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Qu Yongjie led nearly 100,000 troops to withdraw to Fancheng, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides

The small county town, a flat terrain with a radius of several square kilometers in the middle, is the county seat of Fancheng, surrounded by mountains, in fact it is not high, the altitude is only about a few tens of meters to a hundred meters at most, after returning to Fancheng, Qu Yongjie set up a camp on the mountain on three sides, protecting Fancheng, but nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses are compressed to this small place with a radius of less than ten square kilometers, in fact, it has lost all the tactical maneuver space, and is completely in the point of being passively beaten. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What is even more worrying is where does the grain and grass of the nearly 100,000 army come from? Although at the time of the retreat, the army still brought a part, but this could not last many days, Fancheng is a small city, and the grain and grass that can be raised are also extremely ni, even if they dig three feet into the ground, this small county town only makes the grain and grass of Qubu less than 500,000 catties, and for this grain, the people living in Fancheng have been searched empty, and there is no grain of rice at home.

The numb people of Fancheng looked at these desperate Luoyang soldiers with hateful eyes, the hatred hidden in their eyes shocked Qu Yongjie, and the cry of women and children made his heart twitch, Qu Yongjie was not from a wealthy family, but from a poor family, hunger, persecution, and embarrassment filled his childhood, seeing all this, he involuntarily recalled his youth.

He ordered the expulsion of all the inhabitants of Fancheng.

Standing on the not-so-tall walls of Fancheng, watching as tens of thousands of people were driven out of their homes with swords, spears, and whips, and along the tired streets, looking back three times at a time, slowly walking out of the city There were cries, and curses came from the crowd in a low voice.

Qu Yongjie smiled bitterly and lowered his head, expelling them, keeping them away from this small city where a big war is about to take place is the only thing he can do for them, staying here, they will only fall victim to this war, and the last thing that people care about is the lives of these small people.

Drive them away, I believe that the current Dingzhou army will settle them, after all, the victors will not only need people's hearts in the future, but also people who can create wealth for them.

It's a pity that these people who are being driven away from the city don't seem to understand his painstaking efforts, they will only see that it was Qu Yongjie who broke their peaceful life, robbed them of their last grain of food, and drove them away from the home they relied on for survival.

"The city walls are not enough to defend and demolish the houses, build barricades, let us fight a street battle with the Dingzhou army, and let us end our last mission in the white-knuckle intersection!" Qu Yongjie said in a low voice.

Two days later, the troops that failed in the attack on Dingjun Mountain rushed to Fancheng, and Qu Yongjie learned the news of the death of hundreds of officers below Ma Xieyou, who were above the rank of lieutenant, and he no longer felt sad, it was only a matter of time, and it was his turn to be next.

Three days later, the combined forces of Zhang Aimin and Chen Zeyue advanced to a place about ten miles outside Fancheng, and then the Qianduobu of the Tiger Battalion of Dingjun Mountain also arrived in Fancheng.

Five days later, the two major armies of Lü Dalin, Tian Feng, and Guan Xinglong arrived in Fancheng, and for a while, about 300,000 Dingzhou troops gathered around the small city of Fancheng to surround Fancheng layer after layer.

In Fancheng, you can also hear the cheers of the Dingzhou Army because of the victory of several large group armies, and these cheers also mean that the countdown to his death has begun, and the countdown to Da Chu has also begun.

Luoyang has not been able to send any reinforcements, even if there is, it is impossible to let them come out at this time, the result will only be a given state army to eat one by one, at this time, the only way to gather all the troops at their disposal is to trap Luoyang, but how long can they hold it?

For hundreds of thousands of years, Luoyang has never been broken by the enemy from the outside, this time, will there be an exception? Qu Yongjie sat in the county office that served as a temporary commander, thinking stupidly.

Presumably it will be the largest siege battle in history, spear and shield, who can master the ups and downs? It's a pity that I can't see it.

Although it had been surrounded, the Dingzhou army did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, but slowly dug a trench and built a breastwork outside Fancheng, and the whole looked like it was going to be besieged for a long time.

As an excellent general, Qu Yongjie admires the opponent's commanding generals, in the case of victory, he was not carried away at all, but took the most prudent approach, you know, although the current Luoyang soldiers are desperate, but there is another emotion, that is, tragedy. A group of mourning soldiers in despair, the energy that can burst out is amazing, if the Dingzhou army is eager to attack at this time, even if they win, the price they have to pay must be amazing, obviously, the other general also deeply understands this, they unhurriedly tighten the encirclement, lure themselves to take the initiative, and then eat their last strength little by little, in exchange for the greatest victory at the smallest price.

Appreciating the opponent is just an extra emotion, but the more shrewd the opponent, the more tragic it is for Qu Yongjie now, which is slowly destroying what little hope he has.

Qu Yongjie had no doubt that behind the seemingly loose opponent's defense, his hungry mouths were wide open, revealing the sharp fangs inside, waiting for him to pounce on him, and then chew himself to the point that there was no scum left.

