Three Kingdoms Eschatology

At this time, more than [-] people in the entire Guanzhong Plain, including the family members of the reclamation soldiers, were either transferred to the rear areas such as Hanzhong and Shangluo County, or were concentrated in strong cities like Chang'an and Lantian.Food and grass were also moved into these cities and camps.

The part west of the Yellow River in the Guanzhong Plain can be said to be no man's land at present.The Yuan army and the Xiongnu who crossed the river to the west could only rely on Hedong County and the Huns' Hetao area for supplies.

Guo Yuan, who was frowning, suddenly saw a horse galloping towards him. It was the personal guard of the prefect Guo Tu.

"General, Guo Taishou summoned you to discuss matters." The soldier dismounted and informed Guo Yuan.

"Sing the gong! Retract the troops!" Guo Yuan ordered to the left and right by borrowing the donkey from the slope.With the sound of a gong, the soldiers who were besieging Feng Yujun's camp quickly retreated, leaving only corpses all over the ground...

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Yuan Jun's big camp, the Chinese army's big tent.

After Guo Yuan entered the account, he found that Guo Tu, Liu Bao and other generals of the Yuan army, as well as the leaders of the Xiongnu tribe, had gathered here.

Guo Yuan cupped his hands and said to Guo Tu, "I don't know what the eunuch's orders are for summoning his subordinates?"

Guo Tu didn't answer him directly, but instead asked, "Guo Yuan, how is the battle going on in Chang'an?"

Guo Yuan sighed and said, "Reporting to the prefect. It is more difficult than what I imagined. The Han army has fortified the walls and cleared the country, closing the city and closing the camp. A certain leader has repeatedly attacked and failed, and the troops have not achieved anything. Please punish the prefect!"

He thought that Guo Tu would show his face, but he didn't expect Guo Tu to say with a pleasant smile, "It's not your fault. The rest of our army also has allies from the Huns, and they suffered repeated setbacks when they attacked other cities, and the damage was not small. And It is also very difficult to supply food and grass now."

When Guo Yuan heard this, he simply remonstrated with Guo Tu: "Guo Taishou, the last general has the courage to say something. In the current situation, it is difficult to capture the cities in Guanzhong. Even if they capture it, it will be of little use. It is better for our army to withdraw to Hedong. .”

Liu Bao on the side opened his eyes wide, and said with a chuckle, "Withdraw? I, the Huns, gathered more than a dozen troops, gathered nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses, and consumed countless food and grass. I drove thousands of miles here, but got nothing. You want us to withdraw? I want to withdraw you! This no-man’s land may not be useful to you Han people, and many tribes of our Xiongnu live as nomads. It’s also good to herd horses in this level!”

Guo Tu also smiled strangely, and said: "No. We don't need to retreat, nor do we need to fight hard. The governor of Bingzhou Gao has sent an order to let us attack Tongguan in the east and march into Luoyang. This is also the will of my emperor Zhao. So someone came up with a plan to annihilate Feng Yu’s Guanzhong army. But it’s up to you, General Guo Yuan.”

Guo Yuan was suspicious, but immediately responded: "The prefect just obeys orders, and I am willing to do my best for Great Zhao."

"Okay!" Guo Tu said, and then told everyone the plan.

When Guo Yuan heard this, he knew Guo Tu's intentions.Guo Tu wanted to attack Tongguan with great fanfare as a bait.Lead the Huaxiong cavalry in the fortified city to rescue Tongguan.Then concentrate the iron cavalry of the Huns to attack from behind and wipe them out in one blow.

Guo Yuan knew that in this way, he would be close to death.But the first-rank official crushed him to death, he handed Guo Tu helplessly and said: "This subordinate will definitely complete the task entrusted by the prefect."

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Hua Xiong stood on the top of the inner city of Chang'an, looking into the distance with squinted eyes.In the distance, a Hun cavalry camp that was originally used to monitor Chang'an had just been evacuated, and the dust in the sky had not yet settled.

In the past few days, scouts sent outside the city came to report to him one after another, all of which were news that Yuan Shaojun and the Xiongnu had pulled out their camps and retreated.The soldiers from the other cities also came to Chang'an to report, and the Huns and Yuan Jun outside the city were retreating one after another.

"The Xiongnu and Yuan thief must have been forced to withdraw because of the lack of food and grass." Liao Hua who was beside Hua Xiong murmured.

Hua Xiong nodded, then shook his head and said: "This is the expected result, but it feels strange that they retreated so easily."

