Chapter 180 The Battle of Yushe (4)
Because it was foggy at night, Guo Hao strengthened his precautions, but he obviously thought too much because the other party thought so too.
The next morning, Guo Hao woke up and heard the sound of the wind. He walked out of the tent and found a layer of dew on the tent. He couldn't help but smile.
In Yushe City, Wang Zhongde found that the south wind was blowing today, so he said: "Your Majesty, the current wind direction is not good for our army, so don't go out to fight rashly!"
Liu Chong felt the wind when he heard this and felt that the wind was not very big. Besides, Guo Hao only had three thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry, so he was probably about the same charge.
"It doesn't matter. Order the cavalry to charge, and then the infantry will follow, and the Zhou army will definitely be defeated with one blow!"
Liu Chong was determined to act alone and did not listen to Wang Zhongde's advice at all. Because Zhang Yuanhui was injured, he had to go into battle himself.
When Guo Hao saw that Liu Chong was really coming, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and Liu Chong was not polite and ordered a charge directly.
Two thousand cavalry galloped, and the earth was shaking. Seeing this, Guo Hao didn't even resist and directly ordered a retreat.
When the Han army saw the Zhou army running away, they forgot their situation for a moment. However, the Zhou army was prepared and soon retreated to two miles and gathered with Wang Zhengzhong's men.
Liu Chong was chasing hard in the crowd. Suddenly, someone in the front army stumbled, and then the horses behind him tripped. Liu Chong stopped and looked closely and saw that there were actually gullies in front. They were cushions with straw before, but they could not find them without looking carefully.
"What a cunning boy, he actually used this method to stop us. Do you think you can run away like this?
Everyone obeyed the orders, from slowing down, they were all infantry, and they were not as fast as us!"
Guo Hao stood in the army, looked at the cavalry in the distance, and found that their speed had slowed down and knew that the opportunity had come.
"Roll the arrow in the middle (the arrow is lifted forty-five degrees), and shoot the arrow!"
Thousands of arrows flew out like locusts and landed on the heads of the cavalry like rain. Liu Chong was shocked when he saw this.
"No, hide!"
However, they were in the middle of the trench grid, and the horses could not run at all. Although they had armor, armor was not omnipotent.
However, people have armor and horses, and some soldiers who are afraid of death simply hide under the horses. After all, it is better to die than to die in a horse, but it’s a pity for those war horses.
Seeing that the opposite side was in a mess, Guo Hao decisively issued an order to attack. The terrain was more flexible than the horse. When Liu Chong saw Guo Hao go back, he knew he had fallen into a trap.
"Not good, go!"
Three thousand men and horses attacked two thousand cavalry, and cavalry without horses may be worse than infantry.
When the Han army in the city saw this scene, they immediately sent troops to respond to Liu Chong. This was Zhao Kuangyin and others who rushed out with their men, trying to cut off Liu Chong's retreat.
All ten thousand soldiers appeared, Liu Chong was extremely frightened and didn't care about the army at all. Under the cover of his personal soldiers, he ran back desperately.
Although Guo Hao had a distance, Liu Chong ran back. The Han army was already moving against the wind and was even more defeated at this time. Guo Hao took the opportunity to order the attack on the city. As a result, in order to wait for Liu Chong, the defenders of Yushe did not close the city gate in time and were attacked by Zhou's army.
The Han army wanted to counterattack, but the Nanfeng became even stronger. The attack on the wind was very uncomfortable, but the Zhou army was very smooth, and the Han army fled one after another.
The emperor and ministers of the Northern Han in the city saw that the situation was wrong and fled from the north gate. Zhao Kuangyin and others wanted to chase him, but were stopped by Guo Hao.
"Don't chase the enemy. This is the territory of others. We should not divide our troops at this time. When Li Yun's army takes over Yushe, we will decide on a plan to go north."
After breaking the Yushe, Guo Hao had a beginning. He wanted to rest in the city, but he didn't expect that all the young men in the city were recruited to serve in the army, and the rest were the old, weak, sick and disabled.
There was not much food, but there was some military ration in the granary. Guo Hao felt a little reluctant to look at the poor people in the city.
"Particle the grain in the warehouse to the people. We can hold on for a while, and the supply from the court should be coming soon."
When the soldiers heard Guo Hao's order, they were silent. In addition to making contributions in wars these days, they tried hard to destroy the city and rob wealth.
"What? Do you want to disobey? You don't even look at what else can you rob in Yushe City? When we conquer Jinyang, the money there will be yours!"
