The sky is dark, the whole high attached city, it seems even more lonely, in the moat outside the city, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty are salvaging the corpses, most of the river water here can no longer be drunk, the soldiers can only dig their own wells, and the blood stains on the city wall, at this moment are also exuding a bad smell of blood, the captured Guishan soldiers, now locked up in the camp where they were originally stationed, their eyes are full of fear.

The people here have long been forcibly driven out by Guishan, the whole city is only left with the victors and prisoners, there is no innocent, the Han soldiers patrol back and forth in the city, and occasionally there are scouts riding fast horses, rushing through the city gate, disappearing into the distance, in the general's mansion in the high attached city, Zhuge Liang stroked his long beard, and sat on the top seat with peace of mind.

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu sat on both sides of him, Zhuge Liang was sent by the Son of Heaven and came here, after the combined forces of the North and the South, neither Guan Yu nor Zhang Liao were suitable to serve as the main general, because it would cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers on the other side, and originally, they were all sent to the captain, but now there is no such position in the court, and Zhuge Liang will hold this key position.

Speaking of which, when Zhuge Liang just arrived, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu didn't have too much respect for him in their hearts, Zhang Liao was fine, but Guan Yu looked down on him at all, with a trace of disdain on his face, and asked Zhuge Liang not to command blindly, the war was best left to these generals to do, and Zhuge Liang was not angry about his attitude.

After arriving in Xizhou, Zhuge Liang did not order the attack, but waited for the news from Yuan Shang with peace of mind, and then, together with Pan Bei, planned an operation of the Guishan assassin to assassinate the Han generals, sure enough, the operation was a great success, the main general was assassinated, the northern army was furious, and immediately attacked Guishan, pulled out several strongholds of Guishan outside the Gaofu City, and the army was directly pressed in front of the Gaofu City.

Everything was as Zhuge Liang thought, under the banner of a righteous Lingran, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty rushed to the city of Guishan angrily, and attacked for three days and three nights in a row, the old Pifu Nusha, although he was a coward, did not dare to go out of the city anyway, but the defense was still good, within three days, he repelled seven attacks of the Han Dynasty in a row, and just when Guan Yu was about to take people to the city in person, Zhuge Liang stopped him again.

Zhuge Liang asked him to wait for a day, and after a day, he had a way to break the city, Guan Yu was suspicious, but because the other party was Shang Shuling, he didn't say much, and he still agreed to Zhuge Liang's seemingly rude request, but he didn't expect that in the night a day later, there was a sudden shouting of killing in the Gaofu City, and the fire was shining, and the Han army immediately attacked the city.

The only regrettable thing is that the Lord will escape.

"This old horseman!!" , Guan Yu patted the case in front of him angrily, the wooden case was almost shattered by him, Guan Yu's anger frightened many generals around him not daring to speak, Zhuge Liang smiled and continued: "General Guan, don't worry, didn't we think of this a long time ago?" It's just a loss, and it doesn't affect the big picture. ”

Guan Yu was still a little annoyed in his heart, and glanced at Cao Zhang beside him, Cao Zhang lowered his head at the moment, his skin was full of flesh, this was just beaten with a military stick, but he was still standing firmly by Guan Yu's side, enduring the severe pain, Guan Yu said seriously: "In these ten days, we have taken advantage of Guishuang's lack of time to react, and have captured all the cities north of Gandara..."

"This is what we have thought of a long time ago, Guishan put the army in Gaofu, after Gaofu was breached, these areas are like a fictitious, there are no defenders at all, only seven or eight soldiers need to be dispatched, and they can be quickly captured, but the question is, how to capture the royal city?!" , Guan Yu asked, but everyone fell silent, especially Zhang Liao, whose face was also a little embarrassed.

According to the original arrangement, Guan Yu led the northern army, responsible for breaking through the various cities along the road and delaying the opponent's army, while Zhang Liao led the soldiers to go straight to Fulousha, captured the royal city, and destroyed Guishan's resistance.

Several armies of the Southern Army were attacked, losing more than 6,000 people, and Cao Zhang, who led the cavalry to support the Southern Army, was also defeated by this attack, if it wasn't for Zhuge Liang to stop him, I was afraid that he would be beaten to death by Guan Yu.

Therefore, now Guan Yu doesn't give Zhang Liao any good looks.

Zhang Liao said helplessly: "Nusha, that old horseman, took away all the elites he personally trained, not to mention, he put the elite soldiers in the northernmost part of Guishan, such as Minagara, Wu Yanna, etc., around Shirostuo, and there are about 40,000 soldiers under his command, and Fulousha is garrisoned by nearly 80,000 people under his command... And now the number is growing..."

