Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 164 Guo Si's Great Victory
Hu County fell into the hands of Guo Bang, and all [-] rebels and Qu Shuai Hu Cai were killed, but the battle was not over, and Li Le's [-] rebels were still lying in ambush on both sides of the mountain road.

Seeing that it was dark, Li Le didn't have an ambush target, which made him very unwilling. In addition, he felt that he had the upper hand when he fought against Han Li the first two times, so he had the idea of ​​robbing the camp in his heart.

After dark, Li Le divided the team into two teams, and went to attack the front and back gates of Han Li's camp respectively.

When the two teams approached the gate of the village, Li Le just wanted to order to rush in, when he saw countless torches suddenly lit up in the camp.

It turned out that Han Li had already dispatched scouts to closely monitor both sides of the mountain road, and immediately returned to the camp to report any changes in the bandit soldiers.

Li Le didn't expect the other party to see through his night attack plan, so he gave up on continuing the attack.

Before setting up the camp, Han Li made special arrangements around the area in order to guard against Li Le's sneak attack. Two thousand archers lit fire arrows and shot upwards towards the sky.

The fire arrow flew out in an arc but did not shoot at a Baibo bandit, but landed behind the bandit soldier. After a few bursts of kerosene cracked, a fire was ignited all around the camp.

It turned out that the first round of fire arrows did not shoot at the bandit soldiers, but at the inflammable objects buried far away in advance. The fire immediately blocked the bandit soldiers' retreat.

Then the second round and the third round of bows came one after another. This time the archers all lowered their arcs. When the bows and arrows reached the highest point in the sky, they hit the white wave thief's head indiscriminately like a torrential rain.

Thousands of bows and arrows fell into the dense Baibo army, almost without missing a shot, and Li Le's army was in chaos in an instant.

However, there is a big fire blocking the way, and going forward will only become a target, so those white wave thieves can only scurry in the middle as if they are trapped in a cage.

After five rounds of bows and arrows, the thieves were completely in disarray, so Han Li stopped the archers and let the spearmen charge instead.

The fire at the rear illuminated the entire battlefield, which also left the Baibo bandit with nowhere to hide, and then those well-equipped Xiliang spearmen rolled past like chariots.

Unable to escape and unable to fight, countless Baibo soldiers surrendered.

Seeing that the situation was over, Li Le took off his shirt and covered his head, trying to rush out of the fire and escape for his life.

The fire was more than ten steps away. When Li Le rushed out, his whole body was burning. He endured the scorching pain and kept rolling on the ground, hoping to quickly extinguish the open fire on his body.

The fire was finally extinguished, but his hair, eyebrows, and beard were all burned away, and large areas of burns appeared on the exposed flesh.

But Li Le didn't care about these things, and when he found a way out, he ran away without daring to stop for a moment.

Some thieves followed suit when they saw that the leader really rushed out of the sea of ​​flames. Unfortunately, out of the ten who rushed in, three of them left alive.

The fire burned for more than half an hour, which also blocked Han Li's pursuit of Li Le. Although this battle failed to capture Qu Shuai Li Le, it was enough for him to show off for a while.

According to the statistics of the military master book, 8000 bandit soldiers were wiped out in this anti-sneak attack, and 3000 prisoners were captured. In the end, hardly [-] people were able to escape back to Shan County with Li Le.

On Han Li's side, counting minor injuries, there were not more than a thousand. Although the opponent was a bandit soldier with weak combat power, it was indeed a big victory in terms of the results alone.

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The next day, without waiting for Hongnong's bandit soldiers to respond, Guo Si and Han Li rushed to the outside of Shan County with two attacks.

Li Le heard the wind and escaped from the city a long time ago, so Guo Bang's army successfully entered the city of Shan County.

After occupying the city, Guo Bang selected young and strong soldiers from among the captives to add to the team. As a result, the Xiliang Army, which originally had only 5000 people, immediately expanded to 3000 people, not including those left behind. The [-] elite in Yiyang County.

