Chapter 311 Normal siege battle
Wu Pan's regret was still deepening. On the third day, an army came from Qu'abei, and it was Gao Shun who arrived with two thousand troops from his army.
This group of people set out from Jiangcheng, passed through Dantu without entering, and went straight to Qu'a.
Gao Shun's troops did not go down to the north gate of Qu'a, but moved to the east gate, forming a rivalry with Jia Kui's troops in the southeast.
The situation continued to deteriorate, but Wu Pan was like a bird in a net. The more he struggled, the more powerless he became.
On the sixth day, when Liu Feng arrived at Qu'a with more than 10,000 elite troops and 14,000 vassal troops adapted from Zuo Rong and Xue Li's tribe, Wu Pan had only two options in front of him, either to surrender or surrender. Or die fighting.
Before Liu Feng arrived, Jia Kui's troops and Gao Shun's troops who arrived later had been building siege weapons.
Qua City is not high, the area is not large, and the population is not large.
In addition, Zhao Fan had defended here before, so Wu Pan mobilized the entire city's youth, but he could only gather 5,000 people.
The three thousand troops originally handed over to him were originally the troops after the expansion of the army, and there were only one thousand people in them who were Wu Jing's old base.
It is conceivable that these five thousand people are a ragtag group, and they are probably no match for the same number of vassal troops brought by Liu Feng in the field.
But even so, Wu Pan still wanted to persevere.
At this moment, he no longer expected to survive. If he had led his troops to break out of the encirclement on the day Jia Kui arrived, he would have been able to escape more or less.
But now, Liu Feng didn't even bother to do the superficial work of encircling three but one, and directly surrounded Qu'a.
Jia Kui is in the south, Gao Shun is in the east, Xu Sheng is in the north, Fan Neng is in the west, and Pan Zhang was left in Jurong. At the same time, he divided his troops to take over Moling and waited for the follow-up troops to arrive to take over the defense. Transfer a large number of young men and women here to Jiangbei.
Liu Feng himself took Xu Chu and settled in Jia Kui's camp.
"Zhongkang, you and your brother have not been seen for many days. He happens to be in the camp at this time. I will give you a day off to have a good time with your brother."
Liu Feng first selected 500 old soldiers from Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng's tribes as the backbone, and then incorporated them into the 800 elite warriors selected from the tribes of Zuo Rong and Xue Li. Finally, he selected the young and strong soldiers from the two tribes. Another 1,200 people were selected from among them, totaling 2,500 people, and organized into a separate department, and Zhao Fan was given the post of Sima of the separate department.
The vacancies in Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng's troops were still filled by selecting 500 people from the tribes of Zuo Rong and Xue Li. In this way, it is equivalent to digesting more than a thousand of the most elite parts of Zuo Rong and Xue Li.
However, Zhao Fan's army still has little combat effectiveness for the time being.
Even though the veterans of the Xuzhou Army were the backbone and the warriors from Zuo Rong and Xue Li were flesh and blood, there were still more than a thousand recruits. Moreover, just rebuilding military morale and stabilizing the process requires a lot of training and time.
Therefore, Liu Feng did not intend to let them go into battle immediately, so he put them in front of him to lead them and temporarily acted as Liu Feng's direct subordinates.
Zhao Fan can also switch shifts with Xu Chu and both can take a break.
Now that Liu Fengshu is making a big move, Pan Zhang, Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, and even Dong Xi have all been sent out to lead an army alone. Although there are still a lot of warriors around him, the public's face is really Not as good as the famous historical generals.
This is really not something Liu Feng is picky about, but something he has personally tested.
Not to mention Xu Chu and Zhou Tai, even Pan Zhang beat them by chopping melons and vegetables.
The next day, Liu Feng sent an envoy to Qu'a to persuade him to surrender. Regardless of whether the other party would agree or not, the form and process must be respected.
What if the other party really shoots?
Wouldn’t this save trouble?
Unfortunately, Wu Pan did not intend to save Liu Feng trouble, but he did not chop off the envoy's head to sacrifice the flag, but released the envoy back.
Liu Feng was quite satisfied with this and ordered to prepare to attack the city.
The remaining 13,000 tribes of Zuo Rong and Xue Li were divided into four parts, with 3,000 men on each side, and the last 1,000 men were directly strengthened to the Jia Kui tribe in the south.
At the same time, Jia Kui and Gao Shun also divided some of the previously built rams, wells and siege ladders to the other two sides.
In this way, each side was assigned a ram, a well trap, two siege ladders and a dozen ladders.
