Farmer of Shu Han

"General Hu, when and where did Bandit Feng escape, we must find out immediately."

Xiahou Baji said urgently, with an extremely anxious expression on his face.

It is very easy to find out these two points. After all, Wei Guo has been running Guanzhong for many years, and Hu Zun is from a local rich family.

According to several natives and a small tribe of Hu people nearby, the Shu captives had withdrawn from the camp yesterday and headed west.

Not long before, a dozen or so riders came out and ran in the direction of the Shu captive.

It seems that in all likelihood, it is the person who was left by the Shu captives to make the final arrangements.

"General, shall we chase or not?"

"If the Shu captives want to run, one day is enough for them to run far." Xia Houba said with an ugly face, "What's more, they have many horses in their army."

Most importantly, there is one thing that must be determined as quickly as possible.

"General Hu, when is the next news from Jingyang?"

"I have already ordered that there will be news delivered by a fast horse every day."

After hearing this, Xia Houba's face did not soften much: "Even so, what we have learned now is at most two days ago."

It takes one day from Jingyang to Linjing, and another day from Linjing to Yuezhi City.

This is still imaginary, but in reality, it may take another half a day.

"What's the meaning?"

Hu Zun still couldn't react.

"Feng Bandit, is he pretending to be suspicious, or is he really running away timidly?"

Xia Houba's face turned livid, "It's fine if he runs away timidly, but if he pretends to be suspicious, where is his real army?"

"Wuzhi City and Jingyang City?"

Hu Zun's face also changed.

"I see Bandit Feng, there are tens of thousands of people, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a suspicious soldier..."

Hu Zun was somewhat unwilling to believe it, or he wanted to find an excuse to convince himself.

After all... How can anyone take tens of thousands of cavalry as suspects?

Xia Houba was also a little hesitant.

But the neatly stacked logs left by the Shu captives in the camp made him feel inexplicably terrified.

There seemed to be a person looking at him proudly in front of his eyes: Do you think I was bewitched by you, or am I bewitching you?

"No, we can't take this risk!" Xia Houba gritted his teeth and said, "General Hu, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case."

"Lead the army back to Linjing first. If there is a change in Jingyang, you can make preparations in advance."

Hu Zun asked, "What about you?"

"I will stay in Yuezhi City!"

"But if that Feng thief's move is just a fake retreat..."

"It's okay, you just leave all the cavalry behind, plus the defenders of Yuezhi City, it's enough to deal with it!"

Feeling that he had fallen into the mist, Xia Houba could only grit his teeth and straighten himself now.

Xiaowen and... are really not to be underestimated!

Between this advance and retreat, people have a sense of dilemma.

Hearing what Xiahouba said, Hu Zun could only nod his head, "Forget it, then General Xiahou must be careful."

Although doing so may damage the morale of the soldiers, but as far as it is concerned, this is the only way.

It is too passive to be sure where Xiao Wenhe's real army is.

"A good defender hides under the Nine Grounds, a good attacker moves above the Nine Heavens..."

Xia Houba muttered to himself, "Who can fight with General Zhang in Jieting, is he a good friend? I still underestimate the heroes of the world."

This remark slapped the two of them in the face, and Hu Zun coughed in embarrassment:

"Just like what the general said, this thief Feng is really too cunning, and I don't want to make it up..."

Xia Houba didn't answer Hu Zun's conversation, and felt a faint uneasiness about Feng Yong's behavior that seemed to be hidden but not hidden, and what seemed to be revealed but not revealed.

"General Hu, do you think we should notify General Fuguo in Chang'an to lead the army north now..."

"Not good?" Hu Zun's face showed embarrassment, "General Fuguo is in Chang'an, and his main purpose is to support Da Sima."

"If the situation is unclear, if General Fuguo leads the army northward at this time, wouldn't it affect Da Sima's southern expedition?"

Seeing that Hu Zun disagreed, Xia Houba thought for a while, and felt that he was worrying too much.

Immediately laughed at himself: "It's because I didn't think carefully."

The southern expedition to the Shu captives was written by the great Sima, and His Majesty came here despite the objections of the important officials in the court.

If Nan Zheng was affected because of improper handling of Feng thief, then the title of incompetence must be attributed to the two of them.

Killing the thief to avenge his father was his wish, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to the front of the battle with the Shu captives.

If his incompetence affected the overall situation of the Southern Expedition, even if he was born with the surname Xiahou, he might have to return to Luoyang for refrigeration.

An Ding County has a favorable location and friendly people. As for the weather, it just depends on God's will.

Even if you can't attack, can't you still defend?

Jia Wenhe is also human, not to mention Xiao Wenhe also brought a small print?

Xiahouba was secretly reviving himself.

On the surface, Hu Zun said that Feng Zei couldn't use Wanqi as a suspect, but in fact he was a little apprehensive.

