Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2672 Li Dingguo VS Xia Houyuan, Han Xin surprise Kunyang City

Chapter 2668: Li Dingguo VS Xia Houyuan, Han Xin surprise Kunyang City

It took Li Cunxiao only two days to break through Longcheng, which had [-] defenders, and captured Liu Yan, the defender of Caowei Longcheng alive.

In this battle, the Qin army beheaded 50 Wei troops, half of which died at the hands of Li Cunxiao alone, and captured [-] Wei troops, while the Qin army's own casualties were less than [-].

Longcheng fell, and a gap appeared in Cao Wei's first line of defense.

Li Cunxiao can completely ignore Guancheng and other three cities, and directly lead the army to drive straight in and go straight to the second line of defense, but there are hidden dangers in doing so.

If it was Li Cunxiao in the past, maybe he would still do this, but after fighting for many years and suffering so many losses, he is now much calmer than before, and he will not be so immature anymore.

Li Cunxiao left his deputy Li Dingguo, led 40 soldiers to guard Longcheng, and guarded the prisoners of war at the same time, while he himself led the remaining troops to go northward to capture Hucheng, which was more than [-] miles away.

Just as Li Cunxiao left, Guancheng in the south of Longcheng, and Juanxian, Yuanyong, and Putian on the second line of defense, nearly [-] defenders from these four cities went out at the same time and came straight to Longcheng. It is to recapture Longcheng.

After Li Dingguo learned about it, while making preparations to defend the city, he sent a message to Li Cunxiao to let him continue to attack Hucheng without worrying about the safety of Longcheng.

After hearing the news that Cao Wei's Fourth Route was marching into Longcheng, Li Cunxiao originally wanted to go back to his teacher to save Longcheng. It's not that he didn't believe in Li Dingguo's ability, but that Longcheng was initially decided, and there might be some hidden dangers inside.

In addition, the Wei army that invaded Longcheng had [-] troops, and it was obviously not as important as the [-] Wei army.

Li Cunxiao still thought about the problem simply. The reason why Cao Wei sent troops to Longcheng at this time was that his purpose was to lure Li Cunxiao back and make the Qin army exhausted.

If Li Cunxiao really waited for Li Cunxiao to return to Longcheng, the Wei army of the four routes would have run away long ago, and there was no way they would have dared to stay and fight Li Cunxiao in the field.

Since returning to the army is doomed to fail, it is better not to return to the army and continue to attack Hucheng. After all, ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in the hand.

Therefore, after reading Li Dingguo's letter, Li Cunxiao decided not to return to the army and continued to attack Hucheng.

Wei Jun originally only wanted to attract Li Cunxiao, and did not plan to attack Longcheng by force, but Li Dingguo was not fooled, so they had to attack if they didn't attack.

Cao Wei did have a backup in Longcheng. If the Qin army was not prepared, they could still retake Longcheng by cooperating with each other.

But now the person guarding Longcheng is Li Dingguo, so how could he not guard against these means?
Li Dingguo just used a small plan to lure more than a hundred Cao Wei Xizuo who were ambushing in Longcheng, besieged and killed them all in the city, and then set up an ambush in the city. .

At this time, the four generals who led the army to attack Longcheng were: Xia Houyuan, Liu Tichun, Lu Qian, and Cao Yin.

Liu Tichun was a general of Li Zicheng's army. After Li Zicheng's death, he persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty, and was granted the title of Duke of Wan by Nanming.

Liu Tichun in this life was still implanted under Li Zicheng's command, but he was captured alive in the duel with Cao Wei. After Li Zicheng's defeat, he surrendered to Cao Cao.

Xia Houyuan and Liu Tichun were extremely cautious at first, but after Lu Qian lost a hand in Yingzhou, his character became silent and cautious. He did not enter the city rashly, but was going to send someone to check first.

Cao Yin was not as cautious as the three of them. Seeing that Longcheng was in civil strife and the city gate was wide open, he was led into the city without thinking, but he was ambushed by Li Dingguo, and the Qin army who was ambushed in advance It was shot into a sieve.

Seeing that Xia Houyuan, Liu Tichun, and Lu Qian were not fooled, Li Dingguo was not disappointed, and at worst would continue to wait for help.

Xia Houyuan, Liu Tichun, and Lu Qian were not stupid people either. Seeing that Cao Yin and his [-] Wei troops entered the city, and no one came out after entering the city, they naturally realized that something had happened, but at this time the city gate was closed tightly. , Only a strong attack can break through the door.

