In front of Discovery Elk City.

The Wei army came again to attack the city.

All kinds of siege equipment took turns to greet each other, and under the attack of the Wei army's foot soldiers who were not afraid of death, Yu Elk City was already beginning to crumble.

Yu Elk was not a fortified city, even if it was fortified, it was difficult to withstand such a reckless siege by the Wei army.

Fifteenth.

Ma Chao has already blocked Cao Zhen's tens of thousands of Wei troops on the front line of Yu Elk for fifteen days.

The fortress on the other side of the river has been conquered by the Wei army.

Attacking and defending the city is torture for the besieging side, and even more so for the defending side.

At the head of the city, Ma Chao looked at the scene above and below the city, his brows furrowed, and he said coldly: "You have to fight in the city, otherwise the city will be broken today!" ”

The city wall of Yu Elk was broken, and the city gate was almost broken by the rushing cars of the Wei army.

It seemed as if the city gate was about to be broken open in the next second.

Behind him, Ma Dai immediately got up and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will lead the troops to rush out and kill, and I can defend it today." ”

"How many cavalry are there in the city?" Ma Chao coughed, but he was very worried in his heart.

Ma Dai immediately said: "It should be in the number of two thousand." ”

Two thousand

"How many defenders are left in the city?"

"Less than four thousand."

On the side, the expression of the prison army Mi Zhu was a little serious.

"What about the Master?" Ma Chao asked again.

"It's less than 10,000."

Ma Chao's reputation in the land of Yongliang is indeed loud.

But no matter how loud it is, those Qiang people will not come and send them to death.

As the intensity of the battle increased, the Qiang people who came to join became less and less.

Even the Qiang people who originally belonged to them ran away secretly.

No way.

The Qiang people came to join Ma Chao, hoping that Ma Chao would take them to eat and drink spicy food, not to be a line-filling baby.

If Wang Ping, who was in the back, hadn't brought 3,000 people over in time, I am afraid that the defense line of Yu Elk would have been broken a few days ago.

"General, in the words of the last general, it is better to retreat to Yongxian County and then defend."

Yongxian County, as the second line to resist Cao Zhen's army, the city has also been fortified, and with Chen Cangcheng on the side to contain the Wei army, the situation will be much better than in Yulu City.

"How can you get out of it now?"

If you want to retreat, you must also agree to the Wei army.

Now the Wei army is attacking the city around the clock.

You can't run away if you want to.

If it turns into a rout, how many of the nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city will be left?

The number of cavalry of the Wei army is not only 2,000, but as many as 10,000 cavalry.

"In the middle of the night, go away." Mi Zhu said coldly on the side.

The Han army is in Yulu, and it is already until it can no longer stay.

After delaying Cao Zhen's army for half a month, he could be regarded as having completed the defensive goal.

After delaying Cao Zhen's army in Yongxian County for half a month, reinforcements almost came.

"His Royal Highness has taken 10,000 people across the slope, and it will be in ten days, and when His Majesty comes, Cao Zhen will only have to retreat."

Ma Chao thought for a moment and nodded.

"If so, the cavalry will not be able to leave the city."

The remaining 2,000 cavalry is the guarantee of retreating to Yongxian County after tonight.

As for the foot soldiers

Then each has a destiny.

It's just a few to live.

Now the catastrophe is coming, and they are flying separately.

And at the exit of the ramp.

Liu Chan, who was marching in a hurry in the Bao Slope Road, finally took Zhang Bao Guan Xing and other 10,000 troops out of the Bao Slope Road.

After marching nearly a thousand miles, Liu Chan was young, and his body was a little unbearable.

In half a month, I lost seven or eight pounds directly.

The consumption of this long march is still too great.

All day long, he ate dry food and drank boiled stream water.

I walked on two legs and walked for I don't know how many marathons.

But

It's worth all these hardships.

Although Liu Chan's body has become a lot thinner, his eyes are very bright.

When you go out of the mountain, you can see a wide field of vision.

