Chapter 256: The Siege of Yecheng
Chen Yu's trip to Jizhou is indeed not small, the four brothers of the Gao family all followed Chen Yu, the eldest Gao Qian is quite familiar with political affairs, the second Gao Shen is a good material for being a civil official, the third Gao Ao Cao is invincible in the world of martial arts, there is no need to say much, although the fourth Gao Ji style is not as brave as the third brother, but he is also a tiger general, and it is not a problem to kill the enemy in battle. γLatest chapter reading. γ
After winning the four tigers of the Gao family, the Bohai Gao family was firmly tied to Chen Yu's chariot, and Gao Huan could no longer seek the slightest support from the family, it was not that the gate valve family did not understand the truth that J eggs could not be placed in the same basket, but that the gate valve family had a unique vision and would not do anything to burn a cold temple at the risk of offending the backers.
Chen Yu's unexpected gain is this Li Yuanzhong, this person is indeed talented, but Chen Yu doesn't like the character of this kind of madman, Chen Yu has seen too much history, he really doesn't have a good impression of this kind of arrogant person, and he really doesn't lack this kind of military advisor now, but in line with the principle that he doesn't have to put long hair and never cheapens others, Chen Yu still treats him warmly and politely, which makes Li Yuanzhong quite moved.
When Chen Yu and his party quietly returned to Yecheng, Yu Jin had already gone to Erzhuchuan with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and He Bayun went straight to Yanzhou with 50,000 troops......
Yecheng, the few remaining officers and soldiers in the city are busy arranging the city defense, the main force of the Hebei army has already sorted out the city defense before leaving, and now it is the final stage of filling up, the army is not in the city now less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is also necessary to do a good job of protection, but the officers and soldiers in the city do not think so, because there should not be any enemy who dares to come to Hebei to shout.
The people and officers and soldiers in the city are now looking forward to it, waiting for the news of the triumph of the expeditionary troops, once Erzhu Zhao and Yanzhou Xuzhou are captured, the Erzhu family will collapse after all, and the war in Luoyang will never be any worse, but things are often different from what is expected.
On the fourth day after He Bayun and the others left, a cavalry patrol outside the city suddenly disappeared en masse. The same was true of the other two cavalry who investigated the news, but Feiying successfully brought back a message to Chen Yu, that is, outside Yecheng, both sides of the Huanshui River were already covered with the army of the Erzhu family. A slight count is definitely more than 200,000.
No one knows how the Erzhu army suddenly flew from the Yellow River and the Tiger Pass, but the officers and soldiers and the people in the city must face the reality that the number of the Erzhu allied forces outside the city is more than 10 times that of the defenders in the city. He Bayun and Yu Jin will definitely not rush back in a short period of time, and they can only face the army of the Erzhu family who are holding back their strength and want to kill people independently.
Erzhu Zhao led 50,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on the south gate of Yecheng, Erzhu Zhongyuan attacked the north gate, Erzhu Yanbo and Murong Shaozong attacked the east gate, as for the west gate, it was a look of silence, and the lack of one of the three did not let the people in the city fight back desperately without any vitality, and it was difficult for people to fight to the death if they had hope, Murong Shaozong was not only a master of tactics, but also played psychological tactics like fire.
"There will never be more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, under such a fierce attack. He didn't seem to be flustered, the person guarding the city must be a rare handsome talent! Erzhu Yanbo sighed while observing the situation on the battlefield, the north and south gates respectively had Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Zhongyuan attacking with their descendants, and the attack momentum was extremely fierce, but the east gate was a part of the two Erzhu clans and the soldiers of the Erzhu clan, and the progress of the mixed army siege was of course incomparable with the other two roads.
