Chapter 239: Counterattack



Of the three Wuhuan tribes in Youzhou, two are no longer for their own use, and only one of the most powerful Su Muyan tribes remains, Xu Bu slowly closed the map, looked up at Changtian and sighed: "Since Zhao Yi can use this method to deter Kebi Neng and Qiu Liju, he will naturally use this method to deal with Su Fuyan." ”

Su Muyan and Nanlou and Qiu Liju are called the three major Wuhuan tribes, but the strength of Su Muyan's department is too different from the two, and the number of cavalry in the department has not yet reached 10,000.

Xu Bu did not go to the Sumuyan tribe, but turned the horse's head and hurried to the border of Youzhou, the day before yesterday the battle of the Qiang Canal Department suffered heavy casualties, and there was a shortage of doctors and medicines in the city, Xu Bu was very worried about the situation of the Qiang Canal Department in the city.

The situation in Quang Ninh County was indeed very tense, and all the thatch and reed curtains in the city were stripped down by the soldiers and let the war horses eat.

The mansion where Qiangqu originally lived is now only a bare wall, and several generals around him are standing in the hall with their heads down, bowing their heads and not speaking.

The war horses have been without food for three days, and some of the emaciated war horses are now hungry and unable to stand up. In addition, there was a shortage of medicine in the city, and nearly eighty percent of the soldiers wounded in the previous battle died from wound infections. The doctor was also helpless about it.

Qiang Qu licked his lips, took in the decadent look on the faces of the generals, and secretly said that these soldiers were completely demoralized by Zhao Yi. But now that there is a shortage of food in the city, if you don't find a way to rush out, your soldiers will definitely be trapped to death by the officers and soldiers.

In the past few days, Qiangqu has thought of many methods, digging tunnels and throwing wooden guns, but these methods cannot deal with the officials and soldiers at all, and they have also lost many people to their subordinates.

Qiangqu got up and came to the city gate to watch the formation of the official army camp outside the city, everything was calm in the official army camp in the past few days, and the official army formation and the number of soldiers had not changed. Qiang Qu didn't think that Zhao Yi would stop depleting himself like this, he guessed that Zhao Yi was waiting for reinforcements.

The day when the official reinforcements arrived, it was the time of the decisive battle between the Xiongnu and the official army. Looking at the soldier on the city gate who was weak even to raise a knife, Qiang Qu secretly shook his head in his heart, with such a soldier, how could he fight with the officers and soldiers twice as large as our department.

The periphery of Youzhou has been calm for many days, Qiangqu previously thought that the overseas Yi tribe was afraid of their own strength, so they wanted to wait for themselves and the official army to fight for a defeat before attacking, now Qiangqu has suffered more than half of the casualties, and the overseas Yi tribe has not yet attacked Youzhou, there are only two possibilities, one is that the overseas Yi tribe did not get the news of their own part, and the other is that Zhao Yi used a trick to contain them.

Even though Qiangqu is unwilling to admit it, the truth is still so cruel, and the possibility of the second is definitely greater than the first.

Looking at the 10,000 cavalry flowing outside Zhao Yi's camp, Qiang Qu swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart that there was a new force of 10,000 cavalry, and if he wanted to break through the outside, he needed at least 20,000 well-trained cavalry.

After thinking about all the foreign forces, but excluding them one by one, now Qiangqu's idea of relying on foreign aid has been shattered, and everything can only be done on his own.

Qiangqu wanted to tear a hole before the arrival of the official reinforcements to highlight the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, and Qiangqu who walked down from the city gate asked the generals around him: "How did you do that?" ”

"Report to the Chief, this is a fast-track process, but it will take another two days to complete." The general glanced at Qiang Qu and said.

When he heard the words "two days", Qiang Qu frowned, two days is too long, and he doesn't know how many things will happen in these two days, in case the imperial army arrives tomorrow, how should he deal with it.

Thinking of this, Qiangqu walked quickly down the city wall and came to the blacksmith shop.

The Hun soldiers, who acted as blacksmiths, were throwing scimitars into the furnace, and in three days, they had melted away thousands of scimitars.

Qiang Qu looked at the dozens of heavy armor placed on the table, his eyes flashed, this was a whim after Qiang Qu saw the heavy armor soldiers of the official army in the previous battle, and used the blade to cast heavy armor, wanting to use this heavy armor soldiers to break Zhao Yi's spear array.

The Hun soldiers were not serious blacksmiths and had never cast heavy armor, so these heavy armors were all strange shapes, and they were not neatly and conspicuously worn by officials and soldiers.

However, what Qiangqu pursues is not the appearance but the inside, as long as the blade cannot break through the heavy armor defense, it is enough for Qiangqu.

Qiangqu originally planned to make 300 pieces of heavy armor, but the time was pressing, and if the heavy armor was cast, the imperial reinforcements might also come. At that time, these 300 heavily armored soldiers alone were not at all the opponents of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

Qiang Qu stroked his long beard: "Can you cast a hundred armors before sunrise tomorrow?" ”

"Leader, do you want to break through Zhao Yi's spear camp with these more than 100 soldiers?" The generals around him swallowed their saliva, the spear camp stretched for hundreds of feet, and these more than 100 soldiers could break through.

"These more than 100 soldiers are not a full-scale attack on the official and military camp, I only let them attack a little, tear a hole to deal with our breakthrough strategy, as long as there is a hole in the official and military camp, under the impact of our soldiers, the shield spear like the river embankment can not stop our army like a monstrous wave." Qiang Qu said his plan, only hated that he had not thought of this method before, if he had thought of this method when he was just besieged by the official army, his own troops might not have suffered so many casualties.

