Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 166 Re-entering Yiyang City

The coalition army in Xin'an County is composed of three parts, the [-] Majia Army led by Ma Chao, the [-] Xiliang Army of Gong County led by Xu Huang, and the private soldiers of the Wang, Xun, and Yang families with nearly [-] people.

Psychologically speaking, Liu Yu trusted the Ma family army led by Ma Chao the most, but these 5000 people had to go back to the east gate of Luoyang to be on duty afterward.

Therefore, Liu Yu decided to let Ma Chao take these people to cut off the connection between Yiyang County and Hangu Pass, and prevent them from confronting Xiliang Army head-on.

The royalist faction had the largest number of private soldiers, but their combat power was insufficient, so Liu Yu arranged for Xun Yu to command these private soldiers to ambush between Yiyang City and Strider County.

And the rest of Xu Huang became the main force to "attack" Yiyang City head-on.

Xu Huang's loyalty is still above 90, Liu Yu is very relieved of him, and the five thousand Xiliang soldiers led by Xu Huang are all carefully selected. Materials.

So no matter who the opponent is, they will not be soft.

After assigning tasks to Xu Huang, Liu Yu led Qin Fu and Wang Han to leave first.

Before the successive defeats of Hu County and Shan County, Qin Fu and Wang Han went to Liu Yu together and asked why no information was sent before the war.

Liu Yu didn't explain anything, but said that there was a more important piece of information that needed to be conveyed by the two of them.

However, the target of this transmission is not their adoptive father Mengxin, but Zhang Fei's troops secretly hiding in Mengjin County.

Liu Yu also said that if he could successfully attack Yiyang City, he would lead his troops to turn around and surround Guo Si's army.

As soon as Qin Fu and Wang Han heard that Liu Yu was willing to save Hongnong City, they immediately agreed to send information to Zhang Fei.

After separating from the two, Liu Yu hurriedly entered Yiyang City before dark.

Almost all Xiliang soldiers in the city knew about Liu Yu digging pits to find medicine in Yiyang City, so when he took out the Feixiong badge in front of the city gate, the guarding school did not dare to hesitate, and directly He opened the door and ushered him into the city.

"Report, Zhongshan King Liu Yu has entered the city again!"

"Ah...why is he here again?" Guo Zhen couldn't help being shocked when he got the news, thinking that Liu Yu would come to the city again to look for medicinal materials.

Just thinking about it again, he has a Feixiong waist card like Dong Zhuo is here in person, and he really has no choice but to come to the city to dig a hole again.

As soon as we met Liu Yu, he first explained his purpose, "I found a medicinal herb on the mountain outside the city, but there are cliffs and cliffs where I can't pick it directly, so I want to second General Guo's five hundred soldiers to help open the mountain."

Guo Zhenyi heard that he came to borrow soldiers, but Guo Si strictly ordered him to guard the city before leaving. Should the five hundred soldiers be borrowed from him?
Seeing Guo Zhen's hesitation, Liu Yu had no choice but to take out the Feixiong waist card.

"General Guo, please clarify, this is not my order, but the order of the Grand Master!"

"This... will be done in the end!"

Seeing that Guo Zhen was submissive, Liu Yu put on a polite expression and said, "This is not urgent, it's already dark and it won't be too late for me to rest in the city for a night before leaving."

He said he wanted to rest, but Liu Yu first went to the military camp to pick 500 people, and took them to camp alone in the corner of the city, explaining that he might get up very early tomorrow, so in order not to disturb the soldiers in the camp, he should rest separately good.

After hearing this, Guo Zhen felt that there was no problem, so he agreed.

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That night, the entire Yiyang City fell into a peaceful sleep, when suddenly a dull sound of war drums broke the silence of the night.

After nightfall, according to Liu Yu's plan, Xu Huang changed all the five thousand soldiers under him into tattered clothes, and even disguised their weapons.

Xu Huang stopped the army at [-] paces from the Yiyang city gate. The archers at this distance should not be able to shoot, and then he ordered his subordinates to start beating drums and cursing.

"Report to General Guo, there are a large number of bandits approaching outside the city, please make a decision!"

