Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1387 The Great War Revelation Six

The entire Nanzhou has now become a battlefield, and the ferocity of the Wei army's march has exceeded many people's expectations.

Wancheng is the center of Nanzhou.

Sticking to Wancheng is the most important thing, but no one is sure whether they can hold Wancheng until the main force of the Ming army arrives, including the vanguard army that has already entered Wancheng, the [-] soldiers led by Zhang Ren.

It may not be able to defend Wancheng.

Moreover, bad news continued to come from the north. Bowang County was compromised, which meant that the door had been opened.

Although Xi'e is still in the hands of the First Violent Bear Army, Xi'e is to the west. As long as the Wei army has a partial division blocking the west side, it is enough for the main force to march directly to the city of Wancheng along the official road from Bowang.

Once the soldiers approached the city, even if only [-] main forces were needed, Wancheng would be overwhelmed.

After all, in today's Wancheng, apart from Zhang Ren's [-] main force, there are less than [-] six-door arresters. The arresters are to maintain local order and lack battle training. On the battlefield, they can have some combat effectiveness , I don't know yet.

Zhang Ren is not an ordinary person.

In terms of martial arts, he is also a top-notch general. Although he is not as good as Huang Zhong and Lu Bu, he is still a warrior in the Yuangang realm, and his spear skills are even more extraordinary.

In terms of commanding troops, he can be included in the top five ranks in the Ming army, and he is a general who is good at using troops.

But with [-] elite main forces and [-] miscellaneous cards, he felt very difficult to defend Wancheng, especially when the number of main forces in the Wei army was still unknown.

There is some good news, though.

Such as the east.

At present, Nanzhou is fighting on two fronts. Both the north and the east are under attack. The north is the main force, and the east is equivalent to the troops coming from Runan to harass.

The breach of Wuyin has put Wancheng in danger. After all, if the east side cannot be defended, then Wancheng cannot be defended either.

But there is the second army of the Violent Bear.

The Violent Bear Second Army had made some breakthroughs on Wuyin's battlefield.

The strategy of besieging and attacking aid worked.

Xu Huang's troops of the Wei Army were ambushed by the Second Violent Bear Army at a place called Liangshan on the north side of Wuyin.

But at this time Xiahou Dun heard the news and led his army to attack to reinforce Xu Huang's troops.

But at this time, Wenpin suddenly gave up the strategic arrangement of encircling the spot to fight for aid, dispatched all the main forces, killed a returning carbine, and fought a bloody battle with Xiahoudun outside the northern suburb of Wuyin.

The battle lasted less than seven hours.

Xu Huang's tribe temporarily retreated to Runan, while Xiahou Dun's tribe shrank back and held on to Wuyin. Unless he had reinforcements to support him, he would never dare to step out of Wuyin City easily.

This battle made the Violent Bear Second Army famous, and also disintegrated the pressure on the Eastern Front.

Although Xiahoudun and Xu Huang didn't have many soldiers combined, they could only be regarded as the first soldiers to station, but defeating them was of great significance.

As long as the second army is on the outskirts of Wuyin City, it can win at least four or five days, and there is no possibility that the Eastern Front will be broken through.

This is one of the few good news for Wancheng.

But the good news was shattered by an even worse news in less than a day. Wei Jun came to Xi'e with Lu Bu soldiers to block the first army of Violent Bear, and then sent generals Cao Ren, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and the three , led an army of [-], and the soldiers came under Wancheng.

At this moment in Wancheng, there is an atmosphere that a war is about to break out.

Zhang Ren has already reached the top of the city.

The Wei army outside the city was very powerful and strong. Under the formation, it seemed that there was a wave of waves covering it, which made people look a little intimidating.

Yan Yan, the governor of Nanzhou, also went to the top of the city at this time.

He is already wearing armor, holding a saber, and standing beside Zhang Ren. Even though he has been in the civil service order for several years, his heroic demeanor on the battlefield has not diminished. The dense crowd of heads asked softly, "Can you hold it?"

As the former general of Yizhou, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were very familiar. If he hadn't kept Zhang Ren's position back then, he wouldn't have left the army and entered the civilian ranks.

Zhang Ren took a deep breath and said calmly, "It's hard to say!"

Make bricks without straw.

He is short of troops.

When the fight started, if the Wei army was vicious enough, it would only take a few days to break through the city, but he really had no confidence in whether he could last until the main force of the Ming army came to reinforce it.

The Ming army was stuck on the Dongshan plank road because of the rain. He led the Jingping Second Army, an elite barbarian who had been walking in the mountains for many years, crossed the Dongshan plank road, and died in the end. It is too difficult to march in rainy weather, or take the dangerous road like Dongshan plank road.

