The smell of blood floated up and down the city wall, and the brown city wall was stained with blood. Under the setting sun, a few streaks of gunpowder smoke slowly rose into the sky, adding a bit of solemnity to the battlefield.
Hearing the sound of gold ringing from behind the military formation, Huang Xu, who was leading the troops, looked unwilling. Looking at the Taiyuan City in front of him, he could only grit his teeth and wave his arms, shouting: "All the troops! Retreat!"
As Huang Xu's order was issued, the soldiers of the Ruijia Army quickly retreated from the city wall like a tide, leaving only corpses on the ground. Huang Xu himself was sitting on his horse, waiting fiercely at the top of the city.
Under the military flag with the word "Wei", he couldn't help but spit, turned his horse's head, and followed the army back to the military camp.
On the top of the city, after seeing the enemy troops retreating, the defenders on the top of the city cheered simultaneously, and as the leading generals, several brothers of the Xiahou family also heaved a long sigh of relief. The third oldest Xiahou
Cheng suddenly grunted, covered his right arm with one hand, and took a few steps back, almost falling to the ground. Seeing this, the other brothers were startled and quickly gathered around, Lao Wu
Xia Houwei supported Xia Houcheng and asked nervously: "Third brother! What's wrong with you?"
Xia Houcheng shook his head and let go of his arm. Only then did the brothers realize that Xia Houcheng's arm was covered in blood and flesh.
I accidentally hit him with a knife! It's okay, it's just some skin trauma!" Although Xia Houcheng said he was fine, the brothers also knew that if it wasn't very serious, Xia Houcheng would never be like that just now, he must be injured.
At that time, Xia Houcheng was focused on repelling the enemy and did not pay attention to the wound. Now that the enemy has retreated, Xiahou Cheng relaxed and realized the pain!
Immediately the second brother Xia Houba shouted in a deep voice: "Come here! Come here! Get the military doctor!" After Xia Houba said this, the brothers realized that none of them knew how to treat injuries, and there was no point in being surrounded like this.
In order to use it, several brothers immediately helped to find a doctor to treat Xiahou's injuries, while the remaining few helped Xiahou to climb down the city wall themselves.
In addition to helping Xia Houcheng, there are many things to do on the city, such as cleaning the battlefield and counting casualties. This has been the case every day since the Western Qin army surrounded Taiyuan half a month ago and began to attack the city.
Speaking of which, thanks to Chen Qun's idea for the Xiahou brothers, he mobilized the defenders from various cities and counties in Bingzhou, and the results were unexpectedly good. News spread that the Western Qin Army was going to capture Bingzhou.
After traveling all over Bingzhou, it immediately caused panic in all parts of Bingzhou. After learning that Xia Houheng ordered all soldiers and horses from Bingzhou to gather in Taiyuan, several aristocratic families also took the initiative to contribute their own soldiers. Obviously not all people in Bingzhou welcomed the West.
With the arrival of the Qin army, of course, those aristocratic families also hoped to hide with their own troops in Taiyuan. In any case, in a short period of time, the Xiahou brothers gathered nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan.
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And just a month ago, the Western Qin Army finally attacked outside Taiyuan City. There were nearly 60,000 people in the Western Qin Army! Previously, the Western Qin Army also used various methods to get the Xiahou brothers to lead troops out of the city to fight.
, but under Xiahou Heng's order, no one took the trouble and guarded the city head honestly. Anyway, the time was prolonged, which was more in line with the Xiahou brothers. The Xiahou brothers were also happy to see the result. If it could be delayed,
It will be best when reinforcements arrive!
But obviously the idea of the Xiahou brothers was not so easy to realize. After only waiting for half a month, the Western Qin army began to attack Taiyuan City, and the extent of the attack could be described as a violent storm! Fortunately, all the Xiahou brothers are brave
Be good at fighting, otherwise, Taiyuan City might really be captured by the Western Qin Army!
The Xiahou brothers are all heroes. They completed the task of counting the battlefield quickly. When the battle report was handed over to Xiahou Ba, who was temporarily serving as the commander of the defenders, Xiahou Ba's face was not very pretty. According to the battle report, today's battle
More than 1,300 soldiers died, more than 400 were seriously injured and could not continue fighting, and the remaining soldiers with minor injuries numbered nearly 2,000 to 3,000! This was the heaviest loss day in the past half month.
!After half a month of fighting, although the Xiahou brothers defended Taiyuan City, they paid a heavy price. The more than 50,000 defenders have lost more than 24,000 people. Adding today's losses, the number has been reduced by more than 24,000.
The number had risen to more than 27,000, more than half of the original defenders. No wonder Xiahou Ba looked ugly!
The fourth child, Xia Houwei, who was standing next to him, also understood Xiahou Ba’s thoughts, and comforted Xiahou Ba: “Second brother! Don’t worry too much! Our army has suffered serious losses, and the Western Qin Army’s losses have been even greater! A rough estimate, plus today
, the Western Qin Army should have lost more than 40,000 people! Moreover, although our army has suffered a lot today, it is also because the Western Qin Army's offensive today is particularly fierce! I believe that the other side cannot maintain this state for several days in a row!
