Chapter 991: Troops Enter Dingtao
Unlike the Yuzhou Army, Sun Ce's army had different ideas. Sun Ce's primary goal was to capture the entire county of Jiujiang. Although Cao Cao didn't care that Sun Ce's army captured all the cities in Jiujiang, Cao Cao still had to use several cities in Jiujiang to slow him down. Sun Cejun's offensive speed. At the same time, Cao Cao didn't mind beating the Jiujiang Zhucheng to pieces and handing it over to Sun Ce. Anyway, Cao Cao had been transferring personnel and materials from Jiujiang Zhucheng since last year.
However, what makes Huangfu Chaobo feel strange is that Langya Tuberose has not made any move yet, but he is not worried. For now, Cao Caojun's reaction has not been shown, and Tuberose's lack of action is normal.
Chen Liu was about two hundred miles away from Enju County in Jiyin County. After setting off from Chenliu, the army passed by and arrived five miles west of Enju County in the afternoon of the fourth day. Huangfu Chaobo ordered the army to camp while leading Several generals came to observe the situation in Yuanju City.
The town of Yuanju County is located about sixty miles west of Dingtao, the county town of Jiyin. It is the defensive point west of Dingtao. If it were in other wars, the town of Yuanju County must be a place that Cao Cao's army must defend, but this time it was Differently, Cao Cao's purpose was to contain the armies of the Sizhou counties of the Eastern Army here, so he did not deploy heavy troops in these cities. Instead, he transferred some of their elite troops and stationed heavy troops in the county towns.
There are only three thousand county soldiers in Yuanju City now. The city is not tall, just the size of an ordinary county town. Looking at the defenders on the city wall, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly turned to Huang Wudie and said: "Xiaodie, uncle wants to Is there any problem with spending the night in the city? And the number of casualties cannot exceed a thousand.”
"It's an ordinary county town where three thousand county soldiers are stationed. It's just now noon, and there are still two hours of darkness. Wudie is determined to capture this city for his uncle before dark. However, the army needs to be at my disposal." This man has become a man. The female general looked at Huangfu Chaobo with a proud face;
Originally, Huangfu Chaobo was not prepared to let her lead the army this time, because she had been married to Xu Shu for several years, but had never had children. Xu's mother was sensible and did not say much, and only occasionally interacted with Mi Huan. The women sighed softly while chatting. Mi Huan also took the initiative and personally led Fan A to diagnose and treat Huang Wudie and Xu Shu twice, but found no problems, so he had to give up.
Because this battle was too important for the Eastern Marching Army, and Huang Wudie's ability was already above average among the Eastern Marching Army, Huangfu Chaobo had no choice but to let her lead the army in battle again.
In fact, not only was Huang Wudie barren, but Huang Xu and his wife, who were far away in Youzhou, also had no children. This also made Huang Zhong anxious, and he had asked Mi Huan to inquire on his behalf several times.
Huangfu Chaobo nodded slightly and signaled Huang Wudie to start preparing to attack the city.
After getting Huangfu Chaobo's permission, Huang Wudie didn't do anything to surround the three and one missing, and directly ordered: "Come in, order the Yuan Rong crossbowmen to prepare, approach a hundred steps shooting distance, and shoot at the top of the city! "
"Order a thousand civilians to prepare and fill in the moat and the siege channel!"
"The Trap Camp and the Iron Wall Battalion are ready. Once the siege passage is filled, they will launch an attack on the city head. After the two battalions of the Trap Formation and the Iron Wall Battalion attack the city head, the Iron Eagle Warriors will quickly follow up and control the city head. "
"After the assault cavalry launched an attack on the city head, they surrounded the remaining three cities and not a single Cao soldier was allowed to escape."
After her series of military orders came out, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but feel dumb. Except for a thousand civilians who filled the moat, all the other troops were from his own guards, seventeen thousand of the most elite soldiers. It would be strange if they could not win quickly after attacking an ordinary county town defended by three thousand ordinary county soldiers.
As expected by Huangfu Chaobo, in less than two hours, the city gate of Yuanju County was opened. To be precise, it took one and a half hours. The first hour was used to fill the moat, and the next half hour was used to attack the city. Less than 300 people from the Zhengdong Army were lost and more than 200 people were injured. Only more than 100 people were actually killed in the battle.
Looking at Huang Wudie's proud smile,
Huangfu Chaobo shook his head and said nothing, ordered the army to rest in the camp outside the city, and led the guards into the city to rest.
At noon two days later, Huangfu Chaobo's army arrived ten miles west of Dingtao City and ordered Huang Wudie to be responsible for building the camp. Huangfu Chaobo led the generals and several military advisors, under the escort of five thousand cavalry. , came to the west of Dingtao City. The group of people did not stop until they reached a place two miles away from the city wall. From this position, they carefully observed the situation in Dingtao City.
Dingtao is located in the north of Jishui and is the seat of Jiyin County. The city is strong and tall, surrounded by a wide moat, and the water of the moat is directly connected to Jishui in the south of the city. It is a relatively large city among the cities in Yanzhou.
Dingtao, known as Taocheng in ancient times, is an ancient city with a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, humans fished, hunted, cultivated and thrived here. It was an ancient pottery kingdom during the Yao and Shun periods. Xia and Shang Dynasties had three states.
In the 12th century BC, King Wu of Zhou named his sixth brother Zhenduo the uncle of Cao and established the Cao Kingdom with its capital in Taoqiu. "Shuowen": "There was a city of Yao in Taoqiu, and Yao lived there." The ruins of the ancient city of Taoqiu are located 200 meters north of Feizhuang Village, Maji Town. In the 26th year of Qin Shihuang (221 BC), Dingtao County was established.
After a long period of development, Dingtao has now become about eight miles long and wide, three feet high, five feet wide at the bottom, and more than three feet wide at the top. There are turrets about five feet high at the four corners of the city wall. It can be said that its scale is It is already comparable to Changyi City, the seat of Yanzhou.
Huangfu Chaobo saw that this city was bigger than the Shouchun City that the Zhengdong Army once attacked, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed. This was the first obstacle to his attack on Cao Cao's forces. If he couldn't capture it quickly, he would probably end the war later. more difficult. Fortunately, he still has a secret weapon.
After looking at the three walls surrounding Dingtao in the west, north and east, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Let's go back to camp and discuss how to attack the city."
Saying that, without waiting for others to react, he stepped off the horse with his legs clamped, shook the reins lightly, and ran wildly in the direction of the camp.
After a while, the group returned to the camp. After entering the tent, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Shi Adao: "How long will it take for Zhang He's army to come to Dingtao to join forces?"
Shi Addao: "General Zhang's army set off from Lihu yesterday morning, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the north of Dingtao tomorrow morning."
"Okay," Huangfu Chaobo nodded and turned to look at Huyandu: "From now on, the surveillance around Dingtao will be handed over to the cavalry, especially in the east direction of Changyi. Every other Time must be reported once.”
Hu Yandu immediately stepped forward to take the order.