I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 456, the lonely city is difficult to defend

Liu Bei's words made them realize that as long as they resist Dagan's attack, the winner of the Battle of Yanzhou will belong to them.

Xu You even laughed and said, "If we had known this earlier, we should have thrown all these disaster victims to Lei Gong, so that Lei Gong would not have enough food and grass to attack the Central Plains."

Guo Jia sneered: "During the time of the first emperor, it wasn't always like this. Back then, Lei Gong only occupied Bingzhou, but drove millions of people to Bingzhou, so that Leigong grew out of control.

We have been doing this for the past few years after the first emperor, so now Lei Gong only occupies the land of three continents in Hebei and a deserted desert, but the population is larger than that of our ten prefectures!The population of the three prefectures in Hebei actually doubled after more than ten years of chaos in the world. This is not all due to us.Now it is very difficult for us Kyushu to join forces to defeat Lei Gong.

If we drive the people to Hebei in this way, there will be no need to fight the next battle. The people will all go to Lei Gong's territory. How can there be anyone in the Central Plains who will serve us as a soldier! "

Xu You glared at Guo Jia, confirming again that this kid is too annoying.

But Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sighed and didn't think Guo Jia's words were good.

Back then, Lei Gong was just a small bandit entrenched in Yanmen Pass.Although Lei Gong was considered to be the most capable of fighting among the thieves at that time, he could still easily deal with Lei Gong with the strength of a big man.

It's just that the place where Lei Gong is entrenched is Yanmen County, and the imperial court can't reach it. In addition, the world at that time was already in chaos.The big man didn't regard Lei Gong as the biggest threat, but concentrated most of his strength to suppress Xiliang's rebellion.

But no one expected that the Central Plains would be plagued by natural and man-made disasters, and the strength of the big man was no longer able to help the millions of refugees in the Central Plains.

At that time, Emperor Ling drove millions of refugees to Bingzhou. Judging from the situation at the time, it was a coup. It helped the court win time to solve other rebellions, and consumed a lot of food from Lei Gong, so that Lei Gong had been trying to feed these refugees for several years. , and also maintained the stability of the Central Plains.

If the princes of the imperial court at that time could make good use of this period of time to calm the bandits outside and the people inside, the world today will still be ruled by the great Han.

It's a pity that the princes of the imperial court failed the expectations of the first emperor. Instead of finding a way to quell the rebellion, they killed each other. There were three mutinies in the entire Luoyang city, and blood flowed like rivers, which completely collapsed the situation of the entire Han Dynasty. It fell apart and completely entered the chaotic world, and it was difficult to turn back.

But looking at it now, the late emperor's decision may have been the biggest mistake. It is precisely because of these millions of refugees that Lei Gong has grown and become the most powerful enemy of the Han Dynasty. Now the world will be swallowed by Lei Gong.

The next day, Liu Bei and others thought that Lei Gong would attack Dingtao immediately after he came to Dingtao, but they didn't expect that the Dagan army built a fort by the Sishui river in the east city.

Then they watched helplessly as the Dagan army transported 20 artillery pieces to the newly built fort.

Originally, they didn't understand what Lei Gong meant by placing the cannon by the river. Could it be that Lei Gong planned to attack along the river?

But on the fifth day, when the Jingzhou Navy planned to approach Dingtao City!The artillery on the fort suddenly opened fire!
"Boom boom boom!" In less than a stick of incense, the artillery of the Dagan Army fired hundreds of shells into the Sishui River, splashing water in all directions, and the boats transporting grain and grass in the river were even more crumbling.

Although the hit rate of these cannons is not high, as long as it hits one shot, Jingzhou's transport ships must be sunk. Six transport ships that wanted to approach Dingxiang were directly sunk, and only four escaped to the wharf of the Dingtao camp. !But the navy soldiers who went ashore never dared to go back again.

But Xu Wei was dissatisfied with this scene and said: "More than 20 cannons have fired four or five rounds, but they can't even sink 10 transport ships. Your hit rate is too low. How can you block Tao Tao?" city!"

Sun Qing, the artillery general next to Xu Wei, said in a low voice beside Xu Wei: "In the past few years in power, the artillery has grown extremely fast, and the number of recruits has increased a lot. Naturally, their hit rate is not as good as that of the veterans, and artillery and stone cannons are two types. Cannons, everyone needs to spend a little more time to familiarize themselves with the performance of the cannons, and if they play a few more rounds, their hit rate will be high!"

"And it's easy to block Taocheng completely. 20 cannons can't completely sink the transport ships of the Han army, but 100 cannons. We'll build 4 forts along the river bank, so that Jingzhou's navy can It's impossible to escape with wings!"

Xu Wei said: "He took some veterans to Changyi, and built a fort according to the method here in Dingtao. We must completely cut off the external connections of the Han army!"

Sun Qing said solemnly: "Don't worry about being in power, your subordinates will definitely not allow a transport ship from the Jingzhou Navy to enter Changyi!"

And Liu Bei and others on the Dingtao city wall were surprised when they saw this scene: "Lei Gong is trying to cut off our waterway!"

Guo Jia smiled wryly: "This time we were really completely besieged by Lei Gong!"

The waterway is blocked by artillery, and the land road is blocked by cavalry. Now Dingtao City is really an isolated city.

Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "It's hard to defend the isolated city. The Dukes of Ming must find a way to break out of the siege and command the peripheral army to counterattack on other fronts. Otherwise, Dingtao Changyi will definitely fall under the attack of Lei Gong!"

Then Guo Jia said: "My lord, there is only a deadly battle left on the front line of Dingtao Changyi. It will not be of much use if you stay here. It is better to go back to Qingzhou to unify the power of Qingzhou and find a way to defeat Li Gang. This is the greatest help for the connection. Now ** There are not many artillery pieces, we can still escape from Dingtao in the dark!"

Now Dingtao Changyi is really dangerous. If you are not careful, you can’t even escape. Cao Cao is the core of the Qingzhou Army. It's okay when it was time, but now the big army is eyeing Qingzhou. If Qingzhou is in chaos, the big army will definitely cross the Yellow River to occupy Qingzhou.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Brother, it's useless if you stay in Dingtao now. It's enough for the younger brother to stay here and command the army! You and the cavalry will go back to Xiangyang City and help the coalition forces allocate food and supplies!"

There are still 15 cavalry in Dingtao City, which may be regarded as the only counterattack force of the coalition forces. Although this cavalry cannot defeat the cavalry of the Dagan Army, it is still possible to escape from Dingtao.

Cao Cao was a little moved by Guo Jia's words. Now that Dingtao is dangerous, his stay here is indeed of little use. After all, the main force here is basically Yuan Shao and Liu Beijun, and it is impossible for him to command Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun. .

After going to Qingzhou, he can integrate the strength of the entire Qingzhou army. If he can defeat Li Gang, he can instead support the Central Plains battlefield.

　I almost couldn't get out again, everyone please cherish it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)