Chapter 676 Guo Wei sent people to ask for help, and Lu Junyi's troops came out of Hulao
Of course, the fertility of this fertilizer is still practical to a certain extent, and at least it has improved the martial arts potential of local Wang Lin to a certain extent.
From the original peak force value, which is the middle-level god general, to the current peak force value, the high-level god general level.
And now Wang Lin has reached the peak of the mid-level god general, and there is not much gap left between him and the high-level god general at his peak.
That's why Wang Lin was eager to start a battle with Shi Da.
"Generals, having said this, you must not be careless. The battle that took place a few months ago is enough to illustrate Shi Dakai's ability. This person is definitely not an idle person!" Guo Wei reminded everyone at the right time.
At this time, military advisor Zhu Wu stood up from the crowd and said: "General, with Xingyang's current garrison strength, even if it can resist it, the 50,000-strong army led by Shi Dakai will not be able to resist the follow-up troops."
Guo Wei nodded when he heard this, because he knew very well that the 50,000 troops led by Shi Dakai this time were just the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army.
The follow-up troops will arrive at any time.
As for the garrison of Xingyang City, there were only fifteen thousand troops.
The combat power of these troops also varied, some were county soldiers drawn by Lu Zhi from the local area, some were elites from Lu Zhi's men, and some were direct troops from Guo Wei's men.
With such an army alone, it would not be able to hold on for long when the Yellow Turban army attacks.
Therefore, after Guo Wei thought about it briefly, he sent people to Hulao Pass to ask Lu Zhi for help.
And the person asking for help is naturally Warsaw, who has relatively balanced abilities.
He is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also has great strategic and political vision.
Xingyang is only more than a hundred miles away from Hulao Pass. The war horse that Hua Sha rides on is a BMW lent to him by Wang Lin. In only two and a half hours, Hua Sha arrives at Hulao Pass.
At this moment, Hulao Pass is closed.
"Commanders guarding the gate, please open the door quickly. I am Sima Huasha, under the command of Governor Guo." Huasha immediately shouted from below.
When they heard that the person coming was under Guo Wei's command, the officers guarding the gate immediately made a routine inspection. After ensuring that the identity of the other party was correct, they opened the Hulao Pass and let Huasha in.
At the same time, some soldiers went to the main palace of Hulao Pass to inform Lu Zhi of the situation ahead.
Hulao Pass, inside the city lord's palace.
When Lu Zhi heard that Guo Wei, who was stationed in Xingyang, sent people to Hulao Pass, he knew that the situation in Xingyang might not be good, so he quickly beat drums to gather the generals and summoned important generals in the army to come here.
"Father, what happened?" Lu Junyi, son of Lu Zhi, asked immediately after arriving at the city lord's mansion.
"Yes, General, what happened?" The generals below also asked one after another.
Lu Zhi did not explain, but kept it secret because he did not know what happened in Xingyang. He just asked everyone to wait here, and someone would tell them in a short time.
And this is also true.
Not long after, after placing the war horses in the stables, Warsaw hurried to the main palace of Hulao Pass.
"General Hua Sha, meet the general!" After Hua Sha entered the city lord's palace, he immediately knelt down on one knee and worshiped Lu Zhi.
"General Hua, please wake up. I wonder what happened in Xingyang?" Lu Zhi asked.
"General, this is an autographed letter written by the Grand Administrator. You will know after reading it." Huasha did not explain directly, but sent the letter written by Guo Wei to Lu Zhi through someone else and sent it to Lu Zhi.
When Lu Zhi heard this, he already had a bad feeling in his heart, so after receiving the letter written by Guo Wei, he immediately read it carefully, and the expression on his face became more solemn.
"It seems that the real decisive battle has begun!" Lu Zhi said with a solemn expression, and began to think about who to send to support.
Because Guo Wei also wrote in his letter that these 50,000 troops were just the vanguard army. Since Zhang Jiao was in Chenliu and held such a memorial ceremony, it could not be just an impression.
He would definitely seize such an opportunity to start a legitimate battle that could drive a wedge between Confucianism and the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, the men and horses in Xingyang City are far from enough.
Hearing what Lu Zhi said, Liu Che suddenly thought of a possibility, so he immediately stood up from among the generals and said: "General Lu, the Yellow Turban Army has invaded Xingyang in large numbers."
"There is no large-scale invasion yet, but it is not far away. Governor Guo mentioned in the letter that Yellow Turban General Shi Dakai, leading a 50,000 vanguard army, has set out from the land of Juancheng and is expected to arrive in Xingyang in two days!
