Chapter 192: Ningyang Offensive and Defensive Battle
Looking at the thousands of soldiers who died first under the command of Liyi, a hint of envy flashed in Liu Bei's eyes. The thousands of first-timed soldiers www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion will definitely not be inferior to those white-eared elite soldiers of their own, to be precise, if they only talk about arm strength, they will not be inferior to the white-eared elite soldiers.
Liu Bei knew that the strong crossbows on the waists of these first dead soldiers were not ornaments, and they relied on their excellent defense at the boundary bridge, as well as the strong crossbows behind them, to completely annihilate Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteous servants.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Yuan Shao. If it weren't for his illustrious family background, how could he have such achievements now? He took the risk of taking Youzhou, but he used his family background to take down the rich Jizhou without much effort, this strong contrast made Liu Bei jealous of Yuan Shao at the same time, but also resentful of his words that he had just humiliated himself by his identity.
The offensive and defensive forces of both sides had temporarily stopped because of the intense fire on the city walls. The three Cao Ying at the head of the city were not worried about the development of the battle because they had something to rely on, and they only needed to hold out until the arrival of the army in the rear, and all the problems could be solved.
But the three Yan Rou under the city are not so comfortable, they can't be in a stalemate here for too long, otherwise not to mention that the 40,000 troops that Kebi can stay at the crossing of the Yellow River can't support it, and after a long time, even their hundreds of thousands of troops will inevitably be completely dragged down because of the problem of food and grass.
"Yan Rou! The defenders here are well-founded, even if we wait for the army to attack the city, we don't see them retreating in the slightest, and they don't look like ordinary Han troops at all. If you want to capture this city, you won't be able to attack it in a few days! As the siege army retreated into the formation, Kebi Neng looked at Yan Rou and said in a deep voice.
The 40,000 horses left behind at the crossing of the Yellow River belong to the tribe of Kebineng, and now it has been a day, if you continue to stay here for a few days, the grain and grass for three days will be exhausted, and even if there is grain and grass to transport back, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents over there.
"Kebineng, do you want the army to retreat? I disagree! They have already begun to attack the city, but now they want to retreat like this, wouldn't that have fallen into the prestige of our army in vain? And if we retreat like this, and attack the city in the future, won't those Han people follow this Ningyang City, thinking that we are easy to deal with and will not surrender? Without waiting for Yan Rou to open his mouth to persuade him, Bu Dugen spoke out against it.
Although the two were moved by Yan Rou's words and joined forces to go south, after all, the previous hatred was there, how could it be resolved by Yan Rou in just a few words? Moreover, because tens of thousands of tribes were wiped out by Sun Ling before, Bu Dugen was naturally happy to see that there were also problems with the people and horses that Kebi could place at the crossing of the Yellow River. The pain of the enemy is your greatest happiness.
As for the problem of the back road, in Bu Dugen's opinion, Cao Ying is now busy attacking each other with Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, who can intercept their back road?
Hearing this, Kebi Neng naturally knew Bu Dugen's thoughts, glared at him hatefully, and then turned his gaze to Yan Rou's body. As long as Yan Rou agreed, it would be useless for Budugen to insist on it.
"Kebineng, I know you're worried about the tribes who stayed at the ferry, but what Budugen said is not unreasonable." Seeing that Kebineng was looking at him, Yan Rou's eyes flashed a hint of hesitation, and after seeing the defenders cheering at the head of the city, he avoided Kebineng's eyes and said with a little weakness.
As Ke Bineng said before, Yan Rou also saw that these defenders were definitely not comparable to ordinary Han troops, but the more this happened, the more Yan Rou felt that she had to take Ningyang City. He had already regarded the defenders of Ningyang City as the last existence to block the army of the three clans in Yanzhou.
After hearing Yan Rou's words, Kebineng said emotionally: "Then have you thought about it!" What will I do with my 40,000 tribes? They only have three days of grain and grass, so do they have to wait for us to break through this Ningyang City before transporting the grain and grass back? ”
"It doesn't have to be a few days, the thing that stops the army from attacking the city is nothing more than those fire oils, I don't believe that their fire oil will be inexhaustible, as long as their fire oil is exhausted, it will be the time for the army to kill the city. You have to believe me, as long as you break through this Ningyang City, I will definitely send someone to send grain and grass to your tribe. Yan Rou could only reassure Kebineng of this, trying to appease him.
Although he heard Yan Rou's assurance, Kebineng was still a little uneasy, and spoke again: "What if... ”
"There is no what-if, you yourself know that the army's food and grass will not last for a few days. We already have no way to retreat, even if we retreat here, it will take more than half a day to reach the next city, rather than wasting time like this, it is better to take Ningyang City here. Without waiting for Kebi to say the rest of the words, Budugen directly interrupted.
This time, Ke Bineng didn't feel that Budugen was targeting himself, after all, as he said, no one should think about retreating without food and grass.
After thinking for a moment, Koby Neng felt that even if he left at this time, he would not be able to help the men and horses left behind, unless he was willing to attack the city alone. Rather than this, it is better to follow Yan Rou and take Ningyang City from Budugen, which is more reliable.
In this way, the three of them reached a consensus again, wanting to press the whole army in the next round of attack and take Ningyang City as quickly as possible.
