470 each received reinforcements
The two counties of Yuyang and Beiping were originally under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, but now they have become the territory of Gao Kaidao, which makes Luo Yiqing, who claims to be the "governor of Youzhou", embarrassed?
Don't say that for the sake of a way out, even if it's just for face, Luo Yi wants to take these two counties as soon as possible; But Luo Yi's headquarters had no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, while the defenders of Yuyang and Beiping exceeded 5,000 and were horns with each other.
Luo Yi wants to get the land of these two counties, but with his current strength, the difference is too far now.
Su You's cooperation plan is really a relief in the snow.
Even if Luo Yi suspected that Su You had any conspiracy, there was absolutely no reason not to accept it, in fact, Wei Ting, Wang Qi, Xue Wanche and others also felt that Su You's cooperation plan could not be refused.
After some deliberation, Luo Yi immediately ordered someone to send a positive letter to Su You, and on the other hand, he asked Xue Wanche and other Yanyun to ride to Yanmen to relieve the siege of Li Jing.
As for the people who cooperated with Su You to send reinforcements, Wei Ting and Wang Qi couldn't be more suitable, Luo Yi immediately gave them 2,000 soldiers and horses each, and sent scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the soldiers and horses in Yuyang County.
After Su You received Luo Yi's reply, he ordered the fleet to set sail that night and headed for the mouth of the water.
Wet water, also known as Lushui, Luanshui, is the second largest water system in Hebei, originates in Inner Mongolia and flows through Chengde, enters the Great Wall in Panjiakou and goes out to sea after confluence with the Qinglong River, nearly 1,700 miles long.
Su You's goal is the confluence of the Lishui and Qinglong rivers, which is the seat of Beiping County, Lulong, not far from Lulongsai, and it is also the boundary of the ancient Guzhu Kingdom. - that is, the motherland of Boyi Shuqi.
At the mouth of the water, there is also a more famous scenery - Jieshi.
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor to climb the stone to view the sea, followed by Emperor Wu of Han, but none of them were as famous as Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei. Cao Cao climbed the Jieshi to view the sea on the way back to the army of Wuhuan that year, and wrote a magnificent poem of "facing the Jieshi in the east to view the sea".
If Su You had not appeared in this history, Li Shimin would have personally led the elite soldiers to pass by a few years later, and would have followed the example of Emperor Qin and Han Wu to stop here, and leave his own poems like Cao Cao.
Because of Su You's arrival, Goryeo was defeated inexplicably, and Su You could not give Li Shimin a chance to come here again.
Of course, Su You is not in the mood to go to Donglin Jieshi now, after all, he came out to fight this trip.
After Su You's fleet entered the wet water, it only took half a day to be less than ten miles away from Lulong, the seat of Beiping County, and at this time, Zhang Junli, the county guard of Beiping County, also got the news as a matter of course.
Lu Long now has a total of 5,000 defenders, so when Zhang Junli heard that Su You's fleet had fifty or sixty ships, he already had a premonition that there would be a fierce battle next.
In fact, Su You's soldiers today include Zhu Ziheng's 3,000 Xijiao troops, Zhang Long's 1,000 heavy cavalry, 300 artillery pieces and corresponding gunners, plus Su You's more than 100 personal guards, the total number is only 5,000.
There were still ten miles away from Lu Long, so Su You asked Fu Ziheng to lead his 3,000 Xifu troops off the boat and rode forward lightly.
The reason why he brought Ji Ziheng's 3,000 Western Planing Army was that Su You wanted them to guard the artillery,—— Su You's favorite way to attack was to use artillery, after all, this way could ensure that there were no personnel losses on his side to the greatest extent.
But when Su You found that Lu Long was only a few dozen zhang away from the water, and the artillery could even attack Lu Long without getting off the ship, Su You felt that the escort army was redundant. - Of course, this is also the main reason why Su You chose to attack Beiping County instead of Liaoxi or Yuyang.
However, for safety reasons, Su You still let Zhang Long's heavy cavalry temporarily play the role of archers, after all, their main role is to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and now Zhang Junli will not start asking for help before he sees the enemy.
After assigning the task, Su You's fleet continued to march north, and Fu Ziheng and the others could finally have a good time.
The 3,000 western soldiers commanded by Fu Ziheng were all southerners, and they came from Nanzhong, where the average temperature was 25 degrees, to Liaodong, where the average temperature was minus 15 degrees, and many of them were unaccustomed to the water and soil; If it weren't for the fact that they were strong enough and had the padded down jacket that Su You had prepared a long time ago, maybe how many would have frozen to death!
In any case, these Western Soldiers have long been suffocated, and now that they have passed the sting, the temperature is no longer the biggest problem.
The fly in the ointment is that the wild is also bare now, not only the grass is withered and yellow, but even the trees on the side of the road do not have a leaf, which is really disappointing.
The 3,000 Xifu army rode north, and after only a moment of rejoicing, they methodically maintained the same speed as Su You's fleet.
