Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 511 Surrounding but Not Attacking 1
Gongsun Xuhe discussed how to attack Bohai Sea in the tent. At this time, Gongsun Xu only had [-] cavalry, which was more than enough for field battles with the enemy, but it might be slightly insufficient for attacking the city.

In order to break the enemy's plan, Gongsun Xu also decided to change his strategy.

"I thought the enemy was not moving as fast as we were." Gongsun Xu looked at the map and said, "Fortunately, we came in time to block the Bohai Sea, otherwise, if the enemy's cities formed horns with each other, then I would It is much more difficult for the army to break through the cities.

"Right now, the enemy is defending and we are attacking. Although the enemy has the advantage of the city, our army still takes the initiative." Guan Yu also looked at the map and said, "Have you already thought of a countermeasure, my lord?"

"The only and greatest advantage of our army is the field battle." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "We must lure them out, and we will deal with them outside the city.

Yun Chang sent an order to Wen Chou to lead ten thousand cavalry to attack Hejian.The trapped camp should have arrived in Bingzhou by now, and they will be able to go south to attack the city within three days.

Since Yuan Shao wants to slowly waste time in the city, then I will break him one by one.Order Zilong to divide his troops into several groups to attack Pingyuan, Qinghe and Yangping respectively, mainly with feint attacks.There must be insufficient troops on Zilong's side. I am going to ask Wen Chou to send [-] cavalry to support Zilong.

In addition, I am going to borrow another [-] troops from Lv Bu. I want Lv Bu's army to start from Yanzhou to harass Le'an, Leling and other places, so that Yuan Shao cannot send troops from Qingzhou to transport food.

A large number of Yuan Shao's troops and provisions have been gathered on the Bohai side, but if our army does not attack the city, but blocks them in the city, then the tens of thousands of Yuan's troops in the city will be useless.

They have to watch our army capture other cities in Jizhou.Yun Chang, given you [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, you may block the enemy army and prevent it from sending reinforcements to rescue other cities. "

"My lord, what do you mean?" Guan Yu questioned, "Are you going to send troops to attack other cities? Or, you are planning to let Bohai go."

"That's right, Bohai is a hard bone, I don't intend to waste the lives of soldiers here." Gongsun Xu replied: "Yuan Shao only has so many troops and food in Jizhou.

Now if they are all concentrated in Bohai, the defense of other cities must be empty. This is the key to our army defeating the enemy. Tens of thousands of cavalry blockade the Bohai Sea, and the tens of thousands of troops in the city will become prisoners.

So, your task is to block all the roads from Bohai to the outside world here, so as not to let reinforcements be sent from Bohai City. After we capture other cities, hehe, then we will come back to deal with the enemy troops in Bohai City. "

"What if the enemy breaks out by force?" Guan Yu asked, "Then we,,,,,,"

"Then let's let them break through." Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "Yun Chang, what do you think Yuan Shao's army will use to fight us without the city? Could it be that our cavalry can't outrun their infantry?"

"My lord's wonderful plan." Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, "The final general will be able to block the Bohai Sea until the lord leads an army to attack the city." "

"Okay, then I will leave everything here to you." Gongsun Xu replied: "When our army first arrived, the enemy must have thought that our army would take a rest before attacking the city.

I chose not to do this, and tomorrow I will lead [-] cavalry to pretend to be an army of [-] and leave, and then I will send another [-] cavalry to come back under the banner of an army of [-].

Such a strategy of increasing troops is enough to scare the defenders in the city from going out to fight.Yun Chang can take the opportunity to shock the enemy and make them dispel the idea of ​​going out of the city to attack our army. "

"The last general understands, please rest assured, my lord." Guan Yu was very confident in this style of play, and he felt that it would be no problem for him to persist until the army returned.

The next day, Gongsun Xu led an army of [-] to leave the camp. Because he had prepared in advance, the enemy scouts found out that Gongsun Xu led [-] cavalry to leave.

Gongsun Xu sent a large number of scouts to clear up the enemy's scouts, which made the guards in the city dare not approach Gongsun Xu's army, so they returned to the city to report as soon as they found out something.

When the defenders in the city were in doubt, the scouts outside the city found out that the Northern Frontier Army had sent another [-] reinforcements. At this moment, the Northern Frontier Army had blocked the water around Bohai Sea, and it was already impossible for the city to send a large number of troops out of the city. .

The cavalry of the Northern Army outside the city accounted for most of them. Guan Yu deliberately sent a large number of cavalry to patrol around the city. Once an enemy was about to leave the city, the cavalry of the Northern Army would go forward and fight until the enemy was retreated.

At this moment, Gongsun Xu has led [-] cavalry to attack Hejian for a long distance. He is going to join the Wen Chou tribe and the trapped camp to attack Hejian first.

This was the first city that Gongsun Xu really wanted to attack.Hejian is adjacent to Zhongshan and also close to Youzhou. Gongsun Xu can mobilize a large number of siege equipment from these two places, and then quickly attack the city with the cooperation of the trapped camp.

Poor General Hejian still thinks that the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has gone to the Bohai Sea, and there will be no big trouble on his side.Hejian currently has 7000 defenders, including [-] regular soldiers, [-] newly recruited sergeants, and [-] civilians.

