Empire's Summoning Generals System

Chapter 244 Liaoyuan City Attack and Defense Battle I (4000 chapters)

With trembling hands, Huangfuyi received the information sent by the soldiers. Every piece of information, every sentence made Huangfuyi feel heavy. Chen He died of illness, the capital fell, Ji Changyou died in battle, Li Zhen was killed, the queen mother was captured, Each of these was a steel knife that cut Huangfuyi's heart bloody.

Huangfuyi couldn't help crying
"I am ashamed of my late emperor!"

"General, what should we do now?" A general asked cautiously.

"Go back to Beijing!"

Huangfuyi put down the information in his hands and made up his mind that all the food and grass supplies in Ganping City were provided by the capital. Now that the capital has fallen and the food and grass have been cut off, he must go back to the capital to take back the capital, and take the Queen Mother and His Majesty out of Cao Zhuo's hands. After taking it back, it is expected that the Cao thief would not dare to harm the Queen Mother and His Majesty, and would at most imprison them.

As long as there are [-] soldiers and horses, Da Zhou will not perish
What's more, half of the [-] soldiers under him are from the capital. If the news of the fall of the capital comes, it will definitely cause people's hearts to fluctuate and morale will be demoralized. Even if I can suppress it, how long can I hold on?
Back to Beijing!

Must go back to Beijing!

"Order to go down, set up a suspicious formation at the top of the city! Let's go back to Beijing overnight!" Huangfuyi ordered.

"Your subordinates obey!" The general clapped his hands in response.

The next day, Cao Zhuo's general Yuan Polu felt that something was wrong with the top of the city, so he sent people to check the top of the city, only to find that the top of the city was empty. Because he was afraid that this was Huangfuyi's scheme, he deliberately lured him out of the city to pursue him, and then set up an ambush, so Yuan Polu took a relatively safe method and sent a few small teams to explore the road, while the army stood still and waited for news.

As for the capital, Cao Jun, who had been ordered by Cao Zhuo, began to plunder even more frantically everything that could be plundered, such as money, food, craftsmen, women, etc., in preparation for returning to Xizhou.

Liu Ming saw all this in his eyes, and thought of the little emperor being thrown to death by Cao Zhuo, and the empress dowager being raped by 0.0, he finally couldn't bear his anger. Cao Zhuo had changed. Given his current madness, the world will be in trouble if Thief Cao is not dead.

Liu Ming knew he had to make a choice.

On this day, Cao Zhuo summoned all the generals to discuss matters. Cao Zhuo sat on the chief seat and asked, "How much money and food have been collected now?"

Cao Meng went out and replied: "My lord, Luo is worthy of being the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The people's resources are abundant, and there are many rich households and merchants. Now thousands of households have been confiscated, and their property and resources have been plundered, which can be used for several years in Xizhou. !"

"Good! Good!"

Cao Zhuo clapped his hands loudly, "Xizhou is located in a desolate place with a sparse population, and millions of people from Luodu can be moved to Xizhou. Cao Meng, I will leave this matter to you!"

"My lord, don't worry, the matter will be handled properly in the end!"

Cao Zhuo nodded and looked around at the generals: "Is there anything else you need to do?"

Liu Ming went out, bowed his hands and said: "My lord, there is an important event to be announced at the end!"

"What's the matter?"

"Dare to ask my lord, the world is chaotic, who is guilty of it?"

Cao Zhuo's face turned cold suddenly: "General Liu, what do you mean? Ji Yuanwu is to blame for the chaos in the world!"

Liu Ming stood up, with firm eyes, and sternly reprimanded: "The world is in chaos, it's Cao Zhuo's fault!"

Pulling out a short dagger from his bosom, he stepped forward and stabbed Cao Zhuo angrily. Seeing this, Cao Zhuo hurriedly overturned the case in front of him and blocked Liu Ming's fatal blow.

Liu Ming stepped forward again, intending to kill Cao Zhuo, but he didn't expect Cao Zhuo to grab Liu Ming's arm holding the dagger, twist it hard, and only heard a "crack", and twisted Liu Ming's arm directly. break!
Liu Ming screamed, and the dagger fell to the ground. At this time, Cao Meng finally reacted, and stabbed Liu Ming's back with a sword, piercing out from his chest.

Liu Ming's face turned gray in an instant, pink bubbles surged in his mouth, and he murmured: "It's a pity."

Fall to the ground!
Cao Zhuo looked at Liu Ming whose eyes were gradually dimming, and was furious. He grabbed Liu Ming by the collar and cursed, "Liu Ming, I have treated you well, why did you turn against me?"

"Cough cough!"

Liu Ming coughed up a big puddle of blood: "You are so cruel and ruthless, I wish I could tear you apart to thank the world! I just didn't expect that you are hiding so deeply that you can use martial arts."

