Cao Cao worriedly said: "This little artillery alone is far from enough. Lei Gong has dozens of times more artillery than us, and he has the advantage of cavalry. Moreover, Lei Gong has always been far-sighted. If he really comes to Dingtaocheng, he will definitely defeat the coalition." Sure!"
Cao Cao's worries are also those of Liu Bei and Yuan Shao. It is obviously difficult for them to win if they are passively beaten now. But if they want to take the initiative to attack, the Daqian Army has tens of thousands of cavalry waiting outside the city! And Lei Gong has fought hundreds of battles in these years. Yum, they were worried about how they would defeat Thunder Lord when he came to the battlefield! After all, even Huangfu Song died in the hands of Thunder Lord back then. However, few Liu Bei and others thought that their military talents surpassed Huangfu Song's.
At this time, Guo Jia said calmly: "The coalition forces consumed the lives of nearly 100,000 soldiers before they established a defense line thousands of miles long in Sili, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou. We have done everything we can, and now The two sides can only rely on hard power to decide the winner of this war. It depends on whether Lei Gong breaks through our defenses and takes over the Central Plains, or whether we defend Dingtao and let Lei Gong hit our head with blood and suffer heavy losses and withdraw from the Central Plains!"
Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao suddenly woke up after hearing this. Yes! They have done everything they can. The next battle is the time to fight for strength! It is useless for them to worry.
Changyi City, Shanyang County, Yanzhou.
Wang Yong led his army and was excited as he looked at the tall Changyi City ahead. Changyi was already the largest city in the rear of Yanzhou. If Changyi and Dingtao were captured, the entire Yanzhou would be captured by them. This would be the biggest battle in the Central Plains. The victory was taken away by them.
Moreover, in order to protect Yanzhou, Yuan Shao mobilized a large number of soldiers from Xuzhou and Yuzhou to Changyi. Therefore, if Wang Yong really annihilated Changyi's army and captured Xuzhou in the east of Yanzhou, Yuzhou in the south would be just a treasure hunt for the Qian army. .
But when Wang Yong built the camp and circled Changyi to prepare for the attack, he found that Changyi was not that easy to fight.
It was originally the seat of the Yanzhou Governor's Department and had a large amount of grain, grass and military equipment. In addition, Yuan Shao turned Changyi into a fort in order to defend against the large Qian army. He even built a small fort called Sishui Fort in front of Changyi City and the Sishui River. Strengthen the defense and form a dual defense system with the Sishui River in the middle.
It's a bit like the defense systems of Xiangyang and Fancheng. Now Wang Yong wants to capture the Surabaya Fort in front of Changyi City, but it is easy for Guan Yu to support him from Changyi. The Surabaya Fort is small and strong, so it is difficult for Wang Yong to invest too many troops at one time. Attack the Surabaya Fort, and if he wants to bypass this Wubao and attack Changyi, he may be cut off by the Wubao in front. Not to mention, it is also easy to be divided into two groups by Surabaya, making it difficult to form a joint force during the attack!
And if Wang Yong wants to surround Changyi and Sishui Fort, then his 80,000 troops will be divided by the Sishui River into three groups of troops that cannot support each other, but the Changyi defenders can pass through the hidden bridge connecting the two sides. The troops support each other to form a combined force! In other words, Wang Yong's army can only exert one-third of the combat effectiveness of the army, and now the troops around Wang Yong are only equivalent to Guan Yu. This makes Wang Yong dumbfounded. How should we fight?
Historically, the defense systems of Xiangyang and Fancheng persisted for three years under the siege of the Mongols, and they persisted despite running out of food and ammunition. Although the Surabaya River in this world is not as wide as the Yangtze River, Changyi and Surabaya Fort are not as wide. Xiangyang Fancheng's defense system, but the Daqian army did not have the strength advantage of the Mongols. Guan Yu did not need to defend for three years, he could only defend for half a year and he won.
It can be said that Changyi now has a high city and deep pool, strong defense, sufficient troops, and the defender is Guan Yu, who is known as the enemy of ten thousand people. Such Changyi is naturally difficult to fight.
As for the 100,000 troops Wang Yong brought, after more than a month of fighting, only more than 80,000 were left in Changyi, and only more than 40,000 infantry were available for the attack. After thousands of miles of journey and battle, the soldiers Very tired, it can be said to be extremely difficult to attack Changyi now!
After Wang Yong thought for a few days, he found that if he wanted to break through Changyi's defense system, he could only rely on gunpowder to violently break the city. However, the gunpowder in his hand was almost used up. Wang Yong conquered the city Wubao along the way than Huanglong. If there were more gunpowder, the gunpowder would naturally be consumed faster. He wanted to borrow gunpowder from Li Gang on the east road to fight. Wang Yong thought that his relationship with Li Gang would not be a big deal.
