The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Siege is not one sentence, two words, one order, and you can start attacking. Before a specific attack, you need to make arrangements first. The formation of Zhang Liao's department is now as follows: the whole face of the west city wall of Yanxian City is arranged in a one-line formation, about 20 people deep, facing the west city wall of Yanxian County across the moat. Zhang Liao first summoned the generals of the various ministries in the formation.

The military generals of various ministries, the most valiant and daring fighter, was a fellow from Bingzhou in Zhang Liao, whose name was Gao Chang.

Zhang Liao ordered him to say: "Let your headquarters and **** the suspension bridge. After grabbing the suspension bridge, go to fight for the Xicheng Gate of Yanxian County. If you can capture the Xicheng Gate, don't rush into the city, and wait for the main force to cross the bridge. Come, join me again and attack the city!"

Gao Chang was about thirty years old, the age when he was the most powerful and able to fight, and he promised loudly at the moment.

"In this attack on Yan County, the suspension bridge and the city gate are the top priorities. If the suspension bridge and the city gate can be successfully captured, then the city will be mys! It's not too late, you lead your troops to the battle now and act according to my orders."

After receiving the order, Gao Chang rushed back to the headquarters and led two hundred infantry from the headquarters to attack the suspension bridge first. ——Although the suspension bridge has not been pulled up, Sun Jian in the city has deployed soldiers and horses to guard the suspension bridge near the suspension bridge and on both sides of the bridge.

Leaving aside Gao Chang, after giving Gao Chang the order, Zhang Liao turned his attention to the remaining generals.

One of them, slightly similar in appearance to Zhang Liao, was Zhang Liao's younger brother, whose name was Zhang Chang.

Zhang Liao ordered him to say: "Let your headquarters, and I will give you another hundred of my personal soldiers. You lead it and follow Gaochang's army. When he captures the suspension bridge, you can quickly cross the bridge, guard the suspension bridge, and help Gaochang attack. The task of grabbing the West City Gate is left to you."

Zhang Chang agreed to the promise, so he took the 100 personal soldiers Zhang Liao gave him, plus the infantry soldiers of his headquarters, a total of 400, and also went out to the direction of the suspension bridge.

Zhang Liao continued to give orders to the remaining generals.

There were eight remaining generals, and Zhang Liao gave the same order to four of the eight: "The four of you will lead your own troops, and immediately rush to cross the moat from the north and south sides of the suspension bridge, and strive to cross the river as quickly as possible. After crossing the river, don't go to the city gate to participate in the battle, but attack a section of the north and south city walls, as a support for the battle at the city gate. When the city is successfully captured by me, and our warriors break into the city and climb to the city wall, You should climb the city, descend from the top, cooperate with the troops of our army who entered the city from the city gate, and attack the main force of the city!"

The commanders of the four generals, each returning to their own formations, according to Zhang Liao's order, urged the soldiers of the headquarters, carrying half-cut boats and other defensive equipment, to the moat, resisting the arrows on the city, while keeping the already prepared sandbags and other items into the river. ——At this time, Gao Chang had already led his headquarters and launched the competition for the suspension bridge, and Zhang Chang also led his headquarters to the side of the suspension bridge.

Zhang Liao Zhongjun.

Zhang Liao issued the last military order to the remaining four generals regarding the arrangement of the siege: "The four of you will lead your headquarters and stay there as a reserve force. If the siege progresses smoothly, you will lead your troops. Follow-up participation, if the progress of the siege is not smooth, you will cover the retreat of my siege troops."

In any battle, it is necessary to leave a reserve team. After all, even if the pre-war deployment is proper, the Lord will have more confidence in the victory of the battle, but in the final analysis, there will always be unexpected situations. Therefore, if there is no reserve team, once there is any change in the battle situation, You may have to give up all your previous efforts. Even if you play well in the front, you may lose in the blink of an eye.

The four agreed.

Zhang Liao asked Cao Xing, "Captain Cao, is my arrangement feasible?"

Cao Xing said: "The general deserves to know his soldiers, I am also a famous general of Liang! This arrangement is extremely appropriate."

"Then ask the captain to stay here and watch the battle for me."

