Chapter 2606 Deng Qiang Shouwang, Liu Yu VS Chi You
Chapter 2603: Deng Qiang Shouwang, Liu Yu VS Chi You
“General…”
The soldiers of the Shu army in charge of the rear, when they saw that the beloved General Yan Yan was killed by Zhurong, not only did not lose their fighting spirit and surrender, but instead became excited and rushed towards Zhurong with a roar.
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhurong''s eyes. After all, in previous battles, if the Shu army''s chief general was killed, the lower-level soldiers would basically surrender, but Yan Yan completely angered these Shu army.
This also shows that although Yan Yan''s strength is not very good, he is still very popular among soldiers in the army.
Zhu Rong didn''t care about this, and waved the flame sword and prepared to kill the Shu army that was fighting stubbornly.
Although the cavalry in the southern country is only 500, and the number is only one-quarter of the Shu army, all of them are cavalry. The cavalry has too great advantage in fighting infantry, not to mention Zhu Rong, the **** of war of Jiwu 106.
Under Zhurong''s leadership, the Southern Army penetrated the Shu army and rushed back and forth for five rounds, killing all those who dared to resist, which also made the other thousand people completely frightened and kneeled down to surrender.
After Zhurong captured nearly a thousand Shu troops, he counted the casualties and found that the casualties were less than thirty cavalry.
After this battle, Zhurong understood why his elder brother had to form a cavalry even after selling his strength. The cavalry''s advantage over infantry in field battles is indeed too great.
Zhurong left a hundred cavalry to take care of the prisoners and then led the remaining people to continue pursuing, but unfortunately he was still one step too late.
When Zhurong chased under Qilan City, Deng Qiang had already entered the city and took over the command of the defenders in the city with Yan Yan''s sword.
"Listen to the Shu army in the city, Yan Yan has been killed by the general. Our southern army is coming soon. Those who know the truth will quickly open the city and surrender. Otherwise, when the city is captured, there will be no armor left."
Zhu Rong held Yan Yan''s head and shouted at Qilan City.
The defenders on the city tower saw that what the barbarian general was holding in his hand below was the head of the prefect, and suddenly burst into flames, cursing, crying, and restlessness were everywhere.
Zhu Rong smiled knowingly when he saw this, and his tactics of attacking the heart have begun to show results.
After Deng Qiang saw Yan Yan''s head, even though he had a premonition in his heart, he still felt dizzy in front of him. If Deng Xian had not supported him in time, he would have almost staggered.
Just as Deng Qiang fell into grief, the defenders in the city were filled with people''s hearts and grief.
Zhu Ling, the magistrate of Qilan County, said with fear: "The barbarian army''s offensive is too fierce. However, in just a few days, even though he broke into three cities, even Prefect Yan died in battle. Qilan City may not be able to defend it, so it is better..."
Before he finished speaking, a long sword passed through his chest directly from behind, and the one holding the sword was Deng Qiang.
After Zhu Ling turned around with difficulty, he saw that it was Deng Qiang, and his eyes were full of disbelief, and he couldn''t believe that Deng Qiang dared to kill him.
"Deng Qiang, you are the following, the following, I am the magistrate of Qilan County and the legitimate son of the Zhu family. You actually killed me."
Deng Qiang ignored Zhu Ling at all. After glanced at everyone, he said in a cold voice: "Those who dare to surrender and disrupt our military morale will be killed regardless of their background or official position."
After saying that, Deng Qiang drew his sword and repaired it, completely ending Zhu Ling''s pain.
Deng Qiang, holding Yan Yan''s sword, walked to the edge of the battlement. Chi You, who was lucky enough to rush outside the city, roared angrily: "Even if Lan fights to the last soldier, she will never surrender to the barbarians. If you want to attack the city, come and try it."
This was not only heard by Zhu Rong, but also by most of the Shu army on Chenglou.
Many Shu soldiers were deeply saddened by Yan Yan''s death. When they heard Deng Qiang''s words, they shouted, "Don''t surrender."
The roar resounded throughout the sky.
Zhurong showed a solemn look. After a little contemplation, he decided to withdraw his troops and go to meet with Gonggong.
Zhurong returned victoriously and joined Gonggong, the 30,000 main army quickly arrived at the foot of Qilan City, and Deng Qiang had also made some preparations to defend the city.
After the Gonggong General Qilan had three missing one, he sent people to persuade him to surrender again, but only a rain of arrows was responded to in the city.
Gonggong had no choice but to prepare for a strong attack. As a result, since the war started, the Eastern Southern Army, which had been invincible, hit a nail again under Qilan City.
[Dingdong, Deng Qiang skill ‘Copper Wall’ effect 2 is activated. When defending the city, the commander +2 will be commander, and the morale and combat power of the entire army will be partially improved.
