Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 133 Capture Shangbei
"Guanzi" said: "The inside is the city, and the outside of the city is the country." Build a city to defend the emperor, and build a country to guard the people.

After Deng Ai entered Shangyu city, the first step was to fate Gu to continue to capture the inner city, and the second step was to gradually control the gates of Shangyu outer city.

When the rooster crowed, the sky was gray, and the snowflakes in the sky were still floating gently in the air.

Su Gu repeated his old trick and captured the south gate of the inner city.When the six Red Armored Guards pushed open the city gate with all their strength, more than a dozen Wei soldiers who came to change the guard walked out from the corner behind them.

The leader, Shi Chang, saw several Wei soldiers guarding the city gate lying in a pool of blood, and was stunned for a moment, but he immediately came back to his senses and exclaimed: "Enemy attack!"

Blood was surging, and under the stimulation of adrenaline, Shi Chang heroically held a spear and led the soldiers of the Wei army behind him to step forward to stop him.

Su Gu turned his head abruptly, seeing that he was noticed, he immediately took out his two maces on his back, led the four soldiers who had just descended from the steps of the tower, and rushed to the front.

Wei Junshi saw a man nine feet tall, wearing a white cotton robe and iron armor inside, holding a double mace, and pounced towards him, like a white bear descending from the snowy land, under fear, the surging blood energy dissipated in an instant.

Shi Chang's feet softened, so he slowed down a few steps, and was overtaken by the soldiers of the Wei army behind him.

Su Gu roared like an ancient white bear, holding a mace in both hands, with quick eyes and quick hands, he smashed the chest of a Wei soldier with his right hand, smashing the breastbone with the iron mace weighing more than ten kilograms through the leather armor; , the soldiers of the Wei army wrapped in velvet caps, blood spilled out of the velvet caps in an instant, and collapsed to the ground.

The remaining three Wei troops who rushed to the front were also knocked to the ground by the red armor guards. Su Gu's eyes widened, glaring at the remaining Wei troops.

The chief of the Wei army, who had not fought for a long time, could not support his body at all with his soft feet. He knelt down on the ground and begged in a panic: "I know where the grain depot and the military depot are. General, please spare me."

Su Gu snorted softly and spared the commander of the Wei army. At this time, the large troops of the Han army had also entered the inner city.

Deng Ai ordered Ji Xin to follow the surrendered chief to seize the grain depot and the military depot.Later, he ordered Su Gu to seize the government office and completely disintegrated Shangyu's command system.

For a while at the south gate, the soldiers of the Han army were divided into several teams. One team followed Ji Xin to block the grain and military treasury; the other team followed Deng Ai to the barracks to control the Wei army;

Deng Ai thought that the long shout just now would alarm the Wei army in the city, but unexpectedly Wei army didn't notice it at all.

The magistrate's left and right didn't find the Han army until Su Gu broke in, but at this time, Su Gu had already captured the servant and asked for the county magistrate's residence.

Su Gu kicked open the door, waking up the magistrate who was sleeping soundly on the bed.Seeing Su Gu, the sleepy-eyed magistrate thought it was General Wei. He didn't dare to get angry. He was wearing unlined clothes, licking his face, and hurriedly got up and replied respectfully, "I don't know which general."

Su Gu laughed loudly with his head held high, "I am the Han army."

The county magistrate's face turned pale, and he said tremblingly, "Could the general be joking?"

Su Gu picked up the county magistrate's clothes with a mace, threw them on the bed, and said with a sneer, "It's true, Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui, has surrendered to me. I wonder if the county magistrate is willing to resist?"

After the county magistrate heard about it, he naturally believed that the prefect surrendered, because Hanzhong went to Shangyu through many counties. If there is no internal response, how could he capture Shangyu without knowing it.

So the county magistrate put on his clothes, licked his face and said respectfully: "General, I have long cherished the Han family, but because my father and old man are old, I dare not travel far. Now that the great Han has recovered the land of Han, I wish to follow the example of dogs and horses." labor."

The Shangyu military camp was fighting at this time. Earlier, Deng Ai led 800 people, broke through the camp, galloped freely, killed everyone, and the Wei village was in chaos.

And Deng Ai led more than 30 soldiers to go straight to the Chinese army, but was stopped by the [-] people army formed by the county lieutenant who woke up early.

