On the city wall, Huo Guang chatted with King Yu Cheng outside the city for a while, and then changed people to talk to King Yu Cheng.
He asked someone to bring a jar of Dawan wine that he had plundered from Prince Yu Cheng's palace, and tasted it carefully.
"Glow-in-the-dark cup of fine grape wine. If you want to drink, play the pipa immediately."
"Tsk"
After Huo Guang slapped his lips, he continued to read: "Jun Moxiao, lying drunk on the battlefield, how many people have fought in ancient times?"
"What a poem, what a poem!"
"It's a pity, it's a pity"
This song is "Liangzhou Ci" written by Wang Han of the Tang Dynasty. Because it is from the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely sound a bit strange to people in the Han Dynasty.
If he were in Chang'an, Huo Guang would definitely not talk about such things.
I don’t say whether the people of the Han Dynasty can accept the format of Tang poetry and Song lyrics, just assume that they can accept it.
Huo Guang is no longer too lazy to adopt the style of borrowing other people's poems to pretend to be a saint in front of others.
Without him!
Only your status is transcendent!
As for why Huo Guang is reading this poem now?
Um!
Bored, just passing the time.
In addition, the four thousand men and horses of my own are all rough men. Who can understand this?
Here, Huo Guang was praising Dawan's wine, which was slightly different from Chang'an's. Zhao Daniu on the side stared at the bowl from which Huo Guang was drinking, and asked: "General, why don't we go directly to that King Yu Cheng?"
"He is very scared to have his grandson Li Guangli in his hands!"
"Just right."
"I saw that he was not feeling well, so I went out and chopped him up together with King Yu Cheng. When the court asked about it, they said he was killed by the Dawan people."
Hearing what Zhao Daniu said.
Huo Guang couldn't help but smile dumbly and said: "Eh~"
"What a great guy!"
"I usually think you are honest, but why do you do this bad thing? You are said to be someone from Dawan."
When Zhao Daniu heard Huo Guang teasing him, he could only scratch his head in embarrassment and said: "I just want to fight with these Dawan people. They are always surrounded by people and hold in their farts. He is uncomfortable!"
Huo Guang finished a bowl of wine by himself, then picked up the wine glass, filled it with wine, handed it to Zhao Daniu, and said, "Daniu, let me tell you, this is not how wars are fought!"
"It depends on the time and location."
"Just rushing out all at once would be like a fool like Li Guangli!"
"Here, take a sip too."
Zhao Daniu took the drink handed over by Huo Guang and drank it all in one go without any thought.
Huo Guang cursed angrily: "Hey, hey, you bastard, just take one sip, why did you drink all of it for me!"
After Zhao Daniu finished drinking, he touched his mouth first, and then said: "I still think the bowl is too small. Such a small amount of wine is not enough!"
Finished.
He placed the bowl on the food table, then stared blankly at the wine jar on the floor.
See this.
Huo Guang had no choice but to pat Zhao Daniu's arm and said, "When I win this battle and return to Chang'an, I can drink as much wine as I want. The wine here is almost boring!"
Chang'an is the capital of the Han Dynasty, so the wine is naturally very good, how can it be compared to this small country?
certainly.
Small countries also have the characteristics of small countries.
Although the Han Dynasty was big, it could not cover everything. For example, the Dawan horses were generally better than the horses of the Han Dynasty.
in.
It is most famous for its sweaty BMW.
As for Huo Guang not letting Zhao Daniu drink, the main reason is that the matter in Dayuan Kingdom cannot be settled with a simple battle.
There are many things to deal with later.
For example, how to deal with the few kings in Dayuan, and how to deal with Dayuan's surrender to the Han Dynasty.
Of course, these are all things for later!
The first thing to do now is to defeat the 30,000 elite troops of King Yucheng outside the city.
Huo Guang looked up at the sky. The dazzling sunlight made him almost unable to open his eyes. He then blocked it with his hands, so that the sunlight could only shine on his hands.
"The gate of Yucheng City faces east, and the sun is also in the east at this moment. Going to battle at this moment will be detrimental to our army!"
"We need to wait until the sun sets in the west and the afterglow dazzles the direction of the Dawan army's attack before we can attack."
"so."
"Daniu, please pass on my order. In three hours, open the city gate and face King Yu Cheng!"
After hearing Huo Guang's order, Zhao Daniu immediately smiled naively and said, "Okay, I can finally let go and fight with them."
"General."
"Then I'll go deliver the order first!"
Huo Guang smiled and nodded, then waved and said, "Go!"
"No!" Zhao Daniu cupped his hands and went to convey the order.
Huo Guang looked at Zhao Daniu's back and fell into deep thought for a moment. These three hours in ancient times are almost equivalent to six hours in modern times.
In six hours.
It is neither long nor short.
As long as there are no changes in the city, relying on the high city walls and thermal weapons such as artillery and muskets for defense, it will be difficult for the Dawan army to invade.
