Chapter 812 Situation in the City
Seeing that today's battle has ended, the County Magistrate and the County Lieutenant of Feiyang looked at each other, and they both saw worry in each other's eyes. At this time, the enemy's elite troops had not yet been dispatched, and the defenders had suffered such heavy losses. At this rate, If we go down, the soldiers and horses of Haiyang City can defend for three or four days at most.
The two of them winked at each other, and then walked towards the tower at the same time without knowing anything. Because Miyang City is a city close to the Yuzhou Army, Huang Yi sent a supervisory army of 200 people here. The leader was a Qu Chang named He, who was originally recruited by Ji Ling when he was in Nanyang. He is known as the commander of the heavy infantry. In recent years, he has accumulated military merit and been promoted to the rank of commander.
At this time, he was leading dozens of people to rest inside the city tower. After Magistrate Kuang and Captain Jiang entered and exited the tower, Captain Jiang ordered the others to retreat outside the tower and whispered to He Quchang: "General He, you also see Here we are, the enemy has not dispatched the most elite Anton Army in today's war, but Feiyang's soldiers and horses are too weak. It is simply impossible for them to complete General Huang's order for ten days with these soldiers and horses. "
"Yes, yes, it's not that the subordinates are not trying their best, but it's really..." The county magistrate also whispered with a smile;
He Quchang is also a veteran. During the battle just now, he had been supervising the battle at the top of the city. He had a clear view of the combat strength of the enemy and ourselves. However, the military order was such that there was nothing he could do.
After pondering for a moment, he slowly said: "You two, the three of us are now grasshoppers on a rope. When the prince-in-law sent someone out, he had already issued a military order requiring each county to hold on for ten days. So it’s not that a certain family is unreasonable, it’s just the military order.”
Both of them were stunned upon hearing this. Ten days was an unattainable goal for the five thousand troops they commanded. If they didn't do it well, they wouldn't be able to sustain it for three to five days. When the two were about to speak again, He Quchang said again: "Looking at the situation of the Taiyang defenders, it is estimated that they will not be able to sustain it for ten days, but we need to support it for at least five days. In this case, we will not be able to stand up in front of the Prince Consort in the future. That’s what I told you.”
Seeing the bitter expressions on the two men's faces, He Quchang also knew not to push too hard, so he said: "Starting from tomorrow, we will send two hundred imperial guards to the city wall to join the battle with the defenders. I hope you two will not I have some reservations.”
When the two heard this, they also knew that this was the best result. Each of them had two hundred elite guards, plus the two hundred imperial guards, there were a total of 600 elite soldiers and horses, although dozens of people had been lost today. , with the support of these elites, it may not be impossible to hold on for five days.
So the two of them nodded in agreement, and then they left the city wall and began to make arrangements for tomorrow's battle.
At the same time, a few miles north of the city, inside the Anton Army camp, Huangfu Chaobo was checking the news coming back from the shadows. All this information was sorted out by Luoyang, and then sent to the Shadow Guard stronghold in Pingyu by flying pigeons, and then they quickly delivered it to the camp.
After several years of development, although Shi'a's shadow cannot spread all over the world, they already have their strongholds in counties and cities throughout the Central Plains. It is currently developing into Liangzhou, Yizhou and the counties south of the Yangtze River. In time, it will definitely become an intelligence organization throughout the world.
Shadow guards from all over the country continuously sent the collected intelligence to Luoyang, and then handed it over to Huangfu Chaobo after sorting it out. Once he is not in Luoyang, he will first hand it over to Xu Shu, who will then select some important information and forward it to Huangfu Chaobo.
This time when he sent troops to attack Yuan Shu, Huangfu Chaobo had already considered that it was not very likely to occupy the territory. In the end, the best result was to hand over the territory he had conquered to Kong Min for management.
Huainan is not like Qingzhou. You can go from Luoyang to Qingzhou by water. If you go quickly, you can get there in a few days. If something happens, you can always provide support. Moreover, Qingzhou faces the sea to the east and the Taishan Mountains that span hundreds of miles to the west. The only direction that needs defense is There are two directions: north and south, so it is relatively safe.
But Huainan is different. Huainan is originally a place of the Four Wars. Although it faces Yuzhou in the north, it needs defense in its three directions, southeast and west.
Moreover, Luoyang is nearly a thousand miles away from Huainan. If something happens, the Yuzhou Army is not strong enough. If we mobilize troops from Luoyang, it will take dozens of days to arrive. By the time the army arrives, the day lilies may be cold.
Every time they think about this, Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong feel very unwilling. It would be great if Kong Niao also surrenders to them. After Yuzhou is included in the sphere of influence of the Anton Army, the problem of Huainan cannot be called a problem. . It's a pity that Uncle Kong has no consciousness at all.
Since the territory cannot be occupied, Huangfu Chaobo can only gain benefits from other aspects. One is property, and the other is the talents in the captives. Apart from these, there is nothing else. Of course, there is also the official position that the young emperor did not promise after Yuan was captured.
Except for the Yuzhou battlefield where fighting has already begun, fighting has not started elsewhere. Cao Cao's army has just set off from Pengcheng, and it is estimated that it will take a day or two to arrive at Xiapi City. If the war officially starts, it will take a few days.
As for Sun Ce of Jiangdong, as of today, there is no sign of sending troops. He probably wants to wait until both his family and Yuan Shu are involved before he sends troops.
As for the other princely forces, the thunder is louder than the raindrops. For example, Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, and Zhang Ji, the governor of Nanyang, just stood on the shore and shouted, but showed no sign of sending troops.
After reading all the intelligence, Huangfu Chaobo was about to go out of the camp for a patrol, but heard Zhang He outside the tent asking for an audience, so he sat down again. Zhang He should be here to report the results of today's battle.
Sure enough, after entering the tent, Zhang He first saluted Huangfu Chaobo, and then reported the results of today's battle.
The battle had just begun today, so the army did not suffer much loss. Only more than a thousand people were killed and wounded when the river was filled, and more than a thousand were killed and wounded in the two rounds of siege in the afternoon. Among them, 1058 were killed in battle, 459 were slightly injured, and 762 were seriously injured. Compared with the army of more than 50,000, it was nothing. Huangfu Chaobo did not care about these casualties, but only told Zhang He to pay attention to controlling the casualties of the elite soldiers of the Andong Army.
After a few more instructions, he let Zhang He leave.
After Zhang He retreated, Huangfu Chaobo asked Shi A about the situation of the other two armies. After learning that the two armies had just arrived at the target city and would not be able to start attacking the city until tomorrow, he did not say anything else. Instead, he asked again whether the two places had discovered the whereabouts of Ji Ling's army. After receiving a negative answer, Huangfu Chaobo fell into deep thought again.