Chapter 131: It's an uphill battle
Guang County, Qingzhou Thorn History Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gong Jingzheng was wandering left and right in the palace, his forehead was covered with fine sweat, and he could only be helpless in the face of the Yellow Turban rebels shouting outside the city and the panic situation in the city.
"Envoy, Guan Hai has come to call for war again, the food and drinking water in the city can only last for three days, if no reinforcements arrive in three days, I am afraid that without the enemy army attacking the city, this Guangxian County will be destroyed."
Hearing the words of this long history, Gong Jing couldn't do anything except hang his head and sigh, the enemy army surrounded the entire county in order to force them to death, the drinking water had been polluted, the food was about to run out, and the originally prosperous county town had become a wail.
Fortunately, after all, it is where the Thorn History Mansion is located, the city wall is tall and strong, and the people in the city are under the propaganda of the government, and they regard the yellow turban as a flood beast, so they can unite as one, demolish the houses, and carry the rolling wood and stone to the city tower continuously, so that Guangxian can be preserved.
It's just that just one Guangxian is no longer insignificant, Qi is the feudal state of Liu Xi, the king of Qiqing, with six counties under its jurisdiction and a total population of more than two million, but except for Guangxian, the remaining five counties were all attacked by Guanhai, so they coerced millions of yellow turbans to coerce Guangxian.
Even if the siege of Guangxian is lifted, Gong Jing will not be able to escape responsibility, even if the imperial court does not investigate his dereliction of duty. Liu Xi will not let him go.
Changshi's words made the shadow area in Gong Jing's heart increase more and more, but there were some things that had to be asked, "Is there still food over there?" ”
"This ......" Changshi replied with some embarrassment: "Envoy, as far as his subordinates know, the palace has hoarded a large amount of grain, and if it is taken out to supply the soldiers defending the city and the people in the city, it may be able to support it for half a month." ”
"Hmm." After Gong Jing weighed the pros and cons, he still ordered: "You go to the palace, and later the official will personally go to borrow grain for the prince, now we are grasshoppers on a rope, if the prince is reluctant to take out the food, I am afraid that everyone will follow the end, even if you want to settle accounts after the autumn, then you have to wait for the current level to pass, you go first." ”
"No!"
After Changshi left, Gong Jing couldn't help but sigh again, this is already the last resort, the wealthy families in the city have long been hollowed out by him, and the big family that smelled the wind fled from this place a long time ago, and what was left behind was only a small family, how much oil and water could there be, and until now, he has done the biggest duty of this assassin history.
Not to mention that Gong Jing went to the Qi Palace's mansion to borrow grain worriedly, it was said that Guan Hai outside the city was also worried about the food problem.
Why was Guan Hai able to gather millions of Yellow Turban refugees in just a few months?
If nothing else, it relies on the population and food captured by successively breaking through several counties in the Qi State. It's just that millions of people eat horses and chew, and after a long time, even a mountain of grain has been eaten, so he sent Xu and Sima Ju to attack the county and grab food to support the army.
Guan Hai didn't think of giving up Guangxian and marching into other counties, but this place is where the Assassin's Mansion is located, and the King of Qi is also here, if he captures this place, other states and counties in Qingzhou will definitely surrender, so he chose to fight the most difficult place first, and then gradually increase his strength.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that the 100,000 elites he sent out actually took refuge in the official army silently, which made him like a lightning strike, and now the official army will arrive in an instant, and Guangxian County will not be able to break through, if he is attacked by the official army before and after, he will fall into passivity, so while the official army has not yet arrived, he decided to do his best to break through the county seat first, and then defend the city to wait for work.
"Where's Bian Xi?" Bian Xi is the number one general under his command, the force is extraordinary, good at making a pair of meteor hammers, nicknamed the water meteor hammer, in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban prestige is very high, the first few sieges of the city, Bian Xi every battle first, made countless great achievements, was relied on by Guan Hai as a confidant general.
In fact, the reason why Bian Xi is good at attacking the city is not that he is powerful, but that he is good at flying eaves and walking walls, to put it bluntly, he is a snitch, and the general city wall can't stop him at all, so open the city gate and come to the inside and outside, but it is as simple as eating and drinking, but this ability is not known to ordinary people.
"The last general!"
"Let you lead 50,000 elites to storm the east gate, and this general will sit in the palace in the city at sunset and drink tea, can you do it?" Guan Hai looked at him with a look of hope after speaking.
"This ......" Bian Xi couldn't help but glance back at the towering city wall, and said that this city wall is more than ten zhang high, even if he is good at flying eaves and walking on the wall, he can't climb such a high city wall, not to mention the continuous battle, the city wall is full of fire oil, slippery, and wanting to climb up is tantamount to a fool's dream.
It's just that in the face of Guan Hai's order, he didn't dare to disobey, Guan Hai now has a heavy army, and his majesty is better than one day, even he, in the face of Guan Hai, can't afford to resist, so he has to agree: "The last general will obey the order!" ”
"Go ahead! General Ben awaits your good news. ”
After Bian Xi went down, Guan Hai ordered the remaining three generals to storm the other three gates, and there was no way to break through to the officers and soldiers in the city.
It's a pity that his ideals are very plump, but the reality is very skinny, until sunset, although the city wall was smashed out of a few big holes, but it was quickly blocked by the defenders in the city, and it was not so easy to break through the city wall.
