Section 3 The Battle of Youzhou

It is said that in today's world, there are wars and turmoil, and either you crusade against my city, or I invade your territory, and it will always be so endless. Pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info Yan Emperor Murong Yi self-reliance as a generation of male lords, since he was in power, diligent and thrifty governance, day and night hard work, coupled with the help given by the king of the Xiongnu, finally the small remnants of the Yan tribe established into a very strong country in the north, since ancient times the male lord must have ambitions, this Murong Yi is not an idle generation, in the country soon after the stability of the country, there is an attempt to wave troops south to cut down Liang and occupy Wei, and dominate the world. However, this Great Wei State is not a fuel-efficient lamp, since the Great Wei was divided into the Eastern and Western Wei, the north is a continuous campaign, the Eastern Wei Gaochuang and the Western Wei Yuwen Ying are very happy, at this time it is the Eastern Wei Gaochuang who is blocking Murong Yi from going south. Although the country is not large, but the family has the royal blood of the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty as a basis, and it did not take long to subdue the major ethnic groups in the north, and the momentum gradually overwhelmed the neighboring countries. Not only Yuwen Ying was angry, but Murong Yi was also indignant. Therefore, it was a cold winter, and Yuwen Ying of the Western Wei Dynasty joined forces with Murong Yi of Dayan to jointly crusade against this unfriendly neighbor, Gao Chuang of the Eastern Wei Dynasty! The Yan and Wei coalition forces are 400,000, with Murong Jie as the generalissimo, Yuwen Hu and Murong Tao as the deputy marshals, Ruan Shenye as the chief general of the forward battalion, Ye Nongsang as the chief general of the Chinese army, Liu Futong as the chief general of the rear army, with more than 50 fierce generals and mighty Lianke Youzhou Sixteen cities, where they went, they were frightened, and there were as many as nine cities that surrendered without a fight. Its defensive heart has long been placed in Fenzhou, Jinzhou and the Western Wei border military strongholds, has never had any conflict with the so-called Great Yan State, so the defense of Youzhou is not fully prepared, where to think that this Yan Wei coalition army is like a bamboo, Hao Hao Tang Tang, all the way through the pass, and then arrive at Youzhou City, this Youzhou is broken, the coalition army can drive straight in, capture Qingzhou, and finally the capital Yecheng. Half a month's effort, the coalition army almost unharmed came to the city of Youzhou, this Youzhou city is the ancient city in the north, since ancient times it is a collection of northern politics, military as one of the border towns, so the city wall is indestructible, every dynasty and every generation will build the city wall here thick and high, forming an easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the surrounding cities were easy to break, when encountering the ancient city of Youzhou, a big northern city, Murong Jie still slowed down, camped outside the city, and settled down. In fact, Murong Jie was more anxious than anyone else, he couldn't wait to eat this piece of fat in his mouth, but he was not an arrogant and brainless person, he knew that this trip was not easy, and he had to come up with a brilliant countermeasure, otherwise he would suffer heavy casualties. And Gao Chuang's side was also a mess, and he hurriedly transferred 100,000 troops from Qingzhou behind Youzhou to increase the number of troops in Youzhou, and the 200,000 soldiers who were originally stationed in Fenzhou also transferred 100,000 to Youzhou to increase the number of troops, but after all, Yuanshui couldn't save the near fire, not to mention the 100,000 armor in Fenzhou, even the Qingzhou soldiers needed half a month to arrive, and at this time, Youzhou City had already been surrounded by water, like a lamb to be slaughtered by 400,000 troops trapped here. Let's take a look at the main general of this Youzhou City, it is none other than the head of the Kunlun faction, Tsing Yi Sanren, who sits down the big disciple Shangguan Que, the Kunlun faction is like the Tianshan faction, cultivating all kinds of talents, helping the country and the people, Shangguan Que has been famous all over the world as early as fifteen years ago, his eyes are blazing, like two lightning bolts, thick eyebrows and long beard, waist fat and shoulders are wide, standing in front of you like a city wall, just in the prime of life, known as a hundred steps through the Yang magic skill, people give the nickname Kunlun archer. Shangguan Que saw this crisis, he should have been on pins and needles, but he was not an ordinary person, he took refuge in Gao Chuang to fight the world