Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 326 Underestimating the enemy and miscalculating
Wen Chou fought Yan Liang and was exhausted, and the former army lost for a while. At this time, he knew that Gao Lan's words were true, and returned to the city feeling very sad.

Just when Guo Tu arrived, he heard that he had lost the first battle, and said: "General Wen won the victory of the three armies bravely, but he was stopped by Yan Liang. In fact, there is no need to entangle with him. Now that we have many soldiers, why don't we come to the city and attack?"

Wen Chou frowned and said, "In today's battle, Brother Lu Kuang was beheaded. I'm afraid Liu He has some tricks."

Guo Tu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. There are not many soldiers and horses in Guangnian city. With the general's martial arts, he leads a large army to the city. Liu He will not dare to go out to fight. The day is coming, isn't it a catch in a urn?"

"I underestimated the enemy before!" Wen Chou thought so deeply, and immediately mobilized troops, preparing to send troops to attack Guangnian tomorrow.

In the evening, a horse came to report suddenly that Liu He divided his troops to attack Yiyang. Wen Chou was shocked and hurried to discuss with Guo Tu.

Gao Lan said: "Yi Yang and Qu Liang take care of each other. If there is a loss here, Qu Liang will not be able to hold on to it. It will definitely affect the dispatch of troops tomorrow. Rescue it immediately."

But Guo Tu burst out laughing suddenly: "Hahaha, people say that Liu He is good at using soldiers, and Guo Fengxiao's wisdom is full of tricks. Looking at it today, his reputation is really in vain."

Wen Chou frowned and asked, "Why are you laughing, sir?"

Guo Tulian must have smiled and said, "Guangnian is short of troops, Liu He dares to divide his troops to attack Yiyang, isn't it self-destructive?"

Gao Lan asked suspiciously, "But what should we do if he captures Yi Yang and restrains our army?"

"Will Yi Yang be captured so easily?" Guo Tu smiled coldly, narrowing his eyes slightly, and suddenly said: "I have a plan, but this team will never return."

Wen Chou hurriedly asked, "Sir, please tell me."

Guo Tu said with a low smile: "Liu He sent troops to capture Yiyang, he should lead his troops to save him, but first he sent people to report to the high-ranking officials and ordered them to go out of the city to lure the enemy. When the enemy arrived, he would feign defeat and leave. Yi Yang, at this time reinforcements are arriving, the two armies will join up and surround Yi Yang, trapping his troops in the city, we can weaken Guang Nian's troops and disperse his forces, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"

Wen Chou clapped his hands and shouted loudly, "This plan is very clever."

Ma Yan asked: "If Liu He sent troops to rescue him, and the inside should cooperate with the outside, wouldn't it be a loss of soldiers and generals?"

"This is really stupid!" Guo Tu snorted slightly, glanced at Ma Yan disdainfully, and said with a sneer, "Some of Liu He's troops are trapped in Yiyang City. At this time, General Wen has also sent troops to attack Guangnian. Liu He How dare he divide his troops to save people? Unless he doesn't want Guangnian."

Wen Chou nodded and said with a smile, "That's right, trapping Liu and the troops in two cities and breaking them down one by one is indeed a clever plan, sir."

Guo Tu smiled triumphantly, and said: "Yi Yang's reinforcements need prudent people to be competent."

Su You clasped his fists and said, "The last general and General Gao are old friends, and I would like to lead the troops to rescue them."

Wen Chou knew that Su You was a cautious man, and that he and Gao Gan were the first to follow Yuan Shao and was trustworthy, so he immediately divided up three thousand troops and ordered him to rush to the aid of Yi Yang.

At this time, Gao Shun had already led his troops to Yiyang, and was about to attack the city, but he saw Gao Gan going out to fight. With the empty city in front, how could they not take it, so they led troops into the city and occupied Yiyang.

At dusk, Su You led the troops to arrive and joined Gao Gan, the two surrounded Yi Yang, Gao Shun knew it was a plan, and sent people out of the city to report the letter in the middle of the night.

Before it was clear, Liu He was woken up. When he heard that Gao Shunfan was surrounded in Yiyang, he couldn't help being shocked. It seemed that he underestimated the enemy too much.

Guo Jia and Liu Ye also heard the news, everyone held a discussion in the government office, Yan Liang was about to send troops to rescue, but was stopped by Liu He, and then divided the troops to save people, Guangnian really couldn't defend.

