Chapter 20: Siege Strategy
Early the next morning, Lü Bu left Liao Hua to lead a part of his soldiers to garrison Shicheng, and then he himself led his infantry and cavalry to the imperial city of Benhan.
Lu Bu wanted to take advantage of the fact that the king of Benhan had not received the news that the army led by the general of Benhan had been wiped out by his own army, and attack the imperial city of Benhan in one fell swoop without the other party's preparation, and killing the king of Benhan was what Lu Bu should do now!
Lü Bu had in his hands Guo Liang, a middle-aged scribe who had just surrendered to him, and when the king of Benhan did not know the news of the defeat of the Benhan army and did not prepare in advance to deal with the attack of Lü Bu's army, Lü Bu was absolutely confident that he could break through the imperial city of Benhan in one fell swoop.
The dog evil is not only the largest tribe in Benhan, but also the imperial city of Benhan.
Lu Bu led the soldiers to march quickly, avoiding the eyes and ears along the way, and in less than half a day, they had already arrived near the Dog Evil Imperial City.
In a wooded mountain outside the Dog Evil Imperial City, Lu Bu hid all the foot horses he brought here, so that the Benhan people couldn't find out that Lu Bu and they were about to fight under the city for a while.
Lu Bu himself was standing in a shadow in the middle of the mountain that was not easily discovered by the soldiers of Benhan Guarding the City, and was condescendingly looking at the Dog Evil Imperial City not far below.
As the imperial city of Benhan, Lu Bu found that the city wall of the dog evil was built very high and thick, although it was not as good as the Xiapi City in Xuzhou, but it was not much different, if he rode to attack the Dog Evil Imperial City with the foot he brought, he would not be able to break through the Dog Evil Imperial City in ten days and half a month.
Moreover, even if he captured the Dog Evil Emperor City, it would also cause heavy losses to the infantry brought by Lu Bu!
However, this result did not give Lu Bu the slightest blow, because Lu Bu did not plan to attack it with his own cavalry!
At this time, behind Lu Bu were still standing Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, and at the same time, Guo Liang, who had just joined Lu Bu's camp, also stood with his head bowed behind Lu Bu and respectfully.
Lü Bu's siege strategy was to let Guo Liang lead his soldiers to open the city gate, and only after the gate was opened did Lü Bu lead the army to rush up.
The soldiers and horses brought by General Benhan to Shicheng can be said to have transferred seven or eight out of ten of the troops of Benhan, and under the battle with Lu Bu's army yesterday, they died and surrendered, no matter what, it can be said that they no longer belong to Benhan!
If the king of Benhan knew that General Benhan had lost so many of his soldiers and horses, I wonder if he would be angry?
Now, apart from the tall and thick quadrangular walls that made the King of Benhan feel relatively safe, there were not many troops stationed in it for the King of Benhan to move.
If Guo Liang really opened the city gate by fraud, Benhan would have no other way back than to destroy the country, and from then on he would follow in the footsteps of Ma Han!
"Guo Liang, you and Yuan Shao led a hundred soldiers to open the city gate, how to successfully open the city gate, I think it is easy to do it with your wisdom and your identity in Benhan!" At this time, Lu Bu turned around and looked at Guo Liang majestically, and his tone was full of irresistibility.
Hearing Lu Bu say that he wanted to open the city gate by himself and speed up the time for Benhan to destroy the country, as a Benhan person, Guo Liang was very unwilling.
However, Lu Bu's tone was full of unrefusal, if he didn't want to do it, he would definitely be cut off by the ruthless Lu Bu wielding the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand with such a halberd, just like the death of his former boss, General Benhan, the head and body were separated, and there was no corpse!
In addition, under the front of Lu Bu's army, where is Benhan still his opponent? Benhan is destined to be destroyed by Lu Bu's army, but the time it takes to be destroyed by Lu Bu's army is just how fast or slow it is!
