Chapter 321: Before the Siege
Although there are tens of thousands of people in the current Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, they are now equivalent to a whetstone for Liu Xian.
After this crisis, Liu Xian knew what his shortcomings were. can also understand whether he can gain a foothold here if he wants to gain a foothold in the Three Kingdoms era.
If the crisis cannot be resolved this time, then there will be no way to talk about any future development. If he can gain a firm foothold here and defeat the tens of thousands of Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, then it means that Liu Xian's earlier consideration and plan are all okay. This crisis was followed by a rebirth. It is this Yangshi County, it is this Liulin Village, and it is a Pannia rebirth of all the people here.
After the victory, everything here will face all the tribulations of the future with a temporary new look.
Liu Xian left a large number of sentries along the river to keep an eye on the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro, and let Huang Zhong lead the 300 cavalry to hide among the woods along the river.
Just when Liu Xian pulled the people back to Liulin Village, reorganized them again, and asked everyone to seize the time to recover their strength. Outside Yang's County, the tens of thousands of troops of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro have finally arrived.
The pressure brought to Yang County by the Yellow Turban Army at this time is completely different from that of the earlier vanguard army.
The Yellow Turban Vanguard Army of 5,000 men and horses earlier seems to have a lot of men and horses, but the multipolarity is also limited. 5,000 people, lined up in formation, then a football field can accommodate it.
However, the more than 40,000 and 50,000 men and horses are different, when they drive over, the formation is open, and it is really all over the mountains and fields, and there is an endless stream.
If the military horses of Yangshi County just felt a little heavy earlier, and felt a little overwhelmed by the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, now they really have a feeling of suffocation in the face of the city where there are enemy soldiers everywhere they look.
Yang's County has been breached many times, and the Yellow Turban Army and officers and soldiers have come and gone, but no time has it been as many people as there are in front of me. If you just look at the strength of the troops and the situation of the Yellow Turban Army under the city, it feels like your city will be drowned in those waves of people in the blink of an eye.
At this time, whether it was the officers and soldiers of the government or the ordinary people, their faces were already pale, their bodies were trembling, and their bodies seemed to be unable to raise their strength.
These are quite normal reactions.
Don't look at the usual talk about wars and wars, it seems to be quite funny. But when it is your turn on the battlefield, facing the enemy's thousands of troops, and facing the great test of life and death, then no one can be indifferent, and it is impossible not to be without a little pressure.
Fear is the reaction that normal people have.
"Don't be afraid! Don't be nervous, we have a city wall, and we are on this wall, no matter how many people they have, they will not be able to fly. ”
"Have you ever seen the sea? Perhaps most people have never seen the sea, which is endless, the sea is like connecting the horizon in the distance, and the waves, wave after wave, seem to be poured down from the sky. But so what? No matter how fierce the waves were, when they slammed into the seashore and crashed into the reefs, the waves would still be shattered and would not reach the shore. If you haven't seen the sea, then you've all seen the big river not far away, right? The principle is the same, no matter how turbulent the river is, even when it rains heavily and floods, the water of the river will not reach the shore. These Yellow Turban Army in front of them are like waves in the sea, like floods in the river, but so what? They will not rush up to our walls. As long as we hold on, then we'll be fine. ”
"Cheer me up, and prepare the troops defending the city, and if the thieves dare to rush to our city, then greet them with bows and arrows, and greet them with the rolling stones and logs that we have piled up on the top of the city. Let them see if their heads are harder or if these boulders in our hands are harder! ”
"We are well prepared, and the materials we have prepared to defend the city are enough for us to fight him for three or two days. We only need two or three days for reinforcements to arrive. When the time comes, it will be the death of the Yellow Turban Army under the city! ”
"The city is our fellow villagers and elders, we can't be cowardly, don't be afraid, swear to defend our homeland, protect our parents, wives and children!"
"Defend the country! Swear to kill the Yellow Turban Thief! ”
At the head of the city, the soldiers and civilians defending the city were frightened and fell silent by the yellow turban men and horses that poured in like a flood outside the city. The generals at the head of the city hurriedly shouted loudly to cheer up the soldiers and civilians defending the city and boost their morale.
