After the destruction of Licheng, Cao Cao, the herdsman of Yanzhou and former general, left thousands of people to guard the Jishui ferry, and then led the army to settle along the Jishui River to Bochang, where he met Zhang Fei, the general who conquered Liao. At this time, Zhang Fei was under the control of the Bafu
He was ordered to lead 20,000 people across the Zi River, intercept possible reinforcements to the north of Linzi, and block the Qi people's road out of the city as appropriate. After the two armies merged, Liu Bei immediately gave an order to Cao Cao, asking him to cooperate with Zhang Fei to completely attack the north bank of the Zi River.
Surround Linzi.
With the north and south joining forces, it can be said that the overall situation in Qingzhou has been decided, and the demise of Qi and Han is only a matter of time. But how to break the city, how much it will cost, and how to govern it in the future are what Liu Bei has to think about. Although after the killing and surrender of Licheng, he was convinced
Although it was impossible for Cheng to surrender, Liu Bei still took precautions and sent two more envoys to the city to lobby. In the end, they were shot to death by random arrows.
At this time, Xun You once again offered his advice, saying that since Linzi City was going to be fought to the death, directly attacking the city would cause too many casualties. Looking at the examples of ancient and modern sieges, it was found that facing such a strong city, there was no hard attack. Zhiyao besieged Jinyang, and Bai Qi
To break through the capital of Ying, the strategy of flooding was used. And now it is June, which is when the water in Zi River rises, so this strategy can be used. When the flood floods the city, even if the city cannot be broken immediately, the city is extremely vulnerable.
It’s hard, and without foreign aid, it’s hard to sustain it for a long time.
Liu Bei finally agreed to this strategy.
Just to flood the city with water, weirs and dams must be built downstream to raise the water level. However, the weirs and dams cannot be too far from Linzi, otherwise the project will be huge and difficult to complete.
At that time, there were two Wubao in the lower reaches of Linzi, one in the north and one in the south of Juding Lake. The one on the north bank of the lake was Lichuan Wubao, and the one on the south bank of the lake was Jushou Fort. During these two months, these two cities continued to move.
Leading Yuan's army from Hebei to the south to Jimo was like two nails, firmly nailed into the back of the Han army. The Han army had long wanted to eliminate it and then quickly. But now that weirs are to be built on the two cities, the Han army is required to immediately attack them.
Its removal.
Liu Bei discussed this with his generals. Now that the Han army has an obvious advantage in mobile strength, and they can defeat the outnumbered by numbers, they should attack the two cities at the same time, so that they cannot join forces and cannot rescue each other. So Liu Bei ordered Wei Yan to attack Lichuanwu, and Liu Xuan to attack Ju.
Shoubao, he and Guan Yu settled in Anping, east of the city, as preparations for the response.
Wei Yan crossed the river from Juding Lake and penetrated deep into the north bank of the Zi River. He quickly surrounded Lichuanwu and stationed his troops in formation in the north of the city to await reinforcements from the Qi people in Licheng. The defenders of Licheng knew that they would not be able to defeat the Han army in the field, so they also
No troops were sent to rescue.
One day later, the Han army began to attack the city. Suddenly thousands of arrows were fired, and the defenders in the city were prostrate and unable to fight back. The Han army took the opportunity to rush to the city gate and used long axes to destroy the wooden gate and the fence inside. After the city gate was broken,
, the guards inside suddenly swarmed at the door and fired arrows outside. Several Han soldiers in front of them were shot to death. The people behind them all retreated and temporarily retreated behind the city wall to avoid the arrows.
At this time, the military commander Cen Guang saw the thief and stood up and said: "We are only about ten steps away from the thief. If you rush over, you can't hurt him! If you retreat, you will die!" He took the lead and rushed towards the door with his knife. The enemy's arrows flew towards him, and he waved his hand.
Blocking, he fended off several arrows with his bare hands, and rushed to the enemy in the blink of an eye. He slashed with knives and killed several people in a row. The soldiers behind him followed up and quickly scattered the remaining enemies at the door.
