Chapter 219 Dong Zhuo's first defeat
The regional plot [Battle of Guangzong] is about to break out. Guangzong City is surrounded by Liu Bei and Dong Zhuo, three floors of the inner and outer three floors, and there are densely distributed Han court camp troops everywhere within a range of more than 100 miles! This is still the case when Huangfu Song and Cao Cao's troops were not present. If the player crowd who participated one after the plot began and all the forces in the Han court camp were all present, I wonder how spectacular it would be!
Perhaps it is the need of the plot itself. Guangzong City has long been upgraded to a big city by Zhang Jiao, and its defense is not inferior to Wancheng, and it is even slightly more than that of Wancheng! The wide city walls are full of Yellow Turban soldiers patrolling in groups, and their military appearance is much more tidy than any Yellow Turban team that Yang Rui had seen before! At the same time, it can be inferred from the general equipment of the soldiers that they are, both in terms of their level and in combat power will definitely not be low!
At this time, both sides of the offense and defense were launched. Although there was no fight, the scene was already very grand! However, in this case, in the vast sea of people, even if Yang Rui and his soldiers were very elite, once the Guangzong offensive and defense battle was officially unveiled, it is hard to say how much they will gain!
The offense and defense of the city are very different from ordinary matchups. Even if the troops led by Yang Rui are very powerful, facing the strong city walls, various rolling wood and rocks, and flying arrows, it can be said that sometimes the role of the first-level soldiers is almost the same. It is very likely that even if they suffer heavy losses, they may not achieve results! It is possible that they will be destroyed in a short period of time!
What's more, the strongest troops in Yang Rui's hands are in addition to 34 junior generals including Li Dong, 1,500 4th-level cavalry and 1,600 4th-level archers! These two types of soldiers can hardly exert their advantages in siege!
Yang Rui was not afraid of the loss of the soldiers. The plot of the Yellow Turban Uprising has reached its most "gaochao" period. Even if all the soldiers are lost, Yang Rui can resurrect them through points and "whitewash" the soldiers!
But if you sacrifice a large number of soldiers simply for this purpose, it would be a waste of time! Although the plot of the Yellow Turban Uprising is facing an end after the "gaochao", the merit and points obtained in the plot of the Yellow Turban Uprising will not be invalid immediately. According to Yang Rui's experience in his previous life, the exchange time will be delayed by three months without any changes. In other words, the procedure of "whitewashing" soldiers is not in a hurry. You can use this process of resurrecting soldiers. Use good steel on the blade and do something more valuable!
As a result, when the offensive and defense had just rolled out their formation, Yang Rui had already taken the soldiers in his hand to head eastward, about 200 miles away from Guangzong City before stopping.
Yang Rui originally wanted to go to Huangfu Song to meet him, and walked from the eastern part of Guangzong to Guangping City where Huangfu Song was located to see if there were any special tasks suitable for him. However, when Yang Rui retreated to the east of Guangzong, he found that the distribution of yellow turbans around was too dense, so he had to occupy a high-end village again as a temporary stronghold. In this case, if he wanted to go to Huangfu Song in Guangping, the speed would definitely not be faster!
Considering that even when he arrived in Guangping City, he might have to follow Huangfu Song back to the origin of Guangzong City in the end; and Yang Rui also took the search for "Taiping Yaoshu" as soon as possible, it is best not to stay away from the vicinity of Guangzong City. So Yang Rui simply stayed in this high-level village. Yang Rui was preparing to use 4th-level archers to defend during the day, while the rest of the soldiers would rest and recover their physical strength. At night, he used 34 junior generals, 5th-level thieves, 4th-level cavalry, and various 4th-level infantry to attack the surrounding Yellow Turbans in four directions! This will capture the mission merit and points, and wait for the changes in the situation of the offensive and defense in Guangzong City!
"System prompt: Dear players Lieyang, Dong Zhonglang General Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei's Yijun officially launched an attack on Guangzong City from now on. The regional plot [Battle of Guangzong] is officially launched. Please choose the plot mission..."
