Chapter 1119: Huo Jun defends the city
The five Southern Barbarian generals followed Meng Yu into Dianchi City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info At the beginning, they looked down on Liu Bei, and said that the emperor of Middle-earth lived in this place. But after walking inside the palace, it suddenly became enlightened. Don't look at the adobe houses outside, there are caves inside. The dazzling gold, silver and jade flashes, the carpet paving the floor, the Shu brocade wall, and the rare luxuries everywhere, I really want to hold it and leave.
"Han people are all dung and eggs with light on the outside, but I didn't expect this Emperor Wu to be an exception, but the light on the inside, it's really not an ordinary person!" The Nanban generals muttered.
Both sides are seated.
Meng was bold and took the initiative to introduce Liu Bei: "Brother, this is my younger brother Meng You, this is Dong Nana, Ah Huinan, Golden Ring Three Knots, Busy Teeth, they are all warriors in my clan!" ”
Soon, the food and drinks were served, and everyone chatted while drinking.
Seeing that Meng Shu and his barbarian generals only cared about eating and drinking, Zhang Song glanced at Liu Bei. Liu Bei understood when he saw it, nodded, and drank it for a while, and when the wine was full, he held his breath, and his eyes were red, and he cried.
When Zhang Song saw it, he was immediately embarrassed. The heart said that Your Majesty can just say something directly, you can't cry, you are embarrassed here in Nanban.
However, Liu Bei is used to crying, and when he encounters difficulties, it is a cry.
The cry shook the sky, and Dong Naina and other barbarian generals were startled. Looking around, I found that it was the Emperor of Middle-earth crying.
They were a little stunned, and said in their hearts that they were so old and crying, it was really embarrassing.
Thinking like this, several people's expressions suddenly showed great disdain.
Meng Shu was also stunned, and he couldn't hide the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said in his heart I call you brother, you are crying so much, and you have fallen into my name for nothing.
However, Meng Huo was still angry, he couldn't sit idly by, put down the cow's hooves in his hand, and said in a proud voice: "Why is my brother crying? ”
Liu Bei touched his tears and said: "Then Li Yi deceived me too much, today I saw that you were coming, brother, I suddenly felt guilty, and couldn't help crying, brother, don't blame!" ”
If Liu Bei didn't say that he could speak, when Meng Shu heard it, his heart felt warm, as if his own brother had been bullied. How can his eldest brother let others bully, when this matter spreads, how can Meng Huo, the powerful Southern Barbarian King, come out and mess around?
I saw that Meng Huo's drunken face was flushed with anger, and he got up and kicked out the case in front of him, and Liu Bei, who was suddenly frightened, stopped his tears, and Meng Shu scolded: "The surname Qin Li dares to bully his brother, even if he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, his brother can't spare him." This is to send troops to avenge my brother! ”
Then he turned his head and shouted to his group of subordinates: "Don't eat, kill Li Yi, dig out your heart and lungs and drink!" ”
A group of barbarian generals are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they will itch if they don't kill people for a day, and they threw their wine glasses one by one, and shouted in unison: "Follow the king and step on the Tang Dynasty!" ”
Seeing this situation, Zhang Song couldn't help but admire Liu Bei, and said in his heart Your Majesty is really good, and the hatred of these barbarians will be mobilized in three or two strokes.
However, Zhang Song thought about it again, these southern barbarians are king and hegemonic in the border wasteland, and they have never seen the armed forces of the Central Plains, so don't be rash and fight Li Yi, he hurriedly got up and said: "Barbarian king, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!" ”
Meng Shu took out his large ghost-headed mace, waved it a few times, and grinned: "If you Middle-earth people can't do it, where are there so many plans, just do it!" ”
This room full of people, except for Zhou Cang, Chen Zhi and other generals, all of them were as weak as chickens, and all the barbarian generals laughed at them.
Chen Zhi and Zhou Cang were furious, and said in their hearts that just a few of you rotten sweet potato and stinky bird eggs, dare to laugh at a certain one?
Liu Bei hurriedly stopped Chen Zhi and Zhou Cang, who were about to go crazy, and persuaded: "Brother Meng, that Li Yi is very treacherous, don't underestimate the enemy!" ”
"Humph!" Meng Shu saw that Liu Bei also said the same, angry that he was weak and not a man, and his good feelings suddenly decreased greatly, and he said that he helped you this time, and he broke it off from then on. I, Meng Shu, will never make friends with spineless people.
Meng Shu's face pulled, and he hugged his fists and said: "Kill Li Yi, and I will return to Nanzhong, farewell!" ”
Liu Bei couldn't stop it, so he could only watch Meng Shu disappear into the dense forest with more than 100,000 barbarian soldiers.
He was anxious and asked Ji Zhang Song: "Ziqiao, how is this good?" ”
Zhang Song said disdainfully: "Your Majesty, you also saw Meng Huo's face, he will not be obedient if he does not suffer." ”
Liu Bei was helpless and could only wait anxiously for the result.
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Just when the barbarian king Meng Shu arrived at Dianchi, Li Yi had already led a large army to arrive at the northernmost city of Mumi in Yizhou County, and besieged Huo Jun, the general of the Shu army stationed in Mumi, in the city.
Mumi City is not a heroic city, the radius is only a few miles, the city wall is only more than two zhang high, it stands to reason that under the attack of 100,000 Tang troops, it is like a pebble on the beach, which will be swallowed by the waves at any time.
