Tick, tick......

One drop, two drops, three drops, four drops......

In the county surrounded by the flames of the burning sky, the soldiers who knelt down towards Guo Jia looked up at the sky in shock, and the raindrops falling from the sky seemed to be more incredible than gold!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, the hustle and bustle stopped, and the soldiers paused.

The Jingzhou army, which killed the Taiping army outside the city, stopped its movements and looked up at the sky, full of astonishment.

The Taiping soldiers fleeing for their lives in the city stood in place, stretching out their hands to feel the reality of the rain and confirm that it was not an illusion.

At first, it was just a light rain, but it soon rained!

The expressions of the generals in front of the Jingzhou army were all sluggish, Liu Biao looked at the sky, the pouring rain stabbed at his body like a sword, and his blurred eyes just refused to close, as if he wanted to see through the sky!

Countless coke and fire oil were piled up in the houses around the city, and the fire quickly ignited the whole city around the county, and even if there was a river running through the county, it would be difficult to extinguish it alone, but this day was raining heavily, was it the will of God?

Cai Mao and Huang Zu both looked at a panic, and they rushed to Liu Biao's horse with staggering steps, and under the crackling sound of heavy rain, they clasped their fists at Liu Biao and shouted: "Lord, what should I do now?" The fires in the city are about to be extinguished by the rain, shall we take the opportunity to kill them into the city? ”

Liu Biao, who had always looked at the sky, was covered with water stains, slowly closed his eyes, shook his head and sighed: "Collect the troops, surround the county, and wait and see what happens." ”

One is prosperous and one is declining, one is declining, and if there is a fire burning the city in the county, the Taiping army will be panicked and vulnerable.

If today's heavy rain seems to have the help of heaven, the Taiping army not only escaped death, but also has a high momentum, and its desire for business is more firm and intense, and its combat strength has risen instead of falling.

Soaked by the rain, the young Pang Tong looked at the raindrops falling like needles, thoughtfully, after Liu Biao gave the order, Pang Tong said to Kuai Yue with an expressionless face: "Guo Jia is a foreign enemy, Yuan Shu is an internal trouble." ”

Kuai Yue, who lost his soul, was shocked, there was still a vicious wolf Yuan Shu in Jingzhou, and he had to guard against it, in other words, he couldn't fight Guo Jia to the death, and he would lose both, which would only give Yuan Shu an opportunity to take advantage of.

In the county town, Guo Jia and the Taiping Army, who were also watered by heavy rain, were excited.

Putting down the sword, Guo Jia looked at the sky and suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice: "God save me!" ”

The Taiping army suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cheers!

Zhang Yan looked uncontrollable with excitement on her face, and said loudly to Guo Jia: "Lord! You are destined by heaven, and it is the will of heaven to send a life-saving rain at this time! Lord! The last general is willing to lead his soldiers and horses to protect the lord to return to Chengdu! The queen is the king of the world! ”

Providence is not providence, Guo Jia did not dare to speculate, but by chance, the heavy rain at this time did save his life, Zhang Yan's words were not only inspiring for his escape, but also to take this opportunity to let the soldiers serve him to the death.

Just like the Son of Heaven, what is the Son of Heaven? The sky is round, the sky is like a god, the Son of Heaven is assigned by the sky to rule the world, Guo Jia has no ability to call the wind and rain, but when he is in danger, the sky helps him survive in a desperate situation, is it not enough to explain the will of heaven?

Guo Jia can look at this problem from a scientific point of view, rain, ordinary things, but others will not think so, especially the soldiers who are loyal to Guo Jia, and they regard it as a sign of heaven!

Holding back his excitement, Guo Jia withdrew his sword, stretched out his hand to help the four generals up, and then motioned for the soldiers to get up, and he immediately ordered:

"Zhang Yan Zhoutai, the two of you quickly ordered the army in the city to restore order, cover the soldiers of the West Gate to enter the city, and then close the city gates on all sides and hold on without fighting. Xu Chu Dianwei, the two of you immediately go to check the weight of grain and grass, when you enter the city, our army has grain and grass to support half a month, count the remaining grain and grass for me as soon as possible, and report it to me. ”

The four generals were ordered to leave in the heavy rain to carry out the military order.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses of Zhang Yan's department outside the West Gate were killed by Liu Biao, and in the heavy rain, Zhang Yan led the army to cover only 5,000 soldiers, and 15,000 soldiers were lost!

And when the fire spread across the county, there were about 10,000 soldiers who escaped from the other three gates and were surrounded and killed by Liu Biao, Guo Jia led an army of 65,000 out of Chengdu, and there were only 40,000 left overnight, not counting those who were injured and could not fight again!

Back in the residence, in the cramped living room, Guo Jia changed into clean clothes, knelt on the main seat with his eyes closed, and quickly thought about the situation in front of him in his mind.

He didn't know how many enemy troops there were outside the city, and he could only find out the truth after dawn, but he was sure that the enemy army would not have more than 100,000 people, and the reason was very simple, if there were 100,000 troops, then when the heavy rain fell, the enemy army would definitely attack the city with all his might, and he would not be given a chance to stabilize the situation.

From this, it can be inferred that the enemy army ranged from 50,000 to 80,000, and was unwilling to lose his men and horses.