The officers and men who came to their senses hurriedly shouted slogans.
When facing battle, especially when you see the enemy and feel the strong pressure of the enemy, shouting a few inspiring slogans can indeed boost morale, at least drive away the fear in your heart, and make people enthusiastic and energetic.
The preparations at the head of the city are already sufficient, so there is no need for those ordinary people to come to the city to help at this time. In this way, after boosting the morale and the young men and soldiers came back to their senses, they all stared at the outside of the city with full attention, staring at the Yellow Turban army that was getting closer and closer with angry eyes, and the city was slaughtered.
At this time, Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, came to the front of the city of Yang's County surrounded by Chu Feiyan, Huang Long, Yang Feng and other Yellow Turban leaders.
Zhang Niujiao's face sank like water, and there was a vicious aura in his eyes that seemed to be about to eat people.
Zhang Niujiao really hated to kill Luo Shi at this time, if Luo Shi was still alive in front of his eyes.
After the establishment of the Yellow Turban Base Camp in Montenegro, he experienced a lot of things, and it was not until not long ago that he officially became the leader of the Yellow Turban Army Base Camp in Montenegro. This time, it can be said that Zhang Niujiao has gone out of the mountains to plunder after becoming the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro.
They had thought of everything, they were all well prepared, and they wanted to go out of the mountains and fight a good battle. This time, if he can successfully capture Yangshi County and Liulin Village, and seize the money and food in these two places, then it can greatly boost the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, and he can also completely consolidate his prestige among the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro.
Because it was he who led the army to seize a large amount of money and grain, and solved the food crisis of the entire army of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro. This is a direct proof to the military horses below, follow him to open the horns, then you can eat and drink, you can eat meat and drink wine, follow yourself, you can have a way to live and have a future.
But damn it! Luo Shi actually missed, lurking all the way to this Yang County, but he couldn't raid into the city. Plainly, let all his strategies be wasted, if he knew this, then it is better to mobilize more military horses, carry more siege equipment, and directly kill them to forcibly attack the city?
Besides, if more military horses are really dispatched out of the mountains to rob grain, then there is no need to say that they have to come to attack this Yangshi County. What's more, do you want to go far and near? Other counties may not have as much money and grain as Yangshi County and Liulin Village, but they can get a lot of money. In this way, if you capture a few more cities, you can also solve the food crisis of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro.
Now this feeling of wasting effort makes Zhang Niujiao's heart so angry that he wants to kill.
In fact, how could Zhang Niujiao not know that the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro could go out to plunder? An army of hundreds of thousands can be divided into several armies and horses to attack some cities with weak garrisons. But in the end, why not? Do you have to concentrate these tens of thousands of elites to attack Yang's County?
There is also a reason why Zhang Niujiao has to be like this.
It is conceivable that Zhang Niujiao has just officially become the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro. However, although this big leader said that he was the leader of the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai of various ministries, Zhang Niujiao knew that in fact, many people were still unconvinced.
If Zhang Niujiao wants to twist the Yellow Turban Army into a rope like a plate of loose sand. Then he can't easily gather these horses and then disperse the military power.
If you let the Yellow Turban Commanders lead their men and horses out to plunder, then what is the difference between this and the original? If each of them can go out and rob the grain successfully, and have a large amount of money and food, then how can they obey the orders of his great leader in the future?
This is one aspect, and the other, in fact, is that their various Yellow Turban Corps do have a kind of fear of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. It has been a while since they entered the mountains to occupy the king's capital, and during this time, it is not a matter of a day or a half that they lack food and clothing, if they have the courage to go out of the mountains to argue with the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, then they will not have to grab food from their own people, and there will be no internal strife between them.
Therefore, Zhang Niujiao personally led the army to capture a government city, and plundered enough to solve the food problem of hundreds of thousands of horses of their Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army at one time, which was inevitable. As long as it succeeds, then Zhang Niujiao will be able to better control the entire Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army in the future. In this way, when dealing with the officers and soldiers of the imperial court in the future, it will be easy to do.
