Xuande

Chapter 223
Before the whole army was dispatched, Liu Bei first distributed a wave of money according to the head, which boosted morale and encouraged the soldiers to win more rewards after the war, which made the soldiers happy.

Then, he ordered his soldiers and horses, and the army attacked, wading through mountains and rivers, and directly took the location of the rebel army's food road.

It can be considered that Liu Bei was lucky. When he arrived at the destination, the sentry cavalry reported that he ran into a well-prepared rebel food transport team. The food transport team was huge and the garrison force was large.

Xia Houyuan asked Liu Bei what to do next, Liu Bei smiled coldly.

"How to do it? Life and death are determined by fate and wealth. On the battlefield, you are more afraid of death than anyone else! Go for me!"

The enemy is right in front of you, and any strategy is meaningless.

Liu Bei led his troops to fight with him, and the battle continued throughout the day, during which Xia Houyuan and Dong Huang became very active.

The two of them each got the merit of killing a rebel officer, so the Han army defeated the rebel grain convoy at dusk, won the victory, seized all the rebel food and supplies, and in fact cut off the rebel army. The grain transportation route from Jincheng County to Yuzhong County.

After the battle was won, Liu Bei ordered the army to clean up the battlefield immediately, bury pots and cook food, eat as soon as possible to replenish physical strength, and then race against time to sleep in rotation, and spread out the sentries widely to prepare for another battle.

At the same time, he also sent people back to report the results to Zhou Shen, and gave Zhou Shen a batch of food fodder and flags from the rebels, so that Zhou Shen could use them to shake the morale of the rebels in Yuzhong City.

At the same time, he did not forget to warn Zhou Shen that he must pay attention to Sun Jian, give Sun Jian enough troops to ensure the safety of his own food transportation route, and prevent the rebels from suddenly attacking the army's food road from other routes.

Liu Bei believes that Sun Jian's ability can protect the food road, but it is really not necessarily the case if he is replaced by someone else.

This is really dangerous.

However, this possibility is not very high, because under the premise that our own grain transportation route has been cut off, Yuzhong is actually an isolated city, and both Bianzhang and Han Sui are trapped in the city and cannot move.

At this time, the most important thing that the rebels in Jincheng County need to do is not to attack the Han army's grain road in turn, but to open up the grain road as soon as possible to meet the Yuzhong rebels and prevent the Yuzhong rebels from being swallowed by the Han army.

Unless there are fierce people on the rebel side who want to play tactics with the Han army and change their home, they are willing to use Han Sui and Bian Zhang as a bet to start a big bet with the Han army, betting on who is lucky and who has the most courage.

That's the essence of daredevil's game.

Liu Bei is not a coward. He has gambled all the way since he was a child. He has lost and won, and he has been beaten until his head is broken and bloody. But he still persisted. He is an excellent and calm gambler. The courage to go down.

So, let's sit on the bank and gamble!

See who is the hero and who is the bear!
And the subsequent facts proved that the rebels did not have any fierce people who dared to play tactics with the Han army in this state.

On October 5000th of the second year of Zhongping, that is, the second day after Liu Bei cut off the rebel army's food road, a rebel cavalry of more than [-] people came from Jincheng County, and hurried over to fight with the Han army. decisive battle.

Liu Bei learned of this matter several hours in advance through the sentinels dispatched in advance, and had already made arrangements and set up an ambush. It was shown that the mobility of the rebel cavalry was restricted to the greatest extent.

Although the rebel cavalry dared to fight, they could not defeat the Han army. Except for a small number of soldiers who broke through the siege, most of them were left behind by the Han army, either killed or captured. Liu Bei's army captured a lot.

The rebel army also seemed to realize that they had done something stupid, and instead of sending people over in a hurry to deliver the head, they spent time mobilizing a team of more than 2 infantry and arrived here two days later. Liu Bei's troops launched a counterattack.

This time they were cautious and did not give Liu Bei an opportunity. Liu Bei could only rely on favorable terrain to set up a defense, and confronted the rebels hill by hill, confronting them head-on.

