I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 250, The Unexpected Army
In the first year of Chuping (AD 190), September!
When Huangfu Song led an army of 5 to march to Zhuojun County, Youzhou, he received the news that Liu Yu was besieged in Yuyang City!

He looked at the map of Youzhou and thought about the current situation!Dai County and Shanggu County are tightly defended, with layers of fortifications built, and there will be no crisis for a while, only Yuyang County City is in danger.

And Yuyang became the key to defending the Tengjia army in Youzhou.Once Yuyang County falls, the Tengjia Army's north and south wings will attack at the same time, and they can attack Youbeiping County all the way, cutting off the connection between the four counties of Liaodong and Dahan.Juyongguan can be flanked along the way, and even the natural danger of Juyongguan may be broken under internal and external flanking.

And if Juyongguan is breached, the entire Shanggu County will be safe to defend, and it is only a matter of time before it is conquered by the Tengjia Army.The Tengjia Army can connect the entire Shanggu County and Yuyang County into one, and even attack Dai County from the rear. If Dai County is captured, the Yanshan defense line of Youzhou will be completely captured by the Tengjia Army. The entire Youzhou The defense line has completely collapsed.

At that time, the one who occupies the favorable location will become the side of the Rattan Armored Army, Lei Gongjin!The cavalry can be used to attack the army of the big man everywhere.retreat!You can rely on the advantage of Yanshan to prevent the counterattack of the Han army, but their army can only defend passively on the plain (this is a bit like the Song Dynasty that lost the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, without the Yanshan line of defense, facing the cavalry on the plain Can only be beaten passively) Facing the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Tengjia Army, it is only a matter of time before they are defeated!

But now Lei Gong has 3 troops attacking Yuyang City, but the Han army in the city is only 1. If the general commanding the city is Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, a fierce general like Huang Fusong, is not worried, but the one in the city is Liu Yu. Good old man, this made him have to worry!If Liu Yu hadn't stuck to his source, they would have lost half of this battle!

Thinking of this, Huangfusong ordered: "The army marches urgently, and the vanguard strives to reach Yuyang within 3 days!"

Under Huangfusong's order, the whole army accelerated the marching pace, and the 3000 cavalry led by Zhang Xi even broke away from the main force and rushed directly to Yuyang!
At this time, it has been more than ten days since Wang Yong came to Yuyang with an army of 3. He appeared at the foot of Yuyang City and first established a stable camp for turtles. After the camp was established, he led the army to dig a The canal cut off Gushui and drained the moat of Yuyang City!Then Wang Yong began to build, ladders, rams, and trebuchets. These projects lasted for 10 days before they produced enough siege equipment!

Then Wang Yong divided the army into three parts, each with 3 people. Wang Yong himself commanded an army of 1 to attack the north gate of Yuyang City. The school captain Wan Lang commanded an army of 1 to attack the east gate of Yuyang City. Soldiers attack the west gate of Yuyang City!In addition to the army, each is also equipped with hundreds of trebuchets
On the first day of the siege, Wang Yong maximized the firepower advantage of the Rattan Armor Army. He threw 5000 100-jin stone bombs and shot 10 long arrows. There are long arrows all over the place!Wang Yong played with the momentum of throwing everything, which can be described as extremely heroic!
Although the 1 defenders in the city were commanded by Liu Yu, Youzhou Mu, such a powerful offensive directly stunned the defenders of Yuyang City. They spent half a month beating and beating, watching the excitement, but they didn't do anything. But he didn't expect that once the attack was so violent, the Youzhou Army suffered heavy losses before the two sides contacted, and the morale of the defenders in Yuyang City weakened very badly for a while!
That night, Tian Kai, the captain of Yuyang, said fiercely to Liu Yu: "Duke Ming, from today's offensive, the Tengjia Army's equipment is as good as that of the northern and southern armies, and there are many crossbows. There are more than [-] crossbows shot today alone. Zhi, I have never seen such a powerful offensive in the ten years since I joined the army, if the offensive of the Tengjia Army is like this in the future, without reinforcements, we will definitely lose!"

Chang Shi Xianyufu said: "Don't worry about the reinforcements. General Hussars has already led an army of 5 to support us. They will arrive in Yuyang County in a few days! As long as we spend these few days, we will be able to Turn defense into offense!"

Yan Gang, Captain Fenwu, thought for a while and said: "In order to reduce losses, we still let the soldiers stand guard at the corner of the city wall. After the Tengjia army finished throwing stones, we are going up the city wall. Judging from the situation in a few days, the Tengjia army's Although there are many crossbow arrows, we can also make large shields for defense, but the trebuchet is different, the person who hits it will either die or be disabled!"

Xian Yufu worried: "What if the Tengjia army takes the opportunity to attack the city?"

