Chapter 476: Besieging Wancheng

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In the year of 193 in China, July 20. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Wuyang County has a favorable geographical location and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses are sufficient, Lu Bu has no confidence to resist the footsteps of the heaven-sent army!

Why? Because of the combat power of the Jinyi Army, it really made Lu Bu the hearts of the people, and in the eastern region of Nanyang, there was no longer any point in letting Lu Bu continue to exploit him. So after thinking about it for a while, Lu Bu actually decided to give up Wuyang County, ordered to gather supplies on the spot, and the whole army aimed to advance in the direction of Xiangyang!!

Incredible!! It's really unimaginable that Lu Bu actually gave up the vast Nanyang area without fighting, and even ruthlessly abandoned the tens of thousands of troops who had been following him on all sides of Wuyang.

Cold-blooded and ruthless! But it can also be imagined, after all, Lu Bu's strength has always been unsuccessful. was forced to abandon the Yanzhou region at the beginning, why wasn't it to avoid Liu Tai's edge? Lu Bu, who once held an army of 100,000, didn't dare to fight to the death with the Tianci army, not to mention that now he only had an army of 50,000 or 60,000?

Lu Bu left, and walked very simply, it can be said that he scraped the ground in the entire Wuyang County, except for the people, and took away everything that could be taken away. When Liu Tai led the army to Wuyang County, Wuyang had already become a hell on earth, full of decomposing corpses of the people after death, as well as the insincere and benevolent people who were starved.

Seeing such a situation, Liu Tai's mood could not be expressed at all, but he gave an order with a gloomy face, "From now on, all the wolf riders in the state will be killed!" ”

Including Lu Bu!

In the 193rd year of Huaxia, on July 25, in just ten days, the entire eastern part of Nanyang fell into the hands of the Tianci army. Lu Bu's army has no ability to resist at all, and those garrisons have long lost their surnames, in front of the powerful Tianci army, they lost all their morale in a few rounds, and most of them were slaughtered by the Tianci army, after all, there are no generals in these garrisons who can handle it at all, and Lu Bu seems to have guessed that the Tianci army will go south, so except for Wuyang County, other counties have left very few troops.

Huaxia 193, early August.

Huangfu Song, who attacked the western region of Nanyang, gave full play to the powerful mobility of the Tianci army, and before Yuan Shu could react, he forcibly conquered the western Hubei and Lixian counties around Wancheng, causing Wancheng to be completely isolated. And Yuan Shu was trapped by Lu Bu for half a year, he had long lost his original ambition, and when he saw the Tianci army coming to invade in a big way, he was so frightened that he cowered in Wancheng and did not dare to fight.

In this way, Wancheng once again suffered the fate of being besieged, but this time it was not a ragtag army like Lu Bu that besieged Wancheng, but a heaven-sent army known for its shocking combat power. Under the attack of the Heavenly Army, can Yuan Shu please well?

Huangfu Song obviously has no intention of fighting a protracted war!

After getting that all parts of the rear had been forcibly recovered by Liu Tai, Huangfu Song immediately ordered to test the surname to attack the city. Wancheng's defense ability is very weak, at least under the attack of various siege equipment of the Tianci army, it is impossible to form an effective defense at all, if it is not for Huangfu Song who did not think about taking Wancheng for the first time, or the head of Wancheng has been occupied by the Tianci army.

Yuan Shu was frightened, and in the face of the terrifying combat power of the Heavenly Army, the only hope in Yuan Shu's heart was completely shattered.

And Huangfu Song also ordered Yuan Shu to surrender in a timely manner, and countless documents of persuasion were sent into Wancheng like snowflakes. And the people of Wancheng, who originally thought that it was Lu Bu's army coming again, were actually attacked by the Tianci army, and they were overjoyed!

Nanyang is close to Si Li, and he is familiar with Si Li's situation, and knows that the people of Si Li are under the rule of Liu Tai, and they are very different from what they once were. If it weren't for the battle between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, the road to the north of Wancheng was blocked, or there would be many people in Wancheng who left their hometowns to live in Sili.

To the delight of the people, the Tianci army actually went south, if Wancheng became the land of the Tianci army, then the people still need to leave their hometowns? In this way, under the will of the people, let alone the people, even the garrison under Yuan Shu is unstable, and one by one looking at the neat and murderous Tianci army under the city no longer has enough confidence to resist.

In 193 of Huaxia, after receiving the information that Yuan Shu refused to surrender, the third emperor Fu Song again ordered the storming of Wancheng in early August. This time, under the attack of the Tianci army, the situation in Wancheng was even more critical, and there were even many Wancheng garrisons who surrendered on the spot and fled from the city in order to avoid being killed.

