Chapter 159 The Battle of Yuzhou (1)

"The whole army stormed the city gate, and before Yingyin was defeated, the attack must not be stopped!"

Yuan Shu roared at the soldiers under his command with extreme anger, they had been besieging this Yingyin City for nearly seven days, but there was no trace of the broken city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info must know that with the advantage of 100,000 soldiers and horses before, he was invincible in the western part of Yingchuan County, and everyone who heard it surrendered, but it took a lot of effort in this Yingyin City.

Yuan Shu always felt that he had a great advantage, and there was no reason why he couldn't beat this small Yingyin City, so his temper was extremely irritable.

"Lord, forgive my subordinates for speaking bluntly," Yan Xiangdao, the chief bookkeeper on the side, said, "We only need to break through Xun Gang's troops, and the entire Yuzhou will surrender without a fight, why spend so much energy in this small Yingyin City?" ā€

Yuan Shu frowned slightly, and scolded: "Ignorant and rotten, don't you know that his Xun family is here in Yingyin?" As long as I control the entire Xun family, wouldn't Xun Gang have to surrender to me? ā€

"Lord, the Xun family's location is a big secret, and few people have discovered its location so far, it stands to reason that it should not be in this Yingyin City, but in the surrounding villages!"

Listening to Yan Xiang's words, Yuan Shu was stunned, he turned his head like a robot, suddenly changed his face, and scolded angrily: "You Yan Xiang, are you deliberately looking for me to be happy?" Why didn't you say it sooner? ā€

Yan Xiang was so frightened that he knelt down again and again, and said in a panic: "The lord and the army insisted on going their own way when they were discussing and never listened to the advice of their subordinates, what chance do we have to play?" ā€

"You!"

Yuan Shu was speechless for a while, and almost ordered Yan Xiang to be pulled out and beheaded; Fortunately, he is still rational and has not done such a stupid thing.

"Send 20,000 people to Yingyin to find the location of the Xun family!"

Yan Xiang was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "The lord can't waste more time here!" Our army has little food and grass left, if there is no food, the army's morale will inevitably be chaotic, and our army will be self-defeating! ā€

Yuan Shu slapped the table, but the table was not broken, but his palm hurt badly. He endured the pain and cried, "Then tell me how to do it?" ā€

Yan Xiang said: "Now is the busy spring season, and there must not be much food in the county. Our army should urgently attack Xuchang, the county of Yingchuan, if Xuchang is captured, our army's food should be able to support for a while longer. ā€

Yuan Shu pondered for a moment, although he didn't want to give up the Xun family's piece of meat, but thinking that his entire army only had less than half a month's food left, he had no choice but to agree to Yan Xiang's strategy and rush to attack Xuchang City.

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There are 60,000 elite soldiers in Yuzhou, but Xun Gang dares to call only 40,000, after all, in his own territory, he still has to do a lot of protective measures, unlike Yuan Shu, who has already poured out his nest. The army was already at a disadvantage, and now it is even worse.

Not long ago, Xun Gang received a report that Yuan Shu had marched east from Luyang and had broken through many county seats, but he did not send troops to station. Now Yuan Shu is besieging the city in Yingyin, and it doesn't go down for seven days, and it seems that he is determined to win.

"This Yuan Shu must want to capture Yingyin and capture the Xun family, so as to blackmail me!" Xun Gang thought so.

Xun Gang had already sent Dian Wei to lead 10,000 horses first, and his own troops were led by Guo Jia; After all, he can only talk about some tricks on paper, and compared with Guo Jia, I don't know how much worse.

The soldiers and horses traveled all the way to Chen County, and suddenly someone came to report: "Lord, Yuan Shu has given up Yingyin and turned to attack Xuchang City!" ā€

"Attack Xuchang City?" Xun Gang heard this tip, and was confused, why did Yuan Shu change the hexagram when he said it?

But Guo Jia seemed to understand many things, and said bluntly: "Lord, Yuan Shu was eyeing Ying Yin before, and now he suddenly turned around and attacked Xuchang; In my opinion, Yuan Shu's army must be short of food and want to attack the county to seize the grain! ā€

"How many people are there in Xuchang City?"

"A total of five thousand, led by Taishou Wei Yan."

Not long ago, Wei Yan was promoted due to merit and transferred to Xuchang Taishou, which is quite a coincidence. Seeing that it was Wei Yan guarding the city, Xun Gang could only pray silently: "I hope Wen Chang can stay longer!" ā€

"Lord, I'm worried that Yuan Shu has seen General Wei Yan......"

Guo Jia wanted to speak and stopped, but Xun Gang heard his concern. You must know that when he pretended to be a ghost, only Wei Yan did not have any cover-up; I'm afraid that in Yuan Shu's heart, he hates this "Wen Dawang" to the core, and if he sees Wei Yan, the siege will definitely increase!

"Feng Xiao, order Xu Chu to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses first!"

Xun Gang must be prepared with both hands now, in case Yuan Shu's rampage causes chaos in the military formation, this is the best, so that Xu Chu can make peace with Wei Yan and kill Yuan Shu to a great defeat; But if Yuan Shu broke through Xuchang because of his rampage, he could only switch the line of defense.

