The battle in the lobby was violent and short. The reason why so many people died was because both sides were the best of the best. Either they would not take action or they would show no mercy. If they could not kill each other at the first moment, they would be killed the next moment.
The one who dies is himself.
Wei Ba faked a corpse and captured Xiahou Hui alive. The battle in the lobby ended quickly, but the battle below the city had just begun. Following Xiahou Hui's order, Xu Ran abandoned the outer city and defended the inner city. His soldiers were also veterans with rich combat experience.
, but unfortunately the opponent they encountered was too strong. As soon as they saw any movement among the guards in the city, the Wei family soldiers knew that they were exposed. Without saying a word, they seized the city gate and beat the war drum at the same time.
As soon as the war drums sounded, the soldiers of the Wei family who were hiding outside the city quickly ran towards Xiwu. With the support of their companions dressed as Tongguan defenders, they rushed to various strategic points in an orderly manner, entering the inner city like mercury leaking from the ground.
Although Xu Ran fought desperately, he could not stop more and more Wei family soldiers. Seeing that Xiahou Mao had left the north gate, and the shouts of killing in the city had stopped, but there was no shadow of Xiahou Hui, he no longer
Loved fighting, he led his men to fight and retreat. At the north gate, he personally led his infantry to block the city gate, preventing the enemy from rushing out of the city gate, and covering Xiahou Mao's escape.
Of course Wei Yan would not fail to notice the north gate of Xiwu. But he did not have cavalry. In order to avoid premature exposure of his whereabouts, he arranged an ambush position more than five miles away from the north gate of Xiwu. He watched the city gate open wide.
, Xiahou Mao rushed out of the city surrounded by more than a hundred knights, but he had no time to stop him and could only watch as Xiahou Mao ran away.
This is the shortcoming of the Shu Han army. Without cavalry, if they cannot intercept the opponent in time, they can only watch the opponent fly away.
Xiahou Mao ran away under the protection of the cavalry, but Xiwu fell into the hands of Wei Yan indisputably. In order to buy time for Xiahou Mao, Xu Ran also lost the chance to escape and became a prisoner like Xiahou Hui.
After dealing with Xu Ran, Wei Yan strode to the lobby. He turned a blind eye to the corpses scattered in the lobby. He looked at Wei Ba and saw that he was chatting and laughing. There was nothing serious, so he asked: "Are you injured?"
"A little flesh wound is not a problem." Wei Ba smiled and said, "Daddy got here very quickly."
"Rescuing troops is like putting out fire, how can it be unpleasant?" Wei Yan smiled disapprovingly: "Are you familiar with the situation in the dock?"
Wei Ba nodded and explained the situation in general. After several times of moving the tiger away from the mountain, there were only 500 people from Xu Ran and more than 200 soldiers around Xiahou Mao in Xiwu. Now Xiahoumao ran away, Xu Ran was captured, and Xi
There is no force that truly belongs to Cao Wei in Wuli. Those civil servants who assisted in defending the city were forcibly recruited by Xiahou Mao, which delayed the farming season. He hated Xiahou Mao so much that he would not be loyal to Cao Wei. What's more, some of them were
The people who came in were ordered by Wei Ba and arranged by Zhao Su and others.
"Then I will leave a thousand men for you. You can guard Xiwu while I go to escort General Zhao out of the valley."
"Dad, you must be tired from your long journey, so I'd better go."
Wei Yan sneered: "Boy, I'm not old enough to run a few steps without getting tired. If you want to seize power, you'd better wait a few more years."
Wei Ba was very embarrassed. What's going on here? I just wanted to show my filial piety, but I didn't mean to take away your military power.
Seeing Wei Ba's embarrassment, Wei Yan couldn't help laughing, and waving his arms, the armor on his body rattled, as if he was laughing: "I came all the way from Hanzhong, just to stretch my muscles in Xiaohuai, how can I
I'm tired. You are familiar with the situation in Xiwu, guard Xiwu, and prepare the banquet. I will go do some activities, pick up General Zhao, and come back to have a chat with you."
Wei Ba had no choice but to nod in agreement. Wei Yan immediately left a thousand soldiers with Wei Ba and led 4,000 men to the entrance of Baoxie Road.
Wei Ba was not polite and arranged the defense of Xiwu in the lobby where Xiahou Mao used to work. During this period of time in Xiwu, he had a clear understanding of the structure of Xiwu. Xiahou Mao left in a hurry, maps and other
The documents are all available, but some are stained with blood and don't look very clear.
As soon as Wei Ba arranged the defense matters, Zhao Su rushed over. As soon as he entered the door, he cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Congratulations, joining the army is indeed a clever plan. Even a strong castle like Xiwu was conquered in one fell swoop."
Wei Ba picked the blood mud from his nails and said: "Conquer it in one fell swoop? You don't know, my life was almost lost." Wei Ba gestured to the blood stains next to Zhao Su's seat: "I just said
Lying there, among a pile of corpses."
Zhao Su's expression changed, and then he touched his heart and said seriously: "That's really dangerous. If there are any advantages and disadvantages to joining the army, what will happen to the world?"
Wei Ba couldn't help but let out a "chish": "If I die, the world will not lose anything, but you, Master Zhao, will lose it, right?"
Zhao Su laughed loudly: "It's the same, I am also a member of the world." After a few words of laughter, he said seriously: "Join the army, what should I do next?"
