Chapter 304 Mobilize the people

At the same time, in the Chengnan Military Camp, Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Ma Tie-san led 5,000 soldiers under his command to form a formation in front of the city gate, and the dense torches shone brightly here.

Ma Chao, who was holding a single arm in front of the army, turned his head and looked at the sparse defenders on the city wall with a suspicious look. He had learned from the guards on the south gate that the county magistrate He Shao was secretly casting a net to capture Wu Fan's wife and daughter. The searches are all on ixi

Of course, Ma Chao would not be willing to stay outside the city. He wanted to lead troops into the city to assist He Shao's arrest. However, the guards on duty told him that because they were worried that the large army would alarm Wu Fan's wife and daughter, the county magistrate specially told him to ask General Ma not to enter the city.

Ma Chao was half-believing and half-doubting about the Defender's words.

At this time, the soldier sent by He Shao had already run into the barracks, called all the defenders of Xihe County, and hurried towards the Ximen. Ma Chao sent a messenger to ask why, and the answer he got was the order given by He Shao, which was related to the arrest of Wu Fan's wife and daughter.

‘The guards on duty said that the reason for not allowing the large troops to enter the city was that they were worried that unnecessary disturbances would arise; at present, the more than 300 defenders hurriedly entered the city under the order of He Shao. What is the inconsistency? Could it be that the county magistrate of the county did not make any premeditation?’

Although Ma Chao is brave but not wise and reckless, this does not mean that he is a fool. After analyzing it, Ma Chao felt that there was something wrong with it.

Then he shouted loudly to the top of the city, demanding to open the city gate.

He did not follow the more than 300 defenders entering the city from Ximen as He Shao thought. Otherwise, the result of the matter might be completely different.

Of course, the guards on duty would not let him in just because Ma Chao's voice was loud. He repeatedly stated that Lord He Shao had an order to ask General Ma to wait patiently outside the city and not enter the city, so as not to disturb Governor Wu's wife and daughter.

Ma Chao, who had been consuming soft knives for a long time, soon lost his patience and was about to break out. Ma Dai next to him put his arm with his hand and said:

"Why should my brother be angry? This Xihe County is just a single arrow. I wish that the county magistrate could not escape the siege of our army even if he had any plans. Moreover, it was dark in the middle of the night. If our army entered the city and caused chaos, it would be easy for Wu Fan's wife and daughter to escape. It would be better to let our army guard outside the city gates around him, and then send someone to Huguan to inform his father, and bring heavy troops to the siege of the city. Wu Fan's wife and daughter would not be able to escape."

All the pursuers, including Ma Dai, did not know that Cui Yangyang was injured and was seriously injured and could not get out of bed at all. Otherwise, they would not think that leading the army into the city at this time would make Wu Fan's wife and daughter escape in the chaos.

After hearing this, Ma Chao thought it made sense. ??⑤???? The chapter no longer shouted at the city gate, but ordered the five thousand soldiers to be divided into four routes, each with one route outside each gate, and no one was allowed to leave the city. At the same time, he sent a commander to Huguan to report to Ma Teng that he found Wu Fan’s wife and daughter in Xihe County, and asked to send heavy troops to siege the city, and so on.

One night passed.

The next morning, a captain from Ma Chaojun asked loudly outside the city gate: Where did the people who had arrested He County Magistrate arrested for the whole night? Why didn’t he see County Magistrate He send the people out of the city?

At first, the city gate guards repeatedly refused under He Shao's instructions. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the three brothers of Ma Chao came to the city again and asked about the matter sternly. Seeing that the guards could not refuse, they had to order their soldiers to call the county magistrate.

Nearly an hour later, He Shao appeared in front of the arrow tower on the city gate.

But when He Shao saw He Shao, the person wearing a brand new vermilion official uniform, the person with a lower official position was vermilion, Wu Fan's official uniform was purple, with an official hat, a robe and a lace on his waist, and his feet were boots. He was wearing a formal official, and his expression was also serious and meticulous.

He Shao's outfit is different from the casual appearance Ma Chao saw when he was in the county government office. Ma Chao was stunned for a while, and then he shouted loudly about where He Shao and Wu Fan's wife and daughter were. Why not hand it over quickly

He Shao looked at Ma Chao and the soldiers around the city, snorted coldly, and said sternly:

"I am the Second Army, the official under the tent of the Grand Chief Wu Governor, and only obeyed the orders of the Grand Chief Wu Governor, how can I be the envoy of your First Army? Going back more than ten years ago, the world was in war and people were living in vain, and all the people were like fire and fire. Although the King of Wei had the ambition to quarrel, there were many powerful people in the world and it was difficult to perform. Fortunately, the Grand Chief Wu Governor helped him to settle Hebei in the north, swept the northwest, went south to Jingchu, persuade Jiangdong, personally conquer the southwest, and the world was unified, and the people were happy.

