Chapter 242
: The attack and defense battle of the Ge Kingdom
Outside the city of Geguo, 150,000 Wei troops were arranged here. Sima Chong rode his horse out of the formation, came to the front of the formation, shouting loudly at the top of the city: "Is the one in the city Taishiwei, General Taishi?"
When Taishiwei on the city heard this, he took a step forward and rushed back to Sima under the city, "It is Taishiwei. You and I are now the masters and belong to the two countries. I wonder what General Sima has to do with his teachings?"
Sima Chong smiled and said, "General Taishi, you and I are old acquaintances, why should you keep others from thousands of miles away? General Taishi, my general highly respects you very much. Now that my army of Great Zhao is heading south, the Wei State is about to fall. As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to live in, and wise ministers choose masters to work. General Taishi is also a smart person. Why not open the city to join my Great Zhao? Sima Chong here promises that I Great Zhao will serve as the general of Siping. It is no problem to be granted a title in the future. Otherwise, if the army breaks the city, it will probably cause trouble and blood flow into a river."
Seeing that Sima Chong had dared to surrender him, Taishiwei sneered, "General Sima was joking. My Taishiwei was born as a minister of the Great Wei and died as a ghost of the Great Wei. How could he do these things that he would forget his ancestors and forget his ancestors? As long as General Sima has the confidence to break the city, he would come. However, I have to remind General Sima here, don't forget the defeat of Huishan, and do it yourself."
Hearing Taishiwei's words, Sima Chong's face suddenly became gloomy. He didn't expect that Taishiwei was so ungrateful. He advised him kindly, but he didn't appreciate it at all. He even mentioned the Battle of Huishan again and again, which was slapping himself in the face. So he said with a cold face: "Okay, since General Taishi is so ungrateful, I will be a good person in vain. I just hope that General Taishi will not regret it in the future." After that, he turned around and returned to the formation.
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Seeing that Sima Chong had retreated, Taishiwei said to Zhong Liang, the general of the Wei army beside him: "Send the order, the whole army is on guard, the archers are ready, carry up the pre-prepared huge rocks and rolling wood, boil oil, and boil the golden soup. Since Sima Chong wants me, the city of Geguo, then be prepared to keep all his 150,000 people."
"Here!" Zhong Liang replied.
"Dong!Dong!Dong!" After Sima rushed back to the Zhao army formation, the Zhao army's war drums were ringing. As the trumpet blew the trumpet of attack, teams of Zhao soldiers pushed the chariot, attacked the city wood, and carried the cloud ladder to attack the city city.
After the Zhao army entered the range of archers, the Wei archers on the city began to shoot. After several rounds, hundreds of Zhao soldiers had died under the archery. After nearly a thousand casualties, the Zhao army finally approached the wall of the city of Liguo City. A group of Zhao soldiers picked up the ladder and began to climb. The Wei soldiers on the city wall kept throwing huge rocks and rolling woods from the city. After a few rounds, countless Zhao soldiers were already concentrated by the huge rocks and rolling woods and fell down. The Wei army was still pouring oil and pouring golden soup down, and many Zhao soldiers were also caught.
Before the Zhao army could attack the city, a large number of casualties occurred. However, Sima Chong in the Zhao army formation was not moved at all. As the saying goes, Ci did not control the troops. If he was ruthless because he was afraid of casualties, then when would this Liguo City be defeated? Besides, Zhao Xin's military order was to capture the city of Geguo at all costs. If there was no cost, he would have to restore troops and generals. In short, it was just a saying that no matter how much casualties he paid, he would have to defeat the city of Geguo. Under the charge of the Zhao army regardless of the casualties and the continuous charge, Zhao soldiers finally began to climb the city of Geguo and fight with the Wei army in close combat. From time to time, Zhao army or soldiers of Wei army fell off the city of the city, and their deaths were very miserable.
This fierce offensive and defensive battle lasted for a day. Sima Chong saw that he still could not break through the city. It was too late now. The soldiers fought for a day and were exhausted. So he ordered the troops to withdraw with a dark face.
As the sound of gold came, the Zhao soldiers on the city wall began to retreat in an orderly manner. When Taishiwei on the city saw that the Zhao army retreated, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Today's Zhao army was like crazy, completely ignoring casualties. To be honest, Taishiwei had not fought such a difficult battle for many years.
