Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 324 Jincheng
While the battle in Wuwei was going smoothly, the battle in Jincheng on the other side was in a stalemate. In order to attack Jincheng, Gao Shun brought [-] soldiers and horses, but the defenders of Jincheng faced as many as [-] , and Jincheng defender Hao Meng received a strict order from Han Sui, unless Han Sui defeated Lu Bu and returned, Hao Meng was not allowed to go out of the city to fight, and could only guard Jincheng.This caused Gao Shun to sigh helplessly in the face of Jin Cheng.

"General, Jincheng is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although we have captured the counties around Jincheng these days, there is nothing we can do about it." Looking at Gao Shun beside him, Wei Xu said helplessly .

Originally, Gao Shun had few soldiers and horses. Facing the Jincheng defenders, Gao Shun thought of luring the enemy out of the city. Unfortunately, no matter how Gao Shun tried his best, he even occupied all the counties around Jincheng, but he still did not see Jincheng. How does Hao Meng react? This Hao Meng is like a turtle, lying in his tortoise-shell golden city, letting Gao Shun do what he wants, but going out of the city to fight Gao Shun.

"What can we do? Although we have [-] soldiers, we can't afford to lose the cost of the siege. We can only wait for the good news from General Lu Bu." Gao Shun sighed, although Gao Shun also I really want to capture Jincheng, but attacking the city when the strength of the two sides is not much different can only quickly consume my own military strength, which will put myself in a disadvantageous position.Fortunately, news has been received in the past few days that Lu Bu has defeated Han Sui's army and Xianbei army. He thinks that Lu Bu will return soon, but Houjin City is just an isolated city. As long as it takes time, the city will definitely be destroyed. Thinking about it like this, Gao Shun felt relieved , taking advantage of this period of time, Gao Shun can also recruit troops in Longxi and the newly occupied Jincheng counties, and wait until his strength is stronger, so he is still afraid that Jincheng will run away. "General, I'm back." Just when Gao Shun was a little depressed facing Jincheng, a familiar voice came from behind him, and then a figure appeared behind Gao Shun, but it was Song Song who was sent by Gao Shun to Longxi to recruit troops. constitution.The reason why Gao Shun asked Song Xian to recruit troops in Longxi was because he felt that the loyalty of recruiting troops in Longxi could be guaranteed. Furthermore, since Lv Bu is currently using troops in Xiliang, it is still very beneficial to recruit some reserve forces.

"How many recruits did you bring with you this time?" Seeing Song Xian's return, Gao Shun asked with an imperceptible joy in his eyes.If there are enough troops, Gao Shun is also very willing to capture Jincheng as soon as possible.

"I recruited a total of 5000 soldiers in Longxi, plus the [-] that Hou Cheng had already recruited, this time I brought back [-] recruits." Song Xian said with some excitement. He returned to Longxi for a short time to recruit soldiers this time. Originally, I didn't have much hope, but now that Lu Bu is using troops in Xiliang, the strength is really too small, so I have to recruit and use them now. I didn't expect that the people of Longxi were very active in recruiting troops for Lu Bu, and there were many refugees. Come to sign up. These refugees, wandering around without food and clothing, are not enthusiastic when they see a chance to serve as a soldier. In just a few days, [-] people have signed up. Song Xian is afraid that Gao Shun will be in a hurry. They brought the existing [-] new troops and rushed over to let Song Xian continue to expand the army in Longxi. Anyway, their goal was the whole of Xiliang, even if there were more troops, it would be fine.

"1 horses can play a big role." Gao Shun nodded in satisfaction.

Originally, Gao Shun only had 1 soldiers and horses to use, but now with 1 people, Gao Shun is more confident to occupy the Jincheng in front of him. Shun transferred [-] veterans under his command to supplement the recruit battalion as the backbone of the grassroots, and transferred some officers to the past. In this way, the [-] recruits have already built the basic structure, and the rest is just training and training. The accumulation of combat experience cannot be rushed.

"Gao Shun outside the general's city has increased his troops." At the same time that Song Xian's [-] soldiers arrived, the officers on the tower had already discovered the abnormality in Gao Shun's barracks, and hurriedly reported to Hao Meng.

"Oh? Have they finally increased their troops? How many troops have they increased?" Hearing the news of Gao Shun's increase, Hao Meng frowned and asked again.

"About [-] or so, but from a distance, they are just recruits, and they can't play much role if they think about it." The officer continued.

"Ten thousand new recruits? So Lu Bujun has already begun to expand his army. I'm afraid Gao Shun's army will continue to increase." Hao Meng is not as relaxed as the officer in front of him. In Hao Meng's opinion, since Lu Bujun has the intention to enter Lord Xiliang, as long as he gets a foothold in Longxi, he will definitely recruit troops, and the fact that Gao Shun recruited new recruits just confirms Hao Meng's conjecture.

"Then general, do we want to recruit a group of recruits?" Seeing Hao Meng's worried look, someone asked Hao Meng.

