After Zhang Xi received the military report from the rear, he wanted to scold people very much.

What kind of heartless goods is it, this bad idea for the king of Hanzhong?!

Use himself as bait to attract Guo Huai's attention and attract Guo Huai to the area from Ji County to West County. Aren't you afraid that something will really happen and you will lose everything?!

What the hell are Fa Zheng and Pang Tong eating?!

Isn't it just to nail Guo Huai to the city of Ji County, I can't help it, as for letting Liu Bei take the risk of luring the enemy in Xixian County?!

Originally, Guo Huai had already led the troops to the city of Jixian County, and Zhang Xi was planning to go to the city tower in person early tomorrow morning, in front of the armies of both sides, and personally scold the formation, while attracting Guo Huai's hatred, and at the same time show Wei Yan how the general scolded the formation.

Now it's okay, if you don't have some home remedies tomorrow, you may really not be able to stop Guo Huai.

After all, Liu Bei's bait is too fragrant, as long as Liu Bei is defeated, then Liu Bei's group will inevitably retreat, and the so-called Northern Expedition will naturally come to an abrupt end.

As for Guo Huai, at this time, he has not received a return from Tanma for the time being, and he has indeed just led the troops to camp outside Ji County, and is ready to go to Ji County first tomorrow to test the reality of Ji County's guards.

Guo Huai's mood during this time was really bad.

In mid-September, he learned the news that Liu Bei had sworn in Hanzhong for the Northern Expedition, and then received a military order from Cao Hong, the governor of Yongliang, to raise troops and be ready to support the eastward at any time.

Guo Huai did not dare to slack off, and in early October, he led the Liangzhou soldiers into Pingxiang County, and began to gather Qiang Hu Yi Cong, preparing to assemble Qiang Hu Yi and march eastward from the rear.

Since then, Guo Huai has not received good news.

First of all, Gao Gang lost Qishan Fort, bringing the news that the Shu army sent troops from Qishan Road, and not long after, Ma Zun abandoned the city and fled, and was killed and did not return to Ji County to hold on.

Finally received a good news, Zhao Ang said that he would stick to Ji County, and he was finally able to reorganize the army to rescue with peace of mind, but he only went halfway to hear the news of Zhao Ang's defeat and the loss of Ji County.

It's too fast, it's only been four or five days before and after, how did this Zhao Ang keep it?!

Because it was too hasty, and Jiang Xu and the others surrendered too simply, Guo Huai didn't even know how Zhao Ang failed, so Guo Huai didn't dare to advance easily, and hurriedly sent an order to call back the vanguard cavalry that had been dispatched, and the army was in a hurry while collecting intelligence.

In the end, I learned that Zhao Ang had let the Tianshui County family sell it, which was a failure.

At this time, Guo Huai didn't know what to say, and he didn't know whether to praise Ma Zun for being prescient, or continue to spit on him, a gutless rat.

But no matter what, after learning that the generals of the Shu army did not know any magic methods, and there were no unpredictable strategies, Guo Huai still led the army to the city of Jixian.

The location of Ji County is too important, it is a crossroads in the north of Yongzhou, this place is occupied by the enemy, and it cannot be ignored.

Therefore, Guo Huai cheered up, and the next day he personally led a large army to the city of Ji County, and invited the general of Ji County to answer.

This is the battlefield etiquette of these years, on the one hand, ask each other to see each other's mentality, on the other hand, you can finally know who your opponent is, and then when you make a battle plan, you can have a target.

At first, it was relatively normal to talk to each other, Zhang Xi and Guo Huai greeted each other, and both sides also knew who their opponents were.

But by the end of the conversation, Zhang Xi began to make a fuss.

Originally, after this dialogue is over, Guo Huai will retreat to the Chinese army, and the next step is to siege the city or temporarily suspend the army and return to the camp, it depends on how Guo Huai chooses.

But at this time, Zhang Xi said that Guo Huai was not easy to come by, and he wanted to give Guo Huai a gift.

Although it is very strange, this kind of thing is not without precedent, and in front of the two armies, Guo Huai has no prison troops or allies with evil intentions around him, and he is not afraid of Zhang Xi doing any divisive tricks, so he agreed.

Then Zhang Xi ordered someone to put down a hanging basket, and in the hanging basket, there was a small square wooden carved box.

Guo Huai wondered in his heart that it was really a gift?!

After all, this box looks very exquisite, and the things used to hold it are generally not low-end.

Guo Huai also thought that Zhang Xi was following the ancient etiquette, greeting each other and giving gifts before the war, and then starting the fight. After the fight, you have to say hello to each other and give gifts.

That's pretty much what the wars of the Spring and Autumn period meant.

Even Guo Huai was thinking about what gift he wanted to return for a while so as not to be rude.

But when Guo Huai opened the gift from Zhang Xi in front of the whole army, his hair was almost fried.

Zhang Xi actually sent Guo Huai a set of women's clothes in front of the two armies.

What the hell does this bastard mean?! What do you want to do with giving yourself a woman's clothes?! Laughing at yourself like a woman?!

This is really excessive, although I Guo Huai is a little shorter, but I am also a dignified seven-foot man, who has made countless meritorious contributions in all directions, and is feared as a god by the Qiang people and the Di people, how can I look like a woman? !

Guo Huai was so angry that he couldn't wait to throw away the clothes and the box together.

But Guo Huai couldn't do this, because this was how many soldiers in front of the two armies were curious about what was in this box, so they waited to see it with their own eyes.