Liu Chan jumped down from his warhorse, handed the reins to his own soldiers, and said, "How is Chang'an?" ”

After all, Zhang Bao had fought in the mountains and forests of Badian South County, and this time he was marching on the Baochuan Road, for him, it could only be described as commonplace, and his expression at the moment was relatively relaxed.

"It's going to be captured."

Fei Yi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty is in Maoling, should I go to Maoling or Yulu now?" ”

Cao Zhen's army of 50,000 is fierce, no matter how brave Ma Chao is, he can't fight tens of thousands of people with thousands of people.

Moreover, the army led by Cao Zhen was the elite of the Wei State Pass, much more powerful than the Wei troops who stayed in Chang'an.

"How is the hussar general?"

If Liu Chan's impression is correct, Ma Chao died this year.

Although he is known as the general of Shenwei Tian, he is not inferior to Lu Bu's bravery, but the generals have always consumed the origin.

The generals who live a long time, after all, are still a minority.

"The hussar general has indeed lost a lot of weight, and his body should be healthy." Zhang Bao had seen Ma Chao before, so he had some impressions in his heart.

If you don't deliberately control your diet and control your weight, and your weight is declining, it is a sign that your body is gradually getting worse.

While Liu Chan was thinking, a herald with a command flag on his back stood out at the mouth of the valley:

"Your Highness, the military report from the front, Cao Zhen is attacking Yu Elk, the front line is critical, please go and answer it quickly!"

Right now

It seems that there is no choice.

Although Zhuge Liang wrote to him in the letter, the emperor's health was getting worse and worse, and he asked Liu Chan to come to Liu Bei's side as soon as possible.

But compared to going to Maoling, blocking Cao Zhen seems to be the most important thing.

"Then go and support the hussar general!"

Zhang Bao immediately stepped forward and said, "Why do you need to do this? Please go to Maoling first, give the last general 7,000 soldiers, and the last general will go to support. ”

Liu Chan rolled his eyes and nodded.

"That's it."

If it was in Yizhou, Liu Chan might be able to take some risks.

But now it is in Guanzhong, and the foundation of the Han State is unstable.

It can't be that way.

If Liu Bei collapses, there will be chaos in the army, if there is no other side of him, wouldn't it give people with a heart an opportunity to take advantage of?

"Zhang Bao is the vanguard, Ziqing, you are the military advisor, remember, the main thing is to be safe, Yu Elk can't hold it, so rely on Chen Cangyong County to hold the second line of defense."

"No!"

Zhang Bao and Zong Ziqing immediately received the order.

Immediately, the two led 7,000 people and ran along the official road in the direction of Yu Elk.

And Liu Chan led 3,000 people and hundreds of carts of grain and grass towards Maoling.

Pleasure moose.

It's late at night.

It was a dark night when you couldn't see your fingers, but now it is brightly lit.

The glow of countless torches turns the night into day.

"Rush~"

"Kill~"

The shouts of killing came one after another, and never stopped.

The war has continued, and it has been half a month, and under the city of Yulu, the corpse of the Wei army has been stacked with a thick layer, in addition to the irrepressible smell of blood, there is also a sour smell of rotten flesh, which rushes straight to the brain.

The cloud ladder was erected on a thick layer of corpses, and the dense Wei army was following the cloud ladder to the city.

In Yulu City tonight, the Han army's defensive momentum does not seem to be as tenacious as imagined.

The Wei army easily climbed the city wall.

Rumble~

Only a deafening sound was heard, and the east gate of Yu Elk suddenly opened, the black powder exploded, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, scattering the Wei army besieging the east gate, and then, the Han cavalry rushed out of the city, killing a bloody road, and then the foot soldiers followed closely behind, and the fish came out.

Huhuhu~

The summer breeze blew lightly, and a touch of fire suddenly appeared in Yu Elk City.

First the castle treasury was on fire, then the Kura Castle was also on fire, and finally the entire castle was shrouded in crimson flames.

In the Wei military camp outside the city, on the high platform, Cao Zhen's expression was very serious.

