Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1788 Offensive and defensive battle under the snow
Little snow is fluttering, although it is not big, but it lasts forever.

Layers of snowflakes fell, covering the inside and outside of the eldest son city, covering the official roads of the gates on all four sides of the eldest son city, and the snow was ankle high.

But under this kind of ice and snow, the war that should have ceased broke out a little bit just around the corner.

An offensive and defensive battle is brewing.

In fact, the eldest son city is neither big nor small. It is not comparable to those famous main cities, but in Bingzhou, it can be regarded as one of the best cities.

But there is one thing, that is, the eldest son city has gone through an offensive and defensive battle. The Ming army attacked the Yan army in the past, and the eldest son city has been plowed aside, and the defense has been much weaker.

But now as Wei Jun is still pressing in.

The atmosphere in the eldest son city also became a little tense.

The main force of the Ming army will not go south to defend for a while, but there are tens of thousands of troops stationed in the city. For them, it is not a big problem to deal with the attack and defense of the Wei army.

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On the official road less than fifty miles away from the eldest son city.

"Lu Bu pays homage to Junshi Guo!"

Lu Bu stepped forward to meet him, not daring to underestimate Guo Jia, who was dressed in a green robe and looked a little pale.

"General Fengxian doesn't need to be too polite!"

A faint smile appeared on Guo Jia's face.

He took a step forward, looked at Lu Bu, and said softly, "General Fengxian has always taken the lead in the battle since the war. Your Majesty is very happy. If you can defeat Mu Shi'er in this battle, Your Majesty will definitely ask the court for credit for the general!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration!"

Lu Bu's temperament has been smoothed out. In the past, he would seldom say such things. Although he is a half-hearted person, he is also a proud person who cares about face. But after all these years, he has never With the help of the method, his vigorous ambition was almost suppressed, and his proud temper was also smoothed out.

Otherwise he would not have surrendered to Cao Cao.

"General, it's winter now. Although the road will not be blocked by heavy snow, there is still a lot of snow on the ground, and the city wall is icy cold, so we all know that it is not suitable to continue to attack!"

Guo Jia said softly: "But there is still one thing, I have to trouble the general!"

"Please tell the military master!"

Lv Bu's heart skipped a beat. He had expected that even if winter came, Cao Cao might not be willing to give up and wait for spring to fight again. After all, now is the best opportunity.

But he couldn't say it, because if he said it, he would be afraid of fighting. Only a brave and invincible Lu Bu who never feared fighting can be respected and valued by others, so this does not allow him to take a half step back.

Then in the end, I can only suffer for myself. Even in such a freezing climate, it seems that I still have to fight.

"Your Majesty has ordered Guan Hai and Yan Xing to lead [-] troops each to attack the eldest son city from the east, but this battle is not to conquer the eldest son city, but to test the eldest son city!"

Guo Jia looked at Lu Bu and said in a low voice: "And the most important thing is the general. The general has the Bingzhou wolf cavalry under his command. They are the elite of the world, so a certain person wants to invite the general and lead the cavalry to attack long distances. First, defeat the Ming army in the southern suburbs. Two camps stationed outside the city, and then attack the Ming army's city wall to see how much the Ming army's strength can be forced out. If it cannot be violated, the general only needs to come to the city!"

"Is it just a test?" Lu Bu was a little suspicious.

"It's really just a test!"

Guo Jia narrowed his eyes slightly, put his hands behind his back, looked at the white snow outside the camp, and said in a low voice: "General Lu, the Ming army just fought a decisive battle with the Yan army and defeated the Yan army, but they fought against the Xianbei army in the northern border. When the cavalry were fighting, they were a bit weak, and they escaped with several times their strength, so your majesty thinks that the Ming army may be strong from the outside, but if the Ming army is found to be weak at all, the main force of our army will go straight to it. In the future, even if it is the twelfth lunar month of winter and the road is blocked by heavy snow, and we need to pay a huge price, then we will not hesitate to go to war, because the opportunity will never come again!"

