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Chapter 510 Zhang Gong’s Art of War
The next day, Dong Zhuo called the school lieutenant, Sima and other generals into the camp.

As soon as the soldiers came, they were furious, because Jia Xu was sitting on the main seat, and Dong Zhuo was sitting on his left. Jia Xu was a three-legged man, but this was a war, and Dong Zhuo was in command as a general of hussars. Dajun, how could Jia Xu sit on the main seat so peacefully?The soldiers stood in front of the tent, none of them took their seats. Dong Zhuo raised his head and shouted angrily, "Still not sitting down yet!"

The soldiers sat down now, their expressions still unkind.

"Listen, the next siege, the Taiwei will personally command. If you dare to violate the military order, I will show no mercy and follow the military law!!" Dong Zhuo shouted. Qu Yi stood up and said angrily, "Mr. Dong, you have always been the commander in charge of the Western Expedition. The battle was victorious and the city was besieged for six days. Why do you listen to him now?"

"shut up!"

Dong Zhuo reprimanded him, and continued: "What's wrong with the Taiwei in charge of the world's soldiers and horses? What's more, in recent days, I have worked day and night, and my body is exhausted, so I let the Taiwei command the army for me for a few days. You can't do anything wrong. Everything must be obeyed by the Taiwei, if you dare not obey, I will kill it myself!"

Hearing what Dong Zhuo said, Qu Yi had no choice but to sit down, thinking in his heart that it would be great if Hua Xiong was still here. Jia Xu looked at the soldiers and said with a smile: "You don't have to do this, I'll come This place is not here to fight for power and profit. Mr. Dong is unwell and Mr. Cao is not here, so I can only take charge of the army. Starting today, we will start the siege of the city.”

"Huang Zhonghou, you take a battalion and stay behind. The rest follow Dong Gong and retreat ten li."

Just after Jia Xu finished speaking, the soldiers started to make noise again. What's the situation? They said they were going to attack the city, so why do they want us to retreat?Inside the tent, Huang Zhong was the only one, without changing his expression, he cupped his hands and said, "Here!" Jia Xu looked at Dong Zhuo again, and said, "From tomorrow on, I will trouble Mr. Dong. During the day, I will ask Mr. Dong to leave the city. In the nearer nights, I hope that Dong Gong can send a team of troops here in turn."

Dong Zhuo nodded, and the soldiers had no choice but to obey orders.

Jia Xu and Huang Zhong walked out of the camp together. Jia Xu said: "Please tell the auxiliary soldiers to cook in front of the city. In addition, let the soldiers guard around. When they are done, let the soldiers eat. Afterwards, try to make a big noise, sing and dance, all are fine, but it must be seen by the Guishuang soldiers on the top of the city!"

Huang Zhong nodded, and Jia Xu said again: "Also, bring all the war drums and gold from other camps, it will be of great use at night!"

Afterwards, the Guishuang soldiers in Malakanda saw a very strange scene. They saw the auxiliary soldiers of the Han army walking to the front of the city, lighting a fire and cooking, and they were extremely busy. From the beginning of the period, it was the highest standard among the Han army, and it ate a lot of meat. When the northern and southern armies went out, they would bring a lot of air-dried meat.

This is a kind of torture for the soldiers of Guishuang who do not have much food in the city and can only calculate carefully every day to barely fill their stomachs. Seeing the appearance of the soldiers of the Han army, the people of Guishuang quickly reported to the commander, and their commander , is an elderly Sogdian nobleman. He was originally a local tax collector. After General Hayi quelled the Sogdian Rebellion, he became the city lord of Malacanda due to his meritorious service.

And his credit, of course, was to donate a large amount of food to Hayi for his army to use in battle.

At this moment, he looked at the soldiers who were lighting fire and cooking outside the city, and his eyes were a little surprised. He didn't know what the other party was going to do. He turned his head, looked at the general beside him, and asked, "Look, we How about raiding them now?"

The general was terrified, shook his head quickly, and said: "How can we open the city gate without seeing the enemy's whereabouts? Besides, the city gate was blocked by us before. They look like they want to attack The morale of our army, our soldiers only eat one meal a day, and there is no meat, I think they know that we don't have much food in stock!"

"Hey" the tax official laughed, and he said, "Go to my mansion and ask my servants to bring four carts of cooked mutton to share with these soldiers." The general was stunned and said: " Your Excellency, apart from those soldiers on the wall, the rest of our troops are also starving, if possible."

"My family doesn't have much food left!" the tax official patted his bulging belly and said angrily.

The general nodded, and sent his soldiers to the tax official's house. Looking at the fat tax official standing on the top of the city wall, the general was filled with anger, but he dared not speak. This tax official is the second Caste, but he himself is only the third. As Hay's chief guard, he can serve as the general guarding the city here.

Fortunately, the cooked mutton brought by the tax collector's servant did make the soldiers on the city wall feel better.

Afterwards, the Han army swaggered and ate outside the city. After eating, they sang and danced again. They were extremely happy. Facing such a strange situation of the Han army, the general defending the city did not dare to rest at all, and asked the defenders everywhere to be more careful.

