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"The child has always had this worry. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Liu Zhang is obviously a bait here, luring our army to come and attack. And once the enemy turns back to the flank of our army on the other two routes, our army will face the danger of annihilation. ”

"Don't worry about this, there is a Korean covenant behind us as a barrier for our army, even if the enemy wants to outflank our army's rear route, it is not so easy."

"However, since last night, until now, our contact with Uncle Han has been cut off, and we have not heard from each other again, and the scout messengers we sent out have not heard from each other. I'm afraid they've had an accident. ”

Ma Teng did start to be a little worried when he heard this, and then said: "Han Wenyue is also a veteran of the battlefield, and there are tens of thousands of elites around him, and at most he will encounter the attack of the enemy Zhang Renfazheng along the way, so he will not be defeated so quickly, and even if he is defeated, it is impossible not to pass on any news." As for the north, it is reported that the Huns have already moved south and are confronting Pang Long, presumably not so quickly. What's more, we also set up a barrier in the north, and it is not so easy for them to come over and detour behind us. ”

"Anyway, the child's heart is very unsteady, and now the morale of the army is low, and they all say that Liu Zhang has the help of heaven and thunder, and he cannot be defeated at all.

"I've seen it today, and those explosions seem to have been buried in the ground in advance. I have already arranged for some people to closely observe the open space outside Xicheng tonight, if Liu Zhang does not send someone to secretly bury it outside the city tonight, it means that he does not have many things, and he should run out. Then we have a chance to turn defeat into victory. Although we have suffered heavy casualties today, Liu Zhang has also suffered great losses, and if we give up halfway, will thousands of brothers die in vain? ”

Ma Chao saw that it was difficult to persuade Ma Teng for a while, and his heart was even more uneasy.

He now understands why Liu Zhang wrote to him. Liu Zhang wrote to him, not to implement any divisive scheme, but to persuade him to leave Liangzhou. Liu Zhang must know very well that the Xiliang Army is not the opponent of the Yizhou Army at all, and Liu Zhang really wants to let himself go.

"Father, the current situation is very weird, it is better to send a team of elites to the west to contact Uncle Han and them first, and then see what is going on. Otherwise, if our army's rear road is cut off, the whole army will be in danger of survival. ”

Ma Chao suggested again.

This time, Ma Teng did not object. He was also puzzled why there had been no news from the two armies for so long, something must have gone wrong.

"Okay, let's arrange this matter according to your wishes." Ma Teng nodded in agreement.

"No!"

Out of the Chinese army's big tent, Ma Chao found Pang De. He instructed: "Ling Ming, you take the remaining dozens of brothers and go west to find Han Sui to see what is going on on his side." Remember to prepare dry food, and don't fall in love with the enemy when you encounter it on the road. If the situation changes, come back and report it in time. ”

"No!"

Pound took the order and left.

After the arrangements were ready, Ma Chao felt a little at ease. If the situation is still unfavorable tomorrow, I will have to persuade my father to withdraw his troops.

However, the next day, Liu Zhang made a mistake, intentionally or unintentionally, which changed the situation again.

Originally, Liu Zhang was outside Xicheng and used mine warfare to defeat the Hu army of the Xiliang Army, and even the iron cavalry battalion sent by Han Sui also suffered a big loss, losing most of it. It is said that Liu Zhang has gained such a big advantage, he should go all out and pursue the victory, at least it should be a bluff, and now the enemy army is like a frightened bird, and it is likely that the birds and beasts will scatter with a little fright. It's a pity that at this time, Comrade Liu Zhang's own heart was weak.

Not only did he not send people out to scare the pursuit, but he also closed the four gates of the West City suddenly.

There was no pursuit before, and it is possible that both parties were stunned by the huge power of the explosion and did not react for a while. But later, this move to close the city gate exposed Liu Zhang's complete weakness.

In the past few days, Liu Zhang has been opening the city gate, clearly empty-eyed, and looks down on the Xiliang Army at all, and now, it is clear that after the big victory, he has closed the city gate instead, which is obviously a sign of weakness.

In addition, according to the scout's report, everything was as usual outside Xicheng last night, and Liu Zhangjun did not come out at all, let alone bury anything. This also confirms Ma Teng's guess that the secret weapon that can explode in Liu Zhang's hand, the so-called heavenly thunder, is not much, and may even have been used up. Otherwise, he would not have been able to close the gates of the city so humbly.

And that's exactly what happened.

The mines in Liu Zhang's hands have run out, there are not many grenades left, and the step/crossbow are all destroyed, if this situation continues to open the city gate and pretend, if the enemy rushes in, it will be over. It's easy for ordinary cavalry to rush in, but if heavy cavalry rushes in, it's troublesome, and heavy cavalry is not so easy to shoot.

Although the heavy cavalry corps of the Ma Teng army suffered heavy losses, the others were outnumbered, and the light cavalry did not move much at all, and the number of people now is far more than Liu Zhang. On the contrary, Liu Zhangjun lost a few hundred on the first day, another two or three hundred on the second day, and now there are more than a thousand people left.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Liu Zhang ordered the city gates to be closed.

In the end, he still doesn't have the courage to sing empty city plans.

"Brothers of the Xiliang Army, Liu Zhang'er is already exhausted, everyone see, he is already afraid that he closed the city gate, which shows that he is timid. If he can really summon the heavenly thunder, will he still be timid, will he still use cowardice? Brothers, don't believe any nonsense from the thunder, it is a weapon, but unfortunately this weapon Liu Zhang has used up yesterday, so he hurriedly closed the city gate. Without this kind of weapon, without the so-called heavenly thunder, do we still need to be afraid of Liu Zhang? Do you still need to be afraid of the timid Yizhou Army? ”

"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Unafraid!!! ”

"Good, good! Let's take Xicheng in one go, capture Liu Zhang alive, and avenge the dead brothers! ”

"Revenge! Avenge! Avenge!!! ”

Ma Teng was agitated, and the morale of the Xiliang army rose again.

Ma Teng waved his hand, and saw hundreds of people, pushing several wooden wheeled carts, several cars lined up in front and back, and on the cart was a long, sharpened front end and wrapped in iron sheets. This thing was called a battering ram in ancient times. It can be carried by a person or placed in a car.

Ma Teng made such a big battering ram, obviously hated Liu Zhang very much, and was ready to pierce Liu Zhang's gate with one blow.

Hundreds of soldiers, with shields on their heads and battering rams, began to march towards the gates.

"Lord, they are going to attack the city!"

"What then? Set it on fire? "Liu Zhang really didn't have much preparation for the siege, what ash bottle cannon rolling wood and stone were prepared for the ancient city defense battle, these messes, he didn't prepare either. (To be continued.) )