Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2536: Plains Battle, Defense General Huo Jun

At three quarters past the hour of Yin, before the morning mist had dissipated, the Jin army's banner was already standing at Sanlipo outside Pingyuan City.

"Let's send someone to challenge them before attacking the city. If my guess is correct, the Qing Han will definitely not dare to come out of the city to fight at this time. But there is no harm in challenging them. If they really don't dare to fight, you can use this to hit the morale of the Han army." Li Xiucheng yawned on the slope.

He got up early in the morning, and as he had discussed military affairs with Lian Po until late at night, Li Xiucheng was still a little dazed at this time. He forced himself to shake his head to keep himself awake.

The first-line strong generals of Qing and Han were all on the front line at this time. Most of them were with Liu Bei, and the remaining small part was with Xu Shiji. There were no first-line strong generals of Qing and Han here in Pingyuan.

However, those stray dogs from Jizhou who had fled to Qingzhou were now in the plain.

Therefore, there are still experts in the city. Experts like Yuan Sheng cannot be ignored even if their Jin army is full of powerful generals.

However, Li Xiucheng would not think that those people in Jizhou would dare to fight after suffering a series of defeats.

"promise."

Immediately, a general came out on Pegasus and challenged him.

"Report... Report to the Grand Commandant, the Jin army is coming to attack the city, and the anti-Jin general Shang Yang is cursing and fighting under the city."

The official system of the Qing Han Dynasty was not completely modeled after that of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The prime minister is the highest leader in the Qinghan central official system and the true head of all officials.

In addition, there are four other positions: Situ, Sikong, Taiwei and Shangshu. Situ and Sikong are responsible for ceremonies and engineering construction respectively, Taiwei is mainly responsible for military affairs, and Shangshu is the head of the bureaucracy.

At present, Qinghan has formed a political system with five ministers as the core: Prime Minister, Minister of Works, Grand Marshal, and Secretary of State.

Among them, Liu Bingzhong served as the Grand Marshal.

The generals were immediately excited when they heard this. General Tai Luan was the first to step forward and said with gritted teeth: "How dare a nobody show off his power? I will go and kill him right away."

But Tai Luan hadn't even walked out of the door when she heard Liu Bingzhong's faint but unquestionable voice.

"Wait a minute."

"The enemy is strong, and the Jin army is full of powerful generals!"

"Our army is defending the fortified city. If the enemy comes out to fight at the slightest provocation, what's the point of this fortified city?"

"Order the entire army, no one is allowed to go into battle without permission. If the Jin army wants to curse, let them curse as much as they want. Anyway, they won't curse any of our soldiers to death."

"Yes." The Han army generals responded reluctantly.

If Guan Yu, Xie Wuyun and other first-line strong generals were there, Liu Bingzhong would not mind fighting with him.

However, there are no top masters in the city now. The strongest one is only Tian Zaibiao, and the next one is Tai Luan and others.

Although Shang Yang is just an unknown person, what would it matter even if he was defeated?

Once the real masters of the Jin army appear, can Tian Zaibiao, Tai Luan and others still win?
As for the Hebei Army, including Yuan Sheng, they also had no desire to fight at this time.

After all, for him, it was meaningless to fight against an opponent like Xuanwu. If he wanted to leave, Xuanwu would be unable to do anything to him, but he had no good way to break Xuanwu's defense.

Although he didn't know whether Xuanwu was at the front line at this time, but if he went into battle, he knew without a doubt that even if Xuanwu was not at the front line at this time, he would come over soon.

However, at this time, Xuanwu was not at the front line, but in the camp at the back.

It would take more than a day or two to capture Pingyuan City. At this time, the main force was attrition. It was not the time to ask Xuanwu and other masters to join the battle. No one in Pingyuan responded to the challenge, and Li Xiucheng took the opportunity to use all kinds of words to suppress the Han army in the city.

Only after this did he officially start the siege.

At this time, although most of the siege equipment of the Jin army had not yet been pressed up, they were not completely gone. It was just that the number was not that sufficient. At least, this number was far from enough for the Jin army to use the previous artillery tactics.

In contrast, in Pingyuan City, all kinds of city defense equipment are abundant.

After the battles in the Central Plains and the south, the next step for the Jin army was naturally the north, and it could only be the north.

Therefore, Liu Bei and his men were naturally prepared.

Especially after the epidemic, during the recovery period in the past few years, under the suggestion of Liu Bingzhong, Qinghan used work-for-relief and mobilized a large number of people to build roads and cities.

The purpose of building roads is to restore Qingzhou's production and economy as soon as possible.

Building a city was a preparation to defend against the Jin army in advance.

Building a city is not just about strengthening the city walls, it also includes the creation of a large number of these city defense equipment.

After all, Qingzhou has no shortage of wood, and these raw materials have no cost. All it needs is enough manpower to cut down trees and do the subsequent forging.

"Let's start the siege!" After all the necessary preparations had been made, Li Xiucheng immediately gave the order.

"promise."

The Jin Dynasty had always been very careful to avoid siege warfare. After all, siege warfare was the most brutal in terms of casualties among all wars.

But the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty were never afraid of sacrifice, and when the time came to fight a tough battle, they were willing to do so.

Whether it was the battle of Yangping Pass or the subsequent battle of Jiangxia, which battle was not a tough one?

Especially the siege of Jiangxia, which lasted for more than half a year, or even nearly a year, and suffered the loss of nearly 100,000 soldiers, but didn’t the Jin Dynasty still hold on?

Among the many hostile forces faced by the Great Jin Dynasty along the way, Qing Han was definitely among the best in terms of will to resist.

Facing such a force, a decisive battle is inevitable!

As long as we can achieve the final victory, everything is worth it.

"The whole army attacks."

"Kill...kill...kill..."

The siege army of 10,000 men marched in neat steps, united as one, with great momentum and enthusiasm.

"Jin thieves! As long as this general is still alive, you will never be able to break into the city!"

Looking at the neat formation of the Jin army under the city, Huo Jun roared in anger from the bottom of his heart.

Huo Jun was also an old friend of the Jin army. Many years ago, when the Jin army attacked Jingzhou, the two sides had fought each other. At that time, Huo Jun had also caused some trouble to the Jin army.

Now, after many years, when they meet again, it is like enemies meeting each other, and they are extremely jealous of each other.

In Pingyuan City today, the military is led by General Wang Liao, and Huo Jun is one of the deputy generals under him.

The Jin army attacked Pingyuan from three directions, and Huo Jun was assigned to the direction facing Li Xiucheng.