The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 334 All parties struggle ([-])

Liu Chan waved his hand, smiled, and teased: "I suddenly feel a little regretful now. I only let Guan Suo bring 2000 people there today. If I had already sent all the people in the Fortress of Anzhong, they might have really sent all the people there. Xu Shang's West Village has been captured."

Of course Zhuge Qiao knew that this was just a little joke Liu Chan played with him when he was in a good mood.The two immediately burst out laughing.

After laughing, Liu Chan remembered Guan Xing.He asked Zhuge Qiao: "How long have the people from Guan Xing's side been out, and now do you know where they have arrived?"

Zhuge Qiao replied: "It has been more than two hours since we set off. I heard that in order to catch up with time, the cavalry and infantry of his troops are moving separately. The cavalry is in the front, and they will go all out to arrive before today's Xu hour. Wancheng; the infantry is the rear, and will reach the boundary of Wancheng late tonight."

Liu Chan nodded, but his brows were wrinkled.It should be possible for the cavalry to reach Wancheng within half a day.But for the infantry, marching more than 120 miles a day is a bit too much.

Liu Chan said in a low voice, "Guan Xing doesn't need to be so anxious if he wants to take down Wancheng, right?" His voice was so small that Zhuge Qiao couldn't hear it clearly.

Xu Huang was born with a hulking back, thick eyebrows and big eyes, plus a black beard on the upper lip of his mouth, he looked calm and serious.

More than a month has passed since Xu Huang's army entered Nanyang.The original plan was that his army would rescue Cao Renjun who was besieged in Fancheng.But the result was that Cao Ren reconciled with Liu Adou, gave up Fancheng himself, and went back to Xuchang safely.

But what about his support army?But being entangled tightly by Guan Yu, he is already in a dilemma!In fact, Xu Huang thought that the battle with Guan Yu was not bad since this period of time.

But what makes Xu Huang sleepless is the west side of his army.Damn Lu Jian, when he brazenly led 1 people to Anzhong, and vowed to kill Liu Adou to the last, he personally tied him to Xuchang to claim credit.As a result, not only his own head was lost, but the [-] horses also lost as much as six or seven thousand!
However, Anzhong now has enough soldiers, horses, food and grass, and there are capable people like Zhao Yan sitting in the town, which should be able to stop Liu Adou's progress.

At this time, Xu Shang's messenger arrived.Xu Huang's main village was only ten miles away from Xu Shang's west village, and the messengers Xu Shang sent to report to Xu Huang soon arrived at the main village.

Xu Huang was concerned about the war in the west, so he immediately sent an order to summon the messenger.As soon as the man entered the commander's account, he immediately knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to General Xu."

Xu Huang raised his thick eyebrows and asked, "General Xu Shang has any military information you want to report, please tell me quickly."

"Reporting to General Xu, Anzhong Fortress suddenly fell this morning, and Master Zhao Yan still has no news!"

Xu Huang has always been known for strictly prohibiting calmness in dealing with people, but now he was taken aback by this sudden news.He couldn't help standing up from his seat all of a sudden, the armor on his body rattled, and a look of panic appeared on his face.The death of Lieutenant General Lu Jian has already made it difficult for him to explain to the adults in the court, and now even a senior official like Zhao Yan doesn't know his whereabouts!

Furthermore, Zhao Yannai joined the army himself, and he was extremely harmonious and had good friendship with most of the generals. He was also an expert in marching and fighting. Most of his army was able to fight in unity because of his help.If he lost this person now, it would be equivalent to losing an arm.How could Xu Huang not be in a hurry?

Xu Huang immediately asked with a dark face: "Tell me the specific situation as soon as possible!"

The messenger told Xu Huang truthfully about the situation of those soldiers who escaped from Anzhong Fortress and reported to Xu Shang.Xu Huang was stunned when he heard it, and fell down on his seat, unable to speak for a while.

