Chapter 363: Battle in Wangping City
Guan Yu and Zheng Bai took more than 10,000 people and began to move south on the same day, leaving Ye Chen with 6,000 cavalry, including 4,000 guard battalions and 2,000 Hun cavalry.
Guan Yu accelerated southward, all he brought with him were soldiers, and of course the marching speed could not be as slow as the people.
The soldiers of Liaodong have been trained for a long time, whether they are regular soldiers or militiamen, they will carry out long-distance heavy marches, so it is no problem to let them go south quickly.
Guan Yu went south, and Ye Chen asked him to temporarily take over the defense of Shenyang City, with more than 10,000 troops, the defense was naturally no problem.
And Ye Chen was still in place, Kirby Neng didn't plan to attack before he thought about how to break the formation at a small cost.
A day passed, and Kirby was able to make no moves. In fact, he was already planning to give up attacking here, the cost was too great and it was not cost-effective.
Another day passed, and there was still no offensive.
That night, Ye Chen asked a hundred people to stay on the mountain, continued to put on a defensive posture, and then quietly headed south with the army.
Ye Chen did not choose to go to Shenyang City, but planned to go to Wangping City, where the battle was raging.
It took several days for Yuvro to fill in the trenches outside Wangping and then begin the attack.
For the steppe peoples to attack the city, the army of Liaodong is already very familiar.
Their siege equipment was rudimentary, basically just ladders, and the rest relied on bows and arrows to attack.
Therefore, as long as they can defend against their bows and arrows, then their power is greatly reduced.
Zhao Yun and the others had already prepared and equipped a large number of shields, so that the Xiongnu's bows and arrows were not powerful enough, so the siege was not so smooth.
However, despite this, the casualties on both sides are still very large, and it is impossible for everyone to use shields for the defenders of the city, so they are only defensive, and cannot attack.
Throwing rocks and rolling logs, these people can't be shielded by shields, but they are closer to the wall and are safer.
Zhao Yun divided the regular army into two parts, one with shields to cover, and one with bows and arrows to counterattack, and the two parts took turns to cooperate.
The casualties of the regular army were very small, but the casualties of the others were very large, and fortunately, it was not necessary to throw stones and rolling logs, so Sun Qian helped recruit a large number of people and let them help defend the city.
In the three-day attack, Liaodong suffered more than 3,000 casualties, while the Xiongnu suffered more than 5,000 casualties because they were the besieging party.
"Strategist, what can be done to be beaten so passively?" After being attacked for a few days, although there is no danger, it is always uncomfortable.
"There are many ways, and there is a certain danger, but the lord and they don't know what the situation is and when they will be able to support, so it's not good to take any action."
Guo Jia thought about how to counterattack from the beginning, he almost didn't care about the defense, with Zhao Yun's ability, there was no problem at all, the city was well prepared, and there was no danger at all for the Huns to attack for ten days and half a month.
Seeing that Zhao Yun was frowning, Guo Jia continued: "General Zhao, it has only been less than ten days now, and it is impossible for the lord to return to help so quickly, return to Liaodong from Liaoxi, organize troops from Liaodong, and then go to support Gaoxian County first, and wait until Gaoxian County is dealt with, it will take almost twenty days." ”
"So, now is not the time for us to fight back, we just need to hold here for now, and drag the Huns tired, and when the lord arrives, the inside and the outside should be together."
Guo Jia's analysis made the young Zhao Yun understand a lot, it turned out that Guo Jia had a plan, but now is not the time to implement it.
Zhao Yun was irritable, Yu Fuluo was even more irritable, there was no progress in Liaoxi, although the army attacking Jixian County made Jixian County dangerous several times, the situation was precarious, as if the city was about to be captured.
But at this time, 3,000 soldiers and horses from Liaoxi attacked behind them, and then entered the city, greatly increasing the city's defenses.
Later, several other counties that were not attacked sent reinforcements one after another, and they had to divide their troops to block the attack, so Jixian County was not so quick to capture.
Now here in Xuanfu County, there has been no progress for ten days, which makes Yu Fuluo unbearable, and scolds his generals in the big tent every day.
"Give me a stronger attack, break through this city, start tonight, and attack me day and night." Yu Fuluo couldn't help it for a long time, especially when he received Xianbei's sneak attack on Wuhuan and obtained a lot of wealth.
Yu Fuluo used more than 100,000 soldiers and horses this time in order to plunder the wealth of Liaodong, but now it is blocked, not only did he not get any benefits, but also lost his soldiers and generals, so that he could not save face.
Yuvro was angry and ordered an attack day and night, which of course caused the defenders in the city to suffer.
Zhao Yun only had 2,000 guard battalions under his command, and about 2,000 militiamen, and the rest were all people.
Now that the Xiongnu are attacking day and night, Zhao Yun can only divide the army into two halves and replace them day and night, otherwise he will not be able to hold on at all, if there are no people who attack and suppress the Xiongnu with bows and arrows, the situation will be even more serious.
When the Xiongnu changed the rhythm of the attack, the casualties on both sides increased sharply, and in the first day and night, about 1,000 people were killed and wounded on the Liaodong side, and the number of casualties more than doubled.
This was due to the fact that the strength of the Xiongnu archers at the head of the city had been reduced by half, and the time of the battle had become longer, and it was normal for the casualties to increase.
Fortunately, the regular army and militia were well protected, and they used shields to defend closely, and dozens of people were killed and wounded in a day.
And the night attack, the Xiongnu dodged the arrows on the city and suppressed the defenders on the city head The ability to reduce the casualties also increased a lot, the attack during the day killed and wounded eight or nine hundred, and the attack at night killed and wounded more than 1,000 people.
After Guo Jia found out about this situation, the next night, let some torches be extinguished on the city head, so that the city wall would be darkened, and the Xiongnu not only could not extinguish the torches, but also increased the torches, otherwise they could not see clearly when attacking, and it was easy to trip over the corpses and stones on the ground.
In this way, the defenders of the city only need to look at the place where there are a large number of torches to attack, but the Huns can't, some places on the city are darker, and they can only attack according to the general direction.
The attack at night increased the casualties of the Xiongnu a lot, but Yu Fuluo didn't care, and still ordered to continue the attack.
In this way, three days passed, and there were a large number of casualties on both sides, and on the Liaodong side, because the soldiers were so tired, many people could not pull their bows and arrows, so they could only increase the rest time of the soldiers.
The Xiongnu discovered this situation and intensified their attack, which not only increased the casualties of the defenders on Wangping City, but also made it dangerous several times.
However, every time there was danger, Zhao Yun would rush over as soon as possible, and then command the soldiers to drive down the enemy who tried to climb up to the top of the city.
The head of the city is still firmly in the hands of Liaodong, Guo Jia calculates the time, and Ye Chen and the others are estimated to be able to support him in three or five days, so he plans to make some arrangements.