Chapter 174: Gao Shun's embarrassment
When the army entered the city, there was already a Sima waiting again, and he told Xi Zhicai in detail about the battle in Wuxiang County again. Xi Zhicai ordered Guan Hai to bring 4,000 cavalry to follow Sima to the north gate to go to the local Hun cavalry, while Liu Pi and Xi Zhicai climbed the city wall together and detoured along the city wall to the north gate.
The circumference of the city wall of Wuxiang County is about 20 miles, from the east gate to the north gate of the general five miles, and when they arrived at the north city gate, Guan Hai has already rushed into the enemy camp and killed the Hun cavalry together, Guan Hai carried a long knife, and kept chopping. With the addition of the 4,000 Yellow Turban Army led by Guan Hai, the disadvantage at the city gate was suddenly reversed, and there was a faint tendency to drive the Hun cavalry out of the city.
The people outside the city were also anxious when they saw this, how could the originally foolproof plan become like this. After attacking for five hours, I couldn't rush in, seeing that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, I was afraid that it would not be so simple to attack Wuxiang County.
"Marshal, look at the city wall," a soldier next to him shouted anxiously.
Because the Xiongnu deceived the city gate, they did not carry siege equipment at all. The defenders on the city walls also withdrew to the city early to resist, and no one paid attention to the city walls. Hearing the shouts of the guards, the difference raised his head with some confusion, and he was taken aback after just one glance.
I don't know when a team of archers appeared on the city wall, and they aimed at the Hun cavalry at the city gate. With the order of the general on the city wall. Thousands of sharp arrows roared out, fiercely shooting at the cavalry under the city. There was a burst of popping sounds, and hundreds of Hun cavalry fell under their horses, and they didn't know how they died until they died.
The sudden change caused chaos under the city walls, and several rounds of arrows rained down in succession, killing hundreds of cavalrymen, and the Huns fled in panic beyond the range of the archers. He looked at the city wall with humility, and if he hadn't been reminded by his guards and let him see it in advance, he might have died under the arrows.
In just a moment, the Huns actually injured more than a thousand cavalry, which made the Huns not afraid, some tribal leaders had the heart to retreat, but they were still taking into account the order to go to the humble.
The Hun cavalry in the city also found out that something was wrong and hurriedly retreated to the city gate to avoid the archers on the city wall, but they did not dare to withdraw from the city. Looking at the Hun cavalry that had withdrawn two hundred paces away, a sense of fear haunted me.
"Haha, don't run, see if you don't take care of grandpa" Guan Hai looked at the cavalry hiding in the city gate, and said mockingly.
Guan Hai led the soldiers, slowly walked towards the city gate, the long knife dragged on the ground, making a squeaky sound, every step, the Hun cavalry felt a trace of fear, slowly someone could not hold on, fiercely urged the war horse, galloped towards the city gate, just ran more than ten steps, more than ten from the city wall shot down, is the cavalry in the back of the heart.
"Let's run" I don't know who shouted, more than 200 Hun cavalry, rushed out of the city gate, rushed outside. Rushing out together, there is still a slight chance of survival, and if you stay here, you will definitely die.
More than 200 steps, only enough for the archers to shoot two arrows, sure enough, after two rounds of arrow rain, there were still dozens of Hun cavalry rushed back into the formation and successfully escaped with their lives.
Qubei took a deep look at Wuxiang City and said to the guards beside him.
"Order, withdraw the troops, retreat to the north of Hanshan"
Watching the Hun cavalry slowly retreat, Zhang Yang's heart relaxed. stepped forward to greet Xi Zhicai and thanked the handsome soldiers for the rescue.
"Zhang Taishou doesn't have to be polite, I will be ordered by General Anton to come to Merge Prefecture to resist the Xiongnu, and Shangjun County is naturally under the jurisdiction of Merge Prefecture" Xi Zhicai returned the salute with a smile, and pointed out euphemistically in his words that the army of Shangdang County was also dispatched by General Anton.