After the Zhao army retreated, the Wei army began to go out of the city to clean up the corpses of their comrades, and the Zhao army also sent a group of troops to clean up the corpses. This is an unwritten rule. After each war, both sides will send people to clean up the corpses of their comrades who died in battle. During this period, both sides must not launch an attack, otherwise they will be despised by the people of the world.
"How are the casualties today?" Taishiwei stood on the top of the city, looked at the soldiers Zhao Wei who were cleaning up the comrades in the army under the city, and asked Zhong Liang next to him.
Zhong Liang replied: "Return to General Taishi, our army is expected to suffer more than 3,000 casualties today, of which more than 1,000 were killed in battle. On the Zhao army, the casualties are estimated to be twice that of our army."
"One to two!" Hearing the casualties, Tai Shiwei closed his eyes and sighed: "It is rumored that the Zhao army has unparalleled combat power in the world. People are truly unrestrained to deceive me. When we see it today, it is really not comparable to our army. With our army's tenacious resistance and the benefits of the city wall, the Zhao army can achieve a one to two record. Even if this combat power is not the best in the world, it is still one of the best."
Zhong Liang, who was standing by, didn't know how to answer Tai Shiwei's words. He didn't have long been in the army. He came out to join the army after his brother Zhong Shang died and took on the main robbery of the Zhong family. This was the first time he saw such a fierce offensive and defensive battle. Speaking of which, Zhong Liang was a bad boy. He had two brothers in total, Zhong Zhang and Zhong Shang, who knew that they all died at the hands of Deng Jun one after another. When Deng State destroyed Han, the eldest brother Zhong Zhang went to welcome the King of Han into Wei by the order of King Wei, and died at Zhang Fei. The second brother Zhong Shang died at the hands of Li Cunxiao in the battle of Changshe. He entered the army, one to take on the main robbery of the Zhong family, and the other to hope that one day he could avenge the two brothers and kill Zhang Fei and Li Cunxiao.
"Place the injured soldiers, and you will deal with them all. I am a little tired, so I will go down first and come to me if I have any problems." This is, Tai Shiwei said to Zhong Liang.
Zhong Liang nodded and responded.
The next day, Sima Chong launched a strong attack on Geguo City again, but as yesterday, the fierce battle still could not shake Geguo City. Taishiwei in the city felt that he could not go any further, so he sent someone to invite Huangfu Rong, who was stationed in Ande, to help the battle. All of this was seen by Sima Chong, so he sent someone to follow Taishiwei's messenger. After understanding Taishiwei's intentions, Sima Chong sent Tu Gao to lead 10,000 cavalry to ambush Huangfu Rong in Ande.
After receiving the message from Taishiwei, Huangfu Rong hurriedly took 20,000 troops north to the Ge Kingdom. Who knew that he was intercepted by Tu Gao's 10,000 cavalrymen, and the 20,000 troops were wiped out. Huangfu Rong also died at the hands of Tu Gao.
After dealing with Huangfu Rong, Sima Chong continued to launch a strong attack on Geguo City. Taishi Wei in Geguo City had never seen Huangfu Rong come to support, and he felt suspicious, so he sent a scout to inquire. Only then did he realize that Huangfu Rong was ambushed by Zhao's cavalry and had been wiped out.
Tai Shiwei, who had lost reinforcements, felt more and more powerless. At this time, the Zhao army came with another reinforcement. It turned out that Sima Chong had suffered heavy casualties under the strong attacks over the past few days, and it was difficult to suppress Geguocheng again. So he sent someone to ask for reinforcements from Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin also knew that the war in Geguocheng was in full swing, so he sent general Huangfu Ming to lead 20,000 troops to reinforce.
On May 20, the 17th year of Qianyuan, after nearly half a month of fierce attack, the Zhao army finally captured the city of Geguo. Taishiwei had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to retreat to Ande City. In this battle, the Zhao army lost more than 50,000 troops, and the Wei army also lost more than 40,000 people, of which 20,000 were killed at the hands of the Zhao army cavalry, and the general Huangfu Rong was killed in battle.
Chapter completed!