"It's not necessary. Although we only have more than 1 troops in our hands, it is enough to defend Jincheng. Didn't you see that Gao Shun was only wandering outside the city without actually attacking the city? This means that Gao Shun didn't want to Really attacking the city, because he is not sure that he can take Jincheng with this little army, and if we go to battle, we are not sure that we can defeat Gao Shun." Hao Meng explained to the general.

"Could it be that we are so exhausted?" The general asked puzzled. "Of course, we have enough food and grass in Jincheng, and our [-] soldiers are enough to defend Jincheng for several years, but Gao Shun is different. Lv Bu's army has just arrived in Longxi, and they can bring very few strategic materials. Longxi City didn't have any reserves. Now, the expansion of Lu Bu's army will further intensify the consumption of strategic materials, so as long as we drag on, Gao Shun's troops will be dragged down by us. The most important thing now is that Master Han Sui can win in Wuwei, as long as Lord Han Sui has defeated Lu Bu, so Gao Shun will not be able to hang around for a few days." Hao Meng knew that although Gao Shun could not help him, he had no way to deal with Gao Shun, so he could only wait for Han Sui The army came after destroying Lu Bu.As for whether Han Sui would fail, Hao Meng had never thought about it, and at the same time felt that it was unlikely. Han Sui must have brought an army of [-] and invited [-] Xianbei cavalry to accompany him. If such an army cannot deal with Lu Bu, then Han Sui didn't have to hang out in Xiliang anymore.

When Hao Meng in Jincheng was eagerly looking forward to Han Sui's return, Han Sui was taking many of his own soldiers around the land of Xiliang. In order to catch Han Sui, Cao Xing was on the road leading to Jincheng. Roadblocks were set up everywhere and patrols were organized, so that although Han Sui wanted to go back to Jincheng, he couldn't move an inch, so he could only detour through some inaccessible places.But as Han Sui and his party gradually approached Jincheng, they found that Cao Xing's arrangement was getting closer and closer, making Han Sui only lament, but it was difficult to speed up. In the end, Han Sui could only choose to lie down by day and go out at night.

Cao Xing, who is also depressed, has been fidgeting these days. As some of Han Sui's defeated troops gradually approached Jincheng, Cao Xing knew that Han Sui must be approaching Jincheng at this time, and this was Cao Xing's last chance to catch Han Sui.But how to seize this opportunity, Cao Xing was very helpless.In desperation, Cao Xing decided to ask his former boss Gao Shun for help.

"Hehe, Cao Xing, why did you come here? Did General Lu Bu have good news?" Seeing Cao Xing coming, Gao Shun said with a smile.

"Yes, the general has indeed received good news. Han Sui's army has been defeated by the general. At this time, Han Sui's whereabouts are unknown, but the young general came this time and wanted to ask the general for help." Cao Xing listened to Gao Shun. After asking, it occurred to him that Gao Shun might not have known the news about Lu Bu's victory over Han Sui, but Cao Xing's purpose in coming was not to deliver good news, but to ask Gao Shun for help.

"Really? That's great. Although Han Sui was scheming and invited the Xianbei people to help him fight, he was still defeated by the general. I thought the battle would drag on for a long time, but the general is really strong. By the way, what do you have?" Just talk about it." Hearing the news of Han Sui's defeat, Gao Shun's heart fell to the ground, and his whole body became brighter.

Then Cao Xing gave an overview of the matter, and said that he wanted Gao Shun to send people to seal off the main roads to prevent Han Sui from returning to Jincheng.

"It turned out to be this matter. Well, there is no problem. But since the news of Han Sui's defeat should be known to people in Jincheng, we might as well release this news. Maybe Jincheng will surrender." Gao Shun thought The Jincheng in front of him is likely to win without a fight, and he is in a good mood. Compared with capturing Han Sui, Gao Shun feels that capturing Jincheng is more important.

"General Qi, General Lu Bu has arrived." At this moment, a soldier suddenly reported that it was Lu Bu's soldiers who had arrived at the Jincheng camp.

"General, you are back. Congratulations, General, for winning the victory and defeating Han Sui." Seeing Lu Bu Gaoshun and all the generals kneeling together, they sincerely bowed down to Lu Bu. Ever since they left Bingzhou with Ding Yuan, they have always been Living under someone's fence is a matter of looking at people's eyes, and now that Lu Bu defeated Han Sui, it means that they will become the masters of Xiliang, and they can be regarded as having a territory from then on.

"Generals, please stand up, you have worked hard. In the future, I will invite you to manage Xiliang well together." Lu Bu laughed and helped all the generals up one by one.

"The young general is ashamed of the general's entrustment. He failed to catch Han Sui, and I ask the general to punish him." When Lu Bu was about to help Han Sui, Cao Xing suddenly pleaded guilty to Lu Bu with a mournful face.

"Haha, our army is about to take Jincheng, so what if Han Sui lives in this world? Let him go." Seeing Cao Xing's mournful face, Lu Bu laughed and said indifferently.

"Has the general already found a way to break through the Jincheng?" Gao Shun heard the meaning of Lu Bu's words and hurriedly asked.

(End of this chapter)