Chapter 457 The lonely city is difficult to defend
Liu Bei's words made them realize that as long as they could withstand Daqian's attack, the winner of the Battle of Yanzhou would belong to them.
Xu You even said with a smile: "If we had known this, we should have thrown all these victims to Lei Gong, so that Lei Gong would not have enough food and grass to attack the Central Plains."
Guo Jia sarcastically said: "This was not always done during the reign of the late emperor. Back then, Lei Gong only occupied Bingzhou, but drove millions of people to Bingzhou, which allowed Lei Gong to grow and grow beyond control.
We have been doing this in the past few years after the late emperor, so now Lei Gong only occupies the land of three continents in Hebei and a deserted desert, but the population is greater than that of our ten states in the Han Dynasty! The population of the three states in Hebei is actually in chaos in the world It has doubled after more than ten years, and this is not all due to us. Now it is difficult for us Kyushu to defeat Lei Gong together.
If we continue to drive the people to Hebei like this, there will be no need to fight the subsequent battles. The people will all go to Lei Gong's territory. How can there be anyone in the Central Plains to serve as our soldiers!"
Xu You glared at Guo Jia, once again confirming that this kid was too annoying.
However, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sighed and did not think Guo Jia's words were good.
Back then, Lei Gong was just a small bandit who was entrenched in Yanmen Pass. Although Lei Gong was already considered to be the most capable of fighting among the thieves at that time, with the strength of the big man, Lei Gong could still easily defeat Lei Gong.
It's just that the place where Lei Gong was entrenched was Yanmen County, which was beyond the reach of the imperial court. In addition, the world at that time was already heading for chaos. The Yellow Turban Army in Xiliang that rebelled against Jizhou and the refugees in the Central Plains were all threatened by Lei Gong. The Han Dynasty did not regard Lei Gong as the biggest threat, but concentrated most of its power to suppress the Xiliang rebellion.
But no one expected that natural and man-made disasters would continue in the Central Plains, and the Han Dynasty was no longer able to provide relief to the millions of refugees in the Central Plains.
At that time, Emperor Ling drove millions of refugees to Bingzhou. Judging from the situation at the time, it was a clever move. It helped the court buy time to deal with other rebellions, and consumed a lot of food from Lei Gong. Lei Gong spent several years thinking of ways to feed these refugees. , and also maintained the stability of the Central Plains.
If the princes of the imperial court at that time could make good use of this period of time, the bandits would be suppressed outside and the people would be at peace inside, and the world today would still be dominated by the Han Dynasty.
It is a pity that the princes of the imperial court failed to live up to the expectations of the late emperor. Instead of trying to quell the rebellion, they killed each other. There were three mutinies in the entire city of Luoyang, and the blood flowed like rivers. The situation of the entire Han Dynasty completely collapsed. It fell apart and completely entered a chaotic world, from which it was impossible to look back.
But looking at it now, the late emperor's decision may have been the biggest mistake. It was precisely because of these millions of refugees that Lei Gong grew up and became the most powerful enemy of the Han Dynasty. Now the whole world will be swallowed up by Lei Gong's whale.
The next day, Liu Bei and others thought that Lei Gong would attack the city immediately after arriving at Dingtao, but they did not expect that the Daqian Army built a fort beside the Surabaya River in the east city.
Then they watched helplessly as the Daqian Army transported 20 artillery pieces to the newly built fort.
Originally, they didn't understand what Lei Gong meant by placing the cannon by the river. Could it be that Lei Gong planned to attack along the river?
But on the fifth day, when the Jingzhou Navy was planning to approach Dingtao City, the artillery on the fort suddenly opened fire!
"Boom, boom, boom!" In less than one stick of incense, the artillery of the Daqian Army fired hundreds of shells into the Sishui River, causing the water in the Sishui River to splash and the boats transporting grain and grass in the river totter.
Although the hit rate of these artillery is not high, as long as one hit, the transport ships in Jingzhou will definitely sink. Six transport ships that wanted to get close to Dingxiang were directly sunk, and only four of them escaped to the dock of the Dingtao camp. !But the naval soldiers who came ashore no longer dared to go back.
But Xu Wei was dissatisfied with this scene and said: "More than 20 artillery pieces fired four or five rounds, but you couldn't even sink 10 transport ships. Your hit rate is too low. How can you block Dingtao?" city!"
Sun Qing, the artillery lieutenant who was beside Xu Wei, whispered to Xu Wei: "In the past few years of taking power, the artillery has grown extremely fast, and there has been a large increase in recruits. Their hit rate is naturally not as good as that of veterans, and artillery and stone cannons are two different types. Artillery, everyone needs to spend more time to familiarize themselves with the performance of the artillery, and fire a few more rounds, and their hit rate will be higher!"
"It's easy to completely blockade Dingtao City. 20 artillery can't completely sink the Han army's transport ships, but 100 can always be done. We are building 4 forts along the river bank, so that Jingzhou's navy can It’s impossible to escape with wings!”
Xu Weidao said: "He took some veterans to Changyi and built forts according to the practice here in Dingtao. He must completely cut off the connections between the Han army and the periphery!"
Sun Qing said solemnly: "Don't worry when you are in power, my subordinates will definitely not let a transport ship from the Jingzhou Navy enter Changyi!"
When Liu Bei and others on the Dingtao City Wall saw this scene, they were surprised and said: "Thunder Lord is trying to cut off our water channel!"
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said: "This time we were completely surrounded by Thunder God!"
The waterway is blocked by artillery and the land route is blocked by cavalry. Now Dingtao City is truly an isolated city.
Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "The isolated city is difficult to defend. Several Ming Gong must find a way to break out and command the peripheral army to counterattack on other fronts. Otherwise, Dingtao Changyi will definitely fall under the attack of Thunder Gong!"
Then Guo Jiadao: "My lord, now there is only a life-and-death battle left on the front line of Dingtao Changyi. You staying here will not be of much use. It is better to go back to Qingzhou to unite Qingzhou's forces and find a way to defeat Li Gang. This is the greatest help to the connection. Now** There aren’t many artillery pieces, so we can still escape from Dingtao in the dark!”
Now Dingtao Changyi is really dangerous. If you are not careful, you will not even be able to escape. Cao Cao is the core of the Qingzhou army. If he dies in Dingtao, the Qingzhou power will not say collapse, but it will definitely be in chaos for a period of time. If normal It was okay at that time, but now the Daqian army is eyeing Qingzhou. If Qingzhou is in chaos, the Daqian army will definitely cross the Yellow River and occupy Qingzhou.
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Brother, it's useless for you to stay in Dingtao now. It's enough for me to stay here and command the army in battle! You and the cavalry go back to Xiangyang City to help the coalition allocate grain and grass supplies!"
There are still cavalry in Dingtao City, which may be regarded as the only counterattack force of the coalition. Although this cavalry cannot defeat the cavalry of Daqian Army, it is still possible to escape from Dingtao.
Cao Cao was a little moved by Guo Jia's words. Not to mention the danger in Dingtao, his role here is indeed not big. After all, the main forces here are basically Yuan Shao and Liu Beijun, and it is impossible for him to command Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun.
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After going to Qingzhou, he can unify the entire Qingzhou Army. If he can defeat Li Gang, he can support the Central Plains battlefield.