Chapter Fifty-Nine: Target Handan
Although he sent men back to ask for help, Liu Lin still decided to continue the siege the next morning. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In his opinion, although Liu Xiu has a lot of men and horses, and there is little hope of capturing it, but he has never seen an army attack in the city in the past few days, so he thinks that the other party is simply cowardly, as long as he keeps the offensive, he may be able to force these thieves to surrender under pressure.
The Zhending army still went its own way, and continued to pose in the rear, Liu Lin scolded in his heart, but he also knew that now was not the time to tear his face, so he commanded his 100,000 army to rush towards Julu City.
Strangely, the defenders in the city seemed to be a little slow to react today, and the army rushed all the way to the city walls without encountering any decent resistance, except for the occasional few archers who released some arrows, but none of the shield soldiers stopped them.
Liu Lin couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, something must have happened in this city, or did he want to surrender?
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Liu Lin hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take the ladder to the city, and sent a rushing car to prepare to bombard the city gate.
Seeing the soldiers successfully ascend the city wall, Liu Lin already felt that victory was in sight, and at this time, there was a sudden shout of killing from the city wall, followed by the screams of the soldiers.
"There's an ambush!"
A soldier shouted that he had been stabbed off the wall by a halberd, and those who had climbed halfway up were suddenly at a loss.
"Keep rushing! Keep rushing! ”
Liu Lin shouted, they have the advantage in numbers, as long as they maintain a steady stream of troops rushing up the city wall, even if there is really an ambush, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Defending the city was originally to consume the attacking party's strength as much as possible on the way to the opponent's siege, and now putting the battlefield on the city wall is tantamount to giving up the biggest reliance, which is simply a mistake of common sense, Liu Lin couldn't help but laugh at the other party's stupidity.
What's even more stupid is that before the car has reached the city gate, the city gate opens by itself, and Liu Xiu's cavalry rushes out with spears.
"I was an eye-opener, and I also said that this Liu Xiu is a genius in military use, and it seems that he is just a waste of fame." Liu Lin's face was full of smiles, even if these cavalry were brave, how could they beat their own 200,000 troops, besides, the city gate was so narrow, the cavalry couldn't be used at all, and now he regretted asking Handan for help last night, but after thinking about it, when the reinforcements arrived in Julu, he found that he had already stood at the head of the city to welcome, which was also quite majestic.
Except for the troops who continued to climb the ladder, the rest of the soldiers began to squeeze towards the city gate, and everyone could see that this was a military feat sent to the door, and even the Zhending army, which had been doing nothing in the rear, rushed towards the city gate.
"Do these bastards want to steal credit!" Liu Lin was angry, "Quickly attack the city!" Don't let the Zhending Army take the lead! ”
"Dude! You're not kind! Watch the show! Seeing the Zhending army swarming, the soldiers who attacked the city gate were not happy, and they complained one after another, they had long been tired of these guys who did not work.
But the answer to him was a cold knife.
"You guys!"
The rear of the besieging army was suddenly in chaos, and the Zhending army slashed and killed it without saying a word, and many soldiers didn't understand what was going on before they saw the hell.
Liu Lin also looked stupid, and then became furious, "What the hell are you doing!" Is it a rebellion? ”
"Yes, I'm the opposite."
Liu Lin heard the sound and saw that one person in the Zhending army was riding on a horse, not Liu Yang, the king of Zhending.
"You are!" Liu Lin finally reacted at this time, because he saw a 10,000-strong cavalry rushing out from the rear, quickly cutting his own camp, looking at the outfit, it was clearly Liu Xiu's troops.
At this time, the tide of battle on the city wall was also turned in an instant, and a large number of soldiers appeared, forcing down the enemy troops who were too difficult to climb the city wall, and then dense archers poured out, and arrows rained down on Wang Lang's army, which had already been crowded under the city.
The cavalry at the city gate also took advantage of the chaos to attack, and tens of thousands of troops appeared on the north and south flanks, rushing towards this battlefield like dumplings.
"Trap! It's a trap! Liu Lin was so frightened that he couldn't care about organizing a counterattack, and began to run under the protection of his own soldiers.
