Chapter 73: Joy and Sorrow
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On the city, the Han soldiers defended with all their might, preventing a single Donghu soldier from landing on the city. The Donghu army was originally sleepy and lacking horses, where could they flee all the way with heavy siege equipment, and the city gate was already open, who was willing to climb the city under the rain of arrows, so the defense of the city wall was also stable.
Wei Changfeng waved his sword again, this sword directly cut the two Donghu cavalry who rushed over into two with their horses, and the Donghu army saw that no matter how many people on this city gate could not take it, the momentum was frustrated for a while, and no one attacked again. Wei Changfeng took advantage of this opportunity to look back behind him, and saw that most of the Donghu cavalry who rushed into the city behind him were killed, and only three or four horsemen were still resisting, one of them was actually dressed in brocade clothes, and he was dressed as a senior general's guard chief or the like, he moved in his heart, and hurriedly ordered: "Don't kill that Donghu general!" You might as well trap him, but don't kill him anyway! β
The herald repeated it before going to give the order, because this order was so strange, seeing that he was going to kill this Donghu person, Wei Dutong actually wanted to spare his life? But he was only a herald, not a general, and could only accept orders, not discuss orders. But fortunately, he walked fast, because if he walked slowly, Wei Changfeng's next order would make him fall off his horse.
"Get out of the way!" Wei Changfeng ordered, "Strictly guard both sides, shoot the enemy with bows and arrows, and don't forcibly intercept them!" β
A centurion beside Wei Changfeng finally couldn't help it and shouted, "Wei Dutong, why do you want to let the enemy enter the city? β
Wei Changfeng smiled: "Because I'm tired." Well, spread left and right! β
The centurion knew that Daowei Changfeng was telling a joke, but the timing of telling this joke was really good enough. He had to lead his subordinates to separate left and right. Wei Changfeng took the horse and moved out of the way. The Donghu army at the city gate saw that the Han army suddenly got out of the way, they all shouted, and a group of soldiers rushed straight in, the Han army was strictly guarded from giving the Donghu army a chance to expand the front, but the passage in the middle was open, the Donghu army continued to break into the rain of arrows, although there were many people who fell into the arrows, but there were also some forced to break into the city, and the brocade generals would be together.
Outside the city, Urian was scolding in a hurry, but the herald brought good news: "The Han army is defeated, our army has broken through the city gate, and the centurion of Jia'an is still resisting in the city!" β
Urian let out a sigh. Just now he already knew that there was a Han army general at the city gate, holding a divine sword to block the city gate, and he was secretly regretting it in his heart, but he didn't expect this myth to be true, but he didn't care about the three soldiers who were killed by him by mistake, he was just worried about the safety of his guard captain Jia'an, and now that he heard that Jia'an was safe, a stone in his heart fell to the ground.
"Hurry up and drive the Han army to the city!" Urian ordered, "Let Gaan ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, a herald ran over again, and shouted urgently: "King Xiaoxian, the passage of the city gate has been blocked by the Han army again, and the centurion of Jia'an ...... Trapped in the city again! β
"Bastard!" Urian scolded.
In the city, although Bai Qi was in the city, his eyes were always looking at the city, and he knew in his heart that the key was the city gate, and if he couldn't succeed here, all these efforts would be in vain.
Fortunately, everything is under control, and the enemy army is still attacking in waves, being intercepted and killed again and again. The Donghu army attacking the city gate had to rush in, even if they knew that the Han army would block it for a while and let go for a while, they would have to rush in, otherwise how could they take Xingcheng? What's more, King Xiaoxian's favorite general Ga'an is still in the city.
As for Ga'an, he is smug. He found that he was really possessed by the gods, Tie He was reincarnated, the swords and guns of the Han army could not greet him, and the arrows always passed by him, although he failed to break through the encirclement of the Han army several times, but so far, the soldiers of the Donghu army around him have been replaced, but he is still unharmed.
Urian is a hell and a heaven. The heralds came one after another, and each time the message was exactly the opposite of the last: "The Han army is invincible!" Our army broke through the city gates, and the centurion of Ga'an was still resisting in the city! β
"The passage of the city gate has been blocked by the Han army again, and the centurion of Jia'an is trapped in the city again!"
"The Han army is invincible! Our army broke through the city gates, and the centurion of Ga'an was still resisting in the city! ββ¦β¦
When this cycle of joy and sorrow repeated itself for the fourth time, Urian finally understood.
In fact, the Han army has never been "defeated", they blocked the passage for a while and let it go for a while, that is, they wanted to kill the Donghu army that came to attack in waves, although the total strength of the Donghu army was 40,000, but in the square inch of the city, the Han army occupied an absolute advantage in strength and terrain, and those Donghu troops who broke into the city were only used to give the Han army a sacrificial knife; At the same time, this also made the Donghu army always hold the hope that they could capture Xingcheng. And Jia'an, who was not so lucky at all, was just deliberately left in the city by the Han army, so as to attract the Donghu army to attack the city gate to rescue him.