Cao Xing replied: "General, don't forget the words of Duke Ming, the brave who meet in a narrow way wins! The last general is here, waiting for the general to conquer the city!"

Zhang Liao then beat the drum and sent orders to rectify the main force of the headquarters, and changed the horizontal formation along the river to the formation for advancing.

The drums sounded, and the main fighters in their headquarters were sitting on the ground in order to maintain their physical strength. At this time, they got up one after another. Under the organization and leadership of the grass-roots officers, the team leaders and other officers, they formed a formation in a short time.

Zhang Liao's cavalry brought the horse over, Zhang Liao turned on his horse, took the iron spear handed over by another personal soldier, took a few more short halberds, inserted them beside the quiver beside the saddle, and put the commonly used strong bow on the horse. On the other side of the saddle, he looked at Cao Xing and gave a warning, saying: "If I succeed in attacking the city, the captain will lead the remaining soldiers to support me; if the offensive is blocked, I will have to ask the captain. , answer me and wait for the retreat."

Cao Xing rode on the horse, cupped his hands and said, "There is no need for the general to make further orders, the last general will know it."

Zhang Liao nodded and said no more. He urged the horse to leave the flag and go to the front of the formation listed by the main force of the headquarters. The main force of his headquarters is on the north side of the suspension bridge, about a few hundred steps away from the suspension bridge.

At this time, Gao Chang, who was attacking the suspension bridge, led his headquarters to fight with blood. He had already killed the soldiers at the west end of the suspension bridge, and was fighting bravely along the suspension bridge towards the east end of the suspension bridge.

Zhang Changbu just arrived at the west end of the suspension bridge. The suspension bridge is just that wide, so it is not easy for too many soldiers to go up. If there are too many people going up, it will cause congestion and be unfavorable for fighting. Therefore, Zhang Chang did not urge his troops to go up, but paused outside the bridge.

He chose some archers who were good at archery, and arranged them on the north and south sides of the west end of the suspension bridge, shooting arrows and crossbows toward the east side of the suspension bridge, thinking that the Gaochang Department would be a "fire support".

Taking the suspension bridge as the center, looking out to the north and south, in front of the moat on the north and south sides, the four generals who were instructed to lead their troops to cross the river are all wielding their swords to supervise the battle, strictly urging the soldiers of their headquarters to not stop. Throwing sandbags into the river.

First, people carried the sandbags, but if it was carried by people alone, the speed would inevitably be slow. As the trucks were ready, the trucks were pushed from behind, and the trucks were full of sandbags. The soldiers rushed to pick one of them. A throw into the river. The arrows were flying around the city, and there were many crossbow arrows shot by strong crossbows. Although there were half ships and other objects as screens, it was impossible to block all the enemy arrows. It is also unstoppable, and occasionally soldiers are shot by arrows, and those who die directly are fine, those who are not dead fall to the ground and struggle, moaning.

Screaming. Fortunately, most of the soldiers under Lu Bu's tent were veterans, and they were used to seeing such a tragic situation, but they were not shaken by it.

If you look down from the sky at this time, and look at the entire Yanxian city, the strong camp in the north of the city, and the large camp in the west of the city, you can see the following situation. Actually, three battlefields, large and small, have been formed.

First of all, it is the battlefield south of the fortified camp in the north of the city.

Gao Shun led the remaining soldiers in the front of his headquarters and some other hastily organized soldiers, turned their backs to the strong camp, and had been fighting with Han Dang's strong troops for a long time. Resist the repeated attacks of Han Dang.

Behind Gaoshun's army, that is, in front of the camp gate of Sun Jian's northern camp in the north, there are many soldiers of Gaoya's army who could not be organized. Some of these soldiers have not yet withdrawn from the camp wall, while others have already They got rid of the entanglement of the strong soldiers on the camp wall and fled, but because Gao Ya was captured, and Gao Shun's general order did not convey them here, so these soldiers were in a dilemma for a while, at a loss, and didn't know what to do. just fine.

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Song Qian and Sun Fu in the camp had already organized their preparations for a counterattack. They were about to open the camp door and rushed out from the inside.

