Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 501 It's the same people who fell from the end of the world, can you send troops to help?
After the camp was built, Cao Jun completed a round of rest and began to prepare for the next siege of Huguan County.

After the Ma Chao turmoil, Zhong Yao's Xiliang army along the way was completely stabilized.

Pound has a tough personality, he always takes the lead in battle, and he is extremely brave. Moreover, he is loyal to Ma Teng, and the Xiliang Army led by him is more stable than Ma Chao.

Ma Chao’s actions before made Cao’s army lose the hearts of the people, and made the whole army and people in Huguan County united. If you want to take Huguan City with 4 defenders by force, with Lu Yan’s current situation of more than [-] infantry, I’m afraid it will be more difficult than Deng God is still difficult.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War·Multiple Attacks" has a cloud: Ten is to encircle, five is to attack, and double is to divide.
Now except for the cavalry, everyone's strength is [-]-[-], and the opponent still has the advantage of the city wall, so it is actually not wise to attack by force.

Early the next morning,

Xu Huang repeated his old trick, and once again ordered the soldiers to put the letter of persuasion into a wooden barrel with a catapult and throw it into the city.

However, this time, there was no movement in Huguan City.

Persuading the surrender to no avail, Lu Yan and others had to start thinking about how to win this Huguan City.

Huguan City is indeed very important.

Huguan belongs to Shangdang County of Bingzhou. In the first year of King Han (206 BC), Huguan County was first established.

Its geographical location is very special. There is Baigu Mountain in the north, and Shuanglong Mountain in the south. There is a gap between the two mountains.

Huguan is the strategic main road from Jizhou to Bingzhou, and the precipitousness of Huguankou is also one of the few existences in the entire Han Dynasty.

If Cao Jun wants to take Bingzhou, then Huguan must be in his hands, and Huguan is the seat of Shangdang County. Taking it will almost take down Shangdang County.

Before Gao Gan learned that the two armies of Lu Yan and Zhong Yao were approaching Huguan Pass.

Before facing the army led by Zhong Yao, Ma Teng and others, they lost consecutive battles and were finally driven out of Hedong County. Now Zhong Yao's original team has added a more powerful Lu Yan. He can hold the Huguan by himself.

Since there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, and almost all of them are in Huguan City, if there is no reinforcements to defend Huguan City, there will only be a dead end after all.Gao Gan and others thought that instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to fight and invite a support army.

After deliberation, they felt that the most likely reinforcement to be invited was the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan who was still active in the Pingyang area of ​​​​Hedong.

Hu Chuquan launched the Battle of Hedong with Gao Gan and Guo Yuan before, but was beaten by Zhong Yao and Ma Chao and fled in embarrassment.After Guo Yuan's death, Hu Chuquan and Gao Gan were directly kicked out of Hedong
Gao Gan ran back to his Bingzhou territory in panic like a bereaved dog; while Huchuquan was like a stray dog, still wandering around until now, not knowing where to stay.

The same is a fallen person in Tianya, and Gao Gan immediately thought of Shanyu, the Southern Xiongnu who was also in trouble at the critical moment.

Although the Xiongnu soldiers in Huchuquan also lost a lot, there are still [-] nails in the broken ship. If they can get the assistance of the Huns cavalry, Gao Gan believes that he has a good chance of repelling Cao Jun and even destroying it in the Shangdang Basin.

Later, after discussing with the generals, he took all the Bingzhou cavalry alone and headed towards the Pingyang area of ​​​​Hedong, seeking help from the Southern Huns Shanyu Huchuquan.In the end, only the generals Xia Zhao, Deng Sheng and more than [-] infantry in Huguan continued to defend the city.

Gaogan went south from Shangdang Basin to Zezhou Basin, then went west to Luize County in Hedong, passed through Linfen Basin, and finally reached the border of Pingyang.

After going through untold hardships, Gao Gan finally found Huchuquan who was wandering around, and explained his reason for coming.

"Shan Yu, Bingzhou is in critical condition right now and needs your help urgently. For the sake of us fighting side by side for so long, please send troops to help me get through this calamity!" Gao Gan spoke earnestly, his eyes shining with earnestness look forward to.

However, to Gao Gan's surprise, his old friend Hu Chuquan has now completely given up after being defeated by Cao Jun twice.

"That...Brother Gao, it's not that my brother doesn't want to help you, it's that the warriors of our tribe have gone through too long a war, and everyone is tired of fighting."

Gao Gan was stunned. Before he came, he heard the news that many Huns were plundering in Pingyang, Hedong. Now you tell me that they are tired of war, who the hell would believe it?

After sinking his mind and thinking for a while, Gao Gan knew that this was Hu Chuquan's unwillingness to fight against Cao Jun, and he deliberately evaded his own rhetoric.

But besides Hu Chuquan, Gao Gan really can't think of anyone else who can support him.

How to do?
Gao Gan was unwilling to give away his foundation, so he repeatedly asked Hu Chuquan to send troops for help.

In order to ask for reinforcements, he even promised to set aside part of the territory in Taiyuan County for Huchuquan as his territory.However, even though Gao Gan offered such a generous offer, he was flatly rejected by Hu Chuquan.

After Huchuquan's defeat, he had been thinking about it all the time.

Now the whole world belongs to Cao Cao's momentum.With Cao Cao's strength, Bingzhou will be annexed by him sooner or later.And it's not just Bingzhou, Youzhou is also doomed.

If you are a high-ranking cadre who sticks to Bingzhou, even if you can stop it for a while, can you stop it for a lifetime?

Hu Chuquan is also a shrewd person, and he does not reject serving the Han people. This can be seen from when he agreed to Yang Feng's request and sent troops to help Emperor Xian return to Luoyang.

Now that Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan one after another after defeating Yuan Shao, even a blind man can see who is the most promising prince to unify the world.

Since Hu Chuquan could help Emperor Xian at the beginning, why can't he turn to Cao Cao now?

Hu Chuquan, who has already made up his mind, is now unwilling to help senior officials even if he is beaten to death, thus offending Lao Cao.

So no matter what kind of tempting conditions the high-ranking envoys promised, Hu Chuquan would never let go.
Gao Gan's saliva was dry, but in the end he was helplessly sent out of his camp by Hu Chuquanli.

Standing outside the big camp, the high-ranking officials looked around in a daze, and now they suddenly didn't know what to do next.
Seeing Gao Gan standing in front of him without saying anything for a long time, the deputy general not far behind him couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "General, what should we do now?"

"What should I do?" Gao Gan lowered his head slightly, he didn't know what to do.
But there are thousands of cavalry brothers behind him, he must show enough tenacity and determination, otherwise the team will be difficult to lead if the hearts of the people are scattered.

After thinking for a while, Gao Gan said to the guard: "We are running out of food and grass, let's go back to Suize for a rest."

After hearing Gao Gan's words, the deputy general responded with an order: "Here!" Then he went to organize the soldiers to prepare to go south to Luize.

When the high-ranking army first entered Luize, they saw many refugees fleeing from the west along the way.

Now the entire territory of Hedong is under the control of Cao Jun, and the new prefect has just taken office not long ago.
"What happened in the east of the river, so that there are refugees fleeing again?"

Looking at these refugees, Gao Gan couldn't help but suddenly became curious.

(End of this chapter)