Chapter 987: Senseless Resistance (1)
"It seems like three days in a row for such a team!"
A young man standing on the side of the street looked at the continuous procession of baggage and said to his companion, who seemed a little obscene, nodded and said excitedly: "The imperial court has started a full-scale war with the Wei State in the south!" We will be able to conquer them like our great ancestors! Then it's time for us to hunt south again! ”
Although the territory of the Jin State is about the same as that of the Great Wei or even a little larger than the Great Wei, because it is a country composed of various nomads who were wiped out by the Wei State, except for the royal family and the newly conquered Central and West Asia and even the white people, the rest of the people, the Xiongnu people think that this country is the Xiongnu country, the Xianbei people think that this country is the Xianbei country, and the Wuhuan people think that it is the Wuhuan country!
It can be said that under the powerful military power of the Jin Kingdom, there are hidden seeds of splitting!
"I'm afraid it's not that simple!"
The young man looked a little unconvinced, and his companion glared at him, "You don't want to be the same as those Caucasians!" Remember, you are part of the great Xianbei people! ”
The young man laughed a little brightly: "By the way, what did you say happened to that white man Keith?" ”
The companion gave a look of disdain, "That guy has run away to the country!" It's not that I'm afraid of being drafted by us! But they didn't know that it was their luck to be able to fight for our Xianbei! ”
At the same time as the Jin State was deploying troops, the Great Wei Empire was also mobilizing.
The Fourth Army has passed the Yumen Pass and entered the Western Regions, the Fifth Army has entered the Northern Protectorate, and in addition, the reserve armies from all over the empire are also being mobilized, and there are already two reserve armies marching towards the Western Regions.
The main force of the Wei army has been attacking for ten consecutive days, although the Wolf Mountain Fortress is crumbling, although the outer defense line has been breached, but the remaining Jin **** is still desperately resisting, and both sides have paid a considerable price.
The 150,000 army of the Jin people is less than 50,000 people, and the Blue Wolf Legion, one of the four trump cards, is less than 20,000 people, if it weren't for this Blue Wolf Legion, the Wolf Mountain Fortress would have been captured a few days ago, and the Wei army also paid a heavy price of 120,000 casualties!
The 70,000 garrisons of the Northern Protectorate had less than 20,000 men, and the First Army Corps, which was the main attacker, suffered nearly half of the casualties.
The wolf smoke billowed in the middle of the wolf mountain fortress, there were broken walls, broken bricks and tiles everywhere, the blood made the entire fortress covered with a mottled bloody coat, and the wreckage of various siege equipment was scattered everywhere, and the corpses of the Jin people who had not had time to clean up were piled up into several high hills.
"Your Majesty, the First Legion has never paid such a heavy price!" Zhang Liao was deeply touched.
Cao Cao nodded, looked at the wolf smoke billowing and unrecognizable Wolf Mountain Fortress in front of him and said: "The people of the Jin Kingdom are not weak, and the overall military strength is on par with my Great Wei Empire, even if the Wolf Mountain Fortress is defeated, I am afraid that the war will not end!" The First Legion was ordered to suspend the siege, and the Third Legion took over the main attack! ”
"No!" Zhang Liao clenched his fists and promised.
"Zitai, have the reservists been replenished?" Cao Cao asked Tian Chou on the side.
"50,000 reservists have arrived in Dingbei City, and it is expected to arrive at the battlefield in three days!"
Cao Cao nodded at the table, "Replenish all these reserves to the First Legion!" I'm afraid that the garrison of the Northern Protectorate will only be replenished after a while! ”
Tian Chou nodded, there was a little sadness in his eyes, this garrison of the Northern Protectorate can be said to have been formed by him, but now there are less than 30,000 people, of which 10,000 are stationed in Dingbei City and have not entered the battlefield.
Cao Cao patted Tian Chou on the shoulder.
At this time, a scout came galloping from the west, Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, he subconsciously felt that something bad was happening.
"Your Majesty, a guard corps of the Jin Kingdom suddenly turned south from the west coast of the North Sea, and it seems that it wants to go straight to the North Fortress!" The scout reported urgently.
"Is the intelligence reliable? And what about the other Guards regiment? ”
"Verified several times and absolutely reliable! Another Guards Regiment has arrived in Dirkan City! ”
Cao Cao thought for a moment, and said to Tian Chou in an inquiring tone: "Zitai, what do you think?" ”
Tian Chou said indifferently: "Since the people of the Jin Kingdom have given us a chance to fight in the field, how can we miss it?" ”
Cao Cao nodded, and ordered the Imperial Forest Army beside him: "Go and call Meng Qi to me!" ”
"No!" The Guards said yes and immediately went down.
That night, Ma Chao led 30,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to leave the camp and headed west, and at the same time, Cao Cao also sent a warning signal to Beicheng.
Cao Cao was not too worried about Dingbei City, because in addition to the 10,000 garrisons of the Northern Protectorate, there were also 50,000 reserve soldiers who had just arrived, and the reserve troops to be replenished to the First Legion were all strong and brave young men in the north, although they were inexperienced, but it was more than enough to rely on the fortress to resist one of the opponent's legions.
It is emphasized here that the size of the legion of the Wei army is different from that of other countries, and now the Wei army has 100,000 horses and horses for one legion, while one legion of other countries still has only 50,000 horses due to national strength and population, in other words, one legion of the Wei army is equivalent to two legions of other countries.
Ma Chao led 30,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to the plain on the west coast of the Beihai Sea two days later, and by this time, the Jin Guards had already left the border of Great Wei and returned to his side.
30,000 iron horsemen arrived at a pass on the border, which was originally a Wei outpost, but now it is a ruin, and the ruins still seem to tell the tragedy of the day.
"General, we found a mound of Xinlei over there, and when we dug it up, we found that it was full of soldiers of our army! One hundred and twenty-one corpses, one is not less! Han Meng rushed from the east side of the ruins to report, with a look of indignation.
This outpost was guarded by one hundred and twenty-one soldiers, one of whom was an officer, and these sergeants were usually local soldiers, who were arguably the lightest group of the Great Wei Empire's military in normal times, but when war broke out, they were the first to fall.
"Dig them all out! Cremate! ”
"No!" Han Meng promised and hit the horse down.
"Are the scouts back?" Ma Chao asked a general beside him.
The general replied: "Not yet! ”
"Set up camp on the spot!" Ma Chao ordered, and then hit the horse and ran towards a mountain beam in front.
In the middle of the night, the scouts finally returned.
Before dawn, Ma Chao led 30,000 Xuanjia battalion iron horsemen to set off, crossed the border between the two countries, and galloped towards the northeast.
Before noon, 30,000 horsemen came to a plain area, when the scouts came to report that they had spotted the enemy's traces in front of them. (To be continued.) )