Chapter 917 Besieged Jiangxia
Jiangxia County,
At this time, Jiangxia County was already surrounded by Yue Fei's army.
Huang Zhong in the city, Wei Yan never thought that in just one night, such a big change would occur outside the city.
Because they don't know when the enemy will appear or when they will come.
Before that, they had sent people to investigate hundreds of miles away almost every once in a while, but in just one night, Jiang Xia and their gang were in a desperate situation.
Seeing Wei Yan hurriedly coming over, Huang Zhong hurriedly greeted him,
"How's it going?"
"All four gates are blocked, the enemy has surrounded the city, and a few people can't get out at all!" Wei Yan shook his head and said.
"How should this be, although there are 50,000 people in the city, but there are at least 100,000 enemy troops outside the city, without reinforcements, this city will not be able to hold it sooner or later!" Huang Zhong said worriedly.
"Old general, let's break through!"
Wei Yan proposed.
"No, Your Majesty ordered us to guard Jiangxia City, that is to place high hopes on us, how can we abandon the city and flee." Huang Zhong directly rejected Wei Yan's proposal.
"But if you don't break through at this time, you won't have a chance next!" Wei Yan said unwillingly.
"Your Majesty and Cao Cao attacked Xiang Yu, the two sides combined have 300,000 troops, it is a matter of time to destroy Xiang Yu, as long as they defeat Xiang Yu, Your Majesty will inevitably lead the troops back, and it will definitely not be too long, not more than a month Your Majesty will inevitably lead the troops back, not to mention that the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou will inevitably find the problem, and they don't even need to hold on for a month, as long as they hold on for half a month, we will be able to turn the corner." Huang Zhong said confidently.
"Old general, you think too simply, Yue Fei has an army of more than 100,000, and Yue Fei himself is a good general in the world, some people say that Yue Fei is comparable to the original Wei Huo, we are afraid that we will not be able to defend that time!" Wei Yan said worriedly.
"General Wei Yan should not grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige! Jiangxia County, the city is high and strong, surrounded by a moat, the city has enough grain and grass, and the weapons are sufficient, according to a certain point of view, it is not a problem to defend it for a month. Huang Zhong said confidently.
"It's not that Wei prolongs the ambition of others and destroys his own prestige, but Wei Yan knows the strength of the enemy's army, and the army under Liu Wei is very good at siege warfare, the reason is that the enemy army has the strongest bow and crossbow army, and it is powerful to shoot far, and because Cao Cao was driven to the south, the control of catapults is also the most controlled by Liu Wei's army, so the strength of our army is probably difficult to support until that time, rather than being beaten passively, it is better to highlight the encirclement and then make plans!"
Wei Yan said earnestly and persuasively.
"No, no, even if you are weaker than the enemy, you will never abandon the city and flee, and if the battle has not started, if you want to break through, you must at least wait until you are really invincible." Huang Zhong said stubbornly.
"If you don't break through at this time, you won't have a chance to break through later, and if you wait until that time to break through, you will be killing yourself!"
Wei Yan's face was full of anxiety, and he looked at Huang Zhong's eyes with a bit of hatred for iron and steel.
"Now although the enemy has surrounded the city, but it has not been completely closed, as long as the troops are concentrated, there is still a chance to break out of the encirclement, once they gather their forces, then we have no chance to break through the siege at all, old general, you just listen to a certain word, break through!"
Wei Yan felt like crying at this time, but there was no way, Huang Zhong was the main general, even if his official position was higher than Huang Zhong, but this time he Wei Yan was only a deputy general, and he had no military power.
"If you follow what you said, abandon the city and flee in the face of a strong enemy, then Jingzhou still has to defend it, just take refuge in Liu, what is your intention to let someone abandon the city and flee."
Huang Zhong didn't listen to Wei Yan's words at all, but instead became angry and scolded Wei Yan.
"Old general, Wei Yan has no such intention, but this time is different, our army is besieged, and we can't get out at all, and we can't ask for help, that is, without reinforcements, we have become a lonely city, and continuing to defend it will only make the soldiers lose their lives, old general, listen to Wei Yan's advice......"
Wei Yan said earnestly and persuasively, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Huang Zhong strongly.
"Shut up!"
Huang Zhong was immediately furious.
