I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 249, Total War

In August of the first year of Chuping (AD 190), Bingzhou, Mayi!

Xu Wei, Wang Ge and other high-level officials of the Tengjia Army took the track all the way to Mayi, and spent 5 days across the entire Bingzhou to Mayi!

Then Xu Wei came to the staff department in Mayi, found Zhang Baiqi who was staying in Mayi and asked, "What's the situation on the front line now, how many troops have we sent to attack Youzhou?"

Zhang Baiqi pointed to the topographic map of Youzhou and said: "Gongsun Zan first led 3000 cavalry to attack our territory in the grassland and slaughtered 6 villages. Sun Qing summoned 3 cavalry to chase Gongsun Zan all the way to the border of Youzhou. Now Guangning County has been defeated, and other counties in Shanggu County are being captured now! There are not many Han troops in Shanggu County. After Sun Qing captured Guangning, Liu Yu sent general Yan Rou to lead 1 Han troops to Juyongguan. It is said that the entire Juyongguan is now closed There are 1.3 people!"

Guangning County is the Zhangjiakou of later generations. As long as they go south to capture Juyang, the Tengjia Army's army will approach Juyongguan!
But Xu Wei was a bit dumbfounded. Sun Qing was originally a county magistrate, and logically speaking, he did not have the right to command so many troops, but he seized the opportunity to issue a mobilization order when Gongsun Zan invaded Qiangyin, and Qiangyin was a county. , but in a county that is not inferior to the big man in terms of population or area, it was easy to summon an army of 3, and then chased them all the way to the territory of Youzhou. It's really hard to say what he did wrong. After all, he It is also protecting the people of Qiangyin!
Zhang Baiqi continued: "Huanglong led 3 soldiers from Juyang, and is now attacking Ban's City, but Ban's has been continuously reinforced and expanded by Liu Yu and others over the years. The city walls are all built with huge stones, and the upper floors are all built of green bricks. Extraordinarily solid.

Our crowbars can't pry boulders, and trebuchets can't break through the city walls of all blue bricks!The guard of Ban's City is Gongsun Zan's subordinate Yan Gang, an experienced veteran. There are 5000 people in the city. Huanglong sent news that Ban's City is very difficult to fight, and asked Qu Shuai to mobilize black powder for use. Siege! "

From Liu Bei, to Liu Yu, and then to Gongsun Zan, they have been constantly building Banshi City. This is the first line of defense for the Tengjia Army. A large number of rocks were used as the base of the city wall, and other places also abandoned the plate-building technology of this era, but learned from Zhu Yuanzhang's method thousands of years later, all built with blue bricks and cement, and the strength of the city wall is no worse than that of reinforced concrete in later generations. How many!

There are hundreds of cement factories on the territory of the Tengjia Army. The cement technology has spread very fast, so the cement technology has been cracked by the Han officials. Liu Yu and Huang Fusong used cement to build a large number of fortifications to deal with Xu Wei. It can be said that Xu Wei After getting out the crowbar, the officials of Youzhou and Jizhou and the aristocrats quickly learned how to resist this weapon, and using the giant rock wall and the base of the dock was the best way he found!

Such a city wall can withstand even the artillery of later generations, let alone a trebuchet, so although Ban's City doesn't look like a natural danger, it is extremely difficult to break through, and even if it breaks through, there is still Beiping Town, You can say how many fortifications Huangfusong built in Jizhou, and how much Liu Yu built in Daijun, and because of the short defense area, the fortifications built by Liu Yu are stronger than Huangfusong. It is the strongest defense in the entire Youzhou!
Xu Wei looked at the map and said: "Daijun is the most heavily defended place in Youzhou. We can't fight recklessly. Huanglong and his 3 horses will use trebuchets to conquer Ban's City bit by bit. This road is only to contain Youzhou. I can transfer a thousand catties of black powder to him, but whether he can conquer Ban's City depends on his own ability!"

Now that the Rattan Armor Army has become a big trend, Xu Wei finally doesn't have to worry about the consequences of the spread of black powder. As long as he can occupy Youzhou in this battle, even if all the princes of the Han Dynasty unite to attack the Rattan Armor Army, he is confident that the victory will be Own!So he plans to start from this battle and let go of the restrictions on black powder!
When Zhang Baiqi heard that Xu Wei handed over the black powder to Huang Long, Zhang Baiqi looked at Xu Wei in surprise and said, "Shuai Qu, this black powder is the top secret of our Tengjia Army, you should take charge of it yourself!"

But Xu Wei said: "Black powder is made to be used. In the past, our rattan armor army was weak. I was worried that the black powder would be used by the enemy if it was spread out. That's why I controlled the use of black powder. But as long as this battle If we win, Youzhou will be captured by us, and Jizhou will also be a fish in our net. After we completely occupy the land of Hebei, the big man will not be our opponent! We don't have to worry about the spread of black powder Come!"