Dongshan Plank Road, also known as Dongshan Chidao, when Mujing entered Hanzhong, merchants were summoned, and it has been overhauled once, which can be regarded as opening up the traffic between Nanzhou and Hanzhou.

If it hadn't been overhauled, I'm afraid there would be no way to march at all. You know, when Mujing and the others led their troops into Hanzhong, they walked on a mountain road, which was even more rugged. It took at least one or two months to cross, but now they cross Dongshan within a few days. The road is already the result of road construction over the years.

But even so, it would be very difficult for the main force of the Ming army to cross the Dongshan plank road and enter Nanzhou in a short time.

"If it's three days, I can hold it. Of course, the premise is that there will be no changes in the east. Once there is a main force of the Wei army in the east, we will definitely not be able to defend Wancheng!"

Zhang Ren analyzed and said: "Even if I can defend the east and face the city, I can only hold it for three days. After all, the difference between our soldiers is too far away!"

If he is given [-] main forces, he is confident that he can defend Wancheng, but with only [-] main forces, it will be difficult for him to defend against ten times more troops.

"Can you order the First Violent Bear Army to go south?"

Yan Yan's complexion was ugly.

There are still soldiers and horses to the north.

"Or let them send troops to harass the rear wings of the Wei army, so that the pressure can be reduced, so that we don't have to be suppressed by their main force inside!" Yan Yan belongs to the political affairs hall, and should not have intervened in the war, but now it is about the life and death of Wancheng. The biggest official in Nanzhou, he has the power to participate, without his cooperation, Zhang Ren would not be able to defend the city.

"In the current situation, it is already obvious that the main force of General Zhou Cang Zhonglang has been blocked in Xi'e!" Zhang Ren said in a low voice: "He can't hold on to Bowang, so retreating to Xi'e is the right choice. On the one hand, it can deter Wei Jun from going south easily, on the other hand, it can form a horn defense with us, but we underestimated the speed of Wei Jun. They just went south after eating Bowang. At that time, there was a main force, suppressing Xi'e, preventing the First Army from sending troops!"

"Then we can only watch them break through Wancheng?"

"It's not so easy to break the city!" Zhang Ren sneered: "Unless our entire army dies in battle, they won't have any chance to set foot on the city gate. If it's not enough to hold it for three days, then five days, five days later. Inside, I believe that the main force of our army will definitely arrive!"

"When did you become so devoted to the king?"

Yan Yan suddenly changed his tone and asked softly.

He was not surprised that Zhang Ren was the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, but it was beyond his expectations to be able to fight to the death for the Ming country.

"Haven't you already solved your worries and problems for the king?" Zhang Ren responded indifferently: "The matter of the New Deal has caused a lot of trouble in Ming Dynasty. , it can't be so smooth, you even dare to participate in the New Deal, as a general, I will fight to the death on the battlefield, why not!"

Hearing this, Yan Yan suddenly fell silent.

After a while, he said: "I'm not for him, I'm for the Ming Kingdom!"

Yan Yan has come through the troubled times. Although he is also from a wealthy family, he prefers to get along with the common people since he was a child. After the New Deal has been implemented, he is very clear about who will benefit in the end.

So he backed it up.

And he also tried to believe that Mujing could create a better future.

"I'm not for him, I'm for..."

Zhang Ren's eyes burst into a bright light: "I am only sorry for myself!"

He likes the current atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty very much, it is even better than Yizhou in the past, the civil servants try their best to serve the people, the military commanders are not afraid of death, and the people live better day by day.

This was something that Liu Yan couldn't do back then, but Mu Jing could do better each year. The current Ming Kingdom is worth his efforts to protect.

People's hearts, sometimes it is such a simple thing, all stubbornness will change under the influence of the general environment, and the will of the people is enough to make these former generals change their minds.

"Regardless of the past, I am now a general of the Ming army. The purpose of the establishment of the Ming army is to protect every citizen of our Ming country. I like this very much!"

Zhang Rendao: "I don't understand righteousness, I only know that this is the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and no one will be allowed to be presumptuous!"

"I haven't been on the battlefield for a long time!"

Yan Yan thought for a while and said in a low voice: "There are not many who can help you, but I still have [-] arrests. Although I can't be skilled in the army, my ability to fight alone is good, and there are arsenals in the city." Support, the only thing that can help you is to attack from a distance in the city!"

If three thousand arrests were to fight in formation, it would definitely not be enough to be hacked, but there is still hope for defending the city.

"Ok!"

Zhang Ren nodded: "That's fine, I can recharge my batteries!"

He knew very well that this would be a brutal bloody battle of World War I.