"Ma Chao escaped."

Hao Zhao said on the side: "General Guo has already set up an ambush on the way back, this time he must leave Jin Ma Chao's life in Yulu!" ”

After the fortress in the northwest corner of Yuelk City was captured by the Wei army, the Wei army could already cross Yuelk City through the path.

The reason why I didn't go to Dayong County was because the trail couldn't transport siege equipment and grain and grass.

If the logistics can't keep up, there will be a danger of being copied by the two sides of the war.

But now it's different.

The Han army abandoned Yu Elk, retreated towards Yong County, and passed Guo Huai in the northwest corner of Yu Elk, and then used to set up an ambush in the dangerous road to intercept and kill the Han army!

"If you can kill Ma Chao, it will naturally be the best, but it will delay a lot of time in Yulu, and our army will arrive in Chang'an, and I don't know when."

The look of worry in Cao Zhen's eyes was so strong that he couldn't get rid of it at all.

"Most of Guanzhong, now taken advantage of by the Han State, I don't know that the counties of the right Fufeng can be attached to the Han State, if not, you can also provide grain and grass along the way, if it is attached, we will break through Yongxian, and it is also like walking in the enemy's territory, there is no food and grass supply at all."

The Han army entered the customs from Hanzhong, and the grain and grass were transported, which consumed hundreds of millions.

Cao Zhen sent troops from Chang'an to suppress Xiliang, and the same was true.

Originally, a large part of the army's grain and grass supply was provided by Guanzhong, and now the grain and grass in Guanzhong have long been cut off, and the supply of grain and grass to Xiliang is also very stressful in Cao Zhen's army.

After all, the bitter cold land of Xiliang, coupled with the disobedience of the people, is difficult to support tens of thousands of people.

"This Ma Chao burned down Yu Elk City, and he didn't leave us the grain and grass in the city, but did he think that if this was the case, I, Cao Zhen, would stop moving?"

What if you enter Guanzhong, the enemy of the whole world?

It's a big deal to loot along the road.

Cao Zhen has been in Guanzhong for several years, and he still understands the population distribution in Guanzhong.

Now there was a route that had been formed in his mind.

As for how the people in Guanzhong were appeased after being looted

Don't make trouble, if you can't keep it for a long time, you can't keep it in Guanzhong, you still need to appease the people in Guanzhong?

And after keeping Guanzhong, those people can't make any waves.

The people are like leeks, cutting a stubble and growing a stubble.

Take the time in the future, give some benefits, and appease.

These people are the most forgetful.

"Prepare ten days of grain and grass, the foot soldiers stay in Huangshui City, the grain and grass baggage are left here, build a defense line on the spot, gather all the mules and horses, and support Chang'an with me!"

The Wei cavalry reported that the Han army had already built a defensive line in Yongxian.

It is estimated that those people in the Han Kingdom thought that I would break Yongxian, and then break Yixian and martial arts, and fight all the way to Chang'an.

If he had a huge advantage in strength, he would have done so.

But the Han State almost used the strength of the whole country to attack Guanzhong, and I am afraid that the tens of thousands of people under him are not even a fraction of the Han army.

Even the elite soldiers under his command are difficult to penetrate the layers of defense of the Han Kingdom.

He gave up the infantry army and quickly arrived in Chang'an with cavalry, just to surprise and turn all parts of Guanzhong upside down, so that the logistics of the Han army collapsed!

As a general who marched and fought, Cao Zhen deduced many times for the Han army to enter the Kou Pass.

He also once substituted for the perspective of the Han army, and the biggest problem for the Han State to pass through Hanzhong was the problem of grain and grass.

If Guanzhong could not provide grain and grass to the Han army, and Chang'an would not be lost, the Han State would have to retreat.

When the time comes.

Offense and defense have changed shape.

If these elite soldiers of the Han Kingdom are left in Guanzhong, it is not impossible to say that they have taken Hanzhong, or they have passed the Jianmen Pass to take Chengdu.

"Victory or defeat is all over here!"

