Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Liu Zhang asked Zhang Jie and Gan Ning to rest in Puban County. On the second day, he personally led Fazheng, Huang Quan, Wu Yi, Pang Xi and other generals, led an army of [-], crossed the Su River, and then went north.

By the time the army arrived, it was already dawn.

Liu Zhang's army appeared outside the city. The scouts of the Xiliang army around the Yi family had discovered it a long time ago, and immediately reported it to the city. Xu Rong and a group of generals went up to the top of the city and waited.

Liu Zhang's [-]-strong army approached the south gate of Yi's family slowly, and stopped after a hundred paces.

From a distance, there are mountains on both sides of the Yi clan, only the city is surrounded by flat land, which is a key point.

There is no moat outside Yi's city, but the terrain outside the city is not open, and it is somewhat inconvenient to deploy troops.

Liu Zhang, escorted by several generals, approached the city gate slowly. He looked at the top of the city and asked loudly.

"General Xu please talk to me."

When Xu Rong heard this, he leaned out of the parapet. "I am Xu Rong!"

"I am Liu Zhang, the herdsman of Yizhou. I am leading an army here today. Why don't General Xu surrender early." Liu Zhang began to persuade him to surrender. Xu Rongzhi is not just an ordinary general, but a general who can stand on his own.

Under Liu Zhang, there are quite a few strong generals, but there are very few generals who can stand on their own.Ma Teng and Zhao Wei are good, but he still doesn't fully trust them and dare not entrust them with important tasks.

"Rebel, attacking my territory for no reason, what face do you have to ask me to surrender."

When Liu Zhang heard this, he was very happy.

Hmph, I'm not afraid of you scolding me, but I'm afraid you won't speak.

"I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty. The prefect of Jingzhao Yin appointed by His Majesty Lingdi, and now the Yizhou Shepherd appointed by the imperial court, is legal, but you Xu Rong, originally a Han minister, has taken refuge in Dong Zhuo. Who is Dong Zhuo? A thief who steals the country does not respect the Han family, his majesty, and the people, but you follow him, such a great traitor who has ruined the country and the people, who is the traitor?"

Liu Zhang's words were so sharp that Xu Rong didn't know how to refute for a while.

Without waiting for Xu Rong to refute, Liu Zhang spoke again.

"Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, Li Jue and Guo Si are vying for power, Zhang Ji has fled to Wuguan for refuge, Fan Chou has been killed and captured, and Duan Yan is in Qin Muchu. The 10,000+ Xiliang army is still left."

"Now the Xiliang army only has three counties. I will attack you with an army of [-]. Li Jue and Guo Si are busy fighting for the control of Luoyang. Death."

"Look at the soldiers under your command, how many elite soldiers you have, how to resist my [-] army, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the soldiers behind you. Fighting me will only lead to death, and surrendering me will lead to survival."

Liu Zhang first despised Xu Rong, and then argued, explaining that he was orthodox and he was a traitor. Then he explained the strength comparison between the enemy and us, and resistance was a dead end. Finally, he persuaded him to surrender, which not only shook Xu Rong's fighting spirit, It also shook the morale of his soldiers.

Morale is a thing, although you can't see it or feel it, but it really exists. Liu Zhang's words are righteous, and the soldiers under Xu Rong's command don't understand them at all. There are [-] troops.

If you keep fighting, the possibility of losing is very high.

In the Second World War, losing means that many people will die. Could it be me?

Xu Rong saw that on the top of the city, the soldiers were talking a lot, their expressions were wrong, and they secretly thought something was wrong.

"Liu Zhang, do you only use your words to win? Take my city if you have the ability!"

Hahaha, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top.

Liu Zhang didn't care whether Xu Rong was tempted or not, anyway, his words must have worked.

"How difficult is it to capture the Yi clan? You wait in the city for a while, and I'll take the city and let you see!"

Liu Zhang turned his horse's head, returned to the army formation, and then ordered to attack the city.

In the past few days, he has stationed troops in Puban, but he has done nothing.

Cutting down trees to make long ladders, crashing cars, assembling ladders, catapults, and various siege equipment has been completed a lot.

After Liu Zhang gave the order, several ladders and crash cars were pushed by the soldiers and slowly approached the city gate. The three Sima each led their own swords and shields and quickly approached the city, waiting for the siege ordnance.

A thousand archers suppressed the enemy under the city.

Xu Rong was on the top of the city, seeing Liu Zhang's army attacking the city so methodically, his heart was chilled for a while.

So far, it is impossible to surrender directly. "The order is to guard the city tightly and not to go out of the city to fight without authorization!"

In Xu Rong's heart, there are more than [-] people in the city, and there is absolutely no problem in defending the city.

After a while, the car crashed into the south gate, dozens of long ladders were erected on the city wall, sword and shield soldiers began to climb the long ladders, and ants attacked the city.

Some Xiliang soldiers on the city wall rolled logs with thunderstones, some shot them with bows and arrows, and some knocked down long ladders with clap sticks, so the enemy troops outside the city could not get up at all.

"Look, general, what is that?" Sima, one of Xu Rong's subordinates, pointed to a huge vehicle and asked.

He didn't know him, but Xu Rong did.

He exclaimed, "Ladder!"

The base of this cloud ladder is a wooden cart, and then the long ladder is folded on it, and the top is a platform on which wooden boards can be built to connect the female wall. Soldiers outside the city can climb the long ladder and jump directly onto the city wall through the wooden boards.

This kind of ladder is introduced in military books, but there are few military books that record the method of making it, and the base of the ladder is heavy and cannot be knocked down with a racket.

Xu Rong took a closer look and found that there were only a few ladders, but he didn't dare to be careless.

He ordered several generals to lead troops to stop the enemy troops coming up the ladder.

This order is very timely.

When the ladder was still half a foot away from the city wall, the sword and shield soldiers under the city climbed quickly along the long ladder, and then built the wooden boards on the top platform on the parapet, and then they jumped up the city wall one step at a time.

Those Xiliang soldiers who had been ordered had long been waiting at the section of the city wall where the ladder was located, and when they became enemy troops, they swarmed up together and hacked at them.

From morning to afternoon, both sides suffered casualties, but did not break through the city.

Liu Zhang called Jin to withdraw his troops, collected his own corpses, and led his army back to Puban County.

On the second day, Liu Zhang led another [-] troops and appeared outside Yi's city on time.

There are [-] soldiers in Puban County, which is sufficient. The [-] soldiers he brought today are not what they were yesterday.

The [-] soldiers who attacked the city yesterday rested in the rear today to recover their strength.

In order to prevent the defenders of Xie County from crossing Sushui suddenly and attacking the flanks, Liu Zhang ordered people to attack Xie County every day.

If the enemy's defense is strict, it will be a feint attack to prevent them from leaving the city; if the enemy's army is lax, they will take the opportunity to attack the city.

Liu Zhang attacked the city every day for three consecutive days, but he still did not capture the Yi clan, so he did not panic.

A city guarded by more than 1 people is not so easy to capture, let alone a famous general like Xu Rong defending the city.