Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 234 Summary

Ankang County, outside Xiguan City, Wei Junying.

In the middle of the night, the Wei army camp, which was harassed by the Han army in the middle of the night, regained the tranquility of the night.

Xia Houru was dressed in armor and covered with a blanket, and fell asleep soundly.

Suddenly, there were bursts of shouts of killing and the sound of bugles outside the stronghold.

Xia Houru opened his eyes helplessly, lay down on the couch, and after only a moment, the outside of the village returned to calm.

Xia Houru turned over, closed his eyes and lay down again. This closed for an hour and a half (3 hours), and the snoring continued in the tent.

The guards and soldiers of the Wei army in the village were also very tired and nodded their heads up and down. The soldiers scattered around the checkpoints and watchtowers outside leaned on their spears to rest.

Wu Ban led the Han army and sneaked along the mountain road from the north.

A soldier of the Wei army who was guarding the checkpoint on the north side was sleeping with a spear. His mouth and nose were covered by the scouts of the Han army, his neck was cut off, and he died of breath.

Accompanied by sparse sounds, the soldiers of the Han army attacked the checkpoints one by one, and soon arrived at the gate of the camp on the north side.

"Look at the torches lit up over there again, there are quite a few." The soldiers of the Wei army on patrol pointed to the sparse torches outside.

"It's another strategy of the Han army to defeat the enemy. I don't know how many times I have come tonight, so don't worry about it."

In the dark night, hundreds of torches were lit in an instant.

Holding a spear in his hand, Wu Ban bravely shouted: "The time to break the thief is now!"

"kill!"

The elite vanguard of the Han army rushed forward bravely directly under the sound of bugles, alternately covering and removing the antlers.

Since the Wei army had just arrived at Xiguan, it was too late to install wooden tooth gates in the north.

That's why the vanguard of the Han army broke into the Wei army's camp very smoothly. Then Wu Ban raised his hand and waved.

"Wow!"

Immediately, the drums of the Han army were loud, resounding through the night sky.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The patrolling Wei soldiers shouted hoarsely.

However, Wei Jun in the camp hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem, so he either ignored it or slowly left the tent.

The soldiers of the Han army rushed into the camp at once, and the roar that had been accumulated for a long time burst out in an instant.

Xia Houru also woke up in his sleep. Hearing the sound of the bugle, he cursed secretly, and decided to teach the Han army in Xiguan a lesson tomorrow night.

A guard from outside broke into the camp in panic, shouting: "General! The Shu army attacked at night!"

Xia Houru's head twitched, and he said: "This matter is true or not, but the Han army is clamoring."

The personal guard hurriedly reported: "The night attack of the Shu army is absolutely true, and this time it is true."

At this time, there were also shouts of killing and the sound of weapons and armor colliding in the Chinese army, and they even got closer.

Xia Houru suddenly realized, so he lifted the long lance, opened the curtain of the camp, and saw the fire in the camp, and the soldiers were running around in a panic.

Xia Houru couldn't help stomping his feet, and shouted angrily, "I'm planning to defeat the Shu army!"

But at this time, he didn't have time to regret it, and asked, "Where did the Shu army attack from?"

"North." The personal guard pointed to Beizhai and said.

Xia Houru hurriedly ordered his guards to say, "Notify Qianzhai immediately and ask him to send reinforcements to help."

After finishing speaking, Xia Houru was desperately yelling for soldiers to assemble and prepare to face the Han army, but the soldiers of the Wei army who fled in all directions couldn't shout at all, and there was even a camp roar, and the soldiers of the Wei army hacked and killed each other.

At this time, Wu Ban was leading five hundred elites straight to Xia Houru's tent, galloping freely and killing everyone.

Seeing this, Xia Houru was in despair. The enemy's night attack is not terrible, but the most terrible thing is the roar of the camp.During the Battle of Shiting, Lu Xun attacked Cao Xiu at night. During this period, the Wei army roared in the camp, which could not be contained at all, causing the army to be defeated.

Hu Zun, who was guarding Qianzhai, also led his personal guards, and fled to Xiahouru's camp in embarrassment.

At a loss, Xia Houru stepped forward to hold Hu Zun, and hurriedly asked: "How is the situation in Yidao (Hu Zun's) Qianzhai?"

