Chapter 424: The Beginning of War (17)
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As soon as Gongsun Tao finished shouting, he had just finished inspiring the soldiers in Fangcheng, and he was already thinking that he could keep Fangcheng from losing, and he would not be blamed by Gongsun Zhan. However, at this time, Gongsun Zhan felt a fierce wind coming in front of him, and was about to turn his head to see what it was, but what Gongsun Tao saw was only a little cold, and then he closed his eyes forever and fell down.
"Ahh
"General Gongsun is dead, who will report our military exploits to Lord Thorn Shi?"
"Do we still want to continue to resist and sacrifice in vain? No, I can't die in vain, the mother-in-law and children at home are still waiting for me to go back!"
When they saw Gongsun Tao fall, the soldiers of Fangcheng shouted noisily like a frying pan.
"Boom!"
"Kill!"
The nearly 2,000 soldiers in Fangcheng who were still outside the city had begun to hesitate to continue to resist, and Gongsun Tao had previously said that after they died in battle, they would report to Gongsun Zhan for treating their families well. However, now that Gongsun Tao is dead, and no one has reported their resistance to Gongsun Zhan, have they not died in vain? Therefore, they all began to hesitate, and the idea of stubborn resistance disappeared without a trace. The soldiers of Fang Cheng were hesitating, but the cavalry on Han Sui's side did not hesitate at all, and they were still charging forward, and taking Fang Cheng was the top priority. Even if you fight for your life, you have to take it.
"Ahh
"Don't..."
Screams rang out one after another, and hundreds of Fangcheng soldiers who were still hesitating had already fallen in the blink of an eye. The remaining 1,000 or so soldiers saw this. Coupled with the reason why Gongsun Tao had already died in battle, there was no thought of resisting immediately.
"I'm waiting for my wish to surrender!"
"Spare your life, we surrender!"
More than a thousand Fangcheng soldiers threw down their weapons one after another, stood aside and crouched down, giving way to the city gate, just enough for Han Sui's cavalry to charge through.
The main general Gongsun Tao was killed in battle, but the deputy general Yang Kuan was still alive. Yang Kuan was Gongsun Tao's lieutenant general. It's different from Gongsun Tao. Gongsun Tao is a member of Gongsun Zhan's clan, so he was able to obtain the position of the defender of this Fangcheng city. Otherwise, this position should have belonged to him Yang Kuan. So. Yang Kuan was a little dissatisfied with Gongsun Tao. At the same time, Yang Kuan did not have much loyalty to Gongsun Zhan. He has been stationed in Fangcheng for so many years, but Gongsun Chan asked Gongsun Tao to take over the position of the main general, and forgot about him. Therefore. Yang Kuan thought for a moment. The decision was made immediately.
"Gongsun Zhan is the master of the Dao, and he invaded the history of Yuan Assassin in Jizhou for no reason, so that he is now causing trouble. Now that Yuan Assassin Shi Daitian is conquering Gongsun Zhan, how can we go against the soldiers and horses of the imperial court? Sons, the opportunity is just around the corner, we should surrender to the Heavenly Army, so as not to bring harm to our families in the future, what do you think?"
"We are willing to obey General Yang's orders!"
The soldiers of Fangcheng were not the descendants of Gongsun Zhan. Long before Gongsun Chan took over Youzhou, Fangcheng's soldiers had been stationed in Fangcheng. At that time, Gongsun Chan was only the Taishou of Zhuojun. It has nothing to do with Fanyang County. It's just that Gongsun Zan is strong, and he insists on stuffing his clansman Gongsun Tao into the position of Fangcheng guard, just to prepare for him to take over Youzhou one day. On the boundary of Youzhou, some cities in each county are basically guarded by Gongsun Zhan's clansmen, and all of this is also done by Gongsun Zhan by his own prestige.
However, now that Gongsun Tao is dead, the soldiers, who had no loyalty to Gongsun Zhan, surrendered without saying a word after listening to Yang Kuan's inciting words.
"General, below is Yang Kuan, the deputy general of Fangcheng, who is willing to surrender to the general, and I hope that the general can accept us and others!"
