Bai Xiaowen's cloak vibrated, and then he pointed an angry claw.
Angry claws look up to the sky and howl!
Two standing team enhancement skills are displayed.
Bai Xiaowen's commander's cloak is equipped with "Command Roar", which can cause friendly forces with a radius of 1270 meters to gain a 15% damage bonus and 15% damage reduction!
Bai Xiaowen pointed his angry claw just now, using symbiosis to borrow his own spirit.
Raging Claw gained 63 spirit points, and the total spirit points surged to 109! Its Heart of the Wolf skill covers friendly forces with a radius of more than 2,000 meters, and the range is even larger.
If these two major bonuses can be maintained for a long time, they will be enough to defeat the Xiliang army head-on.
However, the time for the two major bonus skills is too short after all.
Heart of the Wolf only lasts for 30 seconds. Command Roar only lasts for 18 seconds.
However, in a melee between the two armies, the first few dozen seconds are crucial and often determine the outcome of the first wave of battle!
In the first wave of confrontation, the Xiliang army obviously suffered a big loss. Most of the people who fell to the ground and died were Xiliang soldiers.
Later, Bai Xiaowen's army had a numerical and morale advantage, while the Xiliang soldiers saw their friendly troops fall, and their morale values dropped accordingly.
Delifa then sang the resurrection of corpses, urging the skeleton soldiers to join the battlefield. Unfortunately, the place before Tongguan was small and could not reflect the endless numerical advantage of the skeleton soldiers. Many skeleton soldiers failed to reach the forefront to fight.
Just because the time of its existence has expired, it was scattered all over the place.
This melee lasted until the afternoon. Both sides were exhausted, their horses and horses were exhausted, and their soldiers were out of strength, so they each paid gold and retreated.
After returning to Tongguan, Bai Xiaowen made an inspection and found that more than 4,000 troops were lost in this battle. It is estimated that the Xiliang soldiers' battle losses were definitely only a lot more.
In other words, in this war, the total number of deaths on both sides was tens of thousands! No wonder the total population of the country dropped rapidly during the period of separatism.
Although Bai Xiaowen was a little sad about the loss of soldiers, this battle was inevitable.
Bai Xiaowen was not dissatisfied with the final result.
This battle is even more unfavorable to Xiliang.
Bai Xiaowen is sitting on the Central Plains, he can afford it! Even if all the 70,000 troops in Tongguan are killed or injured, he can still recruit another 270,000.
What about the Xiliang army? If these 100,000 troops are used up, where can Ma Chao raise another 100,000 troops?
However, although Bai Xiaowen is not afraid of such a tough battle, he doesn't really want to fight either.
In Bai Xiaowen's view, Xiliang is his territory sooner or later, and every Xiliang soldier who dies in the battle loses his own vitality.
Ma Chao doesn't have any powerful advisers in his army. Wouldn't it be better to win with wisdom?
Bai Xiaowen immediately summoned all the generals for discussion.
There was only one military advisor accompanying the army, and that was Xun You. However, he was still studying the topographic map near Tongguan at this time, and it was obvious that his strategy was still in the making.
before high-level military talks
Zhang Xiu said to Jia Xu in his military tent: "Ma Chao's bravery is beyond my expectation! I didn't get any advantage in this battle. I don't know if the military meeting convened by the Grand Sima will be good.
plan."
Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "I have already understood the weakness of the Xiliang army and am planning a secret plan to deal with it. However, this weakness must not be visible to others. When Yuan Xi is thinking hard and has no solution, I will
Come forward."
Zhang Xiu praised: "Sir, you really plan one step at a time." He thought to himself: You can't afford to offend an educated man.
At that moment, Zhang Xiu went to the commander's tent to discuss matters.
As expected, none of the generals had any good ideas. They all looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.
Zhang Xiu originally admired Jia Xu's judgment, but he heard the Grand Sima "Yuan Xi" laugh and say: "The Xiliang army has an obvious weakness. I have already made a plan, but I can't explain it at this time. You just need to listen to my instructions.
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The generals handed over their hands and said, "My lord, just give me your orders."
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "My plan is called the 'suspicious soldier plan'. It will be executed by General Qiao Rui and General Li Shu. Each will lead 10,000 people at night, quietly leave the pass and return to Sizhou territory; after dawn, they will pretend to be
The reinforcements marched into the pass in a big way."
Xun You raised his head and said, "Master, do you want the Xiliang army to misjudge and think that our army has a steady stream of reinforcements?"
Bai Xiaowen nodded and smiled: "Of course."
Xun You said: "It is true and false, and the military strategists are cunning. My lord's move must have a deep meaning. I have already guessed a thing or two. I wonder if it coincides with my lord's intention?"
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't say it to your mouth for now. You and I can write our thoughts on white silk and seal them. After the thief is solved, we can open them, read them and verify them."
Such an elegant method piqued Xun You's interest and he readily agreed.
Zhang Xiu looked at the two ministers, who were so leisurely, drawing plans on white silk and sealing them up. Somehow, he felt a little worried about Mr. Jia Xu's future.
However, Zhang Xiu and the other generals felt much more relaxed, and they all smiled and looked on like a melon-eating crowd.
Since the lord and the military advisor are so relaxed, it means that they have already thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy.
As military commanders, everyone obeys orders. When the time comes, just take out the knife and open the film. Who doesn't know how to do it?
After Zhang Xiu returned to the camp, he told Jia Xu about Bai Xiaowen's suspicious strategy, and finally asked: "Sir, what do you think the lord is thinking about? Has he seen the weakness of the Xiliang army?"
"..."
The page in Jia Xu's hand whirled and floated to the ground.
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Xiliang Military Camp.
In the commander's tent, Ma Chao was a little depressed. Since the melee yesterday, no matter how the Xiliang army scolded the formation, the enemy army could not hold on.
"Yuan Xi is definitely not someone who hides behind the scenes and tries to stay safe! Otherwise, he wouldn't have fought so resolutely on the first day. He must be designing a conspiracy now, thinking about how to defeat me!" Ma Chao looked at the towering tower in the distance.
Tongguan City Tower, I thought silently in my heart.
Suddenly, a scout came to report: "Tongguan has added 20,000 troops."
Ma Chao was surprised when he heard this.
But what surprised him even more was what happened later. On the third day, Tan Ma reported again, and Tongguan once again added 20,000 troops to support the battle, under the banner of Hejian Zhang He.
Ma Chao couldn't sit still and summoned the Xiliang generals to discuss countermeasures.
Han Sui looked worried: "In the battle the day before yesterday, our army had a slight advantage in strength, but still suffered greater losses. This shows that Yuan's army is as brave and elite as Xiliang. Now that Yuan's army has added another 40,000 troops, what should we do?
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Ma Dai said: "We and Yuan Xi have turned against each other, and the misunderstanding has become deeper and deeper. It's better to take advantage of Yuan Xi's presence here and ask the real murderer who killed my uncle before we make a fuss."
Ma Chao frowned and said: "What is a misunderstanding? It is clearly Yuan Xi's fault. If we cannot avenge our father, we will be dead, and we will never beg for mercy from the enemy!"
This rebuke made Ma Dai blush, but he couldn't contradict Ma Chao.
Han Suidao said: "The wise nephew wants to fight Yuan Xi, but how can we make up for this disadvantage in terms of military strength?"
Ma Chao sneered: "Yuan Xi, relying on his vast territory and sufficient troops, can recruit more troops and horses, but I can't recruit more troops? The Qiang people have always believed in me. I only need to send an envoy to recruit tens of thousands of Qiang troops.