And the storm of surrender seems to be contagious, for a while, the city is full of surrendered soldiers, but no matter what, Wancheng's ability to resist is there, and these surrendered soldiers cannot be taken away by the Tianci army, so in this siege battle, most of the surrendered soldiers were ordered by Yuan Shu to be killed, and the damage of the Tianci army is even more limited.

After two sieges of the city, the garrison was already frightened, and in order to strengthen the city defense, Yuan Shu ordered the allocation of all available resources to the city. In this way, the difficulty of the Tianci army to attack the city is increased a little, and if one of them uses long-range weapons to attack the morale of Wancheng, the effect obtained is very limited.

In the 193rd year of Huaxia, Liu Tai, who completely solved the major Xiancheng cities in the east of Nanyang on the fifth day of the eighth month, led the army to Wancheng as soon as possible. In Liu Tai's planning for a long time, he never thought that Huangfu Song would be able to move Wancheng south as soon as possible, after all, Wancheng is the emperor's hometown, the defense force is very sufficient, and there is no shortage of food and grass in the city, and it is impossible to take Wancheng with 60,000 Tianci troops.

Of course, Liu Tai also understands that if Huangfu Song does everything to storm Wancheng, he will definitely be able to penetrate the terrifying city defense of Wancheng, but if that is the case, the losses of the Tianci army will be too heavy, and Liu Tai, as the Northern Emperor, rushed to Wancheng to supervise the battle, which can not only boost the morale of the Tianci army, but also weaken the resistance in the city.

Under the elimination of one and the other, the chances of victory of the heaven-sent army are even greater!

And the most important thing is that the arrival of Liu Tai is the most striking blow to Yuan Shu, who is defending Wancheng. Liu Tai arrived in Wancheng, which means that the Eastern Battle is completely over! Others don't know Lu Bujun's combat power, doesn't Yuan Shu know?

But that's it, Lu Bu was not enough to resist Liu Tai, under Liu Tai's all-out attack, he was completely defeated in such a short time, and the whole territory fell into the hands of the Tianci army, can Yuan Shu not be afraid?

Yuan Shuke knew that the reason why Wancheng was able to block Lu Bu at the beginning was entirely because of the people's will, and if the army came to attack today, the people's heart would be biased towards the heaven-given army. No matter what, Liu Tai's reputation in the hearts of the people is not comparable to Yuan Shu and the Yuan family, if it continues like this, without the Tianci army to attack, the people in the city will cooperate with the Tianci army to deal with the Yuan army, and then Yuan Shu's fate can be imagined how miserable it will be!

Wancheng is a majestic city, with a three-zhang high city wall, which brings a heavy sense of oppression. But at this moment, it was not the Tianci army that really felt the oppression, but the soldiers of Yuan who were stationed on such a majestic city, and I saw the soldiers at the head of the city poking out their heads from time to time to look at the barracks under the city, with a strong fear in their eyes.

The Tianci army was stationed in the south of Wancheng, and the two sides were separated by about a kilometer, that is, a distance of two miles. It stands to reason that the camp of the besieging party is generally stationed about five miles away from the city wall, after all, some powerful weapons, such as siege crossbows, have a very long range.

But the Tianci army did not have this scruple at all, because the siege giant crossbow has always been the secret weapon of northern Xinjiang, and it is impossible to create a siege giant crossbow with Yuan Shu's ability. Although it is said that the siege giant crossbow has been gradually eliminated due to the birth of artillery in northern Xinjiang, most of the time, the siege giant crossbow is still the main long-range weapon of the siege army.

The Heaven-Sent Army Barracks.

At this moment, the barracks were full of armor, and columns of knights and foot soldiers patrolled the barracks, guarding against any possible danger. Generally speaking, it is impossible for the Yuan army to steal the camp, especially in the current daylight environment, but the military discipline of the Tianci army stipulates that no matter how weak the enemy is, the routine patrol must not be abolished.

In fact, for a long time, there have been very few cases of the Tianci Army encountering illegal camps, and it can be said that there are not a few times at all. But today is different, because His Majesty the Northern Emperor, who is supreme in the heart of the Tianci Army, has already led the army to join the Huangfu Song army, that is to say, there is Liu Tai in the military camp at this moment, with the belief of the Tianci Army in Liu Tai, how can it be possible to allow any trace of danger to appear?

Liu Tai was not in the imperial tent at the moment, but inspected the military camp with several generals such as Huangfu Song, Guo Jia, and Pang Tong. Although Liu Tai has been in a very low mood recently, after all, the tragic situation in the eastern part of Nanyang was not caused by the Tianci army, and the first two sieges of the city also brought a lot of losses to the Tianci army.

"Your Majesty, although Wancheng is a strong city, but at the moment all four sides have been occupied by our army, it can also be said to be a complete lonely city, and it is not necessary to blow it away if you want to take it down, but why is Your Majesty reluctant to give an order?" Huangfu Song walked behind Liu Tai and asked Liu Tai.

