Chapter 900 Ma Chao's countermeasures
The tense battle ended hastily after the sun set, whether it was Yang Qiu's main attack force at the West Gate, or the troops led by Cheng Yi and Ma Play, who assisted in the north and south gates, the morale was extremely low. It was in stark contrast to the appearance of the generals who were in high spirits before the siege began.
It was only the first day of the siege, and under the small Terrier Yang City, the Xiliang Army left a total of about 6,000 corpses, and the Terrier Yang City had already become a veritable Shura field.
Most of the casualties were concentrated in the west of the city.
The deaths of Ma Teng and Han Sui did not have much impact on the Xiliang army, but Ma Chao's reputation skyrocketed after winning the battle of Zixian. Because Ma Chao played the banner of revenge, he ordered the whole army, saying that there was a person who captured and killed Xu Shu, and he could serve as the assassin of Jizhou after the war. In addition, after the great victory in Zixian, the Xiliang army swept half of Taiyuan, and within ten days, eight cities were connected.
The task of the main attack was that Yang Qiu relied on his kinship with Ma Chao to overwhelm the other leaders and snatch it down. The other leaders have no chance to make meritorious contributions, and it would be good to take into account the overall situation and not retreat, where will they really help the battle?
It wasn't until Yang Qiu's head broke and the offensive became weaker and weaker, that Cheng Yi and Ma Wan attacked for a while, but it didn't matter if this attack was an attack, but it provoked the bed crossbow of the Qingzhou army, and the main casualties in the north and south were concentrated in this time.
I thought that I could take advantage of the victory to pursue and make meritorious contributions, but I suffered heavy casualties, but I didn't even knock down a single brick in Terrier Yang City, under the huge contrast, how could the morale of the Xiliang Army not be low?
Back to the camp. Yang Qiu was already crying without tears. These leaders have their own lineage, both in terms of the quantity and quality of their troops. It's just slightly inferior to Ma Teng and Han Sui in the past. The total strength of their eight leaders alone exceeded 100,000, and Yang Qiu had an army of 15,000!
This time, he thought he had grabbed a beauty difference, but it turned out to be a loss. Of the more than 6,000 casualties, 5,000 were his, and it seemed that the troops had only lost more than 30%, but Yang Qiu knew it very well in his heart. In order to break the city as soon as possible, he invested the most elite forces at the beginning!
With these elites here, it is not difficult to coerce the miscellaneous soldiers, and he is not distressed no matter how many deaths he has, but now the loss is the elite lineage, which is already hurting!
Compared to the Central Plains, Xiliang was a chaotic place a long time ago. A big fist is a wise saying. Yang Qiu had no teacher as early as thirty years ago. He knew that this time he suffered a heavy blow, not only with the opportunity to make contributions, but also related to the life and death of the Gaoping Yang family!
Therefore, he was the first to speak at the military meeting after returning to the camp. Those who grit their teeth will carry out the siege to the end.
"Xu Shu, the thief, first used tricks to kill the two brothers Shoucheng and Wen Yue, and this time he did this in Terrier Yang City, and he has already formed a blood feud with us and other people in Xiliang! The revenge of the two brothers cannot go unavenged, and the blood of loyal and brave soldiers cannot be shed in vain! Yang Qiu made a generous statement, halfway through. I was already in tears.
If it had been before the siege, his actions would have provoked echoes and echoes. But at this moment, the tent is quiet, whether it is Cheng Yi and Ma Play who are fighting together, or Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan and others, they are all like statues that have become clay sculptures, with low eyebrows and bowed their heads, motionless.
can survive in Xiliang, where many forces coexist, wars are endless, and there are no rules at all, and stand out, no one here is a fool. I thought that Xu Shu retreated in a panic, because the morale and morale of the army were on the verge of collapse, and there was no strength to fight again, but now look at it, Xu Shu was completely prepared, this terrier Yang City-Qi County defense line is a reserve defense line that has been prepared for a long time!
This is obvious, if it wasn't for early preparation, how could the Qingzhou Army defend this terrier so impregnable? The bed crossbow could be carried on the cart, but how could the nail racket and the large amount of rolling wood and stone be prepared in a hurry?
Yang Qiu shouted loudly now, obviously knowing that it would not be his turn to attack the city tomorrow, and he wanted to use the hands of the Qingzhou Army to weaken the strength of others, who could he hide from this careful thinking?
The thieves chieftains have been at war for many years, and they have long had a tacit understanding with each other, where will Yang Qiu be? They all made up their minds, and no matter how Yang Qiu behaved, he didn't say anything. If no one picks up, Yang Qiu won't be able to make trouble, and this matter will be over.
If Ma Chao and Yang Qiu are connected in tandem and want to force everyone to die, then it's nothing, the big deal is to break up in two and go back to Xiliang, or take refuge in the Qingzhou Army. Anyway, Ma Teng, who died in the middle of the plan, is not his own father, what does revenge and hatred have to do with himself?
"Humph! Yesterday was still aggressive, and today they are all dumb? ”
Finding that it was cold, Yang Qiu knew that his mind was being spied on, and he was also very annoyed and angry for a while, looked at Cheng Yi and the others, and sneered: "If you find an idea, do you want to stop?" I'll tell you, it's late! Who is Wang Yu? The most domineering and protective person, we wiped out nearly 20,000 of his troops in one battle, do you think he will give up? Bah! Die of this heart sooner! ”
Cheng Yi and the others moved their bodies a little uneasily, and they couldn't sit still. Isn't that their concern?