"Report! Commander, Yuan Jun and the Huns are gathering by the Wei River, thirty miles east of Chang'an City."

When Hua Xiong heard this report, he asked suspiciously, "Yuan Jun, what are the main forces of the Xiongnu going to the east of Weinan?" Immediately afterwards, he seemed to understand something.He lost his voice and said: "Yuan Jun is definitely going to attack Tongguan!"

At this time, another commanding soldier climbed up the tower panting, and stammered the report: "Report! Here comes... the lord... The lord has come to Chang'an in person!" Hua Xiong and Liao Hua were shocked when they heard this. , They never dreamed that Feng Yu would come to Chang'an at this time.He hurriedly went down the tower to meet Feng Yu.

In fact, Feng Yu returned to Zhuyang, rested for a few days, and then headed for Chang'an City.And it also brought Zhang Liao's army and Dian Wei's trapped camp.

At this time, although the Dianqing Army and the Gaoshun Army have not yet fully trained, it is no longer a problem to defend Zhuyang.What's more, with the fall of Yuan Shu, the situation in Nanyang is stable.There is no need to worry.So he was able to pull out all Zhang Liao Dian Wei's troops.

But now, Zhang Liao and Dian Wei's main forces are still stationed in Lantian.He only brought two teams of personal guard scouts and a battalion of Qingqi Feiyu to Chang'an.

This was done, of course, in order not to alarm Yuan Jun, the reason why he came to Guanzhong this time.I hope to take this opportunity to wipe out the Huns and Yuan Shaohe's main force in one fell swoop.Only in this way can the Guanzhong Sanfu area be maintained for a long time.

Chapter 171 Guo Tu kills Guo Yuan

Not long after Feng Yu entered Chang'an City, a heavy rain poured down, driving away the summer heat without a trace.

Chang'an City, the government office lobby.Outside the hall, rain falls like pillars along the eaves.Inside the house, the Chang'an generals headed by Hua Xiong stood quietly on both sides.It wasn't until Feng Yu asked them to sit down that they knelt down in the hall.

Hua Xiong then reported the situation in Guanzhong to Feng Yu, especially mentioning the recent movements of Yuan Jun and the Xiongnu.Then, everyone made their own supplements.

Feng Yu never interrupted their words, but just listened silently.In fact, he was thinking over and over in his mind, and sometimes he opened the system map to check the geographic information.

After everyone finished speaking, Feng Yu just put down the teacup in his hand and said, "A certain person is planning to take this opportunity to wipe out the main force of the Xiongnu and the Yuan soldiers in Hedong. I'm just worried that they won't put all their troops on the Tongguan battlefield..."

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Under the scorching sun in summer, a large group of soldiers walked listlessly on the dirt road, dusty.Guo Yuan rode his horse in front, sweat hanging on his face like earthworms.

With [-] infantry, he was heading towards Tongguan with great fanfare on the south bank of the Weishui River.In addition, nearly ten thousand Yuan Xiongbu cavalry parted ways with his troops a few days ago, pretending to return north to Hedong.But in fact, he was quietly walking in the same direction as him on the north bank of the Weishui River.Patiently waiting for Hua Xiong to bite the hook.

I don't want to see that the distance from Tongguan is less than [-] li for a few days, and no Huaxiong cavalry has followed up.Guo Yuan was secretly happy.In this way, not only is he safe and sound, but he can also attack Tongguan with the momentum and make great contributions.

"Report! The secret sentry in the rear of our army found a large group of enemy cavalry following! There are still forty miles away from here." Hearing these words, Guo Yuan's heart sank.

He immediately gave orders to the left and right: "Find a place with favorable terrain nearby, build a camp and build a fortress!" After finishing speaking, he rode out to find a place that was close to the water source and had a dangerous terrain to defend.

Soon, he found a ridge with an area of ​​about [-] mu, which was close to the Wei River, so it was convenient to get water.The so-called ridge is a landform with a flat top and surrounded by cliffs washed by surface water.

Guo Yuan pointed at Longyuan with a horsewhip: "Set up camp here." The soldiers immediately started to build camps and fortifications with shovels and hoes...

The scout came to report again: "report, the enemy cavalry is still thirty miles away from here!"

Sweat poured down Guo Yuan's face, and he ordered, "Go ahead, no matter what type of army, what kind of official position, all soldiers will attack. Even if you are exhausted, you must build the camp within an hour!"

