Chapter 361: Attack Wancheng
Liu Cang did not occupy Yuzhou, and the officials of Yuzhou county and county mixed forces, but none of them were sent by Liu Cang.
There is no direct force of Liu Cang in Yuzhou, but it has to be said that Liu Cang is almost invincible in Yuzhou.
Where the military flag is displayed, the village is unguarded, the dock fort is wide open, and the county town is not sealed. Liu Cang led the army to Runan, and encountered many people along the way.
Rescue the wounded, help the people to reclaim the famine, spread good seeds, prevent and control epidemics, etc., here is close to Luoyang, and many people here are favored by Liu Cang, so that Liu Cang has a very high reputation in Yuzhou.
Fathers and sons are filial piety, and kings and ministers are virtuous, after all, most things in this era are two-way, not double standards. Many times, it is useless to just play with the mouth.
Most of the old generals in Liu Cang's army were not surprised by this situation, Zhou Yu sighed with emotion, Tai Shici's chest was tall, and Yan Hu and his entourage were handsome and deeply felt that Liu Cang was powerful, and his awe of Liu Cang was a little deeper.
Pound led the Heavenly Pivot camp to five thousand. Bian Ji was not fit to fight, and Hua Xiong led two thousand soldiers from the Tianji battalion. Xun Yue and Zhong Yan led the elite soldiers of the 3,000 infantry battalion to Runan.
When they arrived at Runan City, Xun Yue and Zhong Yan even received 20,000 righteous servants from Yuzhou, wanting to help fight Runan and encircle and suppress Yuan Shu's department.
Righteousness is a very decent concept for the princes of one side, and this concept has a great deal of deterrence over other forces beyond financial and military power.
The princes of all parties had a lot of wait-and-see about the conflict between Liu Cang and Yuan Shu, but this time, the heroes of all parties had already decided in their hearts that if they clashed with Liu Cang, the place of conflict must not be chosen in Yuzhou.
King Dongping is almost invincible in Yuzhou, and it is okay to pinch others here, but if he conflicts with Liu Cang, the call of the old family here may not be good.
Although it was the Yingchuan disciples who led the army, Yuzhou Yicong came out, and unlike the powerful giant spirit, the princes from all walks of life had a deeper taboo against Liu Cang.
At the same time, all parties have also tightened restrictions on Liu Cang's direct participation in local civil affairs.
Let's buy the grain, let's send it. We recruit doctors, we raise. If there is any disaster that you don't need to take the initiative to come to, let's go to Luoyang to knock you first. For the people, let's go ahead.
It is also thanks to them that they are fighting in a chaotic manner, and they have no confidence that they can overturn Liu Cang, otherwise Liu Cang will be difficult to stabilize.
In general, the main purpose is to weaken Liu Cang's influence on his own territory as much as possible, and seeing the momentum created by Liu Cang in Yuzhou, the biggest sense of the heroes from all walks of life is - I am tired.
When Liu Cang led his troops to Runan, Runan had already opened the city gate, and a group of Yuan Shu's subordinates in Runan were stabbed clean by the people who resisted Yuan in the city without fighting.
Runan was pacified, and Liu Cang joined forces with Pang De and Huaxiong. Yi returned to his hometown, Xun Yue and Zhong Yan returned to Luoyang, Liu Cang led the army to the west again, and sent the troops to Nanyang, looking to directly shoot Yuan Shu to death.
In 194 A.D., Liu Cang's army of 70,000 arrived at the city of Wancheng in Nanyang, and it has been nearly ten years since the Yellow Turban Wancheng Rebellion in the early years, and Wancheng once again ushered in the war and disturbance.
Yushui garrison.
"This place is a little scary. Well, Zhang Xiu is on our side, it's good. Dian Wei is not here, which is good. As long as you don't mess around, there shouldn't be any problems, right? In the middle of the Chinese army, Liu Cang whispered.
This ghost place, in history, the future Boss Cao was half-paralyzed here, looking at Wancheng City from afar, Liu Cang's sense of bringing in was somewhat stronger.
"Report~, lord, the guards of Wancheng intend to resist stubbornly, and they refuse to surrender." The order in the army arrived, and Liu Cang nodded, indicating that he knew.
The army gathered, Liu Cang was in the middle of the army, sitting on the frame, in addition to Dafu and Sifu around him, Wei Yan's four followers were gearing up.
Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, Tai Shici, and Zhou Yu are very capable, but their qualifications in Liu Cang's army are too shallow, and they have no leaders at this time.
Huang Zhong, Hua Xiong, Pang De, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Liu Maode, supplemented by Yuan Lian, Huang Fuheng, and Zhang Zan were the leading hussars.
Then there are Yan Hu, Fei Zhan, Chen Ce, Zhang Jie, Chen Bi and others who are the heroes of Yangzhou Baiyue, these people lead thousands of soldiers, and the soldiers are brave, and there is no military discipline at all.
But after Runan and his entourage and feeling the military might of the hussars, it is not easy to say whether it is yearning or fear, when the Shanyue soldiers are consciously arrayed, even in the face of Liu Maode's reprimand, no one refutes it, and obeys orders rigorously.
