ushernet Chapter 256 Sitting and Waiting for Death
Chapter 256 Sitting and Waiting for Death
Han Sui was particularly dissatisfied with the sudden betrayal by the Ma family organization, and he repeatedly proclaimed to the outside world that the Ma family were traitors from Liangzhou.
Ma Teng and his men didn't express any opinion on this. In their minds, Han Sui was already a dead man, so why bother arguing with a dead man? As for the people of Liangzhou, Ma Teng believed they would soon voluntarily accept the self-governing territory and the King of Wei.
Before the war began, Zhao Yun not only sent envoys to persuade the people to surrender, but also used spies from the intelligence department to spread rumors in Liangzhou about the happy lives of the people in the self-governed area and the basic policies of the self-governed area.
When the people realized they could have a better life, Zhao Yun believed they would make the right choice.
In the same year, Zhao Yun's large army was crossing the river and about to launch an attack on Jincheng. Han Sui realized that he could no longer sit idly by and wait for his death. He had to take action as soon as possible and launch a preemptive strike.
In recent days, Han Sui has gathered another 20,000 troops. Although they lack sufficient firearms to equip the troops, this is not important, because Han Sui has no intention of sending them to the battlefield.
They only need to defend the city with a small number of elite troops, while the main force will be led by him to attack, and they will go to intercept Zhao Yun's troops who are crossing the river.
Han Sui's idea was excellent, but he arrived a little late. The main force of the alliance under Zhao Yun's unified command had already crossed the river with 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry.
Furthermore, they built a relatively strong camp on the east bank of the river. By the time Han Sui's large army arrived, the camp was basically completed, and Han Sui lost his best opportunity to attack.
As a seasoned general, Han Sui knew that even if he had missed the best opportunity to attack, he had to launch an attack now, otherwise the situation would only get worse for him.
What's even more unfortunate is that he said his location was downstream, while Zhao Yun was upstream. As a result, Han Sui couldn't prevent Zhao Yun from crossing the river by placing floating objects upstream.
"Han Sui is here!" More than an hour ago, Zhao Yun received a report that Han Sui's large organization was approaching. He hurriedly crossed the river to the east bank, accompanied by Ma Chao and Liao Hua. As for Ma Teng, he voluntarily stayed in Longyou to take charge of the organization's logistics and supplies.
Zhao Yun said to Ma Chao, "Mengqi, today Liao Hua will show you how the infantry in my jurisdiction fight. You must learn from him."
"Yes, General, I understand." At this moment, Ma Chao had completely regarded himself as Zhao Yun's subordinate. Although their Ma family organization had not yet officially joined the self-governing area, it was already a foregone conclusion, so Ma Chao's actions were normal.
"General Liao, today's battle is in your hands. You are more adept at infantry combat. Moreover, all the cavalry that have landed on the east bank will be under your command," Zhao Yun said to Liao Hua.
"Give the organization more trust!" Liao Hua said, cupping his hands in greeting. He knew perfectly well that Zhao Yun was giving him another chance and offering him credit.
"Pass on my orders: the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade will be in the center, the 2nd and 3rd Regiments will be on the left flank, and the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 3rd Brigade will be on the right flank. The cavalry that have already crossed the river will be divided into two groups to cover the flanks of the infantry! The remaining infantry will be the reserve force, ready to be deployed to the battlefield at any time."
Liao Hua immediately assigned the main tasks, and soon the two brigades of infantry and the large cavalry, having received the orders, marched out of the camp in an orderly manner and lined up in front of the camp.
Neither Liao Hua nor Zhao Yun intended to defend their camp in today's battle. Today's battle was not only to give Han Sui a warning, but more importantly, they also intended to demonstrate their strength to the Ma family organization.
In less than ten minutes, 20,000 to 30,000 men had already lined up in the open space directly in front of the camp. Each regiment was in a standard formation of two battalions at the front and one battalion at the rear as a reserve, ready for battle. They were quietly waiting for Han Sui's main force to arrive.
Looking at the well-organized Anxi Independent Division, Ma Chao pondered the differences between the Ma family organization and others. Although he didn't know the actual combat strength of the infantry in the autonomous region, he was impressed by their ability to launch coordinated attacks.
They had already lost. In less than ten minutes, tens of thousands of people had already lined up. This was not something that had been prepared beforehand.
When Han Sui could clearly see the riverbank leading to the camp, he naturally also noticed the self-governing district organization team already lined up outside the camp, wearing red organizational uniforms and red armor. Was this the legendary organization team?
Han Sui silently asked himself. "Hmph, daring to leave the camp with only 20,000 infantrymen, how arrogant!" Han Sui snorted heavily, expressing his dissatisfaction. In his view, this was disrespect from the enemy.
However, if he knew that Liao Hua was thinking that he already had two brigades plus eight thousand cavalry fighting against him, which showed that Liao Hua valued him highly, then sending even a brigade would be a waste for other miscellaneous organizations.
Han Sui knew this was the last chance. Before the enemy's main force had fully crossed the river, he wanted to defeat the enemy in front of him to reduce the pressure on the rear. When he reached a place five miles away from the self-governed area's organization team, Han Sui ordered the large organization to stop advancing, and then ordered to start the attack in five minutes.
In order to defeat the enemy in front of him more quickly and prevent more enemy troops from landing, Han Sui ordered the attack without saying a word. This surprised Zhao Yun and the others. This was not in line with the usual practice. Shouldn't they shout a few words before the battle?
"Fine, if they don't yell, we can't yell too, that would be embarrassing." Liao Hua ordered the entire organization to prepare for battle. The artillerymen checked their cannons; the battle was about to begin. "Attack!"
Woo!
The bugle sounded, and Han Sui truly showed his boldness, committing 20,000 men in the first wave of attack. With the addition of cavalry on the flanks, the forces on both sides were roughly equal. "Enemy organization distance! Two thousand meters!" "Enemy organization distance! One thousand five hundred meters!"
"Enemy organization is at a distance of one kilometer!"
The observers continuously reported the distance between the two units, providing precise range information for the infantry firing. "500 meters!" "300 meters!" "200 meters!"
Soon, the two large groups had closed to within 200 meters. This distance was actually within the effective firing range of the Autumn Rain infantry. However, in order to achieve a higher hit rate, the infantry in the self-governing area generally set the maximum firing distance to within 150 meters.
"Rotational firing! Ready!" Han Sui's vanguard had already advanced to 200 meters, and the battalion and company commanders at all levels in the jurisdiction automatically entered command mode, drawing their swords and pointing them diagonally to the sky. "150 meters!"
"Ready!" The red flag at the rear had already been raised, and the next second it fell heavily to the ground. The company commander at the front line slashed his sword so hard it seemed to cut through the air: "Fire!" Bang bang bang...