But such a small city, in front of the 100,000 Tang army, did not waver at all, and repelled many sieges by the Tang army.
In fact, Huo Jun in history is very good at defense. If it weren't for the fact that he died too early, he would definitely have become the top defensive expert of the Three Kingdoms.
In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212 AD), Liu Bei entered Jiameng, preparing to return to the army to attack Liu Zhang in the south, leaving Huo Jun to guard Jiameng City. When Zhang Lu learned about it, he sent Yang Bo to lure Huo Jun to defend the city together in an attempt to capture Jia Meng, Huo Jun knew that there was a deception, and said to Yang Bo: "You can get my head, but you can't get this city." Yang Bo had no choice but to retreat.
Later, Liu Zhang sent more than 10,000 people to lead more than 10,000 people from Langshui, and Jiameng City was Liu Bei's only base in Shu at that time, and it was Liu Bei's rear (it is not known why Liu Bei did not go to the rescue for a year, probably believing him). Huo Jun led the soldiers to hold on, but he failed to capture it for a year, but in fact, there were only a few hundred Huo Jun soldiers in Jiameng City. Huo Jun took advantage of the other party's fatigue to select the elite, waited for the opportunity to attack, broke Liu Zhang's army, and took the opportunity to behead Xiang Cun.
After Liu Bei pacified Shuzhong, he rewarded Huo Jun for his merits and appointed him as the Taishou and General of Zitong. Zitong County included almost all the important passes in the northern part of Yizhou: Jiameng, Baishui, Jiange, Jiangyou, and Fucheng were the most important defense areas before Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, and he and Zhang Fei shared the responsibility of defending the north.
This time and space, perhaps because of the appearance of Li Yi, has led to many changes in the situation. Although Huo Jun was under Liu Bei's command, he did not get much reuse. This may have something to do with the fact that Huo Jun was too young at that time, after all, he was only a young general in his early twenties at that time, and his force was also very average.
However, Li Yi was a little lucky, if Liu Bei had sent this guy to defend those passes in the north of Yizhou when he attacked Yizhou before, I am afraid he would have a headache.
This can be seen from the attack on Mu Mi City in the past few days, although Huo Jun is still young, his ability to defend the city is really strong.
Of course, Huo Jun was able to have such a result, not purely because of the tenacity of the defenders, the key is that the besiegers did not attack the city properly.
That's right, the Tang army made this siege war a huge momentum, they dug a bunch of tunnels, built dozens of rushing cars, chariots, more than a dozen wells, and nearly a hundred ladders.
There are also a variety of siege methods, such as ant attachment, cave attack, and even Yuliang Avenue, if it weren't for the lack of craftsmen with them, maybe they would even be able to get a ballista.
No matter how sophisticated the equipment is, how clever the tactics, the besiegers do not work hard, and it is impossible to capture the city!
Li Yi did this, originally wanting to stabilize Liu Bei and not beat him too hard, so as to prevent him from escaping from Dianchi Lake again and running around.
Regarding Liu Bei's ability to escape, Li Yi has seen it for more than 20 years. This kid fled all the way from North China to the southwest of the motherland. The princes who fought against him back then were all defeated under his hands, only Liu Bei is still bouncing to this day.
Li Yi hoped to cut off Liu Bei's back road in Dianchi City and make this Dianchi Lake his final place of destruction. Therefore, he pretended to be dragged by thousands of troops and horses of Huo Jun, the general of the Shu army, in Mumi City, just to relax Liu Bei's vigilance and besiege him in Dianchi City, so as to catch them all.
However, just a few days after besieging Mu Mi City, the scouts came with the news that Liu Bei actually invited Meng Shu, the king of the Southern Barbarians, to send 150,000 troops and go straight to Mu Mi City.
This can make Li Yi a little depressed.
Because the journey south to Yunnan and Guizhou was too difficult and long, in order to reduce the pressure on logistics, he did not lead too many troops south, although he claimed to lead 100,000 troops south, in fact it was only more than 70,000 people, including two infantry corps, plus a cavalry corps, and then 3,000 special forces.
Moreover, these more than 70,000 people went south lightly, and did not carry large siege equipment, and even the heavy armor of the cavalry was left behind.
With such a little strength, if he fought against Meng Shu's 150,000 army in a field battle under Mumi City, even if he could achieve victory, I am afraid that he would pay a heavy price.
If reunification is imminent today, Li Yi doesn't want the soldiers to suffer too many casualties on the eve of success.
In the end, Li Yi decided to take the initiative and kill Meng Huo's Southern Barbarian army in a sports war.
Xu Maogong nodded, pointed out the tent, and asked, "Your Majesty, what about here, how to solve it, you can't just leave it alone, right?" ”
Li Yi followed the sound and saw that it was dark outside the tent, and the discussion took too long, and it was already night.
Although he couldn't see anything, Li Yi knew that Xu Maogong was referring to Huo Jun in Mumi City. Previously, for the sake of the later plan, the siege of Mumi City was not attacked, but now it is not easy to let it go, it is still a trivial matter to let the tiger return to the mountain, and I am most afraid that this person will kill it at a critical moment, and it will be troublesome to deal with the main battlefield.
"Well, it's easy to say," Li Yi raised the corners of his mouth and smiled mysteriously, "Mountain people have their own tricks." ”
"Where's the plan?" Zhuge Liang asked.
Li Yi smiled and spit out four words: "Empty siege plan." ”
"Huh?" Several military advisors were stunned at the same time.