In central Yanzhou, several major forces are scheming and fighting openly and secretly, but the situation has not changed much.
In the north of Yanzhou, the 45,000 Han imperial guards led by Wei Yan did not have so many worries.
After capturing Zhen City, Wei Yan finally learned that Yanzhou's cavalry regiment had been nearly wiped out.
Wei Yan, who no longer had any worries, finally had his hands free, and could no longer mobilize the enemy by running around all over the map. Now Wei Yan had only one goal, which was to attack the west side of Dongjun, capture Puyang, completely occupy Dongjun, and cut off the enemy. The retreat of the main force of Sima Yi's army.
In this situation, even without Jiang Wei helping him plan, Wei Yan knew what he should do.
After resting for five days in Zhencheng, where Wei Yan obtained a certain amount of food and grass supplies, Wei Yan left Wen Qin and 5,000 soldiers to guard Zhencheng, and led Jiang Wei and 40,000 soldiers to the west to attack Puyang.
This choice was actually carefully considered.
Zhencheng was, after all, one of Cao Wei's former strongholds. Most of the wealthy families in the city had their hearts set on Cao Wei. Wei Yan surrounded the place with dozens of times more troops, and it took him nearly ten days to capture it.
After capturing this place, Wei Yan had been clamoring to make the aristocratic families here "pay the price" since he first entered the city. It was Wen Qin who "persuaded" Wei Yan by "obstructing him in every possible way", and then the aristocratic families in Zhencheng were spared. Went to disaster.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a classic routine of playing a bad guy and a good guy. After all, Ji Han's army will never allow things like massacre of the city.
In his early years, Liu Bei was very disgusted with Cao Cao's practice of slaughtering cities at every turn.
Liu Bei himself is also a hero. He can understand the need to show authority in order to quell troubled times, but this approach should not be a simple and crude massacre of the city.
In addition, the two later became antagonistic, and Liu Bei regarded Cao Cao as a thief. Therefore, Liu Bei would not use the methods Cao Cao used. The option of massacring the city was never in Ji Han's military plan.
After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang came to power, and the Han army was not allowed to massacre the city. When Zhuge Liang was a child, he followed his uncle from Langya County to Jingzhou, and he himself was a victim of the massacre.
Therefore, Wei Yan, a veteran who has been with Liu Bei since his days, can he do something like massacre of a city? !
Therefore, this is just a play, a play performed for the wealthy Zhencheng family.
Of course, Wei Yan's purpose was just to obtain enough military supplies from Zhen City. After all, Zhen City still held on for ten days despite such a huge disparity in military strength. Even the famous families in the city used private soldiers to assist in the defense. , it can be seen that the aristocratic families here must have their hearts set on Cao Wei.
How could Wei Yan dig out food from these wealthy families if he didn't use some unconventional means.
It's just that Wei Yan was still worried that this drama was a bit too fake. After all, Ji Han's army had a reputation for never massacring a city.
But Wei Yan didn't expect that the drama would go smoothly and the effect would be extremely good.
This group of Zhencheng aristocratic families all stood firm before the city was broken, but after the city was broken, these aristocratic families were actually willing to use the food stored at home to provide military supplies.
Wei Yan really couldn't understand what these wealthy families thought, but Wen Qin could.
This place, Yanzhou, before Cao Cao officially proclaimed himself a prince and established his capital in Yecheng, had always been Cao Wei's basic base. That's why the aristocratic families here supported Cao Wei so much.
Because of this, the aristocratic families here have very low recognition of Liu Beifang's power. The statement that Ji Han's army will never massacre the city must be false, and was made up by Liu Da'er to deceive the world.
In such troubled times, how could someone still win the hearts and minds of the people with their benevolence and righteousness, and how could they insist on not slaughtering the city after it was destroyed? !
A man as wise as Cao Gong would often do this kind of thing. Liu Daer, a man inferior to Cao Gong, must have used more despicable tricks to gain such great power.
What kind of benevolence and righteousness is just a disguise of a hypocrite. Anyway, the people here really think so.
Therefore, when Wei Yan clamored to make the Zhencheng family "pay the price," these wealthy families subconsciously believed that Wei Yan was going to massacre the city.
When things didn't happen to them, these aristocratic families could still blithely talk about "ignoring current affairs" and "fighting against Cao Gong's heavenly soldiers" and "deserving of their sins". When things really might happen to them When they arrived, even if there was just a rumor, this group of aristocratic families immediately panicked.
In the final analysis, the people of this group of aristocratic families care most about their own interests. They support Cao Wei because Cao Wei can bring them the greatest benefits. When these interests are gone and they are "threatened to their lives" again, this No matter how tough the situation is, your life will really be at risk.
