The last three kingdoms

Chapter 922

Because of Liu Yin's relationship, Ma Long's brilliant achievements will never be shown again. The bald tree's functional grave is already three feet high, and Ma Long is still living in Chongzhou as a sesame mung bean. official.

Without the Huns' rebellion, Ma Long might have been an ordinary official in Chongzhou all his life, but the Huns crossed the Yellow River and entered Qingzhou to cause rebellion, which undoubtedly gave Ma Long a chance to stand out.

This is in line with an old saying that gold always shines. Ma Long lost the stage of the famous battle of the Xianbei, but brought another opponent in front of him. Ma Long also performed brilliantly. After defeating the Huns, Ma Long Long also got his wish and sat on the position of governor of Qingzhou, several years earlier than Ma Long's promotion.

This time Sima Yan appointed Ma Long as the deputy governor to fight against the rebellion, and led the army of Qingzhou to enter Jizhou to fight, which really attracted Liu Yin's attention. Such a wise and brave general is already rare in Jin at this time A talented person, Sima Yan was able to excavate him and entrust him with a heavy responsibility, it is really amazing.

But Sima Jun seemed unable to wait for Ma Long's arrival, and had already launched an attack on Xindu first.

The main force of the Jin army has always been in the Nangong area, which is very close to Xindu. After Sima Jun arrived in Jizhou, his first attack target was Xindu.

Xindu is the state city of Jizhou. It is of great significance to win Xindu. After the Huns entered Jizhou, they also used Xindu as the core of their defense. Now the best news is that the Shu army only stationed in Xindu There were 5000 troops, and Xindu was once flooded, and the city defenses were broken. In such a short period of time, the Shu army had no time to complete the repairs.

All kinds of signs showed that the Jin army was bound to win the battle of Xindu, and Sima Jun was also full of confidence in this. In order to ensure the victory of the first battle, Sima Jun almost invested most of the troops of the Jin army. A huge formation was formed around Xindu to block the aid.

The Jin army's siege of Xindu alone reached 8 troops, and another [-] troops were sent to attack Tangyang, Fuliu, Wuyi, and Xiabo in an attempt to destroy the Xindu defenders of the Shu army and the main force of the Shu army in northern Hebei. Separated.

All of a sudden, iron hooves rolled and chariots rumbled on the Jizhong Plain, and the Jin army's offensive officially started on the first day of October.

The Shu army stationed in Xindu was the Yang'an Army led by Zhao Zhuo. The Yang'an Army originally had two battalions under the jurisdiction of Yang'an Zuoying and Yang'an Youying, with a total of 1 horses. Later, after entering Bingzhou, the Yang'an Army and Zuoying Several armies of the legion have been expanded, and the Yang'an Army has also added a battalion to the Yang'an Deputy Battalion. In this way, the strength of Yang'an has expanded to 5000.

In order to pursue Liu Yuan, the main force of the Shu army marched towards the north of Hebei. In Xindu, the Yang'an army could only be sent to defend, as the forefront of the battle with the Jin army. This kind of force configuration is somewhat weak. .

But the greater difficulty was not limited to this. When Xindu was flooded, the entire Xindu was completely submerged in the flood. Except for the city wall, there were hardly any buildings above the water in the city. Although the flood receded behind, But Xindu area is low-lying, and the streets in the city are still flooded.

The flood helped the Shu army take Xindu lightly, but the flood also brought endless sequelae to the Shu army guarding Xindu. The rammed earth city wall was soaked by water for a long time, and many areas collapsed to varying degrees. Zhao Zhuo led the army After stationing in Xindu, repairs were carried out immediately, but due to the serious damage to the city wall and the huge amount of repair work, Zhao Zhuo did not have enough manpower, so the city defense of Xindu has not been perfected.

The Jin army dispatched troops frequently, ready to make a move. Zhao Zhuo looked into his eyes and was anxious. With the current defense strength of Xindu, it was impossible to resist the attack of the Jin army. The slow progress of the project made Zhao Zhuo also worried. No way, we can only concentrate our efforts to carry out emergency repairs overnight in places where the city defense is more critical, and we have to use temporary blockades in other areas, so as to get through the immediate hurdle first.

At the same time, Zhao Zhuo reported the movement of the Jin army to Liu Yin in Gaoyang, and asked Liu Yin to send reinforcements to the south to rescue Xindu.

As soon as Zhao Zhuo's letter was sent out, the Jin army's attack began. Standing on the city wall of Xindu, there was almost a white ocean in front of him, just like a layer of white waves rolled up between the plains, and the mountains roared with tsunami. The trend is rushing towards Xindu.

Zhao Zhuo immediately ordered all the personnel of the Yang'an Army to abandon the repair task and climb up the city wall to prepare for battle.

Due to the drills in advance, the Shu army entered the position very quickly without any confusion. All battalions and ministries quickly entered the designated positions according to the prior allocation.

Zhao Zhuo's face was cold, he knew very well that this would be a vicious battle, the Jin army was rushing towards the sky, its strength was several times that of the Shu army, and the Shu army could only rely on the unrepaired city walls, Put up resistance to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

The offensive commander of the Jin army is Wen Yang, the deputy governor of the rebellion and the governor of Jizhou. He has been the governor of Jizhou for several years, but Wen Yang has never set foot in this city, and the governor of Jizhou has been placed in the barracks all the time. Among them, for Wenyang, this is equivalent to not being worthy of the name, so winning Xindu is also equivalent to a battle of Wenyang's name.

Wen Yang rode a bay red horse and wore a fiery red cloak, which looked extraordinarily eye-catching in a field as white as snow. Wen Yang rode lightly, almost in line with the vanguard troops. Under the capital, ride a horse around the city for a week, and personally check the city defense situation of Xindu.

Obviously, Xindu's city defense is in a bad state, and its dilapidation has even exceeded Wen Yang's expectations. Such a ruined city is a piece of cake for the Jin army under pressure from the army. Wen Yang observed After a circle, the direction of attack was quickly determined.

The city wall in the south of the city has been soaked in water for the longest time, and the degree of damage is also the most serious. Wen Yang naturally set the main target of the attack on the south, but in order to contain the Shu army, Wen Yang still sent four groups of troops, and at the same time sent to the letter The capital attacked.

The equipment of the Jin army is very complete, including catapults, bed crossbows, rush cars, siege vehicles, ladders and other large and small siege equipment. Wen Yang gave an order, and the catapults and bed crossbows first began to attack Xinducheng. Launching the attack, flying stones and huge arrows roared towards the city wall. The already dilapidated city wall was already crumbling under successive blows. As soon as the battle started, there were already dangers everywhere.

(End of this chapter)