Chapter 934 Presenting the City and Surrendering

Although Gan Ning, Ding Feng, Zhu Huan and other three generals climbed to the top of the city to fight, the morale of the Xiliang Army improved. However, the Jiangdong Army still had Xu Sheng, Ling Tong and other generals leading the Jiangdong Army to continue fighting, so the Xiliang Army continued to fight. The Liang army continued to suffer casualties.

Gao Chong stared at the deadlock at the top of the city, frowning all the time and refusing to relax. The battle situation above the city was not as smooth as expected. Although the Xiliang Army had a numerical advantage, the morale of the Jiangdong Army was very high. Under the leadership of many brave generals, it resisted the Xiliang Army, causing the Xiliang Army to continuously lose troops and generals, which made Gao Chong feel heartbroken.

Sun Tzu once said that attacking a city is a bad idea, because attacking a city is just exchanging the lives of soldiers for the city. This is something that any wise commander should avoid as much as possible.

"Ming Jin withdraws his troops!" Gao Chong said in a deep voice.

"The Grand Governor has an order, please withdraw your troops with gold!"

when!

Hearing the sound of gold ringing from his own formation, Gan Ning flicked his sword at Taishi Ci and shouted: "Retreat, don't fight the enemy force, get down quickly!"

Having said that, Gan Ning himself did not retreat but advanced, killing Taishi Ci with an even more fierce gesture with his Overlord Sea Sword. Gan Ning himself was a skilled man and a bold man, so he asked his soldiers to retreat first. Instead, he fought with Taishi Ci to cut off the rear for his soldiers.

Hearing the sound of ringing gold, the Xiliang soldiers, who were already in a bitter battle, breathed a sigh of relief and retreated from the ladder one after another. Ding Feng, Zhu Huan and others also retreated after fighting with the Jiangdong army.

"Hey, Taishi Ci, I've had enough fun, so I'm going to retreat now. You and I will fight again someday!"

Gan Ning laughed loudly, turned around and left.

"If you are a hero, don't leave!" Taishi Ci shouted.

Gan Ning chuckled, ignored Tai Shici's words, ran towards the ladder, grabbed the ladder, and then jumped back.

I saw the entire ladder falling straight down, and Gan Ning was about to hit the ground, but at this critical moment, Gan Ning suddenly shouted and kicked the ladder, using the rebound shock With such force, he rolled several times on the ground, but was not injured at all.

The Xiliang army attacking the city retreated like a tide, and at the same time, the dead and injured Xiliang army were brought back to the camp from the city head.

"Today, more than a thousand people were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. However, it is expected that the casualties of Jiangdong Army at Chengtou should be around a thousand people."

Military Chinese Records Report.

Gao Chong couldn't help but frown and said, "What? Thousands of people were killed in just one day. How can it be unreasonable?"

Although siege battles are destined to result in heavy casualties, as the saying goes, attack if you have twice as many, and surround if you have ten as the enemy. According to Sun Tzu's theory, ten times more soldiers and horses are needed to siege a city, but it is really scary to lose a thousand soldiers in one day.

"The enemy's fighting spirit is very strong, but from the general's point of view, our army will speed up the attack!"

Gan Ning said coldly: "The enemy's troops are much smaller than ours. Our army can afford it, but the enemy can't afford it. It would be better for our army to step up the siege one after another and not give the enemy time to breathe. The army’s casualties are increasing, and as long as half of them are reached, this city can be taken!”

Gan Ning was well-known for being ruthless and ruthless. One of his servants was afraid that Gan Ning would kill him, so he fled to Lü Meng's house to seek asylum. As a result, Gan Ning chased Lu Meng's house with a knife. Lu Meng guaranteed for the boy and asked Gan Ning not to kill him. As a result, Gan Ning turned around and killed the boy.

He didn't even listen to the words of the Grand Governor, which shows how ruthless Gan Ning was.

"General Gan's words are indeed reasonable, but it will hurt the soldiers too much." Zhu Huan sighed.

Ding Feng followed Gan Ning. He didn't learn anything else, but he learned a lot about being ruthless and ruthless: "I think Brother Xingba is right. The enemy has fewer soldiers and we have more people. We just need to take advantage of it and defeat him in one go." enemy!"

Gao Chong frowned: "Forget it, let's not attack the city yet. Order the entire army to dig ditches outside Bin County to trap the enemy."

However, Gao Chong was more considerate of the soldiers and did not want to waste his army like this. He felt really distressed.

As a result, the Xiliang army gave up the siege in the next few days, and instead dug ditches outside the city to cut off the enemy's food routes and prevent the enemy from attacking the city.

After the Xiliang Army stopped attacking the city, there was no movement from the Jiangdong Army for a while, and the two armies remained motionless.

But after waiting eight days, an uninvited guest came to the Xiliang military camp.

"My Excellency, Tan Yin, pays homage to the Governor."

A man dressed as a servant bowed his hands to Gao Chong.

"It's okay, I don't know why you came to see me?" Gao Chong said calmly.

"Hey, I came here specifically to help the governor get this Bin County." Tan Yin said hey.

"Oh? How are you going to help me get Bin County?" Gao Chong frowned.

Tan Yin said diligently: "Our Tan family is a big family in Bin County. We have five hundred private soldiers. If the governor is willing to give us some benefits, we are willing to open the city gate for the governor."

"Oh?" Gao Chong became interested after hearing this: "Tell me what benefits your Tan family wants."

"It would be great if Governor Gao is willing to give us an official position after conquering Bin County. The Tan family will not ask for a county magistrate, just give it to a county magistrate." Tan Yin said greedily.

"Well," Gao Chong pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, please report back to the head of the Tan family on my behalf. As long as the Tan family can open the city gate and help me capture the city, let alone the county magistrate. No."

Tan Yin was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, Governor. I believe that the head of the family will try his best to help the Governor win the city!"

"In that case, I will go back. How about three days later?"

"good."

After the two sides agreed on a date, Tan Yin was sent out of the military camp and returned to the city.

As soon as Tan Yin left, Zhu Huan came up to him and said solemnly: "Grand Governor, do you really believe that this man named Tan will open the city gate?"

Gao Chong shook his head: "Of course it's impossible. There are many doubts about Tan Yin. Last time, our army used internal forces in the city to conquer Linxiang City. I believe Zhou Yu will defend it tightly this time. How can Tan Yin go out? ?”

Zhu Huan suddenly realized: "The governor still promised him, is he trying to use his plan?"

Gao Chong smiled slightly: "No, I am taking a two-pronged approach. I will first send troops to test in three days. If Tan Yin sincerely offers the city, I will rush in with all his strength. If it is a lie, the governor has already made arrangements."

After hearing this, Zhu Huan couldn't help but asked curiously: "May I ask what the governor's arrangements are?"

Gao Chong said confidently: "I have already ordered the soldiers to dig a tunnel from the ground. When the time comes, the pillars supporting the tunnel will be burned down in one fell swoop. The city will inevitably fall. If our army attacks in one fell swoop, we will naturally capture it!"