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Chapter 345: Siege(2/2)

An official lifted the curtain and rushed over quickly, reporting:

"The water level has not dropped yet."

Feng Fang trembled beside him and did not dare to look at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu closed his eyes to rest and calmly said:

"I'll report back in an hour."

"Here!"

After saying that, the guard retreated.

Several brave generals under Guan Yu, such as Dian Wei, Ma Bao, etc., looked at each other, but they did not speak, so they had to continue waiting.

Time passed minute by minute, and an hour later, the guardsmen came again with their tents raised.

As soon as he came, he said:

"Commander, the water level has receded by half."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent was in high spirits, especially Feng Fang, who had been trembling with fear and fatigue. He now stood up and looked like he had a good chance of winning.

Everyone looked at Guan Yu, waiting for the commander's orders.

Among the generals present, some had a bright mind and secretly thought, the water has receded halfway before the guards came? Why? Just because the commander-in-chief gave the order to report after an hour.

To say that an hour is an hour is to say that military orders are like mountains.

Guan Yu looked around at the generals and ordered:

"Tear down the camp, spread it over with dirt, and use all the grass grown in the general."

Afterwards, Guan Yu looked at Dian Wei, who was holding his lower left hand, and said with a smile:

"Awei, it's okay to let you take the lead in the charge this time."

Dian Wei felt happy, then stood up without hesitation and said:

"Here."

After that, all the generals received their orders and dispersed.

Guan Yu, who was left behind, glanced at Feng Fang beside him and praised:

"You're fine."

After that, the account was paid.

At this time, Feng Fang glanced at Xun You and said to himself:

"Mr. Xun, are Feng's predictions accurate?"

Xun You bowed slightly and praised seriously:

"Feng Jun, even if you have no plans left, it's not as good as this."



On the 23rd, the Taishan Army who was trapped in the camp took advantage of the retreat of the Wanchui River and launched an attack on Su Renting overnight.

Dian Wei of the right army led 400 soldiers, went around to the Su Ren Pavilion, and took the lead to ascend first. At the same time, Dian Wei's subordinate Sima Chen Guang led 400 men to attack the wall in the south.

The soldiers in the Su people's pavilion were caught off guard and attacked from behind and in front. They were unable to support themselves and retreated one after another. Su You, who was resting, put on his robe and went out of the tent. Seeing the situation, he knew what to do. He led a hundred remaining soldiers out of the east gate and headed straight to the east of the city. The Su clan barracks outside.

Outside the city, Li Damu had been waiting with the three battalions of Tao Yong, Ma Bao and Li Jing. When he saw a group of thieves standing out, he immediately pursued and killed them. Su's soldiers were defeated and the army collapsed. They were chased for several miles by Li Damu and other generals.

In this battle, except for Su You who escaped by chance, Su Yu surrendered with most of his tribesmen. The remaining enemies were killed by Li Damu's troops, more than 200 of them. Hundreds more flags, swords, and cards were obtained.

Su Renting is broken!

At dawn on the 24th, Guan Yu's Northern Expeditionary Army marched again after the night battle. With five troops in front and five behind, they quickly approached the river in the north.

At this time, the Han general Li Ding had set up an ambush at Shuijin Ferry.

Dian Weishuai's vanguard Gao Ya was leading his vanguard battalion along the riverside road when he encountered Li Ding leading eight hundred of Li's tribe to ambush him.

The reason why the Li family is able to become the local tycoon who can rule the countryside is because of this tribe's soldiers who are trained in Han-style battle formations. Therefore, their combat power is not inferior to that of the Gaoya tribe. As soon as they break out, they swarm forward with great force.

But after all, Li's soldiers were short of armor and stomach, and the Gao Ya Department's armor rate was almost full except for the archers. Therefore, after the initial chaos, the Gao Ya Department pushed Li's ambush troops back.

After a short melee, Li Ding was defeated and lost more than a hundred corpses and fled back to Jindu in a hurry. Just as he was about to cross the river and burn the Jinqiao, he encountered another strong soldier under Dian Wei's command, Chen Guangbu, who was coming.

It turned out that there was a melee on Gao Ya's side, and Chen Guang, who was not far away, did not directly lead his troops to rescue. Instead, he led his troops around to the south bank of the river, intending to capture Xiajin Bridge first.

But unfortunately, he was a step slower than Li Ding and allowed this man to escape to the north bank. But in the end, Jin Bridge was still preserved.

Over there, the Gaoya tribe cleaned up the battlefield, captured several clan flags, and sealed their ribbons, and quickly rushed to the north bank. Then the two armies crossed the river together.

Here, Gao Ya, Chen Guang and Chen Guang were about to continue chasing Li Ding's remnants, but they encountered thousands of elite soldiers from Xiangguo City.

The backbone of this army is the Jushu tribe, and Zhao Bei's exile is the canine fang. Its combat effectiveness is astonishing. The Gao Ya tribe and the Chen Guang tribe have been fighting fiercely for a long time, and it is somewhat difficult to stop this army.

Therefore, they could only retreat to the north bank of the river, intending to rely on Jinqiao to hold on. However, the Red Head Army did not catch up. They rushed back to Xiangguo City after catching up with Li Ying's remaining troops.

Later, on the afternoon of February 24th, Guan Yu finally arrived at the north bank of the river with his follow-up army.

After joining Gao Ya and Chen Guang's troops, the army continued northward and camped outside Xiangguo City, and then surrounded it heavily.

In this way, from February 15th, Guan Yu set out from Yecheng with an army of ten thousand people, until February 24th, a total of nine days. He successively waded through the bed water, the water flow, the water river, and fell into Tantai.

, Guangnian, Su Renting, and the four walls of the water bridge. They marched for 200 miles, defeated more than 3,000 Han troops and local tribesmen, captured and killed 1,200 people.

It can be said that the anti-Thai forces in the northern part of Zhao State have been wiped out, and now as long as the Xiangguo City in front of them is captured, the strategy has been initially achieved.

But after looking at the small town of Xiangguo in front of him, Guan Yu fell silent.

Just because the small town in front of me is made of bricks and stones.

You must know that in all the cities in the world, except for the two capitals, which have walls built with bricks and stones, there is no earth city built with rammed earth. Even in the south, because of frequent heavy rains, earth cities are easy to collapse, and there are even no walls.
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