Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Outside Xiangcheng.

Cao Xiu led hundreds of cavalry to flee in panic.

Although Xiangcheng is a big city, it is not as strong as Hefei New City.

Outnumbered and with low morale, they were unable to withstand the powerful attack of Liu Bei's 50,000 elite troops!

Cao Xiu did not have the determination to fight to the death as long as the people in the city were there, so when he saw that he could not hold the city, he chose to break out.

Liu Bei did not chase after Cao Xiu.

There are still more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers in the city who need to be appeased.

Cao Xiu had war horses to break out, but the more than 10,000 infantrymen in the city were not so lucky.

Once the main general left, the remaining soldiers naturally had no choice but to surrender.

"Yide, Mengqi, quickly lead the troops to Xuchang and help Yunchang take the city!"

Liu Bei waved his hand without any hesitation.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao took the order and led the tired soldiers towards the city of Xuchang.

Although the soldiers were tired, the current situation did not allow for any delay.

If Xuchang cannot be captured quickly, once the reinforcements from the Pseudo-Wei arrive, the morale in Xuchang City will be restored.

By then, it will be difficult to take Xuchang again.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led their troops to Xuchang and conveyed the military order to Guan Yu.

"People in Xuchang City probably don't know about my brother's resurrection yet."

"Now that Xiangcheng has been conquered, there is no need to hide my identity."

"Pass the order, raise my general's flag!"

Guan Yu acted decisively and ordered the soldiers to raise the flag with the words "Great General Guan Yu of Han" on it. The flags of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao also appeared outside the city of Xuchang.

"Guan, Guan, Guan Yu?"

"Why is Guan Yu outside the city?"

Xiahou Ba’s eyes widened and he rubbed them hard.

Relying on the solidity of Xuchang City, Xiahou Ba took great pains to barely defend the city.

I hoped reinforcements would arrive.

As a result, before the reinforcements arrived, they saw Guan Yu's flag and Zhang Fei and Ma Chao's general flags!
In order to intimidate Xiahou Ba, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao appeared outside the city on horseback.

Guan Yu shouted loudly: "Xiahou Ba, stop resisting. There are 100,000 soldiers in Yingchuan. You can't defend it!"

Xiahou Ba, who looked fierce but was actually weak, shouted, "Guan Yu, don't lie to me! Do you think I don't know you are bluffing?"

"Jingzhou has at most 50,000 soldiers. Don't tell me I will trust you just because you have 100,000 soldiers?"

Guan Yu laughed: "Xiahou Ba, you are quite intelligent."

"In the beginning, there were indeed only 50,000 soldiers, but now it's different."

"The troops in Guanzhong were secretly transferred to Yingchuan. Now Xiangcheng has been captured and Cao Xiu has fled."

"Do you see the person next to me?"

"I'm sure you're familiar with it!"

"In three days at most, the general who guards the country will lead the remaining troops from Xiangcheng."

"Do you think your ruined city of Xuchang can still hold out?"

Xiahou Ba gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Suddenly, Xiahou Ba reacted and exclaimed, "Who were you talking about? The great general who guards the country?"

Guan Yu's eyes showed a little more admiration for Liu Bei: "You heard me right! I'm talking about the great general who protects the country!"

"With your intelligence, you can probably guess the reason."

"Xiahou Ba, you are a descendant of a meritorious official of the early Han Dynasty, and you have been enjoying the Han salary for generations. Why do you still want to work for the pseudo-Wei?"

"You are Xiahou Yuan's son, and your cousin is also the wife of the General of Chariots and Cavalry of the Han Dynasty. Now the son of the General of Chariots and Cavalry is the Empress of the Han Dynasty."

"If you are willing to surrender, the Han will not treat you unfairly!"

Without waiting for Xiahou Ba to react.

Guan Yu shouted to the soldiers on the city wall: "Soldiers on the city wall, the revival of the Han Dynasty is the will of heaven. Why do you have to fight to the death for the descendants of Cao?"

