Chapter 339 Preparing to attack Xihua City
——System prompt: "Ding, Liu Pi, the second-rate historical general of the Yellow Turban Army of Runan County, has been killed. I will reward you with a token of Xiaoqushuai, 200,000 points of military merit, and 150,000 points of reputation."
——"Ding, because the Yellow Turbans in Xihua City agreed to command, the second-rate historical general Liu Pi was killed by you. The morale of all Yellow Turban soldiers outside Xihua City decreased by 40%.
Sun Jian's speed was a little slower than Ye Tian.
At this moment, he finally barely caught up with Ye Tian, and Sun Jian saw a terrifying scene. Liu Pi's head was cut off by Ye Tian and raised by Ye Tian in his hand.
Then Ye Tian handed Liu Pi's head to Elai.
Let evil come to lift Liu Pi's head high and shuttle through the military formation.
He shouted that Liu Pi had already given the title of the head, and asked the Yellow Turbans to surrender quickly.
A few of the Yellow Turban soldiers who were still fighting and saw their commander tragically die, finally showed despair in their pupils.
Finally, their morale was completely collapsed or desperate, they screamed, threw down their weapons and jumped in all directions, not even caring about their own camp.
These defeated generals lost any combat power. The Han army soldiers were divided into twenty or thirty units and attacked everywhere and continued to chase and kill the defeated Liu Pi's troops.
The disintegrating Yellow Turban soldiers only knew how to escape at this moment, and were slaughtered by Han soldiers like pigs and dogs.
There are broken limbs and broken arms everywhere and blood.
He turned his face and looked south, and the army led by Fu Xie also stopped fighting.
The reinforcements sent by Peng Tuo and Gong Du found that there was no hope of victory and retreated into the city.
After all, although Liu Pi and Wu Ba were both defeated, at least there were still defenders in Xihua City and the last road to defending the city.
Huangfu Song began to send people to occupy the Yellow Turban Army camp outside the city to prevent any Yellow Turban soldiers from escaping and sealing off all the supplies in the camp.
In this battle, all the Han troops fought to the death, and blood flowed out of the city to defeat the army led by Liu Pi and Wu Ba.
Keep up the efforts again, big camp.
It can be considered a great victory.
Ye Tian looked at the sky and the war started at the beginning of the afternoon.
At this moment, the sky was already dim and it could be seen how long it had been fighting in this battle.
There were rushing and shouting around, and the Han army continued to pursue the defeated soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.
Although I won this battle, the Yellow Turban Army's tent outside the city was defeated.
In fact, the Battle of Xihua did not achieve real victory but was just the beginning.
For the Battle of Xihua, only by conquering Xihua City can it be considered the final victory.
Although this battle wiped out all the troops and horses in the Yellow Turban camp outside the city,
Originally, the Yellow Turban Army had a total of more than 4 million people stationed in Xihua.
This battle directly solved 2 million Yellow Turban soldiers.
But even if 2 million people were solved, there were about 2 million people in the city.
Among these 2 million people, there are still many Yellow Turban soldiers, as well as some Runan Yellow Turban soldiers.
Xihua City is a strong city, and if these more than 2 million people occupy the city, they will guard it.
Then it is not easy to conquer the city.
It can be said that this battle is still not easy to fight. After all, defending the city has a lot of advantages than siege.
Siege is different from field battles. If there are only one horse in the field, no matter how many enemies there are, just rush over.
A powerful general can even change the trend of a battle, just like this battle outside Xihua City.
The attacking city was attacked from the bottom, and naturally it was at a disadvantage.
When climbing up the city, the ladder may be pushed down and destroyed, and may be shot by enemy arrows.
Even after using the ladder to climb the city wall, you still have to attack the crowd with few.
Moreover, there is not much room for rushing around the city wall, so it is easy to fall into a siege.
Even if there is the courage of thousands of men, they will not be able to bear it if the enemy kills it endlessly.
Facing the attack of giant rolling stones, you will also have a headache. You must have the help of soldiers, which can play a great role.
In the Battle of Yangdi, it was Wang Yun's giant catapult thunderbolt chariot.
