Fight for hegemony from a desert island

Chapter 515 Mantis Catching Cicadas
This Taiji still has a lot of abilities, and it has a set of tricks to play.

It's just that there is one thing he didn't consider before he played those methods, that is, can the 40 in his hand really make the battle in Qinghai Port stalemate?
Well, the answer is yes!

If the 40 Yellow Turbans were fully exerted under normal circumstances, although they might not be able to take Qinghai Port, they could still surround Qinghai Port and bring the battle into a stalemate.

But there is a prerequisite for the normal strength of the 40 army. Of course, this premise is not that Zhou Kui will command this army, but Liu Cheng's approval.

As long as Liu Cheng is unwilling, it is impossible for the 40 army to explode at a normal level of combat effectiveness.

Of course, Zhang Taiji was not clear about this point, so Zhang Taiji was destined to fall in this battle.

After Zhang Taiji thought he had arranged everything properly, the battle against Qinghai City broke out under Zhang Yan's command.

It has to be said that although Zhang Yan looks a little silly in judging the situation, he is still quite capable in commanding the war.

Although the 40 army was temporarily taken over from Zhou Kui, Zhang Yan's command at this time did not go smoothly.

The 40 army was in the hands of Zhang Yan, organized in an orderly manner and distributed reasonably. As soon as it came up, there was a wave of extremely ferocious attacks on Qinghai Port.

Not to mention anything else, his attack was at least quite fierce in terms of posture.

It's just a little pity that this fierce attack was defeated by the more fierce defenders at Qinghai Port as soon as it started.

Qinghai Port is an important place for the logistics of Qinghai City, and Liu Cheng's effort in this place is naturally not small.

In charge of the defense on this side is Zhang Mancheng, one of the few first-class commanders under Liu Cheng's command.

With Zhang Mancheng guarding it, it would be extremely difficult for Zhang Yan to break through Qinghai Port itself, not to mention that Liu Cheng also placed three [Shenwei Invincible Generals] and a large number of city defense equipment here.

A first-class commander, plus an extremely elite army, and a large number of powerful and terrifying equipment, just by looking at this configuration, you can know what Zhang Yan went through in the first round of attack.

He has just launched his offensive, and the people under him are still one or two kilometers away from Qinghai Port, and the three gates of Qinghai Port [Shenwei Invincible General] began to show their power

Hundreds of shells came down, and Shi Qian of the Yellow Turban Army was almost crushed.

Zhang Yan finally stabilized his morale and successfully survived the shelling of [Shenwei Invincible General], and the army marched unswervingly towards Qinghai Port.

As a result, what awaited him was a round of mixed doubles with trebuchets and crossbow bolts.

Gritting her teeth, Zhang Yan continued to persevere, relying on her excellent commanding ability, to move forward while minimizing the loss of soldiers.

It took more than half an hour to finally rush past the camp of trebuchets and crossbow arrows, but before Zhang Yan could be happy, there was another wave of long-range arrow attacks from Liu Cheng's side, and the cold arrows harvested fiercely again There was a wave of Yellow Turbans.

The Yellow Turban Army was also considered tenacious, even this wave was able to survive, and finally reached the position of Qinghai Port.

However, what awaits them is not the start of a counterattack, but a deeper despair.

Zhang Mancheng's defense was like a mountain of despair, blocking all the attacks of the Yellow Turban Army.

In the end, Zhang Yan really had no choice but to withdraw his troops before the morale of the army collapsed, and the first wave of the Yellow Turban Army's siege ended in such a disastrous defeat.

After the battle ended, Zhang Taiji and Zhang Yan counted the battle damage, and both of them were silent.

That battle took less than a day to siege the city, and in the end they actually paid the price of [-] soldiers on the Yellow Turban side.

This statistic alone doesn't make Zhang Taiji and the others despair too much. What really makes them desperate is the battle damage data in Qinghai City.

Although they don't have too detailed data, it is not difficult to calculate the opponent's battle damage through the observation of the battlefield, and the opponent's battle damage will not exceed a thousand people at most.

The battle loss ratio of one hundred to one, when this statistic was placed in front of Zhang Taiji and Zhang Yan, both of them knew it very clearly.

This battle can no longer be fought, and if the fight continues, they don't know whether Qinghai Port can be taken, but their Yellow Turban Army's morale will definitely collapse.

But in the current situation, this war is no longer what they say they won't fight, and they won't agree to it if they don't fight the coalition forces at this time.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Taiji and Zhang Yan were silent for a long time, discussed with the map for a long time, and finally came up with a tactic.

That is to only encircle and not fight, encircle Qinghai City like this, cut off the route from Qinghai Port to Qinghai City, and do not fight Qinghai City head-on.

Although this was a helpless move by Zhang Taiji and the others, it had to be said that it was the best tactic they could use so far.

When their tactic was used, Liu Cheng seemed a little dumbfounded.

The most important role of Qinghai Port is to connect with Qinghai City, transport soldiers and supplies to Qinghai City, and ensure that Qinghai City will not become an isolated city.

Right now, the Yellow Turban Army is surrounding Qinghai Port like this, which basically cuts off the connection between Qinghai Port and Qinghai City.

In a short period of time, this situation is not a big deal, but if this situation continues, there will be problems in Qinghai City.

Therefore, on the third day of the Yellow Turban Army's tactic of encircling but not attacking, Liu Cheng had to change from passive to active, and Qinghai Port began to frequently send troops to attack or test the Yellow Turban Army.

However, although the Yellow Turban Army failed to attack Qinghai Port, it is still quite powerful in the field.

The troops who came out of Qinghai Port at this time were basically beaten back by them, but Liu Cheng's Qinghai City had the intention to attack from behind the Yellow Turban Army at this time.

However, when Liu Cheng was about to take action, the army on the big man's side suddenly stopped, and the army soon approached Qinghai City, directly crucifying Liu Cheng's troops in Qinghai City.

Under such circumstances, Liu Cheng 'can only' contact Zhou Kui to plan to take action from the Yellow Turban Army's logistics.

When Liu Cheng's army was mobilized and the people in Qinghai Port came into contact with Zhou Kui, Zhang Taiji knew about this situation almost immediately.

It was confirmed that Zhou Kui was indeed a traitor, and Zhang Taiji was very angry and heartbroken.

It's just that he didn't do anything at this time, and let Zhou Kui contact Liu Cheng's people.

However, although Zhang Taiji didn't do anything, the other two armies moved at this time.

A good show is about to begin...

(End of this chapter)