"PS: As the plot progresses, I want to have a new commander and a whole army to get the name of me...... Alas, the second chapter is going to be delayed.'"

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After the two siege battles on the 6th and 11th in early September, Guan Shuo, the commander of the Changsha Army, launched a third siege on September 13.

At noon the day before he launched the third siege, he ordered his henchmen to go to Kunyang and shot an arrow at the southern city gatehouse.

In view of the fact that the southern city wall was guarded by black tiger thieves and wolves at that time, this letter did not alarm Liu Bi, Li Xu and others, and was quietly sent to Zhao Yu.

In this arrow letter, Guan Shuo made a concession, he acquiesced to Zhou Hu to occupy Kunyang as territory, and in exchange, Zhou Hu had to do two things.

First, on the city wall of Kunyang County, the banner of the 'Changsha Army' was erected to represent that Kunyang had surrendered to his Changsha Army; second, Zhou Hu had to assist the Changsha Army in capturing Yexian.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhao Yu shook his head and said to Jingnu: "It seems that this Guan Shuo is not a stubborn person, but unfortunately, the conditions he gave are not attractive. ”

Unfortunately, Guan Shuo's 'introspection' came too late.

If it was before the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, when Zhao Yu went out of the city to meet Guan Shuo, Guan Shuo agreed to the conditions he proposed, and he could still find a way to persuade the people in the city and the officials of the county government on the grounds of 'taking into account the overall situation' and 'keeping Kunyang'.

However, after the two siege battles on the sixth and tenth days of September, countless Kunyang people lost their husbands, fathers, and sons, and had completely opposed the rebels outside the city.

Not to mention, Guan Shuo also asked Zhao Yu to help him capture Ye County, a condition that Zhao Yu would not agree to from the beginning.

It is undeniable that he had considered 'surrendering to the rebels' at the beginning, but he actually wanted to remain neutral, and he would never agree to help the rebels attack Yexian, after all, once he did this, then he would really become a rebel, and once the Jin State suppressed the rebels in the future, it would definitely be liquidated afterwards.

And if Zhao Yu 'remains neutral', for example, in the matter of Yexian, he neither reinforces Yexian nor assists the rebels, so that in the future, the Jin court will be investigated, and he can still use 'self-protection and inability to rescue' as an explanation, regardless of whether he can get through the confusion or not, at least he does not have to bear the charge of 'anti-thief'.

That's right, although the rebels are currently in great momentum, since the south of the river, all the way to the north, as if there is a great potential to capture the Central Plains, but the Jin court has not yet exerted its strength, and Zhao Yu is not sure how far the rebels can go, so he naturally does not dare to bet easily.

After all, once you make a mistake, there is no turning back, and Zhao Yu must be cautious.

"Then how do you reply to that Guan Shuo?" Jing Nu asked from the side.

"Just leave it alone." Zhao Yu said lightly, reaching out to put Guan Shuo's letter on the lamp and burn it, but after thinking about it for a while, he still handed the letter to Jingnu and asked the latter to keep it for him.

He was a little worried that Guan Shuo would not be able to persuade him to surrender again, and instead disassociated him from the county government, so he kept a letter that could be used as evidence in the future. - If it were him, he would have done it.

But it turned out that Zhao Yu was too worried, Guan Shuo didn't think about making a fuss about this letter, he really wanted to end the war with Kunyang, so that he could use troops against Yexian.

waited for a day, and when it was close to noon the next day, Guan Shuo still didn't wait for Zhou Hu's reply.

He did not give up, so he specially sent his henchmen to inquire about the patrol soldiers, asking if Kunyang had sent an envoy, but the patrol soldiers said that from last night to this morning, they had not seen any messengers sent by Kunyang.

"I don't know the times!"

Guan Shuo, who learned of this, scolded in the grass shed that served as the tent of the Chinese army, and the soldiers on duty outside the grass shed did not know who this Qu Shuai was scolding, but they did not dare to ask.

After scolding, Guan Shuo sent people to give orders to the two generals, Liu De and Huang Kang, and agreed to attack Kunyang again today.

From 3 o'clock in the afternoon to 2 o'clock in the unitary hour, in these nearly three hours, the rebels once again launched a three-sided onslaught on Kunyang.

However, what made Guan Shuo feel anxious was that Kunyang still blocked their attack, and even made him see no hope of breaking the city.

How can this Kunyang be more tenacious than Zhaoling County?

The tenacity of Zhaoling County is not difficult to understand, because they are in danger of the Luohe River, and the city wall is also nearly a zhang higher than Kunyang, when attacking Zhaoling, Guan Shuo did not hesitate to think that it was the most difficult battle of their Changsha army.

And it turned out that he was wrong, the most difficult battle of his Changsha army was not in Zhaoling, but in Kunyang!

An earthen city, there is no danger of mountains and rivers, and there is no wall that is difficult to cross, in addition to three thousand Nanyang soldiers, there are only weak people in a city, and a group of bandits who don't know the so-called, this is this group of people, not only blocked the attack of his Changsha army again and again, but even caused them to lose countless soldiers.

What to do?

On the night of the withdrawal and return to the camp, Guan Shuo lay on the grass in the shed, thinking about countermeasures with his hands on his pillow.

I have to say that the 'nail' in Kunyang County is really uncomfortable for him.

