The Warring States Period: Global Online

Chapter 119
At this time, Dongcheng.

Dongcheng is located in the northern part of Zizhong County. It was originally a city built by a modern lord. Two months ago, Ma Xiang retreated from Shu County and occupied it with his army.

And this place has also become the "capital" of Ma Xiang. After more than two months of development, the entire Dongcheng has changed a lot. Not only the urban area has reached fifteen kilometers, but the height of the city wall has also increased to ten meters. This scale, It is still bigger than Wuyang City.

In the lord's mansion, Ma Xiang was listening to the spies' report.

And after the spies finished reporting, Ma Xiang remained silent for a long time, sitting upright on the wooden chair.

Because Ma Xiang didn't speak, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent at this time. There was no sound in the empty hall, only the creaking of wooden chairs could be heard.

Ma Xiang has a lot of loyalty in dealing with people, and his opponents are also excellent, but on the other hand, Ma Xiang is also an extremely arrogant person.

In his previous life, Ma Xiang dared to proclaim himself emperor just by occupying the three counties of Yizhou. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

It was precisely because of this arrogance that Ma Xiang showed extreme anger deep in his heart when facing this big defeat.

At this time, he raised his head and glanced at the people present, and said in a deep voice: "You all heard the information just now, this time Wuyang City sent all the elite soldiers to attack Wang Rao and Zhao Bo, and they were defeated in less than an hour. , Wang Rao and Zhao Bo were all killed in battle, and their soldiers suffered heavy losses, and no one escaped.

Such a disastrous defeat was unheard of, especially Wang Rao and Zhao Bo, both of whom were talents of the humerus, how could this be tolerated when they just died like this! "

Although Ma Xiang was trying his best to suppress his anger, there was still a hint of arrogance in his words, and then he said: "I want to send a large army to attack Wuyang City, do you think so?"

"My lord, you must not do so. If you do this, you will fall into the trap. Now that Wuyang City is weak, you will definitely try to get us to attack the city. Once your lord attacks the city, it will be very difficult to break through. In addition, Wuyang City has a large number of people." If Fei's beast cavalry attacked and killed from the flank at that time, the outcome would be even more uncertain.

With the current situation, the lord only needs to develop steadily, relying on the population advantage of Zizhong County, and gradually figure it out, he can completely gain the advantage, and there is no need to take risks. "Liu Shi couldn't help being shocked when he heard that, and quickly dissuaded him.

Unlike other generals, Liu Shi is a general summoned by Ma Xiang.

So after hearing that Wang Rao and Zhao Bo died in battle, Liu Shi actually didn't feel much sadness in his heart.

Standing up at this time is also to prevent Ma Xiang from raising troops and losing his mind.

On the other hand, after listening to Liu Shi, Ma Xiang hesitated in his heart.

Ma Xiang is not stupid, he naturally knows the disadvantages of the attacking party, and Wuyang City is not a small city, the height of the city wall alone will be a huge obstacle.

If they attacked the city directly, it would be very tragic, but at this time Wang Rao and Zhao Bo had already died in battle, if they didn't express it, it would inevitably make the generals feel cold.

After bowing his head and pondering for a while, Ma Xiang said again: "Give me the order."

"No!" At this moment, a guard immediately stepped forward and responded with cupped fists.

"Order Zhao Dan to speed up the siege. I want him to wipe out the southern cities within ten days. After one month, I will take the whole county's soldiers to avenge the two generals!"

Ma Xiang stood up directly from the wooden chair at this time, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

Ma Xiang didn't fully listen to Liu Shi's suggestion, and now he still thinks about attacking the city directly.

And this was planned a long time ago, even if it was more tragic, the most important thing I lack now is soldiers.

However, Ma Xiang would not be blind. The biggest advantage of Wuyang City was the beast cavalry. If he wanted to have no worries, he could only get rid of these beast cavalry first.

And the best way is to install war horses on a large scale. After reading this, Ma Xiang asked again: "Is there any news about the spies looking for war horses?"

"Returning to my lord, there is no news yet..." Liu Shi hesitated after he finished speaking. At this time, he looked up at the horse in front of him, and replied bravely: "Master Mingjian, this war horse is a rare thing. , now all major forces are paying attention to it, and now some large horse production areas have been occupied by the forces of Shu County, but it will be difficult to find in a short time."

"It's hard to find?" Hearing this, Xiang Ma couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Although I had already prepared in my heart before, I still had some flukes.

Ma Xiang didn't expect to get many war horses, only two thousand horses were enough.

If he had these two thousand war horses, plus the remaining six hundred horses before, he would not be afraid of the beast riders in Wuyang City at all, but at this time, this plan was in vain.

Thinking about the solution in his heart, Ma Xiang then sighed.

After all, he still lost his chance.

I wasted too much time in Shu County, and the time for real development is only two months. It is really beyond my ability to plan war horses in such a short period of time.

But in this way, the beast riders in Wuyang City will not be easy to solve.

And when Ma Xiang was thinking about how to deal with the beast cavalry, Fazheng had already taken the first step.

After a brief day's rest in the camp, Fazheng then personally led the army into Zizhong County.

This time, Fazheng's goal was very clear, and that was to kill the opponent's fresh troops, especially those fierce soldiers.

You know, Zizhong County is not peaceful at this time, not to mention other things, the southern part of Zizhong County alone is not a small meat grinder.

Both sides will invest a lot of troops, and if Ma Xiang wants to quickly pacify this place and open up the passage to Wuyang City, he will inevitably increase the investment of troops.

This is the opportunity.

Thinking of this, after Fazheng led his army into Zizhong County, he bypassed Dongcheng and went straight to the blank areas in the north and south.

After choosing a hidden place to set up camp, Fazheng immediately sent a large number of intelligence department personnel out.

Now Fazheng has two choices, one is to attack Zhaodai located in the south of Zizhong County, and the other is to intercept and kill the reinforcements sent from Dongcheng to support Zhaodai.

These two options have their own advantages and disadvantages, and attacking Zhao Da has the greatest effect, and can also achieve the goal of weakening the opponent's strength.

But after the "sneak attack" before, the opponent will definitely strengthen the defense, and may even deliberately lure himself into the bait. Once the battle goes wrong, or if it falls into a hard fight, the gain will outweigh the loss.

After all, the troops on our side are limited, so we can't stand any crowd tactics.

But if you choose to intercept and kill the reinforcements, the result will be much smaller, but the corresponding risk will be much smaller.

As for how to choose, Fazheng will not directly make a decision at this time, it is better to wait until the intelligence department collects enough information.

(End of this chapter)