"Even if Xuchang City is captured, Xiahou Ba will not die, because the emperor of the Han Dynasty still has to call Xiahou Ba uncle."

"But if you resist and hold on, you will just be prisoners whose lives and deaths you don't know."

"Think about it carefully. We are all Han people. Why bother?"

The soldiers on the city wall immediately started talking.

If Xiahou Ba is willing to live and die together, then there will be no problem for the soldiers to fight to the death.

But Xiahou Ba is now the uncle of the Emperor of Han, and he will not die even if the city is broken.

People do not suffer from scarcity but from inequality.

We are fighting for our lives here, but you are just arguing among your relatives?

Seeing that his officers and men were bewitched, Xiahou Ba shouted, "Don't be fooled by Guan Yu! I will never reconcile with the Han Dynasty!"

"My father, Xiahou Yuan, was killed by Huang Zhong!"

"I, Xiahou Ba, will never surrender to the Han Dynasty even if I die in battle!"

"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"

Xiahou Ba was extremely angry.

If these soldiers believed it, how could they defend the city?

When Guan Yu saw the archers on the city wall drawing their bows, he sneered and returned to his camp.

Seeing the situation was critical, Xiahou Ba came up with an idea and ordered several messengers to leave the city at night and hide in a secret place outside the city.

At three o'clock in the morning, several messengers shouted outside the city.

"We are under the command of General Fujun. His troops are already thirty miles away, and he has ordered us to deliver a letter."

Xiahou Ba had already arranged for a deputy general on the top of the city wall, who immediately ordered people to hang these messengers to the top of the city wall.

Xiahou Ba, who was sleeping, jumped up in surprise: "The reinforcements are finally here, spread the news quickly to the three armies!"

The next day.

Guan Yu saw the soldiers on the city wall getting excited and shouting "Reinforcements are coming", and he couldn't help but chuckle: "How could such a trick be hidden from me!"

Guan Yu ordered his men to throw a large number of flags outside the city.

These flags were all modeled after Wei's flags.

"Xiahou Ba, is this your reinforcement?"

"Do you know why no one came to rescue Xuchang?"

"Since Sima Yi couldn't even protect himself in Shouchun, he sent two thousand men to bluff me."

"How ridiculous!"

"The one who fought against Sima Yi in Chaohu was my son-in-law, Zhuge Qiao, the great general of the Han Dynasty!"

"The great general Lu Xun of the Eastern Wu was killed by my son-in-law, and nearly 100,000 troops returned in defeat. Sima Yi wants to send troops to rescue them?"

"ridiculous!"

Guan Yu's performance instantly silenced the Wei soldiers on the city wall who were shouting "reinforcements have arrived", and they all looked at each other in surprise.

Xiahou Ba shouted, "Guan Yu, you want to deceive me with these fake banners?"

Guan Yu laughed and said: "If I send a few messengers to pretend to leave the city, and then shout a few times in the middle of the night, 'Reinforcements are coming', will your reinforcements really come?"

"I stopped using this trick twenty years ago."

"Don't forget, I deliberately let one of the three hundred death warriors you sent to Xiangcheng escape by chance."

"Do you want to ask your soldiers to ask how the messengers who came last night broke through my encirclement and reached the city?"

Xiahou Ba clenched his fists.

I cursed Guan Yu countless times in my heart.

If you can see through it, then see through it. Why do you have to expose it in front of all the soldiers?

Show off your wisdom?
Seeing that Xiahou Ba was silent, Guan Yu said, "Why don't I tell you something?"

"Although Sima Yi could not come, Zhang He from Hulao Pass did."

"There is even news that Cao Rui is leading an expedition to cross the Yellow River in person."

The depressed hearts of the pseudo-Wei soldiers on the city wall were rekindled.

"General Zuo is here, so aren't we saved?"

"Even His Majesty has come, Xuchang City is safe."

"Your Majesty has not forgotten us!"

"Great Wei is mighty!"

"Great Wei is mighty!"