After he left the cavalry he brought over to Xia Houba, he hurried back with the remaining infantry the next day.

Just one day after Hu Zun left, the cavalry led by Feng Yong appeared before Xia Houba again.

Everything was as usual, and there was no need to set up camp again, just repaired the camp that Xia Houba had not had time to destroy, and set up camp again.

Xia Houba at the top of the city saw all this, his face became extremely gloomy.

"General, do we want General Hu to lead the army back?"

The general below asked in a low voice.

"No need!" Xia Houba gritted his teeth, "Feng Thief's move is just to contain our army. If General Hu comes back, I'm afraid it will be in the hands of Feng Thief."

"If he has the ability, why don't he try to take down the city of Yuezhi?"

If it was the first time that Bandit Feng really saw through the reality of Yuezhi City and didn't dare to attack the city, then this time, with an extra cavalry army in his hand, he wouldn't believe that Bandit Feng really dared to attack?

He had just turned his mind to this point when he saw that the Shu captives below him had already moved.

The wood that was originally placed in the camp, but he hadn't had time to deal with it, was moved out.

Looking at the formation, it seems that they are starting to build siege equipment.

Seeing this, Xia Houba's face was so gloomy that it was about to drip water: How dare he? How dare he?

Under Yuezhi City, just as Feng Yong put down his binoculars, Zhao Guang came over: "Brother, are we really going to attack the city?"

"If you don't attack the city, what will I have people build this ladder and rush cars for?"

Feng Yong looked at Yuezhi City in front of him, and said calmly, "I'm not here to travel, go, call me the people from the Yi Congjun."

Yi Congjun, who has more than a thousand lieutenants in the army, was either promoted first by the lieutenant's mansion, or was placed directly in the lieutenant's mansion. After coming over, they all saluted: "I have seen you."

Feng Yong nodded and pointed to Yuezhi City:

"The highest point of the city is only three and a half feet (more than eight meters), and the ladder can be used to pass it. Tomorrow, the Yi Congjun army will start attacking the city. Is there any problem?"

Most of the cities that need siege equipment to attack are more than ten meters long. For large cities, they can reach twelve meters or even fifteen meters.

For a city more than eight meters long like Yuezhi City, it is impossible to be too high and too thick because its original purpose was to be a place for the Hu people to be allocated by the Han Dynasty.

Although Xia Houba built on the original foundation after taking over.

But the foundation of the city is not good, unless it is overthrown and restarted, no matter how much it is built, it is impossible to build a city of more than ten meters.

Although Feng Yong didn't have an engineering battalion on hand, he had cannon fodder.

As long as he made up his mind to attack the city with ants, that would be a simple matter.

After all... In addition to the dazzling siege equipment in Huqiang Xiaowei's Mansion, the ant-attached siege is one of the most important siege methods in this era.

It doesn't matter whether the attack is successful or not, the important thing is to put pressure on Wei Jun and send a wrong message to Wei Jun.

Qu Shuai, the tribal commander who participated in the volunteer army, basically came here with the consciousness of selling the heads of his own tribe's warriors.

Hearing what Feng Junhou said, they all agreed.

After arranging everything, the leaders of the Yi Cong Army went down to make preparations, and then Zhao Guang came over: "Brother, what do I want to do, little brother?"

"The cavalry of the Wei army outside the city will be handed over to you. If one of them rushes over to affect the siege..."

"Little brother is willing to issue a military order!"

Zhao Guang looked solemn, straightened his body and said.

According to the reconnaissance of the Dark Night Battalion, the cavalry of the Wei army outside the city was no more than four or five thousand at most.

If the new type of cavalry can still give them a chance to rush to the camp when the number is slightly superior, then I will be ashamed to lead the cavalry of the school captain's mansion.

Feng Yong's decision to attack the city was obviously beyond Xia Houba's expectations.

On the second day, when Xia Houba watched the barbarians under the city, driven by the Shu captives, carrying the simple ladders and carts built the day before, and began to rush down the city, his expression was even uglier than yesterday .

I saw him turn to the lieutenant beside him:

"You come to defend the city, and I will lead the cavalry outside the city!"

Whether Yuezhi City can be held, the key is not inside the city, but outside the city.

Xiahouba, who personally captured Yuezhi City, knew this better than anyone else.

The original cavalry army of Yuezhi City and the cavalry army brought by Hu Zun were combined into one, and they were arranged outside the city, which was equivalent to reducing the number of defenders in the city.

In addition, the city wall of Yuezhi City is not high, so it is very difficult to defend it with the city.

So if you want to repel Feng thief, the key is to rely on the cavalry outside the city.

