Chapter 489 Liu Bei's quagmire
As for the corresponding equipment, when Gao Shun left, he had already left all the equipment, weapons and other things to Zhang Manchester City. Therefore, Zhang Manchester City also had a Yellow Turban Heroes with a number of 3,000. The leader of these Yellow Turban Heroes is the real Zhang Li, and his first battle will come soon. Whether he can maintain the powerful legend of the Yellow Turban Heroes in Yangcheng depends on Zhang Li's ability.
Of course, this Battle of Biyang is the third time. Both sides of the battle have deeply absorbed the previous lessons. Guan Yu has cleared all the players' troops of the Yellow Turban camp that he can see along the way, and has cleared all the narrower places on the road and suitable for ambush. He cut down all the trees to build some forts and station troops to defend. It can be said that he is advancing towards Biyang City step by step.
When Zhang Mancheng saw this posture, he knew that Biyang City could not hold on to it this time. What's more, Zhang Mancheng did not have a strong general like Gao Shun in his hands this time. Although Zhang Li is also a good sixth-level strong general, the gap compared to Guan Yu is still huge, and Zhang Li is not as strong as Gao Shun's military command ability.
More importantly, Zhang Mancheng had no reason to defend Biyang City. At that time, he defended Biyang City more for political reasons. Now, Biyang City is no longer politically important. After the situation in Runan gradually stabilized, Zhang Mancheng has begun to plan to prepare a decent gift for Liu Bei in the northern part of Jingzhou. Only after breaking Liu Bei's arrogance and strength can the superficial unity of Jingzhou be broken and the chess game in Jingzhou can be revitalized.
Zhang Mancheng took the initiative to fight this time, using the terrain of the mountainous area to fight mountain wars and guerrilla warfare with Guan Yu, and threw his main Yellow Turban Warriors into the rear of Guan Yu's troops, that is, the direction of the troops of the imperial camp players. Zhang Li fully utilized his troops' strong defense and attack power, and took advantage of the geographical advantages of the narrow mountain roads that were not suitable for the development of the large troops, and frequently slaughtered the player's troops.
As Guan Yu was entangled by Zhang Mancheng, it was difficult to divide the troops to assist players. If the troops assigned were less, they would be eaten by Zhang Li at any time. If the more they were assigned, Zhang Mancheng's offensive would be strengthened, hindering Guan Yu's advance speed.
The player troops of the Yellow Turban camp were assigned by Zhang Mancheng to attack the fortress established by Guan Yu along the way.
Zhang Mancheng came out in full swing and used the geographical advantage to entangle with Guan Yu in the mountains. Biyang City was actually an empty city, but even if Biyang City was a ruin, Guan Yu had already made up his mind to take Biyang City down!
Originally, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei expected that this attack would take one month to reach Yangcheng, but after a month, Guan Yu had only advanced to two-thirds of the distance, and the money, grain and materials consumed had doubled. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lost not many troops, but the player troops who followed them to carry out the mission suffered heavy losses.
This situation reminded the majority of players of Zhang Fei's actions last time, and they couldn't help but disappoint Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. In addition, the Yellow Turban Army devoted all the main combat troops to the player's troops in the Yellow Turban camp, which made the pressure on the player's troops exceed their psychological bottom line. Therefore, the combat of the player's troops dropped sharply to freezing point, and then they withdrew from the mission to attack Biyang City on the grounds of failure.
Although the combat power of the player troops is worrying and it is not easy to command, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei discovered that the player troops in the Yellow Turban camp suddenly lost their suppression, so these player troops burst out with surprising combat power. Of course, it is not the combat power on the front battlefield, but in this special environment in the mountains, the power of players' attacks and harassment wars is extremely huge.
At night, under the cover of the heavy night, players gathered on the hillside or behind the woods, secretly set up trenchers, and teleported the target's distance and direction back from the observation post in front. After accurate calculations, players only need two rounds of throwing to turn a small fort into a sea of fire with oil tanks and rockets.
When the troops stationed around the obstacles arrived, the thieves had already gone empty, or because of their small force, they would be ambushed again. Not only were the village burned, but the defenders were also eaten in batches.
Even Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's main forces were harassed by the player's troops at night. With the assistance of the Yellow Turban Army, these players quickly took down favorable terrain and threw fire-burning objects into Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's camps. When Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's troops chased them out, the people would have disappeared, but if they didn't care, they would happily burn your camp to a sea of fire.
Under such circumstances, it is already a good record for Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to continue to advance. Of course, although the Yellow Turban Army is doing its best to harass, it is obviously too hard to truly block Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's footsteps. Guan and Zhang made up their minds to win Biyang. In the face of this belief, the Yellow Turban Army was powerless to stop it.
In fact, Zhang Mancheng did not think about stopping it. In fact, at this time, even Liu Bei, who was far away in Wancheng, understood that even if Guan Yu took down the place of Biyang City, the long logistics passage from Wancheng to Wuyin and then to Biyang will become a rope around Biyang City's neck, and Guan Yu, who was stranded in Biyang, tightly tied to Guan Yu who was stranded in Biyang.
By then, not to mention relying on Biyang City to attack Tongbai Mountain, it would be quite difficult to defend Biyang City. What's more, how much money and food will be consumed in the continuous logistics route's raid and counter-raid war? Liu Bei is actually not well-off now. By plundering the assets of local aristocratic people in the early stage, Liu Bei could only serve as start-up capital, and it was impossible to rely on this method to carry out a protracted war.
Liu Bei finally understood that his top priority now is not to eliminate the Yellow Turbans, but to gain a foothold in Jingzhou and establish a stable source of economic resources. Otherwise, he would starve to death without others rushing.
However, Guan Yu was determined to win Biyang, but Liu Bei did not strongly object. After all, it was related to the face of the two brothers. But what about after winning Biyang? Could it be that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the initiative to give Biyang out? What is the difference between this and failure?
Liu Bei found himself in a dilemma, supporting the war in Biyang City, and he may have exhausted his money, food and supplies, and was finally driven away from Jingzhou in shame, or resting in Jingzhou.
If you don’t support the Battle of Biyang, will Guan Yu and Zhang Fei blame themselves for this? The strange rumors last time had already left some shadows between their brothers. If there is any unpleasantness, what else can this brother do?
If you want to break this situation, either Liu Bei can only resolutely eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Tongbai Mountain with strong support from the Jingzhou clan, or Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the initiative to give up their military operations in Biyang City, return to Wuyin first, invest limited money and grain in the construction of urban territory, and throw limited troops into Weixing County to the west, and take down Weixing County as soon as possible to strengthen their rear. For the Yellow Turban thieves, they can only slowly plan for it.
Chapter completed!