The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 898 Pengcheng! (6k large chapter)

"What are you panicking about!"

Cheng Yuying's eyes were filled with anger, and he frowned deeply as he looked around at the generals standing in panic on the city wall.

"The two cavalry on the opposite side add up to only [-] people, but we have a hundred thousand troops here."

Cheng Yu shook his head secretly in his heart, this group of powerful families really couldn't afford the mud.

Although he didn't know what kind of means the Ming army used to quickly break through the two camps at Jiuli Mountain, but he could see clearly that the two cavalry of the Ming army charged straight forward, but they didn't bring any siege troops. instrument.

Pengcheng City was built with a solid wall, and here is also a reinforced city wall. Although the reinforced city is not as strong as the frontier city, it cannot be captured without siege equipment.

The chief general of the Ming army was not so stupid, he took the precious cavalry and attacked the city directly without any equipment.

The Ming Kingdom now occupies all the horse farms in Northern Xinjiang, Liaodong, and Western Regions, but this does not mean that cavalry is not precious in the order of the Ming Army. On the contrary, because of the problem of food and grass, war horses are extremely expensive no matter where they are. Even in northern Xinjiang where there are flocks of cattle and sheep, it is considered a precious item.

"The cavalry of the Ming army didn't have any siege equipment, and they guarded the four gates. Unless they all grew wings, they would definitely not be able to invade Pengcheng."

"What's more, if they want to attack the city, they have to pull out the camps set up by our army outside the city. Each of the four villages outside the city has more than [-] people. How can the walls of the camps outside the city be surpassed by war horses? Can you panic?"

Cheng Yu glared at him and shouted in a deep voice.

Cheng Yu's words still had some effect, and the generals who followed Cheng Yu on the city wall gradually calmed down a little.

"Everyone returns to their defensive positions. I will pay attention to the changes of the Ming army. If there is any problem, I will immediately issue a military order. When the time comes, act according to the military order and stop surrounding here."

Cheng Yu waved his hand and issued an order to evict the guest.

"Now the troops of the various ministries are panicking because of the change of the Ming army. Hurry up and return to the station to stabilize the troops. As long as I wait for myself to avoid chaos, the Ming army will have no chance."

Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows and glanced around at the generals who were still hesitating around him.

"Why are you still here, why don't you go!"

Seeing Cheng Yu's anger, all the generals retreated separately, but there seemed to be dissatisfaction between their brows.

These generals really had no excuse to stay, and left the city wall in twos and threes.

Cheng Yu frowned even more, but he didn't say anything more. He knew that talking to these people was often like playing the piano against a cow, and he could only use power to suppress them.

Everyone retreated, Cheng Yu didn't stop, and then walked up to the higher tower.

The generals who surrounded them were not the generals of the regular army. The reason they had military positions was that after recruiting regiments to practice rural bravery, the Han court awarded them the titles of Captain of the Volunteer, Captain of the Volunteer, and Captain of the Volunteer according to the number of people and some circumstances. Sima and so on.

In order to distinguish them from the regular army, their military titles all carry the word "Yi Yong".

Han Zheng, who initiated the rebellion before, was Captain Yiyong. This is also the highest military position that ordinary people from powerful families can get when they recruit Xiangyong.

Cheng Yu walked up the stairs of the tower and stopped. He looked back at the backs of the volunteer generals who were gradually going away, and sighed helplessly.

The country's affairs were difficult, and it was supposed to be a time to go to the country together, but these people made him feel extremely disheartened.

From the quarrel at the beginning, when the garrison was allocated, they were haggling over every detail, and even quarreled over some armaments.

Before the start of the war, everyone said with certainty that when the Ming army arrived, they would go out of the city to attack them head-on and kill the rebels.

But after the war broke out, they changed to another face.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, they all wanted to protect themselves wisely and were unwilling to fight. Now that the Ming army broke through Jiuli Mountain, the people in Pengcheng were panicked, but their first reaction was to come to him instead of stabilizing the soldiers under their command.

Cheng Yu shook his head, stopped managing the affairs of the city, and continued walking towards the top of the city tower.

