Chapter 397

"Volley!"

Xiliang iron horse is another round of arrow rain covering the past, the yellow scarf thief who had been prepared for a long time quickly raised a big shield to defend the enemy's arrow rain shooting.

Zhou Su called out in a hurry: "Bowman returns!"

The archers among the yellow scarf thieves opened their bows and arrows one after another, and fired back in a volley. Seeing the Yellow turban thief bow and arrow, Ma Chao naturally won't resist, so he led the Xiliang iron horse around and left.

However, as soon as the archer of the Yellow turban thief put out his arrow, the Xiliang iron horse immediately stuck to it like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and from time to time put out a round of arrows. Even if the Yellow turban thief used a shield to defend, there were hundreds of casualties.

Zhou Su was very angry, because the Xiliang iron cavalry came to invade, so naturally he could not dig the trench. Once he dug the trench, he naturally gave the Xiliang iron horse an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Ma Chao is not impatient. He just stares at the enemy from a distance. Once the enemy slackens a little, he immediately rushes forward. Without saying a word, it is covered by a rain of arrows and carries out a long-range attack. Once the archer of the enemy wants to fight back, he immediately turns around and retreats, never entangled.

With Ma Chao, a hungry wolf, watching from afar at any time, Zhou Su's efforts to dig trenches were in vain. Zhou Su was still afraid of the charging of Xiliang iron cavalry in groups, so he ordered the whole army to form a tight line without any relaxation.

For a while, the two armies confronted each other. The Xiliang iron cavalry was not arrogant and impetuous, but tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves held on to the battle, but they could not hold on.

"Commander Zhou and commander Xu ordered that the whole army be withdrawn from the camp, and we will talk about it later."

Zhou Su was in a state of impatience when he suddenly drove out of the middle army from a distance. Zhou Su immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"The whole army obeys orders, maintains the formation, slowly withdraws to the camp, must not disorder the formation!"

Hearing Zhou Su's order, tens of thousands of yellow scarf thieves kept a tight formation and slowly retreated.

Ma Chao, on the other hand, led the Xiliang cavalry forward step by step, until the Yellow turban thieves completely retreated into the camp, and Ma Chao shook his head.

After a look at the empty arrow pot behind, Ma Chao reinforces his horse to rush to the bottom of the sour jujube city and says in a loud voice: "general, there are not many arrows in our army. Please open the gate and send some arrows out."

The Han Army has already cut down all the trees near suanzao city. Nowadays, almost all the trees in the city are full of wood. However, Liu Ye mobilized all the residents of the city to make rolling logs and arrows instead of doing anything else. Now, there are hundreds of thousands of arrows in the small city of Zizyphus jujuba.

Hearing Ma Chao's request, Liu Ye immediately ordered the city gate to be opened. Guan Hai escorted more than ten carts and sent out thousands of arrow pots. The Xiliang iron cavalry, who had already shot all the arrows from behind, put new arrow pots on their backs.

After that, more than 5000 Xiliang irons left.

In the evening, 30000 yellow turban thieves escorted many trees from other places to make siege equipment. Xu and Su Zhongjun were scolding each other.

"Fool!"

Xu he pinched his waist with both hands and became furious.

"You're so stupid that you won't block the enemy with horses and antlers, and then continue to build them?"

Zhou Su said in a low voice: "Xu Shuai, it is better for our army to dig the trench during the night when the enemy is resting, so that we don't have to worry about the enemy taking advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack."

Xu he's anger was hard to calm down, and snorted: "just! In that case, I'll listen to you. You'll lead my men and horses out to dig trenches and supervise the construction of siege equipment. Japanese commanders must attack the city! "

Zhou Su hastily promised to come down: "please don't worry about Xu Shuai. I'll do it right now."

Having said that, Zhou Su went out of the Chinese army tent in a hurry, and led the soldiers all night to supervise the construction of siege equipment and dig trenches.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Su made a quarrel. Although tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves and soldiers complained a lot, they did not dare to object. They just followed Zhou Su's orders.

Xu he gave Zhou Su fifty thousand men and horses. Zhou Su ordered 20000 soldiers to supervise the construction of siege equipment. The remaining 30000 troops dug three trenches. Although suanzao city is not big, it is also a city. The amount of digging a trench around a mile is not small. Fortunately, there are many yellow scarf thieves. With the concerted efforts of the whole night, he finally found three Trenches.

As the sun rose slowly, Zhou Su was relieved.

"General, it seems that the enemy has been working all night. I'm afraid it's not good." Jia Xu gazed out of the city, frowning.

Liu Ye can't help but be shocked.

There was a trench two feet deep and one foot wide, which surrounded the city of Ziziphus jujuba about half a mile, a mile, and a mile and a half away.

The three trenches are linked together, as if the gods in the sky stretched out their swords and drew three circles on the ground.

Liu Ye is around. He has to admit that the power of more than 100000 yellow turban thieves can not be underestimated. No wonder Yugong moved mountains. As long as there are enough people, it's no surprise to move mountains and reclaim the sea.

"Out of the camp, ready to attack the city!"

Oh!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The bleak sound of ox horn and the sound of earth shaking war drum suddenly sounded, and more than 100000 yellow turban thieves came out of the camp slowly, like a giant dragon crawling out of the cave to stretch their muscles and bones.Liu Ye's brow sank and raised his hand and said, "the whole army is ready to fight."

The Han army above the city also saw the three trenches dug by the Yellow turban bandits under the city head. They also knew that this time the enemy attack was very important, so they all got up to fight.

From the Yellow turban bandit camp, dozens of ladders and more than ten brand-new siege vehicles have been launched. Obviously, they have just been built under supervision, but they are quite different from yesterday.

Perhaps it was the sound of drums in the Yellow turban bandits' army. Ma Chao, led by the Xiliang cavalry, galloped from afar, but his face changed.

"Meng Qi, it seems that the enemy took the opportunity to dig the trench last night, and our army failed." Pound's face sank and he shook his head.

Ma Chao snorted: "hum! Although they have many ways, they dare not fight with our army. They only know how to play these tricks. "

Pound worried: "the enemy has dug three trenches in full, and there are horses and antlers in the trenches that the enemy can prevent. The control of Xiliang iron cavalry on the enemy has been greatly reduced."

Ma Chao didn't say a word. After a long time, he said firmly: "even so, our army can't just do it. Half of our troops are here to guard the enemy and seize the opportunity to attack and harass them."

"Lingming, you will lead three thousand steeds to inspect the Yellow turban thieves' grain transport troops. Since our army can't directly harass the enemy troops, we will intercept their food and grass and trap them here."

Pound nodded: "well, punish these yellow turban thieves and never come back!"

After all, more than 5000 iron cavalry of Xiliang were divided into two. Ma Chao led his troops to stay outside the three trenches, while pound was the leader.

While Liu Ye was fighting against Xu and the Central Plains, great changes had taken place in the world.