Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 233 The Roaring Tiger and the Dragon's Cry ([-])

Ankang County, outside Xiguan City, Wei Junying.

At dusk, the lights in the tent of the Wei army camp were brightly lit. Xia Houru, dressed in strong clothes, sat in front of the desk, writing letters with a pen.

He has distinct facial features, a high bridge of nose, and a small beard on his lips. He is handsome and looks very much like his brother Xia Houshang.

When Xia Houru wrote the letter, he was overjoyed and couldn't restrain his joy.

Three years ago, after his elder brother Xia Houshang died young, leaving orphans and widows, Xia Houru, the younger brother, personally planned the future for his nephews and raised them up.

The eldest son Xia Houxuan married his wife early, and Xia Houru also helped him serve as the servant of the Yellow Gate on Sanqi, and followed Cao Rui.

The eldest daughter, Xiahouhui, married Sima Shi, the son of Sima Yi, when Xiahoushang was still alive. Later, because of Xiahoushang's sudden death, Xiahouhui had to observe filial piety for three years, so she had to postpone the marriage for another three years. Master Sima got married.

However, due to the sudden war this year, their marriage was delayed again, so after Xia Houru and Sima Yi made an agreement to conquer Shu, they let them get married.

Xia Houru breathed out a long breath, put the pen on the shelf, and raised the letter, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

After my niece Xia Houhui got married, the burden on me was gone, and I was worthy of my elder brother Xia Houshang.

His niece and son-in-law, Sima Shi, is resolute and rational, and he acts decisively. In the future, he will be the third prince, the pillar of the Great Wei, and Sima is really Zhongliang of the Great Wei!

"Someone sent this letter to Yin County (Nanxiang County)." Xia Houru shouted.

Xia Houru handed over the letter and said: "You must tell Mr. Xiahou and Miss Xiahou to be more careful when playing outside."

Xiahou Huiyin was going to marry Sima Shi this year and had already arrived in Jingzhou, but he couldn't meet Sima Shi, so he didn't go to Wancheng, but stayed in Nanxiang County next door to play with his brother Xiahouxuan.

"No!" The guard came in through the curtain and bowed down to take the letter.

"Is there any movement of the Xiguan Han army?" Xia Houru asked suddenly.

"General Qi, the Xiguan Han army is the same as usual, there is no abnormality, the city is heavily guarded, and our army is strictly prepared for a sneak attack." The personal guard responded.

Xia Houru waved his hand and said, "Back off! Continue to attack Xiguan tomorrow."

In Xia Houru's eyes, he was just acting as a fake army this time, assisting Sima Yi to attack Ankang County. If the Han army wanted to target them, they would definitely target Sima Yi first, not himself.

After all, Sima Yi's target was Wuxiang County. Once Wuxiang County was taken, it meant that Ankang County had been taken. What's the point of beating him like this?

"No!" The guard replied, bowing his waist and slowly retreating.

On the tower of Xiguan City, Zhuge Liang, Liu Yin, Wu Ban and others stared at Wei Junying, whispering about the situation of Wei Junying.

Zhuge Liang led an army of [-] to march eastward along the Han River, and when they arrived outside Xiguan, it was already dusk. Fearing that Xia Houru would find out, he deliberately left the army ten miles away.He and Wu Ban personally led dozens of cavalry, directly entered Xiguan, joined Liu Yin, and discussed the strategy of defeating the enemy on the tower.

"The last general, Liu Yin, pays homage to the prime minister!" Liu Yin bowed and said.

Zhuge Liang helped Liu Yin up, and said in a warm voice: "The hard work is over, how is the Wei army's offensive?"

Liu Yin smiled wryly, and said: "I have reported to the Prime Minister that the Wei army attacked very violently, and after two consecutive days of attack, more than [-] of my thousand soldiers have been lost."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yin a few times, and seeing that his armor was damaged, he knew that the battle was fierce.

Sighing, Zhuge Liang said: "After this battle, Liang will show his merits in order to reward the defense against the enemy."

Liu Yin cupped his hands and saluted, and said solemnly: "Resisting the enemy is my job, how can I say that I have meritorious service?"

