Guancheng, as an important hub connecting Youzhou and Pingzhou, has experienced countless attacks and ravages by Wuwei for more than a month, and compared with before the war, it has already been unrecognizable.

Guancheng, which is surrounded by rivers on three sides, not only stuck the water passage, but also blocked the only land avenue, and if you take Guancheng, you can directly attack Jicheng on the upper side, and you can attack Pingzhou on the bottom, which is also the reason why Deng Jingwen desperately wants to hold the Guancheng and renew his breath for Jicheng.

After the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Feng Lun entered the city, they immediately expelled all the ordinary people in the city, making the city a pure military fortress, the city is indeed not big, but it is strong enough, and only the army is left in the city, which also makes the Lulong people more convenient in management, and there are fewer things to consider. Carrying a large amount of supplies, they did not have a shortage of materials in a short period of time.

Cao Xin's initial strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements was extremely successful.

After concentrating superior forces to carry out a large-intensity attack on Guancheng, which made Guancheng anxious for a while, forcing the opponent to ask for help in the two directions of Jicheng and Pingzhou, Cao Xin set up an ambush circle, and after hitting the Lu Longjun who came to help twice in a row, Fei Zhong of Jicheng and Deng Jingshan of Pingzhou also immediately understood the other party's strategy.

More often, Jicheng no longer mobilizes soldiers and horses, but Pingzhou sends cavalry troops to maneuver, waiting for an opportunity to find a flaw in the Wuwei soldiers, if there is, then pounce on it and bite it, if it is not and find that it is a trap, immediately use the strong mobility of the cavalry to follow it far away.

When Wu Weibing saw that his opponent had seen through his scheme, he also gave up the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and instead sent the cavalry led by Tu Lichun and Li De's rangers to fight with the Lu dragoons from Pingcheng.

The two cavalry engaged in a game of cat and mouse in the vast area between Guancheng and Pingzhou. Today you ambush me, tomorrow I will attack you, and I will fight you fiercely.

The combat effectiveness of the cavalry on both sides is not much different, one has the advantage of being well-equipped, the other is relying on the familiar terrain, and it can be regarded as a local battle, and the intelligence sources are more and more accurate than the Wuwei cavalry.

It was also in this situation that Cao Xin decided to end the game and prepare to take Guancheng and completely cut off the connection between Jicheng and Pingzhou.

"Since you can't catch a fish, the bait loses its proper role, and it's time to reel in the line." Cao Xin looked at the generals in the big tent and said.

Compared with the cold wind outside, inside the big tent, because there are four braziers, it is as warm as spring, but the warmth at this time is like spring, but it is a kind of torment for most of the generals, because they spend most of their time in the cold wind, no matter how good Wuwei's equipment is, there will still be skin exposed. For example, Wan Fu, he was not accustomed to putting his head under a cotton hood and only exposing two eyes and one nostril, so there were traces of frostbite everywhere on his face and ears, and a big red nose was particularly conspicuous. Another example is Liang Han, who dislikes the inflexibility of using weapons after wearing gloves, has no feeling, and refuses to use gloves.

The vast majority of generals almost have one or another habit, so there are all kinds of injuries of varying severity. Running in the cold wind, I didn't feel it when I was numb from the cold, but as soon as I entered this warm tent, these frostbites were so itchy that people scratched their ears and cheeks, and this was a serious military discussion, and it was not good to be too presumptuous.

Wanfu pinched his red nose vigorously, and said in a humming voice, "Dudu, although the city is small, it is not easy to fight, it is surrounded by water on three sides, for more than a month, we have been moving here, the ice surface is actually not very strong, yesterday I also drove a horse to drag a carriage to go around, the clattering sound, strange and scary." If you give up attacking from above the ice, but attack from land, it will be too easy for the opponent to concentrate on defense. ”

Liang Han raised his eyebrows, rubbed his hands, and said, "It's nothing more than a matter of the size of the casualties, in the past month or so, the enemies in the city have also been exhausted, compared to them, we are a little better." However, Dudu, I suggest that you should try to find as many stones as possible, and use a trebuchet to open the way, because the threat of the bow and crossbow has been reduced too much in this weather, and the strings are so brittle that they will break in a few strokes. However, I found that there were not many stone bullets in the camp, and the governor did not send anyone to replenish them. ”

