Chapter 141: A coincidence (Part 1)
Just one hundred and fifty miles away from Hanzhong, Guo Wentong's army set up camp.
Although everyone could not hide their faces and their tiredness, the formations were arranged in an orderly manner. At first glance, they were shining with cold light, strong army, and strict order. They were worthy of being the elite soldiers in Guanzhong.
It was already dusk, and almost when Guo Wentong had just ordered the camp to be established on the spot, he came from the direction of Hanzhong, one man and one rider quickly towards this side.
Because I was getting closer, when I saw the flags planted in the camp, the man's eyes lit up and he urged his horse to run towards him.
"Who is coming?" The Qin soldiers patrolling outside the camp immediately became alert and shouted loudly. Several of them had bent their bows and then shot and killed them.
"I am the envoy of Hanzhong City. I am the prefect and ask for a meeting with General Guo!" As he spoke immediately, he looked at his clothes and his embarrassed appearance, the Qin soldiers believed it.
He still let him dismount, confiscate his weapons, checked them again before taking him in.
"You guys look at him first, and I'll report to the general." A team was talking and heading towards the main tent.
After a while, I broke it back.
"The coach is about to see you, please follow me." The team was talking.
The Hanzhong messenger thanked him and followed the man. After a while, he came to a tent.
Seeing that the camp was under high alert and full of personal soldiers, I knew that I had arrived at the right place.
"Master, you are here." The team said respectfully outside the tent.
"Let him come in!" In the camp tent, Guo Wentong had heard the report from the team leader and knew that it was someone from Hanzhong.
Guo Wentong could naturally guess the reason for the arrival of this messenger. Naturally, it would be difficult for a mere messenger to bring him over to see him as soon as he heard the report.
But for a moment, under the guidance of a personal soldier, the Hanzhong messenger appeared in front of Guo Wentong.
"I'm paying homage to Marshal Guo, Marshal Guo. Hanzhong has been besieged by Wang Hongyi's army for many days. The county magistrate sent the small and four others to break out of the city and come to bring rescue soldiers and bring a handwritten letter from the county magistrate, just to ask the commander to send troops to rescue as soon as possible." The messenger arrived in front of Guo Wentong, and immediately fell to the ground and said quickly.
"Where is the letter?" Guo Wentong asked.
"This is the letter." The messenger took out a letter from his arms, stained with blood.
"Come on." Guo Wentong signaled the attendant beside him to come over to get the letter.
The attendant took the letter from the messenger, found nothing unusual, and handed it to Guo Wentong.
After opening the letter, extracting the letter, Guo Wentong read it immediately.
The content of the letter made him feel sank. He thought Hanzhong could resist for a few days, but the letter stated that he was afraid it would be broken within three to five days.
"You go down first, I know this. If you go down to deal with the wound, you can break out from the siege of 40,000 troops and deliver the letter. You are very loyal. Nothing else has to do with you. Okay, take him down!" Guo Wentong said, waved his hand, and ordered his personal soldiers to take the messenger down.
Knowing that the next thing was no longer a small messenger, the messenger followed his personal soldiers and retreated.
In his opinion, the Qin army was only 150 miles away from Hanzhong. After another three days of march, they could attack the city in one go and confront Wang Hongyi's army. At that time, the crisis in Hanzhong City would naturally be lifted.
But he didn't know that the moment Guo Wentong received the letter, his heart was rolling in his heart.
Guo Wentong was somewhat nervous about the strength of the Shu army.
An inexplicable feeling always made Guo Wentong feel a little uneasy.
Hanzhong City has high walls and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. According to the information obtained, Wang Hongyi's 40,000 troops surrounded the city and failed to attack. This is normal.
This kind of strong city will not be rare for several months.
Not to mention forty thousand, even if it is a 100,000 army, with proper command, it can withstand for several months.
But now the letter shows that Hanzhong can't hold on for only ten days.
If Hanzhong is so difficult, the Shu army should also use all its strength. In this case, it will be exhausted and damaged a lot. In addition, the number of defenders in Hanzhong City is actually not much different from the situation.
Qin Chuan had hundreds of battles, and he had elite soldiers and five thousand cavalry. If the number and state were not much different, he could fight and win.
But this ominous aura became stronger and stronger.
Guo Wentong was born as a military general. He looked burly on the outside but had a very meticulous mind. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to conquer the four counties in a row, and then he would hold the Qinchuan land in his hands.
At this time, Guo Wentong, as usual, could not think of where the miscalculation was!
Outside the Qin army camp, Guo Wentong rode a mount, looking at the direction of Hanzhong County City, and Chang Huaiyuan was also riding a horse behind him, followed by several generals and personal soldiers.
Chang Huaiyuan frowned slightly and was a little uneasy. The feeling of anxiety in his heart had never been eliminated since he followed his lord to send troops.
Facing a person like Wang Hongyi, even Chang Huaiyuan, who has always been full of tricks, is not real.
He could see some people's weaknesses, some people's next moves, and design a way to win, but he was always a little uneasy about Wang Hongyi.