"The Great Wei is mighty!" The morale on the city wall instantly became high.

Only Xiahou Ba stared at Guan Yu.

How could Guan Yu help boost his morale?
really.

Just as the voices on the city wall became quieter, Guan Yu spoke again: "Don't get excited! I only said that Zhang He and Cao Rui are coming, but I didn't say that Zhang He and Cao Rui will come to Yingchuan?"

"Zhang He is heading to Chenliu!"

"In other words, your emperor Cao Rui has given up Yingchuan!"

What is stimulation?

That's the thrill!

The morale of the pseudo-Wei soldiers was fluctuating, and the morale that had just risen fell again.

"It's fake, right? Zhang He won't come to Yingchuan? Your Majesty won't come to Yingchuan either?"

"We have defended Xuchang for so long, yet Your Majesty is unwilling to come and rescue us?"

"No, I don't believe it!"

"This must be Guan Yu deceiving us!"

"But what if it's true? Guan Yu has already found out that Zhang He went to Chenliu."

"Perhaps Zhang He is on his way?"

Xiahou Ba clenched his fists.

Xiahou Ba's intuition told him that what Guan Yu said this time was probably true!

How could Zhang He rescue Yingchuan with his small number of troops?
Unless Cao Rui's main force arrives in Chenliu, it is impossible for Zhang He to come alone to rescue Yingchuan!

Hold on until Cao Rui’s main force arrives?
Even if Xiahou Ba wanted to, he was powerless!
"Everyone, don't listen to Guan Yu's lies!"

"Reinforcements will arrive soon!"

"Pass the order, anyone who speaks nonsense to disrupt the morale of our army will be executed immediately!"

"Fire arrows!"

Xiahou Ba ordered his arrows to be shot again.

Guan Yu did not attack the city either. After retreating to his main camp, he used catapults to throw a large number of letters of surrender into Xuchang City.

For a while, people in Xuchang City were in panic.

Two days later.

Liu Bei arrived at Xuchang City.

Looking at the low morale of the pseudo-Wei soldiers on the city wall, Liu Bei personally went to the city wall after exchanging information with Guan Yu.

"Is Xiahou Ba here?"

A loud voice rang out.

When the flag of "Han's Great General Liu Bei" appeared outside the city, all the pseudo-Wei soldiers, including Xiahou Ba, were stunned.

Surprisingly, it was really Liu Bei?

Xiahou Ba looked at Liu Bei in astonishment, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and asked in disbelief: "Liu Bei, aren't you dead?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiahou Ba realized that he had been tricked.

If Xiahou Ba had not spoken, Liu Bei's life or death would have been uncertain.

But when Xiahou Ba spoke, the pseudo-Wei soldiers on the city wall all confirmed Liu Bei's identity!

A dead Han emperor suddenly came back to life!
This was a huge impact on the pseudo-Wei soldiers on the city wall!
Ever since Qin Shi Huang proclaimed himself emperor, he has been blessed with the mandate from Heaven, to live long and prosper forever.

Liu Bei died and came back to life. Doesn't this mean that the destiny is on his side?

If Cao Pi died, wouldn't it mean that Wei was doomed to fail?

For the pseudo-Wei soldiers who had low cultural level, the Mandate of Heaven was as overwhelming as Mount Tai.

Listening to the discussions around him, Xiahou Ba felt even more depressed.

Morale is hard to rally!

"Xiahou Ba, why do you want to let the soldiers fight to the death?"

"Even if Xuchang is lost, you, Xiahou Ba, will not die, but these soldiers will suffer because of you."

"Cao Xiu has already escaped, what are you still holding on to?"

"What's more, your Majesty has never thought of sending troops to rescue Yingchuan. Zhang He is now defending in Chenliu and cannot come to Yingchuan at all."

"Sima Yi only wanted to fight Zhuge Qiao in Huainan, otherwise it would be impossible that no troops came to Yingchuan until now."

"In other words, you are all abandoned!"

