Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 106 Leyang City

Next, the two sides confronted each other in Hefei City.

Sun Quan's side had a large number of people, almost 10,000+ people, including [-] combat soldiers and [-] to [-] auxiliary soldiers, surrounding the entire city of Hefei.

In the city of Hefei, Zhang Liao had only more than 2 soldiers and 3 auxiliary soldiers, and the total number was only more than [-].

The arrival of the Youzhou Fleet and Zang Ba only added more than 1 horses to the city of Hefei, and the strength of the two sides was still very different.

The current situation is that the troops outside the city dare not attack the city, and the troops inside the city dare not go out to fight. The two sides have begun to form a confrontation.

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Just as the confrontation inside and outside Hefei City was taking place, a war was about to break out in the direction of Youzhou.

Liaoxi Corridor, Leyang County (now Suizhong County), where Cao Honghong's [-] soldiers were stationed.

On the sea, there are ships coming and going every day, transporting supplies to Leyang City.

At this time, Leyang County was at the junction of Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang's forces. There was also a river (Liugu River) flowing from the mountains into the sea as a barrier.

At this time, [-] soldiers led by Cao Hong were stationed here, confronting Gongsun Kang's [-] troops.

"Let's talk about how to fight this battle?" Across the river, Gongsun Kang asked his generals.

"General, I think that since we have an absolute superiority in numbers, we can just cross the river and attack the city." Someone said to Gongsun Kang.

"Leyang City is just stuck in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor, and we can't get around it. We have no other way but to take Leyang City." Another person also echoed.

Hearing what his subordinates said, Gongsun Kang nodded, and then gave an order: "In that case, let's cross the river."

dong dong dong dong dong!

Soon, Gongsun Kang's order was passed down.

Half an hour later, 10,000+ Liaodong soldiers began to build pontoon bridges from various places and began to cross the river.

For the soldiers of Gongsun Kang in Liaodong to cross the river, Cao Hong's more than 1 soldiers and horses could only hide in Leyang City.

It's not that he didn't dare to go to the river to stop the enemy, but because the river is too small, and Gongsun Kang has a large number of people who can cross the river from many places. His 1 people can hold several sections of the river, but It is impossible to hold all the river sections.

If it is a big river like the Yellow River, it will be difficult for the enemy to cross the river as long as he guards the ferry.

But the Liugu River is not good. The enemy can easily build a pontoon bridge to cross the river quickly, and it is impossible to defend it if there are fewer people.

Instead of sending a small number of troops to guard the river, it is better to hide in the city for defense.

At this time, the soldiers in Leyang City had enough food and grass, and they were not afraid of being besieged for a long time.

Gongsun Kang's 10,000+ soldiers and horses crossed the river very smoothly, which made Gongsun Kang a little unbelievable.

He and his men came up with various plans to cross the river, but now they are all useless.

The river crossing began in the morning, and by noon, Gongsun Kang's [-] troops had all crossed the Liugu River, and then surrounded Leyang City in small groups.

Gongsun Kang had more than 10,000 men, and Cao Hong had more than 5000 men. The strength of the two sides was very different.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Ten are to encircle and destroy them.

Gongsun Kang was going to encircle and wipe out the Cao army in Leyang City with more than ten times the strength.

Of course, before the encirclement and annihilation, Gongsun Kang was going to try to persuade the defenders in the inner city to surrender.

Soon, a fast horse came to the city of Leyang.

"Where is General Cao Hong? My master has a letter."

"General, you are Gongsun Kang's messenger." One of his men said to Cao Hong.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the messenger under the city wall took down his bow and arrow, and then pointed his bow and arrow at the city wall.

call out!
The Feathered Arrow crossed the not very tall city wall and landed in the city.

After shooting the arrows, the cavalry under the city quickly rode their horses and left.

In Leyang City, the arrow fell to the ground, and someone quickly picked it up.

"General." One of his generals handed Cao Hong a letter arrow.

Cao Hong took it and took a piece of silk from the arrow shaft. The silk was written all over.

Cao Hong watched carefully, and then couldn't help laughing.

"This Gongsun Kang thought I was a three-year-old child, and he promised me to be a general. It's really ridiculous."

Cao Hong shook his head, and then threw the silk fabric off the city wall in front of all Gongsun Kang's soldiers and horses outside the city.

The meaning is obvious, he Cao Hong will not surrender.

He, Cao Hong, is Cao Cao's cousin and has a bright future, so how could he surrender to Gongsun Kang who is in a corner.

Although Gongsun Kang seems to have 10,000+ troops, it is still not enough compared to the imperial soldiers and horses in the entire Central Plains.

Even if Gongsun Kang defeated Cao Hong, he would definitely not be Cao Cao's opponent, unless he was stupid to surrender to Gongsun Kang.

Seeing Cao Hong throwing the silk silk down the city wall, Gongsun Kang knew that Cao Hong was not going to surrender.

"Give me the order to set up camp on the spot." Gongsun Kang said as he gave the order.

The reason why he didn't directly attack the city but set up camp was because he didn't have any siege equipment, and it was because it was winter and the winter nights were very cold. If he didn't set up camp, his soldiers would be frozen at night.

Seeing that Gongsun Kang's army had started camping, Cao Hong had no intention of going out of the city to attack. His soldiers were too small to defend the city, but it was too difficult to attack.

Today, the two sides can be said to live in peace.

The next day, Gongsun Kang's army still had no intention of attacking the city, mainly because there were not enough siege equipment.

In ancient times, sieges were not like those shown on TV, where you could siege a city with just a few ladders.

To siege a city in ancient times, it was necessary to manufacture a lot of siege vehicles.

Such as ladders, wooden mantles, car crashes, rushing, trebuchets, arrow towers, and so on.

Many of these siege machines are built higher than the city walls, requiring countless people to push them.

Even with these siege machines, in ancient sieges, the siege party still paid several times more than the defenders.

And without these siege equipment, if you only rely on a few ladders to attack the city, it is conceivable that even if you have ten times or a hundred times more troops, you will not be able to capture a city.

After Gongsun Kang set up camp on the spot, he began to make siege vehicles wantonly the next day.

Although Gongsun Kang was very anxious to capture Leyang, thereby attacking the hinterland of Youzhou and taking over the entire Youzhou, but if the nail in the Liaoxi Corridor of Leyang City is not pulled out, his logistics will not be guaranteed.

For an army, logistics support is the most important thing. Many defeats in history are due to the interruption of logistics. An army without logistics will starve to death without being attacked by the enemy.

A few days later, Gongsun Kang's men finally produced enough siege equipment.

"Siege."

This morning, after all the soldiers had finished their meal, following Gongsun Kang's order, 10,000+ people began to attack Leyang City from three directions.

The reason why the city was attacked from three directions was that one direction was close to the Liugu River, and there was a big river under the city wall. It was impossible to attack the city at all, and the city could only be attacked from the other three directions.

As Gongsun Kang's army began to attack the city, countless siege vehicles were slowly pushed towards the city wall.

On the city wall, Cao Hong watched hundreds of siege vehicles approaching slowly, but there was no worry on his face.

"Give me an order to push the artillery up and destroy those siege vehicles for me."

(End of this chapter)