After the war, Wei Yan heard that Cen Guang was very brave, so he quickly called him over. Seeing that he was nearly eight feet tall and as tall as Cen Peng, the famous Yuntai general, and had long arms, he was given a three-stone bow to draw for Cen Guang.
He held the three-stone strong bow and opened it with a slight pull, as if it were child's play. Wei Yan was overjoyed. He liked brave people very much, so he reported to Liu Bei and made Cen Guang his deputy general.
After Lichuanwu was defeated, Wei Yan took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and simply surrounded Licheng. It was night, and the Han people took turns to rest and attacked the city all night. They first demolished the sheep and horse wall outside the city, and then raised the earth mountain to level the city. At dawn the next day, the earth mountain was completed. The heavy armor
The sergeants went out to attack the city along the mountains. The flying arrows fell from the city. The Han soldiers were thickly armored and continued to move up with arrows. When the Han soldiers came to the city, they were met by the people in the city who greeted them with big clubs and iron hammers. Although the Han soldiers had
Heavy armor will not avoid death and injury.
But Licheng was just a small city after all, so it couldn't help but the Han soldiers came in turns. After a fierce battle for half a day, if there was a slight oversight, the Han soldiers had already occupied the city tower like ants, and then set fire to the archery tower. After the billowing black smoke rose, the defenders' morale was in chaos, and they all
Escape from the city wall and use the north gate to escape to Hebei. The Qi people who left the city happened to be surrounded by Wei Yan's cavalry army, and the result can be imagined.
But after capturing the city, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei's military orders and took care of the prisoners of war and the seriously injured people in the city, and built a camp for them to heal their wounds. The city lord Wang Weng who was guarding the city was also sent to meet Liu Bei. Liu Bei specifically inquired about Wang Weng
Knowing that he had a good reputation in politics, he comforted him and said: "You are a beautiful man. After the war, the people of Qingzhou will depend on you for their livelihood." He then sent Wang Weng back to Licheng and still let him govern. I hope to use this
It can eliminate the resistance of Qingzhou people.
In just a few days, Wei Yan defeated Lichuan and Licheng. When the news came, Liu Xuan's army had not yet set off.
It turns out that Qihan has been operating Jushou for many years, and its city defenses are tight and there is a moat on the outside. It is known as a great city, and it is not comparable to Lichuanwu. If you attack blindly, the losses will be huge. Liu Xuan has fought many battles with Liu Bei in the past few years, so he knows
The casualties suffered during the siege were so heavy that they were reluctant to attack head-on. However, Jushou did not last long, so the time to build the weir was repeatedly postponed, which in turn affected the course of the entire war. Even Liu Bei and Liu Xuan were related by marriage, so they had to send
People urge.
On the third day, news came that Wei Yan had captured Licheng. Liu Bao, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, could not help but be a little anxious. He went to see Liu Xuan in private and asked: "Third uncle, now Licheng has been captured, but our army has not yet
When we set off, there was criticism among the troops, saying that we Huns are as fearful of war as tigers. What are your plans? Can you tell us?"
Liu Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw Liu Bao's anxious look. After he shot Hu Che'er in the battle of Longshouyuan, he was known as the Xianwang Luo Hu. The wars in the past few years have made him more mature and steady.
He has become a bit like a famous general, and is no longer the helpless young man he was when he was fighting among the Huns. He said: "I already have a way."
Liu Bao didn't expect this reply and quickly asked: "Oh, tell me, third uncle."
Liu Xuan pointed to the north and said: "I heard news from the north that when Fenggao and Licheng were captured, there was not much food in the city. Those two dangerous cities did not store much food. This giant life is only in the city."
The lower reaches of the Zi River are not dangerous, and the food reserves will probably be less. We can make a big fuss out of this aspect."
"Lack of food?" Liu Bao thought for a moment, suddenly got inspiration, and asked: "Is it possible that the third uncle is preparing to transport food outside the city to lure the defenders out?" But he immediately rejected it, shook his head and said: "No.