And just when Cheng Yu withdrew his gaze and stepped up.

A young general with a dark complexion in a blue robe suddenly stopped and looked back.

"what happened?"

A general who was walking with the young general also stopped.

"Nothing, let's go"

The young general turned his head and continued to walk forward.

The general who followed him was confused, but he didn't say much. The immediate priority is to go back to the camp.

If Xu Huang was here, he could see that the young general's eyebrows were somewhat similar to Han Zheng who had helped them capture Jiuli Mountain before.

This person is Han Zheng's younger brother Han Qing.

Han Qing glanced sideways at the general who followed him towards Beicheng.

The man's name was Pan Yue, and he was a captain of volunteers like him, but he was not guarding the city with him, but was guarding outside the city, that is, the North Village of Pengcheng.

The two came together because they traveled the same way, so they also went back together.

Han Qing and Pan Yue got off the city wall together, mounted their horses, and galloped through the streets towards the North City.

At this moment, what Pan Yue was thinking about was the Ming army's cavalry, so don't go to the North Village, and he was even thinking about whether he should hide in the city and not go out. Although what Cheng Yu said was reasonable, what if the Ming army's cavalry The cavalry went mad and really came to attack, what to do then.

After all, didn't everyone say before that the army would have to rest for a day or two before attacking and fighting when they arrived in Pengcheng.

But now the Ming army did not rest at all, and launched an attack directly.

Pan Yue was thinking about other miscellaneous things like this in his heart, and he didn't see the flash of killing intent in Han Qing's eyes at all.

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Cheng Yu boarded the tower and scanned the scene below the city.

At this time, the outside of the city, especially the East and North Villages of Pengcheng, which bear the brunt, were already in a mess. Standing on the tower, Cheng Yu could see the soldiers walking around in the camp.

This may be the purpose of the Ming army. They knew that the troops left behind in Pengcheng were just volunteer regiments, all of whom lacked military literacy. They sent cavalry here just to show their strength and see if there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Cheng Yu raised his eyes and looked to the northeast. He saw that the infantry of the brigade had already rushed out of the camp on the Jiuli Mountain and was rushing towards Pengcheng. There were many extremely tall weapons in the infantry formation of the brigade. , Those weapons are undoubtedly the siege weapons in the Ming army sequence.

Cheng Yu looked solemn and frowned.

The Ming army is now in a state of encirclement. Jiuli Mountain, which was the northern barrier, was lost. The Ming army's cavalry rushed in and cut off their retreat.

However, the Ming army's current offensive in the frontal direction has not slowed down, but has been continuously strengthened.

Cheng Yu leaned against the railing, his eyes constantly wandering from north to south, observing the movements of the Ming army.

Observing the actions of the two Ming armies in the north and the south, Cheng Yu's eyes finally fell on the camp of Jiuli Mountain. He saw the figures in the camp of Jiuli Mountain, and there seemed to be many cavalry.

A bolt of lightning flashed across Cheng Yu's mind suddenly.

Cheng Yu already understood the answer to the question he was thinking about before.

The four formations of cavalry lined up at the foot of Dongshan Mountain were not the cavalry of the four battalions of Shanggu, Bingzhou, Xiaoqi, and Xiliang, at least not all of them.

The Ming army does not lack war horses now. The Battle of Fanyang was a plan formulated by Guo Jia and others, which took into account in detail the various situations that would occur in the Northern Expedition, and even took into account some unexpected factors.

Among them, the marching speed of the Ming army is the most important part, and in the end, the Han army suffered a major defeat under Fanyang City.

The reason for everything is that the marching speed of the Ming army was so fast that it was unbelievable.

Cheng Yu remembered that in the military newspaper, there was a detail in the Battle of Fanyang.

During the first wave of attack, the cavalry of the Ming army did not charge directly, but dismounted in advance to form an army formation.

Many of the cavalry in formation at the foot of Dongshan Mountain today are soldiers of the Ming army pretending to be on horses, in order to make them think that the Ming army has concentrated all the elite cavalry on the frontal battlefield. Tell the Han army a message, tell the Han army that the front is the main direction of attack.