As soon as Urian thought of this, he suddenly felt a pang of sorrow, but not for his own scheme, but for Gaan, poor Gaan, may you return to the bosom of the gods, may you rest in peace.
"Stop the siege!" Urian ordered, "The Northern Route Army stays outside the city to guard against the enemy's attack, and the other troops are in formation, and immediately turn south to attack the Han army's interception force!" β
(2) When this order was given, the city was in chaos. Under the rain of arrows of the Han army, the 35,000 troops crowded under the cityβno, 40,000, because the southern route army was also approaching the cityβhad to calmly move away, regroup, and then turn, and then go south, this task was not so easy to do. The generals of each team were dizzy one by one, some were in a hurry to retreat, some thought that the order was wrong, some were angry and planned to forcibly disobey the order and attack again, and some did not know what to do.
At the city gate, Wei Changfeng could finally take a rest. His arm was a little sore. He moved his arm lightly and led his horse back: "Close the gate and clean up the enemy troops in the city." β
In the city, Jia'an was in conflict with each other, majestic, and suddenly found that there was no follow-up troops coming in, and the city gate was slowly closing, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, although he is now a god-like existence, but the gods also need to be followed by worshippers to become gods, isn't it? He had to make a painful decision to leave the city first and then reason. Of course, he's not trying to run away, he's trying to- well, he's going to open the passage through the city, to lead more soldiers to rush in. Okay, that's how it goes.
Jia'an turned around, waved his knife, and rushed straight to the city gate, five or six Han soldiers came up, Jia'an's body was slightly sideways, and the knife was shining. Facing him, a spear burst forward, and two knives slashed at his side.
Gaan spun around on his horse, only to hear two flutters, and the two knives slashed into Gaan's body in unison.
Gaan screamed, momentarily unable to believe that this was true.
He's broken through like this several times, although he's blocked every time, but he's easily avoided all the weapons every time, what's wrong with this time? Why did he only avoid the oncoming spear?
He couldn't figure it out, he only felt that his eyes were black and his body softened.
The Han soldier with a gun in front of him stepped forward to make up another shot, snorted, and said hatefully: "Lao Tzu has endured you for a long time!" If it weren't for the order of the Wei Dutong, do you think you would have survived until now?! β
Outside the city, the Donghu army finally slowly retreated outward, and during the time when the retreat was organized, nearly a thousand soldiers fell under the rain of arrows of the Han army. The other Donghu soldiers hurriedly retreated, each with disappointment written on their faces.
They all arrived at the city, they all occupied the gates, they all entered the city, and then the whole army withdrew! What kind of play is this?
Urian was unusually cold and composed at this time. This is one of his great characteristics, whenever he fails, he is extremely calm and composed, so we can believe that in the days to come, Urian is afraid that there will be more calm and composure. Now, he looked at the soldiers who were retreating in a mess, and there was no trace of joy or anger in his eyes.
"The whole army retreats two miles, and then the whole team," he ordered lightly, "The whole team is completed within three drums, and then, let's go to attack the interception force of the Han army." I guess the Han Chinese are already coming this way. β
"Yes, indeed." A general next to him couldn't help but interject, "And the soldiers are divided into three ways, waving the banner of square characters." β
Urianchi said, "How do you know that the Tao is so clear? β
The general smiled bitterly and replied, "King Xiaoxian, please look back, and you will know that the Tao is as clear as I am." β
Urian's expression froze for a moment, and he turned his head slowly, slowly, looking at the dust and smoke rising in the distance, and the Han soldiers who were marching in line in the dust.
"Yes, you're right, and your eyes are really good." Urian said with a blank face.
The general's eyes are good, and Urian, the "brain god" is actually not bad, he now understands that he seems to have made another small mistake, if he immediately retreated as soon as he found out that the Han army was luring him to attack at the city gate, maybe there was still hope of turning the tide of the battle, and now, I am afraid that there is no chance. Although his troops outnumbered his opponents, it was the time when the formation was completely empty, and it was really time for the Han army behind him to attack, and it was fighting at the most chaotic moment of the Eastern Hu army.
"Order, let Mowur resist, and I will lead troops to support him." Urian still gave orders so calmly.
Before the heralds reached the rear line, Moyur's troops were already engaged with the Han advance. Mowuer really wanted to resist, he really wanted to resist, he really wanted to resist, however, when he used 1,000 people to resist the 3,000 cavalry of the Han army, especially when the forward general on the opposite side was Ma Yong, a general who had broken through the middle of the Donghu army outside Jianchang City, he really couldn't stand it. He had to retreat step by step with his soldiers, and now all he could do was keep the front from being broken.
Fortunately, just before the collapse of the battle line, Urian personally brought thousands of cavalry to help, as for the thousands, it can only be estimated, because these cavalry are rushing over in a mess, and there is no time to arrange the formation.
When Mour and Urian were together, they said to Urian: "I think you guessed wrong, little virtuous king, but now I have no problem. β
Urian was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Mowu was answering him before the battle, "Do you think I guessed wrong?" Or do you still have a question that you don't understand? "The question, or, to put it bluntly, is fighting back against Urian's insults.