There was no suspense in this battle, the Zhending army was on the verge of defection, the combat strength of the two sides was reversed in an instant, and under the internal and external attacks, Liu Lin's 100,000 army was wiped out in less than an hour, and nearly 50,000 soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered on the spot.
Liu Lin's fate was also extremely miserable, he was only found when he was cleaning up the battlefield, he was covered with scars, he had already lost his breath, and his body was full of footprints stepped on by the chaotic army.
When the dust settled, the carriage that Su Yun was riding slowly drove over, the generals had already lined up their ranks, and they were extremely excited, the pent-up war spirit these days had finally been vented, and many of them were fighting seriously for the first time since following Su Yun, and the previous doubts had disappeared.
"We suffered no more than 500 casualties, and we ate Wang Lang's 100,000 army, which is really happy! It's so exciting! Wu Han was the happiest one, he looked at Su Yun, his eyes were full of admiration.
Su Yun was also very excited, this time the layout had received very good results, and it was not in vain that he vomited blood these days, but he still maintained that calmness on the surface, "Don't be complacent, although this attacking force has been destroyed, Wang Lang still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and then we will attack Handan, a vicious battle is inevitable, you must be mentally prepared." ”
"In the past few days, we have prepared the carriages and horses according to the instructions of the child, and we are ready to set off at any time." Deng Yuyu reported.
"Okay." Su Yun nodded with satisfaction, "The whole army is open, the target is Handan!" ”
In Handan City, Liu Lin's request for help was being discussed in the imperial court.
"Liu Lin is really useless, the 200,000 army can't take a single giant deer." Wang Lang angrily threw the report on the ground.
"Your Majesty is angry, I think it was Liu Yang's hypocrisy and the snake that caused the attack to be frustrated, it is better to transfer another 50,000 soldiers to strengthen the strength of our army, which is also a blow to that Liu Yang." Li Yu persuaded.
"However, our troops in the south have to guard against Liu Xuan, and it is difficult to mobilize them for a while, and if these 50,000 troops leave, Handan will become an empty city." Zhang Shen said worriedly.
"As long as I can destroy Liu Xiu in Julu and Hebei will fall into my hands, are you still afraid that there will be no soldiers at that time?" Li Yu was a little dissatisfied.
Wang Lang was weighing when a sergeant rushed into the hall panting.
"Urgent! Urgent! ”
"The Northern Expeditionary Army has been annihilated! The king has rebelled! Liu Xiu's army is really heading towards Handan! ”
"What!"
The people present couldn't believe their ears, this Liu Lin's letter for help had only come for a short time, and it was all wiped out in a blink of an eye!
"Liu Yang! It's not a pity to die! ”
Wang Lang quickly understood the key, Liu Yang's anti-water was something he didn't expect anyway.
"Then how many soldiers and horses does Liu Xiu have?"
Li Yu was quite calm, and hurriedly asked.
"More than 200,000!"
Everyone gasped, just now they were still talking about destroying Su Yun, but now they have become the target.
"Recall the southern troops, and you can recruit troops! No matter what method is used, he must not be allowed to attack Handan! ”
They no longer have to worry about guarding against Liu Xuan, Handan's survival is more important than everything, Wang Lang sat on the dragon chair dejectedly, his throne was already in jeopardy.
In Wei County in the south, Xie Gong was processing paperwork in the military tent, and Liu Xuan had appointed him as Shang Shuling, leading 100,000 elite soldiers to garrison here, which was already one step away from Wang Lang's Zhao-Han border.
A soldier entered the account, handed over a piece of information, bowed and read it, and stood up excitedly.
Not long after, all the generals sent to him by Liu Xuan were called into the tent.
"I received the news that Wang Lang's defenders all withdrew from the border last night, and they left in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to demolish the barracks, I think something big must have happened in Handan." Xie Gong's face was full of excitement, "I've waited for so long, and I've finally waited for a good opportunity!" Order the whole army to set off and attack Hebei tonight! ”
Several generals were also happy when they heard the news, they had already planned to attack, but now they didn't have to bother anymore. Among them, two people were particularly excited, it was Cen Peng and Jia Fu who stayed in Wancheng at the beginning.
They looked at each other and knew it.