Wang Lang was understandably uncomfortable.
Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou Army, this number of troops was enough to make Wang Lang feel like he was facing a formidable enemy on the first day when the Liangzhou Army approached the city.
There are 20,000 people outside the city, and he only has 5,000 people, and there is still a serious shortage of food and grass. Wang Lang feels that the reason why Huayin County can hold on for ten days is because of Wang Lang's superb performance.
Su, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable. It was also because of the Liangzhou Army.
Su Ze was really unlucky to have such a bunch of bastards from Liangzhou on the stand.
Of course, the Liangzhou Army is still a regular army. No matter how unlucky Su Ze is, he is not as unlucky as Chen Zhi. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Liangzhou Army is much higher than what those aristocratic family grain transport teams put together.
But the problem is that the military discipline of these Liangzhou troops is really not much better than that of the food transport team of the famous family.
The reason why Su Ze didn't arrive at Linjin at the designated time along the way was to restrain the Liangzhou soldiers so that they wouldn't cause trouble along the way, so he was delayed by about half a day.
Su Ze is a perseverant and principled person. Since he agreed to serve in the Liu Bei Group, Su Ze has never thought about just hanging around like this.
At the beginning, Su Ze was valued by Cao Pi and sent to Liangzhou as a captain to protect the Qiang. In addition to his abilities, the most important thing was that Su Ze had principles and a sense of responsibility.
This poor place in Liangzhou has been in chaos for nearly a hundred years, and the duty of protecting the Qiang captain is not only to deal with the Qiang people, but also to deal with the local indigenous families in Liangzhou. People who have no sense of responsibility are put in Liangzhou, and they will be destroyed in a matter of minutes. They will be assimilated by these Liangzhou bumpkins.
Therefore, Su Ze was valued by Cao Pi, and was appointed as the Colonel Protecting Qiang, and went to Liangzhou to take office.
But Su Ze also didn't expect that less than half a year after he took office, the Shu bandits would march out of Qishan and cut off Long in one battle, completely cutting off the connection between Liangzhou and Guanzhong.
What Su Ze didn't expect was that while he was defending Liangzhou, he would be captured by Shu thieves.
Then... well, that's what it is now, Su Ze has become the general of the Liangzhou Governor's Department, leading the Liangzhou infantry to enter the pass to "beg for thieves".
Although things in the world are unpredictable, Su Ze still has not let go of his principles and sense of responsibility. Since he has brought these Liangzhou soldiers with him, he must control them.
Whether it was their daily march or logistical supplies, Su Ze had to make corresponding preparations, and the most important thing was to restrain their military discipline.
Some of the behaviors Liangzhou soldiers did in Liangzhou are normal because everyone is used to it and does it this way.
But in Guanzhong, that is behavior that will corrupt military discipline.
This will not only lead to a deterioration in Liangzhou's military reputation, but will also affect the reputation of the Han Dynasty.
Take the simplest example.
Zhao Yun's order to the Liangzhou Infantry Regiment was to ask Su Ze to detach 5,000 men to contain the Wei army in Huayin County and prevent them from attacking the logistics supply team.
This is not an easy job. If you do it well, you won't get any credit. If you don't do it well, it will affect the army's food and grass supply.
But just like this, several of the Liangzhou Army's generals almost started fighting.
I have no choice but to rush all the way. God knows if there will be any credit to be gained in the future. Now I finally encounter a task that looks a bit like a credit, and no one is willing to let it go.
As for Su Ze, he also knew what these bastards were thinking.
These guys didn't take the so-called "containment" order to heart. Su Ze dared to bet that the Liangzhou general who left and stayed behind to serve as the "containment" mission would dare to order an attack on the city the next moment.
Anyway, as long as the city is captured, there will be no problem of containment. Of course, to say the least, taking the initiative to attack is also a means of containment.
But the problem is, this kind of soft confrontation with superiors' military orders will naturally lead to no one saying anything. If it doesn't work, it will be a big trouble.
This kind of approach doesn't matter in Liangzhou. Anyway, with Zhao Yun or Pang De protecting him, Xu Miao can't pursue anything.
But now we are entering the pass. If we offend Zhang Xi, the governor of Yongzhou, or go further and directly offend Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, I heard that he is famous for strict law enforcement and never shows favoritism.
Therefore, it doesn't matter who is left to contain the Wei army in Huayin. The key is to make those who stay obey military orders and stop playing the same tricks as in Liangzhou.
Su Ze felt tired, so he chose a more honest-looking person among the three generals and asked him to lead 5,000 people to stay behind to contain him. He led the remaining 15,000 people to the east, striving to follow Zhao Yun and Zhang as soon as possible. The main confluence of streams.
Before leaving, Su Ze repeatedly warned the left-behind general that he only needed to contain the Wei army and protect his own food routes, and not to take the initiative to attack the city.
The one who stayed had a simple smile on his face and nodded in agreement.
Su Ze felt a little more relieved.
But before Su Ze could lead his troops ten miles away, the remaining general went against the norm and directly ordered the entire army to prepare, cut down trees and build hooks and ladders in preparation for attacking the city.
