Chapter 274
The two sides were in a very delicate situation. After ten days, the Xiongnu Chanyu realized something was wrong! Because he found that although it had been more than ten days, the Youzhou army hiding in Wuyuan City did not seem to have any fatigue, and their defense equipment was not exhausted at all! Every time the Huns attacked, the Youzhou army used the overwhelming rain of arrows and chicken legs attacks of the Huns to increase casualties! Until now, the Huns have not really approached the city walls of Wuyuan City! Although the Huns also learned some methods of siege wars from the Han people, they were not good at this kind of siege war, and they did not want to call people to have such rich siege equipment! In addition, their logistics supply and combat methods were not suitable for long-term siege wars like the Han people. Their fighting style and logistics supply have determined that they were only suitable for rapid decisive battles, not for attrition!
This situation is beyond their imagination! To be honest, this time they went south, they wanted to use cavalry to raid quickly, but they didn't expect that the Youzhou army would be prepared in advance! They had never really fought against the Youzhou army before, and they were not afraid of the Youzhou army like the Xianbei! But they also knew that the Youzhou army could defeat the Xianbei people who had been stalemate with them, and they would definitely not be as weak and incompetent as the Han army in the past! The reason why they went south with confidence was because they knew that
The main force of the Youzhou army in Bingzhou has been allocated to deal with the people of Xiliang. Bingzhou was very empty at that time! To put it bluntly, they just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity! Although they were not as afraid of the Youzhou army as the Xianbei people, they did not want to have a real war with the Youzhou army! Although the Huns have accumulated a lot of strength, they are not the only overlord on the grassland, and they have not yet unified the grassland. If they have a long-lasting war with the Youzhou army of the Han people, they will eventually be cheaper, and they will be the Xianbei people, the mortal enemy of the Han people!
The Youzhou Army is known to have a million people. Although the Xiliang Army has already invested hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong, the Youzhou local area can still draw hundreds of thousands of troops. If the Huns cannot defeat the Youzhou Army in Bingzhou before their reinforcements arrive. If they have not gained any benefits, they will really have no chance! If they are not done well, they will be completely left in Bingzhou by the Youzhou Army!
So when I think of this, the Xiongnu Chanyu frowned, feeling that his previous plan seemed to have fallen into the trap of the Youzhou Army. Although the continuous consumption of the Youzhou Army's weapon inventory would reduce the difficulty of the Huns' attack in the future, it was when the other party had no reinforcements. When the other party was isolated and had no support, the other party still had a large number of reinforcements, but they didn't come here for a while! Now that he did this, he delayed the time for the other party, and gave their reinforcements to arrive and gained time! Thinking of this, the Xiongnu Chanyu was a little anxious! He walked back and forth in the big tent and finally made up his mind. He decided not to delay like this. If he delayed like this, he could consume the other party's weapon inventory, but he also bought time for the other party's reinforcements. When the Youzhou Army's reinforcements arrived, the Xiongnu were in big trouble at that time!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly anxious to the senior management of the Huns. He told them his analysis, and then said: "We can't delay like this! The longer the time is, the more unfavorable it will be for our situation! We must break through their defense before the reinforcements of the Youzhou army arrive! Then plunder a large amount of money and return to the grassland! Otherwise, when their reinforcements arrive, we will really fall into a hard battle! By that time, we will not only get nothing, but will lose a lot of soldiers!" At this time, he didn't care about the Xiliang army, who was the leader of the players, no longer wanted to occupy Bingzhou. He just wanted to make a big profit in Bingzhou and end the losses of the Huns this time!
The troops who plundered food from the surrounding area and captured Han En's captives were all back one after another. They either got nothing or had only a slight result in the battle. This small result could not make up for their own consumption! This situation had already made the senior management of the Huns realize that the situation was wrong and knew that delaying would not have a good result for the Huns. Although they went south this time, although they were nominally asked for help from the Xiliang army, they were actually for their own interests. So until their own interests were difficult to be protected, they naturally didn't care about the players of the Xiliang army! At this time, they didn't know that the Xiliang army had surrendered to the Youzhou army! Otherwise, they would have run away long ago, so how dare they stay here!
The Youzhou army without long-range defense also allowed them to see the situation clearly. The idea of defeating the Youzhou army quickly and occupying Bingzhou as expected before the war was simply difficult to realize! Now there is only a little Youzhou army in Bingzhou, and they have no way to break through the defense without long-range, let alone waiting for a large number of reinforcements to arrive! At that time, if the Huns are not dealt with properly, they will face a catastrophe! So they did not object to the proposal of the Huns. At this time, they seemed to be only
The most correct choice is to make a big profit and then return to the grassland! However, when thinking about the arrows covering the sky and the sun in Wuyuan City, these Huns were a little scared! Although they were all Huns and the people of the Xiongnu Shanyu, they also had different tribes and had different interests. If the soldiers who did not fall for too much loss, then after returning to the grassland, their tribe might be annexed by other tribes! So none of them wanted to take the lead!
