Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Three Capture the Door
Guangning County, city tower.
Seeing the scattered people and horses gathering together, Yuan Xi moved his neck tiredly.
"Lord, let's ask clearly." Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu came to Yuan Xi and said to Yuan Xi: "After Chen Gong enters the city, he will disperse all the captured prisoners."
"Huh?" Yuan Xi frowned and said, "Why did Chen Gong do this?"
"I don't know."
"In order to avoid being mixed in, let these people go to Ning County first." Yuan Xi thought for a while and said.
"Here!" Zhang Nan nodded. This was the safest approach. He immediately sent someone to pass on the order and asked the returned soldiers to garrison in Ning County.
Outside the city, Ma Chao, who was mixed in the crowd, frowned slightly when he heard the other party's message. If he went to Ning County, how could he break the city?
"General, what should we do?" an accompanying soldier asked in a low voice.
what to do?
Ma Chao looked at the restless crowd around him, thought for a while, and whispered: "You bring a few people into the crowd and say that there is no food in Ning County. Yuan Xi's move is to force us to death! You think about it yourself, anyway.
I messed up the situation and couldn't let everyone leave so easily."
All in all, we have to find a way to trick the city gate into opening.
"Here!" the soldier agreed and turned around to join the crowd.
"How much food can there be in the small town of Ningxian County? Are you going to force us to death by doing this?" After a while, voices of dissatisfaction began to be heard from the crowd, and the soldiers who were about to leave stopped one after another.
Yes, where is Ning County? It is said to be a county town, but in fact it does not even have a thousand households, let alone food storage. What did they eat there?
Isn’t the purpose of being a soldier just to have a bite to eat?
"Don't worry, all officers and men. Although there is no food and grass in Ning County, the young master has ordered people to prepare enough food and grass, which will be sent to Ning County later. Everyone goes to Ning County first, and the food and grass will arrive soon!" The generals who came out to appease the surrendering troops saw the crowd commotion.
, secretly cursing which idiot said this, how could Yuan Xi not care about so many people?
But when people form a group, it is often not reason but sensibility that controls the crowd. Especially when these surrendered troops have just been released, their hearts are full of uneasiness, fearing that they will be abandoned by Chen Gong instead of being executed by Chen Gong.
With a little encouragement from Ma Chao, the crowd's uneasiness was immediately ignited without any further effort.
"That's nice to say, but if the young master doesn't fulfill his promise, where can I go to reason with you?"
"I accompanied the young master to fight for a day. After being captured, I didn't have any rice or water, and I was hungry all day. Now that I have finally come back, the young master wants me to leave on my own. What's the point of this?"
On the city tower, Yuan Xi looked at this scene and listened to the dirty words coming from the city from time to time. He looked a little ugly, slapped the female wall hard and cursed angrily: "These bastards have lost the battle.
It makes sense!"
"Lord, if this continues, not to mention the morale of the people and the military, it will be shaken!" Zhang Nan looked outside the city and frowned.
The soldiers outside the city are all from their own clan, and they all have friendships with the defenders in the city. Some of them are fellow villagers, and they even have blood relationships. If this matter is not handled well, it will easily shake the morale of the defenders in the city.
"What should we do?" Yuan Xi said dissatisfied: "Chen Gong and Ma Chao are both insidious people. If they sneak into these people and seize the opportunity to seize the city, Guangning will be in danger!"
"Sir, I have an idea!" A middle-aged man in Confucian robes came over.
"Mr. Jin Yuan!" Yuan Xi saw the person coming and bowed quickly. The person coming was a famous person from Youzhou. Zhang family of Yuyang, Zhang Yu, and Zhang Jinyuan were quite famous in Youzhou. Even if Yuan Xi saw this person, he would not dare to
Toda.
Zhang Yu clasped his fists and said: "The soldiers outside the city are complaining because there is no food. We can allocate some food and grass from the city and let a general go out of the city to rectify the troops and go to Ningxian. Firstly, we can calm the morale of the army. Secondly, we can go to Ningxian."
You can slowly investigate and find out whether any thieves have infiltrated. You just need to arrange them according to their previous assignments and identify each other. If there are really enemy soldiers hiding among them, you can find them out by yourself."
The method is actually not difficult, but there are too many people now, and it is impossible to investigate at once. By the time the investigation is completed, the enemy will have already killed them!
"Just follow Sir's plan!" Yuan Xi thought about it and felt that this method was good. He immediately ordered someone to go to the city to deliver the order. As for who was responsible for this matter, after looking at Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu, the two capable officers, Yuan Xi naturally
He didn't want these two confidants to leave: "Call Xia Zhao and let him take charge of this matter."
Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng were close friends of Gao Gan. Yuan Xi was not favored by Yuan Shao, and Gao Gan had little respect for his cousin. Gao Gan was the governor of Bingzhou, and Yuan Xi was the governor of Youzhou. The two sides were neighbors, but they had almost no relationship.
Traveling around and occasionally exchanging letters is also for official business.
Now that Gao Ganyi is dead, although Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng have been recruited by Yuan Xi, it is difficult for Yuan Xi to regard these two as important confidants. Deng Sheng died in Ma City and was killed by Ma Chao, leaving Xia Zhao.
, simply send him to deal with this matter, and wait until the war is over to see if he can be taken in. If he does not perform well, he will be sent back to his father. As for meritorious service... If he really has great merit, Yuan Xi will naturally prefer Zhang Nan.
, Jiao touches the second general.
