Chapter 798 I left and I’m back
"General Hu, when did Thief Feng escape and where did he escape? We must find out immediately."
Xiahou Baji said urgently, with a very anxious look on his face.
It is very easy to find out these two points. After all, the Wei State has been running Guanzhong for many years, and Hu Zun is from a local wealthy family. If you want to find out something, it is only a matter of time.
According to several nearby natives and a small Hu tribe, the Shu captives had already withdrawn from the camp yesterday and headed west.
Not long ago, about ten more riders came out and ran in the direction of the Shu captive.
It seems that in all likelihood, it is the person left by the Shu captives to make the final arrangements.
“General, should we pursue him or not?”
“If the Shu captives want to run away, they can run far in one day.” Xiahou Ba said with an ugly face, “What’s more, they have many horses in their army.”
The most important thing is that one thing must be determined as soon as possible.
“General Hu, the news from Jingyang, when will the next news come?”
“I have already given orders, and there will be fast horses delivering the news every day.”
Xiahouba's expression did not soften much after hearing this: "Even so, what we know now is news from two days ago at most."
It takes one day from Jingyang to Linjing, and another day from Linjing to Yuezhicheng.
This is still imaginary, but in fact, it may take half a day more.
"What's the meaning?"
Hu Zun was still a little unable to react.
"Did Thief Feng pretend to be suspicious, or was he really cowardly and fled?"
Xiahou Ba's face was ashen, "It would be fine if he was cowardly and fled, but if he pretended to be suspicious, then where is his real army?"
“Wushi City and Jingyang City?”
Hu Zun’s expression also changed.
“I look at Feng Thief, he has thousands of people and horses, but he doesn’t look like a suspicious soldier…”
Hu Zun was somewhat reluctant to believe it, or he wanted to find an excuse to convince himself.
After all...how can you use tens of thousands of cavalry as suspects?
Xiahouba was also a little hesitant.
However, the neatly stacked logs left by the Shu captives in the camp made him feel inexplicably frightened.
There seemed to be a person looking at him proudly in front of him: Do you think I am confused by you, or am I confusing you?
"No, we can't take this risk!" Xiahou Ba said through gritted teeth, "General Hu, you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case."
“You should lead the army back to Linjing first. If there is a change in Jingyang, you can make preparations in advance.”
Hu Zun asked: “What about you?”
“I will stay and guard Yuezhi City!”
“But Ruona Feng’s move was just a pretense of retreat…”
“It doesn’t matter, you can leave all the cavalry behind, plus the defenders of Yuezhi City, it will be enough to deal with it!”
Xiahou Ba, who felt that he had fallen into a fog, could only grit his teeth now.
Xiao Wenhe... really should not be underestimated!
This transition between advancement and retreat gives people a sense of dilemma.
Hearing what Xiahou Ba said, Hu Zun could only nod his head, "That's alright, then General Xiahou must be careful."
Although doing so may damage the morale of the soldiers, for now, it seems that this is the only method.
It is impossible to determine where Xiao Wenhe's real army is. It is really too passive.
“Those who are good at defending hide under the Nine Earths, and those who are good at attacking are above the Nine Heavens…”
Xia Houba murmured to himself, "Whoever can fight with General Zhang in a street pavilion is a good person? It turns out that I underestimate the world's heroes."
These words slapped the two of them in the face. Hu Zun coughed awkwardly:
"As the general said, this Feng thief is too cunning and cunning, and we would not be able to defeat him..."
Xia Houba did not answer Hu Zun's words. He felt vaguely uneasy about Feng Yong's behavior of hiding but not hiding, showing but not showing.
“General Hu, do you think we should notify the general in Chang’an and ask him to lead the army northward now…”
"Isn't it good?" A look of embarrassment appeared on Hu Zun's face, "General Fu Guo is stationed in Chang'an, mainly to prepare to support Da Sima."
"If the situation is unclear and the general of the auxiliary country is allowed to lead the army northward at this time, wouldn't it have an impact on Da Sima's southern expedition?"
Xiahouba saw that Hu Zun disagreed. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that he was too worried.
At the moment, he laughed at himself: "I didn't think carefully."
If the Southern Expedition was affected by improper handling of the Feng thief, then the name of this incompetence would definitely be pinned on the two of them.
It was his own wish to kill the thieves to avenge his father, so he took the initiative to ask for help and came to the battle line with the Shu captives.
If his incompetence affects the overall situation of the Southern Expedition, even if he is born with the surname Xiahou, he is afraid that he will have to return to Luoyang to stay in cold storage.
Anding County has favorable geographical location and good people. As for the weather, it just depends on God's will. If you get it, you will be lucky. If you lose it, you will still get two out of the three.
Even if we can't attack, can we still not defend?