Xia Houyuan's three generals led their own troops to attack the city, but Li Dingguo had already made sufficient preparations, and they would definitely not be able to break the city in a short time.

Just when Xia Houyuan's three generals didn't know what to do, Li Dingguo appeared at the top of Longcheng and hung up Cao Yin's body.

"Cao Jun outside the city, listen, Cao Wei is a small country, facing me, the million lions of the Great Qin, is just a mantis arm as a cart, if you know someone, hurry up and head, otherwise this person will be your role model."

"General Cao Yin?"

After seeing Cao Yin's body, both Liu Tichun and Lu Qian couldn't help exclaiming. After all, Cao Yin is the uncle of Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Cao Chun and others.

Qin and Wei are related by marriage. Many generals in the Wei army thought that the Qin army intended to conquer Cao Wei, so they would not attack them too hard, but they did not expect that even the uncle of the king of Wei had been killed now.

Looking at Cao Yin's body, Liu Tichun and Lu Qian were silent, and Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth angrily. Not only did he not stop attacking the city, but he attacked even more violently.

However, even after two days of continuous attack, they failed to break through Longcheng, and instead lost nearly a thousand troops.

Regarding Cao Yin's death, although Xia Houyuan was angry, he was not overwhelmed by the anger. Seeing that Longcheng could not be breached, he had no choice but to retreat. After all, Li Cunxiao would come soon if he did not leave.

Li Cunxiao marched to Hucheng in one day, and there were only one thousand defenders in Hucheng, so it was naturally impossible to stop Li Cunxiao's attack.

This time even Li Cunxiao didn't take any action himself, relying only on the army under his command, it took a day to break through Hucheng, but the casualties were greater than Longcheng, nearly a hundred soldiers died in the battle.

After Li Cunxiao left [-] soldiers in Hucheng, he led the rest of the army back to Longcheng. When he arrived, Liu Tichun and Lu Qian had already led the army and fled.

When he learned that Li Dingguo not only defended Longcheng, but also shot and killed Cao Yin with tricks, annihilating nearly [-] Wei troops, even Li Cunxiao couldn't help giving Li Dingguo a thumbs up.

"Dingguo, you did a great job."

Li Cunxiao ran back and forth between Longcheng and Hucheng, and the total number of Cao's beheaded in the two battles was less than half of Li Dingguo's first battle.

Li Cunxiao knew Li Dingguo's ability, and at the same time felt sorry for his younger brother. If he hadn't spent too many years guarding Yanmen Pass all the year round, Li Dingguo's contribution may not be lower than that of Zhang Liao, Meng Tian and others.

Li Dingguo was originally a general of the Yellow Turban Army, but he surrendered to Yingwen after being captured, so he is from the Jin family, unlike Li Cunxiao who is from the Yuan Cong Qin family.

However, after Ying Hao proclaimed himself emperor, he treated all departments equally. Li Dingguo was also transferred from Yanmen Pass after experiencing the Battle of the Fortress, and became Li Cunxiao's lieutenant general.

Under the command of Li Cunxiao, the most powerful general in the world, would he still be afraid that he would not have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds?Therefore, the rise of Li Dingguo is inevitable.

"Brother, the general Cao I beheaded this time is different, and it may cause some trouble." Li Dingguo said seriously.

Li Cunxiao smiled indifferently and said, "What trouble can there be?"

"Cao Yin is Cao Song's younger brother, that is, the uncle of Wei Wang Cao Cao."

Hearing this, Li Cunxiao understood his younger brother's worries, but he still didn't take it seriously and said, "Don't say it's just Cao Cao's uncle, so what if he's Cao Cao's own father? If you don't surrender and die on the battlefield, your death is in vain. Your Majesty is I don't blame you for that."

Li Cunxiao's words did not dispel Li Dingguo's worries.

"There are four other concubines of the Cao family in the harem, I'm afraid..."

"Are you afraid that the fourth concubine of Cao Wei will blow your majesty's pillow? Or are you afraid that the prince born by the fourth concubine will hold grudges in the future?"

Li Cunxiao looked at Li Dingguo speechlessly, and said patiently: "Second brother, you are really smart and confused for a while, our majesty is so wise, how can he be bewitched by the wind around his pillow?