Yan Gang replied: "Don't worry about it. If the Tengjia Army wants to attack the city, it is not feasible to continue throwing stones. As long as we wait for the stones to stop coming, we can go up the city wall quickly. And if you are not at ease, You can also leave some secret sentries on the city wall to monitor every move of the Vine Armor Army, if the Vine Armor Army plans to attack the city, we can immediately attack the city wall!"

But Tian Kai thought for a while and said, "The catapults of the Tengjia Army are too dangerous for us. I'm worried that Yuyang's city walls won't be able to withstand such a violent impact!"

Then he asked strangely: "Can the trebuchet be so accurate? I think that if there were no reinforcements, the Tengjia army alone could destroy the city wall of Yuyang by relying on these rattan armor troops! It is recorded in the history books that only relying on the trebuchet Just destroy the city?"

Xian Yufu peeped at them face to face, because they didn't know either!If they hadn't been born as generals, they might not have known that there was such a thing as a trebuchet, after all, Youzhou couldn't use it.

The enemies of the Youzhou frontier army are the barbarians on the grassland. They don't have any cities at all, so naturally they don't have the use of trebuchets, and the catapults are very ineffective for smashing people, and they don't have much effect on dealing with barbarians, but If the trebuchets were left in Bianjun, these trebuchets might be taken away by the barbarians, and instead they would become weapons for them to attack the city of Han. Therefore, there are no trebuchets in Youzhou!
In the mainland of the Han Dynasty, only some rioters were suppressed, and there was no room for trebuchets. It can be said that the entire Han Dynasty could find trebuchets in the arsenals of Luoyang City and Chang'an City!These catapults may all be products of the Guangwu period, and in another history, the period of real development of catapults began with the Battle of Guandu. Now the Han War has not been as intense as it is. It can be said that there are very few generals Seen the trebuchet!

Moreover, Xu Wei's catapult camp is completely different from Dahan's catapults. Dahan's catapults have no standardized parts, and they are still pulled by manpower. All the parts are standardized products, even the thrown stone bullets have been polished, and the weight and shape have also been standardized. In addition, the army Sima of the sling camp has a ruler specially restrained by Mayi, so the hit rate of the stone bullets It is very high, half of the stone bullets of the trebuchet battalion can hit the city wall, and the position is very close, the damage to the city wall is extremely powerful!

At this time, Liu Yu said: "The trebuchet is probably a kind of siege tool that appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. When it comes to "borrowing a car", it is the trebuchet we encountered today. "Speculation" is mentioned in "Sun Bin's Art of War and Chen Ji Asking Base", which may be this kind of trebuchet. "Fan Li's Art of War" also records: Flying stones weigh twelve It’s just a catapult that is powerful enough to destroy the city wall. There has never been such a record in the history books. I think Lei Gong’s catapult should have been improved!
Xian Yufu heard Mozi suddenly say: "Ming Gong, Lei Gong is proficient in all kinds of crafts. We have long suspected whether Lei Gong is a hidden descendant of the Mohist school. Is it because the Mohist improved the trebuchet to have such great power!"

Tian Kai sighed and said: "Whether Lei Gong is the descendant of the Mohist family or not, what's the use of our guessing, the key is to find a way to deal with Lei Gong's catapults, if there is no way to deal with these catapults, we will not be able to defend Yuyang City! "

Yan Gang thought for a while and said: "Or tomorrow, I will lead people to rush out and destroy the catapults of the Tengjia Army, so that the Tengjia Army will have no way to destroy the city wall of our Yuyang!"

But Xian Yufu stopped him and said: "I don't want it, we already have few people, if you, Zihong, are ambushed by the Tengjia army, the battle behind us will be even more difficult!"

Tian Kai also said: "I observed that the catapults of the Rattan Armor Army are well-defended. Even if we make a surprise attack, it will be difficult for us to succeed. If we don't have reinforcements, we can fight to the death. But if the Hussar General is about to come to Yuyang, we will It's better to defend well for the next few days, and wait until the reinforcements of General Hussars arrive!"

Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "The Rattan Armor Army can have trebuchets. Can we learn the method of the Rattan Armor Army and make some trebuchets? I think the structure of these trebuchets is not very complicated, and it should be easy to imitate them. As long as we make trebuchets, we have the advantage of the city wall, and the condescending trebuchets should be shot farther by the rattan army, as long as we use the trebuchets to smash the trebuchets of the rattan army, the crisis will be resolved!"

From the city wall of Yuyang, Liu Yu saw that the trebuchet of the Tengjia Army was very simple. There was a simple bracket, a log several feet long, and a bag-like thing for heavy objects. This thing looked like a ladder cart. Keep it simple!
Xian Yufu smiled bitterly and said, "Ming Gong, although Lei Gong's trebuchet looks simple, we have never made it at all, no carpenter knows how to make it, and we are already trapped in Yuyang City, and we don't have enough wood to make it. Catapults, not to mention the long logs that throw stones, are hard to find in our Yuyang City. If we really want to make trebuchets, we can only find some carpenters to imitate them after this battle. Now we fish Yang does not have such conditions!"

