A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 411: There is no ghost ship coming in the thick fog, it is useless even if you don’t give in

"In that case, Xipingchang is not a trap set by Yuan Jun."

Guan Yu slowly walked to the military map of Pingyuan County hanging nearby, looked at it carefully, and then pointed to Xipingchang.

"Since Chunyu Qiong wants to give Xi Pingchang to us, we have no choice but to eat it. As for whether the fish eats the erbium and gets off the hook in the end, or whether it is greedy for bait and becomes a meal on the plate, it all depends on how capable we are as a fish.

If it is a small fish, this bait is enough. But we are not small fish. We have incorporated the more than 10,000 surrendered troops left by Yuan Tan. Now our army has reached 70,000, which is a huge whale. This little bait is not enough to fill our teeth. "

Then Guan Yu suddenly turned around, looked at Bai Xing and said: "Xipingchang, I have decided it. It will be useless even if Sanqing comes. But the mouth of this hook must be hard enough and cannot be broken by the hook.

Bai Xing, I will mobilize 5,000 of your elite troops, and I will hand over Xipingchang to you. If there is too much, Chunyu Qiong will not be able to sprinkle the bait; if there is too little, Chunyu Qiong will not be able to eat the bait.

With five thousand men, do they have the confidence to capture Xi Pingchang and withstand Yuan Jun's three-day attack? "

Bai Xing immediately knelt down on one knee and said solemnly: "Captain, please rest assured that Gao Shun can defend Le'an for half a month with 3,000 men. I, Bai Xing, with 5,000 men, can survive in three days."

"Okay, the river is frozen now, but the ice is too thin to survive. In February, the river in the West Pingchang section will melt. At that time, the governor will send the Donglai Navy to help you cross the river and capture West Pingchang!"

"Order!"

February
Liu Bei began to mobilize soldiers and food. According to the agreement, he was going to officially send troops to Hebei in March. He would arrive in Pingyuan County in April. At about the end of April, he would have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in Pingyuan County.

February 15th

The river in the West Pingchang section has melted, and Yuan Jun's observers, who had been tense, finally relaxed their vigilance.

Because he had always been afraid that the Qingzhou Army would take advantage of the ice of the Yellow River to launch a large-scale attack from the ice, Yuan Jun set up many observation points on the wide bank of Pingyuan County.

Although the Yellow River has melted, the weather is still cold, and the temperature difference between the river water and the air is large, which causes thick fog to rise across the entire Yellow River.

"Ha..." At an observation point, several Yuan Jun soldiers faced each other in a circle, breathing into their cold and purple hands, raising the temperature of their hands, followed by the breath coming out of their mouths. heat.

"In this damn weather, the Qingzhou Army can still come. Why do I not believe it?" A Yuan Army soldier was very dissatisfied that his superiors sent him on duty in this freezing cold weather.

"Who says it's not the case? If those officials don't come, the ones who will suffer are the humble people like us."

"I told you, my family has been fishing by the river for generations, and in such a heavy fog, I have never seen anyone dare to go out of the boat, unless they are really desperate.

Hey, not to mention that the thick fog gathered and it was impossible to find the course. In the past few days, the ice had just broken up, and there were still many ice cubes floating on the water. If you were not careful, you would hit a hole in the boat.

In such a cold weather, this man would not survive if he fell into the water. "

"Hey, Sangou, what are you looking at?"

A Yuan Jun soldier saw the three dogs staring straight at the river, as if they had lost their souls. Driven by curiosity, he also stood up and followed Sangou's gaze.

Just by looking at it, I suddenly felt like I wasn't cold anymore.

"Ship, boat, it's a boat!!!"

Several Yuan Jun soldiers stood up immediately. After seeing clearly, they ran towards Xiping County in fear.

Because of the thick fog, after these Yuan Jun soldiers saw clearly, the warship of the Donglai Navy was already only a dozen steps away from the shore.

Densely packed, large and small Dongnae Army ships docked on the shore.

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"General, after counting, the number of people who arrived at the shore is 3,215."

Bai Xing looked at the thick fog and listened to the reports of his men. Although he had been prepared for it, his heart still felt stinging. There were more than a thousand people, all carefully selected elites, and they died without making any noise. .

"Leave ten soldiers and search along the shore to see if there are any survivors. The rest will follow me."

After giving the instructions, Bai Xing immediately marched towards Xipingchang with the remaining three thousand soldiers.

Because his whereabouts were leaked, Xi Pingchang had already made preparations.

Yuan Xi stood on the top of the city, counted the flags on the opposite side, and said with an ugly expression, "Three thousand people."

Then he turned around and called a soldier: "Immediately tell General Chunyu about the situation here and ask him to send reinforcements to Xipingchang."

"It's your son."

Bai Xing exhaled hot air and looked at this small town with firmness in his eyes.

"Mo Yan!"

"General."

Bai Xing called Sima, the craftsman who followed him directly. Mo Yan is a descendant of the Mo family and is good at ordnance. He is the most skilled craftsman in his camp and has a craftsman camp of hundreds of people under his command.

However, now that they are crossing the river for a strong attack, they cannot bring so many people with them. They only brought fifty people with them when they set out, and now there are only more than thirty people left.

"I will allocate a thousand soldiers to your command and go immediately to cut down the trees. I will see a simple camp here at noon. This afternoon, I will see a simple siege equipment."

