The twilight of spring in April and the beginning of summer in April.
The siege battle in Ji County lasted from late spring to early summer. For more than 20 days, only a few embankments were filled in. The 150,000 troops under the city never attacked the city wall once.
Originally thinking that the enemy was just using the navy to attack, Ma Shoucheng was negligent and lost the water and land hub of Hebei County.
As a result, the man named Zhao in the city was so tough, which was beyond Han Sui's expectation.
"The defenders only have over 10,000 men. Our army is ten times larger than the enemy's, but we still cannot defeat it. Liu Qiaoqi has already entered Guanzhong. If we let him hold his ground in Weinan, we will all die!"
He is not being alarmist. The attack on various ministries in Liangzhou from Guanzhong usually starts from Chencang. From there to Jincheng and Longxi, it is a thousand-mile expedition, which puts great pressure on logistics.
But Ji County is different. If you occupy this city, Longxi is within easy reach, and Jincheng is only four to five hundred miles away. You can also cut off the Longguan Road and cooperate with the soldiers and horses on the north road to occupy Hanyang County.
Hanyang is the gateway to Liangzhou and the key to the Hexi Corridor. Once it is lost, the eastern part of Liangzhou will be cut into two parts, the north and the south, and they will inevitably be defeated separately.
Therefore, Ji County must be taken back.
How could Ma Shoucheng be so careless? The city was destroyed in one day, and he himself was neither alive nor dead.
He also boasted that he was a descendant of General Fubo.
Pooh!
You stupid coward!
The kingdom and Song Jian were both unwilling to make any effort, which made him very dissatisfied.
Although he relied on his strong military strength, these days he mainly focused on annexing Ma Teng's old troops and did not launch an attack on the city, but he did not delay blaming his allies.
After more than twenty days, not much siege equipment was built, but thousands of people were injured when filling in a moat. It was not easy to lose face.
"Send a message to Liang Xing, Yang Qiu, and Zhang Heng to quickly send troops to gather here. Starting tomorrow, we will attack the city with all our strength. If anyone dares to cheat, don't blame me for being rude!"
Han Sui annexed Ma Teng's old army, and his military strength had increased to 90,000. The combined forces of Guo Guo and Song Jian only had 60,000. It was difficult to resist him, so they had no choice but to comply.
Besides, the two of them were only responsible for attacking the south gate. Han Sui surrounded Ji County on three sides. If he really wanted to attack the city with all his strength, Han Wenyue would suffer greater losses, so they didn't have much complaints.
The two of them looked at each other and made up their minds. Anyway, if you exert your strength, we will also exert our strength. If you are perfunctory, we will also be perfunctory. Don't think of treating us like fools.
At this time, Liu Xiang was a little bored in the city. These days, if the Anping Army had not released water, the Liangzhou bandits would not have been able to complete the filling of the river.
Without large-scale siege equipment, just sending some old and weak people, trying to fill the river in front of more than 10,000 crossbowmen, how can it be so easy?
He divided the garrison on the city wall into two groups and took turns to fight on the city. The trebuchets were not used and the crossbows were not used. In the past twenty days, less than 100 soldiers were injured, and the wounded were not sent to the medical camp with the army.
There's a lot of work.
Fighting this battle is like acting.
The damage to damage ratio was one to three or forty, which shows that the enemy's main force has not been used.
The various rebels in Liangzhou are mainly composed of Yi Conghu and Qiang Di tribes in Huangzhong, plus the Han people who are coerced, basically all the people are soldiers. Regardless of the number of people, the proportion of the main force that is good at fighting is very low.
Of course, the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army is much higher than that of the inland prefectures and counties, because they did not bring women and children with them, because many ethnic groups in Liangzhou live together and are warlike by nature, because the people here are used to fighting with God for their lives and fighting with others.
The war here lasted for hundreds of years.
If they encounter generals who don't understand military strategy or recruits who are forced to recruit, the boundless sky and the enemies who scream and behave evilly can really scare them, but in the eyes of the sergeants, these people are really nothing.
On what.
So what if you are surrounded by ten times the mob? A few rounds of arrows can repel an siege, and no one thinks they will lose.
Including more than 10,000 surrendered troops in the city.
They have brought some surprises to Liu Xiang these days. Not only are they obedient, but their morale is also rising. They work harder and harder, transporting supplies to defend the city, opening the city to clean the battlefield, collecting arrows, and then
The body was carried outside the moat.
Performance is pretty good.
It was partly because he was frightened by the gunpowder blowing up the door, and probably also partly because of Ma Teng.
Ma Shoucheng was not dead, or should be said not to be dead yet. He was seriously injured and could not withstand the long journey, so the whole family stayed in Ji County to take care of him. There was definitely no personal escort. He was guarded by Huben, who had the best medical skills in the medical camp.
Fan A is responsible for diagnosis and treatment.
Fan A's whole family was arrested, and he was sentenced to serve in the medical camp for life for participating in the assassination of Liu Xiang.
If it weren't for his excellent medical skills and Hua Tuo's intercession, their whole family would have died.
The soldiers surrendered in Hebei County have been distributed with weapons, divided into various units, and began to participate in the battle to defend the city.
Liu Xiang really didn't know whether the eldest son Ma Chao would cause trouble and kill the whole family like in the official history, and he was not afraid of what trouble this seventeen-year-old child could cause.
There are only so many people in Ji County. The control of the Chinese army is very strong. The pony martial arts are good. Sun Ce cannot defeat him in a foot battle. However, the thirty tiger warriors accompanying the army this time are all excellent ones who have been taught by Shi A for eight years.
