The last three kingdoms

Chapter 996 Superfluous
The battle to besiege Huguan City finally started at the end of May.

In fact, as early as the beginning of May, Liu Yin had already led his army across the Hanshan Fortress and stationed there, threatening the safety of Huguan from the southwest.

However, after Liu Yin arrived in Tunliu, he was not in a hurry to march. Instead, he set up several company battalions outside Tunliu City and stood still.

Unable to restrain himself, Zhang Le hurriedly asked Liu Yin for orders, willing to lead the Wudang Flying Army as the vanguard, and take the lead in attacking Huguan City, and Zhang Le vowed that if he did not take Huguan, he would be punished by military law.

But Liu Yin seemed to have other plans, and flatly rejected Zhang Le's invitation to fight, and ordered him to wait for news after returning to the camp, and not to act without authorization before the order was issued.

Zhang Le was very puzzled, and said to Liu Yin: "Brother, the battle has been fought for this sake, what are you waiting for? Taking advantage of the high morale of our army, it is a good time to take Wenyang with all one's strength, you wait like this Go down, don't you wait until the day lily is cold?"

Liu Yin smiled slightly and said: "Second brother, don't be impatient, I have my own arrangements, but don't worry, this time Wenyang is already a turtle in the urn, and it is expected that he will not escape this time."

Zhang Le saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he could only retreat in resentment. Liu Yin seldom made such promises directly. He must have a plan in mind if he dared to say so today. Zhang Le had no other choice but to go back to the camp. Wait.

Watching Zhang Le leave, Fu Qian chuckled and said, "Ziyue is impatient and can't hold back anymore. Wenxuan, you stand still. Could it be that you are waiting for Luo Xi's troops to fail?"

Luo Xi had already received Liu Yin's order to lead the Yong'an Army and Jinyang's City Defense Army with 5000 people from Jinyang to the south to encircle Shangdang with the main force led by Liu Yin.

This order was issued when the main force of the Shu army had already marched to the Shangdang after the Battle of Gaoliangyi. At that time, Luo Xi had swept through the cities in central Jin and cleared the remaining forces of the Jin army near Jinyang.

Using the regular army to deal with some of Jin's city defense soldiers, Luo Xi felt like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. He successively took down Yangyi, Qixian, Zhongdu, and Jingling. Instead of feeling tired, Luo Xi felt a little tired. The meaning is still unfinished, the Jin army only has a few scattered troops in the cities of Jinzhong, which is less than half of the Jinyang garrison, and even the Jinyang garrison was instantly killed by Luo Xi, and the remaining defenders, Luo Xi is like chopping melons and vegetables Usually, they are easily wiped out.

At this time, Luo Xi received an order from Liu Yin, asking him to lead his army to the south immediately to besiege Shangdang. After Luo Xi heard the news, he was immediately invigorated. Discuss with Taiyuan prefect Du Ji.

Of course Du Ji readily agreed, this is the order of the Hussar General, who would dare to disobey it?What's more, the forces of the Jin army in Taiyuan County have been wiped out, and the transfer of five thousand city defense troops will not cause any major difficulties for Jinyang's defense.

However, the quality of the city defense troops cannot be compared with that of the regular field army. It took a lot of time for the city defense troops to assemble and prepare. It was a headache for Luo Xizhi.

Although Luo Xi didn't understand why Liu Yin ordered the mobilization of [-] city guards to go to Shangdang, could it be that the Yong'an Army plus the other four armies couldn't deal with Shangdang to defend the enemy?Luo Xi naturally knew the news of the great victory in Gaoliangyi. Wen Yang's troops were basically crippled. Now the strength of the Shu army has formed a crushing trend. Why does Liu Yin insist on mobilizing five thousand city defense troops? Going to Shangdang, Luo Xi was deeply baffled.

But an order is an order. Although Luo Xi was puzzled, he had to execute it unconditionally.The city defense army took twice as long as the Yong'an army, and the assembly was finally completed.

Luo Xi let out a long sigh of relief, and led his army to leave Jinyang, looking southeast.

In terms of marching speed, the city defense army cannot be compared with the field army. When the city defense army is training, there is no training subject of speed, because the city defense army does not need to go out of the city to fight at all. As long as they can defend the city, their mission will be completed. up.

Compared with the field troops, which had a well-organized and well-trained lineup, the city defense army was obviously far behind. Because of their slow marching speed, it seriously slowed down the speed of the Yong'an army.

If it wasn't for the dragging by the city defense army, Luo Xi's Yong'an army would have been able to enter Shangdang County by now, but now they have only reached the foot of Yeli Mountain, which is still some distance away from Huguan.

Luo Xi is really helpless. The marching speed cannot be trained overnight. The Yong'an Army has been in the army for many years and has moved to many places. Whether it is tactical or basic quality, it is much more capable than the city defense army. Marching every day, the Yong'an Army When the spirit was refreshed, the city defense army was already exhausted and out of breath. Luo Xi had no choice but to reduce the daily march distance and reduce the intensity of the march, so that the two different subordinate troops of the Shu army could basically keep pace. unanimous.

After crossing Yeli Mountain and passing Nie County and Xiangyuan, Luo Xi led his army to the north of Huguan, and formed a siege of Huguan with the main force of the Shu army in the west.

When passing through Nie County and Xiangyuan, Luo Xi thought that he would experience a fierce battle, but unexpectedly, the Yong'an Army did not receive any resistance at all, and easily took down these two cities, leaving Luo Xi I am deeply inexplicable.After arriving to the north of Huguan, Luo Xi finally saw the traces of the Jin army's actions. Instead of proceeding immediately, he camped in place and asked Liu Yin for instructions on when to launch an attack.

"Wenxuan, the Yong'an Army has reached the north of Huguan, and our two armies have formed a siege against the Shangdang. All the generals are impatient and are asking when to attack Huguan?" Fu Qian received the document first, Immediately handed it over to Liu Yin.

Liu Yin smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, let's pass on the order to start attacking Huguan tomorrow morning."

Fu Qian said: "Now Yue and the others have something to look forward to. Wenxuan, but it's very strange, why did you call in five thousand city defense troops to assist in the battle? Could it be that we don't have an absolute advantage over Wenyang now and need the city defense troops to help in the battle? "

In fact, the main force of the Shu army is already far superior to Wenyang's Jin army in terms of number. Liu Yin has no need to call the city defense army here. If the city defense army did not slow down the speed of the Yong'an army, perhaps the Yong'an army could have arrived a few days earlier. The army's general attack could be launched in the morning, but now because the city defense army marched slowly, it was delayed for several days. Liu Yin's move was a bit superfluous.

(End of this chapter)