Even Guo Huai wanted to fool this matter quietly, Zhang Xi didn't let him go, he was afraid that Guo Huai didn't understand what it meant to give him women's clothes, and shouted loudly in front of the two armies, not only saying that the gift to Guo Huai was women's clothes, but Zhang Xi made it clear that he would regard this women's clothing as an agreement between the two parties.

If Guo Huai thinks that he can't beat Ji County, then you can put on this woman's clothes and get out, whether it is to return to Liangzhou or to help Cao Hong, whatever.

But if Guo Huai can lead the troops to defeat Ji County, then Zhang Xi will wear this woman's clothes to lead the death, even if he dies in battle, Guo Huai is allowed to let himself be buried in women's clothes.

I have to say that Zhang Xi made a very unbelievable agreement in this era.

And this is what Zhang Xi came up with, the way to nail Guo Huai to Ji County Anyway, Zhang Xi didn't believe that Guo Huai had the cheekiness of Sima Lao Fox, and dared to wear women's clothes and ask his subordinates if they were beautiful!

Although it was copied from Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's idea, Guo Huai opposite Zhang Xi was not Sima Yi in the end, and Guo Huai was not unable to avoid the war, Zhang Xi was mainly afraid that he would run away.

As soon as this trick came out, Zhang Xi felt that it was impossible for Guo Huai not to accept this agreement if he wanted to make a face.

And as long as Guo Huai accepts this agreement, he will have to fight Ji County until the two sides decide the winner.

As for Guo Huai, he is indeed being stopped by Zhang Xi now.

Guo Huai is indeed not Sima Yi, he still wants face and fame.

Now Guo Huai is leading more than 50,000 troops, and the defenders of Ji County are only more than 20,000 people, and the strength is completely dominated by Guo Huai.

But Guo Huai, as the commander of the army, naturally knew that most of the soldiers he brought were Liangzhou cavalry, what was the use of bringing more soldiers, did you let the cavalry dismount and attack the city? !

I wanted to agree or not, but Zhang Xi gave him this woman's clothes in front of the two armies, and the big guys looked at it. If you don't agree, not only will the morale of your own soldiers be low, but the Hu Renyi who came with you will never have to follow to watch the excitement? !

No matter how successful or lost this battle is, as long as he doesn't agree to this agreement, when he returns to Liangzhou, which of these Hu people can still fear him?!

Moreover, Guo Huai felt that he might not lose.

It is true that cavalry is not good at attacking cities, but it does not mean that cavalry cannot break through cities, and there are many ways to break cities, and it is not necessary for soldiers to climb the city walls.

Guo Huai pondered it carefully and felt that it was not impossible.

Guo Huai not only agreed in public, but also ordered someone to build a platform outside his camp, put this gift box on the platform, and threatened that after breaking the city, he would personally watch Zhang Xi put on this set of women's clothes and ask himself to surrender.

Zhang Xi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as you agree, anyway, Zhang Xi himself has no resistance to wearing women's clothes.

Besides, Zhang Xi doesn't believe it, what other tricks can you Guo Huai have to make these Liangzhou soldiers who can only ride horses learn to attack the city.

Guo Huai does have a trick, but he doesn't use it now.

After Guo Huai returned to the camp, he first ordered the generals to send Qianghu cavalry to carry out a large-scale cleanup and sweep around Ji County.

The purpose of this is to complete the encirclement of Ji County, so that Ji County will not receive any grain and grass supplies from other regions.

This behavior was already expected by Zhang Xi.

At the beginning, after Jiang Wei objected to Wei Yan's plan to go out of the city and set up a walled battle, Wei Yan asked Jiang Wei how long he could hold out if there was no walled city to protect the supply of grain roads, relying on a lonely city.

Of course, this problem is purely because Wei Yan is deliberately making things difficult for Jiang Wei, everyone knows that the army of the king of Hanzhong is behind him, and there is no way to completely block the advance of the army of the king of Hanzhong.

As long as the main army of the king of Hanzhong arrives, then there will naturally be grain and grass.

So, Zhang Xi really didn't care, Guo Huai was willing to sweep and let Guo Huai do a good job.

The grain and grass hoarded in the city of Ji County is definitely not a problem to hold on for a month, and with the arrival of the Hanzhong Wang's army and Ma Chao's cavalry, this month is enough for Cao and Liu to divide the victory and defeat at the Liangzhou boundary.

But then, Guo Huai came up with his own trick, and when Zhang Xi saw this thing, his face suddenly changed.

Guo Huai, an old boy, actually has a catapult!!

Zhang Xi looked at Guo Huai's army with a solemn face, and really didn't expect that in this place in Liangzhou, he could also encounter catapults.

This is Guo Huai's killer feature.

Guo Huai has always been a calm and good general who is good at learning.

A few years ago, Zhang Xi built a catapult to smash the city wall when he had nothing to do, especially during the battle of Xiangfan, and he abandoned the city and fled. After Guo Huai learned about it, he directly got some craftsmen who could make thunderbolt cars through Cao Hong's channels and stayed in the army just in case.

Not now.

Looking at Zhang Xi's not too bright face at the head of the city, Guo Huai suddenly felt a lot relieved. Yes, let you have nothing to do to fool around with the agreement, now you are dumbfounded, the person wearing women's clothes must be you.

But then, Guo Huai couldn't laugh anymore.

Urgent information came from Xizuo, who was sent to the south, - Liu Bei personally led the army out of Qishan Road and stationed in Xixian, and at the same time sent the general Zhang Fei to lead 20,000 troops to rescue Jixian.

Now Guo Huai also looked at the box that he had placed on the high platform with mixed feelings. Why did I agree to this agreement yesterday?!

(End of chapter)