Lu Bu habitually patted Chitu's head as he sat down. After traveling through the mountains for half a month, he finally saw an open area. But it was limited. Compared with the Chengdu plain, the terrain here was still not very wide. But it was enough.
, the number of people we brought this time was only over 30,000, so we didn’t need a large territory to set up a good posture.
There are 10,000 elite Blood Banner Army and 20,000 militiamen. In addition to the accompanying 50,000 heavy troops, the total number of troops accompanying Lu Bu out of Sichuan is 80,000. His lieutenant general is Wu Yi, and he is accompanied by three counselors. The target is Liu Biao's army.
Yidu City.
The location of Yidu City is very unique. It is a bridgehead with a very advantageous geographical location for Yizhou, Sichuan where the Blood Banner Army is located. As long as Yidu is captured, Sichuan's power will be penetrated into Liu Biao's body. It can radiate
Xinye, Jiangxia, Jiangling, Changsha and other key places have turned the entire Jingzhou land into a puddle of mud, and can even be quickly divided into two.
Lu Bu subconsciously looked to the north. Nearly a thousand miles away from where he was now, there was the Second Army Corps led by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. They had the same number of people, but their target was Xiangyang.
Xiangyang is also the seat of Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Once captured, Liu Biao's power will be greatly reduced in terms of momentum.
If the cities of Xiangyang and Yidu fall into the hands of the Blood Banner Army at the same time, the entire gate of Jingzhou will be completely open to the Blood Banner Army. Liu Biao can only retreat eastward to Jiangling. This is also an important part of the previous battle plan: divide the troops into two
On the road, after occupying Xiangyang, advance eastwards and stop after Jiangling. After occupying Yidu City, proceed southward until Lingling.
He never thought of swallowing up the entire Jingzhou area in one go. Lu Bu knew the reason. He wanted to wait and see how Cao Cao in the north launched his offensive against the south before making a response.
Generally speaking, Lu Bu feels that the strategic goals at this stage are not very difficult, and can even be said to be simple. Others do not understand the current combat power of the Blood Flag Army, but he, Lu Bu, understands it very well. Not to mention, other troops
A militiaman randomly selected from the army can be used as an elite in other forces. Which of the elites of the Blood Flag Army is not one against ten or even stronger?
Although Liu Biao is known as one of the "Eight Horsemen" and has superior mental and physical skills, these are just smoke and clouds in Lu Bu's eyes. Faced with overwhelming power, what's the use of Liu Biao's intelligence?
"Report! Sixty miles ahead is the city of Yidu! The city is nine feet high and has rammed earth walls. It is visually estimated that there are more than a thousand soldiers on the wall. No preparations for war have been found. People are entering and leaving the two gates normally."
"Order the entire army to camp on the spot, collect materials from the forest, and start preparations before attacking the city. Order the service battalion to enter the city in disguise and pay close attention to the movements in the city. If there are any changes, report them quickly. Order the inspector to start patrolling the camp and prohibit all activities in the camp for three days.
Fireworks, those who disobey the order will be executed. Three days later in the morning, light a fire to make food, and the whole army will attack the city!"
"Here!"
According to previous intelligence, there were four thousand garrison troops in Yidu City, and they were not Liu Biao's elite men. The garrison was also an unknown person. According to Lu Bu's estimate, this kind of city could be broken in three days at most.
Three days is the time to break the city, but the preparation time is at least three days. Because many siege equipment, such as ladders, need to be made by carpenters who accompany the army. Otherwise, how can you march in the mountains with a long ladder?
Of course, three days is enough to make some ladders. There is no need to think about other large-scale siege equipment. Lu Bu doesn't think that even a small amount of time can allow him to use things other than ladders.
No fireworks were allowed for three days in order to hide and hide and minimize the possibility of being discovered by the Yidu defenders. The soldiers ate only pre-baked flour cakes and dried meat, and drank spring water for three days.