"Wei Yan, Your Majesty is as kind to you as a mountain, you were originally just a nameless young general, you can get to this point, you have seven points of credit to Your Majesty, but now you want to abandon the city and flee, give up the country, you are so bold!" Huang Zhong pointed at Wei Yan and scolded, and Huang Zhong was extremely angry at this time.
"The old general is angry, Wei Yan has no such intention, the reason why Wei Yan said this is that everything is for the old general and the soldiers!"
Wei Yan hurriedly explained.
"Wei Yan, you have to remember that you are the chariot general of the Later Han Dynasty, the chariot general of Your Majesty's edict, and the first thing you should consider is Your Majesty, the imperial court." Huang Zhong rebuked Wei Yan.
"What the old general taught is that Wei Yan should keep it in mind!" Wei Yan knew that he couldn't persuade Huang Zhong, so he could only defuse Huang Zhong's anger first.
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"Report !!"
At this moment, a soldier suddenly broke in,
"What?"
Huang Zhong glared angrily.
"Gift...... General, there is an enemy outside the city! The soldier was directly frightened by Huang Zhong and hesitated for a long time before he spoke.
"Ignore him!"
Huang Zhong said disdainfully.
"But the enemy general named his name and let the general come forward to see him!" The soldier said apprehensively.
"Is that my name?"
Huang Zhong's face sank, and he hurriedly asked.
"Yes, the enemy general named the old general's name."
The soldier hurriedly replied, and the soldier naturally saw that Huang Zhong was angry, and he didn't dare to hesitate at all, for fear of causing trouble.
"It seems that there are spies in the court!"
Huang Zhong said with a hideous face.
"Why did the old general say that?"
Wei Yan was slightly puzzled.
"General Guan Yu is the Taishou of Jiangxia, everyone knows it, if the town guards Jiangxia, it should also be General Guan, Your Majesty's southern expedition is not difficult to find, but the matter of a town guarding Jiangxia is only known to the officials of the court at the beginning, but now the enemy army knows that there is not a spy or anything."
Huang Zhong said conclusively, Huang Zhong is undoubtedly sure that Liu Bei's subordinates have a scheming.
"Maybe it's an adult who leaked his mouth at home, and the spy shouldn't be!" Wei said suspiciously.
"I'll see Your Majesty in the future and then I'll investigate it deeply, now let's go and meet the enemy outside the city first!" Huang Zhong said calmly.
"Didn't the old general see them?"
"They have already named so-and-so, and if so-and-so doesn't go to see them, won't he lose face." Huang Zhong snorted coldly, and then went out on his own.
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"Huang Zhong, you finally appeared!"
As soon as Huang Zhong appeared at the head of the city, he heard loud cheers outside the city.
Hearing this, he hurriedly looked out, and his face sank in an instant, although he had long known the situation outside, but when he faced it again, he was still dissatisfied.
"Huang Zhong, General Ben ordered you to open the city gate immediately and go out of the city to surrender."
Outside the city, Yue Yun shouted, because of Yue Sheng's death, Yue Yun did not have the slightest good impression of Liu Bei's subordinates.
"You are so bold that you dare to lead troops to besiege the imperial army, it is because you want to rebel!" Not to be outdone, Huang Zhong angrily rebuked Yue Yun.
"Huang Zhong, General Ben sees that you are old and confused, who is the emperor, who is the Son of Heaven, and who is the imperial army can't tell the difference, a chaotic minister and thief, claiming to be the imperial court, claiming to be the imperial army, it is really shameless!"
Huang Zhong's words immediately angered Yue Yun and provoked Yue Yun to scold him.
"Huang Zhong, this general misses you for being old, as long as you open the city and surrender, this general can call the shots and spare your life!" Yue Yun shouted again.
"Huangkou Xiaoer, dare to let someone surrender, if you have the ability to attack the city." Huang Zhong said disdainfully.
"General Huang, once the war starts, it will be ruined, I hope General Huang will think twice!" At this time, Yue Fei, who was hidden in the army, appeared.
"Yue Fei, I heard that you are a loyal minister and a good general, you should understand the sentence that a loyal minister is not the second master, the task of this general is to hold this city, and it is absolutely impossible for this general to surrender." Huang Zhong said stubbornly.
"Now that the old general has made up his mind, then Yue Fei won't say much."
Yue Fei is not easy to persuade at this time, after all, Huang Zhong uses himself as a metaphor, if he really persuades Huang Zhong, wouldn't it tell the whole world and tell Liu Wei that he Yue Fei can also be persuaded to rebel.
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