………………

under the city.

Cao Ren rode out, raised his head slightly, and looked at the city, the formation of troops on the city, it could be seen that Wancheng's troops were obviously insufficient.

This time is the best time to attack.

"General, the siege equipment has arrived!"

A personal guard came up, cupped his hands and said.

"Life!"

Cao Ren gritted his teeth and ordered: "Yu Jin will lead [-] troops and attack tentatively to see if we can break into the city!"

Push the battle line to the bottom of the city.

This is of great help to their siege.

"promise!"

The messenger immediately went to deliver the order.

dong dong dong! ! ! !

The drums of war were beating, and the sound of the drums made people's blood boil. Amidst the sound of the drums, Wei Jun launched an attack.

"kill!"

For the conventional attack, the first round is a long-range attack. Cao Jun's large siege equipment is not many, and there are only less than two trebuchets. This also has a lot to do with their rapid march.

But there are not many archers.

A burst of arrow rain covered the upper city and cast them.

"Find cover!"

"Get on the shield!"

"Stop!"

The head of the city chose defense.

When the Ming army defended, it meant that they had no chance to stare at the city. The Wei army began to advance in a square array, with shield soldiers in front, spearmen in the middle, and archers in the back naturally continued to shoot arrows for cover.

A full distance of one hundred steps has been advanced.

On the top of the city, Zhang Ren finally started to fight back.

If it was so easy for them to push the battle line directly under the city wall, it would not be very good for their next defense.

At this time, you need to fight back.

At the very least, we must suppress the speed of their advancement and delay the time, otherwise they won't be able to hold on for long.

"Archer!"

"crossbowman!"

"Prepare to fight back!"

Zhang Ren gave an order, and the archers in the city began to draw their bows and arrows.

The bed crossbows placed on the crenel began to be wound up, aiming at the city.

"put!"

A round of bows and arrows erupted from the top of the city, covering the outside of the city. The condescending advantage allowed them to have a relatively high hit rate. The round of attack caused many casualties of the Wei army.

There were not many casualties on the top of the city, because they had a defensive advantage and defended well, and there were a lot of defensive equipment on the top of the city, especially shields, which blocked the rain of arrows from the Wei army.

Long-range attack left and pulled away.

The Ming army had a geographical advantage, but the Wei army was stronger.

Cao Ren added another [-] soldiers and horses, a full [-] main forces were advancing, forcibly pushing the front line to a place less than [-] steps away from the city wall.

As long as another fifty steps are taken, the siege well and the siege ladder can be built, pushing the battlefield directly to the city wall and entering the stage of frontal fighting.

Of course, these fifty steps are not easy to advance, unless they are willing to suffer casualties, but the Wei army does not dare to cause a large number of casualties. Once the casualties are too large, the morale of the army will collapse.

So they pushed you very slowly, added a lot of shield soldiers, and moved forward step by step under the rain of arrows.

In this round of confrontation, the arrow consumption of both sides is very large.

"They're advancing too fast!"

Zhang Ren had a gloomy face.

Although he had tried his best to snipe, the gap in strength caused a big problem. In the end, he couldn't stop the speed of Wei Jun's advance, and they had already pushed directly to the bottom of the city. Once they built the equipment, they would inevitably There will be a frenzied attack on the city walls.

"I'll have someone bring the tung oil up!"

Yan Yan said suddenly.

Once they launch an attack on the city wall, the tung oil log will be consumed by the defense, and the reserves on the city head are insufficient, so they have to be moved up from the city.

"Ok!"

Zhang Ren looked at the sky: "Don't be in a hurry, it's getting dark soon, they can't launch an attack today, they will definitely withdraw their troops to rest, and fight again tomorrow, we still have time to replenish equipment!"

"Will the Wei army attack at night?"

Yan Yan said slightly worried.

"Night raid?"

Zhang Ren shook his head: "Wei Jun's ability to fight frontally is good, but the ability to attack at night is insufficient. Of course, if they dare to fight, it is not impossible. They must have vigilance and defense. It's just that I think Wei Jun is at this time. , It’s more about seeking stability than taking risks, under night raids, if they fail, it is very likely that we will defeat their army’s morale instead, you must know that under night battles, no matter how many troops there are, it is easy to mess up!”

In this era, the night is very dark. Night battles are a method that all soldiers and horses dislike. It is very risky and easy to make mistakes. Unless you are absolutely sure, you will be backlashed. Even if you have a lot of troops, you will be prone to collision Everyone tramples on everyone's camp.

In terms of night battles, relatively speaking, the Ming army is better at it, but the Wei army is not very good at it.

(End of this chapter)