When the 3,000 Xijiao army arrived at the south gate of Lulong, and Su You's fleet continued to move forward, Zhang Junli was in a trance for a moment. - What the hell are these 3,000 people doing here? They hadn't even taken off the ship's baggage, did they think they had wings and could fly into the city?
Zhang Junli was thinking when he suddenly heard a earth-shattering sound from the West Gate, followed by explosions one after another.
"Not good! Their main attack is Simon! After Zhang Junli had this realization, he immediately ordered, "Leave 500 people at the south gate, and the rest of the people will follow me to the west gate and bring the catapult with you!" ”
To deal with Fu Ziheng, who had no siege equipment, Zhang Junli felt that five hundred people were enough, after all, they couldn't ride horses to the wall, could they?
Zhang Junli's words fell, and Fu Ziheng immediately ordered, "Throw it at the city wall, three rounds." ”
Ji Ziheng knew that Su You's purpose in attacking this city was to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and he also understood that his task was to feint, but if he took this city without paying the price, wouldn't it be better to wait for work than to encircle the point and send reinforcements?
Ji Ziheng really thought too much, his attack had already been expected by the defenders in the city, so although they had fired nearly 10,000 arrows in an instant, except for a few dozen guards who were relatively slow, the casualties caused were not large.
After three rounds of bows and arrows, the defenders at the city gate then began to show their heads, trying to counterattack Fu Ziheng and the others; After all, they also knew that the people under the city had no possibility of entering the city, so they didn't have any pressure to defend the city.
When the south gate of Lulong City was in a state of stalemate, there was another burst of cannon fire from the west gate, and after the explosion in the city also sounded, what was left was a mess.
Zhang Junli saw the power of the cannonballs from afar, and when he arrived at the west gate, he was greeted by collapsed houses, soldiers with missing arms and legs, and soldiers running around
When Zhang Junli learned about Su You's banner, he couldn't remember which part of Su You was, and after seeing the lesson of blood, he finally remembered that the person outside was Su You who broke through the Goryeo Royal City.
"If he continues to attack like this, Lu Longcheng will be razed to the ground sooner or later," Zhang Junli thought silently, and began to rack his brains to think about countermeasures.
Zhang Junli's worries were obviously unnecessary, Su You was a little heartbroken after two rounds of attacks with only 300 shells, and he didn't want to spend too much for this small city.
Shells and barrels are consumables, and while these things cannot be measured in monetary terms, they are not easy to manufacture.
Su You is not a miser, but Sanshan's arsenal has not really been established yet, and what he consumes now is still the inventory brought from Nanzhong; There is not much stock left, but there are still countless vicious battles to be fought in the future!
After Su You stopped the artillery, he began to confront Zhang Junli.
After Zhang Junli looked at the Su You fleet that had anchored in the river, he really didn't know how to talk to Su You,—— if he shot an arrow from the city, the bow and arrow could only shoot to the river at most, and he couldn't hurt Su You at all
The way to deal with Su You's fleet is to leave dozens of catapults in the city, but it takes time to carry these catapults, and Su You's cannonballs hit the catapults are really a dozen and a dozen, and the more than 20 catapults that were originally in the West Gate are now less than one-third.
Another way to break the ship is to open the gates and let the archers rush to the shore to fire arrows at the boats on the river, forcing them to retreat
The question is, if the archers can force the ship back, is there still a need for the ship to exist?
After thinking about it, Zhang Junli could only come up with the idea of seeking rescue from Yuyang and Liaoxi County, and now he was glad that Su You did not block the north and east gates of Lulong, but he didn't know that this was Su You's trap.
At this time, Liu Wuzhou's Turkic reinforcements automatically came to relieve him of the siege, and Li Jing had no choice but to retreat into Yanmen and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Li Jing had no choice but to ask Li Yuan for help, and made an appointment to send troops to attack Liu Wuzhou's base camp together, but Li Yuan had his own plans and did not take Li Jing's suggestion to heart.
Because of Li Yuan's inaction, Li Jing was powerless, so he had to sigh.
Liu Wuzhou then occupied Loufu County, and conquered Fenyang Palace, the palace of Emperor Yang of Sui, capturing a large number of treasures and palace maids. Liu Wuzhou paid tribute to Shibi Khan with the captured beauties in exchange for a large number of war horses.
With the support of the Turks, Liu Wuzhou's power developed rapidly, and he was named Dingyang Khan by Shibi Khan and given a wolf's head; Liu Wuzhou was full of spirit and simply proclaimed himself emperor to show his determination to "set Yang".
When the news reached Taiyuan, Li Yuan was surprised and delighted, and immediately summoned important officials from Taiyuan, Murong Luoyu, Wang Wei, Gao Junya, Liu Zhenghui and others to come.
As soon as everyone sat down, Li Yuan said straight to the point, "Everyone, let me first report on the recent military situation. Two days ago, Liu Wuzhou broke through Loufu County and seized Fenyang Palace, and now he is officially called the emperor! As for whether his next plan is to attack Taiyuan, it is really unpredictable. ”
Hearing this unexpected and reasonable news, everyone changed color, among which Wang Wei Gaojun was the most.