There was smoke rising from the frontier, so it couldn't be hidden from the people living in Hebei.
Xun Yu originally came to Hebei to preside over various important affairs in Hebei, and he discovered it as soon as the smoke rose.
"Enemy attack?" Xun Yu looked at the wolf smoke, which was divided into many types.
The materials are also different. Populus euphratica, tamarisk, apocynum, achnatherum, white ci, camel grass, licorice, dry reed, Haloxylon, etc. can be used as fuel. The way he burns out is also different.
The rising smoke is telling everyone in Hebei that the Huns are coming.
"Presumptuous!" Xun Yu was furious in Youzhou, he really didn't expect the Huns to enter the customs at this time.
"King Zuoxian Maodun, I think you are really impatient!" Xun Yu's temper has also come up, and his brother Xun Cen, but has fought many battles in this Youzhou, Liaodong, and slowly Xun Yu Yu has also changed from a scribe in the past to the current mastermind, or in other words, he is more suitable for the position of governor.
"My lord, is it going to be rough, this Zuoxian King Maodun has only one hundred thousand cavalry, how dare he confiscate it?" A general next to him asked suspiciously, his surname was Tian and his name was Yu.
He was originally a general of Gongsun Zan, but after Gongsun Zan lost, he was disarmed and returned to the field. Waiting for Cao Cao to be activated again, he came to Youzhou again.
He, Tian Yuna, really knows the affairs of the border customs like the palm of his hand, Zuo Xianwang Maodun, it's not like he hasn't called and shouted.
Although it is considered a hero among the Huns, it is only among the Huns.
100,000 Hun cavalry may seem like a lot, but Cao Cao is not afraid of him at all if they really want to fight. As long as 30,000 cavalry are sent to the frontier, they can beat him to the Zuo Xianwang.
Someone will send back information soon.
Looking at the soldiers and horses of King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu, numbering 800,000 troops entered the pass, even if Mao Dun deliberately increased it, there were still 400,000 to 500,000.
"How could it be!" Tian Yu was also dumbfounded. Are the Huns born with two in one day? How come there are so many people all of a sudden.
"I don't care where he came from. Now that he's here, don't even think about going back!" Xun Yu also had 100,000 soldiers in Liaodong. It's not impossible to fight Modu.
Xun Yu also has his own self-confidence. The Han people are good at war, and it is not the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, it was because of the constant battles and the oppression of the people by the gentry. Therefore, the talents in Huaxia withered, the soldiers and horses were ridiculed, and the horses put the Nanshan knife racks into storage.
Although the current big man is also at sunset, he still has the last glimmer of light.
These 100,000 soldiers and horses are soldiers in the field in peacetime, and soldiers in wartime.
"My lord, in this army, the army has not been paid for three months!" Tian Yu hesitated for a while and said to Xun Yu.
"What! Haven't the food and grass allocated by Xudu been delivered yet?" Xun Yu asked Tian Yu.
"Never!"
If there is no food and grass, how to mobilize the army, if the army does not move the food and grass first, it is impossible to let the soldiers and horses go to war hungry.
"How much food and grass are left in the army!" Xun Yu said with a gloomy face.
"It's less than half a month's worth!"
"Damn it!" Xun Yu gritted his teeth. Half a month, even in Youzhou with him, there is only half a month left, and other places can be imagined, I am afraid there are only about ten days of food and grass left, how can the Han people resist these grasslands? As for the nation, one relies on new weapons, sharp blades, elite armor, and cities.
But if you defend the city, you have to have something to eat, and there is nothing to eat. How to keep it? Now that the Huns cavalry had even entered Guanzhong, Xun Yu couldn't even imagine the cities besieged by the Huns.
"Quick, quick. Hurry up and send it to Xudu with me in eight hundred miles, and let Xudu dispatch food and grass as soon as possible!" Xun Yu shouted loudly, it is no small matter now, if one fails, the whole of Hebei may be destroyed Fallen.
"Yes!" His subordinate Tian Yu was about to leave.
"Wait! Send me another envoy to Yangzhou to inform His Royal Highness King Wei. We need reinforcements!" Without food and grass, Xun Yu couldn't dispatch soldiers and horses at all, so he could only stand by and wait for reinforcements.
