Chapter 545: Tactics of exhaustion
It is said that Zhuge Liang, who was stationing troops in Wuzhangyuan, received the news of Li Yunfei, and immediately began to divide his troops with Gao Shun. Gao Shun led 100,000 troops to guard at Wuzhangyuan. Gao Shun was the best at defensive warfare, so he was stationed in Hanzhong. It is also unlikely that the combined forces of Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang want to advance eastward.
Zhuge Liang himself, with more than 100,000 elite soldiers, set out from Wuzhangyuan and went all the way north to directly attack Liangzhou. Since both the father and son of Ma Teng and Ma Chao from Xiliang were involved in the alliance, the interior of Liangzhou was actually quite empty. Now Han Sui was in charge, and the force was only 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Originally, that guy wanted to defend the city, but Zhuge Liang played a series of offensive tactics, which led to a rebellion within the Xiliang Army, which collapsed, and Han Sui was also captured alive.
After the guy was caught, he did it simply. He didn't need to persuade him to surrender. He surrendered first. In order to show his sincerity, he became a very competent leading party and took the lead as a vanguard. Of course, this is a gift to the new owner. I hope that in the future Mix well.
Under the leadership of Han Sui, who knew his roots, he captured the entire territory of Liangzhou in just half a month. After successfully garrisoning at Jiayuguan in Jiuquan County, he temporarily stopped the pace of continuing westward. Instead, according to Li Yunfei's original strategy, to fight against the outside world, he must first move eastward in peace and try to conquer those southern Hungarian tribes that have been basically sinicized, and completely eliminate all security risks within the Great Wall...
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"My lord, I'm back again." Hu Yi's shout came from outside the tent, and he was very excited to return to the north again, bringing with him an army of tens of thousands.
"Why did you come back so soon, the war in the south is over?"
"Almost, Cao Cao is already finished, that guy actually took the lead in attacking not only Yuan Shao's three sons, but also Ma Teng and Gongsun Kang, and now they are both beaten, so we don't need to hit them at all. Exaggerated."
"Isn't Cao Cao dead?"
"Not yet, but it's almost there, but Ma Teng and Yuan Shao's three sons all died because of their serious injuries!"
"...Why didn't Xu Shu take advantage of the situation to launch an attack? It stands to reason that they launched an attack while they were in civil turmoil, and they should have taken it easily."
"That's what I asked at the time, but Master Xu said that Liu Xie was still alive and in the hands of Cao Cao. Master Xu didn't want the lord to carry the notoriety of killing the king."
"Anyone in the chaos army may die."
"That's right, that's what I said at the time, but Master Xu said that he has been watching the sky at night, and Cao Cao won't live for half a month at most, so it's better to wait."
"It's really a joke. Forget it, he is responsible for the battle."
"My lord, I heard that the boy Zhuge has conquered Xiliang, and now he is starting to attack the southern Huns?" Hu Yi is actually twenty and Zhuge Liang is the same age, but he is Li Yunfei's key training seventy-two The eldest among the disciples, so seeing Zhuge Liang's rapid rise, of course, is a little impatient. He is the eldest of the master's own disciples. If he can't compare to Zhuge Liang's exploits, it's not too much for the master to lose face...
"Yes, you came back just in time. I will ask you 60,000 elite soldiers to recover Bingzhou, and then prevent the southern Huns from entering Bingzhou to make trouble. Are you confident?"
If Zhuge Liang attacked from the west, of course those Hun tribes would not be able to stop them from the front, but the Hun cavalry had a very powerful means of escaping, and it was their fine tradition to run away if they couldn't be beaten. suffer...
"No problem at all...but can't I attack the Huns?"
"Since you are the commander-in-chief of the first army, of course this kind of thing is up to you. Everything depends on the specific situation. If it is feasible, attack, if it is not feasible, defend. Don't do anything you are not sure about."
"Understood, thank you for your trust." With Li Yunfei's permission, Hu Yi was relieved.
"Why are you thanking? By the way, I heard that King Zuo Xian of the Southern Xiongnu robbed Cai Yan, a talented girl from our Han family. If there is a chance, you will rescue her." Now that he remembered this, Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu King Xian seems to be close to Bingzhou, so I mentioned it by the way. Li Yunfei's words stunned Hu for a moment, but he suddenly realized it.
"...Understood, promise to complete the task!"
"Don't think about it, kid, you are really going to save people, don't tell me to grab women for me, or you won't be able to spare you!" Last time, this guy owed money and said he was going to Yecheng to grab women for himself. , so that everyone knows, people did not grab it, but innocently carried the name of a lecher on the back.
"Understood, understood, the last commander must act in secret, and promise not to let others know about it!" Hu Yi promised very seriously. After speaking, he hurriedly exited the room, and hurriedly led his troops to get credit. Jing suddenly became the general of the expedition, and now he is solely responsible for the expedition to Liaodong.
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After staying in the barracks for a few days, Lu Lingqi and Bu Lianshi finally returned to the south with satisfaction. Lu Lingqi was excited to go back to recruit troops and buy horses to prepare for the southern expedition. Bu Lianshi also went back happily and waited for the triumphant return of the master. Own.
