Chapter 477 Speculation
Yang Tian, who was still staying in Qinchuan City and thinking about how to continue to harm Han Sui, also heard this system announcement, but he did not have much optimism about this matter. With the current situation, the imperial army will continue to be in such a stalemate with the rebels at most. It seems that the system master is also having such an idea, which is the real black hand behind the scenes.
The purpose of the system master is also very clear, that is, to let the plot move in the direction of history as much as possible.
Thinking of this, Yang Tian couldn't help but feel a little depressed. If this was true, then there would be no winner in the plot mission of the Xiliang rebels, because the imperial army could not quell the Xiliang rebellion. After Emperor Ling of Han passed away, General He Jin would enter the capital in order to deal with the Ten Generals of the General He Jin, and the plot mission of the Dong Zhuo Rebellion would be launched. At that time, Dong Zhuo would contact Han Sui and Ma Teng to enter the capital together, which would mean that these Xiliang rebels were recruited. The Xiliang rebellion at this stage would be left unresolved.
Yang Tian was not very concerned about the result of the suppression of the rebels in Xiliang. What he most hoped was to end the plot mission of the Xiliang rebellion as soon as possible so that Dong Zhuo could disrupt politics as soon as possible, and then he would usher in the golden time for the development of Baiyun City. At the same time, according to the results of Yang Tian's discussion with Guo Jia, Chen Gong and others, they would probably need to take down the national level in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands after the rebellion. As for what is behind this national level, they have no way to guess. It may be the army directly facing the island country, or it may be a deserted place without a man. You should know that although the area of the Diaoyu Islands is not large in reality, in the game, this is not a small island, not to mention Ryukyu and other places not far away. As for the information Yang Tian has at present, the island country does not know whether the area in the game corresponding to the Ryukyu Islands belongs to the Japanese area. If it does not belong, there will be a dispute.
The most urgent task is how to continue to push the historical plot forward. Of course, the best result is to directly let Emperor Ling of Han go to see King Yama in advance. Yang Tian believes that as long as Emperor Ling of Han dies, the progress of history will definitely be pushed until 189 AD. The Dong Zhuo Rebellion will also officially begin. But how can Emperor Ling of Han go to see King Yama in early?
This is undoubtedly a very deep question, so deep that Yang Tian dared not ask someone easily. The only one he could consult was Guo Jia and Chen Gong. After all, both of them were loyal, and even if they said such a ruthless statement, they would not have any other ideas.
However, Guo Jia and Chen Gong also persuaded Yang Tian to give up this plan. After all, assassinating the emperor is not a joke. Once the matter is exposed, it will be a disaster for Baiyun City. With his current status as General Envoy, it is obviously not cost-effective to do such a thing at a huge risk.
At the same time, Guo Jia also put forward a suggestion that although the process cannot be pushed into place in one step, if you want to promote it on a small scale, there are still ways to imagine. For example, destroy some key forces. The goal given by Guo Jia is the kingdom.
In terms of the current situation, the only major rebel leaders in history are Han Sui, Ma Teng and the Kingdom, and the kingdom is the closest to the death time, so the chance of success of plotting the kingdom is greater.
Of course, it is not easy to kill the kingdom. After all, this guy is also a rebel leader, with more than one million direct NPC troops under his command and more than three million players. At present, all the main legions of Baiyun City are in Qinchuan City. If you want to rush to Hanyang to deal with the kingdom, it will be beyond the reach.
In the end, Yang Tian and others could not think of any good plans, so they had to put this matter aside and continue to command their troops to confront Han Sui's army in Qinchuan City.
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This was the last day for Han Sui to attack Qinchuan City. If he could not capture it, he would lead the army to continue to advance eastward and compete with the imperial army such as Zhang Wen, Huangfu Song. Although he thought that it would be a disaster for the general Yangguang to stay in Qinchuan City, it was obviously not a good deal to drag a large army of hundreds of thousands of people to this small place.
Since the siege in the morning, Han Sui discovered that the defending power of Qinchuan City was much weaker, and the army on the entire city wall was only 130,000 to 140,000 people. He was able to fully deploy defense just now, but it seemed a little thin compared to the dense army on the previous city wall.
Perhaps this is the only remaining force in the city, right? Han Sui thought so, and he was more confident in capturing Qinchuan City today.
Han Sui's guess was not without basis, because after these six days of siege, basically every day the defenders on the city died for 40,000 to 50,000 people. Although his army also paid 50,000 or 600,000 lives every day, the result was undoubtedly satisfying him. Now it is finally time to gain results.
