The Nameless of the Common Clans

As the forefront of Chen Mo's border with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Chenggao, Aocang and Xingyang are strategic cities. The people in the cities have long been moved to the east of Chenggao. The cities here are basically fortresses. In addition to soldiers, there are also Apart from the necessary miscellaneous troops such as cooks, not a single common person could be seen.

And people from Cao Cao's side would not come here. Although there was land in this area, no one was cultivating it. Over time, it gradually became deserted.

Yan Liang's idea was to defeat Aocang in one fell swoop. Therefore, he led an army of 10,000 people and went out day and night to prevent the enemy from knowing the news in advance.

"General, there is someone at a high place. He has just left not long ago. He should be the enemy's sentinel!" In the morning light of the woods, Yan Liang led the men and horses to rush, but saw a figure shaking in the high ground in the distance. When he wanted to chase, it was already too late. , The view from high places is generally the best. Everyone knows this truth. Therefore, for good scouts, the first thing to do whenever they arrive is to determine whether there are people or traces of enemies on the high ground. Here at Yan Liang, Naturally, there is no shortage of excellent spies.

"The purpose of my stay at night is to avoid enemy sentries. Besides..." Yan Liang frowned when he heard this and said, "Not many people know about this march, so how could Yu Sheng arrange it here in advance?" Detective."

"The general doesn't know. This Yu Sheng is cautious by nature. Most of the time he is like this. It is not the whereabouts of our army that has been leaked." Vice General Yan Liang is Jiang Qi. He had served as the guard of Hanoi before. For his neighbor across the river Still know some.

Yan Liang had heard about Yu Sheng's character before and knew that he was cautious in using troops, but he didn't expect to be so cautious. Without any news of the battle, he set up a secret sentry outside the city. He stayed in hiding day and night, all the way. It was indescribable to have concealed his whereabouts to this point, only to be discovered by the other party before he could make a surprise attack.

"General!" At this moment, several scouts came back and said: "There is something unusual in the highlands to the east. It must be that an enemy sentinel has just appeared!"

"There are also traces of enemy scouts in the northern highlands!" Another scout bowed.

Yan Liang: "..."

Sneak attack? Ha~

"Pass my military order, assemble the three armies, and prepare for a strong attack!" Yan Liang shook his neck, feeling a little depressed in his chest. He felt like a fool for being cautious all the way. Since a surprise attack is not possible, the only way is to attack by force. In Aocang, a strong attack is not possible. It just takes some effort!

"Here!" The officers and soldiers of the three armies received the order and began to march quickly to Aocang. This place is less than twenty miles away from Aocang. They should be able to arrive at dawn.

only……

The three armies had marched less than five miles. The soldiers who were walking in the front row suddenly felt that their feet were empty. The seemingly normal ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed. The six unprepared soldiers fell down with a scream, followed by a scream. With screams, the ground collapsed out of thin air, creating a huge hole. The bottom was covered with wooden thorns three feet long. The soldiers were caught off guard and fell down, and were instantly penetrated by the wooden thorns. When Yan Liang noticed the movement and rushed there, Just seeing this scene.

The experienced scout quickly conducted an investigation, looked at Yan Liang and said: "General, I'm afraid this trap has been set up for some time!"

"Keep moving forward, pay more attention to your steps! Send more scouts ahead to detect the trap!" Yan Liang's face turned dark. The people around him avoided the trap and continued to move forward. After a few steps, another scream came from the flat ground. , someone hung up the dead vines on the road, and three crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the ground, and the soldier was shot through the chest by the crossbow arrows.

The scouts quickly stepped forward and dug a hole under the ground, where a crossbow was placed. Apparently someone had touched the trap that had been set up in advance.

"Continue..." Yan Liang was about to give the order with a dark face when he suddenly heard a roar and several huge rocks rolled down the hillside. Three Jizhou soldiers who had no time to escape were crushed to pieces.

"Slow down the march, and the scouts will do their best to check for traps all around!" Yan Liang snorted angrily, but he also knew that it was impossible to continue the hasty march now. Although not many people died, it was frightening. If it goes on like this, it will be impossible to catch up without waiting. By Aocang, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the three armies may have dropped to the bottom.

The marching speed continued to slow down, and the scouts began to search for traps around them with all their strength. Most of these scouts were from Orions and had a keen intuition about traps. Wherever they were suitable for placing traps, no abnormalities on the ground could escape the eyes of these experienced scouts.

There were so many traps discovered along the way that Yan Liang was a little frightened.

What was Yu Sheng thinking? The road to Aocang was full of traps. How did they transport their food and grass in, and how did their people get out?

Originally they could arrive in the morning, but they were delayed until the afternoon. When Yan Liang led his army to Aocang, he looked at the three-foot-high city wall that had obviously been reinforced many times, and the Guanzhong soldiers who were waiting on the wall. Looking at the demoralized soldiers under his command, Yan Liang felt as disgusting as eating shit!

If possible, Yan Liang really wanted to rush forward alone to find Yu Sheng, split his head open and see what was inside his head? How can anyone in this world fight like this?

It was only his remaining reason that prevented him from doing so and ordered the camp to be set up. With the current state of the Jizhou Army officers and soldiers, it was obviously impossible to break through such a city.

