Chapter 534: Bingzhou is broken, Li Ru is captured
Weilan didn't take it to heart that he suffered a small loss on the battlefield. He didn't expect to completely cut off the opponent's food and grass with only three hundred cavalry. As long as Yuan Shao was ruthless and escorted a large number of soldiers every time he transported food and grass, he wouldn't have to worry about it.
There will be no successful attack on grain and grass. At best, it will only make the Jizhou army uneasy.
However, the fact that the Jizhou Army was able to come up with such a strategy and put the infantry into the carriages was so flawless that it really should not be underestimated. Weilan also understood that there was a powerful person in the Jizhou Army.
The Bingzhou battlefield is coming to an end, and the same is true in Xuzhou. Liu Bei was not the Xuzhou pastor who was officially granted the title of eight hundred by the imperial court. When the state capital was just besieged, people were overwhelmed with letters from all over Xuzhou seeking refuge with Cao's army. These people may be able to make some contributions when Liu Bei gains power.
They have strength, but once Liu Bei's building is about to collapse, they don't mind kicking him again. For their own prosperity and the interests of the family, they can only sacrifice Liu Bei.
Cao Cao rewarded all the officials who surrendered, regardless of previous suspicions. Since then, more and more officials have become unstable. Liu Bei is also famous in Xuzhou for his benevolence and righteousness. The people who followed him from Yuzhou can be said to be true to him.
Fans of Budu, who have shared hardships together and escaped the pursuit of Cao Cao's army, will naturally not abandon Liu Bei.
Among the Jiangdong naval forces, Jiang Qin looked indifferent. The weather was still a little cool at this time, but his upper body was naked, and his muscles were fully displayed. The soldiers not far away cast envious eyes. Since the incident at the naval camp that day,
, many years of hard work were in vain. Jiang Qin wanted to fight alone among the Jiangdong Navy to avenge his brothers who died innocently, but the reason in his heart stopped his impulse. Instead, he suppressed the hatred in his heart and joined the Jiangdong Navy, because
He was brave in battle and was soon promoted to the commander of three fast ships. In every battle, Jiang Qin took the lead and was not afraid of stray arrows. He was deeply loved by the Jiangdong naval officers.
However, Jiang Qin gave everyone the impression that he was taciturn. As long as he could not speak, he would never say a word. From then on, Jiangdong Army had a version of the taciturn general. However, as for Jiang Qin's predecessor, through some means, he still
It is possible to know one or two things. After all, these things cannot be covered up through the intelligence network. Jiang Qin was a water thief before, and then after Dazhai was breached, he rationally chose the retreat. This has become a statement that Jiangdong people are willing to accept.
, and regarding his own origin, Jiang Qin said nothing about it except what he told Sun Ce that day.
Zhou Tai's situation was not much better. He was caught in a daze, and the poison on his body was cured in a daze, but he ended up in the Jingzhou navy. Cai Hao learned that the leader of the water thieves on the river had been captured, and personally
Come and check it out. In fact, it is not difficult to remove the poison that day. The most important thing is to be quick. If it cannot be resolved quickly, symptoms like Jia Rong will appear.
Seeing that Zhou Tai's physique was majestic and different from ordinary people, Cai Mao was overjoyed and secretly ordered people to explore Zhou Zhoutai's tone. As the leader of the navy, there was no need to mention his own abilities. If he could use them for his own purposes, it would be a big deal for Jingzhou.
The navy is another big help.
Of the two brothers, one became the general of the Jiangdong Navy and the other became a soldier of the Jingzhou Navy.
The Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army have a large number of personnel and their forces are intertwined. Even Xianlian Pavilion cannot find out all the information. Perhaps when Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin grow to a certain level and attract the attention of the intelligence organization personnel, the information about them will be revealed.
Only then will things be unearthed one by one.
After Zhang Fei was captured, he was not treated as a prisoner should be. He was given good wine and meat every day, and Cao Cao ordered the shackles on his body to be removed. However, Cao Cao obviously underestimated the affection between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.
Zhang Fei disdained these small tricks and wanted to die. He refused to accept food from anyone who came to him, and he also did not give Cao Cao a good look.
Cao Cao tried hard to get the result he wanted. He had to let his generals take turns to persuade him, and some counselors directly advised him to kill Zhang Fei and cut off Liu Bei's right and left arms. He could not use them for his own purposes. Cao Cao rejected them all.
Generals cannot be persuaded by just a few words. The more unyielding they are, the more worthy of Cao Cao's persuasion to surrender. Such people will be loyal and loyal in the future.
Xuzhou Prefecture was surrounded by Cao's army. In the siege battles since March, Xuzhou's army was completely at a disadvantage. Cao's army, which had experienced hundreds of battles, was not comparable to Xuzhou's army, especially the civil servants and generals under Liu Bei.
Without outstanding think tanks and wise generals, after losing Chen Deng, Liu Bei basically did everything himself.
Cao Cao had Xun You, Xun Yu and other talented people in charge of the country. His military generals included brothers from the Xiahou family and Cao family. Xu Zhudianwei was a peerless general. They were full of talents. Even the powerful Xiliang army could not compare with Cao's army in talent.
To some extent, one is relying on scholars from a humble family, and the other is relying on scholars from all over the world, which is not a starting point.