Now, the most hero in unifying the world, sacrificed his life and forgetting his own arrows and stones to exchange for this great land; I don’t want my family to be framed by people and pursued them all the way. If you still have great righteousness in your heart, you should put down your weapons and scatter back to your hometown; the truth will be revealed in the future, and you will be given a sinless innocence. If you continue to be obsessed with and help the evildoer, then the day when the Grand Governor Wu leads his troops to arrive is the time when you are in a different place."

These soldiers who pursued Wu Fan's wife and daughter had no idea the truth. They only heard that it seemed that Wu Fan's wife and daughter were related to the criminals who poisoned King Cao of Wei. If Wu Fan's wife and daughter were caught, they could quickly catch the criminals who poisoned King Wei.

At this time, hearing He Shao's generous statement, the soldiers were stunned and looked at each other. Some of them were even hesitant to put down their weapons and scatter back to their hometowns, waiting for the truth to emerge in the future.

As for Ma Chao and others, they didn't know Sima Yi's true intention. However, the father and son had some grudges with Wu Fan, especially that Ma Chao was deposed by Wu Fan. This book was updated in real time D⑤⒏

Therefore, when he learned that Sima Yi sent them to lead troops to capture Wu Fan’s wife and daughter, Ma Chao and his son could be said to have fulfilled their wish and were extremely happy.

In this way, Ma Chao and his three brothers naturally chose to be deaf and couldn't listen at all. Seeing the soldiers under his subordinates whispering, some even hesitated to put down their weapons, and immediately shouted sternly, shocking all the soldiers.

Looking back, Ma Chao sternly said to He Shao:

"You little slanderous slap and pen official attempt to fight against our army based on this city of arrows? If you don't hand over Wu Fan's wife and daughter, I will tear you into pieces."

He Shao said coldly:

"You are a poor and innocent person, why do you make a fuss about this? I am dead now and become an evil ghost in the future and will definitely take you to hell."

Ma Chao was furious when he heard this, and jumped from the horse and flew to the top of the city. He waved his hands and took He Shao straight to the two-headed guns.

He Shao said that Ma Chao was an unknown person, which was very consistent with the background of the times. In history, Ma Chao was very glorious, but in this world, he had two battles that might have made a big splash, and finally encountered Wu Fan. The previous time in Luoyang, in the battle for Emperor Xian, Ma Chao was congested by Wu Fan's brain and almost fell to death. The next time he chased Cao on the road to Yecheng from Hanoi, but Wu Fan just caught a small path and hit him. A cracked air blade went over and directly destroyed Ma Chao's arm.

Therefore, Ma Chao, who has become a disabled person, can still be said to be an unknown person until now.

An unknown man suddenly flew over the city from the bottom of the city, and he danced his two-headed spear in his hand as if he was fanned. He Shao was shocked.

Just as He Shao was shocked, the spearhead of the double-headed spear in Ma Chao's hand had already stabbed his forehead... but it was still two or three centimeters away. A cold light flashed in the slant pierced, and then a "clang" sound of metal was heard in his ear. The two-headed spear that had already danced into a fan in Ma Chao's hand suddenly stopped and was blocked in front of He Shao by a large iron spear as thick as a bowl.

The person who came was Wu Fan's fourth brother, Wen Chou

He Shao came to the city and answered Ma Chao without telling Wen Chou about this. The reason was that he did not know that Ma Chao was powerful. Wen Chou had heard about Ma Chao from Wu Fan. Therefore, after learning the news from the soldiers under He Shao, Wen Chou immediately realized that this might be very dangerous, so he hurried over. As a result, He Shao was rescued from Ma Chao's gun.

Ma Chao now has only one arm left, and his force has been reduced by a lot to 88 points. The gap is very obvious compared to Wen Chou’s 105 points of force 100+5.

Wen Chou's gun was stabbed in a hurry and did not use all his strength. Despite this, Ma Chao still felt a numbness in one arm. It can be seen from the thickness of the gun bar that Wen Chou's gun is of power type, which is completely different from a double-headed flower gun like Ma Chao.

Taking advantage of the time when Wen Chou asked He Shao to leave quickly, Ma Chao shot Wen Chou's face and then turned around and jumped off the city. After Wen Chou dodged the shot, he rushed to the battlement of the city wall and was about to jump down to chase Ma Chao, but suddenly stopped.

The reason is nothing else, just because Wen Chou thought that he is now on the task of protecting his eighth brother's wife and daughter, and he must not make any mistakes.

He punched the bricks hard, and a cloud of blue smoke rose. Wen Chouxin looked at Ma Chao who had already turned over on his horse, and then grabbed He Shao's arm and walked down the city wall quickly.

Just as he walked off the road halfway, a large number of arrows suddenly flew above his head - Ma Chao's army had already begun to shoot arrows on the city outside the city

Fortunately, Ma Chao's army was not very large, with only more than 1,000 people outside each city gate, and the arrows shot were limited. Wen Chou blocked the gun a few times, and the two of them retreated safely to the city.

