Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 299
Zhang Xiu's words reminded Zhang Ji of the failed night attack that night. Hu Che'er, the lieutenant in charge of the attack at that time, came back and reported that the night attack was discovered by Li Su and planned to set up an ambush just as the Jingyuan army was about to be surrounded. At that time, a mysterious army defeated Xiliang soldiers.

"That strong man who stabbed Wang Fang to death with one shot... Could it be Liu Yu's subordinate?"

"It is the general under the command of the lord, Zhang Fei Zhang Yide! At this moment, the lord has deployed tens of thousands of troops outside the city, and it is only a matter of time before Li Su is defeated."

Hearing this, Zhang Ji sat down slowly, and then asked in a questioning tone: "Could it be that my nephew is here to be a lobbyist for Liu Yu!"

A large army was set up to ambush outside the city, but there was no movement in the past two months, and no one was sent until the city ran out of ammunition and food.

But the person who was sent was actually his nephew Zhang Xiu. How could Zhang Ji, who was so scheming, fail to see Liu Yu's true thoughts.

Naturally, Zhang Xiu didn't dare to conceal his real intention, so he immediately told him about the various benefits of joining Liu Yu.

After all, Zhang Ji can be regarded as a figure of the princes along the way. Although he knew that if he didn't serve Liu Yu right now, he would die, but he still couldn't accept it in his heart.

Zhang Xiu persuaded: "Uncle, don't hesitate. We wanted to go to Wancheng to stand on our own because we were worried that Dong Zhuo would not be able to grow up. That's why we thought of a way out for ourselves and the Jingyuan Army."

"...and the king of Zhongshan is the prince of the big man, following him is allegiance to the big man, and the lord's plan to kill Dong Zhuo is about to be completed, and soon there will be a formal showdown with Dong Zhuo!"

Zhang Ji actually didn't have much loyalty to the Han court, but he was even more pessimistic about Dong Zhuo's desire to keep controlling the government.

An alliance of princes against Dong asked Zhang Ji to worry that after Dong Zhuo's death in the future, all the armies in Xiliang would become rats crossing the street shouting and killing, so he had the plan to break away and protect himself.

"What does my nephew just say about the big plan to cut Dong Zhuo, and what's the point of a formal showdown?" Zhang Ji heard that Liu Yu had plans to overthrow Dong Zhuo, so he wanted to know more about his strength.

And before Zhang Xiu came, he had already obtained Liu Yu's approval, and he could inform Zhang Ji of his overall plan and the true strength of the Yulin Army.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xiu confessed everything, but Zhang Ji was heartbroken when he heard it. He never thought that the defeat of Guo Si's army was planned by Liu Yu.

Immediately after the second step of the plan to cut Dong, Lu Bu defected to Luoyang, which greatly weakened Dong Zhuo's strength.

What made Zhang Ji even more unexpected was that Niu Fu died, and Xu Rong's army on the southeast front line also fell into a doomed situation.

In contrast to Liu Yu's strength, Hulaoguan is as solid as gold, Chengmou County is rising into a big city, Mengjin County has tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers, Liu Yu's allies are in the southeast and southwest, and the Ma Teng Army in the city is his internal response.

If Li Jue's defeat in Hongnong County was all lost, and Duan Yan, the Chang'an defender who defended Xiliang to the throat of Luoyang, was also recruited by Liu Yu, then Dong Zhuo would really become the turtle in the urn.

"It's really not that the once unknown Zhongshan King has more than [-] elite soldiers under his command, and he has dismantled many Xiliang legions by himself. Such a wise and powerful figure really deserves our Zhang family's allegiance!"

Zhang Ji understood the situation of the Jingyuan Army, and when he heard that Liu Yu was so powerful, he agreed to his nephew Zhang Xiu's arrangement.

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On the second day, the city gate of Xin'an County was suddenly opened, and the Jingyuan army lined up under the city. It seemed that they wanted to fight Li Su's people to the death.

