Three Kingdoms: Marry Sun Shangxiang at the beginning

Chapter 434 Handan, Letter From Boss Cao's Home

In May, the city of Handan was already in ruins.

Handan, which has been besieged for three months, has almost run out of ammunition and food if it can persist until now.

At the beginning, Xia Houshang still had more than 6 iron cavalry under his command, and more than 5 civilian husbands were summoned from the city.

These people were also recruited by force.

The granary in the city was burned several times by the dark guards. If he hadn't found the list of the Jizhou dark guards, Xia Houshang might have no food at this moment.

Even so, there is only half a month's worth of food and grass left in the city.

The key is……

There is no one under him.

The enemy's red-clothed cannons, combined with the rushing carts and Jinglan carts, are simply not too invincible.

Every day when the city is attacked, a wave of bed crossbows will first be used to suppress the long-range firepower of the archers. In the past three months, the number of Shu army arrows falling from the city is probably no less than two to three million.

God knows how many craftsmen the Shu Army has now, and it doesn't feel a little distressed to be able to consume so many arrows at one time.

According to Liu Feng's words, it is estimated that arrows, stone bombs, and fierce kerosene were used to reduce the casualties of soldiers.

Is it worthwhile to exchange a thousand arrows for one soldier?
Of course it's a bargain.

A veteran who has fought many battles can be sent to Liangzhou, Jiaozhou and other places to serve as a head catcher or postmaster.

This kind of people is what the whole big man lacks most now.

Liu Feng already owns most of the world, so why should he fight Cao Wei to the death?

"Driving~"

On this day, a fast horse came down from the city.

"A certain is the Marquis of Wu Township, General Guan Ping of Zhenbei, where is Xiahou?"

"Guan Ping? What are you doing here?" Xia Houshang quickly arrived in front of the city, pointing to Guan Ping at the bottom of the city and drinking.

"This is a letter from an old friend, let's continue." After speaking, Guan Ping drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot an arrow towards the top of the city.

"call out"

An arrow pierced the clouds and stabbed directly into the wall bricks at the top of the city. The arrow tail was still trembling the moment Xia Houshang's personal guards stepped forward.

"General."

The personal guard took off the letter paper and found that there was no poison on the letter paper, so he handed it to Xia Houshang.

"Xia Houshang, after reading this, our army will retreat ten miles to set up camp. You should think about it yourself." At the foot of the city, Guan Ping pulled the reins abruptly and retreated in the direction of Yecheng.

"Guan Ping, this bastard, what the hell is he doing?" Xia Houshang frowned slightly, he and Guan Ping were considered old rivals.

In the Battle of Taishan before, he had fought against this guy a lot, but this guy, usually behaved, was not so neurotic.

Is this the wrong medicine?

He muttered, and became more curious about the letter in his hand.

After unfolding, Xia Houshang's complexion changed drastically.

"how is this possible……"

"This fellow Liu Feng... Could it be that he is really a famous emperor through the ages? Even if he is such a formidable enemy, please forgive him..."

Xia Houshang took a deep breath, the first half of the letter in his hand was just reminiscing about the old days and asking about his health.

But between the lines, it is his uncle Cao Cao's concern.

Xia Houshang was so tearful watching, the day Cao Cao left...he cried for a long time.

But now this letter tells him that the old man is still alive?

And in the jade mine in southern Yunnan, he helped people open the mine, and also learned carving, becoming a master of jade carving?

Now Princess Qinghe... his cousin gave birth, yet he came back?
And a letter, to let myself go to Xuchang.

But seeing him, on behalf of her natal family, congratulated Princess Qinghe.

Can he...can go?

Xia Houshang glanced back at the huge Handan City.

He suddenly thought of what Guan Fangcai meant by that sentence.

This is clearly saying that we will retreat to give you Xia Houshang a convenience and let you go south.

Bullshit!
The soldiers under Lao Tzu's command only have half a month's food.

If you let me go to Xuchang, it will take eight or nine days to go south.

Before he came back, these soldiers in the city were starving. How could they have any strength to resist the Shu army outside the city?
can't go...

Xia Houshang tightly held the battlements with one hand, feeling the squeeze of the stone edges and corners on his palms, which made Xia Houshang hesitant to recall the cruelty of the battlefield.

His Handan City is an isolated city.

"I've stuck to this, so I have to keep going."

As long as Handan does not fall, then the Shu army under Liu Feng's command will not dare to go north, because there is still a nail stuck here.

From time to time, he could sneak attack on the back of the Shu army, harass their food roads, and deal with the wounded soldiers they sent back to the rear...

Xia Houshang's gaze, across the vast plain, saw the straight road.

three months...

All the laborers of the Shu army built Chidao outside the city of Handan.

The enemy army outside the city probably didn't take Xia Houshang seriously.

These guys are really arrogant.

He laughed at himself, took a look at the letter in his hand.

"If my nephew is free, I will go south to Xuchang to congratulate your Qinghe sister. I have already ordered that rebellious son-in-law to order a truce. Don't worry, Handan will have no worries."

The tone is Cao Cao's, and the handwriting is also Cao Cao's.

And inside the envelope, Xia Houshang took out a small jade sword.

It is a carving, but it looks the same as when they were young. When their family, the descendants of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, gathered in Cao Song's house, the wooden swords that Cao Cao gave them to the group of boys were basically the same.

This jade sword also proved that this letter was indeed written by Cao Cao himself.

Xia Houshang hesitated for a while.

After Cao Cao left, Cao Pi trusted Sima Yi, Cao Ren, and Xia Houshang.

But Sima Yi was unsatisfactory in Liaodong.

As for Cao Ren...he couldn't hold on, he could only watch Jizhou counties being taken away by the Shu army.

As for him, Xia Houshang... It was even more unbearable. He was flooded by Deng Ai, trapping 10,000+ cavalry in Handan, and also damaged Xia Houwei's more than 6 cavalry...

"Uncle."

"Are you going to make me abandon Handan?"

"Did you stay in the south for half a year, and you also saw that this world is not suitable for my Cao family?"

"Still, that Liu Feng threatened you..."

As soon as it appeared in the second year, it was overthrown by Xia Houshang.

Who is Cao Cao?

An absolute hero will not be held hostage by Liu Feng.

A man can die standing up, but he must not live on his knees.

"Then uncle just wants to protect me, Xia Houshang..."

Xia Houshang smiled wryly, the Eight Tigers of Cao Wei, Cao Ren and him Xiahoushang are still there, and they have become the cornerstones of the Great Wei today.

If he fell down...could it be done with just General Cao Ren alone?
"Forget it, let me be alone, go south and have a look."

"Xiahouhe." This is the general who risked his death from Nanpi and came to Handan to report.

He is also Xia Houshang's deputy at the moment.

"The end is here."

"So-and-so is going out of the city and going south, alone, you stay in the city, after so-and-so leaves, you are not allowed to open the city."

"Here." Xiahouhe didn't ask anything, because he also saw the letter Xiahoushang handed over.

Emperor Taizu, Uncle Huang, is he still alive?
(End of this chapter)