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"I believe that in a short while, the Yellow Turban Army's large forces will attack Xingyang City." Lu Zhi said.
"General, in this case, our army should immediately send troops to support Governor Guo." Liu Guang, who was on the side, heard what Lu Zhi said and immediately took the initiative to speak.
Lu Zhi naturally knew this.
However, who should be sent to lead the army to support is a questionable matter.
After all, among the generals of Hulao Pass, in terms of leadership ability alone, even he, the chief general of Hulao Pass, is no match for Guo Wei.
Therefore, the commander of the Han army in the Battle of Xingyang must be in the hands of Guo Wei. Only in his hands can the greatest strength of the Han army's soldiers be brought out.
However, if Liu Guang or Liu Che is sent to fight, they all have the names of clan members of the Han Dynasty, and they may not listen to the arrangements of Guo Wei, a man who was ordered to be safe by the imperial court.
By then, I'm afraid there will be some problems in the battle against the Yellow Turban Army!
Seeing Lu Zhi thinking deeply and not making an immediate decision, Liu Che suddenly thought of his concerns and asked Lu Junyi to serve as the supporting general this time, and he was willing to become a deputy general to follow.
Liu Che did this, firstly, to take the overall situation into consideration, but secondly?
Naturally, there is Xiao Jiujiu in his heart!
As the son of Lu Zhi, Lu Junyi is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also well versed in military tactics and resourceful. If he can establish a good relationship with him, his chances of conquering him in the future will be much greater.
Moreover, if he could subdue Lu Junyi, he might be able to use Lu Junyi's position in the Lu family to make his brother-in-law Fang Xuanling defect to him.
Liu Che had been thinking about Fang Xuanling for a long time. After all, this man was an intellectual figure comparable to those who stayed in the early Han Dynasty. The Han army led by Lu Zhi was able to compete with the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou for a long time. Fang Xuanling definitely occupied a large area.
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In addition, Guo Wei is to guard Xingyang. Not only is this person highly skilled in martial arts, but his leadership ability is even better than that of Lu Zhi. If he can be recruited under his command, he will be able to take over the entire Liangshan force.
Although Guo Wei doesn't have many strong players, he still has a lot of middle-level talents.
Especially Zhu Wu, this is a talent not weaker than Fang Xuanling.
It has to be said that Liu Che's wishful thinking was very loud. Unfortunately, after all, it was King Xiang who had the intention and the goddess was ruthless. After all, these people were originally Wang Yu's subordinates.
Hearing what Liu Che said, Lu Zhi nodded. He was worthy of being Liu Bo'an's son for being able to take the overall situation into consideration. At this moment, Lu Zhi's affection for Liu Che rose to a higher level again!
He was very satisfied that Liu Che was able to pass. After all, Liu Che had a strong general like Xue Shi under his command. Even if his strength was not as good as that of Shi Dakai, he must be able to compete with Shi Dakai after joining forces with Guo Wei.
For safety reasons, Lu Zhi immediately ordered his son Lu Zhong (Lu Junyi) as the chief general, Liu Che and Cao Cao as deputy generals, Fang Xuanling as military advisor, Xue Shi, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren and others as subordinate generals to command an army of 30,000 to support Xingyang.
According to this lineup, plus Guo Wei's 15,000 troops stationed in Xingyang, they must be able to resist for a period of time.
Lu Zhi did not let Lu Junyi take away most of his troops, but prepared to use the refueling tactic. As long as Xingyang's troops were not enough, he would send troops to support.
A main delaying tactic.
After all, even if the Yellow Turban Army took away a lot of money and food from the wealthy families at the end of last year, they would not be able to bear it if they continued to consume it like this.
The Han army camp, however, had the vast Guanzhong Plain, and was not afraid of a protracted battle with the Yellow Turban Army.
As for Lu Junyi, after receiving the order from his father Lu Zhi, he immediately led Cao Cao, Liu Che and other generals to command an army of 30,000 and marched quickly towards Xingyang.
As Lu Zhi's son, Lu Junyi's growth in this life is definitely not comparable to that in the Water Margin world.
After all, Lu Zhi himself is a master of military art, so he is naturally particularly concerned about his son's growth.
If he became a disciple of Lu Zhi's friend Zhou Tong in order to learn martial arts, then he returned to the family and stayed with his father Lu Zhi in order to learn martial arts.
In Water Margin, there is actually an unsolved mystery, that is, what is Lu Junyi's military command ability?