Cao Xin smiled slightly, "In the matter of attacking tomorrow, the Chinese army will be the main attacker, and you only need to prepare to break the city." Guancheng, must be taken, whether it is Shi Zhuang or Wang Sili, they all feel that Fei Zhong of Jicheng is going to jump off the wall in a hurry, and fight to the death, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Jicheng, if he throws it desperately and lonely, Wang Sili's department will face a lot of difficulties, and the losses will increase, so we must take Guancheng. ”

Liang Han said thoughtfully, "In this way, Fei Zhong will break through, and Wang Sili's troops will fight and retreat, and finally return with us to annihilate the Lu Long soldiers who broke through in the field?" ”

"That's pretty much what it means!" Cao Xindao. "Wang Sili's department has been divided into two wings of this pocket array, after we take Guancheng, we will meet the Jicheng army that broke through head-on, Shi Zhuang will tie up the mouth after taking Jicheng, and the whole battle is estimated to last half a month. Ladies and gentlemen, after this battle, the spring breeze is probably coming. ”

Everyone nodded their heads one after another.

The spring breeze is coming, and most of the government soldiers in everyone's hands have to return home to prepare for spring ploughing, and only the army of the armor soldiers is left, which is only suitable for stabilizing the front and holding it successfully. Without auxiliaries, this battle would not have been fought.

Generally speaking, there are very few Chinese troops who are the main generals as the vanguard of the siege, but everyone saw that Cao Xin was confident, but he didn't want to spit out the open-air machine, so he didn't ask again.

Anyway, tomorrow, I'll see it.

In charge of the city head, Feng Lun stood on top of the city with a vicissitudes of life, looking at the rows of Wuwei military camps not far away. The first half month after the outbreak of the Battle of Guancheng was his most difficult day, the fierce attack of the Wuwei soldiers almost once occupied Guancheng, and the desperate counterattack in the city survived, Feng Lun thought that this was the result of the hard work of all the generals in Guancheng, but the news that came casually made him miserable.

It turned out that all the strong attacks were just a cover, after he sent a distress message, the two armies of his own side that came to help were almost ambushed by Wuwei before and after, and almost all the troops were wiped out.

He decided to defend the city on his own.

As long as it can be kept warm in the spring of the next year and the river thaws, the turning point will come. At that time, Pingzhou's fleet can go down the river and support Guancheng and Jicheng at any time, without worrying about the other party's encirclement and ambush.

Wu Wei's attack on Guancheng has never stopped. Several troops, taking turns to attack, the attack is also a new trick, what kind of strange tricks, Feng Lun has seen it all over this time, he even thinks that as long as he can survive this hurdle, his command ability, siege ability, and even defense ability will greatly jump up a step.

Of course, he also organized an army to go out of the city to attack, but the result was very miserable, which also made him realize that in the face of a master figure on the battlefield like Cao Xin, his little idea was still not enough.

Defend the city honestly.

Guancheng and its surroundings have been destroyed by the war.

As far as the eye can see, the snow can only be seen in the distance, before the two armies, it has long been mottled, purple, black, bells and whistles, it is difficult to find a piece of pure white, and the surface of the frozen river is also full of messy things, occasionally you can see some stumps and broken arms, and the ice in some places is purple and black, which is the effect of blood coagulation on it.

For seven days, the Wuwei army has not launched an attack, and the soldiers in the city have a good night's sleep, but for Feng Lun, this is not a good sign, after calm, there will inevitably be a strong outburst, he faintly feels that life and death, that is, after this calm.

Looking back at the soldiers patrolling the city, he sighed and turned to walk inside. In the caves, there were snoring, laughter, and arguments from the soldiers. He even heard the sound of gambling with dice throwing and drinking.

He didn't stop it, and it wasn't a bad thing for the soldiers to relax their tense nerves. He decided that he wanted to get a good night's sleep himself. Today I saw the starry sky and saw the stars that I had not seen for a long time, and tomorrow should be a good day, and of course, a good day for killing.

Feng Lun was awakened by the sound of war drums, jumped up from the bed, picked up his knife and went out to stand on top of the city gate building, and in the Wuwei military camp opposite, teams of Wuwei soldiers were rushing out.

Sure enough, it is today.

At the head of the city, drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the soldiers came out of the caves, walked up to the city wall with a swearing, and began to prepare to defend the city. Some soldiers began to set up pots and light fires to boil the gold juice, and some of them were carried up by the toilets, and the smell of the city began to thicken. It's just that at this time, who cares?

The soldiers' mental state was good, and Feng Lun was very satisfied.

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