At the head of the city, Cheng Yu felt the scorching sensation of the city wall gradually dissipating, came to Cao Ying's side, and whispered in a low voice: "Lord, it should be almost, if the barbarian army attacks the city again next time, don't use fire oil again, otherwise if they are forced to retreat because of this, this plan may fail." ”
From letting the coalition army act and luring the barbarian army to cross the river decisively, to now sitting in Ningyang City and waiting for the barbarian army to attack the city, this whole chain of plans seems to be operated by Cao Ying, but in fact, it is all from Cheng Yu's handwriting, and he knows what to do next.
For Cheng Yu, the strategist he relied on the most, Cao Ying can be said to trust him very much, and now when he heard him say this, he did not hesitate at all, and instructed Xiahou Yuan, who was commanding the city defense work: "Miaocai, let the soldiers put away the fire oil and use it again in times of crisis, don't scare those barbarian armies away." ”
Hearing Cao Ying's order, Xiahou Yuan immediately took the order and asked the soldiers to put the fire oil and replace it with stones, wood and other conventional materials for defending the city.
Looking at the fire oil that was removed by the soldiers on the head of the city, as well as the piles of stones and wood, Tian Yu looked thoughtfully at Cheng Yu behind Cao Ying. Just now he saw it very clearly, that is, after Cheng Yu said a few words to Cao Ying, Cao Ying ordered Xiahou Yuan to remove the oil oil.
If this plan is really what Cao Ying thinks, then his grasp of the timing does not need to be reminded by Cheng Yu, it seems that this serial plan that amazes him should be from Cheng Yu's hand.
"Kill!" Half an hour later, with Yan Rou's loud roar, hundreds of thousands of barbarian armies rushed towards Ningyang City.
As for those archers, they naturally changed their swords and soldiers to follow the army to kill. After seeing the excellent defense of the first to die, Yan Rou naturally would not waste such an important force and do such useless work.
"Smash me!" Pushing a cloud ladder with more than a dozen barbarian warriors standing down the city, Xiahou Yuan yelled at the tiger and leopard riders beside him and those white-eared elite soldiers.
As the dense stones and wood fell, one by one the barbarian warriors fell from the ladder with a scream, and the lucky ones would fall on the bodies of others, and the luck was almost directly pierced by the weapons in the hands of those barbarian warriors under the city wall.
The task of the tiger and leopard riders and the white-eared elite soldiers is to smash stones and wood with their lives, so what about the first to climb the dead? Naturally, they could not be idle, because they lost the threat of archers, and under the order of Koji Yi, the first dead soldier discarded the big shield in his hand and took out the hard crossbow behind his back. He lowered himself on the battlements and aimed at the barbarian warriors on the ladder who were difficult to dodge.
However, although the more than 10,000 defenders were elite, as time went by, the hundreds of thousands of barbarian armies still had the advantage of numbers, and gradually began to appear that people had climbed to the top of the city.
Looking at the barbarian warriors who climbed to the top of the city and screamed, thinking that they had won the victory, the Xiahou brothers, as well as Zhang Fei and Li Yi, all showed sneerers.
"Yanren Zhang Fei is here! How can you allow Er and other barbarians to be arrogant? Zhang Fei, who was holding a snake spear, swept down the barbarian warriors who had climbed the city beside him one by one, and roared with a spear, like an angry beast against the backdrop of the beard, which was terrifying.
Zhang Fei made a move, and the Xiahou brothers and the three generals of Koyi naturally would not watch him dominate the limelight, and each of them held the weapons in their hands to shoot the barbarian soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city one by one.
With the action of the four generals at the head of the city, all the barbarian warriors who climbed to the head of the city stood for less than a moment, where they came from and where they returned. It's just that when they came, they were screaming, but when they came back, they were just a silent corpse.
The fierce performance of the four generals made Cao Ying's blood boil a little, he pulled out the green steel sword on his waist, and regardless of the obstruction of Cheng Yu and the guards beside him, he went towards the barbarian warriors who had not yet had time to be taken care of by the four generals.
Seeing Cao Ying's move, Liu Bei naturally didn't want his subordinates to think that he was inferior to Cao Ying, so he also drew out his double-strand sword and joined the battle circle to join forces with Cao Ying to kill the enemy.
"These two reckless men, don't you know that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall?" Seeing that Cao Ying and Liu Bei were dancing the weapons in their hands like crazy to face the enemy, Yuan Shao was afraid that he would lose, and he didn't want to fall in front of his subordinates, so he found such a reason for himself.
Hearing this, Tian Yu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other. You say that this Yuan Shao spares his life, why do you have to say such high-sounding words, is it really anything, he has to find out his superiority? It's just that I don't know if he would dare to be as presumptuous as he is now if he meets Sun Ling.
Although there are four generals joining, as well as Cao Ying and Liu Bei, the two lords are boosting morale, but after all, the number of barbarian armies is more than ten times that of the defenders at the head of the city, and more and more barbarian armies have climbed the city, causing the defense of the city to gradually become tighter.
Just when Yan Rou thought that he would take Ningyang City, and Cao Ying wanted to make Xiahou Yuan fall again to stop the enemy, the city wall of Ningyang shook without warning, and a black line that spread across the sky appeared several miles away from Ningyang City.
"Tyrant Battalion?!" A terrible shout came from the mouth of Yan Rou, who turned her head to look behind her.
No way? As soon as he talked about him, he really came, wouldn't it be so accurate?
Looking at the black line that appeared in the sky, Cheng Yu and Tian Yu swallowed the saliva in their mouths in unison, and this same thought flashed through their minds.