Chapter 565

Jia Xu stepped forward and said solemnly: "report to the Lord, according to statistics, our army has killed and wounded more than 2000 soldiers today, of whom 1200 were killed and 900 seriously injured."

Although Liu Ye has already made some psychological preparations, Liu Ye can't help but sink his brow, and there are too many casualties. However, more than 2000 soldiers were killed and injured in one day. If this goes on, it will not take a month to catch all these 40000 soldiers.

Guo Jia shook her head: "our army can't attack the city like this, or Yecheng hasn't been taken down. I'm afraid our soldiers have been killed and wounded."

Liu Ye nodded, and suddenly turned to Guan Hai and said, "Zifu, when you were in the Yellow turban army, how did you attack the city?"

When the Yellow turban bandits first started, they swept across eight prefectures and attacked many fortified cities. Maybe the Yellow turban army had some unique attack skills.

Guan Hai felt his head: "general, if we want to talk about our way to attack the city, it's nothing more than ants attacking the city, building soil to attack the city, and tunnel attacking the city..."

the so-called "ant attached attack" simply means using human life to save a blood path. Human life is like an ant. Once we encounter a strong city, it is generally difficult to attack the arrow that falls like rain.

In front of the city wall, the soil gets higher and higher, and gradually forms a ladder, which is built on the wall. The soldiers of the siege side are stepping on the earth barrier to attack the city.

However, these two methods are generally applied to small and medium-sized cities, which are difficult to overcome in the face of large cities. In particular, Yecheng is one of the few strong cities in the world. The city wall is only three or five feet high. If you want to pile soil to Yecheng, you don't know how high the wall needs to be built.

In those years, Gongsun Zan retreated to Youzhou and defended Yijing. He built numerous barracks and was determined to stick to it. Around the Jizhou army tens of thousands of people, but also helpless, finally Yuan Shao is to take Tian Feng's proposal, determined to attack the city.

Yuan Shao had a unit called "chuozi army". This unit was not an elite division like those who had been killed first or halberds, but a force with special functions, which was used to dig tunnels.

The city was very strong, so Yuan Shao ordered the diggers to dig tunnels under the city and use wooden sticks to support the gap. Gongsun Jun did not know where to go. A few months later, the underground of the city had actually been hollowed out, but there was no clue because there was a wooden stick supporting it.

Before leaving, a fire was put down in the Yijing city. Without support, the Yijing city quickly fell, and the surrounding city walls collapsed in an instant. The Youzhou army was in a mess, and the Jizhou army took advantage of the situation to hide and kill, and won a complete victory.

"No, our army attacked the city with tunnels?" Guo Jia suggested: "Yecheng is an important town in Hebei Province. If you are eager to attack Yecheng, you are afraid that it will be difficult to capture it. It is difficult to capture the city with ants attached to it or to attack the city with base soil. This tunnel attack can be tried."

"Wenhe, what do you say?"

Jia Xu said slowly, "you can have a try."

Seeing Jia Xu's tone, Liu Ye didn't understand it. He was afraid that it would not work for a while to attack the city with tunnels. It was just a helpless method under difficulties.

"That's it." Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "don't attack the city in a big way from tomorrow. It's just a matter of damaging the soldiers."

"What does the general mean?"

"From tomorrow, only surround, not attack!" Liu Ye said slowly.

"Only encircle but not attack?" Guo Jia and Jia Xu were thoughtful.

"Not bad." Liu Ye explained: "Yecheng is a strong city. A strong attack will only damage the lives of soldiers. It is not wise to attack the city with human lives. Anyway, Yecheng is surrounded by our army, so there is no need to worry about it for a while. What's more, when our army transports grain and grass by water, we don't have to worry about the shortage of grain and grass. We just need to wait patiently, and there will be opportunities. "

Since ancient times, the battle of attacking the city has not been rare. In the battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao, Lian Po led the Zhao army to confront the Qin army for three years. Wang Jian stationed at the border of Chu for one year, and Ye Cheng did not have to worry for several months.

In fact, it's nothing to be stationed. The key is the consumption of food and grass. As the so-called grain transportation for thousands of miles, people are hungry. If they transport grain by land, it will take a month to transport grain for a thousand miles. If a civilian carries a month's grain on his back, he just eats up.

However, the Liangzhou army did not have to worry about this problem, because Gao Chong had already led the navy to occupy the Yellow River and was able to transport military grain downstream from Luoyang to Hebei Province. On the one hand, water transportation was fast, and on the other hand, there was no need to recruit civilian men. It was very convenient. It is because of the water division to transport grain that Liu Ye has made up his mind to besiege Yecheng for a long time.

Guo Jia was worried: "however, Cao Cao and Liu Biao were ordered by Yuan Shao to besiege Nanyang and Yanzhou. If the general stayed in Yecheng for a long time, what if there was a change in the rear?"

Liu Ye laughs and confidently says, "don't worry, you Yi and Wen Ze are both generals. With them, Nanyang and Yanzhou are as stable as Mount Tai."

"The Jingzhou army was indifferent to the battle line, while the Nanyang County under Jianyi was well-trained in the battle, with the assistance of FA Xiaozhi. Even if the Jingzhou army could not be defeated, it would be no problem to stabilize the situation."

In the thirteen prefectures of the Eastern Han Dynasty, along with the Yellow turban rebellion and the discussion of Dong by all the heroes, Jingzhou and Yizhou seemed to stay out of the way. Liu Biao and Liu Yan, as frontier officials, did not participate in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. The natural combat effectiveness of the troops under his command was slightly weak, otherwise Liu Biao would not be beaten by Sun Jian.And Zhang jaw is a real general or even a handsome talent. No matter who the Jingzhou side uses as a general, he is not Zhang jaw's opponent. In the original historical track, FA Zheng was an opponent of Zhang jaw in the battle of Dingjunshan. FA Zheng made a conspiracy to assist old Huang Zhong to kill Xia Houyuan. The Wei army was in chaos. At the critical moment, Guo Huai recommended Zhang jaw as commander-in-chief and held on until Cao Cao led the army.

Now the two people, who were originally enemies of each other, believe that the ingenious change of jaw opening and the intrigue of Dharma Zheng will have a surprising effect.

Liu Ye's eyes are deep: "as for Cao Cao, ha ha, Cao mengde is determined to be in the world. I'm afraid he won't send troops to provide food for Yuan Shao."

Guo Jia nodded approvingly: "yes, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao seem to be at odds with each other. They were playmates when they were young. However, Cao Cao was absolutely not willing to be under Yuan Shao's command. Even if he attacked Yanzhou, it was more than enough to defend Yanzhou with Wen Ze's ability."

Now Liu Ye is in the rear area of Sanqin in Guanzhong. He has plenty of food and plenty of soldiers. He has opened up two and a half battlefields.

"In this case, starting from tomorrow, we will besiege the city. Remember - only encircle but not attack."

In Yecheng, the same atmosphere, Yuan Shao with a heavy face.