Chapter 350 Falling short of success
It is said that after Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to the camp, they gathered the remaining soldiers to recuperate for a few days. On the fifth day, they suddenly broke out of the camp and sent some people in advance to transport all the food and supplies, leaving 40,000 troops to attack the city, of which 30,000 were all.
They came to besiege a west city gate, and the remaining ten thousand were arrayed in the rear to prevent Lu Bu's cavalry from attacking.
Han Sui, Ma Teng, and even Li Jue did not follow the baggage team but left behind the governor.
"Is he trying to make a last ditch effort before withdrawing his troops? Who gave him the courage?"
On top of the city, Zhang Mo looked at the Liangzhou soldiers lined up outside the city with some surprise.
Although the 20,000 infantry formation was overrun by his own people a few days ago, Han Sui should have a deep understanding of the lethality of the Bingzhou Army, and shouldn't he send more troops to make unnecessary sacrifices?
"Maybe he wants to try his luck?" Lu Bu said.
"With such precautions, how can you get any luck?"
Lu Bu looked at Ma Teng and Han Sui in the central position from a distance, and said, "No matter what he thinks, since he wants to die, let's help them."
After he finished speaking, he was about to go down to the tower. Zhang Mo stopped him, "Don't go today. Maybe it's you they want to bet on."
Lu Bu hesitated for a moment and said, "With Li Jue as the internal coordinator, is everything okay?"
"Who knows if he is sincere? The troops sent out today are unreasonable."
"Then I'll just watch from the outside and won't kill the general, don't worry!"
"You really don't want to go?"
"No!"
After Lu Bu made repeated promises, he turned around and went down the tower. Although he wanted to kill the two men, he also knew that his own safety was more important than anything else. He would not act impulsively and ignore everything like he did when he was young.
He is no longer the Lu Bu he was when he was a boy!
Today's siege battle was very fierce at the beginning. The moat outside the west gate was already dyed red with blood. Taishi Ci's Golden Eagle Guards were attacking the follow-up troops of the Liangzhou Army from the rear. Lu Bu was raiding the flanks. The Liangzhou Army's number was
Although there were many, it was difficult to withstand the impact of the two cavalrymen from Bingzhou.
The iron-like defense at the top of the city gave the siege soldiers no chance to speak. By the end of the battle, the fighting passion of the Liangzhou army had obviously dissipated. Many soldiers in the rear began to flee, and resisted the Bingzhou cavalry.
Those 10,000 people were killed and collapsed immediately.
Seeing that there was no way he could do anything, Han Sui quickly ordered a retreat. He and Ma Teng changed into the uniforms of ordinary soldiers and mixed with the first group of retreating troops, and asked two soldiers to dress up as themselves and sit in the center of the army, following the troops behind them.
He retreated and raised the coach's black flag extremely high.
Lu Bu observed Han Sui's retreating team from a distance and saw nothing amiss. Thinking that there were Zhang Yan's troops at the other end of Zheng County, he and Tai Shici led troops to pursue them.
On top of the city, Zhang Mo frowned unconsciously when he saw the two armies chasing Han Sui away.
Han Sui was a brave man, but he also cared about his life. Even if he personally supervised the battle, he would be among the first to retreat. How could he sit so firmly in the middle of the army?
His heart suddenly jumped, and Zhang Mo shouted urgently, "Zhongkang, hurry up and go quickly to chase Fengxian and Ziyi back."
Xu Chu had a puzzled look on his face, "The Liangzhou army's stomach and equipment were all thrown away. It doesn't look like a false defeat..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Mo interrupted him, "It is indeed not a false defeat... now is not the time to explain. Anyway, hurry up and get the person back. If you are too late, big trouble will happen."
Seeing Zhang Mo's solemn expression, Xu Chu did not dare to delay. He ordered someone to bring his mount and went after Lu Bu and Tai Shi Ci himself.
At this moment, at the front of the Liangzhou Army's retreating team, a soldier was galloping over to report the news to Han Sui.
"General, Lu Bu has indeed led his men to pursue him. In addition to himself, he also has those people outside the city."
Han Sui nodded, indicating that he understood.
