Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the soldiers of the Guanxing Division guarding this place were changing their defenses in an orderly manner, replenishing the consumed arrows and crossbows and repairing the damaged Luzhai Wall Gate.
The Hexi Allied Forces of Wei State have been here for more than ten days and have tried to attack the camp four or five times.
It's all tentative.
Only two or three schools of troops were invested each time, and the direction of attack was also different, and the offensive was sluggish.
The Wei troops, who wore different costumes and could tell from their hair styles that there were more Qiang and Hu people than Han people, came slowly in a tight formation with large oars and thick shields in hand. They endured the pressure of the Han army's crossbows and approached the perimeter. At Luzhai, they randomly chopped or pulled out a few sharp trees and then retreated.
During the attack, the Wei army in charge of the rear did not use bows and arrows to cover the attack, and the soldiers who ascended first did not have long ladders on their shoulders or horizontal boards in their hands to climb the fence.
Doing this was just to consume the Han army's crossbow arrows.
But Guan Xing, who had been paying close attention to the battlefield, knew that Wei Jun's seemingly childish behavior was a reflection of caution.
When they were destroying the outer Luzhai, they were also looking for weak points in the defense of the Han army's camp - places where elite soldiers could attack when they were fighting to the death.
However, Guan Xing felt that Wei Jun was unnecessary.
His camp is backed by the remaining ruins of Lingju Sai, with Wu Pavilion in the east and falling against the river in a semi-arc shape. The only places to be attacked are the north and west. And the camp is not big. Even if the Wei army goes all out, it will be defeated every time. The number of troops put into the battlefield at one time was only three to four thousand.
If so, why go through so many tests?
Is it possible that there are tens of thousands of Hexi Allied Forces, but they can't even select three or four thousand elites?
Coincidentally, Pang Hui, who temporarily led the Western Alliance Army and was promoted to city governor, also felt that there was no need to test the city again, but to attack day and night regardless of casualties.
It was not because of the blood feud between his parents that he lost his mind, but because of overall considerations.
After Gein's army arrived at Lingju Fortress, the main force led by General Wei Yan, who was rebellious against Shu, had been in Zhiyang County and only sent the Madai tribe back to provide support.
And that’s not all the Xiliang cavalry.
Ke Wu, the temporary cavalry supervisor, had already discovered in several small-scale conflicts with Ma Dai's tribe that there were only about 2,000 cavalry in the country following Ma Dai's return. Pang Hui, who had previously supervised the cavalry, knew that even if Ma Dai only had So when two thousand Xiliang cavalry came, even the elite Hexi cavalry could not kill them.
But it was restrained so that it could not get close to the Guanxing tribe's camp.
In other words, the current plan of the Hexi Allied Forces should be to break it off!
Before Wei Yan changed his tactics against Shu, he could defeat the enemy with a large number of troops and capture the Guanxing tribe there. Then he could use the cavalry to drive south to intimidate Wei Yan's rear and relieve the difficulties of Jincheng County.
Otherwise, when the Han army allocates another group of soldiers and horses to settle down in camp and form a rivalry with the Guanxing tribe, it may be difficult for the Hexi Allied Forces to achieve anything!
However, this suggestion was rejected by Jia Xu.
Again, he had a good reason.
The Hexi Allied Forces appear to be powerful, but their sources are too complex and their formation time is too short, making it difficult to give orders and prohibitive actions.
The most worrying thing is that the armor is incomplete.
Of the 30,000 men, less than 20% were wearing armor, and most of them were leather armor; only the generals, Hao You and the personal guards of the Qiang and Hu tribe leaders wore iron armor.
Not to mention these private soldiers and personal guards, Jia Xu could not force them to gather.
Even if they share the same hatred and fight to the death regardless of each other, there are still only about 800 people.
But Guan Xingbu is different.