The elite cavalry of the Ming army in the Duliao, Wuxiang and other battalions are indeed still in northern Xinjiang, the Western Regions and other places. Those people also answered why the Ming army had so many more cavalry.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yu's mind sank again.

Ming Ting weighed on the hearts of all of them like a gigantic monster.

The Taiping Road, the predecessor of the Ming Court, did stir up a little storm in their country. The Million Yellow Turban Uprising caused panic in the world, but even so, the turmoil had already subsided. Relying on the influence of the Taihang Mountains, turmoil has occurred in various places, and they are just lingering when they have no time to take care of it.

When Emperor Han Ling was still there, everyone thought Taiping Dao was a disease of scabies.

But the later developments were beyond everyone's expectations. After Lingdi's death, the world was in chaos, and the situation deteriorated to the point where the four directions collapsed.

In this way, the Ming Kingdom was established in Chang'an by the Taiping Road while taking advantage of the troubled times. At that time, the Ming Court only occupied the three marginal lands of Bingzhou, Guanzhong, and Liangzhou, and was far from qualified to compete in the Central Plains.

It's just that the current Ming Ting is a real colossus to Han Ting, unshakable.

Those tens of thousands of horses, neat armor, and high morale soldiers.

Cheng Yu had never seen the Ming army with his own eyes before, so he had to admit that he really started to feel a little afraid now, even if he just watched from a distance, it was difficult to contain the fear in his heart.

Thinking of the information he heard in the general's mansion, the Ming army reopened the Western Regions, defeated the four kingdoms in Liaodong, and even wiped out the entire Xianbei tribe. Things that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty failed to do in the past.

Cheng Yu turned his head to look to the southeast, and walked towards the side of the tower.

The distance was so far that Cheng Yu couldn't see clearly, but he could see the ocher yellow banner standing high on the top of the army, and Xu An should be under that banner at this time.

Cheng Yu's eyes flickered. As a courtier, general, and common people, he was undoubtedly lucky to be able to follow such a person.

That Taoist Lord knows how to govern the country, knows how to fight wars, and he seems to know exactly how to move forward and where to go.

Although it was only a few words, Cheng Yu felt that what Xu An created was not a new dynasty or a new country.

What Xu An is creating now is a brand new era.

Those who can follow such a person, create a new era with him, and follow behind him are undoubtedly lucky.

No matter what the result is, they will be famous in history. The era they created will affect all people in the future. Even if it is a hundred years, even a thousand years, even after ten thousand years, their names will be remembered by future generations. remember.

Sometimes Cheng Yu also thinks, if he can be one of them...

It's just the current situation and position, he actually has no choice at all.

Cheng Yu withdrew his gaze and returned his attention to the city. Although Ming Ting was already a colossus, even if there was no hope of victory, since the clan had already made a choice, he could only be respected. from.

Cheng Yu frowned slightly, but the noise in his ears still continued.

"This group of trash, even if they go to stabilize the soldiers, they won't be able to settle down?"

Cheng Yu was furious, and turned his head to look in the direction of Beicheng.

At this moment, Beicheng was already in chaos. Cheng Yu saw the commotion of soldiers on the city wall, and also saw the chaotic Beizhai. He could faintly hear scolding and some chaotic voices. It was noisier than Yu Dongzhai.

He is still here in Dongcheng, and most of the main army is here, so the order is still stable, but the situation in Dongzhai is not much better than that in Beizhai, it is just as chaotic.

Cheng Yu sighed helplessly, and ordered a few people to help suppress it.

At this time, he also remembered one thing.

No matter how trash Ji Ling was, the camp on Jiuli Mountain was set up by Guo Jia after all. Cheng Yu knew Guo Jia's ability very well. Although he didn't have much actual combat experience, he was indeed good at military strategy.

No matter how bad Jiuli Mountain is, it can last for four or five days. Ji Ling is also a veteran of the Yanzhou Army. He has made a lot of military exploits with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian. How could he lose Jiuli Mountain in just two hours? position.

And most importantly, Cheng Yu also discovered something extremely wrong at this time.

