The rebellion of the entire Southwest Army was a huge blow to Zhong Yu. The southeastern direction of his imperial kingdom will become without any defense, allowing them to attack the entire imperial kingdom's city and territory at will as if they were in an uninhabited land.
Following Sun Jian's rebellion, the entire southwestern territory that the Imperial Kingdom had previously captured was instantly taken over by Sun Jian, and his troops were approaching the Luoyang City headquarters.
At this moment, only Tian Feng, Zhang Liao and others were holding on in Luoyang. The 5,000 cavalry they had brought back were holding on. A group of young and strong recruits from around Luoyang City were gathered together, totaling more than 5,000 people. Together with the cavalry, they formed an army of 10,000 people.
They were stationed together in Pingyin City, a new city thirty miles west of Luoyang City, with a population of three thousand and a city wall ten meters high.
Pingyin City is built on the mountain, right at the foot of the mountain, and to its north is a mountain peak that is a thousand meters high. The mountains surrounding the mountain peak stretch for dozens of miles, and there are clusters of small peaks hundreds of meters high.
It is said that there are monsters living in the mountains, there is miasma everywhere, poisonous insects and snakes are lurking everywhere, it is difficult for ordinary people to approach, it is an inaccessible place!
With such dangers, the northern part of Pingyin City is completely a natural danger, which cannot be overcome by the army. It can be said that there is no worries.
To the west of Pingyin City is a river that meanders for dozens of miles, irrigating the surrounding plains for hundreds of miles. The rich soil and water are all due to the contribution of this river.
The river is several miles wide, and ordinary people without large boats cannot cross it. All they have to do is station troops at the dangerous riverbank, and use crossbowmen to shoot at the riverbank like arrows. It will be absolutely difficult for Sun Jian's army to cross the river, and they will not be able to get up. shore!
Therefore, the strategy implemented by Tian Feng and others is to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, waiting for the news to reach their Emperor, and then His Majesty will send out a large army to return reinforcements, and then slowly deal with the traitor Sun Jian!
But now, they have recruited 5,000 new soldiers, and there are 5,000 brave knights who are good at fighting. It should be no problem to defend him for a month or two. This period of time is enough for His Majesty the Emperor to get the news and send troops back in time!
As for if it really cannot be defended, then it can be retreated to Pingyin City. Pingyin City's current ten-meter-high city wall has been continuously reinforced after one or two months of holding on.
After building countless defense facilities, he has thousands of troops, and there is no shortage of bows, crossbows, and arrows. They are still confident in guarding him for a month or two.
In this way, Sun Jian's army can be delayed for more than three months, and Tian Feng, Zhang Liao and others are still confident.
After all, all of them are heroes who are famous in the Three Kingdoms. They are talented people. It can be said that they have stirred up countless storms and changed the destiny of history!
After Sun Jian's rebellion, the army went all over the place to conquer the area. They originally gathered barbarians in the southwest area, built more than ten cities, and initially ruled the area.
At this moment, the king's flags were changing all over the city, and Sun Jian's military flag with the big "Sun" written on it was hung up. This completely announced the end of Zhong Yu's rule in the southwest, which had just been established for less than a month!
After that, Sun Jian's army left only one or two thousand men to guard the city, maintain the most basic security, and suppress the various dissatisfaction of the tribes and those who had just surrendered.
After that, he confidently led the army to continue the expedition, preparing to attack as many fertile hells around Luoyang as possible before Tian Feng and others were ready. Preliminary development had already been carried out.
Why is Sun Jian so relieved! That's because the entire southwest region under his rule originally had a population of 30,000.
But before, he captured 8,000 of his people and used them as cannon fodder. They all died in the siege battle against the Wogo tribe, and none of them came back alive.
After that, Sun Jian took advantage of the fact that the news had not reached the tribes in the rear, and immediately made a decisive move to kill the remaining strong men of those tribes.
Used to maintain the most basic livelihood, and the barbarians retained as guards, the last three thousand young men were all forcibly recruited into the army, and captured into the military camp to serve as forward cannon fodder!
They planned to add the last essence of these barbarians, which could also be said to be the last male blood of the barbarians, all of which were consumed in the war with Tian Feng and others.
Then the remaining barbarian women, children, and children can safely send their own soldiers to receive them as rewards for their bravery and skill in fighting and their great achievements for themselves!
For such a hugely profitable thing, he got a group of cannon fodder for the war, and got some women and children as slaves, turned them into military supplies for his army, and rewarded those soldiers who worked hard and made great achievements. How could Sun Jian not like it, and how could he not do it? !
In this way, Sun Jian only left one or two thousand people as caretakers to guard slaves, to suppress a group of weak women without any men, even though they were weak compared to barbarians.
But in the tribe, all men over one meter tall were given a handful of wood as weapons, and Sun Jian was used as cannon fodder. Under this extremely cruel reality, what kind of trouble can these women create
He could only obey his fate obediently and march towards Luoyang City along the way, conquering several original cities of Luoyang City on the way.
But now there is no human habitation in the city. They have all been dismissed by Tian Feng and others, or taken to the rear. In short, it is impossible for Sun Jian to stay and use the human sea cannon fodder tactics.
If they really couldn't be taken away, the ruthless Tian Feng and others directly ordered them to be killed. In short, they would not stay to benefit Sun Jian and others. The heavy supplies were also burned, leaving nothing behind.
It was to put logistical pressure on Sun Jian. His military rations were originally provided by Luoyang City. Now he rebelled, and he and others cut off the food route from Luoyang to Sun Jian's army.
Based on the experience of Tian Feng and others in his army, it is estimated that the rations currently in Sun Jian's army can only sustain him for less than twenty days. Now that he has consumed some along the way, it is estimated that they can only last for ten days!
Moreover, most of Sun Jian's army's military supplies and siege equipment were lost under the former Wogo City, especially the extremely important crossbows, which were the most deterrent long-range weapons in the cold weapon era.
Although not many were damaged, he did not have many arrows in stock, and a crossbow without arrows was not as good as a stone when used to hit people, so how could it be used as a murder weapon? Woolen cloth!
When Sun Jian's army arrived on the other side of the river opposite Pingyin City, Tian Feng and others had already built a dense defense line on their side of the river. Various defensive measures were set up on it to ensure that the enemy's army could be here. Fallen into the sand and suffered a lot!
No, Sun Jian frowned when he looked at the defensive measures on the other side, his whole face turned into a bitter melon look from crying, he didn't know what to do!
I was only able to photograph one or two of the envoys who persuaded them to surrender. They came to the other side of the river, hoping to rely on my previous identity as the commander of the army on the opposite side to persuade them to surrender obediently, so that they could abandon the dark side and surrender to the light, and return to their own command.
However, Tian Feng and others, who had been well prepared, killed him in the middle of the river. Before the envoy could cross the river and reach the shore, he was sent directly to see the gods and Buddhas.
This decisiveness not only made Sun Jian and others furious, but also reminded the soldiers under Tian Feng, Zhang Liao and others that there was no way out at this moment, and the only way to find a chance of survival was to fight to the death!
Even before the war, he told the soldiers that their wives and children were still in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. If they rebelled now, even if they could win, their wives and children would not be physiological, which completely stopped all other thoughts in their hearts!
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