Chapter 371
Chapter 371
Ma Dai's face changed several times after listening to Shi'a's words.
What Shi Ah said just now, how could he not understand? Liu Bei's army was only a strong outsider, and was not an opponent of the King of Han at all. What's more, Emei Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain are also stationed with large armies, their back roads have been cut off, grain routes have been cut off, and now only broken cauldrons have sunk boats.
However, the Han army had sufficient food and grass, and the equipment to defend the city was complete, and they were not the slightest sure that they would be able to capture Chengdu.
If it loses this time, the Xiliang Ma family will really be gone.
"I would like to listen to the guidance of King Han!" Ma Dai arched his hand to Shi A.
"My father-in-law said that the Fubo general Ma Yuan made great achievements during the Guangwu Emperor's period, and since then, the Ma family has been loyal for generations. Especially the general Ma Teng, when Dong Zhuo rebelled, he led troops to Qin Wang, and when the princes of the Central Plains were in chaos, he resisted the invasion of Western Qiang and other foreign tribes in Western Liang, even if His Majesty did not remember these merits, but the King of Han definitely could not forget.
"Thank you King Han!" After hearing these words, Ma Dai was deeply moved in his heart. Their Ma family guarded Xiliang, and how many children sacrificed their blood and lives, and the imperial court never gave any reward, not even a word. But now the King of Han remembered, how could he not be moved? At this time, he also remembered that when the King of Han was a pastor in Jingzhou Prefecture, he had given them a lot of grain and grass, which was indeed a great favor to their Western Liangma family.
"My lord said that Ma Chao is invincible, General Ma and Pang De are both wise and brave, you are all the pillars of my great Han, as long as you return, in the future, let you be the general of the west, independently lead the army, resist the invasion of foreign tribes, expedition to the western regions, open up territory for my great Han, glorify the ancestors, seal the wife and son, and leave a name in history."
Ma Dai was very excited, and all that the Han King Liu Wei promised them was exactly what they thought. He knew that his eldest brother Ma Chao did not want to chase the Central Plains and dominate the world, but wanted to be his Shenwu general in Western Liang, a powerful foreign clan.
"General Shi, please tell King Han, I will definitely convince my eldest brother Ma Chao to never live up to King Han's great kindness to us!" Ma Dai saluted Shi A again, "I don't know, how to get in touch with Shi Jiangjun in the future?"
"General Ma rest assured, when you need it, someone will inevitably come to you!" Shi Ah smiled.
"Are you from Camp Skynet?" Ma Dai seemed to understand.
Cao Cao's ghost pawn, Sun Quan's heavenly eye, and Han King's heavenly net are the three most famous lying organizations today, and their abilities are much greater than those of previous scouts.
In contrast, although Skynet was established later than Tianyan and Ghost Pawn, it is more famous, has the ability to probe intelligence, and transmits intelligence at a higher speed than Ghost Pawn and Tianyan.
It was not difficult to hear from Shi A's words that the people of the Skynet Battalion had infiltrated Liu Bei's army.
"General Shi, I'll send you away!"
"No need!" Shi A smiled, "General Ma, your military camp must have been monitored by Liu Bei, you still have to be careful when doing anything, I can come and go at will, you don't have to worry!"
After Shi Ah finished speaking, he turned and left the tent.
Ma Dai arrived at the gate of the camp and found that Shi Ah had disappeared, and his four guards were still standing at the gate.
"Under the King of Han, there are really many talents!" Ma Dai understood that Shi'a's skill was also considered the best among the rangers.
The hurried war drums outside the city sounded again, and Liu Jun, Deng Ai, Fa Zheng and others came to the city tower.
"Master, Ma Chao is going to attack the city!" Zhang Xiu, Meng Da and the others had already prepared at the head of the city.
"Ma Chao wants to attack the city?" Liu Jian frowned.
The Skynet Camp has just received news that Ma Dai has been contacted, and Ma Dai is willing to return. But this Ma Chao, why did he attack the city at this time?
The 10,000 troops outside the city, divided into two teams, are slowly approaching the city, arrow towers, catapults, ladders, wood bumpers and other offensive equipment are complete, and the two generals in front of the army are Pound and Ma Dai, and Ma Chao is in the rear. Next to Ma Chao, there are also Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the lord of the Ugo Kingdom, the Vulture Bone.
All this shows that this time it is time to storm the city of Chengdu.
However, the soldiers at the head of the city did not have the slightest fear, and the siege of the city was a war of attrition, which was to use the lives of soldiers to consume the equipment and soldiers of the defending side. The Han army has complete equipment for defending the city, and it is not afraid of consumption at all.
Ma Dai and Pound led the front army of 5,000 men and horses, and after arriving at the city, they quickly lined up the catapults, loaded the stones, and ordered to launch at the head of the city.
At the head of the city, Zhang Xiu and Meng Da commanded the Han soldiers to protect in an orderly manner.
About a quarter of an hour later, the catapult stopped, and a group of soldiers pushed the arrow tower, carried the ladder and other siege equipment to the city, and the battle between the two sides began to attack and defend.
The sound of war drums could not tell whether it was from the Han army or the soldiers outside the city, and the shouts of cheering and shouting of killing were mixed together, and it was impossible to hear a word. Only the sound of weapons colliding and screaming was so harsh that it made people's hearts tremble involuntarily.
The corpses filled the moat and began to pile up under the city, with blood flowing everywhere.
The drums of war are constantly beating, and this primitive and barbaric killing will not stop.
Although the people in the city had great confidence in the Han King to hold the city of Chengdu, they were also full of fear at this time, closed their doors, and huddled in the house.
Finally, after losing more than 4,000 soldiers, a sound of gold sounded outside the city.
The batters, who were covered in wounds, retreated like a tide.
Despite the victory, Liu Jian was not the slightest bit excited, these dead and injured were all soldiers of the Great Han!
Next, the two sides sent people to clean up the corpses and clean up the battlefield as usual.
Liu Jun, Fa Zheng, Deng Ai and others came to the study of King Han's mansion.
"Ma Chao is really stubborn, causing many innocent soldiers to die, I will not spare him!" Liu Jian was furious.
"Lord is angry, this matter is a bit strange today, even if Ma Chao has ambition, he only has 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, so attacking the city without considering casualties will not benefit him. The subordinates thought that this must be Liu Bei forcing Ma Yu to attack the city. Fazheng said.
"Yes, lord, his subordinates found that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were next to Ma Chao, presumably sent by Liu Bei to be the overseer!" Deng Ai also said.
"Liu Bei!" At this time, Liu Wei already hated Liu Bei to the bone, and he even had some hatred for Zhuge Liang.
It has reached the end of the road, does he really think that there will be a turnaround like the Chibi War? If the situation is clear today, this will only increase casualties.
"Could it be that Liu Bei discovered that Ma Dai and Pound had rebellious intentions?" Liu Jian thought about it and asked.
"The subordinates thought that it might be that Liu Bei had some doubts!" Fa Zheng also thought for a while, "If he really finds out, he may directly seize Ma Chao's military power, after all, Liu Bei's men and horses have an absolute advantage, and there are fierce generals such as Zhang Fei and Guan Yu under his command."
"Xiao Zhi is right, you need to hurry up and get in touch with the outside of the city, and start early, so as not to dream more at night!"
"No!"
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