After more than half an hour, Guo Yuan's soldiers finally completed the basic fortifications.All of them were panting like cows, sweating profusely, hiding in the shade of a tree, and pouring cold water wildly.Not long after, another soldier came to report: "The enemy cavalry is still seven miles away."

Guo Yuan immediately ordered: "Everyone is on guard and preparing for war!".The soldiers of Yuan Jun who were resting in the shade of the trees reluctantly picked up their weapons and stood behind the fortifications.

After a while, Guo Yuan could vaguely hear the sound of galloping horses.He knew that the opponent's heavy cavalry was powerful, and he didn't know whether his hastily formed camp could block the opponent.But as long as I hold out for two and a half hours.The Huns and Guo Tu's armies will come, and a surprise attack from behind can completely defeat the opponent.In that way, he could not only save his life, but also made a great contribution.

After a while, Gun Gun arrived as expected.But the strange thing is that they didn't attack Guo Yuan's camp on the ridge, nor did they stop there.Instead, he continued to ride his horse and gallop towards Tongguan.

"Huh!?" A question mark popped up in Guo Yuan's heart, what is Feng Yujun going to do?Could it be that Guo Tu's scheme was seen through by the other party?

In the end, Guo Yuan on the ridge could only watch helplessly as more than 2000 riders left.

Two pontoon bridges have been built on the Wei River, sixty miles to the west.Under the leadership of Guo Tu and Liu Bao, a large group of Xiongnu cavalry and Yuan Jun's infantry crossed the Wei River and entered Weinan again.Appeared behind the Huaxiong cavalry.

At this time, Guo Tu was secretly proud.His plan appears to have succeeded.It can wipe out Huaxiong's main cavalry and capture Tongguan.It is predicted that he will be the first meritorious service of the founding of Da Zhao.

The only variable now is that before he catches up with Hua Xiong, Guo Yuan is accidentally eaten by Hua Xiong in advance, and finally Hua Xiong has time to escape into Tongguan.Thinking of this, he ordered:

"Pass our military order, all cavalry brigades will advance at an accelerated pace. Be sure to catch up with the enemy and our Guo Yuan within two hours!"

Like a torrent, the rolling war cavalry suddenly accelerated, rushing eastward under the scorching sun...

"Report! Our army's vanguard cavalry team has found our army's Guo Yuan Department!"

Guo Tu, who was riding his horse, was overjoyed when he heard the report from the soldiers.He excitedly said a long paragraph:

"Then how is their battle situation? Tell the forward cavalry to monitor the enemy and not act rashly. If the enemy shows signs of fleeing, launch an attack immediately and entangle the enemy. Tell them that the main force will arrive in a while."

After Guo Tu finished speaking, the Lingbing replied with a bit of embarrassment: "Report to the prefect, the vanguard cavalry did not find the enemy. Only General Guo Yuan's troops were there."

"What! This...what the hell is going on!?" Hearing this, Guo Tu felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured on his head.

Liu Bao on the side frowned and said, "Don't worry about it, let's catch up and have a look."

Guo Tu had no choice but to speed up and chase with nearly [-] cavalry.

When Guo Tu and Guo Yuan met, he reined in his horse, swept the camp built by Guo Yuan with cold eyes, and laughed wildly.Before Guo Yuan could speak, he lowered his face, pointed at Guo Yuan with a horsewhip, and ordered, "Tie this man up, and he will be executed on the spot."

As soon as this remark came out, not to mention Guo Yuan himself and Yuan Jun's generals, even Liu Bao, the wise left king of the Xiongnu, was also taken aback.I don't know what Guo Tu means by this.

Several Guo Tu's personal soldiers had already stepped forward and cut Guo Yuan's arms backwards to capture him.Guo Yuan struggled desperately to resist, and shouted as he struggled: "Guo Tu! What is the crime of XX? Guo Tu, even if you are older than XX official, killing XX must follow the court's law! Killing an official ordered by the court without reason. Collusion!"

Guo Tu sneered and said, "Hehe. Being greedy for life and fearing death will delay the military opportunity. Do you think it should be executed according to the military law?"

Guo Yuan continued to argue: "When did someone covet life and fear death? How did he delay the military aircraft?"

Guo Tu stared at him and said, "I want you to lure the enemy. You should defend the enemy with an ordinary army, but you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and rely on the location to build a strong camp here. How can this have the effect of luring the enemy? In the end, the enemy Qi Qi retreated despite the difficulties, and let a certain plan fail. This is not a delay to the military aircraft!"