Cao Zhuo clasped Liu Ming's head with his big hand, twisted it hard, and Liu Ming's neck bone broke and died. Cao Zhuo looked at Liu Ming who had been killed by himself, and threw it to the ground casually, saying to the guards: "Drag out, feed the dog!" !"

Then he looked at the other generals: "You all go down!"

"Yes!"

All the generals didn't dare to stay longer, and retreated quickly.

As for Cao Zhuo, he stayed in the hall for a long time.

"what!?"

Chu Ying sat up startled, and asked loudly, "You said Liu Gui broke Wen County and Baoshan, and led his army to Liao City?"

"Yes!" The soldier bowed his head deeply.

"How is this possible? How could there be more than 3000 soldiers in Baoshan Wen County being captured by only [-] people from Leyang?"

The soldiers hurriedly said: "General Qi reports not only Liu Gui's troops, but also the five thousand troops led by Guan Yu!"

"Impossible, Guan Yu's general flag is still upright in Dong Yu's army!" A general didn't believe it at all, and asked loudly.

Chu Ying staggered a few steps, and said to the generals: "We have been tricked, and we have fallen into Liu De's plan to attack the west! Liaocheng is in danger!"

The generals were in an uproar: "Then what should we do?"

"If Liao City is broken, then our Liaoyuan will be finished."

Chu Ying stood up and paced back and forth: "Even if Liu Gui and Guan Yu are traveling day and night, they can't make up for the fact that the distance is far away, not to mention that there are several county towns blocking them, and each county town has at least hundreds of soldiers and horses. It is absolutely possible to delay them for some time. In this way, we are very hopeful that we can rush back before the Leyang army breaks through Liaocheng, but Liu De will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely follow our army with all his strength, trying to destroy us , so we must leave a force in Liaoyuan to stop Dong Yu’s army, generals! Who is willing to take on this great task!”

"This"

All the generals looked at each other, no one dared to step forward to agree, Dong Yu's army was tyrannical, if they stayed, it might be a dead end, no one was willing to take this unfortunate job!
Of course Chu Ying knew what the generals were thinking, sighed, and cursed secretly in her heart: "It's really a bunch of wine bags and rice bags! Master Wang is so courteous."

Then Chu Ying added: "This general only brought 3 troops to support Liaocheng. As long as the remaining [-] troops are commanded properly, it is more than enough to defend Liaoyuan."

Chu Ying turned to look at one of them, and said, "Chezhuang, you will guard the city!"

Che Zhuang got up and responded: "The last general is taking orders! Please rest assured, general, that someone is in the city!"

Chu Ying nodded. Che Zhuang was a general who was single-handedly promoted by himself. Although his official position is low, he has a tenacious personality and can accomplish anything without compromise. It is not comparable to those old fritters, as long as he strictly follows his orders. , It is not a problem to defend Liaoyuan City.

Then Chu Ying looked at the other generals and counted them, "Yu Wei, Wang Kai, Xiao Bu, follow me to Liaocheng, and the rest follow Che Zhuang's order, guard Liaoyuan City, and wait for this general to come back!"

"Yes!"

The rest of the generals responded in unison, although some veterans were dissatisfied with Chu Ying's appointment, but due to Chu Ying's prestige, they could only accept his appointment, but I don't know what they think.

How can the mobilization of an army of [-] be hidden from Dongyu's sentry cavalry?

Liu De soon learned of the mobilization of the army in Liaoyuan City, so he immediately summoned the generals and the two military advisers Xu Shu and Xun Yu to discuss the military plan.

Liu De put his hands on the table and said to everyone: "Chu Ying hastily led his troops away in such a situation. According to my guess, General Liu Gui and General Guan should have already done it! At least they have already approached Liaocheng!"

Xu Shu said: "My lord's words are true! Since Chu Ying wants to leave, we must keep him!"

"The current chief general of the garrison is Chu Ying's confidant named Che Zhuang. Although Che Zhuang is excellent in martial arts, his qualifications are shallow. Chu Ying actually chooses him as the main general. I don't know if he has nothing to do or has lost his head." Xun Yu analyzed to everyone road.

When the two armies were confronting each other, the Dong Yu Army had roughly learned about the generals under Chu Ying, and of course Chu Ying would also investigate the abilities of the generals under Liu De.

"Maybe there is no other way!" Liu De also laughed.

Xun Yu continued: "As long as we exert a certain amount of pressure, conflicts will inevitably arise in the city. I'm afraid Chezhuang's ability can't suppress those veterans!"

"Very good!" Liu De ordered: "From today, the army will start attacking the city, and take Liaoyuan City within three days. General Gongsun, when you take down Liaoyuan City, it's time for your troops to show their strength!"

"My lord, please don't worry! I will never disappoint my lord!" Gongsun Qi knelt on one knee and bowed to Liu De.

"Notify Chen Qi and Jiang Lin to attack Lankou and Wuqiu!"

"Yes!"

Dong Yu's army moved very quickly. It should be said that this day has been waiting for a long time!