Swordsman, Ma Chao may not be able to get an advantage in their hands.
In early May, troops under the banner of "Liang" arrived, and the intensity of the siege began to increase. Yunti, Jinglan, and Chongche were thrown into the battle. Liu Xiang knew that the real war had begun.
The new troops must be from Liang Xing. Liu Xiang had already been psychologically prepared for his arrival, because the scope of his activities was the northern grasslands of Hanyang and the northwest area of Youfufeng. He had occupied Longguan and Chencang many times, and he was considered the equal of Dong Zhuo.
There was constant friction. Basically, the government surrendered and then rebelled, the rebels surrendered again, the government surrendered and rebelled again, and the rebels surrendered again.
The relationship between Dong Zhuo and the rebels in Liangzhou was very complicated, and they were neither completely conquered nor annihilated with all their strength.
It has to be said that in his later years, the old Dong fell into the political quagmire at the center of the imperial court, unable to blend in and escape, and his ambitions were quickly worn away.
After all, we have gone astray.
An out-and-out warlord played a political game with those politicians. He was really crazy.
When the Anping army surrounded Chang'an last year, Liang Xing withdrew from Youfufeng. Sun Jian left Sanguan to recapture Chencang, and ordered Han Dang's troops to seize Longguan. Liang Xing retreated to Jieting.
Now that the Chinese army has occupied Ji County, it has threatened his retreat. Therefore, if Han Sui sends troops, he will definitely come.
Within a few days, two more teams arrived.
More than 200,000 troops, densely packed with camps, gathered on the south bank of the Wei River, like a swarm of ants surrounding a sugar cube.
The siege troops took turns to go into battle, the battle was in full swing, and the pressure on the soldiers was greatly increased.
But after a month of fighting, the rain of arrows never stopped, and Jixian County remained standing as before.
"Buzz!" The crossbow wrapped in oil-soaked linen was fired out, and the burning flames burned Jinglan, who was getting closer.
Hundreds of crossbows were fired one after another, and the siege Jinglan was burned into a bonfire three to four feet high. The crackling sound of burning was accompanied by an increasingly weak wail. The last large siege equipment finally Stopped outside the moat.
The sound of ringing gold sounded, and the Liangzhou thieves receded like the tide.
The Anping sergeant breathed a sigh of relief and began to use a long ladle to splash water and wet mud on the arrow shed covering the city wall. This was to prevent fire and prepare for the next siege.
The enemy's main siege strategy is ant attack. Because there are many crossbows in the city, it is difficult for large siege equipment to cross the moat. From five hundred steps away to within thirty steps, they have to withstand at least a dozen rounds of crossbows. Strike, ladder, jinglan, crash, you can't touch the city wall at all.
Therefore, the infantry carrying the flying ladder could only attack the city with ants, and they had no other choice.
The cavalry tried running and shooting, but unfortunately the losses were too great. Hundreds of corpses were left in one battle, and they never participated in the siege again.
The sergeants in the center relied on numerous bows and crossbows, and there were arrow sheds above their heads to protect them. The pouring rain of arrows made the enemy miserable. They repelled the attacks again and again, and firmly defended the city wall.
This time the Liangzhou people Mingjin did not adjust their formation, but retreated into the distance in a chaotic manner. Zhao Yunli ignored him. Whether they really retreated or wanted to lure the enemy, it didn't matter to the North City defenders because the North Gate had been completely destroyed. The traffic jam makes it difficult for them to get out of the city.
There were too many enemies, and the pressure on the earth platform in the doorway was increasing. In order to prevent excessive damage, it had to be completely blocked. It was a pity that a good battlefield for killing enemies was lost.
Moreover, the lord also gave instructions not to leave the city to pursue him, so he simply turned a blind eye.
The thieves outside have 20,000 cavalry, so leaving the city with infantry to pursue them is not a good option.
"Replenish arrows, rolling stones, wood, and prepare torches." It was getting dark, and he had to be prepared for the enemy to attack the city at night. Although it was unlikely, he had to make preparations.
The enemy retreated further and further, and the main army slowly retreated into the camp. It seemed that today's siege was over.
"Send several teams of soldiers who take turns to go out of the city to clean up the battlefield." He ordered loudly.
The crossbowmen on the city were still on guard. Hundreds of soldiers from the original Ji County who had rested for a long time sat in large baskets, hung ropes on the city wall, and began to clean up the battlefield, then collected arrows, crossbows, and finally The corpse was moved to the outside of the moat, which had been filled in.
The enemy will come to collect the corpses tomorrow morning, and there will be no fighting at that time. This is the tacit rule between the two armies. No one wants to touch the plague.
We have been defending the city for two months, and both the enemy and ourselves are beginning to tire.
But, it's not enough.
They are not tired enough, their morale has not completely dropped, and at least 20,000 cavalry are still full of energy.
In the past two months, more than 10,000 corpses have been transported out of the city. Counting the wounded soldiers who returned, based on the medical conditions of the Liangzhou people, the enemy's losses will not be less than 20,000.
Liu Xiang felt that the siege intensity of Liangzhou thieves was decreasing recently.
This is not possible, you have to encourage them.
"Come here, raise my big flag and tooth flag!"
Han Sui, I'm right here, this is your only chance to kill me.
Tomorrow, when you see my banner, what will your reaction be?
Six armies, more than 200,000 men, surrounded the city on all sides, with a strength gap of ten times.
If it were me, how could I be willing to accept it if I didn't give it a try?