Overlord!

Chapter 50 Abandoning the City and Going Away (First Order, First Order)

The Yangtze River is not only a natural moat in the southeast, but also an important waterway.

What status she is depends entirely on how the generals view her.

And Sun Ce undoubtedly belongs to the list of very spiritual geniuses, and he does not have Liu Yao's thinking of sticking to old-fashioned tactics at all.

The main force of Liu Yao's navy was captured by Sun Ce in the Niuzhu camp, so Sun Ce boldly decided to bypass the enemy's heavily guarded defense line and drive directly to the weak counties behind the enemy's rear, catching the opponent by surprise.

In this way, it can not only prevent the opponent's layer-by-layer defense and prevent one's own side from attacking cities and villages one by one, but also cut off the enemy's rear food roads and hit the opponent's morale.

Sun Ce's attack was very bold and fierce. With the help of Ling Cao's navy commander, Wu Jing and Sun Ben each led the way and rode more than a thousand riders around Moling County, attacking Shuhu County and Jiangcheng County.

These two county towns are almost undefended, and they are not important military sites. The walls of the cities are only less than two feet long, and the insufficient defenders cannot stop the fierce attack of thousands of troops.

The defense situation in Jiangcheng County is a little better. It is a riverside city, located in the north, and the city is relatively prosperous. There are more than 2000 households in the city.

However, there are only more than 500 households in the city of Shuhu County, with a total of more than 2000 people. The total number of men, women, children, and even infants is only more than twice that of Sun Ben's army.

Sun Ben's army attacked fiercely, and took Shuhu County directly in one go.

On Wu Jing's side, although Jiangcheng County is more prosperous, the fighting is relatively less intense.

The main reason is that Wu Jing once served as the prefect of Danyang, and he was very lenient and popular in his governance before.The tyrants and the people of Jiangcheng County admired him very much. It was heard that he led the troops here and was willing to accept his rule again.

Of course, Wu Jing is not blindly benevolent, he is kind and powerful, and he is very prestigious in Danyang, and ordinary people are also very afraid of him.

A few years ago, when Wu Jing was ordered by Yuan Shu to conquer Danyang for the first time, Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang at that time, looked down on Yuan Shu, so he firmly resisted.

Wu Jingnai announced to the common people: "Whoever dares to follow Zhou Xin will not be pardoned."

Afraid of Wu Jing's intimidation, Zhou Xin dismissed his troops and returned them to Kuaiji, his county.

With such prestige, Wu Jing really led his army to Jiangcheng County, and the people in the city did not dare to resist.

After all, the tyrants in Jiangcheng County pay more attention to their own interests, and have no idea of ​​living and dying with Liu Yao.If he leads the crowd to surrender, Wu Jing will treat them leniently.If you die from Liu Yao, you will be slaughtered.

How to choose, Jiang Cheng's power and common people can easily make a choice.

The tyrants in the city took the initiative to open the door to welcome Wu Jing and his army into the city.

But what's interesting is that the former Danyang prefect was still an old official of the Cao family. After Cao Cao's defeat in Bianshui and the entire army was annihilated, he went south to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers. The Danyang prefect Zhou Xin sent more than [-] troops to help him conquer .

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the governor of the state was like watching flowers on a horse, changing so fast that people were overwhelmed.

Today's Danyang prefect Zhou Shang, and the previous Danyang prefect Wu Jing, both led the crowd to help Sun Lang. The resistance of Jiangcheng, Shuhu and other counties is indeed not high.

The news of Wu Jing and Sun Ben's successful pacification soon spread back to Moling.

At this time, the battle in Moling County had been stalemate for more than ten days. Zhe Rong was afraid of Sun Lang's hero, and every day he made deeper ditches and higher fortifications to repair the defense.

Cheng Pu led less than 2000 people, and it was indeed not easy to capture Ruo Rong, a fortress of 6000 to [-] people who was strictly defended.

In the middle, Cheng Pu even organized an assault with heavy troops. Han Dang, Song Qian, Jiang Qin, Deng Dang, Rui Liang, Yuan Xiong and other fierce generals went to Shishi in person, and led a hundred dead soldiers, all covered with hundreds of dead soldiers just built in the camp. Yu paired excellent black armor and stormed all night, but still failed to break through the barriers defended by Ruo Rong's heavy troops.

These more than one hundred pieces of Xuanjia are already the most important luggage in Sun Ce's camp. It took almost two months for Xu Yi, a hero, to assemble nearly two thousand craftsmen.There were a total of [-] sets. Sun Ce left more than [-] sets for Zhou Yu, and the remaining [-] sets were brought to the front line by himself.

But even such an elite soldier was blocked by Ruo Rong.

The reason why Ruo Rong was able to block it was also very simple, because he had more and better armor than Sun Ce.

