Chapter 182: The Battle of Youzhou (Chapter Name Wrong, Content Revised)
When the brothers arrived in Youzhou, they didn't have a hot head, so they rushed up to find the Turks desperately, but kept looking for supplies from the counties, asking for food, weapons, and at the same time exploring the movements of the Turks.
To say that there are not a lot of troops gathered in Youzhou now, it is just because of insufficient training, weapons and equipment are also insufficient, and because Zou Yu has not yet arrived, no one can bear the risk of defeat, and no one can command the generals in all places, so they can only fight on their own.
The best equipped was Yuyang, where Zhang Zhongjian dragged tens of thousands of Turks; In addition, the heavy city of Youzhou City, Luo Yi, who had the largest number of troops, resisted the greatest pressure, so that Shibi Khan would not dare to attack the city easily for a while; As for the stubborn thinking power that was separated, Qibi He Li, Ashina, and Shi Bobi, the three teams of men and horses still achieved some victories at the beginning, robbed a lot of villages, and were a little deeper.
This time they ran into trouble, especially the beggar army from Hebei and Guanzhong, who targeted the Turks in every possible way, and even dared to take advantage of the night to touch the Turkic camp and kill a few secretly.
For many days on end, some guards or patrolmen were always missing, and after a few days, at night, the Turks could be said to have been terrified all night, and could not sleep soundly.
Of course, the Turks could not let the beggar army act like this, and they were indifferent, made a lot of arrangements, set traps, and although they killed many beggar soldiers at one time, there were still bold outlaws, who went out day and night, wanting to take down the Turkic leaders and receive rewards.
Harassed day and night, Qibi He Li and others immediately decided to retreat and join the large army. But the retreat was not peaceful, because in the place where they were stationed, the roads were full of traps in all directions, densely packed and innumerable.
After half a month of struggle, all sides paid the price of hundreds of men and horses, and finally returned to Shibi Khan's side in disgrace.
Half a month, to the back of the Khan at least nearly ten days, lost the news of the three people, because of the scouts, all were killed, for this he worried for a long time, thinking that the reinforcements of the Central Plains had eaten the three people, so he did not dare to attack the city at all, for fear of being wrapped dumplings,
Seeing the three of them coming back, Shibi Khan, who was not angry, scolded the three of them, drove them out of the big tent, let them rest for a day, led the team to attack the city, and atoned for their sins.
Shibi Khan has not stopped building siege equipment for more than half a month, if it weren't for the fact that there is no news from Qibi He Li and others, I am afraid that he would have started attacking Youzhou City a few days ago.
This time, he made up his mind to take Youzhou and Yuyang in one go, eliminate the resistance, and then withdraw to the grassland.
Shibi Khan always had a clear understanding that the Central Plains were not suitable for the Turks, so he liked the civil strife in the Central Plains and liked to rob, but he would not think of occupying too many places.
Zou Yu destroyed Gao Kaidao and cut off his way to attack the Central Plains, which was to commit his taboo, as for Li Yuan's bribery, it was just a joke for a male lord.
Shibi Khan was very treacherous, he asked the people captured nearby, to fill the moat, Luo Yi had nothing to do, whether it was for the sake of his compatriots or for the sake of morale, he could only let them act, just shot some Turks who were pressing the formation with a bed crossbow.
Filling up the moat, the Khan repeated his old tricks, and forced the people to attack the city, but this time Luo Yi did not relent, and did not hesitate to order the arrows.
"Brothers! Kill all the Turkic dog offal! Avenge the folks! Luo Yi raised his gun and roared.
"Revenge! Avenge! All the soldiers shouted loudly with red eyes.
Seeing that the people did not play the expected role, but aroused the morale of the guards, Shibi Khan couldn't help but secretly say: "Mistake! ”
However, he is also very confident that it is impossible for an army of more than 200,000 people not to be able to capture a city, even if the city is relatively large and the walls are high and thick.
Wave troops to attack the city, never stopped at the beginning, in this case, the fight is the number of people, the fight is who can hold on, and the fight is the preparation of equipment. At the beginning, Shibi Khan did not think of stopping, and directly surrounded the three and one, pressed the formation with archers, shot at the head of the city, and then attacked day and night.
Attacking on three sides together, of course, there are virtual and real, the Turks are numerous, and they can turn a feint attack into a real attack at any time, so Luo Yi has to balance the manpower on three sides, plus he has to prevent the Turks from sneaking up on the Western City Gate that deliberately leaks, so the manpower is not very sufficient.
At first, it was fine, but the Turks were non-stop day and night, and the Turks could take turns to fight, and they also took turns to rest, but because of the 30,000 soldiers in Youzhou City, more than 20,000 belonged to the newly recruited and joined the army, and they died in the early stage and were wounded, and gradually the shortage of manpower began.
Fortunately, the cruelty of the Turks frightened the common people, and they were unwilling to be breached by the city, so the people of the whole city spontaneously helped, which was much better.
"Mr. Luo, you better take a rest, Youzhou still needs you." Fang Yanqian looked at Luo Yiquan, whose eyes were red, and said.
"No, I'm afraid that if I fall asleep, I will wake up and the city will be lost." Luo Yi smiled bitterly and said in a hoarse voice.
In the past few days, he has been constantly commanding and giving orders, so that he often feels smoke in his throat, and now he is so hoarse that he is almost unable to speak.
"You haven't had a good rest for five days, get a good night's sleep, although the old man doesn't know the military formation, but there is no problem to keep it for a day, and there is also the assistance of the general under the command of the general manager." Fang Yanqian said solemnly.
"That's good, it's hard to live old! I got up as soon as I got some sleep. Luo Yi shook his drowsy head, thought about it for a while, and felt that it shouldn't be a big problem, so he nodded and agreed.
Compared with Luo Yi's hardships, Yuyang is much easier, although Ashina and Dubi also have 50,000 troops, and they have also prepared a large number of siege equipment, but Yuyang has 20,000 soldiers, of which only 8,000 are newcomers, and they have sophisticated equipment sent from Liaodong.
Fifty bed crossbows, thousands of crossbows, the Turkic siege equipment, one by one, the production of catapults, so that the besiegers have suffered enough, the steel arm bow has a longer range, but also suppressed the archers under the city can not raise their heads, Xi people, Khitan, the archery of the people, so that the defense of the city has become an archery competition, one point of shooting, within the range, once the Turks who show their heads, few people can escape.
This situation made Ashina and Dubi angry, but there was no way, the equipment could not compare to others, and he couldn't use human lives to consume, after all, he didn't know how many arrows and crossbow arrows Yuyang had, and he didn't even try out how many guards Yuyang had.
Now he didn't know that his second brother had died under the city of Taiyuan, so he didn't want to reduce his status and power in the heart of Shibi Khan because of the disadvantage of the battle.
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