Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 598 surprise attack
Yanci Port in Pyongyuan County pales in comparison to the nearby Bohae Port in Bohae County, and because of its proximity to each other, it has been further robbed of its "popularity".

Just look at the names and you will know that one is named after "county" and the other is named after "county"!

Yanci Port had been visited three times in the past two months. Except for the first time when it resisted a wave of feint attacks by the Chu Navy, after which the Chu Navy withdrew to Bohai County, the other two times it was visited. Break through, capture and plunder.

The State of Chu naturally had other descriptions of its actions of liberating slave labor workshops, but in the eyes of the Wei people, it was regarded as "plundering", and the Wei court also promoted it as such.

Lu Bu did not deny that he had captured some trophies in the just battle, and both Bai Tu and the Chu government and the public agreed with this.

When it was breached for the first time, the defenders of the Wei State were still here and lost their troops. But the second time... the Wei State had abandoned this place and destroyed the basic facilities of the port, so that when Chu State landed, it needed to be replaced first. boat.

In November, which has already entered winter, Yanci County obviously did not expect that he would be attacked again at this time!

And this time, the Chu army did not just "hang around", but eight thousand fine cavalry went straight to Yanci County...

That's right, it was Zhang Liao's surprise army - eight thousand were "cavalry", but only three thousand were real cavalry, and the other five thousand... were just infantry with horses.

Of course, because the latter was also institutionalized as a new military branch by the Privy Council, they did not use original "horses", but were trained on civilian horses, a vehicle... that looked like a suspended tricycle!
In short, it does not have the charging ability of the cavalry, but it can greatly improve the ability to escort supplies, and it can barely keep up with the slower cavalry when running long distances.

For the Chu army, transportation is obviously very important - smooth transportation means that artillery is knocking on the door...

After Zhang Liao organized the landing that night, he arrived at Yanci City at dawn. After a barrage of artillery fire, he successfully broke through and captured Yanci County!

And at noon that day, the main force of Lu Bu, who was originally in charge of "Shengdong", came to Yanci this time, and Zhang Liao's cavalry force, after a brief rest for the whole morning, continued to rush towards the northwest...

The target is Nanpi, the seat of Bohai County and an important town in the east of Jizhou!

Nanpi has been a key military city since the Yuan Shao period. After Yuan's vitality was seriously injured in the Battle of Baima, Yuan Tan used Nanpi as his base camp and survived for several more years, winning a complete victory for the Chu Kingdom. Poor development time.

Even after the "shrinkage" of the Wei army, Nanpi is one of the places that must be defended, but now there is obviously a lack of vigilance...

Calculating the time, I am afraid that the defeated army may not be able to give a warning in advance.

However, since it is a military city, there is no reason to "defend the city alone". The surrounding roads are surrounded by military strongholds.

However, under Zhang Liao's surprise attack, these ordinary military strongholds were directly demolished by the "transport cavalry", all the way to Nanpi City...

In fact, even an ordinary military stronghold, if properly prepared and equipped with trenches, may not be able to stop Zhang Liao's advance, but... unprepared, they were prepared to rely on wooden antlers with iron tips, etc. To resist Chu's cavalry and artillery, they obviously thought too much!

Zhang Liao also carried forward the tactics "personally taught" by Bai Tu - artillery bombardment, cavalry charge, infantry advance...

That is, the "mainstream" tactics of Napoleon, the legendary emperor who founded the country in the early 19th century!
First use artillery to clear the ground, then charge with cavalry, and then use infantry to press forward and occupy the position...

To the greatest extent possible, it was a strategy that took full advantage of the country's advantages in artillery and cavalry at that time.

Now the third step can be omitted. After all, Zhang Liao only has 8000 men, and his purpose is just to break through the defense line. As for standing firm, he can leave it to the main force behind him.

As the "gun leader", Zhang Liao undoubtedly completed the task well, because he reached the gate of Nanpi City as quickly as possible.

Even if the walls of the military city are extremely thick, and there are acropolis and city walls surrounding them, which are very complex and resistant structures that are conducive to the performance of the defenders, the artillery cannot push them up for a while...

However, Zhang Liao's quick attack really caused Nanpi to be in chaos!
And at this time, Lu Bu's main force had begun to press forward, steadily beginning to occupy the position and making progress step by step.

Guarding Nanpi City was also Li Dian, a good general of Wei State.

In history without the White Rabbit Effect, he was one of Zhang Liao's deputies when he was guarding Hefei.

Li Dian's style was completely different from Zhang Liao's. He was very conservative and restrained in his conduct and deployment of troops.

As for the time in Xiaoyaojin in history...

After all, Zhang Liao was the coach, and Li Dian was only mobilized.

Now in Nanpi, when Li Dian himself was a general, he showed more of his "elegant and easy-going" style. Although he was stable, he seemed very passive.

But it is true that in terms of ability, Li Dian is weaker than the first-line generals of Wei. At this time, he is in the crucial position of Nanpi, but he is not the head coach of Bohai County's defense.

Soon Bohai County's coach Yu Jin became even more decisive after learning the news. He not only actively came to help, but also made a grand strategy of "stopping Lu and trapped Zhang"!
Reorganize the defense in order to hold back Lu Bu's main force. In addition... we must take the opportunity to annihilate Zhang Liao who has been surrounded by our own side!
Of course, Yu Jin himself also knew whether he was "entering one's own siege" or being "attacked by the enemy's defense line". It was just a way of boosting morale.

And I don’t know whether I should call Yu Jin’s luck good or bad...

Ordinarily, autumn and winter in the north are very dry, but just on the third day after Zhang Liao arrived at Nanpi City, when Yu Jin had already arrived, it happened to be a day of heavy rain, and it even started to feel like sleet!
As a result, not only did Zhang Liao's unit, dominated by the Southern Army, lose its combat effectiveness due to the sudden drop in temperature, but the role of artillery was also greatly reduced in the subsequent pattering.

Yu Jin believed that the opportunity was not to be missed, so he raised fire as a signal. Not only did he besiege all around, he even ordered Li Dian to lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, preparing to eat these 8000 people!
Until then, Yu Jin's luck seems to be very good?

After all, if it weren't for God's bad intentions, it would not be easy to swallow Zhang Liao first within a few days of holding back Lu Bu's main force.

However, if there is bad luck, it is that Zhang Liao not only burst out of fighting spirit during the heavy siege, but also gradually accumulated combat skills that fit his characteristics when he was fighting in Xiaopei... no, it should be said that he had been fighting in Bingzhou. , and was completely awakened at this time!

Seed of Fear - When leading his troops in battle, the intimidation effect is greatly enhanced. The enemy troops that are frightened and routed by Zhang Liao's troops will carry spreadable Seeds of Fear, causing the collapse of morale to spread and effectively accelerating the morale of the enemy troops. collapse……

(End of this chapter)