Guo Zhen was awakened by the noise outside the city, and sat up immediately when he heard that there was an attack on the city.

However, the bandit soldiers were not strong enough and they had a city to defend, so Guo Zhen was still calm, thinking that it would be dark to attack the city, and the bandit soldiers might be bluffing.

"... How many bandit soldiers are there? Do you have siege equipment!"

"It's dark, but judging from the number of torches... there are no less than 2 people! And the bandits seem to be well-equipped, not only with spears but also with bows and crossbows!"

Guo Zhen was taken aback by the words of the messenger. The 2 people are still well-equipped. Could it be that they encountered the main force of the Baibo bandits.

"Quickly pass my order, all the soldiers are on the wall to defend!"

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Guo Zhen came to the tower in a hurry, but saw that Liu Yu was there, and he continued to direct the soldiers to the defensive point to take their positions.

"General Guo is finally here, so I won't point fingers anymore, you should command the army to deploy defenses!" As soon as Guo Zhen came, Liu Yu immediately retreated to the second line, without any intention of grabbing power.

Guo Zhen clasped his fists gratefully, thinking that Liu Yu had once defeated the coalition forces of princes at Hulao Pass, so he took him to the tower to observe the enemy's situation.

Looking from the top of the city tower, I can see that the torches on the opposite side stretch like a dragon for several miles, and there are indeed a lot of them.

In addition, the thieves guarding the head of Baibo in the front row are all strong and strong, and they are also very well armed as the orderer said.

The walls of the small city of Yiyang were not high, and when Han Li attacked the city, he only asked his subordinates to climb up with a long ladder, so Guo Zhen was really worried when he saw that the enemy was not an ordinary bandit soldier.

Liu Yu saw his thoughts and encouraged him from the sidelines: "General Guo, don't panic. The bandits in the front row seem to be strong, but those in the back seem weak. General Guo, please look, starting from the tenth row, Did the weapons in the hands of those bandit soldiers become ordinary long sticks again!"

Following what Liu Yu pointed out, Guo Zhen really found the difference, "It's still King Zhongshan who is careful, and the general almost fell into their tricks!"

Liu Yu smiled slightly and pointed to the city again, "General Guo, look closely. Are those bandits armed with two to three torches? So I guess the bandits are just bluffing, and there are not many bandits on the other side!"

Guo Zhen took a closer look and it was true. The bandit soldiers held at least two torches in their hands. The number of torches was amazing from a distance, but in fact the number of bandit soldiers was not even half of the number of torches.

"Someone send me [-] pikemen, and I will go out of the city and kill those bandits!" Seeing that the opponent's troops were not that strong, Guo Zhen had the idea of ​​going out of the city to fight.

But he was stopped by Liu Yu as soon as he gave the order.

Liu Yu said: "General Guo, be careful. Although the bandits may be bluffing, we still need to be careful of the enemy setting up an ambush when it is dark. Besides, we have a city defense to defend, so why bother to confront them head-on!"

Guo Zhenyi made sense, and Guo Si left him with the task of sticking to the city. In order to ensure the safety of the granary, it is safer not to take the initiative to fight.

"King Zhongshan is still thoughtful, but how should he deal with the thieves who are clamoring in the city?" Unknowingly, Guo Zhen regarded Liu Yu as a military adviser.

Liu Yu replied with a smile: "The thieves have been clamoring for a long time but did not attack the city. It is obviously just for harassment. In order to preserve the strength of the soldiers, only some archers should be left to guard the city wall. The rest of the people should go back to the camp to rest. Wait until dawn. See it clearly before leaving the city and destroying it is not too late!"

Liu Yu's idea just hit Guo Zhen's heart. Since he is not going to take the initiative to attack, there is no need to let all [-] soldiers stay up all night fighting the enemy.

"In this way, two thousand archers will be left on the front tower, and the rest will all return to the camp to rest!"

Hearing Guo Zhen's order, Liu Yu left the tower first.

And Guo Zhen observed on the tower for nearly half an hour, and found that the bandits were indeed only harassing and had no intention of attacking the city, so he went back to the camp to rest in peace.

(End of this chapter)