Not long after, a Wei general led a troop of soldiers and horses from the northeast. Xu Miao looked back and was immediately overjoyed. He shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhenfu has come just in time. Go and support Li Canjun."
It turned out that this Wei general was Zhen Xian, the prefect of Cao Wei Wuwei. After receiving Xu Miao's order, he led more than a thousand people to reinforce him without stopping. Although these people were not as brave as the official army, they had been fighting for so many days. But I had some courage and was able to form a simple formation and go up to fight the Han army.
In addition, this minzhuang army is a new force with abundant strength, which is not comparable to the Han army that has been fighting for a long time. Therefore, as soon as they joined the battlefield, the entire Wei army's defense line was stabilized, and the Han army's fierce offensive could not help but be shaken. A lag.
"This is not good. If it is delayed, there will be more and more reinforcements from the Wei thieves, and we will most likely be blocked here." Ma Dai said worriedly when he saw that the reinforcements from the Wei army came.
Tao Gong, who had recently retreated to the rear to rest, suggested: "General Ma, I still have soldiers and horses waiting outside the city, why not bring them all in for reinforcements?"
"That's all we can do now." Ma Dai nodded.
The three thousand Huqi who stayed outside the city were originally intended as a reserve army. Now was the time to play their role. He summoned the messengers and was about to issue the order. Suddenly, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, which seemed to shake the earth. a bit.
Ma Dai and Tao Gong looked back and saw a group of cavalry approaching, led by Liu Yin and Lu Shuihu leader Zhiyuan Duo. But Liu Yin shouted loudly: "General Zhonghua, Tao Sima, we are here to help."
"Haha, Xiuran, you guys came at the right time. I wanted to send people out of the city to ask for reinforcements, but you guys came here first. It's just too timely." When Liu Yin and Zhiyuan Duo came to the front, Ma Ma Dai said with a laugh.
Liu Yin clasped his fists and said: "General Zhonghua, this is the order of Wei Shijun. He asked us to quickly capture the governor's mansion, grain depot and other important places, and then kill the east city, north city and the outside army to attack from inside and outside."
"Yes, General Zhonghua, the military situation is urgent and there is no need to delay. I am waiting for these thousands of cavalry to fight and ask the general to give the order quickly." Jiyuan Duoya on the side said with his fists.
Ma Dai nodded and said: "Okay. In this way, if you lead an army around to the east street and attack the enemy from the right wing, Zhiyuan Duo brothers will go around to the west street and attack from the left wing. With such a three-sided siege, the Wei army will definitely defeat."
"Promise." Liu Yin and Zhi Yuanduo accepted the order in unison, and each led their soldiers and horses to follow the plan.
With the addition of more than 4,000 cavalry, the Han army in Nancheng increased to 7,000 to 8,000 men, while the Wei army in front of them only had 3,000 to 4,000 men. The strength of the Han army was almost twice that of the Wei army.
In addition, the Han army had thousands of cavalry in hand. Although the streets were narrow, the cavalry charge was still very powerful. The Wei army's formation was soon broken into pieces by the Han army.
"The thief will die!"
Liu Yin spotted a Wei general and urged his mount to thrust forward. The Wei general blocked the fatal blow with a long sword in his hand.
Liu Yin missed the target and was stabbed by another spear. The Wei general tilted his head to avoid it, but before he could take a breath, another cold light hit him, as fast as lightning, Extremely swift, it went straight to his throat.
He originally wanted to slash with the knife, but found that he couldn't use any force, and felt a pain in his throat. When he looked down, he realized that he had been shot, and then he smiled bitterly and fell down from his horse.
"Captain He!"
Suddenly, a cry of grief was heard from the rear of the Wei army, but it was Li Mai who couldn't help but utter it after witnessing the captain surnamed He being killed by Liu Yin.
This shout aroused the attention of all the Wei troops around him. After learning that Lieutenant He was killed, the morale of the Wei soldiers dropped sharply, their morale fluctuated, and they were almost unable to resist. Seeing this, Liu Yin took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, and even killed the Wei army until they were completely defeated and retreated.
