The twenty-seventh eighth chapter of the three-line battle of the poisonous alienation one
Cai Mao looked at Wancheng in front of him and was in a dilemma. Whether to attack or retreat was a difficult choice.
"Military advisor, what should we do now?" Liu Bei was also worried. The situation now did not match what we expected in advance, and he didn't know what to do?
"It's hard to get rid of a tiger." In response to Liu Bei's question, Zhuge Liang only gave four words.
It’s hard to get rid of the tiger, right. No matter how serious the situation is, I have no room for retreat now.
Cao Cao was attacked from both sides, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. If he missed this opportunity to attack Cao, he would never be able to become independent from Liu Biao.
Sun Jian and Cao Cao fought in Hefei, and lost the threat from Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Liu Biao had no worries at the moment, and he would have no value for exploitation for him. Liu Bei could foresee that if he returned to Jingzhou with Cai Mao, he would be "inhibited" by Liu Biao immediately and would have no future to stand out.
Only by taking Wancheng can you take the first step towards the world, otherwise you will still have nothing!
It is necessary to convince Cai Mao to attack the city, Liu Bei thought in his heart.
However, for a moment, Liu Bei could not think of any good words. After all, Wancheng was strictly guarded, and it was too difficult to make Cai Mao attack the city at all costs.
Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's difficulties, swayed his feather fan and rode his horse slowly to Cai Mao, and whispered a few words to him.
After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Cai Mao's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"The whole army attacked the city!" Cai Mao said firmly and loudly conveyed the order to attack.
"Military advisor, how did you tell him?" After Zhuge Liang came back, Liu Bei was very curious about how he told Cai Mao to attack the city, so he asked.
"Haha, Jingzhou has many gentry, led by Cai and Kuai tribes. The interests are complex. Just by instigating them, it is not difficult to tell Cai Mao's intentions." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly.
When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded slightly, as if he had realized something.
Ma Teng's army had a total of 200,000, but Zhong Yao also had a lot of defense in the city. Ma Teng's attack on the city for several days, and although it caused quite a few casualties in the city, there was no big progress.
So Ma Teng was furious and with the absolute advantage of the number of people, he surrounded the four gates of Chang'an and vowed to destroy Chang'an City on the day of his breaking.
Ma Teng's army of 200,000 was divided into four gates, and there were nearly 50,000 soldiers outside each gate. The reinforcements brought by Xiahou Yuan were only 50,000 in total. It was too difficult to break through the siege of the Liangzhou army and enter the city.
At Jia Xu's suggestion, Xiahou Yuan was not in a hurry to enter Chang'an City, but instead stationed his 50,000 troops on a high ground outside Chang'an City, observing the movements of Chang'an City in the distance.
Jia Xu's reinforcements were stationed in the northeast of Chang'an. Whenever the Western Liang army attacked the North Gate or East Gate of Chang'an, Xiahou Yuan would send troops to harass his rear in time, so that he could not concentrate on attacking the city.
Zhong Yao, who was in Chang'an City, also learned that the reinforcements had arrived outside the city. With the restraint of the reinforcements, the pressure of siege faced by the East Gate and the North Gate was greatly reduced. So Zhong Yao removed half of the soldiers guarding the city at the East and North Gate to support the West and South Gate.
As a result, the guardian power of the West Gate and the South Gate has been strengthened, and the difficulty of the Liangzhou army to break the city has increased a lot. Although the number of defenders at the East Gate and the North Gate has decreased, there is constant harassment from enemy reinforcements outside the city, so they cannot concentrate on attacking the city, and they cannot get the city for a while.
The 200,000 army was dragged outside Chang'an City.
Ma Teng was naturally very unhappy about this result. He originally planned to take down Chang'an City with a decisive and decisive manner, and then threaten Xuchang to defeat Cao's thieves. However, he never thought that Zhong Yao was quite capable. His 200,000 army was very fierce in attacking the city, but he still failed to capture Chang'an after a long attack. After Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, it made the difficulty of siege a few points.
Ma Teng couldn't wait any longer. He received news that Sun Jian and Liu Biao had launched an offensive against Cao Cao. If he dragged on like this, even if he could eventually conquer Chang'an City, Xuchang would have changed hands long ago. Ma Teng tried his best to bring the Qiang people in Liangzhou to the battlefield, in order to become the first prince to invade Xuchang City. He would never allow others to enter Xuchang before him.
Liangzhou is rich in horses. Although the cavalry did not play any role in the siege, Ma Teng still brought about 10,000 cavalry during this trip.
Ma Teng decided to let these 10,000 cavalrymen destroy Cao Cao's reinforcements.
Although Cao Cao's reinforcements amounted to 50,000, the combat effectiveness of the two-week Iron Cavalry is the best in the world. In addition, he used cavalry to fight infantry in the field, and Ma Teng was confident that with these 10,000 cavalry, he could wipe out Cao Cao's reinforcements with 50,000.
As long as all these 50,000 reinforcements were eliminated, Ma Teng believed that the defenders in Chang'an City alone would not support much time.
On Xiahou Yuan's side, Jia Xu guessed that Ma Teng had no success in siege for many days, and his patience should have been exhausted. He thought he would need to deal with his support army.
When Ma Teng invaded the territory, he could not have brought cavalry without him. It was useless to attack the city and fight the cavalry, but once he decided to attack the reinforcements, he would definitely send cavalry to come.
Since he guessed what Ma Teng might have done, Jia Xu had naturally thought of a way to deal with it.
Humph, can it be that only you, Ma Teng, have cavalry, will our army be gone? A sneer appeared on Jia Xu's face.
Anyone who is familiar with Jia Xu knows that when he smiles like this, it means that someone is in trouble.