After hearing Lu Xun's arrangement, Ma Chao couldn't help but nodded, and said without any doubt: "In that case, why don't we go to the city gate and wait together now, and see where the Wei army and the Shu army who came this time are sacred." ”I heard Lu Xun immediately say: "Lu Xun has this intention. ”After speaking, the generals went down to act, while Ma Chao and Lu Xun led some men and horses to quickly rush to the city gate, in addition to appearing on the scene to appease the panicked heart of the sergeant, they also began to wait and observe the movement of the enemy.When Ma Chao and Lu Xun and others rode all the way to the city gate, they found that the people along the way began to collect their stalls and return home, these people usually live in peace with the Zhao soldiers, coupled with some of Zhao Yu's previous favor policies, so that the people of the city are particularly grateful and loved to the Zhao soldiers.The unity of the military and the people is particularly prominent, and the two have gone from initial strangeness to harmonious coexistence.This time, when they heard that the two armies of Wei and Shu were joining forces to attack, the people all consciously dispersed and returned to their homes, firstly, to avoid being affected, and secondly, to prevent hindrances to the Zhao army.However, in the streets and alleys, there was no panic, I don't know if it was because the people were not afraid of the enemy's attack, or because the people were very confident in the defenders of the city, Zhao Jun, especially the general who defended the city was the Shenwei Tian general Jin Ma Chao."
Meet the generals and advisors."
When Ma Chao, Lu Xun and others appeared on the city gate tower, the soldiers guarding the city immediately rose in morale and confidence when they saw the two, and they came forward to pay homage to the two.Seeing the nervous appearance of the sergeants, Ma Chao couldn't help but open his mouth to reassure everyone: "Well, everyone has worked hard, don't be nervous, the military division had expected that the enemy army might come back to counterattack, so let's take the lead in reinforcing the defense of the city wall."
This time these enemy troops came to attack, they undoubtedly sought their own death, and everyone should not be afraid. ”After finishing speaking, I only heard a sergeant smile at Ma Chao and said, "General, we are not nervous and scared, we are too excited."
We've been preparing for so long, and we haven't seen the enemy attack, so we can be regarded as suffocating.This time, the enemy could not resist coming to attack, and the brothers were finally able to open the meat, and they were already excited, and they were eager to pounce on them and slaughter them. ”When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha, the brothers have such ambitions, that's really gratifying.It's just that excitement is excitement, and everyone should be cautious and cautious, and don't make stupid things that are bound to be defeated. ”All the sergeants cheered in unison: "Rest assured, general, the brethren will surely respond to the battle calmly, and strike hard at the enemy, let them lie down one by one." ”Ma Chao then nodded slightly at everyone, and then looked at the dense figures not far from the city gate, Ma Chao couldn't help but ask everyone: "Well, okay, let's not talk about other gossip for the time being, what are the movements of the enemy now?"
”A sergeant in charge of supervision immediately reported to Ma Chao: "General Hui, these enemy troops have been guarding outside the city gate, just in formation, and there is no movement of any advance for the time being. ”After hearing the sergeant's report, Lu Xun couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Well, even so, you must not be careless, presumably the enemy must be making adjustments."
Once the adjustment is over, for example, a big attack will begin, so that everyone is ready and ready to fight. ”Perhaps in response to Lu Xun's words, just after a cup of tea, with a burst of killing shouts, I saw a black crowd holding siege equipment such as knife handles, long ladders, and rushing cars, and running towards the gate of Wudu City with murderous energy.Seeing the enemy coming, Ma Chao immediately ordered all the sergeant archers on the city gate to prepare for battle, and the thousands of archers were divided into three teams.The first battle archer was only a team, and immediately after shooting, they switched to bows and arrows and continued shooting, although the shooting was intensive, but the gap in the middle of the exchange of arrows would allow the enemy to take advantage of the opportunity to surprise the enemy.Later, it was invented that two teams would take turns shooting, so that when the first team changed hands after shooting the bow, the other team could take the opportunity to shoot supplementally, avoiding gaps and the rapid decline of the archers' physical strength.This time, Ma Chao ordered the archers to divide into three teams, and the first, second, and third teams took turns shooting, with the first team of archers in the center and the front of the team, the second team of archers standing slightly behind on the left, and the third team of archers standing slightly behind on the right.The first team is responsible for firing directly at the front enemy, and the second and third teams of archers are responsible for sniping the enemy behind them by projectile.The three teams of archers took turns to shoot continuously, so that the enemy troops attacking the city constantly appeared in front of a trace of gaps, and it was difficult to effectively gather together to form a momentum.In this way, invisibly, it relieved a lot of pressure on the sergeants of Army B, and the archers and soldiers