Chapter 232

After a whole day of brutal siege, with the sun slowly falling down, Han had no choice but to call in the troops.

The siege had lasted for three days, and the city walls were covered with arrows and traces of knives and axes. The city guards picked up the arrows shot by the enemy on the city head and dragged down the bodies of the dead soldiers.

After a full three-day siege, Han Sui lost nearly 10000 soldiers, while Liu Ye's army also suffered more than 5000 casualties. Generally speaking, the proportion was not so high. In the city defense war, the proportion of soldiers on the side guarding the city was far lower than that on the attacking side. The most famous one was the battle of Chencang. Hao Zhao used 3000 soldiers to resist Zhuge Liang's 20 day siege.

Chencang is an important town in the western part of Guanxi with perfect defense, while Xiangwu city is only a small county town. Especially with the depletion of materials for guarding the city such as rolling wood and stone, Liu Ye's army can only fight with the enemy in short combat except bows and arrows, so the casualties of soldiers are huge.

However, Liu Ye personally supervises the battle. The new soldiers in the Army take turns to fight the enemy. The soldiers in the army have experienced the test of blood and fire, which is a good thing.

After nightfall.

An army approached Han Suijun in the dark.

"Have you informed the general?"

"Don't worry, Yu Xiaowei, it's done. What's next?"

"Beat the drum!" he said with a smile

Guan Hai was shocked: "we soldiers, this is not to hit the stone with eggs?"

"You don't have to fight to beat the drum." The corners of Yu's mouth rose with an upward arc.

For a moment, the sound of war drums rumbled, which suddenly awakened Han Sui from his dream.

"Who is going to fight on the drum?"

"Father in law!"

Yan Xing rushes into the account. Han then asks in a hurry: "Liu Ye is out of the city to attack at night?"

Yan Xing shook his head: "it seems that a reinforcements of Liu Ye's army are beating drums outside the city."

Han then nodded: "you speed 5000 iron horse to resist, so this order army sergeant soldier."

Yan Xing was ordered to go. He led 5000 iron cavalry out of the camp. He saw a camp in front of him. Without saying a word, he led the army to rush in. He rushed to the sound drum, but he was stunned.

More than ten drums were seen in the barracks, and more than a dozen sheep were caught hanging upside down on the drums. The hooves of the sheep were pounding on the surface of the drums, making a rumbling sound.

"Dangyang drums?"

Yan Xing was stunned and immediately felt that he had been played.

……

"General!"

Yu Jin, slightly excited, stepped forward.

"Wenze, it's hard for you. If it wasn't for Wen Ze, he would lead the army to level the kingdom first and then break Zhang Heng. I'm afraid that Han Sui's old bandit army would have swept into Tianshui county."

Liu Ye laughs. He grabs Yu Jin's hand. He can't help but feel a little lucky. But for Yu's quick reaction, the situation would be quite bad.

"General, fifteen thousand soldiers have been gathered under a certain command, and they are to be dispatched by the general."

Liu Ye nodded: "now that we and you have gathered together, we have nearly 40000 people. Although we are still at a disadvantage compared with the enemy, we still have the strength to fight."

Pound, on the other side, came up and said, "I've heard that Huangfu's chariot defeated 100000 yellow turban thieves in changshe by means of fire attack. Now that it's late autumn, how about our army's fire attack on the enemy?"

Zhang Maxi shook his head: "the long society is full of weeds. Huangfu's plan of fire attack was successful. Han Sui, an old thief, was very old in battle. When he set up camp, he cut down all the weeds and trees near the camp. I'm afraid the fire attack plan will not work."

"There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in meiyang camp. It is better for our army to invite Zhang Qiqi to cooperate with our army in the battle. How about the two armies attacking the Han Sui army?"

Ma Teng suggested that although Zhang Wen's expedition to the West ended in failure, tens of thousands of Han troops were still stationed in meiyang. If he could join forces with Liu Ye, his troops would still be above Han Sui.

"Zhang Qiqi was frightened by the rebels for a long time. It is impossible to send troops. There are only a few people in the court who dare to send troops to fight the rebellion."

Yu Jin sighed: "it would be nice if Huangfu chariot took charge of the northwest war again."

"Yes?"

Hearing this, Liu Ye gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, and suddenly he gave a slight smile.

"If Han Suijun again intimidates Sanfu, the court will probably let Huangfu's chariots go out again."

"What does the general mean?"

……

Han Sui leads his army to fight against Liu Ye in Xiangwu city. Both armies are damaged. Liu Ye sends someone to inform Yu Jin to lead his troops to the north. Yu Jin deceives Han Sui with the strategy of beating drums with a hanging sheep, and successfully receives Liu Ye out of the Xiangwu city.

After the meeting of the two armies, the number of troops reached more than 40000. However, Liu Ye continued to retreat southward and did not withdraw to Jixian County, because it would lead the war to Tianshui county.

Liu Ye led the army all the way to fight and retreat, finally retreated to Fufeng County, and 40000 troops retreated into Chencang city.

In the original historical track, Chen Cangcheng was first besieged by the Royal Army, and then by Zhuge Liang, who was in the northern expedition, with 100000 troops. Hao Zhao quickly became famous because of the first World War of Chen Cangcheng.After Liu Ye's army retreated into Chen Cangcheng, Han Suijun realized that Liu Ye had become bigger and stronger. If Liu Ye could not be eliminated at one go, his rule in Liangzhou could not be maintained. Therefore, Han immediately followed Liu Yijun and chased Chen Cangcheng.

The walls of Chencang city are tall and deep. Han Sui's offensive is defeated one by one in front of Liu Ye's army. However, Han Sui is determined to fight Liu Ye this time. Therefore, he has always been under Chen Cang City, and the two armies sometimes engage in battles.

The reason why han Suijun chased Liu Ye so hard was actually confused by Liu Ye. Liu Ye used Sun Bin's strategy of reducing cooking stoves, reducing the number of cooking pits for cooking by half. At the same time, he ordered Fu Xie, who was stationed in Tianshui, to set up the banner of Yuban in Jixian County, which made Han Suijun feel that Yujin did not join forces with Liu Ye.

Han then thought that Liu Ye's army was only 20000 people in Xiangwu city. If he knew that Liu Ye's army had 40000 people, he would have withdrawn his troops.

After a long war, if he retreated suddenly, it would inevitably have a negative impact on the soldiers. Therefore, Han attacked Chen Cangcheng for more than a month and refused to withdraw.

As a matter of fact, Han Sui has fallen into a gambler's psychology. The more casualties, the more Ben will be put in. Therefore, Han Sui is very reluctant to get the Ben that has been put into it. As a result, more and more Qiang and Hu soldiers died in the siege, but the Siege war has basically no effect.

At the same time, the Qiang and Hu soldiers in the army are full of resentment and are eager to return home.

Han suiying.

"My father-in-law, the soldiers in the army have lost their fighting spirit. Why don't our army return to Jincheng and make plans again?"

Han then sighed. Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured. If we retreated, it would not be a white fight?