But at night, when the sky was just dark, there was a huge sound from the Han army, the drums were bursting, the gold was beating and the gongs were beating, and the soldiers were shouting and killing. The whole Malacanda was suddenly in panic. The soldiers woke up one after another, and everyone went to the top of the city. The general led the team himself, and even the fat tax official ran here in a panic.

From a distance, the soldiers of the Han army could be seen carrying siege equipment and attacking the city wall. The general quickly ordered an attack, but just after he gave the order, the soldiers of the Han army stopped attacking and retreated one after another. The tax official yelled: "We repelled the enemy!!!", everyone shouted and their morale was boosted, and the people in the city were extremely happy when they heard it.

Only the general guarding the city seemed to remember something and frowned.

In one night, the Han army charged five times, or in other words, feigned an attack five times. In the early morning of the next day, Huang Zhong led his soldiers back, and Qu Yi brought his own troops. The Han army lived and cooked, and put out their equipment, and continued to attack the city. They did not give the defenders a moment of peace and leisure.

The general who defended the city understood the intention of the Han army, and divided the soldiers into more than a dozen rounds, changing defenses in turn, while the rest rested. He wanted to use this method to let the soldiers get a rest. However, every time the Han army attacked the city, They all seemed to be real attacks. On several occasions, when the Guishuang people were slack, the ladders almost went up to the city wall. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the soldiers to rest.

And what's worse at night, the Han army tried to make a big noise, all directions were beating gold and beating drums, and in the sound of the war drums, the figures of the Han army could still be vaguely seen, occasionally they feigned an attack, and occasionally they really attacked the city, two words Not to mention, the ladder was directly erected, and the siege engine directly hit the city gate. Several times at night, the Han soldiers almost climbed onto the city wall.

They didn't attack the city with all their strength, and retreated immediately if there was anything wrong, but it was such a false and real siege method that made the soldiers of Guishuang miserable. The most vicious thing was that from the third day onwards, these soldiers did not know where to go Some people were found, and they were asked to cry under the city gate all day long, making the Guishuang soldiers surrender, and some were directly driven to the city gate, begging the soldiers to open the city gate.

They all died, either by the arrows of the Guishuang people or by the crossbows of the Han army.

Many lieutenants of the Han Army couldn't stand it anymore, but Jia Xu didn't care.

In this way, on the seventh day, the soldiers in Malakandane were almost driven crazy, and there were occasional Xiaoying battalions, most of whom were exhausted and out of shape. Jia Xu nodded and ordered Dong Zhuo to bring the army, relying on A large number of siege equipment built in these days began to attack the city. When he saw the army gathering, General Guishuang knew that something was wrong, and the enemy was going to attack the city in an all-round way!

Although he himself was exhausted, he still stood on the top of the city and kept encouraging the soldiers.

"This is their last attack! They can't hold on anymore! Repel them! Victory!!" The general shouted, and the tax collector also brought a lot of food to feed the soldiers. Suddenly, the battle broke out. The soldiers of the Han army started to attack. The soldiers of Guishuang shouted, raised their strong bows, and were about to shoot. Just when the Han army rushed to the shooting range, they suddenly stopped.

They retreated in an orderly manner, this time, it was still a feint.

The general guarding the city was stunned, the soldiers guarding the city roared, some cried bitterly, sat on the top of the city, crying loudly, when they finally gathered their last courage and prepared to fight the enemy to the death, they left so lightly , all beliefs seemed to collapse at this moment, and the courage left them.

The general who defended the city gritted his teeth, trembling with anger all over his body.

"What a villain, sinister and vicious villain, cowardly and cowardly villain. I swear to kill you. I swear to kill you!!!!"

Jia Xu was still not in a hurry to attack, and he didn't have to worry either. The enemy was besieged in the city and had no way to escape, and they couldn't get through. Their food could last for more than half a month, not to mention that new supplies were rushing from the Western Regions to Here, I am not in a hurry, just keep crushing the enemy's morale, and within a few days, they will be defeated without attacking.

At this time, many generals were convinced of Jia Xu, and even said that they were a little scared. They watched the soldiers of Guishuang roaring wildly, jumping down from the city wall and committing suicide. Jia Xu's siege only lasted nine days, but the people of Guishuang couldn't take it anymore. They knew how terrifying it was. Some of these soldiers didn't close their eyes for three or four days, and some were constantly awakened in their sleep.

No one can stand such torture, not to mention, the Han army eats and drinks in the city every day, and some of their close friends, the people in the surrounding villages, their arrival to persuade them to surrender, etc.
On the tenth day, Jia Xu ordered to attack the city with all his strength.

Under the offensive of the Han army, the people of Guishuang couldn't even resist for half a day, and the city was destroyed. The general who defended the city was a little at a loss. In a trance, the city was broken, his eyes were red, and his ears were still buzzing Buzzing noises, he was too tired, the soldiers in the whole city were like this, tired, and had no intention of fighting. When they really faced the general attack of the Han army, they were just at a loss.

The 15th year of Xiping, May
Dong Zhuo's army successfully captured the entire Sogdia.

(End of this chapter)