At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

In the offensive and defensive battles from ancient times to the present, which of those strong cities would not take one to two years for the besieger to attack?Now it's been called a long siege in less than a month?

"Your Majesty, Shouchun City was besieged for less than a month, and the offensive and defensive battle has just begun. I am confident that I will persist for three months. As long as it can be delayed until the Guo thief's logistics collapse, the battle will be won. Our army's advantage lies in the high and deep city. The thieves can do nothing to us, it is not the best policy to go out of the city to fight."

Lu Mian put it mildly.

But in Yuan Shu's ears, that's not the case.

Yuan Shu still kept smiling.

"Hehe, what Lu Qing said, I have also thought about it, but Lu Qing, our army is waiting for work at leisure, and Guo Bandit is working on an expedition. If our army can show the morale and tenacity of fighting to the end, Guo Bandit will surely be there as soon as possible. Knowing the tenacity of our army, you will give up and retreat more quickly, right?"

Lu Mian felt that he could understand every word Yuan Shu said, but when these words came together into a paragraph, he couldn't understand.

Yuan Shu is not a military idiot. He has also led soldiers and won battles and has a certain military level. How could he say such things that violate common sense?

"Your Majesty, our army's advantage lies in the city, not in field battles. The Guo bandits have more troops than our army. If they go out to fight in the field, don't they give up their strengths and use their weaknesses to fight the enemy? How can there be such a reason for marching and fighting? "

Lu Mian really felt very strange.

And Yuan Shu was really a little angry.

Common sense is not important, he just wants to see Lu Mian's loyalty.

As long as Lu Mian obeys the order and the whole army goes out to battle, he will order Lu Mian not to go out of the city at the last moment. This is just a test and has no other intentions.

But Lu Mian was unwilling.

"Lu Qing is unwilling to go?"

"Your Majesty, there is no chance of winning if you do this. It just increases casualties for no reason. It doesn't make any sense to guard Shouchun City. Why should your Majesty do this?"

"So Lu Qing doesn't want to go?"

The smile on Yuan Shu's face disappeared.

Lu Mian really couldn't understand Yuan Shu's request, so he shook his head.

"This kind of thing is not beneficial to the country, and I can't do it. If your majesty must do it, please choose another good general."

"So Lu Qing will also disobey Gu's order?"

Yuan Shu's voice became even colder.

"Your Majesty, I dare not disobey His Majesty's order, but this kind of thing is wrong. Although our army is not in the upper hand right now, the Guo thief must not easily get Shouchun!"

Lu Mian tried his best to persuade.

"So Lu Qing intends to help Guo Zifeng. Lu Qing will personally help Guo Zifeng take Shouchun City, right?"

As soon as Yuan Shu's words came out of his mouth, Lu Mian was stunned.

"Your Majesty... what do you mean by that?"

"Do you still use Guduo? Lu Mian, you really let Gu down, Gu trusts you so much, but you want to betray Gu!!"

Yuan Shu was suddenly furious, roared and broke a wine glass with a wave of his hand, and the undrunk wine in the glass splashed on Lu Mian's face as the glass broke.

Then, as if he had received a signal, the crown prince Yuan Yao led a group of warriors to rush in from outside the hall, and captured the stunned Lu Mian in an instant.

"Your Majesty! What is Your Majesty going to do? What is Your Majesty going to do?!"

It wasn't until Lu Mian was captured that he realized that something was wrong, so he yelled loudly.

"You know what you did yourself! Gu trusted you so much and gave you the military power, but you actually betrayed Gu! Let Gu put him on death row! Choose another day to ask him to be executed!"

Yuan Shu was so furious that he ordered Lu Mian to be sent to death row.

In any case, Lu Mian didn't know why he was suddenly taken down by Yuan Shu. He couldn't figure out the reason, and shouted loudly that he was wronged, but it was useless, Yuan Shu didn't believe him.

