The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 186 Capture Youzhou
Tian Zhen and Su Jun led the soldiers one after another, and in the middle were the common people pushing boxes of supplies in carts or wheelbarrows. Everyone in the group was walking on the road to Youzhou. superior.

The look in Su Jun's eyes when he looked at Zhao An was really shocking.

Because he really couldn't imagine how he and others could get such amazing help from the local people when they were clearly attacking Youzhou. This was already a waste of money to meet the king's master.

But the problem is, Su Jun knows very well that Liu Tai has no ruling foundation here, so why does he get so much support.

The only thing Su Jun thought of was Zhao An. How could this organizational ability not make Su Jun feel astonished!

"What is going on with these people? If they say they are willing to help us cover, I will naturally believe it.

But I absolutely don’t believe that such an astonishing number of corvees can be organized to help us deliver various supplies to Youzhou City! "

Tian Tian looked at Zhao An at this moment. Although the development of the situation was really beneficial to him, this benefit came too inexplicably.

"Where should I start..." Zhao An thought for a moment and said,
"You know I was ordered to burn Wang Jun's autumn harvest, right? It was this attack that became the trigger for us to fight Wang Jun!"

"Of course I know this!" Tian Tian nodded. After all, no one on Liu Tai's side was aware of this matter.

Zhao An nodded and continued: "At the beginning, I followed the advice of our army staff and used burning Wang Jun's grain reserves as a cover to reach a cooperation agreement with some local aristocratic families."

"Then these aristocratic families continue to cooperate with us?" Tian Tian couldn't help but ask.

"No. Later, Wang Jun didn't need food and fodder for sending troops. These aristocratic families who had embezzled food and fodder paid enough food and fodder for Wang Jun's reuse.

On the contrary, those families who did not cooperate with us were persecuted by one of Wang Jun's subordinates named Zaosong because they did not have enough food and grass to hand over. Most of them fled to these remote areas! "

"But what does this have to do with us?" When Tian Tian heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"The following is what happened. During this time, Wang Jun's army began to forcibly recruit people into the army. It was originally only around Youzhou City, but recently it has spread to the surrounding villages more and more.

For these aristocratic families who have been driven to the fringe areas, their family property has been plundered by Zao Song many times. If the family members are forcibly recruited again, they will really have no power to protect themselves. How can they survive in such troubled times.

But they were afraid of Wang Jun's force and did not dare to resist, so they chose to cooperate with us! "

"They provided these people!" Tian Tian couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

"That's not true!" Zhao An shook his head and said, "They put together a sum of food to feed the people.

These people are because I asked my subordinates to tell them that as long as our Duke Liu's army captures Youzhou, then they will hold the fields in their hands firmly, and they will be the people protected by our army from now on.

If we are defeated by Wang Jun, those fields will be taken back by Wang Jun's army, and they will be dragged over by Wang Jun to be strong men, and their family's grain reserves will be used by Wang Jun to satisfy their hunger.

So they came to help! "

"That's it!" After hearing this, Tian Zhen nodded, feeling a little bit helpless.

Just as Tian Zhen's army quickly rushed towards Youzhou City, the surrounding counties directly avoided it and rushed to the foot of Youzhou City in one breath.

At this moment, Wang Ti was counting the grain and grass with a solemn face. To be honest, he calculated over and over again, but found that the grain and grass could only be supplied until spring plowing at most.

But Wang Jun didn't seem to care about this at all, and actually continued to recruit troops from the rear. Wang Ti didn't even know what Wang Ti wanted so many soldiers for.

In terms of the entire strategy, Wang Jun knew better than Wang Ti, because Wang Jun knew very well that Zao Song forcibly integrated Youzhou together and forced out the grain, grass and soldiers of the Youzhou nobles.

This shows that he cannot afford to lose this war. If he loses, he will really have nothing. But if he wins, Qingzhou will have food and grass if he wants.

Therefore, if Wang Jun dares to use this strategy to accumulate soldiers, he must kill Liu Tai in one go.

However, because Wang Ti opposed Wang Jun's proclaimed emperor, Wang Jun needed Wang Ti to manage logistics due to external reasons, but he was somewhat alienated from Wang Ti and did not tell Wang Ti the overall plan.

