The Three Kingdoms: Steamed Buns and Pickled Cabbage, I Became the Emperor

Chapter 121 The Problem of Ye Chen's Army

In Ye Chen's opinion, Xuzhou City is not comparable to Huaiyin City.

As the seat of Xuzhou, Xuzhou City not only has tall city walls, but also a moat outside.

It would be extremely difficult to cross the moat and reach the gate of Xuzhou.

That's why.

Historically, this is why Cao Mengde's army was stopped in front of Xuzhou City.

The only way for Ye Chen to win.

Just use black gunpowder to blow open the city gate.

Then the army marched straight in at the fastest speed, headed straight for the governor's mansion and captured Tao Qian.

It is hard to say how many people and how many explosive packs could be successfully delivered to the city of Xuzhou.

after all.

He now has few explosive packs left.

"The best way is to lure or force Tao Qian out of the city for a field battle!"

"My lord, why don't you give it a try? Why don't you surround three of us and leave one behind?"

Cheng Yu spoke and then pointed to the four gates of Xuzhou City on the map.

Finally, we stopped at the north gate.

"The gate here can be opened."

The north gate of Xuzhou leads to Langya County.

It is also the direction to Kaiyang.

Cheng Yu's suggestion of deliberately surrounding three sides and leaving one side open was to give a psychological hint to Tao Qian and the other soldiers in Xuzhou City.

Once the gate of Xuzhou is broken.

They also had the North Gate to escape and head to Kaiyang to join up with Zang Ba's Taishan Army.

Of course.

The most important reason is that Ye Chen is short of troops now.

It would be impossible for 50,000 soldiers to completely surround the city of Xuzhou.

"My lord, you can send 10,000 soldiers to each of the east and west gates to launch a feint attack!"

"With General Zilong and Xu Chu's Iron Pagoda here, Tao Qian dares not leave the city!"

Cheng Yu continued.

The entire Xuzhou city now has 40,000 soldiers, including about 15,000 of the most elite Danyang soldiers.

The remaining 25,000 people were all soldiers from Langya and Xia Pi counties.

Only 40,000 people, if they dare to leave the city.

With their current military strength, they can naturally defeat them in one fell swoop.

If Tao Qian did not leave the city, dividing the troops into three groups could also disperse the defending troops in Tao Qian's city, making it difficult for the enemy to know their strength.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, an era without firearms.

There are only a few measures that can be taken when attacking a city.

Divide the troops and surround the city, leaving one missing.

In the Battle of Xuzhou, the real decision of victory or defeat still depends on our side.

At Ye Chen's signal, Lao Wang walked into the tent with a bag of explosives in his hand.

"Fengxiao, do you recognize this thing?!"

Ye Chen looked at Guo Jia with a smile.

"What is this?"

He has been in Ye Chen’s army for quite some time, but this is the first time he has seen this thing.

"Didn't Fengxiao ask me before how the earth dragon flipped over in the Huaiyin battle was caused?"

Pointing to the black gunpowder in front of him, Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"Could it be this thing?"

This was the thing that caused the earth dragon to turn over. Guo Jia's eyes were full of horror.

He never expected it.

This small linen bag actually has such power.

"That's right, it was this thing that caused the earth dragon to flip over!"

Cheng Yu pointed at the explosive pack and explained.

"No wonder you are so confident that you can capture Xuzhou City!"

After listening to Cheng Yu's story, Guo Jia finally understood.

No wonder the generals of the Yellow Turban Army were so confident that they could capture Xuzhou City in one battle.

It turns out that there is such a magical thing to help.

That's right.

In Guo Jia's opinion, this is a divine object! !
It can cause a dragon to turn over. Is it a magical object or something else?

"Feng Xiao now knows about black powder, I wonder if he has any plan!"

Ye Chen looked at Guo Jia and asked.

He could also sense the changes in Guo Jia during this period. During this period, Guo Jia was no longer a spectator of many military strategies.

Instead, he frequently expressed his own opinions.

He is no different from the military advisor under his command, except for the formal title.

"May I ask Marshal Ye, is the detonation time of this thing fixed?"

Looking at the explosive package wrapped in black gunpowder, Guo Jia felt as if he had seen a treasure, with a gleam in his eyes.

A divine object that can cause mass destruction.

With something like this, he felt that he could easily take over Xuzhou City at a very small cost.

but.

Before that, he needed to determine the time of the detonation.

"This detonation time..."

Hearing Guo Jia mention this, Ye Chen smiled bitterly helplessly.

"Feng Xiao, maybe you don't know yet."

"This thing is too crudely made, and the detonation time is really hard to control!"

Ye Chen was also helpless about this.

Even the fuse of the explosive pack was crudely made.

How is it possible to control the detonation time?

Ye Chen could only be sure of one thing, that after this thing was ignited, it would definitely explode if there was no interference from external objects.

"Hey!"

"That's a shame!"

Hearing that it was out of control, Guo Jia also shook his head helplessly.

"Marshal Ye, according to my original plan, we would place explosive packs on the catapults and drop them into the city of Xuzhou!"

"In this way, we can ignore the obstruction of the moat!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

This is indeed a solution.

If soldiers carrying explosives were to force their way across the moat, whether they could reach the destination was one thing.

A lot of explosive packs might be lost along the way.

Even if an artificial bridge is built, Tao Qian's soldiers defending the city will not just sit there and watch.

It is specified that the artificial bridge will be broken by rolling stones.

If using a catapult to hurl, the moat can naturally be ignored.

The ideal situation would be to use a catapult to drop explosive packs into the city.

Then with just one strike, all the soldiers on Xuzhou City would be terrified!
By the time.

Then send out soldiers to quickly place explosive packs at the city gate.

You can capture Xuzhou city in one fell swoop.

pity.

The detonation time of this thing is not fixed.

What if it explodes before it’s even thrown?

The only one who can be hurt is himself.

Catapults actually appeared in the Warring States Period.

After generations of improvements, today's catapults have a much longer range than those of the Warring States Period.

The catapults of this era can reach a distance of five hundred steps.

It’s about two hundred meters.

This is enough for siege.

In fact, in Ye Chen's opinion.

Except for the catapult.

There is also a big killer.

Then it was Lu Gongche who didn’t have time to appear during the last battle.

However, there is a moat now.

Lu Gong's chariot could not push down the edge of Xuzhou city.

Naturally, it is of no use.

No matter what siege method you choose.

Relying on the city walls and moats, Tao Qian's army will definitely cause considerable casualties to their army.

The moat also became an issue that their army could not avoid when attacking the city.

On the other side, in the governor's mansion, Tao Qian was in a particularly bad mood.

He was already old, and the qi and blood attacked his heart, causing him to fall seriously ill. Now he was seriously ill, and Ye Chen's army was outside by his side.

It would be a miracle if the condition is good.

During this period, he prayed to God every day.

I hope God will send down fire from the sky and burn this bastard Ye Chen to death!
(End of this chapter)