"Lord, I'm afraid that Yuan Shu is trying to wait for Jizhou reinforcements, and the generals and soldiers arrive at Wuji, and Yuan Shao lacks skills, or can he persuade Yuan Shu to surrender?" Confucian armor crossed the knife, and Yuan Jian said to Liu Cang.
"It is useless to persuade them. The Sun Jian clan was wiped out, and Yuan Shu knew that he was not liked by the lord, so he did not dare to surrender. Recently, Yanzhou Cao Cao seems to have a foothold in Yuzhou. Zhou Yu shook his head and spoke, as if he didn't pay much attention to Wancheng, and turned to Cao Cao.
Unlike Wei Yan and the others, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, and Tai Shici all regard themselves as military generals, and the three of them are relatively peaceful by Liu Cang's side, after all, they are known for their martial arts, and if they make a move, Huang Zhong's gang is likely to beat them to the point of doubt.
And Zhou Yu is different, positioning himself as a strategist, analyzing the situation, making suggestions, and talking about starting his mouth, Zhou Yu has not been afraid of anyone for the time being.
Liu Cang often showed his dislike for the Yuan family in Runan in his early years, regardless of Liu Cang's attitude towards the royal family, but the outside world's view of Liu Cang was always that of a prince who cared about the Han family.
This time, it was Yuan Shu who provoked Liu Cang first, and Yuan Shu did not dare to surrender, because he had enough reason to suspect that surrender would also be killed by Liu Cang, and now Yuan Shu is not as notorious as in history.
To say that Yuan Shu has not been a disaster, but Sun Jian has lived for a few more years, and his temperament is to catch whoever bites whom, and the black pot that should not be carried is carried by Sun Jian, but under the spread of many parties, Yuan Shu's reputation among the people of Nanyang is not bad now.
As far as human groups are concerned, the strong is ultimately the number, and those who control the number by cunning can often be defined as strong.
In the face of the siege of Liu Cang's army, Yuan Shu, who controlled tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Wancheng, still tried to confront Liu Cang.
Compared with the inevitable battle in front of him, Zhou Yu is well aware of the strength of his own army, and he is more concerned about the recent situation of Cao Cao's subordinates taking over the local official position in Yuzhou.
"Cao Cao, don't worry too much, the governance of Yangzhou is not an overnight thing, the Central Plains is full of families, and it is very troublesome. Cao Mengde has the ability to govern the world, if he wants to govern, let him govern first. Liu Cang smiled at Zhou Yu.
"First treatment?" Zhou Yu was tentative.
"Haha, Gong Jin is happy to calculate the gains and losses, and it is in vain. Let's think about all things in Yangzhou first, don't think about what you don't have. Liu Cang shook his head and smiled, turned to look at Wancheng, and stopped chatting.
"Hansheng, shoot and suppress." Liu Cang ordered, and Huang Zhong was ordered to join the army.
"Maode, Haoqiao is out of battle, and the ladder is in place." The order was conveyed, the army was opened, and all kinds of siege equipment entered the city amid the shouts of the soldiers.
The so-called Hao Bridge is a kind of vehicle-mounted ladder folding equipment, which is mainly used to build bridges across moats and moats.
It's just that the Haoqiao and cloud ladders launched by Liu Cangjun's army are obviously thicker and more solid than the conventional ones. The elephant that had been dragging these instruments was also untied of the ropes, the roar of the steam engine sounded, and under the frame baffle, a large number of armored soldiers followed the equipment.
In fact, elephants are very impractical in the war of the Han Dynasty, they are too easy to be killed, and the cost performance is extremely low.
In addition to matching a battalion of flying bears with war elephants, the elephants raised by Liu Cang are not only meaty, but also used as pulling animals and cultivated animals.
"Woo~~" The horn of the attack sounded.
The wind roared and passed, the iron tire bow, the rhubarb crossbow, and tens of thousands of sharp arrows crossed the battlefield gap, and the rain fell on the city wall of Wancheng in the sharp roar.
"Winter ~ Winter ~" war drums sounded.
The sword and shield advanced, and the Yuan army of Wancheng was suppressed by Liu Cang's strong shot to suppress the counterattack intention, and after the sword and shield, there were more crossbowmen in formation to advance in the direction of the city wall.
These crossbowmen used normal crossbows, and in terms of range, in siege warfare, the disadvantages were fully revealed.
However, there was a strong rain of arrows to suppress, and when this larger number of ranged units came into range, the continuous rain of arrows made it difficult for the head of Wancheng to organize an effective counterattack even at the risk of death.
"Boom~Boom~" The falling rocks thrown in the city brought a small number of casualties to Liu Cang's army, and after being familiar with the landing point, the soldiers would avoid it.
"Empty ~" Hao Bridge Construction.
"Empty ~" ladder girder.
"Yan Hu! Fei Stack! Liu Cang stood up and shouted.
"Whoa!"
"Yamagoe! Ascend to the city! ”
"Dengcheng~~~!" Roaring filial piety.
Like a roar of joy, in this siege battle, the Shanyue soldiers actually let out a roar like a cheer.
Shanyue is very good at foot combat and rock climbing, and only some of the remaining heavy armor of the enemy in the city are running and shouting hoarsely, and the wide and solid ladder on the edge of the city also makes Shanyue rush in the charge without hesitation.