Chapter 1457: The Battle of Xuzhou (54)
Just when Liu Lan and Chen Deng were discussing the future construction of Xuzhou, the latest news came from Langya, Yan Liang finally sent troops, but the number of troops was much less than expected, where is the problem, now is not the time to pursue it, we must find a way to make up for it or even redeem it, but if it can be easily recovered, Liu Lan will not frown so much at the moment.
"It seems that we can only hope that Zang Ba can force Yan Liang's main force over."
"I'm afraid Zang Ba won't be able to hold on for that long." Xu Shu was a little worried, and it was also the most nervous time for him, because Yan Liang's plan to send troops to Guan Yu could be said to be completely disrupted, and what he was most afraid of now was not how long Zang Ba could hold out in Langya, but that Guan Yu must not have any accidents.
The Setshan battalion is their main force, and the rest of the troops can still accept it if there is an accident, but once there is an accident in the Setshan battalion, it will become a fatal blow, just like Yuan Shu back then, after being defeated by Cao Cao, it is not so simple to turn over.
"Pass this matter on to Yun Chang, and let him be careful where he is, and don't act rashly."
"No."
"Dupu!" Liu Lan suddenly shouted loudly.
"The end will be."
"You will send people to Kaesong now, and monitor the battle situation everywhere at all times, I will report it every half a day, and the scouts must send more of them!"
"No."
Dupu turned around and left, but the battle came from Langya, and there would be a few days on the road, what is the situation in Langya now, Liu Lan is the most concerned, 10,000 people, facing 50,000 Yuan troops, this force, Yuan Tan is bound to attack, what is the current battle situation, what is the loss of Langya, Liu Lan is eager to know, but unfortunately, he can't get this information in a short time.
"The lord doesn't need to worry, Zang Ba has led the Qingzhou army for so many years, not to mention that all of them are elite soldiers like the Setshan battalion, but they will not be much weaker than the Jizhou army, plus it is defending the city, it should not lose too much."
Liu Lan cried and laughed: "Although what Yuan Long said is good, the four generals of Taishan of Zang Ba interfere too much with the army, especially the influence on Zang Ba, these are the reasons why I am not at ease." ”
"I see." Chen Deng's face showed a look of sudden realization, "Then you can only obey the fate of heaven." "Chen Deng won't say that since you know this, then you still use Zang Ba, isn't this just that you have a problem with your own employment, and if there is an accident, there is no way.
Maybe this is the difference between civilian and military positions, at this time, Chen Deng thought of resignation, Xu Shu thought of Guan Yu There can be no problems, but only Liu Lan thinks of more than 10,000 people in Kaiyang, he must work together, at least let Zang Ba have a glimmer of hope, so that more than 10,000 people will not die there.
In fact, now the whole battle situation is whether Kaiyang can drag Yan Liang down, so when Huang Zhong will send troops is the key to the whole battle situation, if Huang Zhong arrives first, then whether he can attract Yan Liang is also related to whether Guan Yu's sneak attack is successful, so this is a ring in a ring.
Where is Huang Zhong, he can't send all the troops back at once, he can go back little by little, so that he can hook Yuan Tan, and even force Mr. Yan Liang, and if Huang Zhong directly leads the army back, then Yan Liang will inevitably find out that he has been fooled, and it is very likely that he will retreat, in that case, the most critical Guan Yu sneak attack will fail.
Liu Lan made the latest instructions, and one order after another was passed on, this is not the first time Chen Deng has attended the discussion of military intelligence, but it is definitely the first time to observe Liu Lan at such a close distance in wartime to coordinate the overall situation, and make decisions immediately, without any dragging, maybe this is why Liu Lan can have today.
Compared with Langya, the quietest at the moment is Pei County, Cao Cao set up a large camp five miles away from Pei County, singing and dancing every day, there is no appearance of attacking the city at all, there are several times Xu Sheng planned to lead the army out of the city to attack Cao Ying once, but in the end they all gave up.
At first, he thought that Cao Cao really didn't take them seriously, but if it was like this for half a month, it could only lure them out of the city.
Otherwise, he would have to hold a banquet in the camp every day, and it is unlikely that there would be no catty in such a situation, so Xu Sheng was not fooled by this glad and really led the troops to grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Compared with Peixian's peace and tranquility, in front of Kaiyang City, after a few days of preparation, Yuan Tan finally began to launch a fierce attack on Kaiyang with the whole army.
Yuan Tan looked at the Zangzi banner on Kaiyang City with cold eyes, this time look where you are running!
The Liangzi between him and Zang Ba was completely concluded from the day he fled Qingzhou, and Yuan Tan wanted to kill him in his dreams.