What Huo Guang fears most is that they are surrounded but not attacked.
but.
One good thing about Yu Chengcheng is that it doesn't lack food resources like Ershi City. This is King Yu Cheng's base camp, and there is still a lot of food to satisfy his hunger.
Another point.
All his family members, including King Yu Cheng, are also in the city!
siege?
If we want to starve the Han army to death, we must first starve to death the residents of Dawan City.
King Yu Cheng either disowned his relatives or had no choice but to attack the city.
This is why Huo Guang risked his life to do something like this, rushing hundreds of miles from Ershicheng to Yucheng City in a time-consuming and laborious way.
What Huo Guang has to do now is to wait quietly for three hours to pass.
However.
What Huo Guang didn't expect was that in the next three hours, King Yu Cheng would make a desperate decision to attack the city directly, as if he couldn't wait any longer.
This made Huo Guang very puzzled.
In the military, the most taboo thing is impatience!
Huo Guang really couldn't figure out what King Yu Cheng was so anxious about, even though Yu Chengcheng was already occupied by Huo Guang.
But this territory is still within the Dawan Kingdom.
Huo Guang should be the one who should be anxious.
"Is it because he is afraid that our army will harm his family members in the palace?" Huo Guang frowned slightly and started thinking.
Whether it is humans or other animals, as long as the harm is minor, they will be anxious.
There are indeed several children in Prince Yu Cheng's residence, and maybe some of them are his sons.
Think of this.
Huo Guang frowned tightly again, thinking about whether to do it or not.
suddenly.
The shouts of killing outside the city became fierce again, and there were even large troops setting up ladder-like things to cross the city wall and directly enter the city.
Immediately, soldiers came to report: "Report!"
"General Chariot and Cavalry, the enemy is coming up again."
"I didn't know that I got a siege ladder this time. What should I do?"
After hearing this, Huo Guang immediately said: "Quick, pour the hot oil!"
then.
From last night to now, all the cooking oil plundered from house to house in Yu Chengcheng was poured onto the siege ladder.
However, Huo Guang arranged for archers to shoot rockets at the Dawan enemy troops holding down the ladder below.
For a while.
The screams were endless, like hell on earth.
At this moment, Huo Guang seemed like Shura from hell, mercilessly harvesting the lives of Dawan soldiers.
Very cruel.
But that's what war is like.
Once activated, either you die or I die.
If Huo Guang doesn't kill them, these enemies will climb up the ladder like tarsal insects and kill Huo Guang and the others.
"It's strange, how can King Yu Cheng of Dawan be so impatient in commanding the army to attack?" Huo Guang squinted his eyes slightly, then suddenly looked to the other side and asked: "Hey, I just asked you to take over from me to speak to King Yu Cheng. , what did you say?"
"I didn't say anything, I just scolded him a few times!" The soldiers looked at each other in confusion for a moment.
seem.
As if I felt I had made a mistake.
Huo Guang hurriedly said: "Stop dawdling, tell me quickly, what did you curse?"
When the soldiers who shouted heard this, they had no choice but to say: "General, we didn't curse anything, we just said, King Yu Cheng, I will be your ancestor, please give me a word, if you attack the city, don't attack the city. If you don't attack the city, I'll screw you." Prince's Mansion, I went to sleep with your mother-in-law."
"Ah?" Huo Guang grinned.
Good guy!
Why do these words feel familiar?
but.
If you think about it, you will know that King Yu Cheng is not an ordinary person. If Xiao Bing said a dirty word, he would rush to attack the city.
Then he is not worthy of being Huo Guang's opponent!
certainly.
The enemy did not give Huo Guang time to think about it. After King Yu Cheng was frustrated again and again in attacking the city, he launched more crazy attacks again and again.
Until three hours passed.
Only then did the city gate of Yu Chengcheng open.
Less than 4,000 soldiers and horses jumped out like fish, and faced off against King Yu Cheng's "elite" army who had been repeatedly frustrated in his repeated attacks in the sea of blood and corpses.
at this time.
King Yu Cheng’s 30,000 elite troops were already less than 20,000!
Huo Guang rode the war horse of Yu Chengcheng's garrison in the city's central plains, lined up with Zhao Daniu, and led his men to correspond with Yu Cheng Wangyao.
When King Yu Cheng saw Huo Guang leading his army out, he was extremely puzzled.
These Han people.
Originally, he was like a locked turtle in the city, refusing to come out to fight even if he was dead or alive.
It's actually out now?
This actually made King Yu Cheng's originally impatient attitude suddenly become cautious.
"King, the Han people have always been cunning. There must be something fishy about them suddenly coming out to challenge!" King Yu Cheng's counselors communicated with King Yu Cheng in the language of Dayuan.
Hearing this, King Yu Cheng nodded.
Actually.
There is no need for counselors to remind him, King Yu Cheng has already thought of this.
But he really couldn't figure it out.
