Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 345
Guan Jing didn't expect Guan Yu to be defeated so thoroughly. Coupled with the appearance of the legendary vision in the army, he was skeptical.

The sergeants robbed a lot of supplies, and with the appearance of the rainbow, the morale of the three armies was high. Gongsun Zan sent an order to reward the three armies for celebrating their achievements. After dinner, he suddenly sent an order to send troops overnight to rob the village.

Guan Jing persuaded: "Although Guan Yu was defeated, his troops were not damaged. The general has just won for a while, so he should rectify his soldiers to boost morale. If he goes rashly and loses the battle, wouldn't all his previous achievements be wasted?"

Gongsun Zan was furious when he heard the words, and scolded, "Did you say you were defeated before the battle? Did you deliberately disturb our army? I came here for revenge, but An Neng hesitated to advance? Guan Yu was defeated and his morale was low. The battalion must be unprepared. Looting the camp inspires the three armies."

At the second watch of the night, Gongsun Zan's troops divided into three groups and led the troops straight to Guan Yu's camp. Sure enough, the Youzhou soldiers were loose in defense, and the troops rushed into the camp. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei resisted for a while, and they were defeated in Leling overnight.

Gongsun Zan was overjoyed, so he rested in the original village, and waited until dawn to lead his troops to the city, surrounded Leling and sent people to fight, but Guan Yu could not hold out.

Seeing Gongsun Zan encircle the whole city, Guan Jing said worriedly, "I have always attacked the city, surrounded three and missed one, thinking that the morale of the army will be broken. If the general surrounds it tightly, the defenders will surely fight to the death. It is better to let go of the north gate."

Gongsun Zan laughed loudly and said, "A certain soldier came here this time not only to attack the city, but also to avenge. Guan Yu killed my brother, how can he be allowed to escape? Since Liu He likes to exchange captives for money and food, today is just the time for him to reap the rewards."

Guan Jing said: "Such an attack on the city will definitely take a long time. There are still troops to the east, and Bohai will also send troops to rescue the general. We need to be careful."

"This is a plan to encircle and fight for reinforcements!" Gongsun Zan said with a sneer, "I have sent someone to investigate clearly, and there are only three thousand soldiers in the attack. Zhao Yun, the leader of the army, is not very capable, so don't worry."

Fan Fang also said: "If Bohai comes to reinforce the army, it will happen to destroy them. After taking Leling, we can take Bohai by the way."

Gongsun Zan laughed loudly and said, "Order the three armies to take Leling within three days, and the matter of food and grass will be dispatched by Laoguan."

After a short rest in the morning, Gongsun Zan ordered the four gates to attack together. The walls of Leling were not considered tall, and 5 troops could take them in three days at most.

In Leling City, bows, arrows, lumber and other defensive objects had already been prepared. Guan Yu ordered each of the generals to guard a gate and repelled Gongsun Zan's attacks several times.

In the government office, Zhang Fei couldn't bear his temper anymore, and complained to Chen Gongdao: "The mere Gongsun Zan deliberately let us lose two battles in a row. Now we are retreating and defending in the city. Why should we suffer from such a bird?"

Chen Gong said with a smile: "Yide don't need to worry, this is a strategy of arrogant soldiers. Gongsun Zan has many soldiers, so a forced confrontation will definitely lose many troops. With this strategy, I can easily defeat them."

Zhang Fei stared and said, "How many more days?"

Chen Gong stroked his beard and said, "After three days, we can ask the general to take back the camp and collect the food and horses. All the supplies from Gongsun Zan's army will be sent to us."

"That's the best!" Zhang Fei turned his anger into joy, and only waited three days to go out of the city to kill the enemy, and he was ashamed.

On the second day, Gongsun Zan ordered the army to attack the city early in the morning. The drums inside and outside Leling City were loud, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was determined to take revenge on the city, Guan Jing knew that he could not be dissuaded, so he ordered Wangmen to transport food to Jinan, and at the same time sent people to monitor the movements of Yanci and Bohai, so that he would be ready if reinforcements came.

