Seeing that it was getting late, the original plan to fight a quick battle and capture the city at all costs fell through again.
The twilight slowly shrouded like smoke, and torches gradually lit up at the head of the city, but the city was as dark as a haze, and in this scenario, the night battle and siege of the city would obviously be more unfavorable to the army of the state.
Xin Bi, who was beside Yuan Tan, looked at the defenders at the head of the city worriedly, and then turned back to look behind him, the place where heaven and earth met was hazy, but a fire was faintly visible, which was obviously Gongsun Bai's main cavalry.
Finally, Xin Bi sighed slightly and said: "Lord, I'm afraid it won't work like this, my army and horses are not as fast as the enemy, and the bow and crossbow are not as good as the enemy's disease, and now I am suffering from the enemy on my back, and I am afraid that it will be taken by the thief army in the long run." ” The muscles on Yuan Tan's face twitched slightly, and he was silent.
Because he knew that once it was night, Gongsun Bai would inevitably send Bai Ma Yi to interfere with gongs and drums, and tens of thousands of Jizhou troops would usher in a night city that was difficult to sleep on, and they would attack behind it during the day, and if it continued like this, the Bingzhou army would become a tired soldier and be defeated by Gongsun Bai sooner or later.
Originally, he thought that he had learned the secret of the cavalry, and made a surprise attack with 40,000 Bingzhou cavalry, swept the western part of Jizhou with lightning momentum, and then raided Yecheng, killing Gongsun Bai by surprise, but he didn't expect that in the end it was like this, but he gave up half of the Bingzhou, so that he was able to organize this elite cavalry, although there were only 40,000, but he believed that when he encountered an ordinary foot soldier, he could be an army of 150,000, but he was unexpectedly trapped by Gongsun Bai with 15,000 light cavalry, so how could he be willing At this time, Xin Ping also sighed and said: "Gongsun Bai started from the white horse Yicong built by Gongsun Zhan back then, and has been crisscrossing the north for many years, and has won the essence of the cavalry, and now the situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, and there are only two ways: or retreat to the state and stick to Huguan; Or abandon the city of the country, rush to attack Wu'an City, attack all the way, and turn Jizhou upside down. ” Yuan Tan changed color and said: "The plan to retreat from the army, Hugh has to mention the plan to attack the hinterland of Jizhou, and it needs to be discussed, otherwise once the lone army goes deep and the back road is cut off, it will be like a rogue and is likely to be besieged by the enemy." ” Xin Bi said: "There will be a plan in the end, which can break Jizhou" Yuan Tan's eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "Ji will be out" Xin Bi said: "Now Gongsun Bai only dispatched 15,000 cavalry, so that our army is difficult to ride a tiger, according to the last general's knowledge, Gongsun Bai still has Tai Shici led Moyun to ride 10,000 horses, Zhang He led tens of thousands of Taiping troops, the reason why they were not all dispatched is to prevent Cao Cao in the south from attacking.
According to the plan of the last general, Gongsun Bai and Cao Cao are called allies, in fact, they are afraid of each other, and they are not weak to retreat first to defend Rencheng, and then pass on the letter to Cao Cao to ask him to fight Gongsun Bai and divide their land.
For example, the princes of today, the one who makes Cao Cao most jealous must be Gongsun Bai, and I expect him to respond to it.
At that time, the two armies will attack together, how can Gongsun Bai block it" said that Yuan Tan's face, which had been cloudy in recent days, suddenly dispersed and praised him again and again.
Overnight, tens of thousands of Bingzhou troops suddenly withdrew, and at the same time, after being broken with a strong bow and a hard crossbow by a good shooter, they slowly retreated towards Rencheng.
Gongsun Bai saw that the enemy army was already on guard, and it was difficult to take advantage, but he did not dare to pursue too fast, so he followed the Bingzhou cavalry all the way and stationed under Rencheng Pass, seeking a way to break through.
The sound of horses' hooves and the wheels of the wheels were turning, and an army was rolling like a long dragon towards Hangu Pass.
The banners of the clouds, the guns and halberds of the forest, stretched to a few miles away, there were 70,000 or 80,000 people, plus the people and miscellaneous soldiers who transported grain and grass, there were as many as 100,000 people, this was Cao Cao's westward expedition to Li Dao and Guo Yan's army. 、 Since Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty fled eastward, Li Dao and Guo Yan still dominate the land west of Hangu Pass, including the land of Sanfu and Guanzhong, although their strength is not as good as that year, but it should not be underestimated.
Cao Cao is a hero in the world, how could he allow such a vicious wolf to lie in the west that can threaten him, so after defeating Yuan Shu and reaching an armistice agreement with Gongsun Bai, his first thing is to get rid of these two people, not only to get rid of the trouble of his henchmen, but also to expand his strength, and to win a reputation for the Han family to eliminate thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan captured the Han Emperor Liu Xie, bullying in every way, except for these two people, they can increase their reputation, which is a strategy to kill three birds with one stone.
In the dust, under the banner embroidered with "Cao", Cao Cao was dressed in gilded armor, wearing a fiery red coat, leaning on the heavenly sword at his waist, and riding a snow-white, nine-foot-high horse on his crotch.
Cao Cao on horseback looked solemn, looking at the smoke and dust in front of him, and his heart was full of thoughts.
Behind him, the broken and majestic walls of Luoyang City were faintly revealed.
And what caused Cao Cao to sigh in his heart was the dilapidated and desolate Luoyang City.
Ten years ago, the princes of the Eighteenth Road crusaded against Dong Zhuo, the banner stretched for dozens of miles, there were 500,000 people, only Lu Bu was defeated and retreated, Dong Zhuo fled westward, but before Dong Zhuo fled, a fire burned Luoyang to a pulp, and Luoyang, the god capital known as "in the world" in the past, became a land of rubble.