During the previous attempts to attack fortresses, he also personally watched the battle. Although the temporary Han army camp was not strong, the soldiers were all wearing armor, well-equipped with weapons, and there were many powerful crossbows!
Even the huge "Yuan Rong Crossbow", which can shoot ten arrows and kill war horses, has forty towers.
Furthermore, Jia Xu, who has experienced many battles, discovered something.
Whenever the Wei army tried to push closer, the soldiers in the Han army's camp were tightly arrayed, and there was no sign of panic or noise. Seeing that the Wei army was few and close, they also knew how to save their arrows and crossbows. Only when the Wei army pulled out the sharp wood in the deer village Fang Zanshe.
There is no need to doubt that the officers and soldiers of this Han army are all veterans!
Even the elite divisions of Wei Yan, who was against Shu, were carefully selected from the soldiers and horses of various ministries.
Comparing the armor, morale, elite level of the enemy and ourselves, etc., it was reasonable for Jia Xuling Pang Hui to test more and postpone the all-out attack.
In other words, he didn't dare.
Fighting requires courage.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
The Hexi Allied Forces recruited with profit had low morale and no determination to fight to the death.
If we follow Pang Hui's request and attack the Han army's camp several times without breaking through, I'm afraid everyone will be tempted to retreat!
Furthermore, as the first person to attack difficulties, he always narrowly escapes death. Who should he choose from?
The subordinates of the nobles in various counties and the leaders of the Qiang and Hu tribes should stop thinking about it.
No matter how much profit is promised, they will not be tempted.
Because today’s Hexi Corridor is dominated by strength.
If they lose too much strength here, no matter how much money, food and land they get, they will be robbed by others when they return.
Huang Hua, the prefect of Jiuquan who was elected as the deputy governor by everyone, knew that his power would be in jeopardy if he did not expel the Han army from Liangzhou, but he was not willing to use his generals as Xianden. He was in conflict with the Zhang family in Dunhuang. We also have to worry about whether the Zhang family, who have gathered their troops to watch the success or failure, will send troops to occupy Jiuquan County after their strength is damaged.
Those who ascend first can only use the subordinates of four people.
One is Jia Xu himself, and the other is Cang Ci, the prefect of Zhangye who did not come to the battle in person, as well as Pang Hui and Ke Wu.
The four of them had a large number of troops under their command, nearly thirteen thousand.
But after excluding the cavalry who could not participate in the attack, there were only more than 5,000 soldiers left.
Can five thousand improvised soldiers capture the Han army's well-equipped camp guarded by three thousand old soldiers?
Jia Xu didn't want to take any chances.
Therefore, he first asked his soldiers to dig a deep ditch along the deer village outside the Han army's camp to trap them in an attempt to surround them until they ran out of food. Then he and other generals made several countermeasures, and finally set their sights on the enemy who had been there all along. On Ma Daibu who was wandering around.
It's not that I want to annihilate the Madai tribe.
The last time we were in the Huanggu west of the Fortress of Guanyin, Pang Hui, Ke Wu and Hu Bo Juzi had planned an ambush, but failed.
No matter how clueless Jia Xu was, he never expected Ma Dai to give him another chance to ambush him.
He wanted the Kewu tribe to contain Ma Dai's Xiliang cavalry, and then use the mobility of the cavalry to harass the Zhiwudai and Baihuwen tribes who had moved into Yunjie County.
Anyway, there are many cavalry and pawns in his army, so he can use the long force to attack the short force.
As for whether this arrangement can force Wei Yan, who is stationed in Zhiyang, to send troops to return for reinforcements, so as to relieve the pressure on Wei Ping in Jincheng County?
Hey, let's see.
The Han army was already outnumbered, but Wei Yan and Hu Lu Ning separated the Guanxing tribe to protect these two armies, so they wouldn't turn a blind eye, right?
This is what Jia Xu thought.
But he didn't know that Wei Yan, who was stationed in Zhiyang County, was "powerless".