Under such circumstances, although Wang Ti still worked conscientiously, after all, as long as Wang Jun had not proclaimed himself emperor, Wang Ti was willing to cooperate with each other for the sake of the Jin court!
However, just when Wang Ti was calculating where to squeeze out the next batch of grain, he saw Wang Chang rushing into Wang Ti's office in panic. Wang Ti looked at Wang Chang's panic and said, "Wang Duhu, why are you panicking?"

"Prefect Qi, come with me to the city gate and you will know immediately that Liu Tai's army is coming to our Youzhou City!" Wang Chang couldn't help but say.

"How... is this possible?!" Wang Ti's expression changed when he heard this, "How did they get here! Qing ordered the gates of Youzhou City to be closed. Don't let the enemy troops enter Youzhou City!"

"Before I came, I had ordered the city gates to be closed to assemble the soldiers, but I still need the eunuch to take charge of the overall situation!" Wang Chang said.

Wang Ti couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Chang's words.

No matter what, Wang Jun did the right thing by leaving Wang Chang behind to defend the city before leaving. Wang Chang was an experienced veteran after all, which made Wang Ti feel more relaxed.

"Please rest assured, general, we have enough food and troops in Youzhou City. As long as we defend the city, we will never be able to attack it in a short time!"

At this time, Wang Ti calmed down and said, "And I will immediately write in handwriting to Governor Wang, asking him to send troops to attack from both sides. Liu Tai's army from Qingzhou will definitely not come back."

When Wang Chang heard this, he couldn't help but said, "Prefect, you have forgotten that our elite soldiers who originally guarded the city have disguised themselves as troops escorting grain and grass to Jizhou due to the order of the king.

Most of the people in the city are newly recruited soldiers.

If not, why should I be so nervous? As soon as I detect the enemy, I will come to discuss countermeasures with you! "

When Wang Ti heard Wang Chang's words, his heart couldn't help but he glanced at Wang Chang fiercely.

It’s hard to say anything about this kind of thing, but when you think about it, there are only two of you here, and it’s really helpless.

Wang Ti followed Wang Chang and the county soldiers from Youzhou City, heading towards the city wall.

Because Wang Chang had imposed martial law in advance, the whole street was already quiet.

Wang Ti was still calm and calm at this moment, climbing up the stairs under the city wall, and continued to comfort Wang Chang:

"The enemy came from afar. Although we don't know how the other party came, but they are so far away, they are just cavalry, and there are not many of them. Our Youzhou city is strong. As long as everyone in the city works together, we will be able to..."

Wang Ti was standing on the city wall at this time, looking down at the dense mass of human heads in the city in the distance. It could be described as a sea of ​​people.

"Repelling powerful enemies." Wang Ti's voice became smaller and smaller. Looking at the dark crowd, he was in disbelief:

"Where did they get so many people? Did the King just let these people cross the border?!"

"Some of them are local people, and some are local aristocratic families who were expelled from Youzhou City. They obviously saw that Liu Tai's army was powerful, so they chose to join in!" Wang Chang said helplessly.

"It's all Zaosong's fault. If he hadn't been forced to do so, how could such a situation have happened?" Wang Ti couldn't help but grit his teeth.

But at this time, he saw Li Nong patting his horse, coming to the city wall and roaring:

"People in Youzhou City, listen, I'll give you half an hour. If you open the door and surrender, you will still retain your original position without losing your wealth. If you resist stubbornly, when Youzhou City is breached, don't blame me for being merciless!"

After hearing this, Wang Chang raised his bow and arrow and shot at Li Nong.

Li Nong had sharp eyes and quick reactions. He decisively lay on his horse to avoid it, and then fled back in a slightly embarrassed manner.

But Li Nong will definitely be promoted when he comes back this time, otherwise Tian Tian won't let Li Nong call the door this time.

Seeing the attitude of the people in Youzhou City, Tian Tian didn't say much and immediately asked his soldiers to build siege weapons.

Wang Ti looked at the perimeter of Liu Tai's army below without attacking. Seeing that half an hour was approaching, his heart slowly lifted.

Although he was panicking in his heart, he still forced himself to find a reason to comfort himself:
"Although Liu Tai's army is large in number, our Youzhou city is also high and has thick walls.

They came with force today and had no siege weapons in their hands. It was impossible to capture Youzhou City in a short time.

We will hold on to this first wave of attacks first, and the subsequent soldiers will be familiar with the rhythm, and we will definitely be safe! "

"Prefect, I think you should go to the back to appease the people. I always feel that your words are very evil today!" Wang Chang said.

