Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 587: Battle of Luoyang (X)

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound of flesh entering, Xiahou Heng's head flew high into the air. His tall body fell on Zhang Yi due to inertia and threw Zhang Yi to the ground.

Zhang Yi covered his wound, confused and puzzled. When he looked up, he saw Wang Ping holding a big knife behind Xiahou Heng.

"Thank you General Wang for your help."

Zhang Yi pushed Xiahou Heng's body away, stood up and bowed respectfully to Wang Ping. Needless to say, he was grateful for saving his life.

"General Zhang, you are too polite. Let's continue to kill the enemy. If we seize the west gate now, Cao Wei will surely be defeated."

Wang Ping was very modest. He didn't say much about what had just happened. He just waved his hand and brought the subject back to the main topic.

"it is good!"

With Xiahou Mao missing and Xiahou Heng and Xiahou Wei brothers killed in battle, the Wei army at the west gate collapsed instantly and lost their will to resist. The Sichuan army also began to slowly climb up the city walls, open the gates, and attack the city walls together with the ground troops.

The pressure on Guo Huai at the East Gate was still not too great. The main reason was that the Yangzhou army that came this time was only a part of it. Some generals and soldiers were under Deng Ai's command and were still attacking cities in Qingzhou, so the progress of the East Gate was not very good.

"General Guo, something terrible has happened. The Han army has occupied the southern part of the city, and the west gate seems to have been lost as well. The city walls are filled with Han troops."

While Guo Huai was resisting the attack of the Yangzhou army, he sent his scouts to investigate the situation in the city. When Cao Zhen sent people to ask for support just now, Guo Huai had a feeling that something was wrong, and now he almost fainted when he heard about the situation in the city.

My east gate was neither successful nor successful, and I was in a stalemate with the enemy, but the south gate in the middle lane and the west gate in the top lane exploded inexplicably, and the middle lane was almost reaching the palace, which was my own base. What was there to fight?
Guo Huai couldn't help but feel conflicted. He was certainly loyal to Cao Wei, but not much. In the past, Cao Wei had an advantageous position, which made many generals loyal to it. Now that it was in decline, people like Wang Shuang had surrendered long ago. It was impossible to say that Guo Huai had no thoughts.

"General Guo! General Guo Huai!"

Suddenly Guo Huai heard someone calling him from below the city. He asked a soldier nearby to go and take a look, and found out that it was Wang Shuang.

At this time, the Han army's offensive also paused for a while, and Wang Shuang, Xu Sheng and Zhu Yi were seen standing side by side at the foot of the city.

"I haven't seen General Wang for a few days. Now he has transformed into a general of the Han army. He really brings honor to our family."

Seeing that the other side stopped, Guo Huai also ordered his soldiers to stop attacking and shouted at Wang Shuang from behind the women's wall.

"Hey, as the old saying goes, a wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. General Guo, you have seen the current situation of Wei. My Grand Commander has already conquered the South City, and Prime Minister Zhuge has also conquered the West Gate. Even if you do nothing, you will end up being defeated and captured."

Wang Shuang spoke according to what Feng Xi had taught him before. Wang Shuang had a loud voice to begin with, and now with the help of the tin loudspeaker, the whole audience could hear him.

"Haha, it's only been a few days and you've already become your Grand Commander. Your Han army didn't break through my east gate, and there's a general in the city. Even if your Grand Commander breaks into the city, I'm afraid he may not be able to achieve anything."

Although Guo Huai knew that what Wang Shuang said was basically correct, and that even if Wei was not destroyed today, it would not survive for too long, Guo Huai was still a little reserved and did not want to open the city and surrender so simply.

"That's wrong. General Guo followed the general all the way back to Luoyang from Guanzhong. How could the general have won? Um... now... that's right, destiny is with Han. Considering that we have known each other for a long time, I have a plan to save General Guo's life today!" Wang Shuang shook his head and relied on Xu Sheng beside him to remind him to finish his words. Guo Huai was so angry that he laughed. Although he guessed that Wang Shuang wanted to persuade him to surrender, Wang Shuang's appearance of whispering with the people next to him to finish his words really made Guo Huai angry and funny. Fortunately, he knew that Wang Shuang was a fool, otherwise he would really think that the Han army came here deliberately to disgust him.

"I wonder if General Wang has any clever plan to save me?"

Guo Huai was amused and angry, but he still went along with it and let Wang Shuang continue.

"Now that the Wei Dynasty is about to fall, the Grand Commander has made a promise to me. As long as General Guo can open the city and start an uprising, welcome the Han army, and fight against the enemy together, he will not only be innocent, but also be the first to make the uprising."

Wang Shuang carefully recalled what Feng Xi had told him and spoke slowly.

Originally, Feng Xi had sent Wang Shuang to the East Gate as a backup plan, because he also knew the strength of the Yangzhou army. If Xu Shu's command was also unable to break through the East Gate, he could only let Wang Shuang try to persuade Guo Huai with the friendship of their former comrades.

Anyway, in the current situation it doesn't matter whether Guo Huai surrenders or not, but it is still a good thing to be able to win without bloodshed and reduce unnecessary casualties.

"This……"

Guo Huai lowered his head and thought for a while, then called two deputy generals and told them about the Han army's attempt to persuade them to surrender.

"What do you two think?"

Guo Huai winked at the two of them. They had followed Guo Huai for many years and understood what he meant at a glance.

"General Guo, we have done our best to keep our East Gate standing. However, the South Gate has fallen and the general has retreated to the city. Given time, our East Gate will still be doomed to destruction. General Guo has done his best, so he should leave it to fate. Now that fate is with the Han, and the Han is the orthodox one, we are not willing to die in vain!"

The two deputy generals spoke to each other in a touching manner. The content of their conversation was nothing more than that Guo Huai had done his utmost to be loyal, and it was the Wei Dynasty that was not doing well, so it was reasonable for him to surrender now.

"Well, what you two said makes sense. In that case, open the city gates and welcome the Han army into the city!"

Guo Huai nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered his soldiers to lay down their weapons and raise the white flag to represent surrender.

"Haha, General Guo, I, Wang, will be able to serve under your command again in the future."

After the Han army entered the city, Guo Huai, as the main general defending the city, also met Xu Shu, the main general of the Yangzhou army, while Wang Shuang on the side was winking at him.

"General Guo is lucky to have made the right choice for the people and soldiers. The Grand Commander has mentioned the general many times, saying that the general's military ability is not inferior to that of Zhang He. Now he is honored to be a minister in the same court as us."

As a veteran in the officialdom of Cao Wei, Xu Shu was able to say a few nice words, which made Guo Huai feel very comfortable. He had also heard of Xu Shu's name, and Guo Huai was a little proud to receive his kind words.

"No, no, now that the Wei Dynasty has lost its mandate from heaven, I am just following the will of heaven and avoiding war."

Guo Huai and Xu Shu exchanged a few pleasantries, and the Yangzhou army had already rushed into Luoyang City. At this point, the three armies of the Han army had all entered the city, and the final battle of Luoyang had begun.

(End of this chapter)