When Yuan Shao sent an order saying that the cities would stand firm to deal with the Northern Army's strong attack, these defenders knew that their lord was planning to slowly consume the strength of the Northern Army.

In fact, Yuan Shao really thought so. After discussion, Yuan Shao's advisers all came to a conclusion, that is, Gongsun Xu never wanted to waste the lives of his subordinates.

If he had to attack cities one by one, the soldiers of the Northern Frontier Army would suffer considerable losses. After attacking several cities in this way, Gongsun Xu would definitely not be able to bear such losses, and would eventually talk to Yuan Shaohe.

Yuan Shao actually didn't want to start this war, but Gongsun Xu had already bullied him, so he had to act.In addition, his strength has greatly increased in recent years, and he has countless civil and military personnel. At the same time, he has contacted the Chang'an Xiliang Rebellion Army, and can contain the Northern Xinjiang Army at both ends.

At the same time, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other princes had a secret agreement again, agreeing not to attack each other.That's why Yuan Shao dared to fight back against Gongsun Xu in this way, and even dared to face the Northern Xinjiang Army.

If it wasn't for making these preparations in advance, Yuan Shao would not have the confidence to deal with Gongsun Xu's army. Fighting is not a joke, let alone confronting the northern army, Yuan Shao is also under great pressure.

By the time all the soldiers trapped in the camp arrived at Hejian, Gongsun Xu had assembled nearly [-] troops in Hejian.At this time, battles were erupting in other cities of Jizhou.

Zhang Fei led [-] cavalry to attack the Julu granary, and Zhao Yun led [-] cavalry to attack the warehouses in Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Yangping, as well as several grain transportation teams.

Zhang Liao led 10,000 cavalrymen to Qingzhou to wreak havoc, causing panic among the people in Qingzhou, which had just been captured by Yuan Shao. Many people thought that the Northern Army had already arrived. There were even rumors that Jizhou had already been captured, and the Northern Army had a [-]+ army. It will arrive in Qingzhou soon.

The defender of Hejian knew that it was difficult to resist the attack of the Northern Xinjiang army, so he sent a distress letter to nearby Zhangwu, Bohai, and Anping, hoping that the friendly army could come to support him.

As a result, the Anping defenders sent [-] reinforcements in the first time, and at the same time brought a lot of food, grass and luggage to rescue Hejian.Unexpectedly, the support army was attacked by [-] cavalry led by Tai Shici, the general of Northern Xinjiang, just a day away from Anping.

All food, grass and supplies were taken away, and only 2000 people from the [-]-strong army fled back to Anping. The battle was not very tragic, and Tai Shici did not deal harshly with the enemy. Tai Shici did not detain those peasants either. They just ordered them to help them transport all the grain and grass they had looted, and then put these people back.

When the defeated army fled back to Anping, the Anping defenders seemed to feel a little danger.It is a bit contrary to common sense that the Northern Xinjiang Army did not capture any prisoners.

Gongsun Xu led the army to attack Hejian for several days, and harassed the defenders in the city day and night every day. Great sacrifice, I am afraid that the soldiers of the northern border army have captured Hejian by now.

Facing the wolves and tigers of the northern border army, the defender of Hejian has no chance of winning. The tens of thousands of northern border troops outside the city are all veterans of the battlefield, and there are even [-] frontier troops patrolling outside the city. There are only [-] troops in the city. It's impossible to keep it no matter what.

In the camp of the Northern Frontier Army, Gongsun Xuzheng and Wen Chou were discussing the next harassment plan. He now wanted to exhaust the defenders in the city, defending day and night, and exhausting them before fighting.

"Report,,,,,," a soldier ran in and said, "My lord, a letter was shot from the city."

Gongsun Xu sneered after taking a look, then handed it to Wen Chou, motioning for him to have a look too.

After browsing through, Wen Chou laughed and said, "Hahaha, my lord, the guards in the city really have brains, and they still want to deceive us. This seems to be the same strategy as Cao Cao fell for Lu Bu's scheme some time ago.

Hmph, the Wang family in the city united several big families and wanted to surrender to us together, hahahaha, what a joke, do you think our army really can't take Hejian?

My lord, why don't we agree to it? It's not easy for the guards in the city to think of such a plan. If we don't fulfill him, how can we stand up to them? "

"Hehehe, Bujun, what do you think is a better way to fight?" Gongsun Xu asked: "Although this strategy is not very good, it still has a certain temptation."

"It depends on who you are dealing with and the situation." Wen Chou said nonchalantly, "Our army is not in a hurry to capture Hejian, nor is it like Cao Cao at that time, who lost his hometown and had to fight.

Otherwise, let's agree first and let them make trouble on their own. At worst, we will cooperate. After the defenders in the city arrange everything, we will drink and eat meat in the camp and watch them sing by themselves. "

"Bujun has failed." Gongsun Xu smiled and said: "You want to give them hope first, and then make them work for nothing, right? Hehe, I have a better plan."

"Oh? How about it?" Wen Chou asked curiously: "Could it be possible to ask them to give us the city first? My lord, this is unreliable. The guards in the city are not fools."

"Of course it's impossible to dedicate the city, but it's almost there, just wait and see."

(End of this chapter)