Huang Long led his army to the gates of Dingtao City. Liu Bei and others were frightened when they saw the boundless cavalry and the rigorous infantry phalanx! After thousands of miles of fighting, these soldiers still have high morale. They are indeed elite. Cheese!
Huang Long was also frightened by the defense of Dingtao City. At this time, Dingtao City had been fortified and reinforced by Yuan Shao. Without the help of artillery, he was afraid that even with a million troops, it would be difficult to break through Dingtao.
During this period, the coalition forces dug trenches outside the three cities in the east, west and north to prevent the Daqian Army's flying thunder cannons from approaching Dingtao City. At the same time, they built a large number of low walls, horse barriers, antlers and other defense fortifications to block the Daqian Army's cavalry. We set up camps for more than ten miles along the Jishui River, extending all the way to the river. With these camps, it can be said that the dozens of miles around Dingtao City are not suitable for cavalry battlefields!
In the north of Dingtao City, there was the main camp of the Daqian Army. Huanglong summoned all the camp captains to discuss the attack on the city.
"According to the intelligence from the scouts and our spies, there are more than 100,000 troops gathered here inside and outside Dingtao City at this time, and reinforcements from Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are still arriving in Dingtao. Yuan Shao's reinforcements come from Xuzhou, and Liu Bei's reinforcements It comes from Jingzhou! Apparently the coalition forces of the princes also put the main battlefield on the line of Dingtao Changyi!" Captain Fuyun reported to everyone!
Huang Long smiled and said: "It is impossible for the reinforcements from Liu Bei and Yuan Shao to come later, Wan Lang!"
Wan Lang said: "Here!"
"You lead 10,000 cavalry to clean up the enemies around Dingtao. We will completely surround Dingtao!"
Wan Lang said: "No!"
Duan Peng said: "Although our army has captured most of Yanzhou, it is difficult to continue to advance on the three fronts. Now there are more than 100,000 coalition troops on the Dingtao front line, and our army has only more than 80,000 troops since the battle, and the strength is even Not as good as the defensive side. Although our army's artillery is sharp, judging from the Dingtao defenses, Yuan Shao and the others are also prepared to deal with our artillery. If there are no reinforcements in this battle, I am afraid it will be very difficult to fight.
Huang Long said: "Our reinforcements are already on the way. The ruling army has crossed the Yellow River with 100,000 elite troops. It will take up to 10 days to reach Puyang from Dongjun. We have 180,000 troops here, and the ruling army has also brought There are thousands of artillery pieces. When the time comes, we will see that Dingtao’s defense is strong and our army’s artillery is sharp!”
Huanglong's news excited everyone. The power of thousands of artillery pieces was unimaginable! You must know that this time the army of the Qian Dynasty attacked Yanzhou, and the reason why it was so invincible was that the artillery accounted for more than half of the credit. If it weren't for these artillery pieces, Now, Puyang City alone is enough to defeat their 100,000-strong army.
"The governor has asked us to build the camp during this period. We cannot attack Dingtao by force until we have an absolute advantage in military strength. Liu Bei and Yuan Shao still have the strength!" Huang Long said.
Song Yi asked: "What if the Han coalition forces take the initiative to attack us? Are we also hiding in the camp?"
Huang Long said angrily: "Of course we will beat them. We stopped at Dingtao, but we did not do anything. We wanted to find ways to clean up Dingtao's peripheral fortifications, cut off the coalition's food, grass and reinforcements, and prepare for the decisive battle when the government came. Be prepared!”
Dingtao City. Camp of the Allied Forces of the Princes!
Huang Long jumped thousands of miles and attacked Dingtao City, which shocked everyone. However, Huang Long's 100,000-strong army suddenly stopped attacking. For several days, they built camps and dug deep trenches under Dingtao City. Who knows? I thought they were the ones taking the initiative to attack!
Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the coalition generals and counselors stood on the north tower, looking at the busy army in the distance, and they were a little confused for a while.
"Does Da Ganjun want to compete with us?" Liu Beihu asked!
It’s no wonder that Liu Bei has such an idea. They have the advantage in military strength now. Even if the Daqian army has the advantage of artillery, it will be difficult to break through Dingtao City. But in terms of military strength, the coalition forces now have the advantage, but they do not have the advantage in terms of food and grass. The advantage is that the food and grass currently connected to the line between Dingtao and Changyi is provided by Liu Bei, and with the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops, even if Liu Bei occupies the largest three states in the south of the Yangtze River, it will be difficult to provide so much food for a long time!
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at the Daqian Army camp in the distance, and felt that the Daqian Army might want to compete with them. After all, in the decisive battle, the Daqian Army did not have an advantage in strength, and Dingtao and Changyi would be defeated at any point. It may affect Lei Gong's occupation of Yanzhou!
Guo Jia, on the other hand, carefully looked at the camp of Da Qian's army, and even half of his body was deep inside, and almost fell off the tower! Fortunately, Cao Cao was holding Guo Jia!
"Fengxian, you should be more careful!" Cao Cao scolded.
But Guo Jia thought for a moment and said: "Reinforcements from the Daqian Army are coming, and maybe Lei Gong will also come to Dingtao!"
Cao Cao was surprised and said: "Fengxiao, why do you have such an idea?"
Guo Jiadao: "The importance of the Yanzhou battle to Lei Gong is self-evident. If the coalition forces are defeated, no one in the world can stop Lei Gong from taking the whole world. But now the Da Gan Army mobilized 300,000 troops and attacked in four directions. The battle has been going on for a month, but no one has even seen the shadow of Thunder Lord. Is Thunder Lord really so relieved about Huang Long and other generals, and not worried about Huang Long and others' defeat?"
Only then did Cao Cao and the others realize that the Battle of Yanzhou had been going on for a month and Lei Gong had not shown up yet. If Guo Jia had not reminded them, they would not have thought of this!
Guo Jia continued: "The camp built by Huanglong now far exceeds the needs of Huanglong's army. It is more than twice the size. It is obviously prepared for Lei Gong. The main force of the coalition of princes is on the line of Dingtao Changyi. Lei Gong is He plans to defeat us personally! But if our coalition is defeated, no one in the world can stop Lei Gong from occupying the Central Plains!"
What Guo Jia said was reasonable and reasonable, and most of the people present believed it!
For a moment, I felt uneasy. The decisive battle was really coming, but none of them were sure that they would be the winner of this decisive battle!
Yuan Shao immediately asked: "Brother Xuande, when will your artillery from Jingzhou arrive? Without artillery, it will be difficult for us to win this war!"
Liu Bei said: "We are almost there. The fleet transporting artillery should be on the front line of Peng Zeguo now. Now the fleet continues to go upstream. It only takes a few days to reach Dingtao!"
At first Liu Bei and the others wanted to transport artillery to the front line, but Liu Bei was worried that the artillery was too heavy and would take too long to transport. Secondly, he was worried that the cavalry of the Daqian Army would block their artillery. If these artillery were captured by the Daqian Army, they would The odds of victory were even lower, so Liu Bei's artillery went down the Yangtze River to Guangling County, then went upstream to the Huai River, and then passed through the Huai River into Surabaya. Surabaya entered the Jishui line, and then was transported to Ding. Tao and Changyi City!
During this period, the climate in the Central Plains was warm and water transportation was developed. The entire Central Plains could join forces through water transportation. If Chenliu County had not been captured by Yang Feng, all fifty cannons from Luoyang City could have reached Dingtao City through Jishui!