The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 352 The New Han Army, Ready to Siege the City

Looking at the city wall that was more than ten feet high, Du Yu also felt a headache. Yang Du who was beside him said: "The bandit soldiers are taking advantage of the fortified city to hold on, so they must call back the troops from Jicheng to defend. Guan Xin is still quite strong, and his men are also strong They are all veterans who have gone through several wars, we fought against him, but we couldn't find a bargain."

"We are the new army, the elite of the Han Dynasty appointed by His Majesty, how can we belittle ourselves. Anyone who participates in the defense of the city is a rebel army. No Han people will be coerced by the rebel army. They will only resist desperately." Du Yu's words sounded No problem, but it is difficult for ordinary people to fight against the rebels after all, they can only live one more day.

"General, the crown prince's handbook has arrived." A soldier of Du Yu walked over with a postman, who handed Liu Hao's handbook to Du Yu and bowed to leave.

After reading Liu Hao's letter, Du Yu shouted loudly: "Brothers, the crown prince said that we will be given another month to cleanse Jizhou. If we fail to wipe out the rebels in Jizhou by the time limit, we will call in elite soldiers under the command of the King of Wei to help." .how do you feel?"

"You can't let His Royal Highness transfer the frontier army back to the defense, otherwise our new army will not be able to hold its head up. Are you willing to lose this man?" Yang Du said coldly.

Everyone lowered their heads, and Chi Taining continued: "The Ministry of War gave us a month before, and now we give it another month. Wouldn't it make the court's majesty go away. Is this acceptable to us, the big men?"

The three chief officers' questions made the soldiers feel ashamed, and they shouted loudly: "I can't accept it. We will definitely be able to break through Zhuo County within ten days, and not let the rebels escape."

Du Yu drew his long sword, stood on the chair and shouted: "The army is ready for battle, and we will attack the city tomorrow morning!"

Du Yu, Chi Taining, and Yang Du took their seats in the tent, and Yang Du's political commissar went to dispatch troops and arrange specific siege echelons.

Yang Du threw the riding crop in his hand to the ground: "I am the one who has embarrassed our new army."

"I don't blame you. After all, you also drove the rebels all the way from Changshan."

Du Yu frowned and said, "There are still ten days, which is the one-month period set by the Ministry of War. We still have time. Tomorrow, we will concentrate our firepower and blow down the east wall of Zhuo County. Once the troops are close to each other, the rebels will have nothing to worry about. "

Both Yang Du and Chi Taining agreed with Du Yu's idea, and went back to their tents to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, the officers and soldiers came to the city after breakfast. The defenders on the city saw the attack of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and hurriedly sounded the alarm.

The rebels resting in the houses under the city wall took up their weapons and rushed to the city wall.They were greeted by countless artillery shells, but Zhuojun was too fortified, and the artillery shells could only blow up stone chips for a while, but could not blow up the city wall.

Yang Du had already arranged for people to make ladders and poles. Using the suppression of artillery fire, the soldiers took the opportunity to climb the city wall and fight with the defenders.

With the advantage of firearms, the new army formed a defensive formation on the city wall to buy time for the follow-up troops to ascend the city.But the musketeers ambushing on the city immediately fought back, and there was nowhere to hide in the narrow city wall, and many officers and soldiers were shot and killed.Zhang Ling personally took the lead in the charge, and nearly a hundred people in the upper city were all killed.

Furious, Du Yu asked the artillerymen to aim at Zhang Ling and fire, trying to kill him.

The army spread out, preparing for three feints, and the main attack from the east.

Just when Du Yu was about to give the order, shouts of killing came from the north and south at the same time.

The artillery roared, and thousands of cavalry rushed to Du Yu's position.Chi Taining ordered his cavalry to charge forward, and the soldiers also turned their guns to point at the reinforcements.

With just one salvo, hundreds of people fell on both sides.The periphery of Zhuojun was a flat land with no place to hide. Fortunately, the new army had strong combat power and was not broken through the formation.However, the rebels were driven back at the cost of hundreds of casualties.

Guan Xin and Liu Shao's army arrived and took advantage of their numerical advantage to avoid the officers and soldiers.

Seeing the reinforcements of the rebels retreating into the city, Du Yu was furious.

"It's not easy to handle this time. There must be 30 defenders in the city. At least 6 of them fought in Qingzhou and Jizhou. We only have less than [-] people here, and we are attacking the city. It is difficult to conquer Zhuojun. "Yang Du said helplessly.

Du Yu didn't know that as long as the rebels held firm in Zhuojun, the rebels from Qingzhou and Jizhou would continue to come to vote, and there was a lot of food and grass in the city. The plan to destroy the city within ten days might come to nothing.

"We have to find a way to lure the rebels out to fight us. Our army is still inexperienced in attacking cities," Du Yu said.

Chi Taining frowned and asked: "They are now in an advantage. As long as they stick to Zhuo County, they will be invincible. How can we let them go out of the city and fight us?"

"I have an idea. Guan Xin belongs to a prominent family in Zhuo County. His wife, children, and children were captured by my men when they returned to Zhuo County, and they were imprisoned in the camp." Yang Du said.

Du Yu: "You want them to persuade them to surrender?"

"No, Guan Xin will definitely not surrender. I will let him go out of the city to fight us. Every hour of delay, I will kill one person. Let's see if he is ruthless enough!" Yang Du said sternly.

"Listen, people in the city, Guan Yong and others have been arrested by us. Tell Guan Xin to vote quickly, or we will kill one person in an hour."

The new lieutenant rode a horse and yelled under the city. The people on the city poked their heads out, and they saw a dozen people kneeling in front of the formation, with soldiers holding knives behind them.

"Report! General Guan, all your family members have been arrested by the officers and soldiers. They want you to surrender, otherwise they will kill one person in an hour." Guan Xin's soldiers ran back and told Guan Xin the news.

Guan Xin almost fainted after hearing this, he obviously got the news that his elder and younger had already entered Zhuo County, how could they be in the hands of the officers and soldiers at this time?
Could it be that Yuan Hongyang lied to himself?In Jizhou, who doesn't know that Guan Xin is famous for his filial piety, if his father Guan Yong hadn't asked him to rebel.

How could he help the rebels capture Zhuojun and support Yuan Hongyang as king, but now Yuan Hongyang disregards the life and death of his family, which makes him extremely angry.

Guan Xin took his soldiers to the city to check, and sure enough he saw his family.They were all held down by the officers and soldiers, ready to be beheaded at any time.

He went straight to Yuan Hongyang's palace with his own soldiers, and the soldiers who stopped him were kicked away by him, and he didn't even report.

Angrily rushed into Yuan Hongyang's hall, pointed at Yuan Hongyang and asked, "Why did your lord lie to me? At this time, my family is being captured by the army under the city. Why did you send a letter to Jicheng saying that my family has entered Zhuojun?" ?”

Yuan Hongyang explained: "General Guan, this king is really helpless. The army came too fast, and my brother went to meet him, but was also killed by the army. I was afraid of delaying the battle in Jicheng. I didn't deliberately deceive General, I have dispatched elites to rescue your family tonight."

(End of this chapter)