novellhall Chapter 149 Soldiers Tunba City
Chapter 149 Soldiers Tunba City
Chapter 149 Soldiers Tunba City
Du Huo's army left Fushui City in the east. There were ships at the ferry on the east side of Fushui City. Du Huo ordered all his men to board the ships and sent Guan Yu to lead the navy first, followed by the rest.
The fleet traveled around the sea, sailed for half a day, and arrived at Bacheng Ferry in the early morning of the next day.
Bacheng is located on the east side of the ferry, surrounded by hills. Du Huo led his troops across the hills and approached the city of Bacheng at noon.
Bacheng is located on the border of central Sichuan, as long as Du Huo can lead his troops to attack Bacheng, it means that he can gain a foothold in Xichuan.
At that time, whether it is ordnance or grain and grass, they can be transported directly from Jingzhou to Bacheng by water.
According to Zhuge Liang's thinking, although it is possible to attack Bacheng violently, it is the next strategy.
If you want to truly regain Bacheng and appease the people, you must protect the territory and the people and reduce war.
Among them, the prefect of Bacheng was named Yan Yan, a veteran with grizzled hair and a force value of 200.
He can be said to be one of the few high-powered generals in Xichuan.
From the point of view of the terrain, there is no support around Bacheng, except for those hills, there is no barrier.
However, although Du Huo's army is approaching the city, Yan Yan is defending the city and will not fight.
This also formed a situation where the two sides confronted each other.
One day, in the Chinese army's tent, Du Huo was discussing with his generals how to capture Bacheng.
"Right now, Yan Yan is guarding the city. No matter how our army provokes them, they ignore it. In your opinion, how should we deal with it?" Du Huo asked.
"My lord, the walls of Ba City are not high, and there are not enough defensive equipment. If our army launches a fierce attack, we can easily break through the city in less than two days. Even if Yan Yan defends the city, he will definitely There is no way to compete with our army!"
The speaker was Lu Bu. At this time, his position was General Pingxi, and he was mainly in charge of infantry drills in the army.
Although his official position is a bit empty, he has the ability to command infantry during battle.
The current strategy for storming Bacheng was proposed by him. After all, infantry siege has always been a more effective method.
Although the power of infantry attacking the city is not great, as long as the number reaches the standard, they can completely turn against the enemy and occupy the enemy's city in one fell swoop, making it difficult to stop them.
"Storming Bacheng is indeed a way, but the military adviser once advised me to treat the people of Yizhou kindly and refrain from using swords and guns. Now, you suggest that I attack Bacheng by force, which may be against the wishes of the military adviser!"
After listening to Lu Bu's suggestion, Du Huo immediately showed a face of embarrassment, always talking about Zhuge Liang, but at this time, Zhuge Liang was in the camp.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that although Du Huo was speaking to Lu Bu, his real purpose was to relay this sentence to Zhuge Liang through Lu Bu.
"My lord, extraordinary measures should be used in extraordinary times. I did suggest that my lord should be kind to the people of Xichuan before, but if this kind treatment will directly affect the progress of our attack, then we can change our plan a little bit!"
As soon as Du Huo finished speaking, Zhuge Liang who was at the side immediately opened his mouth to add.
"Oh? So the military advisor agrees with General Fengxian's suggestion?"
Hearing this, the sad look on Du Huo's face immediately melted away, and was replaced by a look of joy.
"Yes, my lord! Since there is nothing available at the moment, it is not impossible to try to use some powerful means!"
Zhuge Liang's words gave Chu Feng a lot of authority. Before that, he had been hesitant because of Zhuge Liang's different opinions.
In fact, if he were to make the decision, it would naturally be a strong attack. After all, no matter what method he used to capture the city, it would be the same for Chu Feng. After all, the rewards he would receive would be the same.
What's more, even if it is a strong attack, it will not affect the overall situation, because the defenders in the city cannot compete with Du Huo's current strength.
So even if it was Du Huo who wanted to capture the city at all costs, it would not have too much impact on Du Huo's overall strength.
After all, the reason why a war is called a war is nothing more than a massacre between people and a compromise between people.
If Du Huo can overwhelm the enemy and force them to compromise, Du Huo may be able to obtain many more surrendered troops than the ones he sacrificed previously.
Therefore, when Lu Bu's suggestion was approved by Zhuge Liang, Du Huodang even ordered to send heavy troops and concentrate all firepower to try to break through Bacheng in the shortest possible time.
Now, Du Huo has more than 24 soldiers in his hands, while the defenders of Bacheng are barely [-].
Facing such a huge gap in numbers, no matter how resourceful Yan Yan was, he would definitely have no way to confront Du Huo's hundreds of thousands of troops.
Sure enough, the city of Ba was in chaos at the beginning of the war. Since the siege was all done by infantry, Lu Bu was pushed to the top of the battlefield as a matter of course.
And just when the two sides were about to attack the city, the enemy general Huo Jun put on his armor and took command, rushing out aggressively, wanting to have a showdown with Lu Bu.
Unexpectedly, within two rounds, he was directly defeated by Lu Bu.
When he fled, he didn't even have time to take care of the soldiers who followed him.
As a result, his defeat and escape directly caused panic within Bacheng.
At the same time, Lu Bu took the opportunity to send troops to attack the city.
After all the fighting, Bacheng was directly attacked by the army.
Lv Bu led tens of thousands of infantry and charged into the city, and the lineup of the defenders in the city was turned upside down!
In the end, Yan Yan had no choice but to surrender to Du Huo, and reluctantly handed over the official seal of Bacheng to Du Huo.
"Sinner, Yan Yan, pay homage to Uncle Liu Huang!"
Under the city of Bacheng, Yan Yan knelt on the ground holding the official seal in his hand, and Huo Jun, Dong He, who were also guards of Bacheng, knelt on the left and right of Yan Yan.
"General Yan, please rise!"
Du Huo dismounted and walked slowly to Yan Yan's side. He supported Yan Yan's arms with both hands and asked him to stand up.
"Thank you, Uncle Huang. The Uncle Huang is so respectful, and the crime will be extremely terrified! Please also accept the official seal of the city of Bacheng, and punish the three of us for their crimes as soon as possible!"
As soon as Yan Yan said this, Dong Huo Jun and the two of them raised their heads at the same time, and glanced at Yan Yan cautiously.
From the eyes of the two of them, one can see the unhappiness in their hearts at the moment.
In fact, as early as when the city was broken, the two of them persuaded Yan Yan to surrender to Du Huo, but it was only because Yan Yan refused, that's why they were forced to surrender!
(End of this chapter)