Lord of the Gaming World Chapter 305: The Turtle Tactic

In the Western Liaoning Corridor, a war related to the ownership outside the customs broke out. The iron cavalry of both sides galloped, and more than 100,000 cavalrymen fought decisively in the not spacious mountain corridor. The cavalry tried to cut off each other's food routes, and conflicts broke out from time to time.

In the end, the cavalry of Mingguan, the prefect of Liaodong, entered the Liaoxi Corridor at the cost of losing tens of thousands of cavalry, and managed to force the prince of western Liaoning, Prince Yan and Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Youbeiping, to fight in Guzhucheng, Liaoxi Prefecture.

Both sides, as big princes with horse-producing land, and with a higher proportion of soldiers and civilians outside the customs, each invested a large amount of cavalry.

Gongsun Zan and Prince Yan placed the heavy cavalry in the middle, commanded by Di Qing personally, Gongsun Zan commanded three thousand white horse followers and a large number of right Beiping cavalry as the left wing, and the brave and aggressive Wuhuan cavalry served as the right wing.

Prince Yan and Fan Zhongyan ascended to command this decisive battle.

Mingguan's cavalry is more powerful than they imagined, and many sneak attacks are useless.

The Liaodong Corps often fights with Choi Jae-seon, the lord of Goryeo, on the border.

At this time, the lord of Koryo, Cui Jae-shan, and the lord of Koryo, Li Minzhe, were fighting to unify the kingdom of Koryo, and Mingguan had the opportunity to attack western Liaoning.

Mingguan gave up continuing to attack Koryo, mainly considering the complex mountainous terrain between Liaodong and Koryo, as well as the concern that the Liaoxi Army would attack Liaodong, and decided to take Liaoxi first.

"Xiwen, what do you think our army has a chance of winning this battle?"

Prince Yan looked at the Liaodong Corps on the opposite side, and felt a bit of despair in his heart.

The Liaodong Army has been fighting the Koryo Kingdom. Few of the princes directly faced the attack of the Liaodong Army. At this time, the Liaodong Army turned its spearhead to the civil war and was equally unstoppable.

"Will the lord listen to the truth or lie?"

"Nature is the truth."

"Our army's odds of winning may be less than 30%."

"Isn't it less than 30%..." Prince Yan was in a heavy heart, clenched his fist, and finally released it, "The 30% chance of winning is good. After all, the other party has strong generals such as Chang Yuchun and Li Chengliang. Even more brave than Di Qing."

Prince Yan could kill and injure tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers of the Liaodong Army before the Liaodong Army marched westward to Lone Bamboo City.

The Liaodong prefect Mingguan and the black-clothed prime minister Yao Guangxiao also commanded the Liaodong army from the high ground.

In this attack on the Western Liaoning Corridor, Mingguan must defeat the sworn brothers of Prince Yan and Gongsun Zan, who were separated in Western Liaoning, in order to open the passage into the pass.

The war between the Later Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was concentrated in Liaodong in the early stage, in the western Liaoning Corridor in the middle stage, and in Guannei in the later stage. If the Western Liaoning Corridor is captured, the Eastern Liaoning cavalry can enter the pass unscrupulously. The princes in Guan were facing a prince outside Guan who had a large number of elite cavalry and heavy infantry from Liaodong.

"Teacher, in your opinion, what odds do we have?"

"90% chance of winning."

"West Liaoning is already in my pocket. Order the Guanning Iron Cavalry to attack!"

"The cavalry in front of the Palace of the Northern Song Dynasty launched an attack!"

Mingguan and Prince Yan issued the order to attack at almost the same time.

The winner is the king!

In Yingling County, Qingzhou, the forces of Zhao Gongzi and Chutian forces are in confrontation. Zhao Gongzi wants to keep Yingling County, where he started. The Le Yi Corps launched an offensive, pressing step by step.

After occupying Taishan County and defeating Yuan Shu, Chutian turned to the offensive locally, turning passive into active.

"Master!"

Le Yi, Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun and other frontline generals greeted the coming lord.

Chu Tian saw that the front-line generals were somewhat tired. Obviously, the recent battles in the Quartet had caused the various legions to show signs of fatigue.

"When you defeat Young Master Zhao, the Qingzhou war will come to an end, and the focus will shift to Yanzhou, and you can start a round battle."

Once Chutian solves the threat from Qingzhou, his generals can rest in batches and don't have to fight all the time.

To conduct round battles against Cao Cao's forces, so that Cao Cao has no free time to develop. This is an insidious strategy that Chutian recently came up with. He completely regards Cao Cao as an experience pack.

"Young Master Zhao has assembled more than 100,000 troops, but most of them are temporary recruits and the Yellow Turbans, which is nothing to worry about. The 50,000 troops of Prime Minister Pingyuan supporting Prince Yan are veterans with certain combat experience. Ability is unknown, so be careful."

The scouts sent by Chutian may not have all the information. Unless they fight, no one knows how effective Tian Ji's army is.

