Zhang Yang looked down from the high city wall with a gloomy expression.
At the foot of the city lay dozens of corpses of Ma Jiajun soldiers.
The equipment on these war dead was quite good, with leather armor for protection, and weapons such as spears and shields.
However, Zhang Yang still frowned: the clothes of these soldiers were very different from those in the Central Plains.
Their knees and elbows were tied respectively, and only the vital parts of the body were protected.
He also has a thick beard, a deep face and a high nose, and he knows how to fight.
Zhang Yang had never seen these types of soldiers before.
What's even more strange is that Ma Chao doesn't seem to feel sorry for this fighting force at all.
Over the course of a day and night, this army launched back and forth more than a dozen attacks.
Every time they hit Huai County, they were a little stretched, but they only tried to stop it, teasing Huai County like a cat playing with a mouse.
Zhang Yang raised his head and looked into the distance again.
The horse army's camp covered the sky and the earth, with flags fluttering and a huge momentum.
All sides of Huai County were suddenly surrounded by the Ma Family Legion, which firmly controlled the four directions of Huai County, calmly and majesticly.
The arrogance and arrogance of Huai County is beyond words.
Regarding this, what can Zhang Yang do?
The scouts he should send for help had already been sent before the Ma family was surrounded.
He, the governor of Hanoi, only had less than 20,000 combatable soldiers, including the residents of Huai County.
More than 50,000 people.
At this time, there were a hundred thousand Ma's troops surrounding the county.
In addition, I heard that there are still 300,000 troops stationed in Wen County, and they can arrive at Huai County overnight.
With the power of Ma Jiajun, just a slight push can bring down this city.
Once the city of Huai County is captured, Ma Chao's army can continuously spread out on the north bank of the Yellow River, gather into an irresistible line of defense, and start a decisive battle with Yuan Gong in the vast plains.
But the strange thing is that Ma Chao on the opposite side seems to be absent-minded.
Except for yesterday's intention to test the will of the defenders to resist, the main force has remained stationary.
Zhang Yang shook his head, his expression suddenly changed, and the sound of a powerful horn came to his ears again.
The entire Ma family's military camp seemed to be awakened by a trapped dragon.
After some turning and smoke filled the air, several square formations slowly walked out of the camp in orderly steps.
Banners covered the sky, and soldiers were fiercely engaged.
Looking from the top of the city, the Ma family's army seemed like ants swarming out of the burrow, and they could not see beyond.
When the situation was like this yesterday, Zhang Yang's heart was always hanging in the air.
As a result, he didn't sleep at all last night.
Now seeing such a military situation, he felt that he couldn't resist: "The whole army is ready to defeat the incoming enemy."
The enemy, the Yuan family's army will come to help today."
Fortunately, Huai County is not an isolated city yet, and there are still an army of judges and matchmakers from the outside to look forward to.
Sadly, the Shenpei army has not moved yet.
Zhang Yang doesn't know if the Yuan family has given up on Huai County and wants to fight the Ma family on the good front in Wuzhi.
"kill" Zhang Yang saw Ma Chao shaking his right hand slightly in the distance, as casually as if he was throwing down a few coins.
However, just like this, the two thousand foreigners from yesterday rushed up again with shouts.
Zhang Yang no longer had any random thoughts.
He shouted loudly to boost the morale of the soldiers at the top of the city.
At the same time, he finally said: "Pass my order to mobilize the big people in the city to come and defend the city."
At the same moment, Ma Chao was riding on the Red Rabbit horse, feeling quite deeply in his heart: Ever since Lu Bu handed Red Rabbit to Ma Chao, he had been out of tune with other horses for many days.
It was not until the contact in March that Red Rabbit seemed to understand Lu Bu. mind.
He began to gradually accept Ma Chao as his new owner.
During another trial ride yesterday, Chitu was a little resistant at first, but then his eyes brightened and he actually acquiesced to Ma Chao's new owner's identity.
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Of course, the result was that the elephant dragon Xiaohei and the red rabbit bit each other fiercely.
The Liangma family that Ma Chao carefully wanted to promote was completely plunged into a cold war between the two horses because of the intervention of a third party.
"Yan Liang should be arriving in Huai County soon, right?"
Ma Chao gently stroked Red Rabbit's red mane and asked Yang Xiu next to him.
