Chapter Twenty-Three: Defending the City The first step of the plan
It is said that when Liu Yuan heard the sound of Mingjin, he immediately collected his troops and returned to the city, but was defeated by Guo Jia.
"Lord, it is said that the son of a daughter does not sit in the hall, you are my lord, and you are a vital existence in Yuyang, how can you go to the battlefield to fight?" Guo Jia looked like he hated iron but not steel, and said: "If the enemy army ignores the lord's call for battle, and only shoots with a bow and arrow, and hurts the lord, what should I do?" ”
"Hehe, isn't it Xu Huang that they are not here, I want to frustrate their spirit first"
"Isn't there a general?" Guo Jia rolled his eyes: "In Yijia's opinion, the lord just wants to have a good time, but why take such a big risk?" ”
"That's it, young master, it's not me who said you. Those rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs, where can you do it yourself? Dian Wei complained: "Even if I go up, it's also a halberd, so they can't run." ”
But it turned out that Dian Wei was boiling in the city, but because Liu Yuan ordered him to protect Guo Jia, he could only itch and be anxious, and he was helpless.
Liu Yuan was counted down by his subordinates, laughed dryly, and hurriedly diverted the topic, saying: "Now that all the 50,000 troops of Wuhuan have arrived here, the strategy is considered a success." But Fengxiao, how should I arrange it next? ”
When Guo Jia heard this, he pondered for a moment and said: "I have two strategies, one is that the lord will immediately send people to Guangyang and Zhuojun to ask for help, and we will stick to it here, just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and I will have a plan to break Wuhuan." ”
Liu Yuan listened, thought for a moment, and shook his head categorically: "This plan is not appropriate. I want to fight tomorrow with this, how can I fake the hands of others? What's more, I don't have enough food and grass, how can I hold on to waiting for reinforcements? ”
Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "Jia knows that the lord doesn't take this plan!" Listen to me. This second plan, my lord, it depends on whether you are willing to give it up or not! ”
"Why did Bong Hyo say this?"
"What does the lord think of this Panxi County?" Guo Jia asked.
"Not really." Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "This county town has been in disrepair for a long time, and the city walls have been weathered, which is very unfavorable to our army. ”
"So, is the lord reluctant to give up this county seat?"
"Oh?!" Liu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Feng Xiao, say quickly, what is the clever plan!" ”
"Lord, the Wuhuan army far exceeds our army, yes or no?"
"Yes!"
"Even so, no matter how Xu Huang and the other three generals ambushed, it is difficult to make them hurt their muscles and bones, yes or no?"
"Yes, Gongming has too few people, even if they run out of soldiers, they will reduce their staff by one or two thousand at most, which will not help."
"So, why not use the power of the heavens?"
"How to borrow? Where to borrow? It is the middle of winter, the frost and snow are continuous, the grass and trees are damp, and the fire attack is difficult to work; Yuyang is located in the northeast, and it is the dry season at this time, so it is impossible to attack the water. ”
"What the lord said is true, but the power of water and fire does not necessarily depend on God, why not create an environment artificially?"
"Oh! Feng Xiao said, let Wuhuan and Pan Xi be buried together! ”
"Correct solution!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "This plan is not profound, but at this time, I am afraid that the enemy will not be able to expect it, I dare to assert that it will be successful." ”
"How?"
"The lord and come with his ears"
The second said, Wuhuan City called for battle, this time Liu Yuan was firmly watched by Guo Jia, and he didn't dare to move, so he had to send Dian Wei down to meet the battle, and the result can be imagined.
The first person was cut into two pieces by the Dian Weilian people with horses, and the second person was blown in the head by him.
Annoyed and frightened, the king of Wuhuan immediately ordered the siege of the city.
The Wuhuan army of 50,000 surrounded Panxi on three sides, a typical way of fighting with three missing one. With the order of the King of Cliffs, the Wuhuan people first rode around the city wall to shoot!
Liu Yuan was shocked, this Panxi city wall was only two zhang high, and it was in disrepair, where could he prevent the bow and arrow from being thrown, so he hurriedly ordered to dodge.
When the king saw that there were no more people on the city wall, he immediately sent his soldiers and dismounted to attack the city.
As a last resort, Liu Yuan had no choice but to ask his soldiers to brave the rain of arrows and hold their posts, but in just half a moment, they had already lost more than 500 people!
"Hey!" Liu Yuan punched Qiang and complained violently, but there was no way, "Give me a fight back!" Archers, shoot the fuck! ”
"Whoosh" faced the overwhelming rain of arrows, but the arrows shot out by Liu Yuan's archers were like drops of water, and they were not seen for a moment, only causing extremely small casualties to Wu Huan.
"He's xx, hide for me, prepare for hand-to-hand combat!" Liu Yuan can't, if he goes on like this, his 4,000 people will soon be lost under the rain of arrows, if it is hand-to-hand combat, it will be better.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"Climb the walls and break through the city!"
"Capture Liu Yuan alive!"
In a moment, some Wuhuan people climbed the city wall, and the rain of arrows stopped.
"Hack them to death and knock them all down the walls!"
Liu Yuan ran back and forth with a spear in hand.
"Up! Kill me! ”
The soldiers were all on the battlefield for the first time, and when they saw their companions being shot into hedgehogs, they couldn't help but be frightened, and the cowardly began to retreat.
Liu Yuan also knew that this was a common problem for recruits, but there was no better way to solve it, so he could only go around for emergency relief and words of encouragement.
When the soldiers saw Liu Yuan and Dian Wei like this, their hearts were moved, and they saw the miserable death of their comrades in the past, and they were frightened and also aroused by the fierce surname, and they all screamed, slashed and chopped indiscriminately, but killed many enemies.
