After the letter storm, Ma Teng's army attacked the city as usual for the next few days without any slacking off. In order to prove his innocence, Han Sui also worked hard when leading his subordinates to attack the city, making Ma Teng feel much more at ease. Cao's army has been defending as usual these days, but other than that, Cao's army did not have any other special actions. The letter seemed to have been forgotten by them and never mentioned again.
The progress of Ma Teng's army's siege was still slow. On several occasions, the soldiers finally attacked the city, but in the end they were all beaten back by the Chang'an defenders.
This Chang'an City has been standing in front of the Liangzhou army, as if it is unshakable.
However, even the strongest city walls cannot be able to be defended under long-term attacks. Ma Teng's trip brought a total of 200,000 troops, which can be said to be not afraid of consumption. After a few days, although the Ma Teng's army suffered heavy losses, there are still more than 140,000 soldiers who can be invested in the siege at this moment.
The defenders in Chang'an City have also been reduced from 50,000 to less than 20,000. The reinforcements brought by Xiahou Yuan outside the city have been reduced by more than 10,000 people so far.
Although Chang'an City still looks indestructible, Ma Teng knew that he had seen hope of breaking the city. It can be said that as long as he could persevere, it would be only a matter of time before he conquers the city.
Now Ma Teng no longer cares about attacking Xuchang in front of Sun Jian. Now he only wants to take Chang'an and get a share of the pie when the army enters Xuchang, so he will be satisfied.
The only thing that made Ma Teng feel stressed was the problem of food and grass. The consumption of more than 100,000 troops was too great and the logistics were already a little overwhelmed. However, Ma Teng also came up with a way to deal with this dilemma.
Ma Teng originally brought 10,000 Liangzhou cavalry, all of which were one person and two horses. Now that Liangzhou cavalry has been destroyed, many of the war horses have been taken away by Cao's army, but there are still more than 10,000 military horses left on his side.
Anyway, I don’t have cavalry here now, so even if I have one, I can’t use it. These 10,000 war horses are just idle in the military camp. If there is really no way, kill the war horses as military rations.
Although the act of killing war horses was very bad for soldiers, Ma Teng had already seen hope of attacking Chang'an City, and he did not allow this glimmer of hope to slip away from his fingertips.
Of course, if we can conquer Chang'an City before the military rations are exhausted, it would be a great ending for Ma Teng. However, judging from the current situation, there is still room for resistance in Chang'an City. It is extremely difficult to achieve the goal of breaking the city within a few days, and it is almost impossible.
Just when Ma Teng was ready to kill the army and horses as food, an accident suddenly came.
One day is approaching dusk, and the whole day of siege has ended, and Ma Teng has returned to his camp to rest.
Suddenly, a guard came to report and caught a person who was visiting the gate of the military camp. He was suspected to be a detailed work by Cao Jun.
Cao Jun wrote carefully? When Ma Teng heard the news, he ordered the man to be held in the account.
"Who is that?" After the visitor was taken into the tent, Ma Teng asked directly.
"The villain is an old acquaintance of General Han Sui. Today I come to see General Han Sui." The other party replied respectfully.
"You look like a person with a low status, how could it be Wen Yue... General Han's old acquaintance?" Han Sui's old acquaintance? Ma Teng didn't even think that the other party looked like that.
Although Ma Teng is not a wise man, he has been in a high position for many years and always has some ability to look at people. The people in front of him look like ordinary peddlers and pawns at first glance. Han Sui was born in the Western Liang gentry and had some self-proclaimed aloofness. How could he interact with such an ordinary person?
"I had only met General Han several times earlier, and I didn't have much close relationship. However, I heard that General Han was fighting with Cao's army this time, so I wanted to meet my old friend at first sight." Faced with Ma Teng's doubts, the visitor replied.
The man's words didn't sound like there was a big flaw, but Ma Teng always felt something was wrong.
But what exactly is the problem?
Suddenly, Ma Teng remembered the letter Cao's army sent to Han Sui a few days ago.
The messenger, letters, old friends, and for a while, Ma Teng seemed to have some enlightenment.
This person lied that it was Han Sui's old friend, and maybe it was written by Cao's army. He went there to discuss the letter with Han Sui.
The more Ma Teng thought about it, the more he felt that his inference was correct, and a burst of sweat on his back became he shed.
"How dare you lie!" After calming down his mood, Ma Teng suddenly shouted to the man loudly, his voice and expression were harsh.
"Little, the little man didn't lie." The visitor was frightened by Ma Teng, and said timidly.
"Then who do you know me?" Ma Teng continued to ask.
"Little, the villain doesn't know the general..." The visitor said in fear and trepidation, and even because of his nervousness, his tongue was a little knotted...
Although Ma Teng is the head coach of the Liangzhou Army, as the head coach, naturally he will not charge in person. Therefore, many people in the Cao army have never seen their appearance, so it is normal not to know themselves.
If this person is really a person from Cao's camp and does not know him, he probably won't know Han Sui, so he would look around in front of the camp.
"I... is Han Sui!" Ma Teng Sui said as he was already confused.