contend

Chapter 191
Cold war is indispensable, open war is impossible.

Guo Huai also has to consider the issue of throwing rats.

Yang Zheng and Xia Houba could hide behind Xia Houxuan before, but now they have to face Guo Huai directly.

But Guo Huai is not a god, nor is he omnipotent.

Yang Zheng thought to himself that with his own strength and Xia Houba's lack of offense, there was no problem in protecting himself.

There's no need to overreact and let others grab hold of you.

It is a good idea to brake statically.

This is destined to be a long war.

No one knows the final outcome.

But Yang Zheng knew that he was only 23 years old this year, while Guo Huai, Chen Tai, and Deng Ai were all in their 40s and [-]s, Sima Yi was [-], and the Sima brothers were all in their [-]s.

It is undoubtedly foolish to argue about the length of the moment.

The current Yang Zheng doesn't have the strength to fight.

But you can keep it!

How can the offensive and defensive momentum remain unchanged?
The trend of the world also changes with time.

When the Sima family embarked on this road, they would definitely face many enemies.

There will always be a gap.

Only Yang Zheng, a traveler, can see through the thick fog of history.

Xia Houba let out a long sigh of relief, "If it wasn't for the two of you, I would have almost made a mistake."

Yang Zheng said: "The general cares about the chaos. Sima Yi endured and succeeded. Why doesn't the general follow suit? Sima Yi pointed at Luoshui and made an oath, and today he reneged on his promise and became fat. How can people in the world not know? Sima Yi is over seventy this year, and he is in a high position. It can't last long, the general will wait and see!"

Xiahouba's eyes lit up, he stood up suddenly, bowed his hands to Yang Zheng, "Xingyun's knowledge is far beyond ordinary people, and he will be a pillar of the Great Wei in order to set things right in the future."

Yang Zheng couldn't bear such a big gift from Xia Houba, so he hurriedly got up to return the gift, "Zheng received great kindness from Great Wei, and now he is Xia Houba's son-in-law, how could he stand by and watch?"

Xia Houzhi looked at Yang Zheng quietly, her eyes were sometimes confused and sometimes moved.

After convincing Xia Houba, Yang Zheng also heaved a sigh of relief.

Now the two can be regarded as dependent on each other, and their lips are dead and their teeth are cold.

As soon as I made a long speech, someone outside panicked and reported, "General Wei, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good."

"What's the matter?" Xia Houba's face was covered with another layer of haze.

"Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, led [-] troops from the north, and Deng Ai, the prefect of Nan'an, led more than [-] troops from the east, and went straight to Yunwu!" This scout probably didn't know that both Guo Huai and Deng Ai had been promoted. .

All three people present were stunned.

Yang Zheng smiled wryly in his heart. The analysis just now was only a secret fight, not an open one.

In a blink of an eye, Guo Huai and Deng Ai came to the door with a knife.

Xia Houba's face was livid, and he drew out his knife on the spot, "It's too much to bully!"

Xia Houzhi was also a little panicked, after all, it was the first time he had experienced the danger of war.

Yang Zheng coughed twice in embarrassment, feeling a little unconfident about his own judgment.

After all, they were facing Guo Huai and Deng Ai.

I had to go and see it with Xia Houba.

Standing on the wall.

In the north, a tooth banner of "Yongliang Qin Dudu Guo" flutters among the mountains and rivers.

To the east is a shot of "Yongzhou Inspector Deng".

The smoke and dust billowed, and the momentum was monstrous.

The cavalry stretched into a black line.

The infantry spears thrust into the sky.

The elite spirit of the Yongliang army came rolling in, blocking the east, west, north and three sides.

The defenders on the city wall looked at the two large flags, and their momentum was obviously weaker by three points.

Xia Houba gritted his teeth.

The two armies stood their ground, and more than a hundred cavalry galloped out, approaching the moat, and stood up and shouted: "Xiahouba, someone has reported that you want to sacrifice the three counties of Qinzhou to the Shu thieves! Now the governor of Guo is here to question the crime!"

The sound was loud, and most of the soldiers on the city wall turned their heads to look at Xia Houba.

Xiahouba was also panicked.

Yang Zheng looked at Xia Houba in a daze, supposedly he was also a veteran, why did such things leak out?
Can't you keep a low profile when you do such a major event of beheading?

