Chapter 127: The Siege of Gangneung
In the past two days, the scarred Bei Yu has no face, hiding in the back house all day long, ignoring the affairs of the county, fortunately, the lord Bo Hansong is quite talented and takes care of the affairs of the county in an orderly manner.
However, today, Bei Yu, who has never seen anyone under the pretext of recuperation, ushered in an uninvited guest, and this person is the master Bo Han Song. said that he was an uninvited guest, because he broke in with a sword, if he hadn't won Bei Yu's trust, Bei Yu was afraid that he would have pulled his sword to kill people.
"Fujun ......" Han Song came suddenly, Bei Yu's face was not covered, and he saw the whole picture, this Han Song couldn't help but be surprised, looked at Bei Yu in a daze, and forgot to speak for a while.
Bei Yu secretly hated in his heart, his embarrassment fell into the eyes of others, how would he behave if it was spread in the future? He made up his mind that he must find a chance to dispose of this unknown person!
"Degao is so impatient, what is the so-called matter?" Seeing Han Song staring intently at his miserable appearance (in fact, he was shocked), Bei Yu became more and more angry, although his tone was the same as always, but an invisible killing force had already pounced on Han Song, and he believed that Han Song was secretly happy in his heart at the moment!
Han Song came back to his senses after listening to Bei Yu's words, and said: "Fujun, Yizhou Liu Zhang led his troops to call, and at this time, Jiangling City has been besieged by his regiments......"
"What......" Bei Yu stood up violently despite the pain on his body, and exclaimed: "Impossible, there is no enemy report from Zigui and Yiling, so could it be that the Yizhou soldiers flew over?" ”
Han Song said: "Fu Jun, how dare your subordinates joke about this? If it weren't for the urgency, his subordinates wouldn't dare to come and disturb the prince's recuperation! My subordinates have just gone to see it, and there are Yizhou soldiers all over the mountains, with at least 30,000 or 40,000 people, I'm afraid they are already preparing to attack the city at this moment! ”
Bei Yu had already sobered up from the shock at this time, he knew that what Han Song said must be true, otherwise Han Song would not dare to joke about this matter, but he still couldn't accept it, and said: "Zigui has Wang Wei leading 3,000 elite soldiers to garrison, and Yiling also has our army, why didn't you notify me in advance of these two places?" ”
Han Song said: "In the opinion of my subordinates, I am afraid that these two cities have fallen into the hands of Liu Zhang of Yizhou......"
"Impossible......" Bei Yu only said three words, and realized that there was nothing impossible, otherwise he would not have received the report, but: "Wang Wei called me a famous general in Jingzhou, and I had 3,000 elite soldiers under my command, but I was eliminated without knowing it, and I ...... a big mistake."
Han Song said: "Fujun, the top priority is to criticize Wang Wei's crime, but how to defend Jiangling, if once Yizhou is attacked into the city, you and I will not live up to the trust of Wang Zhijun and become a ......sinner in Jingzhou."
Bei Yu couldn't care about Han Song's anger, it was better to be in the same boat at this time, and said: "What is the good plan of Degao, please tell ...... him"
Han Song said: "Fu Jun, his subordinates have ordered the four gates to be closed, it is strictly forbidden to enter and exit, if the enemy dares to approach, immediately return fire with a bow and crossbow, but my Jiangling City soldiers and horses are only 5,000, the disparity is too great, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on for a long time, if you want to protect Jiangling, you have to ask the envoy to send reinforcements to rescue!" ”
Bei Yu said: "Okay, good, immediately send someone to break out of the siege and ask the envoy for help!" ”
Han Song said: "Fujun, at this time, the enemy has besieged Jiangling, I'm afraid that the messenger can't break through, it's better to wait until the evening, and send people out of the city to Xiangyang for help at night, the odds of victory have greatly increased!" ”
Bei Yu nodded: "Okay......" and asked: "If the enemy attacks immediately, what should we do?" ”
Han Song said: "The enemy is tired from afar, he should take a rest, and when his subordinates inspected the enemy's situation, they did not see the other party carrying siege equipment, if they want to attack the city, they must rush to build equipment, so their subordinates think that it is difficult for the enemy to attack today!" ”
Bei Yu nodded his head and said, "Reasonable......"
Han Song said again: "Many of the wealthy families in the city have private soldiers, and at this time Jiangling City is in danger, can we order the rich families to send private soldiers to the city wall to protect Jiangling together?" ”
Bei Yu just wanted to save his life, and immediately said: "Yes, tell them that the Yizhou army is a group of beasts, if it breaks through the city, it will definitely slaughter the city, and their wives and daughters will become the spoils of the Yizhou army......" Bei Yu said for a long time, and splashed all the dirt in the world on the Yizhou army and Liu Zhang.
Gan Ning had no way to take the tall city wall, so he let Zhou Tai be in charge of the siege, and he cruised on the river with part of his troops, hoping that Jingnan would send reinforcements, so that he would fight again......
Liu Zhang did not stay in Yiling for long, and went down the river, and arrived outside Jiangling City with 15,000 elites three days later. On the same day, Zhang Liao also led 24,000 infantry troops to the outskirts of Jiangling.
Liu Zhang immediately summoned the generals to discuss how to capture Jiangling.
