Chapter 19 Strong on the outside and dry on the inside
Half a month passed, and the rebels gradually changed from the previous onslaught to an occasional attack, until in the end, they did not attack at all. The pressure of defending the city is getting smaller and smaller, and what Yue Su is busy with now is food allocation. After all, Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan, the granary in the city is relatively full, and there is a lot of grain among the people.
It's enough to choke outside the city, it's December 10 now, and it's only twenty days before the New Year. Not to mention the New Year, it is estimated that the Liukou is wondering if they will be able to eat a full meal in a few days.
Their food is barely enough for a month, the first half of the month is eaten, and the remaining half a month, Ding Zhuang can still make do with the full, the old and weak, and the old and weak can barely have a porridge to drink.
Seeing this situation, Wang Jiayin was embarrassed, the weather was getting colder and colder, the city could not be attacked, there was no food to eat, and when the grain and grass were exhausted, his men would be scattered. What can I do?
Wang Jiayin conducted some research and decided to turn around and attack Jianyang County, which is dozens of miles away, at least it is also a county seat, and it has to have some food, and a county town is relatively easy to attack.
At that moment, Wang Jiayin decided to divide his troops into two routes, all the way to attack Jianyang County, and continue to surround Chengdu City all the way. The way to encircle Chengdu was personally led by him to attack Jianyang County, led by his general Wu Yangui. There are not many people, but they are all Ding Zhuang, and there are 15,000 people in total. The goal is to take Jianyang County in the shortest possible time.
From Chengdu to Jianyang, the normal march will arrive in one day. Arriving at a place three miles away from Jianyang City, the whole army stopped to rest and bury the pot to cook. Nor did they set up camp. Because there are no tents at all, they are just waiting for a night's rest and tomorrow they will take the county seat. Of course, Wu Yangui is also more cunning, he sent a thousand people as the vanguard to Jianyang City to have a look, if the magistrate has abandoned the city and fled, they will enter the city for the night.
These thousand people. Yoyo Dada rushed to the county seat, and the county seat was getting closer and closer. I found that the gate of the county seat was open. As soon as they saw the city gate wide open, these people were happy, and it was estimated that the officials and defenders of the county were scared away, so what are you waiting for, go into the city and take a look, if there are good ones, they will grab them first, and then notify the brothers behind to enter the city.
They move on. When he was only more than fifty steps away from the city gate, suddenly the head of the city unfurled a banner, and a row of arrows rained down from the city. The rogue was unprepared. They fell down one by one, and when they came back to their senses, the earth-shattering shouts of killing rang out.
A group of men and horses roared out of the city, with a horse team in front and infantry behind, and in the hands of the infantry, all of them were hooked and sickled, which were the white pole soldiers.
Let's talk about white pole soldiers. Naturally, Qin Liangyu is indispensable, Qin Liangyu is at the head of the city at the moment. Stand with the county commander Wu Rumeng and watch the enemy's situation.
As mentioned above. Governor Zhu Xieyuan had already transferred Qin Liangyu from Chongqing Mansion to come for reinforcements, but it was a pity that he had finished a step, when Qin Liangyu led 5,000 white pole soldiers to Jianyang County, he had already heard that the Liukou would besiege Chengdu City. Qin Liangyu has been in battle for a long time, is a person who knows the soldiers, understands that now he is attacking, the inside and the outside should be combined, attacking the Liukou, although he can kill through the encirclement, but it does not play a key role, even if he enters Chengdu, he is still surrounded, and he has to continue to wait for reinforcements. The troops are there, and it's really not cost-effective. Therefore, Qin Liangyu decided not to go to Chengdu for the time being, to join the officers and soldiers in Chengdu, and to stay in Jianyang to wait for the opportunity. She understands that under the long-term war, what is compared is grain and grass, if Chengdu is such a strong city, it can't stop the rogues, she really doesn't believe it. Dragged on for a month, the Liukou had no food and grass, the people's hearts were scattered, and when they were running elsewhere, they suddenly attacked again, and the Chengdu defenders, inside and outside, would definitely be able to break the enemy in one fell swoop.
Moreover, the old and spicy Qin Liangyu also calculated that the rogues besieging Chengdu, if they could not capture Chengdu for a long time, would inevitably attack the nearby prefectures and counties and rob the grain and grass. Jianyang County is the closest, it is bound to be the first target of the Liukou, he led the army to stay here, if the Liukou came to fight, whether his soldiers and horses were suddenly attacked, the other party was unprepared, or to help defend the city, they were able to protect Jianyang. Defending Jianyang will be able to form a rivalry with Chengdu, so that the Liukou will not dare to go to farther states and counties to loot.
As Qin Liangyu expected, Liukou did divide his troops to attack Jianyang, and when he sent his troops over, he had already been discovered by the sentinels. So, Qin Liangyu put forward an empty city plan to lure Liukou over, and when he got closer, he suddenly attacked. Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, against the Eight Banners powerhouse, did not suffer a loss, let alone fight a few rogues, as soon as the two came into contact, the rogues who came to pick up the cheap ones swarmed and fled.
Qin Liangyu personally beat the drum and ordered the soldiers to pursue, and the white pole soldiers chased after them until they reached the camp where the Liukou were stationed. The rogues were resting, when they suddenly heard their own people who had fled back shouting and shouting, "The officers and soldiers are here, we have been tricked, there is an ambush, run quickly......"
The number of rogues here is far more than that of the white pole soldiers, but the rogues are ordinary people, a little younger, with a weapon in their hands, but they have little training. As soon as he saw this posture, how could he dare to face the battle, and without waiting for the leader Wu Yangui to give an order, he began to turn around and run away.