"With the Leyi Corps as the main force, continue to advance into Yingling County and force Zhao Gongzi to fight us. Another letter is written to persuade Zhao Gongzi to surrender. Zilong, you lead 10,000 cavalry to protect the food road."

Chu Tian deployed Zhao Yun in the rear to guard the grain road.

The importance of the food path is self-evident. Zhao Yun is regarded as a stable military general. Before the decisive battle, he should be placed in the rear to guard the food path, and there should be no major mistakes.

Hua Mulan's reconnaissance corps spread out in large numbers to investigate the information, and the Leyi corps in the rear marched forward according to the exploratory information and made a gesture of attacking Yingling County.

Zhao Gongzi's high-level barracks and other important buildings are all located in Yingling County, and Yingling County also accumulates a large amount of grain, grass and weapons. If Yingling County fell, it would be equivalent to the huge impact that the fall of Xiacheng would bring to the Chutian forces, making it difficult for Zhao Gongzi to imagine.

This is what will save you from attacking the enemy.

Unless Zhao Gongzi besieged Wei and rescued Zhao, he would not be able to shake Chutian's determination to capture Yingling County.

It is very difficult for Zhao Gongzi to surround Wei and save Zhao. First, he has to break through the defense lines of Zang Ba and Sun Guan, and secondly, Xiacheng has Li Xiuning and her Women's Army. With Xiacheng's current popularity of 93, the commoners will voluntarily become villagers to protect the city where they live and allegiance.

Even if Zhao Gongzi had Sun Bin as his military advisor, the tactics of besieging Wei and saving Zhao might not be successful.

"The shepherd of Xuzhou sent a letter of persuasion to surrender."

Young Master Zhao was entertaining Tian Ji. At this time, a letter of surrender sent by Chu Tian arrived, stating that as long as Young Master Zhao surrendered, he could be named prefect.

"It's really tempting conditions, but I'm still a little unwilling. Liu Bei has been exiled in many places, and he can finally get a third of the world. Why can't I do it?"

In the face of Chu Tian's persuasion to surrender, Zhao Gongzi did not agree.

His subordinates still have many troops and territories, and with the help of Tian Ji's army sent by Pingyuan Xiangtian Qi, Zhao Gongzi regained his confidence a little and believed that he could force Chu Tian to retreat by clearing the walls.

He relocated all the surrounding population and resources to Yingling County, appointed Taishi Ci as the defender, and defended it. They are each other's horns and do not give Chutian a chance to attack Yingling County with all his strength.

As long as Chutian fails to attack Yingling County with all its strength, it will definitely delay the time for the capture of Yingling County, which will bring enormous pressure to Chutian's logistics.

"The last general led a cavalry to attack the grain route of the Xuzhou Legion and burned its temporary granary, then the Xuzhou Legion would definitely retreat."

Dorgon limped and came to ask Mr. Zhao for his life. He was injured by random arrows in the previous decisive battle and has not recovered yet.

"I divided 10,000 cavalry troops to you, and you tried to burn their grain carts. If the road doesn't work, then retreat here. Don't insist."

Zhao Gongzi decided to divide the cavalry 10,000 to Dorgon, and let him harass the food supply of the Xuzhou Army.

With the help of his personal soldiers, Dorgon got on his horse and led a small number of Eight Banners cavalry and 10,000 light cavalry to attack the food route of the Xuzhou Army.

"Why not fight the Xuzhou Army?"

After Tian Ji arrived with an army of 50,000 people, he urged Young Master Zhao to fight.

Tian Ji is not Zhao Gongzi's subordinate after all. He wants to end the war in Beihai Kingdom as soon as possible and return to Pingyuan County. The elite soldiers of Pingyuan County were transferred to Tian Ji to support Zhao Gongzi, which meant that the remaining troops in Pingyuan County were insufficient.

"The Xuzhou Corps is ferocious in its offensive and plundering like fire. Only by clearing the walls and defeating its spirit can we turn defeat into victory. If General Tian Ji trusts me, he should act according to my tactics."

Young Master Zhao has been on the defensive for Chutian for a long time, and has already figured out a way to deal with Chutian. The method is quite simple, that is, stick to it.

The various princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty are trying their best to expand and compete for territory. If the Xuzhou Army is delayed in Qingzhou for a year and a half, the Xuzhou Army may miss many opportunities.

Zhao Gongzi, who once joined forces with Chutian to suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, really knew too much about the horrors of the Xuzhou Army Corps. The Xuzhou Army Corps opposite was 80,000 elites and fierce generals.

If you take the initiative to fight, you will fall into the trap of the Xuzhou Legion.

"My Qi Qi may be able to defeat the Xuzhou Legion. But I will follow your arrangement."

Tian Ji saw that Young Master Zhao had already figured out how to fight in a disadvantageous situation, so he no longer insisted on fighting, but followed Young Master Zhao's tactics and insisted on sticking to the main.

The Qi Qiu and Qingzhou bowmen he leads are good for defense, and they are more advantageous when they are on the defensive.