However, although Ma Chao's army was not large, the number of defenders in Xihe County was even more pitiful, with less than 400 people. The four walls were averaged, and each wall was less than 100. Ma Chao's army suddenly shot arrows, and the defenders here in the South City Wall were not prepared, and more than a dozen people were immediately killed by arrows. The rest hurriedly hid under the squadron to avoid this wave of arrow attacks.

Next, the offensive and defensive battle in Xihe County opened its doors.

Ma Chao's army first shot a few waves of arrows into the city, while the Xihe defenders searched for cover to hide. After a few waves of arrows, Ma Chao saw that he could not hurt anyone, so he ordered the entire army to attack the city.

Xihe County is not a strategic rush, with an ordinary geographical location, not much territory and population, and there is no moat around the county town. And Ma Chao's army did not expect there would be a siege battle and did not carry any siege equipment. Therefore, the so-called siege order is that some soldiers shoot arrows on the city to suppress the defenders, and another part of the soldiers rushed to the city gate to destroy the city gate.

Even so, with the huge gap between the two sides, the Xihe defenders were still in an extremely difficult situation.

The city was suppressed by the enemy's arrows, making it difficult for the defenders to expose their heads and shoot arrows to the enemy who destroyed the city gate. Although the city gate was quite thick, it could not resist the enemy's continuous chopping and smashing with weapons. If this continues, the city gate will be broken in no time, and the enemy will pour into the city like a nest water.

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At the critical moment, Wu Fan's reputation and He Shao's benevolent politics played a role.

At this time, all the people in Xihe County were alarmed. Although they didn't know what happened, the news that "someone is forcibly attacking the city gate in the south" was enough to frighten the people.

He Shao took this opportunity to concentrate the people in front of the county yamen in the center of the city. He stood on a high place at the entrance of the yamen and told the people that Sima Yi wanted to arrest Governor Wu's wife and daughter, and harm Governor Wu's incident to the people. He Shao knew that Sima Yi secretly insulted all this through Wen Chou.

‘Governor Wu bows for the country and the people, and it is obvious to all. We are in Hebei because of the army and war, and we were able to escape the pain of war as soon as possible. Now Governor Wu is harmed by people and his family is in trouble in our Xihe County. We are working together to help Governor Wu’s family overcome this difficulty’

The above words are the focus of He Shao's speech to the people.

Hebei has been directly under the Second Army for a long time, and the local people have a high centripetal towards Wu Fan. In addition, He Shao has been diligent in governing in Xihe County for years, and has been honest and has been deeply loved by the residents of Xihe County. The two roles combined together make these people in the city shout in unison: We should work with the county magistrate to protect the family of Wu until death.

Although Xihe County is not big, there are more than 7,000 people in the city. After these more than 7,000 people joined the city guarding team, the situation became much more optimistic.

Among the four city gates, only the South City Gate had the most aggressive attack because Ma Chao and his three brothers were supervising the battle here. He Shao picked out the young and middle-aged people in the city and ordered them to carry shoulder poles to transport sand and bricks and stones to the south city gate. The young and middle-aged women and the old men were responsible for digging and demolishing old houses, and putting the demolished bricks and stones and the dug sand into a basket.

The battle against the city started at 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the southern city gate was finally broken by Ma Chao's army. The excited Ma Chao immediately ordered the entire army to rush into the city, but saw the soldiers rushing to the city gate and crowded there. Strangely, some soldiers ran back from the army and reported to Ma Chao that the caves in the city gate were blocked by sand and bricks.

After hearing this, Ma Chao was furious and led his army to attack Dongchengmen. As a result, the attack was in the middle of the night, the Dongchengmen was attacked. The situation in the city gate was blocked by sand and bricks and stones, just like the South City Gate.

Ma Chao was so angry that he smoked his orifices, and he didn't sleep well that night. Before dawn the next day, he ordered the trees to be cut down to make ladders, and no longer destroyed the city gate and forced himself to climb the city wall.

However, last night, the people in the city not only blocked the Dongcheng Gate, but also transported a large number of rolling wood and stones to the city wall. Many people even demolished their own pots and moved them to the city wall. The restaurants and wealthy families in the city took out cooking oil and poured them into the pot to boil; if the oil was not enough, they would burn hot water. In short, various methods of defending the city were varied, which made Ma Chaojun, who was carrying a ladder to force the city wall, suffered a lot, and more than 2,000 people were killed or injured.

Correspondingly, under the diffuse arrows, nearly a hundred soldiers were killed in the city guards. About twenty people were killed or injured in the city guards.

Ma Chao's morale plummeted, and in the middle of the night, about 200 people ran away. If Cui Yangyang hadn't been too serious and could not move, Wen Chou and Sun Shangxiang could have broken through the city directly.
Chapter completed!