In other directions, Dong Zhuo besieged Malakanda, with the map given by Gongsun Zan. They took the lead all the way, and it felt like a local battle. The Kushan people were not as familiar with this place as they were. Dong Zhuo and Huang Zhong generals
Lakanda surrounded it and cut off all connections. The troops in Maracanda did not dare to come out when they saw the tens of thousands of troops outside.
The Kushan army is different from the Han Dynasty. Their army is not affiliated with the temple, but is privately owned in various places. The war is coordinated. However, the kingdom can manage tens of thousands of people at the same time. There is only one Kushan king. Moreover, the Kushan army is very small.
There have been such large army battles. Usually, when they fought against Parthia, they each led their own armies and fought with thousands of troops.
Where have they ever seen such a situation of twenty to thirty thousand people besieging a city at every turn?
Dong Zhuo did not rush to order an siege. The Northern and Southern armies were the most elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty and could not be easily wasted in siege battles. According to Gongsun Zan's report, this place had just experienced a rebellion. After the war, all kinds of reserves were consumed.
It was huge, not to mention that due to the war, farming was also delayed. Dong Zhuo guessed that there must not be much food and supplies in Marakanda.
He wouldn't be able to hold on for long if he was besieged like this.
In addition, there are two troops, one headed by Cao Cao, responsible for cleaning up small-scale enemy troops in various villages. Cao Cao only brought more than 2,000 people. Although he did not have many soldiers, he could not stand the Kushans everywhere.
There were even fewer garrison troops. These garrison troops were attacked by Cao Cao without even receiving any news about the enemy attack. To be honest, Cao Cao believed that the Xiaoyong Battalion had the greatest credit for this war!
They took advantage of various terrains and quietly walked around to the enemy. The enemy did not even react and suffered a severe blow from Cao Cao. Dong Zhuo felt that Cao Cao was not at ease in his first battle, so he appointed generals he trusted more.
Xu Huang came to cooperate with Cao Cao in the battle. Xu Huang initially despised Cao Cao, but later he realized that he was wrong.
Cao Cao was really ruthless, and he used Qidao to control his troops. When he attacked the village, he first gave up the attack on the village in the woods, and then attacked the rest of the garrison. He either attacked at night or sent scouts to make a surprise attack.
What's more, he forced the captured Kushan soldiers to attack the enemy's formation as a charge.
Even if the force was several times that of the opponent, Cao Cao still had to think carefully, never act rashly, and defeat them one by one. After destroying the surrounding villages, the remaining two families, the only two remaining, established village garrisons in the woods.
When an accident occurred, Cao Cao directly ordered a fire attack. Xu Huang pursed his lips, but said nothing. This is a village, not just a military camp. There are also people from Guishang here.
Xu Huang only felt that such cruel warfare methods were similar to each other. He thought that Dong Zhuo would do this. When he first went to Xianbei in the past, he heard that he indulged the soldiers and committed all kinds of evil. Secondly, Zhang Wen, the captain, would do it. He heard that he marched
, never regarded thieves as human beings, and only wanted to kill them. Of course, the most ruthless one was Duan Xi, the military god of Jianning. It is said that this man was not only ruthless to the enemy, but also could kill his own people in order to win.
Cao Cao destroyed a total of six garrisons in less than seventeen days. Xu Huang did not have time to intervene and obeyed Cao Cao's arrangements. After Cao Cao eliminated the garrisons, he did not return to Dong Zhuo with his troops to participate in the siege.
City, he took these people and went directly south to Sun Jian's camp. Xu Huang didn't ask any questions. Cao Cao was the commander-in-chief, so he just obeyed.
Another army was at a disadvantage. This army was led by Guan Yu and supplemented by Hua Xiong. It headed to the northwest. On the one hand, it was to prevent the Kushan army from raiding here. On the other hand, it was also to resist the possibility of the Huarizimians.
The reinforcements that will come, as the resisting party, they will probably not get any decent military honors, and they will just patrol around every day.
Guan Yu was not dissatisfied with this. He was calm and capable, and he was not greedy for military success or eager to rise to the top. Therefore, among all the generals, Dong Zhuo had the highest evaluation of him and believed that he could become a general.
He is the second general under his command who will go down in history.
Of course, the first is another bastard. Dong Zhuo has always believed that sooner or later, this bastard will be quartered by five horses. As the first bastard in the Han Dynasty to be quartered by five horses, his name will be passed down to future generations.
It has been more than ten days since Guan Yu led his troops to arrive. During these ten days, the surroundings were quiet and there was no news of any enemies. On the opposite side, there was the city of the Khwarizim people. However, they did not even send any scouts.
He didn't think that the other party was unaware of the situation here. As early as when Dong Zhuo's army attacked Marakanda, many people fled to Huacizimo.
However, they still stood still. Was it because they lacked confidence in winning?
Even so, Guan Yu still patrolled three times a day and never slacked off. On the contrary, a certain person never visited again after patrolling once, and stayed in the camp all day long.
Guan Yu finished his inspection and asked his soldiers to pay more attention before entering the camp.
Hua Xiong was sitting in the tent, with a case paper in front of him and a book. Hua Xiong was looking at it when he saw Guan Yu walking in. He smiled and asked, "Chang Sheng, how was the investigation? Is there any enemy situation?"