Under Han Sui's order, the rebels launched the most fierce attack since they advanced eastward. All the remaining more than 3,000 stone-towers were put into battle. Even more than 100 siege arrow towers that had been hidden were pulled onto the battlefield. At the same time, Han Sui was preparing to throw himself into the battlefield with more than two million siege troops. He made up his mind to take down Qinchuan City in one fell swoop.
Countless huge rocks and sharp crossbow arrows intertwined over Qinchuan City, drawing a talisman for life. Blood and limbs became the main theme of the battlefield. In the siege, the possibility of wounded people was not high, and injury indicates death. No one was willing to risk the rain of arrows on the city wall to rescue the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground, because this is very likely to make themselves die on the spot. Who will sympathize with and save themselves?
The rebels climbed up the siege ladder clamped on the city wall. They held the ladder with one hand and held a small round shield with the other, to a certain extent, which could prevent the head from being penetrated by the arrows shot by the opponent. However, if it was a huge rock thrown down, these round shields would be difficult to play a role. The huge impact of that thing was definitely not something that a small shield could withstand. However, the huge rocks in the city were limited after all, and it was impossible for the soldiers guarding the city to throw them down endlessly. Most of the time, these huge rocks were used for catapults to suppress the opponent's catapults, crossbows or siege arrow towers. In particular, the catapults brought by Yang Tian were all large catapults, which did have a very powerful suppression effect on the other party's siege equipment.
After several days of fierce attack by the rebels, the walls of Qinchuan City gradually became unbearable. Although the stonemasons brought by Yang Tian to repair them day and night, cracks began to appear in some places where attacks were frequent. Fortunately, the walls were relatively wide, and it was not easy to collapse.
Han Sui also guessed at this time that there were definitely stonemasons responsible for repairing the city walls and carpenters who repaired siege equipment in Qinchuan City. These people were likely to have reached Qinchuan City through teleportation array after the spy he had installed in Qinchuan City was exposed. He estimated that Sunshine planned to defend Qinchuan City with the auxiliary role of these technical workers. This made Han Sui very confused. If it weren't for these damn stonemasons or carpenters, the city wall of Qinchuan City had long been destroyed by them, which would have become a natural barrier in front of his army as it is now?
What made him even more confused was that because the journey was long before, although he brought a large number of siege equipment such as stone castings, he did not bring too many carpenters. The reason was that these professionals in life were too slow to march. If they were to take them, they would not be able to get from Jincheng to Qinchuan in less than two or three months, let alone war. This also caused a large part of the siege equipment he had to be damaged. The serious ones had already affected their use.
At noon, Han Sui did not withdraw his troops, but instead allowed more troops to join the siege. He was not worried that the soldiers under his command would be hungry, because the soldiers who first went to the battlefield could no longer feel hungry. As for the people sent later, they had already filled their stomachs before charging.
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On the wall of Qinchuan City, Yang Tian frowned and looked at the Xiliang rebels who were still rushing in. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, do you see if Han Sui took the wrong medicine today? Why did he completely ignore the lives of his soldiers? If this battle continues like this, it will be difficult for us to hold on!"
Guo Jia shook his head and smiled, saying, "Lord, don't worry. With our arrangement, it is impossible for Han Sui to capture Qinchuan City today. We still have nearly 500,000 troops left. Even if Han Sui knocked down the city wall, it would be impossible for him to successfully occupy Qinchuan Trainers."
Yang Tian agreed with Guo Jia's statement, but he still sighed and said, "After that being said, I'm afraid that the major legions we guard the city today will be crippled? I don't know if they can all be resurrected tomorrow."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "My lord, don't be in a hurry! The resurrected soldiers are naturally worried about Mr. Wang. At worst, lord, you can wait a day before you can rush back to Baiyun City to transport the resurrected soldiers. Tonight, you can transport some stones and wood first. These materials are consumed so much in the past few days. I'm afraid that after today's fierce battle, there is not much left in the city."
Yang Tian nodded immediately and agreed to Guo Jia's opinion.
Guo Jia looked at the rebels who had never stopped in the distance. He suddenly said, "Lord, maybe we don't need to go back to get supplies."
Yang Tian was stunned and said, "Why is this?"
Guo Jia pointed to the arrangement of the rebels outside the city and said, "My lord, please see, with the current formation of the rebels, the entire army is undoubtedly dispatched, but if it is to attack the city, there is no need for so many people. When attacking a small city, the army that the siege side can invest in the battlefield at most will not exceed one million. Since Han Sui's army has moved, it may have other purposes. The only explanation is that Han Sui is preparing to leave Qinchuan City. Now this battle is just the last madness of Han Sui's army."