As for the prince who is the fourth concubine, whether he will bear a grudge or not is another matter for the time being. Even if he does, he must be able to succeed to the throne.

But my Daqin has already decided on the title of prince, and the prince born by the fourth concubine Cao Wei has no chance of succeeding at all. "

When Li Dingguo heard this, he suddenly showed a look of surprise, and then looked at Li Cunxiao with a different expression, as if his elder brother had changed.

"Brother, you never thought about this before."

Hearing what Li Dingguo said, Li Cunxiao asked back: "Second brother, how do you know what I was thinking before?"

"Because your previous thoughts are all written on your face. What you think about all day is either practicing martial arts to become stronger, or challenging other strong people."

"Eh...you were too young back then."

As he said that, Li Cunxiao revealed a look of reminiscence, and said: "If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own politics. Only when you are in his position, you will know that it is not easy.

Your Majesty doesn't want my brother to be just a reckless man, and my brother doesn't want to be just a reckless man, so I have been studying all these years. If there is no progress at all, I am too sorry for Your Majesty's training of my brother. "

Li Dingguo nodded, unlike him being put on the Yanmen Pass as a cold bench, His Majesty did not hide his preference for his brother at all.

Although Li Cunxiao's strength is strong, among the generals of the Great Qin Dynasty, he is also the one who caused the most troubles.

Disobedience to command, disobedience in battle, and other violations of military regulations, if other people commit the previous one, even if they are not dismissed, they must be demoted.

But Li Cunxiao committed all the crimes over and over again, but he is still doing well, fighting as usual and receiving soldiers as usual.

What is eccentricity?

This is called eccentricity.

After discussing with Li Cunxiao and Li Dingguo brothers, they decided to take the prisoners of war from Hucheng to Longcheng for unified custody, and at the same time continue to march towards Cao Wei's second line of defense.

In the first direction of the west line of Cao Wei, there are actually Guancheng and Mixian in the south, which have not yet been captured by the Qin army.

But at this time, the main force of 14 who left Hulao Pass in the east had successfully arrived in Xingyang City.

After Zhang Liao received the news that Li Cunxiao had captured Longcheng and Hucheng, he immediately dispatched Xu Huang and Gao Shun with [-] troops each to attack Guancheng and Mixian. Naturally, Li Cunxiao did not need to go there himself.

There are more than 20 cities in the three defense lines in the west of Cao Wei. If Li Cunxiao had to personally capture each of them, it would take a lot of time just to march, and Li Cunxiao would not be exhausted.

Cao Yin, the guard of Guancheng, and the [-] defenders had all been wiped out by Li Dingguo. Naturally, it was impossible to stop the Qin army's offensive.

When Gao Shun's army arrived, before they had time to attack the city, the magistrate of Guancheng took the initiative to open the city and surrender.

As for Dang Shousu, the guard of Mi County, he was one of the "Kuidong Thirteen Families" like Liu Tichun, and he was also a general under Li Zicheng's command, but he surrendered to Cao Cao after Li Zicheng's defeat.

Kuidong Thirteen Families, or known as Chuandong Thirteen Families, Xishan Thirteen Families, and Kuidong Four Families, were anti-Qing troops active in Sichuan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces during the Southern Ming Dynasty until the third year of Kangxi (1664) It was completely destroyed in August, which is enough to illustrate its tenacity and resilience.

Dang Shousu knew that after Longcheng and other three cities were lost, he would not be able to hold on for long with only one isolated city in Mi County, but if he surrendered without a fight, he was worried that he would be underestimated by the Qin army.

After some thinking, Dang Shousu decided to challenge Xu Huang. If he was defeated, he would surrender the whole city and never break his promise.

At first Xu Huang thought it was Dang Shousu's excuse to lure him into the fight, but after thinking about it, he didn't lose anything, so he went to the fight.

It's just that the super-class Dang Shousu didn't have much power to resist against Xu Huang, who was at the level of a general. He persisted for twenty rounds before being shot down by Xu Huang, a disastrous defeat on the spot.

Dang Shousu did not break the contract, and ordered the city to be opened as if relieved of a heavy burden, and led [-] defenders in the city to surrender to Xu Huang.

So far, the first line of defense on Cao Wei's west line has all fallen. Among the four defenders, one was captured, one surrendered, and two died in battle.

At the same time, Han Xin's [-] troops also invaded Yingchuan from Nanyang and launched a surprise attack on Kunyang City.

(End of this chapter)