So Lu Mian was captured in this way, and then put into death row by Yuan Shu, intending to torture him and Guo Peng's conspiracy, and then decisively cut him off.

Simply neat.

As for the mess that followed, Yuan Shu couldn't trust other people anymore, so he decisively handed it over to Yuan Yao.

Yuan Shu originally wanted to put on his helmet and armor before going to the battlefield to personally command the defense of the city, but it turned out that this was not a good idea.

His body was still relatively weak, and after getting angry at Lu Mian, he became dizzy for a while, and Yuan Yao quickly helped him onto the bed.

"My son is the only person my father trusts. My son led the whole army to resist the Guo thief. Qiao Rui and Ji Ling are both good generals. My son listens to their opinions a lot. I will leave the rest to my son. "

Yuan Shu held Yuan Yao's hand, and told Yuan Yao cautiously: "If there are government affairs that cannot be resolved, just ask Han..."

Yuan Shu hesitated for a moment, Yuan Yao asked the reason, thought for a while, Yuan Shu shook his head.

"Han Yin spoke for Lu Mian before, and he may be a member of the party. My son should appoint Yang Hong to replace Han Yin. Yang Hong is loyal and capable. My son must beware of Han Yin. If something is wrong, Han Yin should be taken down immediately and wiped out. There is chaos in the city, so that the safety of Shouchun City can be ensured."

Yuan Yao remembered Yuan Shu's words in his heart, nodded repeatedly, Yuan Shu told Yuan Yao to leave very tiredly, he wanted to rest.

At first Yuan Yao thought it was a good thing that he had obtained such great power, but he soon discovered that it was not a good thing.

Yuan Yao, who had never experienced such a big battle, didn't know how he could handle so many things well.

He hardly knew about the food and clothing of the soldiers, the supplies of the soldiers' ordnance, the deployment of troops for the defense of the city, and the defensive measures when Guo Peng ordered the army to attack the city, etc., and so on.

When working with Lu Mian before, he just watched and didn't learn. When the new official took office, Yuan Yao found that he was running around like a headless chicken, and he couldn't do anything.

More importantly, Lu Mian was arrested by Yuan Shu on the charge of rebellion and treason, which caused great turmoil in the army. Lu Mian defended the city for a month, but the city defense was still stable. Once he was arrested, everything would be the same as before. It's different.

The unstable morale of the army is mainly due to the unstable morale of the army.

Qiao Rui and Ji Ling came to ask Yuan Yao about Lu Mian in great horror, but Yuan Yao didn't have much to say, so he could only comfort them and let them continue to do what they should do.

"Lu Mian betrayed his father, and his father found the evidence, so he is caught now. The father said that there may be other accomplices in the city. You should do your own things for the time being. These things have nothing to do with you. My father and I The emperor will naturally take care of these things."

Yuan Yao decisively answered Qiao Rui's and Ji Ling's questions.

But instead of reassuring Qiao Rui and Ji Ling, this made them even more worried.

They have worked with Lu Mian for so long, but they didn't find any clues. Why did Lu Mian suddenly become rebellious?

They were uneasy, and this uneasiness gradually affected the front-line troops, but Yuan Yao had no way to deal with it.

Yuan Yao thought that what Lu Mian was doing was very simple, but when the matter came at hand, he realized that Lu Mian's responsibility was so important and the significance was so great that he could hardly bear it.

Some officials came to ask about the shortage of ordnance and the need to increase raw materials, and asked Yuan Yao where the houses should be demolished next. Yuan Yao was shocked and immediately said that this was not possible.

"However, if we don't do this, where does Your Highness think we should get the raw materials for making ordnance?"

Yuan Yao didn't know how to answer the official's question.

"Is there a shortage of armaments?"

"The current ordnance is only enough for four days. After four days, there will be no more ordnance to use. Weapons for melee combat can still be made up, but bows, arrows, rolling logs and stones are really not enough. If this continues, The trees in the city have been cut down, not to mention the golden juice can't be heated, and the soldiers' meals can't be cooked."

