Chapter 101: The Offensive and Defensive Battle of Anhui City
In the fourth year of Jian'an, July 22, early in the morning.
The rainstorm had stopped last night, and Wang Chong pushed open the door, only to feel a fresh smell of earth in his face, which lifted his spirits.
Looking up at the dark clouds dissipating and the blue sky like a wash, Wang Chong stretched his waist and greedily took a breath of fresh air, and the whole person became refreshed.
Symbolically opening the system and taking a look, Wang Zheng's eyes widened, his face changed greatly, and the good mood that was extremely happy a moment ago almost disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Wang Chong couldn't believe his eyes, his current experience value was inexplicably thousands more than last night, and until this time, the experience value was still climbing up crazily.
"Has the Jiangdong Army launched an attack on Wancheng?"
Although the system cannot give the exact source of the experience value, compared with the mouth of the water and the Hengjiangjin, the possibility of Anhui City being besieged is undoubtedly the greatest.
After carefully flipping through the list of tips, Wang Chong found that this battle had started half an hour ago, and it was obvious that the Jiangdong Army wanted to take Wancheng in one go when the Jinfan reinforcements had not yet arrived.
Turning off the system, Wang Chong hurriedly said to the guards on the side: "Quick, pass my order, and the whole army will gather urgently!" ”
The guards didn't know why Wang Chong became so anxious in the blink of an eye, but they still quickly conveyed Wang Chong's order.
Gan Ning hurriedly came and asked, "Shaolin, what happened?" Why is there such a rush to bring the army together? ”
Wang Chong said: "Brother, when I got up this morning, I suddenly had an ominous premonition, thinking that the Jiangdong army was very likely to take advantage of our absence to attack Wancheng, so I think that the sooner we rush to Wancheng, the better!" ”
Gan Ning's face changed: "It's not that this possibility is impossible!" ”
Jin Fan received the good news from Liu Ye from Anhui City last night, knowing that Anhui City has been occupied by Liu Ye now, Gan Ning felt that if he was Sun Ce, he would also launch a surprise attack as soon as possible before the other party had a firm foothold.
Wang Chong said solemnly: "Brother, I intend to lead the cavalry battalion to take the lead, and you should also prepare the army to come later!" ”
Gan Ning frowned: "So urgent? ”
"Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case!" Wang Chong shook his head and said, "Brother, the 20,000 army will be handed over to you!" ”
Gan Ning hesitated: "Shaolin, why don't you let Brother Wei lead the cavalry battalion to Anhui City first, and the 20,000 troops will be led by you personally, right?" ”
"Brother, you also know that I am not good at commanding troops, so it is better for you to shoulder this heavy responsibility!" Wang Chong knew that Gan Ning was worried about his safety, but he didn't intend to accept Gan Ning's kindness.
"But ......"
"It's nothing." Wang Chong interrupted with a smile, "Brother, you are the Metropolitan Governor of my Jinfan, isn't it your duty to command the army?" Or is my brother not having faith in me? ”
“…… All right! Gan Ning was silent for a moment, and let out a long sigh, since Wang Chong had said this, he obviously couldn't agree if he wanted to.
Wang Chong nodded with satisfaction, and reminded again: "Brother, my Jinfan must march step by step, and must not be rashly aggressive, you must know that yesterday's Liu Xun was killed and defeated by us because of this, today, we must not follow in Liu Xun's footsteps!" ”
Gan Ning said: "Shaolin rest assured, save for my brother!" ”
――――――――
At this time, in Anhui City, the people on both sides had already been killed.
Liu Ye stood at the head of the city, looking at the Jiangdong soldiers who rushed to kill one after another outside the city, the expression on his face was as cold as frost.
This siege, the Jiangdong army was very well prepared, and when the Jinfan soldiers discovered the abnormality, the other party's army had already surrounded Anhui City on all sides, and Liu Ye didn't even have time to send someone to send a distress letter.
Feints on three sides and a strong attack on the other, Jiangdong invested 30,000 troops on the battlefield at one time.
If you think that this is just a feint, and a large number of soldiers and horses will be transferred away, the other party may directly change the feint attack into a strong attack, this kind of change between the virtual and the real, even if it is as wise as Liu Ye, it is also a headache.
However, the defending side always has an advantage over the besieging side, Liu Ye did not immediately put all the 18,000 troops into the battlefield, but allocated 3,000 soldiers on each city wall in advance, and the remaining 6,000 troops were temporarily on standby.
Although he didn't expect the Jiangdong Army to come so quickly, fortunately, the cautious Liu Ye had already taken many measures to defend the city, arrows, stones, wood, oil, etc. were all prepared, and even the stone-throwing vehicles that were modified by Liu Ye, that is, the thunderbolt cars, had more than a dozen.
Liu Ye's current position is the west gate where the Jiangdong Army chose to attack.
After the Jiangdong army paid the price of thousands of soldiers, dozens of flying bridges have been built on the moat outside the city.
"Quick! Put a stone and a sassal wood! Enemy troops must not be allowed to climb the city! Unlike Liu Ye, who was still calm and composed, the generals who commanded the city were already impatient at this moment.
As a large number of stones and sassholes were thrown down the city wall, the Jiangdong soldiers screamed and fell down the ladder, and in less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of corpses were piled up under the city.
What is Elite? That is a soldier who is not afraid of death, even if the companions next to him fall in a pool of blood one by one, they cannot shake their determination to move forward in the slightest.
Below the city walls, Jiangdong's crossbowmen are also constantly exerting pressure on the city, although the condescending Jinfan always has the advantage, but the number of casualties is indeed increasing.
A rain of arrows played a song of death, and the moat was littered with corpses, blood almost staining the river red.
"Pour the oil!"
With Liu Ye's order, a pot of boiling oil was sprinkled on the city like heavy rain from the sky, and the little momentum that the Jiangdong Army had finally risen with great difficulty was severely suppressed.
"Set fire!"
Rumble!
Under the city wall, majestic flames rose into the sky, naturally forming a separation belt, which also meant that the first wave of the Jiangdong Army's offensive ended with complete failure.
"Damn it!"
Seeing countless Jiangdong soldiers fleeing in the flames, or being burned alive, or simply jumping off the moat, Han Dang, who was commanding the siege army in the rear, was suddenly itched with anger: "I didn't expect this Liu Ye to be quite capable!" ”
Dong Xi, the deputy general on the side, said with a solemn expression: "General, I Jiangdong has lost nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and Jinfan has lost only hundreds of people. ”
"Humph! When will it be your turn to teach Ben a lesson? Han Dang glared at Dong Xian fiercely, and ordered: "Come on, go to the well!" ”