Chapter 307: The Despicable Ma Family

Huai County.

Liu Tan stood on the hill and looked at the Xiliang army not far away.

These days, he led his men to move constantly.

Let this Xiliang reinforcement be led by them.

But today, the Xiliang reinforcement suddenly stopped chasing them and chose to march south.

He guessed that the generals of the Xiliang reinforcement must have thought that they had fallen into a trap.

Put down the monocular telescope.

Liu Tan looked back at the soldiers lying in the woods to rest.

Now, the soldiers' food bags are almost empty.

Every soldier's face is full of fatigue and hunger.

In order to delay the Xiliang reinforcement as much as possible.

He ordered the soldiers to save enough food for ten days, and delayed for another three or four days.

But he knew that he couldn't delay any longer.

Otherwise, more soldiers would fall behind.

"Retreat to Hengshan County." Liu Tan ordered, his mission has been completed in excess.

I just hope that the King of Yan can successfully take Xincheng at this moment.

At this moment.

In the Xiliang army, Jili sat on his horse with a gloomy face.

After a few days of wandering around Huaicheng, he realized that this was not the army of the King of Yan at all.

First, this army marched too fast, and often evacuated immediately before they arrived.

Second, he did not see any pits left by the stoves.

This shows that this army had no intention of attacking the city at all.

Otherwise, it would be impossible not to bury the pot and cook.

After all, it is difficult to take down the city in just a few days.

Bringing dry food to attack the city is a way to die.

Finally, this army was going to attack Huaicheng, and then suddenly went to attack Tongguan.

After they arrived near Tongguan, this army circled back to Huaicheng.

When they rushed back to Huaicheng, this army appeared near Yingxian again.

This was obviously playing them like monkeys.

There is no doubt that in his opinion, this must be a strategy of feinting to the east and attacking in the west. ‘

The King of Yan’s army must have been attacking Xincheng and Jincheng now.

"Xincheng has only more than 6,000 defenders, and now it may have fallen into the hands of the King of Yan." Thinking of this, Jili's eyes became more and more gloomy.

Then he thought of Jincheng.

Murong Wuji is in Jincheng now.

If the King of Yan attacks Jincheng, Murong Wuji may not be able to escape.

The most important thing is that once Jincheng is lost, their emperor Murong Hao will not let them go.

If they return to Xiliang, they may have to spend the rest of their lives in prison.

"Travel day and night and rush back to Jincheng. We must not let the King of Yan succeed in his plan." Jili said to the general beside him: "Speed ​​up the march immediately."

After a day and a half, they were still sixty miles away from Jin County. At this time, they met a scout from Xiliang who came to convey military information.

"Xincheng was conquered by the King of Yan. The King of Yan's army is currently besieging Jincheng. Please ask the deputy leader to lead the troops to rush to help, attack from both sides, and defeat the King of Yan."

After hearing the scout's words, Jili's heart jumped.

He thought of everything.

"Rush to Jincheng immediately without delay." Jili said.

Hearing this, a general said: "Deputy leader, the soldiers have been marching for days and are very tired. I think we should rest for a day and get enough strength before marching again."

"By the time you rest, Jincheng may have fallen into the hands of King Yan." Jili said angrily: "It's not too late to rest after rushing to Jincheng."

The general heard it, hesitated, sighed slightly and retreated.

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Jincheng.

At this moment, the sound of artillery rumbled.

After a short rest in Xincheng for half a day, he and Chang Wei led the troops to Jincheng.

After arriving, they found that Jincheng was already heavily guarded.

So he ordered the soldiers to set up camp while ordering the artillery to continuously bombard the north gate.

The reinforcements must be fought, and Jincheng must also be captured.

So the bombardment is also to prepare for the subsequent attack on Jincheng.

The walls of Jincheng are high and thick, and a hard attack will inevitably result in many casualties.

So he planned to use artillery to seize a point on the wall and bombard it continuously.

As the saying goes, if you work hard, you can grind an iron rod into a needle.

Although it may not be possible to knock down this section of the wall in one or two days.

But as long as you persist, you will always succeed.

After all, many walls were knocked down during the war between Ming and Qing Dynasties.

At the same time, he sent scouts to the north to investigate and monitor the movements of the Xiliang reinforcements at any time.

Once the Xiliang reinforcements enter Jin County, they will be ready.

"Your Highness, the Ma family army is currently in Lin County, about 200 miles away from Jincheng. After conquering three county towns, they are now besieging Lincheng, and there are 30,000 Xiliang soldiers in Lincheng." Zhao Xu was watching the artillery bombarding the wall.

At this time, a scout came to report.

After entering Jinzhou, he asked Chang Wei to send scouts to grasp the movements of the Ma family.

"There are more than 30,000 people in Lincheng? This means that there are fewer soldiers in Jincheng than we thought. No wonder Murong Wuji didn't dare to fight." Zhao Xu murmured.

"The war has been going on for a month now. It's not too slow for them to reach Lincheng." Chang Wei pondered.

Zhao Xu nodded.

The Xiliang troops are mainly concentrated in the central and northern parts of Jinzhou, and the southern part is sparsely populated.

But even so, the Ma family certainly can't act as quickly as his royal guards.

But because the Ma family fought quite well, he felt it was a bit abnormal.

Or is the Ma family really going to attack Xiliang from both sides this time?

After thinking for a while, he threw this matter out of his mind.

For now, let's take down the Xiliang reinforcements first.

At this moment.

Murong Wuji in Jincheng listened to the loud noises and looked anxious.

Before, he had only heard a lot of rumors about artillery.

In the past two days, the Yan Wang's troops used artillery, and he saw the true power of artillery.

Under one shot, the battlements on the walls of Jincheng were shattered.

The soldiers who were directly hit were even more miserable.

He originally wanted to close the city and let the Yan Wang's troops attack the city, relying on the solidity of Jincheng to consume the Yan Wang's troops.

Unexpectedly, in the past two days, the Yan Wang's troops only besieged the city, but did not attack it.

They just bombarded the walls of the north gate with artillery day and night.

He wanted to go out to fight.

But the Yan Wang's artillery was facing the city gate, and going out was tantamount to seeking death.

What's more, there were only 30,000 troops in the city at this moment.

Now, he could only stay in Jincheng, listening to the sound of the Yan Wang's artillery, and could do nothing.

He could only hope that Ji Li could come back soon and attack the Yan Wang's army from behind.

He broke out of the city and defeated the Yan Wang's troops.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Then he suddenly thought of the Ma family.

Two days ago, the Ma family's 100,000 troops arrived in Lincheng.

He immediately ordered the Lincheng garrison to send people to meet with the Ma family.

Since the Ma family entered Jinzhou, he has taken the initiative to ask the garrisons of several counties to fight for a while and then withdraw.

And the Ma family also fulfilled their promise and deliberately let the Xiliang soldiers in the city retreat.

Now that Jincheng is in crisis, he only hopes that the Ma family will get the news that Jincheng is besieged and find a way to relieve Jincheng's danger.

Or let the 30,000 defenders of Lincheng go to Jincheng, or other strategies will also work.

However, at the same time, he is a little worried.

If the Ma family sees that the situation is not right, they will definitely regret it.

This time Xiliang was defeated miserably in Jinzhou.