The Three Kingdoms

"Commander, the Xiliang iron cavalry hasn't shown their face yet!" Xu Shu was a little worried: "They replaced the Xiliang iron cavalry with the vanguard army, and we will have a hard time in the future!"

"The hard bones are naturally left to the north, and Pang Tong will attack them!"

Zhuge Liang had a plan in mind: "Since they use the elite to stay behind, let them stay forever!" (To be continued.)

[Chapter 220 of the main text, the bloody battle and the cool forty]

Chencang City, known as Xiguo in ancient times, is the birthplace of Zhou Qin culture.

Back then, Liu Bang's Han army was blocked in Hanzhong. In order to let the Han army get out of the pass, the most important strategy Han Xin used was to build plank roads openly and keep Chencang secretly.

And the Chen Cang that he did was Chen Cang City.

This is a city that must pass through when entering Guanzhong from Xiliang in the west and Hanzhong in the south, and it has also been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

In the past, Liu Bang seized Chen Cang before he entered Guanzhong.

However, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was blocked countless times in front of Chen Cang in history, and his success failed.

The importance of Chen Cang is related to the gains and losses of the entire Guanzhong.

Just when the Wei army's breakout battle in Jieting started, a bloody offensive and defensive battle in Chencang City also reached the most critical juncture.

"Zhu Jin, you go to form a death squad, and within today, you must break the city!"

The Wu army was the main attack, and Deng Zhi's Ninth Army went all out to attack.

After he received the mission, he led the Ninth Army to Chencang without stopping. He thought it would be an easy task, but he didn't expect that Chencang had already been taken by the five thousand elites led by Ma Dai early in the morning.

He can only attack by force.

In the nearly ten days, he spent three days making siege equipment, and in the remaining seven days, he did not rest for a while, and directly attacked from the beginning, but he was still unable to take Chen Cangcheng.

His calm and composed temper could not suppress the anger in his heart.

As a fortress city, Chencang has been high and thick since ancient times. Let Ma Dai take back Chencang first. Deng Zhi's loss of the first move is destined to be a bloody battle.

Relying on the strength of Chen Cang, Ma Dai's 2 soldiers and horses blocked the strong attack of more than [-] soldiers and horses of his Ninth Army.

"promise!"

No.30 division acting commander replaced Li Miao as the division commander. The Nanman strong man led a regiment to attack directly.

in the city.

The main general, Ma Dai, stood upright and held a big gun in his hand. He stood at the top of the city with a calm expression. He looked at the Wu army who was rushing up the ladder from the city below: "This general Wu is persevering, with so many casualties, and he is desperately attacking. It seems that he is not going to let it go, and he will not give up!"

"General, Wu Jun is coming up again."

A school lieutenant wiped off the blood on his face, looked at the dense Wu Jun, and reported in a deep voice.

"Come up and fight down!"

Ma Dai's indifferent and calm voice boosted the morale of the soldiers at the top of the city: "Stop them at all costs. Chen Cang is the only retreat for General Ma Chao. We would rather die here than take half a step back!"

As long as he does not die, he will never allow Wu Jun to take Chen Cangcheng.

"war!"

"war!"

The [-] elite soldiers under his command are all from Xiliang's direct lineage, loyal to the Ma family, and able to fight to the end for Ma Chao. After hearing Ma Dai's firm voice, they fought hard one by one.

"General, no matter what, he must break out!"

Ma Dai gazed far away, looking at the overlapping mountains in the distance. He knew that Ma Chao's current situation was very dangerous, but he believed that Ma Chao could fight a bloody road, so he guarded Chencang at all costs.

Keeping Chencang is equivalent to keeping Ma Chao's way of life.

For three consecutive days, Deng Zhi still hadn't broken through Chencang City. It had been nearly half a month of high-intensity storming, and his soldiers and horses were exhausted.

Although the Wei army in the city also suffered heavy casualties, and less than half of the soldiers and horses remained, they just held their breath.

Chen Cang is still in the hands of Wei Jun.

"How to do?"

Deng Zhi became more and more anxious. His instinct told him that Chen Cangcheng was very important, and this might be related to the outcome of the battle of Wei Jun's breakout.

"Report!" The scout came to report suddenly.

"Say!"

"Report to the Chief of Staff. Fifteen miles to the northwest, our scout platoon found a large-scale Wei army. Most of the entire scout platoon was killed by Wei army scouts. Only I escaped back!"

"what?"

Deng Zhi turned pale with shock: "How could Wei Jun come up from behind at this time, could it be that Wei Jun has already broken through from the street pavilion, this is impossible..."

"How many soldiers and horses do they have?"

"As far as I can see, there are at least [-] of them!"

"Pass my military order, the Ninth Army belongs, withdraw!"

Deng Zhi gritted her teeth, made a decisive decision, and issued an order.

Chen Cangcheng has been unable to attack for a long time. If Wei Jun suddenly hits the back at this time, his Ninth Army may be wiped out.

"promise!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the Ninth Army immediately withdrew like a tide, continuously retreating towards the southwest.

"Has the Wu army retreated?" On the top of the city, the generals of the Wei army were overjoyed when they saw this scene.

"Wu Jun withdrew?"

While Ma Dai was overjoyed, he was a little surprised and had a flash of inspiration: "Could it be that the general has escaped from the encirclement and returned after killing him?"

Apart from this reason, he couldn't think of any other reason for Wu Jun to withdraw his troops. .

Soon his conjecture became a fact. The generals of the Wei army standing on the top of the city saw a group of soldiers and horses swarming from the northwest. One of the banners on it was Zhang and the other was Cao.

Cao is Cao Zhang, and Zhang is Zhang Lu.

One is the vanguard army of the Wei army breaking through the siege, and the other is the peripheral support army of the Wei army. With the combination of the inside and the outside, the two broke through the three passes directly set up by the Wu army army in the east, broke through at once, and went straight into Chencang...

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