Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 159 The Battle of Yiyang
"It's time to come! Does the military commander have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"

Hearing Mrs. Guo's advice, Meng Xin thought for a while and replied: "Yiyang City is small and not easy to stick to, but even if it is handed over to Guo Bang, he has to be skinned!"

As soon as Meng Xin seemed to have a plan, Mrs. Guo happily asked: "How to arrange it, please come quickly!"

Meng Xin recalled the strategy in the letter again, and then said: "You can send Li Qushuai's troops to fight out when Guo Bang's army is attacking the city, and after a while of harassment, they immediately retreat to the north. Yiyang County is surrounded by flat, but There is a mountain [-] miles to the north, we can arrange an ambush in advance on the mountain."

After listening to Mrs. Guo, she was not very optimistic and asked: "Only send Marshal Li Qu ... Can you defeat Guo Si's army? Does the military advisor have any other options?"

Although Li Le was reckless, he was aware of the weight of his subordinates. When he heard that he was only asked to go to Yiyang County alone to set up an ambush, he immediately gave up.

Meng Xin quickly explained: "This ambush is not for winning, but for killing more soldiers and horses of Guo Bang. After Yiyang, there are Strider Pool, Shan County and Hu County. As long as we set up an ambush every time and kill some soldiers and horses, When Guo Si attacked Hongnong County, there would not be many troops!
"So that's what the military adviser meant. Guo Si's army should be cut in half before it reaches Hongnong! This is a great plan, and Li Qushuai will implement the plan right away!"

What Mrs. Guo is most worried about is that [-] Xiliang soldiers will come to Hongnong City, so Mengxin's strategy is exactly what he wants.

If he can successfully ambush and reduce Guo Bang's troops, then he will have the confidence to continue to defend. If the strategy is unsuccessful, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the opponent has not yet captured the city, and he has time to consider whether to take his men and flee elsewhere.

When Li Le heard that he only needed to set up an ambush to kill the enemy, and he didn't need to go into the city to stand firm, he readily accepted it, so he quietly went to Yiyang with [-] bandits from his headquarters that afternoon.

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Early the next morning, Guo Si sent [-] troops to attack Yiyang County, led by his cousin Han Li.

The day before the expedition, the scouts found out that there were less than [-] bandits in Yiyang City, and no enemy was found in the surrounding thirty miles.

So Guo Bang ordered Han Li to attack quickly, and he must take the city by noon.

Han Li also had a little understanding of the combat power of the Baibo bandits, and he didn't take this battle seriously when he heard that the opponent had only [-] defenders.

When 1 people arrived outside the city, they saw that the small city wall of Yiyang was only two feet high, and most of the bandit soldiers guarding the city were holding long wooden sticks, so the whole army launched an attack on the city without any stop.

The siege battle went very smoothly, and the bandits resisted for half an hour before they couldn't hold on.

Although there were a large number of bandits, they couldn't hold back the swords and spears with wooden sticks. After the city gate was knocked open, many bandits began to escape from the back door.

After successfully capturing the city gate, Han Li commanded his men to rush into the city, and when he was halfway in, he suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from behind him.

Han Li looked back and saw that there were bandits in ambush, and the number was probably no less than 1, so he hurriedly ordered the rear army to turn around and meet them.

These 1 people were exactly the Li Le troops who were ambushing behind as planned.

The battlefield of cold weapons is all about momentum. Half of the troops are trapped in the city, but ambushes come behind them. Even the elite of Xiliang will have a short-term fear of fighting.

It's a pity that the thieves in ambush didn't have the fighting spirit to win, and Li Le, who was in command, couldn't see the situation clearly, so they turned around and fled northward after less than a quarter of an hour of fighting.

Han Li was taken aback at first, and almost fled to Hangu Pass with his own soldiers, but now seeing that the bandits were nothing more than that, he immediately wanted to chase them down to save face.

So he sent 5000 people into the city, and chased the rest to the north with the rest.

At this time, Liu Yuzheng and Xun Yu were watching the battle from a distance on a high ground outside Yiyang City.

When the two found out that the bandit had chosen to escape despite gaining an advantage, they could only shake their heads helplessly.

