422. Surrender on the verge of battle
Han Fei smiled when he heard this, and then asked their brother to go down and rest. The siege continued here, although it was a temptation, but Han Fei still invested more than 5,000 people at one time. As a result, nearly a thousand people were lost in one day, and they didn't even touch the city. Seeing that the siege was unfavorable, Zhao Yun let everyone retreat early.
Back in the camp, Zhao Yun told him about today's siege, Han Fei nodded after hearing this: "General Zhao has worked hard, this golden city has been operated by Han Sui for many years, and it will definitely be very difficult to storm it, so it's better to use more catapults!" This last sentence is exactly what Ma Chao said, because the siege of the city will be handed over to Ma Chao from tomorrow!
Ma Chao listened to Han Fei's words and immediately nodded yes. Han Fei smiled and nodded, and then ordered them all to go down and rest! In the next day, Ma Chao and Ma Dai led their troops out of the camp early in the morning and came to the city of Jincheng.
Ma Chao urged the horse forward, pointed the big gun in his hand at the head of the city and shouted: "A certain Shenwei general under the command of King Qi Ma Chao is also!" Wait for the old dog to go to the city to talk! When the soldiers at the head of the city heard this, they immediately went to report to Han Sui. About half an hour later, Han Sui was late, and he took Li Kan, Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu to the top of the city together.
Standing in the city, Han Sui looked at Ma Chao under the city and said with a smile: "What is the nephew of the Ma family doing here?" ”
"Whew!" Ma Chao took a sip and said, "Old dog Han Sui, your Grandpa Ma advises you to open the city and surrender quickly, so that you can leave a whole corpse, otherwise after your Grandpa Ma breaks the city, you will definitely be broken into pieces and have avenged the revenge of the Ma family!" ”
"Haha!" Han Sui laughed when he heard this, he didn't care about Ma Chao's threat at all, and after laughing, Han Sui said to Ma Chao: "Virtuous nephew! I'm waiting for you in the city, and I'll see how long it will take for you to come to me!" Hahaha! After Han Sui finished speaking, he turned around and left, but the three people behind him all stayed, standing at the head of the city and commanding the soldiers to prepare for battle.
Ma Chao looked at the busy soldiers at the head of the city, and immediately ordered to get on the catapult! Three catapults were pushed out, and there was a round of bombardment against the walls. But the walls of this golden city have been reinforced by Han Sui several times, and they are unusually generous! At the end of the first round of bombing, I couldn't see any effect. Ma Chao felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered the infantry to attack.
The soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city wall with the ladder, because the catapult had just finished bombing, and the city head had not reacted at all, so the infantry came to the city wall smoothly, but when they leaned the ladder against the city wall, the guards at the head of the city finally moved.
Sharp arrows rained down from the city, and the soldiers standing at the front hurriedly raised their shields to block it, but many people were still hit by the arrows and fell to the ground. At this time, all the soldiers began to climb desperately down the ladder to the top of the city. At this moment, only by climbing to the top of the city can they have a glimmer of life.
The bows and arrows above the city could no longer stop the soldiers of the Qi State, so under Cheng Yi's order, the rolling wood was thrown down. Rolling the log, suddenly let the climbing Qi soldiers suffer heavy losses, and as soon as they saw that the attack was frustrated, they immediately withdrew their troops, and the Qi army retreated like a tide. It was only two hours from the beginning of the stone throwing to the retreat of the Qi army, and the Qi army had left a corpse under the city.
Seeing the Qi army retreating, Cheng Yi, Li Kan and Yang Qiu did not mean to be happy at all. They also knew that today's attack was just a test, and the real battle had not yet begun. Thinking of this, the faces of the three of them were very ugly, and after seeing that there was no one left and right, Yang Qiu spoke: "Two elder brothers, do we really want to defend Jincheng to the death?" ”
After listening to Yang Qiu's words, Cheng Yi said helplessly: "What if you don't stick to it?" Even if we want to surrender, then Ma Chao may not let us go. ”
"The two elder brothers are too worried, I heard that the commander on the other side is Han Fei, the military advisor of Qi State. If the elder brothers are interested, the younger brother can send someone to the camp of the Qi army. Yang Qiu said. Cheng Yi and Li Kan glanced at each other, and they all nodded.
If you can surrender, who is willing to die with Han Sui! In this way, Yang Qiu's henchmen quietly went out of the city that night, and he came to the Qi army camp to meet Han Fei and present Yang Qiu's handwritten letter. After Han Fei saw it, he immediately agreed, so he made an appointment, and Yang Qiu's henchmen quietly sneaked back.
Han Fei watched the messenger leave, and he immediately called Ma Chao and Zhao Yun. As soon as they heard that the people in the city came out to ask for surrender, Ma Chao's first reaction was that this person must have surrendered.
Han Fei listened to Ma Chao's judgment, then nodded and said: "The day after tomorrow, it is still Cheng Yi, Li Kan and Yang Qiu, who decided to passively resist that day and welcome our army into the city." ”
Ma Chao nodded after listening, he knew that this golden city was difficult to conquer in a short period of time, it seemed that Yang Qiu's words were not reliable if he had to try!
On the third day, sure enough, Cheng Yi, Li Kan and Yang Qiu were guarding the city again. Ma Chao still asked for directions with a catapult, and then sent infantry to attack the city. Yang Qiu and the three of them at the head of the city had already prepared to rush before the infantry sent by Ma Chao arrived, and quietly called their henchmen aside. Waiting for the siege to start, these people did not make any efforts, so that the Qi army climbed to the top of the city in one go.
Ma Chao saw that the defenders at the head of the city really became a lot more relaxed. He burst out laughing, then rode his horse to the city wall, and after turning over and dismounting, Ma Chao also climbed the ladder to the top of the city.
(End of chapter)