How could Zhang Yang not understand the meaning of Xi Zhicai's words, and if it wasn't for the appearance of Xi Zhicai, he was afraid that the entire Shangdang County would fall into the hands of the Huns. Although there is a trace of unhappiness, I dare not say more.
"What Mr. Xi said is that General Anton came by order, and Shangdang County naturally acted according to orders"
Xi Zhicai was still very satisfied with Zhang Yang's attitude, after all, if you want to resist the Xiongnu, you need to work together with the states, and if the military power cannot be concentrated, it is easy to be broken by each one. Now that the effect has been achieved, Xi Zhicai's tone has become much softer.
"Zhang Taishou is not afraid of danger, personally involved in the battlefield, and strives to protect Wuxiang County, this courage is admirable" After speaking, he bowed to Zhang Yangshen and continued.
"I think General Anton knows about it, and he will definitely report it to the imperial court and make a record for Mrs. Zhang."
"Don't dare to take credit, where the responsibility lies" Zhang Yang hurriedly spoke, but his heart was overjoyed. Who doesn't know that General Anton was deeply loved by the emperor, and when he was only in his twenties, he worshiped General Anton. If Wang Gang is willing to help him speak, then he Zhang Yang said that he can't also mix up the title.
Xi Zhicai asked again.
"I don't know how much Zhang Taishou knows about the situation in Yanmen"
"I only heard that the Yanmen defenders defeated 4,000 Xiu Tu troops and 1,000 Hun cavalry, and Zhang Liao, the Taishou of Yanmen, led an army of 10,000 troops to be stationed in Xiyang County, and there was no news about the rest."
Xi Zhicai pondered for a while after listening, turned his head and called Guan Hai, and ordered him to go to Yanmen Pass first to report to Wang Gang here, and wait for Wang Gang's order, now there are only a few hundred cavalry left in Wuxiang County, if the Huns come to attack the city again, Wuxiang County will definitely not be able to hold it. He sent a few cavalrymen to Qiangyin County to find Zhang Liao to see if he could send troops to respond. Because if you go to Qiangyin County from here, it will only be two or three hundred miles. And if you want to detour to Taiyuan County, you have to go more than halfway there. Knowing that Zhang Liao's garrison was in the front camp, Xi Zhicai had this idea.
At this time, in the county town of Xiyang, Zhang Liao was discussing with Wang Qi, the county commander of Xiyang, about resisting the Huns, but Gao Shun was listening quietly beside him, he followed Zhang Liao over, one is to repay Zhang Liao's life-saving grace, and then he can kill the Huns, he is naturally willing, and his more than 400 brothers who fell into the camp died indirectly in the hands of the Huns.
It's just that the current trapped camp has lost its combat effectiveness, although there are still more than 100 people, most of them have been injured and recuperated in Mayi County, he came to Juyang with only a dozen personal soldiers.
Gao Shun is the captain of the Hun Tu, Zhang Liao is the captain of the Huns, there is no subordinate relationship, theoretically they are all under the control of Ding Yuan, the commander of the Huns, but Ding Yuan went to Luoyang and did not dare to come back, and now the emperor has issued an order, they are under the command of General Anton, and they naturally become colleagues. But this somewhat embarrassed Gao Shun, they are all captains. Zhang Liao has more than 10,000 people in his hands, and he only has a dozen, which is really sad.
As for the more than 10,000 defenders of Yanmen County, most of them were also soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and some were exchanged by Wang Gang, and Zhang Liao also recruited thousands, and Yanmen County could not afford to support these troops. On this issue, Zhang Liao also discussed with Wang Gang to dismiss some of the soldiers.
Wang Gang told him not to worry, he would solve the problem of food, and after Zhang Qian became the governor of Yanmen County, he promoted trade and encouraged Chaisang, making Yanmen County rich. In addition, he sold some materials from the grassland and smuggled some war horses, barely feeding more than 10,000 troops, and became the largest force in Bingzhou.