When Huangfu Song led an army of 50,000 people to march to Zhuojun in Youzhou, he received news that Liu Yu was surrounded in Yuyang City!
He looked at the map of Youzhou and thought about the current situation! Dai County and Shanggu County are well defended, with layers of fortifications built. There will be no crisis for a while, and only Yuyang County is in danger.
And Yuyang has become the key to the entire Youzhou defense against the Tengjia Army. Once Yuyang County is lost, the Tengjia Army will attack from the north and south wings at the same time, attacking Youbeiping County along the way, cutting off the connection between the four Liaodong counties and the Han Dynasty.
Juyongguan can be attacked from a flank, and even the natural barrier of Juyongguan can be broken under an internal and external attack.
And if Juyongguan is breached, the entire Shanggu County will be undefendable, and it will only be a matter of time before it is captured by the Tengjia Army. The Tengjia Army can connect the entire Shanggu County and Yuyang County, and even attack Dai County from the rear.
, and if Daijun is captured, Youzhou's Yanshan defense line will be completely captured by the Tengjia Army, and the entire Youzhou defense line will completely collapse.
At that time, it will be the side of the Tengjia Army that occupies the geographical advantage. Lei Gongjin can use the cavalry to attack the Han army in all directions. Retreat! You can rely on the geographical advantage of Yanshan to prevent the Han army from counterattacking, while their Han army can only be on the plains.
Passive defense, (this is a bit like the Song Dynasty that lost the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. Without the Yanshan Defense Line, facing the cavalry on the plains, it can only be passively beaten). Facing the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Tengjia Army, defeat is only a matter of time!
But now Lei Gong has 30,000 troops attacking Yuyang City, but there are only 10,000 Han troops in the city. If the general commanding the city is Gongsun Zan, Huangfu Song, a fierce general like Liu Bei, would not be worried, but it is Liu Yu who is in the city.
Good old man, this makes him have to worry! If Liu Yu didn't stick to his source, then they would have lost half of the war!
Thinking of this, Huangfu Song ordered: "The army marches urgently, and the vanguard will try to reach Yuyang within 3 days!"
Under Huangfu Song's order, the entire army accelerated its march, and the 3,000 cavalry led by Zhang He even broke away from the large army and ran directly towards Yuyang!
At this time, Wang Yong had arrived in Yuyang with an army of 30,000 people for more than ten days. He appeared at the foot of Yuyang City and first established a stable turtle stream camp. After the camp was established, he led the army to dig a
The canal cut off the Gu water and drained the water in the moat of Yuyang City! Then Wang Yong began to build ladders, rams, and trebuchets. These projects lasted 10 days before he produced enough siege equipment!
Then Wang Yong divided the army into three groups, each with 10,000 troops. Wang Yong himself commanded 10,000 troops to attack the north gate of Yuyang City, Colonel Wan Lang commanded 10,000 troops to attack the east gate of Yuyang City, and Colonel Song Yi led 10,000 troops to attack the east gate of Yuyang City.
Soldiers attack the west gate of Yuyang City! In addition to the army, each unit is also equipped with hundreds of trebuchets
On the first day of the siege, Wang Yong maximized the firepower advantage of the Tengjia Army. He threw 5,000 stone bullets weighing 100 kilograms and shot 100,000 long arrows. These stone bullets smashed the entire Yuyang City into craters and walls.
There are even longer arrows all over the place! Wang Yong’s momentum of throwing the universe is extremely heroic!
Although the 10,000 defenders in the city were commanded by Liu Yu, the Youzhou Mu, such a powerful offensive directly stunned the defenders of Yuyang City. They spent half a month hammering and knocking, watching the excitement but did nothing.
But he didn't expect that the attack would be so fierce. Before the two sides came into contact, the Youzhou Army suffered heavy losses. The morale of the defenders of Yuyang City was severely weakened for a while!
That night, Tian Kai, the captain of Yuyang, said fiercely to Liu Yu: "Ming Gong, judging from today's offensive, the Tengjia Army's equipment is not inferior to that of the North and South armies. There are many crossbows. Today alone, there were hundreds of thousands of crossbows fired.
