Chapter 860 Bai Qi who did not act
Chapter 858: Bai Qi who does not act
The three families of Cao, Liu and Song siege for a total of three days, causing nearly 1,500 casualties to the Liang army.
Although the coalition forces suffered even more casualties, the three-day fierce attack brought out the might of the coalition forces, and now it has completely overwhelmed the Liang army in terms of momentum.
After that, the coalition forces naturally could not continue to attack the city with such high intensity. After all, the consumption of this deadly attack without any technical content is too great, and even if the coalition forces are strong, they still cannot withstand it.
Three days later, the coalition forces changed their previous style of losing both sides and adopted a conservative and steady siege method. While consuming the Liang army''s materials to defend the city, they grind the Liang army''s troops little by little.
This style of play does greatly reduce casualties, but the disadvantage is that it is more time-consuming and labor-intensive. If the attack continues according to this trend, it may take a year for the coalition forces to completely capture Hulao Pass. This is still the premise that the reinforcements in Luoyang do not support it.
At the same time, the 100,000 army led by Yuan Shao on the Southeast Road has also arrived at Xuanyuan Pass successfully.
After Yuan Shao arrived, after several days of investigation, he finally found out the details of Xuanyuan Pass.
There are 20,000 defenders in Xuanyuan Pass. The defender is Yu Wen Chengdu''s father Yu Wen. Although the defense at the pass is quite strict, there is still a gap compared with Hulao Pass.
After clarifying this, Yuan Shao immediately convened a meeting of princes and made a decision to break the pass with all his might.
During this period, Liu Xiu raised objections and proposed that as long as Hulao Pass is broken, Xuanyuan Guangcheng and Yique Pass will be broken without attacking, so there is no need to attack forcefully in the process.
Liu Xiu''s opinion was directly at the core, but Yuan Shao couldn''t listen at all because he needed fame and prestige.
When he was under Qin Hao''s command, even if Yuan Shao performed, the limelight must be Qin Hao''s. Now that he has finally left Qin Hao''s side, how could Yuan Shao continue to remain silent?
I think that the Yuan family''s four generations and three officials were born in the world, and Yuan Shao was the eldest son of the Yuan family, how could he serve as a foil for Qin Hao after such an outbreak?
Therefore, Yuan Shao wanted to attack Luoyang in front of Qin Hao, not only to make a name for himself and prove himself, but also to hit Qin Hao and the princes in the face so that those people could understand that it was wrong not to choose him as the leader.
I, Yuan Shao, led the side troops, can even arrive in Luoyang in front of the main force. If I were the leader of the alliance, I would definitely do better than Qin Hao. I will let you idiots choose Qin Hao instead of me!
Yuan Shao did not show his feelings on the surface, but he was still very upset that Qin Hao was stepping on himself as the leader of the league.
Qin Hao knew this very well, so he let Yuan Shao lead the army alone, because Yuan Shao, who was out of the cage, would try his best to break through Xuanyuan Pass.
In this way, the battle at Xuanyuan Pass also began, and the coalition forces divided into three groups had already started fighting, and there was no movement at Guangcheng Pass.
Guangcheng Pass is located in the southern part of Sizhou, at the junction of Yan and Jingzhou. It takes hundreds of miles to travel from Yanzhou.
Sun Jian started from the army leading the jujube. In addition to taking a detour, he also had to pass through the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan in Yuzhou. It would be impossible to arrive without a marching of more than a month.
At this time, Bai Qi''s troops outside Guangcheng Pass also received news of reinforcements.
"The 100,000 coalition forces that came to support this time will arrive in half a month. The main general is Sun Jian, the prefect of Wu County, and the deputy general is General Qin Siye, the father of General Qin Wu, and five princes are accompanied."
Bai Qi put down the information scroll in his hand, then looked at the generals in the hall and said lightly: "Our army''s specific forces are secrets, and it is not appropriate to be exposed to the princes at present. Where is Zhou Yu?"
Zhou Yu, who joined Bai Qi''s army as he wished, stood up immediately after hearing Bai Qi''s call, clasping his fists respectfully and said, "The last one is here." "You are now ordered to lead a 50,000 army and withdraw back to the Northern Army camp."
The Northern Army Camp is a camp in Nanyang that is specifically designed to guard against the threat of Northern Sizhou.
Before Zhou Yu could respond, Qin Wu stood up at this time and said with an unhappy look: "General Bai, our army has surrounded Guangcheng Pass for nearly two months, but has not launched an attack, and even did not shoot an arrow. If he returns without success, wouldn''t the food and supplies consumed be wasted?"
Since Qin Hao led his troops to the alliance, Bai Qi has led 60,000 elite troops to Guangcheng, but he has been practicing for the past two months and has not taken any military action.
What Qin Wu was most difficult to understand was that even if Han Qinhu, the guard general of Guangcheng Pass, took the initiative to lead the troops out of the pass to challenge, Bai Qi still hung up the battle card and refused to fight with him.
Sixty thousand elite Qin army, this is not a small number, and the lord brought only sixty thousand troops to the alliance.
Bai Qi has such a huge combat power. Even if he doesn''t use it well, he will still spend his military rations. This naturally caused dissatisfaction among some generals led by Qin Wu.
Qin Wu would definitely not dare to question Bai Qi before, but at this time he was Bai Qi''s deputy general. In addition, Bai Qi did nothing for two months, Qin Wu could not hold it in and then said a happy word.
Zhou Yu saw this and said, "General Qin, if he does not withdraw now, the secret of our army''s military strength will be exposed to the princes, which may cause unnecessary trouble to the lord."
“That…is true.”
Qin Wu suddenly felt relieved, but then he hugged his head with both hands and said crazy: "General Bai, if you really have any plans, it doesn''t matter if you can''t tell everyone clearly, but do you have it or not?"
At this moment, two handsome young men, one black and one white, broke in. They officially white, Mo Ya and his younger brother Bai Feng were seconded from Qin Hao.
"Greetings to the general." The two saluted in unison.
Then Bai Feng stepped forward and whispered something in Bai Qi''s ear, but a trace of turmoil flashed in Bai Qi''s plain eyes.
"Everyone, you will know your right and wrong, merits and demerits in half a month."
Bai Qi still didn''t say it clearly, but there was a deep meaning behind this sentence, which made everyone present feel excited.
Bai Qi is a famous general in the world, and like his lord, he has never lost a battle yet. Such inaction is not his style at all.
Many generals, including Qin Wu, actually thought that Bai Qi had a plan in his heart, but the time was not right, but he couldn''t say it. Now that he heard Bai Qi finally spoke, their hearts were relieved.
After enduring for more than two months, I finally got a big fight. Qin Wu thought excitedly.
The 50,000 army was withdrawn at once, and such a big disturbance could not be hidden from the Liang army.
This move also scared Han Qinhu, thinking that Bai Qi was finally going to attack the city, and then he realized that it was the Qin army withdrawing.
(This chapter ends)