The big man is on the run

Chapter 212 Resting place

The death of Chunyuqiong, the God of Dionysus, seemed to have awakened Han Juzi, and this time he, who was also Jiumengzi, had a rare chance to be reliable.

Guo Tujun, who was driven to a desperate situation, exploded with astonishing combat power. Before Liu Yi's troops caught up, under Han Juzi's "correct command", at the cost of losing nearly 2000 people, he fled in embarrassment into the next door. In the city of Anxi on the north bank of Kou River.

Guo Tu originally wanted to continue fleeing north, but Xu Huang's large cavalry army had already surrounded them. After Liu Yi arrived, more than [-] officers and soldiers surrounded Anxi City.

However, the siege did not go smoothly.

It's not all due to the exhaustion of the troops. In fact, due to the rapid advance of the officers and soldiers, they ran for hundreds of miles in just two days. Zhending and Jiumen City in Changshan County.

Even if these big guys are disassembled and transported by horse cart and donkey cart, it will take at least three or four days.

During this period, the official army carried out several rounds of tentative sieges against the exhaustion. Since there were only simple climbing ladders, they were quickly beaten back by Guo Tujun.

In this era, besieging a city was already an extremely difficult task.

Sun Tzu said: The law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten, to attack them when they are five, to divide them when they are two times larger, to fight them if they are few, to escape them if they are few, and to avoid them if they are weaker.

Now it is more than enough to encircle Guo Tu with three times the force, but Guo Tu's army originally had 5000 people, Yan Liang Wenchou lost 3000 people, crossed the river and lost 2000 people, and there are nearly [-] people. With siege equipment and strong internal response, it is almost impossible to conquer in a short time.

Among other things, the same 1 people, led by Yuan Xi is still a motley crew, or a hastily built camp in the wild, and they can hold out for a full seven days.

As for Gongsun Zan in Ji County, Yuan Shao had persisted for more than a month under the onslaught of Yuan Shao's superior force several times his own.

Therefore, relying on the fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, it is almost impossible to break through the city with a simple climbing ladder and wipe out Guo Tu's [-] soldiers and horses.

Liu Yi personally supervised the battle and witnessed the whole process of the siege.

Among other things, Yan Yan and Huang Zhong, two veteran generals, took turns leading Yizhou soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers who are good at climbing to attack for two rounds, but they still couldn't make it, so Liu Yi temporarily extinguished his morale Breaking the city's mind.

"Wait for the siege equipment such as artillery carts, rushing carts, and ladder carts to arrive before attacking the city. Let the troops repair for a few days first, and the pile of lives will not be enough."

After a long time, Liu Yi gave the order.

"General, a letter from Guo Tujian."

Just as Zhang He personally led a cavalry detour to scout from Kou River in the north, a scout rushed over.

Hearing this, Zhang He hurriedly took the silk book and opened it for inspection.

"What? Guo Tu was besieged in Anxi City, and he wanted me to send troops to attack the flank of the official army to help him out?"

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhang Yun's face changed slightly, and he cried out.

"Is this what the general meant?"

The lieutenant beside Zhang He asked.

"The matter would not have been decided."

Zhang He shook his head, his face was cloudy and uncertain.

He never thought that Guo Tu, an old and cunning guy, would be surrounded by the government army.

But he didn't have many soldiers and horses, and Zhu Jun, who was far stronger than him, was eyeing him.

Moreover, his soldiers and horses cannot be mobilized casually.

Zhang He's task is to guard the supply line, nothing else.

"General, that Guo Tu is as cunning as a fox, he must have sent a silk letter to the lord. If we don't go, we will bear the guilt of refusing to save him."

"I know too!"

Zhang He took a deep breath and said, "Considering the entire battle situation, the only thing I hope for now is that his troops can delay as long as possible and wait for reinforcements. Otherwise, this battle will probably be very difficult!"

"General, what should we do?"

After listening to Zhang Xi's analysis, the surrounding generals also frowned.

"Send an order to the scouts, tell them to pay attention to the abnormal situation around them, and report immediately if they find any traces of the enemy. In addition, send scouts to pay close attention to Zhu Jun's army on the west side. If they make any moves, report to me immediately." Zhang He immediately ordered.

The general quickly agreed, and Zhang Yun got off his horse, simply wrote a letter on the stone on the side of the road, and handed it to the scouts, asking him to report to Yuan Shao for a decision.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the official army was assembled again and continued to advance towards Anxi City.

However, this time, the advancement of the official army encountered trouble.

Although there are siege equipment such as ladder carts, rush carts, and cannon carts (catapults), the process of siege is still very difficult.

Because Anxi City is really not big, and the strength of Guo Tujun is too abundant, a full 1 troops can take turns to defend the city, and there is no shortage of food, salt and other materials for the time being, so it is only one round Attacking, the officers and soldiers piled up several layers of thick corpses just outside Anxi City.

The siege troops of the official army, even though they were fighting vigorously under the violent charge of the siege equipment, faced Guo Tu's tenacious defense, they had no way at all.

Moreover, the officers and soldiers also suffered heavy casualties.

Although the officers and soldiers were well-equipped, there were quite a few people who couldn't stand up to the opponent. They were forced to a dead end, and all of them became fearless masters, as if they wanted to fight the officers and soldiers desperately.

Under such circumstances, the progress of the army was extremely slow, and the casualties continued to increase.

An hour later, the officers and soldiers finally couldn't bear the casualties and retreated in defeat.

Not only that, under the command of Guo Tu, many simple defense equipment were set up on the west gate, east gate, south gate, and even the north city wall of Anxi City. It seems that all the houses in the city were demolished. .

With the help of these defensive equipment, Guo Tujun set up many rolling logs, stones, maces, and golden juice barrels on the top of the city. Once the attacking team of the officers and soldiers approached, they would immediately throw them down and let the officers and soldiers stand on the wall. He threw away his armor and armor, and was ravaged.

"Damn! Damn!"

Seeing the bloody scenes in Anxi City, all the generals gritted their teeth and said, their eyes tearing apart.

"Your Majesty, the enemy has taken advantage of the defense right now. If we attack by force, we will definitely suffer a big loss. Not to mention the low morale of our army, the casualties will be even more severe. If we continue to attack by force, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through their city gates. How about Let's withdraw this round first, how about making a decision after our morale stabilizes?"

After Liu Yi died, Xun You advised him.

"Okay!" Liu Yi gritted his teeth and nodded.

But Liu Yi was still angry.

He knows that in this era, it is difficult to siege a city.

But it doesn't mean that Liu Yi has no other way.

"Let the Ministry of Industry bring the black powder quickly, and the grain and other supplies can be delayed first."

"Your Majesty, how much do you want?"

"All of them! We need as many as we have produced in the past few years! I will blow up Guo Tu's tortoise shells to the sky! Let Anxi City become Guo Tu's resting place!"

(End of this chapter)