together, and over the years he resisted countless enemies, and there were few opponents, even though there were only 50,000 old and weak soldiers in the city now, but he did not fade his determination to defend the city. After getting the battle report, he summoned all the leaders in the city and came to discuss, of course, those who came to this Youzhou City to garrison were either nameless, or they offended their superiors and were squeezed out, otherwise, coming here is nothing more than pension, because the battlefield has never been here for many years, and there is no strong military threat. Shangguan Que was squeezed out by the traitors and villains in the court, and was transferred from Fenzhou to Youzhou, and since then he has been depressed, this time Murong Jie's arrival has made Shangguan Que, who has not tasted a war for many years, very excited, like a fish in water. The general and deputy general in the city hurried over, Shangguan Que pointed to the sand table in the military tent, and said: "Look, generals, now the enemy has gathered 400,000 male soldiers stationed 20 miles below my city, and my Youzhou City stretches for dozens of miles, but there are only 50,000 troops stationed in the city, what are your plans to retreat from the enemy?" "Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but no one stood up to speak, and suddenly a partial general stood up: "General, although there are 50,000 soldiers in our city, they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have not been on the battlefield for many years, and even if the emperor's elite soldiers are strong and strong, I don't think they will be able to resist such a huge offensive, right?" People say, right? Before everyone could say anything, Shangguan Que couldn't listen anymore and shouted, "What do you want to say?" Is it to get General Ben to surrender? The partial general did not show weakness, and said: "It's not a surrender, it's just to protect the people of a city, and temporarily defect in order to seek the future." "Yes, for the sake of the people in the city, I also hope that General Shangguan will be three or four." This is a little general who stepped forward. Shangguan Que was not angry, stood up and walked down to circle around the two of them, and immediately the sword edge was unsheathed, only to see a flash of cold light in the big tent, and the two of them fell to the ground at the same time! What was surprising was that the audience was silent, and no one dared to say a word. "Who else! Agreed? Hum! Let me tell you, I, Shangguan Que, am not a bad breed, the emperor has raised us for so many years, and it is time to repay him, but everyone is afraid and shrinks back! There are still those who want to surrender! The matter of the loyalty of the king of the food, even if the battle is fought to the last soldier, my Shangguan Que will never let the swallow dog march a step! When everyone heard Shangguan Que's speech, they all admired it to the extreme, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of masculinity in their bodies, "We are willing to follow General Shangguan to the death to defend Youzhou City!" The city is in the people, and the city is dead! Everyone shouted in unison! Shangguan Que seems to have more confidence in his heart, but this actual situation is really not optimistic, although the people are united, but after all, the soldiers in the city have not fought for a long time, and this strength must not be compared with the Yan people in the bitter cold land. So the people began to speak and give advice. In fact, Shangguan Que already had a plan in his heart, but he would guide the country after the people in the city were united. "Galway!" "The last general!" "You and your men go to the city to gather all the soldiers, and divide them into three groups, the first group of 10,000 as archers, the second group of 30,000 infantry to guard the fortresses in the city, and the third group of 10,000 cavalry, concentrate on training, and show their demeanor when they go out of the city to meet the enemy." "General Mo commands!!" "Gao Hu!" "The last general!" "You led the troops to gather the young men between the ages of fifteen and fifty in the city, about 50,000, and handed them over to you to practice day and night, as a reserve army to meet the enemy!" "General Mo commands!" "Cao Dahai!" "The last general!" "Order you to bring 500 troops and inform each household to prepare a certain amount of stones and fire oil for the defense of the city!" "The last general commands!" "The rest of the soldiers will follow me to meet the Yanwei coalition army!" "General Mo commands!" "Generals! Although the enemy is fierce, as long as we hold Youzhou for half a month, the emperor's reinforcements will soon arrive, everyone has worked hard! Under Shangguan Que's arrangement and comfort, every general seemed to have ignited a raging fire in his chest! It