Li Su could only command the [-] Feixiong Army brought from Chang'an, but when he saw that the Jingyuan Army in front of the city gate wanted to break through with the whole army, the soldiers transferred from Hongnong also actively participated in the battle.

"The last general has sent someone to notify General Zuo, and General Li Su should hold back for a while!" Li Jue once gave a strict order to this group of men, saying that if Li Su wanted to attack the county by force, he must not participate, but if Zhang Ji wanted to escape, he would not take part. You must take the initiative to fight.

After hearing what the young general said, Li Su sneered, "It doesn't matter whether General Zuo comes or not, I will destroy Zhang Ji's army."

The city had been out of food for many days, and the morale of the Jingyuan army had long since dropped to the bottom. Li Su believed confidently that even without the 5000 troops brought by the young general, he would be [-]% sure of annihilating Zhang Ji's army.

The young general didn't dare to speak back, so he could only sulk, and Li Su didn't want to lose the help of his force. After all, there were still more than 1 Jingyuan troops in the city. Certainly not small.

Li Su ordered the whole army to dispatch to intercept, but just as the troops had set up their formation, the Jingyuan army on the opposite side retreated back to the city.

"Hahaha...Zhang Jipifu must have been scared. Before the battle, he was frightened by our army and retreated into the city! Order the three armies to return to the camp to rest temporarily!"

While Li Su set up a sentry post to continue monitoring, he led the army back to the camp for repairs.

But the soldiers had just returned to the camp and were about to rest when they heard a report from the front that Zhang Ji's army was out of the city again!

Li Su couldn't stop sneering when he heard this, thinking that Zhang Jin's little trick was trying to hide it from the world, but fortunately he had sent additional sentries before, so he could know every move in the city in time.

"Order the three armies to send troops to meet the enemy!"

One side is setting up the formation, while the other side is withdrawing troops again.

Zhang Ji's army withdrew back to the city again, Li Su angrily led people to rush to the city and cursed.

It's a pity that Li Su didn't bring the siege equipment just to prevent Zhang Ji from breaking out of the encirclement, so he cursed a few times and saw that there was no response from the city, so he angrily withdrew to the camp.

At this time, not far from the city, Liu Yu was watching the movement in front of the city gate together with Zhang Fei and Chen Dao.

Seeing that when Li Su led his troops back to the camp, the formation was scattered and the morale of the army was unstable, Liu Yu couldn't help but praise Zhang Xiu for his advice.

"Youwei's strategy of exhausting the army is brilliant! Later, Yide and Shuzhi's army will suddenly break out, let's see how this group of people can reorganize their formation!"

After Liu Yu finished speaking, Zhang Fei also said: "This uncle Zhang Ji can't use soldiers. I didn't expect that Zhang Xiu, a nephew, still has two brushes!"

"There are more than two brushes!" Liu Yu looked at Chen Dao with a slight smile, and said, "If you only talk about military strategy and personal force, Zhang Xiu may not be inferior to Shu Zhi!"

Chen Dao nodded noncommittally.

But Zhang Fei showed a surprised expression after hearing this. He never expected that the protagonist Liu Yu would have such a high evaluation of Zhang Xiu.

These days, Zhang Fei has seen Chen Dao's abilities, and knows that Chen Dao is definitely comparable to first-class generals in strength.

Now Liu Yu compares Zhang Xiu with Chen Dao, which means that Zhang Xiu must also be a first-class general.

In history, the Marquis of Wancheng was a ruthless man who once defeated Cao Cao. Although Jia Xu, the poisonous man, was credited with the strategy, if Zhang Xiu did not have strong command and command ability, it would be impossible to repel Cao Cao's three attacks in a row.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiu is Zhao Yun's elder brother, nicknamed the Northern Spear King, so his force will naturally not be weak.

But today Zhang Xiu offered another strategy to let the Jingyuan army in the city act as a bait, which weakened the fighting spirit of Li Su's army and provided a good opportunity for Zhang Fei and Chen Dao's army to make a surprise attack.

(End of this chapter)