The sound of drums above Lunu City was loud, and the sound of fierce fighting resounded all around. The two warring parties had been fighting for more than ten days. The air was filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke. Under the fierce artillery attack, Lunu
There are already several gaps in the slave city wall, but the resistance in the city is still not over!
After the artillery stopped firing, Wang Yong ordered 5,000 soldiers to rush across the moat and climb hundreds of ladders, shouting all the way.
But when the soldiers of the Tengjia Army began to approach the city wall, the city wall that was empty just now was quickly filled with soldiers. These soldiers either dropped stones or dropped sleepers to prevent the soldiers of the Tengjia Army from continuing to climb the city wall.
"Boom, boom, boom," there were even some giant grenades dropped from the city wall! Such grenades gave the Tengjia Army great lethality and fear. As long as these grenades were dropped on the city wall, the surrounding soldiers would be
Will definitely avoid it!
The battle lasted for half a day. Wang Yong attacked Lunu City with a team of 5,000 men and replaced several battalions of troops. However, under the stubborn resistance of Jizhou County, the Tengjia Army's offensive was quickly blocked. Wang Yong saw that it was difficult to break through the city wall.
, the soldiers' energy was also consumed a lot, so they could only withdraw their troops with money!
Wang Yong looked at Lu Nucheng who was still blocking his way and said helplessly: "I didn't expect that the white-faced scholar Shen Pei would be so difficult to defeat!"
Wan Lang said helplessly: "Now the Jizhou Army also has gunpowder, and it has also exerted such great power in the city defense battle. If we want to capture Lunu, our casualties will not be small!"
But at this time, a group of people marched towards the Tengjia Army's camp!
Soon Wang Yong's personal guards reported to Wang Yong, and Yang Feng and Wang Dang from the Yellow Turban Army came to support!
Wang Yong hurriedly greeted him, and Yang Feng and Wang Dang also flew off their horses. They exchanged greetings. They were all members of the Yellow Turban Army before, but Wang Yong was an ordinary soldier at that time. But with this passionate relationship, the relationship between the two parties
Not bad.
Although Wang Dang blamed Xu Wei for Zhang Yan's death in battle, the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains had been suppressed and beaten by the Jizhou Army. They relied on the Tengjia Army to supply food and grass to maintain the army. Under this situation, Wang Dang could not be more arrogant.
Come.
Of course, the real reason why Wang Dang defected to the Tengjia Army was because Xu Wei married Zhang Ning. Wang Dang and Zhang Yan were growing up, and at first they defected to Zhang Niujiao. It can be said that Wang Dang and Yang Feng were both
Zhang Niujiao's subordinates, it was precisely because of this relationship that Wang Dang and the others were able to put aside their grudges and join the Tengjia Army!
In addition to mobilizing 200,000 troops from Youzhou to attack Jizhou Tengjia Army this time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in the direction of Weijun also dispatched 50,000 troops to attack Weijun, Zhao and other places!
Of course, because Taihang Mountain has always been Huangfu Song's key defense area and built numerous forts and fortifications, Wang Dang and his 50,000-strong army can only contain the Jizhou Army and cannot break through the defense line. But when the Tengjia Army captures the entire Jizhou Army
After the countryside, the Jizhou Army's defense line collapsed. Under this situation, Wang Dang's 50,000-strong army finally broke through the Taihang Mountain defense line, and then occupied the three counties of Wei, Zhao and Changshan with overwhelming force!
Wang Dang and the others knew that Lunu had not been conquered yet, so they led troops to support them!
Yang Feng laughed and said: "We are not late, are we?"
The Tengjia Army's offensive in Jizhou was overwhelming. They were really worried that Shenpei and the others would have surrendered by the time they came to support them!
"I came at the right time! Although Shen Pei is a scholar, he has real abilities! I fought for more than half a month and used tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, but I still couldn't conquer Lunu City!" Wang Yong!
He pointed at the broken Lu Nu Dao with a stern expression!
"The judge is not dead yet!" Wang Dang said with an expression of hatred!
Wang thought they were from Changshan. When Zhang Yan became the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army, the army continued to grow. Most of the people from Changshan, Zhao State, Zhongshan and other places joined them. It can be said that their subordinates were all locals from Jizhou.
However, in order to attack the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains, Shenpei and other wealthy nobles directly massacred people related to them in Changshan, Zhao, Zhongshan and other places. It can be said that every one of Wang Dang's subordinates had a deep hatred for Shenpei!
Wang Dang said: "Our Yellow Turban Army will also join the siege, and I will judge this butcher with my own sword!"
Wang Yong said: "No problem!"
Wang Dang said fiercely: "Tomorrow I will lead an army to attack the south gate!"
But Wan Lang on the side said: "Lunu City is tall and strong, and it has been strengthened by Shenpai and others for more than half a year. The city is no longer inferior to a large city like Luoyang City, and there are more defenders in the city. They are all Jizhou
The confidants of the powerful noble clan are very determined to resist us. There is also a lot of food, grass and weapons in the city, so it is very difficult to fight. We are afraid that it will be difficult to conquer this city for a while. You have been fighting for 2 months, so you should repair it more.