Grain and grass are now the biggest problem, now the whole army can only eat a dry meal for the soldiers who are ready to fight that day, and the rotating soldiers can only live on a bowl of gruel, even so, the whole army can support the ground for a maximum of one or twenty days, and this must also count all the war horses, pack horses, mules and donkeys of the whole army, and after that, the whole army will run out of food.

Qu Yongjie had no intention of sending troops out to fight, and sending troops out of the city to fight meant consuming more food, and soldiers who did not have enough to eat would go to war, and soldiers who had no strength could only commit suicide. If the opponent does not take the initiative to attack, Qu Yongjie is also willing to delay for a few more days, even if the whole army starves to death in the end, as long as he can fight for the defense of Luoyang for a while longer.

Lu Dalin did not rush to attack this time, in Pingzhou City, Zhou Tong's desperate counterattack sounded the alarm for him, even if you are sure of victory, don't underestimate your opponent, even if you are a tiger The opponent is a little white rabbit, it is not excluded that this little white rabbit will bite you before dying.

The explosion of more than 30 Shenwei cannons made Lu Dalin's heart hurt to the bones.

Qu Yongjie's army was besieged in such a small place, basically unable to play any tricks, and their most fatal weakness was food, if possible, Lu Dalin did not mind tidying up after all the opponents were hungry.

The four generals Lu Dalin, Tian Feng, Guan Xinglong, and Chen Zeyue gathered in Fancheng, and they all respected Lu Dalin in terms of seniority and age, so the commander-in-chief of this battle was to be served by Lu Dalin.

"The lord has decided to come to the final battle of Luoyang in person, and the time of the decisive battle is set for September, and it is still in May, we have enough time to clean up Qu Yongjie and then come to Luoyang City." Lu Dalin said: "The lord is expected to set off from Dingzhou in July, arrive at Luoyang City at the end of August, and start the attack in September. ”

Lu Dalin's words made the generals in the tent laugh.

"General Yang Yidao's 100,000 army is now approaching the gate of Luoyang, but now we don't need so many people here, so I mean that our troops here are mainly cavalry, and a group of troops will be deployed to Luoyang in advance, first, it can form solidarity with General Yang Yidao, and second, it is also to deter Luoyang and some forces that are still waiting, we have begun to form an encirclement of Luoyang."

"General Lu is right, in fact, in this place of Fancheng, the cavalry is not very useful, and it is impossible for Qu Yongjie to break out, so a large number of cavalry is here, and it is indeed an empty waste of money and food." Chen Zeyue said.

"Since this is the case, we will send the cavalry of the three battalions of Changsheng Battalion, Yizhou Battalion, and Feiling Battalion to Luoyang." Guan Xingyue groaned.

Lu Dabing jumped up suddenly, "Why don't we have our Red Cavalry?" ”

Lu Dalin glared at him fiercely, "What are you shouting about?" General Guan's arrangement is excellent, you have been commanding the Red Cavalry for so many years, but some of the inferior characteristics of the Red Cavalry have not changed now, if you are allowed to go out to a rich place like the suburbs of Beijing, I don't know what they will do? You know, now we not only have to defeat our opponents and occupy Luoyang, but we also have to win the hearts and minds of the people, you know? ”

Lu Dabing sat down angrily, "What don't you understand, some time ago, I spent so much money and food to settle the lives of the people in Fancheng, isn't it just to win the hearts of the people!" ”

Tian Feng smiled and started the round, "Don't be impatient, it's impossible to transfer all the cavalry, we must keep the cavalry here, the Red Cavalry led by you is the old strong army of our Dingzhou Army, we can't transfer all the elites, right?" ”

Lu Dabing nodded, feeling a little better.

"General Lu, according to our estimates, the grain and grass under Qu Yongjie's department should be able to support ten to twenty days, and now that ten days have passed, should we exert a little pressure?" Chen Zeyue's gaze turned to Lu Dalin and said.

"That's what I mean." Lu Dalin said, "For Qu Yongjie's peripheral positions, we can start some light attacks, it doesn't matter if we can attack or not, the key is to let our soldiers regain their spirits and warm up for the attack on Luoyang." ”

Qu Yongjie climbed the Quanjialing on the left side of Fancheng with great difficulty, and since entering May, the Dingzhou troops suddenly began to attack the peripheral positions, and from the extent of the Dingzhou troops' attack, it seems that there is no target at all.

On the Quanjialing position, a general with a haggard face greeted him, and most of the soldiers were numb or sitting or lying on the position, seeing Qu Yongjie coming up, he just rolled his eyes and glanced at him, his face was basically with vegetables, this is hungry, now the grain and grass have become more and more nervous, many troops have begun to peel the bark, look for wild vegetables, and dig up gophers.

"How's that?" Qu Yongjie asked.

The general shook his head, "It's not good, general, we have basically run out of food, and if we continue like this, we will be consumed alive, so why not fight to the death?" While the soldiers still have the last bit of strength? (To be continued)