"Go back to my lord, we can approach the battlefield in the afternoon.
It seems that tomorrow will be the day of decisive battle in Huai County."
Yang Xiu glanced at the memo and replied.
After hearing the news, Chao didn't say anything more.
He just sighed and said as if he was off topic: "When will the twenty-two armies be able to kill them all?"
Large-scale legionary decisive battles were not absent in the late Han Dynasty.
But the triggering events are very low, and the two sides will only engage in such a decisive battle unless they are seeking revenge or when the time is right.
Under normal circumstances, the two sides defended their respective fronts and fought against each other.
In less than a year and a half, there was no way to win or lose.
When Xingyang avenged his humiliation, the senior officials had no choice but to fight.
But after the defeat, the two families tried their best to avoid such large-scale hard defense.
First of all, it really has no technical content.
Secondly, it is also because of the simplest reason.
It would be a pity to lose everything if you put all your money into it.
Both families have inexhaustible forces in each other's hands, so they will naturally progress step by step.
Especially for Yuan Jun, after their defeat, they already knew that the combat power of Yuan Jiajun was not at the same level as Ma Jiajun, so naturally they did not dare to act rashly.
In addition, they are still fighting at home, and they can rely on strict defense to consume Ma Chao's military supplies.
When the Ma family's army is exhausted, they can fight again.
Therefore, Ma Chao knew that even if Yan Liangzhen came to rescue Huai County this time, he would only make a false shot and come to see if there were still fighter planes available.
At the same time, he would use such a move to let Hanoi Prefect Zhang Yang use up the last bit of energy in Hanoi County. , hold back until the Ma family's army is consumed.
After all, the Ma family's 100,000-strong army besieged a small town, and Yan Liang had no power to recover.
But for Ma Chao, he had to plan against Yan Liang's supporting army.
In away games, the Ma family's troops cannot be effectively guaranteed food.
Only by relying on the huge subordinates behind them can they continuously deliver military rations to the front line.
Such a long and extremely draining war of attrition was not Ma Chao's original intention.
Therefore, he must seize any opportunity to swallow up the Yuan family's vitality and gradually tilt the balance of victory towards Ma Chao.
At present, it seems that everything is going quite smoothly: the main force of high-ranking officials was defeated, the Yuan family's food and grass were robbed, and Huai County was also able to get it.
As long as the Ma family can win a few more battles, when Yuan Shao's main force really wants to confront the Ma family, Ma Chao will shrink the defense line, deploy heavy troops in Huai County, and retreat to Chang'an: If he really works for Cao Cao in vain, Ma Chao is not that kind of fool. .
In war, sometimes a step back is the greatest attack.
At least, when he has to pay a heavy price, Ma Chao would rather get out of the puzzle, play some tricks behind the scenes, slowly plant the nails, and then strike again after the opponent makes a major mistake.
He is an enemy of the Yuan family, the Cao family, and even the entire Han Dynasty.
What he needs is this kind of relaxed and moderate wisdom.
As for the hatred between Duanmu Ruoyu and the Ma family soldiers and generals, they really need to be planned before taking action.
This is what Ma Chao has completely clarified after calming down in the past two days.
"Dezu, how many reinforcements can Yan Liang bring this time?"
Ma Chao looked at the retreating Parthian Empire mercenaries in front, and waved slightly again, signaling another wave of teams to attack again: Shen Pei has not sent out troops yet, Ma Chao cannot directly capture the bait of Huai County with all his strength.
But at the same time, it is necessary to create the illusion that the Ma family's army is eager to attack, so the only choice is to sacrifice these alien cannon fodder soldiers who work hard for money.
Who let this 30,000-strong army pay the full price in advance, and they squandered it to their heart's content?
It's time to pay with your life.
"My subordinates are short-witted, but if I were Yan Liang, I would have 20,000 pro-reunion troops under my command, which would be enough to give Zhang Yang hope.
If there were any more, I would probably feel distressed."
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Ma Chao nodded.
He also expected this amount.
But thinking of the Ma Jiajun who had ambushed the road from Wuzhi to Huai County in advance, Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh: "The 30,000 Ma Jiajun in the surprise attack are too few, enough to swallow up the 50,000 Yuan Jiajun.
Why is that person assigned to the trial?
So annoying”: