I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 720: Annihilation

A few days later, under Liu Jian's order, the troops carrying siege equipment from the rear had arrived outside Luyang City.

Previously, Zhang Liao and other groups of troops were in a hurry to rush to Nanyang, so there were not a large number of siege equipment in the camp at the beginning.

If you want to siege a city, you can't do it without siege equipment.

It took a long time to build siege equipment on the spot, so Liu Jian asked the sergeants to build the equipment while ordering people to dispatch weapons from Sizhou in the rear to the front line.

Originally, there were not many siege equipment in Luoyang.

After all, Luoyang was the most prosperous district in the capital back then, and most of its stores were war horses and ordnance, but things like siege equipment were all stockpiled and manufactured in border counties.

Therefore, most of the siege equipment currently shipped from Luoyang originally came from the Sanhe area.

Sanhe is located in an important area on the border of the capital and stores a large number of siege equipment.

There were even some captured from Yuan Shao's defeated army when he defeated him previously.

When these siege equipment moved to the front line, it meant that the day for the Northern Army to launch a large-scale siege had arrived.

One is the trench bridge.

In addition to the siege equipment with flags planted, Liu Jian also had the clothes and armor he captured laid flat under the Luyang City for the people in the city to watch.

After Gao Gan learned the news, he immediately came to the west gate of Luyang City.

Under such circumstances, it was simply impossible to calm down Yuan Jun's emotions.

The senior cadre was also a person with relatively rich military experience. He began to give orders, asking the captains and commanders of each department to do their best to calm the soldiers' emotions.

Liu Jian looked at the situation in front of him with a smile.

When Gao Gan saw the siege equipment of the Han army, he couldn't help but tremble all over and his teeth began to clenched.

Those armors were laid out flatly there, as if they were endless.

Gao Gan's eyes burst out with monstrous anger!

Because a large number of Han army's siege equipment originally belonged to their Yuan army!

Our country has records of the use of trench bridges since the Warring States Period, which are called "Feijiang" or "flying bridges".

As Liu Jian expected, Sergeant Yuan's soldiers began to feel restless because of his arrangements.

Because the main force of the imperial army was in the west, Liu Jian used the west gate as the main breakthrough point to attack the city.

But the problem is, Liu Jian didn't give him a chance.

Liu Jian asked two captains to lead the troops to attack the city first. Of course, they didn't really want to capture the city, but just to give the opponent a little pressure.

When the imperial troops outside the west gate began to gather in large numbers and many siege equipment began to appear, Yuan Jun at the north gate of Luyang City quickly reported the matter to senior officials.

That's what senior officials think.

The bridge is used to pass obstacles such as trenches or moats outside the city and serves as a convenient bridge for the mobility of the siege army.

How many soldiers must have been lost to allow the other side to seize so many pieces of armor?

Those armors are stained with traces of blood!

It has to be said that Yuan Jun in the city suffered a heavy blow in his heart.

But just as the imperial army launched an attack, several elite troops were rapidly approaching Liu Jian dozens of miles away.

These siege equipment of Yuan's army were used by Yuan Shao after they were manufactured in Nanyang County and then moved northward in large numbers with the intention of conquering Luoyang.

So, he found Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan.

Panic began to spread in the city and became more and more intense.

He was in no hurry to attack the opponent.

As if to deliberately let the soldiers of Yuan's army in the city see it, Liu Jian also deliberately put these siege equipment on various flags that Yuan Shao had captured when he was defeated.

If eyes could burn, then his eyes would have burned out the Northern Army!

Most of the siege equipment had to pass through Luyang before heading north.

I don’t know what it feels like to be attacked by your own siege equipment.

A tall chao chariot began to be erected outside the city. On top of this chao chariot, which was more than ten feet tall, Liu Jian was already standing in the observation deck of the chao chariot, observing the situation in Luyang City.

So senior officials recognize it.

If the senior cadre wants to wait for his reinforcements, then let him wait.

What Liu Jian was waiting for was the arrival of those Yuan Jun!

However, he has to put some pressure on the senior officials. He cannot let these people sit in the city for nothing!

He wants to make the other person feel fear.

Because he wanted to further damage the morale of Yuan Jun in the city.

On the top of the city, the soldiers in the city looked at the dense armor under the city with great fear in their hearts.

Just waiting for reinforcements to arrive can restore morale.

Cuan, a special chariot used for siege in ancient times. There are strong shields made of wood and rawhide on the top and sides to protect the siege soldiers from being hurt by bows and arrows and rolling wood and stones.

