Chapter 241: Trapped in the Lonely City
When Beggivrovey heard that he had succeeded in besieging the Han army in the city of Jinman, he triumphantly persuaded him to surrender in front of the city, and threatened that if he did not surrender, he would slaughter the city for three days after breaking the city, leaving no chickens and dogs behind.
The Cheshi people were naturally very afraid, but Jinmancheng was only a small city, and the Cheshi people in the city together were less than 2,000 people, and the Han army had more than 600 people, how could the Cheshi people dare to resist?
The 300 men sent by the king to help, and 200 people with the Han army to defend the city!
These Cheshi people are all against the Xianbei people, but they are also of the same heart as the Han army.
There were only two gates in Jinmancheng, north and south, and Ma Chao arranged for 600 Han troops and 200 chariot masters to defend the city together.
They demolished the redundant buildings in the city and used them as a source of rolling wood and stones.
Begging Rowe kept shouting under the city, Ma Chao really didn't want to listen to his noise, so he picked up his five-stone strong bow and shot down Beggarrowe's helmet from two hundred zhang away.
Ma Chao's super archery skills shocked him into a cold sweat, and when he saw the resolute attitude of the defenders in the city, he ordered someone to build a ladder and prepare to attack the city.
The nearby mountains were densely wooded, and towering trees suitable for building ladders were everywhere, and twenty siege ladders were soon built.
The Xianbei people dismounted from their horses, took their lap legs, set up a ladder and began to siege the city.
Although the Han army had the help of crossbows, there were many Xianbei people, and there were thousands of archers under the city to suppress and shoot at the city.
The Han army was too small in number to suppress the enemy on the ladder, and Xianbei people continued to climb the city, and at this time, the archers under the city slowly shot arrows to the city to avoid accidental injury.
Ma Chao took the lead, and one person and one spear defended a long section of the city wall.
In order to avoid the destruction of the city, some of the people of the Cheshi people also took the initiative to go to the city to help, lifting the rolling wood and stones and throwing them down.
The Han army were all scouts, and their personal abilities were far superior to those of the Xianbei people, and most of the Xianbei people who climbed to the top of the city were put down by one-on-one combat.
The sacrifice of every soldier of the Han army is often accompanied by five or six, or even seven or eight Xianbei people.
At this time, Ma Chao ordered the captives of the Cheshi and Xianbei to be brought to the city wall, and ordered them to help defend the city, assist in carrying rolling wood and stones, or clean up the corpses.
If you dare to move or resist, you will be killed on the spot!
Fight until dark, Xianbei people Ming Jin retreated.
They came all the way from a long distance, and naturally they were so tired that they didn't even bother to eat!
Beggar Rowe counted the number of people, and when the Xianbei army came, there were 6,000 people, and after attacking the city for a day, there were 14,500 casualties.
However, he thinks that the Han army in the city is definitely not small, and if he continues to attack the city tomorrow, he should be able to attack it with one blow.
Five miles from the city, they found a place with water and pasture, and set up camp there.
The Xianbei people were still more arrogant, they thought that they were ten times larger than the Han army, and attacked the city for another day, and they were very merciful to give the Han people a chance to live one more night.
The Han people should have stepped up to repair the city defenses, or find a way to escape.
Therefore, the camp of the Xianbei people was defenseless, and they simply set up sentry posts, and they all fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, the gates of the Golden City quietly opened, and a group of black shadows quietly left the city.
Ma Chao was extremely bold, and he took more than 500 Han soldiers who could still move, and secretly rode out of the city.
They wrapped the horses' hooves in thick cloth so that they could not make a sound, and quietly killed several light and dark sentinels along the way.
In front of the camp gate, Ma Chao pulled off the mask mask, raised his spear, and rushed into the camp first, while the rest of the soldiers did not make a sound, but followed closely.
Rushed into the Xianbei camp, met people and killed people, and saw the tent burning, and killed the Xianbei people by surprise.
By the time Beggrowe was awakened by the guards, the camp was in disarray, and shouts of killing were everywhere.
He didn't care about putting on his armor, so he turned over his horse with his sword, commanded his men loudly, and began to line up.
Suddenly, a ghostly figure struck from the stab, and the tip of a spear went straight to his throat.
Beggar Rowe was also the general of the Xianbei people, and he instinctively leaned back, and with all his strength he carried the spear with his sword, and the spear slid down, making a cut in his ribs and thigh.
He suffered a big loss without armor, but fortunately his guards were more loyal and brave, and they stepped forward to protect him.
Only then did he see that it was a silver-armored and white-horse man passing by, and the silver-white mane on the wolf's helmet was floating backwards.
Ma Chao missed a shot at first sight, and he didn't love to fight, after all, there were many enemies, ten times more than himself.
If the sneak attack is successful, if it continues to fight, it will become a strong attack, and then the gains outweigh the losses.
Ma Chao turned and retreated as he fired a green flare. When the soldiers of the Han army saw the signal flare, they abandoned their opponents one after another and retreated towards the camp gate where they came.
After Ma Chao personally broke off, the enemy who chased the first would be shot off his horse by an arrow.
After the death of more than a dozen Xianbei people, the Xianbei people behind refused to chase too closely.
The Han army easily withdrew to the city, suffering dozens of casualties themselves, and at least four or five hundred Xianbei people were killed.
Some soldiers were puzzled, since they could go out of the city and attack the camp, why didn't they take the opportunity to break through?
Ma Chao said solemnly: "We can break through, but the people of this city will suffer, and the Xianbei people can do it, and they will slaughter the city." ”
"Don't forget, when they submit to my Western Regions Protectorate, they will also be my Han people, if we escape from the battle, how will we win the trust of the people of the Western Regions in the future?"
"Besides, I think if we hold the city, we can attract the enemy to the city, and when our reinforcements arrive, we can completely annihilate these Xianbei people!"
Only then did the officers and men understand the heavy responsibility on their shoulders, the ideological education of the Central Army was not a good thing, and the daily efforts of the secretaries had a subtle impact on ordinary soldiers.
Ma Chao said that everyone was convinced, and they were willing to follow Ma Chao, and they would not hesitate to go to the soup!
Begglovy carefully bandaged his wounds by his men, but fortunately none of them were fatal.
The number of people was counted again, and another six or seven hundred people were killed and wounded that night, and two thousand people were killed and wounded in one day and one night, which made him feel that he had lost face.
The next day, as soon as it was dawn, he ordered the whole army to attack, and all 4,000 men were thrown into the siege.
He gave a death order, urging these subordinates to keep attacking the city, capturing Ma Chao, and seeing people alive and corpses when they died.
The Han army has reached this point, and there is no better means to defend, the rolling wood and stones have long been used up, and even the crossbows have been shot, and now only longbows and feathered arrows are available.
The Central Army formed a formation at the head of the city, relying on each other's cooperation and excellent individual combat skills to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Ma Chao is still in the lead, the silver armor is already stained with blood, there are too many enemies, and a steady stream of them are pouring up the city from the ladder.
Most of the Xianbei captives had already died in battle, and the number of Han troops was also drastically reduced.
His company platoon commanders persuaded Ma Chao to break through on his own, and with his BMW and spears in his hands, these enemies could not stop him.
How could Ma Chao abandon his brother and escape alone, their Ma family's ancestral training did not allow Ma Jiaerlang to be this coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death and escaped alone!
He was looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements more than ever, and it seemed that he heard his heart, and the familiar sound of a trumpet came from the west!
Then there was the rolling thunder, the sound of the hooves of thousands of horses galloping, and sure enough, a large group of Han cavalry came from the west.
Before the man arrived, an overwhelming array of arrows came at him.