Chapter 58: Hao Zhao's Bravery!
It was Gongsun Kang and Yangyi who led the 20,000 Liaodong army south, and at this time, it was Gongsun Du and his second son Gongsun Gong who stayed behind Xiangping in Liaodong.
Lu Bu led a large army from the sea, and the front of the army could be said to be unstoppable, occupying several counties of Liaodong County at once.
Then, the army besieged Xiangping, which made Gongsun Du and his second son Gongsun Gong fearful.
They didn't expect that Lu Bu would be so bold at this time, and now he would not use all his strength to resist the southward movement of their Liaodong Army and Goguryeo, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, but instead, he would divide his troops to attack from the sea, wanting to take their old nest in Liaodong?
However, no matter what, now that Lu Bu has led the army to attack it, and even occupied several county seats, and now besiege Xiangping, where they are located, if Xiangping, which has few troops stationed, is broken by Lu Bu, they who have a big enmity with Lu Bu, how can they have a way to live? !
In Xiangping City, a large hall was built quite gorgeously, and at this time, Gongsun Du and his second son Gongsun Gong were among them.
"Father, now that the three family slaves have led the army to besiege Xiangping City, I heard that they also brought the world-famous Bingzhou wolf horse, we now have less than two thousand troops in Xiangping City, how can we resist their siege when the time comes?!" was defeated by Lu Bu once, and was captured by Lu Bu again, facing the army led by Lu Bu, Gongsun Gong, who had long lost his previous arrogance, hurriedly asked Gongsun Du tremblingly.
"Humph! What else can I do! Immediately close the gate of the Sifang City, and then quickly send a messenger south to deliver the news, asking your eldest brother and Yang Yi to bring back all the soldiers and horses, and destroy the Lu Bu army outside the city first. Also, forcibly conquer 10,000 strong people in the city to defend the city, and see how the three slaves will break through Lao Tzu's strong city of Xiangping when they arrive? When your eldest brother and Yang Yi lead the army back, Lao Tzu will definitely attack inside and outside, and give those three surnamed slaves a good look! Gongsun Du first scolded the trembling Gongsun Gong angrily, and then ordered.
At the same time, he had a great enmity with Lu Bu, and he had endless resentment towards Lu Bu in his tone.
"No!" Facing Gongsun Du, who was already furious, Gongsun Gong dared to say more, and after hurriedly agreeing, he immediately went down to arrange Gongsun Du's orders.
Under Gongsun Gong's arrangement, soon, a messenger was sent south to quickly deliver the news to Gongsun Kang and Yangyi, and then, Gongsun Gong ordered people to close the square gate of Xiangping City, and they were not allowed to go out or enter!
Subsequently, Gongsun Gong led the few Liaodong troops in the city to go to each household to forcibly recruit strong men, regardless of how the people in the city complained about their Gongsun family, under the suppression of the Liaodong army, they were soon forcibly recruited by Gongsun Gong 10,000 strong men, and then were scattered on the four walls of the city to help them defend the city!
The movements in Xiangping City were soon passed on by the city's fine workers through special channels, so that Lu Bu and them could know it as soon as possible.
Faced with Gongsun Gong's forced recruitment of 10,000 strong men in Xiangping City to assist them in defending the city, Lu Bu didn't care at all, because Lu Bu led a large army to besiege Xiangping at this time, and he didn't want to break it now.
On the contrary, when Lu Bu learned that there was a messenger from Gongsun Du in the city who had secretly run out, in fact, it was also Lu Bu who deliberately ordered the army besieging Xiangping to let the messenger run out smoothly, and then, the messenger who secretly ran out quickly went south, obviously wanting to pass on some news to Gongsun Kang and Yangyi, who had already led the 20,000 Liaodong army south, so that Lu Bu couldn't help but light up, and only felt that the time had come.
So, Lu Bu hurriedly called Zang Ba and Li Ru to lead 3,000 soldiers to disperse outside the square gate of Xiangping and besiege Xiangping.