Yang Kuan ordered the soldiers to open the gate of Fangcheng, and then lined up on both sides of the gate, Yang Kuan himself stood at the forefront, and said to Han Sui with a humble look. Now Yang Kuan has betrayed Gongsun Zhan and has no way back. Therefore, Yang Kuan could only hug Han Sui's thigh, otherwise, Yang Kuan really didn't know what kind of fate he would have.
He took Fangcheng without losing many troops, and also got more than 3,000 troops from Fangcheng, Han Sui was very happy.
"General Yang doesn't need to be polite, now that you have surrendered to my family, you and I are colleagues, and he has to work together every day. The matter of this Fang City is not clear, and General Yang is responsible for everything. After my family takes Youzhou, I will definitely report General Yang's merits to my family, and in the future, this city will depend on General Yang to manage. ”
Yuan Chang was the Taishou of Bohai County before, and there were not many people under his command, and if he completely took Youzhou, there would not be so many people to arrange it. Therefore, some officials in Youzhou still had to be temporarily appointed first, and when the manpower was sufficient, they would slowly replace the unqualified ones. Therefore, Yang Kuan, who has been in Fangcheng for so many years, Han Sui naturally treats him with good words. Moreover, Han Sui couldn't stay in Fangcheng for long, and he was going to leave for Tongxian to besiege Gongsun with Yuan Chang in the near future, and the matter of Fangcheng still had to be handled by Yang Kuan. Therefore, now give the other party a little sweetness, Yang Kuan will work harder.
Sure enough, hearing Han Sui's words, a look of joy suddenly appeared on Yang Kuan's face, and it seemed that he had really done nothing wrong with taking refuge this time.
The position of the lord of Fang City originally belonged to him a long time ago, but because of Gongsun Tao's reasons, his wish was disappointed. Yang Kuan was also very patient at the beginning, when Gongsun Tao was his boss, he also served him dutifully, thinking about when Gongsun Tao left, he could recommend himself to Gongsun Zan to become the guard of Fangcheng. Although the world began to be in chaos, many generals wanted to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and win fame. Of course, there are also people whose pursuit is not very high, and it is quite satisfying to be able to sit in a city and a pool, and Yang Kuan is such a person. He didn't think about making meritorious contributions on the battlefield in the past, so he might lose his life, in this case, it would be better to defend a city and be his own commander with peace of mind. It's just that what Yang Kuan didn't expect was that Gongsun Tao had been in the position of the Fang City Lord for many years. There is no intention of promotion. Yang Kuan also understood that Gongsun Tao did not have much status in front of Gongsun Zhan. Thinking about it, Yang Kuan was not only depressed. I had no other thoughts, so I could only continue to boil it. Unexpectedly, this time Han Sui raided Fangcheng and killed Gongsun Tao, and Yang Kuan saw the opportunity quickly and decisively surrendered to Han Sui, but he got the wish he had been pursuing, and this was really a nowhere to find it without stepping on iron shoes. The ups and downs of life made Yang Kuan almost faint without happiness.
Looking at the joy on Yang Kuan's face, Han Sui reminded lightly: "General Yang, my lord is eager for talents. As long as you have the ability, you can play it. However, one thing to note is that the most hated thing by my father-in-law is a two-faced person. If there is such a person. The consequences, I hope General Yang can understand. ”
After Yang Kuan was killed in battle, he surrendered himself without hesitation, and Han Sui expressed doubts about Yang Kuan's loyalty. Although he needs manpower, Han Sui doesn't want to fill the numbers indiscriminately, if Yang Kuan is still like this, as Han Sui said, the consequences are definitely very serious.
Yang Kuan's face was straight. Lang Sheng said: "General Han treats Yu so well, and he should do his best." If you have a bad heart, you should not die a good death!"
At present, Yang Kuan's performance is still qualified.
In fact, the reason why Yang Kuan surrendered so simply was because Gongsun Tao snatched his position away at the beginning. Just imagine, it was already a sure thing, but it was cut off halfway, and no one would be in a good mood. Moreover, because Fangcheng's location was not too important, and Gongsun Chan didn't spend too much thought in Fangcheng, Fangcheng's generals and soldiers didn't feel Gongsun Chan's preferential treatment at all, and naturally they didn't have much loyalty to Gongsun Chan. This is also why Yang Kuan agitated a little, and the soldiers surrendered without saying a word.