Jia Wenhe is also a human being, not to mention Xiao Wenhe with a small character?
Xiahou Ba is secretly re-energizing.
Hu Zun said on the surface that it was impossible for Feng Thief to use Wanqi as a suspect, but in fact he was a little worried in his heart.
After leaving the cavalry he brought with Xiahou Ba, he hurried back with the remaining infantry the next day.
Just one day after Hu Zun left, the cavalry led by Feng Yong appeared in front of Xiahou Ba again.
Everything is as usual, there is no need to set up camp again, just repair the camp that Xiahou Ba has not had time to destroy, and then set up camp again.
Xiahou Ba at the top of the city saw all this, and his face became extremely gloomy.
“General, should we let General Hu lead the army back?”
The general below asked in a low voice.
"No need!" Xiahou Ba gritted his teeth, "Feng Thief's move is just to contain our army. If General Hu comes back, I'm afraid he will play into Feng Thief's ambitions."
"If he has the ability, why don't he try to capture Yuezhi City?"
If the first time Thief Feng really saw through the reality of Yuezhi City and did not dare to attack the city, then this time, he has an extra cavalry in his hand. He does not believe that Thief Feng really dares to attack the city?
His mind had just turned here when he saw the Shu captives below already making moves.
The wood that was originally placed in the camp and that I had not had time to deal with was moved out.
Looking at the formation, it seems that they are beginning to build siege equipment.
When Xiahou Ba saw this, his face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears: He dares? How dare he?
At the foot of Yuezhi City, Feng Yonggang put down his telescope, and Zhao Guang came over: "Brother, do we really want to attack the city?"
“If I don’t attack the city, why should I have people build this ladder and charge the chariot?”
Feng Yong looked at Yuezhi City in front of him and said calmly, "I'm not here for tourism. Go and call the people from the Yi Congjun."
Yi Congjun, who has more than a thousand people as captains, is either the first to be promoted by the captain's office, or is directly placed in the captain's office. After coming over, they all salute: "I have seen the king."
Feng Yong nodded and pointed at Yuezhi City:
"The highest point of this city is only three and a half feet (more than eight meters). The ladder can be used to climb over it. The Yi Congjun will start attacking the city tomorrow. Is there any problem?"
Most of the cities that require siege equipment are more than ten meters long. For large cities, they can reach twelve meters or even fifteen meters.
A city of more than eight meters like Yuezhi City should not be built too high or too low, because its original purpose was to be a shelter for the barbarians assigned by the Han Dynasty, and it was impossible to build it too high or too thick from the beginning.
However, the foundation of the city is not good. Unless it is demolished and rebuilt, no matter how much it is built, it is impossible to build a city more than ten meters tall.
Although Feng Yong did not have an engineering battalion on hand, he did have cannon fodder.
As long as he makes up his mind to build an ant attack on the city, it will be a simple matter.
After all... In addition to the dazzling siege equipment of the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion, antfu siege is one of the most important siege methods in this era.
It doesn't matter whether the attack can be defeated or not. What matters is to put pressure on the Wei army and send a wrong message to the Wei army.
The tribe commanders who joined the Yi Congjun basically came with the intention of selling the heads of warriors from their tribes.
Hearing what Feng Junhou said, everyone agreed one after another.
After arranging all this, the leaders of the Yi Congjun went down to make preparations. Only then did Zhao Guang come over and ask, "Brother, what should I do, little brother?"
"The Wei cavalry outside the city will be left to you. If one of them rushes over to affect the siege..."
“My little brother is willing to establish a military order!”
Zhao Guang looked solemn, straightened his body and said.
The Wei cavalry outside the city, according to the reconnaissance of the Dark Night Camp, only has four to five thousand people at most.
If the new cavalry can still give them a chance to charge into the camp even though they have a slight numerical advantage, then they would not have the face to lead the cavalry of the school captain's mansion.
Feng Yong's decision to attack the city obviously exceeded Xiahou Ba's expectations.
On the second day, when Xiahou Ba watched the barbarians under the city, driven by the Shu captives, carrying the simple ladders and rush carts built the day before, and began to rush towards the city, his face was even more ugly than yesterday. .
He turned to the lieutenant beside him:
"You come to defend the city, and I will lead the cavalry outside the city!"
Whether Yuezhi City can be defended or not, the key lies not within the city, but outside the city.
Xiahou Ba, who personally captured Yuezhi City, knew this better than anyone else.
The original cavalry of Yuezhi City and the cavalry brought by Hu Zun were combined into one unit and deployed outside the city, which was equivalent to reducing the number of defenders inside the city.
In addition, the wall of Yuezhi City is not high, so it is difficult to defend it by relying on the city.
So if you want to repel Feng Thief, the key is to rely on the cavalry outside the city.
