Chapter 31: Breaking the City
The evening in Gansu is really a side of the scenery like a picture, the Gobi Desert stirred up the dust will cover the sunset scene, more than a thousand cavalry crazy gallop, on the evening of the next day arrived at the city of Nan'an, and the sleeping Nan'an county guard, thought that Zhuge Liang was fighting with Cao Zhen in the Kei Valley at this time, and even the city defense was too late to set up, was Li Xian's former army broke into the city gate, Nan'an county guard in order to survive, had to surrender the city.
Nan'an Chengtou.
Li Xian held the city wall with one hand, looked at the sun that was about to set, sighed leisurely, and said: "The desert is lonely, the sun sets on the long river, and it is really a side jam!" โ
Tian Dali arched his hand on the side and said: "General, now that our army has taken Nan'an without much effort, we can naturally take a good rest today, and Dr. Chen can't vomit." โ
Li Xian looked at Tian Dali, who was already a little out of breath, and understood in his heart that this thing was tired, and it was estimated that if it was other soldiers, I am afraid it would be enough to choke, if he took this kind of tired army to the street pavilion to stop Zhang He, wouldn't it be a fantasy, but if it was delayed in Nan'an for a long time, the time of Ma Tan's defeat would be closer and closer, and he was very distressed in his heart, so he had to think of a compromise solution.
"Vigorously, don't get carried away, the Nan'an County Guard is between the prime minister's military might and have to surrender the city, our army needs to rest for a day at this moment, and after a day, we must still move at full speed." Li Xian said.
"Still going to pull it out? Our army took Nan'an without spending a single soldier, and it didn't work to go somewhere else? Tian Dali was puzzled for a while, and hurriedly asked.
"Vigorously, at this moment, our army has blocked the entire Yongliang grain route, Xiahou Nan should be with Guo Huai in Shanggui and other Cao Wei reinforcements at this moment, as long as you can protect the street pavilion, the entire Yongzhou, Liangzhou is owned by my Han, for the general can not only see one person, therefore, after a day of rest, you have to stay here to stay in Nan'an County to prevent him from rebelling. I'm going to take all my foot soldiers to the Street Pavilion to support General Ma Tan. Li Xian said.
Tian Dali nodded and asked, "Then General Ma Tan is a relative of the prime minister, and it shouldn't be too much of a problem to come and transfer troops." โ
Li Xian was indifferent, glanced at Tian Dali, and sighed: "Dali, Ben will go here, he will face the current number one general in the world, this trip is more auspicious, if Ben will be able to come back alive, then he will definitely drink and talk with you under Nan'an City, if Ben will not come back alive, let Ben be buried with these soldiers who shed blood for the big man." โ
Tian Dali heard this: "General, why do you say that? Could it be that Zhang He will go to the street pavilion? โ
Li Xian nodded, and added: "Also, my father and mother, I have been fighting all year round, and I have not tasted filial piety, this family letter, you keep it for me first, if Ben will not come back, you can hand it over to them." โ
Tian Dali's eyes were red, he knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "General, you are the general of our Han Dynasty, how can you let the last general go for you!" โ
Li Xian smiled and said: "At the beginning of Yiling, it was you who saved me, and I have today's General Zhengdong, you just remember these few things, and tell Dr. Chen that if Ben Jiang can't come back, his book will be whatever he wants." โ
Tian Dali still wanted to speak, but he saw Li Xian waving his hand and signaling himself to retreat, he knew in his heart that if it wasn't for the general in front of him, I was afraid that he would go to the street pavilion to face Zhang He, and he could only be a sheep into the tiger's mouth, and only Li Xian personally commanded that there would be a glimmer of life.
It was night, Tian Dali couldn't sleep all night, he didn't understand, why this battle with an extremely low chance of winning had to be fought, he really wanted to ask to understand, if he didn't go to the rescue street pavilion, what would happen to the three armies, even if this Yongliang was not in his hands, it was a big deal to fight back next time, why did he want to find Zhang He this time to fight a decisive battle? At this moment, he wanted to get up and wake up Li Xian, who was sleeping soundly in the county guard room, General Li was now less than thirty, Zhang He was more than sixty, even if he dragged Zhang He to death, he had no choice but to be puzzled, so he could only turn into the anxiety of pacing back and forth, until the moon was about to set, and then fell asleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Xian set off from Nan'an with his rattan armor halberd and the divine arm archers, and went straight to the street pavilion, Tian Dali sent him off with tears on the city wall, obviously Li Xian's confession was similar to the aftermath of the entrustment, and he was still unable to let go, and he was now just looking forward to the street pavilion being able to hold it.
