Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 630
Anyi in Hedong.

The city was already surrounded by large legions. After Duan Yan was defeated and fled, he retreated to the city to defend it.

The people besieging the city were Ma Chao and Han Sui's army. This time they dispatched tens of thousands of Xiliang troops. Duan Yan blocked them all the way. However, due to the disparity in strength, they lost the battle and were forced by Ma Teng and Han Sui all the way to Sili territory.

Duan Xuan met Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, in the city. After counting the troops and supplies in the city, both of them looked worried.

With the garrison in the city plus Duan You's remnant army, Anyi's full force now only counts over ten thousand men, and the food and grass are not in short supply. Sili was already suffering from famine, and there was a shortage of food in the city. Duan You's thousands of remnants of the army rushed into the city, and there was nowhere else to go. Extra food?
Wang Kuang said worriedly: "General Duan, what should we do?"

"The enemy has been surrounding this city for ten and a half months. They would have starved to death without beating anyone. Besides, the enemy army is so powerful. Can they really stop it?"

Duan Yan said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, we are short of food, and so are they."

"Most of the cavalry coming from Liangzhou bring their own dry food. How many days can they carry it?"

"Besides, if they capture Huaicheng, what benefits can they gain?"

"So I think they will break camp and head to Hanoi soon."

"At that time, I will go out of the city to harass them so that they cannot easily harass the emperor's car."

Wang Kuang's face showed admiration, "General Duan's loyalty to the Han Dynasty is really admirable."

"But I really don't have any food left in the city, and I can't let the generals and soldiers go hungry these days. It's really not possible. There are still some old and weak people in the city."

Duan Xuan heard this and immediately refused: "How can this be done!"

"As a Han soldier, you should be loyal to the emperor and love the people. How can you eat the people!"

"I will find a way to deal with the military rations, so don't worry, Governor."

Wang Kuang immediately accepted the order, but he shook his head secretly in his heart. Everything else was fine, but food couldn't be changed. Do you still know how to use magic?

The next day, Ma Teng and Han Sui's army began to test the siege of the city. The soldiers carried crude wooden ladders and rushed to the foot of Anyi City to climb the city.

Originally this was just a feint attack. After all, there were no siege equipment. It was difficult for even one out of ten soldiers to reach the top of the city. Then what awaited them was often a garrison several times their size. Almost the first few groups to reach the top of the city were waiting for them. It is difficult for soldiers to survive.

However, to both Ma Teng and Han Sui's surprise, the soldiers at the top of Anyi City seemed to have very weak resistance. Soon many Liangzhou soldiers boarded the city. For a while, these soldiers shouted, saying that they They were the first to ascend, and there was chaos at the top of the city.

Ma Teng looked happy and said to Han Sui: "I didn't expect this city to be so vulnerable. What an unexpected surprise."

At this time, someone said: "Something's wrong."

"Duan Xuan's soldiers are the elite of Xiliang, they will never be so weak."

Han Sui looked disdainful after hearing this, "Our Liangzhou army is extremely brave. How can Duan Yan, a defeated general from Xiliang, be considered an elite?"

The person who spoke earlier was Guo Si. Hearing Han Sui's words that clearly looked down on the Xiliang soldiers, he couldn't help but show a trace of anger on his face, but most of it was embarrassment.

After he was defeated by Duan Xuan, he was chased all the way to Liangzhou. Almost all of his troops were killed or injured and fled. Finally, he was cornered and was forced to seek refuge with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

But later Guo Si discovered that the other party only wanted to use his name to gather Liangzhou soldiers and bandits, and did not really join forces. Recently, Guo Si was gradually ignored, and the two of them often looked down on Guo Si when they saw Guo Si's decline.

Guo Si was naturally aware of this, but he was under the control of others, and he only had a thousand direct soldiers and horses, which was nothing compared to Han Sui and Ma Teng who could easily recruit tens of thousands of people, so he could only try his best to endure it. .

He saw that the situation in the battle at the top of the city was not right, and he originally warned him out of good intentions, but when he saw that Ma Teng and Han Sui didn't appreciate it at all, he was furious and stopped talking.

Not long after, hundreds of Liangzhou soldiers climbed up the city wall, and were triumphantly forcing the seemingly weak defenders back. But at this moment, a trumpet sounded, and Duan Xuan's army surged onto the city wall like a tide. .

The Liangzhou soldiers who boarded the city were caught off guard and were chopped to death on the ground one after another. The remaining people were immediately frightened. Some were still hesitating whether to retreat from the city, but they were already attacked by the wolf-like tiger Duan Yanjun. Cut down.

The remaining people were shaken now. Seeing that the people behind them had not come up yet, some people were about to jump down the city. As a result, Duan Yanjun stretched out their halberds and dragged them over and hacked them to death.

The remaining soldiers who climbed onto the city stayed on the ladder, unable to advance or retreat. As a result, they were hooked to the top of the city by their halberds, and their fate was the same as the previous soldiers.

When Ma Teng and Han Sui saw that their side had failed to attack the city, they all looked unhappy. However, a few hundred people were just a drop in the bucket to them. Seeing that they could not reverse the decline, they immediately sounded the trumpet for all the siege soldiers to retreat and regroup their troops. .

At this time Guo Si said: "Strange, why do they do this?"

"Not only did they not use rolling stones, but they also deliberately dragged people up the city wall. There is absolutely no need to do this."

Ma Teng and Han Sui also felt that something was wrong, but they didn't care. To them, the number of dead soldiers was only an extremely small number.

Guo Si's question soon had an answer.

