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Huang smiled and said inscrutablely, "You'll know!" ”

The forward battalion of the 1st Army of the Wei Army, after repelling the cavalry of the Jin Army, joined the ranks of the siege. Several times almost tore through the defense line built by the Jin people with a sea of people, but in the end it still failed.

The golden bell of the Wei army rang loudly, and the soldiers of the forward battalion of the First Army of the Wei army and tens of thousands of soldiers of the rest army retreated like a torrent of ebb tide. After a moment, the originally fiery and noisy battlefield fell silent.

Returning to the big tent, Cao Ren asked unwillingly: "Strategist, why did you give up halfway today?!" ”

Hu Zhao smiled and said, "According to today's situation, it is impossible for our army to break through Tony City!" ”

"But,"

"General Zixiao, I have my own plans!"

Cao Ren simply said: "Anyway, these nerve-wracking things are considered by you, the military advisor!" I'm just doing what I do! ”

At this moment, a herald hurried into the big tent.

"Military divisions, generals, the baggage team encountered a surprise attack by the enemy on the mountain road and suffered heavy losses!"

Hu Zhao and Cao Ren's faces changed, and Hu Zhao asked urgently, "How is the catapult?" ”

"All destroyed!!"

Hu Zhao frowned, and thought, "Okay! I really underestimated this great general! He must have made the arrangements when he retreated into Tony City! ”

There is a reason for Hu Zhao to say this, because since the Wei army left the Khorezm Mountain, Hu Zhao sent several teams of Xianbei cavalry to control several key points, and it was impossible for the Jin people to come out of Tony City to attack the baggage team coming out of the Khorezm Mountain, so it could only be that Huang Zhuan hid a group of men and horses near the Khorezm Mountain Road when he withdrew into Tony City.

"What about the Jin army that sneaked up?" Hu Zhao asked.

The herald replied: "Under the counterattack of the Xianbei cavalry who arrived, almost all the troops were wiped out, and only a few fled into the mountains!" ”

"Strategist, their strength is obviously not strong, how can they destroy all the catapults?" Cao Ren asked puzzled.

Hu Zhao said in a deep voice: "They must have prepared a large amount of fire oil and fire-starting things!" Under such an attack, the fire oil carried by the baggage team itself was enough to cause heavy losses to the baggage team! ”

Hu Zhao snorted coldly and said proudly: "Without catapults, the First Legion can still attack Tony City!" By the way, what are the losses of the 1st Army today? ”

Cao Ren couldn't help but show a look of heartache, "Nearly 4,000 people were killed and wounded!" Damn it! ”

Hu Zhao said with some concern: "I don't know what the situation is on Zilong's side?" ”

Cao Ren said: "Zilong has a lot of troops in his hands, and he defends the fortified city, while the Romans, although they are outnumbered, are working expeditions!" I don't think it's a big problem! ”

Hu Zhao nodded and said, "I hope it is as General Zixiao expected!" ”

Assyria Chinsiphon.

Although it was already midnight, Zhao Yun still did not rest, still thinking about the current military in front of the sand table. At that moment, Karen Sa walked in from the outside.

"General Zhao, haven't rested yet?"

Zhao Yun raised his head, "It's Lord Governor!" Didn't the Governor rest too? ”

Karen Sa smiled, "Can't sleep?" ”

Coming to the sand table, he looked at the situation on the sand table in front of him and frowned: "The Roman army has been arriving for several days, but it still hasn't attacked!" What does the general think is the reason? ”

Zhao Yun pondered: "It should be waiting for backup!" I think their catapults and other heavy equipment are still on the way! ”

Karen Sa nodded and proposed, "General, is it possible to raid their catapult team?" ”

Zhao Yundao: "It's hard to say! This must wait for the scout's return! If the opponent has a large number of guards, they can't, otherwise they can! ”

Karen Sa nodded. He asked, "The general heard that the war in the east is very unfavorable?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Your Majesty is holding off with the Jin State army, and now is indeed a critical moment!" ”

"But I heard that His Majesty Great Wei and his hundreds of thousands of troops have been surrounded by millions of people from the Jin Kingdom! I wonder if that's true? ”

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "If that's the case, does the Governor think that I and these hundreds of thousands of troops will still stay here?" ”

Karen was stunned.

Zhao Yunzheng said: "Your Excellency, there is one thing that I have always been inconvenient to tell you, but I have to say it depending on the current situation!" Your Excellency the Governor, I've noticed that we've been circulating messages all along! I'm afraid it's not an accident, right? ”

Karen Sa frowned and said, "The general suspects that we have a spy inside? ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Our army and the Romans have almost never been in contact before this, so the possibility of having spies within our army is very low!" And many of your subordinates were once Roman soldiers! ”

Karen frowned.

Later in the evening, Karen Sa returned to his barracks.

"Your Excellency, you're back!" The cronies greeted Barak and said.

Karen sat down on the top and frowned, "I discussed some things with General Zhao today!" He mentioned the problem of spies in our army! ”

"This, how is this possible?" Barak said with an indignant expression.

"Nope! It's possible! Judging from the previous series of wars, eighty percent of them have spies around me! Karen pondered.

