At this time, the army that could appear in the south of Puyang, no need to ask, only the 10,000 troops led by Guo Huai to support Dongjun.

Along the way, in fact, Guo Huai also seriously thought about the current situation, and the best solution to defend Dongjun was to rush to Puyang and Xiahou to join him, gather more than 20,000 soldiers, and stick to Puyang.

Wei Yan has more than 40,000 elite forbidden troops in his hands, and if he fights in the field, even Guo Huai does not feel that he can defeat Wei Yan with 20,000 soldiers is not only the difference in the combat strength of the soldiers, but Wei Yan, Guo Huai also understands that it is not easy to mess with.

Only in the battle of defending the city, which can weaken the enemy's combat strength to the greatest extent, can Guo Huai have the greatest certainty, drag Wei Yan's army, and buy time for Sima Shi's army to lead the army.

Therefore, after Guo Huai sent troops from Jiyin County, he went all the way north without any hesitation, hoping to enter Puyang and hold on to Puyang in the shortest possible time before Wei Yan attacked Puyang City.

But alas, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes. When Guo Huai led his troops to Lihu County, he received a report from the scouts in front of him, saying that Puyang County had been surrounded by Shu thieves.

It's not good news, but it's not an accident for Guo Huai.

Wei Yan is also a famous general, and he has seized the opportunity again, and now he has attacked Puyang City, and it is not beyond Guo Huai's expectations.

For Guo Huai, it is best to enter Puyang before Wei Yan attacks the city, but for himself to be one step late, Guo Huai is not without his own plan.

First of all, Guo Huai wrote a secret letter, sealed it with his official seal, and asked the scout to find a way to send it to Puyang City.

Then Guo Huai continued to lead the troops in the direction of Puyang City, but soon after sending the troops, Guo Huai divided 5,000 soldiers, under his own banner, and advanced to the south of Puyang City with great fanfare, and he led 5,000 soldiers to make a detour to the west of Puyang City.

According to Guo Huai's plan, the Shu thieves will definitely find their own team of suspicious soldiers marching in the south of Puyang City with great fanfare, and then they will definitely send people to intercept them.

At that time, this team could retreat and directly withdraw to Lihu County.

As for himself, he led 5,000 soldiers, and after the Shu thieves divided their troops to the south, they suddenly appeared in the west of Puyang City, and then under the response of Xiahou He, they successfully entered the city and strengthened the defense of Puyang.

After he entered Puyang City, he ordered the 5,000 soldiers who had returned to Lihu County to go north again, this time leaving Xiahou and defending the city, and he led 10,000 troops to break through the siege of Shu thieves to meet Guo Huai was sure, and the soldiers with the largest number of troops entered Puyang to continue to hold on.

The plan was actually very good, but from the very beginning, there was something wrong with this plan.

Xiahou and here, after receiving Guo Huai's secret letter, were stunned and hesitated for a long time, and they couldn't make up their minds whether to go out of the city to answer.

Xiahou He was too "self-aware", and he had no confidence in his military command level at all.

Let him stick to the city and rely on the advantages of city defense to block the Shu thieves, he fought so mysteriously, he was almost broken by the enemy several times, and now Guo Huai asked him to go out of the city to meet the rescue troops, Xiahou He really didn't have this confidence.

If you want to go out of the city to respond, you will definitely face the risk of field warfare.

The current Puyang City has been surrounded by Shu thieves on all sides.

The main direction of the Shu thieves' attack was the East Gate, but the Shu thieves also arranged about 2,000 troops in the other three gates to contain them.

The number of troops is indeed not much, but the problem is that Xiahou He is not confident enough to break through the interception of these soldiers and meet Guo Huai.

If you want to send troops to respond, how many soldiers are appropriate, how to break through the defensive forces of Ximen in the fastest time, if you can't break through quickly, what should you do if you are quickly reacted by the Shu thieves and the reinforcements are in place. Xiahou He really has no bottom in his heart.

But then again, the purpose of Guo Huai sending someone to send this secret letter was not to discuss with Xiahou He whether to do this, but to inform Xiahou and him that they would do it.

In this era when communication was extremely inconvenient, Guo Huai's letter was to inform him of the battle plan, which required Xiahou He's cooperation, and whether Xiahou He sent troops or not, Guo Huai would send troops according to this plan.

If Xiahou and send troops to respond, Guo Huai's plan has a higher success rate, and if he does not send troops to respond, Guo Huai will also kill the west gate of Puyang City.

Therefore, Xiahou He had no choice but to start gathering troops head-on, gathered 5,000 soldiers, and prepared to go out of the city to meet Guo Huai.

The problem on his family's side can be said to be dangerous, but on the opponent's side, Guo Huai somewhat missed a person.

Tianshui Qilin'er, Jiang Wei.

The current Jiang Wei is not very famous, and there are not many opportunities to fight, plus Guo Huai has left the central court for too long, and he lacks sufficient intelligence and knowledge of Jiang Wei.

At least in Guo Huai's eyes, Jiang Wei is just a young general of Shu thieves.

It's hard to say whether young people can grow up or not.

When he was fighting in Liangzhou and Yongzhou, Guo Huai was not a young general who had never encountered this kind of Shu thief, what Chen Shi, Gao Xiang and the like, it is said that he was still a talent that Liu Daer valued back then.

Liu Da'er and other Guo Huai are not easy to evaluate, but this person who sees people is still good, and the person who can be valued and cultivated by him must be a person with temporary ability.

