In Wuwei City, the officers and soldiers of the Wei army were still gathering in front of the fire in their rooms. They usually talked nonsense about nothing, and no one expected that anyone would travel in such bad weather.
In the prefecture, Cao Xiu, the prefect of Wuwei, was immersed in the joy of the upcoming New Year. He ordered the soldiers to decorate the entire prefecture in a prosperous manner. There was no snow in the courtyard, making it the cleanest place in the entire Wuwei city.
"Hang up that lantern, yes, the one on the left, and the one over there... Hey, hey, hey... That so-and-so asked you to hang a plaque. Look where you hung it... That so-and-so, you go
A trip to the backyard..." Cao Xiu walked around every corner of the prefect's mansion, inspecting it personally, hoping to make this new year perfect.
The news of the demise of the Shu Han Dynasty reached Liangzhou, and Cao Xiu was naturally happy. This year was the happiest year for him. He had just married a beautiful wife not long ago, and the Chinese New Year was coming again, so he had to let his wife enjoy it no matter what.
Let’s have some fun during the New Year.
Cao Xiu was pointing, and his subordinates were all working enthusiastically. Because they were getting rewards, they naturally worked much harder.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the Prefect's Mansion, and the ground where Cao Xiu was standing shook violently. His first impression was that the ground was sinking.
"What happened outside?" Cao Xiu was shocked. At this juncture, if the ground subsided, he simply didn't want him to have a good year.
Just when everyone in the courtyard was confused, a person suddenly broke in from the outside. The person was covered in blood and his eyes were full of fear. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted loudly: "Chinese Army... we
Surrounded by the Chinese army..."
Before he could finish shouting, Wei Yan rushed in with a group of heavy infantry, and chopped off the man's head with a single knife. He glanced at the people in the courtyard with a sharp gaze. When he saw Cao Xiu, his eyes flashed.
There was a glimmer of light, and he swung the cold steel knife with blood beads in his hand forward, and shouted loudly: "The general has an order, kill Cao Xiu, get a hundred gold coins, and be promoted to the third level..."
Wei Yan shouted as he rushed forward, raised a knife and chopped down a servant in the prefect's house, and ran straight towards Cao Xiu. The other soldiers followed closely, and once they rushed in, they immediately dispersed and controlled the entire prefect.
He tried to block all the exits in the corner of the house.
Cao Xiu was taken aback and immediately fled into the backyard before Wei Yan could reach him. When he saw his wife coming out of the house, he immediately shouted: "Get in!"
At this time, many Chinese soldiers climbed over the wall, and some soldiers rushed in from the back door. The entire prefecture was surrounded by a dense crowd of people, completely surrounding the prefecture.
Cao Xiu took his wife into the room, took out his weapon, put on his armor, closed the door, walked directly to the bed, opened a wooden board under the bed, revealing a hidden compartment, and hurriedly said to his wife
: "Follow this secret passage and keep going forward.
If you go, you can lead to a dense forest outside the city. There are some Tiger Guard soldiers I left behind in the secret passage. They can protect you from here. After leaving, go straight to Hanyang County and report the matter to the governor. Please
Lord Governor, prepare for defense."
Cao Xiu's wife wanted to say something more, so Cao Xiu hugged his wife, kissed her hard on the little mouth, and said directly: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, I'm still useful to them.
,Don’t worry about me!”
Cao Xiu's wife refused and insisted on dragging Cao Xiu to go with her. After parting with her, Cao Xiu said angrily: "This matter is related to the survival of Liangzhou. Don't delay any longer. I will meet you again."
After saying that, he asked Cao Xiu's wife to leave forcibly, and he packed up the secret compartment again. As soon as he turned around, Wei Yan led his men to break down the door and enter.
When Cao Xiu saw Wei Yan looking at him eagerly, he quickly threw his weapons on the ground, knelt down, kowtowed to Wei Yan and said, "General Wei, please spare my life. I am willing to surrender to the Chinese army."
Wei Yan was surprised, but he couldn't believe it. He ordered his subordinates: "Tie him up and take him to the general to be punished!"
So, the soldiers tied Cao Xiu to Wuhuada and led them to the front hall of the prefect's mansion.
At this time, the Chinese army had completely controlled the form of martial arts. The moment the city gate was opened, 30,000 troops quickly rushed into the city. All the Wei army officers and soldiers in the city were staying in the barracks, and the streets were empty.
No one, not even the common people
Will come out, so the 30,000-strong army directly surrounded the general camp without losing any blood. The Wei army officers and soldiers were frightened and were forced to surrender. The Chinese army successively occupied arsenals, granaries and other important places, and then came to besiege the prefect's mansion.
The gate of the Taishou's Mansion was originally locked, but it was blown open by Chinese military explosives. The soldiers followed Wei Yan and rushed in. The people in the Taishou's Mansion were unprepared and were quickly attacked by the well-dressed Chinese soldiers.
He took control and captured many people.
In the front hall of the Prefect's Mansion, Wei Yan immediately issued an order to escort all the prisoners. He only tied Cao Xiu to a pillar in the Prefect's Mansion and stopped interfering. He left the soldiers to guard the Prefect's Mansion while he went outside the city.
