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Hearing that Wang Lang called his name, Yan Ming shivered, and before he could speak, snot and tears started to flow down his face.
He kowtowed forward and said with pleading: "Your Majesty, I am the eldest son in the family. There are elders above me and younger ones below. Your Majesty knows this..."
After Wang Lang heard this, his nose was almost crooked with anger. He slapped the table repeatedly and shouted angrily: "Yan Ming, I am asking you to transport food now, and I am not pushing you to the execution ground!"
Yan Ming shrank his neck in fright, hung his head tremblingly, and muttered in a low voice: "What's the difference between going out to the city to transport food now and going to the execution ground?"
The prince wanted to get up, go up and kick his feet. He said in a solemn voice: "This is my will, Yan Ming, do you want to resist it?"
He cautiously raised his head and glanced at Wang Lang, and saw a fierce expression on his face, as if he wanted to eat someone. Although Yan Ming and Wang Lang had some friendship before, now he did not dare to push back, so he could only bite the bullet and said in a trembling voice.
: "I...I will accept the decree."
Yan Ming was ordered to escort grain and grass to Li Yujun. This time, Yan Ming escorted not much grain and grass, only 10,000 dan. The size of the team was much smaller, and the target was naturally smaller, making it harder for others to detect.
But in the end, Yan Ming failed to successfully transport the 10,000 stones of grain to Li Yujun's camp.
On the way, they were attacked again by Youzhou's sudden cavalry. All the food and grass they had transported were robbed, and they suffered heavy casualties. Yan Ming, who held the title of Zuo Feng Yikong, also became a meat bun and beat a dog. He never came back.
Died in the melee.
Wang Lang was completely shocked when he heard the news. He had calculated everything, hoarded a large amount of food and supplies in Handan City in advance, and left heavy troops for defense. In order to prevent Li Yu and Zhang Shen from having second thoughts, he also deliberately controlled
He had calculated everything about their military rations, but he had not calculated that his side would have problems transporting rations.
Handan and Li Yujun's camp were only a stone's throw away, but the food that was all over the city in Handan could not be delivered to Li Yujun's hands. Now, Wang Lang had not paid attention and was unable to do anything about it.
Even more anxious than Wang Lang were Li Yu and Zhang Can.
The army is consuming a lot of food every day, but the food from Handan has been delayed, and now the whole army is about to run out of food.
In the past two days, Li Yu sent people to Handan to collect food supplies, but the food he was looking for was nowhere to be found. Zhang Shen found Li Yu and the two of them planned countermeasures.
Zhang Shen said: "It's not that your Majesty doesn't want to send us food, it's just that he can't deliver it at all. Liu Xiujun's cavalry appears and disappears without a trace. The two batches of food sent from Handan were both snatched away by Liu Xiujun and damaged.
Sirs Lu Heng and Yan Ming."
Of course Li Yu is aware of these situations, but he doesn't want to hear these reasons now, he just wants food.xdw8
He said: "There is not much food and grass left in the army. After today, there will be no food tomorrow. There will be no food available. The whole army will be in chaos."
Zhang Shen frowned and pondered for a long time. He said quietly: "Although there are one hundred thousand troops in Handan, Your Majesty will never send these one hundred thousand troops out of the city. For this plan, only our army will go there in person."
Handan, it’s time to receive military rations!”
After saying this, he glanced at Li Yu, who looked solemn. Currently, their camp was separated from Handan by Liu Xiujun's camp.
If they go to Handan, they have to bypass Liu Xiujun's camp first, but Liu Xiujun is not a wooden stake, will he watch them bypass the camp? Once Liu Xiujun leaves the camp to fight, how will we respond?
Li Yu's face changed uncertainly. After thinking about it, he still felt that it was too risky to do so. He squinted his eyes and said quietly: "Now Liu Xiujun has not dared to attack Handan because of the existence of my unit. Our unit has been in Liu Xiu's heart for a long time.
It has become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. Now that our troops are huddled in the camp, Liu Xiu dare not lead his army to attack. Once our troops leave the camp, Liu Xiu will definitely not miss this opportunity."
Zhang Shen nodded thoughtfully. Li Yu continued: "The reason why Liu Xiu continuously attacked our army's food roads was not only to steal food, but also to force our army to leave the camp and fight!"
Zhang Shen also thought of this factor. He rolled his eyes and said: "There are 100,000 troops in Handan City. If your Majesty can..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Yu interrupted: "Don't count on Your Majesty! As you said just now, it is impossible for Your Majesty to send Handan's 100,000 defenders out of the city. Even if we die alive under Handan City, there may not be any in the city.
Come out, one soldier at a time, to help us!"
Li Yu and Zhang Can were able to serve as Grand Sima and General. Naturally, they were Wang Lang's confidants. Since they were confidants, they naturally knew Wang Lang very well. After listening to Li Yu's words, Zhang Shen couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Handan and our troops are close at hand. Handan has an army of 100,000 troops, and our troops have more than 100,000 troops, totaling more than 200,000. However, Liu Xiu's 100,000 troops were so frightened that they could not move. They could not even transport food and grass."
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Having said this, Zhang Shen held his forehead helplessly. Now he felt as if he was trapped in the desert, on the verge of dying of thirst, but he could clearly see the water source in front of him, but he couldn't climb over.
The next day, Li Yujun ran out of food. Three days later, everyone in Li Yujun's camp began to slaughter the horses. After five days of this, Li Yujun finally couldn't hold on any longer, so he sent someone to send a final letter for help to Wang Lang.
In the letter, Li Yu made it clear that the entire army had been without food for many days, and the morale of the army was in turmoil. He could not wait any longer. He would command the entire army and march towards Handan. If your majesty can still remember the feelings of the past, he hopes to send troops out of the city to respond.