"I heard that it was Dugu Xin who stayed in Yecheng, this son is not very old, and he is indeed a good general!" Murong Shaozong looked at the apprentices Po Liuhan Chang and Hou Jing, who were ordered by Er Zhu Zhao to be strictly guarded, and sighed: "Chen Yu and his subordinates are really powerful, and the best among the young people are probably all caught by Chen Yu!" β
"So what. Now he is not being calculated by you! Er Zhu Yanbo said excitedly: "He Chen Yu is still in Luoyang now, wondering why we don't cross the river and don't attack the Tiger Pass, how would he know that those troops are empty shelves, and many of them have been secretly withdrawn a long time ago." He also sent Ho Bath to allow them to attack our base camp, and he didn't even think that we had already set up an ambush on the road, just waiting for these two to enter the urn! β
Er Zhu Yanbo's original opinion was also to attack Luoyang, but after listening to Murong Shaozong's opinion, he felt that the current arrangement was the best policy, and immediately agreed on behalf of his younger brother Er Zhu Zhongyuan. "Once Yecheng is lost, He Bayun and Yu Jin will be ambushed again, and then Hebei will be taken by us after all, and after Chen Yu has no foreign aid, he can only retreat to Guanzhong!"
"Although Chen Yu has the reputation of being a last resort, he is still too young after all, if he is calming down for a while, we will have to leak, after all, the consumption and supply of grain and grass these days are almost at the limit!" Murong Shaozong was still a little afraid when he said it, the Erzhu clan's financial resources and logistics were already weak, and they really couldn't afford it with Chen Yu.
"Tianzhu shouldn't have let this kid take care of Hebei in the first place, otherwise how could there be such a thing, my brother was really careless!" Er Zhu Yanbo said with a lot of resentment.
"Hebei was in tatters at the beginning, after Lord Tianzhu asked Chen Yu to take care of it, Hebei has become a prosperous land in just a few years, and the area where there have been continuous uprisings for so many years has finally restored peace, and Lord Tianzhu's vision of employing people is still very good!" Murong Shaozong sighed, "If Lord Tianzhu was here, none of this would have happened in front of him......
"In any case, once Yecheng is captured, the situation will change greatly, and our Erzhu clan will still be the overlord of the north at that time!" Er Zhu Yanbo said firmly, and then he thought of his timid younger brother Er Zhu Shilong, and said with a wry smile: "Rongzong is very jealous of Chen Yu, and persuaded us to surrender, and it may not be who surrenders to whom at that time......
Late at night, Chen Yu and others in Yecheng were actively arranging defenses to deal with the desperate attack of the Erzhu family tomorrow, although Yecheng was tall and strong, the defenders were too few after all, and the attack of Erzhu Zhao and others was too fierce.
"Er Zhu Zhao and Er Zhu Zhongyuan are really like mad dogs, there is no break in the attack at all, I think it is better to teach them a good lesson with gunpowder, it seems that there is not a lot of gunpowder in Yecheng!" Wei Sinan, who was defending the south gate, was a little overwhelmed by the attack of the Erzhu family.
"Er Zhu Zhao and Er Zhu Zhongyuan's attacks are actually okay, they just blindly attack but are easy to deal with, this Murong Shaozong is a bit excessive, digging tunnels and piling up dirt mountains, and then siege vehicles, this old boy has too many tricks, it's really unbearable!" Duguxin complained helplessly.
"Don't worry, I have ordered Wei Xiaokuan to come back quietly, with him in Murong Shaozong, this sharp knife will not work at all, and he will definitely not be able to break through Wei Xiaokuan's defense!" Chen Yu is words are ostensibly appeased, but in fact they are agitating everyone, if Wang Zhen is still convinced, this Wei Xiaokuan is much younger than them, I heard that Chen Yu values a fledgling boy so much, Duguxin and others' performance and fighting spirit were immediately aroused.
"Haha, the prime minister misunderstood, I just said it casually, Murong Shaozong and the others are not a problem at all!" Dugu Xin hurriedly defended, and then Wei Sinan immediately said that there was absolutely no problem in defending the city.
"There are not many opportunities to face such a large corps in the north, let the soldiers accumulate more experience, and they must not rely on gunpowder!" Seeing Wei Sinan and the others playing treasure, Chen Yu just smiled and continued: "Flying Eagle has sent news that Gao Huan has sent troops, and now it is not very far from us!" β
"He Liuhun would actually send charcoal in the snow, I really didn't expect it!" Gao Qian on the side didn't know much about Gao Huan's brother in this family, he had only heard of each other, but Gao Aocao and Gao Huan had met.
"Whether Brother Gao is giving us charcoal in the snow or icing on the cake for the Erzhu clan, it's hard to say, my sworn brother has never been profitable!" Chen Yu smiled and said, "I hope he won't stand on the wrong side this time......" (To be continued.) )