"Where is Cao Caojun now?"

Guo Jia replied: "Cao Cao has stagnated in Chenliuduo, and now he has not entered the territory of Yuzhou. ā€

This Cao Cao is really treacherous enough, knowing that his soldiers and horses can only give Yuan Shu a tooth sacrifice, and deliberately wait for himself and Yuan Shu to lose both before making a move......

"Cao Mengde used treacherous soldiers...... I hope that when he comes, he will not disappoint me. ā€

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Wei Yan watched the rolling enemy army on the city tower, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart, the five thousand soldiers and horses in the city were not enough at all, he could only use Yuan Shu's brutality and the inevitable slaughter of the city after breaking through Xuchang as an excuse, and deceived many innocent people to participate in the defense of the city, which temporarily resisted Yuan Shu's attack.

However, during the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it seems that it was not uncommon to break down and slaughter cities, so these people were not suspicious; Moreover, on weekdays, Xun Gangren's government was implemented, and they did not want to change to a plaster child to rule Xuchang, so they participated in the defense of the city.

Yuan Shujun came in a hurry, and it didn't seem to have any powerful siege weapons, but a rushing car was Wei Yan's henchman. If that rushing car is allowed to rush to the bottom of the city, it is only a matter of time before the city is broken......

"If he hadn't held 100,000 soldiers and horses, how would I, Wei Wenchang, be afraid of him?"

Wei Yan looked at the black-pressed besieging soldiers from afar, his heart was boiling, either fearful or excited; The eldest husband has at least lived like this, and he has lived up to this life!

Thinking of this, Wei Yan was suddenly stunned, and actually shouted: "The lord entrusted me with the responsibility of defending the city, how can I be so discouraged?" ā€

Wei Yan motioned for the soldiers to bring a large pile of falling rocks, either to smash the ladder to climb the city, or to smash the heads of the besieging soldiers; But the most important thing is to repel the rushing car. If the falling rocks are not enough, roll the wood to make up; When the rolling wood and rocks are gone, then go to the city to tear down the houses and cut down the trees. After all, on the day the city was broken, there was no life left, so what did you have to do at home?

Looking far away from the city wall, Wei Yan only felt that these 100,000 horses stretched for dozens of miles, which was very terrifying. Suddenly, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping forward, and the first person was nine feet long, making a tiger's head scimitar, like a tiger descending from a mountain.

"Xu Chu!"

As soon as the reinforcements came, the morale of the soldiers in Xuchang City suddenly soared, and Wei Yan saw the fighter plane, ordered five hundred death squads, and was ready to rush out of the city gate at any time.

Not long after, a soldier suddenly came to report: "General, there seems to be reinforcements from our army thirty miles west of the city!" ā€

That team of people was Dian Wei, who went to Yingyin to rescue at the beginning, and now learned that Xuchang City was besieged by Yuan Shujun, so he immediately turned around and galloped towards Xuchang.

Wei Yan is overjoyed, this reinforcement is finally here! Now that Xuchang is surrounded on all sides, reinforcements have come from two sides, and you only need to focus on defending the enemy in the north and west, and send troops to meet at the east gate and the south gate, which will inevitably break the enemy army!

Yuan Shu has 100,000 soldiers and horses, and now that he is evenly surrounded on all sides, the forces must be scattered a lot, which is Wei Yan's breakthrough point. He ordered a close general to lead another 500 men and horses out of the west of the city to make peace with Dian Wei, and he himself led another 500 soldiers and horses out of the south gate.

Victory or defeat seems to be in the palm of a thought.

"Yuan Shu, I, Wei Yan, need you to taste it once today...... The horror of King Wen! ā€

The south gate was wide open, Wei Yanting rushed to the front, and everyone under his command roared like hungry tigers; Yuan Shu looked at the general's face and was stunned, isn't this the previous "King Wen"?

Just as Yuan Shu was about to come out of his mind, Wei Yan shouted: "Yuan thief, do you know my eldest Wen Wanghu?" ā€

The Yuan army was suppressed by this sudden raid, Wei Yan rushed to kill, and the Yuan army was in chaos; But at this time, Xu Chu's reinforcements arrived, and it was another rush to kill, and everywhere he went, if the wolf entered the sheepfold, blood splashed in all directions, just like the Shura who harvested human lives, those who avoided it, fell to the ground one after another, and there was no sound.

Yuan Shu lost his morale, and those soldiers suddenly lost their temper, they didn't know how many soldiers and horses Wei Yan Xu Chu had in his hands, and they scattered and fled, trampling on each other countless. The soldiers of the South Gate retreated on all fronts, and after Wei Yan and Xu Chu took a look, they directly turned to attack the besieging soldiers outside the other gates.

In fact, this move is not difficult to crack, inside and outside, as long as Yuan Shu can react, he will recruit soldiers from other doors to surround and reinforce, and the advantage of troops is not covered after all. But Yuan Shu was frightened by the "King of Wenda", and only then did he lose the excellent fighter.

In the battle of Xuchang, Xun Gang's army beheaded more than 1,000 and captured nearly 10,000 prisoners.