After discussing for a long time, they still decided to use Yan Gang's first method, to arrange some spies on the city wall, and soldiers to guard against catapults at the corner of the city wall. After the rattan army stopped throwing stone bombs, they would command the soldiers to climb up the city wall for defense. !
But in fact they thought too much, Wang Yong also detected the news that Huangfusong was about to come to Yuyang for support, and had already entered Zhuojun, Wang Yong knew that he was running out of time!
From the next day, the Tengjia Army began to storm Yuyang City. Wang Yong first covered the entire Yuyang City Wall with a wave of stone bomb fire!And when the soldiers of the Goto Armor Army had not recovered from Yuyang City, they carried long ladders on their backs and put them on the city wall of Yuyang recklessly, and then climbed towards the city wall regardless of the heavy casualties!
But Xian Yufu and the others immediately led the soldiers up to the city wall after the stone bullets stopped shooting, and then continuously shot long swords, threw out sleepers, and the huge stone smashed the ladder used by the rattan armor army to attack the city!As soon as the attackers and receivers are at war, they will do their best!
Xian Yufu and the others guarded this city wall in various ways, bringing their own personal guards, and blocking there whenever there was danger!And Liu Yu knew that it was difficult to fight for the old and weak, so he personally beat the drums to boost the morale of the defenders!
Xian Yufu and the others blocked them again and again, trying to drive down the soldiers of the Rattan Armored Army who were standing on the wall of Yuyang city. Fighting to the death against the city wall, Yuyang's city wall was almost turned into a bloody wall, and the well-equipped rattan armored army, even if they attacked the city, the exchange ratio reached one to one.

The Tengjia Army already had the superiority in numbers, but the Yuyang garrison did not have the upper hand in fighting. Dangerous situations appeared several times on the three walls. Yan Gang led his personal guards and wiped out the armored soldiers standing on the city wall.

But after fighting for a long time, even Xian Yufu felt tired!Their battle with the Rattan Armor Army was too fierce and consumed too much, and the number of guards around them was rapidly decreasing!
When the Tengjia Army launched an attack again, this time the attack was so fierce that even Xian Yufu and the others could not bear it. More and more Tengjia Army soldiers stood on the city wall of Yuyang, but at this time the attacking The warriors of the Rattan Armored Army on several walls suddenly discovered that thousands of civilians had sprung out from the walls of Yuyang City. Down the walls!
Suddenly, the sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops came from under the city wall of Banwan. The soldiers of the Tengjia Army stopped their attack and returned to their troops one after another. Then they slowly returned to the camp, ready to start a day's rest!

At this time, Yuyang City is full of corpses, whether it is on the city wall or under the city wall. Blood is overflowing, converging into a stream and flowing on the battlefield. The wounded and corpses of one side were brought back to their camp, and when they returned, the sky was completely dark!
Xian Yufu and others, who had been tired for a day, rested on the city wall like this. Liu Yu walked slowly on the city wall, looking at the soldiers who were exhausted and moaning in pain, and the soldier who had lost all color and turned into a corpse. She was extremely pale, and the sadness on her face was hard to stop.He couldn't express his grief and pain in words.

He is responsible for today's situation. He just wants to support the Luoyang court, so that the court can quickly solve the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains and put down the rebellion in the Central Plains.But I didn't expect such serious consequences. Ten thousand troops of the Tengjia Army attacked Youzhou, and Youzhou, which had been quiet for several years, stepped into the flames of war again. Yes, it is unknown how many people will die tragically in the flames of war!

Liu Yu has been an official for many years, but spent more than half of his time in Youzhou. It can be said that Youzhou is his second hometown. The prosperity of Youzhou is also mixed with his hard work. It is he who has built Youzhou into what it is today. Liu Yu couldn't accept that the prosperous scene of Youzhou was going to be destroyed little by little in front of him, and he was in great pain now!
At this time, Liu Yu saw that his long history Xian Yufu was still busy, he walked over and said: "You have worked hard all day together, please go to rest, if you have anything to do, leave it to me!, I can't fight for you on the battlefield. It is still possible for you to contribute to help them solve logistical affairs!"

But Xian Yufu smiled wearily: "Duke Ming has been beating the drums for a day too! Let these matters be left to the subordinates, the subordinates are familiar with these matters!"

Liu Yu thought for a while and asked, "How many soldiers do we have left?"

Xian Yufu sighed and said, "There are more than 7000 wounded soldiers. If it weren't for us defending the city, the morale of the soldiers would have collapsed, and if it wasn't for the support of the civilians today, the rattan armor army would be driven off the city wall. The city has long been broken!"

