Chapter 658: Commander Guan Hai
You should know that the domineering royal family only recruited less than 10,000 soldiers in total, of which Taishi Ci took away 7,000 and only left 3,000 soldiers in his own city. As for why the domineering royal family only had 10,000 soldiers, it was mainly because the population and food conditions limited the size of the soldiers.
Although Lelang County has a population of nearly 300,000, the county capital, Korea City, has 100,000 people, and each of the other more than ten cities has only more than 10,000 people, so even if he occupied two county towns, he could not recruit many soldiers.
And because of his merits in the plot of fighting against Dong and his merits in defeating the invasion of Taishan bandits some time ago, Ye Laixiang has been appointed as the magistrate of Dongguan County by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. After receiving the news that Tao Qian wanted to send troops to support Pingyuan, under the persuasion of the military advisor, he took the initiative to ask for orders and led the army.
There are two purposes for sending troops to Beihai, one is for military merit, and the other is for population. Ye Laixiang is even more exaggerated. Not only is the general Yue Xi personally leading 5,000 soldiers, but the military advisor Xi Zhicai also came with him.
With the continuous adjustment and update of the game, population has become a bottleneck for all lord players. Without population, there will be no source of soldiers, which means that the development of the territory will have no stamina. Huangfu Chaobo also welcomed the arrival of the two. Although Huangfu Chaobo had more than 13,000 troops to fight, he did not expect that he could sweep away millions of Yellow Turbans with his own more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Therefore, although there were lord players joining after entering Qingzhou, Huangfu Chaobo never refused them.
After a night of discussion, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu, Sun Qian, Xi Zhicai and others finally confirmed the attack plan.
On October 15th, Huangfu Chaobo not only waited for the troops of Zuoxiao, but also, with the help of the domineering royal family and night fragrance, he gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from the court camp players participating in the war in Qingzhou. These soldiers and horses were reorganized by several people and divided into 20 schools of soldiers and horses.
Under the city of Ju County, the million Yellow Turban army has been besieging the city for nearly a month. If it were not for the lack of food for the Yellow Turban army and the low morale of the soldiers, Ju County would have been captured long ago.
Standing on the watchtower of the central army camp, Guan Hai looked at the city a few miles away and felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Although he had a million-strong army, there were only more than 300,000 people who could fight, and the remaining nearly 700,000 people were family members.
The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou were hungry and full, but last month, the million-strong Yellow Turban army attacked Gunzhou, and they were thinking of making a fortune there. Who knew that they would lose a handful of rice instead of stealing a chicken? The million-strong army went out and only half came back. This is still good. The Yellow Turban Army had occupied many counties in Yanzhou before, but after this battle, these counties were lost.
In desperation, the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who escaped had to move closer to Guan Hai's troops in Taishan. Guan Hai's hundreds of thousands of people were already short of food, and with the hundreds of thousands of people who escaped, food became even more difficult. So after supporting for a period of time, Guan Hai finally decided to lead the army out of the mountains and attack Qingzhou.
In his opinion, Qingzhou didn't have any strong soldiers and generals, unlike Yanzhou, so he should be able to capture it. Not only that, Guan Hai also deliberately selected Beihai, which had the most literary reputation. What Guan Hai didn't expect was that he seemed to have hit a wall again. The siege of Ju County has been going on for almost a month, and he has sent people to attack more than a dozen times but failed to capture the city.
As a last resort, Guan Hai had to send some troops to attack other counties, so as to grab some food and alleviate the difficulties of the headquarters.
"It's already mid-October. If the city can't be captured in the next few days, then the family members of the subordinates will be dispersed to grab the food. In this way, we should be able to hold on this year. Of course, it would be best if we can capture Ju County. It is said that there are nearly one million stones of food in it, and countless money and silk materials. With such a big city, I can feed the million people. In this way, I can convince the leaders of various departments." Thinking of this, Guan Hai, who had already retreated, once again determined to attack the city.
"Come here, tell all the generals above the rank of captain to come to the tent to discuss matters!" Turning back,
Guan Hai loudly told his personal guards; soon someone took the order and went to each camp to pass the order. Now the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are not just Guan Hai's, but divided into several groups, but Guan Hai's group is the largest, with about 300,000 or 400,000 people, so he was elected as the leader by everyone.
That night, in the Yellow Turban Army camp, Guan Hai persuaded the leaders of each group, and everyone agreed to launch another attack on Ju County from tomorrow. If they can capture it, it would be the best. If not, according to Guan Hai's idea, send all the family members out to grab food, and then seize a few county towns, and then return to Mount Tai to make plans next year.
On October 16, 192, the morning sun had just shone on the earth, and fireworks were rising everywhere in the Yellow Turban Army's camp. Since they had decided to attack the city with all their strength, Guan Hai and other Yellow Turban Army leaders decided to let their soldiers have a good meal before attacking the city with all their strength. At least now everyone still had some hope for the source of food.
Sure enough, after the meal, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army rose by several times. As soon as the battle started, the soldiers of the Beihai State and the counties in the city clearly felt the fighting power of the Yellow Turban soldiers. However, fortunately, two days ago, Wu Anguo led dozens of personal guards into the city and sent Kong Rong the news that Huangfu Chaobo's reinforcements had arrived.
Afterwards, Kong Rong immediately announced this news in the city, and the morale in the city rose a lot. In addition, with Wu Anguo, the old captain of the Beihai Army, and sufficient food and grass in the city, the county soldiers still withstood the attack of the Yellow Turban Army.
However, what surprised Wu Anguo and Zong Yu was that the Yellow Turban Army did not retreat after a setback in the previous few days. Instead, they quickly reorganized their army and launched a second round of attacks. Faced with the Yellow Turban Army attacking like a tide, the defenders of Ju County also felt a little tricky. Wu Anguo did not know when his lord's army would be able to attack the Yellow Turban Army. He just felt that his lord's troops seemed to be too few this time.
Looking at the half-day attack, it seemed that there was no progress, but Guan Hai did not care at all. For such a big city, he was ready to exchange the lives of 100,000 soldiers. In his opinion, 100,000 soldiers for a big city was worth it no matter how he calculated it. After the second round, it was already afternoon. Guan Hai did not even blink his eyes. With a wave of his hand, the third round of attack that had been prepared long ago began again. Although the Yellow Turban Army had given the soldiers enough food, they had not yet achieved three meals a day like the players' subordinates and the court soldiers, so there was no such thing as going back to eat at noon.