The situation is very clear now. Wang Hongyi's army surrounded Hanzhong, but it has not been able to attack. It was expected that the situation would not be so simple.
"The battle situation in Hanzhong is probably not as simple as you can see." Guo Wentong suddenly spoke.
"Lord, according to the last general, Wang Hongyi is just a false reputation. He can't conquer a city in Hanzhong these days, so he can be considered a general!" "A general named Shang Chunyuan, with a rectal temper, said directly.
"General Shang, Wang Hongyi should not be underestimated. In Shu, he unified the East and West Yizhou and successively captured the two counties of Longjian. If it were not for the extraordinary, how could these prefect generals be willing to hand over the city?" General Wei Guosu said, his expression was solemn, deep and resolute, and he was a truly powerful general Guo Wentong.
Guo Wentong nodded slowly and looked at Chang Huaiyuan: "Huaiyuan, what do you think?"
"Wang Hongyi is indeed not to be underestimated!" Chang Huaiyuan said slowly in a low voice: "However, the lord has already had a move first. The news came just now that General Fu Zicheng has occupied Wushan and can go to Hanzhong tomorrow. Regardless of whether Wang Hongyi is virtual or real, General Fu Zicheng can explore."
Wushan terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only Wushan is a horseshoe-shaped opening, and a road leads to Hanzhong from this opening.
With this, the Hanzhong level has been broken.
Speaking of this, Guo Wentong couldn't help but smile. When he was just broken in Liangchuan County, he asked Fu Zicheng to lead a vanguard to set out first. Although there were only a thousand people, they were cavalrymen. They traveled quickly and it was most suitable to find out the reality and act as vanguards.
Any mysterious and stinging cavalry will undoubtedly reveal it.
The autumn wind is bleak and the black clouds are everywhere, adding a bit of solemn atmosphere.
Near Wushan, at first glance, the forest was endless, with light rain, Fan Liuhai was wearing armor and a solemn face, waiting like a large army.
Fan Liuhai was in charge of Longxiang Capital. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that the lord's lord is so proud. This is strictly trained by Fan Liuhai. Although they were all wearing armor at this time, they were all solemn and indeed elite soldiers.
"Report!" A scout wearing grass-green vine armor half-kneeled on the mud, unable to see his face clearly, and said loudly: "The situation in Wushan ahead has been discovered. The enemy's traces were found. About Yidu cavalry is suspected to be the enemy's vanguard. Please give instructions from the general."
"Let's explore again, don't be discovered." Fan Liuhai frowned and said.
This time the army was not good, so I went to Wushan to intercept it, and I didn't want to occupy it first. It seemed that Guo's army had already been determined to win, so I got this level in advance.
As a general, Fan Liuhai immediately realized something, but this result was not the result he wanted.
I was originally from Li Chengye, not the lord's direct line. Although my lord was very kind, he was promoted to the commander of the capital and gave the name Longxiangdu.
But the foundation is unstable.
Although he won two counties in a row last time in the battle with Wei Cundong, he made contributions, and successfully promoted to the full position, he actually gained a bargain. If he wanted to be truly convinced, he still needed to make contributions.
I believe that the lord also means this. If you give the opportunity, how to seize it depends on your ability.
When Fan Liuhai thought of this, he clenched his fists secretly.
"Report!"
Half an hour later, the scout turned back and knelt halfway in front of Fan Liuhai, saying loudly: "It is clear that the enemy's number is 1,000, they are all cavalrymen. They must be vanguards. Please give me instructions."
"Let the headquarters rest, use dry food to set up tents in the jungle." Fan Liuhai ordered decisively.
The enemy is a cavalry and must be a vanguard.
If there is a Shu army, Wushan will be occupied. Now Wushan is empty and taken down by the enemy in one fell swoop, which means there is no Shu army nearby.
But who would have thought that he would come here one step late?
Let's take a break tonight, and as soon as this cavalry comes out tomorrow, I will be caught off guard!
After ordering, people naturally cleared the traces and walked among the dense woods. The dampness and corruption in the jungle mixed into a strange smell, which seemed like darkness.
Under the officer's constant warning, the army gradually became familiar with the dense forest. After half an hour, it finally built a tent and did not dare to use fire, so it took out the dry food and ate it.
Although there are tents on the ground, they are still wet and the blankets are affected, but they are ten times better than sleeping on the wetlands.
Fan Liuhai waved his hand and gave orders to all the soldiers rest.
He also ordered the scout camp to be alert.
But I was thinking in my heart: "This autumn rain is hazy. Even if we come, there will be any traces. After a night, there will be nothing left. As long as the enemy cavalry passes by here, I can fight an annihilation battle!"
Destroy this cavalry vanguard, behead one thousand, and then occupy Wushan. Only after resisting for three days can the lord serve the lord.
Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but feel hot.
I have a very good understanding of the situation of generals like Fan Liuhai. Now, as long as Hanzhong comes, Wudu will have no will to resist, and Shuzhong will be completely unified. At that time, there will be a lot of room for attacks between Qin and Jing.
Chapter completed!