As for the order, what order? ! Our family is from Di people in Liangzhou, so we have difficulty speaking Chinese.
Why did General Su just say that he should not take the initiative to attack the city? !
Well, starting from today, I have changed my name. My name is Mo Yao Mo Yao, who wants to take the initiative to attack the city. General Su is asking me to take the initiative to attack the city.
Okay, I understand, follow the military orders! ! !
Su Ze was really tired of having such a bunch of stuff on the stall.
Sometimes, it's not that Su Ze doesn't know what he's leading, but now that the military situation is urgent, Su Ze has no good solution. He can only walk and watch. The most important thing is to lead the main infantry as soon as possible. Joined Zhang Xi and surrounded and suppressed the main force of the retreating Wei army.
So, in fact, Su Ze knew it well, but as long as these Liangzhou things didn't delay the business and affect the army's food and grass transportation, Su Ze could only turn a blind eye to the rest, and pretend that he didn't know. That’s it.
In this way, Su Ze continued to lead his troops, bypassed Huayin County, and began to march towards Tongguan.
At this time, on the Tongguan front line, Wei Yan had entered the most dangerous moment to hold on to Tongguan.
On the front, Cao Zhen has led his troops to the front line of Tongguan. The strength of the Wei army on the front of Tongguan has increased sharply from 10,000 to 45,000, and there are also 8,000 cavalry.
On the back side of Tongguan, Xiahou Shang also built three ladders and countless hook ladders after urgently cutting down trees, and was ready to start attacking the city.
Within the pass, after seven days of persistent fighting, Wei Yan only had about 2,200 soldiers left who could fight, including more than 400 soldiers who were slightly injured.
Today's Tongguan has reached a point where everyone needs to go up to the wall to defend themselves if they are not lying down and unable to move.
Wei Yan originally expected to hold on for ten days, but he was actually telling the truth. With the current strength and morale of the army, Wei Yan estimated that he could hold on for three days at most. Holding on for fifteen days purely depends on fate.
But since he had boasted about Haikou in front of Zhang Xi, Wei Yan Wei Yan felt that he had no way out, even if he died, he would die in Tongguan.
However, just because Wei Yan had this awareness, it does not mean that the soldiers he brought also had this awareness.
Three thousand cavalrymen suffered 800 casualties in the battle, not including the lightly wounded. The battle losses were close to 30%.
The most terrible thing is that the enemy's most violent offensive has not yet arrived, and the next few days will be the most critical moment for defending the city. If you want to say how high the morale of the soldiers can be, it is nonsense.
There was no way, Wei Yan had to find a way to improve the morale of the defenders, but Wei Yan was not the kind of general who was good at motivating with words. For Wei Yan, he had only one choice.
Every battle must be fought first. As long as the enemy attacks, Wei Yan will always be on the front line of the fight. He does not regard himself as a general, but as a super soldier. Wei Yan wanted to tell the Han troops defending the city in this way, As a general, he was always with them.
Each general has a different way of motivating morale. Wei Yan's method of motivating his soldiers is actually a very common but effective method.
This is what soldiers do these days.
Looking back, there was Wu Qi, and more recently, there was Li Guang, who loved his soldiers as much as his sons. The soldiers of this era really didn't want much, only respect.
If the general is willing to respect me, then I can only repay him with death. Huo Qubing's "clear rewards and punishments" way of leading troops is not mainstream in this era.
Therefore, when the soldiers saw that Wei Yan, as the general of Zhenxi, could eat in the same pot with them and kill the enemy on the city wall together. The general was not afraid of death, so what right did we miserable people have to complain? .
In this way, relying on the heroic courage brought by Wei Yan, on the first day of the most arduous battle to defend the city, the Tongguan defenders repelled the Wei army's two-sided attack on Tongguan at the cost of more than 500 casualties.
But this battle loss also made Wei Yan a little unbearable.
There were more than 500 casualties, among which less than 80 were lightly wounded who could continue to fight. In this battle, everyone was working hard.
As a result, the number of combatable troops in the Tongguan garrison dropped sharply from 2,200 to more than 1,700, and the battle losses were nearly half.
If we continue to hold on like this, even if we don't consider the morale of the army and whether the soldiers will collapse, if we hold on for another two days, Wei Yan will have no soldiers available.
Sure enough, holding on for ten days is the limit, and holding on for fifteen days is simply impossible.
Just as Wei Yan lamented helplessly in his heart, the next day, Cao Zhen's main army on the front did not devote all its troops to attack Tongguan.
The reason, Wei Yan could see clearly, was that a cavalry force of several thousand people appeared just behind the main force of Cao Zhen's army. Cao Zhen had to divide his troops to stop this cavalry team from attacking his main army.
Obviously, Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun, who were following Cao Zhen, finally appeared on the Tongguan battlefield at the critical moment.
This made Wei Yan feel a little relieved, but only slightly.
After all, behind Tongguan, the imperial guards led by Xia Houshang began to attack the city again.
(End of chapter)
