Chapter 225: A Dilemma
At the end of the war, although Han Sui was unwilling, he could only announce the withdrawal of troops in despair.
In Xiao Suosen's cold night wind, Han Sui's army was full of painful screams and wails, and those Liangzhou horses were leisurely chewing the forage, looking at the pain and unwillingness of these people in front of them, and they didn't know what was going on for a while.
Han Sui hadn't suffered such a big defeat for a long time.
They dispatched more troops today than Ma Chao, with 5,000 men in battle, and more than 3,000 successfully landed in the city.
The military advisor Cheng Gongying personally commanded, and Yan Xing also killed the city tower, he really wanted to make a splash at the south gate without ice cover, even if he couldn't break the city in one day, it would greatly deter the enemy and pave the way for the future attack on Chang'an.
But now everything has exceeded previous expectations.
Han Sui's elite soldiers suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and a large number of corpses were thrown into the city one by one, and no one dared to risk their lives to collect the corpses of their comrades.
They saw the strong will of the defenders to fight, Yun Shan personally came forward to face Han Sui, his men fought hard, if they continued to fight, their casualties would be very amazing, and they would far exceed their combat gains.
Fighting a war is about costs.
Even if you break through Chang'an, what can you do to vent your subordinates with a slaughter?
They wanted to occupy Guanzhong this time, and then wait for an opportunity to sweep the Central Plains and go to the Central Plains to loot the flower world.
I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in Chang'an.
Liang Xing was killed in battle, Cheng Yi was captured, and these can be said to be a group of miscellaneous fish arrogant and rampant.
But today, Han Sui tried his best to attack the city, but suffered huge losses, and if he continued to fight, maybe his soldiers and horses would be devoured by others, and finally ......
"Ma Chao is here! Ma Chao is here! ”
A burst of exclamations from Han Sui's army interrupted Han Sui's contemplation.
He came back to his senses and quickly asked:
"How many soldiers and horses are coming?"
"Ten people!"
"Whew, please come in."
For a while, Han Sui thought that Ma Chao had come to take advantage of the fire.
Liangzhou soldiers, how can everyone have any courtesy, righteousness and shame, all they talk about are knives, guns and fists, when Ma Teng and Li Dao fought, Han Sui came all the way from Jincheng to persuade him to fight, and after he came, he began to fight Li Dao together, and everyone didn't think there was anything wrong.
If he and Ma Teng were a little bit shameless, it wouldn't be what they are today, and he wouldn't even call Han Sui by the name......
Han Sui and Ma Teng were originally just a prince who came and went like the wind, relying on Li Dao Guo Yan to enter Guanzhong, pursuing the principle of grabbing a little if he could, and there was no big idea, and it has always been the name of the Han court, and this name was issued by Li Dao Guo Yan before.
This time, most of Han Sui's tent did not want to raise troops with his old enemy Ma Chao, and they would do it themselves if they wanted to.
Looking at Han Sui, he didn't think that the tens of thousands of people under his command could beat Cao Cao's thousands of troops.
It is rare to seize the opportunity of Cao Jun's defeat in Chibi and his long-term indifference in Jingzhou, Han Sui is also a ghost, thinking that he can completely leave behind all old grievances with Ma Chao.
But after really seeing Ma Chao, Han Sui realized that such a thing as grievances cannot be put aside with a word.
The most feared in the hearts of him and his men was still this brocade-clothed general.
Ma Chao clearly felt the hostility of the generals in Han Sui's army towards him.
His face remained unchanged, and he came straight to Han Sui's Chinese army tent.
Han Sui went out of the tent to greet him, and when he saw that Ma Chao was covered in blood, he hurriedly asked:
"How is Meng Qi's injury?"
"Out of the way. It's all the blood of the enemy. Ma Chao said, made a gesture of please, and walked into the tent with Han Sui, and Yan Xing also followed, standing behind Han Sui to protect.
In the past, Ma Chao and Yan Xing, the two sworn enemies, would inevitably make eye contact, but now neither of them is in the mood.
Ma Chao cut straight to the point, and said:
"Today our army is attacking the city and suffering heavy losses.
I personally went to the city to fight, and found that the Cao army in the city had an amazing fighting spirit, and everyone was not afraid of death, and they were really the strongest soldiers in the world.
I wonder how my uncle is doing? ”
Han Sui's face was gloomy and he shifted his gaze to Yan Xing.
"Yan Ming personally went to the city, and he couldn't win."
"Oh." Ma Chao also cast an inquiring gaze.
