Shu Chen

Chapter 527

The setting sun is like fire, and the breeze is blowing along the Weishui River.

Looking at the towering and firm Chencang City from a distance, it is hard to tell whether it is the setting sun or the blood staining the city wall.

The sounds of fighting, shouting, and drums and horns that filled here not long ago have all disappeared, leaving only corpses, broken knives and broken spears, and falling dust banners, telling the devastation.

As the northern city wall was occupied by the Han army, the outer city of Chencang changed hands.

After hearing the news, Guo Huai, who was standing firm on the west city wall, immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat to the inner city to defend the inner city, in order not to be seized by the Han army in such a way and to avoid being flanked by the Han army surging from the side.

It's just that when the Han army in the west of the city is also in a hurry to attack, how can the soldiers of the Wei army leave smoothly?

As a last resort, Guo Huai let his own steps be interrupted before he escaped smoothly.

It's just that the number of soldiers included in the inner city is a little small, less than 2000 people!
Gein had [-] soldiers guarding the south wall and the east wall respectively, and he didn't have time to send someone to inform them.

But it doesn't matter.

Counting the time, even if he informed, those two Wei troops would have no chance to return to the inner city.

Guan Xing, the governor of the west city wall, saw that the Wei army was retreating and led the army to chase after him.

Although he knew that Guo Huai could not give the Han army a chance to sweep into the inner city by chasing after them, but this move was to prevent the Wei army from packing up their luggage.

Guard by the city wall~
In order to get them nearby, many supplies and baggage were piled up in the outer city instead of being hoarded in the inner city. It would take time and delay the military aircraft just to let the soldiers carry them.

With the same purpose, the Liao Hua Department and the Fu Qian Department were also sent by Wu Ban.

When Fu Qian and Guan Xing, who were covered in blood, met outside the inner city, they joked, "Brother An Guo is late, General Liao and I have been waiting for a long time!"

"Chuzi begging for a fight! Hahaha~~"

Guan Xing laughed loudly, punched Fu Qian's shoulder with his fist, and after meeting Liao Hua, he said with emotion, "I thought that I would be able to capture the western city wall in at most three days, but unexpectedly you took the lead, what a joy! !"

"This is the reason for Gongyuan's remonstrance."

The old and steady Liao Hua said with a smile, "Besides, the Prime Minister and Anguo's strong attack made Guo Huai transfer some of the guards on the northern city wall, and it would be difficult for us to make a contribution."

"Alas!"

Guan Xing was surprised.

Immediately, after waving his hand to let his generals lead the soldiers to collect supplies and guards, he looked at Fu Qian with great interest and said, "Gong Yuan can do it! Let's talk about it, what did Gong Yuan say? Can General Liao not hesitate to praise Xie?"

"Hehe~~"

Fu Qian smiled broadly, waved his hands and said humbly, "This is the merit of the chariot general dispatching and fighting with all the soldiers. How dare I take credit for it? General Liao praised me because I was young and encouraged my ears. Don't take it seriously, brother An Guo."

"Am I a liar?"

Liao Hua next to him pretended to blame, and then, with the joy of breaking the city, told Guan Xing what had happened in detail.

At the beginning, Guan Xing laughed when he heard that Fu Qian suggested stealing the city from the south gate at night; One sentence: like a teacher, there must be a disciple.

And when Liao Hua mentioned why Wu Ban agreed, Fu Qian seemed to remember something.

He suddenly patted himself on the forehead, saluted and apologized to Liao Hua, and then interrupted their conversation, "Brother An Guo, I wonder if the Prime Minister has entered the city yet?"

"I don't know."

Guan Xing was a little confused, "However, the Prime Minister has been watching the battle on the nest car, so he must have not entered the city yet. Why did Gong Yuan ask such a question?"

"Master once said that where the corpses are piled up in fierce battles, plagues frequently occur, and those with weak Qi should not go near them."

Fu Qian said as he walked towards the west gate, "I also ask General Liao to restrain the soldiers on my behalf; Brother Anguo, I'm going to find the prime minister first."

"it is good."

"Okay, let's go."

To this, both of them nodded in response.

After seeing Fu Qian's back disappearing around the corner, Guan Xing said, "General Liao's bloody battle to seize the city wall, the soldiers must be exhausted, if the general supervises the headquarters and is on guard, I will take care of the rest in advance."

"If you are disrespectful, then there will be Lao Anguo."

Liao Hua, who was indeed a little tired, accepted Guan Xing's kindness with a smile, and there was nothing left to do in the war.

The Han army will not continue to attack the inner city.

Because it is not necessary.

No matter how popular Guo Huai was or how he was able to stand out from the remnants of Wei's thousands of remnants who had retreated into the inner city, their morale was low after the city was broken.

There is no longer any power to recover!

As far as the Han army is concerned, they only need to dig a circle of trenches outside the small inner city, set up watchtowers around them to monitor at all times, and deploy some archers on guard, and they can treat them as turtles in a urn and wait for the inner city. Break without attacking!
West of Chencang City.

The prime minister in Suyu, surrounded by soldiers, came slowly looking at the city gate.

There was joy on his face, and a little pity in his eyes.

As the frame gets closer to the city wall, the target scene becomes more tragic.

After many days of hard work, the soil below the city wall had already turned reddish-brown, preventing the bloodstains left at noon from seeping in; occasionally looking up, one would find some severed limbs hanging on the cracked crenels, which had long been unrecognizable Which side did the soldiers come from.

The road to returning to the old capital and declaring the destiny of the Han Dynasty is destined to be paved with blood and bones.

The only thing that can be rejoicing is that it is about to reach the end.

"Prime Minister, stay here."

Fu Qian, who rushed all the way, had just approached Suyu, and before the prime minister could ask any questions, he said out of breath while saluting, "Prime Minister, the corpses in the city are piled up now, and it's the midsummer heat, there may be a dark air He dared to ask the prime minister to wait for a day or two, and enter the city after the soldiers are cleaned up."

Plagued by darkness?

The prime minister raised his eyebrows slightly.

When he saw that Fu Qin's armor was stained with blood, he asked with concern, "Did Gongyuan attack the city today with stones and arrows?"

"Back to the Prime Minister, yes."

Fu Qian nodded and replied, "It's not just him. Except for the five old generals who supervised the battle today, all the generals in the north of the city personally supervised their troops as the first climbers, so they were able to take the city in one go." For the purpose, he added another sentence, "There are many plagues in the place where the corpses are accumulated, which is what Mr. Qian said. The prime minister is in the safety of our army, so don't be careless!"

Was it what Zijin said?

Hearing this, the Prime Minister suddenly smiled, "I don't believe in Gongyuan, why bother to talk about Zijin?"

When he saw that Fu Qian was still looking forward, he nodded slightly, "Forget it, the outer city has been broken, and Chencang City is already in our army, so if you don't enter, you can't enter."

Afterwards, a person was sent to order Guan Xing to supervise the affairs in the city with full authority, and then he changed his way to the north gate of the city.

It is impossible to hide the fall of Chencang's outer city from Wei Yongliang's governor Sima Yi.

In other words, after the tactic of shrinking and defending fails, he will immediately raise his army to the Lishui River Valley to fight the Han army.

In this regard, the prime minister will naturally go to make arrangements in advance.

(End of this chapter)