Then, under the nest car, many siege equipment began to appear.

And anthracite.

Sure enough, after seeing the flags of those siege equipment, the senior officials were extremely angry, while the soldiers in the city were panicked.

Although Luyang has been repaired by senior officials, the size of the moat and city is not particularly large, so it is suitable for siege equipment such as trench bridges and crouches.

And this uneasy feeling began to spread quickly in the city.

The thousands of troops that took the lead in attacking Luyang County were led by two powerful generals from Hebei, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan.

They are also generals who have followed Liu Jian for many years, and have rich experience in both field battles and city sieges.

So Liu Jian appointed the two of them as the vanguard to attack Luyang County today.

After Zhang Nan led two thousand Han troops to the outside of the moat, he immediately commanded the Han troops to emerge from the canopy.

Compared with the Han army on the moat, the Yuan army on the Luyang city wall had a commanding advantage, but their military morale was already in chaos.

On the other hand, the thousands of Han troops who came to the moat had high morale.

Under the command of Zhang Nan, they formed a battle formation in an orderly manner and began to shoot arrows towards the city wall.

The city wall in Luyang County is not high, and arrows can barely be shot up. Although it cannot cause huge casualties, it still makes the opponent palpitate.

Yuan Jun, whose military morale was in chaos, could not take advantage of his superiority for a while.

With the morale of the army in chaos, only a part of Yuan's army on the city wall was following the orders of senior officials and firing arrows at the Northern Army by the moat.

The not-intensive fire damage was blocked by the heavy shields and large shields, and did not cause too many casualties to the Northern Army on the moat.

Even those fire losses did not cause much commotion in the Northern Army's formation.

Soon after, thousands of arrows flew into the air from the moat and headed towards the high city wall at Jiao Chu's order.

Because of the distance and height, these thousands of arrows did not cause many casualties to Yuan's army on the wall after they arrived on the city wall.

But the dense number of missing arrows made Yuan Jun, whose military morale was already shaken, even more panicked.

In the increasingly panic, no one listened to the orders of senior officials.

Seeing the other party getting closer and closer, Gao Gan became anxious.

"Gan Xingba, where is Gan Xingba?"

Not long after Gao Gan shouted, he saw Gan Ning hurried to his side with a big sword in his hand. "General Gao, what do you call me for?"

The senior officials inquired about Gan Ning and said, "Last time you sent an envoy to find Liu Jian. Didn't Liu Jian say that he would give you ten days not to attack the city?"

"Why did he go against what he said and lead his troops to attack the city? How did you pretend to surrender to him in the first place?"

Gan Ning was stunned by what Gao Gan said. He was really dissatisfied with Gao Gan.

The main person who asked him to surrender to Liu Jian was the senior cadre, and Gan Ning did everything according to the senior cadre's instructions.

Liu Jian’s letters were also read by senior cadres!

To put it bluntly, I just wrote a letter in accordance with the requirements of the senior officials. When the matter came, why did it fall on him?

Although Gan Ning was very dissatisfied, he still patiently turned his head to the battlefield and took a rough look at the situation on the battlefield.

After looking at it for a while, Gan Ning felt at ease.

He said to Gao Gan with his hands raised.

"General, please don't be too impatient. Take a closer look at the Northern Army's current offensive. It's just that some vanguard troops came to harass, with the intention of weakening the spirit of our city! Although their follow-up troops are well prepared, they obviously do not intend to launch a large-scale attack. Posture.”

"Liu Jian still wants to damage the morale of our army, not to take the city now."

After hearing Gan Ning's words, Gao Gan began to look at the Northern Army outside the city with confusion.

After looking at it carefully for a while, the senior official finally understood.

I was anxious for a moment, and I didn't understand Liu Jian's intention.

At this time, when I looked carefully, I realized that the other party was indeed not in a posture to capture the city desperately.

Thinking of this, Gao Gan's heart dropped steadily.

After his mood calmed down, the senior officials began to seriously assess the situation on the battlefield.

Then, I saw him starting to give orders.

Under the city, Captain Zhang Nan had ordered the soldiers to push the trench bridge to the moat and began to erect the trench bridge on the moat.

Gan Ning and Gao Gan's hearts trembled.

If faced with sharp siege equipment such as trench trucks, the best way for the defenders is to fire.

The trench car was wide and made a good target.