Although it is said that Huangfu Song did not have much time to enter the northern Xinjiang regime, after all, he was a veteran of the Han family, and he even helped Liu Tai back then, and the separation between the monarchs and ministers between the two sides was not very large. And Huangfu Song was also difficult to substitute himself into the role of a courtier for a while, so when he spoke, he was a little disrespectful. Of course, Huang Fu Song would never dare to ignore the identity of Liu Taibei, otherwise, how could Huang Fu Song still lead troops to the battle?

For Liu Tai, Huangfu Song is a little entangled, after all, Liu Tai is not the orthodoxy of the Han royal family, but a side branch of the Han family. If it weren't for the fact that the two sons of Emperor Ling of Han were successively harmed by Dong Zhuo, with the stubborn thinking of Huangfu Song, it was even possible to oppose Liu Tai's ascension to the throne of the Northern Emperor.

Of course, it's nonsense to say everything at the moment, even if Huangfu Song is against it? As long as Liu Tai says a word, not to mention the current throne of the general of the Huangfu Songnanzheng Expedition, and even the surname of the Huangfu family is difficult to protect! And in today's Han family, Liu Tai is the crown prince of the Han family who is most qualified to inherit the imperial line, who is qualified to say what? Even the clan is now under pressure from Liu Tai, and they have changed to support Liu Tai as emperor!

"General Huangfu" Liu Tai turned his head to look at Huangfu Song, his eyes were a little cold, and he said lightly: "Aren't the people of Nanyang dead enough?" If you attack the city, you will inevitably use artillery, and with the power of artillery, how many innocent lives will be lost in the city at that time? Although my heart is like a rock, I can't do this to my Chinese descendants! ”

If he saw the tragic situation of Nanyang with his own eyes, Liu Tai would definitely agree to storm Nanyang and turn the nearly 100,000 Yuan troops in Nanyang City into a restoration, but at this moment, Liu Tai really can't do it! Nanyang's population has been seriously lost, if tens of thousands of young people die, then when and what month can Nanyang restore its former prosperity?

Although Liu Tai desperately wants to dominate the world, he doesn't want to get a broken mountain and river. In the future, the Tianci Army will have to mobilize troops in the west, south, and even the extreme western continent, if there is not enough population, then everything will not be empty talk?

Huangfu Song opened his mouth, he originally wanted to say that the monarch should focus on the overall situation, what can tens of thousands of people be counted if they die? As long as the Yuan Shu forces are eliminated, then with Nanyang's recovery ability, it will be restored sooner or later. But seeing Liu Tai's increasingly cold look, these words were stuck in his throat and couldn't be said at all.

At this moment, Huangfu Song suddenly understood that Liu Tai was no longer a child who had entered Luoyang to seek an official position, but His Majesty the Northern Emperor who owned half of the country and held a million-strong division. If Huangfu Song dares to be disrespectful, I am afraid that the career of his life will come to an end.

Turning his head and looking at Guo Jia on the side, Liu Tai squinted his eyes and said, "Fengxiao, is Wenhe ready?" Remember, some people who don't need to stay, don't give me a soft heart, and dispose of everything that should be dealt with! ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Mr. Jia has already sent someone to infiltrate, as for Your Majesty's orders, the minister has discussed with Mr. Jia many times, and there will definitely be no mistakes." Guo Jia replied to Liu Tai. In front of people, Guo Jia has always shown great respect for Liu Tai, and never dared to do anything presumptuous.

"En" nodded, Liu Tai pursed his lips and looked at the city as high as three zhang in the distance, a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were surprisingly cold, as if he had seen the coming end of a certain family.

Long before coming to Wancheng, Liu Tai had ordered Jia Xu to dispatch the elite personnel of the two groups of Youlong and Dark Tiger to infiltrate Wancheng, responsible for dealing with some tumors of the high-level Yuan army and the Yuan clan. For a long time, Liu Tai has never disdained these assassinations, but after a period of time, Liu Tai has understood that as long as he can win, why should he care about any indiscriminate means?

The two groups of Ghost Dragon and Dark Tiger can indeed exert extraordinary abilities in Jia Xu's hands. At least for some time, the information gathered, including the Dragon and Tiger 2 Group, has become more and more useful to the front line, and even occasionally sends back some much-needed information in each battle.

For example, the second group of the Dragon and Tiger in the Qingzhou Campaign played a very big role and controlled the situation in the entire Qingzhou in their hands. And because Jia Xu's anticipation of the enemy first, the person in charge of the Southern Expedition campaign can be said to be invincible and invincible, and now Yuan Shao of Qingzhou is forced to tighten step by step, and can only retreat in Linzi City to passively defend, all of which are inseparable from Jia Xu's contributions.

(To be continued)