"I have followed my lord for many years. I have fought in north and south. I have fought against Karasuma, Gongsun Zan, Black Mountain bandits, and Xianbei people. I have never seen anyone defending the city like this!" After entering the tent, only one person was left. When he fucked Yan Liang and Jiang Qi, Yan Liang finally couldn't help but burst out. He roared at Jiang Qi: "What's the use of those traps? How many enemies can they kill? They're just used to disgust us! It's just a day's delay for him, what can we do in one day? That's when Cheng Gao and the Xingyang defenders discovered this If the side is wrong, it will be difficult to send reinforcements in one day, right?"

"General, calm down!" Jiang Qi said with a wry smile: "If this were not the case, Yu Sheng's command could only be hundreds of soldiers. How could Zhang Yang use all the troops in Hanoi to attack and fail to break through Jiguan."

"Don't compare me with a mediocre person like Zhang Yang!" Yan Liang said angrily. Zhang Yang is nothing. If Yuan Shao hadn't wanted Zhang Yang to help him deal with Chen Mo, he would have had only Zhang Yang's troops. Yan Liang was confident that five thousand troops would be enough. How can an unknown person like Zhang Xiu become famous if he can wipe out Hanoi?

"General, we have missed a day today. I am afraid there will be soldiers and horses coming from the directions of Xingyang and Chenggao to assist." Jiang Qi said helplessly.

"You can lead a group of troops to guard against reinforcements coming from behind. I will personally send troops tomorrow to capture Aocang. I want to see how well Yu Sheng defends it!" Yan Liang snorted coldly.

"Here!" Jiang Qi nodded in agreement, said goodbye and left.

This is also the advantage of the three cities of Xingyang. The three cities are like horns to each other. No matter which side the invading enemy attacks the city from, they will face the soldiers and horses of the three cities at the same time. Unless they can do what Yan Liang said, Break the city in one day, otherwise these three cities will be difficult to break.

I didn’t think much of it before, but this time I came to Aocang, Jiang Qi felt that I had come to the wrong place. Among the three cities, Aocang is probably the most difficult to defeat. Although the battle has not yet started, Jiang Qi estimates that he wants to defeat Aocang in one day. I'm afraid the warehouse is not enough, but now that Yan Liang is angry, I'm afraid the other party won't listen to what he says. It just so happens that he will take a group of troops out tomorrow to dredge the grain road and set up checkpoints to prevent the Guanzhong Army from raiding from behind.

After a night of silence, Yan Liang commanded the army to attack the city early the next morning. Aocang was built against the mountain. After Yu Sheng's reconstruction over the years, the city wall was not flat, but was built in a concave shape with four outer watchtowers to attack the city. The troops must face attacks from arrow clusters from at least three sides.

Not counting this, what made Yan Liang unbearable was that Yu Sheng actually dug seven trenches in front of the city and hid them. Many battering rams, catapults and ladders were directly stuck in the trenches and could not move. Men carried shields and carried earth to fill the trenches.

In one day, hundreds of corpses were thrown away, and the trenches were not completely filled. The destruction of the city in one day naturally became a joke.

On the third day, Zhang Xiu personally led his troops to come to the rescue and fought a battle with Jiang Qi in the rear. Jiang Qi was defeated and retreated. Yan Liang had no choice but to give up the siege and personally led his troops to fight Zhang Xiu.

It was only during this encounter that Zhang Xiu was discovered to be quite extraordinary. The two families fought twenty miles outside Aocang. Yan Liang personally led the charge into the battle, but still failed to defeat Zhang Xiu. They fought until sunset before having to retreat.

"General, we can't stay here any longer. If General Cheng Gao also leads his troops to help, our army's retreat will be cut off, and the soldiers of the three armies will inevitably collapse. Then the whole army will be annihilated!" Jiang Qi found Yan Liang overnight and Zhang Xiu was actually able to kill Yan Liang indistinguishably even when his troops were evenly matched. Victory or defeat, this made Jiang Qi very worried. Chenggao guard Xu Huang has not sent out troops yet. This person is above Yu Sheng and Zhang Xiu, and he is probably very capable. Once Xu Huang is killed, Yan Liang will be surrounded on three sides. , the most important thing is that the food channel will definitely be cut off, and it will be a dead end by then.

Although Yan Liang was very reluctant, he also knew that Jiang Qi was right. He originally thought that Aocang would be easy to move this time, but now it seems that he underestimated Chen Mo's arrangement here. As a place bordering Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, How could Chen Mo arrange it casually?

Yu Sheng is good at defense, Zhang Xiu is good at attacking, and Xu Huang is added to have an overview of the overall situation. Yan Liang's troops are not dominant, and the food road is easily cut off by the opponent. If they continue, there is no chance to break the city.

"Forget it!" Yan Liang took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Qi and said: "While the river has not yet thawed, we will withdraw our troops overnight and retreat to Hanoi to garrison. We will inform the lord of the information here and see how the lord makes his decision."

Originally, I just wanted to break one city first to prepare for the southward march to the Central Plains in the future. Who knew that Aocang would be so difficult to defeat. The three cities are horns with each other. Unless a large army is launched to cut off the communication between Chenggao, Xingyang and Aocang, otherwise It is difficult to break any city, but if a large army is really launched to attack, Chen Mo's side may not sit idly by and ignore it. If they don't fight Cao Cao by then, they will have to fight Chen Mo first, which is contrary to Yuan Shao's original intention.

"Here!"

At that moment, the two men broke up camp overnight and retreated to Hanoi, and informed Yuan Shao of the war. As for what to do next, it depends on Yuan Shao's decision.