Chapter 330: The City is Broken
The matter of the Huns' night attack naturally couldn't escape Ye Chen's eyes, and the scout immediately reported it to Ye Chen, but it was almost dawn when Ye Chen got the news.
After Ye Chen got the news, he immediately called Tai Shici and Guan Yu over.
"The Huns attacked at night, I'm afraid that the time for the destruction of this city will be advanced." Ye Chen patted the table and said.
"Lord, this is not necessarily a good thing, the Huns' attack at any cost, I'm afraid the casualties will be greater than expected." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said solemnly.
Of course, Ye Chen understood this truth, but he still had expectations, looking forward to Gongsun Chan appearing, no matter where he appeared, things would improve.
Ye Chen guessed that Gongsun Chan was most likely to appear in the Lingzhi area in the north, Gongsun Chan was from Lingzhi, Gongsun Zhan's family was a wang clan in Lingzhi, with huge power and a mass base.
It is the best choice for public and private, and it is the best choice to start in Lingzhi, where Gongsun Chan grew up, the time, place and people are on his side, and it is relatively easy for him to mobilize the masses there.
But now Ye Chen can't wait for Gongsun Chan to appear, because according to estimates, the Huns will meet him in four or five days, and these few days are very important to him, Ye Chen is thinking about whether there is any way to consume a little more Xiongnu troops, otherwise with their little people, there will definitely be no way to eat the Huns.
"Second brother, if you don't lead someone to attack for your brother, you can at least delay the Huns, and you can also cause some casualties to them." Tai Shi Ci clenched his fists, he had wanted to do with these aliens for a long time, and Guan Yu on the side was also very unusual, wanting to kill the Huns.
"No, the sneak attack is important because of the suddenness, and we can't expose it, otherwise it is very likely that our attack will fail. However, after the enemy captured the two cities, he still had more than 10,000 troops, which was really a big threat. Ye Chen knew that his people couldn't divide the troops, otherwise their strength would be insufficient, but the enemy was strong, and if it continued like this, his chances of winning would not be great.
"Lord, if Yangle City is broken, then there will be only one city left, Linyu City, should we send them more arrows to increase their defense." Guan Yu pressed the map with his hand, staring at Linyu City with his eyes, as if he was staring at the Huns.
"Increased defense? This is a good way, I want to send the militia to defend the city directly, but not to defend it, only for three days, but how to ensure that they can safely break through and evacuate after three days. ”
The militia in Liaodong has definitely been trained more than the Yangle defenders, and they are much more professional, they are all trained by retired guard battalions, although their combat power is not as good as that of the guard battalion, but they are only stronger than the general army.
Their biggest weakness is that they have not gone through actual combat, so they will suffer a loss if they directly face the Huns, but if there is a city wall to block it, then they will definitely not suffer against the Huns.
But Ye Chen will not let these militiamen go to death in vain, these are his reserve soldiers, and the quality of the soldiers is very high.
"Lord, if you go, you will definitely take them to break through safely." Guan Yu waved his hand and immediately asked Ye Chen to fight.
"Second brother, I will take some people to pick up Yun Chang, and I will let them break through smoothly."
After Tai Shici finished speaking, Ye Chen thought about it, both of them are famous generals in the world, and their abilities naturally go without saying, if the two of them are bent on breaking through, then there are really few people who can stop them.
"Okay, Yun Chang will take two thousand militiamen to participate in the defense of the city, limited to three days, and after three days of defending the city, regardless of the result, you must break through. The eldest brother brought 500 guards to respond, and made sure that they were evacuated safely. ”
Ye Chen knew that many people would die if he went, but he had to take responsibility, if he could, even Ye Chen planned to go in person, but he also knew his responsibility.
Guan Yu and Tai Shici left with the task, and at the same time brought a large number of supplies, Ye Chen let the fleet go south this time, bringing a large number of materials, especially important materials such as arrows.
Guan Yu and they rode horses for half a day and entered Linyu City, Guan Yu has an official position, and it is easy to take over the city defense, and the officials in the city know what the situation is now, someone wants to take over the city defense, they are still desperate.
After Guan Yu took over, he told them that the city could not be defended, so they began to organize the evacuation of men, and it was best to retreat to the mountains first.
Guan Yu checked that some people had been recruited to participate in the defense of the city, plus the original defenders, adding up to more than 3,000 people, but these more than 3,000 people, only a few hundred people who had really been trained, were not of great use.
"Let them train first." This is Guan Yu's order, although it is only a few days, but it is better to train how to use the bow and arrow, and there is order.
A few days of training will definitely not be able to do anything, but after training, at least some basic things can be understood, and even if you do not make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, you cannot lag behind.
Guan Yu began to strengthen the city defense, but the city defense was reinforced, Yang Le began to prepare before he was attacked, and a lot of materials were prepared to defend the city.
Guan Yu also ordered people to dismantle a lot of door panels, temporarily used as shields and stretchers, after some preparation, Guan Yu has some foundation for defense, at least three days is no problem.
When Guan Yu was preparing to defend Linyu City, after a day and a night of fierce fighting on Yangle's side, the personnel losses were very serious.
"My lord, I can't hold it, the Huns are attacking too fiercely. You'd better run away. One of Gongsun Du's subordinates cried blood.
Gongsun Du stood at the head of the city, looking at the constantly attacking Xiongnu and his own soldiers who kept falling, he also knew that he couldn't hold it, he knew from the beginning that he couldn't hold it, but he had to hold on.
Now the Huns are attacking desperately, and they will not be able to defend it.
Since the Huns attacked last night, they have reached the limit when they see that the sky is about to get dark.
"How many more soldiers do we have?"
"My lord, less than eight hundred."
This is less than 800 or even the strong men are counted, and there are very few soldiers who can really fight.
"Big brother, that's all I can do." Gongsun Du said secretly in his heart.
"Let everyone hold on for a while, and when the Hun soldiers start to eat, we will break through in the direction of Linyu." Gongsun Du looked resolute, things had come to this point, and he had no power to return to the sky.
The subordinate went down to make arrangements, while Gongsun Du was thinking about other issues.
When it got dark, the Huns, who had been attacking for a day and a night, stopped, and they were not iron-clad, they would also be tired and hungry.
Gongsun Du gathered all the soldiers who could fight, and he was also wearing a battle robe, pressing a sword in his hand, and his eyes were sharply scanning.
"Soldiers, we are for the country and the people, fighting against foreign races, and we will not give up to the death, and now that the city is about to be destroyed, we will continue to fight with them in Linyu." There are not many words, but they are powerful, and the people of this era are quite hostile to foreign races, because they have been in the army for many years, making it difficult for the border people to live in peace.
Soon, fires broke out in several places in the city, and Gongsun Du was not surprised when he saw it, it was a fire that he ordered to be lit.
It was the food and baggage in the city that were burned, and Gongsun Chan had hoarded a large number of materials after taking office, and now some of them were consumed, and some of them were in the warehouse, and Gongsun Du chose to burn them.
"Let's go."
The city gate opened, and Gongsun Du rushed out first.