Chapter 127: Please Enter the Urn
This time, Yu Xian and the king of Chu discussed the plan is to invite the king into the urn, Yu Xian deliberately withdrew the 200,000 army, and then the rear was not organized, and the defense was effective, so that Yang Ming could drive in with the army of Dafu and go straight to Chuyang City, the capital of the Chu army.
When Yu Xian told Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, about this plan, he didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect that the king of Chu was really a bold person and actually agreed to this plan. He is willing to personally lead 100,000 forbidden troops to block the more than 200,000 troops of Dafu.
Smoothly led more than 200,000 Dafu troops led by Yang Ming. After entering the hinterland of the Chu State, Yu Xian began to implement the second step of the plan.
He divided the more than 200,000 Chu soldiers under his command into two parts. A part of the soldiers went to the rear of Yang Ming's army, and together with the forbidden army of the king of Chu, surrounded Yang Ming and his army by attacking from front to rear.
Then Yu Xian took the remaining more than 100,000 Chu soldiers to the west bank of the Chu River, preparing to recapture Fufeng City and several small cities around it, completely cut off the support of the rear of the Chu army to the front, and completely cut off the only way for Yang Ming to withdraw to Dafu.
More than 100,000 troops arrived on the west bank of the Chu River, so many troops, of course, it was impossible to hide the Dafu scouts, so Yang Yun, who was guarding Fufeng City, quickly got the news that Yu Xian had arrived with the army.
discussed with Ju Yuanguang, Guo Long and others. Yang Yun quickly sent people to the four small cities nearby, telling them to quickly abandon the cities and concentrate all their forces in Fufeng City. In addition, tens of thousands of cavalry were left in the nearby mountains, which were ready for emergency.
The first time I followed the army to this battlefield, I encountered such a key battle. Yang Yun's heart was very nervous, because he knew that this Fufeng City was the last hope for the more than 200,000 Dafu soldiers who had already crossed the river.
If Fufeng City is occupied by the Chu people, then Yang Ming will lead more than 200,000 troops. Under the siege of the Chu people, and there was no supply from the rear, then only the whole army was annihilated.
If Dafu loses more than 200,000 troops, it will be almost a devastating blow to Dafu. The scattered soldiers of Dafu could not gather quickly. Then in front of the iron cavalry of the Chu army, I am afraid that Dafu will not be able to escape the fate of destroying the country.
Thinking of this, Yang Yun immediately asked his subordinates to take action and moved all the defensive materials to the city wall. Let the soldiers strengthen patrols and go all out to prepare for the Chu army that is about to attack the city
Obviously, Yu Xian was not willing to give Yang Yun too much time to prepare. Therefore, the day after arriving at the west bank of the Chu River, the army of Chu came to Fufeng City and surrounded it.
Looking at the dense Chu army soldiers under the city, Yang Yun's face was still as calm as ever. But he set off a monstrous wave in his heart. According to the report of the spies who came back, it was said that the Chu army besieging the city this time was about 100,000 to 150,000 people.
But the army defending the city by itself is only 20,000 people. This Yu Xian really looks up to himself, with such a disparity in the number of people, how can he defend this city?
"Which general is guarding the city above? You see that there are so many of us, and you only have a few soldiers, and this city cannot be defended. It's better to come out and surrender quickly, I can say a few kind words for you in front of the king of Chu and protect you as a high-ranking official. Yu Xian stood two or three hundred meters away from the city wall and shouted loudly towards the city.
"If you are still stubborn, the day you break the city will be the day when you are in a different place." At this time, a tower-like black man next to Yu Xian shouted loudly.
This Yu Xian is really powerful, and he hasn't attacked the city yet. Just make the soldiers in the city feel the pressure through words, if they are allowed to talk like this, then the morale of the soldiers in the city will definitely be greatly reduced.
Thinking of this, Yang Yun walked to the head of the city and shouted loudly towards the city: "General Yu! Please don't be alarmist, I am the thirteenth prince of Dafu, and Yang Yun, the king of Wu, is also. I advise you to withdraw your troops quickly, my reinforcements are already on the way! When our reinforcements arrive, and His Royal Highness King Sheng, who has returned to the army, you will be surrounded by many people, and it will be difficult to escape the fate of the total annihilation. ”
In the past, Yang Yun also liked to read some military novels. What he didn't understand was why these generals with troops had to shout to each other for a while before the battle. Now that he is there in person, Yang Yun understands the meaning of this shout. This shouting will often cause the morale of the army to rise or fall, which will have a great impact on the final outcome of the battle.
Therefore, when he shouted, he deliberately mentioned his own reinforcements and Yang Ming's main force that returned to help. Although he had already sent someone to spread the news to the territory of Dafu, Yang Yun also knew in his heart that it was difficult to organize a large number of reinforcements in the territory of Dafu at present.
And even if reinforcements are coming, it will be a long time before the army is assembled and then come to the front line.
At the same time, for the victorious Wang Yangming, who was clearly surrounded by enemy troops on the front line. Whether they can break through the encirclement and return to Fufeng City is also an unpredictable result.
But in this case, in order to put pressure on the enemy, in order to give Dafu's soldiers the confidence to defend the city, he had to say this!
Seeing that Yang Yun was unwilling to surrender, he was no longer verbose, and immediately commanded his soldiers to rush to the city of Fufeng City.