The prefecture was besieged, and officials from all over Xuzhou became panic-stricken. As the saying goes, when the wall falls, everyone will push it. Even if Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, few people will choose to die heroically when faced with life and death. Following Cao Cao is a smooth road, but following Liu Bei is
Their fate was worrying. Most of the officials chose to surrender to Cao Cao's army when the state was besieged. The Emperor was nominally in Yanzhou and it belonged to Cao Cao's territory. These officials surrendered without having to bear much psychological pressure. Xuzhou belonged to the Liu family anyway.
, it does not count as surrender. Once this idea spread, it received responses from many officials.
There are 60,000 troops in the city, which can be said to be all Liu Bei's savings over the years. After more than ten years of campaigning here and there, he was still besieged by Cao's army. Faced with the betrayal of his officials, Liu Bei had mixed feelings.
The people in the city were very cooperative with Liu Bei. Perhaps it was Cao Jun's behavior that made the people completely lose confidence in them. Thinking of those bloody massacres back then makes people feel chilling.
Compared with the situation in Xuzhou, the situation in Youzhou is much better. Under the leadership of Xian Yufu, the seemingly shaky Guangyang County survived waves of fierce offensives from the Jizhou Army, especially those from Dai County.
This great victory boosted the fighting spirit of the defenders. The fear that the Youzhou Army had when facing the Jizhou Army was gone forever. Daijun, where Weilan was located, also attracted the attention of most of the Youzhou soldiers. Unknowingly,
Weilan became a famous general in Youzhou.
Ji County was once the state capital, with high walls and thick walls. Xian Yufu defended it wholeheartedly. Yuan Shao could not move even half a step forward. Xu You of Dai County was the same, but he defeated Weilan's cavalry and got Yuan Shao's approval, and there was no movement after that.
When he was older, he had 20,000 people, and there were quite a few defenders in the city, and Weilan's hands were mostly brave Wuhuan people, who fought bravely and were not afraid of death. In their eyes, stepping on the corpses of their companions to advance was very common.
Regarding the matter, even if 20,000 Jizhou troops and the defenders in the city were to form a battle formation, they would not be able to say that they were fully sure of victory.
The tortoise-shell Jizhou Army camp also made Weilan feel helpless. He had never seen a Han camp defended so tightly.
It has been more than three months since the Xiliang Army went to war, and Bingzhou's last line of defense is about to collapse under the fierce offensive.
There are traces of huge rocks smashed everywhere on the city walls. Jia Rong secretly resents why he chose to use cement to reinforce these walls. It turns out that Li Ru got an advantage. If it were an ordinary city wall, under such an intensity of attack, it would have been destroyed long ago.
It collapsed.
The boulders attacked day and night, and the thunderbolt chariots were damaged a lot under this intensity of attack. The carpenters accompanying the army worked non-stop day and night. The soldiers of the army also began to polish the stones in their spare time. In order to be precise
As the speed increases, the shape of the stone will also become regular.
Li Ru's face was pale, and he still had the unchanging demeanor of the old days when Mount Tai collapsed on his face. He was busy and exhausted. Duan Yan and Xu Rong's death in battle had a great impact on the morale of the defenders in the city. The two of them
He has always been a representative figure of the Bingzhou Army, especially Duan Yan. Regardless of his own martial arts skills, his methods of commanding troops are indeed superb, especially cavalry operations and long-range raids. Otherwise, Lu Bu's cavalry composed of Xianbei people would not have been eaten by him.
Such a big loss.
In this situation, Li Ru had no regrets at all. The more trouble he brought to Jia Rong, the happier Li Ru felt. Whenever he fell asleep in the past few days, Dong Zhuo's figure always appeared in front of him.
The fat man, who has a somewhat bloated body but has a lot of trust in himself, is still in front of his eyes with his voice and smile.
Knowing that Jinyang would be difficult to preserve, Li Ru would not take advantage of Jia Rong. The merchants in the city suffered inhumane treatment almost every day, that is, they were constantly collecting food, grass and money. In order to save their lives, the merchants had to temporarily compromise. Even ordinary people
The common people were not spared. When the last rations were taken away by the Bingzhou Army, the common people revolted. Under the huge pressure of survival, the Han Dynasty in its heyday was eaten into holes by the Yellow Turban Army, let alone a small Jin Dynasty.
Yangcheng.
Li Ru was not defeated at the hands of the Xiliang army, but at the hands of the common people and merchants in the city. Driven by more than a hundred common people, it grew rapidly like a snowball. Even some of the soldiers patrolling the city also joined in, and the morale of the army was shattered.
, the army and the people were in turmoil together, and the momentum was so great that the stones and other debris blocking the city gate were moved away to welcome the Xiliang army into the city.
Looking at Li Ru being tied up by Wu Hua Da, Jia Rong didn't know what to say.
"Wen You, you are considered a temporary figure, what else do you need to explain?" Jia Rong asked.
In the lobby of the Prefecture Government Office, there were densely packed civilians and generals of the Xiliang Army. They all glared at Li Ru, who was standing proudly in the middle. He was not the person in front of him. Why did the Xiliang Army pay such a price? The punishment for the rebels and the Xiliang Army
It has always been the most severe, defeat is not shameful, and the most hateful thing is those who surrender before the battle.
"I, Li Ru, have been fighting all my life. I never expected that I would end up like this. I hope the general can treat Ru's family well! And if I can be buried next to my lord's grave after my death, I will still be willing to serve my lord," Li Ru looked indifferent.
He said without any fear as he should when he is about to die.