"Everyone, I, Liu Bei, have always been based on benevolence and righteousness throughout my life. If you are willing to lay down your weapons and surrender, I will never make things difficult for you."

"If you have family members in Yecheng, I will let you go and will never force you to stay!"

"Yun Chang, withdraw all the soldiers in the north and let them leave!"

"Attack the city again in an hour!"

Liu Bei's rhetoric is even more amazing than Guan Yu's.

Those who are willing to surrender will stay, and those who are unwilling will leave.

This made the pseudo-Wei soldiers, whose morale was already low, suddenly more worried.

If Xiahou Ba had not been still on the city wall, all the soldiers would have run away.

"Liu Bei!"

Xiahou Ba gritted his teeth.

The deputy general asked cautiously: "General, should we fight or retreat?"

Xiahou Ba glared at the deputy general, then looked around.

The army's morale has been broken, and it is difficult to fight to the death!
a long time.

Xiahou Ba punched the top of the city wall and said, "Retreat!"

Since Cao Xiu had fled, no reinforcements had arrived, and Zhang He was guarding Chenliu, there was no point in staying in Xuchang.

Xiahou Ba doesn't want to die here!
Liu Bei kept his promise and gave an hour exactly as he said!
An hour later, the remaining pseudo-Wei soldiers in Xuchang City surrendered the city.

Liu Bei felt deeply moved when he revisited the old place and saw that everything and people had changed.

“I never thought that I would return to Xuchang again!”

In the third year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei helped Cao Cao defeat Lu Bu, he was forcibly taken back to Xuchang.

Although Cao Cao treated Liu Bei well, traveling in the same carriage and sitting at the same table with him, Liu Bei knew very well that he was not the same kind of person as Cao Cao.

We are destined to be enemies in this life!
Especially after Cao Cao tested Liu Bei by discussing heroes over wine, Liu Bei no longer dared to stay in Xuchang.

It has been twenty-eight years since I left!
How many twenty-eight years can we have in our life?
At that time, Liu Bei was in his prime; now, Liu Bei is very old.

"If it weren't for Bo Song, I'm afraid I would never have been able to reach Xuchang in my lifetime."

"Yun Chang, you have found a good son-in-law."

Liu Bei climbed to the top of the city wall of Xuchang, feeling deeply moved.

Guan Yu smiled: "Bosong is a genius, born to help his brother revive the Han Dynasty."

Zhang Fei shouted: "Brother, that's my son-in-law too!"

Originally Liu Bei was still reminiscing about the past, but Zhang Fei's shouting instantly killed the atmosphere.

"Yes, yes, yes, he is also your son-in-law." Liu Bei held his forehead with his hand.

Thinking of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's daughter, Liu Bei thought of his own daughter who had been abducted by Cao's army in the past.

Guan Xing used Cao Yan's body to exchange Liu Bei's two daughters.

However, Liu Bei was always too shy to meet him.

At Guan Xing's request, Liu Bei gave both daughters to Guan Xing.

Guan Yu was careful and guessed Liu Bei's thoughts, and said: "Don't worry, brother, An Guo will take good care of them."

Liu Bei took a deep breath and said, "I believe in An Guo."

"I was not a capable father in the past, and I don't want to bring up their sad memories again."

"Wait until I return to Zhuo County, and then take them back to their ancestral land."

There was a pause.

Liu Bei put away his sadness and said, "Send the battle report to Chaohu Lake as soon as possible."

"Since Sima Yi did not send troops to rescue Yingchuan, Bosong must be under great pressure in Chaohu."

It seems that Sima Yi is planning to use his superior forces to defeat Bosong first."

"This man is good at using troops, he should not be underestimated!"

Guan Yu nodded: "Don't worry, brother. Bo Song has deployed many spies in Yingchuan. Even if I don't send the battle report, Bo Song can get the news from Yingchuan."

"Leave Huainan to Bosong without any worries. Cao Rui will lead the army in person, and most of the pseudo-Wei army will gather in Yanzhou."

"This is a godsend!" (End of this chapter)