With many siege equipment, the process of attacking Yangdi City was quite easy, but this time it was different.
This time, without the assistance of Wang Yun's Pili Car, it will definitely be much more difficult to conquer Xihua City.
Although the Pili car is terrible, it has two major shortcomings. One is that it moves slowly and makes it difficult to carry out long-distance transportation.
Second, a large amount of resources and ammunition are needed for logistical support.
So this time, Huangfu Song and Zhu Ye did not bring the thunder cart here after they arrived in Xihua City.
The next battle of Xihua may be different from the battle of Yangdi, and it will be a head-on battle!
One day of repair
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Ye Tian, three Han army chiefs, once again held a military discussion in the camp.
And this military discussion is naturally about discussing how to attack Xihua City.
Zhigang wiped out the Qu general Wu Ba and Liu Pi outside the city, and the next step was to attack the city.
Many thick candles in the tent burn, illuminating the tent brightly, and the tent is full of civil and military officials.
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Ye Tian, three Han army commanders
Sun Jian, Huangfu Li, Fu Xie and others sat together in the lower seat.
This military conference was still supported by Huangfu Song, the most prestigious one.
The first person to speak was Huangfu Song. He first praised Sun Jian, Fu Xie and some Han generals' heroic performances in the previous battles.
Then we naturally turned to the main topic, which was about how to attack Xihua City.
Huangfu Song gently stroked the white beard on his chin, showing a calm expression on his face.
His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
After thinking for a moment, he asked to everyone in the seat: "Everyone, the Yellow Turban Camp outside Xihua City has been broken by us. It is today that we will directly attack Xihua City.
Now that our army has won a new victory and the enemy has lost a new defeat, it can be said that it is the best opportunity to attack Xihua City.
However, at this moment, the commander of Daqu Peng Tuo in Xihua City was still guarding him, and there were more than 2 million Yellow Turban thieves. I wonder what good strategies you have to attack the city."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! A Han army captain who belongs to the Northern Army is quite agile and speaks first: "This time we attack Xihua City, there are many soldiers in the city. If we forcefully attack, it may be difficult.
In my opinion, our army might as well build a long wall outside the city and slowly encircle the city. When there is no food in the city, I will attack it again."
The people said that building walls is the most commonly used way to siege the city.
This method does not have much advantage, but the same advantage is that it is extremely stable and there is basically no mistake.
Obviously, the Han army captain’s idea should be to not seek merit, but to seek nothing wrong.
When Zhu Jun heard this, he frowned and said disapprovingly: "I heard that the Yellow Turban Thiefs in Runan had plundered Runan County once before, and the food he received must be placed in Xihua City.
Although there are many bandits in the city, it is impossible to expect them to run out of food in a short period of time.
Moreover, Runan County Qu coach Zhang Mancheng is dominating Wancheng, and now he is eyeing Yingchuan and Runan is eyeing him.
The Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou has had many abnormal movements recently, and I think we still have to beware of them coming to support Peng Tuo.”
After hearing Zhu Jun's words, Huangfu Song also echoed: "Building a wall is indeed a way, but it takes time, so we don't have much time left now.
The Yellow Turban Thiefs in Jingzhou and Yanzhou may come to support them at any time, so they should fight quickly."
After hearing Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's words, Ye Tian also felt that they were right.
It is a crisis now. Although Bocai is dead, if he can't win Xihua City, there are three disadvantages.
First, the Yellow Turban Army in Jingzhou and Yanzhou may come to support at any time.
Zhang Mancheng, the commander of Daqu in Jingzhou, and Bu Ji, the commander of Daqu in Yanzhou, are not simple people.
Second, almost all the remaining counties in Runan were occupied by the Yellow Turban camp, and there were also many Yellow Turban soldiers.
Although it is not very powerful, if these people come to harass the Han military's food supply road, it will be a big trouble.
Over time, there will be problems with the Han army's food and fodder.
Third, Ye Tian knew that Lu Zhi in his previous life was framed later because he was framed for a long time when he attacked Guangzongcheng. He was framed by the eunuch group for a long time and was finally imprisoned.
If Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were delayed in Xihua City for too long, Ye Tian would be very worried about this.
However, if there is no Thunderbolt car this time, it will be possible to force the siege.
After he thought about his siege plan for a moment.
Then he slowly stood up, as if he was about to make a plan.
Huangfu Song saw Ye Tian get up, and at this moment he smiled and said.
"General Ye, what trick do you have, even if you say it."
Ye Tian smiled slightly and said, "I have two strategies to defeat Xihua City."
Huangfu Song's eyes lit up after hearing Ye Tian's words.
He had also seen Ye Tian's extraordinaryness before, and he was quite clear about Ye Tian's talent.
If Ye Tian said that two strategies could break Xihua City, there would be a reason for him.
Huangfu Song immediately asked, "Ziqiong, you just said two strategies to defeat Xihua City. I wonder which two strategies you are talking about?"
Ye Tian smiled slightly and said, "This time we attacked Xihua City. Because the light troops were simply advancing, we brought not many siege equipment, just a small number of ordinary low-level catapults.
We did not bring the giant catapult cart that had shined in the Battle of Yangdi this time, and as far as I know, Peng Tuo had prepared for it in the city, and there were a large number of catapult carts and archers in the city.
Therefore, in order to make up for the firepower, our army can mobilize soldiers to build a mountain of earth outside the city.
Then put the crossbowman on it, attack it from a high place, shoot arrows and crossbows into the city, which can replenish firepower and cooperate with our catapult cart.
This can suppress the firepower of the defenders in the city. Even if they have catapults and archers stationed in the city, they cannot attack us unilaterally. This is the first strategy.
"First send someone to pretend to attack the city wall with a ladder, and then the elite soldiers can raise their shields, push the chariots with arrows in the city, and try to forcibly break through the city gate.
This time, there are not many catapults, but as long as there is a collision, the city gate can still be broken.
Then a vanguard was sent to break into Xihua City from the city gate and enter the city directly through the city gate. Of course, this plan must be brave enough to fight.
Otherwise, even if the city gate is opened with a siege cart, there will be a large number of defenders in the city, and it will be difficult to directly penetrate into Xihua City from the city gate.
But in this battle, I still need a pioneer to cooperate with me."
While speaking, Ye Tian looked at Sun Jian from the corner of his eyes.
He had already planned to let Sun Jian be the pioneer of this siege.
Huangfu Song saw Ye Tian's eyes in his eyes and understood his feelings.
Sun Jian is brave and good at fighting, and is indeed a good candidate.
If the suicide troops who attacked the city gate and broke into Xihua City, the success rate would probably increase by at least about 30%.
The bravery and good at fighting in Jiangdong is not something that can be predicted.
After hearing Ye Tian's words, Huangfu Song nodded with satisfaction.
Ye Tian’s two strategies are good,
First, make up for the insufficient long-range firepower by stacking the soil mountain to Xihua City.
The second strategy is how to attack Xihua City, and directly use chariots to attack the weakest part of the city wall.
Huangfu Song had a long time ago as he had a candidate in his heart, but he still asked loudly to everyone in the tent: "Who would like to fight with General Ye to attack Xihua City for the vanguard?"
Although it seemed to be asking, Huangfu Song had already been interested.
The corners of his eyes glanced at Sun Jian intentionally or unintentionally. Sun Jian's heroic performance during the previous battle also left a deep impression on Huangfu Song.
The reason why I ask the pioneer now is just to inspire the fighting spirit of the generals in the account.
When Sun Jian heard Huangfu Song's words, he stood up without hesitation and replied: "I am willing to attack Xihua City for the general, and I will definitely take Xihua City down,"
Huangfu Song got the answer he wanted, and said nothing more. He smiled and said, "Wentai, tomorrow's siege depends on your performance."
Then he turned to the others in the military tent, "Good, very good, give you a day of renovation time. Tomorrow morning, the whole army gathers to attack the city on time."
The military dispersed,
Sun Jian was left by Ye Tianhuang and Fu Song to discuss the specific siege, while the others retreated to prepare for tomorrow's siege.
Chapter completed!