Shu Chen

Chapter 396
Quiet like a virgin, moving like a rabbit.

The Wei Yan tribe, which had been silent for nearly three months after the soldiers had fallen into camp, once moved with great speed.

The whole army made meals at the third watch and marched at the fourth watch. It was not yet noon when they arrived at the camp on the banks of the Ru River in the Marquis of Linxia.

And act arrogantly and domineeringly!
To rest and eat on the spot one mile away from the Wei Army camp!
There is no worry at all that the Wei army will take the opportunity to rush out of the camp to make a surprise attack, and smash their army formation with lightning speed, and then it will be a battle.

In fact, Xia Houru really had this thought.

Having spent half his life as a soldier, he is not dull in catching fighters.

But after struggling for a long time in his heart, he finally let go of this thought.

He was worried that Wei Yan did this on purpose, intending to lure him to abandon the camp to fight.

In other words, when the previous worries became reality, he felt a little more melancholy and less determined.

Behind him is the Fortress of Shuyin, which is the starting point for Wei Guo to occupy the strategic opportunity. Once Wei Yanbu breaks through, it will induce a reversal of the overall situation. Such an important relationship makes him not want to take risks and dare not put all his eggs in one basket.

Moreover, even if he has a camp to rely on, he has no advantage.

The soldiers he supervised were all soldiers from the two prefectures of Youbin.

They were already more than a year old from their homeland after traveling thousands of miles away, and their fighting spirit and morale had already weakened a lot.

On the other hand, Shu soldiers are in full swing!

Before Wei Yan's troops arrived, Xia Houru got a report from the scouts, and saw a thick smoke rising into the sky in the distance.

Yes, when Wei Yan was marching, he also ordered the camp to be burned down.

Just like Xiang Ji's failure during the Battle of Julu in the past.

Invincible, that is, the entire army is wiped out.

Xia Houru didn't know why Wei Yan would be so decisive.

But he knew that in the offensive and defensive battle that was about to be staged, the Shu soldiers who had no way out would inevitably die.

What made him even more annoyed was that Fei Yao's department could no longer sweep the formation for him.

It's not that Fei Yao got cold feet.

Instead, it was the two thousand Qiang cavalry of Jiang Wei's tribe who arrived at the big river earlier than Wei Yan's tribe!

Although the cavalry can't attack the fortifications, Jiang Wei's troops from Nishu came to join forces with Wei Yan, and they couldn't decide the outcome of the battle.

But it will make the morale of the soldiers of the Wei army even more depressed.

Without him, he deliberately came to show his face before the battle. His intention was to make the soldiers of the Wei army feel that the Guohuai tribe in Laowei County could not return to help, and that they were fighting alone.

In desperation, Xia Houru had no choice but to ask Fei Yao to go out and entangle Jiang Wei's tribe, so that the ranger messenger could break through the blockade of the Shu army and rush to Laowei for help.

As for how long it will take for Guo Huai's troops to return to aid?
Xia Houru felt that it would take three or four days at the earliest to return, except for the time it took for the courier to arrive.

even longer!

The Jiang Wei tribe of Nishu has all rushed to Shuyin, so how can Bi Baopu and Ma Dai's tribe not respond and delay the return of Guo Huai's tribe?
And it's easy to do.

As long as the leading rank hangs behind the Wei army, Guo Huai's troops will not dare to march in a hurry, resulting in a disordered array and being raided by the Shu soldiers.

The greatest possibility is that Guo Huai's own supervising soldiers and supplies and supplies are slowly behind, guarding along the road with Wuhuan Tuqi or Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and sending thousands of elites to rush back to rescue first—in order to ensure that the soldiers still have the opportunity to rescue them after they arrive. It takes three or four days to lose combat power along the way.

And under Wei Yan's strong attack, can this camp last for three or four days without losing it?

Xia Houru had no answer.

He had already ordered that the soldiers from the barracks on the other side be brought in as well.

