At dawn the next day, the eastern sea revealed a shining golden light.
Li Yi ordered the warships to weigh anchor and launch into the sea. Hundreds of large ships broke through the waves and sailed into the sea, heading towards Lu Rong in the morning light.
At the turn of noon, the Jiaozhou fleet arrived at the Lurong Sea and began to land. On the eve of the fleet's arrival, the fishermen on the shore abandoned their boats and fled barefoot.
Chu Qing's scouts and war horses disembarked first, and the remaining battalions assembled on the shore in order.
The coast is five miles away from Lu Rong City, and the scouts must first go to the forward sentry to explore the way.
Seeing all the trapped troops disembarking, Li Yi clasped his fists and asked for instructions: "Major General, are the sailors of the last general also..."
"Although we arrived quickly, we still need to prevent Lin Yi's army from attacking behind. The navy still stays on the ship. The supplies on the ship are the foundation of the southern expedition and cannot be lost." Lan Yuan looked serious.
"Wei." Li Yi was mentally prepared.
"General, please send someone to unload the ten siege vehicles. I think they will be used to attack Lu Rong." Lan Yuan added.
"I'll make the arrangements right now." Li Yi clasped his fists and nodded.
Gao Ling asked curiously: "I heard that Lu Rong City is small and weak, so there is no need to use siege engines? Why didn't Boyang send a few accountants to persuade him to surrender like he did with Bijing?"
Lan Yuan shook his head and replied: "At this time and that time, I can use prisoners to persuade them to surrender. Because there are relatives of the prisoners in the city, the Zhan people on Lu Rong's side will not be obedient. Furthermore, Lin Yi has been rebelling and founding the country for many years, and persuasion alone is useless." In order to help the subsequent governance, it is the right way to show the military might of our great Han Dynasty."
Yu Fan interjected: "The young general is right. Jiuzhen County is mainly a mixture of Vietnamese and Chinese, but going south to Rinan County, it is basically inhabited by Cham people. The cultural customs and languages are very different. It really needs an iron hand." means to suppress it.”
"Oh...that's it..." Gao Ling thought thoughtfully.
After all the battalions of the trapped troops were assembled, Lan Yuan climbed on his horse and waved his halberd forward, and the soldiers raised their flags and marched in force.
Yu Fan followed Lan Yuan with his army. He saw the child's golden helmet and armor, and the long halberd in his hand seemed unusual. He couldn't help but silently praise him in his heart. For such a young hero, the King of Hanzhong really knows how to choose a son-in-law.
When General Lu Rong heard that the Han army had arrived, he knew that they were coming to attack Linyi State, so he urgently mobilized troops and horses to go out of the city to fight.
Nichinan County is warm all year round, with no frost or snow. Most of the people like to be naked and barefoot, and the soldiers only have simple protection. Therefore, facing the 'iron torrent' of the trapped troops, they almost collapsed at the first touch.
Seeing that they could not defeat them head-on, several Linyi centurions decided to use some people to attract the attention of the army like hunting large beasts, and then let a few warriors rush into the formation to capture the thieves and capture the king.
The strange behavior of the occupying soldiers, like the students making tricks in the classroom, was actually clearly visible to the teacher on the podium.
Upon seeing this, Lan Yuan took action and ordered the two battalions of the Chinese army to deliberately open two openings to let in the few warriors who wanted to capture the king.
The Zhanren warriors rode on curly ponies, shouting in a language that the enemy soldiers could not understand, and rushed into the central army's formation. Their target was the golden-armored general.
Lan Yuan's attire is really dazzling, making these people covet it. Unfortunately, Lan Yuan's good equipment is driven by good martial arts. The Suzaku Xuanyue Halberd took away an enemy with one halberd, and the red light on the tip of the halberd left red in the air when it danced. The thin line makes it feel like the enemy is cut down by the red line.