At the same time, Lu Bu asked them to set up more battle flags and beat drums more, causing their own soldiers to not only have 3,000 soldiers, but a very large number of soldiers and horses besieging Xiangping, which made Gongsun Du that old man afraid, and then, not knowing the reality of Lu Bu's army, he could only shrink into Xiangping City, and did not dare to run out to attack Lu Bu's army, which now only had 3,000 troops left to besiege the city.
And Lu Bu himself led 4,000 wolf cavalry and 300 personal soldiers under the command of Zhou Cang to quickly leave Xiangping City, and then quickly returned to the Yu clan, united with the 1,000 navy led by Cao Bao, and prepared to go to the middle of the ambush to go back to rescue the 20,000 Liaodong troops in Xiangping.
When they came to the coastal dock of the Yu clan, Lu Bu and the others re-boarded hundreds of sea ships, and then, under the control of the sailors, the sea ships quickly set sail!
The destination of Lu Bu's ambush was Ma Zishui, that is, the Yalu River in later generations, where Lu Bu was ready to attack by land and water, and defeat the 20,000 Liaodong Army led by Gongsun Kang and Yang Yi in one fell swoop!
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Qingcheng, with Gongsun Kang and Yangyi leading 20,000 Liaodong troops southward, this small border city that was burned by fire broke out again.
At this time, Qingcheng was also transformed into a complete military city, and the buildings in the city that were destroyed by fire were also rebuilt by Hao Zhao, who was stationed here.
At the head of Qingcheng City, Hao Zhao and Wang Dali were commanding 5,000 soldiers to resist the siege of 20,000 Liaodong Army.
Previously, Gongsun Kang and Yangyi had led 20,000 Liaodong troops to attack Qingcheng many times, but under the command of Hao Zhao, a person who is very good at defending the city, coupled with the assistance of Wang Dali, a fierce general, and 5,000 brave and good soldiers, the Liaodong Army could not break through this seemingly small Qingcheng at all.
Gongsun Kang and Yangyi, who had 20,000 Liaodong troops, naturally would not give up, so they once again ordered the 20,000 Liaodong troops to attack the city without fear of their own death.
The siege was extremely brutal, and the corpses of our soldiers on both sides were everywhere above and below the city, bloody and shocking.
However, most of these dead soldiers were left behind by the Liaodong Army!
However, Gongsun Kang and Yangyi did not care that most of their soldiers had died, but instead ordered more Liaodong troops to attack the city without fear of death.
Because, as long as they break through Qingcheng and destroy the defenders in Qingcheng, their road south to Wenjun will become smooth, and then, they can occupy Wenjun, which originally belonged to Lü Bu, very smoothly, and the army will drive away their so-called alliance Goguryeo, adding another county to the Liaodong camp!
Compared to getting Wenjun, so, this loss of soldiers and horses is acceptable to them!
As a result, under the orders of Gongsun Kang and Yangyi and the deterrence of the rear supervision army stretching out a bright butcher's knife, the siege of the 20,000 Liaodong Army suddenly became a little more fierce, which made the Qingcheng defenders, who were originally less than the Liaodong Army, suddenly feel tremendous pressure.
"Captain Hao, the enemy's siege is too fierce, and our army has suffered heavy casualties all at once, and it is almost impossible to hold on!" At this time, Wang Dali, who was covered in blood and didn't know whether it was the blood of the enemy or his own blood, ran to Hao Zhao and said anxiously.
"Since the lord trusts us so much that we can hold Qingcheng and resist the road of the Liaodong army south to Wenjun, no matter what, we must hold Qingcheng until the news of the lord's siege of Liaodong Xiangping reaches the 20,000 Liaodong army, and create an opportunity for the lord to destroy the 20,000 Liaodong army in one fell swoop! Or even wipe out the Gongsun family and occupy several counties in Liaodong! Although Hao Zhao is still very young, his courage is not weaker than those veterans who have been on the battlefield for decades.
Facing the wolf-like Liaodong Army, and they were about to break through Qingcheng, Hao Zhao was not afraid at all at the moment, but his eyes became more resolute, and he lifted the long sword in his hand and killed the Liaodong Army soldiers who had already attacked the city.