Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2246: Battle of Juyan, Ji Gao's Worry

As a meritorious official of the "Cheng Kang Reign", Bi Gonggao has quite good governing ability, with a political value of 98 points.

However, he was sent to be the county magistrate in such a barren land, and this barren land had been governed by several county magistrates.

The previous few, such as Yuwen Tai and Qu Yuan, were also good at governing, and they almost tapped the potential that Juyan County could squeeze out. After all, this place is called a county, but it is just a county in the desert.

By the time Ji Gao took over, it seemed that no potential for development could be found.

In this case, even if Guan Zhong came, it would be impossible to govern such a place like Chang'an and Luoyang. This is not something that can be done by human power. Everything must follow the objective law of development. Human power can play a promoting role, but it cannot be fabricated out of thin air.

Tolui ordered Murong Su to lead an army of 8,000 to take over Guyan County.

  Yes, receive!

After all, given the situation in Juyan County, it was impossible for the Jin army to set up the anti-Yuan defense line here. The three counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Zhangye in the south were the focus.

In such a huge Juyan County, there were only two thousand defenders.

Tolui did not take such a barren land seriously. It was just a matter of convenience for him to let someone take it over.

Murong Su was naturally full of confidence. He led three thousand Mongolian cavalry and five thousand vassal troops to fight his way forward.

Murong Su also moved very quickly. Although his 8000 men were not all cavalry, they were all on horseback.

Yes, this was true even for the 5,000 vassal troops. Although they served as infantry in the siege, they were also equipped with horses in order to ensure speed during the march.

However, it was not a first-class war horse, but only a second-rate horse that could only be used for riding and could not be used as a cavalry horse on the battlefield.

But he never expected that Ji Gao would open the city gate and surrender without him even having to fight.

In order to prevent the enemy from pretending to surrender, Murong Su even only brought 3,000 Mongolian cavalry into the city to inspect the results of the battle, and let the 5,000 vassal troops camp outside the city.

The reason why the Mongolian cavalry was allowed to enter the city was simply because they did not want to let them suffer. This is a desert terrain, and with the temperature difference between day and night in the desert area, it would be uncomfortable at night.

After entering the city, Murong Su adhered to his defensive mentality and immediately had people take control of the city gates, granaries and other important areas.

However, during this period, Ji Gao not only did not reveal any flaws, but was extremely cooperative.

Murong Su could only remain vigilant while continuing to test Ji Gao step by step. He asked Ji Gao to organize all the camels, mules and horses in the city, and pack up almost 80% of the food and various supplies in the city, ready to escort them to Tolui's army for use in the war.

But unexpectedly, Ji Gao was still very cooperative.

Of course Ji Gao was happy to cooperate. This shabby place only had so much wealth. What was there for him to be reluctant to give up?

He tried to test Ji Gao again and again, but Ji Gao always cooperated with him and acted like a loyal subject of Yuan Dynasty. No matter what, Murong Su could not continue to test him or doubt him at this time.

If they do this again and again, it is not called being cautious, but it will force people to rebel. If everyone does this, which Han people will dare to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty?

And at this time, Ji Gao summoned the people who were reorganized into the Han vassal army after his surrender. The original 2,000 defenders killed Murong Su by surprise in one breath.

In the environment inside the city, the Jin army, which were born as infantry, were naturally more adept than the dismounted Mongolian knights.

In addition, they were caught off guard, and for a time, the Mongols were beaten so badly that they could not raise their heads.

  Murong Su was furious and made a prompt decision to order everyone to evacuate the city. Once outside the city, their cavalry could be fully utilized, and that would be the time for them to counterattack!

Moreover, there were 5,000 of their vassal troops outside the city. No matter how he looked at it, he had no reason to lose!

At that time, he would make sure that the hateful Ji Gao would neither be able to live nor to die.

However, after Ji Gao chased all the way out of the city, Murong Su thought he finally had a chance to counterattack, but unexpectedly, at this time, the horses of their Mongolian knights all collapsed to the ground.

For a time, the Mongolian army was completely defeated. Even the vassal troops who received the news and came to fight were forced to flee with the defeated Mongolian soldiers under the impact.

The eight thousand soldiers were in complete chaos.

Even Murong Su, the leading general of these 8,000 men, accidentally fell off his horse and had his thigh stepped on and broken. He failed to escape in time and was killed on the spot by the Jin army that followed him.

In this battle, Ji Gao, although a civil official, won by strategy. With only 2,000 defenders, he not only defeated the enemy's 8,000 soldiers, but also directly killed 3,000 enemy soldiers and the enemy's main general Murong Su.

This was the first real victory achieved by the Liangzhou military since Temujin launched a large-scale attack on Liangzhou.

Ji Gao also knew that he would never be a match for the enemy in a head-on battle. If he defended the city, he would only be able to survive. That's why he came up with such a strategy.

First pretend to be defeated, gain the opponent's trust, and then attack the opponent's warhorse.

The reason why the enemy's horses suddenly collapsed on the battlefield was because a little seasoning, something similar to croton, was added to their drinking water these days.

It doesn't show up at normal times, but during the running process, as a lot of physical strength is consumed, the reaction begins to show up.

And it was precisely because of this sudden change that the war developed from a completely different angle.

However, although he had achieved a great victory, Ji Gao really couldn't be happy at this time.

  He would only use this method once at most!

But even this time, there are risks involved.

If Murong Su had not felt sorry for the casualties in the city, he would have planned to fight outside the city. Otherwise, if Murong Su had gritted his teeth and fought on, even if the Jin army had the upper hand, they would have suffered considerable damage. Especially, after the enemy's 5,000 vassal troops entered the city, they would have been doomed to fail.

Fortunately, as the son of Murong Ke, Murong Su was still a good general. The better the general, the more likely he would defeat the enemy at the lowest cost when necessary.

Therefore, everything happened according to the script set by Ji Gao.