, it is impossible for our army's food to be transported to Jushou. If the enemy has a little cleverness, he can see that it is a fraud."
Liu Bao smiled and said: "It's not difficult. We really can't send food to Jushou, but Yuan Jun can. I sent an envoy to the former general's camp on the north bank the day before yesterday to ask him to borrow the Yuan Jun armor and flags he captured. When these things arrive,
, we can send food to Jushou."
Liu Bao suddenly realized this and repeatedly expressed his wisdom about this plan.
On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, a scout from the Jushou garrison suddenly came to report that there was a Yuan army of dozens of people in the west of the city. They wanted to meet with the captain Hua Yin who was guarding the city. At this time, the news of the fall of the cities had reached Jushou.
Hua Yin did not dare to be careless, fearing that it was a trick by the Han army to deceive the city, so he only sent an envoy to lower the city to interview those Yuan troops.
The envoy went down to ask about the affiliation and leaders of Yuan's army, and they only replied that they were under Yuan Shang, who had just been transferred from Yijing to observe the movements of the Han army in Henan. The envoy then asked them about the affiliation and officers of Yuan's army that had gone south before. Those people were all
He said that he had just gone south and was not familiar with him, which made the envoy very suspicious.
But when asked about their purpose of coming, the envoy's doubts disappeared. These Yuan soldiers said that Yuan Shang did not intend to go to war with the Han army, so he did not intend to send troops to help. They were asked to come to inform Hua Yin that Yuan Shang knew that they were short of food.
Therefore, some ships will arrive one after another tomorrow, carrying about 10,000 tons of grain. I hope they will continue to hold on.
Sending food instead of troops was indeed something that only Yuan Jun would do. Hua Yin was very happy when he learned about it, but he also had some worries in his heart. He also made a pact with these Yuan Jun that he would only send ships and not allow soldiers to enter the city to rest. Yuan Jun listened.
They all complained very much, but finally agreed.
On the second day, some boats paddled over in Juding Lake and docked at the north side of Jushou Fort. They threw nearly a thousand bags full of wheat noodles on the ground and waited for the people from Jushou Fort to come out of the city to receive them.
Then he paddled back leisurely. After listening to the report of his subordinates, Hua Yin grabbed a handful of ground wheat flour from the bag, looked at it in his hand, and said in a humming voice: "This is good wheat grain grown in the plains of Hebei.
". He smiled at the people around him and said: "It seems that it is the real Yuan Jun. Next time they come again, we will still have to entertain them."
In the morning of the next day, more than 400 Yuan troops came by boat again, bringing with them twenty boatloads of wheat noodles just like yesterday. Seeing this, the defenders in the city immediately sent people to the shore to greet them. The two armies had a heated conversation.
Huan Huan even kept Yuan Jun in the city for one night.
But on the afternoon of the ninth day of the lunar month, when the Qi people greeted the Yuan army by the lake as usual and transported the grain back to Jushou Fort, the more than 400 Yuan soldiers suddenly changed their faces, drew their swords and attacked the Qi people, and quickly took control of the city.
They opened the door and set fire to the houses in the city.
The Han army in the forest south of the city saw that the undercover agents they had sent out had achieved miraculous results, and immediately sent out cavalry troops to attack the city. The city gate was wide open, and the Huns cavalry drove straight in. Bows and arrows were flying, and sabers were flying on both sides of the horses' hooves. The Qi people were simply unable to defeat them.
They could only be driven by the knights to the waterside, and many people threw themselves into the lake beside the grain transport ship.
This battle also announced the complete fall of Jushou Fort. After the war, Liu Xuan sent prisoners like Wei Yan back to Dong'an Ping camp for treatment, while he demolished the castle and cooperated with Xu Shu to build a dam at the lower reaches of the Zi River. More than 10,000 sergeants cooperated to help,
Within ten days, a weir dam six feet high and more than two hundred feet wide was built, turning the land near and far into a marshland.