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Although the defenders of Nanpi were only 7,000 men, they inflicted terrible casualties on the Yan army. On the fifth day, he paid the price of 3,000 killed and more than 2,000 wounded, but he was beaten down in only a moment after attacking the Nanpi city wall.

This is the drawback of Yanbei's always advocating the policy of elite soldiers, and the only drawback. During the siege, the Yan army did not have enough manpower to consume the defending ordnance. Nanpi City was originally a fortified city, and after several years of careful repair of the city wall by Yuan Shao, and the defeat of the remnants of the army shrinking to Nanpi in various places will bring back enough defensive ordnance to the city in the county, which is not a city that can be captured in a short period of time.

The Yan army, which was originally full of morale, had only been stormed for five days under Nanpi City, and its morale had already suffered a big setback.

There are some weapons that are not only owned by Yanbei. Yanbei has it, Yuan Shao has it; What Yanbei doesn't have, Yuan Shao also has.

For example, the catapults that were placed at the head of the city every hundred paces; For example, those Wuhan Iron and Steel ballistas that have one every fifty steps; For example, those halberds who stood at the head of the city and wore iron armor...... Yuan Shao's command gathered not only the famous scholars, but also a large number of officials and craftsmen who survived the chaos in Luoyang.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's stone cannons hit farther, the ballista was stronger, and the iron armor forging was lighter and more durable.

Although the Yan army gathered from all directions was overwhelmed, it did not have sufficient siege armaments, not to mention that there were not many soldiers, so it was difficult to gain an advantage in the dangerous siege battle.

Although Koji Yi did not want to admit it, he was defeated.

He asked himself that there was no mistake in tactics, but after Gao Ran obtained the command of the 30,000-strong army under hard pressure, he fought three battles against Nanpi, causing the elite of 6,000 men close to his headquarters to lose their combat power. He underestimated the fighting will of the defenders of Nanpi City, and only achieved a humiliating result.

Because the stone cannons they had rushed out could only shoot more than 70 paces, and the crossbowmen were suppressed by the enemy's advantage in the city, Koji estimated that the casualties of the defenders would not be greater than 2,000...... Although they can win in the end, it is only a matter of time before they fight the defenders of Nanpi City, but if they fight like this, how many people will they have left in the end?

If you don't win, you lose.

What's more, even with so many troops, they don't have that much time. It's October, and if the cold comes a little earlier, maybe it will snow after Lent. The grain road from Youzhou to Jizhou will stop regardless of land and sea, and the roads in Jizhou are also difficult to pass.

"General Koji, let's not think about capturing Yuan Tan, taking this city is what the general wants to see. Yuan Tan, a vertical ear! Gao Ran knew that Lu Yi was depressed, and the command of the soldiers and horses should also be put back into his hands, "We, surround three and lack one, let them out of the south of the city, and tell them to escape." ”

Lu Yi's face was a little gray, but after a few days, his appearance was completely different from the spirit of the previous soldiers when they arrived in Nanpi. After several days of fierce fighting, his eyes were red from lack of sleep, and his beard, which had been carefully rested, was also showing a decadent stubble.

It doesn't look like it's been five days, it's like five years.

"Gao Axiu, defeat is defeat, if you want to fall into the well." , Lu Yi raised his eyes and glanced at Gao Ran, closed it disdainfully for a moment, and when he opened it, he sneered miserably: "Please." ”

The pride of Koji is based on his constant victory, and when he suffers one frustration after another, his pride is shattered. And above the pride, there are more than 2,000 faithful souls and wounded soldiers who have died meaninglessly under the city, and the mourning of the battalion is all over the field, like a hammer striking heavily on his heart every night.

"What does General Koji mean by this, this battle has just begun, how can you say defeat?" Gao Ran squeezed his eyes in the Chinese military tent, his face was helpless and his heart was sad, this Lu Yi was very shrewd in the field, but he was always stubborn when he interacted with people, this is the Chinese military tent, how can a general be as angry as a child? "You stormed the four gates to capture Yuan Tan, Gao Mouwei is also victorious, this battle has not been lost, and Gao will not fall into the ground. What's more, even if you lose, victory and defeat are common, what can you do? ”

Lu Yi snorted, in his opinion, Gao Ran was now like a winner, so naturally he said whatever he said. Thinking like this, I can't get out of my chest in one breath, and the more I think about it, the more the liver fire burns, just like Nanpi City after collecting the whole territory of Hebei, it is a thorn in the flesh of my heart!

Guo Jia rolled up his sleeves, the official Yan's family had been in the family for so long, and for the first time, he couldn't understand Yanbei's approach. Why did General Yan, who had always been sober-minded, make such arrangements for the soldiers and horses attacking the Bohai Sea? Lu Yi is a partial general, Gao Ran is a general, and Xian Yuyin and Xian Yufu are foreign generals, and they must belong to the side that is commanded. But here's the problem, the generals of the four roads are all official positions that are commanded, and the combined troops are different from each other...... This is the root of the disagreement between Gao Lanyi, why did Yanbei arrange it like this?

Guo Jia couldn't figure it out, and no one else could figure it out, because Yanbei hadn't thought about it so much at all. He confidently sent troops to the Bohai Sea, and his elite soldiers were exhausted, advancing by sea and land, and he did not expect to be frustrated under Nanpi City.

Their General Yan thought that this battle was nine out of ten, and he didn't even pay attention to this war that took place eight hundred miles northeast of Yecheng, and sat with Tian Feng, who was not used in Jizhou, for several days to discuss the world, planning the next piece of land to be seized.

Under the banner of Zong Yi's emblem, neither the advisers nor the generals realized that with the control of a territory spanning thousands of miles and the five million people under their rule, the swelling power made the generals they were loyal to more and more stretched. The style and ruling structure of the warlords in the border areas have become more and more backward to the current forces, and there is no doubt that the direction of the reform is to be changed...... Whether it is in the north, or cross the Yellow River to dominate the world!

"Brother Koji, you and I have no grudges in the past and no hatred in the near future, Gao will not fall into the trap for you, not to mention that you have not done anything wrong." Gao Ran chuckled, and at the end he gently put his palm on the desk, and said to the generals under the hall: "In the past, we fought for personal feelings, whether it was self-preservation or venting anger, but this battle is different. Today, the imperial court's edict can only pass through half of Sizhou and Liangzhou, and General Yan's edict can be transmitted to Youji! Gentlemen, this battle is a state affair for the general to unify Hebei! ”

Gao Ran, who commanded the army of Lu Yi, has not been idle in the past few days, he completely ignored the war, selected 3,000 sergeants from the headquarters to cut down the number, and rushed to make thirty simple stone cannons, which can only fire fifty paces is not strong enough, but in Gao Ran's opinion, this is enough.

"Pass my general order, withdraw the defenders of the south gate, besiege the three gates, and attack the north gate tomorrow, and use stone cannons to advance with stone cannons to concentrate on smashing the enemy's stone cannons and ballistas in the north of the city. Koji general, does not participate in the siege. Gao Ran looked at Lu Yi and met his angry eyes, but he heard him continue to cut the railroad categorically: "Lead the headquarters of 6,000 soldiers and horses to ambush fifteen miles south of the city, rob and kill the enemy army and escape!" ”