Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 306 Double Strike
After Zhuge Liang failed to fish in troubled waters, Liu Bei adopted Pang Tong's strategy of exhausting troops to attack head-on.

The soldiers and horses participating in the siege were divided into several groups, and they took turns to attack day and night.

This kind of high-intensity suppression made the defenders of Luocheng extremely painful. The soldiers who defended the city were often in a trance because of exhaustion.

During this period of time, the continuous supply from Jingzhou was the reason why Liu Bei had enough confidence, and the follow-up Yangtze River News was also delivered with the supplies.

Since the seventh issue of Jian'an Eighteenth, apart from depicting the beautiful life in Jingzhou, the Changjiang Daily's external content is all about Yizhou.

There will be harm if there is comparison. Under the portrayal of the pen knife of the Book and Newspaper Office, Yizhou lived a miserable life under the rule of Liu Zhang and his son.

The newspaper not only dug out Liu Yan's past of harming the local gentry, but also recorded Liu Zhang's suppression of the Dongzhou faction after he succeeded to the throne.

On the contrary, in the counties and counties that Liu Bei is now occupying, the people enjoy the policy of exempting from taxes and recuperation, and they have already lived a promising life.

Liao Li, the prefect of Changsha, was fully fired. He slammed Liu Zhang in the Yangtze River Review, saying that he was in his position but could not secure his post. As a state shepherd, he could not support the people for the Han Dynasty. Everyone is looking forward to the new master.

Fazheng read the Yangtze River newspaper and praised it. Then, according to Lantian's idea of ​​attacking the heart, he made people shoot many arrows into the city. He used the real situation in Yizhou to disintegrate the fighting will of the defenders through public opinion, and weaken the people of Luocheng to assist the defenders. confidence in the city.

Under the double blow of the body (armed siege) and the spirit (attack of public opinion), Luocheng's defense changed from firm and tenacious to mediocre and weak.
In September of the 18th year of Jian'an, there were less than [-] defenders left in Luocheng, and the city walls were severely damaged by the continuous impact of siege equipment, especially the northern city wall that was mainly attacked by Zhang Fei.

As the night approached midnight, the shouts on the top of the city gradually subsided. This time was when Liu Bei withdrew his troops to supply supplies and replaced the attack, which would last about an hour.

Liu Gui routinely came back from the front to report on the battle situation. Liu Xun's situation was a little different tonight. He stood in the courtyard looking at the stars, holding two pieces of paper in his hands behind his back.

"My lord, the enemy in the first half of the night has withdrawn, and there is still a while before the attack in the second half of the night. The attack at night is relatively weak. Why don't you go to rest first?" Liu Gui suggested.

Liu Xun turned around and asked: "I really don't understand one thing. It stands to reason that defending the city has a huge advantage. Now that we have lost [-]% of our troops, why can Liu Bei maintain this kind of offensive? How many people does he have?"

Liu Gui said solemnly: "After my careful observation, although Liu Bei's army was also damaged, there are still about [-] soldiers."

"Our battle damage is more than twice as high as his? This is simply unreasonable." Liu Xun was very puzzled.

Liu Gui smiled wryly: "In fact, only 4000 to [-] soldiers of our army died directly from the sword, and the rest were wounded without medicine.

Now the climate is very easy to spread the plague, and the wounded who are in worse condition, I will deal with them in advance."

Liu Xun frowned, "How to deal with it? Why don't I know?"

"It can only be buried. There is an abandoned garden in the southwest of Luocheng, and it is usually late at night." Liu Gui did not continue to say.

Before the popularization of surgery in ancient times, injuries on the battlefield could not be treated in time, and small injuries would aggravate the condition due to wound infection, and eventually became the objects of abandonment.

Abandoning the wounded not only prevents the spread of disease, but also saves manpower to take care of them, and saves precious rations.

"We have so many wounded, does Liu Bei have no wounded soldiers?" Liu Xun wondered.