Under the city, as Yuan Xi's order was issued, the soldiers and horses outside the city gradually calmed down. The reason why they were aroused was that they were afraid that Yuan Xi would ignore them, and they had indeed not eaten for a day. Now that Yuan Xi has given a solution
If the plan is provided with food and someone is taking care of it, things will naturally settle down.
Among the crowd, Ma Chao frowned slightly.
The soldiers on the side came over and whispered: "General, what should we do?"
Ma Chao raised his head and looked in the direction of the city, thought for a while and said: "Now we have no choice but to take a risk. It will take some time to allocate food and grass here. Send someone to notify Dong Chao and ask him to come as quickly as possible.
When the food and grass leave the city later, the city gate will open. I will lead my men to seize the city gate. After Dong Chao leads his army over, as soon as the fighting starts here, enter the city immediately!"
Dong Chao was Ma Chao's deputy general. He was not a general in Guanzhong, but a Xiliang general left to him by Ma Teng. He was quite brave and strategic. After Ma Chao had his own army here, Dong Chao has been Ma Chao's deputy general.
"Here!" the soldier agreed, carefully withdrawing from the crowd and heading straight towards Macheng.
Ma City is about eighty miles away from Guangning. Dong Chao came out of the city with Ma Chao. Ma Chao mixed with the surrendering army and rushed to Guangning. Dong Chao led Ma Chao's troops and horses to follow from a distance. The distance between the two sides was not too far.
Inform Dong Cheng of the time to gather troops and horses, and he should be back in an hour.
Ma Chao gathered more than a hundred elites he brought around him. These people were selected by Ma Chao after he commanded the army. Although they didn't get along for a long time, they were treated like personal guards. They were closer to each other than ordinary soldiers. In addition, Ma Chao
He is extremely brave and has great appeal in a place like the military where martial arts is the most respected thing.
He asked everyone to follow him, ready to form a formation and charge at any time.
Half an hour later, the city gate opened, and Xia Zhao came out with his people to scare away the surrounding soldiers. Grain trucks were sent out from the city one after another. The surrounding soldiers consciously divided themselves on both sides, but Ma Chao led his people to approach the city gate.
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"Are you deaf!?" Xia Zhao saw that this group of people not only did not retreat, but also looked towards the city gate, he couldn't help but became furious. He rode up to Ma Chao who was at the front, waved his hand and whipped Ma Chao.
Ma Chao reached out, grabbed the whip, and looked up at Xia Zhao.
Xia Zhao raised his brows. It was a bit strange that an ordinary soldier could easily catch the whip of a general who commanded the army. He looked at Ma Chao and saw the young soldier's eyes falling on his face like a knife.
My heart skipped a beat for no reason, and I felt like I was facing a fierce monster in the mountains.
"Let go!" Xia Zhao suppressed the panic in his heart and angrily tried to pull the whip back, but the whip remained motionless in Ma Chao's hand.
Seeing the soldiers around him begin to gather here, Ma Chao grinned, and under Xia Zhao's incredulous gaze, he raised his foot and kicked the war horse's neck.
"叏lvlv~"
Amidst the miserable neighing of the war horse, the horse's neck was severed and hit Xia Zhao's chest, and both the man and the horse flew backwards towards the city gate.
"Kill!" Ma Chao picked up the spear, rushed in, caught up with Xia Zhao's flying body, and kicked him out again, causing his already exhausted body to fly again.
The soldiers on the other side of the city gate saw something strange happening here and were about to close the city gate. Suddenly, their eyesight dimmed and Xia Zhao flew in with his men and horses, directly knocking down three soldiers and collapsing a grain cart.
Without waiting for the reaction of everyone in the city gate cave, Ma Chao probed with his spear and pointed out thousands of cold stars. The surrounding Youzhou soldiers fell instantly.
Ma Chao stepped into the city gate and kicked the city gate. The two soldiers were struggling to close the city gate. Suddenly, they felt a huge force coming. The city gate took them to spin directly and hit the wall. The city gate slowly
Slowly rebounding, the soldiers who wanted to close the city gate were directly killed by the huge force of the city gate.
"Set up the smoke!" Ma Chao stood guard at the city gate alone. The soldiers from behind surged in and quickly occupied the city gate. Someone then set off the smoke at the city gate.
On the city tower, Yuan Xi and others were quickly attracted by the commotion. Seeing that the city gate was occupied by a group of people dressed as soldiers of their own army, they did not know that Yuan Xi's worries had happened. Seeing the smoke rising, Yuan Xi knew that something was wrong.
There were few people on the other side, so he immediately shouted: "Quickly, kill these thieves!"
"Here!" Jiao Chu immediately went down to the city, led a group of troops and went towards the city gate to kill them.
However, before they could get close, several soldiers were killed by dozens of sharp arrows. In the city gate, there seemed to be a crawling white tiger. Under the command of Ma Chao, more than a hundred soldiers quickly formed a formation to prevent the enemy from seizing the door.
Afterwards, he closed the city gate again, and Ma Chao directly removed the city gate and used it as a shield.
Jiao Chu quickly organized his troops to charge into the city gate, but he was defeated by the opponent several times. Although the opponent was small in number, it occupied a favorable terrain. Although Jiao Chu had many men and horses, it was difficult to use them at the same time. For a time,
How could I not deal with the hundreds of people in the city gate cave!
On the city tower, Yuan Xi saw this and quickly shouted to the bewildered soldiers outside the city: "If you don't attack together, kill the rebels!"
The soldiers outside the city woke up from a dream and quickly formed formations under the command of generals at all levels and launched a charge towards the city gate...