Chapter 1299: Temujin's Awakening

The previous two temptations had already made Qin Hao feel Temujin's bottom line, and he was 100% sure that Temujin would never leave the city, so he dared to ignore Temujin's main army and directly led an army of 150,000 to attack Guyuan County.

Guyuan County has a full 50,000 defenders, and Temujin thought that it was impossible for Qin Hao to capture it in a short time, so he felt that Qin Hao's attack on Guyuan County was just to get out of the city than him, but Qin Hao just took advantage of Temujin's psychology to attack Guyuan County.

The soldiers in Guyuan County are well fed, and in ten days Murong Ke will arrive at Zhenbei Pass, Qin Hao wants to forcibly break through Guyuan County within ten days, which is almost impossible in theory.

But there are exceptions to everything, and Temujin was also negligent.

Temujin actually overlooked an extremely important matter, that is, although the number of defenders in Guyuan County was large, the soldiers in charge of defending the city were all cavalry.

The advantage of cavalry lies in field warfare, rather than defending the city, and now Temujin uses cavalry to defend the city, and it is good to be able to exert fifty percent of the original combat power.

Among the 150,000 Han troops, 115,000 were infantry, and the advantage of the infantry was in the siege and defense of the city, and various siege equipment in the Han army was endless.

Therefore, at first glance, Temujin's arrangement seems to be no big problem, but in fact, he is attacking the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, and this is also where Qin Hao's confidence lies in daring to attack Guyuan County.

Looking at the city occupied by the enemy not far away, Qin Hao slowly took out the Tianwen Sword at his waist and ordered: "Pass the order, implement the battle method of encircling three and missing one, surround the three gates in the southwest and north, and concentrate troops to attack the south gate, and be sure to break the city within three days for this duke." ”

"No." The generals shouted in unison.

The 150,000 troops were divided into three routes, surrounded by three and missing one, but the elite soldiers and strong generals attacked the south gate under the leadership of Qin Hao.

A hundred catapults set fire to the south gate, and the flying stones sent out could be said to cover the sky and the sun, and the defenders in the city who smashed them could not raise their heads at all.

The 3,000 archers on the 30 wells continuously fired arrows at the city wall to suppress the archers behind the city wall and create opportunities for the soldiers charging under the city.

"Kill ......"

Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Jia Fu and other generals personally attacked the city, and relied on their own courage to avoid the rocks and trees and quickly climbed the city tower, and then made every effort to clean up the surrounding enemy soldiers to create opportunities for the soldiers behind them to climb up.

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"Report ...... Your Majesty, something is wrong, Guyuan County has been lost. ”

"What?"

Temujin's eyes widened, and the generals of Yuanmeng were also shocked, they all thought that Qin Hao was just making a show, and the real purpose was to lead the main army out of the city for a decisive battle, but they didn't expect that Qin Hao really captured Guyuan County, and it only took two days.

"What the hell is going on?"

Temujin's face became extremely ugly, and the 50,000 defenders couldn't hold it for even two days, were they all pigs?

"Your Majesty, the offensive of the Han army is too fierce, although their army adopts the siege of three and lacks one, but they concentrate their forces to attack the south gate, hundreds of catapults continue to bombard, thirty wells suppress the archers, and many fierce generals have personally killed the city tower.

Most of the brothers were not accustomed to foot fighting, and although they tried their best to resist, they finally let the Han army enter the city after a day and a half of fighting, and the general had to abandon the city and withdraw his troops in order to reduce casualties. ”

Temujin's face sank like water, and he understood why Guyuan County, which had an army of 50,000, couldn't hold it for even two days, it turned out that the cavalry was not good at foot combat and defending the city.

Yuan Meng was on the attacking side before, and he had always taken the initiative to attack, and he had never fought a battle to defend the city, so Temujin didn't realize this, and now he has suffered such a big loss.

"How many people have been lost?" Temujin asked.

"Due to the timely withdrawal, only nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, and the remaining 40,000 troops are about to return."

Hearing this, Tiemu Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief, although he lost the grain and grass in Guyuan County and the city, but fortunately, the casualties were not large, and Yuan Meng still had 240,000 troops in Ningxia County.

"The main responsibility for the loss of Guyuan County this time lies with me, my Dayuan Iron Cavalry is good at attacking and not good at defending, we should not attack the enemy's strengths with our own shortcomings."

Temujin knew that the loss of Guyuan County was not a crime of war, so he did not hold Guyuan County accountable for the loss, and took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself.

Mingjun's assets are fully revealed.

Jebe stood up and said: "Your Majesty, then will we continue to delay time, or will we take the initiative?" ”

After pondering for a while, Temujin was about to say something, but someone came to report it.

"Report ...... Your Majesty, the latest information came from the front-line detective, after the Han army captured Guyuan County, they immediately burned the grain depot, and then went straight to Zhongwei County with all the soldiers and horses. ”

"What?"

Temujin's eyes were shocked, he thought that Qin Hao would defend the city, but he didn't want to abandon the city so decisively, and he also burned all the grain and grass that had been obtained, which was simply detrimental to himself and others!

"Zhongwei County?"

Temujin looked at the location of Zhongwei County, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly said: "Qin Hao's target is not Zhongwei County, but Pingluo County, which is close to this Zhongwei County. ”

Pingluo County, like Guyuan County, also has a grain depot in the city, and it is also one of the only two remaining grain storage areas of the Ningxia Yuan Army.

Now that Yuan Meng has lost the grain depot in Guyuan County, if he loses the grain depot in Pingluo County, even if Murong Ke can successfully recapture Zhenbei Pass, Yuan Meng will have to withdraw from the Hetao because of lack of grain.

"Report ...... Your Majesty, the latest battle situation in Yinshan, Bai Qi sent Li Jing to lead the army to Zhenbei Pass, and General Murong Chui was afraid of being attacked from both sides, so he had to temporarily retreat......"

Another bad news came, and this news also showed that even if Murong Ke arrived on time, it would be difficult to recapture Zhenbei Pass in a short time, because Li Jing outside the pass would definitely drag Murong Ke for a while.

As soon as he thought of this, Tie Mu's heart couldn't help but become more and more irritable, he found that he seemed to be being led by the nose again, and every step Qin Hao took exceeded his expectations.

Temujin found himself in a misconception, fearful of the unknown, and the end result was to be constrained at every turn.

Qin Hao's rhythm must be broken. Temu's heart said secretly.

After pondering for a while, Temujin ordered: "Immediately send the order, the whole army will gather in Pingluo County, and I will fight Qin Hao to the death there." ”

Hearing what Temujin said, Wokotai hurriedly stood up and dissuaded: "Your Majesty, no, our army only needs to drag Murong Ke to recapture Zhenbei Pass, and then we can regain the initiative, so why risk going out of the city to fight Qin Hao?" ”

"Qin Hao took advantage of our psychology to dare to ignore my main army of more than 100,000 and go all out to attack Guyuan County.

Now Qin Hao is still eyeing Pingluo County, he wants to burn our army's grain and grass little by little, so that our army will fall into the point where there is no food available.

Our army is good at attacking but not defending, and Qin Hao can easily capture Guyuan County, just as he can capture Pingluo County, if he continues to be indifferent, when Murong Ke recaptures Zhenbei Pass, I am afraid that we will have run out of food, so Pingluo County must be saved. ”

As soon as Temujin said this, Ogedai couldn't find a rebuttal, but he still persuaded: "But the fire bull array ......."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Temujin.

"Don't worry, I have come up with a way to crack the Fire Bull Array, if Qin Hao doesn't use it, it's just that, if he uses it, he will definitely suffer a big loss." Temujin said in a deep voice.