RNP Chapter 229
Chapter 229
Shangyong Taishou Mansion.
After the scout sent the news from Hanzhong, Shi Tao looked a little nervous, and he quickly invited Guo Huai and Li Hu to come.
"Captain Guo, Captain Li, Liu Beifa has an army of 10,000, come to attack Shangyong, how is it good?"
Although Shi Tao is also a wise man, Liu Bei's prestige is still not small. Shi Tao was friends with Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, and the two of them admired Liu Bei at first. From the beginning of the conquest of the yellow turban, it has been more than 20 years of military career. When the army was outnumbered, he and Cao Cao were able to repeatedly lose and fight, and never admit defeat.
Li Hu is a captain of Shangyong, one of the people who followed Liu Jun earlier, and he is also Li Yan's cousin, but he has self-knowledge, at best, he is capable of a thousand soldiers. Therefore, after listening to Shi Tao's words, his eyes looked at Guo Huai.
Although Guo Huai was a general and young, he had the talent of a general, which was very appreciated by Li Yan and entrusted with a heavy task.
"Lord Taishou, don't worry, when Liu Bei comes, he will definitely come to the western city, and the last general will lead five thousand soldiers and horses to go, and he will definitely block him from the western city and ensure that the superior is worry-free." Guo Huai's face was calm, without the slightest worry.
"Well, I'll prepare the grain and grass equipment immediately, and Xicheng will ask Captain Guo!" Shi Tao listened to Guo Huai's words and also let go of his heart.
Two hours later, Guo Huai led 5,000 soldiers and horses, escorted grain and grass, and took the equipment to defend the city to the western city.
Shangyong is where Liu Jun started, and the three cities were all heightened and strengthened, and after Guo Huai arrived, he moved the city defense equipment to the city tower. The direction in which the Hanzhong soldiers came was the south gate, and Guo Huai arranged two thousand soldiers above the south gate city tower, and the remaining three thousand soldiers were in the military camp under the city.
Five hundred soldiers were arranged at each of the other three city gates, and if Liu Bei divided his troops to attack, he would light wolf smoke above the head of the city, and the soldiers in the military camp in the city would soon arrive.
At the same time, more than fifty scouts were sent to inquire about the news.
Guo Huai stood at the head of the city in a military uniform, holding his sword, majestic under the light of the setting sun.
At this time, his heart was very excited. Guo Huai is a native of Hezhou, who has been familiar with military books and tactics since childhood, diligently practicing martial arts, and determined to become a famous general like Lu Zhi.
After joining the army, he became a military sima in Cao Ying for several years. Because there are too many famous generals in the Cao camp, there are many in the Cao clan, as well as the Xiahou clan, plus Xu Huang, Zhang Hao, Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Lejin, Li Dian, etc., Guo Huai wants to make meritorious achievements, but there is no chance!
How can a subordinate general be reused without any reputation.
As expected, Liu Jun directly sent him and Wang Ping to Shangyong. Guo Huai was disheartened, thinking that Shangyong might become his eternal destination.
However, after arriving here, he was shocked, Shangyong actually had 20,000 elite soldiers!
After talking with the commander Li Yan, Guo Huai was even more shocked.
The lord Liu Jun will build an army of 100,000 in Shangyong, and when the time comes, he will give an order to conquer the south and the north, and dominate the world. Li Yan's talent was even more admired by Guo Huai, and several generals of Shangyong, in addition to Zhou Cang, Liao Hua and Wang Ping were also brave and resourceful.
Guo Huai was very grateful to the lord Liu Jun, and did not abandon him because he was a general and an unknown person. While he was excited, he was also waiting for the opportunity, he must prove himself, prove that the lord did not misunderstand him, and prove that Cao Cao was not able to do meritocracy as rumored.
Now the opportunity finally came, Liu Bei led an army of 10,000 to attack Shangyong, he not only had to hold it, but also gave Liu Bei a head-on blow. Let this hero also know how powerful he is Guo Huai.
Just then, a scout pegasus arrived.
"General Yu, Liu Bei's vanguard Shiren, about fifty miles away from Xicheng, is camping. "
Where is Liu Bei's army?"
"About fifty miles away from the vanguard army, it is on a rapid march
!" "Go to investigate again
!" "No!"
Several
people came one after another, and the situation was basically the same.
Guo Huai originally wanted to uproot Liu Bei's vanguard, but now it seems impossible. Liu Bei's urgent march was apparently to reach Shiren's camp before dark. Even if you can't get there, the distance from the pioneer camp will be within twenty miles.
And if he hurriedly traveled fifty miles to rob the camp, the other party would be extremely unfavorable and would probably return with a great defeat.
Since he couldn't pull out the other party's vanguard, he held on to the city. For keeping the shangyong, Guo Huai did not have the slightest worry.
The next day, Guo Huai was in the military camp in the city, waiting for the scout to report that Shiren, led by an army of 3,000 vanguards, had left Liu Bei's camp and rushed towards the western city, which was less than thirty miles away at this time.
"What, less than thirty miles?" Guo Huai was a little surprised, "They started their march early in the morning
?" "Yes, they set out just after dawn!"
"What about Liu Bei's army?"
Watching the scout leave, a sneer appeared at the corner of Guo Huai's mouth.
Shiren was on a rapid march all the way, and the lord Liu Bei guessed that Shangyong did not have many soldiers and horses, and there were no defenders, and it was estimated that Taishou Shitao would shrink the defense, and the focus should be on Shangyong and Fang Ling. Because Shangyong is the seat of the county guard, the city must be strong, and the age of the house is the closest to Xiangyang.
Therefore, Liu Bei ordered Shiren to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to seize the western city.
This time, there were not many generals in Hanzhong, and Liu Bei directly promoted Shiren from military Sima to Hengye captain, which made Shiren happy and very much wanted to make new achievements. Therefore, after receiving Liu Bei's order, the march was very fast.
In less than two hours, the army arrived outside Xicheng. I originally planned to set up camp, but I found that although the gate of the western city was closed and there were some soldiers standing above the head of the city, the whole city was quiet.
"Is it really an empty city?" thought Shi Ren to himself, if that was the case, he set up camp outside the city, and then entered the city when the lord's army came, wouldn't it seem that he was too incompetent?
"I am the vanguard general Shiren under the account of Uncle Liu of Hanzhong, and the city head guard will come out to talk!"
At this time, I saw a man who looked like an officer come out of the city head.
"Hello... So rude... We are allies for ... Why attack... Capture our city?" the officer's voice trembled.
"Ha..." Shiren burst out laughing, "Wait and listen, if you want to live, quickly surrender the city, otherwise when I break through the city, let Er wait for the chickens and dogs to survive!"
Hugh!" the guard said firmly, but his tone was full of fear.
"Give me a siege!" ordered Shiren.
"Kill!" shouted three thousand soldiers in unison, and the crossbowmen began to shoot arrows at the head of the city, and the other soldiers raised their shields in one hand and carried the ladder in the other, rushing towards the city.