Chapter 123: Siege of Fufeng City

This group of Chu soldiers rushed to the small city they were going to reinforce as quickly as possible, but the scene in front of them completely disappointed them.

The battle here has ended, and the banner of Dafu has been hung on the city. And the soldiers of the Chu State guarding here don't know whether they were completely wiped out or fled. Anyway, there is no shadow of them anymore.

Seeing this scene, the generals who led this group of Chu troops, with the psychology of luck, immediately organized their soldiers to launch an attack on this city.

Before they reached the city wall, a rain of arrows came at them, and some of the native soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground unwillingly, and then many Dafu soldiers appeared on the city.

This general of the Chu army, when he saw the figure of the Dafu soldiers on the city wall, suddenly lost the confidence to continue the siege of the city. Because on this city wall, there are more than 10,000 Dafu soldiers.

Although the number of Chu soldiers led by him exceeded that of the Fu soldiers, but with this numerical advantage, if you want to successfully attack the city, it is tantamount to a fool's dream. What's more, if the enemy soldiers who had just blocked themselves followed, and they flanked the Fuguo soldiers in the city, their own team would be very troublesome.

Thinking of this, the general of the Chu State decisively ordered his soldiers to withdraw, and soon returned to Fufeng City with his soldiers.

The same scene happened in several other small towns near Fufeng City. After the Dafu army occupied Xunyang Pass, they quickly sent troops and horses to attack the four small cities near Fufeng City as quickly as possible.

The leading generals of these small cities did not get the news that Xunyang Pass was captured by the Dafu people. Because of the protection of the world's No. 1 Xiongguan, they didn't consider the defense of the city at all.

In such a state of mind, these Chu soldiers defending the city opened the city gate widely, and they did not prepare for the task defense at all. When the Dafu soldiers appeared outside the city they were defending, they could barely believe their eyes, and some of the cities didn't even have time to close their gates.

Faced with the Dafu army, which far outnumbered their own, the defending generals of these four chose different plans.

Some bloody generals chose to live and die together in the city, and finally all died in the city they defended. There were also some clever generals, seeing that the enemy soldiers far outnumbered themselves and it was impossible to defend the city, they fled back to Fufeng City with their soldiers.

There are also generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and see that the city they should defend has been surrounded by the enemy. They had already been frightened by an enemy several times their size, and before the Dafu soldiers could attack, they took the initiative to open the city gates and surrender out of the city.

In the end, none of these four small cities, which were only a few dozen miles away from Fufeng City, fell into the hands of the Dafu people.

In this battle to capture the city, Yang Yun's task was to block the reinforcements of the Chu army rushing to the aid of several small cities. He divided his nearly 20,000 soldiers into four teams, led by Yao Xia, Guo Long, Ju Yuanguang and himself, about 5,000 soldiers, respectively, to block the reinforcements of the Chu army.

For the entire battle to capture the city, Yang Yun and the others this time can be regarded as doing dirty work. The credit was given to the besieging soldiers, and the less than 20,000 soldiers under his command were used to complete the task of blocking reinforcements that was more difficult than the siege.

Four teams of about 5,000 men each had to hold back reinforcements several times their own. There is no choice to retreat or fight with the other side, and can only block the reinforcements of the Chu army hard against hard, so this time, the losses of these four teams blocking the reinforcements are relatively serious.

After the battle, Yang Yun gathered the entire team. He found that of the 20,000 soldiers he had brought with him, there were now less than 13,000 left, and there were 13,000 of them. There are still a number of people with wounds on their bodies, and it seems that they will not be able to fight in the near future.

At night, Yang Yun lay in his camp tent, thinking carefully about this battle, through this battle. Yang Yun has gained a lot. Shengwang Yang Ming is the "god of war" of Dafu. His ability to command operations and respond to emergencies made Yang Yun very impressed.

Several small cities around Fufeng City were captured by the Dafu army, and the Dafu army was able to achieve a complete victory in this battle, that is, it won in the grasp of time and opportunity.

After capturing Xunyang Pass, Yang Ming was able to quickly grasp that this was an opportunity to capture several cities around Fufeng City. Taking advantage of the fact that the news had not yet spread, with lightning speed, before the other party had time to arrange defenses, he quickly captured the four small cities around Fufeng City.

After this battle, the most distressed person belonged to Yu Xian, the generalissimo of the Chu army.

Most of the land of the Chu State is on the west bank of the Chu River, and the east bank of the Chu River borders Dafu only Fufeng City and a few small cities around it. Now the Dafu army has occupied these four small cities through a surprise attack. Fufeng Chengcheng was isolated on the east bank of the Chu River, and Yu Xian's more than 200,000 troops were surrounded by the Dafu army.

In order to get rid of this passive situation, Yu Xian organized his troops and launched several attacks on these four small cities occupied by the Dafu army, in an attempt to recapture one or two small cities.