Hu Zun panted heavily, and said with a blushing face: "The Shu army is coming, and I led the soldiers to prepare for the rescue, but when another Shu army attacked from the back, the Shu general was brave and went straight into my middle army, cutting off my banner. Our army fled immediately."

Just when Xiahouru was about to answer, Wu Ban led five hundred soldiers and rushed straight at Xiahouru and the others.

Seeing this, Hu Zun pulled Xiahouru's clothes and said hastily: "Our army is defeated and defeated the Han army. I hope Xiahou's governor will make a long-term plan and not regret it for a momentary gain or loss."

In the confusion, Xia Houru nodded repeatedly and greeted the queen of Buqu Palace.

Dozens of personal guards held shields and hurriedly protected Xia Houru and Hu Zun to flee eastward by land.

Wu Ban slashed to death the soldiers of the Wei army behind the palace, and he was annoyed when he saw that Xia Houru had been lost.

But he didn't care about that much, and called the Han army to continue to kill other places with resistance, turning the Wei army's camp upside down.

The Han army fought for a long time, until a faint light appeared in the sky, dispelling the dark scene, and then stopped the sharp knife in their hands.

Sitting by the tree, Wu Ban was panting and resting. Looking at the crowd of Wei Jun kneeling and surrendering, a surge of joy welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help laughing.

"General You, General Liu, come here." The guards rushed out from nowhere, he said loudly.

Wu Ban propped himself up on the ground, stepped forward to meet Liu Yin, and said with a smile, "Shu Ran is brave enough to kill three lieutenants of the Wei Army."

The joy on Liu Yin's face couldn't be restrained, and he said: "Congratulations to General You for defeating the enemy. In this battle, our army beheaded 1000 ranks and captured [-] taels. This is a great defeat for the Wei army."

Wu Ban's face beamed with joy, and he said modestly: "This battle depends on the lives of the soldiers of the three armies. How can it be done by me alone? It's just a pity that Xia Houru escaped."

While the two were chatting, Hu Ji arrived with Zhuge Liang's order.

"Last night, the two generals showed their prowess and defeated the enemy. Ji felt very lucky." Hu Ji smiled and congratulated the two.

Wu Ban waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Hu is too famous. I don't know where the prime minister is now?"

Hu Ji took out a scarf from his bosom, and said: "After the Prime Minister learned the news of the general's defeat of the enemy this morning, he has led the army back to rescue Wuxiang County."

Hearing this, Wu Ban frowned, and asked, "But Wuxiang County is in danger? The prime minister came back to help in such a hurry, and didn't go back to the teacher with my subordinates."

"That's not the case. General You has another important task, which is not the same as the army. That's why the prime minister left first, and I ordered you to hand over the important matters to General You." Hu Ji said as he handed the scarf to Wu Ban.

"The prime minister ordered the right general to lead three thousand soldiers from the headquarters to attack Wudang and Yin counties in Nanxiang county down the Han River. If Sima Yi returns to the army, the general will return to Ankang county immediately and cannot stay," Hu Ji said.

Wu Ban spread out his scarf, thoughtfully, and Sima Yi mobilized [-] troops to attack Han, leaving only [-] troops in Jingzhou, which were distributed in the south of Jingzhou, fighting the front line with Dongwu. opportunity.

Wu Ban nodded, and said in response: "Shan, Weidu (Hu Jizi). The leader of the class led three thousand armored soldiers to go down the Han River at noon to harass the inner counties of Jingzhou and plunder the population."

"Han Ji Er Wu Wei Ma Huang Biography": "In the seventh year of Jianxing, the prime minister sent the right general to attack the Wei army at night, and defeated the Wei Jingzhou governor Xia Houru in Xiguan, Kou Nanxiang County. Moved to the East General, Enter the title of Marquis of Anle Township."

"Han Ji·Ju Zhang Zong Wang Chen Liu Biography": "In the seventh year of Jianxing, the general guarded Xiguan with a partial general, and the general from the right, concealed his relatives and took arrows, fell into the camp and killed three school lieutenants, and moved to the general of the bandits."

(End of this chapter)