Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The Baibo Army was mostly composed of infantry, and the reason why they were able to capture cities and territories in the past was more or less due to the help of Yufuluo's Xiongnu soldiers.

Regardless of whether cavalry is suitable for siege, just looking at the thousands of cavalry galloping is enough to scare the county soldiers. Now that Yu Fuluo has defected to Lu Bu, it is equivalent to cutting off an arm of the Baibo Army.

On the second day after receiving Yu Fuluo, Lu Bu ordered Gao Shun and Song Xian to lead 4,000 infantry and Li Li to lead 1,000 cavalry, and they left Taiyuan and headed for Linfen County in Hedong Commandery.

Linfen County, as the name suggests, was built along the Fen River. The terrain is roughly in the shape of a U-shaped Chinese character, surrounded by mountains and a plain in the middle. If we look at the area of ​​modern Linfen City, 80% of the city's land is mountainous and hilly. However, Linfen in the Han Dynasty was not that big, and only the basin in the middle was developed and utilized.

There is Xiangling City in the northeast of Linfen. The two cities are less than 100 miles apart, but separated by the Fen River. According to the normal combat route, Lu Bu should take Xiangling first and then Linfen. However, he did not want to spend a lot of effort to push forward all the way, and just wanted to take Guo Tai first.

In order to prevent Gao Shun's retreat from being cut off by Yang Xian who was stationed in Xiangling, Lu Bu asked Hua Xiong to lead a thousand Flying Bear soldiers to guard Xiangling. If Yang Xian led his troops out of the city, he would be beaten back. If he stayed in the city, everyone would naturally live in peace.

Gao Shun led his troops from Jinyang, marched south along the Fen River, and arrived outside Linfen County seven days later.

Guo Tai had been paying attention to Lu Bu since the day he entered Bingzhou. The reputation of this god of death was so terrifying that he couldn't help but pay attention to him.

In fact, when Gao Shun led his troops out of Jinyang, Guo Tai had already received a report from the scouts. During this period, he led his troops to ambush twice along the way. However, Gao Shun was too cautious, and Guo Tai lost hundreds of soldiers but was not successful once.

"What should I do? What should I do? Lu Bu's troops are coming, and Yang Xian is being watched by Hua Xiong's men. How can I resist?" In Linfen City, Guo Tai was so anxious that bubbles appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"I heard that Lu Bu's soldiers are very good at fighting. Although we have 20,000 soldiers, we probably still can't win if we go out of the city to fight in the field. In my opinion, we can only defend the city now." Guo Tai's deputy general Gu Cai suggested.

"That's right. The enemy only has 5,000 people. It's a pipe dream to think of attacking the city." said another deputy general.

"Defend the city? How long will it take? If the enemy keeps blocking us outside, are we going to have to hide there forever? Even I think the food and grass in the city won't last long." Guo Tai said anxiously.

"The autumn harvest has just passed, so we can hold on for two months without any problem." Gu Cai said disapprovingly.

Mrs. Guo glared. "It's because the autumn harvest is just over that we need to go out and do some work. If we sit here for two months and eat all the food, we'll have to eat dirt when the harvest comes next year? And there are tens of thousands of people in the city. They won't do any farm work for two months and just eat and sleep all day long."

Gu Cai choked, thought for a moment and said, "Then we should send people to Gaodu to ask for help. It will only take a few days to go back and forth. When Yang Feng's troops arrive, we will cooperate internally and externally to repel the enemy."

"I don't know what Yang Feng is doing right now. If he happens to be working in Hanoi, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in time to help."

"We can just send someone over to ask what's going on and find out."

Mrs. Guo nodded, "That's the only way."

However, Gao Shun did not give Guo Tai too much time. On the first day after the troops arrived, he spent half a day observing the terrain around Linfen. In the afternoon, he ordered 8,000 logistics workers to take tools and dig the Fen River.

It was already October at this time. After the summer and autumn rains, the Fen River had a large amount of water. Moreover, the Fen River was only a few miles away from the small moat in front of Linfen. Eight thousand people could dig for three or four days to divert the river water into the moat, and then pour it into Linfen City in the middle of the basin.