After a few days, there are only a few cities in Jizhou that have not been conquered by us. We are not in a hurry and it is reasonable to reduce casualties!"
Wang Yong looked at them and asked strangely: "How did you come so fast? You have conquered all the counties of Wei County and Zhao State?"
The combat effectiveness and equipment of the Yellow Turban Army have always been inferior to that of the Tengjia Army, and the number of the army is also not as good, so they became a partial division. But now they have not even conquered Lunu City, but Wang Dang and the others came to Zhongshan Kingdom. This caused Wang
Dang was very curious, thinking that Wang Dang and the others had some special strategy to attack the city!
Yang Feng said: "Most of our subordinates are local people from Wei County, Zhao State, and Changshan. We have a foundation in these three counties. Our Jizhou army's defense is not tight, and most of the soldiers are used to fight you."
After we broke through the defense line of Wei County, a large number of local people defected to us, and naturally the three counties of Jizhou were easily captured by us!"
Wang Yong continued to ask: "Didn't the Han army in the Central Plains support Jizhou?"
Although Sili is now in chaos, when they first attacked Jizhou, Xu Wei and others expected that the Han Dynasty would mobilize 100,000 troops from the Central Plains to support Jizhou, but they did not expect that the Han Dynasty would respond so slowly.
For more than a month, Cao Cao was the only supporting soldier in the entire Han Dynasty. This made Wang Yong unbelievable!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Feng also felt strange and said: "There are no reinforcements from the Central Plains to support Jizhou, otherwise we would not dare to bring a large army to support you!"
Wang Yong said: "This is good news. Without the support of the imperial court, Jizhou cannot survive for a month!"
On the wall of Lunu City, Shen Pei was also looking at Wang Dang's supporting troops! His face was expressionless and no one knew what he was thinking!
Zhang He worriedly said: "The reinforcements from the imperial court have not arrived yet, but the reinforcements from the Tengjia Army have already arrived. In the past half month, 20% of our soldiers have been casualties. If there is no more support from the reinforcements, we are afraid that we will not be able to hold on."
Got it!"
"Thunder Lord will not let us go, and now we can only fight to the death for the big man!" Shen Pei said expressionlessly!
The Tengjia Army has been surrounding Lunu City for more than half a month. They have cut off contact with other places in Jizhou and do not know the fighting situation in other places in Jizhou. In such an island-like city, no one comes to support them.
This is a huge blow to the defenders, which will make the soldiers feel that they have been abandoned! Shen Ping himself does not know how long they can last in Lunu!
Taiyuan County! General Staff!
A giant sand table occupies most of the area of the staff headquarters. A large number of staff officers around are constantly changing the standards on the sand table based on the intelligence obtained on the battlefield!
At this time, the entire sand table was covered with small flags in the shape of the Tengjia Army, and the Jizhou Army only had two cities left that had not been conquered! The war went so smoothly this time, which made the staff of the General Staff very happy. At this time, here
Full of cheerful atmosphere!
Zhang Baiqi from Taiyuan County also likes to come here to watch the sand table in Jizhou! He looked at Jizhou turning red and said happily: "By occupying Jizhou this time, our Tengjia Army has completely solved the food crisis!"
Jizhou was the largest granary of the Han Dynasty, with a population of 8 million at its peak. However, this was only calculated by the Eastern Han Dynasty court. Although Zhang Baiqi, a local, did not have a fish scale record of Jizhou, he could estimate that Jizhou had a population of tens of millions!
Being able to support such a large population shows how wealthy Jizhou is, and now the Tengjia Army has tens of millions of people in Bingzhou, and their troops are so large that they are about to explode. Even if they work hard to open up wasteland and even reclaim mountainous areas, the population of Bingzhou is overwhelmed.
, when they conquered Youzhou, the top leaders of the Tengjia Army were still eager to immigrate to Youzhou to solve the problem of overpopulation in Bingzhou!
But the reality is not satisfactory. Youzhou is a remote place, which may be better than Xiliang and Jiaozhou in the Han Dynasty. Most of the Tengjia Army's subordinates do not want to go to Youzhou!
In Bingzhou, they worked hard to reclaim some fields and build water conservancy facilities. Their good days have just passed. Why should they go to Youzhou to continue to cultivate wasteland? Why should they go to a barbaric land like Youzhou? This is where most of the Tengjia Army
Everyone’s thoughts!
Therefore, within one year of the Tengjia Army conquering Youzhou, less than a million tribesmen immigrated to Jizhou, and most of these people were people who did not want to blow sand on the grassland. They migrated from Shuofang County and Yunzhong County.
, most of them also stayed in well-developed places such as Shanggu and Daijun. However, not many people were willing to go to the Liaodong area that Xu Wei originally wanted to develop! Because for the Han people at this time, it was impossible to leave Lulongsai.
It’s really a wild world!
But Jizhou is different. It is a truly wealthy place, and its grain output is not comparable to mountainous areas like Bingzhou. It can be said that even without struvite, 70% of the land in Jizhou is middle and upper fields. In Bingzhou, there are The two achievements are pretty good, but one can imagine the huge gap between them.
Moreover, a large part of the Tengjia Army's tribesmen are people who fled from Jizhou. Now they are asked to go home. Most of the tribesmen are willing. Zhang Baiqi estimates that as long as they can occupy Jizhou, they can flee from Bingzhou. Relocating tens of thousands of tribesmen will not only develop the granary of Jizhou, but also reduce the pressure on merging the state! The population of the three states in Hebei occupied by the Tengjia Army is considered reasonable! The food crisis has been completely resolved!
But at this time, a staff officer delivered a message to Wang Ge, which made him look solemn!
Zhang Baiqi asked: "What happened?"
Wang Ge said: "Zhu Jun led 30,000 cavalry to support Jizhou. Now that this cavalry has arrived in Luoyang City, I am afraid that it will enter Jizhou soon! But we don't have many troops in the south of Jizhou!"
Zhang Baiqi said: "Wang, don't you think they are from Weijun generation?"
Wang Ge smiled bitterly and said: "Lunu City has never been conquered. Wang Dang led an army of 30,000 to support Wang Yong. But he didn't expect that their army had just arrived at Lunu City when such news came. Now Wei County has insufficient troops. , I’m afraid that Wei County will be reoccupied by the Han army soon!”
Zhang Baiqi said: "I will lead the army to Wei County to stop Zhu Jun's reinforcements!"
Then he said coldly: "Back then, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun massacred our Yellow Turban Army soldiers. Now Huangfu Song has died in Youzhou, and Lu Zhi has also died of illness in Jizhou. Now only Zhu Jun is still alive. I Letting him go without return for the first time can be regarded as avenging the great sage master and the millions of Yellow Turban soldiers who died tragically!"
Wang Ge thought for a while and said: "You take a rail carriage to Shangdang County and lead an army of 10,000 to stop Zhu Jun. I will order Wang Yong to lead 50,000 cavalry to support you. This should be the last cavalry of the Han Dynasty. If we take them Eliminating it will be very beneficial to our future attack on the Central Plains!"
Zhang Baiqi said: "I won't let Zhu Jun escape this time!"
Nanpi City!
"Beat the drums, beat the drums, and the artillery is ready to attack!" Li Gang roared hoarsely! The outer wall of Nanpi has been demolished by them, and now hundreds of artillery pieces of the Tengjia Army are bombing the city wall of Nanpi's inner city square!
"Boom, boom, boom!" After all, the city wall of Shifang was not as good as the outer city, and it was shattered bit by bit in the bombardment of artillery!
Ju Yi looked around and found that many soldiers were killed by Tengjia Army's artillery. His heart felt cramped. Street fighting was not easy, especially when the enemy had a comprehensive advantage. Such an extremely bloody battle lasted for a long time. For several days, the soldiers around him were exhausted!
Now the Tengjia Army is using artillery to smash every market in Nanpi. There are fewer and fewer places where they can hold on, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers who can continue to fight! Ju Yi knows that he and the soldiers in his hands are He was immediately in dire straits.
After the city wall of Shifang was blown to pieces, Li Gang took the lead and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!" Then he fought bravely towards the enemy in front.
"Kill!!!" The soldiers of the Tengjia Army marched forward without hesitation, following Li Gang with their swords pointed at them, invincible. Li Gang was highly skilled in martial arts, and the guards around him were all good fighters. The Jizhou Army could not stop Li Gang's attack at all.
Under the leadership of Li Gang, the morale of the Tengjia Army was like a rainbow, and the attack momentum became stronger and stronger. The Jizhou Army was beaten back and forth, and the defenders were like a light boat in the ocean, swallowed up by the roaring waves in the blink of an eye.
, after a day of fighting, another market square in Nanpi was captured by the Tengjia Army!
Li Gang sat on the ground panting, looking at Song Yi who was also covered in blood next to him and complained: "This Jizhou army is really difficult to fight. I have been in the army for almost 10 years, and I have experienced hundreds of battles, but I have never fought.
After such a difficult battle, does Ju Yi have water in his head? They have already been defeated, and even the reinforcements have been driven away by us, why are they still resisting like this! Let all his brothers die!"
Song Yi said helplessly: "You ask me, who am I asking? I used to be a horse thief. If I really wanted to fight like this, my men would have surrendered long ago, and I wouldn't have fought such a battle. If I had escaped long ago, I couldn't.
If you run away, I will surrender. It is better to die than live!"
Li Gang laughed and scolded: "You are now a member of my Tengjia Army. What are you saying if you have no ambition? But this is also the reason why you became a horse thief and I became a famous general. People always have to be persistent!"
Song Yi disagreed and said: "This time we probably wiped out three thousand elite soldiers of the Jizhou Army. Ju Yi probably doesn't have many troops left. I guess he won't be able to hold on for a few more days!"