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In the Xincheng County Magistrate¡¯s Mansion, Niu Jin and Ma Su were also a little uneasy.
"You Chang, where did Xia Houyuan's army go? Could it be Wancheng?"
Xia Houyuan's 20,000 troops and horses, Ma Su and Niu Jin had already made preparations to defend the city since they left Yique Pass. Because they thought that Xiahou Yuan would definitely lead his troops to attack the new city.
Xu Huang in Wancheng has 35,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to attack the city. Even if he adds 20,000 troops, the effect will not be very great, because only 3,000 soldiers and horses can be used at most to launch an siege! The rest cannot be moved away. Even if all four gates attack together, there will be more than 10,000 people.
"And outside the new city, there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses of Zhao Yan and Zhu Ling, and they were unable to contain the Han army in the city. Therefore, no matter what, the 20,000 Cao troops will come to the new city.
But they waited for several days and saw no sign of Cao Jun, and now they became suspicious.
"Under normal circumstances, Xia Houyuan would not go to Wancheng." Ma Di was also puzzled.
"Then will they bypass us and go directly to Xinye? As long as they conquer Xinye, they can attack Xiangyang!"
"Even if we capture Xinye with 20,000 soldiers and horses, what's the use?" Ma Di shook his head, "Besides, Xinye has General Liu Pan's 5,000 soldiers and horses, so it won't be captured quickly. And there are still more people outside Xiangyang City. There are ten thousand troops of Deng Ai. So I think it is impossible to attack Xinye!"
"Then where is Xia Houyuan?" Niu Jin stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, "Could it be that Xia Houyuan wants to cut off our food supply!"
"Cut off our food supply!" When Ma Di heard this, he stood up and said, "No, Xia Houyuan must have gone to rob the food!"
Wancheng and Xincheng cannot be self-sufficient in food and have to transport it from Xinye. Xiang Chong has always been responsible for escorting the food and grass once a month.
Calculating the time, Xiang Chong should have left Xinye by escorting grain and grass this month.
The robbery of food and grass is not very serious, because Wancheng has a lot of food in stock, and they will not be short of food in the short term.
If Xia Houyuan had cut off the grain road and stationed his army in the Bowangpo area to block the reinforcements from Xinye and Xiangyang, then the situation would be different. Over time, both Wancheng and Xincheng will run out of food.
The terrain of Bowang Slope is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If 20,000 soldiers and horses block it, it will be very difficult for the Han army to pass.
"Wentong, food roads are our lifeblood, we must find a way to prevent Xia Houyuan from succeeding!"
"But we only have 10,000 troops, so we have to leave troops to defend the new city! Xiahou Yuan has 20,000 troops!" After hearing Ma Su's words, Niu Jin also became nervous.
"No matter how few soldiers and horses we have, we will still hold back Xia Houyuan, and then immediately send people to Xinye for help!"
"Okay, then I will lead five thousand soldiers and horses, and you will lead the remaining five thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city!"
"To defend the city, I only need three thousand soldiers and horses, and you take the rest with you!"
"Three thousand troops and horses, is that enough?"
"Don't worry, Wentong, I guarantee that the new city will never be lost!"
"Okay, I'll leave the city tonight!"
Xiang Chong led three thousand soldiers and horses, escorted the grain and grass, left Xinye, and headed for Wancheng and Xincheng.
Cao Cao¡¯s army entered the country, so Xiang Chong was very careful all the way, constantly sending scouts in front to explore the way. Although Wancheng and Xincheng were not lost, he was not careless at all.
When entering Jiaxian County, a scout suddenly came on Pegasus.
"General, there is Cao Jun!"
"Cao Jun, where are you?"
"I don't know, I just heard the sound of horse hooves, it's the cavalry!"
"What, cavalry?" Xiang Chong was surprised.
When infantry encounters cavalry, they are inherently at a disadvantage, not to mention that he is also escorting grain and grass.
Xiang Chong immediately jumped off his horse and put his ear to the ground, "It's really a cavalry!" Xiang Chong could hear the slight trembling on the ground.
The scouts came back after hearing the sound of horse hooves. Cao's cavalry was not slower than the scouts, so they would arrive soon.
Xiang Chong looked around. Except for a hill not far to the left, the rest of the place was very flat, which was very suitable for cavalry combat.
"Fu Xu, you immediately lead a thousand soldiers and transport all the food and grass to the mountain!"
"No!" Army Sima Fu Xu immediately organized soldiers to transport grain to the mountain.
??Fu Xu was from Yiyang. When selecting military generals in the Xiangyang imperial examination, he was favored by Huang Zhong and was directly appointed as a commander of thousands. Now he is a military commander.
Xiang Chong sent a scout quickly and quickly returned to Xinye to report on the situation here.At the same time, the remaining two thousand formed a square formation at the foot of the mountain. Four hundred crossbowmen were distributed on both sides, and three layers of shields were set up in the middle. Next to the shield bearers, there were five hundred soldiers, all holding Han swords.
The Han Dao is somewhat similar to the Horse-Zhan sword, but it is lighter, sharper and stronger than the Horse-Zhan sword.
There is an open space in the middle of the phalanx, with five hundred pikemen behind it.
The most powerful thing about cavalry is charging into formation. This formation seems simple, but it has been proven to be very effective against cavalry. Xiang Chong has been familiar with military books and tactics since he was a child. He learned this from the tactics of Pang Juan and Wei soldiers during the Warring States Period. He can stop the cavalry and quickly penetrate the battle formation.
But for Xiang Chong, it was the first time to use it, and this battle was also his first battle. Facing such a powerful enemy, he was inevitably nervous.
As soon as the formation was set up and the food and grass had not been completely transported to the mountain, the "rumbling" sound of horse hooves began. Immediately afterwards, the whole earth began to tremble.
"Hubao Cavalry!" The figure of the cavalry appeared not far away in the blink of an eye, and the flags of Hubao Cavalry and Cao Chun were fluttering in the wind.
But when Xiang Chong saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief. Because the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only had 5,000 soldiers, he was confident of blocking it.
But soon, Xiang Chong became nervous again, because from another road, another group of Cao Jun cavalry rushed out, about 500 people again.
"Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!" Xiang Chong secretly shouted in his heart.
The leader of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu. Although the number is small, it is difficult to deal with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry together.
After the two groups of cavalry arrived, they rushed directly towards the Han army's formation without any intention of stopping.
"Fire the arrow!" He waved the big gun in his favored general's hand and shouted loudly.
A dense rain of arrows fell, and the Cao soldiers rushing in front immediately fell on their backs.
But before the crossbowmen had time to put the second arrow on the string, Cao Jun's cavalry had already rushed to the front of the formation.
"Raise your shield!" Xiang Chong shouted again.
The shield hand raised the shield with both hands and used all his strength to face the horses' hooves.
"Boom" There was a muffled sound, and almost all the shield bearers in the first row were knocked to the ground.
The Cao soldiers on their horses waved their swords and slashed at the Han soldiers who fell to the ground.
But at the same time, the Han soldiers holding Han knives next to the shield bearers almost simultaneously slashed at the war horses and Cao Jun on the horses.
Horses neighed, people shouted, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and heads rolled!
The three-line shield formation formed by Han soldiers could not withstand much collision before being broken through by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.
But what greeted them was not victory, but spear after spear!
This little space allowed the war horses to buffer for a while, but they were unable to charge forward again, and there was a melee between the two sides. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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