Chapter 12 [Narrow Victory]
Seeing through Wang Lang's "false report", Yan Baihu has no other worries, he only needs to lead the soldiers to capture the "Huiji City" as soon as possible, as for whether he can be one step ahead of Liu Xuan, he is still not sure, so he can only do his best.
And since he was already sober, Yan Baihu didn't want to waste any more time, and immediately led the soldiers to carry out a new round of siege.
Time flies, and another day and a night have passed in a blink of an eye.
By this time, there were only 500 defenders left in Huiji City, and Yan Baihu could clearly feel that its defensive ability was getting worse and worse.
"Whew~"
Looking at the high city wall, Yan Baihu let out a long breath, this time, he planned to rush directly to the city tower.
When Yan Baihu launched the charge again, he didn't need to say hello, and the guards around him felt his determination and followed.
Halfway up to the waist, Yan Baihu paused for a few seconds, looked up and observed, and saw that there were no defensive soldiers on it, so he exerted his strength violently and rushed up in one breath, but just when he climbed to the top, two soldiers jumped over from the side.
If it was in the past, Yan Baihu might have looked for a retreat, but this time, he came with determination, even if he saw the defending soldiers, he did not stop, but accelerated his speed.
In an instant, Yan Baihu jumped onto the city tower, and the enemy's long sword had already reached his chest. At the moment of emergency, Yan Baihu reacted extremely quickly, his body shrank suddenly, and then he lay on the ground, followed by continuous rolling, dodging the most dangerous blow.
When he stood firm and wanted to fight back, he found that the surrounding soldiers had already rushed towards him, but at this time, he was not afraid at all, threw off his arms, and opened and closed his long-handled broadsword.
Its attack is too powerful for these creeps, and if it touches it, it will either kill or injure.
And because the defenders have gathered in his place, and their number has been greatly reduced compared to before, there are obvious loopholes in the defense of other places, and more Yan Baihu's troops have rushed to the city tower.
"Rush down with me and open the gates!"
After cutting down a few people again, Yan Baihu took the opportunity to shout at his guards, and whether they heard it or not, he took the lead in going down along the city tower.
Along the way, Yan Baihu rushed left and right, extremely brave, but he didn't notice it at all, if he realized it, he would probably be surprised by his bravery, but this is actually nothing strange, it's a matter of life and death, who has to fight hard?
Finally, at the city gate where Yan Baihu rushed to kill, he slashed the guards to death with a few knives, and then cut the rope and opened the city gate.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Yu and Yu Quan's troops flocked to the city all the way, while Yang Feng's troops were a little far away and could not enter the city at the first time, but they also came urgently.
After another night of fierce fighting, Yan Baihu, Yan Yu, Yu Quan, and Yang Feng converged with the Taishou Mansion of Huiji City, but even at this time, Yan Baihu found that the system did not send him the news of the capture of Huiji City.
And there was no system news, which made Yan Baihu unable to feel at ease, and after a little thought, he immediately issued an order.
ordered Yan Yu to lead his more than 4,000 halberd soldiers to take over the city defense, and ordered Yu Quan and Yang Feng to clear the remnants of Wang Lang soldiers in Huiji City, not to let go of one, they could not be killed, but they must be arrested first.
And he himself, with a few personal guards, began to search for the most important "generals", and he wanted to arrest Wang Lang's subordinates.
What Yan Baihu didn't expect was that the task of capturing the "generals" seemed to be particularly smooth, because except for Yu Fu and Wang Lang, the rest of the people like Xu Gong, Wang Su, Yu Ji and others had no intention of escaping at all, they were all in their own mansions, and there was almost no need for him to spend time searching.
Since they knew each other like this, Yan Baihu gave up his previous plan, and did not arrest people directly, but after confirming their location, he sent soldiers to surround them, which was considered to be house arrest, and it could be regarded as saving them some face.
What Yan Baihu didn't expect was that Wang Lang and Yu Fan, two people who were originally outside the city, would actually run back to the city, but their troops had already been disbanded.
It was also after Yan Yu, who was in charge of the city defense, caught Wang Lang and Yu Zhuan, that Yan Baihu finally waited for the news of the system.
"Yan Baihu's troops captured Huiji City."
The information of the system was extremely simple and direct, but Yan Baihu seemed to hear the sound of heaven, and in an instant, his entire body relaxed.
And this loosening, Yan Baihu felt infinite sleepiness, he had been struggling to support before, hesitating and tightening the spring, which could collapse at any time, but at this moment, he was relaxed, and the closed book accumulated before broke out in an instant, when he was dead asleep.
also because he fell asleep, but he didn't find out at the first time, just less than an hour after the system sent him a message, the system sent him another message.
The content is that Wu Juncheng was broken by Liu Xuanjun.
The difference between the two sides is only less than an hour, and Yan Baihu's victory this time is really dangerous, and it is almost over.
