Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 509
In other directions, Dong Zhuo besieged Malakanda, with the map given by Gongsun Zan. They took the lead all the way, and felt a bit like fighting on the ground. The people of Guishuang were not familiar with them here. Dong Zhuo and Huang Zhong led the horse Lakanda was surrounded and all connections were cut off. The military brigade in Malacanda did not dare to come out when they saw the tens of thousands of troops outside.

Guishuang is different from the big Han. Their army is not affiliated with temples, but privately owned in various places, and the war is uniformly dispatched. However, tens of thousands of people can be dispatched at the same time in the kingdom. There is only one Guishuang King, not to mention that Guishuang has very few troops. There have been such large army battles. Usually, when they fought Anxi, they would each lead their own army and fight with thousands of people.

Where have they seen such a situation where 3 to [-] people besieged a city?
Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry to order the siege either. The Northern and Southern armies were the most elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty and could not be easily wasted in the siege battle. According to Gongsun Zan's report, there had just been a rebellion here. After the war, all kinds of reserves were consumed. What's more, because of the war, Nongsang was also delayed. Dong Zhuo guessed in his heart that there must not be too many grains and materials in Malakanda.

With such a siege, he couldn't hold on for too long.

In addition, there are two troops, one headed by Cao Cao, who is responsible for cleaning up small-scale enemy troops in various villages. Cao Cao only brought more than 2000 people. Although he does not have many soldiers, he can't stand the Guishuang garrison everywhere. Even less, these garrisons were attacked by Cao Cao without even receiving any news about the enemy's attack. To be honest, Cao Cao believed that the brave battalion contributed the most to this war!
When they took advantage of various terrains and went around the enemy calmly, the enemy didn't even react, and they were severely attacked by Cao Cao. Dong Zhuo felt that Cao Cao was not at ease when he was fighting for the first time, so he appointed a general he trusted. Xu Huang, come to cooperate with Cao Cao in the battle. Xu Huang still looked down on Cao Cao at first, but later, he knew that he was wrong.

This guy Cao Cao is really ruthless and ruthless. He used strange ways to defend the soldiers. When he attacked the village, he first gave up the attack on the village in the forest, and first fought the rest of the garrison. He either attacked in the dark or sent scouts to make a surprise attack , What's more, he forced the captured Guishuang soldiers to attack the enemy's formation as a charge.

Even if the strength of the opponent is several times that of the opponent, Cao Cao still has to think carefully, never act rashly, and defeat them one by one. After destroying the surrounding villages, the remaining families, that is, the only two remaining, set up villages in the woods. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao directly ordered a fire attack, Xu Huang pursed his lips, but said nothing, this is a village, not just a military camp, there are people from Guishuang here
Xu Huang only felt that such cruel means of warfare seemed familiar. He thought that Dong Zhuo would do this. When he first went to Xianbei in the past, he heard that he indulged the soldiers and committed all kinds of evil. Secondly, the former Taiwei Zhang Wen would do it. He heard that he was marching , never treat bandits as human beings, and only want to be the leader. Of course, the most ruthless one is Duan Wei, the military god in Jianning. It is said that this person is not only cruel to the enemy, but also can kill his own people for the sake of victory.

Cao Cao wiped out a total of six garrisons in less than [-] days. Xu Huang didn't even have time to intervene. He obeyed Cao Cao's arrangement. After Cao Cao wiped out the garrison, he did not return to Dong Zhuo with his army to participate in the siege In the city, he took these people and went directly south to Sun Jian's camp. Xu Huang didn't ask much. Cao Cao is the general, so he just obeyed.

The other army was at a disadvantage. This army was led by Guan Yu and assisted by Hua Xiong, and headed to the northwest. The reinforcements that will come, as the defending side, they probably won't get any decent military merits, and they just patrol around every day.

Guan Yu was not dissatisfied with this. He was calm and talented as a general, and he was not so greedy for military exploits. Under his command, he was the second general in history.

Of course, the first one is another bastard, Dong Zhuo has always believed that sooner or later, this bastard will be quartered by five horses.

It has been more than ten days since Guan Yu led his troops to arrive. During these ten days, the surrounding area was quiet and there was no news of any enemy. On the opposite side was the city of Huacizimo people. However, they did not even dispatch scouts. He didn't think that the other party didn't know the situation here. As early as when Dong Zhuo's army attacked Malakanda, many people fled to Huacizimo.

However, they still stand still, do they not have the confidence to win?

Even so, Guan Yu still patrols three times a day and never slacks off. On the contrary, a certain person has never been there since he patrolled once, and stays in the tent all day.

After Guan Yu finished his inspection, he ordered the soldiers to pay more attention, and then entered the camp.

Hua Xiong was sitting in the tent, with a case in front of him and a book. Hua Xiong was looking at it, and when he saw Guan Yu walking in, he asked with a smile, "Longsheng, how is the investigation going? Is there any enemy?"

With a livid face, Guan Yu walked up to Hua Xiong, sat down, stretched out his hand and grabbed the book in his hand, put it beside him, and said, "If you dare to touch my book again, I will cut off your hand."