So a man said, "Shanyu! We all understand what you said, and we also support your plan! But now the Han city wall is still so powerful, and there are so many cities defending equipment! If we attack on a large scale at this time, then our losses will be too great! Should we think of other ways?" Although these people knew the current situation and delaying would be detrimental to the Huns, none of them mainly retreated back to the grassland at this time!
This time we went south, we had not got anything, and we had already paid such a huge loss. If we just went back in shame, we would have no way to explain it to the tribe. And in that case, the Huns would become the laughing stock on the grassland! That's why they had to find a way to make a big fortune and then retreat. No one was willing to do a loss-making business! However, what they didn't know, their greed and the intention of not wanting to do a loss-making business, just ruined the bright future of the Huns!
After hearing this man's words, the Xiongnu Chanyu naturally knew what he thought. He said this, but he didn't want his tribe to be cannon fodder and to the front line of the battle! In fact, it was not just him, and everyone did not want his tribe to be on the front line of the battle and become cannon fodder for the good Youzhou Army in Xi'an! The Xiongnu Chanyu naturally knew their ideas. But he knew that he could not force them too much, so he said: "I also know that the arrow rain of the Youzhou Army is very powerful, but we can't take care of so much at this time! If it continues, the reinforcements of the Youzhou Army may feel it! If that time, I
We really lost all our money! So we must break through the opponent's defense before the reinforcements of the Youzhou army arrive! At this time, we can only fight hard against the arrow rain of the Youzhou army! As long as we fight for casualties, when we arrive at the city, the cowardly and incompetent nature of the Han people will be shown. At that time, we Huns warriors can easily defeat them! So this time we will suppress our entire army! Try to break their defense in the shortest time! Don't care too much about the casualties in front of us. As long as we can get the wealth of Bingzhou, our casualties will be worth it at that time!"
After hearing the words of the Xiongnu Shanyu, everyone stopped saying anything. From the moment and words of the Xiongnu, they already knew the Xiongnu Shanyu's determination. This time he planned to fight his life to take down Bingzhou! This time the Xiongnu people would definitely suffer huge casualties! But what he said was right. As long as they could occupy Bingzhou, the wealth of Bingzhou would be enough to make up for their previous losses! These people valued the interests of their own tribes, and they did not really value the ordinary soldiers. In their opinion, as long as they had wealth, the population could be replenished soon! So they no longer opposed the large-scale attack on the Youzhou army!
While these Huns were discussing to prepare for a large-scale attack on the Youzhou army and no longer delayed it, in Wuyuan City, the Youzhou army was also discussing how to deal with the Huns! Although the Huns have not been conducting large-scale attacks these days, they have been harassed continuously. In the city, they can use giant crossbows and catapults to shoot the Huns very comfortably, causing considerable casualties to the Huns! As the Huns imagined, the Youzhou army's weapons inventory was not at all exhausted at all. They didn't care about the small trumpets of the weapons, and they were very happy to shoot the Huns! But no matter what, no matter whether they were suffering or not, the current situation was always the Huns besieging them. After all, the Huns were attacking, but they were passively beaten! This point could not be changed! It was this that made the Youzhou army present very frustrated!
When did the Youzhou Army be beaten passively from the day it was established! When did they besieged? They have always taken the initiative to attack others, they have always besieged others, and they have always made others feel frustrated! Unexpectedly, the Huns, who were regarded as barbaric, came to them in turn! How could the Youzhou Army, which has always been called the No. 1 army in the world and is very proud of it? In their opinion, they were just taken advantage of by the Huns, and this was simply the king of no tigers and monkeys in the mountains! If it weren't for the Youzhou Army's campaigns and fighting everywhere during this period, the Huns would have never been able to achieve what they have today! If it were a head-on battle, the Huns would have been defeated by the Youzhou Army long ago! So they must avenge their shame!
Because there was no news of reinforcements before, and because we had to ensure that Bingzhou was not attacked by war, they had to temporarily be in a passive defense situation, but now it is different! Because reinforcements are about to arrive! Zhang Liao was anxious for the Youzhou generals in Bingzhou, and said to them with a smile: "Everyone! I just received the information, and our reinforcements are about to arrive! Wait for two days at most, and our reinforcements will arrive. At that time, we will no longer have to think about the passive defense like this now! At that time, we will definitely make the Huns look good!"
