Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 553 Guo Huai
Guo Huai's greatest reputation outside of the Chu State is that he once won the second place in military science in the first imperial examination, second only to Fazheng who participated in the imperial examination in the same year.

However, there is obviously an essential difference between the second and the first, especially Fa Zheng's advice during the Chu Kingdom's Western Expedition, which has made him famous.

For this reason, Liu Zhang not only became angry, but even implicated Zhang Song, which made Liu Zhang feel that this guy with a deer head and a rat head was suspicious. At that time, Zhang Song was so angry that he fell ill for several days. Later, with the persuasion of Huang Quan, Zheng Du and others, Liu Zhang personally I went to visit Zhang Song in the mansion, and Zhang Song took office again.

Compared with Fazheng, Guo Huai is still mediocre...

In Chu State, being ranked second in military science, and ranking second in military science during the first imperial examination, was already dazzling enough, and Guo Huai was also appreciated by many high-level generals in the Privy Council, especially the generals of the Bingzhou faction headed by Lu Bu—— After all, Guo Huai was also from Bingzhou.

However, outside of the Chu State, everyone's attention to the "second" was obviously insufficient. If they didn't know that the person in charge of Badong was Guo Huai, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan would not care about such a person at all.

After all, in Chu State, there are too many people who deserve more attention than Guo Huai...

After learning about Guo Huai's arrangements in Badong County, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was young and energetic and could talk on paper.

But Zhang Ren must have been wrong about one thing...

From the beginning, Zhao Yun had no intention of assigning tasks to Guo Huai!
Because Zhao Yun believed that Guo Huai could be trusted with his back - you must know that when the Wancheng [-]st Division was half-retreating, Guo Huai was actually handling the military and political affairs of Badong County.

It's just that people may not even have an impression of No. 2, and naturally they won't remember that Guo Huai, in addition to being second in the military science, also got "A" in the civilian science and household science.

In history, Guo Huai was also a capable minister who governed the military and government of a place. He had been in charge of Guanzhong for more than [-] years, and the soldiers and civilians were humbled. He blocked Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition several times...

Although there is a lack of major victories that can be "conferred as gods", there have been no major mistakes in more than 20 years.

In the middle period of the Wei State, when the Sima family began to embark on the path of becoming a powerful official, their foundation was in Guanzhong. In order to prepare for the Shu State, the Wei State had Sima Yi as governor of Guanzhong's military affairs for a long time. As a result, several Wei emperors were short-lived, leaving Sima Yi to serve in Guanzhong. big.

And Guo Huaiji was in Guanzhong for a long time. Although he was a Wei minister, he was also Sima Yi's "little brother".

However, Guo Huai is different from the always ruthless Sima family, he is still very affectionate.

In history, Sima Shi has been criticized by others because of his grievances with the Cao family and the Xiahou family, poisoning his wife who was born in the Xiahou family.

And Guo Huai's wife was from the Wang family - Wang Yun's Wang family... His wife's brother Wang Ling was very loyal to the Cao family. After the Gaoping Ling Incident, Wang Ling was dissatisfied with Sima Yi's specialization in government affairs and raised troops to serve the king. He failed to become one of the three clans that were executed... …

According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, a married daughter was still counted in her mother's family, so Guo Huai's wife was also among them.

However, Guo Huai wrote a letter to Sima Yi, saying that if his five sons had no mother, they would be sad and unable to live alone. Without my five sons, I, Guo Huai, would be as good as dead...

After Sima Yi received the letter, he pardoned Guo Huai's wife. This also shows that Sima Yi was interested in Guo Huai - at that time, Guo Huai had been operating in Guanzhong for 20 years, and Sima was still only a "powerful minister", so Sima Yi had to Fancy.

At this time, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan only thought that Guo Huai was a young and energetic general. After learning that he was setting up defenses in Zhi County, Zhang Ren took the lead and took the lead.

"Old General Yan, please stop taking credit from us young people! Hahaha..."

That's what Zhang Ren said, but Yan Yan understood that he didn't want his flaw of "good at defense but not good at attack" to be too exposed.

"Then it's justice."

……

On the way to Zhi County with his army, Zhang Ren received several reports, all of which said that the Chu army had "changed". However, the specific "changes" were not explained very clearly by the scouts. They just said... It seemed that there was a big move. Excavation of scale?

Zhang Ren didn't understand either - could he still be digging traps at this time?This young general from Chu State has too many ideas, right?

After getting really close to the Chu army's defense line, Zhang Ren discovered that the Chu army had dug a deep trench half a man's height in the plain area for some unknown purpose, and then placed the dug sand on top of it. In front of the ditch.

It can be vaguely seen that the defenders of Chu State... are hiding in the ditch, behind the earthen wall.

"General, don't tell me... the Chu army wants to use this earthen wall to block us?" Lieutenant General Zhang Li asked suspiciously.

"What a whim! Ali, you want to go meet that Guo Huai!" Zhang Ren said with a cold face.

If you really expect that the earth wall can block the enemy, it is indeed fanciful. After all, at this height, even the war horses "trained" by the Yunnan Horse are not capable of sprinting and bursting, and they can still jump over it. Not to mention, even ordinary infantry , it’s just a matter of holding on.

What advantage does the defender have if he hides behind?

However, Zhang Ren will soon know that he has completely gone astray...

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Li said excitedly.

In front of the formation of the two armies, a gilded general walked out from the Shu army. After entering within a hundred steps, someone on the Chu side couldn't help but asked Guo Huai: "Commander! Are you angry?" - It means "fire" equivalent to a musket.

Guo Huai shook his head and said: "We are teachers of benevolence and righteousness. Let's see what he says first, and then shoot him!"

"Chu traitor, listen! I am Zhang Li, the vanguard of the former general of Shuhou Mansion. Do you dare to step forward and fight? When I capture you in front of the formation, I will avoid hurting the manpower of my people in Ba County!" Zhang Li called to the formation.

Zhang Li specifically mentioned the people of Bajun, hoping to arouse the Badong people's common hatred towards the Chu people, but unfortunately... it had no effect.

As for whether he can win... Although he has never seen Guo Huai take action, what is certain is that there is no such person among the golden and jade generals of Chu State.

As long as it is still gold-plated, Zhang Li will dare to fight...

"Oh, the confrontation between the two armies is not a place for one person to show off his talents? Are all Xichuan warriors so brave and fierce? It's really disappointing!" After Guo Huai got armor, he jumped out of the bunker wall and said, and then jumped again Went back.

Zhang Li and Zhang Ren behind him both jumped up when they heard this.

It is true that calling the formation at this time seems a bit foolhardy, but... isn't it because I guess that you, Guo Huai, are this kind of person, so you call it the formation like this?

How could you expect that Guo Huai, who was so reckless in strategy, would actually become a coward on the battlefield?
"Let's raise the flag...Fengya!" Zhang Ren said with a stern face.

Looking at the strange earthen walls and ravines in front of him, Zhang Ren could probably guess that Chu State must be trying to fight a war of attrition with long-range attacks, but Zhang Ren was not worried.

Even though Chu's crossbows were a strong point, they were determined not to be able to shoot anything under the cover of such a knee-high earth wall. If they couldn't stop the charge, how many times could they shoot along the way?
(End of this chapter)