If Zixian loses the battle, they will take refuge in Qingzhou with the mentality of a loser, but they don't count too much, as long as they can keep their net worth, it is enough, and if they can't keep the army or something, it doesn't matter. But now they want to take refuge in Qingzhou, but they have corresponding psychological expectations, judging from Wang Yu's consistent style, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to achieve their goal.
If you want to retreat, it is to give up the battlefield of Bingzhou, without the containment of the Xiliang army, Wang Yu waved his troops south, even if Cao Cao and Sun Ce cooperate sincerely, how can they stop the edge of the world's strongest soldiers? When the situation in the Central Plains stabilizes, even if they flee back to Xiliang, how can they have a place to live?
At this moment, they are already riding a tiger!
Shaking only for a moment, thinking of the indestructible Terrier Yang City, reason quickly gained the upper hand. No matter what the reason, there is no reason to hit the copper wall by yourself, it is not a siege, it is to die!
"Nothing to be afraid of! We have a lot of soldiers, Xu Shu's 30,000 troops are distributed in Jinyang, Yuci, Qixian and Jiaoyang, and now there are only seven or eight thousand people at most in Jiaoyang City! If you fight for ten, you can kill him! Although Lao Tzu has lost more than 5,000 people today, there are hundreds of casualties in the city, as long as he continues to attack tomorrow......"
"Xu Thief is cunning, maybe he wants us to do this!" Liang Xing has always been at odds with Yang Qiu, and he used to get closer to Han Sui, and he could hear Yang Qiu like a coach, endlessly shouting and preaching, he really couldn't bear it.
"Ten for one, if you take down Terrier Yang City, you will have to kill or injure seventy or eighty thousand people! But it's just to take down a Xu Shu, do you think it's a good deal? Don't you know that Wang Yu has personally led his army north? ”
Liang Xing spoke faster and faster, and tried his best to ridicule, and dismissed Yang Qiu, who had just returned his mouth, to the point that his face was red, and he was speechless: "You know, this time it is the world-shaking wind and fire cavalry!" In front of them, the Xianbei tribes joined forces, plus Karasuma and Liu Yu, and they were still defeated, what ability did you General Yang have to dare to attack the city first, and then meet it with tired troops? ”
"That'...... Then, do you just let the thief ignore it? Let him get away in the city? Although the betrayal happened, the relationship between the various tribes of the Qiang tribe and the Ma family did not become bad because of this, and when it came to the outside world, they were still in the same spirit. It was the leader of Huangzhongqiang, Vatong, who spoke, which was not very convincing, but it was also to the point.
"That's not it, but it's still the same sentence, Xu Thief is cunning and abnormal, he dares to stick to Terrier Yang City, and he may not have other killer features in his hands. If the leader of Vatong doesn't believe it, he can lead the army to attack Xicheng tomorrow, Liang is not talented, and he is willing to cheer for the leader, how about it? ”
Fan Tong shook his head again and again: "Although our Qiang warriors are very brave, they are not good at attacking cities, why don't General Liang try to break through the city wall first, and then I will take action from Huangzhongqiang?" ”
Liang Xing laughed angrily: "Haha, that's really good, let us go to death, you come to pick up the cheap?" You dogs are really ......."
Liang Xing said 'Hu Dog', and the atmosphere in the military tent suddenly became tense.
Although Han Ting has always confused the rebels with Qiang Hu, the two are not as harmonious as they seem, otherwise there would be no old things about Han Suihuo and Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang. The friendship between Ma Teng and Han Sui also began to turn fierce from this.
Fan Tong's hand immediately pressed on the handle of the knife, and the leaders of the white horse, the yak, the wolf, the Tsing Yi, and the Kelan Zhuqiang got up one after another, glared angrily, and if they disagreed, they would split Liang Xing's body on the spot. On the other side, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan and others also got up one after another, stood behind Liang Xing, and made their position clear.
Seeing the resumption of large-scale infighting!
"Boom!"
"Alright, don't make any noise!"
At the last moment, Ma Chao shouted violently, and slapped the handsome case into sawdust with one palm.
"What kind of skill is it to hold a knife against your own people? If you have the ability, you can be ruthless at the Qingzhou army! Isn't it enough to have previous lessons? Want to do it again? Last time, it was Xu Shu who was somewhat careless, so that we escaped from death and turned defeat into victory, but this time Wang Yu was there in person, do you really think his reputation for winning a hundred battles is fake? ”
Although Ma Chao is strong in martial arts, everyone present in the past treated him as a junior and didn't think so. But now Ma Chao has ascended to the position of coach by defeating the mighty record of the famous general Xu Shu, and this anger is also very loud, like Lei Gong roaring, King Kong angrily, and suddenly shocked the two sides of the confrontation.
"Xu Shu is well prepared, our army lacks siege equipment, and a strong attack is indeed not a way. There is also a risk of dispersing forces to besiege and not attacking Jiaoyang, and dividing troops to attack Jinyang or Qi County, and those cities may have fewer troops, but the cities themselves are larger and stronger, and they may not be able to be attacked. ”
"What does the general mean ......"
"Wait!" Ma Chao replied coldly: "When Wang Yu arrives, he will fight him on the bank of the Fenshui River and fight to the death!" ”