When everyone heard Zhang Liao's words, they couldn't help but cheer. The passive defense during this period had already been acquired! The Youzhou army is an army that advocates attack in its core, and passive defense is not their style at all! Now it can finally change the predicament, and of course they are going to cheer! So someone asked: "General! How many reinforcements are we have this time! We have all acquired them during this period! When the dim comes, we must make the Huns look good! Humph! They dare to take the initiative to attack our Youzhou army this time, and we will definitely not let them go easily! And that's right. Since they came over to attack us, if we don't counterattack, wouldn't it be a detriment to the honor of our Youzhou army? I think we might as well take this opportunity to counterattack the Huns' territory on the grassland and eliminate them in one fell swoop! Eliminate this century-old disaster for our Han Dynasty!" Everyone nodded after hearing this!
After hearing this, Zhang Liao agreed with this plan very much. However, the Youzhou Sect adopted a letter from a certain unit and told him the overall plan of Youzhou, so he said with a little regret: "Everyone! Although your ideas are good, we really can't do this with the means! I'm not afraid to tell everyone that this time our reinforcements are actually only 50,000! With these 50,000 people, it is no problem for us to defeat the Huns in Bingzhou. But if we want to counterattack the territory of the Huns on the grassland, we may be afraid that we may be afraid of defeating the Huns in Bingzhou.
I'm afraid it's a little embarrassed! After all, this time we've suffered internal emptiness, and the consequences caused by it. If we were to move out at this time, we might be able to take advantage of the situation by other forces! By that time, no one will come to defend Bingzhou! At that time, Bingzhou will really suffer a disaster that will never be restored! So this time we have to defeat the Huns outside on the premise of defending Bingzhou well! As for other things, we are not what we should worry about!"
After hearing Zhang Liao's words, the man caught the milk was a little silent. Indeed, this time, the Youzhou army was too careless and transferred too many of the Bingzhou troops, which allowed the Huns to take advantage of the situation! Fortunately, in order to prevent it, nearly 100,000 troops were left, otherwise Bingzhou would be really unimaginable! This time, Youzhou assigned 50,000 troops, and with these 50,000 troops, it would be no problem to defeat the Huns outside the city. After all, Bingzhou had nearly 100,000 troops, and he had not suffered any losses during this period. He also recruited some civilians to help defend the city. The actual number of people was already
A lot has increased! On the contrary, the Huns originally had nearly 300,000 troops, but the consumption during this period was reduced by tens of thousands, and now it is only a little over 200,000! Now, with the newly arrived 50,000 troops, the Youzhou army is no longer at a loss in terms of number of people. In addition, the Youzhou army is in the local battle, and its combat effectiveness is super strong. It is still not a problem to deal with the more than 200,000 troops of the Huns! But if you want to counterattack and count the territory of the Huns on the grassland, it is a bit reluctant! And you have to risk the premise that Bingzhou is empty again! If you really do this, it is a bit unworthy!
However, some people still feel unwilling to give up. Youzhou's pride has always made him unwilling to let go of the Huns just like this! You know that the forces that dared to attack the Youzhou army in the past were all eliminated by the Youzhou army very happily. This elimination was uprooted! Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Du, and the Western Liang army, these are all lessons! Could it be that this time, the Youzhou army actually let go of the Huns! Although Zhang Liao had already said that he would eliminate the Huns outside, in everyone's opinion, the elimination of the Huns was just a lesson. It cannot be said that the Huns had been eliminated! After all, these Huns took the initiative to run to the chassis of the Youzhou army to cause trouble, and it was a foregone conclusion that they would be eliminated!
So someone said, "General! Are we going to let it go like this? In that case, wouldn't it be too cheap for the Huns? Where can we put the face of our Youzhou army in the future? And how could we only have 50,000 reinforcements? Is this too little? You know, our Youzhou army has an army of millions! Even if the 300,000 people in Chang'an cannot come back, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in Youzhou and Jizhou? Even if it is to let go of those places, it is impossible to have only 50,000 troops.
Reinforcements? This is not like the style of our Youzhou army!" The Youzhou army has an army of millions, which has always been a proud thing for the Youzhou army! Although this time the Huns suddenly attacked Bingzhou when Bingzhou was empty, they reminded everyone that they should pay attention to the defense situation in various places in the future! However, according to the combat style of the Youzhou army, it is impossible to send only 50,000 reinforcements! So some people have questions about this! When the Youzhou army was discussing military affairs, they were still very democratic and allowed everyone to express their opinions! To be continued...
Chapter completed!