The distance from Dongming to Lihu is actually not that far, but because the purpose of the Western Qin Army this time was to attack Dongjun, they had to be careful along the way. It wasn't until the third day that they arrived at Lihu City. But even if it was
In this way, the process of the Western Qin Army's attack on Lihu City went smoothly!
The battle lasted less than an hour, and there were only nearly 300 defenders in the city. Under the attack of 10,000 Western Qin troops led by Guo Huai and others, they had no ability to resist! However, these 300 defenders were completely unable to resist.
They still resisted to the end, and when the battle was over, not a single defender surrendered!
Looking at the corpses on the ground above the city, Xu Yi and Dianman couldn't help but sigh. Xu Yi shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that this small Lihu City would have such a fierce soldier! If the defenders
No matter how many troops we have, we probably won’t be able to attack this city so easily!”
Noriman also nodded in agreement, but frowned and said: "Speaking of which, I feel a little strange. There were more than 2,000 defenders in Dongming City before, but why are there only so few people guarding Lihu City now? Look.
The size of Lihu City is not much smaller than that of Dongming City? How come the defenses of the two cities are so different?"
"This..." Xu Yi couldn't answer for a while. He could only shrug and said uncertainly: "Maybe it's because Lihu City is close to Dongjun. The enemy didn't expect anyone from us to attack Lihu City.
Fox City, that’s why it’s like this.”
Dianman thought about it and couldn't think of any other explanation. He could only rely on Xu Yi's explanation. At this time, Hao Zhao, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, also rushed over. He saw that Hao Zhao was wearing the same clothes as usual.
The armor was holding a spear in its hand, but the arm was wrapped in white cloth with some blood stains printed on it. It was obviously stained! Seeing Hao Zhao coming over, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile.
He stood up, pointed at Hao Zhao's arm and said, "General Hao! Is your arm okay?"
Xu Yi's words were condescending, obviously making fun of Hao Zhao, and Hao Zhao couldn't help but blush. When they were attacking the city just now, Hao Zhao rushed to the front to kill the enemy. After cutting down a defending soldier, he
Unexpectedly, the soldier fought back before his death. Although he was not seriously injured, his arm was injured by a soldier, which made Hao Zhao feel uncomfortable. Therefore, Hao Zhao just turned a deaf ear to Xu Yi's joke and said
: "Let's go! Brother Boji means that it's getting late today, so we'll stay here for the night and set off again tomorrow!"
Lihu City is already located at the junction of Jiyin County and Dongjun County. From Lihu City, it only takes two days to reach Dongjun City! Now that we have reached this point, we should not be too anxious.
It should be noted that haste makes waste, so Guo Huai asked the army to leave Hu for a night's rest before setting off again tomorrow to continue heading north.
Naturally, Xu Yi and Dianman had no objections to this decision. After making some arrangements, they went straight to the previously arranged residence with Hao Zhao. Of course, they did not forget to continue teasing Hao Zhao along the way. Of course, Chengtou
About two to three hundred people were left on guard, but Xu Yi and Dian Man did not relax at all.
However, just at the moment when Xu Yi and the other two people were walking down from the city, a bearded soldier of the Western Qin Army who seemed to be standing guard on the top of the city quietly glanced at the backs of Xu Yi and the others from the corner of his eyes, and a cold light flashed out.
It disappeared in a flash from his eyes. At this time, another soldier came from the other side. When he saw the big beard, he immediately shouted: "Hey! Which team are you from? Why did you come to me?
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The bearded man couldn't help being stunned, but he quickly replied: "I am from General Deng's side, and I have something important to ask General Hao! Didn't General Hao come to the city?" As he said that, the bearded man looked around.
For a moment, it seemed that he was really looking for Hao Zhao's whereabouts.
Hearing what the bearded man said, the soldier immediately said: "What's your look! Didn't you see that General Hao just went down with General Xu and General Dian? Well! Look, you just left the city gate! You
Let's chase him quickly!" As he said that, the soldier kindly pointed the direction into the city for the bearded man.
The bearded man's face was immediately filled with astonishment, and he exclaimed: "Oh! When did they go down? Why didn't I see them just now? It would be terrible if this missed General Deng's important mission! Brother! Thanks!
"After that, the bearded man patted the soldier's shoulder lightly, turned around and ran towards the city. The soldier didn't say anything, he just shook his head and continued to patrol the city.
After the bearded man left the city, he did not go to find Hao Zhao as he said. Instead, he walked around the city very familiarly and soon came to the door of an ordinary-looking residence.
Looking around, he saw that because the Western Qin Army had just entered the city, the people in the city were hiding at home and did not dare to come out, so the streets were empty and not even a soul could be seen. The bearded man took advantage of this opportunity and immediately
He stretched out his hand and knocked rhythmically on the door of the house. Soon, the door opened a small gap, and the bearded man immediately got in dexterously. The next moment, the door was tightly closed.