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and nodded, satisfied with Liu Yin's answer.

Liu Yin pointed to the surrounding Wei army camp very naturally, and introduced: "The Wei army camp has food and grass spread in the back camp; the south village is a water village, and all Wei army ships are in it; the front west village is a place where heavy troops are stationed; the north village is a little sparse near the mountains. .”

Wu Ban, who was standing next to him, said thoughtfully: "The Wei army is heavily defended on the front, but the flank defense is weak, which can be used by our army."

Liu Yin pondered for a moment, then replied: "Perhaps, as General You (Wu Ban) said, it is a place where our army can use its force."

Wu Ban glanced at the pensive Zhuge Liang, and said with a silly smile, "I don't know what the prime minister thinks?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang glanced at Wu Ban and knew what he meant.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "If General You has something to propose, Liang will listen attentively."

Wu Ban pondered for a while, and said: "Prime Minister, I thought we could attack the Wei army's camp tonight."

"Oh! I don't know why the right general has such a view?" Zhuge Liang pretended to be amazed and said.

Wu Ban cleared his throat, and said seriously: "Our army is here, but the Wei army doesn't know, the enemy knows we are in the dark, if we don't take the opportunity to attack the Wei army camp and wait for the enemy to find out, it would be a pity."

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and chuckled lightly, and said: "The right general has a reason for what he said, but I don't know how the right general plans to rob the camp tonight?"

Wu Ban pointed to the Wei army's camp at dusk, and said confidently: "I think we can go around the north side and attack the Wei army's northern camp, and take the Chinese army Xia Houru directly."

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "The right general can go around first, attack the North stronghold, and take the central army directly; Hugh then leads [-] people, and then attacks the front west stronghold, and the right general will pinch the Wei army back and forth, causing them to flee."

Hearing this, Wu Ban clapped his palms and smiled, and said with emotion: "From the words of the prime minister, Ban is willing to lead [-] soldiers to attack the camp tonight, and Hugh will follow closely behind and lead [-] soldiers to besiege the West Village. enemy."

Liu Yin was a little excited, and raised her voice and said: "I don't know when the prime minister will attack the camp. I will choose the elite five hundred."

Zhuge Liang looked at the gradually dimming sky, and said with a smile: "There is no hurry, there is still one thing to do before the night attack."

"Prime Minister, please speak, and I will go if I die nine times." Liu Yin said seriously.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "After nightfall, every half an hour (an hour), you send soldiers in batches to beat the drums to harass the Wei army and disturb their hearts. After midnight, just harass them again, and thereafter no more." Harass again."

Liu Yin responded enthusiastically, "No!"

"Prime Minister, when will our army depart?" Wu Ban asked with his hands clasped.

Zhuge Liang looked at Weiying in the distance and said, "No hurry, just start at Yinshi Zhengji (4:00)."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang ordered: "General You, you should go back to the camp immediately and select [-] elite soldiers. Be careful when you come, and don't mobilize the army, so as not to overwhelm the enemy."

"No!" Liu Yin and Wu Ban replied.

Liu Yin and Wu Ban went to select the elite.

As the sky darkened, Liu Yin divided the [-] soldiers into three groups and left the city in the dark.

Darkness fell, and the fires in Wei Junying's camp were lit up to disperse the night.

Suddenly, the fire light in the dark night changed from three to five o'clock to thirty or fifty o'clock, and then from thirty to fifty o'clock to three to five hundred o'clock.There was another burst of hacking and killing, and the sound of bugles came.

"kill!"

"Woo!" "Woo!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The soldiers of the Wei army who were guarding couldn't help buzzing their heads, and suddenly felt a huge sense of fear, shouting: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Xia Houru, who was lying on the bed and was about to fall asleep, turned over in a jerk, got up, raised the sword in his hand, went out of the tent to patrol, and called for the soldiers to gather.

But for a moment, all the sounds and torches outside the camp stopped, and silence returned.

After Xia Houru knew that the Han army had not attacked the camp, he could not help but curse secretly, and ordered everyone to rest and be careful.

In this way, from Xu time (8:00) to Zi time (12:00) at night, the Han army attacked four times.

(End of this chapter)