Chapter 232 ? Dead End (Part 2)
This team is head coach Niu Fu, Fan Chou is brave general, and Hu Zhen is considered a military advisor. Now Niu Fu has no prestige and his soul has become Hu Zhen.
"Dadadada!!" Fan Chou heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind and couldn't help but turn his head to look. A cavalry rushed straight, stopped in front of him, bowed and said, "General Fan. General Hu Zhen of my family said. The opponent's cavalry was obviously pieced together, and we also teamed up a cavalry of three or five thousand people to fight with the other party."
"Okay." Fan Chou nodded.
Although they were infantry, there were some cavalry in each unit. Fan Chou immediately sent out 300 cavalry and, together with the generals, he put together a cavalry of 4,000 to fight with the other side.
However, Yang Chou had mainly harassment and did not fight with the cavalry of Fan Chou and others, so he directly stopped his horse and fled.
After chasing the cavalrymen of Fan Chou and others, of course they came back. However, this temporary cavalry was not disbanded, but followed the infantry as flank cover.
Although Yang Chou came to harass him from time to time afterwards, due to the existence of this temporary cavalry, Fan Chou and others' marching speed slowed down, but they still steadily headed towards Wenxi City.
Fan Chou and others had no vehicles to bring tents. In the evening, they ordered soldiers to pick up dry firewood nearby. After burying the pot and making rice, the army rested on the ground against the bonfire.
As for the night's alert tasks, they are also carried out in shifts.
The weather is still very cold now, let alone at night. Although the soldiers were wearing thick clothes and sitting next to the bonfire, they were still trembling with coldness.
There are also weak soldiers who are infected with wind and cold and are constantly coughing.
Although this team is still maintained, its morale and combat effectiveness have dropped to an extremely low level.
"I'm afraid I can't reach Wenxi City." Hu Zhen pressed the hilt of the sword and patrolled his camp in iron armor. Seeing the soldiers in such a situation, he couldn't help but feel a little desperate.
He really wanted to discuss it with Fan Chou and others, but now there is no military camp protection, so he dare not leave his army at will.
If an attack occurs, he needs to be on hand.
"Da da da da da!!!"
"kill!!!!"
Whatever you are afraid of is what you are. As soon as Hu Zhen was distracted, he heard a roar and killing sound coming from the east, the voices of people and horses neighed, and his momentum was soaring to the sky.
"Prepare for war!!!"
Hu Zhen's expression changed drastically. Now they have no military camp and are blinding. Once the army is destroyed, it will be annihilated.
"kill!!"
Although the soldiers were already very tired and cold, they were elites after all. After barely cheering up, they stood up under the command of the military waiters, with the spearmen outside and the archers inside, forming a formation to resist.
But after a while, Hu Zhen realized that he was famous. The other party was completely full of thunder and little rain.
"Damn bastard, it turned out to be a plan." Hu Zhen's face turned pale. He knew what would happen next, but he had no choice.
Who told him that he had no military camp? It would be great if there was a military camp. The soldiers would just take turns to rest.
Damn it.
really.
That night, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and others were harassed as much as ten times. They were already very tired and cold. After not having a good rest for a night, they became even weaker.
But they had no choice. The Yellow River was blocked and they could not go back to the south. Only by advancing and attacking Wenxi City could they have the opportunity to survive.
Before dawn, the generals ordered the pot to make rice. After eating, the soldiers were more energetic and they set off again.
During the day, Yang Chou still led his troops to harass Fan Chou and the others.
Originally, it took only one day to walk, Yang Chou and others to walk for more than three days. At noon on the fourth day, they arrived outside Wenxi City.
Now the food in their army can only last for up to two days. If the horses are slaughtered, it may be worth three days.
They had to break through Wenxi in three days before they could regain their momentum. But they had no heavy siege equipment, only some broken ladders.
And Wenxi City has 10,000 elite soldiers waiting for labor.
After arriving at the city, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and other generals of Xiliang touched their heads and looked at each other, all of whom were embarrassed and haggard, and sighed together.
Niu Fu didn't say a word, as if he was a quail.
All the generals looked at Niu Fu with disgust.
Hu Zhen held the reins in both hands and looked up at Wenxi City. The city was full of flags and armor and soldiers, and the solemn and murderous aura filled the sky.
He took a breath and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, life and death are here in this battle. After entering the city, there will be food and girls."
"General Fan, please attack the city first."
"General Chen, please lead the four thousand cavalry away and be on guard."
"The rest of the generals attacked the city in turn."
"promise."
The generals all agreed and went down to prepare according to Hu Zhen's arrangement. As for Niu Fu, he opened his mouth, did not dare to speak, and no one jumped at him.
If Niu Fu hadn't been Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he would have been slaughtered long ago.
Although there are no war drums, they still have some horns.