Another thing Xu Wei didn’t say is that black powder is not so easy to make these days, charcoal and saltpeter are easy to get, but there is not much sulfur in Dahan. Only a small amount of sulfur mines have been discovered in Sichuan, and most of them have been discovered. Chinese medicinal materials and Taoist alchemy can be obtained in small quantities, but it is difficult to obtain tens of thousands of catties.

Xu Wei is also playing the wrong way. Mayi used to be a volcanic belt, and there happened to be a lot of sulfur mines, which made him no shortage of raw materials for making black powder!So Xu Wei is sure that even if the people on the Han side know how to make black powder, it is impossible to catch up with the rattan armor army in a short period of time regardless of the amount or power of black powder!

Xu Wei looked at the sand table and said: "It is better to attack Youzhou from the grassland. As long as we break through Juyongguan and Yuyang, the whole Youzhou will be open to our Tengjia army, and the Han army will not be able to attack it." It may prevent us from occupying Youzhou! Let Sun Qing wipe out the entire Han army in Shanggu County and prepare for our attack on Juyongguan! At the same time, we will send an army of 3 people to attack Yuyang City!"

This is already a battle of 10 people. Huanglong in Banshi City is easy to handle. With the Sanggan River water transportation, as long as there are hundreds of transport ships and thousands of sailors, it is enough to guarantee the logistics of Huanglong's 3 people!
But Sun Qing’s 10 people have to cross thousands of miles of grassland all the way, and there are still no rail carriages to increase their transportation capacity. Even if there are many four-wheeled carriages in Mayi, there is a Wubao built by Xu Wei on the grassland that can be used as a military station. But after all, it is an outside battle, and at least 20 civilians must be arranged to help Huanglong transport food and grass.And if another large army is sent to attack Yuyang County, there will be at least [-] people handling the logistics!

To be honest, Xu Wei doesn't want to fight Liu Yu at this time. It is already August, and this battle will definitely not be finished for a while. This year's autumn harvest of the Tengjia Army will definitely be affected!
Wang Ge said: "Only 3 troops are far from enough. We need [-] cavalry to protect our food roads. Liu Yu and Mi Jia have long formed an alliance. Now our Tengjia Army is aggressively attacking Youzhou. With lips dead and teeth cold, Mi Jia is very sad. It is possible to lead the eastern Xianbei army to attack us on the grassland, if we don't have cavalry to guard against the Xianbei, our army's retreat may be cut off by the Xianbei!"

And Zhang Bai rode on the horse and said: "Ma Yi has already assembled 3 troops, and the follow-up troops are still gathering, and the cavalry can be recruited on the grassland, let alone 3 cavalry, it is 10." The cavalry is not a problem, but I don't know who Qu Shuai wants to lead?"

The whole Mayi can be said to be happy when they hear the war. The entire Mayi military station is full of soldiers who want to join the army. It is of course good for them to become a member of the Tengjia Army. The entire Yanmen County provided soldiers.

But Zhang Baiqi didn't want to do this. Mayi is the largest granary of the Tengjia Army. When the autumn harvest is approaching, there are hundreds of thousands of young people missing. I don't want this year's grain harvest!Therefore, he allocated the soldiers and civilian husbands who went out to several counties and counties, and tried not to concentrate too many young and strong men in one county.

The only exception is the herdsmen on the prairie. Even the herdsmen on the territory of the Tengjia Army, most of them only have two skills of grazing and fighting. Among them, grazing, to be precise, herding sheep, is still not something they like to do. Compared with hard work, the herdsmen in the territory of the Tengjia Army still prefer to join the army and fight.

When the Tengjia Army attacked Youzhou, those herdsmen were more enthusiastic than Mayi, an old district. Almost every young Hu person wanted to join the army and crusade against Youzhou!
Zhang Baiqi is also happy for these people to join the army. If Ma Yi joins the army too much, it will affect the grain harvest, but the grassland is not a big problem. Most of the Hu people hand over the work of the pasture to their wives. There are very few things to do, and at most the wool harvesting will be slower, which will not affect the overall situation of the Tengjia Army!

At this time, Wang Yong, who came back with Xu Wei, came out and said: "Shuai Qu, the task of attacking Yuyang County is entrusted to us. I will definitely attack Yuyang and cut off Liu Yu's dog's head!"

At this time, Zhang Baiqi said: "Liu Yu can't kill randomly, his prestige in Youzhou is too high, if we want to take in Youzhou's people, we must keep Liu Yu!"

