The drums are loud and noisy between the heavy mountains, and the infantry is mainly on both sides, and the waves are slowly approaching. Guo Shao, who was on the hillside, widened his eyes and held his breath to look at the upcoming head-on collision.

"Whoosh......" A black dot whistled in the air. Guo Shao looked up, only to see the countless black shadows of the long shuttle gradually slowing down at the heights, and then accelerating down. The clanging was like a hailstorm, screaming everywhere, and people kept falling to the ground and screaming in pain. The rain of arrows continued, and countless angry roars grew louder and louder in the valley.

In a few moments, the speed of a huge arc-shaped "knife light" suddenly accelerated, driving straight ahead, and the lighter-colored surface in the middle was swallowed up, getting smaller and smaller. The white fog that dissipated in mid-air was replaced by rising dust, and a cloud of dust and mist dispersed over the sea of people, and it could not be dissolved.

Yang Biao on the right wing was holding a long-handled iron knife with an iron punch all over his body, the edge of the knife was downward, his back was behind his side, and he strode forward. He was wearing two layers of ring lock armor, his steps were heavy, and when he stepped on the ground, he was a striking footprint, and more than 300 people behind him moved forward together.

"Ahh Yang Biao glared at the round tiger, suddenly shouted, the sound resounded throughout the whole army, raised the long knife flat, and rushed forward. Before he could rush to the front row of the Shu army, those soldiers saw such a battle, and they actually took two steps back, as if there was a strong air current stirring them.

Yang Biao relied on the heavy body momentum, turned around suddenly, swept the iron knife into it, and suddenly there was a sound of weapon impact, and Yang Biao took advantage of the situation to take Luo Mengzi and others into the crowd. The soldiers around him also shouted and raised their spears and pounced, and the people on both sides stabbed each other violently, as if two cacti had collided together. The sound of weapons and armor grinding against each other was sore to hear, and the violent impact was frenzied. People are poked like animals wrapped in iron skins, and the moves have lost their effect, and only strength is useful; The front, back, left and right are crowded with people, and as long as they use enough force to pierce the armor, they can always poke people.

The crowd on the east side of the Shu army panicked and fled everywhere, shaking the surrounding array like a plague.

The two armies also began to fight head-on, and the fighting front did not waver much; But the situation on the right flank is diametrically reversed, and melee has already begun very quickly. Yang Biao's department entered the Shu army array at the beginning, and the knives and guns danced wildly inside, as if they had exploded.

After a while, a large group of people on the fan-shaped edge rushed forward and poured into the boiling and chaotic right-wing battlefield. At this time, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and the festering place of the Shu army was greatly torn open and spread to the depth. The originally stalemate gradually faltered.

The yellow dust seemed to be covered with a bloody red mist.

Halfway through the battle, Guo Shao's legs were numb, still staring at the battlefield in front of him, and he didn't give a military order from beginning to end.

The neat arrays of the Shu army were constantly scattered by the chaotic soldiers like neatly stacked embankments, and they were only slowly eaten away at first. Suddenly, the middle of the Shu army, which was not affected, suddenly dispersed, the crowd turned around and ran, and the embankment collapsed!

The Chinese army rushed to the gate of the city, crowded together, and arrows were released on the city, and the chaos on the battlefield was unbearable.

Seeing this, Guo Shao turned around and walked down the slope, the soldiers around him were still looking with round eyes, and followed downhill while turning around.

The Shu army was in formation with its back to the city, with a mountain on the east side and a city wall behind it, and after the collapse of the camp, most of them were crowded in the middle and had nowhere to run, and surrendered a lot. The people on the west side turned around and ran south from the flank of the mighty city, throwing away their armor and leaving the city in shambles.

The battlefield was still chaotic, screams and cries of pain could be heard everywhere, but the fierce large-scale clashes ended with the collapse of the main force of the Shu army. Guo Shao led more than 20 guards to ride through the chaos and march to the mighty city. The city gates were closed, and the city walls were lined with swords and guns, and they sat back and watched the Shu army below surrender.

The surrounding generals found Guo Shao and gathered over to pay respects. The first army Du Yu Hou took the lead in stepping forward, and the excitement on his face could not be hidden: "Guo Du uses soldiers like gods, and General Yang is really a god!" If you don't break the right flank, you won't necessarily end up fighting until it's dark. ”

Li Dazhu shouted: "I didn't kill anyone in the back, I don't know why the Shu army collapsed!" ”

Li Chuyun also came over, glanced back at the mighty city, and said, "It would be good if the rebels rushed into the city gate just now, and the Zhou army followed and killed them." ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "There must be a large amount of grain in the mighty city. ”

He looked up and saw that there was no moat, only a ditch under the wall; But the walls are covered with bricks, and they look thick and strong. Guo Shao looked back at the generals and asked, "How to attack the city?" ”

Someone said, "Siege and storm." ”

Guo Shao couldn't help but think of the ant attachment of Jinyang City in his mind...... The scene was so miserable that it inadvertently left a deep shadow in Guo Shao's heart.

Another reckless general shouted: "I have captured so many people, drive them to dig the foot of the wall, and when they collapse, they will rush." If you can't dig it, it's not a dead ...... for us."