"Rumours. It's just rumors. There are many books on arrows shot from the city. They are all rumors that affect the morale of the army. Some of them say that there are thousands of doctors in Liu Bei's army." Liu Gui subjectively thought it was a rumor.

"Thousands of doctors? We don't have so many in Yizhou, right?" Although Liu Xun didn't believe it, he couldn't explain the opponent's battle damage.

Liu Gui nodded: "So it's not very credible."

Liu Xun closed his eyes and meditated, then asked solemnly, "Tell me honestly, how long can this city of Luo last?"

"The shortest is three to five days, and the longest is more than ten days. The eldest son should make plans in the morning." Liu Gui replied truthfully.

Liu Xun nodded helplessly. The weather in the golden autumn and September was sultry, but his mood was like falling into an ice cellar.

I thought that I could defend Liu Bei to death in Luocheng with all my strength, but I didn't expect that I couldn't defend it before half a year.

When the two were silent, the guards outside the courtyard suddenly rushed in, accompanied by a loud shout: "Report an emergency military situation."

Liu Xun and Liu Gui shuddered at the same time, and Liu Gui asked first, "What is the military situation? Could it be that Liu Bei started attacking the city in advance?"

The guard shook his head and panted: "The reinforcements from Chengdu have already arrived ten miles south of the city. Colonel Lu from Nancheng sent someone to ask, do you want to open the city gate in a while?"

"How many soldiers and horses are there? Who will lead the army?" Liu Gui said happily.

The guard clasped his fists and replied: "It is said that there are five thousand horses on foot, and they are led by the master Huang Gongheng."

Liu Gui sighed: "Huang Gongheng is a loyal man, but there are fewer reinforcements."

Liu Xun shook his head and said, "It's not easy for my father to mobilize [-] soldiers, but Luocheng is already a stagnant pool, and there is no point for Huang Gongheng to fill it in."

"Young Master means"

"Luo City can't be defended anymore, how about retreating from the south gate now?"

Liu Gui asked in surprise, "If you give up Luocheng now, wouldn't Liu Bei point directly at Chengdu?"

Liu Xun smiled wryly: "It will all be a matter of time. Chengdu's city is stronger than Luo City, and the best policy is to preserve its vitality."

"My lord is right, so I will prepare now. With Huang Gongheng's reinforcements to restrain us, we are not afraid of Liu Bei's pursuit." Liu Gui clasped his fists and walked out of the courtyard.

At three o'clock, a great fire broke out in the city of Luo.

Liu Bei and Pang Tong went to the gate of the camp to wait and see, and saw that the fire was raging in the city. The scouts outside the south gate sent urgent news that Liu Qian and Liu Gui were secretly withdrawing from Luocheng.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Kong Ming failed to fish in troubled waters, but Xiaozhi's false news actually succeeded. Then Liu Qian and Liu Gui are not very wise."

Liu Bei was about to express his opinion, but he saw Zhuge Liang coming waving his feather fan. He obviously heard Pang Tong's words, but with a smile on his face: "Well, you scholar, how dare you mock me in front of the lord."

"Haha, Kong Ming, are you still asleep?" Pang Tong responded with a smile.

"Liu Xun and Liu Gui set fire to the city before they abandoned it. They should have burned down the treasury and granaries. They are really two ruthless characters." Zhuge Liang said to himself.

Liu Bei hastily said: "Please send troops to attack the city immediately. It doesn't matter if the food in the government treasury is burned. It will be troublesome if it involves the burning of private houses. It is very easy to cause a series of fires at this time of day."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, "I just made an arrangement. Two old generals attack the west gate, Zhengfang (Li Yan) and Ziyuan (Wu Yi) attack the north gate, Wen Chang (Wei Yan) and Nanhe (Liu Yong) attack the east gate. After breaking through the city, Anmin and firefighting were carried out at the same time.”

Liu Bei was full of relief, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Fei was missing, so he asked: "Where is Yide? He has been sleeping since afternoon?"

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