Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2603: Deng Qiang guards the war, Liu Yu VS Chi You
"General..."

The soldiers of the Shu army who were in charge of the breakup saw that the beloved General Yan Yan was killed by Zhu Rong. Not only did they not lose their fighting spirit and surrendered, but the crowd became excited and rushed towards Zhu Rong with a roar.

A flash of surprise flashed in Zhu Rong's eyes. After all, in previous battles, once the main general of the Shu army was beheaded, the soldiers at the bottom would basically surrender, but in Yan Yan, it completely angered these Shu army.

This also shows that although Yan Yan's strength is not very good, he is still very much loved by soldiers in the army.

In this regard, Zhu Rong didn't care, waving the flame knife, ready to kill this group of Shu troops who were stubbornly resisting.

Although there were only five hundred cavalry in the southern country, and only a quarter of the Shu army, all of them were cavalry.

Under the leadership of Zhu Rong, after the Southern Army pierced through the Shu army, they rushed back and forth for five rounds, beheading all those who dared to resist.

After Zhu Rong captured nearly a thousand Shu troops, he counted the casualties and found that the number of cavalry killed and wounded was less than thirty.

After this battle, Zhu Rong understood why his eldest brother had to set up cavalry to sell iron. The advantage of cavalry over infantry in field battles was indeed too great.

Zhu Rong left a hundred cavalry to look after the prisoners, and then led the rest to pursue the pursuit, but unfortunately it was still a step too late.

When Zhu Rong chased down the city of Qielan, Deng Qiang had already entered the city, and he took over the command of the defenders in the city with Yan Yan's sword.

"Listen to the Shu army in the city, Yan Yan has already been beheaded by this general, and the army of our southern kingdom is coming soon. Those who know the situation should quickly open the city and surrender, or wait for the city to be conquered, and there will be no armor left."

Zhu Rong held Yan Yan's head and shouted at Qilan City.

The guards on the city tower saw that what the barbarian generals below mentioned was actually the head of the prefect, and immediately exploded, cursing, crying, and various voices of unease were everywhere.

Zhu Rong smiled knowingly at this, and the tactics of attacking the heart were beginning to pay off.

After Deng Qiang saw Yan Yan's head, even if he had a premonition in his heart, he still felt dizzy in front of him.

Just when Deng Qiang fell into grief, the defenders in the city were heartbroken and mourning.

And Lan county magistrate Zhu Ling said with a look of fear: "The barbarian army's offensive is too fierce, but in just a few days, even the three cities were destroyed, and even the prefect of Yan was killed, and the city of Lan may be difficult to defend, why not... …”

Before he finished speaking, a long sword passed through his chest directly from behind him, and the person holding the sword was Deng Qiang.

After Zhu Ling turned around with difficulty, when he saw that it was Deng Qiang, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he couldn't believe that Deng Qiang dared to kill him.

"Deng Qiang, you are, the following, commit the crime, I am, and the county magistrate of Qilan, the direct son of the Zhu family, you actually killed me."

Deng Qiang ignored Zhu Ling at all, and after glancing at the crowd, he said coldly, "Those who dare to surrender in words and disturb the heart of our army, no matter what their backgrounds or their positions are, they will all be killed."

After saying that, Deng Qiang drew his sword and made another one, which completely ended Zhu Ling's pain.

Deng Qiang, holding the sword of Yan Yan, walked to the battlement, Luck roared at Chi You outside the city, "Qi Lan will never surrender to the barbarians even if he fights to the last soldier. If you want to attack the city, try it. "

This was not only heard by Zhu Rong, but also by most of the Shu army upstairs.

Because of Yan Yan's death, many soldiers of the Shu army were in grief, and when they heard Deng Qiang's words, they shouted, "Never surrender."

The roar resounded through the sky.

Zhu Rong showed a dignified expression, and after a little thought, he decided to withdraw his troops and join Gonggong.

After Zhu Rong returned victoriously and reunited with Gonggong, the main force of [-] quickly arrived at Qielan City, and Deng Qiang had already made some preparations to defend the city.

After the Gonggong general Qi Lanwei was short of three, he once again sent people to persuade him to surrender, but the city only responded with a shower of arrows.

Gonggong was helpless and could only prepare for a strong attack. As a result, since the start of the war, the Eastern Route Army of the Southern Kingdom, which had been invincible in attack, hit a nail again under the city of Qilan.

[Ding dong, Deng Qiang's skill 'Bronze Wall' effect 2 is activated, when defending the city, the commander +2, the morale and combat power of the entire army... are partially improved.