But now the morale of Yuan's army on the city wall is low. Because of fear in his heart, he is in panic and cannot organize a decent offensive for the time being.

Without the interference and damage caused by the fire, the three trench bridges were quickly erected and laid on the moat.

The three moat bridges were placed side by side, creating a passage more than twenty meters wide on the moat outside Luyang City.

Such a passage can already accommodate a large number of Northern troops passing through it.

After seeing the wide bridge deck paved with three moat bridges, Jiao Chu personally led thousands of Han troops, holding large shields, and took the lead on the trench bridge. Then he ordered his people to quickly transport the carts to the moat. .

The ram, also known as the ram, is the main siege weapon used by the army to attack the city gate.

Gao Gan saw Jiao Chu personally leading thousands of Northern troops, quickly crossing the trench bridge.

And behind the thousands of Han troops, several large crash cars gradually appeared.

Gao Gan frowned.

Although he had already seen that the other party did not want to take the city today, because he had no way to calm down the panicked Yuan Jun on the city wall.

Jiao Chu quickly led thousands of soldiers across the trench bridge.

Then Zhang Nan led thousands of soldiers, holding large shields to protect their vital points, and approached the city wall in front step by step.

Shortly after thousands of Han troops crossed the trench bridge, several siege weapons aimed at the city gate were also pushed down to the trench bridge by the Han army.

Gao Gan's heart began to beat loudly as he watched the crashing car moving step by step towards the city gate beneath him.

He began to understand something.

Liu Jian's army was so powerful that it used such fast speed and means to transport siege equipment under the city wall.

Since the opponent has such fighting power, why does he have to wait for Gan Ning for ten days?

To be honest, with Liu Jian's current strength, it is not very difficult to win Luyang.

Gan Ning's surrender was not completely necessary for him, it was indispensable!

Soon, the senior officer figured out something!

Could it be that I was the one who fell into the trap...?

Just when Gao Gan was hesitant, he suddenly saw a huge cloud of dust moving rapidly in the direction of Lu Yang behind the stern military camp lined with flags.

Gao Gan quickly rubbed his eyes a few times with his hands, and then looked there attentively.

The high-ranking officer who concentrated all his energy saw several flags in the dust that he had most wanted to see before.

That's the flag of our own army!

However, now the senior official does not want to see those flags, because he has understood that the reinforcements he wants are actually what Liu Jian wants to see.

But now, he no longer has the ability to prevent the reinforcements from arriving.

The senior cadres could know that their reinforcements had arrived, and Liu Jian had naturally seen it.

He asked his subordinates lightly: "Who are the soldiers who came to help this time?"

As the person in charge of the school affairs office, Jia Xu naturally sent someone to bring the news back.

He solemnly bowed his hand to Liu Jian and said, "There are four groups of soldiers and horses coming for reinforcements."

"The total number of troops in the four armies is no less than eight thousand."

"The four troops are Deng Yi, He Qia, Ying Rong, and Yang Ling."

"They are just a bunch of mediocre people. It seems that Yuan Shao really intends to send them to die."

Xun You asked, "Has the Prime Minister made any arrangements in advance?"

Liu Jian said calmly: "If I didn't make arrangements, how could I be so peaceful?"

Xun You didn't say much after hearing this. He just turned his head quietly and continued to look at the offensive formation led by Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan against Lu Yang. As for the four groups of troops, he no longer said too much. focus on.

In fact, if he thought about it carefully, he was indeed asking a redundant question. With Liu Jian's ability, since he planned to ambush troops here and attack Yuan Shao's reinforcements, how could he not make proper arrangements?

In fact, Liu Jian had already secretly summoned the troops of Yan Liang, Wen, Chou, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and other generals to Lu Yang.

It's just that the news was kept secret, and he never let anyone else know about it. Even his closest advisers, he didn't reveal anything about it.

And now, these groups of soldiers and horses transferred from other counties to Luyang are the strange soldiers.

Liu Jian was very confident about this.

At this moment, a group of ambush troops led by Xu Huang emerged from the ambush and began to rush towards the reinforcements led by Deng Yi, and rushed into the opponent's military formation at extremely fast speeds.

Soon, there was a huge commotion among Deng Yi's reinforcements.

Gao Gan was on the city wall and punched the wall core so hard that blood flowed from his fist!

Although he didn't know who specifically ambushed the aid army, he could vaguely tell that Liu Jian had already planned it.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others also started taking action.

They began an operation to annihilate the reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)