Li Yunfei also began to look around the terrain to build engineering equipment, and was ready to storm the city of Peiping. Since Zhuge Liang has completely settled Xiliang, and now he is ready to deal with the southern Xiongnu tribes that have been initially sinicized, he must get the city of Peiping as soon as possible, as soon as possible. Provide Tiger One with more troops.
With the 60,000 horses in the Pinghu area, it was no problem to subdue Bingzhou, but it was far from enough to put pressure on the Xiongnu. The southern Xiongnu tribe was divided into four kings, each with 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry. He is very good at guerrilla warfare, so Hu Yi's tens of thousands of horses can defeat the Xiongnu cavalry from the front, but they will never be able to annihilate them.
According to the information that has been obtained so far, the food reserves in Peiping City are quite sufficient, and can last for at least half a year. The most important thing is that a bed crossbow was also imitated in the city, although the performance is not as good as the bed crossbow produced by itself. , the number is also quite rare, but I saw with my own eyes that the arrows shot by the crossbow reached a distance of more than 600 meters, so it was quite a threat to the siege team, and it was really inappropriate if it was delayed.
A watch tower about 20 meters high was quickly built on a small hillside five miles outside Peiping City. Of course, I got this thing to check the specific situation in Peiping City. There are monoculars, one is hand-held, the other is a ten-power telescope, and one is a thirty-power telescope on a tripod.
Li Yunfei used the 30 times telescope to carefully observe the specific defense situation on the city wall, and Xiao Qiao also used the 10 times telescope to observe around, but looking at her appearance should be fresh and lively.
There are ten bed crossbows in total on the southern city wall, and nearly 30 bed crossbows are deployed on the one-kilometer-wide city wall. These bed crossbows are wound with a winch, not a rocker, so the speed of winding will be much slower. , only one arrow can be fired per minute, and those three bows are all formal. Thinking about it, I still haven't figured out why the third bow is reversed, so the arrows shot by the counterfeit three-bow crossbow will be slower and similar to ordinary arrows, but the arrows may be heavier, and the distance was absolutely impossible to hit. To more than 1000 meters, I want to come to more than 600 meters last time is the limit distance.
Although they were besieged, the morale of the army did not seem to be bad, and there was no sign of collapse. But one thing is certain that the alienation strategy should have worked, because there is no Yuan Jun on the city wall, and Zhang Liao has not been to the city gate tower for several days...
"General's telescope is really useful, and everyone in the city can see it clearly."
"Of course, this telescope is equivalent to pulling things in 10 times. Did you see something valuable?"
"Most of Yuan Jun's tens of thousands of Yuan Jun have gathered together, and it seems that Cao Jun has a rift. It seems that the general's alienation strategy has worked."
"...Aren't you watching the fun?"
"It's very lively. Beiping City, which has less than 30,000 households, has nearly 400,000 people packed into it. Can it be lively?"
"Okay, then ask Xiao Qiao genius, can you see how many troops Yuan Jun and Cao Jun each have?"
"Well, I can't tell, but I can guess that Cao's army should be more than 30% more than Yuan's army. If the general attacked the city, then Yuan's army is very likely to surrender!"
"So it's easy to attack?"
"Of course, as long as the large explosive arrows propelled by the gunpowder are used to blow up the city gate, the crowd will be enough to defeat Cao's army."
"Uh, what you said is simple and clear, but that thing is too bad, it needs to be improved before it can be used, otherwise it will bring disaster to innocent people!"
That thing is very big and has a longer range, much farther than a bed crossbow, enough to fly two kilometers, but the accuracy is not very good. Moreover, I have to pay for the calibration myself. If I let others go to it, God knows they will fly there.
"The general wants to attack the city and wants the ordinary people in the city to be unaffected. That's impossible. As long as the general can avoid looting and looting after the city is broken, it's a blessing." Xiao Qiao was quite open to her. It seems that if this chaotic world can be ended as soon as possible, and the world can be brought to peace as soon as possible, it will be worth paying some price Otherwise, the fighting will only kill more people.
Of course, Li Yunfei knows what Xiao Qiao said. It is said that benevolence does not lead troops, and righteousness does not lead to Jia, so sometimes when leading troops to fight, it is really ruthless. As a commander, what you can do is try to avoid it as much as possible. Killing innocent people indiscriminately, rectifying military discipline as much as possible, preventing the soldiers from looting, and eliminating those looters as soon as possible after taking the city, that is, the division of benevolence and righteousness.
Of course, it would be best to persuade him to surrender, but in Cao Cao's base camp, Xiahou Dun is a dead brain, and the group of generals he brings are also dead brains, and their minds are full of allegiance to the death. So just hit.
"The thirty-ninth order goes on. From today onwards at midnight every day, our army will be divided into four columns, feigning attacks in batches, and launching a strategy of exhausting the Beiping City. Three days later, a general attack will be launched!"
"promise!"
"Wait, let the feinting troops and horses also prepare for the general attack, maybe the feint attack may turn into a general attack at any time!" Li Yunfei really doubted whether his feint attack would yield some unexpected gains in the city, because the city The Yuan Jun and Cao Jun of the Qing Dynasty were very different from each other, and they were very jealous of each other.
"promise!"