Improper cannon fodder for fast wear

Chapter 3055 Desperate Counterattack 29
But now it is impossible to rob the craftsmen, the north is in a mess, the refugees run far away when they see them, and they cannot be caught, and the others are in Tang Anran's bastion, and they can't be caught either, so First, where can I get craftsmen?I can only look at these good things in the Central Plains, thinking that I will not be able to enjoy them in the future, and the standard of living will decline, which is just a pity.

Some people may ask, they don't have artisans, so where did the things they enjoy now come from?
This is very simple. It is said that it was transported from the south, but in fact, it basically came out of the Anran base. After finding an intermediary to change hands, the other party claimed that it was from the south of the Yangtze River, and no one doubted it.

This is when the Xihu people first came to the Central Plains, and Anran wanted to develop in a dirty way. They never said that they sold things from their own base.

Therefore, many of the wealth plundered by the Xihu people flowed back into the hands of An Ran through the purchase of luxury goods. This is one of the reasons why An Ran became richer and richer.

In this way, both parties made preparations for a year, and An Ran began to collect the net.

The first target should not be too small, as it will not attract attention; it should not be too large, it is an experiment after all, if it is too large, it will be difficult to deal with, and even if the battle is lost, it will easily damage morale, so An Ran chose a distant target. The capital city is hundreds of miles away, and it can be regarded as a heavy city, so it launched its own actions.

At that moment, An Ran dispatched almost [-] troops to surround the city.

The reason why so many people were sent to besiege is because the heavy city is relatively large and cannot be surrounded if there are fewer people.

Such a heavy city has more troops, and at the same time, there are more Xihu people in the city. Because it is a heavy city, it is naturally a more famous city in the past. Xihu people generally like to stay in such a big city because it is more prosperous. Of course, the main reason is that there are more troops, and their family members and servants are more, resulting in many people in the city.

Once such a city with a large population is besieged, it can only live on its own food reserves, and it won't be long before something happens.

Not to mention anything else, within ten days, there would be no more vegetables to eat.

And the grain can't be controlled for long, because Anran came to attack before the autumn harvest, and the new grain hadn't been harvested yet, so the city was full of old grain, and there wouldn't be much old grain.

But An Ran is different, there are her bastions everywhere nearby, she needn't worry about her food and grass, the nearby bastions can provide them at any time.

Don't worry that the nearby bastion is not enough, because other places will supply food and grass at any time.

So even if An Ran dispatched a hundred thousand troops, because the bastion was nearby, the supply of food and grass would not be a problem at all.

The guard of the heavy city saw that An Ran had sent troops to surround his city, so he naturally sent someone to ask for help from the royal court.

An Ran didn't block it, and let them ask for help, because she was about to let people know that not only could she defend the city, but she could also fight in the field.

At the same time, she also has the idea of ​​​​surrounding the spot to fight for help, so naturally she will not stop people in the city from going to the capital to ask for help.

Wang Ting heard that the heavy city hundreds of miles away was besieged by an army of [-] sent by An Ran, so he was naturally anxious. After all, it was a heavy city, and there were many Xihu people in it, so naturally there was nothing to lose, so he immediately sent troops to rescue the siege.

At this time, they also thought the same as Nan Chao, thinking that An Ran was good at defending the city, but not necessarily good at field battles.

As a result, they had cavalry, and Anran also had cavalry——Anron had started building a horse farm as early as when the bastion was being built, and used modern breeding methods to breed many good horses and formed their own cavalry; they had armor and iron swords, and Anron There is also armor, and it is still a steel sword.

It is impossible to win a war that is not at a level of technology. After all, An Ran's soldiers can cut through the opponent, but the opponent's sword is not strong enough to cut through the armor of An Ran's soldiers. How can this battle be fought?
What's more, the enemy still has a lot of bows and arrows. When encountering these reinforcements, a quick shot first can cause a lot of casualties to the rescuers.

If it weren't for the fact that the Xihu people had more battlefield experience than An Ran's people, or the casualties would have been even greater.

But even so, many people died.

What's more frightening is that at the beginning, An Ran's subordinates were only armed to the teeth. They didn't have much experience in the battlefield, and they were a little stage fright. Sometimes when they saw the enemy coming, they felt that the Xihu people were skilled in bows and horses. According to An Ran's previous explanation, avoid it first--An Ran is afraid that the cavalry is not an opponent, and it will lower the morale of the soldiers, so I don't want everyone to fight hard and consume them. Anyway, they have enough food and grass here. The enemy has traveled long distances, and the food and grass supply cannot keep up. , I will be anxious after a long time.

But after fighting a few times, I found that the enemy's sword and armor are not as good as our own. When we slash, we can hurt the opponent, but the opponent may not be able to hurt us. After that, everyone became more courageous and would not avoid the enemy. , and even dared to chase the enemy forward on horseback.

Of course, these are ordinary cavalry, and there are also special forces who have fought against the Xihu people before. They have long been proficient in bowing and horses, so they will never avoid Xihu reinforcements when they encounter Xihu reinforcements, and they can fight when they go up.

In this way, the reinforcements soon suffered heavy casualties, coupled with the shortage of food and grass, fearing that all the troops would be lost here, so they could only retreat.

And it was at this moment that the senior executives of Xihu realized that they were naive, and Tang Anran's field combat skills were also not low.

The Xihu people tried their best to rescue them, but they were all rescued by An Ran.

Seeing that their own people were killed and injured, the Xihu people could not save them, so they could only reluctantly give up the rescue at the moment. After all, they couldn't get more people in order to save the people in this city.

And without Wang Ting's rescue, how long can the people in this city last?

At first, they might be able to hold on, but when they run out of food, they can no longer hold on. Now the people in the city send people to negotiate with An Ran. The content of the negotiation is also very simple: as long as An Ran promises not to kill them, they will surrender.

An Ran said that as long as they leave, she will not kill them and does not need to surrender, because she does not intend to receive them.

Originally, these people had killed the Central Plains people before, so she just wanted to drive them away, not accept them, raise them, and let them live a good life like other people under her rule in the future.

The Xihu people don't know. They were very happy when they heard that they were not taken as prisoners and let them go.

Although worried that An Ran would go back on his word, but now there is nothing to eat in the city, even the horses have been killed and eaten, and people have started to eat people, so they can only open the door and surrender.

If you don't surrender, you will starve to death. If you surrender, you still have a chance.

An Ran naturally did what she said, she told them, she would not kill people, but if she did not count her words and let them out, if they wanted to make trouble, then she would not be polite.

How dare the Xihu people make trouble? They all saw the failure of Wang Ting's rescue before. They had food and drink and strong soldiers and horses, but they couldn't beat them. Now they don't even have horses, and they are starving to death. , how to beat others?
According to An Ran's instructions, she left obediently.

(End of this chapter)