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Chapter 229: Guo Huai¡¯s thoughts

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    Shangyong Prefecture.

    After the scouts sent the news to Hanzhong, Shi Tao seemed a little nervous, and he quickly invited Guo Huai and Li Hu.

    "Guo Xiaowei, Li Xiaowei, Liu Bei sent an army of ten thousand to attack Shangyong, what should we do?"

    Although Shi Tao is also a wise man, Liu Bei's reputation is still not small.  Shi Tao was good friends with Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, and they admired Liu Bei greatly at first.  Starting from the conquest of the Yellow Turbans, it has been more than 20 years of military service.  When the army was weak and there were few generals, he could still fight against Cao Cao after repeated defeats and never admit defeat.  Now that he is leading an elite army to attack Shangyong, how can Shi Tao not be worried?

    Li Hu is a Shangyong captain, one of the people who followed Liu Cong early on, and is also Li Yan's cousin. However, he has self-awareness, and at best he can only be a commander of a thousand men.  So after listening to Shi Tao's words, he looked at Guo Huai.

    Although Guo Huai was a demoted general and was young, he had the talent of a general and was highly appreciated by Li Yan, who entrusted him with important tasks.

    "Don't worry, Grand Administrator. When Liu Bei comes, he will definitely come to the West City. The general will lead five thousand soldiers and horses to keep him out of the West City and ensure that Shangyong has no worries." Guo Huai's face was calm, without any worry.  .

    "Well, I'll prepare the food and equipment right away, and I'll leave Xicheng to Colonel Guo!" Shi Tao felt relieved after hearing Guo Huai's words.

    Two hours later, Guo Huai led 5,000 soldiers and horses, escorted the grain and grass, and took the defensive equipment to the west city.

    Shangyong is where Liu Cong started his career. The three cities were all heightened and reinforced. After Guo Huai arrived, he moved the defense equipment to the towers.  The Hanzhong soldiers came from the south gate. Guo Huai arranged two thousand soldiers on the south gate tower and the remaining three thousand soldiers in the military camp below the city.

    Five hundred county soldiers are placed at each of the other three city gates. If Liu Bei divides his troops to attack, he will light up the smoke at the top of the city, and the soldiers from the military camp in the city will arrive soon.

    At the same time, more than fifty scouts were sent to inquire about the news.

    Guo Huai stood at the top of the city in military uniform, holding a sword in his hand. Under the sunset, he looked majestic.

    At this time, he was very excited.  Guo Huai is a native of Bingzhou. He has been familiar with military books and strategies since he was a child, practiced martial arts diligently, and determined to become a famous general like Lu Zhi, who is both wise and brave.

    After joining the army, he spent several years in Cao Ying before becoming a military commander.  Because there are too many famous generals in Cao's camp, including many from the Cao family, as well as the Xiahou family, plus Xu Huang, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Li Dian, etc., Guo Huai wanted to make contributions, but  No chance!

    After the defeat in Nanyang, he was forced to surrender to Liu Cong. Guo Huai felt that he could only do nothing in his life.  How could a surrendered general be reused without any reputation?

    As expected, Liu Cong directly sent him and Wang Ping to Shangyong.  Guo Huai was disheartened, thinking that Shangyong might be his eternal destination.

    However, when I arrived here, I was shocked. There were actually 20,000 elite soldiers in Shangyong!

    After talking to the commander Li Yan, Guo Huai was even more shocked.

    The Lord Liu Cong will build an army of 100,000 in Shangyong. When the time comes, he will issue an order to conquer the south and the north to unify the world.  Guo Huai admired Li Yan's talents even more, and several of Shangyong's generals, besides Zhou Cang, Liao Hua and Wang Ping, were also brave and resourceful.

    Guo Huai was very grateful to his lord Liu Cong and did not abandon him just because he was a surrendered general and an unknown person.  While he was excited, he was also waiting for the opportunity. He must prove himself, prove that his lord was not wrong about him, and prove that Cao Cao was not as meritocratic as the rumors said.

    Now the opportunity has finally come. Liu Bei leads an army of 10,000 to attack Shangyong. Not only must he defend it, but he must also give Liu Bei a head-on blow.  Let this hero know how powerful Guo Huai is.

    At this moment, a scout came on Pegasus.

    "Report to the general, Liu Bei's pioneer Shiren is about fifty miles away from the west city and is setting up camp."

    "Where is Liu Bei's army?"

    "We are about fifty miles away from the vanguard army and are marching in a hurry!"

    ¡°Let¡¯s explore again!¡±

    "No!"

    Several scolds came one after another, and the situation was basically the same.

    Guo Huai originally wanted to remove Liu Bei's vanguard, but now it seems that it is impossible.  Liu Bei's urgent march obviously wanted to reach Shiren's camp before dark.  Even if they can't make it there, the distance to the Pioneer Camp will still be within twenty miles.

    "And if you rush fifty miles to rob the camp, and the other party waits for work, it will be extremely disadvantageous, and you will probably return with a huge defeat.

    Since we can¡¯t remove the opponent¡¯s vanguard, we will stick to the city.  Guo Huai has no worries about holding on to Shangyong.

      The next day, Guo Huai was in the military camp in the city. Scouts came to report that Shiren, leading an army of 3,000 vanguards, had left Liu Bei's camp and rushed towards the west city. At this time, it was less than thirty miles away from the west city.

    "What, less than thirty miles?" Guo Huai was a little surprised, "They started marching early in the morning?"

    "Yes, we will set off at dawn!"

    "Where is Liu Bei's army?"

    "Eating now!"

    ¡°We¡¯ll investigate again and report again!¡±

    "No!"

    Watching the scouts leave, a sneer appeared on Guo Huai's lips.

    Shiren was marching in a hurry along the way. Lord Liu Bei guessed that Shangyong did not have many troops and horses, and there were no defenders. He estimated that the prefect Shi Tao would shrink his defense, and the focus should be on Shangyong and Fangling.  Because Shangyong is the seat of the county governor's mansion, the city must be strong and its age is closest to Xiangyang.

    So Liu Bei ordered Shi Ren to lead three thousand troops and capture the west city.

    There were not many generals in Hanzhong this time. Liu Bei directly promoted Shiren from Army Sima to Hengye Colonel. While making Shiren happy, he also wanted to make new achievements again.  Therefore, after receiving Liu Bei's order, the march was very fast.

    In less than two hours, the army arrived outside Xicheng.  I originally planned to set up camp, but I found that although the gates of the West City were closed and there were some soldiers standing on top of the city, the entire city was quiet.

    "Is it really an empty city?" Shiren thought, if that was the case, wouldn't it look like he was too incompetent if he camped outside the city and waited until the lord's army arrived before entering the city?  "No, I have to test it out!"

    So, everyone led the army to the city and shouted loudly at the top of the city.

    "I am Shiren, the vanguard general under Uncle Liu Huang, the prefect of Hanzhong. The guard at the head of the city came out to talk to me!"

    At this time, I saw a man who looked like an officer coming out of the city.

    "Hellohow rudewe are allies, whywhy do you want toattackour city?" The officer's voice was trembling.

    "Ha" Shiren burst out laughing, "Listen here, if you want to survive, surrender the city as soon as possible, otherwise when I break the city, you and the others will be wiped out!"

    "Don't don't even think about it!" the guard said firmly, but his tone was full of fear.

    "Siege the city for me!" Shiren ordered.

    "Kill!" Three thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and the crossbowmen began to fire arrows at the top of the city. The other soldiers held a shield in one hand and a ladder in the other, and rushed toward the city.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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