Tian Yu ordered his subordinates, and he came back soon. Several war horses galloped out of the post station, and they were in a hurry.
"With no food and grass in the army, and now that the Huns are invading, even thinking about Xun Yu feels terrible.
"Tian Yu, go to the city and help me buy food and grass from those gentry, and buy as much as you can!" Xun Yu continued to order Tian Yu, Xu Du will be unreliable for a while, and can only rely on himself first. But these are just a drop in the bucket.
"My lord, we can actually borrow food from them!" Tian Yu said suddenly.
"them?"
"Is it really possible?" Xun Yu smiled wryly, not to mention that the two sides are enemies, what's more, now that Cao Cao has fought in Yangzhou and Hebei is under threat, I'm afraid it's too late for them to be happy.
"My lord, we are all Han Chinese after all!" Tian Yu pointed in the direction of Liaodong.
"Try it!"
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Yangzhou has Chengde, this is already the third day.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Wei Yan was really merciless, the Red Clothes Camp tore off the cannon coat and tilted the ammunition vigorously towards the top of the city.
If it weren't for the cement components used by Chengde, the city gate would have been breached long ago. Even so, the city was full of wailing.
Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, the Bingzhou wolf rider got entangled with the tiger and leopard rider.
Countless Xiahouyuan's soldiers under the city were climbing towards the top of the city.
"Your Highness, let's go!" Liu Ye was really worried. Cheng De could be lost, and he, Liu Ye, could die, but Liu Wei couldn't do anything.
Once something happened to Liu Mang, the entire Yangzhou Army would really be hopeless.
"Wait a little longer!" Liu Mang was gnashing his teeth at Wei Yan. Wei Yan seemed determined to kill Liu Mang. All the shells from the Red Clothes Battalion rushed towards Chengde's city wall for free. .
"This Wei Yan is right. If you win Chengde, can you replenish the ammunition from Chengde City!" Liu Mang was also annoyed. Originally, the cannons of the Red Clothes Battalion belonged to Liu Mang. Liu Mang planned to use these cannons to entertain Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to entertain him instead.
"Your Highness, it's already the third day. If you wait any longer, it will be too late!" Liu Ye said worriedly. Even if Chengde was built with cement, he couldn't hold the artillery of the first battalion. Attack.
There are cracks everywhere on the top of the city. Corpses were also piled up all over the ground. Chengde originally had only 3,000 defenders. If the people hadn't rushed to help, the city would have been destroyed long ago.
Now Bingzhou Wolf Riding is not too big of a loss. It was enough to take Liu Mang away.
"This Wei Yan is not dead, the Red Clothes Camp is not destroyed, how can I leave!" Liu Mang is unwilling to leave, he wants to see Wei Yan's Red Clothes Camp destroyed, the threat is too great.
"Your Highness, I'm fine with Chengde City, you leave quickly!" Liu Ye wanted to replace Liu Mang in Chengde and wait for reinforcements.
"No!" It's not that Liu Mang looks down on Liu Ye, if he leaves, Wei Yan will inevitably become suspicious, and it will be bad if he deviates from the track.
"Zi Yang, in this way, I will wait here for another day, just one day, if they don't come by then, I will leave with General Zhang Liao!" Liu Mang comforted Liu Ye who was beside him.
Liu Ye knew that he couldn't convince Liu Mang anymore, so he gritted his teeth, "Okay, just one day!" It took one day. Chengde City can still be defended.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses began to fight towards the city wall again.
"All the soldiers obey me and follow me to kill the enemy!" Liu Mang is now a strong man at the pinnacle of refining gods. If it weren't for him, Chengde City would have been full of enemies.
Now Liu Mang has a sword in his hand, which can guarantee a vacuum. If it weren't for the artillery in Wei Yan under the city, Liu Mang would not dare to make fun of his own life. Coupled with Liu Ye's dissuasion, Liu Mang would have planned. alone,. Charged and killed the enemy camp.