In fact, Xu Huang's position is high enough, and his information is well-informed. There has been news that Cao Wei is preparing to recruit Sun Langji, the big thief who has been entrenched in Xuanyuan Mountain for a long time.But then, there was no follow-up to this news.

After Xu Huang was in a daze for a while, he vaguely guessed in his heart that the group of thieves who suddenly attacked the fortress of Anzhong from the rear must be Sun Lang's men!He couldn't help gnashing his teeth with hatred for Liu Chan, but he could only say nothing in his heart.Sun Lang messed around in their territory of Cao Wei, but was successfully recruited by the enemies of Jingzhou. Who can you blame?

Thinking of this, Xu Huang couldn't help sighing, his calm personality didn't make him continue to complain about himself.He took out a map of Nanyang, spread it out and put it on his handsome case.His piercing eyes under his slightly frowned brows first stayed in Wancheng, and then moved down to the fortress of Bainiuyi.

Xu Huang said to the messenger: "Bainiuyi Fortress is an important stronghold for our army to connect with Wancheng. It is also a very important buffer point for the battle between Xizhai and Anzhong. Once Liu Chan's army breaks through this fortress , you can directly attack our army’s West Village. This is not something this general would like to see. Therefore, after you go back, you must tell General Xu Shang to send more troops to Bainiuyi Fortress immediately!”

Then, Xu Huang told the messenger to go back quickly.No, but the messenger knelt and didn't get up.Xu Huang knew that he should have something to report, so he said to him: "Do you have anything else to report?"

The face of the messenger had changed, and he replied with a squeak: "Go back to General Xu, Bai, Bainiuyi Fortress fell less than an hour after the fall of Anzhong City Fortress!"

To Xu Huang, this news was really unexpected.His eyes, which were looking at the messenger, suddenly widened, with an expression of disbelief.

But Xu Huang is just Xu Huang. He has just experienced the fall of Anzhong and Zhao Yan's whereabouts are unknown. After these two extremely bad news, his nerves have become extremely strong.After Xu Huang took a deep breath, he calmed down his mentality calmly.What a proven General Cao Wei!

Xu Huang then asked clearly about how Bainiu Town fell.In his heart, he couldn't help but admire Liu Chan and his generals, they really know how to use soldiers!
Therefore, Xu Huang had to ask the messenger a question, "Bai Niuyi has been lost, what will General Xu Shang do next?"

The messenger replied: "General Xu Shang said that there are only 7000 enemies guarding Bainiuyi Fortress. After the villain set off, General Xu Shang also attacked with [-] troops."

Xu Huang nodded, but rather praised Xu Shang's determination and action.Then, Xu Huang's eyes turned back to Wancheng on the map above the table.Now that Liu Chanjun has captured Bainiuyi with the speed of sweeping leaves, it means that he can now follow Anzhong and Nieyang all the way to Wancheng without worrying about being copied!

Therefore, Xu Huang asked the messenger to go back immediately and reply to Xu Shang, telling him to take back the Bainiuyi fortress, otherwise, besides Wancheng, it would be Xu Shang's West Village that would face the attack of Liu Chan's army next!The messenger immediately took the order and left.

After Xu Huang sat back in his seat, he called his messengers and told him to rush to Zhenping's camp, and sent an order to Xu Gai, the guard there, to send troops to support Wancheng immediately.

Xu Gai is actually Xu Huang's eldest son, who is already in his thirties, and has been fighting by Xu Huang's side since he was an adult.This man learned a good ax technique from his father Xu Huang, and he was very brave in combat. Now he is a general of the Fujun Zhonglang in the Wei army, and is in charge of the military affairs of suppressing Dazhai.

After the two orders were issued, Xu Huang finally felt a little relieved.But how did he know that the situation he is facing now is not actually the worst.Because soon, he will receive the news that Xu Shang was ambushed by Guan Suojun from behind and beheaded more than [-] people!

(End of this chapter)