Zang Ba and several people were able to carefully observe the movements of the Jizhou army, and after hearing that the enemy army had some abnormal movements, they immediately boarded the east gate, and at this moment on the city tower, he and Sun Guan could clearly see that the Jizhou army was rapidly assembling, and the defenders who were ready to attack the city early in the morning had begun to guard against the Jizhou army that was attacking the city at any time.
The Jizhou army began to form a formation, and when it was less than three hundred meters away, the Jizhou army stopped.
This position was not only out of reach for their archers, but had also been measured by the moat that had been filled in a few days before, and even a bed crossbow would not have affected them.
Zang Ba gave the order to be ready to fight at any time.
And under the city, Yuan Tan was on the mount, slowly shook the spear in his hand, and then stabbed forward, the spear pointed directly at Kaiyang City, and then only heard the deafening sound of drumming behind him.
The siege force of 30,000 people roared at the same time, and the Jizhou army finally launched a fierce attack on Kaiyang.
On the top of the city tower, the defenders defended with arrows, and the Jizhou army under the city also chose to suppress the defenders with a rain of arrows.
Limited by the strength of Kaiyang, the east gate only gathered no more than 5,000 defenders to defend, although there is a big killer bed crossbow, but compared to more than 30,000 Jizhou siege troops, it seems a drop in the bucket, especially under the fierce fire of the Jizhou army's bow and arrow troops, the defenders can not even raise their heads in addition to being able to shoot out of the bed crossbow.
But although the arrows of the bed crossbow are well prepared, but after two days of more than half of the arrows have been consumed, they may not even be able to hold on today, and when the time comes, they will only rely on the arrows and crossbows, and in the face of the Jizhou army hiding behind the shield, there will be almost no casualties.
Looking at the dense rain of arrows shot by the Jizhou army below the Meilou Cloud Tower, Zang Ba's heart had already sunk like water, and he originally thought that the city defense was impregnable, but now it is so vulnerable, of course, this is just the enemy's arrow troops, and the ladder has not come up yet, so the enemy army does not take so much care, but once the ladder really wants to go out, the enemy army will swarm and kill, what to defend the city?
Yuan Tan was waiting under the banner of Yuan Zi Daxu, behind him were rows of guards soldiers who were lined up and cleaned, and behind him were the Jizhou army that had not participated in the battle, and the crowds were surging and boundless
50,000 people, Yuan Tan only used 30,000 people, in addition to the archers, the soldiers who will really participate in the siege are only 20,000, with 20,000 people, regardless of casualties, waiting to capture Kaiyang, although the losses will be larger, but there is still a possibility, but Yuan Tan will not be so stupid, he doesn't understand what wheel warfare is.
He has the advantage of numbers, and the wheel war constantly consumes Zang Ba, attacking day and night, and he believes that Zang Ba may not be able to hold out for even three days.
"Xuangao, it seems that the Jizhou army is planning to storm the east gate, do you want to transfer some of the defenders from the other gates?" Sun looked at the enemy's rapidly advancing troops and asked with a twisted eyebrow.
"Don't worry, in case the enemy did it deliberately, let's see first, if you really can't stand it, it's not too late to transfer troops over."
The drumming of the Yuan army became more and more violent, and the enemy troops carrying the ladders and pushing the carts also approached the city tower, and the ladders were erected, Zang Ba had some drums in his heart, with his current strength, once he entered the tragic siege battle, what the result would be, it was really unknown.
Maybe you can repel the enemy army, or maybe you will be attacked by the enemy army at once.
Zang Ba didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he could only wait.
"I see." Chen Deng's face showed a look of sudden realization, "Then you can only obey the fate of heaven." "Chen Deng won't say that since you know this, then you still use Zang Ba, isn't this just that you have a problem with your own employment, and if there is an accident, there is no way.
Maybe this is the difference between civilian and military positions, at this time, Chen Deng thought of resignation, Xu Shu thought of Guan Yu There can be no problems, but only Liu Lan thinks of more than 10,000 people in Kaiyang, he must work together, at least let Zang Ba have a glimmer of hope, so that more than 10,000 people will not die there.
In fact, now the whole battle situation is whether Kaiyang can drag Yan Liang down, so when Huang Zhong will send troops is the key to the whole battle situation, if Huang Zhong arrives first, then whether he can attract Yan Liang is also related to whether Guan Yu's sneak attack is successful, so this is a ring in a ring.
Where is Huang Zhong, he can't send all the troops back at once, he can go back little by little, so that he can hook Yuan Tan, and even force Mr. Yan Liang, and if Huang Zhong directly leads the army back, then Yan Liang will inevitably find out that he has been fooled, and it is very likely that he will retreat, in that case, the most critical Guan Yu sneak attack will fail.
