A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 950: Attack Puzhou Juancheng Fort again, fight to the death with He Guixiong in Dongtai

February of the first year of Qianning
Bai Yi once again raised an army of 50,000 and put it under the command of Guo Huilong, with Bai Haoyuan, Bai Xiaoqiang and Chen Daniu as deputy generals. They marched out of Juancheng and were determined to capture Puzhou to clear the way for the Xuanwu Army's attack on Yunzhou.

This time, Zhu Xuan learned from the lessons of the previous two times and no longer fought the enemy in the field. He ordered all troops not to fight recklessly.

As soon as he got the news, he sent someone to summon Zhu Jin for help.

March.

Guo Huilong led 50,000 people to besiege Juancheng
Zhu Xuan personally led 20,000 people to defend Juancheng, and sent Liu Cun and He Gui to build Dongtai City and Xitai City on both sides of Juancheng, which were only one or two miles apart. Each of them led a thousand people to defend it, forming a pincer attack.

If the Xuanwu Army wanted to capture Juancheng, it had to first break through the two city walls and would not be able to form a siege.

But if we attack the two Taichengs, we will be threatened by the bows, crossbows and stones from Juancheng.

Guo Huilong found the situation difficult, but he had no choice but to attack.

They first tried to attack Juancheng, but before they got close to the city wall, they lost more than a hundred people and had to give up.

They also attacked Dongtai City which was guarded by Liu Cunchi.

The circumference of Taicheng is only one or two miles, but it is indeed a strong and important city. Xuanwu was unable to fully utilize its numerical advantage and could only consume the enemy's resources.

The same thing happened even if catapults were used.

In order to resist the attack of the Xuanwu Army, Zhu Xuan began to build these two city walls after the Xuanwu Army ended its offensive last year. They were built with stone bricks and were extremely strong.

After a whole day passed, the Xuanwu Army did not take Dongtai City. Even though Bai Xiaoqiang personally led the troops to attack the city and braved the arrows and stones, they were still beaten back and lost more than a hundred elite soldiers.

Throughout the day, the Xuanwu Army lost hundreds of people, and Liu Cunzhe lost three or four hundred people.

But at night, Juancheng took advantage of the cover of darkness to transport 300 people into Dongtai City. Dongtai City was intact as new, and its combat effectiveness returned to its peak.

Upon seeing this, Guo Huilong became furious and ordered Li Cunqian to lead his thousand cavalry to wander between Juancheng and Dongtaicheng, and to spread the cavalry out for ten miles to prevent a surprise attack by enemy reinforcements.

He also ordered Bai Haoyuan, Chen Daniu and Bai Xiaoqiang to lead 2,000 men each, to attack day and night and take turns not to give the enemy a chance to rest.

So starting from noon the next day, there was constant fighting outside Dongtai City. Even at night, the Xuanwu Army continued to attack with torches.

Even though Liu Cun commanded properly, the long period of high-intensity combat made him mentally exhausted and he made more and more mistakes.

Seeing that there were only more than 400 people left in Liu Cun's army and they were about to break through.

Zhu Xuan ordered his foreign generals An Fushun and An Fuqing to lead 3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry out of the city to attack the Xuanwu Army near Dongtai City.

Li Cunqian immediately led 500 cavalrymen to stop An Fuqing's 1,000 cavalrymen to prevent them from suddenly attacking the rear of their army that was attacking Dongtai City.

Although he only stopped the cavalry and failed to stop An Fushun's 3,000 infantry, the speed of the infantry could not compare with that of the cavalry, which gave Guo Huilong time to respond.

A 3,000-man infantry force was sent to intercept them.

Just when Guo Huilong let out a breath and thought Zhu Xuan had run out of tricks.

In Xitai City, He Gui led 500 elite soldiers suddenly out of the city, defeated the 3,000 Xuanwu troops guarding them outside the city, killed Yan An, the commander of the left 1st battalion of the Huazhou Army who was responsible for the defense of the area, and attacked outside Guo Huilong's camp.

At this time, nearly 10,000 of Guo Huilong's men were besieging Dongtai City, and 20,000 were outside Juancheng to prevent Zhu Xuan from taking desperate measures.

Another 3,000 men were sent to intercept An Fushun. The 3,000 men in Xitai City temporarily lost their command and were unable to fight. There were only 7,000 to 8,000 men protecting the logistics and food routes.