Looking at the worried look on the deputy general’s face, Xiahou Ba encouraged him:
"It doesn't matter. Take a look at the people below the city. They are all barbarians. They were just pushed out by Feng Thief to die. You can just stay safe and guard."
After encouraging the lieutenant general, he hurriedly set off from the other side of the city gate to join the cavalry outside.
“Dong dong dong…”
The war drums sounded.
“Woo woo…”
The trumpet is blown.
The first batch of rebel troops quickly began to rush forward.
Hu people are good at riding and shooting, and with the help of the three-piece cavalry set funded by the captain's office, they rushed to the city like a whirlwind, using the charging horse power to raise their bows and shoot arrows...
Then look back.
The next wave of mounted fire continues to follow.
The Wei army on Yuezhi City did not show weakness and fired downwards at the same time.
For a time, arrows from both sides in the air intertwined like a net.
People were being shot constantly under the city, and they screamed in agony.
Especially for the Yi Congjun, not only did they not have any cover, but also because of the size of the horses, it was easier for the Wei army to hit the target.
The wounded horses and their shrill cries before dying added a bit of tragedy to the sounds on the battlefield.
The scene in front of him can only be regarded as a normal thing for Feng Yong now.
For more than a hundred years, the Qiang and Hu rebellions in Liangzhou have used this most primitive, barbaric, and at the same time the most cruel method to attack the cities of Yongliang and Liangzhou.
They today are just repeating what the previous generation did.
The only difference is that Feng Langjun behind them promised them a future.
For this future, they must perform adequately.
“Reporting to your lord, Cao Cao’s cavalry has appeared in the southeast.”
A soldier from the Dark Night Battalion reported the latest war situation.
“Send this information to General Zhao, and at the same time give him an order to defeat this thief cavalry army.”
“No!”
Zhao Guang, who had been waiting anxiously for the news, immediately became overjoyed when he received Feng Yong’s military order:
“You go back and tell me that unless those Cao thieves charge at me with my head in hand, they will never take a step forward!”
Then he immediately got on his horse and shouted:
“Everyone is here, mount your horse, go southeast, prepare to meet the enemy!”
The whistle of the cavalry camp immediately sounded. The soldiers checked their armor, put on their helmets, got on their horses, and started to move forward as a team.
Then Xiahou Ba, who led the army, saw such a cavalry army: war horses with leather armor on vital parts, and knights covered with armor sitting on their bodies.
From a distance, it looks like a gray-black land carrying a red blood tide that is constantly surging.
Even though they haven’t officially engaged in battle, Xiahou Ba’s eyelids were already twitching: Where did this Feng thief come from such an elite cavalry?
No wonder Xiahou Ba was surprised.
Because the Shu captives were huddled in Shu, the whole country could not produce a decent cavalry army at all.
I heard that the Shu puppets were invading the north, so I still used infantry to fight against the Liangzhou cavalry.
It is a pity that Longguan was attacked by Feng's thieves, and the Guanzhong army could not enter Longyou. Otherwise, how would the Shu captives be as arrogant as they are today?
I just didn’t expect that in less than three years, the Shu captives would be able to form such an elite cavalry army.
He had only seen such cavalry in the old battalion of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in Luoyang, which was incorporated into the New Fifth Army.
But now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.
If you don't break through the cavalry of the Shu captives on the opposite side, you won't be able to cope with the soldiers guarding the city.
Xiahouba immediately ordered: "Get ready to charge!"
He turned around and saw that many soldiers had looks of horror on their faces, and they quickly shouted:
“The Shu captives had no cavalry in the past, and even Ma Chao, who could be called a cavalry commander, had been dead for several years.”
“Although this cavalry seems to have fine armor and good weapons, without a cavalry commander to lead it, it is nothing more than a piece of sand!”
"I will personally lead the army later. Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed!"
After saying that, he formed a charge array, hoping to fight to the death with the Shu captives in front.
The so-called charging arrow formation is an arrow-shaped formation, with the general in front of the formation leading the charge, which is most suitable for brave generals to charge into the formation.
Zhao Guang took the telescope he had finally sharpened from his brother, saw the opponent’s formation, and smiled:
“That’s all! Come here, send the order down and set up the fish scale formation!”
The charging arrow formation is fast and allows the cavalry to charge quickly. The fish scale formation is because the front army is wider than the arrow formation and the soldiers are densely distributed, so the charging speed will be slower.
But compared to the armored cavalry of the Han army, this expanded formation of the front army's width can just expand the advantage of the semi-heavy cavalry.
What's more, in order to save horse power, when riding a charge, it is impossible to increase the speed all at once.
Facing the opponent's cavalry army, which does not even have all the people to protect it, speed does not need to be ranked first.
More importantly, Zhao Guang also holds an opener in his hand.
The ground began to rumble and shake...
(End of this chapter)