"Your Majesty, nothing can be done. We should retreat quickly." Seeing that his army could no longer resist, Li Mai came to Xu Miao and said.
Xu Miao said: "Withdraw? Where else can we evacuate?"
"General Hao still has thousands of elite troops in Dongcheng. It is better to withdraw to Dongcheng and join him, and then fight to the death with the Shu thieves."
"No, now that Nancheng has been captured, it is only a matter of time before Guzang falls. Even if we retreat to the east city, we will still end up with the entire army annihilated." At this time, Zhen Xian, who also rushed to Xu Miao, objected.
Xu Miao asked: "What should I do according to your plan?"
"Your Majesty, now that the situation is over, we must first preserve our strength. There is not a large number of Shu troops in the West City yet. We can withdraw from the West City and then go to Jiuquan, Zhangye and other places in order to fight again." Zhen Xian replied. road.
Xu Miao was very hesitant when he heard what he said. Although the four counties of Jiuquan, Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Xihai still had cities in their hands, the combined strength of these four counties only had a few thousand people left. How could they resist tens of thousands of Shu? military?
However, he no longer wanted to hold on to Gu Zang. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he could no longer hold on to Gu Zang. If he insisted on holding on, he would be surrounded and annihilated by the Han army. This would be a wasted death, not a wise man's choice.
"Your Majesty, please come up with an idea quickly, we guys can't stop you." Seeing that he was still thinking, Li Mai urged anxiously.
Xu Miao finally made a decision in his heart. He looked at Li Mai and Zhen Xian and said, "Gu Zang can no longer be defended. We will retreat from the west city immediately, but we will not go west. Once the military power is lost, the entire Liangzhou will fall." It's only a matter of time before the Shu thieves get their hands on it.
In this case, it will not be of much use to us to go to Jiuquan and Zhangye. We might as well flee to the east. If God bless us, we can return to the Central Plains. When we have the opportunity, we can report the situation in Liangzhou to Your Majesty. We, the guilty ministers, will also be considered. This is the last thing I can do for His Majesty and the court. "
"Your Majesty is absolutely right. Liangzhou can no longer be saved. We must be useful in order to come back."
After hearing Xu Miao's opinion, Zhen Xian really agreed with him. In fact, the plan he just said to withdraw to the west and continue to hold on was not his original wish. It was just because of his status as a subordinate that he did not dare to reveal his true thoughts.
Now, Xu Miao's own opinions coincided with his own, and of course he was the first to agree.
When Li Mai saw that both Shangguan had the same idea, he had no other ideas and expressed his agreement.
So Xu Miao immediately ordered all the troops to withdraw to the west city. Ma Dai and others understood their intentions when they saw this, but the most important thing at the moment was to wipe out the enemies in the east city and north city, and they could not bother to eliminate them all.
Therefore, Ma Dai only sent two thousand Hu cavalry to chase and kill, and divided the remaining troops into three. One army was led by him personally to fight to the east city, another army was led by Liu Yin to the north city, and the last army was led by Liu Yin. Tao Gong led the troops to occupy all the important government offices in the city, including the governor's office, the prefect's office, and the grain depot.
The strength of the Wei army was much smaller than that of the Han army, and their morale plummeted after learning that the southern city had been defeated. Now they were attacked from both inside and outside. The Wei army in the eastern and northern cities could no longer resist, and abandoned the city walls and fled into the city.
Hao Zhao gathered hundreds of men and horses and finally broke out of the siege. He was about to rush to the Governor's Mansion to look for Xu Miao and others. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Jincheng Prefect Jia Chun halfway, and then he realized that Xu Miao and others had already fled to Xicheng. .
"General Hao, shall we rush to Xicheng and evacuate Guzang?" Jia Chun suggested.
He only had dozens of personal guards under his command, and he was worried about how to escape from the city. Unexpectedly, he met Hao Zhao here. He was so happy that he made up his mind to follow this man no matter what.
Hao Zhao saw that Guzang, who had worked hard for several months, could not hold on after all, and he felt extremely sad and angry. However, the fall of the city was a foregone conclusion. He had no way to turn around, and now there was only one way to evacuate.
"withdraw!"
After that, the group of people quickly rushed to the West City.
