Chapter 305 Transfer

Three days later, Ma Teng led 7,000 troops from Huguan to come.

At the same time, Wu Fan had just left Yecheng and was leading 100,000 cavalrymen to run at full speed towards Bingzhou.

The arrival of Ma Teng's army has once again increased the strength of the offensive and defensive sides of Xihe City. In addition, Ma Chao's army has already stationed here, the total number of Ma Teng's soldiers has reached nearly 9,000.

However, there were less than 300 defenders in Xihe County.

After Ma Teng led his army to the arrival, he rode around Xihe County with several generals including Ma Chao and others to observe which place is the most suitable for a breakthrough. After observing it, Ma Teng decided that it would be better to launch an attack from the south of the city, because the four walls on Xihe County were similar and there was no weakness; and the south wall was close to the military camp, making it most convenient to attack from here.

Then he slaughtered pigs and asked about sheep, rewarded the entire army, and after a meal, he began to attack Xihe County from 3:00 p.m. that day

For the Xihe County defenders and the people, this was an extremely tragic battle to defend the city. The military strength gap between the two sides was as high as 30:1. The Xicheng defenders not only lacked experience in fighting, but also had no corresponding city guards. They only used bricks, stones, wood, and boiling water and oil that had been used up, and other objects were thirty times more resistant to their regular troops.

From 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, in four hours, nearly 200 people were killed or injured by the Xihe Guards, in the end, only about 100 people were left to support. Ma Teng's army once climbed the city wall twice, and were all repelled by Wen Chou, Sun Shangxiang and five tiger and leopard cavalry. Of course, in this process, the Xihe military and civilians made an indelible contribution.

Looking at the declining Xihe County Town in the hazy night, Ma Teng sneered a little at the corner of his mouth and finally issued an order to withdraw his troops. After these four hours of strong attack, the soldiers and civilians of Xihe have been severely damaged. Tomorrow, they only need to do their best to attack the city.

At the same time, the military and civilians of Xihe City were finally able to breathe. In the groan of pain, the casualties and wounded people with arrow feathers were tilted and could be seen everywhere. The soldiers and civilians who were not injured or were less injured carried the dead and seriously injured down the city wall, or placed them together to wait for burial in the future; or they were given treatment to the doctors in the city.

Cui Yangyang, who was lying in the restaurant room, was awakened by the shouts and fighting between the two sides of the attacking and defending the city several times this day. At this time, Cui Yangyang's mouth was gray and her face was bloodless. She didn't know what the military and civilians in the city did to protect their mother and daughter. However, intuitively, she knew that Ma Teng's army was sieging the city; but she had not been sieging the city for a long time. It must be that the defenders in the city were struggling to support it.

In a small Xihe County, there are only a few hundred defenders, how can they resist nearly 10,000 enemy troops' siege? Cui Yangyang is very puzzled. Every time he wakes up, he wants to ask clearly what's going on. Could it be that Meng Xuan is back?

At this moment, life and death are only in the evening, and Cui Yangyang is still thinking about her husband Wu Fan; the other is her daughter who has been standing in front, Wu Ying.

Because of Wen Chou, Sun Shangxiang and five tiger and leopard cavalry all fought against Ma Tengjun on the south wall; even the shopkeeper and the staff of the restaurant were busy transporting the city guard supplies and rescuing the injured. The entire restaurant was empty, so that Cui Yangyang woke up several times and wanted to ask what was going on, but he couldn't ask anyone.

In the middle of the night, Cui Yangyang woke up again. She heard some strange sounds - although she was self-depressed, she still couldn't help but make a painful moan, and it seemed that there were more than one person, but many people.

As soon as Cui Yangyang woke up, Sun Shangxiang, who was holding her hand and lying in front of him, woke up immediately. Before Sun Shangxiang could speak, Cui Yangyang had already asked:

"Fifth sister, what's outside, the voice? It seems that there are many people?"

Sun Shangxiang lied that it was a drinker who was drinking, so there was no need to care if someone drank too much.

In fact, the restaurant lobby and guest rooms outside were covered with wounded military and civilians. The largest restaurant in this wine city, because many of the houses were demolished, the injured had no place to rest, so they had to be lucky to come here.

Sun Shangxiang didn't want Cui Yangyang to know about this. Cui Yangyang's body was too weak. Even if she was just sad, it would probably affect her body.

But Cui Yangyang is not a child. When he listened carefully, it was obvious that these sounds were completely different from drunken sounds. He repeatedly asked Sun Shangxiang to tell her what was going on, including only a few hundred defenders in Xihe County, how did they resist the siege of nearly 10,000 Ma Teng's army?