Yang Rui stationed his troops in the east of Guangzong City on the second day. The system prompt for the opening of the regional plot of [Battle of Guangzong] came on time. I wonder if it was because Yang Rui had previously cooperated with the Han court troops of Huangfu Song and Liu Bei, there were only four or five options in Yang Rui's regional plot task list.
"1. Participate in the army of Dong Zhuo, the general of the Eastern Central Army, and listen to his orders.
2. Participate in the army of the left central general Huangfu Song and listen to his orders.
3. Participate in the cavalry commander Cao Cao's troops and listen to his orders.
4. Participate in Liu Bei’s rebel army and coordinate with its actions.
5. Independent action, coordinate with the main Han court army of Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song, Cao Cao and Liu Bei."
Among these five options, the first three require players to wait for the order of a general, and the fourth item is to participate in the Liu Bei Yi army's army in a coordinated battle, it is actually not much different from listening to its order! I think it's just a different statement!
Only item 5 is independent action. The coordination in this item should be the real coordination above. At that time, you can help whoever you help, or even if you don’t! Have enough freedom! Yang Rui chose this item after a little consideration.
The real situation is that except for Yang Rui, the other players participating in this regional plot in the Three Kingdoms Region, there are only 4 choices, and there is no fifth item at all! Only Yang Rui, the only one, has more than 100,000 points in the military power he has brought. This is why the fifth option exists!
Most players know that the battle loss rate is very high during the siege, but the return rate is very low. Therefore, in the previous two large-scale plots, players generally do not consider directly participating in frontal siege when choosing plot tasks! This regional plot task is arranged in this way, which should allow players to truly experience the feeling of an offensive and defensive battle in the city.
"I chose item 5!"
"Choose 5, act independently, and cooperate with the main Han court army of Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei! Is it sure?"
"Sure!"
After all, it is not as comfortable as being controlled by others as making independent decisions. This is reflected through the previous contact between Yang Rui and Liu Bei! So compared with several tasks, Yang Rui quickly chose the fifth plot task and automatically filtered out the first 4 items, which did not waste the additional choice provided by the system for him.
At this time, under Guangzong City, Dong Zhuo's army and Liu Bei's army had launched sieges from the south and north directions, and the surging shouts could be heard for dozens of miles apart!
Because Guangzong City is located in the northern part, Zhang Jiao retreated into the city twice and has upgraded the city level. Moreover, the moat of Guangzong City was originally very small. In order to block the direct threat of the Han court army to the city wall, Zhang Jiao mobilized his troops before retreating into Guangzong City and dug a wide large ditch 3 miles away from the city wall. It was nearly 200 meters wide and the depth exceeded 10 meters. It can be said to be a huge project!
The emergence of this trench did cause a lot of trouble to the soldiers of the Han court camp who were sieging the city. It was very difficult for some heavy siege equipment to cross the ditch. Most of them were stuck at the bottom of the ditch. They could only rely on the soldiers' shoulders to push them forward slowly and move forward slowly with their hands, which was very inefficient!
The infantry who first rushed through the trench had almost only a simple wooden ladder in his hands to climb the city wall. Since there were no effective siege equipment and did not pose much threat to the city, they themselves exposed to the range of the archers in the city wall, which caused considerable casualties!
"Hahaha! Haha... Haha... If a mere trench can stop my general's army, wouldn't it be too contempt for me?! The person came and ordered the craftsmen to dismantle all the large siege equipment and transport them through the trench one by one. Then assemble them! The rest of them are on the spot and do not attack the city!"
In the south of Guangzong City, a general was watching the trench and then began to mobilize his subordinates. This person was as strong as a bear, with big heads and big ears, and brown and black skin. Although he was wearing majestic golden armor, he looked more like a well-dressed black blind man in a circus! This general was Dong Zhonglang General--------Dong Zhuo!
"Haha! Haha... It's said that Zhang Jiao is extremely difficult to deal with. The Northern Central Army General Lu Zhi was convicted of his confrontation for not making achievements for a long time! Today, I see that this thief's methods are mediocre, just a man! I am deeply ashamed of the Northern Army General! I don't know if Zhang Jiao is sharp or Lu Zhi is incompetent? Ah? Ahhahaha!"