The officials answered honestly.

Chapter 435 .430 Four Once the city is broken, what should I do?

Yuan Yao was completely unprepared for such a realistic situation.

"How did this happen? How did Lu Mian do it before?"

"Demolition of houses, demolition of houses of large households in the city that do not need people to live in, in order to obtain wood and stone."

Yuan Yao was stunned on the spot, surprised that what Lu Mian did seemed to be a last resort.

The city is surrounded on all sides, and there is no way to get out of the city to collect firewood. There is not enough wood in the city, so what should be used as fuel?

Yuan Yao couldn't figure it out.

He didn't understand the distribution of food, the distribution of warm clothes, and the rotation of the city defense troops. The feeling of fear and panic immediately overwhelmed Yuan Yao.

If Yang Hong hadn't arrived in time and called Ji Ling and Qiao Rui to assign tasks, there would probably be a big mess today.

"His Royal Highness has never done these things, and it is inevitable that there are some omissions, but since His Royal Highness wants to share His Majesty's worries, then he has to learn to do these things. It is right for His Majesty to entrust such responsibilities to His Majesty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's absolute trust."

Yang Hong comforted Yuan Yao with kind words, and rescued Yuan Yao from the feeling of being on the verge of collapse.

In this way, Yuan Yao was in charge of the city defense in name, but Yang Hong was actually in charge of the city defense. Yuan Yao was just a rubber stamp.

The news that Lu Mian was removed from his position and put on death row for treason was not kept secret at all, so people in Shouchun City soon knew about it, and Guo Peng also soon knew about it.

He was surprised by Yuan Shu's quick action, and also by Lu Mianzhi's unlucky luck.

Self-destruction of the Great Wall, self-abolition of martial arts, Yuan Shu's operation is comparable to Zhao Gou recalling Yue Fei with twelve gold medals.

However, Zhao Gou still had his own little thoughts. Not only Yue Fei was the only one who could fight in the Southern Song court, but Yuan Shu only had one Shouchun City left, and only one Lu Mian was handsome, and he had to kill Lu Mian...

how to say?

It really deserves to be Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu obviously didn't consider the issue of city defense at all. He was just more worried that he would be sold by Lu Mian, so Lu Mian was eliminated under the cooperation of inside and outside. I heard that it was Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao who replaced him. A son who has never fought a war.

Commanding the army and defending the city under the name of the crown prince of the Chen Empire, he looks aggressive, but he is actually an idiot, worse than his father.

Yuan Shu had led troops to win battles at any rate. Although he was at the level of pecking at each other, at least he would not make mistakes in basic issues. This young man is hard to say.

According to the information, the person in charge right now is Huainan Yin Yanghong of Yuan Shu. This person has some organizational skills, but he is not very familiar with military affairs. He basically discusses with Ji Ling and Qiao Rui.

Ji Ling and Qiao Ruiyong are brave and have a certain prestige, but they are far behind in overall planning.

Yang Hong and the two together couldn't find the feeling Lu Mian had before, which Guo Peng quickly felt in the siege.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Guo Peng mobilized [-] troops to attack the city, breaking through the previous situation where he could not climb the city wall to fight. Some soldiers rushed to the city wall and beheaded the defenders. Bringing the soldiers over to fight back desperately, it is estimated that the city wall will really be taken down.

When the sun was setting, Guo Peng ordered the army to stop the siege, returned to the barracks to treat the wounded, cleaned up the bodies of the dead soldiers, and then summed up the experience and lessons.

"Lu Mian was captured by Yuan Shu for the crime of treason. Now without Lu Mian's overall planning, the strength of the entire Shouchun city defense has dropped significantly, and there have been problems in many connection links. These problems were caused when Lu Mian was still there. It doesn't exist, so we're struggling."

Guo Jia followed Guo Peng to observe the battlefield situation at close range, and came to a conclusion, and said: "If Lu Mian is taken down, the Shouchun city defense will no longer be able to stop us easily, so we need to increase the attack force next. "

Xi Zhong understands this matter from another angle.