"General Yang said this, so he naturally believes it!"
Han Sui nodded, believing Yang Kuan's words for the time being. Then, Han Sui immediately let the cavalry enter the city to completely take over Fangcheng, and it was not an overnight thing to let the people of Fangcheng completely accept Yuan Chang's jurisdiction. Of course, for the people, it is not very important who rules them, as long as they are good to them, they support whom, this is an eternal law. After everything was arranged, Han Sui immediately sent scouts from the north city gate to investigate the situation within ten miles.
Usually, a city has at least two gates, depending on the topography of the city, either the north and south gates, or the east and west gates, depending on the situation, it is not necessarily. Of course, the city of the two city gates is usually not very large, and some large cities have city gates in the four directions of southeast, south, northwest, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Yecheng, etc., all have four city gates. Because of the large population in the city and the large number of county towns under its jurisdiction, it is natural to need more city gates to meet the needs of the people. You must know that it takes at least an hour to go around from one gate to another to enter the city. Therefore, more city gates, naturally, are necessary.
Han Sui attacked the south gate of Fangcheng before, because Han Sui attacked from the southeast of Fangcheng, and if he wanted to attack the north gate of Fangcheng, he needed to climb the peaks around Fangcheng, these peaks were quite steep and time-consuming, so Han Sui naturally did not have that time to detour. And the reason why Han Sui sent soldiers to investigate the situation outside the North City Gate was because Guo Jia had said before he left that Gongsun Xu might discover his own strategy and maybe send troops to reinforce Fang Cheng. Now that Han Sui has taken Fangcheng, if Gongsun continues to send troops to support, he is naturally ready to swallow the other party.
The attack on Fangcheng, from the beginning of the sub-hour, eleven cavalry entered the city to lure it, and until Yang Kuan surrendered, it was only more than half of the sub-hour, and it was carried out for less than an hour. Although it was already late at night, Han Sui still didn't feel the slightest sleep, because it had not yet been determined whether Gongsun Xu had sent troops to reinforce him, and Han Sui would not go to sleep anyway.
Like Han Sui, the 4,000 cavalry under his command were also full of fighting spirit, without the slightest hint of exhaustion. As early as noon, they had been squatting until dark, and now nearly half a day has passed, but these cavalrymen can still maintain such a spirit, and the title of elite is well deserved.
And Yang Kuan was also amazed when he saw that the soldiers under Han Sui were so strong. Fortunately, he surrendered early, if he didn't surrender, under the attack of such elite soldiers, I am afraid that he would fail sooner or later. At that time, he will be a prisoner, and he still wants to become the main general of Fang City, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.
Han Sui waited for nearly an hour in his temporary residence, and the scouts sent out finally had news coming.
"General. Subordinates found an anomaly fifteen miles outside the city. Looking at the movement, it seemed that a large group of soldiers and horses were approaching Fangcheng. According to the momentum of the other party, there are at least 10,000 people. ”
"Good. It's finally here!"
Han Sui raised his eyebrows, and sure enough, what the military advisor said was right, Gongsun Xu really discovered their intentions and sent soldiers to reinforce them. However, thinking about it, the other party didn't find out that Fang Cheng had changed hands, therefore. Still swaggering towards Fang Cheng. If the other party knew that Fang Cheng had changed hands, he would definitely not make such a big noise, or he would have approached cautiously. Either they will retreat knowing that reinforcements are hopeless. But the other party didn't do either, obviously not knowing that Fang Cheng had become Yuan Chang's territory.
After thinking for a moment, Han Sui had an idea in his heart. Immediately ordered: "Someone." Invite General Yang Kuan!"
Han Sui invited Yang Kuan here, naturally to use the identity of the other party to lure the soldiers sent by Gongsun Xu to support into the city, and then eliminate them in one fell swoop. This weakened Gongsun Xu's strength, and under normal circumstances, he might be able to recruit most of the soldiers and enhance his own strength, which is really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone.