Gu Zhu</span>"General, there are about 60,000 to 70,000 people in Linfen City, including the civilians. It's not a good idea to divert river water to flood the city!" Song Xian said with some disapproval.

The lord's purpose in suppressing the Baibo this time was to absorb the population. Drowning 60,000 to 70,000 people at once, not only will the strategic goal not be achieved, but I am afraid that the lord's reputation for cruelty will also spread throughout Bingzhou.

Gao Shun looked at the laborers busy digging and transporting earth and explained, "There are 20,000 bandits. If they hold the city, we won't be able to deal with them. The lord requires that a portion of the bandits be pacified before winter. Therefore, the war here cannot be dragged on for too long. A siege is not feasible."

"We can't do that! No matter how urgent it is, we can't dig a river and flood the city on the first day when the enemy arrives. This tactic is usually used when there is really no other way. Can we think of another way?" Song Xian muttered.

Gao Shundao said, "It's fake. I'm just trying to scare Mrs. Guo."

"frighten?"

Gao Shun nodded. "If he doesn't want to be flooded, he will definitely send his troops out of the city to fight. We can then find an opportunity to break through the city."

As Gao Shun had expected, when Mrs. Guo saw Gao Shun sending people to dig the Fen River, she turned pale with fear. Once the river water flooded into the city, not to mention how many people would be drowned, the granaries in the city would be the first to suffer. So much food would be gone once it was soaked in water.

So, the next day, Guo Tai gathered 15,000 soldiers and went out of the city to fight Gao Shun.

Gao Shun said to Song Xian, "You go and persuade him to surrender first. It would be best if he is willing to surrender."

"Why let me go?" Song Xian asked in confusion. Before the battle, the commander usually spoke from behind, with the loudest soldiers stepping forward to relay the message. He didn't have to shout in person.

Gao Shun's expressionless face showed some twists and turns. "I'm not good at speaking."

Song Xian was sweating. In the past month since the bandit-suppression army was formed, he had a lot of contact with Gao Shun. This guy was indeed the kind of person who would talk about things when there was something to say and never say a word of nonsense when there was nothing to say. He was a perfect match for himself, a chatterbox. No wonder the lord assigned him to be his deputy general. It seemed that he would have to do all the communication work in the future.

Song Xian rode forward and shouted in the direction of Guo Tai, "Listen up, those on the other side! We are the bandit-suppression army under the command of Lü Bu, the governor of Bingzhou. What do we mean by bandit-suppression? We are the bandits that will be pacified throughout the land. Whether they are the Black Mountain, White Wave, or Yellow Turban bandits, one day, our bandit-suppression army will surely wipe them all out."

After explaining the pacification of the bandit army, Song Xian began to praise Lü Bu again, "My lord Lü Fengxian became famous at a young age, killing barbarians and beheading enemies. He defeated ten thousand troops alone at Wangyuan, defeated one hundred thousand with only five hundred men at Suanzao, and even fought against five generals alone at Sishui Pass. He almost killed Yuan Benchu, the current governor of Jizhou. And last year, he pacified the Southern Xiongnu and killed Xiu Tu..."

Song Xian was going on and on about Lü Bu's past heroic deeds, and Gao Shun's face was filled with rage. After Song Xian finished speaking, Gao Shun saw that he hadn't gotten to the point yet. So Gao Shun stepped forward and said to the soldier who was shouting, "Let me ask you, are you going to surrender or not?"

The shouting soldier immediately shouted, "Opposite side, surrender or not?"

Guo Tai had just listened to Song Xian's talk for a long time and thought that the other party was showing off Lü Bu's ability in order to disrupt his army's morale. When Gao Shun asked this question, Guo Tai's head was also furious. If you want to surrender, then surrender. Why say so much nonsense? He already knew all about Lü Bu's affairs!

"No surrender!" Guo Tai said bluntly. Although Lu Bu's soldiers were very capable, he, Guo Tai, was the commander of the Baibo Army. How could he surrender without even fighting? Wouldn't that make heroes all over the world laugh at him?

After receiving the reply, Gao Shun waved his hand and said, "Hit!"