rush up the slope. This method consumes a lot of manpower, takes a long time, and causes heavy casualties. The officers and soldiers have strong bows.
Hard crossbows, we are no match at all. If we want to use this method to attack the three-foot-high city wall, just to pile up the soil, we will have to die and injure nearly a thousand people. If we are against someone like the Wei family, I'm afraid there will be more than three to five thousand people."
"The trouble with the ladder is that it is not easy to transport. No matter whether it is an officer or a soldier or a powerful person, everyone has learned how to do it now. All the wood has been cut down for ten miles around the castle, so we have to build it from a distance and transport it there. It is very troublesome.
Cave attack means digging a tunnel. If you can catch someone unawares, it's a good idea, but once someone discovers it, the attackers in the tunnel will be dead, whether they smoke or pour water..."
"As for the water attack, it depends on the terrain. There seems to be no place east of the river. As for the ant attack, all methods should be used together. Alas, again, we have few bows and arrows, let alone strong crossbows. Ant
The siege seemed grand, but in fact the casualties were extremely heavy."
"To attack the city, we must use the methods of the official army. Transport troops in chariots, charge the chariots into the gates, arrange archers on the well railings to provide cover, and then let the well-equipped elites ascend first. Only in this way can we attack and defend.
Our methods of siege the city are just costing lives, alas!"
The veteran ended the introduction with a sigh, obviously not optimistic about Wang Yu's siege order.
The pros and cons of these strategies of exchanging human lives for the city are very clear to the major commanders. They will not invest their money just because of Wang Yu's words. Apart from these methods, what other secrets can there be to siege the city? Is it possible to have wings and fly in?
Not successful?
"Thank you, uncle. Listening to your words is better than ten years of studying. I have indeed benefited a lot from my life." Wang Yu himself didn't worry too much. Anyway, by leading the Baibo Army southward, more than half of his mission had been completed. If he really wanted to
If you can't find a solution, just run away.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. If you push hard, you will find a way.