Chapter 79: Soldiers surround Xianyang

Late at night, a group of guard soldiers patrolling the corridor in the side courtyard of Fufeng County Government, and no one knew who spoke first: "When I passed by the lobby during the day, I heard Mr. Guo say that Wang Meng is timid and useless, and it is better to kill him than to keep him. Guess how the Major General answered?"

"Then it goes without saying that the major general will definitely kill such a villain." The other person said quietly.

"So that's the case. I said why are the more than a thousand soldiers captured in the army? Only this person is still in custody. But people like this should be killed!" Another person replied.

"Oh, that's not it. Keeping this guy will make us come to guard it. Otherwise, if we follow General Gao to fight Xianyang this time, we might be able to make some military achievements." The tall man in front of the team couldn't help complaining.

"Big man, there is no garrison in Xianyang. The 1,000 troops led by General Gao are just going to fight for a front stand. Let's patiently guard the prisoners." Another sentence was answered in the team.

Although the soldiers patrolling the corridor were very low, Wang Meng, who was pretending to sleep in the house, heard it clearly. He was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat and thought to himself: "So that's it. His mother actually wants to kill me. It seems that it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, otherwise his life will be over!"

At this time, another sentence came from the corridor, "I heard that Chang'an has sent troops. Could it be that General Gao went to Xianyang for this reason?"

Wang Meng then listened carefully for a while. After the footsteps of the inspectors gradually faded away, he hurriedly opened the rear window and jumped out. With his familiarity with the terrain of the county magistrate's house, he was able to escape safely.

However, just as Wang Meng left the county magistrate's office, Ma Chao's personal soldiers came to report and said, "Major General, as you ordered, Wang Meng has already left."

"It's a good job, you can go down and rest." After hearing the news, Ma Chao nodded with satisfaction and praised.

After escaping from the county magistrate's mansion, Wang Meng disguised himself from the city early the next morning. In order to avoid revealing his path, he only walked through water and defected to Chang'an. However, when he was surprised, three days later, he met Hu Chier's army in Jingyang, a hundred miles away in the west of Xianyang City, and then he came to the team to ask for a meeting.

When Hu Chier heard that he was a general who came from Fufeng, he immediately met him. When Wang Meng was questioning Hu Chier, he really praised himself, and then he talked with blood and tears. Only when Hu Chier was suspicious of him did he report: "General, when I was escaping Fufeng, I heard a news about the movements of Ma Chao's army."

"What news, come and tell me quickly." Hu Chier was worried about the movement of the enemy, and asked happily after hearing this.

"General Hu, Ma Chao's vanguard army, about a thousand soldiers, are attacking Xianyang a few days ago and are preparing to occupy Xianyang as the base camp to block the general's army." Wang Meng then said the news he heard, licking the fire and jealousy.

"Haha...a thousand soldiers? This news is reliable?" Hu Chier asked again and again while laughing.

"General, absolutely reliable." Wang Meng patted his chest and assured.

"Haha... Very good. Brother Wang will serve under my general's tent in the future." Hu Chier was tall and tall, with a wide face, and curly hair. Judging from his appearance, he obviously had the blood of the Hu people. After he burst into laughter, he shouted decisively: "Tell me to order me to arrive in Xianyang City before dark."

When the personal soldiers in front of the tent heard the inquiry, they immediately ran away and sent orders.

The sunset is like blood, and the world is silent.

At the city of Xianyang, Gao Shun led 300 cavalrymen, lined up in one line, and lined up at the city.

Apart from Gao Shun's army, there were five thousand soldiers and horses led by Hu Chier. Three thousand stairs were arranged in the center, with one thousand cavalry on both sides of the left and right wings. Both sides looked at each other, and neither attacked first, causing the entire battlefield to feel a sense of calm at this moment.

"Wang Meng, why do I feel murderous intent? The enemy soldiers are really only one thousand?" Hu Chier, who was standing in front of the formation, looked at Gao Shun's peaceful expression in front of the formation, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked when he looked at Gao Shun's peaceful expression.

"General, I dare to guarantee that there must be only one thousand soldiers and horses in the city. The enemy general deliberately set up his formation, but it was just a bluff. As for the murderous aura you mentioned, it must be emitted by the hundreds of crossbowmen on the top of the city. As long as the general gives the order, five thousand soldiers and horses will come out, they will definitely be able to enter the city in one fell swoop." Wang Meng was eager to show that he would think so much. Besides, what he knew about the battle formation was nothing but the basics, so naturally he could not appreciate the mystery.

"Maybe you said it's because I'm too cautious." Hu Chier looked up at Xianyang, licked her dry lips, and shouted, "Strike!"

With Hu Chier's order, the cavalry on both wings rushed towards Gao Shun like arrows away from the strings. On the calm battlefield, under the rushing of war horses, dust and smoke were rolled up in the sky, and the shouts of the soldiers' killings were even more shocking.

Gao Shun was in front of the formation and calmed down when he saw the enemy soldiers moving, but he did not order an attack, turned his horse's head and shouted: "Retreat!"

When the three hundred cavalry heard the order to retreat, they immediately scattered and ran towards the city in a mess.

"Kill... Kill all these soft-footed sheep for me..." Seeing that as soon as he attacked, the enemy fled without fighting. He would be willing to give up this opportunity to make meritorious service, he immediately rode his horse and shouted and chased.

As soon as Gao Shun rode his horse into the city, he ordered the captain of the cavalry to lead the cavalry to continue to go to the north gate. He abandoned his horse and ran to the top of the city.

When Hu Chier's five thousand soldiers chased and rushed into the city, Gao Shun stood on the top of the city and laughed and said, "Hu Chier, you're fooled!"

"Burn down the suspension bridge and set rockets!" Gao Shun ordered, and the soldiers of the seven hundred camps hidden under the walls appeared on the city wall, tied their bows and arrows, and shot towards the city gate. The piles of hay piles were as piled as mountains, as a round of rockets spread across the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the hay piles burned. The fire spread like a raged sea of ​​raging waves along the main street in the city, sweeping towards Hu Chier's army.

"Let's retreat!" Gao Shun saw that with the help of tung oil, the blazing fire burned the entire east of the city, and Hu Chier's thousands of soldiers were surrounded by the fire. Even if he rushed out of the sea of ​​fire, he would suffer heavy losses. He saw that the mission had been completed.

Gao Shun immediately ordered the soldiers to climb the rope tied to the city wall and evacuated the city top.
Chapter completed!