Yinfu of Xuzhou had a total of six counties. He cut off the taxes and taxes of Xiapi, Guangling, and Pengcheng counties, and looted the entire Guangling. The arsenal, money and food were all in his hands.

There has always been a heavy armored force of more than 600 people in his camp.

You must know that Lu Bu's most famous heavy infantry fell into the camp with more than [-] people.

Of course, Lu Bu may not be as rich as Ruo Rong. Although Lu Bu calls himself Xuzhou Mu, in the long run, he can only control the more than ten counties around Xiapi.

In Sun Ce's tent, several generals were relatively depressed.

No matter Cheng Pu, Jiang Qin, Han Dang, Song Qian, all of them are veteran generals who have experienced battles. Deng Dang, Rui Liang, Yuan Xiong and others were even more energetic and energetic before.

They all boasted of being proud soldiers and mighty generals, with outstanding combat power.

But now for more than ten days, they still can't break down Ruo Rong's stronghold, and everyone is discouraged.

On the contrary, Sun Ce didn't care about it, but started discussing with everyone enthusiastically: "A slight setback today is also a good thing. At least the whole army can reach a consensus. Improvements must be made and the morale of the army must be improved before we can truly compete with the heroes. "

"This Ruo Rong is just a general, with thousands of soldiers and hundreds of armored soldiers. As far as I know, Wen Hou Lu Bu has more than this size under his command. He has Gao Shun's troops under his command. The armor and equipment are all refined and neat. Every attack The one who breaks through is called the trapped camp. There are more than [-] soldiers in the army, known as a thousand, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and their equipment is well prepared."

"Our current military strength is probably hard to compete with Lu Bu. What's more, Cao Cao and others still have to continue to train soldiers to improve the army's combat power."

Cheng Pu was a little annoyed, and said: "General, I thought that we might not be weaker than Marquis Wen in a short-handed battle. Ruo Rong's troops completely occupied the advantage of deep trenches, high fortifications, and strict defenses. Even so, we took the advantage of two thousand Even if Cao Cao and Lu Bu's generation came to besiege, it would probably take several months to defeat them."

Sun Ce smiled, what he wanted was this exciting effect!
Sure enough, after Cheng Pu finished speaking, the soldiers in the tent cheered up.He is not weaker than the heroes of the world, and he is still a strong army with advantages.

"Haha, Shan! This is the proud soldier under my command. The atmosphere was depressed just now. Wu Zhonglang and the others thought they had lost a big battle when they saw it!"

After everyone laughed easily, Sun Ce said with a smile: "After fighting the camp for so long, I will give you a change of heart. Let's attack Moling County instead, and lure the troops from Ze Rong's camp to come to the camp to help."

Jiang Qin tilted his head back, and said in a bold voice, "Ze Rong dares to go out to rescue? He has long been frightened. Even if Moling is in danger, he dare not go out for half a step."

Han Dang said with a smile: "Of course the guard of Moling, Xue Li, is no stronger than Ruo Rong. We stormed Ruo Rong's camp for more than ten days, but he did not dare to send a single soldier from the beginning to the end. The power of the horns has been reduced to this state , has become a desperate defense."

Sun Ce said calmly: "If Ruo Rong dares to come out, we will besiege the city and fight for aid. If he dares not to come out, it will be a good time. We will take down Moling, and he will be trapped in death, just waiting to die."

Encouraged by Sun Ce, the soldiers in the battalion regained their morale and marched out of the battalion in order to attack Moling City.

This time Sun Ce personally led the army, and Sun Lang's flag was clearly flying above the formation of the entire army.

Seeing Sun Lang's flag, the soldiers in the Ruo Rong camp were as tense as they were facing the enemy, and several times more defenders than before climbed up to the camp immediately, ready to fight.

Countless people breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Sun Lang's flag heading towards Moling.Some people even sat paralyzed on the ground, feeling like they had narrowly escaped death and saw the light of day again.

Let them go out to fight at this time?

I'm afraid just Sun Lang's name is enough to scare them to their knees.

Of course, the situation in Moling City was no better than theirs.

Seeing that Sun Ce's army began to besiege the city, everyone on the city wall panicked like ants on a hot pot.

Xue Li was terrified and at a loss: "What to do, what to do, Sun Lang came to attack the city himself! Can we hold it?"

As a prime minister of Pengcheng appointed by the imperial court, he was terrified of Tao Qian when he was the governor of Xuzhou. He was forced to lose the county and fled to Yangzhou.

With his courage, facing the peerless Sun Ce directly, he was naturally even more unbearable.

His master book persuaded: "Your Majesty, Moling is in a dangerous situation. The city is tall and deep. It is one of the few important cities in Danyang with a moat. It will be difficult for Yuan Shu's troops to conquer."

"The moat?" Xue Li swallowed his saliva, and pointed to the city: "You mean the moat they are burying?"