"Yes"

Without saying much, Mo Yan, who was wearing a long-sleeved brown coat that looked a little thin in the winter, and a simple leather armor, with an ink rope hanging on his left waist and a dagger hanging on his right waist, immediately ordered his soldiers and began to cut down the distance. The woods not far from Xipingchang. "Hey, dong dong..." "" Crunch" "Bang"

Seeing the faint sound of the Qingzhou Army cutting down trees not far away, a general on the top of the city said to Yuan Xi: "Sir, the Qingzhou Army is too arrogant and despises us so much. Let me take people out to teach them a lesson."

Yuan Xi raised his left hand to signal him to be silent: "Did you see the 'white' flag? It means that the person coming is Guan Yu's deputy general, Bai Xing.

Bai Xing is someone who has fought against General Wen Chou for more than ten rounds without losing. Are you confident in defeating him? "

"This"

"Also, although the Qingzhou Army is cutting down trees, there are only 1,000 people, but there are still 2,000 people who have not moved. Our army only has 1,300 people. Can we defeat them?

What if the enemy troops follow you into the city because you rush out of the city to fight? Besides, our army is already weak, and we can only rely on the strength of the city to maintain a stalemate with the enemy.

Alas, I just hope General Chunyu's reinforcements can arrive soon. "

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Bai Xing raised his head and watched the little snowflakes falling from the endless sky.

"General, everything is ready."

Bai Xing came back to his senses and looked at the group of brothers behind him. He didn't know how many people would be able to stand behind him in five days.

"Send my general's order to attack!"

"..." Due to the carrying capacity of the ship, Bai Xing did not bring a heavy military drum, but a sharp bamboo whistle instead.

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The sky turned black, but the city top of Xipingchang was still brightly lit.

The firelight shines on the snow, without any dazzling reflection, because the blood makes it no longer pure.

"Send an order to Jiaqu, telling them not to rest any longer, and to immediately step forward to take over Bingqu's battle, and be sure to expand Bingqu's gap."

"It's the general."

"How's it going over there in West City?"

"Reporting to the general, Zhang Sima from the West City just came to report that he has already occupied one section of the city and is now opening up the second section."

"Very good, tell Zhang Bing that if he can capture the West City before my side, I will give him a great credit and personally ask the Governor for his promotion."

Hearing Sima Zhang Bing say that they were about to break through, Bai Xing's originally white face turned red under the light of the fire. He didn't know whether he was excited or cold.

It has now been six hours since the Qingzhou Army began to attack the city, from yesterday's Shen Shi (sixteen o'clock) to the next day's Yin Shi (four o'clock).

The Qingzhou Army was so exhausted that some could even fall asleep standing up.

"It's broken, General, the West City is broken!"

"Okay, great, Xipingchang has been defeated, now it's time to defend."

In order to capture Xi Pingchang faster, Bai Xing divided the 3,000 men into two groups. Sima Zhang Bing from another department sent 1,500 men to attack the west of the city, and he personally led 1,500 men to attack the south.

Five hundred men were sent out for each attack, divided into three rounds, day and night, taking turns to take over the attack.

And this trick really worked. Yuan Xi had to divide the remaining thousand people into two parts, with 500 people on each side. Fortunately, he had the advantage of the city, otherwise he would not be able to resist at all.

"Sir, the Qingzhou Army has entered the city. The west city has been destroyed. Let's go quickly!"

A Sima crawled to the south of the city and persuaded Yuan Xi, who was in a state of embarrassment.

The personal guards beside Yuan Xi also kept urging him to withdraw quickly.

Yuan Xi was very unwilling and punched the wooden pillar of a nearby tower. He gritted his teeth and said, "I have told Chunyu Qiong a long time ago that we should keep more soldiers in Xipingchang and keep more soldiers. He just didn't listen. Suppose I have three thousand soldiers." How can we persist until reinforcements arrive?"

Although he was unwilling to do so, Yuan Xi was not prepared to leave him here. He immediately escaped from the west gate with dozens of remaining guards and headed north to Ban County overnight.

After taking Xipingchang, Bai Xing did not immediately prepare for city defense, but kept enough soldiers on alert to let the rest of the soldiers take a quick rest.

Because according to calculations, the distance from Pingyuan to Xipingchang is only more than a hundred miles. Yuan Jun can arrive in two days, and he needs to persist for three days after Yuan Jun arrives before subsequent reinforcements can arrive.

Therefore, he needs to keep the soldiers in a good mental state to undertake the next high-intensity battle.

According to the estimates of Bai Xing and Xu Shu, Yuan's army can draw up to 10,000 people from the plains. Based on the army's daily march of thirty or forty miles, the forward troops can arrive from the plains to Xipingchang in two days.

The first day was okay, the intensity was not great. When the second person arrived and the large army arrived, it was Bai Xing's real test. How to persist in the day and night attack of an army of 10,000 people, this is something Bai Xing needs to solve.

The sun was rising. Although Bai Xing still wanted to sleep again, he had to get up.

He first ordered all the city gates except the south and east gates to be blocked, leaving only the south gate and the east gate. Then he asked Mo Yan to immediately take people to prepare city defense equipment. The more the better, in order to deal with Yuan's army next. of siege.

In addition, some people suggested that water should be poured from top to bottom on the top of the city to solidify into ice, making the city surface smooth and making it more difficult for Yuan Jun to climb.

So under Bai Xing's order and inspired by money, more than 10,000 people in Xiping County, young and old, appeared on the top of the city and poured buckets of water down the city, because a bucket full of water cost ten coins.

(End of this chapter)