The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 392 Assault on Qingzhou
Lu Heng led the army into Fenggao only to find that the treasury was completely burned. Zang Ba was really ruthless. This was all the food and grass collected in northern Xuzhou.

If this batch of grain and grass can be sent to Guandu, Cao Cao can support it for another month.

However, Lu Heng's forces are really not short of food and grass now. This year, Lu Heng is fully prepared to wait for work. He has hoarded many supplies in Hefei that can be sent to the front line one after another, including food and grass, armor, weapons, arrows, crossbows, and rolling logs. Materials needed for war such as , stones, catapults, fire oil, ink stones, eight-ox crossbows, short spears, arrow boxes, etc.

Among them, grain and grass are the most important. After Sheyang is breached, Xuzhou has completely become the hinterland. Lu Heng is going to adjust Kanze to control the Xuzhou water system. Among them, the Zhongdu water is the key point. The silt in the Zhongdu water is cleaned and maintained so that large ships can sail. But if you pass by, you can transport materials directly from Moling to the north by water.

It can even extend the Zhongdu River. Now this artificial river is only within the scope of Guangling. Extending the Zhongdu River to connect the Huaihe River will completely open up the water system in the south of Xuzhou and Jiangdong, and the transportation cost will be greatly reduced. Of course, this requires a lot of labor. , Money and food are the follow-up development plans.

Taking Taishan County almost means that Lu Heng has taken the whole of Xuzhou. Although there is still Langya Kingdom that has not been conquered by force, I believe that when the news of Zang Ba's escape to the north comes out, Langya Kingdom will definitely surrender. Consolidated the east of Yanzhou.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang and Xie Jing were transferred back. Lu Heng rested for a few days and continued to lead troops north to cooperate with Liuzan, Yue Sheng, Kong Rong and others. At this time, Lu Heng didn't know where Liuzan and Yue Sheng were now.

Let's not talk about Lu Heng's rest and recuperation, but let's talk about Yuan Tan and Tian Feng leading their troops to retreat to Beihai, Qingzhou. On the way, they saw a group of defeated troops, led by Xin Pi, Wang Xiu, Ju Yi and others.

Yuan Tan was shocked when he saw it. Seeing that Simpi and Wang Xiuqi's lair had been destroyed, how could Yuan Tan not be frightened and quickly asked what was going on?

Looking back to the sea, Liu Zan, Yue Sheng, Kong Rong, Samoko, Li Yi and Jiang Qin's Haijiao Camp set out north five days earlier. The journey was not smooth sailing. This time it was not a commercial ship but an organic one. The navy, arrived at Lu Heng's Haijiao Battalion in the sea area of ​​Qingzhou, and encountered a sniper attack by the navy at sea?

That's right, it was a naval sniper attack. After arriving in the waters of Qingzhou, Guan Cheng didn't know which tendon was cramping, so he led the pirates to attack the Haijiao camp. To fight on board, use a boat tied with a pole to hit Haijiao camp in a straight line.

The sea is different from the river surface. At this time, it is only a troop transport, not a regular naval battle. The ones that can go to sea must be large ships. Ship fighting ships and maotu come as frigates to guard the building ships.

But it is also for this reason that Guan Cheng has loopholes to exploit. Haijiao Camp and Shenshui Camp are not professional naval warfare sailors.

In addition, such a suicide attack can be said to have minimized the gap in technology, and at the same time it has a certain nature of surprise attack. After Jiang Qin found out, he adjusted the fighting ships to guard the building ships, and attacked the enemy ships by surprise, while letting the eight-ox crossbow shoot The ships were already late.

Several warships rushed into the fleet formation and slammed into the frontmost building ship. Several large ships got stuck together. There were also two warships that wanted to continue to ram the second building ship, but were pierced by the iron spears of the Eight Ox Crossbow. Water warfare is not like land warfare. Even if the warship is penetrated, it can still move within a short distance. Fortunately, a fighting ship rammed hard to stop such an attack.

When the effect of such a suicidal attack and surprise attack disappeared, the subsequent effect was greatly reduced. Even though many of Guan Cheng's ships were forced to stop, the rest was a one-sided massacre. In the end, Guan Cheng and the ships were buried in the sea together.

After breaking through Guan Cheng's sea defense line, Jiang Qin relied on his powerful navy to successfully allow Liuzan, Yue Sheng, Kong Rong, Shamoke and others to land at Donglai, Taishici's hometown. Indeed, as Zhang Kai analyzed, Donglai Except for hundreds of county soldiers, Lai County had no defense. Guan Chenghai's sniper attack made Liu Zan and Yue Sheng tremble in their hearts. They thought that Yuan Tan or Tian Feng had some defense. It seemed to be just a coincidence.

This explains why Guan Cheng attacked Haijiao Camp. Guan Cheng was originally a pirate in Qingzhou. After Yuan Shao unified the north of the Yellow River, his power became stronger. Tan asked Guan Cheng to defend Donglai overseas, so when he saw a fleet like the Haijiao Camp, he immediately attacked, instead of Yuan Tan and Tian Feng's deployment as Liu Zan thought.

Huang County, the seat of Donglai County, saw that the Liuzan army surrendered without resistance. After taking Donglai County, the army went west and rushed to Beihai Kingdom.

This place is very magical. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the counties and state offices were relatively in the middle of the jurisdiction, but the government office of Beihai State (or Beihai City) was in the west. The country is bordered by Le'an country.

Such a geographical environment makes it so that Liuzan and Yue Sheng, who call all the way from the east, have to fight all the way to the west to reach Beihai City. The news closed the four doors tightly and waited.

If Chen Gong hadn't brought Kong Rong to supplement him, Lu Heng's attack would have come to an end. In a short period of time, Yue Sheng would not be able to storm Beihai City, and it would be even more hopeless when Yuan Tan returned to the army.

Seeing that the four gates of Beihai City were closed, Liu Zan invited Kong Rong, the big killer this time!
Kong Rong was originally famous, and he had been an official in Beihai for many years. He was an honest official and cared for the people. Several percent of the officials in Beihai were recommended by Kong Rong to the imperial court. Even Wang Xiu was promoted by Kong Rong as Xiaolian.

When Kong Rong appeared under Beihai City, the morale of the local defenders in Qingzhou dropped to freezing point. The moment Wang Xiu saw Kong Rong, he secretly said: "Not good!" Sure enough, the people of Beihai heard that Kong Rong was outside the city. I was so excited that a riot almost broke out on the spot!The city gates should be opened to let Kong Rong enter.

Simpi's face turned pale. It was obvious that Yuan Tan's policy mistakes had lost the hearts of the people in Beihai, and Kong Rong's reputation was naturally known. Wanquan did not expect that Kong Rong would return to Beihai with an army one day to face the riots. He almost ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows at the people directly.

It was Wang Xiu who yelled at the people and asked the soldiers to draw a cordon in the city to cut off those who broke through, which quelled the big disturbance. Many people scolded Wang Xiu for being ungrateful, for letting down Kong Rong's promotion, etc.

Wang Xiu also knew that even if he was suppressed on the surface, the people in the city were already unstable!But there is nothing that can be done. Even if an assassin kills Kong Rong now, Beihai will definitely be destroyed!

Chen Gong's strategy is tantamount to placing a nuclear bomb in front of Beihai city gate for a moment!
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