Support, I have never seen such a powerful offensive in the more than ten years I have been in the army. If the Tengjia Army's offensives are like this in the future, we will definitely lose without reinforcements!"
Chief Shi Xianyufu said: "Don't worry about the reinforcements. General Hussar has already led 50,000 troops to support us. They will arrive at Yuyang County in a few days! As long as we defend these days, we can
Turning from defense to offense!”
Fenwu Captain Yan Gang thought for a while and said: "In order to reduce losses, we still have the soldiers on guard at the corners of the city wall. After the Tengjia Army has finished throwing stones, we will go up the city wall. Judging from the situation in the past few days, the Tengjia Army's
Although there are many crossbows, we can still make large shields for defense, but the trebuchet is different. Anyone who hits it will die or be maimed!"
Xian Yufu worriedly asked: "What if the Tengjia Army takes the opportunity to attack the city?"
Yan Gang replied: "Don't worry. If the Tengjia Army wants to attack the city, it is impossible to continue throwing stones. As long as we wait for the stones to stop throwing, we can quickly climb the city wall. And if you are worried,
You can also leave some secret sentries on the city wall to monitor every move of the Tengjia Army. If the Tengjia Army has plans to attack the city, we can just mount the city wall immediately!"
But Tian Kai thought for a while and said: "The Tengjia Army's trebuchets are too dangerous to us. I'm worried that Yuyang's city wall can't withstand such a violent impact!"
Then he asked strangely: "Can a trebuchet hit it so accurately? I think if there are no reinforcements, the Tengjia Army can destroy our Yuyang city wall just by relying on these Tengjia Army! There are records in history that relying on trebuchets alone
Just the city that was destroyed?”
Xian Yufu and the others looked at each other, because they didn't know either! If they hadn't been born as generals, they might not have known about such a thing as a trebuchet. After all, Youzhou didn't have any use for this thing.
The enemies of the Youzhou frontier army are the barbarians on the grassland. They have no city at all, and naturally they have no need for trebuchets. The trebuchet is very ineffective at hitting people, and it is not very effective against the barbarians. But
If the trebuchets are left in the border counties, these trebuchets may be taken away by the barbarians and become their weapons to attack the Han city, so there are no trebuchets in Youzhou!
In the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, only some rebels were suppressed, and there was no place for trebuchets. It can be said that the entire Han Dynasty only found trebuchets in the arsenals of Luoyang City and Chang'an City! These trebuchets may have been from the Guangwu period.
In another history, the real development period of trebuchets started with the Battle of Guandu. Now the Han war has not been so intense. It can be said that few generals have seen trebuchets!
Moreover, Xu Wei's trebuchets are completely different from the Han trebuchets. The Han trebuchets have no standardized parts and are pulled by manpower. The hit depends entirely on faith. However, the Tengjia Army's trebuchets are different. Their trebuchets
All parts are standardized products. Even the stone bullets thrown are polished, and the weight and shape are also standardized. In addition, the military commanders of the slinging camp have Mayi rulers that specially restrain the ballistics, so the hit rate of the stone bullets is
It is very high, half of the stone bullets of the trebuchet battalion can hit the city wall, and the position is very close, the damage to the city wall is extremely powerful!
At this time Liu Yu said: "The trebuchet is probably a kind of siege equipment that appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was called a stone cannon at that time. In "Mozi Bei City Gate", more than a dozen methods of siege and defense are listed, among which The "borrowing car" mentioned is the trebuchet we encountered today. "Sun Bin's Art of War? Chen Ji Asked the Base" also mentioned "speculation", which may be this kind of trebuchet. "Fan Li's Art of War" also records: Flying stones are heavy. Twelve kilograms, it is used as a machine, and it travels two hundred steps." There has never been such a record in the history books of a trebuchet powerful enough to destroy the city wall. I think Lei Gong's trebuchet must have been improved!
Xian Yufu heard Mozi suddenly say: "Ming Gong, Lei Gong is proficient in all kinds of crafts. We have long suspected whether Lei Gong is a reclusive descendant of the Mohist family. Is it because the Mohist improved the trebuchet that it has such great power!"
