Chapter 231: A Righteous Battle
Right Beiping, Tuyin City, Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou Thorn History Mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"What? Yuyang is lost? Zou Dan died? This Zou Dan is really a waste, how many days have passed, and he actually lost Yuyang! After hearing the news, Gongsun Zhan was furious, gritted his teeth and said: "Pass the order, the soldiers of the three armies are ready to set off at any time, hum, now the 50,000 iron cavalry in Liaodong has come to the city of Tuyin, and there are 20,000 cavalry in Xianbei in Liaoxi outside, plus the tens of thousands of troops under my command, there are already 100,000 people, I don't believe that these 100,000 troops can't capture a small Yuyang City!" ”
Then Gongsun Zhan ordered his son to personally hold his letter and prepare a generous gift to see Gongsun Kang, the son of Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and sent Guan Jing to hold the letter, and also prepared a generous gift to see Murong Yu, the leader of the Xianbei Murong Department who was stationed in Lingzhi, and asked them to send troops to fight against Liu He together, and promised that as long as Liu He was defeated and Youzhou was captured, the right Beiping County could be ceded to Xianbei in Liaoxi, and as for Gongsun Du of Liaodong, he helped him pacify Xuansu and Lelang County, and gave Gongsun Du 100,000 grains, 20,000 horses, and 2,000 catties of gold, 100,000 horses of cloth.
"If your army refuses to help, it is estimated that after the destruction of Zhan, the next step will be your army's turn to suffer Liu He's invasion, and now we are in a group, there may be a possibility of victory, but once Zhan is destroyed, what awaits you is the same ending."
Murong Yu and Gongsun Du on the one hand got the benefits and promises of Gongsun Zhan, on the other hand, they did feel the threat of Liu He, so they immediately agreed to send troops to help fight, so three days later, the three parties gathered a total of 90,000 troops, together under the Tuyin City, at the same time Murong Yu and Gongsun Du also said that Gongsun Zhan was the head of the horse, and the 30,000 troops were like one, and they swore to go out the next day, and came to Yuyang City within a few days, surrounded Yuyang City like an iron barrel, and ordered people to attack day and night. It is hoped that Yuyang can be captured before the arrival of Liu He's main army.
Sadly, however, they met Hao Zhao, who was the best at defending the city under Liu He's account!
In fact, Liu He had already thought of such a possibility, so before Xu Huang led the army to go on the expedition, he told him that if he really encountered the enemy's counterattack on Yuyang, let Hao Zhao be fully responsible for defending the city, before Xu Huang didn't believe that a young general could defend Yuyang City, but when Hao Zhao really took over the defense of Yuyang City, Xu Huang found that Hao Zhao's ability to defend was far from what he could imagine, it was simply a drip-tight defense, and even seemed that the enemy's attack power had become a lot weaker, in just three days, Gongsun Zhan had already tried to break the city by storming, digging tunnels, burning and other methods, but the Yuyang city wall was still immovable as if it was made of iron, but it caused five or six thousand casualties to the enemy.
And among the five or six thousand casualties, the most was the Murong Department of Liaoxi, because the Murong Department had been promised to cede Yuyang County to them in the future, so they naturally had to establish their authority in their future territory first, but they did not expect that in just three days, their army lost nearly 3,000 people, which frustrated their spirit, and the siege was not as active as before.
"How is this possible? We have an army of 90,000 people, and even if all of us concentrate on pushing together, we can bring down this city, right? But we attacked the city for three days, and we still didn't climb to the top of Yuyang City, which is simply incredible. Murong Yu saw that his soldiers were seriously injured, and he was most anxious in his heart, and complained to Gongsun Zhan in disbelief.
Gongsun Zhan also smiled wryly, and then said, "Now you know how terrible this Liu He is, right?" Zan said before, Liu He Xiao'er, is not as useless as his father Liu Yu, this thief is snaring talents everywhere, as if he has a strange ability, just less than two years of hard work, he actually started from scratch, and created a huge foundation, as a lieutenant of the school, and the state pastor and Youzhou pastor, occupied most of Guanzhong, Bingzhou and Youzhou, and has become the most powerful prince, how powerful was the Montenegrin army back then? But after being attacked by him for less than half a year, he was crippled, and finally had no choice but to surrender, we don't think that our own strength can be taken lightly, if we are not careful, we may be able to capsize in the gutter and put ourselves in a place of no return. ”
"Brother Bo Jue said that it is not true, but now the thieves will defend to the death, our 90,000 troops have not occupied a corner for three days, with such progress, it is estimated that even if Liu He's army arrives, we will not be able to break through Yuyang City, when they are flanked by the back, I am afraid that we will miss the opportunity, I don't know if my brother can have a strategy to break the enemy?" Although Gongsun Kang is young, after all, when Gongsun Chan is begging for help, he sees that the other party has the most soldiers, and because he has the same surname as him, he is commensurate with Gongsun Kang as a brother.
Gongsun Zhan endured the nausea in his heart, and smiled at Gongsun Kang: "Brother Xian, in fact, this matter is very simple, since Yuyang City can't be attacked, then we won't attack it, let's also learn from Liu He, this little thief, and lay an ambush not far outside the city, and after Liu He's army arrives, we will crush Liu He and the thieves with 90,000 iron horses, as long as Liu He's main army is defeated, the Yuyang defenders will have no hope, maybe the thieves will take the initiative to surrender at that time." ”
"Brother's idea is good, but according to the younger brother, we don't need any ambush at all, we only need to fight with Liu He Xiao'er in a dignified battle to easily crush it, and our army defeats Liu He head-on, what a great thing it should be? In the future, we will make a name for ourselves in the world through this battle and deter the princes, the younger brother is nothing, but the elder brother can completely dominate the Central Plains with this huge prestige, and it is not impossible to even pacify the world. ”
"But it's safer to ambush, after all, we can inflict heavy damage on the enemy at a small cost......"
"Hehe, if you want me to say, my brother is still a little conservative, we have a total of 90,000 troops, so how many troops can Liu He have? That's 50,000 at most, right? We fight with such a force, if we can't capture Liu He alive, even if we don't win completely, as for defeat, you can tell me, is there such a possibility? ”
"Well, what you said is indeed reasonable, since this is the case, then it is decided, our big army will first line up on the bank of Baoqiu Water, and when Liu He's army arrives, he will immediately launch a general attack, and this battle must capture and kill Liu He and boost the morale of our army!" Although Gongsun Chan was a little reluctant in his heart, after all, Gongsun Kang controlled the main force of the coalition army, if he didn't even sell this face, once he angered this kid, this kid raised troops and left regardless of the overall situation, then he would have a lot of fun, so he had to agree to Gongsun Kang's proposal and lead the army to fight a decisive battle with Liu He.