Liu Lan made the latest instructions, and one order after another was passed on, this is not the first time Chen Deng has attended the discussion of military intelligence, but it is definitely the first time to observe Liu Lan at such a close distance in wartime to coordinate the overall situation, and make decisions immediately, without any dragging, maybe this is why Liu Lan can have today.
Compared with Langya, the quietest at the moment is Pei County, Cao Cao set up a large camp five miles away from Pei County, singing and dancing every day, there is no appearance of attacking the city at all, there are several times Xu Sheng planned to lead the army out of the city to attack Cao Ying once, but in the end they all gave up.
At first, he thought that Cao Cao really didn't take them seriously, but if it was like this for half a month, it could only lure them out of the city.
Otherwise, he would have to hold a banquet in the camp every day, and it is unlikely that there would be no catty in such a situation, so Xu Sheng was not fooled by this glad and really led the troops to grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Compared with Peixian's peace and tranquility, in front of Kaiyang City, after a few days of preparation, Yuan Tan finally began to launch a fierce attack on Kaiyang with the whole army.
Yuan Tan looked at the Zangzi banner on Kaiyang City with cold eyes, this time look where you are running!
The Liangzi between him and Zang Ba was completely concluded from the day he fled Qingzhou, and Yuan Tan wanted to kill him in his dreams.
Zang Ba and several people were able to carefully observe the movements of the Jizhou army, and after hearing that the enemy army had some abnormal movements, they immediately boarded the east gate, and at this moment on the city tower, he and Sun Guan could clearly see that the Jizhou army was rapidly assembling, and the defenders who were ready to attack the city early in the morning had begun to guard against the Jizhou army that was attacking the city at any time.
The Jizhou army began to form a formation, and when it was less than three hundred meters away, the Jizhou army stopped.
This position was not only out of reach for their archers, but had also been measured by the moat that had been filled in a few days before, and even a bed crossbow would not have affected them.
Zang Ba gave the order to be ready to fight at any time.
And under the city, Yuan Tan was on the mount, slowly shook the spear in his hand, and then stabbed forward, the spear pointed directly at Kaiyang City, and then only heard the deafening sound of drumming behind him.
The siege force of 30,000 people roared at the same time, and the Jizhou army finally launched a fierce attack on Kaiyang.
On the top of the city tower, the defenders defended with arrows, and the Jizhou army under the city also chose to suppress the defenders with a rain of arrows.
Limited by the strength of Kaiyang, the east gate only gathered no more than 5,000 defenders to defend, although there is a big killer bed crossbow, but compared to more than 30,000 Jizhou siege troops, it seems a drop in the bucket, especially under the fierce fire of the Jizhou army's bow and arrow troops, the defenders can not even raise their heads in addition to being able to shoot out of the bed crossbow.
But although the arrows of the bed crossbow are well prepared, but after two days of more than half of the arrows have been consumed, they may not even be able to hold on today, and when the time comes, they will only rely on the arrows and crossbows, and in the face of the Jizhou army hiding behind the shield, there will be almost no casualties.
Looking at the dense rain of arrows shot by the Jizhou army below the Meilou Cloud Tower, Zang Ba's heart had already sunk like water, and he originally thought that the city defense was impregnable, but now it is so vulnerable, of course, this is just the enemy's arrow troops, and the ladder has not come up yet, so the enemy army does not take so much care, but once the ladder really wants to go out, the enemy army will swarm and kill, what to defend the city?
Yuan Tan was waiting under the banner of Yuan Zi Daxu, behind him were rows of guards soldiers who were lined up and cleaned, and behind him were the Jizhou army that had not participated in the battle, and the crowds were surging and boundless
50,000 people, Yuan Tan only used 30,000 people, in addition to the archers, the soldiers who will really participate in the siege are only 20,000, with 20,000 people, regardless of casualties, waiting to capture Kaiyang, although the losses will be larger, but there is still a possibility, but Yuan Tan will not be so stupid, he doesn't understand what wheel warfare is.
He has the advantage of numbers, and the wheel war constantly consumes Zang Ba, attacking day and night, and he believes that Zang Ba may not be able to hold out for even three days.
"Xuangao, it seems that the Jizhou army is planning to storm the east gate, do you want to transfer some of the defenders from the other gates?" Sun looked at the enemy's rapidly advancing troops and asked with a twisted eyebrow.
"Don't worry, in case the enemy did it deliberately, let's see first, if you really can't stand it, it's not too late to transfer troops over."
The drumming of the Yuan army became more and more violent, and the enemy troops carrying the ladders and pushing the carts also approached the city tower, and the ladders were erected, Zang Ba had some drums in his heart, with his current strength, once he entered the tragic siege battle, what the result would be, it was really unknown.
Maybe you can repel the enemy army, or maybe you will be attacked by the enemy army at once.
Zang Ba didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he could only wait.