But Li Gang replied that he only had the word "Go"!
Li Gang's situation was even worse than that of Wang Yong. Wang Yong managed to penetrate the entire Yanzhou and conquered 5 counties, but Li Gang only conquered one Jibei Kingdom, and then encountered Zang Ba who was stationed in Taishan County. Ba was familiar with the geographical location and relied on the dangerous terrain of Mount Tai to stop Li Gang. Until now, Li Gang's army was still trapped in the mountain. He was short of gunpowder, so how could he lend it to Wang Yong?
Lacking the tools to attack the city and not having an advantage in terms of military strength, Wang Yong could only report the problems he was facing to the Wei Commandery headquarters and ask for support in terms of troops and gunpowder!
Changyi City, Surabaya Castle!
Guan Yu and others were also observing Wang Yong's troops stationed in front of them! And he led 80,000 soldiers. Outside the Daqian army camp, there was a trench two feet wide and one foot deep. Outside the trench, there were a large number of horse deer antlers. , there are several layers of gleaming barbed wire defenses, and in addition there are numerous arrow towers on all sides of the camp. It can be said that this is a city built entirely of trees.
Sun Ce, a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, said: "Marquis Guan Jun, the Daqian Army's camp is newly built and the position is not stable. Our army can raid the Daqian Army's camp at night. We will definitely gain something, and it can also boost the morale of our army!"
Guan Yu sighed when he saw this camp and said: "This kind of camp will be arranged by almost every general of the Daqian Army. There is also a very unpleasant name called Turtle Defense Flow! Although it is extremely cumbersome and expensive to set up, it will cooperate with the Daqian Army." The numerous weapons and equipment of the army can be said to be more difficult to break than a fortified city. In these years, no one has ever broken through the Wubao of Daqian Army! Not to mention anything else, it is difficult for you to break through the barbed wire fence on the outermost edge of the camp. When the general and I chased the Thunder Lord, we suffered a big loss under the Thunder Lord's barbed wire fence!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sun Ce said unconvinced: "But if our army only defends and does not counterattack the Daqian army, the Daqian army will attack Changyi unscrupulously. The results of our counterattack will be It's secondary to some extent. It can disturb the soldiers of the Daqian Army and make it difficult to restore their morale and energy. And with Surabaya, our army can quickly transport troops through the navy. It is always difficult for the cavalry of the Daqian Army to survive. Surabaya come after us!"
Although the Sishui River is not as wide as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it is still two to three hundred feet wide in Changyi. This is due to the drought this year. If it is two or three miles wide during the wet season, although there are some shoals where you can cross the river,
But it is already dozens of miles away from Changyi. In other words, in this place with a radius of dozens of miles, the cavalry is not as effective as the navy!
In order to maintain the safety of their food routes and the connection between the two armies, Liu Bei has moved his navy in Jingzhou to the Sishui River through the Huaihe River Basin.
Guan Yu thought for a while and asked Sun Ce to lead 5,000 soldiers and establish a camp outside Changyi, so that he could form a rivalry with Changyi!
Defending Wang Yong was not what Sun Ce wanted to do. After he established the camp, he crossed the Si River through the navy that night and attacked Wang Yong's camp at night. Although Sun Ce's attack was blocked by a rain of crossbows, Sun Ce even
The walls of the camp were not hit, but this made Wang Yong's 80,000 troops unable to live in peace overnight.
Angry Wang Yong sent 10,000 cavalry to kill the Han army who attacked the camp, but Sun Ce quickly ordered the soldiers to board the navy ship and return to the camp! Wang Yong wanted to attack Sun Ce's camp, but he would
He was attacked by Guan Yu on Changyi City.
This is why the ancients always put a large army outside the city when defending the city. This is to prevent the city from being completely surrounded by the enemy and making it difficult to connect to the outside world, and to retain the power to counterattack.
The reason why the Han army is rarely done by the Daqian Army is because the artillery of the Daqian Army has a long range and is powerful. It is difficult for ordinary wooden camps to withstand the bombardment of artillery. The Daqian Army has many cavalry, and every time it attacks the wilderness,
Basically, the world is dominated by the Daqian army. Even if the Han army places a soldier and horse outside the city, it will be easily defeated by the Daqian army.
However, Changyi was protected by Surabaya, which allowed Sun Ce to rely on the navy to fight. In this way, Wang Yong began to battle wits and courage with the Han army in Changyi!
At the same time, an army of 100,000 soldiers led by Xu Wei crossed the Yellow River and arrived at Puyang, East County.
