Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 161 Blatant Poaching
The patrol team retreated slowly, and Guo Si politely invited Liu Yu into the camp.

"I didn't expect Master Taishi to give the Feixiong waist badge to King Zhongshan for use. It seems that you must have something important to order this time!"

Liu Yu waved his hands after hearing this, and said with a smile: "General You misunderstood that it was just a coincidence that I came here. As for the Feixiong badge... Anyway, I have hit it off with General Guo, so I won't hide it."

So Liu Yu carefully told about Dong Zhuo's unmentionable illness, and he was ordered to find medicinal materials for healing.

Guo Si was shocked when he heard that, Dong Zhuo’s unmentionable illness was a secret, almost no one knew about it, and Guo Si only heard about it from Dong Yuan, so he went around looking for tonics, but Dong Zhuo couldn’t find it after taking it. Effect.

Today, I didn't expect Liu Yu to have a secret recipe to treat this disease. No wonder Dong Zhuo would give him the Feixiong waist badge.

The world is not as important as Dong Zhuo's body, so even if Guo Si becomes Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he will still be severely punished if he delays in finding medicine.

Thinking of this, Guo Si hastened to accompany him again, "The king of Zhongshan has won the trust of the grand master. He didn't know that you had a heavy responsibility before he came down. Please don't worry about it!"

"It's okay, it's too secret, I can't tell those pawns too much, this caused a misunderstanding, it's not General Guo's fault." Liu Yu politely helped him up.

Then he changed the subject and said: "Just now I found the primers that are suspected to be needed for refining medicine near the corner of the city. I also hope that General Guo can pick up some people from me to help dig it out!"

The Feixiong badge can be used to mobilize troops from various ministries in Xiliang at most, no more than a thousand troops. Since Liu Yu holds the Feixiong badge, Guo Si naturally dare not disobey it.

Out of curiosity, he asked one more question in private, what was the medicine that Liu Yu was looking for.

Liu Yu told him that Yaoyin is a special kind of medicinal material parasitic under the roots of big trees, called "immortal head".

"Immortal head", also known as snake mushroom or kudzu fungus, is a fungus that lives on the lateral roots of big trees, so to find these things, you must dig deep into the roots.

In fact, Liu Yu doesn't know what the "immortal head" is for, he just knows that these fungi live on the roots of trees.

And in the corners of Yiyang City, there are many big trees, the taller the trees, the more developed their roots, especially those near the city wall, the roots may have grown from the ground to the outside of the city long ago.

Holding the Feixiong badge in one hand and Guo Bang's transfer order in the other, Liu Yu went to the camp to gather five or six hundred soldiers.

In order to better direct them to work, Liu Yu also borrowed a lieutenant general from Guo Bang.

This person is none other than Huangfusong.

Just now in the camp, Liu Yu told Guo Bang about his undercover royalist faction, and said that rescuing Huangfusong was actually a play he played with the grand master Dong Zhuo.

After hearing this, Guo Si was even more convinced that Liu Yu was Dong Zhuo's confidant, but he was busy with military affairs and he didn't want to second the lieutenant general to dig tree roots, so he pushed Huangfusong to Liu Yu.

"My lord, why didn't you leave the city, and what's the reason for recruiting these people?" Huangfusong looked worried but didn't dare to show too much intimacy.

But Liu Yu replied with a smile: "You don't need to worry about the old general. With the Feixiong badge protecting you, Guo Si won't dare to touch me at all! As for these soldiers, they want to dig the roots for me!"

On the street, Huangfusong also saw the scene where thousands of people paid homage to Liu Yu. At that time, he was terribly strange. How did the lord subdue Guo Si all at once? Now after listening to the explanation, he realized that it was because This waist card.

But then Liu Yu said that the manpower was called to dig up tree roots, and Huang Fusong showed a question mark face again.

But when more than 500 people dug up a huge tree root in a corner of the city wall, Huang Fusong finally understood Liu Yu's plan.

While the surrounding soldiers were digging holes, Huangfu Song asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to dig more holes to attack the city?"

Liu Yu nodded slightly, then pointed in the direction of the granary, and said, "To be precise, I want to quietly steal the grain in the city!"

The granary is close to the city wall in the northwest, and there are many big trees growing between the granary and the city wall.

So when the "immortal head" was not found on the tree roots here, Liu Yu directed those people to dig near the granary.