As the director of the manufacturing department, Xu Hai also went out of the city with the army. He has been desperately making siege equipment for the past few days. If he keeps dragging on, even if Chu Ying has an army of [-], he may not be able to withstand Liu De's attack.

Several ladders, siege vehicles, and dozens of trebuchets were all pushed to the front of Liaoyuan City, and they were ready.

"Start the siege! Catapult, release!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Dozens of stones flew towards the head of the Liaoyuan city like pouring rain, and when they hit the top of the city, the broken stones splashed and the dust flew up. Although the accuracy of the trebuchet was worrying, only a dozen of the dozens of stones hit the top of the city. On the city wall, only two unlucky ones were hit by gravel.

However, the trebuchet still plays a major role in the siege battle, which can greatly damage the morale of the enemy, destroy the city wall, and give the enemy a huge shock.

Sure enough, as expected, under the attack of the trebuchets, the enemy's defenses on the city wall were completely disrupted. Of course, there were also several trebuchets at the top of the enemy's walls, and they began to counterattack the Dongyu army.

But this kind of counterattack was useless. On the contrary, the catapults of the Dongyu Army concentrated fire and knocked down the catapults at the head of Liaoyuan City.

Unfortunately, in addition to the lack of accuracy of the trebuchet, the trebuchet body is also very easy to damage. However, after several throws, several trebuchets were completely damaged and could not be used.

Liu De saw that the trebuchet had basically been used to its maximum effect, so he ordered: "The archers release the arrows, and the whole army attacks the city!"

The command flag was waved, and more than a dozen messengers also quickly passed Liu De's military order to the generals.

The army began to attack the city.
Dian Wei, Xu Hu, and Peng Yue, the three most powerful generals of the East Yu Army, personally led the army to attack the city. Liu De was protected by the personal guard battalion, so he was safe, so Dian Wei and Xu Hu were dispatched. Just to be able to break through the city quickly.

Gongsun Qi led [-] cavalry and had been waiting for a long time. Although Gongsun Qi was very eager, he knew that it was not time for him to attack. When Liaoyuan City was broken, the task of chasing Chu Ying's army would be given to Gongsun Qi's subordinates.Siege battles do not require cavalry.

The crossbowmen of the Eastern Yu Army also began to release arrows to cover the army's attack on the city. The defenders of Liaoyuan were not to be outdone, and the archers fought back one after another. From time to time, soldiers from both sides were shot by arrows and died on the spot!
Holding a huge shield, Dian Wei climbed up the ladder and went forward first. Dian Wei carried the pair of iron halberds behind his back, clasped the short halberds in his hands, and protected the big shield in front of him. When the big shield was filled with several arrows, Dian Wei had also reached the top of the city, and several Liao Yuan soldiers stabbed Dian Wei with long spears.

Dian Wei was not afraid at all, he swung his shield vigorously and knocked the pikemen to the ground, and threw the short halberds continuously, shooting several people to death.

This offensive and defensive battle lasted for a whole day. Liu De saw that the sky was getting dark, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The Dongyu army retreated like a tide. Come to think of it, this is a custom on the battlefield, and generally no one will stop these soldiers.One is morality, not to let soldiers die in the wilderness, and the other most important is to prevent the occurrence of plague.

After Liu De's battle, although he did not go to the battlefield in person, Liu De was exhausted due to his high mental concentration, but Liu De did not go to rest, but called the generals to continue the discussion.

Liu De lay on the main seat and said, "Dian Wei, you are the first to kill the city leader, how do you feel?"

Although Dian Wei was the first to kill the top of the wall, and even killed more than a dozen enemy troops in a row, but because there were too many enemy troops, and Dong Yu's soldiers could not rush to the top of the wall immediately, Dian Wei had to retreat back.

After that, he led troops to charge and kill several times, but he failed to achieve the effect at the beginning, and was repulsed several times.

The blood on Dian Wei's body had not been wiped off, and he came out and said, "My lord, the soldiers in Liaoyuan City are not as good as our army's soldiers, but the defense is quite dense, but the general who came to command the army still has some rules."

Peng Yue also said: "If the enemy's defense has always been this level, although it will be a matter of time before we capture the top of the city, the losses will probably be more."

Xun Yu thought for a while and suggested, "Master, why don't we try to lure the enemy out?"

"What's the strategy of the military division?"

"Continue to bombard the city with trebuchets for half a day, and then place the trebuchets in our weak defenses to see if the enemy sneaks up on the trebuchets! If they come to sneak attack, it is up to General Gongsun to keep them !"

"Then what if they don't leave the city?" Liu De asked.

"If you don't leave the city, I'm afraid the morale in the city will drop sharply. I don't believe that soldiers with such low morale can display their full combat effectiveness!"

"So, according to what the military adviser said, General Gongsun will do a good job of responding! Then order Xu Hai to organize craftsmen to rush to make trebuchets overnight. The more you build, the better. I will smash Liaoyuan City to pieces!"

"Yes!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

(End of this chapter)