Chapter 1891: Yanjing, the lonely city (Part 2)


    Chapter 1889: The lonely city of Yanjing (Part 2)


    Liu Che naturally knew that as far as the current situation in Yanjing was concerned, defending to the death was the best and only choice, but he was still unwilling to sit and wait for death.


    After a long silence, Liu Che asked, "Can we send troops to defeat Su Lie''s 30,000 overall situation before the two armies of Su Lie and Xue Li have yet to meet?"


    "Your Majesty, although there are still 30,000 troops in Yanjing City, which are the same as Su Lie''s troops, but the combat power is completely unequal.


    Su Lie''s 30,000 troops fought from Bohai to Yanjing, and won consecutive victories, and his morale was extremely high.


    In contrast, our army has lost cities and land one after another, and its morale is sluggish, and one-third of them are new recruits.


    If we defend the city, our army can still fight against it. Once we leave the city and fight in the field, we will undoubtedly lose. ”


    Huo Guang said bitterly. What he said was the truth. After all, the war has reached this point, and there is no need to destroy his own prestige, because his own prestige has no prestige to destroy.


    Hearing this, Liu Che was completely relieved, waved his hand, and said powerlessly: "Forget it, you won''t leave the city if you don''t leave the city. I hope General Xianyu Fu, but try to stick to it for as long as possible."


    After Xian Yufu fled back to Yanjing, Liu Che wanted to punish him heavily, but considering that there were no generals in Yanjing City, all the ministers were proposing marriage for Xian Yufu, and Li Guang was the main general of Yuyang, so he pardoned Xian Yufu''s crime of defeat and asked him to be responsible for guarding Guangyang City.


    Xian Yufu returned from defeat and was not only not punished, but was valued and guarded Guangyang City. This made Xian Yufu even more grateful and vowed to be loyal to Liu Che and never surrender.


    "Your Majesty, Guangyang City is second only to Yanjing Jiancheng, and there are three thousand defenders from General Xianyu Fu. I think it can last for ten days and half a month." Wei Xiang said.


    You can tell by the name that Guangyang City was once the capital of Guangyang County and was also the capital of Youzhou.


    When Liu Yu was the governor of Youzhou, there was no city in Youzhou that was particularly prosperous. He was mainly committed to handling and regulating affairs of foreign races, so Guangyang City, which is relatively northerly, was more suitable as a capital city.


    After Liu Che inherited the position of Liu Yu, Youzhou was filled with a large number of refugees during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The population had greatly increased compared to before, and the economy, commerce and other aspects also entered a stage of rapid development, while Guangyang City''s political status became embarrassing.


    Guangyang City is located in the north, which is not conducive to controlling the entire Youzhou area, nor is it conducive to commercial development, and is even more unfavorable to going south to Jizhou in the future. It will also be threatened by the Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty...


    If Guangyang City continues to be the capital, there will be many disadvantages, but there will be no benefits. So Liu Che decisively moved the capital to Ji County, which is now Yanjing City.


    Ji County was originally just a small county town with a population of nearly 10,000, but after Liu Che moved early, he not only moved a large number of refugees to expand the population, but also expanded three times and renovated the city five times. In a few years, Ji County was built into a big city with a population of 200,000.


    Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it is rare to have a single city population of over 30,000, but Jixian has 200,000 people, which is absolutely unprecedented.


    In addition, due to the threat from the Qing Dynasty, Liu Che attached importance to defense where the city was built, so Yanjing was still known as easy to defend but difficult to attack, and its defense was no less than Yecheng, the number one in Hebei.


    Most of the resources of the Northern Han Dynasty were used to build the city of Yanjing, and the former capital Guangyang City was naturally neglected and began to gradually decline.


    However, Guangyang City was once a prefecture, and it still has basic foundation. At least the city wall was built very high and thick. In addition, it was strengthened before the war, so it can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.


    Supplemented by Xianyufu and Xianyuyin, these two veterans who are good at defending, are still fine to hold the Qin army for a period of time, but the cruel reality is...


    "Report... Report to Your Majesty, Guangyang City was captured by the Qin army."


    "What?"


    Liu Che and Wei Xiang and other dolls screamed in surprise, especially Wei Xiang. He was just saying that he could hold on for half a month, but in a blink of an eye, Guangyang City was lost and he didn''t even hold it for a day. This slap in the face is too fast.


    "Guangyang is a strong city, how could it be lost so quickly?"


    Liu Che''s face was full of undeniableness, and then he cursed: "Waste, it''s simply waste."


    Liu Che didn''t expect Xian Yufu to defend Guangyang City for how long. After all, Xue Gang and Huo Guang''s tens of thousands of troops did not defend Dai County and Shanggu County for a month, but at least ten days had to be defended.


    There is a strong city like Guangyang City, but you, Xianyu Fu, can''t even defend it for a day. This can no longer be described as incompetence. It''s simply a waste!


    As he cursed, Liu Che felt something was wrong. Brother Xianyu Fu and Xianyu Yin were both generals promoted by him. They knew their abilities and they could never be incompetent.


    As soon as he thought of this, a sharp flashed in Liu Che''s eyes and he asked sternly: "Has Xian Yufu turned his back to the enemy?"


    After saying that, Liu Che''s eyes were full of violence and he wanted to kill Xianyu Fu immediately. He trusted Xianyu Fu so much, how could Xianyu Fu betray him?


    The soldier quickly explained: "No, General Xianyufu did not surrender to the enemy, it was because the Qin army''s offensive was too fierce.


    The two generals Xue Rengui and Lu Fengxian both participated in the siege. Our soldiers could not stop these two people at all, and they were defeated by the Qin army in one day.


    The two generals Xianyu and Xianyu Yin held on to the last moment and eventually died in battle. ”


    Before he finished speaking, the soldiers who reported the report were crying, and the ministers looked sad.


    Liu Che did not expect this result and was stunned. The hostility in his heart disappeared in an instant. After a long silence, he said sadly: "Transfer my will to posthumous General Xian Yufu as the Marquis of Guangyang, and posthumous General Xian Yuyin as the Marquis of Military Capital."


    "Your Majesty is wise."


    The Qin army''s offensive was so fierce that it exceeded Liu Che''s imagination. Even a strong city like Guangyang could not hold on for even a day.


    After the fall of Guangyang City, Xue Rengui''s next target was naturally the military capital.


    The defense of the military capital is not as good as that of Guangyang City. Even if Guangyang Chengdu cannot be defended, it will be even more impossible for the military capital to stop Qin, so it is inevitable that the military capital will fall.


    At that time, will Yanjing City, which has become an isolated city, really be able to defend under the offensive of the Qin army?


    The ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty were said to be unsure, even Liu Che was unsure.


    God did not favor Liu Che. One day later, news came that the military capital was captured by Xue Rengui.


    At this point, Yanjing City has completely become an isolated city. Apart from the 50,000 troops of Wei Qing in Zhuo County, the Han army has no more power in Youzhou.


    But Wei Qing''s situation was not much better than Liu Che. Under the attack of Bai Qi and Huo Qubing''s 100,000 troops, he was already very good if he went north to help Liu Che.


    ?The second update is coming, and I still owe nine chapters.


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    (This chapter ends)