The red-faced man didn't hold a weapon in his hand, and he smiled when he spoke, but his smile was a bit cold, and the words he said were even more murderous. When the soldiers of Yuan Jun saw the red-faced man, their legs kicked up. I shivered, and involuntarily threw away the weapon in his hand,
Soon, Yao Qi, Ma Liu, and his confidants who rushed into the shops and houses were all taken out. Only then did they discover that there were thousands of people and horses in this small town. Fifty people wanted to come to beat the autumn breeze, just hit the egg against the rock,
Guan Yu pointed towards Yao Qi and said, "Bring him up."
Guan Yu saw clearly just now that it was him who gave orders at the entrance of the town.
Yao Qi is someone who has seen blood on the battlefield. He is not afraid to face Guan Yu. He stands tall, but even if he stands on tiptoe, he can only reach Guan Yu’s shoulder.
Guan Yu looked at Yao Qi and said coldly, "Who are you guys, what do you want to do in town?"
Yao Qi turned his heart back, curled his lips, and said, "This is a military secret, no comment."
"Don't tell me, I think someone will say it," Guan Yu sneered, and suddenly raised his hand to hit Yao Qi's neck. He only heard a crisp sound, Yao Qi's body softened. Guan Yu pointed towards Ma Liuyi, "For you,"
This time the Han army faced the allied forces of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Xianbei and Wuheng. The enemy’s total strength had already exceeded one million. Faced with such a powerful enemy, Liu Xin didn’t want to act like a woman anymore. He has already issued an order. Order that some stubborn prisoners of war can be executed on the spot when necessary. Guan Yu is now exercising this power.
Seeing that Guan Yu took Yao Qi’s life with a hand knife, Ma Liu still had a half-hearted defiance, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and confessed all the circumstances he knew.
Yao Qi and Ma Liu were both captains in Yuan Junzhong. They were also in charge of thousands of people. Although it was impossible to know higher-level decisions, they still knew the basic trends of Yuan Jun. After Guan Yu listened to Ma Liu’s Explained, made a decision immediately and ordered the whole army to assemble immediately,
According to Liu Xin’s original deployment, the army in ambush will launch an attack on Yecheng the day after tomorrow. Of course, this attack is just a feign attack. The so-called attack must be saved. Yecheng is Yuan Shao’s base camp, not only Yuan Shao himself and him. Even the majority of Yuan Shao’s civil and military staff and their family members are in Yecheng. If Yecheng is attacked, Yuan Shao will definitely notify Liyang’s troops to return to aid as soon as possible. This arrangement is a typical encirclement to fight aid. ,
However, through Ma Liu’s account, Guan Yu found that Yuan Shao’s army was transferred to Liyang faster than expected. If he waits for the day after tomorrow to start his hand, I’m afraid Liyang’s Yuan army has already begun to attack Chaoge.
In order to prevent the Xianbei cavalry from going south, Liu Xin's deployment of the main force of the Fourth Army to attack the Jiexiu counties has been reported to the generals above the deputy commander. Therefore, Guan Yu is very worried that Chaoge will not be able to withstand Yuan Jun’s attack. Get started first to attract Yuan Shao’s attention,
The 280,000 troops assembled in Dangyin have a strict division of labor between each other. The 50,000 infantrymen of the First Legion were responsible for the pretending to attack Yecheng. This unit has already lurked fifty miles north of Dangyin, with only one order. , They will appear under Yecheng within half a day, and Guan Yu’s task is to lead the 20,000 infantrymen of the Third Army to attack the rear army of Yuan Jun back from Liyang.
After learning about Ma Liu’s explanation, Guan Yu made a bold decision to attack Neihuang County in Wei County, which is fifty miles east of Dangyin. This is Yuan Shao’s food supply base and the food supply base of Yuan Jun on the front line of Liyang. Conquering Neihuang means breaking Yuan Jun’s food road on the front line.
Guan Yu immediately decided to go on a dangerous move. Of course, he did not forget to inform the army commander Zhang Yun of his decision and Xu Huang, the commander-in-chief of this operation.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Liu Xin granted generals above the deputy army commander the right to make arbitrary decisions. Therefore, Guan Yu’s arrangement is not against the rules, but Xu Huang was surprised when he received Guan Yu’s report.
As long as Guan Yu’s men and horses appeared outside the inner yellow city, Yuan Jun’s vigilance would be immediately aroused. The battle plan this time was exposed to danger. Xu Huang had no time to think about it, and immediately decided to adjust the battle plan. The entire battle started two days in advance. ,
Yuan Shao spent a lot of money on the base camp of Yecheng. Not only did the city walls be built tall and strong, but the city had enough food and grass for the army and the people of the city for two years. Four military towns were built around Yecheng. Around Yecheng, there were no people living in the city. The troops stationed in the city were all troops. What Xu Huang wanted to attack was the southernmost city of Yecheng, called Wucheng.
The Han army moved quickly. It took only half an hour from receiving the temporary order from Xu Huang to the start of the whole team. The original intention of the feint was to attract Yuan Shao’s attention, so there was no need to cover it up, and this time it was a feint. There is another role to cover for Guan Yu's actions.
