Chapter 042: Taixian Defensive Battle
After Zhang Bao came to the county seat of Taixian with 3,000 remnants, he once again joined up with the 1,000 defenders defending here. Since then www.biquge.info Zhang Bao's command has grown to 4,000 people.
"My lord, you can order the soldiers to go to the barracks to rest. We'll wait for the news to arrive. Chen Gong said to Zhang Bao as soon as he entered the county seat of Taixian County.
Zhang Bao nodded when he heard this, then turned around and said loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, you have worked hard!" Thank you for not giving up on me, now everyone is going to rest, and I will send someone to inform you if there is an emergency. ”
"Thank you, my lord!" The crowd replied weakly, and then quickly followed the defenders back to the barracks to rest.
After the team left, Zhang Bao said to the captain guarding the gate: "You have worked hard tonight to guard the city gate, but whenever our scouts come back, they must be put in time." But no one is allowed to leave the city without my token. ”
"Subordinates take orders!" The captain bowed and hugged his fists.
Zhang Bao nodded, then turned the horse's head and took the remaining members of the special combat team and the guards to the county government to rest.
After arriving at the county office, Zhang Bao ordered everyone to rest, and sat alone in the lobby, not sleepy at all.
"I didn't expect Zhang He to be so powerful now! To be able to beat my 20,000 horses like this, Zhang He, you are proud enough! Zhang Bao said angrily in his heart. I saw that his brows were furrowed, and he kept thinking.
Zhang Bao carefully analyzed his gains and losses in this battle, sighed for a while, and smirked for a while.
Two hours later, Hou Da sent someone to report: "Lord, Zhang He's army is resting in Yingxian and has not marched again. ”
Zhang Bao nodded when she heard this: "Okay, I know, you go down to rest." Other things will be discussed after dawn. ”
At dawn, Li San came in and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, General Dian and General Guan each arrived with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they were outside the county at this time. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Bao finally put down the stone in his heart: "Li San, hurry up with me to greet the two generals." ”
Zhang Bao took the special combat team to the outside of Taixian County, Dian Wei and Guan Hai got off the horse and came to Zhang Bao for the first time, Dian Wei looked at the dark circles in Zhang Bao's eyes and said distressedly: "Bao'er, it's all because my uncle is late and makes you frightened." Uncle must personally cut off Zhang He's head to vent your anger for you. ”
Zhang Bao shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this: "Uncle, this time I blamed me for being careless, and I committed the taboo of underestimating the enemy!" It's all because I don't understand the combat power of the soldiers, and because I don't know the direction of the enemy's actions in time. I thought there was no need to do any of this in Qingzhou. I didn't expect to be used by that Zhang He, and I was caught off guard. ”
Dian Wei Wenyan looked at the subordinates behind him and said, "Bao'er, according to what you say, that Zhang He is indeed outstanding!" And my subordinates are not very good, I hope we can carry this level. ”
Guan Hai hugged his fists when he heard this: "Lord, I think that as long as the brothers go through a few life-and-death battles, those who can survive will be elites, and the combat power will naturally be raised at that time, so the lord doesn't need to worry!" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Bao smiled and gently beat Guan Hai's chest with his hand and said, "What General Guan said is extremely true, but it is difficult to pass this level in front of us!" I'm worried that Zhang He guy will soon discover our weaknesses, so let's take it easy. Okay, everyone hurry into the city and prepare for defense, don't be caught off guard by that Zhang He again. ”
"Yes!" Guan Hai hugged his fists.
The arrival of Dian Wei and Guan Hai's army increased the confidence of the remnants of the army in the city, and only Hou Da and other special combat soldiers could regard it normally.
Three days later, in the early morning, Zhang He's army of 50,000 came almost with the sun to the east gate of the county seat of Taixian. Zhang Bao's army, which had already received the news, was also on the city wall.
After three days of preparation, the defensive facilities on the city wall have been fully prepared, just wait for Zhang He's army to arrive, and fight a bloody battle. According to Chen Gong's suggestion, Zhang Bao assigned the remaining 93 personal guards and 43 special combat personnel to various parts of the city wall to assist the army in the defense. did not leave a guard for himself, and Dian Wei was guarding Zhang Bao at any time.
After the arrival of Zhang He's army, he only stopped for a quarter of an hour, and sent 3,000 men to attack the city from the east.
Although Zhang Bao knew that Zhang He was a tentative siege, he was still very disappointed with the performance of his subordinates. Because most of them saw Zhang He's army coming to the city, they panicked and completely lost their charter, and all kinds of defensive tools were smashed down by them without any purpose. Fortunately, there were veterans who stopped it in time, and it did not cause much damage.