Seeing the worried look on the deputy general's face, Xia Houba encouraged him:

"It doesn't matter, just look at those under the city, they are all barbarians, but they were pushed out by Thief Feng to die, you can just watch it with peace of mind."

After encouraging the lieutenant general, he hurriedly set off from the other city gate to join the cavalry outside.

"Boom boom boom..."

The drums sounded.

"Woooo..."

The horn blows.

The first batch of rebel soldiers soon began to rush up.

The Hu people were good at riding and archery, and with the three-piece set of cavalry subsidized by the Colonel's Mansion, they rushed to the city like a whirlwind. With the help of the charging horsepower, they raised their bows and shot arrows...

Then go back.

The next wave of riding and shooting continued to keep up.

The Wei army on Yuezhi City did not show weakness, and shot down at the same time.

For a moment, the arrows from both sides in the air intertwined like a net.

Under the city and under the city, people were constantly being shot, screaming miserably.

Especially the righteous army, not only did not have any cover, but also because of the size of the horses, it was easier for the Wei army to hit the target.

The horse's wounded and dying screams added a bit of tragedy to the noise on the battlefield.

The scene in front of him can only be regarded as normal for Feng Yong now.

For more than a hundred years, the Liangzhou Qianghu rebellion used this most primitive, barbaric, and at the same time the most cruel method to break through the cities of Yongliang and Liangzhou.

Today they are just repeating what their predecessors did.

The only difference is that Feng Langjun behind them promised them a future.

For this future, they must show enough performance.

"My lord, Cao's cavalry army appeared in the southeast."

A soldier of the Dark Night Battalion sent the newly discovered battle situation.

"Send this information to General Zhao, and at the same time pass an order to him, telling him to defeat this thief cavalry army."

"promise!"

Zhao Guang, who had been anxiously waiting for the news, immediately became overjoyed when he received Feng Yong's military order:

"Go back and tell Junhou that unless Cao thief rushes over with my head in his hand, they will never take a step forward!"

Then he immediately got on his horse and shouted:

"Everyone is there, get on your horse, go to the southeast, and prepare to meet the enemy!"

The whistle of the cavalry barracks rang immediately, and the soldiers checked their armor, put on their helmets, got on their horses, and started to march forward as a whole.

Then Xia Houba, who led the army, saw such a cavalry army: horses covered in leather armor at the vital points, sitting on knights in armor all over their bodies.

From a distance, it looks like a piece of gray-black land carrying a crimson blood tide, which is constantly surging.

Even though he hadn't formally joined the battle, Xia Houba's eyelids were already jumping: Where did Bandit Feng come from such an elite cavalry?

No wonder Xia Houba was surprised.

Because the Shu captives had shrunk in the land of Shu before, and the whole country could not produce a decent cavalry army at all.

I heard that the Shu captives invaded the north in a false way, and they still used infantry to compete with Liangzhou iron cavalry.

It's a pity that Longguan was attacked by Feng thief, and the Guanzhong army could not enter Longyou. Otherwise, how could the Shu captives have the arrogance they have today?

It's just that they didn't expect that in less than three years, the Shu captives would be able to form such an elite cavalry army.

He had only seen this kind of cavalry in the old tiger and leopard cavalry battalion that was incorporated into the New Fifth Army in Luoyang.

But now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be fired.

If you don't break through the cavalry army of Shu captives on the opposite side, you won't be able to cope with the soldiers defending the city.

Xia Houba immediately ordered: "Get ready to charge!"

He turned around and saw that many soldiers had expressions of horror on their faces, and immediately shouted:

"The Shu captives had no cavalry in the past, and even Ma Chao, who could be called a cavalry general, has been dead for several years."

"This cavalry army seems to have fine armor and good weapons, but if there is no cavalry general to lead it, it will be a mess!"

"I will personally lead the army in the future, and anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed!"

After finishing speaking, he dispatched a charging arrow array, intending to fight the Shu captives in front of him for life and death.

The so-called charging arrow formation is like an arrow-shaped formation, the main general is in front of the formation, leading the charge, it is most suitable for brave generals to charge into the formation.

Zhao Guang held the binoculars that he had finally gotten from his elder brother, saw the formation of the opponent, and smiled:

"That's all! Come on, pass the order down, and set up a fish scale array!"

The charge arrow array is fast, allowing the cavalry to charge quickly. The fish-scale array is wider than the arrow array, and the soldiers are densely distributed, so the charging speed will be slower.

But compared with the armored cavalry of the Han army, this expanded formation of the front army can just expand the advantage of the half-heavy cavalry.

What's more, in order to save horsepower, it is impossible for Jiaqi to increase the speed all at once when charging.

Facing the opponent's cavalry army who didn't even have all the guards, speed didn't have to be ranked first.

More importantly, Zhao Guang was holding a hanger opener in his hand.

The ground began to rumble and shake...