Reminiscent of Xiahouba's character, it is estimated that Yunwu City has already become a sieve, full of other people's secret work.

If you don't keep things secret, you will lose your body, and if you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers.

You made the whole city so white, aren't you giving Cao Shuang a platform?

Yang Zheng wished he could squirt a mouthful of old blood on his face, and the key point was to trick himself.

After the words of those cavalrymen came out, the morale of the defenders plummeted.

Sure enough, as Yang Zheng thought, many soldiers were concerned about Cao Wei.

Xia Houba has violated the taboo of military strategists.

He was also caught by Guo Huai and Deng Ai!

How to do?
In this situation, in this place, at this moment, Yang Zheng was a little helpless.

If he was in Linqiang, he could fight Guo Huai to the death with a single call.

It is estimated that even this opportunity is gone now.

But the current Xia Houba not only has his Yintang blackened, but Yang Zheng feels that his whole head is emitting black smoke...

Originally, I wanted to hug his thigh, but I didn't expect it to be a pit.

Still a big hole.

In history, it was also when Xia Houba had just raised his troops that Guo Huai's soldiers descended from heaven.

Xiahouba was defeated and fled to the Kingdom of Shu. His mother lost his way in Yinping and almost starved to death. Fortunately, his nephew and son-in-law Liu Chan sent people to rescue him and rescued him from Yinping and saved his life. ...

Xia Houzhi leaned close to Yang Zheng, and Rou Ning held Yang Zheng's right arm tightly.

Suddenly, Yang Zheng thought that in this world, he had become her last support.

In the troubled times, no matter how prominent her background is, she is just a weak woman after all.

Or, escape from Nancheng and flee to the Kingdom of Shu?
This thought was snuffed out by Yang Zheng as soon as it came up.

Guo Huai is a seasoned soldier, and Deng Ai is also an unknown general.

Surrounding Sanjueyi, deliberately keeping Nancheng, is to give Xia Houba a slim chance.

As long as Xiahouba abandons the city and leaves, the matter of colluding with the Shu Kingdom is a certainty.

Guo Huai led the cavalry just for the purpose of chasing and killing them, leaving no way out.

Power, psychology, conspiracy, Guo Huai set one after another.

He is indeed a veteran who has been on the battlefield for nearly 40 years.

"Xiahouba, do you plead guilty!" More than a hundred cavalrymen shouted again in unison.

Xia Houba's face was flushed, and the soldiers looked at him with more and more disappointed eyes.

"There is nothing wrong with wanting to commit crimes? General Wei is a great Wei Zhongliang who has made great contributions and has revenge for killing his father with the Shu thieves. How could he surrender to the Shu thieves?" Yang Zheng yelled on the city wall.

The voice was too low, but the guards of the entourage repeated at the top of their voices.

Only then did Wei Jun on the city wall hear it.

Yang Zheng's logic is simple, clear, and extremely convincing.

He also carried Xia Houyuan out.

Xiahouba's whole body shook, as if he had been inspired, he slashed at the pheasant plate, "My Xiahouba's heart to serve the country with fists and fists can be shown every day!"

Xia Houba has an upright personality, the more such a person fools others, the more convincing he is.

In addition, he usually treats his subordinates well, and many people are willing to serve him.

The eyes of the defenders were finally no longer confused.

The officers hurriedly organized the soldiers to defend.

Lei Mu, Rolling Stone, Flame, Bow and Arrow were dispersed.

People's hearts gradually stabilized, and morale also picked up.

The whole Yunwu City began to get busy.

Yang Zheng inspected the Guo and Deng armies and found that they did not carry heavy siege weapons, so he felt relieved.

There are still huge advantages in defending the city these days.

At that time, Haozhao had a Chencang city with more than a thousand troops, blocking Zhuge Wuhou's tens of thousands of troops.

Yunwu is no less dangerous than Chencang, and has been managed by Xia Houba for more than a year.

There are still [-] soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians in the city. The food, grass and military equipment are complete. No matter how you look at it, they can guard for a year or a half.

Of course, the premise is to find out the spy in the city.

It happened that at this time, Yang Ji came to report that the young and strong in the city were also summoned to support the defense of the city wall at any time.

Yang Zheng looked at Yang Ji thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)