Tian Kai sighed and said: "There is no use in guessing whether Lei Gong is a descendant of the Moh family. The key is to find a way to deal with Lei Gong's trebuchets. If there is no way to deal with these trebuchets, we will not be able to defend Yuyang City!" "
Yan Gang thought for a while and said: "How about tomorrow, I lead people to rush out and destroy the trebuchets of the Tengjia Army, so that the Tengjia Army will not be able to destroy our Yuyang city wall!"
But Xian Yufu stopped him and said: "It's better not to do it. We already have a small number of people. If you, Zihong, are ambushed by the Tengjia Army, the battle behind us will be even more difficult to fight!"
Tian Kai also said: "I have observed that the Tengjia Army's trebuchets are surrounded by tight defenses. Even if we make a surprise attack, it will be difficult for us to succeed. If we don't have reinforcements, we can fight to the death, but if the Hussars General is about to come to our Yuyang, we will It’s better to defend yourself for the next few days and wait until General Hussars’ reinforcements arrive!”
Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "The Tengjia Army can have trebuchets. Can we learn from the Tengjia Army's methods and make some trebuchets? I think the structure of these trebuchets is not very complicated and should be easy to imitate. As long as we create a trebuchet, we already have the advantage of the city wall. The trebuchet should be shot further by the Tengjia Army from a high position. As long as we use the trebuchet to destroy the Tengjia Army's trebuchet, won't this crisis be resolved!"
From the city wall of Yuyang, Liu Yu saw that the Tengjia Army's trebuchet was very simple. It had a simple bracket, a log several feet long, and a bag-like thing underneath to hold heavy objects. This thing looked bigger than a ladder truck. Keep it simple!
Xian Yufu smiled bitterly and said: "Ming Gong, although Lei Gong's trebuchet looks simple, we have never made it. No carpenter knows how to make it. Moreover, we are trapped in Yuyang City now and do not have enough wood to make it. The trebuchet, not to mention the long wood that can throw stones, is very difficult to find in our Yuyang City. If we really want to make a trebuchet, we can only find a way to find some carpenters to imitate it after this battle. Now we Yuyang Yang doesn’t have such conditions!”
After discussing for a long time, they still thought of using the method proposed by Yan Gang for the first time, arranging some spies on the city wall, and soldiers guarding the trebuchets at the corners of the city wall. After the Tengjia army stopped throwing stone bombs, they would order the soldiers to mount the city wall to defend. !
But in fact, they thought too much. Wang Yong also found out that Huangfu Song was coming to Yuyang for support and had already entered Zhuojun. Wang Yong knew that he didn't have much time!
Starting from the next day, the Tengjia Army began to storm Yuyang City. Wang Yong first covered the entire Yuyang City wall with a wave of stone bullet fire! Then the soldiers of the Tengjia Army carried long weapons on their backs before the soldiers on Yuyang City recovered.
The long ladder was put up on the Yuyang city wall regardless of his own safety, and then he climbed tenaciously towards the city wall regardless of the heavy casualties!
After Xian Yufu and others stopped firing the stone bullets, they immediately led the soldiers to climb the city wall, and then continued to shoot long swords, throw out sleepers, and huge rocks smashed the ladders used by the Tengjia army to attack the city! The attacking and attacking sides used all their strength as soon as they fought.
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Xian Yufu and others guarded this city wall in various ways, with their own guards, and blocked it there whenever there was danger! But Liu Yu knew that the old and weak would be difficult to fight, so he personally beat drums to boost the morale of the defenders!
Xian Yufu and the others blocked the Tengjia Army soldiers who were standing on the wall of Yuyang City again and again, and drove them down again and again. The soldiers on both sides were so furious that they used all kinds of methods to attack and deal with them. Under the city wall,
Fighting to the death with the city wall, Yuyang's city wall has almost become a wall of blood. The well-equipped Tengjia army has an exchange ratio of one to one even when attacking the city.
The Tengjia Army already had a numerical advantage, but the Yuyang defenders struggled to gain the upper hand. There were several dangers on the three walls of the city. The soldiers of the Tengjia Army climbed onto the city wall several times, but they were quickly defeated by Xian Yufu, Tian Kai, and others.
Yan Gang led his personal guards and killed all the armored soldiers standing on the city wall.
