Chapter 395 Helpless Xu He

"volley!"

The Xiliang iron cavalry was covered by another round of arrow rain, and the yellow turban bandits who had been prepared hastily raised their large shields to defend against the enemy's arrow rain.

Zhou Su hurriedly shouted: "The archers fight back!"

The archers among the yellow turban thieves raised their bows and arrows one after another, and fired back in volley. Seeing the yellow turban thieves unleashing their bows and arrows, Ma Chao naturally would not resist, so he led the Xiliang iron cavalry and turned around and left.

But the yellow turban archers had just finished firing their arrows, and the Xiliang iron cavalry immediately stuck to it like maggots on the tarsal bones, and fired a round of arrows from time to time. Even if the yellow turban thieves defended with shields, there were still hundreds of people casualties.

Zhou Su was rather annoyed, because the Xiliang iron cavalry came to harass him, so naturally he couldn't dig the trench. Once the trench was dug, it would naturally give the Xiliang iron cavalry an opportunity.

And Ma Chao is not impatient, just staring at the enemy from a distance, once the enemy relaxes a little, he will rush forward immediately, not to mention a round of arrow rain, and carry out long-range strikes, once the enemy archers want to fight back, turn around immediately Then retreat, never entangled.

With a hungry wolf like Ma Chao watching from a distance at any time, Zhou Su's efforts to dig trenches would naturally be in vain. Zhou Su was also afraid that the Xiliang cavalry would charge in groups, so he ordered the entire army to form a tight formation without any slack.

The two armies confronted each other for a while, the Xiliang iron cavalry was not arrogant or impetuous, but the tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves could not hold on to their positions.

"Zhou Shuai, Xu Shuai ordered the entire army to withdraw to the camp, and we will talk about it later."

When Zhou Su was restless, he suddenly galloped away from the middle army, and Zhou Su breathed a sigh of relief.

"The whole army obeys the order, maintain the formation and slowly withdraw to the camp, and don't mess up the formation!"

Hearing Zhou Su's order, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits maintained a tight formation and retreated slowly.

Ma Chao led the Xiliang iron cavalry and stepped forward, until the yellow turban bandits completely retreated into the camp, Ma Chao shook his head.

Glancing at the empty quiver behind him, Ma Chao reined in his horse and rushed to the city of Suanzao, saying loudly: "General, our army is running out of arrows. Please open the city gate and send some arrows out."

The Han army had already cut down all the trees near Suanzao City, and now almost everywhere in the city was full of wood, but Liu Ye mobilized all the residents of the city to do nothing but make rolling logs and arrows. The arrow reserve in the small town has reached hundreds of thousands.

Hearing Ma Chao's request, Liu Ye immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, while Guan Hai escorted more than ten carts and sent out thousands of arrow pots. quiver.

Afterwards, more than 5,000 Xiliang cavalry left without dust.

In the evening, 30,000 Yellow Turban thieves escorted a lot of trees from other places to make siege equipment. In the Chinese army tent, Xu He cursed Zhou Su.

"fool!"

Xu He pinched his waist with both hands, and flew into a rage.

"You're so stupid, wouldn't you block the enemy with horses and antlers first, and then continue to build?"

Zhou Su said in a low voice: "Xu Shuai, our army might as well take advantage of the night when the enemy is resting, and use this night to dig a trench, so that we don't have to worry about the enemy taking the opportunity to attack."

Xu He was so angry that he snorted, "That's all! If that's the case, let me listen to you. You will lead the troops out to dig trenches for me, and supervise the construction of siege equipment. Tomorrow, the Japanese commander must attack the city!"

Zhou Su hurriedly agreed: "Don't worry Xu Shuai, the villain will do it right away."

After all, Zhou Su hurried out from the tent of the Chinese army, led the soldiers overnight, supervised the construction of siege equipment, and dug trenches.

Zhou Su quarreled in the middle of the night. Although the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandit soldiers complained a lot, they didn't dare to object, so they had to obey Zhou Su's orders.

Xu He gave Zhou Su a total of 50,000 troops. Zhou Su ordered 20,000 soldiers to supervise the construction of siege equipment, and the remaining 30,000 troops dug three trenches. Although Suanzao City is not big, it is still a city. It took a lot of work to dig a trench for one mile. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Bandits had a large number of people, and after working together for a whole night, they finally dug three trenches.

As the sun rose slowly, Zhou Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, it looks like the enemy army has been rushing to work all night, so I'm afraid it's going to be bad." Jia Xu stared outside the city, frowning.

Liu Ye looked around and couldn't help being shocked.

There are only half a mile, one mile, and one and a half miles around the Suanzao City, each with a trench two feet deep and one foot wide, which surround the Suanzao City exactly three times, one ring after another.

The three trenches are intertwined, as if the gods in the sky stretched out their swords and drew three circles on the ground.

It was Liu Ye who had to admit that the strength of more than 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves should not be underestimated. No wonder it is said that Yu Gong moved mountains, as long as there are enough people, moving mountains to fill the sea is really a no-brainer.

"Get out of the camp and prepare to attack the city!"

Woo!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The desolate sound of ox horns and the earth-shattering sound of war drums sounded suddenly, and more than a hundred thousand yellow scarf thieves slowly came out of the camp, like a giant dragon crawling out of a cave, trying to stretch its muscles and bones.

Liu Ye frowned, raised his hand and said, "The whole army obeys orders and is ready to fight."

The Han army on the top of the city also saw the three trenches dug by the yellow turban thieves under the top of the city. They also knew that this time the enemy's attack on the city was no small matter, so they cheered up and prepared to fight.

I saw that dozens of ladders and more than ten brand new siege vehicles were rolled out from the camp of the Yellow Turban bandits. It was obvious that they had just been supervised, but it was quite different from yesterday.

Perhaps because he heard the sound of war drums in the Yellow Turban bandit army, Ma Chao led the Xiliang iron cavalry and came galloping from a distance, but his expression changed.

"Meng Qi, it seems that the enemy army took the opportunity to dig trenches last night, and our army made a mistake." Pound's face sank, and he shook his head.

Ma Chao snorted: "Hmph! Although these yellow scarf thieves have many skills, they dare not fight our army. They only know how to play tricks."

Pang De worried: "The enemy army has dug three trenches, and there are horses and antlers that the enemy guarded against in the trenches. The Xiliang iron cavalry has greatly reduced the containment of the enemy army."

Ma Chao didn't say a word, and after a long time, he said with a firm face: "Even so, our army can't just watch like this. A certain rate of half of the troops is here to guard the enemy army and take advantage of the opportunity to harass."

"Ling Ming, you lead three thousand cavalry to inspect the food transport troops of the Yellow Turbans. Since our army cannot directly attack the enemy, we should intercept their food and trap these Yellow Turbans to death here."

Pound nodded: "Okay, discipline these yellow turban thieves and never return!"

After all, the more than 5,000 Xiliang iron cavalry were divided into two. Ma Chao led the army to garrison outside the three trenches, while Pang De led the army out.

But just as Liu Ye was fighting fiercely with Xu and the Central Plains, the general situation of the world had undergone tremendous changes.