But Wang Ge said: "The higher his prestige in Youzhou, the more he wants to kill. Liu Yu is a good official to the big man, but to us the biggest enemy, such a dangerous enemy is not to be killed. Can we wait for him to call Youzhou?" The people of the state came to oppose the rule of our rattan armor army!"

Zhang Baiqi thought for a while and said: "It's best to kill on the battlefield. Everyone is their own master. Liu Yu died on the battlefield. In this way, it is difficult for everyone to say anything. If Liu Yu is captured and killed later, it will be bad for us. The reputation of the Tengjia Army is not good. After all, the banner we raised is to do justice for the sky, but Liu Yu is considered a good official. This year alone, he has treated hundreds of thousands of refugees. If we capture Liu Yu and kill him, maybe the whole The people of Youzhou may riot!"

Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "If you kill Liu Yu on the battlefield, you will kill him. If you don't kill him, you will leave his life. There are not many good officials these days. What Liu Yu has done is worth our life! We can't just leave him alone. Kill corrupt officials and kill good officials!"

Wang Yong nodded and said, "I understand what to do!"

Xu Wei continued: "The Zhonglang general of the infantry is Wang Yong. If you fight this battle well, you will make a good start for our Tengjia Army!"

Wang Yong said excitedly: "Don't worry, Commander Qu, I will defeat Liu Yu with one point!"

Then Xu Wei looked at the generals who were eager to fight.

After thinking for a while, Xu Wei said: "Let the cavalry Zhonglang who protects the grain road be handed over to Duan Peng! Also recruit 3 cavalry to protect the transport team along the way. I believe that Army Jia's grain path cannot be Duan Peng's opponent!"

Duan Peng said pleasantly: "Don't worry, Shuai Qu, there are subordinates here, and no Xianbei dares to approach the territory of our Tengjia Army!"

Then Wang Yong led the 3 troops in his hands to Pingcheng as rail cars, and when they left Pingcheng, the 3 soldiers took 3000 transport carriages that had been prepared in Pingcheng long ago, and each carriage transported ten soldiers. Marching at a speed of hundreds of miles, they crossed Khantan Mountain, marched all the way on the grasslands of the Northland, and conquered Guangping City all the way.

But Duan Peng went to Qiangyin, recruited 3 warriors capable of fighting on the grassland with his own bodyguards as officers, and then protected the food road to Sun Qing and Wang Yong all the way!

Wang Yong is conquering Guangping City.Continue to go south and directly surround Yuyang City!
And Youzhou Mu Liu Yu himself is also in Yuyang, which means that the Tengjia Army has surrounded Youzhou Mu, and Yuyang City only has 1 soldiers defending the city. It is reasonable to say that 3 enemies are impossible The one who conquered Yuyang, but it happened to be the Tengjia Army. The Tengjia Army has always been invincible in attacking the city. This is the reputation accumulated by the capture of hundreds of Wubao!

For a while, the whole Youzhou was tense. The Tengjia Army attacked Youzhou from three directions. The army exceeded 10 people, and even their state shepherds were surrounded!

Lei Gong has been invincible in all these years, but their Liuzhou Mu has always shown the image of a good old man. From the nobles in Youzhou to the ordinary people, they don't agree that Liu Yu can be defeated. For a while, the nobles in Youzhou , and the people began to escape the war to Jizhou further south!

And at this time, Hussar General Huangfusong came to support Youzhou with 5 troops from Zhuojun.

The people in Youzhou don’t know that this time it’s not only their turmoil, but also Xu Wei’s. A few days after Wang Yong’s departure, Feige from Shangdang County passed a letter saying that Li Jue led an army of 2 to storm Tianjing Pass. This was not beyond Xu Wei's expectations.

If Dong Zhuo wants to rescue Youzhou, he will definitely contain the power of the Tengjia Army in Bingzhou. Fortunately, he left 5000 standing troops at Tianjing Pass, plus the original 3000 people on the pass, and 8000 people stationed at Tianjing Pass, unless Dong Zhuo has Black powder is used to blow up the pass, otherwise it is impossible to break through the Tianjing Pass!

But within a few days, news came from Xihe County that Dong Zhuo's general Duan Wei led an army of 2 to attack Pingzhou County. When Wang Yong surrounded Liu Yu, news came from Shangjun that Ma Teng led [-] cavalry to attack Shangjun. The officials were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, and are now retreating to Gaonu to guard against Ma Teng's army!
And Wang Lei in Shuofang County also sent news that Han Sui from Xiliang actually led an army of 3 to attack Shuofang County. Instead of asking for help, he asked Xu Wei if he could invade Liangzhou!
Finally, news came from Taiyuan that Jizhou sent troops to attack Hukou Pass and Jingjing Pass!It can be said that the big man has launched an all-out war against the Rattan Army!

(End of this chapter)