Once Song Qian and Sun Fu lead their troops out, not to mention the bewildered noble soldiers, even Gao Shun and the soldiers who are trapped in the camp, will definitely fall into the enemy's back, and I am afraid that they will be defeated at the touch of a button. territory.

Second, after Han Dang’s army, which was launching a fierce attack on Gao Shun’s formation, was a battlefield in the northwest of Yanxian City. This was where the thousands of troops sent by Zhang Liao to support Gao Shun fought with Zu Mao’s army. battlefield. Under the constant and flexible harassment of Zu Mao and his 300 strong cavalry, the thousands of Liao soldiers were advancing very slowly, as if they were stuck in a quagmire.

Thirdly, it is in the west of Yanxian City, outside the suspension bridge and the moat. This battlefield in one place.

Beyond this main main field, and further west, a few miles away, a fort stands, and here is the main camp of Lu Bu's troops.

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In Lu Bu's camp, look up the tower.

Lu Bu couldn't see the battle outside Sun Jian's north camp in the distance, but the sound of the battle shouting and killing was heard in the wind, faintly reaching his ears. It's just that Lu Bu's attention is no longer there.

He fixed his eyes on the battle near the west suspension bridge of Yan County.

Watching Gao Chang's leadership attacked the suspension bridge, they were advancing step by step, rushing the soldiers who were guarding the bridge to the east of the bridge. Seeing that the draw bridge was a foregone conclusion for Zhang Liao's troops, Lu Bu was overjoyed.

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Lu Bu was overjoyed. In Yan County, a person saw that Zhang Liao's troops were about to seize the suspension bridge, and that the main force of Zhang Liao's troops had already gathered outside the suspension bridge. This person is not someone else, but it is Sun Jian and Sun Wentai.

Sun Jian was standing on the tower, watching the battle at the drawbridge, his face was full of joy, and he said to Cheng Pu and other generals and counselors, "Lu Fengxian is arrogant and arrogant, but he doesn't have any plans. Seeing the opening of our city gate, if you urge the army to attack the city, the middle I count!"

Cheng Pu and other generals all said: "Ming Gong expects the enemy to be like a god, and has a clever strategy!"

But what does the four characters "I'm planning to do it" mean?

It turned out that after guessing that Lü Bu might send troops to attack the camp in the north of the city, Sun Jian's response was not just to "set up an ambush in the north camp, then use Han Dang to help the north camp, and use Zu Mao to block the troops. , and attack with Cheng Pu.” Sun Jian further advanced this, and decided that “if Lü Bu sends troops to attack the town of Yan County when he is attacking our northern camp, he will also set up an ambush in the town of Yan County and deliberately open the gates of the city. , lure him to attack".

After Sun Jian made this plan, Cheng Pu and other generals were all taken aback at the time. Many people thought this strategy was too dangerous, and they advised against it.

But Sun Jian said to them: "Lu Fengxian has been besieging our Yan County for a long time. There are few foreign reinforcements from our army. You and the others all know that soldiers can fight. Haven't you heard that a city without support is difficult to defend for a long time? The morale of our army will inevitably decline. This situation cannot last for a long time. We must find a solution as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Yan County! If Lu Fengxian does not attack our Yan County, it will be fine. , also attacking our city. In my opinion, this is our chance to relieve the siege of Yan County! ... And not only to relieve the siege of Yan County, if our army can take this opportunity to lure the enemy into the depths, defeat his attack first. The part of our city, then took advantage of the victory to cover up and attacked Lu Fengxian's camp, surrounded by water in Yan County, Lu Fengxian can't escape with his wings! He will also be captured by me!"

After careful consideration, Cheng Pu and others felt that what Sun Jian said was reasonable, so no one objected, so they followed his plan.

Speaking of which, after Cheng Pu and others praised Sun Jian, Cheng Pu said, "Duke Ming, Zhang Liao, the main force who led the troops out of the camp, has arrived at the west of the bridge.

Watching the fierce battle at the suspension bridge, Sun Jian said, "The bottom line is to act according to plan." He asked Cheng Pu and others, and said, "Engong Cheng, Jun, etc., are they all arranged according to my plan?"

