Guo Huai was appointed by Gongsun Du as the vanguard general of the anti-Karasuma two months ago. He came to the precarious Gao Xian to replace Guo Xin, who had mediocre military command skills, and Guo Xin was sent by Gongsun Du to Linyu to defend Xu Shu's army in western Youzhou.

After he took over the more than 10,000 Liaodong troops stationed in Gaoxian, he immediately established his prestige with several beautiful ambushes to lure the enemy, and withstood the fierce attacks of the Karasuma and Xianbei people in one place, and still tried to ensure that Gaoxian City did not fall.

Although Gao Xian did not lose ground, the casualties and attrition of the Liaodong Army were not few, after all, fighting a war is often a matter of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of itself. After several fierce battles, the 20,000 Liaodong troops originally stationed in Gaoxian are now only more than 10,000, and the Karasuma and Xianbei people have also paid for the lives of nearly 20,000 young people.

Guo Huai is not worried about the shortage of troops under his command now, on the contrary, in his opinion, after the tempering of several major battles, the remaining 10,000 Liaodong troops really have blood and resilience, as long as the logistics supplies and military supplies can keep up, even if another 50,000 Karasuma army attacks the city, he can still let it return with hatred.

The problem that worries Guo Huai lies in the logistical supply and the replenishment of military supplies. In the past two months, one of the most important reasons why he has been able to ensure that Takaxian Castle does not fall is that he has adopted a strict defense method, using arrows, catapults, bed crossbows and other equipment to defend the city to consume the Karasuma people. I don't know what Guo Xin thought about at the beginning, but he only prepared rations in Gaoxian City for only three months, and the number of arrows and rolling stones was even more lacking.

Guo Huai analyzed that it is estimated that Gongsun Du underestimated the combat power of the Karasuma people and Goguryeo, and only thought about attacking, but did not think of the possibility of being besieged by others, so he was so careless about Gao Xian's defense.

Fortunately, there are still people in the Gongsun Du family who are not confused. Just when Guo Huai was worried about the lack of grain, grass and military supplies, Gongsun Kang sent a messenger to deliver a letter, telling Guo Huai that he had found a way to get a batch of grain, grass and military supplies urgently needed by Gao Xian from the direction of Jizhou by sea, and soon sent a large ship upriver to Gao Xian outside the city.

After waiting in Gaoxian City for ten days, Guo Huai finally received a report from his subordinates, saying that he had observed a fleet coming from the lower reaches of the Great Liao River. Guo Huai breathed a long sigh of relief, lifted his spirits, and led a team of people out of Gaoxian to the bank of the Liao River, quietly waiting for the arrival of the fleet.

Liang Gui, the supplier standing at the bow of the ship, saw the waiting Liaodong troops on the river bank from a distance, and thought in his heart that it was not Guo Huai who came to respond. Liang Gui's real identity is actually the captain of an action team in the Shadow Force, who boarded the ship from the Zhangshui estuary in Bohai County this time, and was responsible for escorting a batch of important supplies across the sea to Liaodong.

In order to ensure the safety of this important batch of materials, all the ships carrying the cargo have been modified, and a heavy batch of armor and weapons are hidden in the ballast water tanks in the bottom bilge of the cargo ship.

When the fleet crossed the Bohai Bay and came to the vicinity of the mouth of the Great Liaoshui Sea, it was blocked and interrogated by the Liaodong Naval Army. Liang Gui took out the passage document issued by Gongsun Kang himself, generously commanded the fleet to sail into Liaoshui, and under the leadership of the guide messenger sent by Gongsun Kang, he arrived in the area of Gaoxian in a leisurely manner.

The fleet docked steadily on the riverbank, and the envoy who came to hand over to Guo Huai on behalf of Gongsun Kang introduced the two to each other. Guo Huai politely gave Liang Gui a fist salute, and then said: "There is Lao Liang's shopkeeper who has worked tirelessly to send grain and grass materials to our army!"

Liang Gui also greeted him very enthusiastically, and said to Guo Huai with a smile: "The general is polite! Entrusted by people, loyal to people, besides, I will make a lot of money on this trip, but I dare not do it!"

After a few polite words between the two, Guo Huai organized the officers and soldiers to unload the grain, grass and military supplies transported by the fleet from the ship, and transported them back to Gaoxian City in an orderly manner.

It was busy until the night that the soldiers unloaded the supplies transported by the fleet. Then Guo Huai very warmly invited Liang Gui and Gongsun Kang's envoy to the city to drink together, Liang Gui was very enthusiastic, so he had to follow Guo Huai into the city.

After Liang Gui entered the city, Guo Huai sent a team of 2,000 soldiers to garrison near the fleet that night, saying that it was to prevent the Karasuma people from coming to attack.

After entering the city, Liang Gui was actually anxious, he wanted to get out as soon as possible, and hurriedly sent the batch of supplies hidden under the ship to the hands of the blue wolf army who came to meet him. However, Guo Huai was very warm and polite, not only did he frequently toast to Liang Gui, but also fooled his generals to toast Liang Gui. Between the cups, Liang Gui was poured unconscious, and stayed in Gaoxian City that night.

At night, a small detachment sent by Zang Ba with military dogs to reconnoiter quietly arrived outside Gaoxian City, and when they found that the fleet was all tied together by ropes and locked on the dock, they knew that something was wrong. The team members hurriedly wrote a secret report, tied it to the neck of a military dog, and then released three military dogs to accompany them, and hurried back to report to Zang Ba.

After about two hours, the three running panting military dogs returned to Zang Ba's hiding place. Zang Ba, who received the secret report, immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the army to hurry at night and rush straight to Gao Xian.

Although there were only 5,000 men and horses, Zang Ba still made a very bold decision, that is, he ordered his troops to come to Gaoxian City with open fire and pretend to besiege Gaoxian.

In the middle of the night, five thousand cavalry armed with torches rushed away overnight, and the momentum was naturally very terrifying, and when they arrived at the foot of Gaoxian City, they had already alarmed Guo Huai, who had already slept. Guo Huai didn't know what the enemy was, so he hurriedly ordered the 2,000 soldiers stationed outside the city and the sailors who stayed on the ship to withdraw to the city.

The Liaodong soldiers, who had received the order, moved very quickly, and finally withdrew to the city before the enemy besieged the city. But the sailors who stayed on the ship were not so lucky, and they all fell into the hands of Zang Ba on the way to escape to Gaoxian City.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet bright, Zang Ba coerced the fleet to anchor and sail, and turned out to be heading north against the Great Liao River. Guo Huai woke Liang Gui up and asked if there were any valuables on the ship, and Liang Gui shook his head vigorously and nodded vigorously in a daze.

Guo Huai, who looked depressed, asked Liang Gui: "Shopkeeper Liang first shook his head, and then nodded, what does it mean?"

Liang Gui, who was so anxious that he was about to cry, replied with a bitter face: "Shaking his head means that there is no cargo on the ship, and nodding his head is saying that this fleet is a means of making money for himself, and now that the fleet has been robbed, how can I do this business in the future!"