Now that he has passed through Luoyang, he can't help but think of the grand scene of the princes of the Eighteenth Route discussing Dong Zhuo ten years ago.
It's just ten years later, and only he and Ma Teng are still alive and well.
In the past ten years, the world has changed too much When I was sighing in my heart, I suddenly rode and rushed to Cao Cao, presented a secret letter of fire paint, and said loudly: "Qi Sikong, and Yuan Tan from the state" The generals beside Cao Cao changed their faces one after another, and they all looked at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao indifferently opened the envelope, read it carefully, and then said nothing, and his face became cloudy.
Cheng Yu beside him asked urgently: "The last general heard that Yuan Tan led 40,000 elite cavalry to raid Jizhou, but he lost the first battle, retreated to Rencheng, and couldn't hold on to Gongsun Bai, this letter is Yuan Tan's alliance."
Cao Cao smiled faintly, handed the letter in his hand to Cheng Yu and said, "Exactly" The surrounding generals whispered and discussed, but their opinions were different, but many people supported an alliance with Yuan Tan, after all, Lu Bu, Li Dao and Guo Yan, such as Gongsun Bai who threatened Cao Cao the most, if he could take the opportunity to wave his army north, join forces with Yuan Tan to attack Gongsun Bai, and take Gongsun Bai in one fell swoop, even if Li Dao and Guo Yan lived for two more years, it didn't matter.
Cao Cao listened carefully to everyone's discussions, turned back to Cheng Yu and smiled: "I don't know what Zhongde thinks" Cheng Yu groaned for a while, and only said after a long time: "Yuan Shao was destroyed by Gongsun Bai, how can a mere Yuan Tan disrupt the agreement between the Lord Duke and Gongsun Bai's alliance."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Those who know me, Zhong Deye."
Someone, give me a messenger who will merge the state, cut off my ears and nose, and then drive them back with a stick."
"Whoa" Several of the soldiers hurriedly retreated.
Cao Cao looked at the direction of Hangu Pass, pulled out the Yitian Sword on his waist and pointed westward: "Go, follow this official to level Li Dao and Guo Yan and the rebels, and stabilize the world."
Boom, boom, boom Hundreds of trebuchets bombarded the head of Rencheng day and night, and the huge stones roared towards the wall, smashing the wall into a thousand holes and crumbling.
According to the information obtained from the annexed states, Gongsun Bai learned that Yuan Tan actually completely abandoned half of the land of the annexed states and gave it to the Huns, telling him how not to be angry with people of other races in his heart, and once he gained power, he would treat the Han people as fish and meat and slaughter them at will, which was already a habit.
The Wuhuan people of that year were like this, and the Xianbei people were like this, how could the Xiongnu, the evil wolf that had ravaged northern China for thousands of years, be denatured He could fully imagine the misery of the Han people living under the rule of the Huns.
Seeing that Yuan Tan was still guarding the city wall, Gongsun Bai's heart became anxious, and he ordered his troops to build a high platform around him, preparing to put hundreds of trebuchets on the earthen platform, and then bombarded Rencheng City day and night.
Once the advantage of the high platform is used, the attack range of the trebuchet is increased even more, and the stone projectile the size of a bull's head will launch a crushing blow to the defenders of the state.
Yuan Tan rode lightly, in addition to grain and grass and simple siege equipment, in addition to bows and crossbows, he did not carry the equipment to defend the city, if it were not for the numerical advantage, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold it for a long time, and now seeing Gongsun Bai's formation, his heart couldn't help but become anxious. 40,000 cavalry came violently, Yuan Tan did not expect that a city was only a checkpoint before Rencheng, and he was forced to retreat to Rencheng, and now the only hope is to wait for Cao Cao's news.
"Lord, now Gongsun Bai is Cao Cao's biggest threat, I think he is as smart as Cao Mengde, and he will definitely accept our covenant, and I hope that the lord will not take the lead" Xin Ping beside him persuaded.
"I hope so."
Yuan Tan's face was full of uneasiness.
Just when the earthen platform under Rencheng was getting higher and higher, and Yuan Tan was anxious, a personal soldier hurriedly rushed into Yuan Tan's bedroom.
"General Qiyu, the envoy from Cao Cao has returned."
When Yuan Tan, who was sitting on the soft couch, heard this, he immediately jumped up and rushed out.
"General, General" As soon as he left the door, Yuan Tan saw a person running over crying and shouting.
When he fixed his eyes, Yuan Tan was already desperate in his heart.
Listening to the voice, the visitor could tell that it was the messenger he sent to deliver a message to Cao Cao, but the appearance was miserable, his ears were cut, his nose was pierced, and his face was drenched with blood, and he could barely distinguish his face.
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At this moment, everything is in plain sight, and it is clear that Cao Cao's plan to ally Cao Cao has been shattered.
"Alas" In the bedroom, looking at the map, thinking about all kinds of predicaments, Yuan Tan didn't know how many times he sighed.
There were a few dry coughs behind him, and Yuan Tan turned around and saw that it was Xin Ping who didn't know when he had entered the account.
As soon as he saw Xin Ping, Yuan Tan's brows furrowed slightly, and he seemed to be a little disgusted.
"It turned out to be Zhongzhi, is there anything wrong" Yuan Tan said casually, not even bothering to look at Xin Ping.
The Xin brothers, since the expedition, all the strategies offered have failed, Yuan Tan inherited Yuan Shao's character of liking anger at others, and naturally has no good face for Xin Ping.
Xin Ping looked a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, but said cautiously: "Enlighten the lord, the last general has thought of a plan recently, maybe he can help the lord solve today's predicament, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ” Hearing this, Yuan Tan, who was originally impatient, suddenly shook his body.
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