Why did something seem to be missing after the Jiulishan camp was broken?

"Have the rout soldiers from Jiuli Mountain arrived in the city, or have they fled in another direction?"

Cheng Yu looked solemn, looked at the chaotic Dongzhai, and asked the general beside him.

"Broken soldiers?"

"After the Jiulishan camp was broken, no part of our army was seen evacuating the camp..."

Cheng Yu suddenly turned his head, stared at the lieutenant beside him, and grabbed the lieutenant by the collar.

Although Cheng Yu appeared in the history books as a civil servant and counselor, many people would think of the word "weak" for ordinary counselors and wise men, but in fact Cheng Yu was eight feet three inches tall, with a beautiful beard and a brusque personality. , with a lot of people, and once personally put on armor and sharpened.

In the original time and space, when Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, it was Cheng Yu and Xun Yu who stayed behind to block the attack of the army led by Lu Bu and Chen Gong, and kept the three cities behind. Tan, Yuan Shang,
"Are you sure you didn't see the rout?!"

"No...no...there is..."

"What...how...what's wrong..."

That Pi Jiang was so frightened by Cheng Yu's eyes that he couldn't even speak, and he stammered and replied,
"Is there something wrong, General..."

"Before the Jiulishan camp was broken, did any of you see what happened there, something worth noting!"

Cheng Yu's heart sank, and he asked eagerly.

He had been in the south city all the time before, and he didn't pay attention to the situation of Jiuli Mountain in the northeast at all. When he led his troops to the east city, what he happened to see was the cavalry of the Ming army.

"No……"

"It seems that there is no..."

"wrong."

A general stood out from the side at this time.

"I saw that the Ming army was eager to attack, and the Yanzhou army seemed unable to hold on anymore, and then the soldiers of the camp on the mountainside seemed to be mobilized and rushed to the camp at the foot of the mountain."

"Then it didn't take long for the Ming army to break through the camp."

"I'm waiting... I really didn't see any broken soldiers escape from the Jiulishan camp..."

Cheng Yu's heart sank again, and he was about to say something, but at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of commotion in the city.

"Here's an order to order all the township and brave departments to stick to their headquarters and not to move without permission. Those who move without permission will be punished as treason!"

Cheng Yu let go of the hand that was holding the general's collar, and gave an order urgently.

"No... No!"

Although that general didn't know why Cheng Yu suddenly gave this order, how dare he disobey Cheng Yu's order.

Those volunteer captains who came from powerful families were not afraid of Cheng Yu because they had not learned how Cheng Yu managed the army. None of them, the generals of the regular army, were not afraid of Cheng Yu.

"Beat the assembly drum and summon all the troops in the city!"

"you!"

Cheng Yu reached out and pointed at the crowd.

"You guard the east gate, inside and outside the city, anyone who dares to approach the gate will be killed without mercy!"

Cheng Yu shouted angrily, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, his heart was already in turmoil, and now the calm expression on his face was all fake.

Now the real catastrophe is upon us.

Cheng Yu raised his head and took a last look at the cavalry of the Ming Army who were getting closer and closer to the North City. He already knew something was wrong.

If I remember correctly, the person who was assigned to guard the gate of the North City today was Han Qing, who was born in the Han family of Yingchuan.

And Han Qing's elder brother, Han Zheng, is the commander of the defenders of the camp on the hillside of Jiuli Mountain. These are all things arranged by him, so he naturally remembers them clearly.

He had seen both Han Zheng and Han Qing, and as the rising stars of the Han clan, he had a deep impression on them.

Jiuli Mountain was breached in such a short period of time, and the time of breach was exactly after Han Zheng led the reinforcements into the camp, and after that, no broken soldiers escaped from Jiuli Mountain.

Then there is no need to think too much about what happened in the camp. The facts are already clearly revealed and clearly laid out on the table——Han Zheng rebelled!
If the Ming army really broke through the camp of Jiuli Mountain by hard attack, no matter what, Jiuli Mountain would escape a large number of routs, but now there are no routs, then this proves that it is a combination of inside and outside.