Welcome Tai Shici and others into the city.
Wei Yan's 30,000-strong army was the vanguard of the Northwest Field Army. Although the remaining 170,000-strong army had been assembled, they were all scattered outside the city to prevent anyone from escaping. After all, this raid was a secret operation. Once the Wei army was allowed to
If the news is leaked, I'm afraid Liangzhou won't be easily captured.
Cao Xiu was tied to a pillar in the prefect's mansion. He was still thinking about his wife. He didn't know if he had run away at this time. People said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Cao Xiu was a cunning rabbit because he knew the number of people in the Northwest Field Army of the Chinese Army.
They were numerous and had strong military power, so as soon as they took office as the governor of Wuwei, they reserved an escape route just in case.
After waiting for almost half an hour, Cao Xiu saw Taishi Ci, Ma Chao, Wei Yan, Pang De, Chu Yan and others walking in together. However, when he accidentally glanced at a woman following the gap between the crowd, he immediately
He was dumbfounded. This was his wife. How could she be arrested?
Taishi Ci was full of joy. When he saw Cao Xiu being tied up tightly, he raised the whip in his hand, pointed at Cao Xiu and said, "Cao Wenlie is a cunning rabbit. It's a pity that he didn't expect to be caught by our Chinese army, right?"
Cao Xiu felt ashamed for a moment. When he saw his wife running towards him, and the Chinese army did not embarrass them, he hurriedly asked: "How could you be caught?"
"I followed my husband's instructions to leave the city, but who would have thought that the Chinese army was everywhere outside the city. As soon as I and others came out of the secret cave, they were blocked by the soldiers of the Chinese army. In desperation, I had no choice but to
Surrender." When Cao Xiu's wife said this, she was also a little sad, as if she had known that this would happen, so she might as well have stayed with her husband.
Taishi Ci didn't seem to have any intention of embarrassing Cao Xiu. He walked to Cao Xiu and asked, "General Cao, I heard that you want to surrender?"
"Yes, I want to surrender." Cao Xiu said.
"In that case, on behalf of our emperor, I would like to welcome General Cao to join us. This way, our country of China will have another general. Come on, please untie General Cao." Taishi Ci said with a smile.
After the soldiers were untied by Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu was filled with shame. He originally relied on his own strength to fight the Huaxia Kingdom, but he never thought that the Huaxia Kingdom would send troops in such bad weather. He was also careless. He had a trace of
Confused, he asked: "General Taishi, how could you just imagine sending troops in such bad weather?"
"Haha, take the enemy by surprise and attack them unprepared. I think that's what it means. General Cao, don't be upset. You didn't lose to us on a frontal battlefield. This time I will hide it and report it to the court.
When the time comes, how about saying that you are surrendering to the city?" Taishi Ci patted Cao Xiu on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Cao Xiu didn't understand what Taishi Ci meant by doing this, but he could feel that Taishi Ci and others didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him, as if they knew that he would surrender. However, he knew that he was only temporary. Once there was a chance,
He will definitely run back to Wei State.
"Thank you, General. From now on, Cao Xiu is willing to do his best. General, if we divide our troops to attack the counties in Liangzhou now, I'm afraid it will be like here, and they will be captured without a single blow. Then, in this way, Liangzhou will be conquered without a single blow."
The state will be owned by our Huaxia Kingdom. The last general is not talented, but he is willing to be the vanguard in front of the general's tent and wipe out the counties of Liangzhou for the general!"
Taishi Ci said: "General Cao, it's freezing cold today, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. My soldiers are all freezing outside. Anyway, we have to celebrate the Chinese New Year before taking action. General Cao, don't worry, you've done such a good job
I can understand your mood. We will wait until after the New Year. We plan to spend the New Year here. Does General Cao have any objections?"
"No...I have no objection." Cao Xiu said hesitantly.
Later, Taishi Ci ordered the army to enter the city. Wuwei City is the largest city in Liangzhou. Because Liangzhou is often invaded by foreign tribes, the people in Wuwei City are relatively sparse. Most of them have migrated to Guanzhong. Moreover, Wuwei City is repaired every year.
A city wall will be added to the periphery every year, so Wuwei City has a total of three walls, ten
The two city gates are a fusion point at the intersection of east and west. There were many traders in the city. During the reign of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wuwei City once flourished and became an important trading stronghold on the Silk Road. Therefore, in terms of accommodating 100,000 troops,
It was also relatively easy. For the remaining 100,000, Taishi Ci stationed them outside the city and built a military camp.
After capturing Wuwei City, the Chinese army rested and reorganized here to prepare for capturing the entire Liangzhou.
At the same time, in Tongguan City, Xu Huang, the right cavalry general, formally welcomed Guo Jia into the city. After Guo Jia stated his intention to come, Xu Huang suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "Great, I have been looking forward to it day and night, and finally I have been looking forward to it.
It's time for a big battle. I'm going to gather the troops right away. Sir Taiwei, please take a break."
Seeing Xu Huang's excitement, Guo Jia said: "General Xu has high morale and will definitely win this battle."