Originally, according to his plan, Kunyang was laid down in early September, and Xiangcheng and Runan counties were laid down in the north in mid-September, and it was the autumn harvest season at this time, so he could just scavenge in Xiangcheng and Runan counties, and even send a force to attack the rich Rushui area and loot some grain and grass in Rushui counties. I love

As for Ye County's side, when he first estimated, he had set aside a month to attack, that is, to capture Ye County by mid-October.

No matter how bad it is, it will take half a month more to capture Ye County before early November.

It was just in time for winter, and even if Wang Shangde learned that Yexian had fallen, he couldn't make a counterattack immediately, so he could only wait until next year.

And next year? He Guan Shuo had already replenished heavy troops in Ye County, and he would not be afraid of the Nanyang army under Wang Shangde at all.

On the contrary, when the time comes, it will be Wang Shangde's back to the enemy.

But now it's September 13th, and the damn Kunyang is still stuck with them.

Although it is said that from the 'East Wing Mountain' on the north side of Kunyang to the northeast, it can also go around Xiangcheng, but it is really of little significance - if Kunyang is not defeated, where will he have enough troops to divide his troops to attack Xiangcheng?

With full of resentment, Guan Shuo tossed and turned until late at night, and then fell asleep in a daze.

And the hateful thing is that the Kunyang people still don't stop, sending people to make a noise outside his camp in the middle of the night, although Guan Shuo knew very well that it was a tired tactic, and that the damned brigade wolves couldn't have enough energy to sneak up on his camp, he was still woken up.

It was probably around the end of the camp that the group of brigade wolves beating gongs and drums outside the camp ended their hide-and-seek with the patrol soldiers of the Changsha Army, and disappeared completely.

And Guan Shuo also fell asleep again in a daze at this time.

Unexpectedly, after only sleeping for an hour, he woke up again, although he felt dizzy and tired, but when he thought that time was passing day by day, he couldn't sleep at all.

I don't know how long I sat on the edge of the straw shop, and suddenly a soldier outside announced: "Qu Shuai, General Xiang Xuan sent a messenger to come." ”

"Xiang Xuan?" Guan Shuo's spirit shook slightly, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "Call him in." ”

After getting Guan Shuo's permission, a soldier strode into the shed, only to see his eyes swept in the shed, and then fixed on Guan Shuo, who was sitting on the edge of the straw shop, and saluted with fists: "Qu Shuai." ”

He was surprised by Guan Shuo's tired face, but he didn't dare to ask more, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Guan Shuo respectfully.

Guan Shuo took the bamboo tube containing the letter from the general Xiang Xuan, took out a piece of white silk from it, and spread out his hand to take a closer look.

「…… Since the end of the general's drive to Xuchang, he has fought with Cao Suo three times, won three battles, and more than 20,000 Yingchuan army was overturned, and Yingchuan has no resistance since then. …… At present, Yingchuan County Guard Li Min and County Lieutenant Cao Suo, led the remnants of the army to defend the county town, and did not dare to go out lightly, although the last general surrounded the city, but due to the lack of troops, he could not attack repeatedly, Wangqu Shuai quickly sent reinforcements after receiving this letter, and the last general guaranteed that the day when the reinforcements arrived in Xuchang was the time when the last general broke through the county town!"

Reading the contents of the letter, Guan Shuo was both relieved and embarrassed.

Fortunately, the progress on his side was not good, but the progress of his fierce general Xiang Xuan was very smooth, and he defeated the county army of Yingchuan County with three battles and three victories, and blocked Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan County, and Cao Suo, the county lieutenant, in the city and did not dare to go out lightly, which can be said to greatly boost the momentum of his Changsha army.

can see Xiang Xuan's sentence 'So far, there is no resistance in Yingchuan', Guan Shuo couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Yes, before attacking Yingchuan County, he and his subordinates agreed that the county army of Yingchuan County would be the biggest threat, so Guan Shuo sent his fierce general Xiang Xuan to attack Xuchang, intending to contain the Yingchuan County army and make it impossible for the latter to reinforce the counties under his rule.

And now, the county army of Yingchuan County has been defeated by Xiang Xuan - that's right, the Yingchuan County Army, which was previously regarded as the biggest threat, has been defeated by the partial division he sent, but who would have thought that the main force led by him was blocked by the Kunyang County Army under the rule of Yingchuan County.

After thinking for a while, Guan Shuo said in a deep voice to Xiang Xuan's messenger who came to deliver the letter: "You go back and tell Xiang Xuan, I will find a way to raise reinforcements and ask him to step up the persecution of Xuchang." ”

"Yes!"

The messenger sent by Xiang Xuan retreated with his fists clenched.

Looking at the back of the messenger leaving, Guan Shuo let out a long breath.

Xiang Xuan, who was attacking Xuchang at the moment, was definitely going to send reinforcements, after all, whether he could capture Xuchang, the county capital of Yingchuan, was very important for their righteous division to capture the entire Yingchuan County.

And the embarrassing thing is that at the moment, he has no way to send reinforcements at all - all the troops under his command are pinned down by Kunyang and Yexian counties.

After a moment of contemplation, Guan Shuo summoned a guard and instructed him to prepare his pen and ink.

Immediately, he wrote a letter in his own hand on a piece of white silk and instructed the guard: "You take a few people, take this letter, and immediately go to Runan County, and hand it over to Chen Miao, the commander of Jiangxia Yishi." ”

"Yes!"

The guard clenched his fists, and when he took the letter, he turned and walked out.

Looking at the back of this guard's departure, Guan Shuo sighed slightly.

Now, he can only pull down his face and ask for help from friendly forces.