There are roughly three routes for the Baibo Army to move southward: go southwest along the Fenhe River, then turn around at Fenyin, go south along the Yellow River, and attack the Puban and Huayin areas; or continue southward in Jiangyi, along the Sushui River
, the Tao River went south to attack the Anyi area; and finally, it went east along the tributary of the Su River to attack the Donghuan area.
The Baibo Army relies on numbers to fight. If they don't march along the river, getting water will be a big problem, let alone the speed of their march.
However, they rarely take the route to Anyi, which is the most convenient and has the greatest harvest along the way. They would rather avoid it in a distant place. Marching in a detour, the harvest is small and the consumption is high. It is a loss-making business, and no one likes the loss-making business, so
Guo Taicai took the initiative to advance eastward and attack Hanoi.
The Baibo generals were not incompetent in military strategy. There were many factors that led them to abandon convenient routes. Wenxi City's repeated insurmountable attacks were not far behind, even if it was not the most decisive one.
When Wang Yu followed Li Le's vanguard to the south and met up with the advance troops at the foot of Wenxi City, the two commanders of the Baibo Army were troubled by this. When they heard the purpose of Li Le's trip, they were almost furious.
The intersection almost made his eyes pop out.
"Xiao Lizi, are you crazy, or am I crazy? Are you going to attack the Wei family? What are you thinking!" Hu Cai grabbed Li Le by the collar and sprayed the latter's face with spit: "Come on, follow me
Come, go to the city and have a look. If you can't capture Wenxi City, do you think it's because I don't work hard or because we just can't attack the city in the first place?"
Hu Cai and Li Le were close friends and had similar temperaments. Without waiting for Li Le's reply, he dragged the latter towards the city. The incident happened so suddenly that Li Le didn't even have time to introduce Wang Yu's identity.
No one helped to introduce him. Wang Yu simply came by himself. Anyway, he also knew the identity of the other Baibo Qushuai, "General Yang, this is Zhu Shou, on the order of the prince..."
Yang Feng's face was not good at first, but after hearing Wang Yu's self-introduction, he immediately became energetic: "It's Zhu Shijun. The prince asked you to come, but the official position assigned to a certain person has already been finalized?"
Wang Yu shook his head: "That's not true. What the prince means is..."
"I know what the prince means, and I'm trying my best, but there's nothing I can do!" Yang Feng spread his hands, full of grievances and bitterness: "If we can't capture Wenxi, the army won't be able to go south. If it's just a small fight,
Li Jie, Guo Si has a strong army and strong troops. As long as they don't go north and go deep, we can't do anything to them. There is no way, no way!"
After listening to Yang Feng's complaints for a while, Wang Yu discovered that this man was actually an official fan! No wonder he was so enthusiastic about recruiting people.
After establishing contact with the court through Wang Yun, this person has been asking Wang Yun for an official position. Seeing that he was so eager, how could Wang Yun, an old fox, let go of this opportunity? So, the official position became a carrot, and Yang Fengze
It was the donkey that Wang Yun kept running around all over the place with his appetite.
The previous large-scale offensives launched by the Baibo Army were all instigated by Yang Feng.
At first, Li urged and Guo Si carelessly underestimated the enemy. They crossed the Anyi defense line and counterattacked, but suffered a small loss. Neither of them were good at it. After discovering the problem, they simply retreated to the bank of the Yellow River and concentrated on defense instead of attacking. In this way
Come, it will become a white wave military labor expedition.
The back road was unstable and the troops could not be deployed. The following battles all ended with the defeat of the White Wave Army. Therefore, the White Wave Army suspended its offensive and had a dispute over the direction of development.
The attack on Wenxi this time was considered a desperate move by Yang Feng. After Wenxi was captured, Anyi was not far away. Even if they knew that the Baibo Army could not capture Anyi, Li and Guo had to be nervous. After all, the Baibo Army's front line was pushed forward and a surprise attack was possible.
The risks have also become greater.
For this reason, Yang Feng spent a lot of effort to win over Hu Cai and Li Le, and also recruited Hu Cai to help. It can be said that he was not careless.
But the reality does not change due to human will. If we cannot fight, we cannot fight. Even if we are willing to fight hard, it will not work.
