Chapter 844 Solid as a Rock

Hearing the sound of water pouring in, this group of Liaodong soldiers suddenly became panicked and hurriedly wanted to run forward. In a hurry, they reached out to grab the ankle of the person in front of them, but they were slowed down. speed.

How can human power match the power of nature? The water surged forward, like a giant beast. Without hesitation, it opened its mouth and drowned a thousand Liaodong soldiers.

"Help."

The water surged forward, and before the Liaodong soldiers in the back row even had time to scream, they were completely submerged by the water and danced with joy. The water mixed with the soil and turned into muddy water, pouring into their ears, nose and mouth, making them feel extremely uncomfortable for a moment.

The Liaodong soldiers are located in the northeast. Naturally, these people are all landlubbers. Except for the navy under Gongsun Du, among all the remaining Liaodong soldiers, it is difficult for one out of a hundred to know how to swim. At this moment, in the narrow In the tunnel, even if you know how to use water, you can't use it. After all, the water has flooded the entire tunnel. Can anyone still breathe in the water?

Sergeant Yuan outside the tunnel was still carrying wooden buckets to pour water into the tunnel. The water poured in along the tunnel, and more and more Liaodong soldiers were submerged in it and passed out.

Outside the city, Gongsun Kang frowned.

"Have you not been able to enter the city yet?"

Gongsun Kang was riding his horse and wandering outside. Suddenly, he saw a stream of khaki mud water overflowing from the cave, and corpses of the Liaodong Army were washed out of the cave one by one with the flood.

"Ah? This!"

Gongsun Kang was shocked when he saw this. The corpses of the Liaodong Army were rushed out one after another. However, there were still some soldiers who were not dead. They were lying on the ground and vomiting loudly, and their bodies were covered with mud and water.

"this"

Seeing this scene, Chief Secretary Liu Yi couldn't help but look ugly. It was his plan to follow the tunnel into the city, but now it was destroyed by the flood. How could he not look ugly?

"Brother, quickly order to salvage the soldiers, maybe there are still survivors." Gongsun Gong suggested.

"Ah, yes."

Gongsun Kang hurriedly ordered to salvage the soldiers and rescued the Liaodong soldiers who washed out of the flood one by one. However, these Liaodong soldiers did not know how to swim, but most of them died, and only a small part survived.

"I'm so angry!" Although Gongsun Kang was furious, he was helpless. The city of Beiping was right in front of him, but he couldn't capture it no matter what.

Not only the Liaodong Army in the tunnel was frustrated, but most of them were killed or injured. The miscellaneous soldiers of the Three Han Dynasties on the top of the city also showed signs of defeat under the constant resistance of the defenders. As the enemy troops on the top of the city suffered more than a thousand casualties, they began to retreat.

"Let's go!"

Each of the three Korean soldiers had a look of fear on their faces, with more than one tenth of them dead or injured. Naturally, they began to collapse and ran down the ladder one by one.

"Archers, don't let the enemy go, shoot quickly!"

After the judge gave an order, arrows rained down from the top of the city, and each of the three Han soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

"Mr. Zhengnan, our army has won a great victory!"

Zhang Nan looked happy. He had heard that Gongsun Kang had successively attacked several cities such as Feiru and Tuyin, so he was afraid of Gongsun's army. But today, under the command of Shenpei, he defeated the Liaodong army one after another, killing dozens of people. There were so many of them, their morale was boosted.

Shen Pei smiled and said: "Captain Zhang, as long as our soldiers are of one mind, let alone the Liaodong Army, even the Xiliang Army and Cao Army will be nothing."

After today's great victory, Zhang Nan's confidence has greatly increased, and he immediately handed over his hand and said: "From now on, Mr. Zhengnan, please just follow your orders. I will obey him completely."

Tap tap tap.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Jiang Qi walked up with the same smile on his face.

"Haha! Mr. Zhengnan, I have killed and wounded nearly a thousand Liaodong cavalry this time, which can be regarded as a severe defeat to Gongsun Kang's arrogance."

After winning the battle, Jiang Qi was naturally elated and very happy.

Shen Pei nodded and said: "We have achieved a great victory today. We should send scouts to report the victory to our lord and stabilize the morale of the army."

"Please don't worry, sir, I will send someone to report the victory to the lord!"

Shen Pei added: "Today the soldiers fought hard and killed pigs and sheep to reward the soldiers!"

After hearing the words of the judge, the defenders naturally raised their arms and cheered like thunder. That night, pigs and sheep were slaughtered in the city of Beiping. The soldiers ate meat and drank soup. They had a full meal and their morale was boosted.

In sharp contrast, the Liaodong military camp was lifeless.

Today, during the attack on the city, the mixed soldiers of the Three Han Dynasties suffered more than 2,000 casualties, with only more than 7,000 people left, but this is nothing. After all, in the previous battles, the number of Sanhan miscellaneous soldiers lost had long been more than 5,000, and a mere 2,000 men was just a drop in the bucket.

What makes Gongsun Kang most heartbroken is the loss of nearly a thousand Liaodong cavalry. Jiang Qi led the swordsmen and axemen to suddenly burst out of the cave. The Liaodong cavalry were caught off guard and hundreds of them were killed or wounded. Then according to Liu Yi's plan, he sent nearly a thousand Liaodong cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, trying to rush into the city along the tunnel. .

However, I didn't expect that the enemy army would drain the firewood and directly irrigate the tunnels with floods. Most of the nearly a thousand Liaodong soldiers were killed or injured, and only a few people were rescued. In total, nearly a thousand Liaodong cavalry were damaged!

You must know that there are only 8,000 cavalry in total in Liaodong. Maintaining cavalry is very expensive. One cavalry requires two horses. Raising horses requires more than just eating some grass. In this way, the horses will lose weight and be unable to fight. Feeding war horses even requires fine grains and even eggs, and the grain consumed is enough to feed five infantrymen.

Today, we lost a thousand cavalry in one fell swoop, which is equivalent to losing five thousand infantry!

"Do you have any good strategies to attack Beiping City?" Gongsun Kang sat on the main seat and asked.

However, both the powerful generals and civil servants on the left and right remained silent.

"snort!"

Gongsun Kang snorted, feeling quite depressed.

Gongsun Gong sighed: "Well, Beiping City is a strong city in Youzhou, and Shenpei is good at defending the city. It is really difficult to capture Beiping with the strength of our army alone. Otherwise, we should wait until father's reinforcements arrive. After that, let’s make some calculations, right?”

After listening to Gongsun Gong's words, Gongsun Kang sighed and said: "Oh, well, that can only be like this."

From this day on, Gongsun Kang never organized a large-scale siege. He only ordered the soldiers of the Three Han Dynasties to dig ditches outside the city of Peiping and pour in clean water to prevent foreign grain and grass from entering the city.

However, as a strong city in Youzhou, Beiping had already stocked up enough food and grass for half a year, so even if it was surrounded, the soldiers and horses in the city remained calm.

Gongsun Kang was so frightened by Shen Pei that he refused to continue attacking the city no matter what.