It's okay! We will definitely be able to defend Taiyuan City!" Although the Western Qin Army suffered heavy losses, Xia Houwei never raised the city to attack the Western Qin Army. Even those who have never seen how powerful the Western Qin Army is have heard
However, although the strength of the Western Qin Army is now gradually less than that of the defenders, for the sake of safety, it is better to defend Taiyuan!
After hearing Xiahou Wei's persuasion, Xiahou Ba shook his head and said: "Fourth brother! This is not what I am worried about! It has been a month and a half since the Western Qin invaded Bingzhou! It even laid siege to the city for a month and a month! But it hasn't happened yet!
I saw the shadow of the reinforcements! I was worried that there might be something wrong with the reinforcements!"
"Uh!" What Xiahouba said was actually Xiahouwei's worry. He hesitated for a moment, but still said with a wry smile: "Maybe it's not necessarily that the reinforcements are on the way! It may have been delayed by something. Now everywhere
Our troops are somewhat stretched, and it will take time for the lord to mobilize his troops!"
"I hope so!" Xiahou Ba could only convince himself that this was the reason. Before the city was besieged, news came from Dongjun that the Lord was going to send troops and horses stationed in Yanzhou to
Transferred to Bingzhou to assist Taiyuan, Yanzhou's defenses cannot be easily mobilized. Perhaps the transfer procedure is really cumbersome, which is why it has been delayed for so long. Thinking of this, Xiahou Ba couldn't help but punched his fist with anger.
Said: "Damn it! Now Taiyuan is surrounded by enemies. News from inside the city can't get out, and news from outside the city can't get in! This feeling of darkness is really uncomfortable!"
Even the always steady Xiahou Ba looked like this, which showed how bad the situation was now. Xia Houwei beside him could only smile bitterly, looking at the enemy camp outside the city, hoping that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.
That’s good!
There was a cloud of sadness over the city of Taiyuan, and the atmosphere in the large tent of the Western Qin military camp outside the city was not much better. As soon as Huang Xu, who had just returned from the battlefield, came in, he sat down directly on the horse in the tent with a look on his face.
He was so angry that as soon as he sat down, he shouted to the sergeant in the camp: "What are you doing standing there? Don't you see that I'm dying of thirst? Bring me some water!"
Although Huang Xu's temper is not as bad as Zhou Cang's, he is also famous among the Western Qin army. Seeing that Huang Xu was in a bad mood and getting angry, those sergeants dared to neglect him. Don't let Huang Xu vent his anger on himself.
It would be a disaster! Immediately, the sergeant who was scolded by Huang Xu ran faster than a rabbit and immediately ran out of the camp!
Even so, Huang Xu's anger still didn't go away, and he raised his nose and eyes at the remaining sergeants in the camp, and scolded him while looking for excuses. The scoldings made all the sergeants run away with their heads in their hands, fearing that
If you take one step slower, your head will be chopped off.
"Okay! Stop making trouble!" Huang Xu was not the only one in the camp. Liu Pi, who had been sitting at the top, saw that Huang Xu was getting more and more outrageous, so he shouted in time and finally stopped Huang Xu.
He was furious. But Liu Pi also understood Huang Xu's current mood. After all, half a month had passed and he still couldn't win a single city. This was unprecedented for the Western Qin Army's previous achievements! Huang Xu was used to fighting in the past.
After a smooth battle, now that he encountered such a situation, he naturally got angry! After a pause, Liu Pi turned to Jiang Wei who was sitting on the other side and said: "Bo Yue, Taiyuan City cannot be captured for a long time.
The losses of our army are also huge, so it is not an option to continue like this? Do you have any good ideas?"
Jiang Wei thought for a moment and said: "Actually, we were delayed in Taiyuan for such a long time this time. Firstly, it was because Xia Houheng and others used a good strategy, which made it more difficult for us to attack Taiyuan; secondly, it was also because
Our preparations this time are not sufficient, neither our troops nor our baggage are fully prepared. A surprise attack is okay, but if there is a head-on confrontation like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture Taiyuan in a short time!"
"Then what should we do?" Zhou Cang, who was sitting next to Jiang Wei, couldn't help it and immediately shouted: "The order from the lord is for us to take Bingzhou as soon as possible, and then attack Jizhou with Zilong! Seeing that the lord is about to
We are about to send troops from Hangu Pass! We can’t always be stuck here, right?”
Zhou Cang's words made everyone look helpless. There was really nothing they could do about it. The previous plan was clearly for Liu Pi to feign an attack on Bingzhou to attract Cao Wei's reinforcements. Since it was a feint attack, Liu Pi did not lead more troops and horses.
The siege equipment manufactured by Momen was not brought with them. Unexpectedly, half a month ago, they suddenly received a military order from Chang'an, which directly overturned the previous plan and asked Liu Pi and others to attack Bingzhou with all their strength. In the shortest possible time,
Take Bingzhou within a short period of time, and then march to Jizhou! Because of this, Liu Pi ordered the attack on Taiyuan half a month ago!