Gongsun Zan besieged Leling, news spread to Yanci, Luo Hao and others called for battle one after another, and they were about to send troops to support.

But Zhao Yun said: "The military commander ordered me to wait for news after taking the city, and not to send troops rashly."

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Be at peace, brother. Gongsun Zan went down to the two strongholds, and the army was approaching the city. With the pride of General Guan and the strength of General Zhang, how could he be so arrogant? I'm afraid there must be some deep meaning in it."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "A military adviser must have a plan to defeat Gongsun Zan. We lead the army outside, and it may be of great use. Everyone, hurry up and train your troops, so you don't miss the big deal."

The generals took orders, and two days later, when they were anxious, they suddenly wrote a letter from Chen Gong. After reading it, Zhao Yun smiled and said: "We will make meritorious deeds tonight."

Luo Hao hurriedly asked: "What trick does the military master have?"

Zhao Yun said: "Gongsun Zan's ambition is to take revenge, and he only cares about attacking the city, so the rear must be empty. His food, grass and supplies are all in the camp on the bank of the Shang River. This village was built by the second brother. How do they know the secret?"

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Could it be that there are secret passages in the camp?"

"That's right!" Zhao Yun nodded and said with a smile, "Second brother camped by the river, he ordered someone to dig a secret passage leading directly to the Chinese army tent, and we will dispatch tonight to seize the village and rob food."

Luo Hao clasped his fists and said: "The final general is willing to go to the secret passage and cooperate with the general."

"This... is also good!" Zhao Yun originally planned to go to the camp in person, but Luo Hao is better at foot combat, and it is more convenient to lead the cavalry charge outside, and said: "You can bring five hundred elite soldiers, be careful, light the fire number."

Luo Hao was overjoyed, and immediately went to choose the five hundred brothers from his original cottage to prepare. These people are all heroes of the forest, with quick skills, and they are very familiar with sneak attack and arson.

After the first night shift, Zhao Yun took all 3000 troops out of the city, headed south toward the Shang River, and then marched west along the river to avoid the surveillance of Gongsun Zan's scouts.

At this time, Luo Hao had already brought people outside the camp, and he found the entrance of the tunnel among the low hills and weeds in the northwest, and immediately sent several people in to investigate.

After a stick of incense, the people who sneaked into the camp came to report back. The barracks at the exit were piled up with sundries and no one was guarding them. Luo Hao knew that this must have been arranged in advance, so he immediately called everyone to come in one after another.

The exit of the passage had been opened long ago, and a wooden plank was covered under the sand, but there were too many sundries piled inside, and more than 100 people came out and were crowded and untenable.

With the light of the fire pocket hidden in his robe, Luo Hao saw that the other party here were all abandoned vehicles and some carpentry tools, which were obviously used for logistics, and these woods were just used to light the fire.

But at this time there were too many people, if the fire was lit, the people in the tunnel would not be able to get out, so they had to go outside the camp to check first, to see if there was no one around, some people could wait outside the tent.

It was early summer, the night was full of stars, and the night wind was strong. Looking through the starlight, Luo Hao actually found that this place was not far from the Chinese army's tent.

Immediately called ten martial arts masters, led them to sneak into the big tent, and the rest waited for a while before setting fire.

The ten people sneaked quietly, and the elite soldiers were all taken by Gongsun Zan to attack the city. Most of the people who stayed behind were handymen and ordinary soldiers. In addition, Guan Yu was trapped in the city and had nothing to do for days. Dozed off on the post.

Luo Hao came outside the tent and saw that there were only four soldiers guarding him, he gave a signal, and all of them attacked together, killing all four of them, the movements were done in one go, clean and neat.

The four of them changed their armor and continued to guard outside. Luo Hao opened the tent door and sneaked in quietly, when he heard waves of even snoring coming from the left.

(End of this chapter)