is bound to coexist and die with this Youzhou City. When I came to the city tower and looked down, I saw that the black press was full of people in armor, although there were many people, but they were orderly and well-arranged, and at a glance they knew that it was a well-trained team. Seeing this, and then look at the soldiers guarding the city around him, they didn't stand like they were standing, and they were languishing all day long, Shangguan Que actually didn't have a bottom in his heart, how long could he hold out. Unexpectedly, in just two days, after the coalition army was properly arranged, Murong Jie issued an order to attack Youzhou. So, Ruan Shenye came to the city of Youzhou with 100,000 elite soldiers, just arrived at the five miles away, the city was like a rain of arrows, shot over one after another, the Yan army suffered heavy casualties, but the task of attacking the city could not be delayed, Ruan Shenye expected that the Wei army would not dare to go out of the city to fight, so he arranged the shield troops to block the arrow rain first, in just a few months, Ruan Shenye has grown from a Tianshan disciple to a general who commands 100,000 troops, it is really not easy. Seeing that the coalition army was led by the shield army, the archers were behind, and then there were cloud echelons and siege teams, steadily moving towards the city wall, Shangguan Que was shocked, but the situation was urgent, and he could not tolerate the slightest hesitation, so he arranged a large number of men and horses to carry the prepared stones and fire oil to the city wall, and continued to cover with archers. Not long after, the coalition soldiers and horses came to the city, on one side, the ladder set up the city wall, the soldiers poured up like a cloud, on the other hand, the siege car also arrived at the city gate, for a time the wind was galloping, the fire was soaring, the fire oil on the city wall continued to pour down, the stones continued to fall down, the dead and wounded were numerous, there were cries everywhere, but there were still a large number of soldiers rushing up, General Ruan had an order, whoever could take the banner of the Wei army on the city, he would be rewarded with 10,000 taels, a thousand acres of fiefdom, and a reward of 100 taels for those who rushed to the city tower. Everyone attacked the city with such a military order, and even though there were countless casualties, there were still countless people who died for it. Under such a fierce attack, the soldiers in the city could not resist it without half a day's effort, and the coalition soldiers and horses rushed up one after another, fighting everywhere like crazy, and at this time, the rushing car below also crashed into the city gate, and the city of Youzhou instantly became a sea of swords and fire, purgatory on earth. Shangguan Que saw that the general trend had gone, so he took the remaining soldiers and horses to the center of Youzhou City, which meant a suicidal defense of the city. Seeing that the common people were being hunted down everywhere, Shangguan Que's heart was like a knife, these were his fathers and fellow villagers, and now he only blames himself for not having the ability, and he can't hold this huge Youzhou City at all, only to repay the country with death, which is to live up to the emperor's trust! 50,000 soldiers died, and those who fled, leaving only one hundred and ten people, and after the coalition captured Youzhou, they were heavily surrounded. "General Shangguan, I know that you are benevolent and righteous, you are a heroic hero, and the family teacher and the head of your faction are also close friends, but now that you and I are our own masters, why don't you give up the darkness and turn to the light, and join hands with me to serve the Great Yan Emperor? It's not in vain that the general's martial arts are not in vain! "Ruan Shenye rode a high-topped horse and walked over with a da, to persuade Shangguan Que to surrender." Bah! You wait for the northern barbarians, I am a big country in the Central Plains, how can I be with you, the swallow dog is not benevolent, cruel to the people of my Youzhou, my emperor is benevolent, and he will definitely seek justice for my Youzhou! If you are a hero, you will hold your back and compete with me? After Shangguan Que finished speaking, he drew his sword and came straight to Ruan Shenye, Ruan Shenye was also a pity in his heart, but Shangguan Que was a famous general after all, so he ordered him to retreat left and right, and he wanted to compete with this Shangguan general who had been fighting on the battlefield for decades. Ruan Shenye jumped off the horse, dodged Shangguan Que's sword, and easily pulled out the Zhurong sword that Wu Luolei gave him before he left, and then put on a posture and prepared to fight with Shangguan Que.

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