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Losing two cities in a row frightened Mrs. Guo, the leader of Baibo's bandit, and losing [-] men in one day was even more unacceptable to him.

In order to conceal the timidity and anger in his heart, he used Mengxin as a punching bag.

"Didn't the military division say that half of the Xiliang army would die before reaching the city? I have already paid 9 or [-] people, but the number of Xiliang army has hardly decreased. Your ambush plan has not worked at all!"

"I listened to you in vain, and lost the lives of so many of my subordinates!"

Mrs. Guo roared angrily, her eyebrows were almost squeezed into a line, but she was silently bearing while watching Mengxin.

In fact, he can justify himself, because the ambush plan in Hu County and Shan County was not arranged by him but Mrs. Guo himself.

But Meng Xin didn't say anything. These days, he has already figured out Mrs. Guo's temper. He is very happy but has a very small measure. Arguing with him at this time will only make him hate him even more.

So it was not until Mrs. Guo sat back in his seat that he proposed: "Although Shan County and Hu County are lost, there is still Hongnong City to defend. There are still 3 troops in the city that can completely resist Guo Bang's [-] people. Therefore, before the opponent's troops approach the city, Guo Dashuai should hurry up and order people to fortify the wall and clear the field, and prepare more food and supplies for defending the city!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo finally calmed down, Hu Cai was dead, and Li Le was seriously injured. At this time, only Han Xian and Meng Xin could rely on her.

So he put on a smiling face again, and entrusted Meng Xin with the important task of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.

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Shan County is very close to Xin'an County, so the fire also alarmed Liu Yu and the others.

After learning that Guo Si not only captured Hu County, but also occupied Shan County the next day, Liu Yu immediately sent someone to contact Huangfusong.

Liu Yu believed that Guo Si would send troops to Hongnong City soon, and it was time for him to take Xin'an's soldiers to attack Yiyang's grain and grass.

But for the safety of the operation, he must first obtain the specific arrangements of Guo Bang's former army, so that he can set a specific time for the sneak attack.

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The news that Guo Si's army had conquered four cities in a row soon spread to Luoyang City. Several families were happy and others were sad. Dong Zhuo's faction was naturally happy, but the royalists headed by Wang Yun secretly doubted Liu Yu's ability.

In addition, Liu Biao, who had an agreement with Liu Yu, also felt turmoil in his heart after hearing the powerful offensive of Guo Si's army.

This is because Liu Yu found out that the real identity of the mysterious rich businessman is actually Liu Biao and the others. At the same time, he also knew that the food storage is in the underground palace outside the city. Instead, he supported his plan to eliminate Dong.

Among them, the plan to use the Baibo thief to destroy Guo Si's army was Liu Yu's first step in removing Dong Zhuo's wings.

In the beginning, Liu Biao was really attracted by Liu Yu's plan, but now it seems that Guo Si's army has not shown the slightest sign of retreating, which means that Liu Yu's first step plan has basically failed.

Then Liu Biao still promised him to give up the grain outside the city and take the blame for the emperor?If Liu Yu is not agreed, will he tell Dong Zhuona that Liu Biao is a mysterious rich businessman in a fit of anger?

Thinking of this, Liu Biao felt that it was time to prepare a way out. For his own safety, he had to leave Luoyang City before the incident of the mysterious rich businessman was exposed.

As the saying goes, the husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and when a catastrophe is imminent, they fly separately. It is impossible for the companions to know that Liu Biao is planning to flee back to Jingzhou.

So in order to avoid Xu Rong, Han Rang and other companions, he decided to activate the dark line left in Luoyang City.

That afternoon Liu Biao pretended to be wandering and went to the West Market. He stayed in a shop selling calligraphy and painting for a long time. When he left, the shop owner closed the shop and went straight to the south gate.

(End of this chapter)