also had enough time and opportunity to adjust their physical strength.But despite the archers as a defense, it is still difficult to resist the siege of an army of tens of thousands, after all, the ratio of archers to those besieging personnel is not proportional.In particular, the arrows fired by the archers may not be able to hit or kill the target with one hit, and every mistake will shorten the distance between the enemy and the enemy, and also lose a chance.In the end, these Wei Shu siege troops still rushed to the gate of Wudu City, and began to take the siege ladder, ready to climb the siege city.Once the enemy army is allowed to climb the city gate tower, the morale of both sides will inevitably be reversed, and Ma Chao is busy commanding standing on the city gate tower.For a while, not a single enemy soldier was allowed to climb the city gatehouse, which can be said to be dangerous.Just as the two sides were fighting tensely, they suddenly heard a horn sound blowing in the rear of the Shu Wei army, which immediately shocked the audience, and the enemy finally sounded the horn of retreating.Those Cao Wei soldiers who were preparing to desperately attack the city, after hearing this sound, were stunned at first, and then began to turn around and flee without their lives.After all, as soon as the order to retreat is issued, no one is willing to stay and insist, and those who run slowly are likely to become the prey of the enemy on the city gate.As for the soldiers of the Zhao army defending the city, they cheered in unison after listening to the horn of the opponent's retreat and seeing the retreat of the opponent's army.However, there was one person who was quite puzzled about this matter, and it was Sergeant Lu Xun who was standing aside.Seeing Lu Xun's puzzled look, Ma Chao couldn't help but ask curiously: "This time the enemy army was finally defeated and retreated, why did the military advisor look like this, could it be that he found something wrong" Lu Xun immediately frowned and said: "General Hui, Lu Xun just feels that these enemy troops retreated too quickly this time, which is a little unreasonable, which really makes Lu Xun quite puzzled." ”After Ma Yunlu on the side heard Lu Xun's words, he immediately couldn't help but say: "What's wrong with this, the enemy army is afraid of the strength of our army, and if they can't attack, they will naturally choose to retreat, which can be regarded as a wise choice."
Otherwise, would it be necessary to sacrifice more people before choosing to retreat" I saw Lu Xun shake his head without hesitation and said: "No, this matter is by no means so simple. ”After speaking, Lu Xun looked at the retreating Wei army and Shu army and said: "You see, this time the Shu and Wei armies are strictly forbidden to attack, which means that it is the result of weekday training.And this retreat was orderly, without a trace of panic, and it seemed more like it had been prepared in advance. ”"Moreover, the two armies of Shu and Wei, with a total of nearly 100,000 troops coming to attack this time, must have made sufficient preparations.And the siege battle just now was less than an hour, and such a short siege time was really weird.From this point of view, it is possible that the siege of the Shu and Wei armies this time is a kind of temptation, to test how strong the defense of our Wudu City is, or to confuse us, to create a false impression for us, to make us feel that the enemy army is vulnerable, and that we will be taken down in one fell swoop once we find a gap. ”Ma Xiu also chimed in: "Hmph, these Shu Wei generations are really attentive, they would actually imagine it like this, but then again."
It is indeed a little difficult to break through our Wudu City with the strength of the two armies of Shu and Wei, unless they use some ghost ideas, otherwise, they even want to step on the gate.It's just that I don't know what they will do, so we just can't do it. ”Lu Xun immediately said: "The only way to lure us out of the city is the bait, but it depends on how big the bait is."
With the mind of his Shu Wei generals, he must have been able to think that ordinary bait must not be able to lure us out of the city. ”When the horn of the withdrawal of the Shu Wei army was blown, the army quickly began to retreat, and the entire tens of thousands of troops did not suffer much loss except for the fact that they were killed and wounded by the archers of the Zhao army during the siege of the city, plus a few long ladders that were broken.Seeing the return of the army, Wei Yan couldn't help but ask Xiang Fa Zheng and said, "Strategist, this time our army has used this attack method to confuse the enemy, presumably the enemy army has begun to be proud, so when will you start to set up a plan?"
”Listening to Wei Yan's eagerness, Fa Zheng shook his head and said, "You must know that our enemies are Ma Chao and Lu Xun, these two people are by no means ordinary, we must be cautious."
This time we just fought a siege battle, if we can lure that Lu Xun to take the bait, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Zhao army to take the entire Liangzhou.If I'm not mistaken, I think that at the beginning, it was this Lu Xun who was the first to break through the city of Yanzhou, and when attacking Liangzhou, it was the combination of Ma Chao and Lu Xun who won the Wuwei of Liangzhou, we must not underestimate this Lu Xun. ”After finishing speaking, everyone present nodded thoughtfully, and then only heard Fa Zheng say again: "Go back to the camp today to rest, and tomorrow will do the siege battle."
In addition, strengthen the garrison tonight and beware of enemy night attacks on the barracks. ”"Order."
All the soldiers bowed their hands to Fa Zheng in unison
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