But the battle lasted for a long time, and even Xian Yufu felt tired! The battle between them and the Tengjia Army was too fierce, and the consumption was too great, and the number of personal guards following them was rapidly decreasing!
When the Tengjia Army launched another attack, the attack was so fierce that even Xian Yufu and the others could not withstand it. More and more Tengjia Army soldiers were standing on the wall of Yuyang, but the ones who were attacking at this time
The soldiers of the Tengjia Army on several walls suddenly discovered that thousands of civilians had emerged from the Yuyang City Wall. They rushed towards the soldiers of the Tengjia Army with swords in their hands, and used their own flesh and blood to drive the soldiers of the Tengjia Army away again.
Get off the wall!
Suddenly, the sound of Ming Jin's troops being withdrawn came from under the Banwan city wall. The Tengjia Army soldiers stopped attacking and returned to their troops one after another, and then slowly returned to the camp, preparing to start the day's rest!
At this time, Yuyang City was full of corpses on both the city walls and under the city walls. Blood overflowed and formed streams flowing on the battlefield. The logistics personnel of the Youzhou Army and Tengjia Army, holding white flags, put themselves on the battlefield.
The wounded and corpses of one party were brought back to their camp, and when they returned, the sky was completely dark!
After a tiring day, Xian Yufu and others rested on the city wall like this. Liu Yu walked slowly on the city wall, looking at the exhausted and groaning soldiers, as well as the soldiers who lost their blood and turned into corpses, his face was filled with confusion.
He was extremely pale and could not stop the sadness on his face. He could not express his sorrow and pain in words.
It was himself that caused today's situation. He just wanted to support the Luoyang court so that the court could quickly deal with the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains and put down the rebellion in the Central Plains. But he did not expect that it would cause such serious consequences. There were hundreds of thousands of Tengjia troops.
The army attacked Youzhou. Youzhou, which had been peaceful for several years, once again entered the flames of war. The strength of the Tengjia Army was not comparable to that of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion. It is unknown how many people will die in this war.
among!
Liu Yu has been an official for many years, but he spent more than half of his time in Youzhou. It can be said that Youzhou is his second hometown. The prosperity of Youzhou is also mixed with his hard work and sweat. It is he who built Youzhou into what it is now.
It looks like this, and now the prosperity of Youzhou is going to be destroyed bit by bit in front of him. This is hard for Liu Yu to accept. He is in great pain now!
At this time, Liu Yu saw that his chief official, Xian Yufu, was still busy. He walked over and said, "You have worked hard all day together. Please go and rest. If you have anything to do, leave it to me! I can't do anything on the battlefield."
It’s okay for you to contribute and help them solve logistical matters!”
But Xian Yufu smiled tiredly and said: "Ming Gong has been beating the drum all day! I'd better leave these matters to my subordinates, who are familiar with these matters!"
Liu Yu thought for a while and asked: "How many soldiers do we have left?"
Xian Yufu sighed and said: "Including the wounded, there are more than 7,000 people. If we hadn't defended the city, the morale of the soldiers would have collapsed long ago. And if it weren't for the support of the civilians today, who drove the Tengjia army off the city wall, Yuyang
The city has been captured long ago!"
Liu Yu was surprised and said: "Nearly 3,000 people died in one day!"
He knew that there would be heavy casualties today, but he did not expect that the casualties would be so high!
But Xian Yufu said: "Yesterday, trebuchets also killed hundreds of people. Today, there were about 2,000 casualties among soldiers, but the number of civilians killed in battle was very large. After all, their combat effectiveness was not high and they were not wearing armor for defense. They were attacked by rattan armor.
The army killed a lot of people, probably more than 3,000 people!"
The good thing about the city defense war is that it can organize the people in the city to help with some logistical tasks and reduce the fatigue of the soldiers. For example, the civilians on the entire Yuyang City Wall are constantly busy. They are constantly carrying corpses, transporting wounded soldiers, packing weapons, and
The long arrows scattered everywhere are gathered together, and stones and wooden weapons for defense are carried to the city wall, as well as bundles of long arrows, brand-new swords and spears. In addition, civilians can be sent to support in times of danger.
, Yuyang City might have been captured today without the support of these civilians.
