Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 125 Siege
It turned out that although Zhang Ji deployed an army of [-] to attack day and night, Su Si was not easy to provoke. He set up several lines of defense on the hill to stop Zhang Ji.

Moreover, Su Si also sent troops to break through from time to time.

Therefore, although Su Shi is at a disadvantage now, Zhang Ji's army still has little way to take him for a while.

Jia Rui frowned.

"The generals will return to the camp for the time being. Today the army will rest for a day, and we will fight again tomorrow."

The generals quickly handed over their hands and then exited the commander's tent one by one.

After everyone left, Jia Rui frowned and walked to the map hanging on the side of the big tent.

Look at the location of the small earth mountain marked on the map, and then look at the camps of your own army on the periphery of the map.

Jia Rui discovered that although this small earth mountain was not high, it was very steep. Although his army surrounded the small earth mountain, it was not easy to attack the earth mountain.

Moreover, Su Si still has more than 3 horses under his command. If they don't strengthen their defenses, if these people rush out, they may break out of the tight encirclement.

This dwarfed Jia Rui's army, as if they could not take care of the tail.

No wonder Zhang Jizhi was unable to break through this small earth mountain for such a long time.

For a while, Jia Rui didn't think of a way to break through the small earth mountain, so he could only put it aside.

That night, Jia Rui hosted a banquet for Zhao Jin in the back camp, and the two parties had a great time.

Zhao Jin left the camp the next day, but when he left, he took several carts of "local specialties" with him, which Jia Rui sent to Zhao Jin's tent last night.

Zhang Ji also left with Zhao Jin.

Jia Rui personally sent them out of the camp. He watched the group of people disappear from the door before returning to the camp.

After returning home, Jia Rui had a short rest, then went out of the camp again with his own soldiers, and started to circle the hill opposite.

After turning around a few times, Jia Rui found a problem, that is, the hill wanted but lacked water.

How many tens of thousands of enemy troops are there?

Under normal circumstances, there are so many troops, if they want to be stationed, they must be close to the water source.

The other party has persisted on the mountain for so long, where did the water come from?

Jia Rui frowned, but couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.

However, based on Jia Rui's shallow knowledge of geography, he believed that even if there were water sources on the mountain, the amount would not be much.

Even if the other party can support you in a short period of time, trouble will occur over time.

In this case, let's just spend time here with Su Si.

After Jia Rui responded, he immediately announced that all the troops were in strict formation and were not allowed to leave the camp.

At the same time, Jia Rui was also afraid that the enemy would fight back desperately and break out from one direction, so he issued several military orders to mobilize the remaining soldiers from Gansu and Sichuan to come for reinforcements.

Jia Rui doesn't want to play any tricks with the other party now, he wants to drop ten times with one force.

I just have more people than you and I have more supplies than you. What can you do to me?
The first few days were very peaceful on the mountain.

After all, for the current battle situation, it would be good for Su Si to let the army rest for a few days. The soldiers under his command have been exhausted from the fighting these days.

But after a few days, Su Si realized something was wrong.

Because the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain did not attack as he thought, but were silent, which made people look so weird.

In order to find out what's going on down the mountain, Su Si had to send his generals to forcibly break into the camp.

As a result, he found that although the military camp at the foot of the mountain was not engaged in battle, it was very heavily guarded. The small group of troops he sent could not make any progress at all, let alone break out of the siege.

Moreover, Su Si was on the high mountain, and found that in the past few days, a steady stream of reinforcements had flowed into the enemy camp below.

As the number of enemy troops increased, the military camp surrounded by all sides also began to expand outwards.

At this point, no matter how stupid Su Si was, he knew something was wrong. The enemy had changed his tactics, trying to trap himself to death on this hill.

This time Su Si panicked.

Don't look at Zhang Ji's rush to attack some time ago, but Su Si didn't feel flustered.

Because although the troops under his command were only half of the enemy's, they defended against danger and occupied a clear geographical advantage.

If the fight continues like this, although it is impossible to kill all the enemy troops at the foot of the hill, as more enemy troops die, morale will plummet. At that time, the commander at the foot of the hill will have to temporarily withdraw in order to maintain the morale of the army. around.

But now if the enemy just surrounds the earth mountain and does not attack, as time goes by, his supplies on the mountain will run out one day.

But the enemy can get a steady stream of supplies, and there will be no morale turmoil at all.

At that time, the cavalry composed of these grassland herdsmen under his command may not have to wait for the enemy to attack before they will tie themselves up and send them down the mountain.Thinking of the danger, Su Si couldn't help shivering.

We can't wait like this any longer, we must think of a way to break the situation.

Finally, after thinking about it, there is only one way, and that is to break out of the siege desperately. With nearly [-] cavalry under his command, charge from one direction. The enemy army can't mobilize many troops for a while, and they may be able to break through the siege.