Yang Kuan naturally did not refuse Han Sui's proposal. Now he is a newly surrendered general, and he also wants to show himself in front of Han Sui.
It's arranged. Everyone went to prepare for their own deployment.
After about two quarters of an hour, the soldiers and horses sent by Gongsun Xu to reinforce finally appeared under the city gate. Then, the soldiers and horses in the center of the opponent split a road, and a mighty general sitting on a horse came out in a row, surrounded by hundreds of personal guards, and under the signal of the general, a soldier ran under the head of the city.
"Fangcheng guard Gongsun Tao is here?"
Gongsun Tao is also a city guard, and his status is not low. Moreover, Gongsun Tao is still a member of Gongsun Zhan's clan, and it stands to reason that the other party should show respect. However, the soldier sent by the other party's general directly called Gongsun Tao's name, and there was no respect at all, thinking that the other party was a general under Gongsun Xu's command and knew Gongsun Tao's status in Gongsun's family, so he did not have the slightest respect.
"Who are you waiting for, dare to call the general by his name, and don't report his name as soon as possible, otherwise, don't blame Ben for being polite!"
Yang Kuan had an angry look on his face, as if he was angry because of the other party's disrespect for Gongsun Tao. Of course, Yang Kuan's expression was naturally pretended. In his heart, Yang Kuan felt that Gongsun Tao was a little sad.
After all, he is also the brother of Gongsun Zhan, and he is also a city guard, but he is only a general under Gongsun Xu, so he dares not to take Gongsun Tao in his eyes, which is really very sad. Yang Kuan also thought that even if he was still under the command of Gongsun Zan and became the defender of Fangcheng, wouldn't he be like Gongsun Tao and be shouted at like this?
"Who is Er? Where is the guard general Gongsun Tao? My general Wu is here, he came to reinforce Fangcheng on the order of the young prince, and he didn't let Gongsun Tao go out of the city to greet him quickly, if he delayed the fighter, be careful of the head!"
The soldier who shouted was also a dog, extremely rampant, and there was no politeness to Yang Kuan.
Yang Kuan was annoyed in his heart, the other party was just a small soldier, and he was also a deputy general of a city, his identity was a lot higher than the other party, the other party dared to be so rude, and the reason why the other party was so arrogant was also because the superior of this small soldier was a general under Gongsun Xu, as the old saying goes, the prime minister was a third-grade official in front of the door, because of the status of his own superior, the small soldier naturally thought that he was superior, so he was so polite to talk to Yang Kuan. However, Yang Kuan sneered in his heart, if it was before, of course he would treat it politely. However, now that he is Yuan Chang's subordinate, how can he still look at the other party's face?
"Drink!"
Yang Kuan shouted angrily: "What a gut, how can my general be seen if you say it? Since you are a reinforcement sent by the young prince, do you have a certificate? My general has already fallen asleep, if you disturb for no reason, you will definitely have to wait for your life." ”
The little soldier under the city was so angry that the other party dared to talk to him like this. Now that they are still outside the city, they will not be angry with Yang Kuan for the time being, and after entering the city, he will definitely make Yang Kuan look good.
"This is the young man's letter, I have taken it!"
The little soldier took a letter from General Wu's hand, and shot straight at Yang Kuan, Yang Kuan turned slightly sideways, and was even more annoyed in his heart, this little soldier is really rampant, and when he enters the city, he must let them know how powerful he is. Hum!
This soldier was sent by Gongsun Xu, and naturally there are letters from Gongsun Xu.
Yang Kuan glanced at it casually and put the letter away. Anyway, it doesn't matter if the other party has a letter or not. Yang Kuan will let the other party into the city, and the reason why he asked the other party to take out Gongsun Xu's letter is just to disgust the other party. Now that I read the letter, I naturally didn't say anything.
"Sure enough, it was a handwritten letter from the young man, and everyone brought it a little, so that the soldiers opened the city gate. ”
Seeing that Yang Kuan's face suddenly changed, the little soldier was even more proud. But. It's too late now, and when he enters the city, he is determined to humiliate Yang Kuan.
