The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 59 Xuzhou Army Attacks the Plains

"The order!"

"The army is assembled immediately, and the four doors are closed tightly, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Military control will be implemented immediately in Pingyuan City! All irrelevant people are not allowed to stay and walk on the street!"

Xu Huang is worthy of being a handsome man who is very good at leading troops in battle in history. He can grasp the abnormalities only from the slightest report from the scouts.

"Report!"

"Xuzhou Mi's caravan will arrive at the south gate of Pingyuan City in half an hour!"

In the past two hours, none of the scouts Xu Huang sent out came back, and the Mi family caravan was about to arrive in Pingyuan City.

"Follow me to the south gate to watch!"

Xu Huang immediately went to the south gate, followed by [-] soldiers and horses. As early as when Xu Huang realized that the situation was wrong, he had already divided the [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Pingyuan City into [-] and stationed in the four cities of Pingyuan City. There are five thousand gates for each city gate, and five thousand soldiers and horses are kept by their side, and they can be mobilized at any time.

Pingyuan County has a total of ten counties, Pingyuan City is in the middle, and Zhua and Luoyin border Langya County in Xuzhou, so when Xu Huang came to Pingyuan County, he sent [-] soldiers and horses to each of the two counties, and sent [-] soldiers. The horses were stationed in Gaotang City between these two county towns and Pingyuan City.

Another five hundred soldiers were sent to Leling City behind Pingyuan City. Originally, there were only [-] soldiers left in Pingyuan City. A few days ago, Chen Ziming sent Xu Huang the [-] soldiers trained by Beihai. There are [-] soldiers and horses in Pingyuan City.

Originally, Xu Huang planned to send [-] soldiers to Gaotang after he was familiar with the [-] troops, and [-] to other counties, but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation before he moved.

"General, the Mi family caravan is here!"

Standing on the tower, a school lieutenant beside Xu Huang saw the team coming from the south gate of Pingyuan City on the main road.

"Pass down the order, the archers lie in ambush behind the battlements, give an order, and shoot them! Then order the soldiers and horses to lie around the city gate, give an order, and surround and kill them!"

Xu Huang's eyes flashed sharply, and then he gave orders to the several school captains around him.

Xu Huang also saw the team under the banner of the Mi family caravan, and he could see the problems at a glance. The main problem was that the speed of this caravan was too fast, and those large carts were pulled by a horse. With such a speed, if it is filled with grain and grass, it will definitely not have such a speed.

Soon, the caravan arrived at the south gate of Pingyuan City.

Xu Huang ordered a lieutenant to step forward to ask questions, while he stepped back a few steps to prevent the people below from finding out that he was also upstairs.

"Who are you waiting for?"

The lieutenant immediately began his normal questioning.

"I am Mi Hua, the shopkeeper of the Mi family in Xuzhou. On the order of my family master, I escorted [-] stones of grain and grass to Linzi. It is getting late now. I hope the general will open the city gate quickly and let us rest overnight in the city."

A middle-aged man dressed as a butler came out to answer.

"I haven't received any news that you have passed this place, why did you go this way?"

The Mizhu Chamber of Commerce usually enters Linzi directly from Taishan County through Yanzhou. Although Yanzhou is Cao Cao's territory, the Mijia caravan is doing business normally and has paid a lot of tolls, so it has been smooth.

"My lord says that Pingyuan County is now under the rule of General Liu, so you should feel at ease when you go this way."

Mi Hua's answer has no problem, and it is also very smooth.

"So that's it, you can enter the city later!"

After the captain finished speaking, the gate of Pingyuan City slowly opened!

"Enter the city quickly, occupy the city gate, and then light the fire, waiting for the army to arrive!"

Seeing that the city gate of Pingyuan had been opened, the steward Mi Hua whispered to the people behind him, and then walked towards the gate first.

"No, back quickly!"

As soon as he entered the city gate, Mi Hua realized that something was wrong, because there was no guard at the gate of the city, and he didn't see a single person, and it was eerily quiet.

"Since you're here, stay here. Kill!!!"

Xu Huang appeared on the tower, and with a big wave of his hand, densely packed archers appeared on the tower, and began to shoot and kill the so-called Mi family caravan who entered the city gate.

"kill!"

Then, a large number of soldiers and horses who had been ambushing for a long time rushed out from behind the false wall, killing all the caravans who entered Pingyuan City.

"Don't let one go, kill!"

Those caravans who wanted to rush out of the city were all shot to death by countless bows and arrows on the tower, and none of them escaped.

"Clean up the battlefield, get me some life, and torture me immediately."

The battle ended quickly, with mental calculations but not intentional, and standing on a strong terrain with many strong soldiers, how could 3000 people be Xu Huang's opponent.

"Report to the general that all the carriages are filled with hay, and there is a fire in it, which will burn immediately! And captured 130 prisoners of war, all of them have been captured, and the interrogation will begin."

After a school lieutenant inspected the contents of the caravan, he immediately came to report to Xu Huang.

"Things have changed. I think the three cities of Gaotang, Zhu'a, and Luoyin have been lost. After that, there must be a large army waiting for their signal. Immediately close the city gates, rectify the troops, and prepare for war!!"

Xu Huang knew that the matter was serious. After the battle just now, he could tell that these people couldn't possibly be a caravan, they were all elite soldiers in disguise.

Just as Xu Huang closed the gate of the city and cleaned the battlefield, there were densely packed soldiers and horses standing in a mountain depression five miles away from Pingyuan City, with banners fluttering.

"Mi Hua has already entered Pingyuan City, why not occupy the city gate and light the fire?"

After a general listened to the scout's report, he frowned and asked another general next to him.

"Pingyuan City is guarded by Liu Bei's general Xu Huang. He has a lot of strategies. He may know our plan, and he is in danger!"

"Hmph! No matter how resourceful he is, it's useless. Now that he has been defeated, our army will besiege the city immediately, and we can go down to the plain in no time!"

The leading general thought for a while, and finally decided to wait. After all, if Mi Hua could capture the city gate, then his soldiers would not have to storm the heavily guarded Pingyuan City, which would save many soldiers from dying.

However, his waiting also bought Xu Huang time to prepare for the defense. Although Xu Huang began to prepare the city defenses when he entered Pingyuan City, it took a lot of time to transport the prepared city defenses from the warehouse to the city wall. of.

After another hour, the army that still hadn't received the signal set out and came towards Pingyuan City. For a while, the banner was unfurled, dust was flying, and it was clear that the army could arrive on the wall of Pingyuan City five miles away.

"Xuzhou, Cao!"

"Xuzhou, Lu!"

"Sure enough, it's Xuzhou soldiers and horses. I never thought that Xuzhou soldiers and horses are coming to attack at this time!"

Xu Huang on the tower frowned when he saw the boundless army rushing towards Pingyuan City. This city is not easy to defend, and there are too many soldiers on the opposite side.

"Quickly send people to report to the lord of Linzi that Xuzhou's army has attacked Pingyuan County, and the three cities of Gaotang, Zhu'a, and Luoyin have been sent down, and now they are encircling Pingyuan City with soldiers."

Now that it has been confirmed that Xuzhou Tao Qian sent troops to attack Pingyuan County, Liu Bei must be informed as quickly as possible to make preparations.

What Xu Huang didn't know was that Liu Bei's order to retreat was already on his way.

(End of this chapter)