Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 892 Preparing for the decisive battle
After the soldier left, Han Hao immediately took his troops into hiding, and at the same time sent people to secretly monitor the exits of the village ahead to prevent You Lang from escaping.

"Yuan Si..."

Han Hao heard someone calling him, and when he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw it was Xiahou Yuan. He did not dare to be negligent and hurried forward to greet him.

"General Xiahou, why did you come here in person instead of staying in the city to recuperate?"

Xiahou Yuan was also confused. "Why? Didn't you, Yuan Si, send someone to report that Liu He and his men were found outside the city and that they might be unable to resist, and asked me to bring people to help? You also said that the enemy was cunning, scattered everywhere, and had bad intentions. My brother and I, as well as several generals such as Dian Wei, were extremely angry at Liu He and his men. In this battle, our army of tens of thousands of people could not defeat his mere thousands of men, and our four generals were all injured. How could we endure such a great humiliation? Therefore, the four of us, despite our injuries not yet healed, led our troops and rushed out from the four gates to find Liu He."

"What? I have never asked anyone to report this before. I just found the eagle driver under Liu He, but was afraid that he would be difficult to capture, so I sent someone to the city to transfer 800 cavalrymen. How could it be..."

Han Hao was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, where is the person who went to the city to report?"

Xiahou Yuan shook his head: "After he came to inform me of the news in person, he said he had to go prepare some things and left without coming with me. I heard that man spoke with a Yanzhou accent and described the events here in a very realistic manner. It didn't seem like it was fake. Could it be..."

The two of them changed their expressions at the same time: "Not good, go back to the city!"

The two men led their troops and no longer cared about the villages, and hurried towards the city. However, they were more than ten miles away from the city. Although they were anxious, they could do nothing.

After finally getting outside the city gate, Xiahou Yuan couldn't wait to shout, "Quick, open the city gate..."

However, there was silence on the city wall, without any response.

Xiahou Yuan was anxious and said angrily: "Are you all deaf? I am Xiahou Yuan, open the city gate quickly!"

"Wow..."

Suddenly, large flags were erected on the city wall. However, the words on them were neither "Cao" nor "Xiahou", but "Liu".

A person appeared in Xiahou Yuan's sight: "Xiahou Yuan, how are you?"

Xiahou Yuan's pupils dilated, and he was dumbfounded: "It's you? Liu He...how dare you..."

He had been running for twenty or thirty miles continuously, which had already affected his wound. Now that he was angry, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. However, in front of the army, he could only force himself to endure it so as not to disturb the morale of the troops.

Liu He smiled and said, "Acting in anger and being impulsive are the biggest taboos for a general. You are known as the general of Cao's camp, how could you not understand this? In order to avenge the previous humiliation, you committed such a big taboo in military strategy, so that the rear was empty and I took advantage of it, tut tut tut..."

"You..." Xiahou Yuan's chest heaved violently, and a sweet feeling surged up in his throat.

"What a great talent..." Xiahou Dun appeared in the distance and called out to Xiahou Yuan.

"The city has been occupied by Liu He, and we have fallen into a trap..." Xiahou Yuan said with regret.

At this time, Dian Wei and Xu Chu also rushed over and looked at Liu He on the city wall, each of them was furious.

"Liu He, you dog thief, do you dare to come out of the city and fight me to the death?" Xiahou Dun cursed angrily.

Liu He smiled and said, "You are known as the leader of Cao's army, but you are so impulsive and ignorant. It's just a joke. Now that you have lost the city, how can you face Cao Cao again? You should think about how to explain to him. I'm sorry I won't accompany you any more."

He said to his soldiers: "If the enemy dares to attack the city, just wait and see with bows and crossbows, and never go out of the city to fight."

"I will obey my orders."

Liu He nodded, and then went down the tower. Dian Wei said angrily: "General Xiahou, attack the city, I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Although Xiahou Dun was furious, he did not lose his mind. "We have 30,000 soldiers, but we only brought 15,000 of them, and we have no siege equipment. Besides, the four of us are all injured. If we want to capture this city, it will be like hitting a rock with an egg."

"It must be that the man I sent was killed by Liu He, and he used his own people to impersonate my soldiers to deceive the generals. This is all my fault. Please punish me, General Xiahou!"

Han Hao took the initiative to plead guilty.

"Forget it. This is not the time to worry about guilt. Besides, you are not to blame for this. It was because our eyes were blinded by hatred that we hurried out of the city without distinguishing the person who came to report the news. The only way now is to find the lord's army first and kill or chop us up. Let the lord decide."

Although Xiahou Dun's words were a bit discouraging, every word made sense. Although everyone was angry, after thinking it over, they had no choice but to do so.

"Hahaha..." A burst of wild laughter suddenly came from the city wall. Several people looked up and saw Zhu Ye looking down at them, laughing.

"Haha... a bunch of incompetent people, you dare to make enemies with my eldest brother? You really overestimate your own abilities."

This sentence ignited the anger that the few people had just suppressed. Dian Wei pointed at the tower and cursed: "Don't be complacent, come out and fight if you have the guts."

Zhu Ye shrugged his shoulders and said, "Big Brother has ordered that no one is allowed to leave the city. Otherwise, I will use my hammer to beat each of you rotten garlics. In less than ten rounds, I will send you all to death. Ha, you are a bunch of trash."

"You..." Everyone was so angry at his scolding, but they couldn't refute it. They had indeed been defeated by Zhu Ye that night, and now they had lost the city. How could they have the face to refute him?
"Puff..." Xiahou Yuan couldn't bear it any longer. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell off the horse.

“Miaocai…” Xiahou Dun hurried forward to support him, then shouted, “Quickly retreat…”

There was a joyous atmosphere in the county government.

"Yuan Zhi's brilliant plan allowed us to capture Pingyu City in a blink of an eye. This not only saved our lives, but we could also attack Cao Cao from the north and south with Gao Shun and Xu Huang, trapping him in Runan. For such a great achievement, I don't know how to reward him for the moment."

Liu He looked at Xu Shu and became happier and happier.

This strategist, who once appeared briefly in history and left behind a legendary story, really gave me a great surprise. This time I personally went to Runan for the expedition. Although I was fully prepared, I was still a little stretched facing a powerful enemy like Cao Cao. If I hadn't gotten the help of Xu Shu, I'm afraid I would have died in battle by now.

Xu Shu said modestly: "Your Majesty is wise and brave, and the generals are even braver than ten thousand men. I only used a small trick, which is not worth mentioning."

"Yuanzhi, there is no need to be too modest. You have performed great service this time. From now on, you will be able to escape from being a thief and become an important official of the court, bringing honor to your family. When you return to Luoyang in the future, I will reward you one by one."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Several people expressed their gratitude in unison.

Liu He waved his hand and said, "Okay, now that Pingyu City has been taken, let's send a message to Gao Shun and Xu Huang, and prepare to annihilate Cao's bandits in one fell swoop. Where is Zhang He?"

Zhang He stepped out and said, "I am here."

"I order you to train all the troops, including the Cao army that just surrendered in the city, strictly. They will be of great use in a few days. If the army is not determined, it will definitely be bad. I think such an important task must be undertaken by you. Do you dare to take it?"

"I am willing to go through fire and water to relieve your majesty's worries."

"Okay, go ahead and do it."

(End of this chapter)