Wei Ba pondered: "The top priority is to conquer Chang'an and occupy Tongguan, and the second is the autumn harvest. If we cannot capture Tongguan, we will not be able to block Cao Wei's reinforcements. Without food, we will not be able to hold on. The two are integrated."
Zhao Su nodded repeatedly: "Then grab it now?"
"Yes, we will be responsible for the war, and I will leave it to you for the food." Wei Ba said: "After the autumn harvest, we cannot be idle. We need their help in defending the city. I have already told you the conditions.
You can rest assured that I will never break my promise."
Zhao Su smiled and said: "Join the army, I can trust you, otherwise I wouldn't have run to Guanzhong to contact the believers of Tianshi Tao just because of your words. By the way, things have reached this point, are you right?
It’s time to meet someone from the Celestial Master’s Way too?”
"This is natural." Wei Ba thought for a while and then said: "I not only want to meet people from Tianshi Dao, but I am willing to meet anyone who is interested in cooperating with me. No matter he is originally from Hanzhong or Guanzhong.
"
Zhao Su's eyes flashed, and just as he was about to speak, Wei Ba said again: "Gongpu, Guanzhong is known as the Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan. Even if we move the entire Hanzhong here, there will be no problem. What we lack now is not land, but
He is a person who can unite with the powerful people in Guanzhong, which will help stabilize Guanzhong as soon as possible. Only by stabilizing Guanzhong can we gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong and have benefits at all."
Zhao Su was told his thoughts by Wei Ba and smiled sheepishly: "What he said in joining the army is true. I was short-sighted and thought wrong."
"Hahaha, don't be humble. I know you are capable. His Majesty will make Guanzhong the capital in the future. You will be indispensable in Jing Zhaoyin."
After hearing Wei Ba's words, Zhao Su couldn't help but smile. He worked so hard to come to Guanzhong from Hanzhong, didn't he just want to get more benefits? Although he is kind and doesn't value these riches, the Zhao family in Hanzhong needs these worldly things very much.
For this, his evil-minded grandfather was willing to gamble with a few more of his descendants. Now that everything he hoped for was right in front of him, even he, who was not very enthusiastic about power, was a little excited and became more energetic in everything he did.
Zhao Su immediately invited Zhang Wen. Wei Ba had a brief exchange with Zhang Wen and reiterated his original promise to Zhao Su. As long as Zhang Wen could mobilize the Tianshi Taoists in Guanzhong to help him defend Guanzhong, the Tianshi would be in the future.
Tao can preach openly and honestly in Guanzhong, and Zhang Wen can also become the chief priest of Guanzhong. In the future, he may even become the real helmsman of Tianshi Tao after Zhang Lu.
After receiving Wei Ba's personal promise, Zhang Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Wei Ba was just a small prime minister's official who joined the army, he used clever means to capture Xiwu in one fell swoop. Now Zhuge Liang's main force is in Longyou and Guo
The Wei army led by Huai fought and the Wei army in Guanzhong was completely defeated. One of the leading generals of the Shu army was Wei Ba's father, General Zhenbei Wei Yan, and the other was Wei Ba's master, General Zhendong Zhao Yun. Next, in Guanzhong, it was not just their father and son who were masters and disciples.
The final word?
Zhang Wen left with a lot of gratitude. Wei Ba breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about the next thing. With his father and master attacking from both sides, the five thousand Wei troops at Baoxie Road would definitely not have a chance to make a comeback. Xiwu was in hand.
Next, the only stronghold in Guanzhong was Chang'an. Xiahou Mao ran away unexpectedly. If nothing else happened, he would definitely go to Chang'an. Chang'an still has two thousand elite soldiers and a solid city. If he wants to attack by force, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive.
It was not an ideal choice. How to capture Chang'an as soon as possible became something he had to consider.
And...rescued Peng Xiaoyu who was imprisoned by Xia Houhui.
Wei Ba felt a little complicated when he thought of Peng Xiaoyu. In fact, Xia Houhui was right. The reason why he kept Peng Xiaoyu by his side in Chang'an was because he wanted to use Peng Xiaoyu to protect him. He valued Peng Xiaoyu.
Treating her as a confidant is just to make her protective effect greater.
Now everything was almost as he planned, but he didn't expect that Peng Xiaoyu would be discovered by Xia Houhui so quickly, and be caught and tortured in prison, which almost missed his important event. But Xia Houhui said that Peng Xiaoyu had exposed his true face, and Wei
Ba Ke didn't believe it at all, not only because he knew that Peng Xiaoyu knew nothing about his false surrender, but also because of Xia Houhui's performance. If Peng Xiaoyu really exposed him, Xia Houhui wouldn't need to test him at all.
Just take it directly.
To put it cruelly, Peng Xiaoyu is the shell of his golden cicada when it wants to shed its shell. It is just a cud dog. It is no different from the furniture he bought. It is just a cover. Her life and death are not his.
However, for some reason, when Xia Houhui mentioned that Peng Xiaoyu was in prison, he felt a little uncomfortable, so much so that he almost lost his composure and said harsh words such as retribution to Xia Houhui. If it hadn't been for Xia Houhui
He was a little uneasy at the time, and Xiahou Mao had been so bewitched by him that he might reveal more flaws.
Now that Xia Houhui has become his prisoner, he has somehow fulfilled those cruel words about retribution. However, he is unwilling to give up and does not want to stop there. Even if he knows that attacking Chang'an is not a wise decision, he cannot do what he hopes.
He gave up the idea so calmly.
But, how can I conquer Chang'an and rescue her?
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