After thinking it over clearly, Su Si immediately decided to act that night, because the longer the delay, the worse it would be for him.

That night, Su Si and his generals were all ready to go. There was a chill in the eyes of these people, because they knew that this battle was their only way to survive. If they failed, they would be trapped to death in the end. On this hill.

To attack the enemy at night, the horseshoe should be wrapped in straw to reduce the sound of the horseshoe shaking the ground.

But the vegetation on this earthy mountain is sparse, where there are so many things for them to use, and finally nothing is prepared at all.

The third watch at night was when people were most sleepy, Su Si gave an order, and [-] troops filed out from a narrow passage.

Right in front of the narrow road is the location of Jia Rui's main camp.

During this period of time, Jia Rui had clearly inspected the geographical environment of Xiaotu Mountain and knew that this important road was a critical place and the only way for the enemy to break out of the encirclement down the mountain.

Because infantry may be able to march in other places, but cavalry cannot march on this steep slope, and only this small narrow road can allow cavalry to march.

Su Si's cavalry passed through the small narrow road and immediately mobilized their horses, charging wildly like Jia Rui's camp.

As a result, just within a stone's throw of entering the camp, I heard a banging sound inside the military camp.

Then countless torches lit up, illuminating the area as bright as day.

Seeing the situation, Su Si knew that the enemy army was prepared, but the situation had reached such a point that it was too late to retreat, so he could only urge the army to grit its teeth and charge forward.

However, what greeted Su Si cavalry were countless bows and arrows as well as falling rocks.

In this way, Su Si's cavalry braved the arrows like raindrops, urged the horses, and leaned their bodies tightly on the horse's neck to minimize their exposure.

However, there were still cavalrymen who fell off their horses, and before they could scream, they would be trampled into flesh by their companion horses behind them.

At this time, Jia Rui in the barracks was also dressed neatly. He came to the front of the barracks, holding a steel gun, and looked at the cavalry who kept charging forward outside, feeling a little regretful.

These cavalry are all good young men. As long as they are under the command of the imperial court and receive certain equipment and training, they can compete with the prairie cavalry on the northern grasslands and become the imperial court's barrier against barbarian invasion.

But now, because of the ambition of some people, it is consumed here.

"Send the order, Fan Yong leads his troops to attack the mountain immediately. Huang Gun leads his troops to come for reinforcements. Other armies must not move rashly."

At this point, Jia Rui still didn't want to fight Su Si, so he sent Fan Yong to attack Tushan, hoping to attract Su Si's attention, and at the same time ordered Huang Dang to lead the troops to help, so that Su Si could not break out of the encirclement.

Since Jia Rui took the lead, although Su Si's cavalry charged several times, they were blocked from the camp gate by Jia Rui's infantry.

After a while, Huang Gun also led more than 1 troops from his headquarters to come for reinforcements and began to attack Su Si's cavalry from the flanks.

The battle lasted from midnight to dawn, and at last Su Si saw that it was impossible to break out of the encirclement. In addition, enemy troops had begun to appear sporadically on the earth mountain. Su Si was afraid that the earth mountain would be occupied, so he was really safe. Keshou could only lead the army back to Tushan in the end.

Since Su Si's army came back, Fan Yong could only retreat with his people and give back the earth mountain to Su Si.

When Jia Rui saw Su Si's army, he had retreated and did not pursue it. Instead, he ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, and then continued to guard the camp.

But Su Si, after this surprise attack, knew that Jia Rui's defense was tight, he could no longer break out of the encirclement, and in the end he could only sit in a sad city.

In this way, the two sides confronted each other here for nearly two months.

These two months have been difficult for both parties.

Su Si's side relied on the only mountain spring water to barely avoid dying of thirst.However, as time passed, the soldiers all developed symptoms of dehydration, and many even died as a result.

And Jia Rui's side was not as easy as Su Si thought.

Since Jia Rui changed his combat strategy, nearly 20 people from Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan have been besieged by horses and horses to besiege the mountain. The daily people eating horse chews are countless supplies.

For the current celestial dynasty, whose household department is somewhat empty, Jia Rui's battle strategy is simply a big stone weighing on their hearts.

Many ministers in the court couldn't bear it anymore, and began to play up one after another, hoping that the Supreme Emperor would suppress Jia Rui and let him attack immediately.

Even the Supreme Emperor's confidant, the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs Zhao Deen, couldn't bear it anymore.

Faced with pressure from both inside and outside, the Supreme Emperor resisted and ignored all the memorials referring to Jia Rui.

Even for a period of time, the emperor was deprived of the power to review memorials, making the emperor completely a human puppet.

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was determined to support Jia Rui, the important officials in the court became quieter.

And Jia Rui, who was on the front line, also knew the situation in the court through secret agents, but Jia Rui still didn't plan to take strong measures in order to reduce casualties.

(End of this chapter)