"The first Rostuo is between Gaofu and Fulousha, and they are horns of each other...", Zhang Liao said, this time, he did lose face in front of Guan Yu, and was severely humiliated by the old man called Nusha, the southern army has never tasted defeat since its establishment, of course, to be precise, this is not Zhang Liao's incompetence, the climate of Guishuang, especially the climate in the south, is really hot!

The Guishan soldiers did not wear armor, and the Han soldiers often couldn't stand the heat and fainted, and secondly, Nusha, the old horseman, actually blocked the wells along the road, and everything was burned, and the raided Han army could not be supplied, and encountered the surprise attack of the Guishan people who had been recuperating for a long time in the unfamiliar mountains and forests, and resisted for a long time, but still had no choice but to retreat.

This is definitely a great shame for Zhang Liao.

"So what now?" , The person who opened his mouth was Xu Huang, several generals of the southern army did not have the face to speak again, Xu Huang could only ask, hearing his inquiry, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao had not yet spoken, but Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the messenger I sent has almost arrived at the Guishan King City, the northern army is guarding here, and the southern army is going out to capture Wabin, the luxury of the Kala..."

Zhuge Liang looked at the rough map in front of him, and as soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu already understood what he meant, "Is it to surround Fulousha?" Then it's safer for me to go..."

"No, the general is going to stay, if you both leave, I can't stop Nusha alone."

When Guan Yu heard this, he stroked his beard, nodded, and said arrogantly: "Okay, I'll stay and deal with Nusha, I will definitely cut off his head and give it to General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Liao's face was a little unkind, but he couldn't speak, Xu Huang didn't want to increase the conflict between the northern and southern armies, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to change the topic, and he asked with some puzzlement: "Zhuge Linggong just mentioned the messenger?" I don't know what the messenger is?? ”

"Messenger, he is going to ask the King of Kushan on my behalf, why he assassinated the general of our army... In addition, it is to let him hand over the murderer of the assassin, as long as he can hand over the murderer, the Han will immediately withdraw his troops and give up the high attached city...", Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Xu Huang suddenly understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "In this way, maybe it can really make the King of Guishan not gather the southernmost soldiers to go north in a short time, so that we can easily capture Wabin and other areas, and when he reacts, he is already in the encirclement of the Han army..."

Except for Guan Yu, everyone praised Ling Gong's resourcefulness, Zhuge Liang shook his head disapprovingly, and said: "The main thing is to rely on your bravery, these suggested means are not worth mentioning...", after sending away many generals of the Southern Army, Zhuge Liang left Guan Yu.

"General Guan... Nusha is a great threat to the northern and southern armies, and those rabble of Guishan, under his leadership, can actually repel the attacks of the southern army, and the casualty rate is even on par with the southern army, I don't know how many people General Guan needs to capture him? Zhuge Liang asked seriously, Guan Yu was silent for a moment, and said, "30,000 northern troops are enough." ”

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, he thought that Guan Yu would speak thousands, or even hundreds, most of the Han generals he saw were like this, extremely confident, but he didn't expect that the most arrogant Guan Yu now said a more realistic number, and now there are only more than 40,000 people following Nuxia... Moreover, the combat effectiveness is not comparable to the Northern Army at all.

"Need so many people?"

"Nusha Napuff, although he is an enemy, but it is still not to be underestimated, he can lead such an army to win the northern and southern armies, he has already proved his strength, whether it is in strategy, or in bravery, he is an opponent, and this time the southern army failed, I can't take the northern army to defeat again, otherwise, this battle, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to fight..."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but have a little more respect for Guan Yu in his heart, Guan Yu's words were unexpected.

"Okay, this battle will be handed over to General Guan!"

22nd year of Yankang, April

The southern army rushed lightly, all the way to take the city along the road, from the northeast of Kushan all the way to the south, the battle was impressive, for a time it was unstoppable, the southern army that was humiliated once, with a strong revenge in the heart**, this road was actually the defeat of the Kushan army, Zhang Liao led 10,000 people, stunned to break through the strongest city in the northeast, Lukaluo.

As one of the few large cities in Kushan, Luxura had a garrison of more than 60,000 people, but these 60,000 people could not stop Zhang Liao's attack or withstand the anger of the southern army.

But on the other side, the situation of the northern army is not so good, since the end of March, Guan Yu personally led the northern army, has launched several attacks on the city of Shirostuo guarded by Nusha, but the crazy charge was repulsed again and again, Guan Yu even personally climbed the city, and the enemy was killed, and this time, he met the same veteran general, Nusha.

The two veterans fought together, fought for a long time, Guan Yu was about to kill this fight, but the Guishuang people fought back on the verge of death, desperately came to rescue Nu Xia, Guan Yu was lonely, gritted his teeth, and ordered a retreat.

However, Guan Yu was not without gains, at least, he saw his enemies clearly.

It was an old man, older than himself, with a white beard, a lame leg, and his face covered with the marks of the years, and it was such a lame and old horseman who repelled the fourteen sieges of the Northern Army.