The fifty thousand army of the First Legion set off at noon. The banners covered the sun and the drums were noisy, killing Benwu City with great strength, like a torrent of black steel.
Recently, there has been an army passing by almost every few days in this area. The people are afraid of being implicated, and have long hidden in the mountains. The fields are deserted. However, the army marched boldly like the Han army, and the goal was directed at Yecheng. Wucheng, the southern gateway, quickly attracted the attention of Sentinel Yuan Jun, and the warning Pegasus passed into Yecheng.
Hearing this news, Yuan Shao was shocked. His deployment to attack Hanoi has not yet been completed. There are still some details of the alliance with Cao Cao that need to be negotiated. Unexpectedly, Liu Xin actually fought over first, and he was in a position to capture the thieves and the king.
Yuan Shao hurriedly convened a group of counsellors to discuss. After discussing for a whole afternoon, he finally came to a conclusion that Liu Xin's action in Taiyuan was just a feint. The purpose was to attract Yuan Jun’s main force to assist Taiyuan, but he failed. Yecheng, and at this time, although Yuan Jun’s main force had not been transferred to Taiyuan, it had already been transferred to Liyang. With the addition of the four surrounding towns, the total strength of Yecheng was only 100,000. It felt as if there were hundreds of thousands, which made Yuan Shao nervous, and immediately sent Li Yang’s army back to help, and sent people to contact Cao Cao to send troops to help.
Leading the Han army to act as a pretender is the two generals Shi Huan and Wang Wei of the First Corps. They arrived ten miles south of Wucheng and set up a camp. After a short rest, they drove to the outside of Wucheng overnight. Although the Han army only had Fifty thousand people, and only twenty thousand people drove to the city of Wucheng, but with two or three torches. The guard of Wucheng Lu Kuang looked down from the top of the city, and saw that the city was full of fire, and it seemed that there were a hundred thousand. The crowd, Lu Kuang did not dare to go to war, ordered people to close the city gate, and at the same time lit up a beacon to rush to Yecheng.
The Han army did not attack the city immediately, but assembled all kinds of siege equipment step by step. This time Liu Xin had lost his money. Even though it was a feint, he sent heavy equipment such as trebuchets and ladders. ,
At this time, Yuan Shao also climbed up to the head of Yecheng city and looked at the beacon fire slowly rising in the direction of Wucheng. He was anxious, but he did not dare to send reinforcements, because according to the return of the sentry, this Han army had a total of 200,000. To all the crowd, sending troops out of the city is tantamount to finding a dead end, but he was not willing to give up Wucheng. After all, it was the gateway to Yecheng. After thinking about it, Yuan Shao sent two messengers to Wucheng and ordered Lu Kuang to stand by.
Probably because they were worried about the enemy, the Han army only surrounded the east, south, and west sides of Wucheng, and let go of the north, Yuan Shao’s messenger entered Wucheng effortlessly. Lu Kuang saw that his messengers came and went freely, too. Confidence greatly increased, let the messenger reply to Yuan Shao, swear that the city is here and the city is dead, and offer a plan, hoping that Yuan Shao will send troops into Wucheng the day after tomorrow, and when Li Yang’s reinforcements arrive, he will give the Han army a flanking attack. After all, the strength of Wucheng City is only 10,000. If you want to attack inside and outside, you really have more than enough power.
Soon after the messenger left, there was a loud noise from outside the city, and the Han army began to attack. Instead of launching an assault, the Han army lined up 80 trebuchets against the head of Wucheng. After a random bombardment, the catapult has been improved many times, and now it can hit far and accurately. Each catapult can throw more than ten stone bullets at a time, but it is night, and the operators of the catapult attack themselves The effect cannot be evaluated, and there is no way to correct it. Nevertheless, the flood of stone rain still caused tremendous psychological pressure on Yuan Jun, who was defending the city.
It is not the first time that Yuan Jun has come into contact with the trebuchet. In the fierce battle that lasted more than a year, Cao Jun also used the trebuchet many times and successfully suppressed the advantage of Yuan Jun’s bow and arrow, but the power of Cao Jun’s trebuchet was It's less than one-fifth of the Han's trebuchet, and its range is much closer.
The trebuchets of the Han army can fire thousands of stone bullets in one salvo. If they can’t avoid it, even holding a shield is useless. They are often smashed together with a shield. In fact, it is more than just a shield. Many stone bullets fly directly. The city wall fell in the military camp in the city. Many soldiers hiding in the tents were also smashed to death and wounded.
The stone bullets of the Han army seemed to be endless. After firing round after round, Yuan Jun’s soldiers shrank in the corner with fear, or hid near the farthest north gate. They were still hit on the ground from time to time and then bounced again. Block hit,
The defenders of Wucheng were so uneasy until dawn, the Han army’s stone bullet attack finally stopped. When the defenders tremblingly crawled out of various hidden spots, they were completely stunned by the sight in front of them.
After a night’s attack, the walls of Wucheng became riddled with holes. The originally neat military camp in the city has also been swayed. From time to time, the smashed corpses can be seen. When they climbed to the top of the city, they found the city. Quietly outside, the Han army didn’t know when they had already retracted their troops back to camp.
In Neihuang, one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Yecheng, the fierce battle lasted all night, and there was still no sign of stopping.