"Idiot!" Liu Yuan watched his soldiers die one by one under the enemy's scimitar, he couldn't help but tear his eyes, his spear shook, swept away the heads of several people, wiped the brains and blood on his face, and shouted: "All the commanders and commanders, don't fight separately, organize the soldiers, and form a battle formation to slash and kill the Hulu!" ”
With Liu Yuan's reminder, the soldiers remembered Ping's training, and they were busy in groups of three and five in groups, forming battle formations and cooperating with each other to slash and kill, which suppressed the rampant of the Wuhuan people.
"That's right! That's it, be calm, and follow what you practice! ”
Watching the soldiers do so, Liu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, another soldier came to report that the southern wall was crumbling and would collapse in a few moments. Liu Yuan was shocked, and hurriedly ordered Dian Wei to go to the south wall, and ordered the county to organize people to carry sandbags and wood to reinforce.
The tense and brutal siege lasted for three hours before Wuhuan stopped. Liu Yuan walked on the city wall with Dian Wei, looking at the corpses all over the ground, looking at the numb and tired faces of the soldiers, and his heart was particularly distressed.
These are all soldiers he trained with his own hands, they could have done better, but after all, they are new soldiers, they have never seen blood, and they panicked for a moment, causing huge casualties.
"Lord" Guo Jia stepped forward and said: "The statistics have come out, our army has suffered more than 1,500 casualties, including 1,100 killed in battle, more than 100 seriously injured, and more than 200 lightly injured; The Wuhuan people left behind a total of 4,500 corpses, and the wounded were unknown. ”
"How could there be such a large number of casualties?!" Liu Yuan's face was heavy and said: "Immediately call Langzhong in the city to take care of the wounded, put away the corpses of our army, cremate and collect the ashes, and the Wuhuan people find a secluded corner and bury them on the spot." ”
"Yes, my lord." Guo Jia said again: "Because the soldiers are on the battlefield for the first time, it is inevitable that the casualties will be too heavy, and the situation will be much better next time, and the lord does not have to worry." ”
"How's the plan going?"
"It's ready."
"Good! Start now, we can't hold out for much longer. ”
After Guo Jia left, Liu Yuan looked at a young soldier sitting on the ground leaning on the battlements, walked up, sat in a row with him, and said softly, "How do you feel?" ”
The immature soldier shook his head weakly and did not speak.
"The first time, it's all like this, and next time it'll be fine." Liu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's throw our heads here and spill blood, and our relatives and friends at home will be safer, don't you say?" ”
"Hmm" The soldier hummed lightly, turned his face to look at Liu Yuan, but because Liu Yuan's face was covered with blood, he took off his armor again, and he didn't recognize it.
"How about I teach you to sing a song?"
"Singing?" The soldier wondered, "You can sing, that's really unusual, I don't even know a word." ”
"In this way, you can listen to me sing it first, and then learn it from me sentence by sentence, okay?"
"Okay."
"The wolf smoke rises,
Looking north.
The dragon flag rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword qi is like frost"
Liu Yuan's voice became louder and louder, attracting all the soldiers around him, sitting around him, and listening quietly. They have big words from time to time, and they don't know the true meaning, they just feel that their blood is boiling, which is especially suitable for them.
Then, more and more soldiers were attracted over, and slowly, everyone sang along with Liu Yuan, and the voice became louder and louder, even alarming the Wuhuan camp outside the city.
"What's going on here?!"
King Qiao said in his heart: "There was a big battle just now, and these people still have the strength to sing?" ”
The Wuhuan people fought hard, but did not take the city, the whole camp was a little dull, at this time, listening to the singing from the city in the distance, many people couldn't help but hum along.
Seeing that the situation was not right, King Qiao was upset, threw a whip over, and shouted, "Shut up! Don't sing! ”
As the leaders at all levels spoke, the entire Wuhuan camp fell silent again.
King Qiao returned to the camp, summoned the leaders, and said: "I see that the soldiers under Liu Yuan's command still have some combat strength, and it is difficult to capture the city in a hurry, I don't know if you have any way?" ”
"There are few of them, there are many of us, I am afraid that he will be a bird, so I will continue to attack the city and consume them clean!"
"Not bad!"
"Reasonable!"
None of them thought that there was a chance of losing this battle, because the gap between them was too big.
At this moment, a soldier came to report that a large number of civilians had been escorted out of the west gate by 500 men.
King Qiao thought for a moment and said, "What do you think? ”
Zhang Ju pondered for a moment on the side, and said, "Liu Yuan'er actually moved away the civilians, did he swear to live and die with the city?" ”
"Isn't it a suspicious formation?" King Qiao said: "Or to reduce the consumption of grain and grass?" ”
couldn't make up his mind, so King Qiao didn't send anyone to disturb him, because he knew that there was a strange soldier hiding somewhere outside the city, and if there were fewer people, it would be to deliver food, and it would not be cost-effective to send more.
In the middle of the night, the king of the cliff made another report on the outpost, saying that five hundred men drove more than a hundred carts of grain and grass into the city.
King Qiao's eyes lit up, and he said, "If you want to come to Liu Yuan'er, you really have to stick to it." More than 100 carts of grain and grass, I am afraid there are tens of thousands of stones, and when the city is broken and people die, it will be in my pocket. ”
At this time, in Panxi City, in the barracks, Liu Yuan and Guo Jia also breathed a sigh of relief.
"The king really didn't send someone to attack, it was God blessed."
"Definitely," Guo Jia said, "Actually, King Qiao is still afraid of the ambush of General Xu Huang and others." ”
"That Now"
"The lord held out for two or three days, and slowly pretended that his troops were exhausted, and in the evening after three days"
"That, Xu Huang them"
"Don't worry, my lord, Jia has already arranged it."
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