The most arrogant in history

Chapter 226: Surround the spot for reinforcements.

Cai Wu's father changed his attitude, helped Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu up, and sighed:

"I have heard that General Ye is kind and righteous. He governed Dongba County. Doors were not locked at night, and no one picked up things on the road. The people lived and worked in peace. My son Cai Wu did not know the will of heaven and was loyal to the Gongsun family. He died today. It can be said that he could not escape the will of heaven. Forget it, General Ye, General Shangguan, I accept my fate and will never mention the revenge of killing my son again."

Ye Kun's tears were still wet as he nodded and said, "Don't worry, old man. I will take good care of all the supplies for the Cai Mansion."

All the officials in Langzhong felt that Ye Kun was a righteous man and regretted surrendering too late.

If they had surrendered earlier, there wouldn't have been so many casualties.

Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu presided over the burial of the dead soldiers from both sides and held a memorial ceremony.

Then, the families of the victims in Langzhong City will be given pensions, and generous pensions will be paid.

This pension comes from Langzhong City, so Ye Kun doesn’t have to pay out of his own pocket.

After staying in Langzhong for three days, Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu withdrew their troops.

This time, Ye Kun left behind 500 soldiers and took away 1,000 soldiers from Langzhong City to weaken Langzhong's original strength and expand his own team.

Because Langzhong is located in an important position, Ye Kun left troops garrisoned there, which was equivalent to leaving a base here.

After withdrawing from Langzhong, Ye Kun returned to his headquarters and led his troops to attack Luocheng and Mianzhu;

Shangguan Jifu divided his troops into two groups. He attacked Fucheng, the capital of Guanghan County, while Wang Meng led his troops to attack Zitong Pass.

Wang Dagui's troops in the south were the fastest. They broke through Nan'an and Wuyang successively and were the first to arrive at the city of Chengdu, thus taking the first credit!

Ye Kun was worried that Wang Da Kui would be surrounded and attacked if he advanced too deep into the enemy territory, so he sent troops to support him.

Guan Yafu was stationed in Dongba County and sent out 5,000 civilians and militiamen, led by his son Guan Bao, to escort food and fodder.

Among this batch of food and fodder were the thunder bombs that Ye Kun urgently needed, as well as gunpowder and shells for bronze cannons.

There are also thirty chariot pulley crossbows designed by Ye Kun.

The chariot pulley crossbow is an enlarged version of the previous pulley crossbow. It needs to be carried by a tricycle and operated by four or five people.

The range is terrifying, close to one thousand meters.

This range is almost comparable to the three-bow crossbow of the Song Dynasty.

The three-bow crossbow, also known as the eight-ox crossbow, is equipped with a bow and arrow that is almost a javelin, and its range is said to be over 1,500 meters.

Eight Oxen Crossbow means that it takes eight oxen to pull the bowstring!

During the Northern Song Dynasty, during the Song-Liao War, the Song Dynasty was doomed to be defeated. However, Xiao Talina, the commander of the Liao army, was scouting the Song army's intelligence outside the city of Chanzhou. He was shot by an eight-ox crossbow on the top of the Chanzhou city wall and was taken away directly!

This arrow directly changed history. The Song and Liao dynasties signed the Treaty of Chanyuan, which brought a hundred years of peace.

It is said that Xiao Talin had one last word before he died:

"I just want to see a Japanese machine gunner shot down with one shot from 800 miles away... No, it's to see my archer shot down with one arrow from 2 miles away. Who the hell is that!"

The chariot pulley crossbow designed by Ye Kun is not as good as the eight-ox crossbow, but it can barely be considered a three-ox crossbow.

No matter whether it is three cows or two cows, it is still very good.

If you are lucky, you can behead the enemy commander from a mile away.

Beheading the enemy general is the fastest way to win.

Take the Three Kingdoms period for example, there are countless famous generals who died from bows and arrows. Sun Jian and his son Sun Ce both died from arrows hitting their faces, Dian Wei, Huang Zu, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Zhang He... Pang Tong also died at Luofeng Slope, and Cao Cao also had two large teeth shot out by Huang Zhong!

Ye Kun is well aware of the power of long-range weapons, so he continues his research on bows and crossbows.

The arrival of food, fodder and military equipment greatly boosted the morale of the army.

Ye Kun was not in a hurry and first trained the archers for the chariot pulley crossbow.

Then the thirty chariot crossbows were divided into three groups.

One group attacked Chengdu, one group was sent to Shangguan Jifu, and one group stayed with Ye Kun to attack Luocheng.