Wang Ti couldn't help but blushed when he heard Wang Chang's words. He was just about to struggle, but Tian Tian had already asked the soldiers to roll out more than a dozen trench bridge vehicles and dozens of ladder vehicles under the city wall.

As the moat bridge was mounted on the moat and the ladder was mounted on the city wall, there were only sporadic arrows on the wall that were weakly resisting.

At this moment, Tian Zhen was commanding the army to advance, and some ramming vehicles had already begun to hit the gate.

Youzhou City's defense is so weak that it can even be said to be defeated in one blow, and this is natural.

First, this is really Wang Jun's rear area. Wang Jun never thought that this place would be attacked, so he could dispatch his soldiers to the front line without any scruples. But now the remaining soldiers are not elite at all.

Secondly, even the defenders need to prepare in advance.

Needless to say, stones need to be transported to the city wall in advance, and golden juice needs to be steamed in advance. Even if you want to use the urn city to truly create a situation of catching turtles in the urn, you need to dispatch an elite force to ambush one side of the urn city in advance. Be prepared and wait until the enemy forces come in for a pincer attack!

This is why Tian Tian has always emphasized the speed of attack.

Because the faster the attack, the shorter the preparation time left for the opponent, the stronger the results of the attack can be, and the more likely it is to catch the opponent off guard.

As Wang Jun quickly directed his soldiers to launch an siege, unlike the normal siege rhythm, he had to go next door to chop wood for more than ten days, build siege weapons, and then attack Youzhou City.

It can be said that there was not much time for Wang Chang to build defenses and for Wang Ti to incite the people.

As the iron hook at the tip of the ladder was hung on the city wall, Tian Huang's soldiers rushed towards the city one after another.

Tian Zhen's army was well aware of the cost of attacking a city.

They knew very well that if they couldn't get it today, they would really suffer, so they all took the lead bravely.

But for Wang Chang's soldiers, most of them were not veterans or elites, but farmers who had conquered the country.

It just needs to go through relatively preliminary training here and then be sent to Wang Jun's military camp.

Tian Huang's men were well prepared for this extremely brutal siege battle, but Wang Chang's men were not at all.

So after Tian Tian's soldiers climbed onto the city wall and killed several soldiers, Wang Chang's men almost dispersed in a hurry.

At this time, Wang Chang took out his sword and even killed several people, but was unable to stop this great rout. He knew that the current situation could no longer be restored.

Wang Chang couldn't help but sigh, and he didn't want to be captured by Liu Tai's army, so he drew his sword and killed himself!
Of course, Wang Ti couldn't kill himself for Wang Jun, but he didn't expect that Youzhou City had a strong city, but it didn't even last a day to defend the city. His face was pale, and then he was killed by Li Nong and his soldiers. Caught.

Tian Zhen, Su Jun and Li Nong came to the city and saw Wang Chang's body that had committed suicide. However, the personal guards around him did not leave, but stayed beside Wang Chang to protect Wang Chang's body.

"Both armies are their own masters, regardless of right or wrong. Now that General Wang Chang has committed suicide, let us bury him alive!"

Tian Tian watched Wang Chang commit suicide, but expressed his respect for the guards guarding Wang Chang's body.

When these Wang Chang's personal guards heard this, they decisively dropped their weapons and moved out of the way.

At this time, Zhao An saw that Wang Chang was dead, Wang Ti was captured, and Youzhou City was successfully captured, and he said:

"Youzhou City has been successfully captured. We also need to inform the Duke of this matter and let him take action!"

"Huh?" When Tian Tian heard this, he looked at Zhao An curiously and said, "How to deliver the news?"

Zhao An smiled and gave some mysterious instructions to the people around him, only to see the man immediately mount his horse and run quickly outside the city.

Tian Tian was a little surprised when he saw this scene, thinking that Zhao An wanted to use horses to quickly convey information.

But soon, a burst of red smoke floated from his military camp.

The smoke was so thick that it reached directly into the sky, and along with the red smoke, smoke pillars rose up one after another, all the way to the horizon, to a place where they could no longer see.

"Beacon?!" Tian Tian couldn't help but lost his mind when he saw the scene in front of him.

"We have been lurking in the rear for the past two months, and it's not like we haven't done anything!" Zhao An said proudly,

"This continuous beacon fire is our message to the county prince!"

"Okay!" Tian Tian said excitedly, "Let's go to the arsenal first, and then control the family members of Wang Jun's army!"

(End of this chapter)