830 - Why should I besiege a city?
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Yao Yu arranged for someone to take the heads of Zhou Kan and Lu Feng to the city to shout to the city.
Moreover, this shouter is still a group of barbarians such as Xi Dawu.
After receiving Yao Yu's favor, they naturally worked hard, but Li Bi at the head of the city couldn't be happy anyway.
He couldn't understand why Ezhi surrendered Yao Yu, and helped Yao Yu kill Zhou Kan and Lu Feng who stayed outside the city.
You have to say that Yao Yu had already planned with E Zhi, and Yao Yu and E Zhi didn't know each other before.
If you want to say that Yao Yu had a temporary idea, it's only been a day, how could E Yu believe him?
Li Bi still has some understanding of Eji, and knows that Ezhi is straightforward and fast-talking, although he has no IQ, he will not easily break his promise and betray himself.
But the facts are in front of him, that is, Li Bi doesn't believe it, and there is no way.
Of course, Li Bi is right about all of this, if Zhuge Yu hadn't come forward, E Wei would not have taken refuge in Yao Yu so quickly.
Don't underestimate the influence of the Zhuge clan in Nanzhong.
Knowing that the troops outside the city were annihilated, E Zhi also led the crowd to take refuge in Yao Yu, and Li Xiong's face was ugly.
As a result, Yao Yu's troops increased again.
His chances of winning are one point lower.
However, there is a good saying, it is called that the loser does not lose the battle. Even if the situation is getting worse and worse for him now, Li Xiong has never thought of giving in.
He deliberately laughed at the city: "Yao Yu, you don't want to be complacent, what if there are more rabble?" If you have the ability, you will come to attack the city. I admit that your ability to use troops is unparalleled in the world, and few can match it. But there are still 50,000 troops in Chengdu, can you eat it? ”
Yao Yu also smiled when he heard this: "Li Xiong, Li Xiong, should I say that you are confused, or that you are an idiot?" Do you think I still need to siege the city? All the mobile forces in Yizhou are in the city, these 50,000 people are your last strength, right? I will calculate that there are 50,000 soldiers and 120,000 people in the city, a total population of 170,000. This man eats what horses chew. Consumes a lot every day, right? How much grass do you have in your city? Is it 100,000 stones, or 200,000 stones? How long will it be enough for you? I'm different, I can rely on the rear to keep sending baggage from afar. When you run out of food, it will be the day of your death. ”
Yao Yu's words were like hammers hitting Li Xiong's heart one by one.
Every time Yao Yu said a word, Li Xiong's heart would sink a little.
By now, he had finally figured out what Yao Yu was doing so complicated.
At the head of the city, the soldiers all looked at each with sad faces, and they all heard Yao Yu's words, if it was really as Yao Yu said, then there was no need for Yao Yu to attack the city. It's just consumption, and you can't bear it.
"Yao Yu, you don't want to bewitch the public, there is plenty of food and grass in the city, even if you eat for three years, you don't have to worry."
It can be seen that after Li Xiong's words fell, the soldiers defending the city all showed relieved expressions.
Clearly, they believed Li Xiong's words.
But these words can only be concealed from these uninformed soldiers, how can they deceive Yao Yu?
I saw Yao Yu hook the corners of his mouth and laughed: "Oh, it turns out that there is still so much food." Okay, let's consume it slowly. I'm not in a hurry anyway. Pass my order, everyone is on guard, this time, we will consume with him. Li Xiong, this time I got your wish, let's play slowly. ”
After speaking, Yao Yu really lined up on the spot and surrounded Chengdu.
Counting the soldiers and horses who took refuge in Eji, the army under Yao Yu has grown to nearly 80,000 people.
It's enough for so many men and horses to fight Chengdu, but it's obviously still a little reluctant to gnaw down the defense line of 50,000 people.
Anyway, Tuoba Yilu would buy himself a lot of time by sending troops to attack the rear of Shile, so why should he waste his troops on attacking the fortified positions.
Just follow Zhuge Yu's plan and slowly wait for the food in the city to run out.
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On the border of Youzhou, Tuoba Yilu personally led 50,000 elite cavalry to the south to attack the southern Youzhou occupied by Shile.
The defenders of the city were not opponents, so they hurriedly sent people to Pingyang to ask Shile for help.
At the beginning, Li Nong, who captured Liu Yao alive, was promoted to Zhongshan Taishou by Shi Le because of his merits.
This place is not far from Youzhou, and at the first time when he learned that Tuoba Yilu had used troops, Li Nong did not have time to report and led thousands of soldiers and horses in the city to support quickly.
When Li Nong rushed to Youzhou, Tuoba Yilu had already broken through Youbeiping County.
As a last resort, Li Nong reined in the defeated troops and built a defensive line in the area of Jixian County to resist Tuoba Lu's army.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month, and finally, after Shi Le handed over the area of Guanzhong to his nephew Shi Hu, he personally led Guo Heiluo, Zhang Chofu, adopted son Shi Kan, Yizi Shi Sheng and other generals, and 30,000 horse cavalry, and went north to fight Tuoba Yilu.
The cavalry of Tuoba Yilu has been recuperating in Mobei for several months, and the level of elite is far from being comparable to that of Shile's troops.
You must know that from the very beginning, Shi Le's attack on Pingyang, and Liu Yao's fire, the main force of his subordinates were injured and killed, and they were already much worse than before.
The two sides fought three times, all of which ended with the defeat of Shile.
If it weren't for his adopted son Shi Kan risking his life, I'm afraid Shi Le would have been defeated in the chaos long ago.
The successive defeats made Shi Le have no choice but to give up the decision to defeat Tuoba Yilu quickly, and instead started guerrilla tactics with Tuoba Yilu.
He ordered all the cavalry under Commander Shikan to go around to the rear of Tuoba Yilu and attack his grain route.
At first, this plan did cause a lot of damage to Tuoba Yilu, but as Tuoba Yilu's general Lianghu attacked and repelled Shi Kan with superior forces several times, Shi Le's plan was aborted and he was forced to give up his plan to compete with Tuoba Yilu for Youzhou.
His whole army withdrew from Youzhou, as if he had accepted his fate, and released Youzhou to Tuoba Yilu.
But it is clear that Tuoba Yilu will not stop there.
A rare opportunity, how could Tuoba Yilu let it go, he sent someone to Yao Yu to send him his battle in Youzhou, and at the same time ordered the whole army to pursue.
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When Tuoba Yilu's letter was delivered to Yao Yu, Yao Yu was happy at first, and after Shi Le was transferred, the stone that was pressed on his head could finally be put down.
However, when Yao Yu saw Tuoba Yilu's decision to pursue Shi Le, he instantly became nervous again.
Shi Le's use of soldiers is unpredictable, and it is definitely not so simple for him to take the initiative to give up Youzhou.
At this time, if it is pursued, there is a high probability that it will be heavy.
So, on the one hand, Yao Yu repaired the book to Tuoba Yilu to let him give up the pursuit, and on the other hand, he repaired the book to the three of Quan Yanzu, Yao Xin, and asked the three of them to lead troops to attack and harass a place in Henan to reduce the pressure.
At the beginning, Yao Yu had no food in his hands and could not support him to fight on both sides.
However, the autumn harvest two months ago also replenished part of the grain depot, although it was not enough to support the army to attack, but it was still okay to harass with the partial army.