And Yan Baihu slept for three days and three nights, and the time also came to mid-July 251.
When it was time for a new round of instructions, Yan Baihu naturally couldn't sleep anymore, and when he got up that morning, he issued the order of [assessment].
However, just relying on a few of them, at most they can put forward suggestions on strengthening public security management and military training, which are not constructive.
And the purpose of Yan Baihu's evaluation instructions is not to listen to their opinions, but to make them clear about their goals, and in addition, to praise them.
However, because they still only occupy one city now, Yan Baihu's official position is still too shou, but he has changed from Wu County Taishou to Huiji Taishou, so even if their merits are enough to be promoted, they have no official position to promote.
Fortunately, Huiji City is really a relatively wealthy city, and Wang Lang is also doing well, so that Yan Baihu got more than 3,000 gold after occupying the city.
Yan Baihu believed that the original capital reserves in Huiji City must be more than that, but once this war came, a large part of it must have been used up by Wang Lang.
Of course, with these 3,000 gold, it is enough for Yan Baihu at present, and he immediately gave Yan Yu and the three of them 200 gold each, which also increased their loyalty to more than 90 points.
As for the action power consumed by the "reward" order, Yan Baihu doesn't care at all now, he hasn't issued any internal affairs orders for four consecutive months, and for the orders of the troops, it doesn't consume action, so his action power has already been crowded to the full value of 250 points.
In terms of the analysis of the situation, Yan Baihu specifically pointed out the geographical location of Huiji City, and even drew a simple map for them.
"I'm sure you can read it! This Huiji City is the southernmost city in the Jiangdong region, bordering Wujun City in the north, the sea in the east, the mountains in the south, and there are cities in the west, but the nearest is Changsha City in Jingnan, and there are thousands of mountains and rivers between the two cities, and it is unlikely that anyone will want to cross the past. ”
Yan Baihu said slowly, but when he said this, his face changed and became serious.
"I'm telling you this so that you can understand that there will inevitably be a battle between us and Liu Xuan!"
"If we want to develop, the only way is to defeat Liu Xuan, and Liu Xuan will inevitably send troops to attack us in order to stabilize the rear."
"Big brother, I understand, you just command, what do you want us to do?" After hearing this, Yan Yu immediately stood up and shouted stupidly.
"Huh."
Yan Baihu smiled, but did not give an immediate order, but continued to analyze: "We have just occupied Huiji, with a lack of troops and insufficient food and grass, but Liu Miao took our Wujun City with almost no soldiers, and with the backing of Jianye City, the troops, grain and grass, and ordnance are very sufficient, so we still have to focus on the development of Huiji City for the time being." ”
"Of course, for Liu Xuan, we also have to take precautions in advance!"
"Yan Yu!" Yan Baihu suddenly burst into a shout.
"The subordinates are here." Yan Yu lined up and obeyed the order.
"I order you to immediately lead 5,000 swordsmen and carry 600 funds to build an 'arrow tower' outside the northern city."
"Yes!"
"Yang Feng."
"The subordinates are here." Yang Feng also immediately came out of the queue and obeyed the order.
It is worth mentioning that at this time, Yang Feng's attitude towards Yan Baihu was already much more respectful than before, which may be caused by the increase in loyalty, or it may be that he made a change after seeing Yan Baihu's bravery on the battlefield.
And Yan Baihu's perception of Yang Feng has also changed, at least the pimple that was left in his heart before has already disappeared at this time, and he will not care about it anymore.
"Yang Feng, I ordered you to lead 5,000 swordsmen, carry 500 funds, build a 'position' outside the northern city, and form a corner with the 'arrow tower' built by Yan Yu to help defend each other, do you have any questions?"
"There is no doubt that the subordinates listen to the order."
"Good!"
Yan Baihu nodded with satisfaction, and seeing that Yan Yu and Yang Feng had already received the order, Yu Quan took the initiative to stand up.
"Lord, Yu Quan wishes to share the worries of the lord, please give an order."
"Hehe, Yu Quan, don't worry, I have other arrangements for you, for now, you can take over the city defense of Yan Yu first."
"Yes, my lord."
Compared with Yan Yu and Yang Feng, Yu Quancai is the most satisfactory general for Yan Baihu at present, not only is his own attributes not out, but the key is that he is calm and has the style of a general.
And the reason why Yan Baihu wants to stay in Yu Quan is indeed another important use, that is, Dengyong talents. In particular, among the four of them, Yu Quan's intelligence value is the highest, so relatively speaking, when he goes to Dengyong Wang Lang and other strategist-type generals, he naturally has more opportunities.
"Alright, you all go down and carry out the order first."
After sending a few of them away, Yan Baihu stayed alone, he now needs to think about it, how to get to those talents? Who should start?
And this is the most important thing for him to consider at present, and it is also related to his future development, which is very important! .