Chapter 406 (1/2)
After learning about this situation, Chen Ren went to wuximan's residence in person to negotiate with several patriarchs of wuximan, and finally determined the Treaty of peaceful coexistence between Han people and wuximan. Since then, after so many years of development, wuximan, who was originally sparsely populated, gradually flourished. In order to repay Soochow, several patriarchs of Wuxi man volunteered to join the army of Wuxi barbarians. Although there were only 100000 soldiers, the unique attack style of Wuxi barbarians benefited Soochow a lot in several battles.
Take the attack on Sanguan, for example. The barbarians in Wuxi were much smoother in dealing with this kind of mountain than the ordinary soldiers of Soochow. As soon as the soldiers of the Dongwu army had just set up the ladder, the barbarians of Wuxi jumped down from the mountain walls on both sides of the Sanguan pass. They could be called divine soldiers. In particular, shamoko, the leader of the Wuxi barbarians, took the lead in flying to the pass and shooting the garrison general, which made the garrison in San Guan completely defeated. Therefore, it can be said that Wuxi man made the greatest contribution to the capture of Sanguan this time, and Tai Shici, in accordance with the instructions before Chen Ren, paid tribute to these barbarians without any distinction.
After Guo Jia explained Chen Ren's plan, Tai Shici asked, ”filial piety, then should we attack Tianshui as soon as possible?” In recent years, Tai Shici stayed in Jianye and hardly ever fought a battle. Now it's rare to be able to take part in activities. Naturally, he would like to fight another battle immediately.
Guo Jia thought for a moment and said, ”it's not urgent! I think that at this time, general Lvmeng should have captured Longxi, but Tianshui will send troops to attack Longxi to cut off general Lvmeng's retreat until the news of Longxi's capture reaches Tianshui. If we go too early, we are afraid that the other side's army will be scared back to the city before the other army moves out. Therefore, we should not move Tianshui for the time being. To the south of Tianshui, there are ShangBang city and Jicheng city. Let's take these two cities first
”Good!” Tai Shici and Xu Chu were totally two militant elements. When they heard that they were going to attack the city and plunder the land, they were very excited. Even if they started up, they seemed to be going to lead their troops to ShangBang city.
Guo Jia raised his hand to stop Tai Shici and Xu Chu, saying, ”no, no, no! General taishici and General Xu Chu could not go to capture ShangBang and Jicheng this time! My suggestion is to let General Xu Sheng and General Chen Wu lead the 200000 east Jiang army to attack these two cities! ”
However, when Guo Jia stopped him, he let them feel like a cat scratching in their hearts. Tai Shici immediately asked Guo Jia, ”filial piety, why is this? Why do they have to go? I can't go with Zhong Kang? How can these two small cities need 200000 troops? I can win two cities with ten thousand men, no! Five thousand men are enough! ”
Guo Jia said with a smile: ”it's not a matter of how many men and horses there are. Now Zici certainly hasn't led his troops to Hangu pass. There must be no pressure on Chang'an side. We won't sit down and watch us seize the Sanguan pass like this! Therefore, in one or two days, Chang'an will certainly send a large army to capture the pass, but the strength of Chang'an city is about 200000 yuan. Therefore, Cao Cao can't match us if he relies on his troops. If I have not guessed wrong, Guan Yu or Zhang Fei came to seize Guan this time! Even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came together! In our army, only you and General Xu Chu are the opponents of these two men, so you must stay at the gate! Only when the Cao army, who had invaded this time, was severely frightened, Cao's army would not dare to send troops again easily next time. When Zici led his troops to Hangu pass, we could easily finish the attack on other states and counties in Yongzhou. ”
After listening to Guo Jia's explanation, both Tai Shici and Xu Chu burst into light. They were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei among the four generals of Chang'an. They were the top figures among Cao's generals. As the first-class generals of Soochow, they are tired of fighting with those generals in Soochow. Even though Chen Ren is as fierce as Chen Ren, it is not a good phenomenon for them to fight against the current. If they do not advance, they will retreat. If they do not make progress for a long time, their skills will become too poor.
Seeing that the problems of Tai Shici and Xu Chu have been solved, Guo Jia smiles. The only thing he has to do now is to wait for Cao's troops to seize the pass. After the battle, they can move on.
Fortunately, they didn't wait too long. In the evening of the next day, the army sent by Cao Cao to capture the pass arrived outside the Sanguan pass, as expected by Guo Jia. This time, Cao Cao sent only 100000 people, but Guan Yu, one of the four generals in Chang'an, led the troops.
Although Guan Yu was the only one, he had already made Tai Shici and Xu Chu very happy. However, Guan Yu was the only one who could not decide who was going to fight. They had to wait until the next day when Guan Yu attacked the key problem.