There are a large number of rebels, and the Han army occupies a good terrain and has a first-mover advantage. The two sides will fight for seven or eight days regardless of the outcome.

Dong Huang was very active in it, leading the elite cavalry to attack the rebel ranks many times, defeated small rebel troops several times, and relieved the threat faced by the Han army defenders.

Xia Houyuan was also unwilling to lose to Dong Huang, and led the cavalry to fight against the rebels many times, beheaded a rebel officer, and raised his head to ask Liu Bei for credit. Liu Bei was overjoyed and embraced Xia Houyuan.

And when Dong Huang was seriously injured on the fifth day of Lizhan and had to retreat to recuperate, Liu Bei and Xia Houyuan had to assume the responsibility of firefighting team. He personally led the elite cavalry to become the firefighting team on the Han army's defensive front.

Before the war, he distributed wolf smoke and beacon fire materials to the garrison troops everywhere, so that when they encountered a real crisis, they would light the wolf smoke during the day and the beacon fire at night. Liu Bei would be able to find out which defense was in a critical state, and then he would Personally lead the dashing charge and support them.

Zhen Yan, who was in charge of protecting Liu Bei, objected to this and asked him to lead his troops to attack, while Liu Bei responded in the middle.

Zhen Yan is willing to die for Liu Bei, even if he pays his life for it, he will not hesitate.

Xia Houyuan also expressed this view, and told Liu Bei that he would stay behind. Liu Bei retreated and tried to bring more reinforcements to help him. He would stick to the last moment.

"The world can have no abyss, but it can't live without you!"

Liu Bei expressed strong dissatisfaction with this.

"I was worried that I would not be able to hold on, so I made a death-defying military order! Now you tell me to abandon the army and run away, do you want me to be beheaded directly after I go back? I would rather die in battle here than live in an idyllic way." matter!"

Zhen Yan and Xia Houyuan had nothing to say about this, they could only admit that Liu Bei was a rare hard-core macho.

They all realized that as long as they can survive, if Liu Bei can't achieve a great cause, Zhen Yan and Xia Houyuan will have the determination to put their eyeballs down and drink!

Things have come to this point, there is nothing left to say.

With infinite longing for the future, Zhen Yan and Xia Houyuan have put life and death aside, and whenever there is smoke or flames rising, they will follow Liu Bei to leap out and charge into battle.

And Liu Bei is the one who leads the charge and takes the lead.

The art of war says that those who share the same desire win.

The Han army wants to win, and at the worst, they want to live. They will also feel scared when they light up the beacon and beacon fire, but when they see the banner of "Captain Liu" roaring with the sudden cavalry, they will feel a sense of fear in their hearts. The fear will gradually disappear.

The lord general is watching them, the lord general never abandoned them, the lord general kept his promise, no matter how threatened by the rebels, the lord general will keep his word, as long as there is danger, he will definitely bring troops to help and fight the enemy to the death.

Liu Bei's reputation is a major guarantee for the morale of the Han army. Because of trust, the soldiers of the Han army are willing to fight hard, instead of fleeing in embarrassment once they meet the enemy, running faster than the general.

As a result, the morale of the defenders of the Han army was greatly boosted, and they fought back bravely. Some officers who were not afraid of death even led the infantry of the defenders to dive and counterattack, defeating the offensive troops of the rebels many times, full of fighting spirit.

The rebels still couldn't break through the defense line of the Han army, and they couldn't get through the grain road to meet the Yuzhong rebels with twice the force. They became more and more impatient, but there was nothing they could do.

After more than ten days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Liu Bei, who was wounded by an arrow on his body, felt quite exhausted. He felt that if the fight continued, he might not be able to hold on, and the soldiers might not be able to hold on.

He doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes, and doesn't know if Zhou Shen has successfully broken Yuzhong City. He just hopes that Zhou Shen can hurry up and don't waste the good opportunity he created here.

After another day, he finally got the news.

The rebels in Yuzhong City couldn't hold on anymore.

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PS: I ate delicious dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage this morning. It was delicious. I ate fifteen of them in one go, so I added a new chapter.

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