Duan Xuanjun actually stripped off the clothes of the dead corpses of the siege soldiers and barbecued them on the top of the city!

Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at the dozens of skinned corpses like cattle and sheep lined up on the top of the city, being cooked on the fire. The smell of human flesh wafted down from the top of the city, and he felt his stomach churn.

The siege soldiers of Ma Teng's army saw it below. Their faces were pale and their morale was low. In this world, people pay attention to the idea of ​​burial. Who wants to be eaten after death?

Ma Teng took a few dozen steps forward on his horse and shouted: "You cannibalize human flesh and are like wild beasts. You are causing great harm to the peace of heaven and you will definitely be punished by heaven!"

"You are going against the grain. If you leave the city quickly and surrender, Rao Er will not die!" "Otherwise, when the city is destroyed, it will be the time for you to surrender and behead!"

The next moment, Duan Yan appeared from the top of the city, pointed at Ma Teng and shouted: "Ma Teng, you old dog!"

"You have been favored by the Han court, but you have entangled with rogue bandits, killed Han officials, preyed on the common people, brought disaster to one party, and poisoned the world!"

"You are called a Han official, but you are actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. I wish I could eat your flesh and sleep on your skin!"

He pointed at the soldiers under the city with his beard spread out, and said: "You are aiding the tyranny, and you deserve to be cut into pieces by a thousand swords. Today you attack the city, and I will eat one for every one that comes up, and I will eat a pair for every pair that comes up!"

"I will leave you with incomplete corpses, and you won't be able to live in peace even if you go to hell!"

When the soldiers in the city heard this, they were all panic-stricken and their morale collapsed.

Ma Teng's face turned red and he cursed: "Duan Yan, you are such a thief, you are so arrogant!"

"After I capture the city, I will cut you into pieces and let you have a taste of this!"

Duan Xuan laughed at the top of the city, "Then try it. If I can drag this beast like you to be buried with you, I will make a profit!"

Before Ma Teng could reply, Duan Yan angered another man. He saw the man in a white helmet and silver armor. He rode forward and shouted: "Duan Yan, you insulted my father. How audacious!"

"I will definitely send the heads of the hundreds of members of your Duan family in Xiliang to you, so that you will regret your arrogant words!"

"I forgot to tell you that when I sent out troops, I had already killed most of them!"

The person who spoke was Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, who was extremely brave. Duan Yan fought against him several times, but was at a disadvantage. Otherwise, he would not have been defeated so quickly. After hearing this, Duan Yan's face turned ugly for a moment, and then he showed his face. He laughed loudly, "You little beast, just kill him!"

"You and your family have lost all conscience, and God's justice is clear. God will definitely repay you in the future!"

"You, the Ma family, will surely have no descendants and no descendants, and the whole family will be exterminated!"

After Ma Chao heard this, he became furious. With a silver gun in his hand, he rode forward and rushed to the city. He shouted: "Duan Xuan, if you have the guts, come out and challenge us!"

He was responded to by a dense rain of arrows, and Duan Yan laughed at the top of the city, "I've already eaten people, so I'll challenge your mother alone!"

"You little beast, come to the city if you dare!"

Ma Chao was forced to retreat by the dense rain of arrows. After hearing Duan Xuan's words, he was so angry that his chest was filled with anger. Ma Teng was afraid of making a mistake and quickly called someone to call Ma Chao back to the formation.

After Ma Chao retreated, many of them were dissatisfied. They wanted to ask Ma Teng for an army and personally lead the troops to break through the city and kill Duan Yan.

After Ma Teng heard this, he discussed with Han Sui for a long time, but still did not make up his mind. After all, it seemed that the siege was too difficult today, and the opponent was so unafraid of death that he even ate the human flesh of the siege sergeants. This had a negative impact on the morale of the siege army. The impact is not small.

At this time Guo Si spoke up and said: "Two generals, I would like to ask, what will happen even if Anyi is captured?"

"What are we doing here in Sili?"

"Is it necessary to spend military rations just under Anyi City?"

Han Sui said: "Of course I know!"

"Isn't it just to kidnap the emperor?"

"But what General Guo doesn't know is that even if we rush to Huaicheng now, we are likely to encounter Yuan Shu and Cao Cao."

"If we were the first to intervene, the two parties would join forces to deal with us."

"In that case, why don't we slow down a little and wait for the two sides to fight, and then reap the benefits?"

Guo Bang said: "Since General Han is confident, I will say nothing more."

"But if you want the fisherman to benefit, you have to be close when the clam appears."

"Now we are still hundreds of miles away from Huai City. What if the situation there has been decided and we can't catch up?"

Ma Teng said: "Of course I know, but what if we bypass Huaicheng and sneak out to attack us?"

Guo Bang smiled and said, "Isn't that just right?"

"As long as the young master has the courage that no man can match, he can ambush him in the back. As soon as Duan Yan appears, he should attack him with all his strength. Isn't it easier than attacking a city?"

Ma Chao heard this and praised: "This is a wonderful plan!"

Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at each other and made up their minds. Ma Teng waved his hand and said, "Okay!"

"This time we will attack Hanoi first, occupy the towns around Huaicheng, and serve the emperor!"

There was a fire burning in his heart. Although the ancestors of the Ma family had once been prominent, in his generation, the family was in decline and he was living in Xiliang. It was not recognized by the Central Plains gentry. If there were no other changes, the Ma family would decline sooner or later. Go down.

But now that the Han Dynasty is declining, a great opportunity is before us. What the Yuan family and the Cao family can do, why can't my Ma family do it?
(End of this chapter)