At this time, Yanzhou was almost occupied by the Daqian Army. Xu Wei and his 100,000 troops were fighting on the inside. Officials organized local people to help them build camps and even handle logistics matters. Moreover, there were many cities along the way, which made it convenient for them to set up camp, so Xu
Wei's march was very fast! He exceeded 50 miles every day!
"Can the artillery keep up with the speed of the army?" The march was so fast that Xu Wei was worried that the artillery would not be able to keep up. The 10-pound cannon of the Da Gan Army was only a few hundred kilograms, but starting from the 20-jin cannon and the 30-jin cannon
It weighs more than a thousand kilograms and requires two horses to pull it. It can be said that after the advent of artillery, the speed of artillery marching determines the speed of an army!
Jia Xu, who joined the army, laughed and said: "In the direction of the ruling, the speed of artillery is even faster than our marching speed!"
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "How is this possible?"
Jia Xu took out a simple map of the four states in the Central Plains and said: "At the beginning, we expected that 1.5 million civilians would be able to maintain the logistics support for the 400,000 troops fighting in Yanzhou. But after our army occupied Yanzhou,
But we found that Yanzhou has many rivers and they are closely connected with each other. This is a water transportation system that is dozens of times more powerful than our rail carriage system!"
"Look at the ruling, Juye Ze in the center of Yanzhou is connected to almost all the rivers in Yanzhou! The Jindi River is connected to the Yellow River, so our transport ships from the Yellow River can directly enter Juye Ze from the Jindi River, which saves us 10
Thousands of civilians, and Juyeze has now become a transit station for our army's logistics. After food, weapons and equipment enter Juyeze, if you want to support Chenliu's Yang Feng tribe, you can go upstream through the Pu River from Chengyang, Juyang, and Lihu.
All the way into Chenliu County! Although we took a detour by water transport, the transport volume of water transport is hundreds of times that of land transport. From this aspect, the detour is worth it!"
"The Huanglong tribe who wants to support the siege of Dingtao can go all the way back through Jishui to Chengshi City and then Dingtao! And the Wang Yong tribe who wants to support Changyi can first go through Jishui to Heze and go down the river.
To Surabaya, this journey is even faster than supporting Chen Liu! However, this journey is still a bit troublesome. Liu Bei knows that the field battle is no match for our cavalry. Now their food and grass are transported through Jishui, even to ensure the safety of the navy.
, Lu Bu's 15,000 troops even protected the coast.
Our army is still fighting fiercely with the Han coalition forces over Jishui. General Fan Xian is now leading the main force of the navy to fight the Han navy in Heze. Now the water channel in Dingtao has been opened.
With the strength of our navy, it would not take much time to defeat the Han army. But after all, the Jishui River is not a big river like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The river channel is narrow. Although our army's naval guns are powerful, they require larger ships, but in Jishui River
Small rivers like water exerted their power. Instead, the Han army used gondolas to firmly defend the waterway of Taochangyi.
Therefore, the water channels in Changyi County have not been opened up yet, and most of the people are maintaining the grain channels in Dingtao and Changyi.
And finally, to support Li Gang's troops in Taishan County, Li Gang's camp can be reached through the Wen River downstream of Juye Ze!"
Xu Wei took Jia Xu's map and looked at the Iron Road carefully: "This Juyeze is simply the transportation hub of Yanzhou! It seems that the Yanzhou waterway is still very important. Although it is difficult to carry out a naval decisive battle, it can be guaranteed
Food and fodder transportation for our army.”
Xu Wei's impression of the Central Plains was a vast plain, but he did not expect that Yanzhou's water network was so dense in this era. In this era, Yang Guang no longer needed to build the Grand Canal. Hebei could be connected to the entire Central Plains by building only the Jizhou section!
Through this battle map, Xu Wei discovered that the role of the Yanzhou Navy was even greater than that of the cavalry, because he found that if Liu Bei's navy defeated the defense line, then even if his cavalry had the advantage, the Jingzhou Navy could pass through Juye Ze
Attack everywhere to attack Juyang, Chengyang, Lihu, and even Zhencheng, Puyang and other cities along the river. By then, the rear of Daqian Army will fall!
Of course, most of the water in the Central Plains is used for transporting grain and grass. After all, the water network here seems to be densely covered, but most of it is extremely narrow and can accommodate ships to transport grain and grass, but fighting is basically impossible.
Xu Wei looked around on the map and found that the only battlefield in Yanzhou where the power of Daqian's naval guns was exerted was Juye Ze. The other small lakes made it difficult for Daqian's fleet to even turn around.
This is also the reason why Jingzhou's navy can fight Fan Xian, because Fan Xian's artillery can't exert its power at all!