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly, his tone full of disdain for Zhang Jiao and Lu Zhi, and the generals around him were also praised, which made Dong Zhuo even more proud.
Besides, Dong Zhuo's troops were working hard. The craftsmen and soldiers acted quickly as he ordered. In a short while, dozens of large siege equipment were dismantled and transported down the trenches in batches.
It has to be said that the move of Dong Zhonglang to pieces was indeed very effective. After a while, many scattered siege equipment parts were transported to the opposite side of the trench, and many soldiers from the Han court camp were responsible for the care. As long as the craftsmen on the opposite side were busy, they could assemble them across the trench and put them into the siege!
The trench in Zhangjiao seemed to be excavated a little far from the city wall. The long-range archers on the city wall could not include the soldiers and siege equipment from the Han Ting camp who had crossed the trench into their range! They could only watch the Han Ting Dong Zhuo and his troops crossed the trench, but they were helpless!
Dong Zhuo's troops in the south of Guangzong City were preparing for the final siege in an orderly manner. If this progress continues, a fierce siege battle will break out soon. And with the large number of siege equipment in the Han court camp put into use, Zhang Jiao's pressure to defend the city will definitely increase greatly!
At this time, Liu Bei's army in the north of the city did not make any major progress. Compared with Dong Zhuo's army in the south of the city, Liu Bei's headquarters was all the newly gathered townsmen. Even if there were more than one million players to help, and the number was still increasing, there was no siege equipment!
After Liu Bei commanded the infantry to climb over the trenches for a while, he found that it was really difficult to achieve results directly siege, especially when facing the dense long-range yellow-turban archers on the Guangzong walls, most of the soldiers were only in a state of hatred! So Liu Bei simply pressed the infantry and the players, and did not dare to move again for the time being! He did not even let the soldiers and players cross the trenches again, and only waited for the movement in the south of Guangzong city to respond!
Almost no one expected that Liu Bei's strategy of keeping his troops still avoided a lot of losses for him!
When Dong Zhuo's troops in the south of the city climbed over the trench, and subsequent soldiers continued to climb over the trench. Most of the siege equipment was assembled and most of them were about to start siege. Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the sky suddenly became dark. Accompanied by lightning and thunder, the heavy rain began to pour down rapidly!
"Brush...hulala..."
How could we still attack the city in this kind of weather? The rain came so quickly. The sky was like a gate with an opening, constantly radiating into streams of water! It was not like it was raining, but like it was splashing water!
The inability to attack the city is secondly. In less than a moment, a large amount of rain had already flowed into the empty trenches, almost flooding the soldiers' waists. Some places with deep water could completely submerge people! And the water situation was still rising rapidly!
“Wow…”
"Help!"
Because the heavy rain came too suddenly, Dong Zhuo's troops, who were already densely crossing the trench, had no time to retreat. There were steep slopes on both sides of the trench. After the rain fell, it became slippery and the soldiers could not climb up the edges. So they could only watch the water rise higher and higher, and in the end they completely submerged the people...
Dong Zhuo's troops were all northerners, and few of them were familiar with the water nature. Therefore, when the water level rose, most of the soldiers in the trench quickly suffocated and died. Only a few soldiers floated on the water with the split siege equipment components!
The soldiers' lives could not be saved, and the siege equipment parts that were split in the trench were naturally not spared, and almost all of them were dispersed! Even if the water situation immediately receded at this time, it would definitely be impossible to assemble and use it again!
The most important thing is that the trench that Zhang Jiao had dug before had now become a real moat, splitting Dong Zhuodi's troops into two, limiting them to both sides of the trench, and they could not take care of each other at all!
"Kill!"
"kill......"
When the south gate of Guangzong City opened wide and the surging yellow turbans surged out of the city, the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers in the Han court camp who were blocked within the river ditch was already destined!
Chapter completed!