When Yu Fan was young, he could charge into battle with a spear. Just now, he was thinking about getting a weapon by his side. After watching Lan Yuan's performance, he immediately felt that he was overthinking it. Although Lan Yuan killed a short Zhan Ren, his movements showed it. With his domineering power, killing generals is as easy as killing a chicken. He thought that his strength might be stronger than that of Sun Ce.
Lu Rong's defenders were defeated in the first battle outside the city and had to retreat into the city in embarrassment.
The armor of the trapped army was very heavy, so Lan Yuan ordered each battalion to advance down the city, and soon they surrounded the east, west, and south sides, leaving the north gate leading to Xijuan empty.
During the siege, General Lu Rong sent out scouts urgently to Linyi in the south and Xijuan in the north to provide warning and ask for help. Unfortunately, they were all attacked and killed outside the city by the scouts.
The trapped army had limited siege vehicles, so Lan Yuan concentrated all ten of them at the south gate. The soldiers at the east and west gates mainly used crossbows to shoot at the defenders on the city.
Lu Rong's city wall was half shorter than that of the Central Plains city. The occupied defenders had an advantage from being at a high position, but they lost all advantage in the face of the heavy armor and powerful crossbows of the trapped troops.
The Zhanren's bows and arrows cannot penetrate the armor of the trapped soldiers, but the trapped soldiers' crossbows can easily kill the Zhanren.
Seeing that the bows and arrows could not hurt the Han army, the defenders picked up the stones on the city wall and threw them at the bottom of the city. Although the stones hitting the armor were not fatal, they could cause damage to the trapped soldiers. This move greatly limited the offensive of the trapped soldiers. Then the shield bearer blocks the stone in front, and the crossbowman waits for an opportunity to shoot the defenders.
Since the trapped troops seemed to be falling from the sky, Lu Rong's defenders prepared fewer stones. Within two hours of the battle, the defenders threw away all the stones in the city.
Lan Yuan personally supervised the battle at the south gate. Four wells stood on both sides of the city gate. The soldiers stood on a high platform and could shoot at level with the defenders on the city. The defenders changed one after another.
When the stones on the city were almost thrown, Lan Yuan asked people to collect the stones, and several catapults were fired at the city wall intensively, as if stones were falling from the sky.
"Haha, be happy. Asking these savages to throw stones will make them suffer." Gao Ling was overjoyed when he saw this.
Lan Yuan then asked: "Yuanfeng (Gaoling), are the warriors who are the first to climb ready?"
"The general has been prepared for a long time. In fact, everyone trapped in the formation can climb first." Gao Ling geared up.
"While the catapults are suppressing the defenders, climb up first and take the ladders to the top of the well. As long as the well is slightly closer to the city wall, the soldiers can easily go up to the city through the ladders." Lan Yuan analyzed with a frown.
"I'll go there myself." Gao Ling clasped his fists and turned around.
"The city wall of Lu Rong is relatively short, and it is really wonderful to use the well lantern as a springboard for the ladder." Yu Fan smiled and complimented.
Lan Yuan shook his head gently: "The main reason is that the enemy is weak and the city is not strong. If it were a city in the Central Plains, it would not be so easy."
"A young general can adapt to local conditions. This is what a general can do. Ordinary generals may not have such wisdom..." Yu Fan wondered if this person would attack Hefei. Maybe the result would be very different?
"Mr. Yu, you are exaggerating. I am just a new soldier. I learned all the strategies and tactics from General Gao and my father. In fact, I have nothing of my own, and I can't be considered a general..." Lan Yuan responded modestly, cupping his fists.
Yu Fan stroked his beard and smiled: "The major general can turn other people's strategies into his own, and in the end he can perfectly win the war. This is an amazing skill in itself. Many generals in the world have read Sun Tzu's Art of War. How many people can be like Sun Wu? So you don’t have to be so modest."
"Well..."
Just as the two were talking, fierce cheers rang out from the city wall in front. It turned out that Gao Ling had climbed up to the top of the city with the soldiers who had climbed up first, and Lu Rong City was about to be destroyed.
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