Yang Tian was puzzled at first, and after carefully pondering Guo Jia's words, he finally understood and said in surprise: "What Fengxiao means is that Han Sui will give up attacking Qinchuan City and move his target to other places?"
Guo Jia nodded and said, "That's true. And according to his subordinates' speculation, Han Sui is likely to go straight to Meiyang City, join forces with Ma Teng's army to attack Meiyang. Of course, this does not rule out that he will change directions on the way and attack Chen Cangcheng, who has weak defense."
Yang Tian also felt that Guo Jia's speculation was reasonable. With Han Sui's character, he would not change directions under this situation, return to Jincheng, and be his rebel leader with peace of mind. Xiliang was desolate, and life was naturally very hard. Han Sui had his current power and naturally wanted to move to other places to settle down.
Chen Gong, who had been standing beside him, said at this time: "My lord, in the opinion of his subordinates, once Han Sui leaves, the possibility of attacking Chen Cang is greater. First of all, Chen Cang is closer to Meiyang. As long as Chen Cang is taken down, he can be used as a stronghold to threaten Chen Cang. It can be said that he can attack and retreat and defend, which is definitely more beneficial than directly attacking Meiyang City. At the same time, from Chen Cang City to the south, cross Sanguan, you can enter Chen Cang Mountain, and by climbing Chen Cang Mountain, you can enter Yizhou. With the richness of Yizhou and the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack terrain, it is absolutely tempting for Han Sui. If a situation is not good for him, he can enter Yizhou as a springboard."
After hearing this, Yang Tian and Guo Jia suddenly realized that Chen Gong's words were reasonable, but they were not worried that Han Sui's army would enter Yizhou. After all, Sunshine's base camp was in Yangzhou, which was 108,000 miles away from Yizhou. Even if Han Sui made Yizhou look down, it had nothing to do with Sunshine.
However, Han Sui obviously would not go to Yizhou easily. Although entering Yizhou from Chen Cang only requires attacking the dangerous place of San Pass, as a powerful pass to enter Shu, this San Pass cannot be broken by attacking. Han Sui may not take this path unless he had to do so.
If Han Sui occupied Chen Cang, it would be even more unfavorable to the court. He completely placed Meiyang City in the siege of the rebels. In the absence of food and grass, Meiyang City would probably be difficult for too long. This is somewhat different from the previous plan of Yang Tian and others.
Suddenly, Guo Jia said: "Lord, maybe this is an opportunity to change the situation in the Meiyang area!"
Yang Tian was slightly stunned and said, "Fengxiao, please tell me quickly."
Guo Jia chuckled and said, "Lord, if you were in Han Sui's position, what would you do if you were to evacuate from Qinchuan City? Leave the enemy troops in Qinchuan City alone?"
Yang Tian said without hesitation: "Of course it is impossible. Leaving an army behind him and not guarding it is something that only a fool would do. Even if Han Sui wanted to evacuate from Qinchuan City, he would leave a part of the army and look at our army. It's like we used to deal with the rebels in Qinchuan City before. If I can't defeat it, I will defend it first."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "I think so too, but how many troops will Han Sui leave behind to guard us?"
"It shouldn't be many." Yang Tian said, "Now Han Sui's army has experienced these six days of fierce battle, and there are nearly three million soldiers killed. If he wants to successfully capture Chen Cang City and threaten Meiyang City, it is impossible without a five million army. Therefore, the army he can stay should be between one and two million."
Guo Jia nodded, obviously agreeing with Yang Tian’s statement, and then he expressed his plans.
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By the evening, Han Sui's army still failed to capture Qinchuan City, which undoubtedly made him very depressed. However, if he knew that there were nearly 600,000 troops in Baiyun City, he would probably not have been surprised by this. If he knew that the 600,000 troops were at least seventh-level soldiers, he would be even more glad that his soldiers were killed too slowly.
However, it was obvious that Han Sui didn't know all these situations. Although he also asked the generals with flying mounts to fly over Qinchuan City to investigate the situation, not only did they find nothing, but they all lost their lives. Who made Yang Tian's personal guard army, the Iron Eagle Sharp, have all the powerful golden eagles. When the enemy rushed over, the rebel generals flying in the sky could not escape.
However, after the battle today, Han Sui also saw some clues, that is, the number of troops in the city is probably more than 300,000 as mentioned by the spy before, because within today, at least 70,000 to 80,000 were killed on the city wall. However, in the evening, the density of the spy on the city wall was still the same as in the morning. This was undoubtedly a very abnormal thing. He guessed that Yang Tian must have done something at that time, avoided the spy's reconnaissance, and even directly obtained some fake information for him.
Chapter completed!