Guo Yuan was still screaming for injustice, Guo Tu impatiently waved his hand and said, "Drag it down and chop it up! The Fa is executed on the spot!"

Chapter 172 Huge Pocket

When the sun went down, the sun was still strong.Driven by the order of the general, about [-] infantry of Yuan Jun of the Huns marched sweating profusely.Guo Tu and Liu Bao led the cavalry and left them more than [-] li away.

Suddenly, the bodies of the leading generals all shook in unison.They have already heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping like thunder behind them.Our own cavalry are all in front, and only enemy cavalry can appear behind!

They turned their heads and looked, and the skyline in the distance behind was already filled with dust.In the billowing dust, one can vaguely see the banner of Feng Yujun's unique emblem.

"Formation! Formation quickly.", "The enemy cavalry is attacking! Be alert!"...In an instant, the sound of shouting was heard endlessly in the formation of the Yuan Xiong coalition army.

Zhang Liao mobilized two thousand cavalry, and they arrived in no time.Before the war cavalry arrived, thousands of sharp arrows had already rained down.It made the enemy army that was forming in a panic even more chaotic.A leader of the Hun tribe stared wide-eyed at the rolling cavalry, and he was terrified by the huge iron man and iron horse.

He roared heart-piercingly: "It's too late! Run!, run! If you don't run, we will all die today..."

"Pfft", a sharp arrow shot right between his eyebrows in an instant, and his body fell under the mount with a plop.

Zhang Liao's cavalry arrived in no time, and a thousand sharp horses poked ahead of the galloping horses, and Zhang Liao also raised his long knife.He originally used a spear, but after seeing the long sword of the giant ape heavy armored soldier, he asked the craftsman to make him a small long sword of the same style.

With a loud "bang", a heavy cavalry collided with a Xiongnu infantry. The latter's bones were shattered immediately, and he flew backward at high speed like a meatloaf. There was another "boom", and the pain on his body The head hit another Yuan Bing's head.The two heads were immediately shattered, and the brains and blood splashed everywhere.

A Xiongnu soldier held a knife in both hands, leaped high, and was about to strike down with all his might.Ma Qiang pierced through his abdomen with lightning speed, and the corpse brought Ma Qiang straight down from midair.The heavy cavalry discarded the lance and took the stick, and the mace in his hand took advantage of the horse's momentum to open it wide, sweeping left and smashing right.

A brave and fearless Yuan Junjun led the donkey on the spot and rushed to the vicinity of a heavy cavalry, and swung a knife to slash at the front hooves of the rushing heavy cavalry.

There was only a sound of "puff", and the five-foot-long mace was already on his forehead. Under the high-speed impact, there was a sound of "crack", and the neck and spine of the leader was broken.His whole body collapsed like a puppet with a broken string.

Under the sudden attack of Zhang Liao's iron cavalry, in less than half a moment, these thousands of Hun and Yuan infantry were defeated.In a panic, the wolf and the hog suddenly fled eastward.The field south of the Weishui River was full of lying dead Yuan Xiong soldiers and wounded soldiers.There are also rout soldiers who are in a panic.

Heavy cavalry, and Qingqi Feiyu continued to pursue.Especially Qingqi Feiyu had reached the front of the defeated enemy, and the dense arrows continued to shoot towards the defeated army round after round.In the rear, the heavy cavalry urged the horses and waved the mace, smashing the heads of the enemy soldiers one after another.

When the generals of Zhang Liao's army were chasing and defeating the enemy excitedly, Zhang Liao gave an order: "Don't chase the enemy, pass on our military order, ring the gong to withdraw!"

Amidst the sound of the gong, Zhang Liao's iron cavalry stopped, regrouped, and retreated westward.Even so, at least half of Yuan Xiong's soldiers were wiped out in this battle, more than two thousand people.

A lieutenant general asked puzzledly: "General, why didn't our army take advantage of the victory to pursue it. Our army has the conditions to wipe out these infantry."

Zhang Liao responded, "We need to avoid contact with the main force of the opponent's cavalry. So we can't entangle with these infantry for too long. As for those Hun cavalry, they are already vulnerable at this time. We don't need to fight against them at all!"

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Although all the generals begged for mercy, even Liu Bao, the wise king of the Xiongnu Zuo, advised Guo Tu: "It is not good to kill one's own general before the battle."Guo Tu still insisted on beheading Guo Yuan.