If we talk about force value alone, Lu Junyi is definitely the ceiling of combat power. He is not only the top master in Liangshan, but also the strongest in the entire Water Margin world.
But when it comes to military strength, Lu Junyi’s talent for military command is truly unbearable to look at!
The first is the Battle of Yutian, which was the second battle of the Liangshan army to conquer the Liao Kingdom. It was also the first battle of the Yuqilin Lu Junyi as the commander-in-chief of the army for the first time.
According to the pre-war deployment, after the Liangshan army captured Tanzhou, Lu Junyi and Song Jiang divided their forces.
At this time, Lu Junyi not only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, but also powerful generals such as Guan Sheng with a broad sword, Hu Yanzhuo with a double whip, Dong Ping with a double spear, and Zhang Qing without an arrow. He was very powerful.
However, the outcome of the war was extremely unexpected. Lu Junyi suffered heavy losses in Yutian County. The cause was Zhang Qing's accidental injury.
When the numbers were counted after the war, the Liangshan army suffered more than 3,000 casualties. This is enough to show that Lu Junyi's military command ability was not that outstanding. Of course, it cannot be said to be mediocre.
After all, being able to command an army of 30,000 people, and finally retreat with his own bravery, is still quite good.
It can only be said that Lu Junyi is an ordinary general.
As a vanguard general, he is more than capable of prodding, but if he leads an army alone, his abilities are still somewhat lacking.
However, in this life, Lu Junyi had a good father who was well versed in the art of war. Even if his military command talent was mediocre, under Lu Zhi's training and education, he could barely be considered a famous general.
It has been about nine years since Lu Junyi was born. For the five-dimensional attributes to grow to this point, one can imagine how much thought Lu Zhi had to waste.
Due to the urgency of the matter, Lu Junyi basically marched in a hurry, so he rushed to the foot of Xingyang City at night.
After Guo Wei learned the news, he quickly ordered people to bring them into the city.
With the arrival of Lu Junyi's army.
The garrison of Xingyang City instantly numbered 45,000 people. Even if the Yellow Turban thief Zhang Jiao from far away in Chenliu came and led the Yellow Turban Army, Guo Wei would not be afraid at all.
Since Lu Junyi's men were tired all the way, Guo Wei asked them to have a good rest, and then intensify their training the next day to run into each other's armies.
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The next day.
Guo Wei gathered the generals at the city lord's palace to discuss the next action. In particular, the commander-in-chief of the army must understand it, otherwise, an accident will definitely occur.
However, Lu Zhi had considered these things in advance, so Liu Che and Lu Junyi did not want to compete with Guo Wei for the position of commander-in-chief of the army.
In this way, Guo Wei successfully took over the infantry command of the 30,000-strong army from Lu Junyi, Liu Che, and Cao Cao.
As for the cavalry under their command, Guo Wei did not move. They were still commanded by Cao Cao, Lu Junyi and Liu Che. However, when Guo Wei needed them, they had to follow Guo Wei's orders and arrangements.
Naturally, they would not disagree with this!
After all, cavalry is much more expensive than infantry!
Cao Cao's 3,000 cavalry, Lu Junyi's 1,500 cavalry, Liu Che's 2,000 cavalry, plus Guo Wei's 1,500 cavalry, this is Xingyang's entire cavalry strength.
These eight thousand cavalry must be used on the edge of the sword, so naturally they cannot participate in the defense of the city!
In other words, the Han army only had 37,000 troops to defend the city.
"Everyone, if my prediction is correct, Shi Dakai will lead an army of 50,000 vanguards to Xingyang City tomorrow. We must arrange the defense forces of each branch in advance." Guo Wei, the general of the Han army, said immediately.
"What General Guo said is true. Shi Dakai is not an ordinary person. When he comes to attack Xingyang City tomorrow, he will definitely adopt an siege method of surrounding three and missing one."
"It's just that I don't know which city gate he will choose to miss!" Cao Cao immediately pondered after hearing Guo Wei's words.
"Regardless of the lack of city gates in Shida, the four gates must be equipped with suitable defenders. Therefore, the last general suggested that the strongest east gate should be used as the city gate that the Yellow Turban Army may lack, and five thousand troops and horses should be deployed here."
"In this way, even if the Yellow Turban Army really goes against common sense and chooses to invade the east gate in a large scale, they can still rely on the strong city wall to hold on until reinforcements from other city gates arrive!" Liu Che suggested at this time.
Cao Cao nodded upon hearing this, this is indeed a good idea.
If the Han army deployed 5,000 men and horses at the east gate, then more men and horses could be deployed at the remaining three gates.