Because of cooperation from the inside and the outside, the Yanzhou army led by Ji Ling was stabbed in the back by Han Zheng. Han Zheng helped the Ming army break through the camp of Jiuli Mountain, and the soldiers he brought blocked the escape route, making all the Yanzhou troops under Jiuli Mountain The army fell into a deadly situation and was surrounded by the Ming army. I am afraid that most of them were captured or killed by the Ming army.

The noise from Beizhai became more and more intense, and Cheng Yu's face became more and more serious. He heard some unusual voices, he heard shouts of killing!
"Call the Zhangwu Camp near the tower here, and let them follow me to the North City!"

Cheng Yu didn't waste any time, the intensifying noise magnified the fear in his heart, and he no longer dared to think about what would happen next.

I am afraid that Han Qing will not be ignorant of Han Zheng's rebellion, even the entire Yingchuan Han family knows, and even this is the Yingchuan Han family's plan.

Cheng Yu quickly walked down the tower, his whole body was cold and his lips turned white.

The cavalry of the Ming army came straight to Beicheng, and the noise in Beicheng became more and more violent. He had reason to believe that Han Qing had also rebelled!

Han Qing controlled a city gate in the northern city. Once he opened the gate to let the cavalry of the Ming army enter, there was only one fate waiting for them—destruction!
With the four city gates in hand, even if the Ming army attacked continuously like a tide, Cheng Yu had the confidence to defend it for several months or even years. After all, there were nearly [-] troops inside and outside the city. A pile of people can also withstand the offensive.

When the cavalry of the Ming army entered the city, the greatest damage they caused was not real damage, but a huge blow to the morale of the defenders.

And most importantly, the Han family in Yingchuan rebelled, so it is a question of whether there are other people in the city who have joined the Ming army.

If there are other people who join the Ming army and cause chaos together at this time, the situation will deteriorate to the point where it is completely uncontrollable.

At that time, under the chaos, the cavalry of the Ming army entered the city. I am afraid that the [-] troops inside and outside Pengcheng would fall apart in an instant.

So why did he order that all Xiangyong tribes are not allowed to leave the station.

Cheng Yu couldn't be more clear about the morale and combat strength of those township warriors. The Ming army is now in full swing, and the Han army has been suppressed by the Ming army on the frontal battlefield. Jiuli Mountain only lasted for less than two hours.

As long as Han Qing opened the city gate and let the cavalry of the Ming army enter the city, the morale of the brave people inside and outside Pengcheng would collapse.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and if the [-] army collapsed, no one could control it.

This battle is really over...

Zhang Wuying was quickly summoned, and they were around the city tower. Cheng Yu led a group of soldiers from Zhang Wuying, and walked quickly along the city wall in the direction of the North City.

But at this moment, a huge sound suddenly sounded in the direction of the city, as if the earth was shocked.

Cheng Yu turned his head to look at the city.

Just within Pengcheng, where the granary is located, a fire has already ignited soaring into the sky...

　The image of Cheng Yu in Three Kingdoms and various games, film and television dramas actually deviates from the historical records.

　　Let me introduce to you, this paragraph is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia, Cheng Yu (yù) (141-220), courtesy name Zhongde, was born in Dong’a, Dongjun, Yanzhou (now Dong’a County, Shandong Province), Cao Wei from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period Advisers, famous ministers, generals.Eight feet three inches long, beautiful beard [1].His real name was Cheng Li, but he changed his name to Cheng Yu because he held the sun on Mount Tai in his dream.He once led the people to fight against the Yellow Turbans in Dong'e.In the third year of Chuping (192), he was enlisted by Cao Cao as Shou Zhang Ling, and since then he has offered advice and campaigned in all directions.

　　When Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, Cheng Yu and Xun Yu stayed in the rear, blocked the army of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, and kept the three cities.After Cao Cao moved Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xudu, he appointed Cheng Yu as Shangshu, and later as General Dongzhong Lang, leading the prefect of Jiyin and supervising Yanzhou affairs.After defeating Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, he was made General Fenwu and granted the title of Marquis of An Guoting.

　　
　
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