The reason why he chose to make it clear with Lu Bu was because he knew that Lu Bu was a proud person, but he was also a somewhat contradictory person. Sometimes he wanted to be calm with him, so as not to make Lu Bu feel too much resentment.

Both Guo Jia and Cao Cao discussed how to make Lu Bu loyal to them. They analyzed Lu Bu's character, and they also targeted Lu Bu's character.

To be honest, Lu Bu's character is actually very contradictory. Sometimes he will be sad, and sometimes he will be hateful, but no matter what, he hopes that others will respect him.

Perhaps the generals who fought back from the frontier all had such thoughts.

"can!"

Lu Bu took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "I don't have many Bingzhou wolves under my command. I will personally lead the [-] Bingzhou wolves to attack. I will surprise their two battalion main forces outside the city first, regardless of my main force. It is impossible for me to attack the city wall!"

"Don't worry, I will personally lead all the main forces under your command and rush there as soon as possible!"

Guo Jiadao.

"When will the Eastern Front be able to attack?" Lu Bu asked after thinking about it.

"If you march quickly at night, it will probably be before dawn!"

"Then I'll go ahead and attack in the middle of the night, catching them off guard and drawing their attention to the southern city wall, which will buy time for the eastern front!"

Lu Bu suggested.

"Yes, but you must ensure your safety and the safety of your subordinate Erlang!" Guo Jia emphasized: "This battle is just a trial, not a battle to the death!"

He was not afraid that Lu Bu would become impulsive in his loyalty to them, which was impossible, but he was worried that this little tiger would not be able to suppress his fighting spirit when he entered the battlefield.

Many generals are prone to impulsiveness, that's because there is a fight on the battlefield, and sometimes there is no way to withdraw when the blood boils.

"Yes!"

Lu Bu nodded, and then went to rectify the cavalry, ready to go, he knew that there were Ming army scouts around, so the cavalry attacked, in a word, fast, it had to be so fast that even the scouts could not react, so that they could attack at night.

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Night falls.

In the dark night sky, because the snowflakes are falling, and there is some light in modern times, it can reflect the surroundings. Mu Jing stood in the house, wearing a big coat, looking through the window sill, looking at the falling snow outside. Snow Flower, she felt a little happy in her heart.

It is a good thing for the defense of the eldest son city that the winter has entered early and the road can be blocked by heavy snow.

The snow fell for several days in a row, and the weather suddenly started to turn cold. This already shows that this year's winter is coming early, and it is already a certainty.

Under such a climate, combat itself is a very difficult thing, so the Ming army should have a period of rest, and the time of this rest period is crucial.

On the one hand, the Ming army wanted to establish a line of defense in the northern border of Shangdang, which did not require heavy troops to guard, but it had to ensure that when the main forces of Shangdang, Ming and Wei armies fought a decisive battle, the remnants of the Yan army would not gather to attack from the northern border.

Although the main force of the Yan army was disabled, and even Liu Bei was captured, many disabled soldiers escaped. In addition, once the news spreads, it is hard to say whether there will be any movement in Youzhou in the north .

Regardless of whether it is Bingzhou or Hebei Jizhou, the Yan army will rule for a short time after obtaining the territory. Even if it recruits troops, it will not respond much.

But in Youzhou, Liu Bei has been in business for a while, and there must be a lot of loyalists. If someone struggles to send troops south to rescue Liu Bei, Mu Jing will not be surprised.

At Liu Bei's level, it is impossible to say that there are not a few confidantes supporting him in the overall situation.

So defense must be done well.

That's why Zhang Liao was still in the north and didn't lead his troops south. He had to set up a line of defense in the north before he dared to go south.

On the other hand, it is necessary to rest the troops.

After the war, there must be a period of rest. The Ming army was too tired, and had hardly breathed a sigh of relief after the decisive battle. Under such a state, it was difficult to fight the Wei army to the death.

And the rest is not only to recover physically, but also to recover mentally.

Many soldiers will have a period of decadence after the war, which is unavoidable, because during the war, they will continue to fight, dripping with blood, and even watch their comrade-in-arms, Paoze, die in battle. It will naturally appear a little depressed under the state.