He also instructed Hu Zun to monitor the movement of the Shu army in the fortress of Yuyin City at all times, and must curb their intention to attack after seeing Wei Yan's strong attack.

However, he did not mobilize the soldiers guarding the south side of Hanpingchuan.

This is also his biggest worry.

If Zhao Guang, Wang Ping, and Jufu were stationed in Zuli County against Shu, they would also move at the right time, follow the north of Zuli and enter Hanpingchuan. It's melting!

Ugh.
Forget it, it's useless to think too much.

Let's do our best and obey the destiny.

After many ups and downs in his official career, Xia Houru, who has long given up on life and death, honor and disgrace, watched the Shu soldiers who were about to attack, slowly drew out his sword and stabbed at the sky, and swore vigorously, "The enemy To, I will fight with you! If the camp is broken, I will die with the kings! All soldiers, fight to the death!"

Such decisive words from the general made the soldiers excited, and also made the camp suddenly burst into death-defying voices.

"war!"

"Battle! Fight!"

The sound of Wei Jun's passionate and deadly battle aroused countless ripples in the river rushing northward, and it also spread far into the Han army's formation.

Wei Yan who was standing under the banner tilted his head slightly and raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Immediately, he sneered, "A group of dying people are so noisy!"

Nor can he be said to be arrogant.

Ever since the Han soldiers came out of Longyou, he has personally supervised the battles, and he really hasn't lost any defeats.

Regardless of whether it is an assault or a field battle, no matter whether the enemy or the enemy has a large disparity in strength.

Especially the person who supervised the formation on the opposite side was Xia Houru, who was once defeated by Zheng Pu with inferior forces outside Yuzhong County, Jincheng County.

He is just a high-ranking person relying on his relationship with Wei Caocao and Qiaopei, so what can he say?

So what if there is a camp to rely on?
What about more troops?
Wei Yan felt that if he wanted to break it, it would be as easy as turning the palm of his hand.

Furthermore, the prime minister mobilized nearly [-] troops, and Longyou, Hanzhong and Hexi all sent troops to support him in exchange for this chance of decisive victory. How could he send troops without careful consideration and without a sure-fire strategy?

How can it fail the expectations of the public and the country!

"Bang the drum!"

Wei Yan, who had despised Wei Jun in his heart for a long time, silently looked around at the soldiers who had already lined up and were ready to go, before Wei Yan tilted his head and ordered, "Hurry up to fight!"

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, the sound of thunderous war drums resounded from the Han army formation, and it stood against the sound of the soldiers of Wei's battle.

Different from the previous wars, the soldiers of the Han army filed out one by one with the generals, there was no high-spirited singing with a loud voice, no enthusiasm for "recovering the Central Plains", but a very silent and expressionless expression. Walking forward step by step with the sound of Du Bo's small drum.It seems that in their eyes, living to death in front of battle is as normal as drinking water and eating daily.

In other words, they have been supervised by Wei Yan to perform martial arts for nearly three months, and they are no longer soldiers who just rely on blood and courage to fight.

The ancient elite is fearless, has no joys and sorrows, has no other thoughts before the battle, and regards life and death as nothing.

Xia Houru, who was surrounded by his own guards on the low wall of the Wei army camp, saw the Han army approaching step by step, for some reason, this sentence suddenly flashed in his mind; Very noisy.

call.
Quietly let out a breath.

Xia Houru shook his head slightly, trying to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind.

In any case, except for the [-] soldiers guarding Hanpingchuan, the strength of the Wei army was almost twice that of the enemy.If he commanded properly, he might not be able to persist until the return of Guo Huai's troops.

Correct!
He didn't know that Liao Hua, Yan Yu and Liu Lin joined forces to enter Wei Yan's tribe with five thousand soldiers.

Moreover, Wei Yan attracted only [-] soldiers this time.

(End of this chapter)