Chapter 271: Withdrawal
The city is the last city on the border of Yan and Zhao, beyond the city, the Yan army will be able to enter the territory of Zhao, Zhao Qi retreated here, no longer dare to retreat, determined to defend the city, waiting for the rescue of the Zhao country. Tan Feng, who arrived in advance, was full of cavalry, which could cut off all the connections between the city and the outside, but could not attack the city, and then arrived at Gao Yuan, with only more than 3,000 people under his command, rushing all the way, but also lacking siege weapons, and the Zhao army in the city was frightened, and began to build a defensive system for the city. Everyone knows that they can't go back anymore.
Zhao Qi's tens of thousands of private troops, in this battle, have been exhausted, with him fled here, are led by Zhao Meng under the leadership of the Zhao State standing army, after the panic, this army still showed a different quality from the ordinary private army, quickly began to prepare to defend the city.
Tan Feng sent cavalry every day to patrol the sentinels around the city in case Zhao sent reinforcements, but Gao Yuan was not idle, under the command of Meng Chong and Xu Yuan, I don't know where to cut the thick bamboo of the bowl mouth, one by one dragged to the bottom of the city, and then at a distance of about three or four hundred steps from the city wall, buried in the city, half a day down, outside the city, densely covered with bamboo forests, not only the city was surprised, even Tan Feng was inexplicable.
"Gao Yuan, the bamboo shoots you sent are delicious, but what are you doing here with these bamboos?" Tan Feng came to find Gao Yuan, looking at the densely packed, one after another thick bamboo with a thick bowl mouth that was being raised, Tan Feng frowned.
Gao Yuan said with a smile: "We have few soldiers and can't attack the city, but we have to have some fun, you came just in time, let's see the excitement!" Xiao Yanzi, give it a try!"
Yan Haibo smiled, dragged two bundles of rope over, firmly tied to the top of the bamboo, the end of the rope, tied to a piece of sheepskin, several soldiers dragged the two ends of the rope, shouted, dragged back and left, in a blink of an eye, the two bowl-thick bamboos were pulled back, and the angle became bigger and bigger. A soldier who had been waiting on the side immediately picked up a stone weighing more than ten catties and put it on top of the sheepskin, and the soldier who was pulling the rope roared, and at the same time let go, and the bamboo suddenly rebounded back, and the stone was bounced out of the city with a snort, and flew towards the city of hundreds of infantry.
"Falling rocks!" Tan Feng shouted.
Gao Yuan and the others did not answer, watching the stone fly in the air, and when they were about to reach the city wall, they were exhausted, fell down, and smashed on the wall, making a bang, and everyone suddenly let out a sigh.
"No, no, no!" Gao Yuan waved his hand again and again, "The strength of the bamboo is not enough, one will not work, tie the two together!"
At the sound of the order, the soldiers were busy again.
Gao Yuan turned his head to look at Tan Feng, who had suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "We have few soldiers, and we really can't attack the city, but people can't go up, it doesn't mean that the stones can't go up, some time ago, God has been raining, this time, I'll give them stones, even if they can't kill them, they won't be able to live in peace."
Tan Feng shook his head, "You can figure it out."
Gao Yuan Ha Lang smiled, "I accidentally found a large piece of bamboo not far away, do your best, this is here, we have General Tan's cavalry cover, the Zhao army in the city does not dare to come out to fight, if you change places, the Zhao army will come out, I can't stop it, the bamboo that I have worked hard to cut and buried, will be cut down by them in a blink of an eye."
Tan Feng's eyes lit up, "You smash them hard, I'm preparing on the side, if they can't bear to go out of the city to cut your bamboo, I'll take the opportunity to kill him and cut him into a river of blood."
"They wouldn't be so stupid." Gao Yuan shook his head and said.
"Zhao Qi is stupid enough!" Tan Feng said, "Otherwise, how dare you fight with us by the Yishui River?"
Gao Yuan is also a great joy, Zhao Qi fought a decisive battle by the Yishui River, one is blindly confident in Zhao Jun's combat power, and the other is blinded by hatred, if he really calms down, he will not make such a low-level mistake.
Yan Jun's actions outside the confusing city, the city naturally already knew, I didn't know what these bamboos were going to do before, but after the first stone fell on the city wall, how could there be no reason not to understand, Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng both rushed to the city wall, looking at the dense bamboo forest outside the city, they all gasped.
Under the city, the simplest catapult that had been re-prepared was ready to go, and with Gao Yuan's order, another stone flew up in the air, this time, the speed and strength were much stronger.
All eyes followed the path of the stone, both above and below the city.
Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng's eyes also moved with the trajectory of the stone, and they watched the stone fly to the city wall, and then fell quickly, and with a bang, the roof of the city tower was smashed into a big hole, and the city suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.
Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng's faces were hard to see.
"What's the solution?" Looking at Zhao Meng, Zhao Qi asked.