Deng Qiang: Commander 98, force 103, intelligence 92, politics 85, charm 96;
Currently, the commander of Deng Qiang has risen to 100;]
After Deng Qiang''s skill "Copper Wall" was activated, the commander''s attributes were as high as 100 points. Whether it was commanding or defending the city, they were much stronger than Yan Yan.
When Gonggong conquered the third city, he was in a tough battle against Yan Yan, not to mention Deng Qiang, who was commanding 100, and Jianlan City, the strongest defense capital.
Gonggong attacked Qilan City for three days. Even if he personally participated in the attack, he still failed to break the city, but instead lost more than a thousand soldiers.
Seeing that the reinforcements of the Shu army are coming, there is not much time left for the Southern Army. Gonggong gives you no choice but to waste time under Qilan City. He is ready to attack those easily broken cities first, and go back to solve the lonely city Qilan.
Gonggong left Zhurong with 12,000 troops and ordered his general Qilan City to surround him, while he himself led the remaining troops to continue his strategy and strive to completely occupy the entire territory of the Jingxian County except Qilan before the large troops of Shu arrived.
The 150,000 troops in the southern country divided into three groups to attack Shu, but the three groups all won a great victory. They captured the ten counties of Shu, killed nearly 30,000 prisoners of Shu, and thirteen generals including Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Liu Han, Ma Han, etc. were killed in battle.
After the news came back to Chengdu, the Shu Han court was in an uproar. Liu Yu, including Liu Yu, could not believe that the situation in southern Shu would suddenly deteriorate to this extent.
Liu Yu was worried that the garrison in southern Shu could not stop the Southern Barbarians, so he sent Zhou Bo to lead 30,000 troops to support him.
Shu Han can arrange 100,000 defenders on the southern line, and fight against 150,000 Southern Barbarians. Even if they can''t be defeated in the field, if they defend the city, they should have lasted for a year and a half.
But what everyone unexpectedly expected was that in less than ten days, 30,000 troops were lost and nearly two counties were lost in ten cities.
"Hmph, what is this Wu Yi doing for? The 15,000 army can''t stop the Southern Barbarians for five days. It''s just a bucket of food." Kong Peng couldn''t help but curse.
As soon as this statement was made, many people frown.
Zhang Song, who was acquainted with Wu Yi, stood up to repay him and said, "General Kong''s words are wrong. Although Wu Yi did not defend Jianning, he also held on until the last moment and sent back a large amount of important information so that our army would not suffer any losses again."
"Hmph, that won''t change the fact that he held a 15,000 army in his hand but failed to defend Jianning for five days." Kong Peng said disdainfully.
"you…"
Zhang Song, Wu Lan and other friends during their lifetime glared at Kong Peng, but Kong Peng naturally didn''t care at all.
Seeing this, Su Qin stood up and mediated, "Okay, if it were just Wu Yi who was defeated in the war, it could still be attributed to his own incompetence. However, all three routes were defeated, and Yan Yan''s prefect was also killed in the battle. It''s impossible for all the prefects of the three counties to be incompetent. I have to admit that the Southern Barbarian Army is indeed different from the past and its combat power is stronger than before."
"That''s right, in the news sent back by General Wu Yi, it said that the Southern Barbarians not only were equipped with steel sword armor, but also strong crossbows and catapults. How could the Southern Barbarians have these weapons and equipment in the past?" Shen Shiqi said in a deep voice.
"Where did the Southern Barbarians get so many excellent equipment?" Qiao Zhou asked in confusion.
"Is this still necessary? It must be provided by the tyrant Qin." Liu Zhang said.
Everyone said everything, but couldn''t finish it, but they couldn''t put forward a useful suggestion, which also made Liu Yu extremely irritable.
Liu Yu angrily patted the dragon throne and shouted, "Shut up all of them."
For a moment, there was a silence in the court.
"Tell me, the tyrant Qin and the Southern Barbarians joined forces to invade, and the north and south are in a hurry. How should our great Han deal with it? Should we pay attention to the southern line or the northern line?" Liu Yu asked.
This is also a problem that Shu Han must solve at present.
The situation on the southern line of Shuhan is not good, and the situation on the northern line is not good.
Although the Qin army''s offensive was fierce, it only stayed on the equipment and had not launched a battle to climb the city yet. Therefore, the number of soldiers who died in Yangping Pass every day was not too many, with an average of only four or five hundred, and at most, no more than a thousand.
According to this method of fighting, the Shu army only lost 15,000 people even after a month of fighting. Shu Han naturally could support it, but the consumption of materials was too fast.
Although the Southern Army''s offensive in southern Shu was very fierce, it was not on the same level as the Qin Army''s offensive in Yangping Pass.
The materials consumed by the 150,000 troops of the Southern Barbarians in southern Shu are not as good as the consumption of Qin and Shu in Yangping Pass in three days.