Soon Fan Chou had organized his soldiers and carried seventy or eighty ladders to prepare to attack the city. Fan Chou led 300 elite soldiers to supervise the battle in the rear.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
"kill!!!"
"Kill!!!" The soldiers also roared and killed, but they were a little weak no matter how they heard it. What's terrible is that they don't have shields yet, and they even have very few short weapons.
The archers had to come to the city without the protection of shield soldiers, and shoot arrows within the shooting range of the archers on the city.
The spearmen were unable to climb ladders with spears, so they could only abandon the spears and climbed the ladders with bare hands to die.
"Swoosh swosh swosh swosh!!!" The arrows on the top of the city were raining. The soldiers of Fan Chou, who were unprotected under the city, kept screaming and falling to the ground like a target.
"Hahahaha. Listen to the people under the city. You want to use human lives to fill my city, but you are dreaming of spring and autumn. There are 50,000 arrows in my city, and you can kill 20,000 to 30,000 you."
In front of the city gate tower, a tall and mighty general laughed three times, and a loud voice resounded throughout the battlefield.
The soldiers were even more afraid. Many soldiers ignored the urging of the army and began to stalemate.
"Kill in!!!" Fan Chou was also a ruthless character, and he waved his right hand with a blank expression.
"Kill!!!" The three hundred personal soldiers under their command killed 200 people and slashed the soldiers who were stale behind them from behind. Fan Chou's personal soldiers were extremely elite, and they all had enough food, lively and had extremely strong combat power.
The soldiers fell under the blade of their own people.
"If you don't have the former, you will be killed without mercy!!!"
Fan Chou's voice was filled with coldness.
"kill!!!!"
There were wolves in front and tigers in the back. The soldiers had to muster up the courage to attack the city wall again. However, the effect was not satisfactory.
"Ding Ding Ding Ding!!!"
It was not until soon after that the sound of metal and iron sounded. The soldiers under Fan Chou turned against each other as if they were amnesty.
After Fan Chou, another general from Xiliang was supervising the battle forward. But like Fan Chou, he did not have much effect. Instead, he supervised the battle and killed his soldiers who did not kill him.
All the generals were not soft-hearted. At this time, if they did not break through Wenxi City, the army would collapse without fighting. If they fought, as long as they could enter Wenxi City, they would be able to survive.
It is not a pity that half of these 70,000 troops died.
But the plan is different from reality.
Under such a fierce siege battle that did not care about death and injury and did not care about soldiers, it was fine during the day, and someone watched it. At night, soldiers began to flee.
And it is not an escape one by one, but an escape in pieces.
During the first day of the battle, Fan Chou and others died or injured seven or eight thousand people, but there were 10,000 soldiers who fled that night.
The next day, when the city was attacked, five or six thousand soldiers died of Fan Chou and others, and more than 20,000 fled soldiers were more than 20,000.
On the morning of the third day, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and others counted the troops, leaving only more than 25,000 soldiers, and only more than 25,000 soldiers left.
And Wenxi City ahead, it was still motionless.
This is no longer a problem of tooth collapse, but the mouth is full of teeth and cannot bite it.
Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and others did not even dare to stay at the city gate, retreated five miles westward, and repaired it in a small hillside as a cover.
The generals gathered together, each of them was in a mess. Niu Fu lowered his head and sat in a remote position, trying to keep quiet as much as possible.
"What should we do now?"
Fan Chou's voice was hoarse and he looked at Hu Zhen very haggardly.
"I don't know." Hu Zhen shook his head, and there was no plan in his heart. They had already reached a dead end and had no choice but to do anything.
The other generals did not speak, but some people had already begun to think about surrendering. Although their families were all in Luoyang City, many of these generals from the first order of Xiliang were cold and miserable people.
Women die when their children die. As long as I am still alive, why worry about women? Why worry about not having a son?
However, now they just think about it in their hearts and will not say it out loud. If they want to surrender, they will leave directly tonight.
“How much food do we have?”
Fan Chou looked up and asked again.
"I have been blessed with the sharp decline in the number of people. Our food and slaughtering war horses can last for three days."
"In three days, we can't get out of this unmanned land where Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang are strong and clear." Hu Zhen shook his head and said.
Fan Chou thought for a while and said, "When the situation is at its worst, I can only run away with my personal soldiers. Anyway, I will not surrender to Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang."
He was the first general to express his thoughts.
"Let's leave some food and take your personal soldiers with you." Hu Zhen also nodded and said.
This grain can be eaten for a few days and can be operated flexibly.
If the generals bring their personal soldiers and more food, wouldn’t they last longer? However, without the protection of the army, it would be extremely dangerous for them to go back to Luoyang.
Whether you can go back depends entirely on luck.
There are still a few days left. The generals have already decided whether to escape or surrender.
It's broken up, it's broken up.
Chapter completed!