Another 5,000 men were sent towards Lei Ze to prevent Zhu Jin's surprise attack.

Therefore, there were only less than a few thousand people in Guo Huilong's camp, and most of them were tired troops or weak brigades who had just come down from the front line.

Suddenly, the enemy rushed outside the camp. In addition, He Gui was indeed a fierce general, and no one could stand up to him. This frightened the Xuanwu soldiers. They were actually able to break through the camp gate.

He Gui was seen chopping down a captain of the Xuanwu Army, holding up his sword and shouting fiercely: "Where is Guo Huilong? Come here and die."

Guo Huilong stood on the high platform, looking at He Gui who was walking into an empty space, his face was livid, and he ordered:

"Urgently order Chen Daniu's troops to return to the main camp for support, and the rest of the troops to continue attacking Dongtai City. There must be no mistakes."

He ordered his cavalry to run and deliver the message immediately. At this time, He Gui also saw Guo Huilong on the high platform. Even though he was now surrounded and had only more than 200 people left around him, he did not stop and rushed straight to the high platform.

"Commander, let's hide away. He's troops are fierce. It would be a pity if we let them take advantage of us." The deputy general on Guo Huilong's left advised worriedly.

"Stop talking. You are just a reckless man. How can you let me avoid the battle? Tell the banner guards below that I am on this stage. My life and death are in their hands."

Below the high platform, five hundred elite soldiers from the Banner Guarding Camp surrounded the wooden platform, which was actually not very high. When they heard the words that Guo Huilong had passed down, their eyes suddenly turned red, as if they had been insulted.

The commander of the Banner Guarding Battalion, Yuan Zhen, drew the precious sword from his waist and shouted to his subordinates: "It is a shame for us that our commander has been threatened. Who dares to help me capture that man?"

The five hundred guards said in unison: "I dare."

How could Yuan Zhen really drag everyone to the battlefield, so he selected a hundred people, and the rest were assigned by Deputy Commander Liu Wu to continue guarding the banner and Guo Huilong on the high platform.

He led a hundred guards to fight against He Gui.

Seeing that he was only a few hundred steps away from Guo Huilong, He Gui felt that he was about to leave his name in history.

So, regardless of the fact that there were only a hundred brave warriors around him and that half of his strength had been used up, he continued to fight bravely and headed towards the tall "Guo" banner.

The attack on the Xuanwu Army headquarters was agreed upon with Zhu Xuan and Liu Cun before the war.

According to Zhu Xuan's plan, 500 brave warriors were selected from the 20,000 soldiers in the army. They were all well-trained veterans, equipped with armor and steel knives. Their elite level was only slightly inferior to Mo Daodu and Yin Jiandu who were specially assigned to guard Bai Yi.

After the Xuanwu Army attacked either side of the Taicheng, Zhu Xuan sent these 500 brave warriors to the other side.

If the Xuanwu Army forcibly captured any of the Taicheng cities, the war would become stalemate and neither side would be able to withdraw.

Zhu Xuan sent elite troops from Juancheng to attract attention and tie down the large army outside the city that was watching over them.

On the other side, the defenders of Taicheng, either He Gui or Liu Cun, led these 500 brave warriors and went straight to the Xuanwu Army camp.

As long as the commander-in-chief is killed, the morale of the Xuanwu Army will surely plummet. Zhu Xuan will then take the opportunity to counterattack and the enemy will be defeated. This time, the Tianping Army will win.

They could even take back the two cities of Puyang and Linpu that were occupied by the Xuanwu Army.

He even cooperated with his younger brother Zhu Jin to retake Caozhou.

He Gui kept replaying Zhu Xuan's words in his mind, "If we win this battle, I will recommend you to the court as the governor of Puzhou and let you lead an army alone."

I couldn't help but feel excited, and the strength in my hands unconsciously grew stronger and stronger, as if I had forgotten about life and death.

Finally, He Gui broke through the last team of ordinary troops that were trying to intercept him, and saw Guo Huilong standing on the wooden platform watching the battle.

Looking at a team of a hundred warriors coming towards him.

He Gui grinned, spat out a mouthful of blood foam, looked around and saw only fifty or so people left. There were still more than twenty people behind him blocking the rest of the Xuanwu soldiers who wanted to come forward to support.

He pointed the sword in his hand at Yuan Zhen who was a dozen steps away and said loudly:

"Brothers, glory, wealth, and martial arts fame are all yours today. Follow me and kill me."

(End of this chapter)