"Yes, my lord. The villain is guaranteed to complete the mission! Thinking of this, Guo Liang hurriedly assured.
"Hmm!" Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction, and then said solemnly to Guo Liang: "Since you promised Ben Hou, Ben Hou also promised you one!" As long as you succeed in opening the city gate this time, you will work under Ben Hou's account in the future, and Ben Hou promises to reuse it for you! ”
"Thank you, my lord!" Hearing Lu Bu say this, Guo Liang looked excited.
Guo Liang thought that he was a Benhan person, and Lu Bu would not believe in himself because he was a Benhan man, let alone reuse himself, just send himself to a small official position, and let Guo Liang live this life like this!
Now hearing Lu Bu say that he will reuse himself in the future, Guo Liang suddenly feels full of expectations for his future life, let alone opening the city gate by fraud, even if he wants to assassinate the king of Benhan now, he is willing to do it!
They believe in the respect of the strong, and now the high-ranking king of Benhan also launched a rebellion because of his own strength and successfully killed the previous king of Benhan to get the current Benhan throne, but now in Guo Liang's eyes, Lu Bu is relatively strong, and it is too strong!
Where is Lu Bu's strength that the current King of Benhan can fight against, therefore, the reason why Guo Liang surrendered to Lu Bu was not only his own fear of death, but also because he was deeply impressed by Lu Bu's courage and resourcefulness!
Lu Bu naturally didn't know that Guo Liang had thought so much in his heart at once, and when he saw that Guo Liang's gratitude to him was not perfunctory, he didn't pay attention to him, but looked at Pei Yuanshao on the side.
"Yuan Shao, can you lead a hundred soldiers to capture the city gate for Benhou? And, do you have to wait until Ben Hou leads the army to kill? Lu Bu asked Pei Yuanshao.
If Pei Yuanshao leads a hundred soldiers to capture the city gate and defend the city gate, at least until Lu Bu leads the army to kill, it is indeed a little less in terms of numbers, but there is no way to do it!
After all, the dog evil is the imperial city of Benhan, for the safety of the dog evil imperial city, the city gate defenders will definitely not let too many soldiers from the outside enter, and after Guo Liang deceives the city gate, the city gate defenders can let Pei Yuanshao lead a hundred soldiers to follow behind Guo Liang, and it is already very good to be close to the city gate at the same time!
"Lord, believe me, I promise to complete the task. If I fail, I'll see you! Pei Yuanshao saw that Lu Bu had arranged such an important task for him, which made Pei Yuanshao, who felt that he was valued, suddenly excited.
Pei Yuanshao patted his chest heavily, there was a feeling that he was at home, and he firmly thought in his heart that he must complete the task assigned to him by Lu Bu.
"Hahaha...... Yuan Shao, you are serious! A small country that has been dilapidated, it is not worth Yuan Shao to die here! With your talent, it will be more than enough to lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight against Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others in the future! If you just bring up your head to see Ben Hou, isn't it worth it?! Lu Bu patted Pei Yuanshao's broad shoulder, and then laughed.
"Hey!" It's just that Pei Yuanshao, who was born as a Yellow Turban Thief and a Pirate on Yuzhou Island, knows his own ability, and it is more than enough to lead the troops to be a deputy general outside, but, as the main general, he led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight against the world-famous Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the like, it is not something that he Pei Yuanshao can deal with, and suddenly heard what Lu Bu said to him, so that Pei Yuanshao touched his bare head, and at the same time, his flushed face smiled embarrassedly.
"That's it! You and Guo Liang go now! Then, Lu Bu waved his hand and asked Pei Yuanshao and Guo Liang to lead a hundred of their own soldiers wearing Benhan soldier armor to the Dog Evil Emperor City to open the city gate.
And Lu Bu himself is also fully prepared as soon as possible, and after Guo Liang and them successfully open the city gate, they can lead the foot riders down the mountain at any time, and then kill the Dog Evil Emperor City!