Chapter 184: Zhang Jiao's Trick
There was silence on the battlefield for two days, and both sides had to rest and regain their morale.
Two days later, Dong Zhuo sent troops to attack Guangzong again, but this time he paid attention to the rhythm and tried to avoid excessive casualties, after all, it was easy for things to happen that he couldn't control by forcing the imperial court soldiers and horses too tightly.
The big battle started again, this time Zhang Jiao did not attack rashly, because Ye Chen and they left a deep impression on him, if he couldn't deal with this cavalry well, it would be easy to suffer a loss in battle.
Dong Zhuo seemed to admit the reason for death, only until he blindly attacked hard, and attacked continuously for half a month, the losses on both sides were very large, and gradually the barracks were full of dissatisfied voices, because Dong Zhuo sent out all the imperial court soldiers and horses, and his own descendants have not been damaged until now.
Dong Zhuo didn't hear the voices of the underneath, but ignored their lives, the attack was still continuing, but the morale of the imperial court's army was already very low, and the imperial court's army suffered nearly 40,000 casualties after half a month's continuous attack.
"Second brother, third brother, it's time for us to counterattack." Zhang Jiao couldn't support it because he had stood for too long, so he held the city head with his hand and said.
"Big brother, have you found a way to defeat the cavalry of the Han army?" Zhang Bao was very impressed by this cavalry, and he almost fell into their hands that day.
"Hehe, after all, their number is limited, and when more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops are fighting, their space for movement is limited, and they can't play a decisive role." Zhang Jiao saw things very thoroughly and knew that the opportunity had come again.
The real situation is also true, after all, the space here is limited, and if the cavalry does not have enough space, they will not be able to gallop back and forth, and can only fight in an area, which cannot play a decisive role.
"Big brother, what should I do?" Zhang Liang asked.
"Go back and talk about it." Zhang Jiao's face was pale, he couldn't support it anymore, so he quickly asked someone to help him back.
After returning home, Zhang Jiao took a break and said: "The morale of the Han army is low now, as long as we give them a fierce blow, it will inevitably collapse, and it is very likely to cause chaos at that time, so that we can take the opportunity to cover up and kill, and we will definitely be able to defeat the Han army." ”
"Big brother, although the strategy is good, I'm afraid it's not easy to implement it." Zhang Bao thought for a moment and said.
"It's really not that easy, although the commander of the Han army is a fool, but if he wants to break the Han army, he can only win a small victory without careful arrangement, and it is impossible to win a big victory." Zhang Jiao said as he coughed.
"Big brother, it's okay." Seeing Zhang Jiao coughing, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Come here, and I'll tell you in detail how to break the Han army. Zhang Jiao didn't have the strength, so Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had to listen closely.
Zhang Jiao really didn't have the energy to stick to it anymore after saying the strategy, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang helped him sleep, Zhang Jiao's physical condition has not dared to let outsiders know, he has been watching the Han army's attack on the city for the past few days, thinking about countermeasures, and now he feels that he is going to run out of oil and lamps, and he doesn't have much energy.
Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang listened to Zhang Jiao's plan and went to prepare overnight.
In the camp of the Han army, Dong Zhuo's pressure was also very huge, the attack was not effective for several days, and the Han army was extremely consumed, and now the situation is somewhat uncontrollable, because the morale of the Han army is too low.
"Wen You, the situation is a little bad, the court has begun to hold accountable, and the morale of the court is low, and the combat effectiveness is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid that the Yellow Turban will counterattack." Dong Zhuorong is not a waste for half his life, and the current situation can naturally be judged.
"My lord, the situation is indeed a little beyond expectations, mainly because we don't know enough about the yellow scarves here, and we don't know that their strength is far beyond our estimates, otherwise it wouldn't be like this."
"Wen You, what about now, do you want to postpone the attack?" Dong Zhuo said.
"No, lord, so the court has begun to hold us accountable, if we stop the attack, I'm afraid the court won't be able to get by." Li Ru said.
Dong Zhuo asked in a deep voice, "What should I do?" ”
"The plan for today is to bribe Zhang Rang and others while continuing to attack."
"Well, it's no problem to bribe Zhang Rang and others, but now that the morale of the imperial court's army is exhausted, it is overwhelmed, and I am afraid that continuing the siege will not have much effect." Dong Zhuo said.
"Let the imperial army continue to attack, and then all our Xiliang soldiers and horses will go to the field to suppress the formation, think that they will not dare to disobey, and then wait for the opportunity to win one or two battles to pull the morale back, so it can be safe." Li Ru offered another plan.
"Okay, then tomorrow we will reduce the intensity of the attack, let our Xiliang Tie cavalry line up in the rear, watch the imperial soldiers and horses, and force them to continue the attack." Dong Zhuo showed a ruthless look, and he didn't care about the lives of the soldiers and horses of the court at all in his words.
Early the next morning, Dong Zhuo issued a military order to continue the attack, Dong Zhuo knew that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court did not obey the order, but they would delay. So he ordered his Xiliang Iron Cavalry to go to the military camp to drive people away, drive the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to the battlefield, and force them to attack.
There is no way, Dong Zhuo is powerful, and he is the coach, no matter how unwilling he is, he has to attack, otherwise Dong Zhuo will cut off their heads and there will be no place to reason, and if they die, they will die in vain, and they will not even be able to mix up the pension.
"Lord, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the Han army will perish, as long as the yellow turban inside is not stupid, if there is a surprise attack, the Han army will easily collapse." Guo Jia said to Ye Chen after knowing what happened in the barracks.
Ye Chen had also received the news a long time ago, and he had been thinking about how to break the game.
"Fengxiao, why are you preparing the back road with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and I will take the rest to stay." Ye Chen already had a premonition that something was not good, the reaction of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in the past two days was very bad, and now that Dong Zhuo forced them to go to the battlefield, it was very likely that something would happen.
"Lord, if the soldiers and horses of the imperial court really collapse, we only need to make some arrangements one mile in the rear, where to stop the yellow turbans that are chasing and killing, so that the Han army will not be crushed for thousands of miles, I think Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses still have combat effectiveness, and the yellow turbans threaten their existence, and they will definitely take action." Guo Jia analyzed for Ye Chen.
So Guo Jia took 5,000 men and horses to the rear, while Ye Chen remained on the front line to see the situation.
The Han army began to attack again, but their morale was low and their combat effectiveness was very poor.
When the Han army was attacking the city, a yellow turban suddenly appeared inside, killing the besieging troops one after another, and there were many casualties.
When the Yellow Turban came out, everyone's hearts trembled, because it was very likely to cause the collapse of the Han army, and the Yellow Turban was simply killed with thousands of soldiers and horses, although the Han army was defeated and retreated, but the Han army behind rushed to support, and finally stabilized the position and blocked the attack of the Yellow Turban.
Ye Chen watched the Yellow Turban attack, although the strength was not large, but he felt that things were not so simple, Zhang Jiao would not be so stupid, obviously he had the advantage of the city wall, and the strength of the Han army to attack the city was not large, if he wanted to go out of the city to fight, he would definitely send a large army to fight, instead of sending thousands of people out now, thousands of people coming out, no matter how incompetent the Han army was, the pile could also pile them to death.
Ye Chen felt bad and quietly gave an order to Guo Jia to prepare.