After besieging Luo City, Ye Kun still sent people to persuade them to surrender and did not rush to attack.

However, Luocheng was very close to Chengdu and was guarded by Gongsun Zhang's direct troops, who were very loyal and refused to surrender.

The general defending the city, Zong Mi, even threatened to capture Ye Kun alive and kill Shangguan Jifu.

Ye Kun was about to order an attack when Gongsun Zhang's eldest son Gongsun Shangfei arrived from the direction of Mianzhu with more than 10,000 reinforcements!

Qin Erwu said: "Brother, I will lead a part of the troops to kill Gongsun Shangfei. He is just a little boy, nothing to be afraid of!"

"No, our army is not strong enough, so we should wait for the enemy to tire themselves out. After Gongsun Shangfei's spirit is crushed, he will definitely lead his troops into Luocheng. Luocheng is a small place with insufficient food and grass, so we can just besiege it."

Ye Kun waved his hand and ordered his troops to line up in the open area to meet the enemy.

The left and right vanguards and the front army, each equipped with five cannons, were ready for battle.

In addition, we must prevent the troops from Luocheng from attacking.

Ye Kun personally went to the front line to command the army and waited for Gongsun Shangfei.

In the afternoon, Gongsun Shangfei arrived.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. This guy didn't know how powerful Ye Kun was, so he organized a strong charge, hoping to defeat Ye Kun in one fell swoop.

Ye Kun waved his hand and gave an order, and fifteen cannons fired at the same time.

Boom boom boom!

The air was filled with smoke and artillery shells flew into the enemy's main force, knocking them down.

After the shell hits the ground, it continues to bounce, tearing a bloody path with enormous power.

Gongsun Shangfei was young and brave, and continued to lead his troops to charge.

"Wire tripwire!"

Ye Kun shouted.

The catapult was already ready, and it threw out the wire tripwire together.

Gongsun Shangfei's charge was blocked and he hesitated to move forward.

Ye Kun's cannon began to fire the second round. The chariot pulley crossbow also aimed at the enemy general and suddenly attacked and beheaded him.

Gongsun Shangfei's troops were thrown into chaos and finally could not hold on and retreated towards Luocheng.

Ye Kun bluffed and pretended to pursue, deliberately allowing Gongsun Shangfei's army to enter Luo City.

Then he gave the order: "Dig dirt and build mountains outside the four gates to seal off Luocheng. Don't let anyone out!"

The troops cut down trees nearby, dug up soil and piled it up, and used sacks, trees and soil to block all the gates of Luo City.

Within half a day, outside the four gates of Luo City, earthen hills more than two meters high rose from the flat ground and were level with the top of the city.

On the earthen hill, Ye Kun's chariot pulley crossbow and strong bow and hard crossbow were aimed at the faces of the defenders in the city!

The enemy's bows and arrows in the city did not have enough range, so they could only watch helplessly.

And all four doors were blocked, so there was no way to get out!

Ye Kun gave the order: "If you see any armored guards showing their heads, behead them and shoot them. Don't kill the civilians."

Qin Erwu asked, "Brother, if this stalemate continues, when will it end?"

"Let's start with a psychological warfare."

Ye Kun still couldn't bear to cause a large number of casualties: "Send a batch of our special copper coins into the city to publicize our policies. Then tell the soldiers and civilians in the city that if they don't surrender within two days, we will start a violent attack!"

A batch of the special copper coins launched in Langzhong City last time were taken back by Ye Kun.

However, very little of the gold and silver coins were recovered, and basically they were gone without return.

Qin Erwu received the order and first sent a wave of copper coins to attack the enemy's morale and shake their fighting spirit.

Then they used a powerful crossbow, tied with dozens of letters of persuasion for surrender, and shot them into the city.

Ye Kun was not having an easy time either, as he built a defense line and surrounded Mianzhu.

Mianzhu has the geographical advantage and is more difficult to attack.

Ye Kun had no choice but to block the gate of Mianzhu City, and then go to Chengdu in person to surround the city and attack the reinforcements to see how many loyal followers Gongsun Zhang had to come to the rescue.

The tenth day of March.

Shangguan Jifu had already conquered the Yizhou navy on all fronts and led his troops to meet Ye Kun at the outskirts of Chengdu.

At this point, Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu, with a total of 50,000 troops, gathered near Chengdu and Luocheng.

But Gongsun Zhang had no intention of surrendering and sent people into the city every day to curse Ye Kun as an ungrateful wolf.