The Han army is already less than four thousand, and he has lost nearly one-third of his elite troops, and there are still about 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Why did the Han army rush out of the city to confront him head-on?
King Yu Cheng couldn't think of a reasonable reason for a while.
But at this moment, under the sunshine, beads of sweat overflowed from his forehead.
King Yu Cheng stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, which happened to cover his face from the sunlight, and then he noticed the direction of the sun.
Immediately he exclaimed: "Huh?"
immediately.
Then he looked at his 20,000 elite soldiers. As the sun shone, many more soldiers showed signs of exhaustion.
The so-called over and over again, and again and again, and three times and exhaustion!
The repeated setbacks in attacking the city had greatly reduced the morale of King Yu Cheng's troops.
In addition, we set off from Yucheng City to Ershi City, then passed through Ershi City and rushed back to Yucheng City overnight. In the meantime, we also experienced the burning of all the food and grass.
The soldiers in the army couldn't even get food to eat.
There is no spirit at all.
"Oh no, I fell into a trap!"
However, at the moment when King Yu Cheng lost his mind, the Han army of less than 4,000 people on the opposite side broke out with a huge shout of killing and rushed towards them.
them!
Apparently he had eaten and drank enough in the city to recharge his batteries.
This state caused the fighting power of both sides to suddenly pull apart. Despite the small number of people, fighting against the Dawan army was as easy as tearing open tofu with a knife.
And Zhao Daniu, who was rushing at the front of the team, was like a murderous god. Wherever he passed, the people he slashed were turned upside down!
actually!
Faced with the battle charge of less than 4,000 Han troops.
The easiest way to deal with it is to concentrate the archers on the attack and increase the distance.
Unfortunately, during the last round of siege, because the Han army's artillery ammunition was exhausted, King Yu Cheng directly approached Yu Cheng City with his army, seemingly preparing to decide the outcome in a battle.
This also allowed the Han army to rush out directly when the city gate was wide open, and they could quickly fight against them.
fight?
What's most important?
Formation!
The Han army only had less than 4,000 men, but these were 4,000 soldiers and horses who survived from an army of tens of thousands!
Which one is not a great character?
and!
With a small number of people, the formation can echo from end to end, unlike King Yu Cheng's 20,000 elite men, who were directly able to break through the defense.
For a while.
It was obvious that the troops under King Yu Cheng had not adapted to the transition from offense to defense, and combatants were rapidly losing strength.
It is true that his combat personnel are several times that of Huo Guang's.
But this is an ancient war.
There are no modern hot weapons that can kill them all with one shot, which means that the less than 4,000 Han troops led by Huo Guang can concentrate on the opponent's chaotic lineup and kill them at will.
The 20,000-strong Dawan army was at a loss. At the same time, only a few thousand people could fight the Han army. The Dawan army in the distance did not even dare to let go of their bows and arrows.
Because the arrows flying randomly will also hit our own people who are fighting.
As a general!
Huo Guang was naturally taking the lead at this moment, taking the lead and charging at the forefront of the army.
As more and more Dawan people were chopped to the ground by him, his body was all stained with bright red blood.
The dark ring-headed sword, which originally had a sharp edge, was also curled up.
The hooks of the soldiers were all broken off, leaving many with only the small shields in the middle.
on the contrary.
It is the lives of the Dawan people that are rapidly disappearing, and the morale that is rapidly declining.
Facing the Han army that looks like a bloody demon!
King Yu Cheng's "elite" troops were frightened, and for a time their army was demoralized and defeated.
Human wars are often like this.
Once the morale of the army is weakened!
Annihilating 100,000 enemy troops is easier than killing 100,000 pigs.
If one escapes, two can be swept away, two can take away four, and four can scare away eight. The sweeps continued, and even the only backbone of the Dawan people, King Yu Cheng, saw that the situation was not good, so he rode on horseback. run.
But Huo Guangke kept staring at him!
"Anyone can run away after chasing him, but King Yu Cheng must not let him run away!"
Huo Guang shouted loudly, then put the ring-shou knife on his waist, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and chased in the direction where King Yu Cheng was fleeing.
But King Yu Cheng's mount is the best among Dawan horses.
Like the war horse under Huo Guang's crotch, it is ordinary and probably difficult to catch up with.
at this time.
Huo Guang missed Dahei a little. If Dahei also brought him to the battlefield to participate in this battle. Presumably, with Dahei's fitness, he will be able to catch up with King Yu Cheng.
Seeing that there is no hope of catching up.
Huo Guang immediately put the ring-shou knife on his waist, then took off the bow and arrow from his back, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and aimed at the direction in front of King Yu Cheng as he fled, feeling the flow of air, and in an instant, his sharp eyes were locked on the opponent. , a bowstring is given away in hand.
I saw the arrow piercing the air and shooting towards the front of King Yu Cheng.
When the two met, King Yu Cheng, who had an arrow in his chest, fell directly from his horse. (End of chapter)