But Yang's County was in front of him, and the vanguard army failed to attack it.
How could the government of Yangshi County be prepared? This really made Zhang Niujiao puzzled.
"What about the others in Luo City? Earlier, he sent someone to report that he was going to raid Liulin Village first? Did it work? How's it going? ”
With a dark face, Zhang Niujiao looked at the yellow turban generals of the vanguard army who knelt in front of his war horse and asked.
At this time, the generals kneeling in front of Zhang Niujiao, their eyes were flustered, they lowered their heads, looked at each other, and wanted to ask the other party to report the situation to Zhang Niujiao.
"What's wrong? Dumb? Zhang Niujiao got impatient.
"Yu, Yu Great Chief...... General Luo City, he, he can be in danger......"
"What? What the hell is going on? Hurry up and make it clear! When Zhang Niujiao heard this, he stared.
"Great Chief, not only Yangshi County is prepared, but even Liulin Village is also prepared. General Luo Shi first led more than 1,000 people to cross the river and kill Liulin Village, but there was no news and intelligence back, so he killed a group of men and horses from Liulin Village, and suddenly attacked our second batch of more than 1,000 people who crossed the river. I waited on the north bank of the Great River, and saw that our more than 1,000 men and horses were defeated by the other side in less than a quarter of an hour...... Annihilated...... When I saw that the situation was not right, I did not continue to cross the river. What to do now, please let the big leader decide! ”
"What? You mean, apart from seeing that we have a thousand or so men and horses destroyed, you don't even know the life and death of that bastard in Luo City? Are you all pigs? Not even the situation of the enemy is clear? Obviously seeing that Yangshi County is prepared, haven't you thought that Liulin Village on the other side of the river is also prepared? Why did he dare to lead a thousand men and horses to Liulin Village? ”
Zhang Niujiao was really angry, because according to intelligence, there were almost tens of thousands of people in Liulin Village, and there were thousands of people in the Liu Mansion caravan. Why was Luo Shi so reckless, with a thousand or so men and horses who had just crossed the river to kill Liulin Village? Not even basic vigilance?
He really wanted to have people pull these generals of the vanguard down and behead them now.
"Nothing is enough, there is more than failure! I thought that Luo Shi had rich combat experience, but he didn't think that it was coming to an end and lost his vigilance. Great Chief, put your anger to rest for the time being, at this point, it's useless to be angry. At this time, Chu Feiyan said beside him.
"Humph! You go down first, prepare to forcibly attack the city, and you must capture Yang's County today! This is your last chance to capture Yang's County and atone for your sins! Zhang Niujiao snorted coldly and retreated the generals of the vanguard army who were kneeling in front of him.
"Feiyan, what do you think of it now?" Zhang Niujiao turned his head to look at Chu Feiyan.
Chu Feiyan thought for a moment and said, "Big leader, this siege should be done in one go. We had a long march here, and the sergeants were tired. In addition, the siege equipment we carry is insufficient, and now it is advisable for our army to form a joint encirclement of Yangshi County, and then rest for the whole army for an hour. In this hour, a part of the sergeants was arranged to hurry up and make a batch of siege tools. The city wall of this Yang County is not majestic and strong, and the city wall is not high, so it is recommended that after being prepared, the whole army will attack the city from all sides and strive to attack it at one time. ”
"Good! That's it. Zhang Niujiao also knew very well that it was impossible to attack the city immediately, and it was indeed necessary to make some preparations, at least let the sergeants who came all the way eat before fighting.
"What about Liulin Village? The Liu Mansion is there, I believe there must be a lot of money and food, and it must not be just counted. "Although Zhang Niujiao doesn't care about the life or death of Luo City, Liulin Village must be defeated and seize the money and grain of Liulin Village.
"There are military horses in Liulin Village, and this group of people and horses can easily destroy our thousands of men and horses, so we can't take it lightly. It was suggested that more men and horses must be sent across the river. Otherwise, I'm afraid I really can't help Liulin Village. ”
"How many men should be sent? Three thousand? Five thousand? Or ten thousand? ”
Zhang Niujiao looked up in the direction of Liulin Village and said fiercely.