Following the direction of Xue Li's finger, the guards on the city wall watched nervously. Most of Sun Lang's army was calmly transporting soil to fill the moat, with only a few dozen armored cavalry guarding the side.

Xue Li looked around, and asked nervously: "The height of the city and the depth of the pond are our greatest strength to defend the city, so let the other side fill up the moat calmly? Who will go down and disperse them?"

Before the words fell, all the generals and school lowered their heads at the same time, and some of them took a few steps back calmly, leaving the city wall quietly, fearing that they would be called out to fight.

It is really that Sun Lang's record in the last battle was so amazing, he felt as if he had entered the land of no one among the ten thousand armies.With dozens of cavalry, they rushed to the middle of the Moling army and captured the general Chen Heng.

All the generals guarding Moling were terrified. If they wanted to lead troops out of the city, they would be stabbed to death by Sun Lang among the crowd.

The figures on the city wall thinned out at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this scene, Xue Li was even more terrified. The soldiers didn't even dare to go out to fight. Isn't this defending the isolated city?
He turned his head and asked the master in a low voice: "Can we hold Moling City? How long can we hold it?"

The chief secretary hesitated for a moment: "If Liu Yangzhou can come to the rescue, he will definitely be able to defend Moling. As for how long it will last...I am not a military general. Why don't Minggong ask the generals?"

Xue Li became hysterical, and shouted in a low voice: "Rescue! How can there be rescue! Jiangcheng and Shuhu were all captured by Shubing. Are reinforcements flying over?"

The chief secretary hurriedly dissuaded him: "Duke Ming is cautious about his words."

But Xue Li couldn't listen at all, and hurried down the city wall.A group of generals left looked at each other in blank dismay, at a loss.

The army has no mastery, is impetuous, and there is no charter for defense.

In this case, as long as Sun Ce's army fills up the moat, it may attack the city wall in one storm, and then the army will continue to surge up, and it can even defeat the defenders who are losing speed with their numbers.

No matter how frightened the generals were, they knew they couldn't let this go on.

He hurriedly went to look for Xue Li to come out and preside over the overall situation.

However, the soldiers searched for more than two hours in the city but did not find the Prime Minister Pengcheng.

It wasn't until the soldiers were completely flustered and drew their weapons that Xue Li's servant finally confessed that Xue Li had escaped under the guard of the guests two hours ago.

It turned out that Xue Li knew that there was no rescue and that Moling had become a desperate place. He was worried that Sun Ce would dig three trenches and cut the city wall, so he could only trap without attacking, so he abandoned the city before the city was besieged.

The defenders were completely disorganized and gave up resistance.They are a group of Xuzhou people, the lord has fled, and the soldiers have no intention of dying for Yangzhou Mu.

On Sun Ce's side, before the moat was completed, he learned that the defenders had surrendered in Kaesong.

A group of generals also looked at each other in dismay. Jiang Qin followed Sun Ce, puzzled, and asked, "General, is this a trick of the enemy to surrender?"

Sun Ce said with a smile, "Then this trick of feigning surrender is clumsy enough."

"You should still be more careful."

"Is it true? Don't you know it just by trying it? You passed the order to them and asked them to line up out of the city and surrender."

Jiang Qin got the order and brought more than a hundred soldiers close to the gate of the city.

Seeing that he spoke fiercely, and even exchanged a few words with the other party in a vicious manner, the scene became deadlocked.

But after only a moment of stalemate, more than a dozen generals on the other side slowly bent down.

Then the densely packed defenders marched out of the city, bowed their knees and surrendered to Jiang Qin's team of only a few hundred men, and threw their weapons and armor all over the place, piled up like a mountain.

The soldiers who watched this scene were all excited!
There are only a few hundred people on our side, and the flags are unfurled, and thousands of enemy troops are intimidating, bowing their knees, disarming and surrendering. How high-spirited and enraged!

The mayor of Moling City fled and surrendered without a fight. Sun Ce successfully collected and surrendered more than [-] soldiers, and then the army directly marched into this important town of Danyang.

The significance of winning the city of Moling County to Sun Ce even surpassed the acceptance of more than [-] surrendered troops.

Because this is the famous ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in later generations!

It may not be enough to say that the army has conquered Moling County.

But if you put it another way, the army conquered Jiankang, the army conquered Jianye, and the army conquered Jinling, and the grandeur immediately became magnificent.

This is the capital of the emperor, and it can be used as the capital to establish a king's career!

A prince who owns Jiankang City, regardless of his power, seems to have the air of a king, and the lowest achievement is to separate one side.

Of course, the current Moling City is still relatively rudimentary, and being located in the hinterland, neither the economic level nor the urban construction is enough to support the weather of the capital.

Sun Ce planned to relocate the city to the northern riverside after stabilizing the east of the river, and build another magnificent capital city, taking into account both economic prosperity and military barriers, and fully exerting its unique advantages.

(End of this chapter)