But whether it is Chen Shi or Gao Xiang, Guo Huai at that time can easily suppress them, after so many years, I haven't heard of any outstanding achievements from them, and it's hard to say whether they are still alive now.

Therefore, in Guo Huai's heart, Jiang Wei, the young general of this Shu thief, is Chen Shi, Gao Xiang and the like. His real opponent is only Wei Yan.

And Wei Yan, as the commander of the first army, must be the main attack on the east gate of Puyang, so Guo Huai set the breakthrough point at the west gate of Puyang, the purpose is to avoid Wei Yan and prevent Wei Yan from coming to help quickly.

As for the south gate, Guo Huai divided the 5,000 soldiers to bluff, just to contain Jiang Wei In Guo Huai's opinion, with Jiang Wei's ability and experience, as well as his military experience, his 5,000 soldiers bluffed enough, enough to bluff Jiang Wei, so that he did not dare to use troops easily.

And then bar. Guo Huai was unlucky.

The first point is that Guo Huai miscalculated the number of troops Jiang Wei led to the south gate.

Guo Huai predicted that Wei Yan would mainly attack the west gate of Puyang, so it was impossible for him to go south to intercept the reinforcements, and at most he would send Jiang Wei to intercept them.

If Jiang Wei can repel it, then Wei Yan will not divide his troops again, if Jiang Wei can't repel it, but as long as he can delay for a while and prevent Guo Huai from entering Puyang, he will be considered to have completed the task.

Therefore, Wei Yan can't give too much of this force, too much will affect the attack on Puyang, and I am afraid that he can't control it in terms of Jiang Wei's ability, but he can't bring too little, too little to stop himself.

Therefore, Guo Huai judged that Jiang Wei would only lead 10,000 soldiers to the south gate at most to intercept him and prevent him from entering Puyangcheng.

But Jiang Wei brought a full 20,000 soldiers to the south to set up defenses.

Guo Huai didn't believe in Jiang Wei's ability, but Wei Yan did. Wei Yan even believed that Jiang Wei could use his 20,000 troops to defeat the reinforcements brought by Guo Huai in one fell swoop.

Second, Guo Huai miscalculated Xiahou He's adaptability and command ability.

Guo Huai was a general who had dealt with the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty, and he knew how strong this force was in combat, second only to the Great Wei Forbidden Army in the most elite period.

But now, whether Guo Huai or Xiahou He, they are not leading the Great Wei Forbidden Army, but just ordinary county soldiers, and in terms of the combat power of the soldiers, Guo Huai admits that there is a gap between the two.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for the gap in the combat power of the soldiers, Guo Huai wouldn't have to ban the army from Puyang in this bluffing way, and with his ability, he could directly enter Puyang.

Therefore, Guo Huai understood that there was a gap in the combat power of the two sides, so he chose Ximen as the breakthrough point, creating a situation of more local fights and fewer fights.

Guo Huai brought 5,000 soldiers, so as long as Xiahou He can lead 5,000 soldiers to come out to respond, 10,000 soldiers before and after against 2,000 Shu thieves, or a two-sided attack, Guo Huai has no possibility of losing.

But the reality is that Guo Huai led his soldiers to the West Gate and began to besiege the elite Shu thieves besieging the West Gate, but he couldn't see Xiahou and send troops to meet him.

A quarter of an hour later, Guo Huai finally saw Xiahou and the leading troops go into battle. But Xiahou He's soldiers, the formation was scattered, the attack efficiency was low, and they were unable to form an effective front and rear attack, resulting in the defenders of the West Gate of the Shu thieves still being able to continue to hold on.

Third, Guo Huai miscalculated Jiang Wei's strategy and response speed.

When Jiang Wei led the troops to the south gate, he did not set up a defense in place as Guo Huai expected, and established a defensive line to block his suspicious soldiers, Jiang Wei confidently chose to take the initiative.

There's no way not to take the initiative, there are 20,000 soldiers in his hand, and the opponent is 10,000 when he is full, if he is still holding on to the spot, then it will not be Jiang Wei.

Therefore, Jiang Wei had to meet with the suspicious army in the south earlier than Guo Huai expected, and Jiang Wei's next response was also extremely fast.

Jiang Wei was full of suspicion at the beginning of his encounter with the suspicious soldiers.

The number of people in this army is not small, but it is certainly less than 10,000, and there are unusually many flags in the army, especially the banner of Guo Huai himself.

But regardless of whether this unit is a suspicious soldier or not, whether Guo Huai is really so stupid to walk in the front in person. There are 20,000 people in my hands, and if I don't fight, I'm really sorry for such a good opportunity.

Therefore, when the two troops were about to meet, Jiang Wei immediately ordered his own front army to attack, aiming directly at the enemy's front army.

If Guo Huai is really in the front army, it is the best chance to capture Guo Huai alive, but if Guo Huai is not in the front army. Then Jiang Wei can probably guess what trick Guo Huai is playing.

This fight, sure enough, Jiang Wei found that the Wei army did not dare to take the battle at all, but put up a defensive posture on the spot, and then after some of the soldiers were broken, some of the soldiers began to prepare to retreat.

As soon as Jiang Wei saw this posture, he immediately understood.

Directly recall the troops of the front army that were preparing to pursue, abandon this enemy, and turn the whole army to the west gate of Puyang City.

There is General Wei Yan at the east gate, and he has just come over from the south gate, Guo Huai wants to play tricks across the sea, and only the west gate of Puyang can be walked. It's up to you to catch up.

(End of chapter)