Xiahouyuan's soldiers and horses are all the elite of the gods' marching army. Although Chengde City is not as good as Xiahouyuan's soldiers and horses, they are not weak, and Chengde envoys and their homes are also included. He also has the duty of guarding the soil, Xia Houyuan can't take advantage of it at all.
"Liu Mang, I want to see how long you can hold on!" Once again, Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses were repelled, and Wei Yan's artillery was set up again, tilting their anger towards the top of the city. .
After fighting these days, the defenders of Chengde City. It is also slowly to understand the habits of the artillery. Once the artillery is set up under the city, the soldiers and horses on the top of the city will retreat from the city wall, and wait for the artillery to end before going up the city wall to fight.
Except for the heavy casualties caused by Wei Yan on the first day, the rest of the time was fine.
A burst of artillery should have lasted less than half an hour, but this time it only lasted for two cups of tea.
"What's going on?!" Wei Yan also noticed and questioned.
"General, in my red-clothed battalion, the ammunition for the artillery is almost seriously short!" A general of the red-clothed battalion walked up to Wei Yan and said to Wei Yan.
"Lack of ammunition?" Wei Yan has been saving ammunition since the attack on Gwangju, but it is still not enough.
"The solid bullets have been fired, and there are only flowering bullets left, and there are less than ten rounds left for each gun group!"
Cannons use ammunition. If a cannon has no ammunition, what is the difference between a fire stick and a copper stick
Without the Artillery Pao Battalion, one can imagine his position in Wei Yan Cao's army.
Therefore, Chengde and Wei Yan are bound to win. But after fighting for three days, Chengde still hasn't been captured. If this continues, his cannons will run out of ammunition. Could it be that those artillerymen should put down their cannons and go up to the city wall to fight.
Seeing the defenders of Chengde City protruding from the top of the city, Wei Yan gritted his teeth with hatred, but there is no way, as long as you shoot, they will hide under the city wall, and wait for you to finish fighting, and they will come back again. Continue to come up, anyway, it is the master who does not see the rabbit and does not scatter the eagle.
So apart from the damage caused by Wei Yan on the first day, for the rest of the time, the artillery battalion was not so much for helping the siege, as it was for intermission.
Everyone is tired, let's fire a cannon and have fun.
Is there any way to expose those defenders of Chengde City to explosive bullets
"Kill, kill, kill!" Wei Yan's soldiers and horses attacked the city wall again.
There are slowly people on Chengde City.
As soon as the cannon fired, they shrank their heads, and when Wei Yan's soldiers mounted, they all came out again.
Suddenly Wei Yan thought of a way.
He walked to Xia Houyuan's side.
"General Xiahou!" Wei Yan clasped his fists at Xiahouyuan.
"En?" Xia Houyuan looked at Wei Yan. How could Wei Yan appear here when Wei Yan is not in the artillery camp? Xia Houyuan is busy watching the attack on the top of the city. There is no special skill in this attack on the city wall. It depends on the soldiers along the way. Horse perseverance is strong, which way soldiers and horses are not afraid of death.
Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses are not afraid of death, but they can't die in vain.
"General Xiahou, if this continues, our army will not be able to take down Chengde City for a while!" Wei Yan said to Xiahouyuan.
Xia Houyuan looked at Chengde City, Wei Yan said this, it's been three days since they fought, and they haven't even broken through the first line of defense. Not a single city is in their hands.
"General Xiahou, the shells in our artillery battalion are also insufficient!" Wei Yan continued.
"En?" Xia Houyuan frowned. It was already difficult to fight, but now that he doesn't even have the support of the Artillery Battalion, it will be even more difficult.
"General Xiahou will change sooner or later! I know Liu Mang! This person must have someone behind him!" Wei Yan said, pointing to Liu Mang who was fighting at the top of the city.
Liu Mang is not a heroic figure. Basically, it is considered that a gentleman is not conducive to being under a dangerous wall, and he must hide from someone who is in danger, but this time he appeared on the top of the city.
Wei Yan couldn't guess, but he wanted to take Chengde City as soon as possible.
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is also waiting for us to go back! But the Chengde Yangzhou Army is like a tortoise. As long as the cannon fires, he will hide. What we want is to lure them out!" Wei Yan continued Words said.
