Summoning of God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 465

On the Yongliang border, Xu Rong dispatched troops to attack Tianshui again.

There is no drought or flood disaster in the Yongliang area this year, and the food and grass are abundant and there will be a bumper harvest, so Xu Rong thinks it is time to send troops to suppress Tianshui and Xiabian City again.

"Zheng Yan, this general will give you three thousand elite soldiers to guard the north entrance of Xiegu. If Cheng Yu's army wants to raid the hinterland of Yongliang, they will be killed directly." Xu Rong squinted his eyes and handed the soldier talisman to the deputy general Zheng Yan.

"The last general takes orders!"

Xu Rong smiled satisfied, and shouted to the lieutenants: "Send troops! This time, we must conquer Tianshui County!"

Keep cheering up the soldiers, this must be done before sending troops.

Although Xu Rong knew that it would be extremely difficult to take down Tianshui County guarded by Cao Ren with Yongliang troops, but if he did not send troops, it would give Cao Ren a chance to recuperate.

Jin's strategy is a protracted war, but the most feared thing in a protracted war is to give the opponent time to recuperate.To fight a protracted war, one must rely on logistics and constantly weaken the opponent's strength, otherwise it is breeding tigers.

Above the city of Tianshui County, Cao Ren sighed helplessly. He knew that Xu Rong was going to send troops to Tianshui again.

Niu Jin is Cao Ren's confidant general. He knows what the general is worried about, but he doesn't know how to retreat from the enemy.

"General, you said Jin is fighting on all sides, why is it able to take the initiative to send troops year after year? It stands to reason that they don't have enough food and grass, so they are also resorting to military action?" Niu Jin doesn't know Jin's national conditions very well, but he also understands that every time he sends troops, he will How much food will be consumed.

Cao Ren sighed helplessly, and said, "How long can our food and grass last? If we can persist for two months, Xu Rong will definitely retire."

Niu Jin frowned, and replied: "Yang Xiu and Mr. Cao Zhi took a lot of food and grass when they left Yongliang, and now they can only hold on for another two months."

Hearing that the grain and grass could only last for two months, Cao Ren couldn't help feeling a little worried. The grain and grass were not enough.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Ren glanced at Niu Jin and said, "Since that's the case, we can only rely on ourselves to defeat the enemy this time. Niu Jin, do you have the guts to face Xu Rong's army?"

When Niu Jin heard the general's question, he immediately laughed and said heartily: "Why don't you dare? It's just that the general is good at defending, and the city is as solid as gold. The last general is willing to fight for the general. Five hundred cavalry will definitely destroy the engineering equipment of Xu Rong's army. !"

Niu Jin is quite unrestrained, he doesn't seem to take Xu Rong seriously at all.

When Cao Ren heard that Niu Jin was so belligerent, he was also overjoyed: "Okay! Then it's up to you, Niu Jin, to retreat from the enemy this time! Come on, it's a good day to eat and drink. If you can defeat the enemy, I will reward you!"

Cao Ren laughed loudly, and took Niu Jin down to have a drink. This time, the retreat depends on whether Niu Jin can destroy Xu Rong's siege equipment.

three days later

Xu Rong's army arrived in Tianshui, and at the same time reduced the marching speed.

"General, this Cao Ren is good at guarding. Let's go directly to Tianshui County! The surrounding counties have no designated troops to garrison. Our army should raid Tianshui County in order to defeat the enemy." The deputy general advised Xu Rong to take the initiative to send troops, but he did not Cao Ren's strength was ignored.

Xu Rong was calm, just shook his head, and asked the soldiers to rest first.

"Order the soldiers to rest for an hour, and then march after an hour. We will camp near Tianshui City today, and rest for another day tomorrow, and the army will attack the city the day after tomorrow." Xu Rong always feels that he has no confidence in sending troops this time, after all, he is attacking alone. In Tianshui, they had no reinforcements except for the large army fighting in the Western Regions.

"Yes!" The lieutenant immediately took the order.

That night, just as Xu Rong was resting in the camp, he heard the rear camp suddenly become chaotic, and someone shouted "fire!"
As soon as Xu Rong left the camp, he saw the lieutenants running over in disgrace one by one, kneeling down to plead guilty.

"General, something is wrong! Seventy percent of our army's siege equipment has been burned. Just now, [-] elite cavalry took advantage of the darkness to raid our rear camp!"

Xu Rong was shocked when he heard that there was a sneak attack by cavalry.

"What is the strength of the enemy army now, and what is the loss of our army?" Xu Rong picked up his spear, ready to beware of whether the enemy army would kill a carbine.

Seeing the general's eagerness, the deputy general hurriedly continued to report: "General, there are almost 500 enemy troops in the camp after the surprise attack, all of them are cavalry from the Qin State! The general leading the troops is Niu Jin under Cao Ren's command. It seems that he is not for a sneak attack, but for Burned the siege equipment. Our army suffered less than 50 casualties, beheaded more than [-] enemy cavalry, and Niu Jin fled."

Hearing the situation of the battle, Xu Rong was quite satisfied, after all, he didn't let those soldiers of Qin who made a surprise attack slap their butts and leave.

"Okay! Let's put out the fire first, let the soldiers rest for a few days before the siege tomorrow. You, return to Jincheng with a thousand elites, and then send some of the siege troops here. Remember, this time, bring [-] soldiers." The recruits protect the siege equipment." Xu Rong narrowed his eyes, he knew Cao Ren's strategy this time.

