Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 899 Ziyan sent troops to harass Liu Zhang

After Pang Tong returned to Xichuan, he tried his best to persuade Liu Zhang in one fell swoop, and dispatched [-] troops from Xichuan to go down the river and head straight for Jiangdong.

After Liu Bei returned to Jingzhou, he led his army south to Jiangdong after a few days of recuperation. After arriving in Chaisang, he stationed troops in Chaisang, and Sun Quan was responsible for all military expenses.

After waiting for a few days, the Sichuan army ticked Yuzhang and joined forces with Sun Shao to help Sun Shao resist Sun Ce's offensive.

When Pang Tong officially arrived in Yuzhang, the four parties formally reached an alliance, made Sun Ce the number one enemy, and agreed to destroy Sun Ce first, and then discuss how to carve up Jiangdong.

Sun Ce changed from offensive to defensive all at once, and the four-party coalition forces successively captured ten cities under Sun Ce's rule within ten days.

Sun Ce was beaten so disgraced, he had no choice but to resist and at the same time sent a signal to Liu Wei for help.

Liu Wei received Sun Ce's request for help and called a group of ministers to discuss.

"Now, the situation in Jiangdong has become clear. Sun Ce has occupied most of Jiangdong's territory. Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Sun Quan, and Sun Shao joined forces to deal with Sun Ce. Sun Ce was about to be unable to resist, and sent a signal to me for help! Dear dear friends, please help! What do you think?"

After Liu Wei asked, Guo Yi stood up and said, "That depends on what His Majesty thinks!"

Liu Wei asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Guo Yi replied: "Your Majesty, if you want to quickly destroy these separatist forces, then support Sun Ce and give him some supplies so that he can resist Liu Bei's coalition forces, but he cannot win. With their strength, Your Majesty took this opportunity to send troops south to recover Yanzhou, attack Yuzhou and Jingzhou, and destroy Liu Bei's power first!"

After hearing what Guo Yi said, Liu Wei nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to ask: "Listen to what you said, it seems that there are other ways! Tell me together!"

"Here!"

Guo Yi continued: "What's more, Your Majesty doesn't need to give Sun Ce too much assistance. Liu Zhang of Xichuan is a coward. As long as Your Majesty makes a little gesture, let Wei Yan send troops to attack Xichuan near Liangzhou and Yizhou, so as to This is a suspicious soldier, and Liu Zhang is afraid that Yizhou will lose, so he will definitely transfer his troops back from Jiangdong! This will also relieve the pressure on Sun Ce, so that Sun Ce can hold Liu Bei and the others back!"

"Bo Yi's opinion! Both of these strategies are acceptable, and Sun Ce is a person who can distinguish between grievances and grievances. He may not repay a kindness, but he will repay a grudge. When I take Yanzhou, I will give him military assistance. We will definitely attack Liu Bei!"

Liu Wei said.

Immediately, Liu Wei wrote to Wei Yan, asking Wei Yan to garrison troops in Chencang for a generation, assuming he wanted to attack Yizhou.Sun Ce's pressure immediately eased a lot.

After the spring plowing, Liu Wei mobilized 20 troops outside the capital to practice daily in preparation for the expedition.

In June of the same year, Liu Wei appointed Liu Peng as the marshal, Zhong Hui as the deputy marshal, Tai Shiheng and Wen Yang as the left and right vanguards, and led an army of 20 to the south.

Liu Peng and Zhong will discuss together.

Liu Peng said: "Commander Zhong, I am going to cross the river at Baima. After crossing the river, I will bypass Dongjun and go straight to Puyang. After I gain a firm foothold in Puyang, I will go south again. What do you think?"

Zhong Hui looked at the map and replied: "Baima crossing the river is the safest way. You can cross the river from Baima, but from Baima crossing, the grain and grass must be transported from here. I am afraid that the supply will not be able to keep up!"

Liu Peng was not good at planning, so he asked: "Then how do you say it should be done!"

Zhong Hui pointed at the map: "Marshal, let's cross the river from Baima to attract the attention of Yanzhou defenders, and let Wenyang and Tai Shiheng sneak across the river from Juancheng to attack Puyang!"

"good idea!"

Liu Peng nodded in praise, and immediately ordered Wen Yang and Tai Shiheng to lead 19 infantry troops to Juancheng first, and himself and Zhong Hui led the remaining [-] troops to Baima Ferry slowly.

Sure enough, the defenders of Puyang fell into the trap and transferred the defenders in Puyang City to Dongjun for defense, intending to stop the Northern Han army in Dongjun, but they never expected that they had just transferred their troops out of Puyang. He Zhonghui's soldiers and horses went to Puyang City, attacked Puyang City at night, and occupied Puyang.

And Dongjun was also captured by the former army sent by Liu Peng, leaving only the soldiers and horses from Puyang City, who didn't know where to go.

Both Dongjun and Puyang were defeated, and they were homeless, so they had to go to Chenliu to join the defenders there.

After crossing the river, Liu Peng led his troops to Puyang to join Tai Shiheng and Wen Yang, captured Dong'e City, and surrounded Chen Liu.

Chenliu is a big city, and there are most of the defenders stationed in Yanzhou in the city. There are more than [-] defenders here. Liu Peng will not be able to take Chenliu for a while, because the city wall of Chenliu is strong, and a large-scale attack will occur if the city is forcibly attacked. In order to avoid casualties, Liu Peng did not rush to attack the city, but urged the artillery behind to speed up.

Seven days later, a company of artillery arrived in Chenliu. A company of artillery was equipped with ten artillery pieces as standard. Liu Wei strengthened the artillery company and gave the company twenty artillery pieces.

Liu Peng arranged all twenty artillery pieces at the north gate, preparing to forcefully open the north gate and enter the city from the north gate.

At noon, the artillery company was in place, and Liu Peng gave the order to attack the city.

"Siege! Artillery company, blow open the city gate!"

The artillery company aimed the muzzles of twenty artillery pieces at the city gate and ignited the fuzes.

"boom!"

The artillery let out a roar that shook the sky, and the shells flew out, landing on the city gate and the city wall.

The defenders on Chenliu's city wall felt that the ground was shaking when the shells hit the city wall and gate. Many soldiers panicked and became afraid of fighting.

"Bomb me! Shoot as many shells as you can, and if you run out of shells, I'll send someone to fetch them for you!"

In order to blast open the city gate, Liu Peng gave a death order, not a single shell was left behind.

The soldiers of the artillery company fired shells one after another.

Half an hour later, the smoke from the north gate of Chenliu City dissipated. Looking around, the north gate of Chenliu City was completely blown up, and the city gate had long since been blown up.

"charge!"

A gap of nearly ten meters was blasted around the city gate, which was enough for the Northern Han army to enter Chenliu City.

"kill!"

The soldiers and horses at Chenliu's north gate shouted in unison and rushed forward.

However, the defenders in the city did not intend to surrender, and were prepared to resist to the end, so they all gathered at the north gate, forming a city wall with their bodies.

"idiot!"

Liu Peng cursed, and then ordered Zhong Hui to suppress the formation, and charged out of the formation with his gun, and ran forward.

However, even though the defenders were determined to die and prepared to fight the Northern Han army, the strength of the Northern Han army was beyond their ability. After two hours, the entire defenders in the city were wiped out.

(End of this chapter)