When Guo Yuan's bloody head was presented to Guo Tu.Guo Tu finally relieved the depression in his heart.In fact, he killed Guo Yuan for three reasons.

One is that he felt annoyed after his plan was defeated, and he was murdering to vent his anger.

Second, if Tongguan cannot be captured in the future, he can shift the responsibility to Guo Yuan.

The third is that Guo Yuan belongs to the third prince Yuan Shang, while Guo Tu belongs to the eldest prince Yuan Tan.Both sides intend to compete for the state, just to take this opportunity to get rid of a confidant of the other side.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion behind the army.Guo Tu frowned and said: "Quickly go and check why the rear army is making noise, pass on our military order, those who cause trouble in the ranks, beheaded!"

A soldier came to report: "Qi report to the prefect, about an hour ago, our infantry was attacked by enemy cavalry and all were defeated. Some of the defeated soldiers caught up with our troops. They caused the noise and commotion."

Guo Tu shouted: "How is it possible, Hua Xiong's two thousand riders all ran to Tongguan in front. How is it possible in the rear..."

Immediately afterwards, a lieutenant of the Yuan Army, with his face covered in blood, rushed to Guo Tu, crying, and told Guo Tu about the attack an hour ago.

Guo Tu slapped his head and said, "Oops, Feng Yu must have mobilized new troops to reinforce Guanzhong. How could he react so quickly."

Liu Bao roared from the side: "It's useless to say these things now, we have to retreat quickly, if Feng Yu cuts off our food supply, we will not only be unable to capture Tongguan, but even risk returning in a complete defeat."

In fact, Liu Bao is still optimistic.At the moment, Feng Yu's campaign goal is to wipe out the Yuan-Hungarian coalition forces, not to let them return in defeat.Up to now, Guo Tu Liu Bao still thinks that the food road is only in danger of being cut off, but he doesn't know that his army of more than ten thousand has got into a huge pocket.

Tongguan is at the estuary where the Weishui River enters the Yellow River, and it is the throat of the Central Plains entering the Guanzhong Plain.The Yellow River, which originally flowed south, made a sharp ninety-degree bend here and began to flow eastward.

To the west of Tongguan, the Qinling Mountains are to the south and the Weishui River is to the north.On the Qinling Mountains, more than [-] miles west of Tongguan, there is a dangerous peak, which is the famous Huashan Mountain.And Huashan is only nine miles away from the south bank of the Weishui River.

Today, on the nine-mile-long Weinan Plain, Feng Yujun's heavy soldiers are struggling to build fortifications.Feng Yu personally led the generals to supervise the scene.

Zhang Liao next to Feng Yu asked a little worriedly:

"My lord, can we pocket all the enemy troops with our current strength? It shouldn't be a big problem to seal the nine-mile-long exit with the cooperation of cavalry. However, there is still more than 30 miles of Weishui, and the enemy can Build a pontoon bridge at any point on such a long river, and cross the river to escape. In addition, there may be a small group of enemy troops fleeing into the Qinling Mountains, and they will be robbers for the bandits in the future, which will become a future trouble in Guanzhong.”

Apart from Zhang Liao, the generals around Feng Yu also had the same doubts.

Chapter 173 Blocking the Wei River

Zhang Liao's question was not without reason.Hua Xiong's two thousand cavalry were used as bait and transferred to Tongguan.Now Feng Yu seems to be able to call only Zhang Liao's army, Dian Wei's camp, Huaxiong's two infantry battalions, one supply battalion, and several scout teams.

In addition, there are six or seven thousand reclamation soldiers in Chang'an City and Lantian City.But Lantian, Chang'an should stay behind some troops, just in case.So at most [-] troops can be drawn from the second city.

The other cities and camps on the Guanzhong Plain can also draw some troops out.But the distance can't quench the near thirst, and they won't be able to come here for a while.

So at the moment, Feng Yu can use nearly [-] troops.It seems to be on par with Yuan Xiong's coalition forces, and even has a much higher overall combat power.

It can be said that it is not very difficult to use this kind of troops in a decisive battle to defeat the opponent.But now what Feng Yu asked was to wipe out the enemy army without any damage to himself, so this force was a bit reluctant.

Feng Yu smiled indifferently, and replied to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan, we have far more troops than you expected. Hua Xiong and his cavalry will return soon, and troops from the central and western cities of Guanzhong are also being transferred. Ma Teng, Liangzhou They will also support us. Yuan Thief and the Xiongnu will surely be unable to escape this time!"