Chapter 414 Liaodong War
Now it is March 192 AD, and it is the snow that melts, and Wuhuan is preparing to go south in a big way.
They had already sent forwards and drove a group of cattle and sheep to the front line to prepare them for rations.
It can be said that a war may break out at any time.
Zhang Yu adjusted Jiangdong’s soldiers and horses, and was planning to bring troops north to support.
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yu took Gao Shun, Dian Wei and 40,000 soldiers and horses to prepare for the north.
Forty thousand soldiers and horses, according to the current capacity of large ships, have to go back and forth several times.
Zhang Yu let Gao Shun pass first.
Ling Cao was arranged to guard Danyang County while training the city defending army.
Although the garrison is a second-line army, there is no shortage of training at all. When the main force needs them, they must be immediately integrated into the main force for combat, so the requirements are quite high.
After that, Zhang Yu arranged for other things and left Kuaiji for Liaodong. In addition to Gaoshun and Dianwei, Zhang Ning went with Zhang Yu.
It was already April when Zhang Yu and his army all arrived in Liaodong.
Several generals were in Shenyang City to prepare for the enemy, Zhang Yu asked Gao Shun to stay in Liaodong to destroy Goguryeo.
Goguryeo fought over, but their army was not good, and it was not a cavalry, with poor equipment and insufficient training.
If it hadn’t been for Goguryeo and the others to hide in the dense forest, Zhang Yu might have brought troops to level them first.
Then Zhang Yu took the cavalry to Shenyang City.
In Shenyang City, the atmosphere is very tense, because the news just came that Wuhuan’s army has begun to gather and will go south in a few days.
There are one hundred thousand forwards, and no one knows how many troops there are.
However, Zhang Yu didn’t worry at all when he saw their preparations after arriving in Shenyang City.
This is a big city that can accommodate millions of people.
The more than 300,000 people around Shenyang City have all moved into the city, and there is an empty field outside. The enemy has no place to supply supplies, and even no place to capture prisoners.
And there are not many troops in the city at all.
Several generals in the city are here.
Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Huang Zhong were all here. They each led 20,000 cavalry. In addition, there were 50,000 garrisons in the city, so there was an army of 110,000, plus the 20,000 soldiers and horses supported by Zhang Yu. There are 130,000 soldiers and horses in the city.
The 130,000 army is a huge army.
The most important thing is Zhang Yu and the others and Shenyang City.
There is a huge amount of supplies stored in Shenyang City, and it will be no problem to persist for a year. In addition, the city wall is high and thick, and Wuhuan people who have not much experience in attacking the city probably don’t know how to fight.
“Farewell to the lord.” After Zhang Yu arrived, he went to the city lord’s mansion to raise the account.
Gu Yong and other civil servants were by the side, and Dianwei and their generals were by the side.
After meeting each other, Zhang Yu said: “It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 650,000 people in Wuhuan. All of them are soldiers. If you remove the elderly, women and children, there are at least 300,000 people who can looting south, or even more.”
Zhang Yu first introduced the enemy’s situation, but everyone was not surprised, as if the enemy was not three hundred thousand, but thirty thousand.
Morale can be used, and several generals are all in the blood, this test is nothing.
Zhang Yu didn’t need to mobilize before the war. All the generals were high in fighting spirit, and they would naturally be passed on to the soldiers.
Zhang Yu didn’t say much, let them prepare separately.
Within two days, the news came further. Wuhuan had a striker of 100,000, and another 150,000 army came from behind, and Wuhuan was also gathering.
Their army may exceed 300,000.
In the past few months, Zhang Yu had to exchange his basic population twice a month, and Wuhuan would have to increase its population by tens of thousands.
The total force may exceed 300,000. It is impossible for Zhang Yu and the others to have no pressure, but there is no fear.
Liaodong has arranged tens of thousands of troops to defend the city, but Xuantu County has been cleared, leaving only one Shenyang city.
The Wuhuan army officially went south, and they endured a winter. If Zhang Yu hadn’t kept trading with them and had accumulated some food, they would not know how many people would starve to death.
However, they have been unable to make ends meet, and they cannot afford Liaodong products.
After all, their demand is too great, and they all need food, salt, tea, etc.
Grab if there is no money, this is their logic.
Wuhuan Wangqiu Liju personally led him, and after the 250,000 army converged, he slowly moved south.
“The cunning Han people ran away.” After entering Xuantu County, they found that they could not grab a grain of grain, let alone money and population.
The Wuhuan people continued their journey south and finally discovered Shenyang City.
“Damn it, the Han people actually built such a city.” Seeing Shenyang City, Wuhuan was immediately dumbfounded.
The high walls made them wonder how sad they were.
A hundred thousand forwards surrounded Shenyang City, and they also carried out a tentative attack, but there were two trenches outside the city blocking them.
This is not just trenches. Many bunkers have been built on the side of the trenches close to the city wall. Soldiers can put arrows in the bunkers to kill them and prevent them from filling the trenches.
This city was newly built, and Zhang Yu personally participated in the design. Not only was it thick, but there were also many ideas of later generations in it.
If the Wuhuan people can successfully fill in the trenches, then there will be other unexpected things waiting for them After the Wuhuan people try to attack without fruit, they curse outside the city, and then helpless, they can only wait. The army arrived.
Standing on the head of the city, Zhang Yu looked down, and the dense enemy army in the distance seemed a little insignificant.
Zhang Yu brought a few generals to observe the enemy’s situation, and the other generals were also carefully observing the enemy’s situation.
The walls of Shenyang City are very high and very thick, nearly 20 meters tall, with a thickness of more than ten meters, comparable to Luoyang.
Zhang Yu had seen the city of Chang’an in later generations. At that time, Chang’an still had a city wall that was more than ten meters high and wide enough for four cars to run side by side.
And Zhang Yu also built such a city.
“Lord, these barbarians, just like they want to fight Shenyang City, it is simply a dream.” Dian Wei said with disdain.
Zhao Yun went on to say: “Master, according to our inside report, the enemy is looting because of lack of food. According to our calculations, it will be difficult to support them if they block them for a month. Then they may go to harm other places.
The Wuhuan people lacked food. Although they brought a lot of cattle and sheep when they went south, their army of more than 200,000 people was very expensive.
Zhang Yu also thought about many possibilities. They were blocking them in Shenyang City. Certainly some of the Wuhuan people would go to looting other places, otherwise they would not be able to support so many troops.
Zhang Yu began to worry about Gongsun Zan. At this time, he didn’t have much advantage in the battle with Yuan Shao. At this time, if the rear was attacked, he would probably collapse.
Once Gongsun Zan collapses, the situation Zhang Yu will face will become more complicated.
“I hope Gongsun Zan can stop him, and if Liu Yu is watching from the sidelines, then he will find a way to force him to join the war.”
Facing the Wuhuan army, Zhang Yu really thought more about the situation in Youzhou as a whole.