The general nodded, thinking that what Qiang Qu said was very reasonable. These iron-striking Hun soldiers also promised to forge hundreds of armors before sunrise.

Strong Hun soldiers are easy to find, but there are only a few war horses that have been starved for three days and can carry heavy armor and soldiers.

Glancing at the war horse that even shook its head and tail when walking, Qiang Qu was very distressed in addition to sighing, is this still a horse that follows him across the world?

It took a short time to choose a sturdy war horse, but fortunately, the people and horses had already been finalized. The Qiangqu Department was only waiting for the day to come.

The official and military camps outside the city were full of smoke, and Zhao Yi walked back and forth in various military camps, saying a few words to the officers and soldiers he knew from time to time, and at the same time observing the situation of the Qiangqu at each city gate.

Seeing that many Hun soldiers poked their heads out of the city wall, staring at the steamed buns held by the officials and soldiers and swallowing saliva from time to time, Zhao Yi had a smile on his face, cutting off people's hope for survival, this method was too vicious.

Sometimes looking at the thinning Hun soldiers on the city gate, Zhao Yi was also very unbearable, but this kind heart Zhao Yi couldn't send it, because the relationship between the two was hostile, and being kind to the enemy was the greatest cruelty to himself.

Zhao Yi estimated the time, and said in his heart that the things that the war horses in the city could eat were almost finished, and they could attack in three more days.

The war horses in the city have no grain and grass, which is a good thing for Zhao Yi, and the Hun cavalry, which is famous for its horsemanship, will inevitably be greatly weakened if there is no support from the war horse.

But the more critical the time, the more careful Zhao Yi became, the war horse had no food and grass, and Zhao Yi also knew that this was tantamount to forcing Qiangqu into a desperate situation.

When a person is forced into a Jedi, he is never willing to die, even if he knows that he is invincible, he will struggle a few times.

Once the more than 20,000 Hun soldiers in the city launched a madness, it was a force that should not be underestimated.

In the face of the counterattack of the various departments in Youzhou, Zhao Yi had to be prepared to deal with it, and at the same time ordered all camps of the official army to be on strict alert, he also ordered the soldiers to cut a large number of grass and prepare long ropes.

In order to contain the cavalry of the Xiongnu tribe, Zhao Yi did not merge the more than 10,000 cavalry led by Batu into the camp of the official army, because Zhao Yi had not yet found the cavalry that was wandering outside Youzhou.

Maybe that cavalry is spying on the movements of the officers and soldiers in the dark, and as long as there is any movement in the headquarters of the officers and soldiers, they will take advantage of the situation to attack. Batu's 10,000 cavalry was kept by Zhao Yi to deal with this cavalry.

Besieged the Qiangqu Department for many days, not only the Hun soldiers worked hard, but the officers and troops of Zhao Yi's department were also in torment. Liu Bei was discussing things with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei ran more than 100 miles to Youzhou, just to make a contribution, but once he fought with the Qiangqu tribe, the three thousand soldiers he brought were killed or wounded by two-thirds, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also had multiple scars on their bodies.

This made Liu Bei feel distressed, and when he saw Zhao Yi, he asked directly: "When will Bolai attack Guangning County, I will definitely behead the head of Qiangqu myself." ”

Zhao Yi looked at the starry night sky: "Brother Xuande, don't worry, the time is almost up." ”

Qiangqu who has not slept all night has been observing the official and military deployment outside the city gate at the city gate, the four gates guard the officers and soldiers are equal, and Zhao Yi who guards the south gate has fought many times, the Qiangqu department has suffered heavy losses, there are many archers under Tai Shici of the west gate, and many of the Hun soldiers patrolling the west gate are not on guard against the hidden arrow. Dian Wei, who guarded the north gate, had long been excluded by the Qiang Canal.

The heavily armored soldiers that Qiangqu relied on were the strength of Dian Wei's defenders, and Dian Wei had more than 2,000 heavy armor soldiers in his hands, and his strength was too weak compared with others.

Only Murong Fuqiangqu at the east gate has not yet fought with it, and the Qiangqu has broken through the remaining three gates, and can quickly enter the border of Youzhou to the west, but attacking the east gate has to take a detour.

But now Qiangqu had no choice but to put the direction of attack at the east gate. The heart of the tribe army was condensed again under the encouragement of Qiangqu, these Hun soldiers were all iron-clad men, rather than starving to death in Guangning County, it was better to rush out and fight to the death with the official army.

When the first rays of sunlight sprinkled on the earth, the east gate of Guangning County slowly opened, and the Hun soldiers in heavy armor rushed out of the city.

Murong Fu was awakened by this earth-shattering shouting and killing, and quickly walked out of the camp with his helmet, what Zhao Yi was worried about finally came.

Seeing the Hun soldiers who came out of the city gate, Murong Fu did not panic, on the contrary, his face was still happy. In the past half a month, the other three gates have been very lively, only his own east gate is not cared for, since Qiang Qu chose to attack the east gate today, Murong Fu, as the guard of the east gate, naturally wants to entertain them well.

The well-trained officers and soldiers quickly ran out of the camp and formed a camp to meet the Hun soldiers, and there was already a sound of blades colliding in front, Murong Fu just wanted to go over to supervise the battle, and saw a soldier covered in blood squeezed away the soldiers and came to the front: "General, there are heavy armored soldiers in the Hun cavalry, and the brothers in the shield camp in front are almost unable to withstand it!" ”