Deng Ai gripped the spear tightly, gasping for air, after a day and night of raiding, his body strength gradually lost, but he knew that if the county lieutenant's formation could not be defeated immediately, the situation might change.

Deng Ai looked around and saw that everyone was exhausted, so he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Today we are going far into the enemy's territory, and we have no way out. If we can't defeat the enemy, we will die without a place to die."

After more than fifty soldiers heard this, their exhausted bodies summoned up the last bit of strength, roaring and rushing towards the soldiers of the Wei army who had laid down the circular formation.

"die!"

Deng Ai's eyes were wide open, and he took the lead bravely. With a flick of the spear in his hand, gunshots appeared, and blood holes appeared in the necks of Wei soldiers, and blood spattered.

Deng Ai looked up to the sky with a long smile, and continued to rush into the enemy's formation. The spear in his hand came out of the hole like a silver snake, and the Wei army's formation was shaken for a while.

Su Gu, who captured the county magistrate, just arrived at the barracks, and saw Deng Ai still fighting fiercely with the county lieutenant.

The defeated soldiers of the Wei army kept approaching the county lieutenant, as if they were about to form a new battle formation. Seeing this, Su Gu immediately led the red armored guards to attack from the back.

Su Gu went straight ahead, relying on his thick armor, slammed into the back of the Wei army's formation, holding maces in both hands, smashed violently, and the gap was torn open in the back of the formation.

Then, a large number of red armored guards rushed in.

Attacked from both sides, the morale of the army was shaken, and the army formation collapsed.The county lieutenant couldn't hold back, and when he was about to run away, he was bumped into by Deng Ai.

Seeing that he could not escape, the county lieutenant fought fiercely with Deng Ai, and the spear went straight to Deng Ai's face.

With no time left, Deng Ai turned his body subconsciously, and the spear in his hand had pierced the leather armor and embedded itself in the county lieutenant's chest.

As soon as the county lieutenant died, the soldiers in the camp became more and more scattered, but fortunately, the county magistrate who returned to the county had eyesight and quickly helped Deng Ai control the thousands of routs.

Then Deng Ai ordered everyone to clean up the battlefield, and then further sealed off the city to prevent news from leaking out.
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At noon in Shangyu, the Han army, which had been fighting fiercely for a day and a night, finally began to rest in batches.

Deng Ai also began to discuss post-war matters with Su Gu, Ji Xin and others in the government office.

"Report to the general, our army has 700 soldiers, and currently 500 people have been lost. 200 of them were killed or injured when they crossed the mountain road, or disappeared; the remaining [-] people were killed or injured when they entered the city to fight." Ji Xin said respectfully, and posted the official document. Presented to Deng Ai.

Deng Ai flipped through the official documents, and after being silent for a while, he said slowly: "The injured soldiers, do your best to rescue them, and don't give up. The rest of the soldiers should take a good rest, and don't lack food and drink."

Ji Xin clapped his hands in agreement.

After a pause, Deng Ai looked at the tired-looking crowd and said in a puffed up voice: "It's a great achievement for us to attack Shangbi today. Ai will report it to the imperial court, and I will live up to everyone's hard work."

Hearing the award, everyone's morale lifted slightly.

"Zicheng (Ji Xinzi), don't forget to set up your defenses today, and start building fortifications tomorrow to strengthen your defenses in case the Wei army comes."

"I know you have worked hard, but when you return to the camp to rest, don't slack off, forget about the rotation of the barracks, and don't forget the lesson of today." Deng Ai said with a serious face.

As soon as these words came out, the weary crowd cheered up instantly, and clapped their hands together and said in unison: "No!"

Under Deng Ai's signal, everyone returned to the camp to rest.

Deng Ai, who had been holding on for a long time, finally started yawning when he saw everyone leaving, and took up a pen to write the battle report with Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan.

At this time, the army of the Northern Expedition also began to dispatch on a large scale shortly after Deng Ai left.

Huang Quan led an army of 5000 people, with Zhao Yun as the vanguard, and under Zhuge Liang's banner, sent troops to Baoxie Road to attack Meicheng (now Mei County).

Zhuge Liang personally led an army of [-], with Wei Yan as the vanguard, sent troops along the West Han River (Jialing River), Qishan Road, out of Yangping Pass, across Hechi, Xiabian, and approached Qishan Fort.

(End of this chapter)