Guo Jia said: "Wen Chou has a lot of soldiers, so he will definitely come with all his troops. General Gao is not in danger in Yiyang. It is expected that there will be no problem if we stick to it for more than ten days. As long as we defeat Wen Chou, the siege of Yiyang will be lifted by itself."

Liu Ye frowned and said, "The enemy has a lot of soldiers, divide them up and attack them, but they can't rescue them because they are fighting corners. Instead, they care about one thing and lose another. It's my fault."

"Now is not the time to discuss mistakes!" Liu He waved his hand and said, "Since Wen Chou divides his forces to surround Yi Yang, he must be determined to win Guangnian. If so... let him give this city to him!"

"No general!" Yan Liang was furious when he heard the words, "Wen Chou is coming, and there is a general blocking him, how can he be allowed to succeed?"

Liu He said with a smile: "Our army is small, and fighting to the death is not the best policy, it is retreating to advance!"

Seeing Liu He's calm expression, Guo Jia was a little surprised and asked, "The general has a plan to retreat from the enemy?"

Liu He nodded and said, "I have a plan. I can defeat Wen Chou, but I can't let him enter the city in the daytime. Wen Chou will definitely kill him in the morning. You have to try to delay it for a day."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "What's the difficulty, just leave it to me."

Liu Heyan said: "Since this is the case, everyone should follow the strategy of filial piety, go out of the city to meet the enemy first, and delay the Wen Chou troops along the way. It is best to make them exhausted, so that it is a good strategy."

In the middle of the discussion, the Ma Fei reported that Wen Chou had already led the army, and the brigade was aggressive, and there were [-] people in Guangnian.

Liu He immediately ordered Guo Jia to send an order to deploy the army and horses, leaving only [-] defenders in the city, and deployed a strategy with Liu Ye to resist the enemy.

Liu Ye asked doubtfully: "I wonder how the prince will arrange it?"

Liu He said with a smile: "This city can't be kept anymore. Brother Ziyang immediately issued an official document stating that all the people in Xiaoyu's city will retreat to Guangping. , have to leave the city."

Liu Ye frowned, thinking that Liu He wanted to strengthen the walls and clear the country. There were so many people in the city that he did not dare to delay, so he quickly took people to deliver the order.

After Liu Ye left, Liu He ordered Han Long to lead his soldiers and officers to gather all the cloth bags, sulfur, kerosene and other things in the treasury and people's homes, and wait for orders.

At this time, Guo Jia, Yan Liang, and Hua Xiong led the troops out of the city, and ordered Zhu Ling to lead five hundred soldiers to lie in ambush in five dense forests and hills outside the city, each with a flag, and when he saw Yuan Jun killing him, he waved the flag and shouted, lighting fireworks to bluff , causing them to hesitate.

Hua Xiong was ordered to lead 2000 men and horses to ambush in the woods on the left. This was Zhu Ling's third ambush. If he saw the enemy attacking, he would use bows, arrows, wood, etc. to counterattack.

The remaining [-] elite soldiers, under the leadership of Yan Liang, went straight to Mingshui to set up defenses. This water came out of Taihang Mountain, passed through Wu'an, and flowed northeast into Julu Daluze. Wen Chou's soldiers had to cross the river to reach Guangnian.

Yan Liang led his troops to the bank of Mingshui, just as Yuan Jun also arrived, and saw [-] soldiers ahead of them, preparing to cross the river.

Yan Liang immediately divided his troops, demolished the only two stone bridges, and ordered people to guard the stone bridges. He rode horses and stood on the shore, and the archers were ready to attack.

Han Juzi, the former vanguard of the army, came to the shore, but he did not expect Liu He to send troops so far to intercept him. It was too late to stop him, so he had to send someone to report to Wen Chou.

The Wen scandal report was furious, and urged people to kill in Mingshui, and saw a group of people guarding the stone bridge on the other side, and one person was at the head of the bridge with a sword on his horse, it was Yan Liang who was fighting yesterday.

Just as he was about to step forward to call for battle, Guo Tu said: "Liu He divided his troops and came here because he must have wanted to block our army along the river and delay it. He is afraid that he has gone to mobilize his troops elsewhere. The general must not fall into his trap."

Wen Chou glanced at Yan Liang coldly, and said in a deep voice, "What should I do?"

Guo Tuyan said: "The opponent only has 3000 troops. The general immediately divided his troops and crossed the river together. Yan Liang could not stop him alone, so he would retreat. It is not too late to fight him again when we get to the city."

(End of this chapter)