"Lu Mian has made great contributions to Yuan Gonglu. He was in charge of city defense before, but he was taken down suddenly. Rumors about Lu Mian's rebellion also came out suddenly. This is enough to prove that some people in Shouchun City no longer want to accompany Yuan. The highway died together."

What Xi Zhong observes is important.

"That's right, there are probably quite a few people with different hearts in the city. As long as we are strong enough and show enough strength, enough to make people with different hearts in the city take action and help us disrupt the city defense, then it will be easier for us to conquer the city. It's gone, isn't it?"

Guo Jia said excitedly.

Guo Peng nodded.

"If we do it this way, we won't be able to conquer Shouchun, which has a tall and strong city wall, but someone will take the initiative to open the gate of Shouchun for us, and Shouchun City is within our reach!"

Guo Peng ordered that starting from the second day, that is, the seventh day of the first lunar month, there will be a fierce attack for several days, and the generals of each army will take turns to fight day and night.

The catapults kept bombarding, and the soldiers kept attacking the city wall, spilling blood on the top of the city, and the defense of Shouchun City was crumbling.

Yuan Yao was even more at a loss. Staying in a safe place was neither advancing nor retreating. Yang Hong had no time to take care of Yuan Yao. He ran around to coordinate planning and arrangements, and tried his best to support Ji Ling and Qiao Rui so that they could defend the city.

But a serious problem lies ahead. The raw materials of the defense equipment are almost exhausted. If they don't make new ones, they will soon be unable to stop Guo Peng's advance. They can only let the soldiers fight Guo Peng's soldiers at the top of the city. This is the time to defend the city.

Everyone can see the fighting power of Guo Peng's army. One person rushed up and fought desperately, and could almost take away three or five Chen soldiers. Multiplied, must be killed with a bow and crossbow.

It is so difficult to stop a small number of people rushing up to the top of the city, let alone a large number of people rushing up together. Without long-range defensive weapons, Shouchun City is in danger.

As a result, Yang Hong had no choice but to discuss with Yuan Yao, asking Yuan Yao to send troops to follow Lu Mian's old routine and demolish the house to obtain wood and stone for emergency. Yuan Yao was shocked and felt that there would be problems.

"If you continue to do this, the people will be filled with resentment. How can this battle continue? Lu Mian has offended so many people by doing this, so that no one will speak for him this time. If I do this, will my father be very angry? Get angry and punish me?"

Facing Yuan Yao's question, Yang Hong sighed deeply.

"His Royal Highness, if there is no Shouchun City, we will all die without a place to die. Even if someone wants to slander His Royal Highness, it must be under the condition that Shouchun City can be kept? Now Shouchun City is in danger. If there is no stone and wood, once the city broken, so what?"

Yuan Yao was speechless, and fell into deep entanglement. Finally, under Yang Hong's urging, he could only agree.

Yuan Yao issued an order in his capacity as the prince to requisition the redundant houses in the city where no one could live, as an emergency, and agreed to compensate them for their losses after the war.

The big households in the city were annoyed when they saw that although Lu Mian had fallen, the person who succeeded him would still do the same, and realized that as long as they were willing to help Chen Empire, no matter who they changed, they would continue to do so and continue to exploit them , Death guarantees longevity.

As long as the Chen Empire continues to exist, their interests will not be protected, and naturally it will be difficult to get a good death, and it may be over one day.

Under the threat of their lives, this group of people became more and more irritable and irritable. Some people even proposed to call the private soldiers in the army to rebel and open the gate of Shouchun city to welcome Guo Peng's army in.

Several elders vetoed the ill-conceived idea.

"Yang Hong is still there, Qiao Rui and Ji Ling are still there, and the fighting strength of the defenders at the top of the city is still there. It depends on me and other private soldiers. Unless we can kill these three people in one fell swoop, we will not be able to succeed."