Liu Yu was surprised: "Nearly 3000 people died in one day!"

He knew that there were heavy casualties today, but he didn't expect the casualties to be so large!
But Xian Yufu said: "Yesterday the catapults also killed hundreds of people. Today, the casualties of the soldiers are about 2000, but the number of civilians killed in battle is very large. After all, their combat effectiveness is not high, and they have not been wearing armor for defense. The army killed a lot, probably more than 3000 people!"

This is the reason for the defense of the city. You can organize the people in the city to help with some logistics and reduce the fatigue of the soldiers. For example, the people on the Yuyang city wall are constantly busy. They keep carrying corpses, transporting wounded soldiers, packing up weapons, and The long arrows scattered everywhere gathered together, and carried stones to the city wall, weapons for Leimu defense, bundles of long arrows, brand new swords and spears.Moreover, they can also send civilians to support them in times of danger. Without the support of these civilians, Yuyang City might be conquered today.

When Liu Yu heard that the casualties exceeded 5000 people in one day, he was inexplicably sad and said: "All of this is caused by my officials, otherwise they will live well!"

Xian Yufu said: "Duke Ming doesn't need to blame himself. Everyone knows that Lei Gong is a wolf. Even if he doesn't attack Youzhou today, he will attack Youzhou in the future. Now that Lei Gong is not prepared enough, it is a good thing for us in Youzhou. We can hold off the Tengjia army in Yuyang, and the Tengjia army will definitely lose their vitality in this battle, and it will take several years to cultivate, and then the imperial court will have time to encircle and wipe out the Tengjia army!"

Liu Yu was a little self-conscious: "Tomorrow, can we still hold it?"

In Liu Yu's view, Yuyang is a bit dangerous today. If it weren't for the tens of thousands of people behind to help defend the city, Yuyang City would definitely be captured by the Tengjia Army. May fall!
Xian Yufu said firmly: "As long as there are hundreds of thousands of people in Yuyang, we will definitely defend it. The more intense the battle of the Tengjia Army, the closer the Hussar General's army is to us. As long as the generals of the Tengjia Army don't want to fight We died together, he must start to guard against the army of General Hussars, the officer estimates that such a fierce battle can only last for another 2-3 days at most, by then General Hussars' reinforcements should appear."

Liu Yu understood what Xian Yufu meant, but he still said sadly: "The army of the big man should have defended the country and the people of the big man, but now we are incompetent, and the people of the big man are required to protect us. I am really ashamed! "

But Xian Yufu persuaded: "My lord, these people are closely related to Yuyang City. If the Tengjia army broke through Yuyang City, their families will be ruined. They are not protecting us now, but protecting their homes! "

After Xian Yufu's persuasion, Liu Yu got better!
It’s just that Liu Yu thought about it and asked strangely: “It’s been more than half a month since the Tengjia army surrounded Yuyang, why didn’t the reinforcements from Youzhou come to support us? Army A's attack, but Guangyang County and Youbeiping County are only a few hundred miles away from Yuyang, so how could it be so long without support!"

Xian Yufu said helplessly: "It's not that the prefects of other counties are unwilling to support us, but that they have too few troops and dare not come to our Yuyang County. They are worried that they will be defeated by the rattan armor army if they appear under Yuyang City! Ours The reinforcements might be hiding in some upper valley, and when they gather enough strength, they will come to help us repel the Rattan Armored Army!"

The next day!

Wang Yong led the Tengjia Army to storm Yuyang City, but with the experience of last time, Yuyang's defense force became stronger. Xian Yufu and they put Yuyang civilian husbands into the Yuyang defenders to bring the old to the new. Although the combat effectiveness of the Yuyang Army has declined, the Tengjia Army has to face tens of thousands of defenders on each wall!It is even more difficult to attack the city wall!
Wang Yong looked at the tower of Yuyang City, which was full of killing sounds, and frowned. It seemed that it was impossible to break through Yuyang City today, and there was not much time left for him. We are coming to Yuyang City!
It can be said that Huangfusong's army exceeded Wang Yong's expectations. It took only half a month for him to attack Yuyang City. It stands to reason that the news of Yuyang's attack should have just reached Jizhou, and even if Huangfusong wanted to support Youzhou also needs to be reported to Luoyang City. It may take a month before the Luoyang court discusses and agrees, and it will take two months for Huangfusong to call up soldiers to support Youzhou. With so much time, he would have already Yuyang has been conquered!

But the reality is that Huangfusong's army is less than 300 miles away from Yuyang City, which is almost when his army departs from Mayi, and Huangfusong also brings his army to support Youzhou!After the Tengjia Army decided to attack Youzhou, Huangfusong came to support him immediately, so he was able to bring an army of 5 troops to Zhuojun thousands of miles away.

(End of this chapter)