Zhao Meng thought for a while, "Can you collect the cloth in the city, put it on the city, and use the cloth to slow down the impact of these stones?"
"Confused!" Zhao Qi shook his head and said, "Do you want the city to become a sea of fire?" If you do this, a flurry of rockets will come up from below, and the city will be in chaos."
The two looked at each other for a moment, except for hard carrying, there was no way, except to send troops out of the city to cut off these bamboos, is there any other good way? But how to get out of the city, now morale is low, and outside the city, Tan Feng's thousands of cavalry are eyeing each other, and going out of the city is a dead end.
Under the city, all the soldiers cheered and laughed, "Come, let me do the same, and hit them with stones."
It didn't take long for the rows of bamboo shelves to be pulled back, and with Yan Haibo's order, hundreds of stones crossed the air and flew straight towards the city wall, the rumbling sound was endless, and there was chaos in the city, and the soldiers ran around, looking for a place to hide.
The soldiers escorted Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng to retreat to a safe place, looking at the flying rocks in the air, the two looked at each other, their faces were full of bitterness.
Before the war, the senior generals of the Zhao army had put this little-known guy in their eyes, but who would have thought that the Zhao army was planted again and again under this person, and the loss of the whole city laid the root of the bane for the defeat of this war, and the death of Zhao Dong made Zhao Qi feel painful, and now it seems that even they will become the prey of this lofty prey.
Previously, Gao Yuan estimated that the main force of the Yan army would appear in the city of confusion the day after his arrival, but to his surprise, three days later, under the city, Zhou Yuan's main force was still not seen, and this time, even Tan Feng couldn't sit still, and sent a team of cavalry back to find the main force of the Yan army.
However, in the past three days, Gao Yuan and Tan Feng have not been idle, every day, the endless stone bombardment of the city has become their greatest pleasure, if the Zhao army in the city does not clean up the stones, it is estimated that there is no way to stand in the city now.
However, from the second day when Gao Yuan started the bombardment, the effect was not very good, Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng also understood that Gao Yuan was purely looking for fun, and he had no intention of attacking the city at all, otherwise, under these raining stone bullet attacks, his soldiers would have rushed up long ago. In the next two days, as soon as the stone bullets flew, Zhao Jun hid in the hidden soldier cave in the city, and when they stopped playing below, they came out to clean the stones.
Of course, Gao Yuan will not take the initiative to attack the city, but there are more than 10,000 standing troops of Zhao State in the city, and they are fighting hard, and the strength of his subordinates is really not enough to play, not to mention, it is not easy to train these more than 3,000 people to look a little bit, he doesn't want these soldiers to die on the attack on the fortified city, and in the future, there will be more places to use it!
Of these more than 3,000 people, Gao Yuan has made up his mind to swallow it in one gulp. Every day seems to be a joke of attack, Gao Yuan naturally has his intentions, the light around the siege does not fight, it will make the soldiers slack, find something to do for them, and let them see that the so-called standing army of Zhao State, the second strongest country in the world, does not dare to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle in front of them. This will make these soldiers full of ambition and confidence, and this confidence will be of great help to the combat effectiveness of the army in the future.
The trick of the fox and the fake tiger is now very familiar with it, with Tan Feng's thousands of cavalry looking at him, does Zhao Meng have the courage to come out?
The cavalry sent by Tan Feng came back, but to the surprise of the two, the cavalry brought back Zhou Yuan's general's order.
"Withdraw!"
"Withdrawal?" Tan Feng's mouth opened wide, he could hardly believe his ears, his eyes widened, and he looked at the messenger who came back with the cavalry, "The general ordered us to withdraw our troops, don't you want the fat in your mouth?" The one staying in this city is Zhao Qi, the big man of Zhao State, and the cronies of King Zhao. Catching him will be a great advantage for our Yan Kingdom."
The messenger humbled down, "General Tan, I don't know why Lu Dao wants to withdraw his troops, but the general is now stationed in Fangcheng, and all military operations have stopped."
"Isn't it our strategic goal this time to recover the five cities, how can we fall short for the sake of the mountain?" Gao Yuan was also puzzled.
"County Lieutenant Gao, the villain doesn't know, the two of them returned to Fangcheng, and naturally knew the reason." To Gao Yuan, the messenger maintained the same respect, after this big battle, now Gao Yuan is in the Yan army, it can be said that everyone knows it, no one knows it, and his name is loud.
"I'm afraid something has happened!" Tan Feng took a deep breath.
"Domestic?" Takato asked.
Tan Feng shook his head, "Definitely not, there won't be any chaos in the country now, there must be a big mess in the Central Plains." After all, Tan Feng is in a high position, and his knowledge is higher than Gao Yuan, and now that Yan Jun doesn't eat the fat in his mouth, then there must be something bigger than eating the city and catching Zhao Qi.
"Withdraw your troops!" (To be continued......)