Cheng Pu replied: "Three hundred crossbowmen have been dispatched to lie on the urn city, and kerosene and other items have been prepared. As long as the soldiers who attack our city arrive at the urn city, they can shoot them with arrows and burn them with fire. In the cave of Tibetan soldiers in the west city wall of Yanxian County, there are also soldiers in ambush, and the main force of the siege led by Zhang Liao, after crossing the bridge, the soldiers in the cave can attack at any time."

"OK!"

What Cheng Pu said was exactly the overall plan of Sun Jian's "luring the enemy to go deeper".

First in Wengcheng, annihilate the pioneer warriors who were attacking the city, then go out to hide the soldiers in the cave, and attack the main force of Zhang Liao's army behind the bridge. Zhang Liao's department was completely wiped out.

Cheng Pu repeatedly looked at the battle at the suspension bridge, and he couldn't bear it anymore, but finally he couldn't hold back, and he spoke to Sun Jian, saying, "Duke Ming, the soldiers guarding the suspension bridge are all the elite of our army. Look: now they have suffered heavy casualties. The ambush in the Wengcheng, the ambush in the Tibetan army cave, and the bottom are all ready, the suspension bridge does not need to be guarded, or else, order them to retreat?"

Sun Jian said, "No."

"Ming Gong, why not?"

"I am trying to use the deadly battle of the bridge guards to confuse Zhang Liao and make him dare to lead the main force to cross the bridge. If I withdraw the bridge guards now, wouldn't all my achievements be lost?"

"But Duke Ming, those soldiers are the elites of our army!"

With a tenacious look on Sun Jian's face, he said, "They are all my Jiangdong disciples, and they have all fought with me for more than ten years! Don't I feel pain? But the bigger picture is the most important thing. Can bear it! Without our military order, the soldiers guarding the bridge will never withdraw!"

This order is obviously to send all the soldiers guarding the bridge to death.

Although Cheng Pu and others loved the ability of these soldiers to fight, they couldn't help but be reluctant to give up, so they could only obey Sun Jian's military orders.

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To the west of the suspension bridge, under the entourage of many personal soldiers and knights, among the main force of the troops, Zhang Liao was stationed on his horse to watch the battle.

When he saw the strong soldiers guarding the bridge fighting to the death, he couldn't help thinking: "I was suspicious that the suspension bridge would not be able to afford and the city gate would not be closed. This was Sun Wentai's trick to lure me. Half of the casualties have been lost, and there are fewer than twenty people who can fight, but they still defend the bridge and do not retreat, and its west gate is now slowly closing! ...... Looking at this posture, the soldiers guarding the bridge are clearly fighting to the death. Come to buy time to close the city gate. Could it be that my previous guess was wrong?"

He was uncertain. He looked to the left and right. The troops on the left and right of the suspension bridge had not filled up much of the moat. The fastest progress was only filling a small piece of the moat in front of the headquarters. He thought again. Said, "If I guess wrong, of course it's the best, but if I guess right, then there is a cave of Tibetan soldiers under the west city wall of Yan County, if I rashly lead my troops to cross the bridge, I am attacked by the strong soldiers of the cave. Ambush, relying only on this pontoon bridge, but I can't retreat safely!" At the end, he thought, "Forget it, no matter whether it is Sun Wentai's trick to lure me, I will just station my troops here and wait for Gao Chang and Zhang Chang to lead their troops to capture it. After the city gate, the first thing to do is to fight!"

So he ordered, urging Gao Chang to seize the bridge, and ordered Zhang Chang to lead his troops to join the battle, in order to kill the city before the city gates were completely closed.

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The west city wall of Yan County, the city tower.

He watched helplessly as the soldiers guarding the bridge went from a hundred to less than 20, and then to all the dead or seriously injured, and all those who were seriously injured were killed by the soldiers who passed by, Cheng Pu and others. All clenched their fists in anger.

Contrary to Sun Jian's expectations, after the suspension bridge was captured by the soldiers, apart from the small army that captured the bridge, other soldiers and horses of the soldiers also crossed the bridge and rushed towards the city gate with a shout. However, the main force of the troops led by Zhang Liao was still parked outside the west of the bridge, and it seemed that they were not ready to cross the bridge at all.