"This gang of thieves is really unreliable. If we arrange more ambushes here, we might be able to eat Han Li's 1 people!" Liu Yu eagerly wanted to replace Li Le in command.

After hearing this, Xun Yu said with a smile: "But if Guo Bang wiped out 1 people in World War I, it would definitely hurt him, and it would not be conducive to the future plans of King Zhongshan!"

Zero cuts and no pain!Liu Yu's plan is to arrange multiple confrontations between Guo Si and Baibo bandits on the line from Yiyang to Huxian, but each time the casualties must be controlled within an acceptable range for both sides.

In this way, Guo Si's army will continue to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Hongnong, and the Baibo bandits will always see the hope of a battle.

When the two sides confronted each other under the city of Hongnong, they would lose half of their losses unknowingly. At that time, Liu Yu could reap the benefits of being a fisherman. There is no ability to capture other big cities!

"The battle situation here is certain. If Wen Ruo wants to watch the battle to ambush Han Li, he has to move north!"

"Hehe, Han Li is brave and foolhardy. It would be nice if you can return one out of ten of the pursuers you bring, so don't worry about it!"

When Xun Yu lost interest, he proposed to go back to Xin'an camp first. Liu Yu sent people to protect him along the way, and he sneaked into Yiyang County by himself.

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Han Li led his men to chase along the way like how to cut vegetables and mow grass. He also chased him to the bottom of a mountain before he knew it.

Here Li Le deployed [-] soldiers in ambush, and as soon as Han Li entered the attack range, he rushed straight down from the mountain.

The absolute advantage in numbers, coupled with the new force, quickly surrounded Han Li.

After a desperate fight, Han Li finally broke through with less than 300 people, and Li Le also accompanied 5000 people to win this tragic victory.

But he won anyway, so he led the remaining bandits back to Hongnong County.

As soon as Li Le returned to Hongnong, he couldn't wait to go to the Marshal's Mansion to ask for credit. When Mrs. Guo heard that Li Le had wiped out Han Li's six or seven thousand elite with only 5000 people, she counted on the spot. .

If 15 Baibo can be worth [-] Xiliang elites, then [-] rebels can be exchanged for [-] Xiliang troops.

Guo Si only has 5 people, but Mrs. Guo has 7 to [-] horses, and there is still a large city of Hongnong to defend, so the number of people that may be lost by one's own side will be even smaller.

Thinking of this, Guo Tai couldn't hide his joy. After praising Li Le's bravery in this battle, he also praised Meng Xin's subtle strategy.

It's just that this is not Mengxin's plan, he just memorized it according to Liu Yu's letter. Fortunately, the ambush was successful and Mrs. Guo was also very satisfied, so Mengxin can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

I saw Mengxin holding the saber around his waist vigorously, wondering when the next plan would be delivered.

Meng Xin didn't like swords before, but now the bronze sword on his waist has a special meaning, and the word Chun Jun can be seen vaguely on the simple scabbard.

It turned out that after Liu Yu learned that Wang Yue had a very deep friendship with Meng Xin, he asked Qin Fu to hand over the sword and the letter to Meng Xin.

Meng Xin was also extremely shocked when he saw Chunjun's sword, but the fact that his old friend used the sword as a token for many years has proved that Liu Yu can be trusted.

That's why he copied Liu Yu's plan without a trace of doubt.

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When Han Li returned to Yiyang City in embarrassment, he immediately counted the number of people and found that there were more than 4000 soldiers in the city, so he issued a strict order to these people, absolutely not to mention that he was ambushed in front of Guo Bang .

At noon that day, Guo Bang led the main force into Yiyang City. Han Li narrated the process of the siege. He played up the fact that the army was attacked halfway through the siege, but completely deleted the fact that the army was ambushed in pursuit.

Guo Bang was a little dissatisfied after hearing this. In his plan, the loss of attacking Yiyang should not exceed 2, but Han Li wiped out more than [-] bandits in the first battle, which is worthwhile, so there is no more Care about.

Then Guo Si ordered the whole army to be repaired, and two days later they attacked Strider County.

As Huangfusong who joined the army, he saw all the situation here, and even Guo Si's micro expressions were recorded one by one.

(End of this chapter)