Yu Elk City South, to Yongxian County to pass through a valley road, the valley road is only for a car to pass through, the end is extremely narrow, I valley road on both sides, the mountains and forests are dense, deep and terrifying.

The summer sun was blazing at noon, and the army marched through the valley as if it had been roasted by fire.

"Quickly pass through the valley pass, and beware of the Wei army behind chasing up."

Now those who go to the valley mouth are basically Han cavalry, and the foot soldiers have been scattered.

If you are lucky, you can hide in the mountains and forests, and you can still pick up a life, but if you are unlucky, you will be found and killed by the Wei army, and you can only become a corpse.

"Brother, there have been traces of the Wei army in the valley road before, and this place is dangerous, so we have to guard against it."

After the fort in the northwest was conquered by the Wei army, the Wei army was able to reach the rear of Yu Elk City.

It is also reasonable that there may be an ambush of the Wei army in the valley road of Ma Daiyan.

"If there is an ambush, how can we drive the Wei army out?"

"Easy!"

Ma Dai's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said, "Just set fire to the mountain." ”

In the mountains and forests, if there are Wei troops dormant, they will be burned out.

There are many pine forests, pine forests are full of pine oil pine needles, and now it is summer again, and it is very dry, and the rocket shoots, I am afraid that the pine forest will be ignited in an instant.

In this day and age, there is little environmental awareness.

"Let's burn the mountain!"

As soon as the military ordered, a soldier immediately took out a rocket, lit it, and shot it towards the mountains and forests on both sides of the valley road.

Huhuhu~

The summer breeze was originally very weak, but when the fire started, the wind around it unconsciously became much stronger, and the fire became bigger and bigger.

But for a moment, the valley road, which was originally very quiet, was suddenly lively.

In addition to the sound of the mountains and forests being burned, there are more scolding voices.

"His mother!"

"Straight lady thief, the Han army actually burned the mountain!"

"Mother Er, the Han army doesn't talk about martial arts!"

A fire burned many armored Wei troops in the mountains and forests on both sides of the valley road.

Seeing this, Ma Chaohu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately shouted: "Kill with me!" ”

A fire burned the arrangement that the Wei army had made before, and the impact of the Han army also made the Wei army who rushed out of the valley road panic.

Originally, the Wei army ambushed the Han army at the mouth of the valley, but now it was killed by the Han army.

Fortunately, Ma Chao's department was worried that the Wei army behind him was chasing after him, and did not chase and kill those Wei routs, but fled towards Yongxian.

Therefore, the casualties of the Wei army in ambush were not large.

"Damn, this horse is super cautious!"

Although Guo Huai was unwilling, he had to watch Ma Chao leave.

The skyrocketing fireworks soon attracted the Wei army.

Cao Zhen rode back and looked at Guo Huai, whose face was full of ashes, and he already knew what was going on.

There was no anger on his face, he just said: "Gather the soldiers, let them go to Huangshui City, the rear defense, I have handed over to Hao Zhao, when he stabilizes the defensive line, he will go to attack Yongxian, attract the attention of the Han army, I will lead 10,000 fine horsemen, 30,000 war horses, mules and horses are not counted, grain and grass for half a month, this time to cross Yongxian, directly into the hinterland of Guanzhong, support Chang'an, do you have the courage?" ”

If you go deep into enemy territory, you may be starved of water and food.

In case it is surrounded and intercepted by the Han army, there is only one way out.

There is no doubt that this is a gamble with one's own life.

But Guo Huai had just experienced a defeat, and he was angry at the moment, so he immediately roared angrily and said: "We have the advantage of cavalry, why are we afraid of the Han soldiers?" The last general will be rich and prosperous with the general! What are you afraid of? ”

Crossing the Guanzhong is a risk.

But if they succeed, it will be a miracle!

Whether it's for a breath of air, or for Bo Fugui.

At this moment, Guo Huai is ready to fight.

If the head falls off a scar the size of a bowl, it is dead, and after eighteen years, he will be a good man, what are you afraid of?

(End of chapter)