Don’t underestimate such a small thing, Jia Kui and the others were able to build so many siege weapons in such a short period of time, which is considered quite fast.
Like the car rush, the well gate is easier to build, but the siege ladder is actually quite troublesome and time-consuming.
At noon, the soldiers of the three armies had lunch and began to walk out of the camp.
The first ones are naturally the troops of Zuo Rong and Xue Li. Their equipment is still retained, and the losses are even replenished in order to maintain their combat effectiveness.
At the same time, Liu Feng also announced that as long as they fought hard, they could still share the spoils, but they must abide by the military discipline of the Southern Conquest Army and strictly prohibit individual robbery and robbery.
However, they also enjoyed the treatment of the Confederate Army. The injured Confederate Army was responsible for treatment, the disabled Confederate Army was responsible for arranging livelihood arrangements, and the Confederate Army who died in battle received pensions.
The release of these two systems quickly stabilized the military morale of Zuo Rong and Xue Liyuan, because they felt that they were accepted by the new system and were not just used as cannon fodder.
At the same time, the stripped mid-level and senior officers were not completely idle. Except for Zuo Rong and Xue Li's compatriots, other officers were allowed to perform meritorious service.
Those who are willing to participate in the war will be issued with armor and go directly to the front line, but they cannot command the troops for the time being to avoid accidents.
If you are not willing to participate in the war, you can continue to be a prisoner. There is no force.
The Conquest of the Southern Army was a big move, with no hidden intention at all.
Wu Pan's troops in the city also realized that the general offensive of the Southern Conquest Army was imminent and immediately launched general mobilization.
Because Liu Feng was besieged from all sides, no part of the city wall was left open, especially since the troops were extremely rich, far exceeding the defenders in the city. This forced Wu Pan to distribute his troops evenly to each city wall, and was unable to concentrate his troops.
In the end, the three thousand troops were divided into five groups, with 600 people on each wall. The last 600 people were in Wu Pan's hands as the general reserve team.
The two thousand young men who were mobilized were all arranged on the four walls of the city, responsible for transporting ordnance, hammer wood, hot oil, night incense and other supplies to the city.
The young and the strong are the young and the strong after all. They cannot go into battle until the last moment, because there is a high probability that they will be counterproductive on the front line.
It's better to arrange for them to deliver supplies more reliably. After all, this is also an extremely important job.
The Southern Army's offensive was very fierce from the beginning, besieging them on all sides, regardless of priority.
All the mid- to high-level officers in Zuo Rong and Xue Li were stripped off, and replaced by the backbone of officers transferred from the Southern Conquest Army.
There is no problem with these backbone officers serving as commanders. After all, it is the lower-level officers who actually fight on the front line.
Qu'a is just a county, and it is a place where the Sun family army is ready to give up. There are not many supplies in stock.
Originally, Wu Pan wanted to use it sparingly and try to last as long as possible.
But the Southern Army launched an all-out attack from the very beginning, and they fought fiercely. The Sun family's soldiers had few hands to begin with, so saving supplies would be equivalent to letting the enemy attack the city.
In desperation, Wu Pan could only order to hold on with all his strength.
Although the Conquest of the South Army took the troops of Zuo Rong and Xue Li as the vanguard, they did not regard each other as cannon fodder, or not just as cannon fodder.
For these parts, a lot of long-range fire suppression is also provided, especially the protection of the two siege ladders, which is particularly important.
The difference between a siege ladder and an ordinary ladder is that the siege ladder can provide certain protection to the climbing attacking soldiers, so that the soldiers will not suffer a fatal blow before climbing to the top of the city.
Although ordinary ladders are convenient, once rolling stones, hammered logs, and night incense are thrown down from the top of the city, the soldiers will obviously be defenseless, and even holding a large shield will not be able to protect themselves.
The defenders obviously knew that the key points were the car rush and the siege ladder, but the problem was that they had too little preparation.
Generally, to deal with such large siege weapons, catapults and ballistae are needed.
But now, there is neither of these two things in the city.
The only method that was somewhat effective was to pour rockets and throw torches in an attempt to ignite these siege weapons.
It’s just that the Conquering South Army had been prepared for a long time. These siege weapons were covered with leather, and a lot of water was poured on them. The backs of the siege vehicles were even covered with a thick layer of of wet mud.
This made all Wu Pan's methods in vain, and in the end he could only watch helplessly as various siege weapons arrived at the edge of the city.