During the march, a sentry suddenly came to report, "Report, general, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty personally marched to Chang'an, ordering Zhang He to be the vanguard and Le Lin to be the deputy general, stationed at the Chencang crossing, and there seems to be a move to march into the street pavilion!" โ
"Probe!"
"As the general expected! That Zhang Hao is really in Chen Cang! Gong Jie arched his hand.
Li Xian shook his head: "I hope my estimate is wrong, it is really difficult to defend the street pavilion now, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, and it will be even more difficult to deal with if Sima Yi also arrives." โ
Gong Jie stopped talking, knowing in his heart that although he was the main general, although he was sincere, he could often win a decisive victory on the spot, so he only cared about carrying out military orders.
"Report! General Ma Tan did not listen to the prime minister's military order to set up a village and garrison the mountain! โ
Gong Jie was taken aback: "Huh? Turning to look at Li Xian, who was frowning, it was obvious that this was an extremely troublesome matter.
"The whole army listens to the order, now hurry up and march the army! Rush out of the wooden gate crossing at full speed and arrive at the street pavilion crossing! Li Xian's face was gloomy, and he immediately ordered.
"Order!" Gong Jie arched his hand, he only realized the huge crisis at this moment, as long as his military horse can reach the street crossing first, even if it takes half an hour, his main general will definitely be able to turn the tide, this is his trust in this main general, so he immediately ordered the whole army to move forward quickly.
Inside Chencang City.
"Why did this Zhuge Liang send a big fool to guard the street pavilion?" Zhang He looked at the defense map and asked puzzledly, "Did you take the wrong one?" โ
Le Lin waved his hand and said: "Impossible, the last general went to see it in person, this Ma Jian is indeed stationed on the mountain, and he is not in the village!" โ
"Hahahaha, the great credit is in front of you and me, how can you not take it, follow me to the street pavilion, this time I will definitely cut off the head of the horse!" Zhang He was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the three armies to leave Chencang Road and go straight to the street pavilion.
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Street Kiosk.
"General! Arrived, before... There's a kiosk in front of you! Gong Jie said breathlessly.
Li Xian looked, the street pavilion landform is really a spectacle, this place naturally formed a ten-meter fault from west to east, and there is a remnant of the city wall on the west side, at a glance, it is already dilapidated, now at this time, it is too late to set up a village, only by entering this vulnerable city wall, can the grain road here not be lost, or as long as you hold on here until Zhuge Liang's army returns, this battle can usher in a turnaround.
"The whole army enters the Street Pavilion City! Do your best to repair the walls! โ
"Yes! Checkmate! โ
Li Xian understood that at this moment, after half an hour of rapid marching, these soldiers were already exhausted, and if there was no stimulation at this moment, he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied, so he said: "Make every effort to repair the city wall of the street pavilion, the east is the main one, if you win this battle, you officers will be promoted to three levels!" Bounty of 1,000 taels! โ
Under the heavy reward, these soldiers began to make every effort to repair the ancient ruins left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and within an hour, finally repaired the original dilapidated city wall, although it is an obvious tofu scum project, but it is better than nothing, as long as there is a city wall, these soldiers can rely on the city to risk, not to mention the original height difference there.
"General Li, I'm Wang Ping, I'm here to help." Only at this time did Wang Ping lead an army from the east to slowly enter the Jieting City.
"Why aren't you in the mountains?" Li Xian asked.
"The general doesn't know, since that day the general explained that when the road to the village, I have repeatedly advised General Ma, that General Ma wants to put him to death and come to life, the last general said that he can't do it, so he led his own people to camp under the mountain." Wang Ping said helplessly.
Li Xian nodded and said, "General, hurry up and enter the city, and reject Zhang He with me today!" Let those traitors know how powerful our Han army is! โ
Wang Ping immediately arched his hand and said: "Obey the general's orders!" โ