Cheng Pu said: "Zhang Wenyuan is a little cunning! Duke Ming, the bridge has been captured by him, but he does not immediately lead his troops to cross the bridge, but he is still looking forward. This is obviously doubtful. Duke Ming, what can we do now? Wengcheng's ambush, shall we send or not?"

——But it's no wonder Zhang Liao "has doubts". The suspension bridge is not wide, and it is easy to cross the bridge to go under the city, but as he thought, if this is really Sun Jian's trick to lure the enemy, then he wants to retreat from the city to the outside of the bridge. , but it is difficult to ascend to the sky.

Under such a situation, should the ambush soldiers in Wengcheng be sent or not sent? This does become a problem.

If Zhang Liao saw it and determined that this was indeed Sun Jian's tactic to lure the enemy, then obviously he would not lead his troops to cross the bridge again. However, Zhang Liao was not able to lead his troops across the bridge, which means that Sun Jian's strategy of "destroying Zhang Liao's troops first, and then taking advantage of the victory to attack Lü Bu's camp" was immediately declared over before the second half of the implementation stage was reached. In the first stage, it is about to fail completely.

Ambush, no.

Then, why not publish it?

No, it would be too dangerous to let Zhang Liao's vanguard invade the city if he didn't.

To send or not to send?

Sun Jian watched Zhang Liao's troops parked outside the bridge and the Liao's vanguard who were about to reach the city. He thought for a while, but he made a decisive decision.

Cheng Pu said: "Duke Ming, if an ambush is launched, Zhang Liao will not lead his main force across the bridge if he sees it, and Duke Ming's plan will probably fail!"

Sun Jian smiled and said, "It's okay!" He ordered to follow the guards around him, "Take my spear!"

The soldier arrived with a spear and presented it to Sun Jian.

Cheng Pu and the others looked at each other, wondering what Sun Jian meant.

Cheng Pu asked, "Ming Gong, who are you?"

Sun insisted that he had the spear in his hand, looked down at the city, looked around, and said, "Zhang Liao is too timid~www.wuxiaspot.com~ dare not cross the bridge, so I will cross the bridge and find him!"

When Cheng Pu and the others heard the words, they all lost their color.

Cheng Pu said in a hurry, "Duke Ming, absolutely! This is too dangerous. Duke Ming is the leader of my army, so how can I take the risk lightly? The last general wishes to go out of the city on behalf of Duke Ming and attack Zhang Liao!"

"Mr. Cheng, it would be fine if you were to replace me in other ordinary battles. Today's battle can be called a decisive battle between me and Lu Fengxian. If Lu Fengxian is victorious, we will all be captured by him. Say it again! If I win, then Lu Fengxian will imprison me! This battle is not enough for me to boost morale, and it is not enough to break Lu Fengxian! Cheng Gong, you guard the city for me, and just watch me break the thief!"

"But Duke Ming, this is too dangerous!"

"Engong Cheng, how long has it been since I started fighting Jiang Zuo and fought in the sea?"

"It's been more than ten years!"

"In these more than ten years, I have destroyed the Yellow Turbans, fought against Dong Zhuo, and traveled to and from the Central Plains. Duke Cheng, Jun and others have followed me for more than a hundred battles! Let me ask Duke Cheng, Jun, and so on, if there is another battle, is it not dangerous? Yuan and I will fight again. The clan and Zhen are different, the clan is not a high-ranking family, it must have today, and it depends on fighting with one's own hands! If you are afraid of danger, you don't dare to go to the blood..." Sun Jian laughed, "It's better to pack up and go back to Jiangzuo Township Zi. !"

Cheng Pu and the others listened to Sun Jian's words, but they still couldn't help but remonstrate.

Sun Jian said sullenly: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son! Lu Fengxian, the tiger and the wolf are also, I can't capture them! Cheng Gong, Jun, etc., please don't say more! I have made up my mind, after the Wengcheng ambush, I will lead When the soldiers go out of the city, they must first defeat Zhang Wenyuan and then capture Lu Fengxian!"