The performance of Zhang Bao's army, of course, Zhang He under the city saw it clearly. He didn't expect that the defenders in the county seat of Taixian County would be as bad as they were. But he knew that if he continued to fight like this, Zhang Bao's army would grow up sooner or later.
After the first wave of 3,000 people retreated, Zhang He sent 3,000 men to attack the city again, and in this way, from early morning to evening, they continued to attack the city. Even the meals are changed. At the end of the day, Zhang He's army was almost all over the place, and everyone participated in the siege.
After dark, Zhang He gathered all his generals and said, "Everyone participated in the siege today, talk about their feelings." ”
"General, my subordinates found that most of the soldiers on the opposite wall were novices, they had no formal training at all, and their combat effectiveness was very low. As long as we concentrate everyone and storm once, we will be able to take this county seat. ”
"What General Sun said is reasonable! Generals, subordinates also discovered this weakness. Another general clenched his fists.
Hearing this, Zhang He smiled and nodded, "Everyone is right, I discovered this when you first attacked the city in the morning, but do you know why I didn't stop attacking for a whole day?" ”
"Could it be that the general is waiting for dark?" That General Sun stared at his bright eyes in surprise.
Zhang He nodded when he heard this: "Yes!" I was just waiting for it to get dark. Because although most of the soldiers on the opposite side are novices, there are many good ones among them. Most of the damage caused to our troops during the day was brought by those people. And at night it was different, because the light was dark, those veterans could not see our manpower clearly, and they could not command those novices in time, so it was more conducive to our army to attack the city.
My plan was as follows: the whole army was ready to attack the city, first send 5,000 men to attack, and when the defensive equipment on the city wall was exhausted, the army would concentrate on the attack and break the city in one blow. ”
"Yes!" Ten generals hugged their fists in unison. Seeing this, Zhang He nodded with satisfaction.
By the dim moonlight, Chen Gong always paid attention to the movements of Zhang He's camp, and when he found out about the movement of Zhang He's camp, Chen Gongchang sighed and said to Zhang Bao beside him: "Lord, what are you afraid of, that Zhang He's army really plans to take advantage of the night to attack the city, and we have to retreat!" It's too late. ”
Zhang Bao bit his lip lightly when he heard this, touched his nose with his right hand and said with a smile: "I was forced to this step by Zhang He!" Then quickly give an order and order the army to withdraw to Dongpingling. I asked Zhang He to accompany me to train the army. When I am strong, I will fight back again, and I will meet this Zhang He well. ”
After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he turned around and left. The lights on the city wall were instantly extinguished, and a large number of scarecrows prepared in advance were erected.
When Zhang He's army came to the outside of the city wall, looking at the dark city wall, the general surnamed Sun frowned and said, "General, the situation is not right!" Could it be that Zhang Bao is using trickery? ”
Hearing this, Zhang He sneered and said, "Trickery? What tricks do you think are available in the face of absolute power? ”
"Why don't you light the lights on the walls, so that although we can't see the situation on the walls, they can't see our condition either! This will be more detrimental to their defense. General Sun looked at the faint defenders on the head of the city and wondered.
Zhang He was also puzzled at this time, he looked at the defenders on the city wall, and couldn't judge the significance of Zhang Bao's actions, so he immediately drew his sword and said: "No matter what conspiracy the other party has, we don't have to be afraid!" In the face of absolute power, they only have the share of trembling! Think about how they performed during the day, what else is there to worry about! Siege the city as originally planned! Kill! ”
With Zhang He's order, the 5,000-strong army immediately rushed out of the camp and went straight to the city wall. But the result surprised Zhang He and everyone under his command, because the army successfully took Taixian.
After Zhang He led the army into the county seat of Taixian County, Zhang He was not happy at all. The general surnamed Sun asked him what was going on, and Zhang He smiled bitterly: "If my guess is right, our siege battle will be more and more difficult in the future!" And all this is of our own making. I didn't expect Zhang Bao to have such a capable person under his command! ”
General Sun smiled when he heard this: "The general is overly worried!" As long as we and General Gao successfully take the entire Qingzhou and complete the task given to us by the main bus, the rest of the matter will be in charge of him! ”
Hearing this, Zhang He smiled bitterly and smiled: "Take down the entire Qingzhou?" Easier said than done! Qingzhou has this group of people in charge, it's not so easy to take, and sooner or later we will face a strong enemy. ”
"Then let's talk about it then! What's the use of the general worrying now? General Sun smiled.
Zhang He nodded slightly when he heard this, he was very conflicted at this time: if he continued to attack, he would just fall into Zhang Bao's arms, and if he didn't move, he was afraid that the lord Yuan Shao would blame!
"Alas! Sooner or later, Zhang Bao will become the enemy! Those of us who are subordinates, do our best! Zhang He sighed and left alone.