Chapter 394 Preparations for Siege

Xu He saw from a distance that the Xiliang iron cavalry came and went freely, walking calmly, gritted his teeth and snorted.

"Damn it! Withdraw troops and return to camp."

"Xu Shuai, stop attacking the city?"

Xu He said angrily: "Siege the city, and attack the fart!"

He turned around and left, furious, and the morale of more than a hundred thousand yellow scarf thieves was frustrated. They were relieved to hear that there was no need to continue to attack the city today, so they all retreated and went back to their camps to repair their camps.

The tents of the Chinese Army were brightly lit, and Xu He looked annoyed.

Thinking that since my commander started his army, he has swept across Qingzhou and the Central Plains, even Bao Xin and his fellow were defeated by this general, but today he was defeated so embarrassingly, I am really annoyed.

After thinking about it, whether it is to attack the city or encircle and suppress the enemy cavalry, it is quite unfavorable, but Suanzao City is small, and it only needs to be carefully arranged, and it is not difficult to break the city.

The key lies in the enemy's cavalry, which is extremely difficult to come and go freely.

"Go, call Zhou Su over, the commander has something important to discuss with him!" Didn't Zhou Su just fight the enemy cavalry today? and so thought.

Not long after, a shadow came slowly outside the tent.

"What's the important thing for Xu Shuai to summon the late general?"

Xu He looked up, only to see that Zhou Su's right shoulder was wrapped with a circle of cloth strips, soaked in blood, and looked dying.

"Hmph, come in." Xu He frowned and said, "I'm going to ask you, I guess you have some experience in leading the army to fight against the Xiliang iron cavalry today. If you don't get rid of this cavalry, our army will definitely be attacked when we attack the city." The enemy army is constantly disturbing, and if you want to break through the city, you don't know when you will have to wait."

Zhou Su sighed and said: "There are few horses in the Central Plains. Most of the horses in the army are ridden by generals and commanders, which is not enough. The enemy cavalry is extremely mobile."

"How about, please order the commander-in-chief to order the young commander-in-chief who leads ten thousand people to donate his horses. Our army selects elite soldiers and organizes a cavalry. The cavalry will contain the Xiliang iron cavalry and create opportunities for the infantry to severely damage the Xiliang iron cavalry. .”

Zhou Su suggested.

Xu He shook his head: "How much effort does it take to form a cavalry, I'm afraid it will take at least ten days and a half a month to barely form an army. Our army can't just waste half a month like this."

"Well..." Zhou Su thought for a while, and then said: "Our army can dig a trench two feet deep and one foot wide at half a mile, one mile, and one and a half miles away, and set up more antlers. , Rejecting horses, so that the advantage of the enemy cavalry coming and going and conflicting will naturally disappear."

Xu He nodded: "This strategy is not bad. In this case, you will supervise this matter. Tomorrow morning, you will supervise 30,000 soldiers to dig three trenches, and set up antlers at dangerous places to keep horses away."

"In addition, the matter of forming a cavalry unit must also be handled together. In the future, cavalry will be indispensable for our army to fight the world."

Zhou Su clasped his fists immediately, but the wound on his shoulder was involved because of his excessive movement, so he grinned and took a breath.

"According to the general, it seems that we will continue to attack the city tomorrow?" Zhou Su asked.

Xu He slapped the table with his palm, and said coldly: "Naturally, Suanzao is no bigger than a small town. Our army only needs to attack continuously, and we can break through Suanzao within three days."

Zhou Su looked distressed: "Xu Shuai, from the point of view of the general, it is better to postpone the siege tomorrow."

Xu He raised his brows, with a gloomy look: "Why?"

Zhou Su lowered his head and said, "The Xiliang iron cavalry disrupted the situation today, and the morale of the more than 100,000 troops is low. If they attack the city tomorrow, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Resting for a day can restore morale."

"Furthermore, the reason why our army is unfavorable in attacking the city today is that there are not many siege equipment. Liu Ye seems to have been prepared for a long time. He has already cut down the trees around Suanzao City. It is difficult for our army to manufacture siege equipment. If we make With a large number of ladders and siege vehicles, it will be easy to break through Suanzao City."

Zhou Su clasped his fists and said, "Therefore, the general thought it would be better to take a day off tomorrow and mobilize the army to find trees ten miles away to make siege equipment, while the general will lead the soldiers to dig trenches."

Hearing what Zhou Su said, Xu He frowned, but nodded slowly.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll listen to you. Suanzao is just a small town anyway, so it's good to have all the preparations." Xu He's expression eased.

Zhou Su was overjoyed: "Since that's the case, the general will go down and give orders."

"Well, let's go down." Xu He nodded, expressing his permission, and Zhou Su walked out of the camp immediately.

On the second day, when the sun just rose, all the tens of thousands of yellow scarf thieves mobilized and filed out of the tents.

Only 30,000 yellow scarf thieves left Suanzao far away, Liu Ye on the top of the city frowned suddenly: "Could it be that Xu and this guy are going to divide their troops to attack other counties?"

Jia Xu reassured: "Don't worry, general, Xu He's division of troops will only make the forces weaker and weaker. Moreover, there are nearly ten thousand soldiers stationed at Hulao Pass, and Xu Gongming is staying to assist Gongda, so there will be no mistakes."

Liu Ye nodded, but frowned again when he saw the actions of the Yellow Turban Bandit under the city.

"It seems that Meng Qi and Ling Ming led the Xiliang iron cavalry into the battle yesterday, and the Yellow Turban Thieves have come up with a solution."

Jia Xu followed Liu Ye's gaze and saw that the Yellow Turban Bandits, one mile outside the city, were divided into three groups, digging trenches separately, and the depth and width of the trenches were gradually deepening.

"The iron cavalry from Xiliang can come and go freely, but if they get stuck in a trench, they won't be able to get out. Unexpectedly, Xu He has some ideas." Liu Ye frowned and shook his head.

Jia Xu sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, in this way, the restraining effect of General Meng Qi's Xiliang iron cavalry will be greatly reduced."

Yu Jin who was on the side said: "It's okay, General Meng Qi can lead the Xiliang iron cavalry to intercept and kill the enemy's food and grass, which is not without merit."

"Hurry up! Dig quickly." Zhou Su yelled loudly with one arm hanging.

"kill!"

The horn sounded in the distance suddenly, and Zhou Su's face changed drastically, and he looked in the direction of the horn sound.

Xiliang cavalry!

"Riding and shooting!"

Ma Chao gave a loud shout, and the five thousand Xiliang iron cavalry behind him rolled like a cloud, and rushed forward. Under Ma Chao's order, they drew their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the yellow scarf bandit in front of them.

The tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves digging the trench did not line up, so they were naturally defenseless. Unexpectedly, the Xiliang iron cavalry would suddenly charge up, and more than 5,000 arrows flew out and fell suddenly.

"ah!"

There were screams one after another, and nearly a thousand yellow turbans fell to the ground. Naturally, the remaining yellow turbans did not dare to continue digging trenches, but gathered one after another and formed an army formation to prevent the enemy from invading.

After yesterday's lesson, Zhou Su learned from the pain and immediately ordered the army to form a circular formation to prevent Xiliang iron cavalry from breaking into the army.