Ma Teng looked at the scenery to the left and right and said, "This place is more than 20 miles away from the ambush. Most of our soldiers have been dispersed. There are only more than 10,000 people behind the team."
This means that if the team is overtaken by Lu Bu before they have crossed the cliff, the more than 10,000 defeated troops will definitely not be the opponent of the two tiger and wolf troops. When Lu Bu knows that the two men in the central army are fake, he will not be fooled.
Han Sui narrowed his eyes slightly, became cruel, and ordered, "First send five thousand people to intercept them on the road. You don't have to use any force, just stop them for half an hour."
After saying that, the riding whip in his hand started to swing faster and faster.
Lu Bu's horse was fast, and he was not stupid enough to chase it alone. He kept controlling the speed of his horse. Even so, the two armies were getting closer and closer to Han Suizhong's army.
The soldiers sent by Han Sui to intercept were killed by the cavalry before they could get into formation. Lu Bu, who was interested in Han Sui and Ma Teng, was not interested in killing these soldiers and generals, so he broke away and left a thousand men behind to strangle the rest of Liangzhou.
The army and others still went to hunt down Han Sui.
Everyone in the Chinese army increased their horsepower and ran wildly, wishing they could give their horses and themselves two more legs. At dusk, the tired Liangzhou Army finally ran through the ambush area. At this time, the infantry on the Chinese side
They were almost completely defeated, with only more than 3,000 cavalry left to guard the fake Han Sui and fake Ma Teng.
However, they are already safe.
Ahead, Han Sui and Ma Teng, who had already crossed the cliff first, breathed a sigh of relief. They stopped on a high slope to rest far away. Now was the time to admire the rain of rocks.
Unfortunately, things did not go as smoothly as expected. When Lu Bu and Taishi Ci pursued them to the cliff, they suddenly stopped.
Taishi Ci was always cautious, and he did not forget to observe the terrain during the pursuit. The road from Huayin was basically flat land, with gentle slopes and hills at most, and sudden cliffs here, so he could not be careless.
The Golden Eagle Guard are not afraid of fighting, but they are afraid of being smashed. Cliffs and valleys are their nemesis. After so many years of training in force, formations and military knowledge, every member of the Golden Eagle Guard is very familiar with various terrains, weather, types of troops and basic formations.
With the knowledge of mutual reinforcement and mutual restraint, every one of these more than a thousand Golden Eagle Guard elders could at least become an officer at the level of a military lord if released.
During the pursuit, the soldiers saw a cliff appearing on the roadside in front of them, and they all began to control their horse speed. When Taishi Ci signaled to stop, the troops stopped neatly behind him, and no one took another step forward.
Not all armies can maintain their formation while running. Lu Bu gave Taishi Ci an appreciative look, raised his head and looked over the cliff, curled up the corners of his lips, waved his hand, and ordered, "Retreat!"
Back then at Gale Road, he had been ambushed by Yang Chuo once. Although Han Sui was really defeated today, as A Mo said, the troops were not sent out unreasonably, and even a reasonable retreat would seem unreasonable.
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Xu Chu chased after them at full speed. Seeing that everyone was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly conveyed Zhang Mo's intention to let them return to the army.
"I told her to rest assured, but I sent you to chase her!" Lu Bu smiled and turned the horse's head.
Xu Chu said, "You two are chasing each other in such a hurry, can she rest assured?"
Lu Bu smiled and said, "She should trust her husband."
On a high slope in the distance, Han Sui watched Lu Bu's men and horses turn around and go back. He was so angry that his face was red and his ears were red, and his orifices were smoking. In order to trap Lu Bu, he gave up the lives of such soldiers, but in the end he fell short when he was about to succeed?
Ma Teng also had a look of pity, but he was not as angry as Han Sui. After all, almost all of his people were dead in Pujin. Although they sacrificed some more today, they were not as many as Han Sui. Now the strength of the two of them was
Almost there again.
Li Jue didn't care. If he succeeded in ambushing Lu Bu today, he would continue to attack Hongnong with Han Sui and even merge with the state. But if he failed...
Chapter completed!