At this time in the barracks, Guo Zhen was complaining to Guo Bang, saying that Liu Yu's digging in the city would damage the city defense.

Guo Si was also a little worried after hearing this, but he didn't dare to stop him when he thought it was about Dong Zhuo's body. He just asked Guo Zhen to inform Huangfusong that the hole after digging must be filled.

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Liu Yu didn't find the so-called "immortal head" after digging for a whole day, but he had a perseverance that was not afraid of difficulties, and told Guo Bang that he would continue to dig in the city.

It was a major matter of refining medicine, so Guo Si would not dare to intervene, and besides, he would send troops to attack Strider County tomorrow, so he had no time to pay attention to Liu Yu.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Guo Bang assigned tasks to several subordinates one by one. Han Li led 4000 troops as the vanguard, and Guo Bang himself led [-] soldiers as the commander of the Chinese army to follow.

In addition, Guo Zhen was in charge of staying at the Yiyang camp. In order to protect the grain and grass, he deliberately left 1 people stationed there.

As for Huangfusong, he may have to follow Liu Yu to continue digging pits in the past two days, until he finds the "immortal head" before he can return to the army and join the army.

……

Mengxin in Hongnong City got information again, so he went to Mrs. Guo to report after keeping in mind the ambush plan.

It's just that the plan this time is basically the same as the previous ambush. After hearing this, Mrs. Guo hesitated, thinking that she had run out of ideas.

However, Meng Xin explained that not only is this ambush plan the same, but also a similar routine will be used next time, but there will still be a small change in the actual execution.

And every time the ambush plan is the same, Guo Si will mistakenly think that they only know this set of ambush tactics, and then make sudden changes in subsequent battles, which will have a miraculous effect on defeating the enemy.

That is to say, this time, Strider County did not seek victory in the first battle, but only wanted to kill more enemy soldiers.

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo only felt that Mengxin's whole plan was closely linked, so she immediately ordered Qu Shuai Li Le and Hu Cai to send troops to Chi County together.

In order to ensure the smooth success of the ambush, Meng Xin volunteered to take command.

……

As a vanguard, Han Li was more careful than last time. With 4000 of his men, he had only reached a distance of [-] miles outside of Yanchi County, and he sent double the number of scouts to scout ahead.

The scouts were shrewd enough and worked hard enough, but they didn't find any ambush outside the city when they circled Strider County, so they went back to report with confidence.

After hearing this, Han Li also felt that being ambushed last time was just a coincidence. Even if the bandits found out that they had plans to attack Strider County, it was impossible for them to know the exact time of attacking the city.

So he immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to attack the city. This time, he must clean up his past humiliation and never let the bandits take advantage of it.

As soon as the army of begging thieves approached, the back door of Strider Chi City opened from the inside, and soon many thieves began to flee.

Since there were no ambushes around, and the morale of the bandit soldiers in the city had fallen to the bottom, Han Li immediately ordered his men to launch a violent attack.

After fighting for about half an hour, the main gate of the city was breached, and the bandits gave up resistance again and fled from the back gate.

Faced with the perfect opportunity to attack the city, Han Li did not hesitate to let 5000 people advance into the city, but the remaining 1 people turned their backs to prevent a sneak attack.

He was very proud of the deployment of Han Li this time, thinking that he was caught off guard when he was halfway into the city last time, even if an ambush suddenly rushed over this time, he would not be afraid anymore.

It is true that the ambush did not rush from behind, but the 5000 besiegers were still hit hard halfway through the city.

It turned out that this time Li Le and Hu Cai hid in the city in advance according to Meng Xin's instructions, and the initial rout of the bandit soldiers was simply a trick to lure the enemy.

And when Han Li found out that the vanguard was severely frustrated, he hurriedly regrouped his army and went to the rescue, but he didn't expect the sound of surprise attack to come from behind him again.

The bandit soldiers who had pretended to escape from the city gathered together again and were attacking behind Han Li.

This battle lasted for two hours, until Guo Bang's army arrived, and the bandits retreated in a hurry.

According to the statistics of both sides after the war, nearly 2 people died on Guo Si's side, while Baibo soldiers lost more than [-] people.

Since the battle was fierce enough, the main generals of both sides reluctantly accepted this result.

(End of this chapter)