Guan Hai is not much else, but there are many people, and the wheel battles are taking turns, attacking day and night, and if he goes on at this speed, he is afraid that if he can't hold on until tomorrow night, this county will be broken by him sooner or later.
It's just that Guan Hai's good luck ended here, and at dawn the next day, Su Chen and his army were already less than five miles away from Guangxian.
"Lord Qi, the Yellow Turban army is storming the four gates of Guangxian County, the defenders of the county town have suffered heavy casualties, and the city defense is already in danger."
"yes, got it." As early as last night, he knew about the Yellow Turban's onslaught on the county seat, but he did not rush to march, but set up camp thirty miles away, rested for the night, and drove the army to less than five miles in the morning.
Five miles away, for the cavalry, that is, a charging distance, stopping the army, Su Chen asked Hua Xin, the newly released military division general beside him: "Military division, what should our army do now?" ”
Hua Xin looked at the sun and replied: "Lord, the Yellow Turban has been attacking the city for a day and a night, and he must be exhausted. ”
"The military advisor has a reason for this." Su Chen's eyes turned back, and he shouted at Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao: "Zhang Fei, where is Zhang Liao?" ”
"The last general!" They both replied at the same time.
"Divide the Han Ying into two parts, so that the two of you can attack the main force of the Yellow Turban from the north and south sides at noon, do you have doubts?"
"The last general obeys!"
Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao rode their horses and whips, and hurriedly went down to prepare.
"Where's Juyi?" The flanking attack on both sides is assaulted by light cavalry, which can give full play to their mobility, and as for the frontal enemy, it is necessary to let the humanoid steel take the lead in the dead soldiers, so as to frustrate the enemy's spirit and reduce the casualties of the soldiers in the rear.
"Let you be the vanguard of the Chinese army, face the enemy head-on, fight a bloody road for the army, and open up the passage in the city, can you doubt?"
"The last general obeys!"
"The rest of the people will be killed from the front with the general, this battle is only to frustrate the enemy's spirit, control the east gate in the hands of our army, and open the passage in the city, don't wait for a war, let alone be greedy for merit, so as not to be trapped in the chaos of the army, adding casualties, understand?"
"Understood!"
The generals acted on orders, and at this time, Huwei suddenly came to report, saying that it was a person named Tang Zhou who asked to see him.
"Tang Zhou is here? Pass him in! ”
Tang Zhou's reputation was also famous all over the world with his denunciation of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but it was not a good reputation, whether it was the Yellow Turban rebels or the court officials, they had heard his name.
"Xiaomin Tang Zhou meets the general!"
Entering the army, Tang Zhou looked a little frightened, after all, he was a general, especially Su Chen's soldiers were as fierce as tigers and wolves, so he couldn't be careless.
"Get up!" Since Tang Zhou took refuge in him, he naturally wouldn't look at it with colored glasses, "I called you here for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, how much do you know about Guan Hai?" ”
Hearing Su Chen's words, Tang Zhou thought for a while and replied: "General, Guan Hai is the personal disciple of the thief Zhang Jiao, his martial arts are extraordinary, it is rumored that he is only one step away from breaking through the true martial arts realm, so he is deeply valued by Zhang Jiao, and Qingzhou preaching has always been dominated by Guan Hai, it can be said that in Qingzhou, Guan Hai has a very deep heritage, the relationship is complicated, and many wealthy families have a relationship, these people must have taken refuge in him." ”
"No wonder!" Hearing this, he knew why the yellow scarves in Qingzhou were overflowing, and he also understood why Guan Hai was able to gather a million troops in a short period of time, it turned out that there were some wealthy families behind this, so it was not surprising.
"Then how is your relationship with Guan Hai?" Su Chen continued to ask, "Or, do you have any familiar people in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban?" ”
"This ......" Tang Zhou thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said: "General Hui, Xiaomin and Guan Hai have no friendship, they have just met, and as for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, there are no acquaintances. ”
"Well, Ben Hou knows, you go down first." It seemed that he couldn't help much, and Su Chen couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
"No!" Tang Zhou knew what Su Chen had in mind, but he was powerless, and he was also very distressed in his heart, he also knew that with his identity as a Yellow Turban general, if he wanted to occupy a place under Su Chen, he had to make great contributions, although he had this opportunity now, but he didn't have the ability.
After Tang Zhou went down, Hua Xin suddenly asked, "Does the lord want to send him to be the internal response?" ”
"Hmm!" Su Chen nodded and replied: "It's still the military advisor who understands what I mean, this Guan Hai doesn't seem to be easy to deal with, so I want to send Tang Zhou to mix in and find a way to meet the inside and outside, but I didn't expect Tang Zhou to have any acquaintances, and this method can only be stillborn." ”
"My subordinates thought the idea of the lord was worth trying." To his surprise, Hua Xin actually thought that this method would work.
Su Chen couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he had to ask, "What does the military advisor mean?" ”
"The lord seems to have forgotten someone."
"Who?"
"Sima Ju!"
"It's him, is it possible that he can help? You must know that he is the one who wants to kill him now, and if you send him there, wouldn't you send sheep into the mouth of the tiger? ”
"Not necessarily!" Hua Xin then muttered in his ear for a while, and the more Su Chen listened, the more brilliant the expression on his face became, and finally he couldn't help but clap his hands and praise: "The military advisor has a very good plan, so do it." ”