Chapter 191: Such a Strong Army (I)
Chapter 191: On such a strong army
Receiving the defeat report from the front, Kebineng was extremely angry at this time.
Jiuyuan City fell into the hands of the Han army, which meant that if he wanted to attack the border of the Han Dynasty, he had to 'spend' a lot of effort.
If you don't get it right, you are likely to fall short on this expedition.
Didn't the Yuan brothers say that there was no defense in the north of the Han Dynasty, so how could this Han army defeat all the troops stationed in Jiuyuan City in such a short period of time?
"Call Yuan Tan over, I want to ask him!" Kebi can shout to the 'attendants' beside him. Could it be that the Yuan brothers deceived themselves? Cao's strength is not as vulnerable as they say, but very powerful? If that's the case, I must break the bodies of those three surnamed Yuan into pieces.
"You said earlier that Cao 'Cao' and Yuan Shao fought a battle, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and they can't recover so far, so why are the warriors of our army entering Jiuyuan City slaughtered by the Han army?" Kebineng's tone is very unkind, 10,000 people, the whole army is wiped out like this, how can this not make him feel heartache.
Xianbei is not as populous as the Han Dynasty, and they are in a state of division, all the departments take their soldiers and horses very seriously, and the loss of 10,000 people is enough to make Kebi Neng's 'meat' pain for a while.
What can Yuan Tan say? According to the reports of several people who escaped by luck, the Han army had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the array was boundless. Although Yuan Tan knew that this must be the other party's exaggeration of the number of Han troops in order to get away with it as much as possible, it was an indisputable fact that Jiuyuan City was taken by the Han army. No matter how much you quibble, this fact cannot be changed.
Seeing that Yuan Tan was silent, Ke was more angry than Neng, and immediately wanted to order someone to kill Yuan Tan, but he only gave up under the persuasion of his subordinates.
After all, even if what this guy said is not true, but he has already pulled the army here, and the battle will still be fought, is it difficult to turn back like this? And the Yuan brothers are the people who know the Han Dynasty best, and killing them may not be of any benefit to their own side.
And Yuan Tan was also frightened in his heart at this time, how could he not know that his head almost moved. Alas, it's not easy to be a traitor, and you have to live a frightened life all the time.
The Xianbei army came to the outside of Jiuyuan City, looking at the dilapidated but still standing city wall, Kebineng had a headache.
There are hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers in the Han army, and such an exaggerated figure is naturally unbelievable, but looking at the formation at the head of the city, it is estimated that there are still 100,000.
There are 100,000 Han troops in the city, and their own strength is only more than 70,000, plus Xianbei is not good at siege warfare, how to capture this Jiuyuan county?
If you can't capture Jiuyuan City, how can you carry out the next invasion?
It would be nice if we could manage to pull the Han army out of the city and fight in the field. Kebi can be very confident in the warriors of Xianbei, if they 'fight' in the wilderness, Kebi can believe that not to mention the 100,000 Han army, even if the other party has 200,000, it is not his opponent.
Just when Kebi was thinking about it, Xiahou Yuan in Jiuyuan City also had the same thought.
Fight with the Xianbei army outside the city and annihilate it in one fell swoop.
Defending the city to the death can certainly make Xianbei retreat, but after they withdraw their troops, will they retreat? If this goes on and on, it's not endless. Only by teaching the Xianbei people a profound lesson and completely beating them to the bottom can we ensure peace at the border for a long time to come.
Yes, Xianbei's ability to fight in the field is really good, and they have a large number of cavalry, and they come and go like the wind when they are 'engaged', which is really difficult to deal with.
But Xiahou Yuan didn't think that Cao's army's combat strength was worse than that of Xianbei's army. The two 'elite' elites of the trap camp and the euphorbia are the strongest soldiers in the world, fighting in array, and there are few enemies in the world. And even if the cavalry is compared with the other party, Cao Jun may not be weaker, not to mention the courage of the tiger and leopard cavalry, even if it is an ordinary cavalry, after the war horse is equipped with stirrups and horseshoe, the combat power has also been significantly improved, and it may not be impossible to fight with the cavalry of other races.
However, Xiahou Yuan was not in a hurry to start a big battle with Xianbei, he was waiting, waiting for Xianbei to attack the city first, and after the troops and morale had decreased, he would be defeated in one fell swoop.
Xiahou Yuan's wishes are good, but God always likes to backfire people. Since seeing the Xianbei army coming to Jiuyuan City, Xiahou Yuan waited for a day, but he didn't wait for Kebi to give the order to attack the city.
In fact, although his 'sexual' personality is slightly violent, he is not a reckless person. After coming to Jiuyuan City, he knew that if he attacked the city, whether he could capture the city or not, his army would suffer heavy losses.
It's a very hard bone to gnaw, and if you don't say it, you'll lose a lot of teeth.
After thinking about it for a day, Kebineng, who felt that something could not be done, finally decided to withdraw his troops.
At the beginning, he set off with a large army in high spirits, but now he has not fought much battle, but he wants to go back like this, and no one can stand such a contrast.
Before setting out on the expedition, Kobi was able to preach to his soldiers, "Go and attack the cities of the Han people, rob the property of the Han people, kill the sons of the Han people, and take the beautiful 'women' of the Han people captive!" "However, at the moment, not even a copper coin was grabbed, not even a single 'woman' was looted, and at this time, it was said to the soldiers that we would not fight and retreat to the grassland, how much impact would this have on the morale of the army.
It was all harmed by Yuan Tan and others, and Ke Bineng was resentful in his heart. If it weren't for their exaggeration, saying that Cao's army had already lost its combat power and was only allowed to be slaughtered by others, how could they have spent so much 'fine' strength to attack Han without a unified army in Xianbei.
However, now that it is too late to resent, it is better to withdraw the troops first, and it is not too late to break the Yuan family's sons into pieces after returning to Xianbei's territory.
But just as Kebineng gave the order to his subordinates to withdraw the army, and the whole army slowly retreated, someone suddenly came to report that the Han army had left the city.
It turned out that Xiahou Yuan saw that the Xianbei army had not moved for a long time, and he brought several generals to everyone, and they all felt that the Xianbei army might have to retreat.
How can you sit back and watch it retreat if it hasn't hurt yet?
So Xiahou Yuan decided to lead the army out of the city and teach the Xianbei army a good lesson.
When is the best time to send troops? Then you don't need to ask, of course it's time for the Xianbei people to prepare to withdraw.
The Han army is out of the city? Kebi can smell the news, his mouth is wide open, and he can definitely stuff a 'chicken' egg.
Oh my God, when can't you go out of the city, but our army has just retreated, and you ran out of the city to fight me, did you do it on purpose?
Well, it looks like the other party really did it on purpose.
Hmph, even if you attack while our army is retreating, will my humble warriors still be afraid? It is true that attacking fortifications is not what we are good at, but when it comes to field warfare, don't say that you attack while our army is retreating, even if it is an attack while our army is sleeping, my humble warriors can kill you without leaving a piece of armor!
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