What surprised Liu Feng was that the first one to make a breakthrough was Ximen where Fan Neng was.
It’s not that Fan Neng is particularly powerful, but Yu Zi, the subordinate of Zuo Rong assigned to Fan Neng, is quite brave. He actually took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Sun Army guards at Ximen, climbed up the simple ladder to the top of the city, and killed two Sun Army guards. The city soldiers opened a breakthrough. Immediately, a large number of Zuo Rong's old troops came to the city one after another.
General Ximen quickly sent his only reserve team of fifty people over in an attempt to recapture the city and drive Zuo Rong's old troops down the city.
But Yu Zi became more and more courageous as he fought. He actually killed Sun Jun's officers on the spot and directly defeated the opponent's last reserve team.
Subsequently, Yu Zi was still commanding at the top of the city. While continuing to advance on both sides to expand the area of the city under his control, he ordered Zuo Rong's old troops below the city to move the simple ladders over to speed up the climb to the city.
While General Ximen urgently asked Wu Pan for help, he personally led more than a dozen soldiers to join the defeated soldiers on the road. He gathered less than a hundred people and tried to recapture the city wall again.
Fierce fighting broke out between the two sides again.
The combat power of Sun Jiajun's old army is actually higher than that of Zuo Rong's old army. However, in the past two years, Wu Jing's army has suffered a lot of casualties. Coupled with the expansion of the army, in fact, the combat power will not rise. Falling.
Ximen Guardsman not only failed to repel Yu Zi, but instead killed him again. The entire Ximen Sun Army was on the verge of collapse. Yu Zi even followed the city wall and fought all the way to the city gate. The next step was to open the city. Open the gate and welcome the army into the city.
Yu Ziben is a top-notch tough guy under Zuo Rong, and one of the most capable of fighting among the officers with foreign surnames under Zuo Rong.
Although Liu Feng transferred Yu Zi and others from their command posts, he allowed them to go to the front line to perform meritorious service.
Yu Zi was inherently brave and always rushed to the front line in battle. He was naturally fearless and immediately expressed his willingness to participate in the battle.
Therefore, the reason why Ximen was able to break through so quickly was not really because of Fan Neng’s greatness, but because Yu Zi played a big role in it.
When Wu Pan got the news, he responded immediately and sent half of his troops to help Ximen.
It’s not that Wu Pan despised Yu Zi, but that he had to do this.
Because urgent requests for help have also come from the other three gates, but they are not as serious as the west gate.
In fact, by this time, Quacheng could no longer be defended.
Not to mention that Wu Pan only sent over 300 people, even if all 600 people came over, they couldn't stop Zuo Rong's old troops from pouring into the city.
What's more, Fan Neng was already bragging about the method and ordered his men to press forward, preparing to join the offensive.
Although Yu Zi's military position was deprived by Liu Feng, his prestige among Zuo Rong's old troops, coupled with his record of killing several Sun Jun guards, made Zuo Rong's old troops willing to obey his orders.
Yu Zi immediately gathered his troops, killed the city gate guards, and opened the city gate before Wu Pan's reinforcements arrived.
After that, the Zhengnan Army swarmed in, and Sun Jun had no chance of resisting.
Half an hour later, Wu Pan died in battle, and a quarter of an hour later, the whole city was cleared.
Liu Feng entered Qu'a, sealed the warehouse, and checked casualties and supplies.
After the storage quantity in the warehouse was reported, Liu Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The food stored in the city is only 1,800 shi, and all kinds of materials are almost zero. On the contrary, there are hundreds of casualties among the young people in the city. This is equivalent to accepting a mess.
This was the result of Sun Jun not setting fire to the grain depot until the end, otherwise it would have been an empty result.
In fact, this is the normal result of war in this period.
Like Liu Feng's previous battles, it was extremely rare that he would gain weight every time he fought.
Take Yuan Shu's Shouchun as an example. The normal operation is to raise a hundred thousand troops, surround Shouchun, and then attack fiercely day and night. If you can break it, break it. If you can't break it, then turn it into a siege. When the food in the city is exhausted and the soldiers are exhausted, there is a chance to break the city.
In this case, even if the city is destroyed, how much harvest will be left?
At least the millions of stones of food Liu Feng received must have been consumed long ago.
There is another reason, that is, the opponents Liu Feng was looking for before were all rich and powerful. Whether it was Guangling, Yingchuan, Runan, or Jiangbei, they were all famous grain-producing areas. As long as there were people farming , there will be a harvest.