When Liu Yu heard that the casualties in one day exceeded 5,000, he was inexplicably sad and said: "This is all caused by me, otherwise they would live well!"
Xian Yufu said: "Ming Gong does not need to blame himself. Everyone knows that Lei Gong is ambitious. Even if he does not attack Youzhou today, he will attack Youzhou in the future. Now Lei Gong is not well prepared, but it is a good thing for us in Youzhou. As long as
We can resist the Tengjia Army in Yuyang. The attack by the Tengjia Army will definitely severely weaken our vitality. It will take several years to recover, and then the court will have time to surround and annihilate the Tengjia Army!"
Liu Yu said a little unconfidently: "Can we still hold on tomorrow?"
In Liu Yu's view, Yuyang is a bit dangerous today. If it weren't for the tens of thousands of people behind to help defend the city, Yuyang City would definitely be captured by the Tengjia Army. Tomorrow, if the Tengjia Army's offensive is more fierce, they Yuyang have
May be lost!
Xian Yufu said firmly: "As long as there are hundreds of thousands of people like Yuyang, we will be able to defend it. The more fierce the Tengjia Army fights, the closer the hussar generals are to us. As long as the Tengjia Army generals
If he doesn’t want to die with us, he must start to prepare for the Hussars General’s army. I estimate that such a fierce battle can only last for another 2-3 days at most, and by then reinforcements from the Hussars General should appear.”
Liu Yu understood what Xian Yufu meant, but he still said sadly: "The army of the Han Dynasty is supposed to protect the country and the people of the Han Dynasty, but now we are incompetent and actually ask the people of the Han Dynasty to protect us. I am really ashamed!" "
But Xian Yufu persuaded: "Sir, these people are closely related to Yuyang City. If the Tengjia Army breaks through Yuyang City, they will also be destroyed. They are not protecting us now, but protecting their homeland! "
After Xian Yufu’s persuasion, Liu Yu felt better!
But Liu Yu thought about it and still asked strangely: "It has been more than half a month since the Tengjia Army surrounded Yuyang. Why haven't reinforcements from Youzhou come to support us? It's okay if Shanggu County doesn't come. They are also suffering from Tengjia Army." Army A is attacking, but places like Guangyang County and Youbeiping County are only a hundred miles away from Yuyang, so how could it be that no support has arrived for so long!"
Xian Yufu said helplessly: "It's not that the governors of other counties are unwilling to support us, but that our Yuyang County has too few troops and dare not come. They are worried that they will be defeated by the Tengjia Army when they appear under Yuyang City! Our The reinforcements may be hiding in one of the upper valleys, and when they gather enough strength, they will come to help us repel the Tengjia Army!"
The next day!
Wang Yong led the Tengjia Army to storm Yuyang City, but with the experience last time, the strength of Yuyang's defense became stronger. Xian Yufu and the others inserted Yuyang civilians into the Yuyang defenders to lead the new ones. Although the combat effectiveness of the Yuyang Army has declined, the Tengjia Army has to face tens of thousands of defenders on each city wall! It will be even more difficult to attack the city wall!
Wang Yong looked at the tower of Yuyang City with the roar of killings, and frowned. It seemed that it was impossible to capture Yuyang City today. There was not much time left for him. If he could not capture Yuyang City again, Huangfu Song's army would be defeated. We are coming to Yuyang City!
It can be said that Huangfu Song's army exceeded Wang Yong's expectations. It only took half a month for him to attack Yuyang City. Logically speaking, the news that Yuyang was attacked should have just reached Jizhou, and Huangfu Song even wanted to support him. Youzhou also needs to report to Luoyang City. It will only take a month for the Luoyang court to discuss and agree. And it will take another 2 months for Huangfu Song to summon soldiers to support Youzhou. With so much time, he would have already Yuyang was captured!
But the reality is that Huangfu Song's army is less than 300 miles away from Yuyang City. This is almost when his army set out from Mayi. Huangfu Song also led the army to support Youzhou! In other words, Huangfu Song decided to attack after Tengjia Army After conquering Youzhou, he immediately came with support, so he was able to appear in Zhuojun, thousands of miles away, with an army of 50,000.