Yan Xing was helpless, and said hard:
"The soldiers under the command of Yunshan are really powerful, we have been fighting for many years, and we have hardly seen such strong soldiers.
In my opinion, this soldier under the command of Yunshan ...... can be compared to the king of the year. ”
When the Han army was the strongest, it was well equipped, had sufficient logistics, had many rewards, and had high culture, and the most terrible thing was that the Han army at that time was mainly engaged in foreign wars.
But the world has been in turmoil for many years, and the elite soldiers in the land of Sanfu have long been swept up by rounds of wars, and everyone has long been numb to the conquest.
Ma Chaohao has always regarded himself as a Guanzhong person before, and it stands to reason that they should not resist themselves so desperately.
But Yan Xing also said that there are many Guanzhong soldiers in the army, and they are all desperate, and they are not afraid of fighting to the death, and the desperate momentum alone makes them feel unbearable.
Among the rebels, there are many diehards of Ma Chao and Han Sui, but most of them are pursuing the great wealth brought by rewards and looting, and many people are coerced or simply come to join in the fun.
"The city cannot be attacked." Ma Chao made a judgment, "In this battle, our army has been in a stalemate since the beginning of the army, and I also ask the governor to reward and punish clearly, so as to calm the hearts of the generals." ”
Han Sui's temples jumped violently, and he could already hear Ma Chao's extraneous sound.
After fighting like this, he suddenly stopped fighting, and he had to give an explanation to his subordinates.
The Guanzhong coalition is a loose alliance, and when there are interests, they will naturally rush to the top, and when they take the blame...... Only fools are accompanied.
In this battle, Han Sui did not consider attacking Chang'an at all before, blockading Guanzhong first, and then slowly besieging it, which is the best strategy.
This strategy did succeed at the beginning, and Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan were really afraid of the overwhelming enemy and fled directly.
didn't expect that there were really tough guys in this world who took the initiative to be surrounded, relying on Chang'an Jiancheng to resolutely refuse to surrender, and Han Sui jumped left and right tactically, and was unwilling to be captured by Ma Chengyi, so he summoned Ma Chao to support, which made the current scene.
Ma Chao is now asking Han Sui to take the pot, but Han Sui is naturally pale, and he doesn't know what to say for a while.
Yan Xing couldn't listen to it anymore, and shouted angrily:
"Even if the governor is ninety percent wrong, isn't the general even one percent wrong?
Chang'an is frozen on three sides, only the side of the governor is unharmed, why does the general refuse to concentrate his forces, but to ......"
"Don't talk about it." Han Sui waved his hand in annoyance, "Meng Qi...... In this way, all the sins of this battle, I, Han Sui, am willing to bear it, how can Meng Qi say that the battle will be fought in the future? I listened to Meng Qi's instructions. ”
"Don't dare. But our army came in a hurry on the order of the capital governor, and it was too late to enter Huayin.
The soldiers worked hard all the way, and were killed, and asked the governor to give some rewards to reassure the people. ”
Han Sui's face became more and more ugly, but he finally laughed.
"Okay. The sergeants suffered heavy casualties, and I couldn't bear it.
The savings in the army were used to reward the generals, and they would fight in the future. ”
Ma Chao nodded, and said solemnly:
"Most of the thieves were born in Jingzhou, and although they are smart in foot and water warfare, they may not be able to fight in horseback battles.
Now they are besieging the city with ice on three sides, cocooning themselves, obviously they dare not go out of the city, our army besieges this place with 3,000 soldiers and horses, so that they are not allowed to go out, and when they eliminate the Cao thief, they will gather a large army to annihilate them, how about it? ”
This goes back to Han Sui's previous tactics.
Knowing this, Han Sui might as well not toss.
He snorted:
"The thief can kill Liang Xing in the chaos, and the method of horse warfare may not be too weak.
3,000 soldiers and horses...... If the thieves break out of the siege and attack the rear of our army, I am afraid that it will be very bad. ”
"How many soldiers and horses does my uncle think he should use?"
"Ten thousand!" Han Sui said, "At least 10,000 elite soldiers, don't let the thieves cut off our food routes, our military has a way to win." ”
10,000 ......
Where are Ma Chao and Han Sui going to get 10,000 people now, or 10,000 elite soldiers?
Transfer all the elite soldiers, and then when the Cao army comes back, what will they do to fight the Cao army?
This fight can't be beaten, and it can't be surrounded, this feels really like it's going to be more and more, Han Sui and Ma Chao are scolding in their hearts where this monster came from.
Only Yan Xing's expression was gloomy, and when he remembered Guan Ping's words when he retreated, he felt more and more melancholy in his heart.
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