While Yang Feng was complaining, he also led Wang Yu to follow Hu Cai and the two. He knew what Hu Cai was going to say next, so he might as well let Wang Yu and Li Le listen to it all at once.
Hu Cai pointed to the city, beat his chest and said: "Look, I lost two to three thousand men and piled the earth barricade to the head of the city, but I couldn't rush up! Those under the city are all the corpses of my brothers.
Those are all old brothers who have been following me for many years!"
Wang Yu looked at the sound and saw exactly what Hu Cai said.
Wenxi is a county town. It is said that when Emperor Wu passed through this place on his northern tour, good news came from the southern Guangdong battlefield, so it got its name. This is a small county town, and the city wall is not even as majestic as the one in Baibo Valley.
I don't know whether it is due to repeated wars or erosion by wind and rain. The city walls appear to be very dilapidated, with traces of repair everywhere. Under the sunlight at noon, the dividing lines appear extremely clear. The colors of the city walls on both sides of these boundaries are very different.
Like patches.
Now, there are many new colors on the city wall, bloodstains all over the city, scorch marks from the fire, white marks left by swords and spears... the old city wall looks more and more mottled.
Outside the city wall, the most conspicuous thing is the large mound piled in the corner of the city wall. The mound is made up of sandbags, earth and rocks, and corpses. The visual effect is quite amazing. Just looking at this mound and the corpses lying dead along the way, it makes you wonder.
You can imagine how brutal this battle was.
There were also corpses scattered around the mound. Some of them still had arrows on their bodies, and they were obviously shot by crossbows. Others had their limbs twisted, and it looked like they had fallen from the city wall.
Yang Feng was not exaggerating. The Baibo Army had indeed tried hard, but they were really poor at attacking the city. The gap was so big that they could not make up for it even with all their efforts.
"We already have a breakthrough, why can't we attack the city?" Li Le was puzzled: "There are only a few hundred county soldiers in Wenxi City. I'm confused that you have nearly 20,000 people, why can't you attack it?"
"Hmph!" Hu Cai snorted coldly and said: "There are only a few hundred soldiers in the county, but the people in the city have also mobilized, and the big families also contribute money and food, so there are still three thousand soldiers.
.It doesn’t matter if there are just too many soldiers, the key is that there are strong generals in the city!”
He pointed at the earth barrier and said with a sad smile: "Is that a breakthrough? No! It's clearly the Shura Field. Anyone who goes up there will die!"
Looking at the city head, Wang Yu nodded.
Hu Cai was right. The earthen fortress seemed very big, but the number of people who could launch an attack through it was very limited. Three or five vanguards could go up each time, and dozens of people following behind would be the limit.
The key point of this tactic is to break through at one point and bloom on all sides. The one who rushes up first should occupy a territory with an outnumbered enemy, and let the backup follow up. After it is consolidated, the front can be expanded in other directions. Wait until a city is captured.
If you open the gate tower and then open the city gate, there will be no suspense about victory or defeat.
According to Hu Cai, the soldiers in the city were obviously more elite, and there seemed to be a fierce general there. After Bai Bo's elite troops rushed forward, they were only massacred.
This situation is the most suitable for a strong general to perform. At the same time, there are not many opponents to face, and he will not be besieged. When he is tired, someone will replace him and he can go to rest. If it is a strong man like Lu Bu or Guan Zhang,
As long as you put one in, it will really mean that one man is the one who can block ten thousand men.
Most of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are from real grassroots backgrounds. They are ordinary people. They may have some martial arts skills and have improved after years of fighting. But after all, they are wild men. Compared with authentic warriors, they are far behind. The soldiers and civilians in the city are united.
, with elite soldiers and armor, and a fierce general, it is indeed a tough nut to crack.
If you want to crack it, maybe you can pile up a few more mounds of dirt and attack from all sides. No matter how good the general is, he doesn't know how to clone himself. It should be better. However, the casualties will be high. The current casualties are already
The faces of these two people turned green, and if the war escalated, these two commanders probably wouldn't be able to bear it.
However, Wang Yu was also a little strange. He was just a Hucai. Yang Feng should have a strong man under his command. No matter how good a strong general in a small county was, he couldn't be better than Xu Huang, right? Why didn't he want to be sent up?