Li Yu's letter was like a letter asking for help, but also like a farewell letter. After reading the letter, Wang Lang was deeply moved and couldn't help crying.
But he could not and did not dare to ask him to send troops out of the city to meet Li Yujun.
There are only these 100,000 defenders in Handan City, which is also his last talisman. He sent the city to meet Li Yujun. What if Xie Gong leads his army to attack? What if the whole army is wiped out? Who can protect him in the future?
One soldier is raging, and a den of strong men is raging. Wang Lang is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the ministers below are not much better than him.
When a person has nothing, he is not afraid of anything and can be as courageous as the sky. But when he has everything, he will look forward and backward, afraid of death and losing everything that is hard-earned, and his courage is greater than the nose of a needle.
Still young.
This is human nature, and it perfectly explains the mentality of Wang Lang and others at this time.
Being forced to do nothing, Li Yu and Zhang Shen could only lead the hungry soldiers out of the camp and march towards Handan.
As they expected, Liu Xiu was overjoyed when they learned that Li Yu and Zhang Shen could no longer stand it any longer and led their entire army out of the camp. He immediately ordered the entire army to leave the camp to stop Li Yu's troops.
One of the two armies marched from north to south, heading straight for Handan, and the other marched from west to east, intercepting the other side. The two armies met five miles north of Handan City.
Now the morale of the two armies can no longer be compared. The soldiers of the Han army, led by Liu Xiu, had high morale, with their backs straight and murderous, and their momentum like a rainbow.
On the other side, Wang Lang's army, led by Li Yu and Zhang Shen, had their helmets crooked and slanted. Some soldiers at the bottom were so hungry that they could no longer stand still, their eyes were dim, and their bodies were shaking back and forth.
The battlefield between the two armies is only five miles away from Handan. As long as you stand on the top of the city, you can see the battlefield where the two armies are fighting. However, Handan City, which has an army of 100,000, has its city gates closed and not a single soldier has left the city to do anything.
Respond.
Liu Xiujun was well prepared and did not take the initiative to launch an attack. He was not the one who was anxious now. The longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it would be to Li Yujun.
At this time, Li Yu and Zhang Shen were sitting in the central army. They were riding on horses, both stretching their necks and looking at Handan City behind Liu Xiujun.
Now they really hope to fight out a large army from Handan City, cooperate with their own side, and attack Liu Xiujun from front to back.
The two of them looked at each other eagerly, but unfortunately, time passed by minute by second, and nothing came to them.
Li Yu burst out laughing suddenly, couldn't help but looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Forget it! Today's battle, for you and me, may be a battle to the death."
Zhang Shen's heart ached and his eyes were red, and he said: "Now that things have come to this, we can only do our best and obey fate!"
Li Yu waited no longer, waved the flag in his hand forward, and shouted loudly: "Command all the soldiers in the army to beat the drums and march!"
Following Li Yu's order, waves of drum beatings rang out in Wang Langjun's camp. I don't know whether it was an illusion or related to the internal atmosphere of Wang Langjun. At this time, the drum beatings in the army seemed to be weak.
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As the drums sounded, the soldiers in the front row of phalanx began to march forward in unison, followed by the second row of phalanx and the third row of phalanx.
Wang Lang's army of more than 100,000 people had hundreds of small square formations inside, and hundreds of small square formations were combined into a large overwhelming square formation.
They all moved forward, and the rumble of their footsteps alone spread far and wide, and the momentum was astonishing.
Liu Xiu looked at Wang Lang's army advancing towards him, raised the corners of his mouth and said: "The fight between trapped beasts!" As he spoke, he turned his head and said: "Beat the drum!"
Soon, drums sounded from Liu Xiujun's side. Compared with Wang Langjun's drums, Liu Xiujun's drums were louder than those of Wang Langjun.
"Ho!" The generals in each phalanx shouted and shouted, and then Liu Xiujun's phalanx also began to advance forward. The two sides walked in opposite directions, and soon they were less than a hundred steps apart. This had already entered the archers' range.
range.
The archers in the army bent their bows and nocked arrows one after another, and fired arrows at the enemy on the opposite side. At the same time, the soldiers also raised their shields, ready to resist the enemy's arrows.
Liu Xiujun's arrow array hit Wang Langjun's camp firmly. The arrow array fell like black raindrops, and the sound of crackling was endless. From time to time, someone was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground screaming.
The arrow array of Wang Langjun hit the edge of Liu Xiujun. Half of the arrows hit Liu Xiujun's front row, and the other half of the arrows fell outside the square array.
You must know that the soldiers in the front row of the camp are all heavy shield soldiers, and the shields are large and thick. When the arrow array is shot into the camp of the heavy shield soldiers, the damage is really minimal, and they are basically blocked by the shield array.
In the ancient army, the status of archers was equivalent to the special forces of the modern army. They were a scarce unit and their treatment was naturally better than that of ordinary soldiers.
But now, even the archers of Wang Lang's army are weak, and the condition of the ordinary soldiers below can be imagined.
Realizing this, the morale of Liu Xiujun's soldiers became stronger. People's eyes shone brightly, and the speed of advancement became faster.
Neither Li Yu nor Zhang Shen are incompetent. The two sides only competed with each other in arrow formation, and there was already a clear gap between them. When the generals and soldiers come into full contact, how can our side still have a chance of winning?
The two of them cast their eyes on Handan City again, praying silently in their hearts that Wang Lang could send troops to help.
Even if he does not send out all 100,000 troops, but only sends out 10,000 or 20,000, Liu Xiu's troops will still be in trouble, which will not only greatly reduce the pressure on his own side, but may even turn defeat into victory!