"So what are we going to do?"

Karen Sa thought for a moment and ordered: "You pay attention to these generals who are moving around me, and report back immediately if there is anything abnormal!" ”

Barak hesitated for a moment, then took the order.

Roman barracks outside the city.

Caracalla stood in front of the sand table, surrounded by a dozen Roman generals, one of whom was analyzing the situation in front of him, none other than General Schneider.

"General, do you think it is possible for the people of the Jin State to annihilate the Wei army of the Emperor of Wei?" Caracalla asked.

Schneider shook his head, "It's hard to say! Although the people of the Jin Kingdom are numerous, their comprehensive combat power is not necessarily much higher than that of the Wei army! At this time, several cavalry of the Wei army were wreaking havoc in the territory of the Jin State, and hundreds of thousands of troops, mainly the first army of the Wei army, were rushing to attack Tony City, and the situation in Tony City was not optimistic! ”

Caracalla nodded, "That's what the Great General said!" Well, let's not talk about other people's business! Let's talk about what's in front of you! General, are you sure that you will be able to break through Qinxi Fengcheng in a short period of time? ”

Schneider hesitated, "I don't know!" ”

"Don't know?"

Schneider explained: "A very important reason why our army was able to break through the enemy's defense line in one go was that the Wei army did not want to fight with our army on the line from Artasat to Dura Europos! And now the Wei army is obviously not going to give up Qin Xifeng easily! There are 80,000 Wei troops and more than 100,000 rebels in Qinxi Fengcheng, and they will definitely resist to the end! ”

Caracalla thought for a moment, his eyes fell on Susa and Ekbatana behind Qin Xifeng, and asked, "Can you bypass Qin Xifeng and take down Susa and Axbatana first?" He turned his head to look at Schneider.

Schneider shook his head and said, "No! There is a desert between Qinxifeng and these two cities, and if our army does this, the logistics will be very difficult, and it is very likely that the gains outweigh the losses! However, it is possible to harass the two places with small cavalry to distract each other's line of sight. ”

Caracalla nodded, "Then send a small cavalry to harass these two places." ”

"Yes!"

Caracalla asked, "When will the catapult arrive?" ”

"It should have been these two days!"

Caracalla nodded and ordered, "Let the soldiers rest for a few days!" As soon as the catapults arrive, the siege will begin! "Yes!"

At the same time, a catapult convoy escorted by nearly 80,000 troops was on its way to Qinxifeng, and the long procession was like a long dragon in the wilderness.

Escort a catapult with an army of 80,000! It seems that Caracalla is quite afraid of the surprise attack of the Wei army!

His gaze turned to the battlefield where Cao Cao was.

The Jin had been attacking for several days, but they had suffered heavy casualties and had made little progress.

The sun slowly rose from the east, the unique sound of leather drums of the Jin people resounded across the land, and hundreds of thousands of Jin army north and east two large camps surged out, like a flood that opened the floodgates; Footsteps thundered; From time to time, there was a loud shout, and the momentum was amazing.

Hundreds of thousands of Jin troops divided into two parts and lined up in battle formations to the north and northeast of the Wei army.

The flags are like clouds, and the earthy yellow clothes and armor are connected, and it looks like a turbid ocean from a distance.

As the commander-in-chief, he did not appear in the position of the Chinese army.

"Your Excellency General, all the armies are ready, just wait for the general's order!" General Kasro came to report in front of Tokhtar.

Tokhtambuhua nodded, scanning the hill in the distance surrounded by the joint venture, his eyes flashing with excitement, he may have thought of the scene of Cao Cao, the emperor of the empire, being captured by him.

"Pass the order, the third, fourth, and fifth corps will attack head-on, and the catapults will advance to the range at the same time, remember, according to what has been explained before, the catapults must not be less than ten paces apart!"

"Yes!"

"In addition, the Seventh and Ninth Army Corps are ordered to attack from the northeast!"

"Yes!"

More than 200,000 Jin troops slowly pressed towards the Wei army front in the sound of leather drums, including various siege equipment such as rushing vehicles.

More than 200,000 people came together, and the scene was indeed very shocking.

The Jin army of five legions stopped five hundred paces in front of the Wei army's front, and tens of thousands of Jin troops continued to advance with shouts.

At the same time, the Jin State Catapult convoy was also advancing towards the Wei army front, separated from each other very far apart.

Seeing such a scene, Cao Cao immediately ordered: "Order the catapult to bombard the enemy's infantry line, not their catapults!" Command the Shenwei cannon to bombard the enemy's Chinese army! ”

"No!"

Knock knock! The Wei army's catapult roared first, and the stone bullets rained down on the Jin army's infantry group, only to see the Jin soldiers flying into the sky one after another.

Almost at the same time, the catapults of the Jin people also began to bombard the Wei army's defensive front, and the stone bullets fell into the Wei army's line, only to see one by one rejecting horses and smashing the fence to pieces, but not many Wei soldiers suffered, and the Wei soldiers were hiding in the trenches.

At the same time, in the chaotic sound of cannons, an earth-shattering roar was heard from time to time, which was the roar of the Shenwei cannon. (To be continued.) )