Guan Yu's face was ashen, he walked up to Hua Xiong, sat down, stretched out his hand to snatch the book from his hand, put it beside him, and said: "If you dare to touch my book again, I will cut off your hand."
"Ah Changsheng, the friendship between you and me for more than ten years is not as good as this book? This paper?"
"Not as good as."
Hua Xiong sighed helplessly and said: "Changsheng, why are these Kushan people so timid? They don't even send reinforcements. I'm here to fight or to enjoy the spring. I've been around here all day."
Wandering around and fishing, I’m not from Dongyao.”
Guan Yu frowned and said nothing. He was also thinking in his heart. If he wanted to support Sogdia, the Kushan people had only two ways to go. They could either cross the river from Daxia into Sogdia, or they could take a detour and cross the river from Khwarizm.
There was no sign of the enemy. Could it be that they were preparing to cross from Daxia? I remember that Sun Jian was responsible for capturing that place. I wonder if there was an accident.
"Changsheng, how about I take a group of people over there to see their situation?"
Hua Xiong asked, but Guan Yu shook his head.
"There are many mountains and forests over there in Huacizimo. Even if you go there, you won't be able to find out much information. You'd better wait for Gongsun Zan and others to arrive."
Since Guan Yu said so, Hua Xiong could only give up.
Outside of Maracanda, Dong Zhuo still surrounded the place.
Gongsun Zan led his soldiers to come. As soon as he arrived, he was discovered by the group of brave soldiers brought by Dong Zhuo. After successfully reuniting, Gongsun Zan was taken to Dong Zhuo's camp. Dong Zhuo ordered the surrounding trees to be cut down.
He built a large camp outside and built siege equipment, but he did not attack the city directly. Gongsun Zan passed through the busy crowd and entered the large camp.
As soon as he walked outside the camp, he heard the quarrel coming from inside the camp. The soldiers standing outside the camp saw Gongsun Zan coming and immediately went in to report. Gongsun Zan walked in. Inside the camp, Jia Xu and Dong Zhuo were sitting respectively.
On one side, his face was a little unhappy. Gongsun Zan hurriedly paid his respects. Dong Zhuo then forced out a smile and asked: "Bogui, come and sit down."
Gongsun Zan sat down and reported the war in the south.
Dong Zhuo nodded and said: "Wen Tai did a good job and made great contributions. I learned from the prisoners that the army stationed in the south is the most elite army in Sogdia. In addition, their leader Hai,
He is even the commander-in-chief of the entire Sogdia. He is the general who coordinates the entire army. Wentai directly destroyed the enemy in this battle."
After hearing what Dong Zhuo said, Gongsun Zan understood why the enemies in the south were so difficult to attack.
"That veteran Hai Yi was killed by Wentai himself?" Dong Zhuo asked.
"Veteran general?" Gongsun Zan frowned, that's not right, the enemy general is a young man. Gongsun Zan thought for a moment and said, "Dong Gong, their veteran general seems to have died of illness, and the new general was indeed killed by General Sun himself.
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"Enbogui, you are tired too. Go down and rest. I have something to discuss with the lieutenant."
Gongsun Zan nodded and said goodbye.
"Jia Gong, you heard that Sun Jian captured Xinha. The enemy's reinforcements are unlikely to arrive in a short period of time. As long as the siege lasts for a few more days, Malakanda will be defeated!" Dong Zhuo said solemnly, Jia Xu said
Shaking his head, he said: "Dong Gong, you only said that there is no food in Malacand, don't you think about us? Our food baggage is also transported from the Western Regions. How long can we support the supplies we carry now?"
"The enemy hasn't run out of food yet. We will run out of food first. When the time comes, the Kushan reinforcements will come to attack. What will we do?"
"Why are we running out of food? Aren't the next batch of supplies coming soon? We have also gained a lot in the villages in Guishang, how can we not have enough?"
"Well, if the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city surrender, I wonder how Duke Dong will decide to feed them??"
"Just kill them all!"
"So, we came here just for an empty city?"
"Then what do you think we should do?!"
"The city should be captured quickly, and then the people should be mobilized to start farming in a hurry. Last year, the mulberry farming was delayed. If it is the same this year, we can simply withdraw to the Western Regions without attacking the city again. Otherwise, we will not be able to feed these people.
People, sooner or later this city will become empty and useless!"
Dong Zhuo frowned, clenched his fists, and attacked forcefully. The Northern and Southern Army was the most elite army of the Han Dynasty. In order to train these troops, the Han Dynasty spent an unknown amount of money. He just threw himself into the siege battle and used the number of people to break the city. Dong Zhuo felt really sad.
Can't bear it.
"Dong Gong, I know that you are worried that attacking the city will cause too many casualties." Jia Xu smiled, he slowly approached Dong Zhuo, stared into his eyes, and whispered: "Dong Gong, this attack on the city will cause too many casualties."
How about leaving it to me?"
"You? Do you think I don't know how to attack a city?"
"Of course not. If Mr. Dong is trustworthy, let me try. I will break the city within ten days!"
"Ten days?" Dong Zhuo had some disdain on his face. He looked at Jia Xu in front of him and looked him up and down.
"Okay, Mr. Taiwei actually said this. How dare I disobey your order? But if Mr. Taiwei disregards human life and harms our soldiers from the north and south."
Jia Xu looked at Dong Zhuo with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, Mr. Dong, it will be done in ten days."