Deng Qiang: Commander 98, Force 103, Intelligence 92, Politics 85, Charisma 96;

The current commander of Deng Qiang has risen to 100;]

After Deng Qiang's skill 'Bronze Wall' is activated, the commander attribute is as high as 100 points. Whether it is command ability or city defense ability, it is much stronger than Yan Yan.

When Gonggong captured the third city, they had a hard time facing Yan Yan, not to mention Deng Qiang, who had 100 commanders in command, and Qilan City, the most defensive city.

Gonggong stormed the city of Qilan for three days. Even if he personally participated in the siege, he still could not break the city, but lost more than a thousand soldiers.

Seeing that the reinforcements of the Shu army are approaching, there is not much time left for the Southern Army. Gonggong does not want to waste time under the city of Qielan. Prepare to attack those easy-to-break cities first, and then come back to solve the lonely city of Qielan.

Gong Gong left 1 troops for Zhu Rong and ordered him to surround Qielan City, while he himself led the rest of the army to continue the offensive, trying to completely occupy all the land except Qielan before the large army of Shu arrived. The entire territory of Cang County.

The 15 troops of the Southern Kingdom were divided into three groups to attack Shu, but all the three groups won a complete victory. They captured the land of ten counties in the Kingdom of Shu and killed nearly [-] prisoners. Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Liu Jun, Ma Han and other thirteen generals died in battle.

After the news came back to Chengdu, there was an uproar in the Shuhan court, including Liu Yu, who couldn't believe that the situation in the south of Shu would suddenly deteriorate to such an extent.

Liu Yu was worried that the garrison in the south would not be able to stop the southern barbarians, so he sent Zhou Bo to lead an army of [-] troops to support him.

The Shu Han deployed 15 defenders on the southern line, and against [-] southern barbarians, even if they couldn't fight in the field, if they defended the city, they should persist for a year or so.

But what everyone didn't expect was that in less than ten days, they lost 3 horses and lost ten cities and nearly two counties.

"Hmph, what is this Wu Yi doing to eat? The [-]-strong army can't stop the Nanman army for five days.

When this statement came out, many people frowned.

Zhang Song, who had a good relationship with Wu Yi, stood up to report the injustice: "General Kong's words are bad, although Wu Yi did not defend Jianning, but he also held on to the last moment, and sent back a lot of important information, so that Our army will not suffer again.”

"Hmph, that doesn't change the fact that he has [-] troops in hand, but he failed to hold Jianning for five days." Kong Peng said with a look of disdain.

"you……"

Zhang Song, Wu Lan and other friends of Wu Yi during his lifetime all glared at Kong Peng, but Kong Peng naturally didn't care at all.

Seeing this, Su Qin stood up to mediate and said, "Okay, if it's just Wu Yi's defeat, it can be attributed to his own incompetence, but he was defeated in three ways, and the governor of Yan Yan also died in the battle. .

I have to admit that today's Nanman Army is indeed not what it used to be, and its combat power is stronger than before. "

"That's right, according to the news sent by General Wu Yi, the Nanman army is not only equipped with steel swords and armor, but also strong crossbows and catapults. How could the former Nanman have such weapons and equipment?" Shen Shiqi said solemnly. .

"Where did Nanman get so much sophisticated equipment?" Qiao Zhou asked in confusion.

"Is there any need to ask? It must have been provided by Bao Qin." Liu Zhang said.

Everyone said something to me, talking endlessly, but couldn't come up with a useful suggestion, which also made Liu Yu extremely irritable.

Liu Yu slapped the dragon chair angrily and said loudly, "Shut up for me."

For a moment, there was silence in the courtroom.

"Let's talk about it. Violent Qin and Nanman joined forces to commit crimes. Both the north and the south are in a hurry. How should I deal with it? Should I pay attention to the southern line or the northern line?" Liu Yu asked.

This is also a problem that Shu Han must solve at present.

The situation on the southern line of Shu-Han was not good, and the situation on the northern line was not good either.

Although the Qin army's offensive was fierce, it only stayed on the equipment and had not yet launched a battle to climb the city. Therefore, the number of soldiers who died every day in Yangping Pass was not too many. The average was only four or five hundred, and the maximum was no more than a thousand.

According to this style of play, even if the Shu army fought for a month, it would only lose 5000 people. The Shu Han would naturally be able to support it, but the consumption of supplies was too fast.

Don't look at the offensive of the Southern Army in Shunan, but compared with the offensive of the Qin army in Yangpingguan, it is not of the same order of magnitude.

The combined supplies consumed by the 15 troops of the Nanman in southern Shu were not comparable to the three-day consumption of Qin and Shu in Yangping Pass.

