Chapter 0701: Fight Fenggao Again

With the arrival of grain and grass from the Northern Xinjiang Army, there was no need for lack of food. www.biquge.info Without the trouble of food and grass, the Northern Frontier Army will definitely launch an attack soon. The Northern Xinjiang Army is attacking with all its might, can this city still be defended?

The panic began to spread at a speed several times faster than before, and the morale that had just risen was instantly low.

"Woo...... Whining! As if to see through the dilemma of the soldiers defending the city, the continuous sound of the horns under the city rang for a long time, the passionate war drums thundered, and at the opening and closing of the formation, a majestic soldier and horse left the camp and rushed towards Laiwu City.

Another feint? Still is......

These days, everyone has seen a lot of similar scenes, and the huge offensive, every time it is thunder and rain, it seems ferocious, but in fact it is just a bluff, and after a hasty attack, it will retreat. Everyone is used to talking and laughing and facing the enemy.

But at this moment, even the most confident person has no bottom in his heart. Because they are facing the invincible and invincible legendary Li Yi, the powerful man who has completed the conquest of the northern prairie that great figures such as Emperor Wu, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing have not completed.

"All the troops listen to the order, each in its own place, there is a certain here, forgive that Li Yi'er can't break this city!" At the last moment, the roar of the main general Cao Ren finally sounded in time, stabilizing the crumbling morale of the defenders.

However, this time, the Northern Frontier Army turned out to be playing real and launched the most fierce attack on Laiwu City.

For most of the previous half a month, the Northern Frontier Army was not idle outside the city, they dug a bunch of tunnels, built dozens of rushing cars, wheeling cars, more than a dozen wells, and nearly 100 ladders.

In the previous period, although the siege of the Northern Frontier Army seemed to be thunder and rain, but now once it broke out, the defenders in the city could not hold it. After losing 2,000 men, Cao Ren could no longer control the rout of the army, and he had to order the evacuation from Laiwu City, otherwise he would be completely annihilated.

Surprisingly, the Northern Xinjiang Army did not chase and fight, and after capturing Laiwu City, it allowed Cao Ren to withdraw.

Because he lost too many troops in Laiwu, Cao Ren's strength was insufficient, so he had to abandon Yingxian and Mu counties in the east of Taishan County, and retreated to Fenggao City, hoping to resist the Northern Xinjiang Army with the strong city of Fenggao.

Fenggao City, since the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, has always been a famous city in the East. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu sealed Mount Tai eight times in the east, and Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu, Emperor Zhang Liu Heng, and Emperor An Liu Hu successively sealed Mount Tai or sacrificed Mount Tai, which led to the development of villages and towns near Mount Tai. As the mountain entered from the East Valley at that time, the eastern foothills of Taishan became more and more prosperous, which also promoted the prosperity of Fenggao City. Fenggao City is about two miles (800 meters) long from east to west, and one and a half miles (600 meters) wide from north to south.

Li Yi is no stranger to Fenggaocheng. Eight years ago, he had come here with a large army, and there had been a big battle. In that battle, he annihilated the million-strong Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, thus quickly pacifying Qingzhou. This is also the largest battle involving the number of participants in his life. Compared with this war, the previous war with the three Zhang Jiao brothers, as well as the subsequent pacification of Liaodong, and even a series of wars to conquer the prairie, can be regarded as scum.

It's just that the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is really poor, and after Li Yi dispatched the Northern Xinjiang Navy, he wiped it out without paying much price.

Although Fenggao City is a famous city in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, it is not a heroic city in Li Yi's more than ten years of military career, after all, its radius is only a few miles, and the city wall is only more than two zhang high. It stands to reason that it will not be able to stop the Northern Frontier Army that has just captured Laiwu City.

But such a small city, in the face of the Northern Frontier Army that took advantage of the victory, did not waver at all.

Of course, there are such results, not purely because of the strength and tenacity of the defenders, nor because the city is too strong, but also because the besiegers have not attacked the city properly.

That's right, just like the original under Laiwu City, the siege of the city for nearly a month, the Northern Xinjiang Army made this siege war huge, they began to dig tunnels vigorously again, and dozens of rushing cars, wheeling cars, more than a dozen wells, and nearly a hundred ladders built under Laiwu City were all carried over.

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!

"Hey, why did you come down again? I didn't even go up to the city, what kind of battle is this fighting! Seeing that this time there was thunder and rain again, Wu Dun, who had just led the army to Fenggao, was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, "The general is very happy to be alone, why is he so mother-in-law this time?" Either hurry up and fight, or go and fight elsewhere, why have you been here for so long, what's the matter! ”

"Virtuous brother Hugh wants to make noise!" Yin Li also had a hint of anxiety in his eyes, but he behaved much more steadily than Wu Dun, "The general's military strategy, you don't know it, since he commands and dispatches like this, he naturally has his reasons." Let's send someone under the fence now, how much do you pay attention to things! ”

Last year, taking advantage of Gongsun Zhan's death in Hebei, Zang Ba entered Qingzhou and contacted the two old brothers Yin Li and Wu Dun to plot against Qingzhou together. According to the agreement, Zang Ba occupied the states of Jinan, Le'an, and Qi in the western part of Qingzhou, as well as the Henan region of Pingyuan County; And Yin Li occupies Beihai Kingdom, and Wu Don occupies Donglai County.