Zhao Gongzi's turtle tactics really gave Chu Tian a headache.

After Yingling County was occupied by Zhao Gongzi, it was regarded as the base. It was a large city with complete defense facilities such as city gate towers, arrow towers, horse faces, and moats.

Like Xiacheng, Yingling County has a high-level barracks, and the recruitment speed is much faster than other cities in Beihai Kingdom.

Zhao Gongzi left Taishi Ci to guard the lonely city. He believed that Taishi Ci would not betray him.

If Dorgon is left to defend the city, many Dorgon will offer the city to surrender, but if it is Taishi Ci, he will not betray the lord at a critical moment.

"After my careful management, Yingling has hoarded enough food for a year. If you can't get out of trouble after a year, then you should surrender to Xuzhou Shepherd."

Zhao Gongzi did not force Taishi Ci to guard the Yingling Mausoleum, but only after the food ran out, he could surrender to Xuzhou Mu.

Even Zhao Gongzi himself is not capable of defending until the army runs out of food and supplies.

Taishi Ci replied: "I will hold on for a year at the end, and will not disappoint the lord's expectations!"

Zhao Gongzi was silent, and led the army to leave Yingling, leaving Taishi Ci with 30,000 people. Taishi Ci immediately recruited soldiers and horses in the city, and continuously recruited soldiers to defend the city.

"A military general defends the city, and then leaves the city to contain the enemy, Zhao Gongzi is really a tough opponent."

Chu Tian knew that Zhao Gongzi could strengthen himself in the calamity of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, and he had some means.

Because of Zhao Gongzi's layout, the Xuzhou Army was somewhat passive.

If Yingling County cannot be captured as soon as possible, I am afraid it will enter a long siege. One can imagine how difficult it is to attack a city that Zhao Gongzi regarded as a retreat after many years of operation.

After Zhao Gongzi left Yingling County, the Leyi Army troops approached the city and chose to camp at the water source, setting up obstacles such as horse resistance, trenches, and fences to prevent Taishi Ci from going out of the city to make a surprise attack.

Taishi Ci was also a fierce general. If Taishi Ci came with a hundred cavalry to hijack the Chu camp, Xuzhou Mu would be disgraced.

Le Yi led a group of commanders and military commanders under his command to observe the defense of Yingling County. Yingling County was obviously fortified, and dozens of stone arrow towers were daunting.

The city wall has protruding rectangular piers at certain distances, called horse faces, about 20 meters wide, and protruding 12 meters from the outer surface of the wall, forming a dense crossfire with the city wall. There are also arrow towers and warehouses on the horse's surface.

This may be the most difficult city to attack the Xuzhou Legion. Under the management of Zhao Gongzi, its attack difficulty is even higher than that of Taishan County.

Not only that, but when they attacked Fenggao County, where Taishan County was governed, the reinforcements from Taishan County were defeated by the Imperial Army. There were no reinforcements outside Taishan County, and the defenders were sluggish, so it was easy to attack.

Now, in Yingling County, Taishi Ci was ordered to stand guard. Outside, there were Zhao Gongzi's army and Tian Ji's army.

"Young Master Zhao's turtle tactics, as well as the layers of defenses in Yingling County, make you want to retreat. It seems that he has long expected this day. This is why he is indifferent to my surrender. He We must think that we cannot capture Yingling County, and we will retreat soon after the army is exhausted."

Chu Tian brought Xue Rengui, Hua Mulan and other generals, along with Le Yi, to observe Jiancheng, which made many famous generals desperate~IndoMTL.com~ Chu Tian rarely encounters Jiancheng, and he prefers to eliminate the opponent through field battles main force. When the opponent's main force was destroyed, the morale of the opponent's camp dropped, and the difficulty of sieging the city dropped several times.

The tortoise tactic of clearing the wall is undoubtedly a painful torture for the army on the offensive side.

Sima Yi could not hold on, and Zhuge Liang had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Lian Po could not hold on, and the Qin army had no way to take him for several years. During the An-Shi Rebellion, Tang general Zhang Xun defended Suiyang City with 9,000 troops, blocked more than 100,000 rebels, and bought time for the Tang army to regroup...

Now Chu Tian is also disgusted by Zhao Gongzi's tactic of clearing the wall.

"The final commander needs troops and a large number of siege equipment to capture Yingling County at all costs."

Le Yi took the initiative to ask Chutian to ask for soldiers and equipment.

"Yes."

Chu Tian sent an order to Langya in the rear, requesting to recruit a group of new soldiers and villagers to serve as cannon fodder, as well as a group of low-level alien soldiers captured in the national war. Joan of Arc's servants are high-level alien soldiers, while low-level alien soldiers are the cannon fodder among the cannon fodder.

Not only that, but Chutian captured a large number of strong men in Beihai Kingdom, and also acted as cannon fodder to fill the moat and produce siege equipment.

In order to end the war as soon as possible, sacrifice is inevitable.