Cao Ren wanted to let himself retreat in the face of difficulties. He would definitely continue to attack in the future. He would rather lose his troops than destroy the siege equipment!

"Cao Ren, you are powerful! But, I want to see if you have more soldiers or I have more siege equipment!" Narrowing his eyes, Xu Rong was about to start a war of attrition with Cao Ren.

In Tianshui City, Niu Jin was lying on the bed, and three doctors were responsible for bandaging and cleaning his wound.Even one of the more experienced old doctors, who had learned some of Hua Tuo's art by chance, was suturing Niu Jin's wound.

Cao Ren hurried over to see if Niu Jin was okay.

"Brother, just lie down, you don't need to salute!" As soon as Cao Ren entered the tent, he immediately asked Niu Jin to lie down and not move around.

Niu Jin was very grateful in his heart, took a deep breath with pain, and said: "General, at least [-]% of Xu Rong's siege equipment was burned, and less than [-]% of the five hundred soldiers came back. However, next time you want to attack Xu Rong's barracks again, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

When Cao Ren heard that Niu Jin had destroyed most of Xu Rong's siege equipment, he was overjoyed!

"Good! Well done! Eighty percent of the siege equipment has been burned, and Xu Rong will not be able to attack the city tomorrow. It will take at least 20 days to transport the equipment from Jincheng to here. If I send another cavalry to harass, I'm afraid that the next batch of equipment will be delivered in 30 days. Great job!" Cao Ren couldn't hide his joy and excitement, he knew that Niu Jin must be the leader of this battle.

"Hey! General, when the last general recovers from his injuries, I will bring cavalry for you to harass the Jin army who are transporting siege equipment!" Niu Jin nodded abruptly, and the wound on his chest burst open again, bleeding a lot.

"The general is good at self-cultivation! General Cao, General Niu Jin's injuries are serious, but they are all superficial wounds, and there is no danger of life. They can be cured within [-] days. If the wound is injured within [-] days, it will be difficult to say .” The doctor hurriedly stopped the bleeding, and told Cao Ren of Niu Jin’s injury.

Cao Ren nodded immediately, comforted Niu Jin, and let him cultivate himself.

That night, Cao Ren also sent people to bring a lot of tonic herbs, these are precious healing and nourishing medicines.

Although the medicine is expensive, compared to Niu Jin's credit for destroying Xu Rong's siege equipment, it seems that the medicine is worthless.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Ren boarded the Tianshui City Tower very early and squinted his eyes at Xu Rong's barracks.Xu Rong's barracks showed no sign of mobilizing troops. It seems that their siege equipment did suffer a lot.

"General, there is movement in Xu Rong's army. They gathered their troops and came here." The scout chief rushed up to the tower and reported the situation of the frontline scouts.

Cao Ren was shocked. Judging from the art of war and the situation, Xu Rong does not have any advantage whether he is attacking by force or not.

"Mobilize troops immediately, and garrison the towers today! Xu Rong has no siege equipment, and Tianshui City is impenetrable!" Cao Ren was sure that Tianshui City could be defended, but he didn't understand what Xu Rong was thinking.

an hour later

Xu Rong led his army to Tianshui City, but his army did not bring any siege equipment.

"Cao Ren, you asked your confidant soldiers to burn my siege equipment. The lives of these five hundred cavalrymen are really despicable! Unexpectedly, the soldiers of the people of Qin are such pawns that you can use when you are serious."

"The siege equipment of my Yongliang army will arrive in ten days. It will be the latest crossbow machine developed by the wise men of Jin. The country treats the prisoners preferentially, but Cao Ren treats you like pigs and dogs, so it is better to surrender early! The military pay of the Jin State is several times that of the Qin State, and the soldiers who died in battle can get a pension, which is enough for a family of three to live for ten years!"

"Cao Ren, I'll wait for you on the battlefield outside Tianshui South Town. Let's fight to decide the outcome! You have a lot of troops. If you defeat me here, I, Xu Rong, will withdraw immediately! If you lose, don't let your troops The officers and men were killed, and quickly withdrew from Tianshui County. Withdraw!"

After Xu Rong finished what he wanted to say, he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to the barracks.

The soldiers stationed upstairs in Tianshui City talked one after another, and they all began to waver a little.

"I used to be a soldier of Ma Teng, and I experienced the great battle in Fufeng County. At that time, the crossbow arrows of the Jin State were able to pierce the gate of the city! If they brought that kind of crossbow cart over again, how can Tianshui be defended?"

"That's right! In ten days, we will have many soldiers, so it's better to choose a field battle. In a field battle, Xu Rong's prestige must be enough. If you lose, you won't break your promise. After all, Jin is a big country."

"I think so, but I don't know how General Cao Ren made his choice."

……

The soldiers talked a lot. Although they didn't have a few words to instigate rebellion, they also thought that field battles were better.

"Everyone is not allowed to leave the city without permission! The field battle is beneficial, but we have more troops, wouldn't it be better to defend the city to reduce casualties? Come with me, I want to ask you something!" Cao Ren shouted loudly to appease the soldiers, and at the same time moved The soldier who used to be under Ma Teng's command was taken away.

This person said that during the Battle of Fufeng, Han Wu once used a crossbow to break through the city, which is very important information.If this matter is true, it must be reported to the court.

Moreover, Ma Chao once said this, but most of the Qin generals did not believe it, but Cao Ren kept it in his heart.

(End of this chapter)