Seeing that he could not hide it anymore, Sun Shangxiang was silent for a while, and finally had to tell Cui Yangyang the truth.

Cui Yangyang was shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly walked out of the room to see the injured soldiers and civilians. However, with her body at this time, Sun Shangxiang saw that Cui Yangyang insisted on going out to take a look, so she could not persuade her, so she had to call the five tiger and leopard cavalry and carry them out of the room.

The next moment, a guest room that had been tightly closed on the second floor suddenly opened. Although the sound was not loud, it immediately made everyone in the lobby downstairs stunned and looked here in unison.

Five tiger and leopard riders slowly walked out of the room with one. As they were carried out of the room, the eyes of the soldiers and civilians downstairs became more and more shocked, including the injured lying down, all of whom were holding their bodies and raising their heads, staring at the situation in the room.

Finally, he was carried out and slowly placed on the corridor in front of the room. Cui Yangyang stood up from above and looked down through the corridor. Wherever he looked, whether it was the soldiers or the people, almost all of them were seriously injured. The blood flowed through the white cloth that bandaged the wound, which was extremely eye-catching...

Despite this, everyone's eyes were only astonishment and reverence, without any resentment or dissatisfaction.

Cui Yangyang looked at her and her eyes became wet, tears rolling around her eyes, wanting to say something, but she didn't know what to say.

At this time, no matter how much thanks or words like you say, you cannot express your true feelings in your heart.

The military and civilians sacrifice their lives and die, not just to hear a thank you or a reply.

The two sides were silent and looked at each other for a long time, and finally, they were broken by the words of an old man—

"I dare to ask the person above, but the wife of General Wu, is Cui?"

The old man with white beard asked with his hands on his back.

Cui Yangyang responded quickly:

"Yes, it's my own."

After hearing this, the old man looked surprised and bowed to Cui Yangyang again and said:

"The little old man has seen his wife. He never dreamed that he would meet the family of Governor Wu here. He remembered that when he was hunting in Huguan, he suddenly encountered a tiger and was caught out. Fortunately, Governor Wu led his troops to patrol here, and shot a thousand meters away, hitting the tiger's head, and ordered the tiger to kill it on the spot and saving our father and son. Afterwards, Governor Wu led his troops away, so that the little old man and the dog son would not have a chance to thank him. Today, it is a lifelong wish to protect Governor Wu's wife and daughter."

The other military and civilians were also looking at Cui Yangyang with surprise at this time. Then, several people told Wu Fan about his kindness to him, which made everyone envious.

"I used to be a blacksmith in the army led by Governor Wu, responsible for building weapons. Once, we walked a little slower in the march, and we were a little far away from the front troops, almost surrounded by the enemy. Governor Wu personally led his army back to aid at a critical moment, so I could stand here today."

"I went to Nanpi when I was selling goods, and the thief stole all the silver bills and reported the case to the government. In the era of war, it is not easy to catch thieves? But I don't have a trace of money on my body. When I was worried, I happened to see my case while inspecting the official documents, and immediately ordered the yamen to give me five taels of silver as a home bill. Although the five taels of rice bills are not much, it is a timely help."

"You are nothing. When the Governor Wu led his troops to pass by our village, there were many soldiers, tens of thousands of horses, and the road was very narrow, which caused some farmlands near the road to be trampled by war horses. The villagers knew that the Governor Wu was extremely strict in governing the army, and many people were worried that these soldiers would be severely punished; but if they were left alone, they were worried that more farmlands would be trampled. As a result, the Governor Wu did not say anything after learning about this, but personally dismounted the horse and held the seedlings by hand and walked past the fields. This made the soldiers ashamed, and no other seedlings had been trampled by the troops passing by. The move made the villagers even more convinced. There is still a monument in our village, which read in detail the order of Governor Wu that year."

Everyone talked and spoke loudly, which made the military and civilians who had no similar experiences envy.

Cui Yangyang listened quietly, and couldn't help but feel relieved that her husband could receive the heartfelt support of so many military and civilians.

Wen Chou walked up the stairs at this time and came to Cui Yangyang. With a serious expression, hesitated for a few times before saying:

"My brother and sister, Ma Tengjun will definitely attack the city more violently tomorrow, and it will be difficult to resist at that time. The fourth brother will not be able to speak, and I don't know how to say it to be more tactful. The fourth brother means... the younger brother and sister need to be mentally prepared in advance."

In fact, in Wen Chou's opinion, Ma Teng's army will inevitably attack the city tomorrow, otherwise he would never say this to Cui Yangyang. Not only Wen Chou thinks this way, but Sun Shangxiang, He Shao, and the more than one hundred defenders all think this way.

