Chapter 1,250: Lu Bu Sends Out His Troops
Tian Yu, Pang Tong, Hua Xiong and others, protected by thousands of cavalry, looked at the city in front of them. It was more vivid to say that it was a pass rather than a city.
Dingyang City runs east-west, about five miles long from east to west, and less than two miles wide from north to south. It is a long city. The city is adjacent to the Rulingou mountain ridge to the north, and to the south is the Linzhen River, which is about ten feet wide. , and the south side of Zhenchuan is close to the mountain ridge in the south.
After receiving the news that the Tang army was attacking, King of the Survivors immediately ordered a military formation to be built on the mountain ridge in Rulingou to the north to prevent the Tang army from bypassing the mountain ridge and attacking the west gate of Dingyang City.
The wall of Dingyang City is about two feet high. After the emergency heightening and widening of the "Survivor", it has now been increased by five feet, reaching a height of two feet and five feet. As for the width, it is far from what Hukou Town can match. , reaching nearly three feet wide. Outside the city wall, a moat about several feet wide was also excavated in the east, west and north directions, while the Linzhen River was directly used as the moat in the south.
Seeing the city in front of him, which was not a pass, but was better than a pass, Tian Yu was shocked and speechless for a long time, despite Tian Yu's calmness. This level is comparable to a medium-sized pass like Hangu Pass, and there are nearly 50,000 to 60,000 people and about 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses here. If you want to capture this city, you will have to spend a lot of effort.
"My dear mother, is this a county town? How many soldiers must be killed or injured to capture such a city?" Hua Xiong also muttered at the side;
"It's less than two miles wide and almost three feet high. If you want to capture this city, you'll suffer a lot of losses!" She Gan also said;
"No matter how heavy the losses are, we must attack!" Tian Yu was silent for a long time; "General Dugu, carefully observe the surrounding situation and see if you can use the digging attack!"
"I ordered the army to retreat five miles back to the camp and prepare siege equipment. Since the Shangjun rebels want to fight us here, then defeat them here as a tribute to others!" Tian Yu ordered decisively;
"No!" When the generals heard this, they were all stunned, and immediately reacted and took the order;
As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Yuba turned his horse's head and headed towards the direction where the army had chosen to camp. All the generals also pulled their horses back one after another. Anyway, only the east wall can be attacked, so there is not much enemy information to explore. It is better to go back early to discuss the method of siege.
Although it is said to be a siege, there are many methods available.
On the city wall, everyone in Jiangshan was also observing the Tang army below the city. Seeing Tian Yu and others leaving with their troops, everyone in Jiangshan breathed a long sigh of relief. Everyone present had been fighting against the Tang Army for many years, and they already knew how powerful the Tang Army was, so even though they were well prepared, they were still worried.
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Taiyuan, Jinyang, in front of Zhao Palace, Zhao King Lu Bu is neatly dressed. Chen Gong and Zhao civil and military officials are standing beside Lu Bu. The 20,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry in front of them are also neatly and solemnly waiting in formation.
After last year's war, nearly half of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry was lost. Later, Lu Bu selected more than 4,000 elite cavalry from the Zhao army and added them to the Bingzhou wolf cavalry. He also drew a thousand from his most elite blood wolf cavalry. The remaining people all joined the ordinary wolf cavalry as mid-level and low-level officers, and the ordinary wolf cavalry was expanded to 15,000 cavalry from three schools, while the blood wolf cavalry left one school with 5,000 cavalry as the royal guards.
"This expedition, all matters in the country, are all thanks to the hard work of the prime minister and all the ministers!" Lu Bu looked at the 20,000 wolf riders in front of him with satisfaction, then turned to look at the people in Chen Palace;
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers and others will do their best to safeguard the foundation of Your Majesty, and we will do whatever it takes to save our lives." Chen Gong quickly bowed and responded;
Lu Bu nodded, then looked at the others and said: "After I go out to fight, all major affairs in the country will be decided by the Prime Minister. If you have any objections, you must take the order first, and then report it to Gu Chen afterwards. You I’ll remember it soon!”
"I accept your order!" The others quickly replied;
Chen Gong was so moved that he cried bitterly. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty trusts me, and I have no way to repay you. I can only repay you with death. Please rest assured, Your Majesty.
If there is a loss in the country, I am willing to dedicate this head to him! "
"It's better to keep the Prime Minister's head for yourself. Although Gu is easy to kill, he doesn't like to collect heads." As he said this, Lu Bu made a rare joke with Chen Gong. "Okay, Prime Minister, is there any reward from Yan State?"
"Back to the king, everything is as expected by the king. Although the king of Yan wanted to send troops to help, the news that the king of Qi had gathered troops reached Jicheng. The king of Yan had to order most of the army to return to Jicheng to prevent the Qi army from launching a large-scale attack. He only sent Ten thousand troops from the Xuanwu Camp went to Shanggu to support them, and these ten thousand troops only stopped after entering Juyong Pass and did not enter Juyang, the county town of Shanggu."
"Very good, are there any changes in the other troops and horses?" Lu Bu nodded, then asked again;
"Everything is as usual!" Chen Gong replied understandingly;
At this moment, an official came forward to report: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived!"
"Okay, I'll send out the troops now. Thank you for all the hard work, sir!" Lu Bu heard this and quickly walked up to the red rabbit horse. He lifted up his cloak, got on the horse, picked up his Fangtian painted halberd, waved it to the north and shouted: " Set off!"
Chen Gong quickly led a group of civil and military officers to kneel on the ground and said loudly: "Congratulations to your Majesty, I wish you great success! Success is imminent!"
"Congratulations to your Majesty for victory! Success is imminent!"
"Congratulations to your Majesty for victory! Success is imminent!"
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Outside Dingyang City, Tian Yu led all the generals into the tent that had been prepared long ago, walked to the main seat and sat down. After all the generals sat down, he said: "Military Advisor, generals, everyone, tell me how to attack this city?"
"General Dugu, you go first!"
General Dugu is Dugu Ba, one of the three Dugu brothers. Now the Juezi Army of the Tang Army is known to the world, so Huangfu Chaobo has no intention of hiding them as a trump card. According to his idea, the Juezi Army will eventually expand to a battalion and three schools, that is, each of the three Dugu brothers will lead a school, but now it has only been expanded to 10,000 people, so this time he only sent Dugu Ba to lead 3,000 Juezi Army to help.
Hearing Tian Yu calling his name, Dugu Ba quickly stood up and said, "General, I have just carefully observed that although this city is located in a valley, the ground is covered with thick soil. If my guess is correct, there is about ten feet under the soil, and then there are hard rocks, so it should be suitable for digging and attacking. However, please give me another half day to find out the specific situation. I need to observe it carefully before I can make a conclusion!"