Chapter 414 Liaodong War Situation

Now it is March of 192 A.D., when the heavy snow has melted, Wuhuan is preparing to go south in a big way.

They had already sent a striker over, and drove a batch of cattle and sheep to the front line to be used as military rations.

It can be said that the war may break out at any time.

Zhang Yu adjusted Jiangdong's troops and horses, and was planning to lead troops north to support.

After making arrangements, Zhang Yu took Gao Shun, Dian Wei and 40,000 soldiers and horses to go north.

40,000 soldiers and horses, according to the current capacity of large ships, would have to go back and forth several times.

Zhang Yu let Gao Shun go first.

Ling Cao was assigned to guard Danyang County and at the same time train the defenders.

Although the city defense army is a second-line army, there is no shortage of training. When the main force needs them, they must be immediately incorporated into the main force for combat, so the requirements are quite high.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu arranged other things and left Kuaiji for Liaodong. Apart from Gao Shun and Dian Wei, Zhang Ning also went with Zhang Yu.

It was already April when Zhang Yu and his troops all arrived in Liaodong.

Several generals were preparing to face the enemy in Shenyang City, and Zhang Yu asked Gao Shun to stay in Liaodong to destroy Goguryeo.

Goguryeo came to fight, but their army was not good, and they were not cavalry, with poor equipment and insufficient training.

If it weren't for Goguryeo and the others hiding in the dense forest, Zhang Yu might have directly led his troops to level them first.

After that, Zhang Yu led the cavalry to Shenyang City.

In Shenyang City, the atmosphere was very tense, because the news just came that the Wuhuan army had begun to gather, and it would go south in a few days.

There are 100,000 forwards, and I don't know how many troops there are.

But when Zhang Yu arrived in Shenyang City, he was not worried at all when he saw their preparations.

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, and there is no place to capture prisoners.

And there are not many troops in the city at all.

Several generals in the city are there.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Huang Zhong were all there, and they each led 20,000 cavalry, and there were 50,000 defenders in the city, so there were 110,000 troops, plus the 20,000 soldiers and horses supported by Zhang Yu, There are 130,000 soldiers and horses in the city.

An army of 130,000 is a huge army.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yu and the others still have Shenyang City.

There is a huge amount of materials stored in Shenyang City, and it will be no problem to persist for a year. In addition, the city walls are high and thick. The Wuhuan people who have little experience in attacking cities probably don't know how to fight.

"Meet the lord." After Zhang Yu arrived, he raised his account to discuss matters in the city lord's mansion.

Gu Yong and other civil servants were on the side, and Dian Wei and the military generals were on the side.

After greeting each other, Zhang Yu said: "A conservative estimate is that there are more than 650,000 Wuhuan people. All of them are soldiers. Excluding the elderly, women and children, there are at least 300,000 people who can go south to plunder, or even more."

Zhang Yu first introduced the enemy's situation, but everyone was not surprised, as if the enemy was not 300,000, but 30,000.

Morale is available, several generals are bloody, this test is nothing.

There is no need for Zhang Yu to say much about the pre-war mobilization. All the generals have a high fighting spirit, which will naturally be transmitted to the soldiers.

Zhang Yu didn't say much, and let them prepare separately.

Within two days, further news spread that Wuhuan had 100,000 troops at the front, and another 150,000 troops had arrived from the rear, and Wuhuan was also gathering at the same time.

Their army may exceed three hundred thousand.

In the past few months, Zhang Yu has had to exchange the basic population twice a month, so the population of Wuhuan will also increase by tens of thousands.

The total strength may exceed 300,000. It is impossible for Zhang Yu and the others to have no pressure, but they have no fear.

Liaodong has deployed tens of thousands of city guards, but Xuantu County has been fortified and cleared, leaving only Shenyang City.

The Wuhuan army officially went south, and they endured the winter. If Zhang Yu hadn't maintained trade with them and accumulated some food, they still don't know how many people would starve to death.

However, they have been unable to make ends meet, and they cannot afford Liaodong goods.

After all, their needs are too great, including food, salt, tea, etc.

Robbing without money is their logic.

Wuhuan King Qiu Liju personally led the army of 250,000 troops and slowly marched south.

"The cunning Han people have all run away." After entering Xuantu County, they found that they could not grab a grain of food, let alone money and population.

The Wuhuan people continued to go south, and finally found Shenyang City.

"Damn it, the Han people actually built such a city." Seeing Shenyang City, the Wuhuan people were dumbfounded.

The high city wall made them feel so sad.

One hundred thousand forwards surrounded Shenyang City, and they also carried out a tentative attack, but there were two trenches outside the city to block them.

This is not just a trench. There are many bunkers built on the side of the trench near the city wall. Soldiers can shoot arrows in the bunkers to kill them and prevent them from filling the trench.

This city is newly built, and Zhang Yu personally participated in the design, not only for its thickness, but also for the thoughts of later generations.

If the Wuhuan people can successfully fill the trench, then there will be other unexpected things waiting for them.

After the Wuhuan people tried to attack but failed, they cursed outside the city, and then had no choice but to wait for the army to arrive.

Zhang Yu stood on the top of the city, looking down, the dense enemy army in the distance seemed a little small.

Zhang Yu brought several generals up to observe the enemy's situation, and the rest of the generals were also carefully observing the enemy's situation.

The city walls of Shenyang City are very high and very thick, nearly 20 meters high and more than ten meters thick, comparable to Luoyang.

Zhang Yu has seen Chang'an City in later generations. At that time, Chang'an still retained the city wall, which 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.

"My lord, these barbarians, it's just a dream that they want to attack Shenyang City." Dian Wei said very disdainfully.

Zhao Yun continued: "My lord, according to our internal reports, the enemy came to loot because of a lack of food. According to our calculations, blocking them for a month will make them unable to sustain themselves. At that time, they may go to harm other places."

The Wuhuan people were short of food. Although they brought a lot of cattle and sheep when they went south, their army of more than 200,000 people consumed a lot.

Zhang Yu also thought about many possibilities. If they blocked them in Shenyang City, some of the Wuhuan people would definitely want to plunder 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 did not have much advantage in fighting Yuan Shao. If the rear was attacked at this time, he might collapse.

Once Gongsun Zan collapses, the situation Zhang Yu will face will be even more complicated.

"I hope Gongsun Zan can stop it, and if Liu Yu sits on the sidelines, we will find a way to force him to join the battle."

Facing Wuhuan's army, Zhang Yu really thought more about the situation in Youzhou as a whole.