The white pole soldiers covered up and killed in the back, chasing out more than ten miles in one go, and only killed the rogue people who flipped on their backs, scattered and fled, and suffered countless casualties. After the victory, the white pole soldiers withdrew their troops and returned to Jianyang County.
In the battle of Liukou, even Wu Yangui himself did not know how many casualties there were, he only knew that when he fled back to the camp outside Chengdu, there were more than 400 people who followed him, and later returned to the team one after another, there were more than 1,000 people, and the rest never came back.
After Wang Jiayin learned of this, he was on fire, he lost a lot of troops in Chengdu, but he didn't expect to lose so much in Jianyang County, 20,000 before, and now there are more than 10,000, how many Ding Zhuang are under his command. Tossing and tossing like this, before waiting for the New Year, he almost died.
However, Wang Jiayin is still behind, and now this step is a dilemma. If you want to move forward, you must lay down Chengdu, look at the posture in front of you, and want to hit Chengdu, it's a pipe dream. Turn around and run to Jian Yang's side. It's a road, but he doesn't know how many people there are in Jianyang City, he sent more than 10,000 people, and he came back like these two, it seems that the strength is no less than Chengdu. Return the way you came. The brothers must not starve to death, and they have robbed all the things they can on the way to come, and they turn around and go back, and there is nothing to grab or eat.
Wang Jiayin pondered and pondered, but he couldn't think of a good way, but it has come to this point. It will definitely not work to go back, Chengdu is not easy to fight. Just don't fight, Jianyang is a county seat after all, and the city defense is there, which is not the same grade as Chengdu. How many people and horses are there in the city, 10,000 people are dead, so let's go and fight Jianyang.
Broke Jian Yang. All the way down, hit wherever you go. At least grab something first and give the year over.
Just do it, Wang Jiayin has no food to rely on here. Gather people and horses at the moment and send troops to Jianyang. There are so many rogues, and the defenders in the city can naturally see this large-scale movement. Yue Su saw that this was to forget the direction of Jianyang, Jianyang was just a county seat, where could he defend it. Lord Yue didn't know that Qin Liangyu had arrived in Jianyang.
However, a proper help. That's still okay. After watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lord Yue understood. When the enemy retreats, send troops to chase and kill. It's sure to give the rebels a drink. So, Lord Yue summoned all the generals and gathered soldiers and horses, during this time, the rebels did not come to attack the city, and the soldiers in the city were almost cultivated. Hearing that Lord Yue was going to take the initiative to attack, Huzi and Tie Qiu were very excited, but some soldiers did not have that confidence, and secretly muttered in their hearts, we can defend the city, we are already thankful, and we are going out to chase something.
After some screening, Yue Su mobilized 2,000 hardcover soldiers, led by Jin Chan, Li Haoran, Tie Qiu, and Huzi, and waited for the siege outside the city to be lifted, and when the Liukou rear army also marched towards Jianyang, he would pursue and kill.
It took two hours for the Liukou to surround the city at the beginning, but now that the siege is withdrawn, it naturally takes no less time. When the last group of rogues evacuated, a cannon rang out in the city, the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and Jin Chan, Li Haoran, Tie Qiu, and Huzi took the lead and went out of the city. Chengdu is a huge city, of course, there are a lot of horses, there are 500 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, and it is a vast and powerful killing.
When the troops were withdrawn, the rogues were defenseless, and most of the rear troops were old and weak, so where they could resist, the officers and soldiers rushed and fled in all directions. The road is so wide, and there are hundreds of thousands of wanderers, it is impossible to just run to the side, and there are more people who run forward. As soon as the rear team squeezed the front team, the rogue in front was gone, and the cavalry took advantage of the situation to follow up, only to kill the rogue is crying father and mother, trampling on each other, and killing and wounding countless people.
A rogue is a rogue who, when this happens, he doesn't know what to do at all, and it seems that there is no other choice but to escape. Many people are coerced, seeing this situation, what does it matter, immediately take the opportunity to escape, Lord Yue actually wanted to let Liukou taste the power, but he didn't expect that there was an unexpected major gain. Tens of thousands of people are running around like scattered sand outside Chengdu. It's either eastward or westward, all sorts of things.
This time, Tie Qiu and Huzi had a good time killing, and the two big knives were cut when they saw someone, and they couldn't resist at all. Wang Jiayin, who was at the front, knew that he was behind, and he couldn't think of any way, so he could only lead people to continue to move forward. The back is so tightly blocked, if you want reinforcements, there is no way. Anyway, the people behind are all old and weak children who can't fight, so let's die.
There are too few officers and soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people, even if they are placed in front of them to kill themselves, I am afraid that they will die of exhaustion and will not be able to kill them in a day. There are more and more rogues who are scattered, but their troops are also a little out of touch. The cavalry was in front, and the infantry was gone. It can be twenty miles to chase out, and the rebels who fled in front of them still can't see the end, seeing that the sky is dark, Jin Cicada hurriedly called Huzi and Tieqiu and told them to collect their troops.
These two benevolent brothers, in fact, haven't enjoyed it yet, but Tie Qiu listens to Jin Chan's words, since Jin Chan wants to withdraw, then he can only withdraw. Huzi is now on a pretty good relationship with Tie Qiu, the two of them often frolic around, and when he saw Tie Qiu and Jin Chan collecting their troops, he had no choice but to agree. So the horse team turned around and headed back towards Chengdu. Along the road, some rogues who wanted to follow the brigade were frightened to hide, and they joined the infantry and returned triumphantly.
Today's big battle has made those officers and soldiers understand a truth, the rogue is nothing more than this, he has no ability, he is strong on the outside, and he is strong in the middle, that is, he relies on the large number of people to come out to bluff people.