Seeing that Yu Xian directly let the army start to attack the city, Yang Yun had some regrets in his heart. He really hoped that Yu Xian would send a military general with strong combat ability to fight with him first.
In this way, Chi Mu'er and Qi Wei, who have high kung fu under their subordinates, may be able to kill one or two of their generals in a battle with knowledge and improve the morale of their own soldiers. More importantly, when you can delay, wait for the return of Yang Ming's team or the arrival of reinforcements from the rear.
It seems that Yu Xian also knows the importance of this time, so as soon as he came to the city, he organized a large army to directly attack the city.
It seems that Yu Xian had planned this battle for a long time, and he had already prepared a lot of siege equipment. Standing on the city wall, the field of vision is relatively broad, and looking from afar, Yang Yun and others found Yu Xian. A number of large siege engines placed in the rear of the Great Army.
Seeing these siege equipment, Yang Ming couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, it seemed that this Yu Xian was bound to win against Fufeng Chen, and his own people would fall into a bitter battle.
Yu Xianshu was very experienced in siege cities, he let his soldiers stand far away, outside the attack range of the Dafu army on the city wall, and then he waved his hand, and the soldiers behind immediately pushed out dozens of strangely shaped carts, and on the carts, there were some stones as big as a grinding plate.
"Catapults! This Yu Xian actually pushed this thing here too, and let the brothers hide behind the battlements. The catapults of the State of Chu are very powerful. The stones they throw. It is larger than a normal catapult, the distance is farther, and the crosshairs are relatively high. "As the former generalissimo of the Chu State, Guo Long is very familiar with the power of the catapult of the Chu State.
As soon as these Dafu soldiers hid according to Guo Long's order, stones flew out of the catapults under the city and smashed them straight at the city wall.
Fortunately, the Dafu soldiers on the city wall were prepared. Relying on some of the defenses on the city walls. Escaping these boulders, only a small number of lucky native soldiers were hit by the pilot. But under the onslaught of these boulders. The stomping that was used to block the opponent's bow and arrow at the head of the city was thumped by the opponent's boulders, and even in some unstable places, the city bricks were smashed and fell under the city wall.
Yu rarely saw that the soldiers of Dafu were smashed so that they didn't even dare to come out of the city, so with an order, countless cavalry rushed towards the city wall. The opposing cavalry attacked. Yang Yun and the others not only did not worry, but also showed a smile on their faces.
Soon after, the neighing of horses was heard from among the cavalrymen. Quite a few of the horses fell to the ground with the knights on horseback, neighing in pain.
"Yu Xian's guy, he didn't know that we had tribulus terrestris this time, and now we have suffered a big loss!" Ju Yuanguang stood at the head of the city and smiled smugly. And Guo Long, who was on the side, saw that the soldiers of the Chu State he had led were injured, and his face showed a sad look.
When Yang Yun was in Wu County, he personally drew a drawing, and asked Tie Shan and others to create a good thing to deal with the enemy cavalry.
Because of the use of coal and bellows in the production, the tribulus terrestris made in Wu County is extremely sharp. Yang Yun asked the soldiers of Dafu to sprinkle these thistles on the open space outside the city. And sprinkle with dirt or grass residue as a camouflage.
These war horses of the Chu army stepped on the thistle, and the soles of their feet were immediately penetrated, and even the iron horseshoes could not stop the spikes of the thistle.
Seeing many horses falling on the battlefield, Yu Xian knew that there was something strange on the ground, so he immediately issued an order to let the remaining cavalry return the same way.
Seeing the thistle brought back by his soldiers, Yu Xian had a headache. Because of these things hidden in the dirt, it was difficult for the Chu army's attack to proceed smoothly. In desperation, Yu Xian had no choice but to send soldiers to search the ground little by little, trying to remove all the thistles hidden in the soil.
However, how could the soldiers on the city wall let them get their wish? With the help of the support of the city wall, they held bows and arrows and shot at the soldiers of the Chu State who were searching for thistles under the city.
There was harassment by the soldiers of Dafu on the city wall, and the Chu army could not seriously search for the iron thistles on the ground. After losing some of their manpower, they began to retreat to the rear. Exit the Dafu soldiers, out of range of bows and arrows.
At this time, I saw that the Chu soldiers in front of them scattered to both sides, and strange carts were pushed out from the rear of the Chu army. These carts were preceded by a huge wooden plank.
The soldiers of the Chu army followed behind the strange chariots, and the arrows shot by the soldiers of Dafu on the city wall were all blocked by the huge wooden planks on the carts. Without the harassment of the bows and arrows of the Dafu soldiers, the Chu soldiers in the rear could concentrate on searching for the thistle hidden in the soil.
This thing is called a wooden curtain, and it is specially used to deal with bows and arrows on the city walls. With the help of this thing, the Chu army, when attacking the surrounding cities, greatly reduced the casualties of the soldiers. Guo Long was beside Yang Yun and said to Yang Yun.
With the protection of this wooden curtain, the soldiers of the Chu army can safely search for the thistles hidden on the ground by the Dafu army, but these thistles are relatively large in number and relatively small in size, hidden in the soil and grass, and are difficult to find.
It took several hours for the soldiers of the Chu army to finally remove these thistles from the ground. However, the time of the day has almost run out. After several more attempted attacks, seeing that it was getting late, Yu Xian ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, ending the first day of siege.