The Nameless of the Common Clans

The night has been dispersed by the rising sun. On the banks of the not-so-wide river outside Luomen Camp, the Qiang army has gathered again. Although Chen Mo is the lord, the guard of this camp is Wang Biao. As someone who has followed The Qiang people fought against the generals for more than ten days. Wang Biao could clearly feel that the Qiang army today was obviously different from the past.

No longer scattered, the mighty army moved forward, kicking up dust all over the sky. In the winter morning light, catapults were pushed onto the battlefield, and large siege equipment such as rams and ladders were carried onto the battlefield. At that time, Wang Biao's mood became a little heavy. More than a thousand soldiers had gathered behind the wooden wall and were preparing to fire arrows. The shooting range of ordinary catapults is about 80 steps, but the range of crossbows in the army is only 60 steps. It would have been fine if there were only one or two, but this time there were as many as fifty catapults launched by the opponent, lined up in a row, almost across the entire battlefield.

The casualties caused by the catapults were secondary, but the destructive power of the wooden walls was extremely terrifying. Even after continuous reinforcement by the craftsmen in the army, Wang Biao was not sure whether the reinforced wooden walls could block the attack of the opponent's catapults. .

Attacking a large camp but taking the posture of attacking a fortified city, Wang Biao didn't know whether he should be happy that the enemy recognized him or worry about how to defend next?

After all, the military camp is not a city wall. The casualties caused by the dozen catapults here are limited after all, and the enemy has no wooden wall to destroy. As for the catapults that hit the opponent... Judging from the poor hit rate of the catapults, this is not Not realistic.

"Lord, how come this horse-Korean alliance suddenly..." Dian Wei followed Chen Mo and Xu Shu and stood on the arrow tower, looking at the lineup of the Qiang army in the distance, and was a little surprised.

The Qiang army brought out a lot of siege equipment today.

"It should be the baggage sent from the rear. It is not easy to transport these things." Xu Shu frowned and glanced, shaking his head and said: "But with these equipment coming up, the camp will be difficult to defend!"

Chen Mo nodded. Of course it would be difficult to defend. This was an siege posture. If it were used to attack a camp, the stone bullets thrown by the catapult could easily destroy the surrounding wooden walls.

"Lord, why don't you send troops yet?" Dian Wei was a little eager to do so.

Chen Mo raised his head, looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "The time has not come yet. Inform Wang Biao and prepare to withdraw!"

"Withdraw troops!?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in surprise: "Then the camp was so easily given to the opponent?"

"Retreat to Ji County and reduce unnecessary casualties!" Chen Mo nodded and said: "Let the army withdraw slowly, set fire to the camp, and let this camp stop the opponent."

"Here!" Although Dian Wei was puzzled, since Chen Mo had already given the order, he could only obey it. He jumped directly from the arrow tower, found Wang Biao, and conveyed the order to retreat to Wang Biao.

When Wang Biao received Chen Mo's order, he was slightly relieved. He really didn't have the confidence to defend this battle with only one military camp. Of course, if Chen Mo didn't give the order, he wouldn't persuade him, he would just put his own Do your job to the best of your ability.

You cannot withdraw your troops directly, otherwise the enemies will rush up in a swarm and you have to retreat slowly. Wang Biao was born as an Orion and had an army specially set up traps. He ordered all the troops to withdraw from the camp one after another while ordering people to set up traps. At the same time, pour out the tung oil in the camp and prepare to set it on fire.

The coalition forces over there have begun to attack the city, and the stone bullets thrown by the catapults continue to streak through the void. Many of them fall directly into the camp or bombard in front of the wall, but there are always a few that can bombard the wall.

The stone bullets as big as a man's head or as big as a millstone were blasted down, and even a reinforced wall could directly open a crack. The Qiang army pushed the chariot under the cover of bows and arrows and began to attack the wall again with the sound of passionate horns. Charge.

But when they came in, they saw the Guanzhong Army that had not completely retreated and traps all over the ground.

The enemy is about to withdraw?

At this time, the Qiang army naturally did not want the enemy to withdraw, as the military camp was in dilapidated condition, but if they faced the city, the catapults would not be so effective. They howled and rushed forward against the trap, trying to keep the Guanzhong army behind.

"Light the fire!" Wang Biao waved his hand, and the shooter who had been prepared shot a row of fire arrows at the opponent. The wall of the village covered with kerosene immediately burned, scaring the surrounding Qiang troops to disperse quickly, and the tents in the military camp were also set on fire. , with the breeze in the valley, the fire gradually spread and completely blocked the Qiang army. Only then did Wang Biao lead the last troops to withdraw from the military camp and go to Ji County.

"It's a pity that we lost a lot of baggage!" On the way back to Hebei County, Dian Wei felt a little distressed. He left in a hurry. Chen Mo didn't want to fight to the death with the Qiang army at this time, so he didn't bring a lot of baggage with him in the camp. Burnt.

"Those things can be made again if they are gone, but my soldiers are more valuable than the baggage. There is no need to engage in meaningless fighting here." Chen Mo comforted him casually as he rode forward.

