The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 311
To crusade against Han Sui, Guo Jia sent 15 troops, which was more than twice the number of Han Sui's soldiers and horses. He could send [-] or [-] troops, but due to the consumption of food, grass and luggage, he only sent [-] troops. If Han Sui cannot be completely wiped out, even if Guo Jia has millions of troops, he may not have the confidence to conquer the world.

Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Wu Yi, and Meng Dawu led their troops into Han Sui's territory in the northwest without encountering any resistance. Even when the soldiers approached Zhiyang, the officials and people in the city directly surrendered. The first day of their march.

In Zhiyang, the soldiers and horses rested overnight. At the same time, the five generals also began to carefully plan their strategic deployment.

The Taiping Army has a military rule that when going out to enter the enemy's city, from civil and military generals to ordinary soldiers, they must not disturb the people or occupy their houses by force. If there is no residence, they must camp on the spot inside and outside the city.

Wu Yi and Meng Da's soldiers and horses were stationed outside the city. After arranging night patrol measures for their men to guard against the enemy, they rode to the military camp in the city. Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, and Ma Chao had been waiting for a long time.

Although five people went out at the same time, each with [-] soldiers and horses, but the commander of this expedition is Gan Ning.

Five generals in armor sit in the tent, Gan Ning sits on the main seat, Zhang Liao, Wu Yi, Ma Chao and Meng Da sit on the left and right.

Putting out the map of the northwest, Gan Ning didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"I am leading an army of [-]. Han Sui should have received the news in Wuwei at this moment. Our army's superiority in this expedition to the northwest is obvious. Therefore, I intend to step by step and divide the troops into two groups tomorrow. Zidu, your infantry are all swords and shields." Soldiers, facing the iron cavalry of Xiliang is short attacking long, so tomorrow I will ask you to lead the army to Zuli in the northeast direction. My colleagues and I will lead the army directly to Wuwei City. When you pacify the southeast of Wuwei County, we will We will meet up in Wuwei City."

According to the map of Liangzhou, a more vivid metaphor is a rectangle. It only needs to sweep across from Jincheng to Wuwei in a straight line, but because this rectangle is inclined at 45 degrees, the only gap and omission is Wuwei County. southeast.

Ma Chao led the silver-feathered flying cavalry, Gan Ning led the archers, Zhang Liao led the crossbowmen, and Wu Yi's men were all pikemen. These four armies faced the Xiliang iron cavalry, and the pikemen and archers were capable of fighting back. The silver-feathered flying cavalry restrained the enemy, but the [-] infantry of the new army led by Meng Da were all sword and shield soldiers, and they didn't have much advantage against the Xiliang iron cavalry.

Meng Da cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, the governor, I will guarantee the completion of the task."

Gan Ning nodded and asked everyone to go down to rest and recharge their batteries for tomorrow's army departure.

In fact, everyone now thinks that Han Sui hastily withdrew his troops and fled back to Wuwei. Facing the attack of Guo Jia's army, he must stick to his defense. question.

In the early morning of the next day, the whole army set out, and the county town that had already surrendered was left under the control of a thousand-man army.

The northwest was desolate, and occasionally there would be loess land where not a single blade of grass grew. As the commander, Meng Da was a little more relaxed on horseback. The [-] infantry behind him marched on two legs, which was naturally a little harder.

There is no pleasant scenery here, only the unbearable hardship under the scorching sun.

Guo Ye, who commanded 200 people, looked calm in the large army. Behind him were two village chiefs who were in charge of [-] people, one was a young man and the other was Gan Gui.

Gan Gui, who was bored, went to Guo Ye's side and said in a low voice, "Hey, what did I say? Our army will not be able to go to the battlefield. My father led troops to Wuwei to fight Han Sui, but we went to Zu Li in the opposite direction. Zhi Yang surrendered without any resistance, and I think Zu Li is no exception."

Regarding this, Guo Ye's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "How can we take it for granted when marching and fighting? If the southeast of Wuwei County is not pacified, it will always be a hidden danger. Since someone must come to take over the southeast, it doesn't matter who is sent? It’s just that our army is not the enemy of the cavalry, so we took a seemingly insignificant errand. But let me tell you, it would be a good thing if the southeastern part of Wuwei County was successfully pacified, but if something went wrong, the consequences would be disastrous. "

Gan Gui looked surprised, and after pondering for a while, asked in a low voice: "What do you mean by Mr. Ye?"

Guo Ye turned his head and glanced at Gan Gui, and asked back: "If our army doesn't come and Zu Li has Han Sui's heavy troops, your father leads the army to attack Wuwei City in the front, and Zu Li sends troops to besiege Jin City in the back, what do you think will happen?" How far has it developed?"

Gan Gui was terrified in her heart, she nodded deeply, and said cheerfully, "As Mr. Ye said, then it seems inconspicuous that we came to fight Zu Li, but it is actually a big contribution?"

Guo Ye smiled lightly and said, "Don't think about credit. War requires all departments to work together. Everyone doing their own thing well is the greatest contribution to victory."

"Yo, Mr. Ye is talking more and more like a Shijun now. Like a father, like a son, but I don't understand. Shijun likes to strategize, why does Mr. Ye want to charge forward?"

Faced with Gan Gui's question, Guo Ye was silent for a moment and then said softly: "Father said, no matter what is going on or someone, if you don't understand or experience it, you have no right to speak. I am different from my father. I think I have to be on the battlefield. Feel it firsthand."