In other words, everyone has no hope of defending this city, but only their responsibilities and missions have allowed them to continue to persevere.

Although Wen Chou's voice was not loud, it still made the soldiers and civilians downstairs hear it. Everyone looked at each other, and for a moment the entire restaurant was extremely quiet.

After hearing Wen Chou finished speaking, Cui Yangyang nodded silently. Before she could say anything, the old man said:

"Although the little old man is old, he can still drive a hoe and drive a dog. This sentence does not compare Ma Tengjun to a dog, but rather that he can still drive a wild dog by waving a hoe, which means that he still has some strength. Tomorrow, the little old man is willing to climb the wall to guard the city and protect the safety of Governor Wu's family."

"I am also willing to climb the wall to guard the city and protect the safety of Governor Wu's family."

"And I'm there"

"And I'm there"

"And I'm there"

...

In just over a dozen seconds, all the people in the restaurant hall expressed their willingness to fight side by side with the defenders tomorrow to protect Wu Fan's wife and daughter. Outside the restaurant, more people heard the news and expressed their willingness to protect the safety of Governor Wu's family.

Looking at the simple and firm faces of the people, tears in Cui Yangyang's eyes finally rolled down uncontrollably...

...

The next morning, the Ma Teng army, who was full of food, launched a more fierce siege than yesterday.

However, what surprised Ma Teng's entire army was that the nearly 8,000 troops on his side could not capture Xihe County, which had only about 100 defenders left.

The reason is that more than 7,000 people in the city, except for the wounded and the elderly, weak and disabled, nearly 5,000 people, regardless of men, women, young and old, climbed the city wall with the defenders and fought against Ma Teng's army with the defenders.

These people were holding hoes, pitchforks, sickles, and even brooms; in short, they picked up everything they could pick up as weapons, and resisted Ma Teng's army with their lives.

Such a war scene made Ma Tengjun unprecedented and unheard of.

Half a day passed, and Ma Teng's army still failed to attack the city.

Although the people in the city suffered heavy casualties, they did not retreat at all.

This made Ma Teng very anxious.

Just as Ma Teng was anxious, Sima Yi and Cao Pi led tens of thousands of troops to come.

Sima Yi and the tens of thousands of troops led by him came here, which once again quickly increased the strength of the offensive and defensive sides. At this point, there seemed to be no suspense...

Sima Yi has been thinking hard and covered all day long. At this time, he finally felt relieved and laughed happily.

However, things happened again

Zhang Liao led 20,000 troops from Luoyang to come

Since Wen Chou and Sun Shangxiang led fifty tiger and leopard cavalry to leave Luoyang and head for Bingzhou, Zhang Liao secretly sent spies to closely monitor the movements in Bingzhou. As mentioned in the previous article, although Zhang Liao was on Wu Fan's side, he did not want his position to be exposed too early. At least, he must also expose his position to some significance.

For example, Zhang Liao suddenly led 30,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to Xihe, with three generals under his command, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and Lu Bu, who had been in the battlefield for a long time and were famous all over the world, which made Sima Yi, who had just been happy for a while, immediately froze the smile on his face.

Not only that, Yang Biao, the prefect of Shangdang, learned three days ago that Hexi County was surrounded by the First Legion and attacked Dingqiang, also sent 20,000 troops to inquire about this matter.

The two teams combined have 70,000 people, and there are also powerful generals such as Zhang Liao. The strength of both sides is immediately obvious.

In this way, Sima Yi naturally could not attack Hexi County again.

Cao Pi was shaken again at this time. However, this time Cao Pi's intention was very firm - he would never go against Uncle Eight. Even if Uncle Eight refused to forgive me, I would admit it. Anyway, I deserve it now.

Seeing that Cao Pi had made up his mind and could no longer persuade him, Sima Yi sighed and said: Since the young master has made such a decision, what else can I do as a minister to insist on? Let’s take the initiative to apologize to Governor Wu and strive for leniency.

After hearing this, Cao Pi sighed and sighed. He had a very good relationship with Sima Yi and had reached an intimate relationship. Now he felt a little more pity for the same fate and had a sympathy. He ordered people to buy wine and food, and the two sat together and had a banquet without getting drunk.

Unexpectedly, Sima Yi kept drinking and toasted Cao Pi frequently during the meal. When Cao Pi was drowsy and was unable to wake up, he ordered his guards to carry Cao Pi into a caravan. He tricked Lu Bu, who was on duty outside the military camp that night, drove south to escape.
Chapter completed!