The Qin army used [-] stone bullets, [-] altars of kerosene, and [-] crossbow arrows every day at Yangping Pass...

In order not to be suppressed, the Shu army had to counterattack without remembering the consumption. Although the materials consumed were not as much as those of the Qin army, it was an astronomical figure for the Shu army.

This is still the result of Zhang Ren and Liu Er's use, and even repeated the use of stone bullets and crossbow arrows thrown by the Qin army that were not completely broken.

In this style of play regardless of cost, both Qin and Shu's offensive and defensive equipment were lost.

On average, the Qin army damaged [-] catapults, [-] wells, hundreds of crossbows, etc., and the Shu army also had half of the Qin army.

But behind the Qin army were Si, Yong, Liang, and Hezhou, and there was a steady stream of resources provided, so there was no need to worry about the consumption of materials, but the Shu army only had one Yizhou.

Liu Yu has gathered all the craftsmen in Hanzhong, and also transferred 1000 people from Chengdu to work overtime to make catapults and various crossbows, but they still can't keep up with the consumption and damage of materials.

As for why not transport supplies from Shuzhong?Naturally, due to the difficulty of the Shu Road, the transportation cost is too high, so it is better to make them locally.

But if consumption continues at this rate, the materials for the defense of the city hoarded by the Shu Han at Yangping Pass will only be exhausted after two months at most. At that time, what will the Shu army in Hanzhong use to defend the city?
So, don't look at the situation of the northern line, there is no danger of the southern line for the time being, but once it can't be supported, the situation will only be worsened by the southern line.That would be more dangerous.

After all, if Shunan is occupied by Nanman, Shuhan still has a chance to take it back.

But once Hanzhong is occupied by Daqin, it is almost impossible for Shuhan to regain it.

Although the Qin army was only 15 and did not occupy a single city in Shu, the pressure it brought to the whole of Shu was much greater than that of the [-] Southern barbarians.

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the Qin army is more difficult to deal with, so Wei Chen thought that we should first deal with the south and then the north, deal with the Nanman first, and then concentrate on dealing with the Qin army."

Next, Su Qin described his own views: First, the Nanman army was easier to deal with than the Qin army.

The second is that the strength of Nanman is far inferior to that of Shu, and if it is consumed, it will be a defeat sooner or later.

The third is that the state of Shu has an ally of the state of Chu, which can attack the southern barbarians.

Fourth, the Shu Nan Shu army alone can no longer stop the Nan Man, and the longer the delay, the greater the loss.

five……

Su Qin Dynasty stated that the first eight benefits to Nanman were recognized by everyone including Liu Yu.

After some deliberation, Liu Yu decided to lead the army south and deal with Chiyou first.

Shu Han originally had an army of 25, of which [-] were in southern Shu, [-] were in Hanzhong, and there were still [-] fresh troops in Shuzhong.

Under the onslaught of the southern barbarian army, the Shunan Shu army lost [-] and has been reduced to [-].

And to deal with the 15 Southern barbarians, at least 25 Shu troops are needed, but the new force in Chengdu is only [-], even if all of them are sent there, it is not enough, and it is impossible for Liu Yu to take all the last [-] elites. Shunan.

Although the Qin army currently has only [-] troops on the northern front, it does not mean that the Qin army has only [-] troops. Once the situation changes, the Qin army can increase its troops at any time, so Liu Yu must leave some of his troops for emergencies.

After much deliberation, Liu Yu decided to bring 20 elite soldiers southward, leaving [-] fresh troops on the northern front. With the danger of Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, [-] troops were enough to stop [-] Qin troops.

With 13 elite troops and 25 Shunan Army, the southern line is only 12 troops, which is [-] short of [-].

As for where the other 12 troops came from?
It's actually very simple.

Liu Yu recruited [-] soldiers from the counties in Shu, and [-] recruits from the recruits.

Although the Shu Han has only recently started the extreme military expansion mode, it has already been expanding its army. In addition to 25 veterans, there are also 20 new recruits who are undergoing training.

Among these recruits, 10 have been trained for three months and are ready to go to the battlefield.

Relying on these recruits to fight the savage southern barbarians is naturally not enough, but it is still possible to defend the city and control ordnance.

Liu Yu has no time for recruits to grow slowly through training, so he can only let them hone in the fire of war.

In this way, Liu Yu personally led 20 elites, [-] county soldiers, and [-] recruits, a total of [-] troops went south.

Coupled with the 27 troops in southern Shu, it means that once Liu Yu arrives, Chi You will face the siege of [-] Shu troops.