"Squeak!"
The heavy gates slowly opened. In the darkness of the night, when seen from the outside, the gate looked like a dark and boundless road, and like a vicious wolf that devoured people. Waiting for the entry of the prey.
"Into town!"
I saw the gates of the city open. General Wu waved his hand, and suddenly, the 10,000 soldiers behind him lined up in formation and slowly entered Fang City.
Above the city, a sneer flashed at the corner of Yang Kuan's mouth, "Wait a minute, you will be good-looking."
One by one, the soldiers walked into the square city, and the ten thousand soldiers walked for nearly a quarter of an hour. They all finally entered the city.
"Boom!"
The heavy gates closed again, and General Wu proudly jumped from his horse. Prepare to walk up to the city and give Yang Kuan a little color to see. Just now, that little soldier was speaking for him, that is, he represented his will, but Yang Kuan treated his spokesman so arrogantly, didn't it mean that he didn't take him seriously? This General Wu has been following Gongsun for a long time, and has raised a lofty posture, how can he not react in the slightest when he is so despised by Yang Kuan?
"Knock, knock, knock!"
However, before General Wu could walk up to the city, a dull and continuous drum suddenly sounded above the city, and the meaning of this drum seemed to convey the message of the attack.
"Well, if it weren't for the fact that the general was in a good mood today, he would have beaten you with thirty sticks. ”
General Wu had already walked up to the city, as if he was the boss, and shouted at Yang Kuan.
Now that General Wu and 10,000 reinforcements have entered the city, Yang Kuan still needs to give the other party a good face? At that moment, a sneer flashed at the corner of Yang Kuan's mouth, and he said disdainfully: "What kind of thing are you, and you are also qualified to scold the general? You are really arrogant, today, the general is going to let you know what your surname is!"
"Wow..."
Since General Wu became a general under Gongsun Xu, when has he been treated like this. At that moment, General Wu was so angry that he shouted, pointed at Yang Kuan, and scolded angrily: "What doesn't open your eyes, General Ben is..."
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Before General Wu finished speaking, he only felt the mountains shake for a while, and then he heard a heavy rumbling sound. Although General Wu is arrogant, he is also a veteran of the battlefield, so he naturally knows what this momentum means!
"What's going on? Where's the cavalry?"
General Wu roared at Yang Kuan, then turned his head to look around, and then General Wu saw a cavalry from multiple directions in the city, roaring towards his own soldiers at the city gate. After the opponent's men and horses approached, General Wu clearly saw that these cavalrymen were wearing the armor of Jizhou soldiers, and when he thought of this, General Wu was immediately shocked in his heart, how could the cavalry of Jizhou appear in the city? In such a narrow terrain, these 10,000 infantry were simply the target of the cavalry, and there was no way to launch a formation to resist.
"What's the matter, how can there be Jizhou cavalry in the city?"
General Wu looked at Yang Kuan with an angry face, but seeing the sneer on Yang Kuan's face, General Wu immediately understood what was going on.
"Traitor, you dare to betray Lord Gongsun, and when Lord Gongsun pulls out his hand, he will definitely kill your family. ”
"Humph!"
Yang Kuan sneered and said disdainfully: "Whether Gongsun Chan can protect himself or not is a question, and there is still time to come to the general? However, these things have nothing to do with you, because you will never see it again! Come on, kill this madman!"
Above the city are Yang Kuan's own soldiers, General Wu just came up alone to humiliate Yang Kuan, and his personal soldiers are still below, at this moment in the face of the vicious Yang Kuan's personal soldiers, how can General Wu resist it? After losing several of his own soldiers, General Wu was cut down to the ground. In order to take revenge on General Wu for killing several of his comrades, Yang Kuan's personal soldiers even chopped General Wu into meat sauce, and the scene was not cruel.
Han Sui's 4,000 cavalry were already elite, and since the opponent's generals had already been hacked to death, how could the remaining 10,000 soldiers block the cavalry's offensive without the command of the generals? In just a few moments, the battle was over. (A good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you to take!Follow up ~ point/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account!) (to be continued......)