"Lord, according to the report of the spies, there were originally 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling City, and Taishou Bei Yu was worried about the lack of troops, and recruited more than 4,000 private soldiers from wealthy households in the city to resist our army, so Jiangling City lost about 10,000 soldiers and horses!" Gan Ning said that he had not ordered an attack in the past few days, but he had not found much about the situation in the city.
"Ten thousand?" Liu Zhang said.
"Yes, but those more than 4,000 private soldiers rushed into battle, and they were irregular troops, without formal military training, and from many ethnic groups, it was difficult to form an effective cooperation, and there was no big threat to our army!"
Xi Zhicai said: "If our army attacks the city fiercely, will Bei Yu continue to recruit private soldiers?" ”
Gan Ning thought for a while and said: "I thought it wouldn't be, Bei Yu only has five thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, which is roughly the same as the private soldiers, and he can still control the private soldiers, if he continues to recruit, once the number of private soldiers exceeds his troops, if someone takes advantage of this, it will pose a great threat to him and Jiangling City!" What's more, the number of private soldiers in Gangneung City is also limited, and 4,000 people may already be the limit, and there should be no levy at the moment! However, on the first day of the siege of the city, Pei Yu sent several messengers to Gangneung to rescue him, and when I found out, I immediately ordered people to intercept and kill six of them and capture two of them. After interrogating the prisoners, it was learned that there were ten of them in their party, that is, two of them broke through our encirclement and went to Xiangyang to ask for help, so I thought that our army must capture this city before the arrival of enemy reinforcements, otherwise if the reinforcements attack our army from behind, the soldiers and horses in the city will take advantage of the situation to kill, which will be extremely unfavorable to our army! Speaking of this, Gan Ning walked up to Liu Zhang, knelt down and said: "Because of the negligence of his subordinates, the enemy messenger broke through, and the last general knows that he will not escape the blame, please punish the lord!" ”
Liu Zhang smiled and got up to help Gan Ning, and said: "It's okay, Jiangling City is large, Xingba's troops are limited, it is difficult to do everything, if individual enemies are bent on breaking through, it is not difficult, what is the crime?" Besides, the messenger escaped well......"
"Ah......" Gan Ning said, "Hasn't the lord always asked for secrecy in his actions?" Now that this messenger is definitely going to Xiangyang, our army's intentions will be exposed, this ......"
Liu Zhang asked, "Have you ever seen Xingba in Xiangyang City?" ”
Gan Ning said: "In the past, when I was about to cross the Yangtze River, I went to Xiangyang several times, and I am quite familiar with Xiangyang!" ”
"That Xingba should know that Xiangyang City has thick walls, and Fancheng is guarded by the horns across the Han River, and there are 20,000 elite soldiers in the two cities. Now that the messenger from Jiangling asking for help is going to Xiangyang, let me ask, if you are Wang Rui and get this news, what will you do? ”
Gan Ning said: "Then it doesn't need to be said, of course, it is to immediately send elite troops to relieve the siege...... and then suddenly realized, and said: "Does the lord mean to lure the defenders of Xiangyang out of the city, annihilate their main force in the field, and then capture Xiangyang?" ”
Liu Zhang said: "Yes, this trick is called encirclement and reinforcement, but in order to lure out the troops of Xiangyang, Jiangling must attack with great fanfare, but it cannot be conquered immediately!" ”
Zhang Liao said: "Lord, if our army attacks fiercely, but does not conquer it, and so on, will it not increase the casualties of our army?" ”
Liu Zhang said: "There is no need to really launch a strong attack, our army has set up a position outside the city, so that tens of thousands of troops have been showing off their might outside Jiangling City all day long, and they have made gongs and drums, beating every day, and at the same time throwing stones into the city with stone carts without stopping, posing as if they will launch a general attack at any time, so as to disrupt the enemy army. Wang Rui must not sit idly by and watch Jiangling fall into the hands of our army, and will come to relieve the siege at the same time with a land and water army, as long as our army will send reinforcements to solve, Jiangling, Xiangyang, and even the entire Jingzhou will be ripe fruits, let our army pick them! ”
"The master's clever plan, the last general will admire!"
Liu Zhang said again: "Boning, can the Yide Institute be in place in time?" ”
Man Chong hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, General Zhang has not yet reported the military situation, but judging from the itinerary, they should have been interspersed in place!" ”
Liu Zhang said: "If Yide is in place in time, our army does not have to worry about the enemy's land reinforcements for the time being, as long as the Jingzhou naval army is defeated, most of this battle will be won!" ”
Gan Ning said: "The lord rest assured, the Jingzhou Navy is all the first to sell the head, my Yizhou Navy is far superior to the enemy's army, and occupy the advantages of the upstream, it is easy to win, the enemy does not come to help, if you dare to come, the end will be guaranteed to be annihilated!" ”
Liu Zhang praised: "Okay, there is Xingba's words, I don't have to worry about it!" Zijing, Xingba listen to orders! ”
Lu Su and Gan Ning bowed outstandingly: "The end will be!" ”
"Order the two of you to lead 20,000 sailors to capture the public security, and then send more warships to monitor the movement downstream. At the same time, many factions went deep into Wuling to understand Wuling's every move, if there is any change, one side of the report, one side of the opportunity to decide! ”
"The last general obeys!"