And Liu Feng went at the right time. If two or three years earlier, the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans were still reclaiming wasteland, even if they won, they would still have a lot of people to eat, and they would still have to lose money. Die Liu Feng.
But if it were two or three years later, all the food would be cheaper than Widow Cao. After all, Yanzhou is Yuzhou. With Yuan Shao in the north and Liu Bei in the east, Cao Cao would go crazy and leave Yuzhou unoccupied and go to Guanzhong first.
That's why Liu Feng is in such a hurry, because only he knows that the real window period is only one or two years.
If you miss it, it will never happen again.
Today, Liu Feng’s opponent is Sun Jiajun.
The current Sun family army is not as wealthy as it will be in the future. It can be said that it is the poorest of the poor. Sun Ce himself has already engraved his military ambitions on his forehead.
Most of Wu County raised more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. If Yuan Shu had not been secretly giving blood transfusions and food to Sun Ce, the people of Wu County would not be able to support so many soldiers and horses even if they did not eat or drink.
As a result, although Wu County is still a good place, it really has no savings.
What Liu Feng will face next will most likely be one tough battle after another.
However, Liu Feng had been mentally prepared for a long time. He was still very familiar with Sun Ce's situation. Besides, the most important thing in Jiangdong was the population and territory, while the materials were secondary.
Later, Liu Feng read the casualty report again.
More than 100 people of the Zhengnan Army were killed and more than 400 were lightly or seriously injured. The total number of casualties exceeded 600.
Many of the serious injuries cannot be saved. These people were burned by gold juice. Unless the dirty flesh was cut out on the spot and then disinfected with alcohol, there was basically no way to save them.
The Sun family's army only had 3,000 people, and it was not an elite force. Qu'a was just an ordinary county.
This alone caused so many casualties to the Southern Conquest Army.
Although it was not Liu Feng's headquarters that attacked, if it were Liu Feng's headquarters, the casualties would probably be reduced by half, but the casualties would make Liu Feng even more distressed.
It can be seen from this that Liu Feng sneaked into Shouchun and successfully captured the city. This was equivalent to sending Liu Bei 100,000 elite soldiers and millions of grains.
Three thousand Sun family troops were killed by the formation, more than 800 of them were killed, and more than 2,000 were captured.
Such high battle losses were all due to the city defense battle.
After all, the commander-in-chief Wu Pan was not a famous general, he was just a capable general under Wu Jing. If he had not defended against the city, the Sun Army would have collapsed with an estimated five to six hundred casualties.
During this battle, Yu Zi, who performed well, won Liu Feng's approval and allowed him to select 500 people from Zuo Rong's old tribe, and 500 people from Xue Li's old tribe, for a total of one thousand people. At the same time, Yu Zi is the Sima of the other department.
The position of Sima of the other departments is a jack-of-all-trades. It can be held by any number of troops, and it also has some independence. Many famous generals from the Three Kingdoms period have held this military position.
"Mr. Nagao, please place all the wounded in the city. Including the injured people in the city, they can go to the medical camp for diagnosis and treatment. They only charge for the medicine. If you have no money, you can also pay on credit."
Liu Feng continued to give instructions: "Those who are injured by the golden juice should stay alone and try to clean the wounds. If..."
Sun Shao listened carefully to Liu Feng's arrangements. After hearing this, he found that Liu Feng hesitated. , he couldn't help but look up at the other party.
A complicated look flashed across Liu Feng's face, and he finally gritted his teeth and said: "If the wounded person is really in pain and doesn't want to suffer any more, he can ask the Military Justice Department to help him die early."
Sun Shao was startled, and then he was impressed: "Shao takes the order!"
Liu Feng nodded, wondering if Mr. Hua Tuo had discovered Ma Fei Powder. If there was such a thing, even if It can't save the lives of some soldiers, but it can also make them die more peacefully and save them too much pain.
Sun Shao was ordered to retreat, turned around and left the hall, carrying out Liu Feng's order.
"Mr. Boqin."
Teng Dan, also known as Boqin.
Hearing Liu Feng's summons, Teng Dan stepped forward and said: "Danhou has ordered to conquer the south."
Liu Feng said: "There is still a lot of food in Qu'a and Dantu counties. Harvest, please urge the people in both places to organize manpower in time to collect grain and put it into storage as soon as possible.”
The main force of the Sun Army had already withdrawn from Qu'a and Dantu before the autumn harvest, and the elite troops led by Sun Ce had already moved south, reaching Yuhang and Qiantang.
(End of this chapter)