I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184 Attacking Jizhou

During the more than half a year of stationing at Huguan, Guan Yu has been practicing swordsmanship hard, coupled with his penchant for reading books, familiar with the art of war and the classics of the Spring and Autumn Period, his temperament has quietly changed, he has become more immobile, calm and restrained, and faintly has the demeanor of a general , which amazed everyone.

Seeing Guan Yu's skill in nourishing qi so well, Zhang He was also a little ashamed of himself. He was indifferent to Guan Yu, not surprised by favor or humiliation, and admired the general's demeanor even more.

"General Guan, there is news from Xi Zhicai's military division." Zhou Cang shouted excitedly as he walked.

Guan Yu in the tent naturally also heard Zhou Cang's shout, but he still kept his eyes on it, as if he was deeply attracted by the scroll.

Zhou Cang quickly entered the big tent, and said excitedly, "General Guan, General Zhang, and Xi Zhicai have received news that they have successfully persuaded Gongsun Zan of Youzhou to retreat and agreed to join forces with our army to send troops to Jizhou."

"Great, General Guan, we can attack now, haha." Zhang Yun also looked eager to try.

Guan Yu covered his scrolls, his tiger eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice: "Beat the drums and gather the generals, and discuss the dispatch of troops!"

"Dong dong dong..." After the three-way drum, the big tent was full of people. The generals in the tent, big and small, gathered together, looking at Guan Yu with piercing eyes, expecting a big battle to be fought.

Guan Yu looked at the generals in the hall, and couldn't restrain his excitement in his heart. He has been guarding Huguan for so long, isn't he just waiting for today?The other brothers have galloped on the battlefield and made great achievements. It would be a lie to say that they are not jealous. Today is my turn.

"Everyone, this battle will be a great opportunity for our Central Route Army to become famous. It's time for Jizhou to come back. With this victory, our Bingzhou Army will dominate the world. You must work together!"

"No! Follow the general's orders."

Guan Yu glanced at the generals, and said sonorously: "Everyone, according to the previously established plan, attack!"

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That night, Guan Yu and Zhang He led their troops into two groups. On the way, Zhang He led an army of [-] troops to attack Shujiao Town.

Shujiao Town is actually just a small county town, not like Wei Jun, a Fengdu city with a tall city, so Zhang He's strategy for this city is to make a quick surprise attack and take it under the cover of night.

On the other hand, Guan Yu personally led more than 8 main forces of the Central Route Army to commit suicide to Yecheng in Weijun and surrounded Yecheng to prevent anyone from going to Hanoi to report to Yuan Shao.

Lieutenant General Zhou Cang led five thousand elite soldiers to defend Huguan to avoid being attacked by the enemy and lose the army's rear.

Of course, the news of the blockade can only be short-term, and it is inevitable that Yuan Shao will learn about it later, but now there is a time difference, so Yuan Shao must not let Yuan Shao know the news too early, thus affecting the attack on Jizhou.

Naturally, Guan Yu was not worried at all about winning Weijun. After all, he had been running Jizhou for so long, and he had placed so many people. Even Yuan Shao's Gao Shen Jushou was his own.

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Taking advantage of the darkness, Zhang He's army secretly marched towards Shujiao Town. Along the way, some of Yuan Shao's concealed clothing had already been pulled out by Zhang He, so Zhang He's army approached the city without the defenders of Shujiao Town noticing.

In fact, Zhang Yan, the school captain of Shujiaoyi City Shoucheng, was Li Shimin's dark son who stayed in Jizhou back then, so Shujiaoyi City can be said to have long been in Zhang He's pocket.

The night was dark, and the soldiers in the city of Shujiaoyi had already fallen into a deep sleep. From the high tension at the beginning, to being idle now, their vigilance naturally dropped a lot.

In a dense forest five miles away from the city, Zhang He has been paying attention to the movements of the city of Shujiao, and there are more than ten thousand elites hidden behind him.

Just as Zhang He was looking anxiously at Shujiao Town, from a distance, suddenly there was a beam of fire flickering in the direction of the city gate, which was particularly obvious in the dark night sky.

This is obviously the news that the insider succeeded.

After receiving the inside information, Zhang He raised his long knife and shouted: "The whole army assaults, charge!"

"Kill..."

Immediately, he took the lead and rushed towards Shujiaoyi, followed by a huge black dragon, showing its sharpness, galloping and roaring in the dark night.

Tens of thousands of horses were galloping, screaming to kill, the loud noise completely pierced the tranquility of the night, and Yan Yuan, the city lord of Shujiao City, was also awakened from his sleep.

He rushed out of the camp in a panic, roaring: "Enemy attack, enemy attack..." Immediately went to the tent of his own soldiers, preparing to organize troops to counterattack quickly.

"Woooo..." The shrill horn immediately rang through the camp, and soon Yuan Shao's soldiers all picked up their armor from their sleepy sleep and went out of their tents to meet the enemy.

At a distance of five miles, the cavalry rushed into the city almost in the blink of an eye. With the help of [-] cavalry, Neiying, they rushed into the city quickly and headed for the camp, saying that all enemies who dared to resist along the way , died on the street.

Unprepared, Yuan Jun couldn't organize an effective resistance at all. In a panic, he could only fight on his own. He was quickly defeated by Zhang He's army, and Yan Yuan also died under Zhang He's knife.

"Your general is dead, those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be spared!" Zhang Yun roared at the panicked enemies, and the mighty voice echoed back and forth in the camp.

Under the threat of the bleeding horizontal knife, the remaining enemies also put down their weapons one after another.In this battle, Zhang Yun's army suffered no more than a hundred casualties. Except for 3000 defenders who surrendered, all the others were killed and no one was let go.

Zhang He left a thousand soldiers to guard the prisoners, while he led the rest of the army to kill Weijun overnight, preparing to join Guan Yu to besiege Weijun.

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After Guan Yu's army came out of Huguan, they also accelerated their speed and went straight to Yecheng, the governor of Weijun. The most important thing for the army now is to seize the time. The battle of the war has added variables for no reason.

The main cavalry of the Longxiang Army and Baotao Army led by Guan Yu went first, followed by the main infantry.

Seeing this fast-moving army in the counties along the way, although they were very curious, they didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, it is not unusual at all to fight everywhere now.

Before the enemy could react, Guan Yu went to Wei Jun first, and his troops were already approaching the city.In fact, when he was approaching Yecheng, Yan Liang had already received the news. After all, the goal of an army of tens of thousands was too big, and it was unrealistic to march in complete concealment.

Although Guan Yu raced against time and wanted to be the first to surround Yecheng to avoid leaking the news, things backfired. The spies arranged by Yan Liang still found something unusual and rushed back to Yecheng to report to Yan Liang.

(End of this chapter)