And such depression is inevitable for a soldier, only time can heal the heartache, so the rest after the war is also inevitable.

Before, Mujing was worried that because of Wei Jun's advance, he had to hurry up and fight Wei Jun directly. This battle would definitely have to pay a high price, not to mention failure, even if it won, Ming Jun might not There is still power to dominate the world, and in the end there may even be a loss for both sides.

It is a good thing that there is enough time for the Ming army to rest now.

"Woooooo!!!!"

Just when Mujing was in a happy mood, a horn sounded suddenly.

"Is this the horn?"

Mu Jing frowned.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!!!!"

Then there was the sound of drums beating.

"The trumpet is sounding, and the drums are beating endlessly!" Mu Jing took a deep breath: "This is the signal for the enemy's night attack!"

woo woo woo woo! ! ! !
dong dong dong dong! ! ! ! ! !
The sound of horns and the beating of drums has quickly covered the entire eldest son city, waking up most of the people in the city, and the peace has been restored. Many people can see it when they walk out of their houses. In the direction of the south city, the beacon tower is lit. The smoke is gone.

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"His Majesty!"

A general came in a hurry and reported to Mu Jing: "The Wei army attacked the southern suburbs of the eldest son city at night. Outside the southern suburbs, the main forces of our two battalions were raided and all collapsed. Now they have gathered back to the city. They are conducting an offensive and defensive battle on the southern city wall!"

"Night raid?"

Hearing this, Mu Jing said with a sneer: "I really want to do something. If that's the case, I'll go and see how they plan to attack my eldest son city at night!"

He was a little confused at first.

But after thinking about it deeply, he didn't think it was an accident. How could Cao Mengde be such a person who could easily compromise in the face of the right time and place.

This is a hero who can conquer the sky by himself.

"Ma Chao!"

"The end is here!"

"Follow me to the south city wall to have a look!" Mu Jing sneered: "I want to see how many troops they have and how they want to attack my eldest son city at night!"

He knew that the main force of the Wei army must not be approaching the city.

Because once the main force of the Wei army approached the city, it would not be a night attack at all, but a decisive battle opened head-on.

"promise!"

Ma Chao took the lead.

He led the main force of the two battalions of divine guards and imperial guards, and escorted Mu Jing straight to the top of the southern city wall.

At this time, the sound of horns, the sound of war drums, and the sound of shouts intersected one by one, forming a war symphony, and the top of the southern city wall was already full of generals of the Ming army.

At this time, they all had gloomy faces and cold eyes, staring at the outside of the city, because they were all a little surprised that Wei Jun would attack at night at this time.

The Wei army outside the city is constantly forming formations, and the conical formations in the shape of a character linger around the city wall and spread out, and an attacking momentum has been directly laid out.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

The generals had already seen that Mu Jing was on the top of the wall, so they quickly bowed to salute.

"This is how the same thing?"

With his hands on his back, Mu Jing looked out of the city and asked faintly.

"They suddenly attacked at night. Although we were prepared, we couldn't prevent it. Suddenly, the two camps that took root in the city collapsed, probably losing hundreds of children!"

Xi Zhicai said in a low voice: "The main reason is that when Lu Bu led the cavalry himself, his maneuverability was too strong. Even if the scouts stared at him, they were not as fast as him. Although the number of his Bingzhou wolf cavalry was always small, their combat effectiveness It is getting stronger and stronger, eight hundred elite cavalry, after a surprise attack of fifty miles, can quickly defeat our army of three thousand sons, and can drive straight into my second camp. The six thousand main force can't hold back his two charges, it's terrible!"

Hearing the words, Mu Jing's eyes also became a little dignified, and he said in a low voice: "Didn't Lu Fengxian be a little negative before, why did he suddenly get bloody?"

"It is estimated that someone behind the scenes is supervising the battle!"

Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, if he performed so well, who would show it to him?"

"Cao Mengde is here!"

"Impossible, if he comes, we will have a decisive battle!"

"That's Guo Fengxiao!"