, as if it had never been opened.
Inside the residence, unlike the empty situation outside, the residence was actually filled with people in black. They were all guarding the corner of the courtyard inside the gate. The moment they saw the bearded man coming in, all the people in black
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the big beard! It wasn't until the big beard took off his helmet and revealed his true colors that the men in black looked away.
The bearded man didn't take it seriously. He nodded to the man in black who opened the door for him and walked straight into the only wing in the small courtyard. After entering the wing, there were several men wearing officer armor standing there.
, are pointing around a map. If anyone familiar with Lihu City looks around, they will find that this is a detailed map of Lihu City!
The bearded man took a step forward, clasped his fists at the officers and shouted, "General! The villain is back!"
Among the officers, there was a man who looked about forty years old. He was very handsome, but he had a resolute face. Hearing the bearded man's words, he raised his head and glanced at the bearded man, then nodded and said
: "Well! Get up! What useful information can you find this time?"
"Report to the general!" The bearded man just stood up, but still kept the gesture of clasping his fists and saluting, lowering his head and shouted: "According to the villain's inquiry, the Western Qin Army has arranged two to three hundred people at the four gates. The remaining soldiers
The horses are all gathered around the city guard's mansion in the city! Also, the generals of the Western Qin Army have decided to rest in the city for the night before setting off to continue their journey north tomorrow!"
"Okay!" After hearing the bearded answer, the officer's eyes flashed repeatedly, and his face even showed a hint of joy. He clapped his hands and shouted: "Everything went as planned! General Zhang Nan and their sacrifices were not in vain! Tonight we
Just act according to the plan! This time we are going to make those Western Qin troops turn a big somersault!"
"Oh!" Hearing the officer's words, everyone around them couldn't help but roar. These people are all the real garrison soldiers of Lihu City! In fact, there are nearly three thousand garrison troops in Lihu City.
The rest! The guard of Lihu City, the leading officer, is Xiahou Shang, a descendant of the Xiahou family and nephew of Xiahou Dun!
Since Xiahou Dun's death, Xiahou Shang has not been valued by Xiahou Yuan, so his status in the Xiahou family has become less and less valued. In particular, Xiahou Shang has a very good relationship with Cao Pi. Cao Pi's previous rebellion also implicated Xiahou Shang.
Not Xiahou Shang, but a direct descendant of the Xiahou family. I'm afraid he would have been killed by Cao Cao a long time ago! Although he can avoid the death penalty, Xiahou Shang's position in Cao Wei's army has become increasingly embarrassing. Not long ago, he was assigned to this place by Cao Cao
The little Li Hu serves as the guard.
One day ago, Xiahou Shang was guarding Lihu City as usual. Unexpectedly, he received a secret letter from Dongming written by Chen Tai and learned that the Western Qin Army had invaded the north. This made Xiahou Shang
Shang and the other defenders of Lihu City were frightened! Although there were still three thousand defenders in Lihu City, it was obviously not enough to deal with the attack of the Western Qin Army. After thinking for a long time, everyone finally came up with the idea.
Such a vicious plan is to let one of the generals lead three hundred dead soldiers to pretend to be all the defenders of Lihu City, while the remaining generals hide in Lihu City, wait until nightfall, and then sneak attack those who are resting in Lihu City.
Western Qin Army!
The general who led the dead soldiers in a deadly battle was Zhang Nan, a veteran who surrendered to Cao Cao from Yuan Shao's army more than 20 years ago. Although Zhang Nan was not always highly valued by Cao Cao, Cao Cao finally had some respect for him.
Thanks to the kindness of acquaintance, Zhang Nan did not refuse this fatal mission.
Everything went as planned. Zhang Nan and the more than 300 dead soldiers fought to the end and deceived everyone in the Western Qin army. The place where Xiahou Shang and others were hiding was not attacked by the Western Qin army.
Notice. As for the bearded man, he is a soldier next to Xia Houshang, who is responsible for inquiring about information outside. Just now, the bearded man took off the armor of a Western Qin Army soldier who died in the battle, and secretly sneaked into the Western Qin Army.
Inquiry.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Houshang quickly pointed on the map several times with his finger, and then said in a deep voice to the other officers: "We will start taking action at midnight tonight. Let brothers be careful and don't make any mistakes in the end!
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"Here!" All the generals cupped their fists and shouted in a low voice. As Xia Houshang waved his hand, the officers all scattered away. Then Xia Houshang stared at the map in front of him with a cold light in his eyes.
He fired suddenly, snorted coldly, and hit the center of the map with one punch, where the city guard's mansion of Lihu City was located!