Chapter 177 Danger!
At this time, the morale of the Xianbei soldiers was exhausted, and if the leader let them continue to attack, not only would they not achieve any results, but they might cause other negative effects.
The leader had to choose to withdraw his troops, but for the leader, he only lost some time, after all, his men and horses were still more than ten times that of Gongsun Zhan.
As long as the troops are withdrawn and adjusted slightly, a new offensive can be launched immediately, and as for the enemy army on the white horse just now, the leader already has a way to deal with it.
The other party just caught them off guard, and the other party was not actually above them in terms of riding skills.
The elite cavalry of their Xianbei tribes were gathered together, and they were able to make up more cavalry troops who were proficient in cavalry and archery.
This is only a method, but he does not intend to use this method for the leader, because with this method, the battle losses of both sides are similar.
In other words, even if he could kill all the white horse cavalry, his elite cavalry would be killed and wounded.
This is completely unacceptable to the leader who is preparing to swallow the entire Youzhou.
Since this method does not work, then only one last option remains, and fortunately, there is not much room for the white horse cavalry to move now.
As soon as they left the city again, the leader would send two or three cavalry of similar size.
As long as these cavalry can continue to compress the opponent's activity space, the opponent can only fight them in the end.
At that time, his military superiority will be fully revealed, and he will have already seen that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is only 10,000 people.
As long as their 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry surrounds the other party, no matter how brave the opponent is, they can only be slowly killed by them, and maybe they can surround and kill Gongsun Zhan in it.
These ordinary cavalry are trivial to the leader, and he and Jian Man set out to fight in Youzhou this time, and the total number of troops is about 250,000.
This is already more than sixty percent of all the adult men in Xianbei, and the only thing you need to care about in Youzhou is this Gongsun Zhan.
As for Liu Yuan, who had defeated him before, I heard that he was now sent to Jizhou by the Han Ting.
The remaining Liu Yu was a pedantic and Han Dynasty official in his opinion, as long as he could kill Gongsun Zhan, the remaining 200,000 troops would be enough to sweep Youzhou.
It can even enter the hinterland of the Central Plains with lightning speed, although it is impossible to gain a foothold in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but there is still a lot to be done in a big raid!
Even if the emperor of the Han Dynasty turned his face afterwards, they only needed to offer some cattle and sheep and a letter of surrender that was not even as good as butt wiping paper for him, and they could calm the anger of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
And their Xianbei tribe can get a lot of benefits, such as food, women, slaves, etc., these are what they value!
At this time, Gongsun Chan could be regarded as breathing a sigh of relief, and this time he took Bai Ma Yicong on the expedition, which was a very risky move in itself.
After all, the current White Horse Yicong has just completed his training and has not participated in any actual combat, but fortunately, White Horse Yicong has not disappointed him.
On the contrary, the performance is extremely exciting, but this time they are stained with the light of attacking their unpreparedness, and the next time they want to launch such a smooth attack, I am afraid it will be impossible.
However, at least he bought a certain amount of time to hold Jixian County and wait for rescue, and also improved the morale of the defenders of Jixian County a lot, and what made him even more gratifying was that he found the weakness of the Xianbei people.
As long as they can make full use of this weakness, it will take at least five to seven days for the Xianbei people to capture Jixian County, and with such a long time, his reinforcements should also arrive!
Thinking of this, Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but be full of confidence in holding Jixian County and repelling the attack of the Xianbei people, but the development of things depends on their efforts!
In the next three days, an unusually tragic offensive and defensive battle took place in Jixian County.
A large number of Xianbei troops were thrown into the battlefield, and the Han Dynasty defenders in Jixian County also put up a heroic resistance.
However, at this time, Jixian County was already crumbling, because Gongsun Chan missed one point, that is, people's war wisdom is infinite.
The problem that the leader did not find does not mean that ordinary Xianbei soldiers cannot find it.
After two days of heavy casualties, they spontaneously began to make up for their lack of experience.
On the third day, they brought great pressure to Jixian.
In the past, during the siege of the city, the battle loss ratio of the Xianbei people and the defenders of Jixian County was about 1:5, but today they broke through to 1:2.
The entire Jixian defenders threw away the White Horse Yicong, at most there were only 20,000 people, and after the siege of the city in the first two days, there were at most 15,000 people left who could move.
This morning, the defenders of Jixian County sacrificed more than 7,000 people, and nearly 2,000 people were seriously injured, which means that the defenders of Jixian County who can move now do not exceed 5,000 people.
Jixian County, as the seat of Gongsun Zhan, is much larger than the ordinary county seat, and 5,000 people are not even satisfied with the city wall.
It is likely that the next attack of the Xianbei people will be able to capture Jixian.
The red-eyed Gongsun Chan had to prepare to use his killer weapon again, and now 10,000 white horse Yicong were gathered by him again, ready to kill Jixian at any time.
This time, Gongsun Chan himself wanted to lead the team himself, but Yan Gang stopped him alive and dead, because Yan Gang knew that this time was not as good as the last time.
Last time, the Xianbei people were not prepared, and Gongsun Zhan and them were able to come and go freely, but this time, unless the leader was really crazy, he would definitely be prepared.
If Gongsun Chan goes to battle, once he falls into the trap of the enemy, they can't even rescue, they can only watch their lord fight alone.
As the lord of the army, Gongsun Chan is the military soul of their entire army, and once the military soul loses to them, it will become a scattered sand in an instant.
When the time comes, don't say that Jixian can't be saved, they will also become ghosts under the sword of the Xianbei people, and compared to Gongsun Zhan, his weight as a general in the army is naturally much smaller.
If he dies in battle, although it may be a bit of a blow to morale, as long as Gongsun Chan is there, they can continue to organize manpower to resist, and they still have hope.
Gongsun Zhan was persuaded by Yan Gang, and he stood at the head of the city and watched his generals and the white horse righteous servants he had worked so hard to train rush out of the city gate of Jixian County.
However, a quarter of an hour later, the hope in Gongsun Zhan's eyes turned into a shock, and he hurriedly ordered his heralds to immediately ring the golden bell representing the retreat.
But it was obvious that it was too late at this time, and not far from Yan Gang and their entry into the battlefield, nearly 50,000 Xianbei cavalry troops rushed out from all directions.
They didn't make any protection at all, they just buried their heads and blindly approached Yan Gang, it was obvious that they wanted to fight close to Bai Ma Yicong!
White Horse is in danger!