Li Chuyun hurriedly said: "No! Please be cautious. Now it is just the beginning, if we are brutal to those who surrender, and the Shu army behind us is desperate to the death, it will inevitably make our troops pay even greater casualties. The battle of the main division is not about how much he wins, but what kind of results he achieves. ”

Guo Shaodao: "What General Li said is extremely true, our army is short of food and cannot leave the prisoners in the front, so immediately send someone to escort them out of Sanguan and hand them over to Wang Jing." ”

Li Chuyun said again: "Whoever attacks the city, besiege the city first." Two hundred steps away from the city to build a fence, send troops to guard, and find an opportunity to rush out of the city to attack the camp. ”

Guo Shao immediately adopted Li Chuyun's suggestion and put him in charge of sending people to build a fence and deploy troops.

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It was stationed at night, and Guo Shao wrote a letter of persuasion, also called Zuo You to polish. The next day, the prisoners were sent up in hanging baskets to deliver the letter. Unexpectedly, after a while, several heads were dropped in the city; The Zhou army ranger took out the blood-stained letter from the mouth of the head, which was the letter of persuasion written by Guo Shao.

The generals were furious, and shouted and cursed at the towers. I saw a military general above standing there very calmly watching. Guo Shao got off the horse, turned around and shouted, "Take the three-stone bow!" ”

Everyone stopped scolding for a while, and they all looked sideways. This place is a hundred and fifty paces from the castle tower, and it is a high shot. Guo Shaotie blushed, took a bow and arrows, and aimed at the city tower, but the general turned around and hid...... immediately admitted not to play with Guo Shao. Although he won the momentum, Guo Shao was still annoyed in his heart, as if he had been teased.

The generals immediately insulted the city again, and asked for battle to attack the city, and the second army waited for Wang Zhang to shout: "Attack it, slaughter the city!" ”

Everyone looked at Guo Shao with anticipation, the early battle was very smooth, the morale of the generals was high, and the battle was urgent, and those who had no merit wanted to fight again. Guo Shao took a long breath and said coldly: "The soldiers of my Hujie army are all elite, and they must die in battle; went up to climb the wall, and was burned by the soup and fire, and it was a pity that it was damaged. ”

In the army, there were no catapults or rushing carts, only simple ladders. If you want to attack the city, I am afraid that the only way to do it is to climb the wall.

Saying this, there are also more rational generals who echo and say: "The Liao army is strong, it is not lost to our army at all, and it is very helpless to attack the city." If you want to storm it, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties. ”

Someone else said: "The strength of Weiwu City is limited, so we might as well besiege it without attacking it, and go straight to Fengzhou." ”

Guo Shao didn't answer, and paused before saying, "Fengzhou is still a hard bone, if you want to fight Tang Cang, you can solve the flank threat...... But if the troops are divided to fight Tang Cang, in case they are dragged back; The reinforcements of the Shu army came from the north of Guzhen, and the soldiers and horses besieging the mighty city had to be forced to retreat. If you delay, you will run out of food and grass. ”

The general asked, "How is that good?" ”

Guo Shao said: "The mighty city of the Shu army is besieged, and it can't be without movement. Hold your breath first and see how they make a move. Many scouts were sent to inquire about the military situation. ”

The army was assembled outside the mighty city and did not attempt to attack the city. For two days, there was no major movement on either side; The Zhou army went to the city to shoot arrows, but the above was a projectile with a long range and a wall battlement to hide, and the Zhou army archers did not please him.

Ten days had passed since Wang Jing promised to provide food, and there were only five days left for rations. According to the ration for marching operations, a soldier needs two liters of rice a day, and three liters of wheat millet a day; The grain that Wang Jing gave was wheat and millet to make bread and eat. Guo Shaobu has 6,000 people, and consumes 180 stone of grain a day; He roughly estimated that he needed more than 10 tons of grain a day.

At least ten tons of grain must be transported every day, and if you take a train to transport it, of course, there is no pressure at all; But now it can only be carried on shoulders, carts, mules and horses, and the people and animals in charge of transportation have to eat, and there is only one road, so the logistical pressure will be not small after a long time.

Two days later, Guo Shao had already raised doubts about the raid...... Could it be that the long-conceived tactics of quick victory are just words on paper, too taken for granted? Do you have to fight a war or have to fight for a long time?

I'm afraid that the old man Wang Jing is really right, and he can only think about how to withdraw from the army...... After all, it is not cost-effective to storm the city in a few days, and when the time comes, a bunch of people will die, and if they do not capture it, they will retreat, which is very bad for the morale and prestige of the army. It can be said that it is a battle of the tiger and the tail of the tiger.

It's nothing to retreat, and thousands of prisoners have been captured in Mighty City, and there should be no guilt in asking for guilt at that time.

At this moment, Luo Yanhuan entered the account and said, "The Shu army of Tangcang Town has started!" ”

"You elaborate." Guo Shao was busy unfolding the map on the board.

Luo Yanhuan beckoned outside the tent, and a strong man and an old man walked in. The old man was the old man Luo who had been rewarded a few months ago, and Guo Shao recognized it at a glance.

Old man Luo said: "Almost all of the Tang Cangshu army has been dispatched and is heading west. ”

Guo Shao asked without raising his head: "The way to Huanghua Valley?" ”

"Yes, yes. There are two roads, the one on the north side is a bit winding. Old man Luo said.

Guo Shao said to Luo Yanhuan: "Beat the drum and ask the generals above to come to the Chinese army to discuss military affairs...... Tang Cangbing is trying to intercept my grain and cut off my retreat. Scold! The picture is not small. ”

At this time, he asked the old man Luo a few more words, and said generously: "The reward is fifty yuan, and the brothers and old men of the Luo family over there will share it by themselves." Go and take it from you, and if you don't have so much money, take silver and gold instead. ”