Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 112 Goal
Time entered the twelfth lunar month, and after a week of marching, Gongsun Kang's [-] troops finally came to the hinterland of Youzhou to join the Xianbei people.

"What, did they go directly to Youzhou across the Naxi and Luping?"

When Gongsun Kang heard about the situation of the Xianbei people, he was immediately confused.

His army crossed Leyang City and entered the hinterland of Youzhou, taking only half a month's supply of food and grass.If there is no way to replenish food and grass from the Xianbei people, wouldn't he be trapped to death?

Now, Gongsun Kang only hopes that the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Leyang can keep the food road, otherwise it will be over.

"General, to see what the Xianbei people mean, they will go back to the grassland after tearing down enough rails, but what should we do when they go back?"

In the big account of the discussion, an official said to Gongsun Kang anxiously.

"General, withdraw your troops, there is no way to fight this battle."

If before, Gongsun Kang still had the confidence to conquer Youzhou, but after the battle in Leyang City.Gongsun Kang and all the officers and soldiers under him were almost afraid of attacking the city.

When they saw the city wall of Yuyang City which was several times higher than Leyang City, they immediately lost the courage to attack the city.

Although all the militiamen stationed in Yuyang City were newly recruited and had been trained for less than half a month, but as the defenders of the city, with such a tall and strong city wall blocking them, God knows how many people will be lost to take it down.

Especially on the walls of Yuyang City, Jicheng City and even Junping City and Quanzhou City, they saw the long cylindrical weapons on the walls of Leyang City.

Seeing this kind of weapon, everyone knows that as long as this kind of weapon exists, no matter how many siege equipment they make, they will become the target of this kind of weapon.

Without the assistance of siege equipment, even if the defenders are only ordinary people, the besiegers will be beaten to death.

Now, Gongsun Kang has entered a dilemma again.

Historically, Gongsun Kang never took a step out of Liaodong until his death, and he only dared to attack Goguryeo and Sanhan, which are barbaric lands, when expanding his territory.

In history, Sun Quan bewitched him many times to attack Youzhou, but he did not dare to do it.

Now, the reason why he devoted all his efforts to attack Youzhou was because he was blinded by Youzhou's wealth.

The annual trade between Youzhou and Liaodong amounts to billions of dollars in goods, so he is naturally envious of such a Youzhou.

After all, interests are still tempting him.

But now, he found that Youzhou was simply an extremely hard bone, and he couldn't chew it at all.

"My lord, I have an idea." Someone said to Gongsun Kang.

"What do you think?" Gongsun Kang asked quickly.

"My lord, what is our purpose of attacking Youzhou?"

Without waiting for Gongsun Kang to answer, the man said to himself: "Of course it is to obtain the secret of steelmaking in Youzhou and the method of making weapons."

"In this case, why don't we attack these places directly?"

"I took a look. Whether it's the Luping Steel Factory or the Yuyang Military Factory, these workshops are all outside the city, and they are only surrounded by walls. As long as we capture these places, the purpose of coming to Youzhou is basically It's reached..." said the man.

Hearing this, Gongsun Kang fell into thinking.

When he attacked Youzhou, he naturally wanted to control the entire Youzhou, and all the resources of the entire Youzhou were against Cao Cao.

But controlling Youzhou has now become a luxury, and the next best thing is to win the Luping Steel Plant and the Yuyang Military Factory.

If these places are captured, the workers and machinery in these factories will be dismantled and transported back to Liaodong.

As long as he is allowed to stabilize for two years, and when he has built a strong city wall in Liaodong and manufactured sophisticated weapons, he will not necessarily be afraid of Cao Cao's attack.

At the same time, he can also form an alliance with Sun Quan in Jiangnan, and advance and retreat together. I believe that Cao Cao will have nothing to do with him then.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Kang said to the man. "You are right, our goal is these two workshops."

"In this case, we will attack Luping Steel Works and Yuyang Military Factory." Gongsun Kang said with determination.

The next day, Gongsun Kang led an army to surround the Yuyang Military Factory a few kilometers outside Yuyang City.

The Yuyang Military Factory has tens of thousands of workers and tens of thousands of their families, surrounded by tall walls, it looks like a city, and the level of secrecy is very high.

"General Gongsun, how can we attack the Yuyang military factory without our Xianbei warriors?"

Just when Gongsun Kang was about to attack the military factory, the Xianbei leader Ke Bineng also came to Yuyang with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Ke Bineng has been paying attention to Gongsun Kang's movements these days. Seeing that he is about to attack the military factory, he naturally wants to step forward to get a share.

The Xianbei seem to be grassland nomads, but under the leadership of Ke Bineng, his herdsmen have already turned into farming civilization.

In recent years, Ke Bineng's site has taken in many Han people who have fled. These Han people have taught many Xianbei people to grow food, make iron, build houses, and so on.

Yuyang Arms Factory is equivalent to the imperial arms inspector. As the leader of Xianbei, he naturally wants to share some profits in it.

If his subordinates can build strong bows and crossbows by themselves, then it will no longer be a luxury for him to unify the grassland Xianbei in his life.

The Yuyang military factory was not protected by a city wall, but a tall wall was built around the periphery to enclose the entire military factory.

Whether it is Gongsun Kang or Ke Bineng, they think it is easy to attack such a place.

Gongsun Kang surrounded the Yuyang Military Factory, and Yuyang City, which was only a few miles away, could naturally see it clearly.

"Prefect Yang, if Gongsun Kang wants to attack the military factory, we must immediately send troops to support and ask for help from Jicheng, otherwise we will have no way to explain if they really let them capture the military factory." Someone said to Yang Shen in Yuyang City .

At this time, in Yuyang City, there were tens of thousands of organized recruits, most of whom were young factory workers.

Although they are just workers, they also participate in military training every year.

It has been more than half a month since the news of Gongsun Kang's attack on Youzhou came, and they have also been training for more than half a month.

But even so, they still let me recruit.

But it seems that the Yuyang military factory is located in Yuyang, and they don't lack weapons.

"Master Taishou, there are many people begging for orders, and they want to go out of the city to rescue the military factory." One of his subordinates hurried over and said to Yang Shen.

After hearing this, Yang Shen looked towards the street not far away. A group of people had quickly walked towards his location.

Soon, this group of people came under the city wall, and Yang Shen also walked down the city wall with the people around him.

"Master Taishou, please go out of the city to rescue the military factory, otherwise the Liaodong and Xianbei people will attack the military factory." Someone shouted a petition to Yang Shen.

(End of this chapter)