"It should be him!"

"The current situation is favorable at the right time and place, and they don't take advantage of it. They attack with superior force, let alone whether they can win me. I, Wei Junerlang, can't stop me. If they win, then they will have a hard time. Isn't Cao Mengde not? Knowing this situation, why did they attack at night?" Mu Jing frowned, and said in a low voice: "In this situation, they can still attack in the suburbs, and the price they have to pay for attacking the city is too high. It’s really a bloody investment, don’t be afraid to use up your confidence!”

"Your Majesty, in fact, I think whether they are rushing or attacking the city, they are actually testing!"

It was Chen Gong who spoke.

Chen Gong gritted his teeth, cupped his hands and said: "Wei Jun's attack on the eldest son city at this time is definitely not a decisive battle. If it is a decisive battle, it is not just a battlefield at the South City Gate. I think they want to test it at this time. Let's see how much fighting power we still have after the war, and even how much fighting spirit our sons still have!"

He thought for a while and sighed: "This time, our reaction is much slower. This is the sequelae after the war. Many generals feel a little relaxed. After all, the spirit is tense, and it is always necessary to relax. Here it is, just a little gap, let them seize the opportunity!"

"Try it?"

Hearing this, Mu Jing raised the corners of his mouth slightly, feeling a little relieved in his heart, and said with a smile: "If Cao Mengde wants to test me, he will definitely not be able to do it with only one Lu Bu. Tell me, are they adding troops? gone?"

"His Majesty!"

Li Yan replied: "Jing Wusi had already reported in the afternoon that two troops of the Wei army had entered the eastern suburb of the eldest son city from the direction of Huguan, less than a hundred miles away from us. This climate, at least It will take a day or two to arrive, so we are just vigilant and don't take it too seriously!"

"Vigilance also needs to be paid attention to. Since they are here, they must have a long-distance raid, so the east city will start soon!"

Mujing thought for a while, looked at Xi Zhicai, and asked, "Zhicai, I want to test it out, how much fighting power do we have, what do you think?"

"They want to test, we can only fight!"

Xi Zhicai said very forcefully: "We can't show any weakness at this time, but if Cao Mengde feels that our son is neglecting, he will bite like a wolf. We need enough time Come and rest, so that you can display your combat effectiveness!"

"Then fight!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, and said firmly: "Don't worry about me. On this battlefield, the more we are afraid, the easier it is to be recruited. You need to plan the battle without any burden, and fight as you want!"

Sometimes on this battlefield, he will not necessarily be an advantage, or even a burden, because these people's battle plans will always take his safety as the first element.

This is something that can't be helped, and there are gains and losses.

"Yes!"

Xi Zhicai and the others looked at each other, since Mu Jing said such a thing, then they had to work hard, they nodded, and then surrendered.

At this time, the attack outside the city had already begun. Lu Bu not only had a Bingzhou wolf cavalry under his command, but also had been trapped in the camp. This army was also absolutely elite.

His offense is a little single. On the offensive point, it seems that he wants to break through the surface, concentrate and attack desperately.

Two hours later, it was almost dawn, and the troops of the Wei army were found under the east wall.

The strength is as high as [-] to [-].

This action frightened the generals of the Ming army a lot, and hurriedly dispatched troops, and a lot of troops in the city pressed up on the east wall.

Although the offensive and defensive battles of this battle were fierce, the time was not long, and both sides had some restraint, so the final result was not too tragic.

But even if the time is not long, it took two full days to play.

The Ming army has an advantage in defense, but they are lacking in fighting spirit and mental and physical strength. At least thousands of children were lost, and the Wei army did not please them. Under their very pressured attack, the least loss was The loss of the Ming army was more than double that of the Ming army.

Two days later, when the snow was getting heavier, the Wei army was forced to call for gold to withdraw, and the whole army withdrew from the outskirts of the eldest son city and set up camp fifty miles away.

The Ming army also suffered a lot of losses, so they did not dare to pursue them, so they could only clean up the battlefield and take a temporary rest.

(End of this chapter)