The biggest difference between Guo Ye and Guo Jia is his background. He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, and he was carefree when he was sensible. For him, fighting is limited to the theoretical knowledge of military art. He has really experienced it on the battlefield and witnessed it. After experiencing it, perhaps he will have a deeper understanding of everything hidden behind the war, and for himself, this is also a process of tempering into steel.

The scorching sun was in the sky, and Zuli County was in sight. Meng Da led the army and ordered the whole army to stop. Looking from a distance, the gate of Zuli City was closed, but there were no defenders at the top of the city. If it is resistance, what's the use of closing the gate?What is the difference between deceiving and stealing the bell?But if it is resistance, is there an enemy army ambushing at the head of the city?

The key point is how many soldiers and horses there are in the city, Meng Da doesn't know, it is unwise to attack the city easily.

"General, why don't I go and tell the people in the city to surrender?"

Dianman ran to Mengda with an excited expression on his face. In his opinion, it is best to have resistance, so that there will be battles. If the whole city surrenders, it will be meaningless at all.

Meng Da agreed to Dianman's request, no matter what, let's see the effect first.

Dianman, who was tall and burly, ran to the front of the formation excitedly, about three hundred steps away from Zuli City, just raised his breath and wanted to shout, but opened his mouth wide but was stunned.

What should he shout?
Racking his brains to think about it, Dianman rolled his eyes and shouted loudly: "People in the city, listen up, get out of the city and surrender, or you will bear the consequences!"

……

In Zuli City, the county government has exploded.

It's not ordinary county magistrates who are making noise, but five of Han Sui's eight generals!

Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Candidate, and Li Kan surrounded Cheng Gongying and started arguing.

"Look, look, Guo Jia's army is coming!"

"Brother Cheng, Guo Jia has seen through your scheme!"

"How should I decide now? Whether to leave the city for a decisive battle or to defend to the death, no matter how you look at it, it is a dead end."

……

Cheng Gongying was also a little flustered.

There are [-] soldiers and horses in Zuli city, which are Han Sui's main force. After Guo Jia led the army to besiege Jincheng, Cheng Gongying retreated decisively.

Guo Jia will definitely annex the Northwest directly!
No matter what considerations he made to make this judgment, at least now it confirmed his speculation.

And Han Sui's soldiers and horses must not be able to beat Guo Jia, and he will definitely lose in the frontal battlefield, so he can only use surprise soldiers and tricks.

Cheng Gongying suggested that Han Sui should garrison troops in Zuli before Guo Jia sent troops, and he predicted that Guo Jia would lead his army to attack Wuwei City after he dispatched troops from Jincheng. Fighting to go to Jincheng, after quickly breaking through the empty Jincheng, they only need to do one thing, and Guo Jia's soldiers and horses can be destroyed without attack.

Burn food!

The robbing is endless, and it cannot be transported away. As long as Guo Jia's food and grass in Jincheng are burned, let alone the army, even the common people may be in danger of starving to death.

It's just that Cheng Gongying didn't expect that Guo Jia's soldiers and horses would not go to fight Wuwei, but now they came to Zuli's city.

"Go and find out how many soldiers and horses there are outside the city. Don't panic, everyone. You don't even know how many enemy troops are coming. What are you afraid of?"

Cheng Gongying, who forced himself to calm down, thought calmly and could only take one step at a time.

If there is really a large army coming from outside the city, then his plan of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot will become a cocoon.

The person who went to inquire about the news returned soon. According to him, there were about [-] enemy troops in the field to the west of the city, and there were no enemies outside the other city gates.

"Could it be fraudulent? Could it be to lure me out of the city to fight?"

Yang Qiu said in surprise.

According to Guo Jia's strength today, he would have to bring one hundred and eighty thousand when he went out to fight.

Cheng Gongying closed her eyes and pondered for a while, there were only two possibilities for the current situation.

Either to lure the enemy, after Zu Li's troops leave the city, the enemy's follow-up troops will enter the battlefield.

Or Guo Jia didn't expect Zu Li to have a heavy army at all. The ten thousand soldiers were just Guo Jia's careful use of troops to flatten the northwest to take down Zu Li City.

If it is the former, and the enemy has backup, then the soldiers and horses in Zuli City have to go out to fight no matter what, because the opponent will attack the city if they fail to lure the enemy.

If it was the latter, Zu Li's troops would go out of the city decisively to fight, but there was a chance of victory by surprise.

No matter how to choose between the two, Cheng Gongying can only make a decision to open the city gate and fight decisively.

"What kind of soldiers are there outside the city?"

"They are all sword and shield soldiers."

"Okay! Open the city gate, and the Xiliang iron cavalry will rush out!"

Cheng Gongying decisively issued an order. This time, he was the coach appointed by Han Sui. The other five generals must obey his command at this moment, no matter whether they respect him or not.

Shouting outside the city until he became hoarse, Dianman didn't call to open the city gate, and ran back to Meng Da, Dianman said angrily, "General, why don't you attack the city?"

Meng Da turned around and saw that if his army really wanted to attack the city, they had to set up camp first, and then build some ladders and bumpers overnight. Just when Meng Da decided to retreat [-] li to set up camp.

The west gate of Zuli City was opened from the inside.

(End of this chapter)