Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 518: Battle of Wancheng (Part 512)

"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!"

Man Chong sat in the main hall of the Wancheng prefectural government, looking at several soldiers dragging two cloth bags below, his face full of anger.

Needless to say, the other party was the soldiers that Xiahou Ru had brought to rescue Xiahou Ba. They were spared by the Han army, and now they could only return to the city with Xiahou Ba's head in their arms to report to Man Chong.

As for the theories about gods and ghosts, they had no choice but to talk about them. They told Man Chong everything that had happened before, and Man Chong immediately became furious.

"Let the military doctors treat the injured soldiers and General Xiahou, and bury General Xiahou Ba properly. When you go back, don't talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army. Do you understand?"

Man Chong glared at these people, scaring them so much that they kowtowed repeatedly before the matter was resolved.

As for Xiahou Ru, Man Chong was only doing the best he could. It was said that Xiahou Ru only had half of his body left, so it was impossible for anyone to survive in such a situation, right?
Xiahou Ba is the son of Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Ru is the cousin of Xiahou Shang. Their identities and relationships with the Cao family are not far apart, so Man Chong is already having a headache. But what is even more worrying for him is the current war situation. Just two days after the war began, he has lost two generals, and the morale of the army is already somewhat unstable. He must think of a solution.

"Sir, shouldn't we be prepared? The army in the east of the city is leaderless right now. If the Han army takes the opportunity to attack, I'm afraid that one wing of Wancheng will be in danger."

Hu Zhi stood quietly by and waited until those soldiers had crawled away before he spoke to remind Man Chong.

"Well, Wen De's words make sense. That kid Feng Xi is extremely cunning, and he probably won't miss this opportunity... It's just right, why don't we take advantage of his trick and kill him first!"

Man Chong was about to agree to add more defenses, but then he turned his eyes and suddenly thought of a good idea.

Before the afternoon, a soldier reported that Xiahou Ru could not be saved and had died, which made the generals inside and outside Wancheng sigh.

Man Chong ordered Hu Zun to go to the eastern camp where Xiahou Ba was located and temporarily take charge of Xiahou Ba's troops.

Hu Zun is a treasure unearthed by Man Chong. He is excellent in both civil and military strategies. Now Man Chong is confident that he can definitely replace Xiahou Ba in commanding the army.

Facts have proved that Man Chong's vision was indeed sharp. Hu Zun was the General of the Eastern Expedition of the Wei Kingdom in the future. He was promoted to General of the Guards by suppressing the rebellion of Guanqiu Jian, and was also one of the three expeditions of Cao Wei.

But according to the original timeline, it was Sima Yi who discovered him. But now Sima Yi is still under surveillance by Cao Zhen in Guanzhong and no longer has much power. Hu Zun is shining in Nanyang.

After Hu Zun and Man Chong had secret discussions for a while, Hu Zun went to the camp in the east of the city with a few personal guards. Man Chong also personally wrote a letter and handed it to Wen Pin in the west camp.

When Hu Zun arrived at the East Camp, he naturally held a funeral for Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Ru with great fanfare in order to win the hearts of the soldiers. Of course, there were also some other arrangements.

The commotion in the East Camp was naturally seen by the Han army scouts, who immediately reported it to Feng Xi.

"General, this is the situation. It seems that the Wei army is very sad about Xiahou Ba's death."

Ma Su reported the situation to Feng Xi, but they naturally did not know that Xiahou Ru was dead. They didn't even know that the man before was Xiahou Ru, so they did not take him into consideration.

"Well, it seems that the East Camp will have a new chief officer."

Feng Xi nodded without showing any attitude.

"General, I think we should take the night attack on the East Camp into consideration. If Man Chong reacted so quickly and had already selected a new commander for the East Camp, then he would have known that the East Camp was in a state of panic because of Xiahou Ba's recent death, and he would have been on guard."

Ma Su was a little worried, because he knew that Man Chong was not a fool. As the man who had protected Cao Ren in the past, Man Chong was naturally very capable. Anyone who knew a little about military tactics could see this opportunity, so there was no reason why the other party could not see it.

"It's okay. I've already thought of a strategy. You just need to guard the camp tonight. I believe you know how to do it. I don't need to say more, right?"

Feng Xi still trusts Ma Su quite a bit now. The other party has gone through countless battlefield experiences and is now a general-level figure. He no longer needs to remind him of some minor matters.

However, Ma Su's martial arts skills were not good enough, and he might get into trouble in such a nighttime battle, so Feng Xi arranged for him to guard the camp. "I will follow the orders of the Grand Commander."

"Go call the other generals and prepare to assign tasks."

Feng Xi waved his hand and sent his soldiers to call for help.

That night, the East Camp was still brightly lit, and the white cloth and white banners had not been removed, making the East Camp look somewhat eerie and scary in the night.

"on!"

An army dressed in apricot-colored clothes and armor quietly arrived outside the East Camp in the cover of night. However, the leading general felt something was wrong after just looking around the East Camp.

"The enemy is in ambush! Retreat!"

The camp was dead silent, the guards on the watchtowers stood motionless, the Han army generals were very well trained in this and could tell the problem just by taking a quick look.

"kill!"

As expected, the Wei army rushed out of the camp with torches, as if they had expected it.

"Just as the Grand Commander expected, retreat!"

The leader Xiang Chong saw that the enemy had indeed ambushed troops, so he immediately withdrew with his troops without saying a word. The Wei army also stopped and did not dare to pursue in the dark.

After nearly an hour, Xiang Chong, who had just retreated, came back and actually imitated Jia Xu's plan in the Battle of Wancheng and attacked the camp for the second time.

"Oh no! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

This time, the Eastern Camp seemed to have completely failed to anticipate the Han army's return, and the camp was in chaos.

"Go in! Set fire first, then kill people!"

Xiang Chong waved his spear and led the Han army into the East Camp. In the early years, Feng Xi had specially trained soldiers in fire prevention and arson before the Battle of Yiling. Now, night attacks and arson have long been the characteristics of the Jingzhou Army. Even in the Jingzhou Army's drills and confrontations, night attacks like those in the past are commonplace.

Thanks to this, the Jingzhou army's ability to set fires can be said to be unique in the world.

"Damn it! I worked so hard to save this place!"

A cry of curse in a Central Plains accent was mixed in the chaos. It was because his tent had just been set on fire by the Han army, and his wife was buried in it.

The Han army scattered in all directions, and soon the East Camp was engulfed in flames, the fire growing more and more intensely with the help of the wind.

"No, why are there only these Wei soldiers? Oh no, the other side actually has more plans, retreat quickly!"

Xiang Chong sensed something was wrong. Although the Wei army was not empty this time, the number of people running away in the fire was obviously wrong. It was definitely less than the 20,000 people in the East Camp.

"Dismount your horse and surrender! You have fallen into my governor's trap!"

Sure enough, shouts of killing were heard again from all directions.

(End of this chapter)