"What do you mean?" Xia Houyuan asked suspiciously.
"Look, Xiahou, those Yangzhou troops have already appeared on the city wall now, as long as I set up artillery and shoot at the top of the city."
"You fart!" A thousand-man general of Xiahou Yuan's army next to him was upset, but his subordinates charged again on the top of the city. If you give him a round of bombardment at this time, yes, you are right, the defenders of Chengde may have suffered heavy losses, but can they be spared in the divine march
This is a cannonball, and a cannonball has no eyes, so he can't tell which one is friendly and which one is enemy.
"Hmph!" Wei Yan held back his anger, and instead of arguing with this general, he continued to say to Xiahouyuan, "General Xiahou, only this method can take down Chengde City in one fell swoop. You and I planned to make a long-distance raid on Chengde City." , After the first battle, the enemy was caught by surprise, but now it has become a tug of war. This is Yangzhou, the hinterland of Liu Mang, and reinforcements may arrive at any time. We must take Chengde City as soon as possible, as long as we take After leaving Chengde, I got the forged artillery inside. There is also the technology of artillery shells. The Red Clothes Battalion can have as many as they want, and those cements! General Xiahou, didn’t you see it?” Wei Yan bewitched at the side With Xia Houyuan.
artillery! Red Clothes Camp, to be honest, Xia Houyuan also wanted it very much. Although such a thing is a bit heavy, it would be fine if it was pulled by a thousand-gun cannon and drawn by a war horse.
This cannon is really a sharp weapon when it is set up. Xia Houyuan has never seen artillery defending a city, but he believes that if these artillery are moved to the city wall, it must also be a magic weapon for defending the city.
Put them on the border, on some important fortresses, who else can break through.
There is also cement, Yuzhou and Yangzhou, it is completely two kinds of cities.
When we met the stubborn city in Yuzhou, Wei Yan's bombardment solved the problem, because even the city wall collapsed, so can we not solve the problem.
But when I arrived in Yangzhou, I found out that the artillery is good, but it can't blow down the city of Yangzhou. These are all relying on something called cement.
And these two things are all in this Chengde City.
"How many soldiers and horses do you want!" Xia Houyuan said to Wei Yan.
"General, don't do it!" Thousands of people beside him panicked.
Xia Houyuan ignored him.
"It doesn't take much, two thousand-man teams, as long as General Xia Houyuan lets these two thousand-man teams attack the city, and let him lure out those Chengde defenders!" Wei Yan said with a happy face.
"Did you hear that? Take out two thousand-man teams for me!" Xia Houyuan said to his subordinates.
But none of the subordinates responded, because if they did this, their subordinates would poke the spine.
After all, people regard you as a robe, but you use others' abandonment as bait.
"Since none of you are willing to go, General Wei Yan, call your name!" Wei Yan called two teams of thousands, and the general of thousands just now was among them.
"General, please let me go up the city wall!" the general said to Xia Houyuan.
"Confused, on the battlefield, the necessary sacrifice is for a greater victory. What you get after the death of these robes is Chengde City. You can save more people from dying!" Xia Houyuan said to the general.
"General, I understand the truth, but all I know is that those individuals are my soldiers and subordinates. I can't bear them to die in front of me, and I can't bear them to die in the hands of my own people! In this case, I might as well go with them!"
Xia Houyuan was also a little bit impatient, but there was nothing he could do, for the sake of the lord's great cause.
"Go!" Xia Houyuan nodded.
"Thank you, General!" As he said this, the Thousand-Man General led his soldiers and horses and headed towards the top of the city to fight.
"General, I'm going too!" Another general of a thousand men also volunteered to go up the city wall.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Xiahouyuan's soldiers and horses on the top of the city once again strangled with Chengde's defenders.
"Red Clothes Battalion Calibration!"
"Attention all units, explosive bombs!"
The ammunition was pushed into the cannon one by one, and the cannon was aimed at Chengde City.
"School shooting!" With a bang, a bullet shot towards the top of the city.
"Huh?" Liu Mang was attracted by the sound of the cannon, where is it? (~^~)