Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

 Chapter 1873 True and False

Chapter 1871: True and False

Su Dingfang not only stopped the attack on Yuyang, but also transferred back Sun Lingming, who was attacking Yuyang City. These unreasonable signs also puzzled Li Guang in Yuyang City.

You know, among the previous four armies of the Qin Army, except for Bai Qi's army, which fought steadily and without any impatience, the other three groups all launched very fierce offensives. Obviously, they all wanted to be the first to invade Guangyang County and occupy the territory to destroy the Han Dynasty. The first achievement.

Among the four armies at present, the one closest to Yanjing City is Su Dingfang's. As long as the last four cities in Yuyang County are captured, they can successfully invade Guangyang County and then attack Yanjing City.

 But at this last moment, Su Dingfang stopped the attack. This behavior was obviously very unreasonable.

Suppose the Qin army did not have enough troops to capture Yuyang City?

But Li Ling obviously only defeated Sun Lingming slightly, and the casualties of more than 2,000 people were just a drop in the bucket for the Qin army, and there was no problem of insufficient troops at all.

Then why did the Qin army stop attacking?

 Li Guang was also very puzzled by this, but what is certain is that Su Dingfang must be brewing a bigger conspiracy.

"Father, you are worrying too much. Su Lie may have known that he could not capture Yuyang City, so he might have withdrawn his troops to repair." Li Gan, Li Guang's son, said with a smile.

The solemn look in Li Guang's eyes did not diminish at all, and he said in a deep voice: "As a father, I hope I am worrying too much, but when Su Lie retreated, the morale of the Qin army was still strong, and the order of the army was shocking. It was obvious that there was still some strength left. This is not a sign of weakness.”

 “Then why did Su Lie retreat?” Li Gan asked doubtfully.

"well."

Li Guang sighed and said, "As a father, I also want to know."

 In fact, Li Guang was opposed to the task of guarding Yuyang County from the beginning, because he knew that he and Su Dingfang were not in the same weight class at all.

 Who is Su Dingfang?

He is a famous general who has been famous for a long time. He rarely loses in all directions. Even among the Qin army, he is one of the top ones.

 He Li Guang is just a fierce general. Before this, he didn't even have the opportunity to lead the army alone.

Therefore, facing a strong opponent like Su Dingfang, Li Guang, who is self-aware, will naturally feel guilty.

Li Guang was afraid of living up to Liu Che's expectations, but at this time, no one in the Han army was qualified to defend a county alone, so even if he had to catch a duck, Li Guang had no choice but to bite the bullet.

The result was just as Li Guang expected. Even though he had been extremely cautious, Ban Yue had been losing battles with Su Lie, retreating from the south of Yuyang to the center, and now back to Yuyang City, the administrative center in the north.

Of the original 25,000 troops, only 18,000 were left. Although the casualties were not too great, the morale dropped significantly.

If Li Ling hadn't defeated Sun Lingming in Guangping and greatly boosted the morale of the Han army, Li Guang would not have had the confidence to persist.

Li Guang seems to be relaxed now on the surface, but in fact he has been forced to a dead end. He has no other way to retreat except to defend Yuyang City, because if he retreats, he can only retreat to Yanjing.

Li Guang felt physically and mentally exhausted about this, but was powerless.

Li Guang thought of his old friend Zhou Yafu. If Zhou Yafu had not been captured alive by Li Jing after his defeat in Qingzhou, but had escaped, he would definitely be the one responsible for guarding Yuyang now, not Li Guang who was chasing ducks.

“Brother Zhou, what would you do if it were you?”

Li Guang murmured to himself, but his heart was already in a mess, and he couldn't think of any other way except to defend the city.

"Report...to General Qi, General Tian Yu has sent news that there are movements of the Qin army."

 “Send it over.”

“No.” After Li Guang opened it and took a look, he didn’t pay much attention to it at first, but the more he saw the back, the more frightened he became.

“Su Dingfang sent a large number of spies to Yanshan. What are you planning to do?”

Li Guang’s brows furrowed, and then he seemed to remember something. His expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed, “Are you looking for a mountain road that bypasses Yuyang County and goes straight to Yanjing?”

“Father, no one knows the terrain of Yuyang better than us. How can we bypass Yuyang and go directly to Yanjing?”

Li Gan looked unconcerned and said: "From what I've seen, Su Dingfang is just trying to be mysterious. The purpose is to arouse panic in our army and lead our army out of the city to fight."

Hearing Li Gan's words, Li Guang's complexion improved a lot, but it was still very ugly. The word "puzzled" was almost written on his face.

"Gan'er, are you sure that there is no other path in Yanshan that can lead directly to Yanjing?" Li Guang asked.

“Although this... child has been to Yanshan, we can’t be sure. But if we find local hunters and ask, we should be able to confirm.”

Hearing this, Li Guang nodded: "In that case, Gan'er, I'll leave this matter to you."

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 After Li Gan received the order, he directly went to hundreds of households of Yanshan hunters and questioned them one by one.

Most of the hunters said that they had never heard of this road, but there were also two or three families who said that there seemed to be such a road, but no one had used it for too long, and it was now deserted.

After learning these ambiguous answers, Li Guang, Li Gan and his son looked at each other, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

It would be best if there was no such road, but if there was such a road, even if it was abandoned, it would still be bad news for the Han army.

This means that the Qin army can bypass Yuyang City and go directly to attack Yanjing City, and there is no point in defending Yuyang City.

 Although most of the hunters said that there was no, it was more likely that this road did not exist, but a few people said that it did, which meant that there was a possibility that this road existed.

In this situation, not knowing whether it is true or false is the most dangerous thing, because Li Guang no longer has the capital to gamble.

“Father, what should we do now?” Li Gan asked.

“Send all the spies out, and we must find this road before the Qin army.” Li Guang gritted his teeth and said.

 Now the situation is even more unfavorable to the Han army. Once the Qin army is found in front of him, the entire Yuyang defense line will be meaningless.

 Therefore, Li Guang had to get ahead of the Qin army, find this path directly to Yanjing, and then send troops to seize the important road and garrison it.

Given the steep terrain of Yanshan Mountain, if the Han army could successfully set up camp, they would only need two thousand defenders to completely block this road.

Hundreds of spies from the Han army searched for him for three days, but still couldn't find him, and the Qin army's search also continued.

“Report...to General Qi, Su Dingfang personally led an army of 30,000 people and lost sight of him after leaving Lu County for twenty miles.”

"What?"

 Li Guang screamed, then grabbed the spies by the collar and asked: "30,000 troops, so many people, such a big movement, how could they suddenly lose their trace?"

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