?
Seeing Wang Yu looking over with confusion, Yang Fenghui misunderstood, took over Hu Cai's words, and vomited bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, and it's not because of someone who doesn't try his best. It's really the unstoppable general in the city who holds two weapons."
He has a big axe, and his elite men are all veterans of the war for many years, but in front of him, no one can pass three times. If we encounter this person in an array, we can still besiege him. Now..."
"There were nearly two thousand casualties in Duitu Mountain, and more than a thousand casualties in the siege of the city, many of them elites!"
Hu Cai said sadly: "This is just a small news, what are you talking about attacking Weijia Wubao! The Wei family's wealth is more than hundreds of millions, and are there no talented people in the family? Sitting in a powerful city, in the
How can we possibly succeed when we have enough food and grass inside and reinforcements outside? Who came up with such a ridiculous idea?"
Wang Yu had heard Hu Cai's remarks a lot in the past few days. Even if he had observed them on the spot, they would not have had much impact. What concerned him was Yang Feng's description.
Holding a big ax, he is unstoppable? The most elite yellow turban warrior can only block two or three axes? It sounds familiar, it can't be... the one in the city, is it Xu Huang?
Well, it makes sense when you think about it. Xu Huang has never been a Yellow Turban thief, but when he appears in the novel, he is under Yang Feng, who is an activist in recruiting security.
If Yang Feng successfully recruited troops, his jurisdiction should be based on the principle of proximity, that is, the Hedong area. Wenxi could not be attacked repeatedly, so Yang must have been deeply impressed by Xu Huang. He used his authority to transfer Xu Huang into the army to strengthen
It was natural for him to be reused. However, Xu Huang didn't have a good impression of the Yellow Turban thieves. Later, when he got an opportunity, he joined Cao Cao.
Well, if you think about it this way, everything makes sense.
It's a pity, it's a pity. Now I don't lead any troops, and I can't show my identity. I have famous generals in front of me, but I can't compete with them, let alone conquer them. This is really regrettable.
Do you want to use the Baibo Army to attack the city and arrest people? No, look at Hu Cai's posture, he really wants to catch Xu Huang, maybe he wants to kill him. Business is more important, Xu Huang is here, just make a good friend
Fate, see you again someday.
The plan was decided, Wang Yu smiled slightly at Hu Cai and said: "General Hu, the idea of going south to attack the Wei family was made by me. I wasn't very sure at first, but after observing the two generals' tactics today, I am deeply convinced.
I have been enlightened, and now I have a 50% chance of winning. Even if you two can't trust me, can't you still trust General Li, Wang Situ and His Majesty?"
"It's trustworthy, of course it's trustworthy!" Upon hearing the emperor and Wang Yun, Yang Feng nodded quickly.
"..." Hu Cai didn't understand the relationship. He looked at Li Le and found that his old partner was also smiling. So, he didn't feel like refuting anything anymore. He just said hesitantly: "Since the envoy has already
After all, why not practice here? Firstly, it will enhance confidence and improve the morale of the brothers, and secondly, it can take revenge, and at the same time, it can also ensure the smooth flow of the retreat."
"General Hu, that's wrong. Most of the people in the city are from the same source as your army. They are born from the same roots. Why bother to fight each other? Why bother? If you want to take revenge, you should also look for powerful people like the Wei family who are rich and unkind.
Isn’t that right?”
Wang Yu waved his hand carelessly and said: "As for the way back, there is no need to worry. After General Li, General Guo Shuai and General Han will also come one after another. Tens of thousands of troops will continue to move south. With hundreds of county soldiers in the city,
What can a few thousand people do? Just go south with peace of mind."
"That's true." Hu Cai nodded and looked at his two colleagues. He found that the other party was also convinced. He sighed as if he was resigned to his fate, "Then he followed the envoy Zhu and sent an order to the entire army to withdraw from the siege and go south.
Go to Anyi and eat the fat sheep!"
"Oh!" The thunderous cheers shook the whole country. General Bai Bo had long been disgusted with Wenxi. He wished he could play somewhere else. The destination he wanted to go to was the Wei family. It couldn't be better.