It's not a problem. In this era of famine everywhere in the world, you are lucky to have food, and the soldiers never mind whether it's hot or not.
More than 10,000 soldiers felled the wood, and 3,000 carpenters worked day and night. With the cooperation, by dawn on the third day, 300 ten-foot-long ladders were completed. All the cooks began to light a fire to make rice. A large bowl of dry rice came to the top and was dripping with water.
A layer of gravy, paired with two large pieces of fat meat and a few slices of dried vegetables, is an excellent war meal. Everyone is full at this meal, which is the rule. No one knows what the next meal will be.
Is there any life left to eat?
"Raise the flag! Break up the camp! The whole army marches for thirty miles! The Chinese army presses the formation, and the front army rushes in to clear all obstacles. We must establish a position ten miles away from Yidu before the Chinese army arrives!"
In the commander's tent, Lu Bu gave an order, and all the generals agreed, and then the whole army got ready and began to move out of camp.
Wu Yi personally led the front army of 2,000 Blood Banner Army and 3,000 militiamen, including 500 cavalry and the rest were infantry, and rushed towards Yidu first.
The distance of sixty miles is not close. What Wu Yi has to do is to clear the way for the army and build a defense line ten miles outside Yidu City to welcome the arrival of the army. This time must be completed before noon.
In Yidu City, from the guards to the people under their control, they never thought that the threat would come from the west. Because in their view, the west was just a group of bandits entrenched in Yizhou. Their lord was one of the eight horses.
Liu Biao, if you don't fight here, even if you give me face, how dare you come from the other side?
Therefore, Yidu always placed warnings in the north to prevent Cao Cao.
However, when the sergeant on duty on the city wall looked up and saw a cloud of dust and smoke rising in the distance, it was only then that the Yidu defenders realized something was wrong. They quickly gathered the people, closed the city gates, and blew the horns.
After finishing, you can already see a blood-red mottled wordless banner appearing in the field of vision from a distance!
It's the Blood Flag Army! It's the Blood Flag Army that's attacking!? Are they crazy?
Regardless of whether the Blood Banner Army is crazy or not, they are coming with great momentum anyway. The defenders of Yidu City can't just sit back and wait for death, right? And they really don't take the Blood Banner Army seriously. The tone from top to bottom is: Big guy
Be serious, these bandits came here to give us military honors!
Before the defense system was fully set up, the city gate opened again, and all eight hundred cavalry in the city rushed out, preparing to say hello to the Blood Flag Army who stopped ten miles outside the city, and to find out the details.
The plan was to overwhelm the enemy at the first opportunity. After all, they were regular troops. What kind of battle formations did a group of bandits know? It was only because Liu Zhang was stupid that he could capture Sichuan. It would have been easier if it was them.
Seeing the 800 Yidu garrison rushing out of the city, the former general Wu Yi waved his hand and asked his men to draw out 300 cavalry to fight. Then he didn't even bother to look at it. He took the time to urge his infantry to set up temporary camps in preparation for the attack.
The army came to listen.
Compared with the cavalry from Yidu City, the Blood Banner Army only sent 300 cavalry to fight. The two sides met six miles outside the city. In the end, there was no result. In less than half an hour, all 800 cavalry from Yidu City were killed.
His head was given away, and he was cut off as a successful achievement and tied to the back of the saddle of the Blood Banner Army, and brought back to his position.
Originally, among the people who can serve as cavalry in the Blood Banner Army, who is not an elite who has drank the divine water four or five times? Every horse sitting down has drank the divine water. When put together in two, they are no different from ferocious beasts. Yi
If the cavalry from the capital met, what could they do if they were not crushed? This was a complete gap in hard power, and there was no reason to explain it.
Of the 800 cavalrymen, six miles out of the city, every one of them escaped. The battle loss ratio was 800 to zero. Such a bloody result directly slapped the defenders who were full of confidence just now. Only then did they understand: No