Of course you can defend it if you insist on it, but it is meaningless. It is just a big camp. Although it is a choke point, if a large number of lives are lost because of this, the gain will not be worth the loss.

On the other side, in order to make Ma Teng take his guard down, Han Sui sent his elite soldiers into battle today, and took out the siege equipment that had just been delivered, preparing to have a good fight with Chen Mo, but who knew that Chen Mo would not fight at all? Meaning, they abandoned the camp and left. A fire blocked their way, and they could only watch Chen Mo leave.

Originally, this was nothing, but in the eyes of Ma Teng and his son, it was too much of a coincidence. It was just as agreed upon by both parties. Han Sui had just sent his elite troops and Chen Mo left. It was too suspicious.

But no one told them about it. Ma Teng and his son were more suspicious, while Han Sui was a little regretful. After the fire stopped, he set up camp again and rushed to Jixian.

"Brother Shoucheng, the equipment is slow to transport. How about we stop fighting for now and attack the city after the equipment is transported?" Han Sui invited Ma Teng to come, and the two discussed in front of the army.

"Okay." Ma Teng looked at Han Sui, and for a moment, he wanted to chop Han Sui directly, but he held back. He also hoped to defeat the enemy. If he chopped Han Sui at this time, there would be no hope.

Moreover, Ji County is different from the military camp. The city is more than two feet high and the city is solid. It is indeed more difficult to attack it without siege equipment than to attack the military camp. Ma Teng could only suppress his doubts and be more vigilant against Han Sui.

According to the strategy discussed by the two before, after breaking Chen Mo's camp, a group of people should be sent to capture Jieting and cut off Chen Mo's retreat. However, when talking about this, Ma Teng was obviously unwilling to split his troops, and Yan Xing was the only general who could stand alone beside Han Sui, and he was also unwilling to split his troops. Neither of them took the initiative to mention it, and in the end it was as if this decision had never been made.

Three days later, the army arrived at the city of Ji County, but Ji County had already made sufficient preparations. The city gates were closed, and many trenches were dug outside the city to block the enemy's siege equipment from approaching. On the city wall, the soldiers of Guanzhong were neatly armored and full of fighting spirit.

Three days later, after the siege equipment arrived, the Qiang army began to attack the city, but compared with the military camp, the city was much stronger. Even the boulders thrown by the catapults could hardly shake the city walls. The battering rams could only temporarily slow down their advance in the face of the trenches dug in advance, allowing the Qiang soldiers to fill the trenches under the rain of arrows before sending them to the battlefield.

There were many more city defense equipment on the Ji County side. In order to save boiling oil, except for the oil pan set up above the city gate, other places used boiling water to pour down. Although it was not like boiling oil that could directly burn even the ladders and battering rams, boiling water poured on people could make the opponent lose their combat capability instantly even if it could not kill them directly.

This time, the Qiang army's offensive was quite fierce. After Han Sui sent the Shaodang Qiang, they were much stronger than the previous scattered soldiers. However, the Qiang army was not good at attacking the city. In addition, they encountered Wang Biao, who was very good at defending the city. Even if they rushed to the city wall several times, they were driven down by Wang Biao.

The two sides fought fiercely for half a month, and the weather became colder and colder. The boiling water poured out quickly cooled and froze. The soldiers who rushed on the road stepped on it and it was easy for them to slip. In addition, many Qiang soldiers who were fine that day were drenched by water, but many of them caught a cold afterwards, and their combat capabilities were greatly reduced. The offensive of the Qiang army became more and more decadent.

"It's almost done." On this day, Chen Mo stood on the enemy tower, watching the enemy army retreating like a tide, feeling the cold in the air, and looking at the gloomy sky, he said something inexplicably.

"What did the lord say?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo puzzled.

"The first snow of the year is coming!" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and smiled, "The opportunity I'm waiting for has come."

"Ah?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in confusion. The opportunity to fight has come when it snows?

Xu Shu patiently explained, "Winter is not suitable for fighting, let alone attacking a city. The Ma-Han coalition has been attacking for more than a month and has failed to break the city. Their morale is already low. Now the weather is getting colder. If it snows again, they will have to retreat. In this way, their morale will surely be lost, and our army can send troops to pursue them."

Dian Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Mo expectantly and said, "My lord, I..."

"Raise the signal smoke. It's time for Ziyi to move." Chen Mo smiled.

Taishi Ci had long been hiding in an abandoned city in Longxi, but he had not taken action. Xun You sent someone to contact Chen Mo, waiting for the other side to retreat. When Chen Mo pursued, Taishi Ci would send troops to quickly cut off the other side's food supply. In this way, not only could Ma Han be completely defeated, but the land of Longxi would also belong to Chen Mo. After this battle, Ma Han's power would be greatly damaged. After this battle, the Qiang people would probably not be enemies with Chen Mo for a while. That would be the time to change the decree.

"Yes!" Xu Shu smiled and agreed.

Soon, a thick column of smoke rose from the top of Ji County, and soon a column of smoke rose from the hilltop in the distance, stretching backwards. The continuous rise of the columns of smoke made Ma Teng and Han Sui in the military camp feel that something was wrong. Could it be that Chen Mo had some tricks up his sleeve?