"Longsheng, the friendship between you and me for more than ten years is not as good as this book? This paper?"

"Not as good."

Hua Xiong sighed helplessly, and said, "Changsheng, why are the Guishuang people so cowardly? They don't even send reinforcements. I'm here to fight, or to enjoy the spring, and I'm here all day long." Wandering around, fishing, I am not from Dongyi.”

Guan Yu frowned, said nothing, and was thinking in his heart. If he wanted to support Sogdia, the Guishuang people had only two ways to go. Either cross the river from Daxia and enter Sogdia, or take a detour to cross the river from Huacizimo. There is no sign of the enemy, are they planning to forcefully cross from Daxia?I remember that Sun Jian was responsible for capturing there, and I don't know if there was any accident.

"Changsheng, how about I take a group of people over there to see how they are doing?"

Hua Xiong asked, but Guan Yu shook his head.

"There are many mountains and forests in Huacizimo. Even if you go there, you won't find much information. You'd better wait for Gongsun Zan and the others to arrive."

Since Guan Yu said so, Hua Xiong had no choice but to give up.

Outside of Malakanda, Dong Zhuo is still surrounded here.

Gongsun Zan led the soldiers to come. As soon as they arrived, they were discovered by the brave camp soldiers brought by Dong Zhuo. They successfully reunited, and Gongsun Zan was taken to Dong Zhuo's camp by the soldiers. Dong Zhuo ordered the surrounding trees to be cut down. Gongsun Zan built a big camp outside and built siege equipment, but he didn't directly attack the city. Gongsun Zan entered the big camp through the busy crowd.

As soon as he walked outside the tent, he heard the sound of quarrels coming from inside the tent. The soldiers standing outside saw Gongsun Zan approaching and immediately went in to report. Gongsun Zan walked in. Inside the tent, Jia Xu and Dong Zhuo were sitting On the one hand, his face was a little displeased, Gongsun Zan hurriedly greeted him, Dong Zhuo forced a smile and asked, "Bo Gui, come and sit down."

Gongsun Zan sat down and reported the war in the south.

Dong Zhuo nodded and said: "Wentai did a good job. It has made great contributions. I learned from the captives that the army stationed in the south is the most elite army in Sogdia. In addition, their leader Hay, He was even the commander-in-chief of the entire Sogdia, he was the general who dispatched the entire army, Wentai directly destroyed the enemy's general in this battle."

Hearing what Dong Zhuo said, Gongsun Zan understood why the enemies in the south were so difficult to attack.

"Was that old general Hay killed by Wentai himself?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"Veteran?" Gongsun Zan frowned, no, the enemy general is a young man, Gongsun Zan thought for a moment, and said, "Dong Gong, their veteran seems to have died of illness, and the new general was indeed killed by General Sun himself." .”

"En Bogui, you are tired too, go down and rest, I still have something to discuss with the Taiwei."

Gongsun Zan nodded and said goodbye.

"Gong Jia, you heard that Sun Jian captured Xinha. It is impossible for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive in a short period of time. As long as the siege lasts for a while, Malacanda will be broken!" Dong Zhuo said solemnly, Jia Xu Shaking his head, he said, "Mr. Dong, you only said that there is no food in Malakanda. Don't you think about us? Our food supplies are also transported from the Western Regions. How long can the supplies we carry now last?"

"The enemy has not run out of food, so we will run out of food first. At that time, Guishuang's reinforcements will come to attack, what can we do?"

"How could we run out of food? Isn't the next batch of supplies coming soon? We also gained a lot in Guishuang's village, how could it not be enough?"

"Well, if hundreds of thousands of soldiers and commoners in the city surrender, how will Dong Gong decide to support them??"

"It's all about killing!"

"So, we came here just for an empty city?"

"Then what do you say?!"

"The city should be broken down quickly, and the people should be mobilized to cultivate in a hurry. Last year, farming and mulberry production were delayed. If this is the case this year, we might as well withdraw to the Western Regions and stop attacking the city. Otherwise, we will not be able to feed these people. People, sooner or later this city will become an empty city, it is useless to ask for it!"

Dong Zhuo frowned, clenched his fists, and stormed. The Northern and Southern Army is the most elite army of the big man. In order to cultivate this group of troops, the big man spent a lot of money, so he threw himself into the siege battle and used the number of people to break through the city. Dong Zhuo felt very sad. Can't bear it.

"Dong Gong, I know that you are worried that storming the city will cause too many casualties." Jia Xu smiled, and he slowly approached Dong Zhuo, staring into his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Dong Gong, this siege of the city will cause too many casualties." How about leaving it to me?"

"You? Do you think I don't know how to attack a city?"

"Of course not. If Dong Gong is trustworthy, let me try it. Within ten days, I will destroy the city!"

"Ten days?" Dong Zhuo looked disdainful, he looked at Jia Xu in front of him, and looked up and down.

"Okay, Lord Taiwei actually said that, how dare I disobey? But if Lord Taiwei is worthless, he will kill my soldiers from the north and the south"

Jia Xu looked at Dong Zhuo with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, Mr. Dong, it will be done in ten days."

(End of this chapter)