The Qin army consumed 10,000 stone bullets, 500 altars of turbulence, and 100,000 crossbow arrows a day at Yangping Pass...
In order not to be suppressed, the Shu army must also fight back without remembering the consumption. Although the materials consumed are not as high as the Qin army, it is also an astronomical figure for the Shu army.
This was the result of Zhang Ren and Liu Ersheng''s use, and even repeated the use of stone bombs and crossbow arrows that had not been completely broken by the Qin army.
With this style of playing without any cost, both Qin and Shu have lost their offensive and defensive equipment.
The Qin army damaged 50 catapults, twenty well railings, hundreds of bed crossbows every day, and the Shu army was one-half of the Qin army.
But behind the Qin army are the four prefectures of Si, Yong, Liang and He, and there is a steady stream of resources provided, so there is no need to worry about the consumption of materials, while the Shu army only has one Yizhou.
Liu Yu had gathered all the craftsmen in Hanzhong and transferred a thousand people from Chengdu to work overtime to make catapults and various powerful crossbows, but they still couldn''t keep up with the consumption and damage speed of supplies.
As for why not transport materials from Shu? Of course, it is because the road to Shu is difficult, and the transportation cost is too high, so it is better to use local materials to make it.
But if it continues to consume at this rate, the city-defense materials hoarded by Shu Han in Yangping Pass will be exhausted after only two months at most. What will the Shu army in Hanzhong use to defend the city?
So, although the situation on the North Line is not at the moment, there is no danger on the South Line, but once it cannot hold on, the situation will only be worse than the South Line. That would be even more dangerous.
After all, if Shu Han is occupied by the Southern Barbarians, Shu Han still has a chance to take it back.
But once Hanzhong is occupied by the Qin Dynasty, it is basically unlikely that Shu Han will be taken back.
Although the Qin army had only 100,000 and did not occupy a city in Shu, the pressure it brought to Shu was much greater than that of the 150,000 Southern Barbarians.
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the Qin army is more difficult to deal with, so I think that I should first go south and then north, first deal with the Southern Barbarians, and then concentrate on dealing with the Qin army."
Next, Su Qin told his opinion: First, the Southern Barbarian Army is easier to deal with than the Qin army.
Second, the Southern Barbarians are far less powerful than Shu Kingdom, and they will lose sooner or later if they are consumed.
Third, Shu Kingdom also has an ally, Chu Kingdom, and can attack the Southern Barbarians.
Fourth, the Shu army alone can no longer stop the Southern Barbarians, and the longer it drags on, the greater the losses.
five…
Su Qin''s dynasty stated the eight major benefits to the Southern Barbarians first, and was recognized by everyone, including Liu Yu.
After some discussion, Liu Yu decided to lead the army south to solve Chi You first.
The Shu Han originally had 250,000 troops, of which 100,000 were in southern Shu and 80,000 were in Hanzhong. There were still 70,000 new troops in Shu.
Under the fierce attack of the Southern Barbarians, the Shu army in southern Shu lost 30,000, and had lost 70,000 people.
To solve the problem of 150,000 Southern Barbarians, at least 250,000 Shu troops are needed, while Chengdu''s new forces are only 70,000, which is not enough, and Liu Yu cannot bring the last 70,000 elite troops to southern Shu.
Although the Qin army currently has only 100,000 troops on the northern front, it does not mean that the Qin army has only 100,000 troops. Once the situation changes, the Qin army can increase its troops at any time, so Liu Yu must leave some troops in case of emergency needs.
After thinking about it, Liu Yu decided to lead 50,000 elite troops south, leaving 20,000 new troops on the northern line. With the dangers of Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, the 100,000 troops were enough to block the 200,000 Qin army.
50,000 elite troops, plus 70,000 Shu Southern Army, the southern line is only 130,000 troops, and it is still 120,000 away from 250,000.
As for where did these other 120,000 troops come from?
Actually, it''s very simple.
Liu Yu recruited 40,000 county soldiers from the counties in Shu and 100,000 new soldiers from the new soldiers.
Although Shu Han has only recently launched the extreme military expansion mode, it has been expanding its military. In addition to the 250,000 veterans, there are 200,000 new soldiers under training.
Among these recruits, 100,000 have been trained for three months and can already go to the battlefield.
It is naturally not possible to rely on these recruits to fight against the Southern Barbarians, but it is still possible to defend the city and control the armies.
Liu Yu has no time to let the new recruits grow slowly through training, so he can only let them hone their skills in the war, survive the fittest, and those who survive will naturally be veterans.
In this way, Liu Yu personally led 50,000 elite troops, 50,000 county soldiers, and 100,000 new soldiers, a total of 200,000 troops heading south.
In addition, if the 70,000 troops in southern Shu mean that once Liu Yu arrives, Chi You will face the siege of 270,000 Shu troops.
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(This chapter ends)