According to this distribution, the two also occupied their own territory and pulled up a team of their own, both of which were about 5,000 people.

In March, Cao Cao invaded Qingzhou, and Zang Ba not only asked for help from the north, but also from Yin Li and Wu Dun.

Yin Li and Wu Dun didn't plan to send troops to help Zang Ba at first, because they knew their own situation. Although they each have 5,000 men and horses, their real combat effectiveness is worrying, and it is impossible for them to be Cao Cao's opponents.

But later, when they saw that Hebei sent troops, and it was the general Li Yi who personally led the army south, they thought that their opportunity had come, so they each pulled their own troops and slowly moved closer to the Qi State, ready to pick up the opportunity to do Cao Cao.

The opportunity soon came, and the general Li Yi personally led a large army on the bank of Shishui to fight with the 30,000 army of Xiahou Yuan, a general under Cao Cao, and Xiahou Yuan was defeated and lost. The two thought that the opportunity had come, and hurriedly led the army over, intending to join the pursuit of Cao's rout.

However, when they had just arrived in Linzi City, Cao Ren also led a large army out of Laiwu to attack Linzi. So there was a big battle between the two sides, and as a result, the 15,000 men and horses of Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Dun were beaten by the 10,000 army led by Cao Ren and suffered heavy losses. If it weren't for the great general Li Yi who quickly led the iron cavalry back to help, they would probably end up with the entire army annihilated and killed.

Although the general Li Yi returned to the division and defeated Cao Ren, the army of Zang Ba and the three could not come back. The previous 15,000 men and horses ended up gathering less than 3,000 people. Among them, Zang Ba accounted for two thousand, and Yin Li and Wu Dun combined were less than a thousand.

If that battle is won, it's better to say, and Zang Ba's personality, for the sake of old love and credit, Yin Li and Wu Dun can more or less subsidize and regroup. But the problem is that the biggest loss in the battle of Linzi is Zang Ba, he wants to regroup, and he has to rely on the northern Xinjiang to help, where can he take care of the old brothers?

Thinking of the old feelings, Zang Ba didn't do anything to the old brothers, but the military action that followed was not Yin Li and Wu Dun's share, after the victory, when the whole army launched a pursuit, let Yin Li and Wu Dun stay in Linzi, which was a punishment in itself.

There are many benefits to being caught in pursuit!

Most of the seized equipment, grain and grass must be handed over, but it is not too much to keep them privately. Put on the captured iron armor and hand over the original leather armor, even if it is Zang Ba, the lord, it is impossible to care too much, it is not easy for the soldiers to fight desperately, just turn a blind eye to it.

As for the goods, captives, and so on, they are even more inconsiderate.

Zang Ba is very affectionate to his old brothers, and the foot soldiers are all newly attached, so he urgently needs to win people's hearts, so he naturally can't be too harsh. Except for the part of the Northern Frontier Army that cannot be moved, Zang Ba is at the mercy of his generals.

If this kind of great thing can be involved, Yin Li and Wu Dun will soon be able to recover, but they will be left aside, so they can only watch.

In the end, Li Yi made a round and came forward to take in Yin Li and Wu Dun, and gave them some prisoners, grain, grass, and equipment. Let them get out of the embarrassing situation of the bare-rod commander.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the two of them are now running errands for Li Yi, and Wu Dun is shouting so loudly and is all kinds of dissatisfaction, which is naturally a little out of place.

Wu Dun glared and said unconvinced: "This battle is really a wretch, I'll go and ask for a fight, he just smiled and said that he was not in a hurry, but he fought by himself, it was like this, I don't believe you are not in a hurry!" ”

Of course, Yin Li was in a hurry, and he got up from where he fell. But the problem is that although Cao Ren was defeated, he was not a water dog. The momentum of the guards knows that the combat power of this army is not inferior to the previous one, with the hundreds of remnants and more than a thousand prisoners that his brothers have just gathered, isn't it to die in the lead?

He guessed that Li Yi should have also seen this, so he refused to attack, but kept bluffing, using a variety of tactics at the same time, trying to take Cao Ren at the lowest cost.

This was the case when I was in Laiwu City before, and it was also a bluff at first, and then I suddenly launched a fierce attack and took Laiwu City at a very small price.

It's a pity that although Cao Ren lost another battle in Laiwu City, he still held this Fenggao City very steadily, and he was not in a hurry to fight, nor was he in a hurry to break through, so he waited in the city all day, even if he saw hundreds of thousands of people coming from the east, he never wavered, or tried to break through and leave.

As a result, this battle became a battle that made Wu Dun depressed. (To be continued.) )