Therefore, except for a few aristocratic families who still had some moral integrity and were prepared to wait for death, Zhencheng all began to look for ways to break the situation.
At this time, a handsome boy from Qiaojun appeared.
This man's name is Wen Qin. He was also a general of Cao Wei in his early years, and he was the son of Wen Ji, Cao Cao's personal guard. Of course, the most important thing is that he is from Qiaojun. Rounding it off, everyone is from Yanzhou.
Fellow fellow, at this time, you can't just ignore death, you have to help your brother! ! !
Just like that, before Wen Qin had time to cooperate with Wei Yan in singing a red face, a group of aristocratic families surrounded him, begging him to come forward to protect the people of Zhen City, and to stop Wei Yan from slaughtering the city. Wen Qin was a little confused. .
Originally, Wen Qin thought that Wei Yan's plan of singing and harmonizing was too hasty, and that he was really treating the Zhencheng family as fools. But now it seems that few of the Zhencheng family are really smart.
This plan is really not difficult at all. Everything has been prepared for you, just waiting for Wen Qin to come on stage to sing.
And precisely because of this, Wen Qin was finally retained by Wei Yan to guard Zhencheng.
Since Wei Yan wants to attack Puyang, he must have a relatively stable rear. It is impossible to give up after attacking Zhencheng, so someone must stay and hold on.
Wen Qin is from Yanzhou, a fellow countryman. If he doesn't stay behind, who will stay behind?
Wen Qin was angry. If he stayed behind like this, wouldn't he have lost the opportunity to make contributions? !
Forty thousand people attack Puyang, which is guarded by only twelve thousand people. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible to capture it.
And once Puyang was captured, he then took advantage of the situation and marched eastward, capturing Yanjin and Suanzao. What a huge contribution.
It's better now, I have the credit, but not as much as Wen Qin.
But Wen Qin is a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years, and he does not lack strategic vision. He knows that in the current situation, if he wants to conquer Puyang, he must have a stable logistics base, and this Zhencheng is the only place the trio can Selected logistics base.
After all, Puyang is a fortified city with a large number of defenders. It cannot be captured in a short time. It is different from the previous roaming attacks. Without a logistics base, the soldiers at the front cannot fight with peace of mind.
Therefore, this place cannot be left unguarded, and even Wen Qin must be guarded. Although the credit may not be great, the responsibility is very important.
Wen Qin is relatively mature, and he also understands the current situation. Of course, if he really wants to strive for credit, Wen Qin is not qualified.
Therefore, Wen Qin stayed behind in Zhen City, while Wei Yan and Jiang Wei led their troops to attack Puyang.
But in the Battle of Puyang, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei did not fight very smoothly.
Xiahou and this person, although he is indeed not as good as his third brother Xiahouba in terms of military strategy, the most powerful thing about this person is that he is very self-aware.
Therefore, Xiahouhe's response plan from the beginning was to huddle in Puyang City and rely on solid city walls for defense.
Yes, Xiahouhe's defensive measures were not in place, and his command on the battlefield was also deficient. Wei Yan caught the flaw several times and almost attacked the city wall. But in the end, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei stormed for more than ten Heaven, Xia Houhe was blocked by Puyang City and could not succeed.
On the one hand, Puyang is indeed strong and has various defensive facilities. However, although Wei Yan has the advantage in military strength, it lacks large-scale siege equipment and can only use relatively simple and easy-to-make hook and ladder ants to attack the city, which is not efficient. .
On the other hand, although Xiahouhe's military level was limited and his command was not perfect, he just refused to wander and huddled in the city and refused to come out. All the strategies of Wei Yan and Jiang Wei were useless, and they could only choose to attack head-on. .
After more than ten days of attacking, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei felt as if they were just a little bit close to breaking through the city, but each time they failed in the end.
Jiang Wei thinks that it is not a problem to continue fighting like this. After all, the siege team always suffers greater losses than the defenders. The efficiency of antfu's siege is too low.
Therefore, Jiang Wei suggested that Wei Yan should suspend the siege first, take a temporary rest, then cut down the trees, build large siege equipment, and then attack the city? !
Don't tell me, Wei Yan is really moved.
If the fight continues like this, the only ones who will be lost will be the Han's elite imperial army.
If these forbidden troops are in field battles, they are good soldiers who fight one against two or one against three. But in the siege battle, the role they can play is not much different from that of the Cao Weijun soldiers on the city tower. .
If the losses continue like this, Wei Yan will definitely be the first to be unable to hold on.
Just when Wei Yan was about to order a temporary truce, the scouts came to report that traces of a Wei army were found thirty miles south of Puyang.
The number of troops is about ten thousand.
Good guy, let alone Jiang Wei, even Wei Yan’s eyes lit up this time.
(End of chapter)