However, this time Yu Xian's opponent was Yang Ming, who had commanded the battle for many years, and of course understood the importance of these small cities to the Chu army. Therefore, he had already sent heavy troops to guard these small cities, and asked the soldiers defending the cities to strengthen the city walls day and night to increase the defense capacity of these small cities.

At the same time, Yang Ming also sent several mobile troops, wandering between Fufeng City and several small cities. When it was discovered which small city the Chu army was attacking, the mobile troops attacked and harassed the rear of the situation, making the Chu army miserable. I can't devote myself to the siege of the city, and of course I can't take the city smoothly.

Seeing that he could not capture these small cities, Yu Xian sent heavy troops again. Attack Yang Ming's Chinese army tent. What makes Yu Xian angry is that Yang Ming is like a turtle with a shrunken head. He kept the dead hands of the Dafu army in the tent. Relying on the defenses around the camp, he didn't let the soldiers in the situation take a step forward.

Yu Xian organized the Chu army to launch several attacks in a row, but none of them had any impact on the Dafu army. Yu Xian felt distressed more than this, taking advantage of the main force of the Chu army to attack the military tent in Dafuzhong, the soldiers of Dafu guarding the four small cities continued to harass Fufeng City in the rear of the Chu army.

In the past few months, this battle has made Yu Xian very aggrieved, and he has been restricted everywhere. What's even more odious is that the Chu army is now on the south bank of the Chu River, and there is only one big city that Fufeng City can rely on, so the main force of the Chu army does not dare to be too far away from Fufeng City.

The cunning Yang Ming saw this and sent soldiers to attack the carriages and ships that transported grain and baggage to the Chu army, causing the Chu army to lose a lot of materials.

The amount of food and materials that more than 200,000 Chu troops need to consume every day is extremely huge. The food and supplies in the rear were not adequately supplied, and this battle was indeed not easy to fight.

Yu Xian, who was in a hurry, sent a team to encircle and suppress the Dafu soldiers who robbed his baggage team. But these Dafu soldiers were very cunning, and they sent more people themselves, so they fled without a trace. If they don't send enough people, they will rush out and attack these Chu soldiers in turn.

This situation has been going on for many months, and Yu Xian has thought of many ways. But no one has escaped this passive situation.

Now it is autumn, the temperature is gradually getting colder, and more than 200,000 Chu soldiers are all crowded in Fufeng City. A large amount of grain is needed every day, and the grain that has been successfully transported to Fufeng City from the rear is far from being able to withstand the speed of consumption. With no food on the horizon, these 200,000 people are in danger of starvation.

There is another trouble, it is now late autumn, and the temperature is getting colder and colder. However, the winter clothes of the 200,000 Chu troops for the winter have not yet been settled.

The food was not available, the winter clothes were not ready, and they wanted to have a decisive battle with the Dafu army, and they cowered in the camp again. As a result, the morale of the Chu army became more and more depressed, and the soldiers of the Chu army with sad faces could be seen everywhere in Fufeng City.

This situation made Yu Xian very anxious, and he thought of many ways to encourage these Chu soldiers. But the effect is very insignificant.

Yu Xian, who was in desperation, wrote a letter and asked people to send it to Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, who was far away in the capital of Chu State, and told Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, about his current predicament.

In the letter, Yu Xian not only pointed out some of his mistakes and asked Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, to punish him, but also put forward some suggestions.

For Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, Yu Xian was still very guilty, and the king fully trusted him, allowing him to take the position of generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and lead 300,000 people to attack the Chu soldiers. At first, the occupation of Xunyang Pass, and the subsequent several cities, the situation was very good, but later, because of his repeated command mistakes, the Chu army soldiers were forced into this very difficult situation.

More than ten days later, the reply of the King of Chu was sent back to Fufeng City by fast horse. After seeing the letter from the King of Chu, Yu Xian quickly shed tears.

Because Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, not only did not blame himself for losing such a good situation in the letter, but also comforted himself that victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers and did not need to be remembered.

At the same time, Zhao Yuanrang also said in the letter that the battle situation ahead was changing rapidly, and he was far away in the capital. It is impossible to make a clear judgment on the battle ahead, so the decision at the front is fully responsible for Xian, and he can do a good job of replenishing food and materials in the rear.

After reading the letter, Yu Xian walked out of the camp, knelt down in the direction of the capital of Chu, and kowtowed three times.

In the next few days, the soldiers of the Chu army were surprised to find that in the past few days, the grain and grass in the city seemed to be sufficient, every meal of white rice was full, and the vegetables were much richer than some time ago.

After letting the soldiers eat and drink, Yu Xian organized everyone and launched a fierce attack on the Dafu battalion, this time the attack was much more ferocious than every previous attack, and the Chu army did not hesitate to take the Fu army camp and vowed not to give up.

At the same time, news came from the camp of the Chu army that the state of Chu smoothly sent a large number of supplies from the rear, and asked the front to have a decisive battle with the Fu army before the winter came, and to drive them out of the territory of the state of Chu.

The facts also seem to confirm this, for several days, the offensive of the Chu army has been very fierce, and it does not give the Fu army a chance to breathe.