With heavy footsteps, Xu Chu and Dian Wei came to Guo Jia, and just about to salute, Guo Jia waved his hand to signal that it was not necessary, and said, "How long can the remaining grain and grass be supported?" ”

There was a fire in the city, and then there was a heavy rain, and the loss of grain and grass must not be optimistic. ”

After pondering, Guo Jia ordered: "Early in the morning, pretend to fight at the West Gate, so that the enemy army thinks that our army is going to fight against the water, take advantage of this gap, the other three gates each send a team of 2,000 people to break through, even if only one person escapes, they must flee in the direction of Padang County, and calculate the calculation, Yuan Zhi escorted the follow-up grain and grass should also go to Padang County." ”

Xu Chu looked suspicious and asked: "Lord, there is no army in Badong County, Sima Ju has 10,000 soldiers and horses, how can he come to help?" ”

Guo Jia sighed and said: "I just hope that Yuan Zhi is in Padang County, if he is here, he will definitely make a false appearance that a large army is coming to help, if Yuan Zhi has not yet arrived in Padang County, Sima Ju ...... As long as some of our troops flee to Padang County, the enemy troops outside the city will be afraid of the army of Yizhou, and they may take the initiative to come to negotiate an armistice and peace with us. After three days, if there are no reinforcements, we can only swear to fight to the death. ”

It is also a desperate situation, but the situation at this time is much better than before, Guo Jia can command the army, can dispatch people and horses, far more optimistic than the chaos in the county before, and the probability of victory is also a few points higher.

The rain gradually subsided in the second half of the night, and by early morning it had completely stopped, and the sky was bright and sunny.

Walking up to the West Gate Tower, Guo Jia looked at the enemy army stationed a mile away, looking at its scale, there were indeed a lot of soldiers and horses, Zhang Yan, who had explored the enemy's situation, came to Guo Jia and hugged his fist and said: "Lord, the enemy army outside the city is besieging the city on all sides, with a total of 60,000 or 70,000 troops. ”

There were only about 35,000 soldiers in the city, and despite the enemy's outnumbered numbers, Zhang Yan was sure that the Taiping army would win.

Seeing Zhang Yan's bloodshot eyes and the frost on his face, Guo Jia stroked his shoulder and said gently: "Feiyan, you haven't slept all night, let's go and rest first, leave it to Youping here, you must not fall down due to overwork." ”

Zhang Yan knelt down on one knee and lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Lord, after the fire in the city last night, the last general missed the military plane and led the army into the city to put the lord in a desperate situation. ”

Stretching out his hand to help him up, Guo Jia raised a faint smile, shook his head and said: "Feiyan is concerned about chaos, if you don't care about my safety, how can you act in a hurry?" How can I bear to punish you? Feiyan, this time, it should be regarded as a lesson, for the general, he should not be surprised by the chaos and be calm in the face of trouble. I once told you that in the future, I will definitely compete with the heroes of the world, and there will be no shortage of wars. ”

Zhang Yan was in a complicated mood, inexplicably moved, and the self-blame and guilt that made him suffer all night, and he even had no face to face Guo Jia, but now, he held back his tears and gritted his teeth and choked up: "The lord values the last general so much, and the last general will live up to the lord's kindness in this life." ”

Let Zhang Yan go back to rest first, Guo Jia asked Zhou Tai to mobilize troops and horses, prepare to go out of the city to set up a position, and fake a decisive battle with the enemy army outside the city.

Zhou Tai had just received the order to go down to order his troops and horses, but Guo Jia stopped him again, because Guo Jia saw a man in the enemy camp coming on horseback.

After the man arrived at the city, Guo Jia looked down, and saw that the man was handsome, quite majestic, wearing a scribe's robe, arching his hand towards the city, and said loudly: "Jingzhou Kuaiyue, please Guo Jia show up." ”

Guo Jia stood on the city tower, and immediately identified himself and said: "It is Guo Jia, what do you have to say?" ”

Kuai Yue raised his neck and looked at Guo Jia, in addition to being young or young, just by his appearance, he couldn't see anything outstanding, but Kuai Yue didn't dare to despise this young man, and arched his hand: "On behalf of my lord, I will negotiate peace with you, as long as you lead the army to leave, and accept the Shaolin abbot after the 80s, let you go." ”

With a chuckle, Guo Jia nodded and said, "Okay, you go back and let Liu Biao withdraw the army for five miles, and I will personally lead the army out of the city and back to Yizhou." ”

Since it is Kuai Yue, plus the word Liu on the enemy's Daxu, Guo Jia also knows that it must be Liu Biao.

Although Liu Biao has an army of 60,000 or 70,000, Guo Jia does not believe that Liu Biao not only commanded Jingzhou, but also trained the Jingzhou army into a tiger and wolf division in a short period of time.

There is no face to talk about at the moment, there is a condescending taste in Kuai Yue's words, Guo Jia doesn't care, there is no point in fighting for this breath, even if he fights to the death with Liu Biao and avenges last night's revenge, but in fact? Jingzhou, Guo Jia can't swallow it, even if he captures Xiangyang and Jiangxia, he can't do anything, whether Liu Biao can continue to hold Jingzhou, Guo Jia doesn't care, but he can't be cheap Yuan Shu, right?

And Liu Biao came to negotiate peace, the reason for his scruples is the same as Guo Jia, after fighting with Guo Jia here, Yuan Shu will rob over there, Liu Biao will only end up with a wolf and a tiger, why bother?

If Guo Jia could be wiped out in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the fire last night, Liu Biao would have taken advantage of the situation, after all, the advantage was obvious at that time, but now, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, the two families negotiated peace, and they hit it off.