Although Guo Hao did not want the soldiers to rob, he did not say anything to death. These soldiers were not disciples of the Beggars' Gang, and their appetites were all tricked and they were unwilling to do a loss-making business.
"Yes, the deputy envoy is right. Liu Chong gathered all his money in Jinyang. As long as we attack Jinyang, the deputy envoy will not treat everyone unfairly, and the court will not treat everyone unfairly!"
Seeing that the soldiers were a little unhappy, Zhao Kuangyin stood up. He understood Guo Hao's thoughts. He did not want to hurt the innocent.
The two of them came forward one after another, and then comforted the soldiers. Guo Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked someone to send a letter to Li Yun.
Li Yun was a little surprised when he received the letter. He didn't expect Guo Hao to break through Yushe so quickly. Then he became excited again because a great contribution was waiting for him.
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Liu Chongyu Society failed and fled back to Jinyang in a panic. Zhang Yuanhui was injured. He sent Li Cungui to defend and at the same time sent someone to ask for help from the Khitan.
Guo Hao waited in Yushe for three days, and Li Yun's army arrived, with only two thousand troops, but it was enough to defend the city.
"The last general Liu Xu has met the deputy envoy!"
"Thank you for your hard work, General Liu, I will leave Yushe to you. Don't alarm the people in the city, they are all pitiful."
"yes."
At this time, the Northern Han Dynasty had to support the army and pay tribute to the Khitan. The domestic taxes were heavy, so that the people were living in poverty. Most of the people fled into the Zhou territory, and most of the people were left unavoidable, so Guo Hao did not want to hurt them.
Liu Xu was Li Yun's subordinate general, and he was from Yizhou. He was worried that Guo Hao would order plunder. Unexpectedly, Guo Hao was so kind and righteous. Not only did he order the army to be unscrupulous, he also distributed the food to the people.
Liu Xu took over the city defense, Guo Hao held another meeting, and Yushe took it. It took half a month for him to finish it, and the loss was not big.
But Taigu is probably not so easy to win. Guo Hao had the intention to make plans and was unintentional, and with the help of the power of the heaven and the time, he unexpectedly attacked him and was unprepared, and then he won the battle.
When Taigu defenders received the news, they would definitely not be able to defend themselves. Guo Hao could not delay for too long. Although there were people helping to intercept both wings, they might change over time.
"Taigu County is mostly mountainous and hilly, with tall walls in the county and strict defense. If you attack for a strong force, the losses will still be very large.
I just got the news that the Taigu Gu Gu governor was named Li Cungui, who was the deputy envoy of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Daizhou Defense Envoy. He was also very smart at this time.
So I plan to send a small team of people to detour into Taigu City, find the right time to cooperate inside and outside, so that I can break the city.”
Guo Hao would not directly order a siege like other generals. He always felt that it was too expensive to do so. After all, he only had 10,000 people, and now there are more than 9,000 left.
"I'll go, I'll complete the task!"
The young general Wang Zhengzhong suddenly stood up and asked Guo Hao for his appointment, but Guo Hao was worried that he would be too young and would easily have major problems.
"Zhengzhong, you can't go, it's not that you can't, it's just that Taigu is very small, and being able to succeed is related to our subsequent actions.
Wang Shenqi, Yang Guangyi!”
"The last one will be here!"
"This task is left to you two. Don't be too hasty. Be sure to pay attention to safety. I will give you three signal flares and send one before the action. I will let you prepare.
If you succeed, I will immediately let someone attack. As for the last one, let’s keep it for us to celebrate!”
"Hahaha……"
For a moment, laughter came from the military camp. They all knew Guo Hao for a long time. It can be said that Guo Hao never fought a war that could not be done.
Before, Guo Hao showed his might in front of the formation, and they also heard that they admire Guo Hao for being both civil and military.
The inside and outside are in harmony, and the important thing is to respond. Guo Hao dressed up the two of them and asked them to find an opportunity to enter Taigu in batches.
In the following time, Guo Hao was idle again. He played the piano every day and sent someone to send a book of persuasion to surrender. If Li Cungui could surrender directly, he would not have to be so troubled.
However, Li Cungui had no intention of surrendering at all. He was originally the cousin of Li Cunxu, the Emperor Zhuang of Later Tang Dynasty, and his brother was killed, he had never had any good feelings for the Central Plains.
When he heard that the commander of Zhou's army was a young man named Guo, he immediately sent someone to inquire about the news, but this inquiry was amazing.
"It turned out to be Guo Wei's military advisor. No wonder he was so scheming. It's a pity that you met me!
Chapter completed!