Chapter 1889: Two counties in a row


    Chapter 1887: Seizing two counties in a row


    The six characters of the Five Tigers and One Tai Sui are: Xue Gang, the tiger with Tongcheng, Qin Hong, the tiger with broad face, Yu Chi Jing, the tiger with white face, Luo Chang, the tiger with golden retriever, Zong Li, and Cheng Yuehu with flower face.


    In this era, the five tigers and one Tai Sui became the combination of six generals including Xue Gang, Cheng Yuehu.


    The effect of the Five Tigers and One Tai Sui is very strong, not much longer than the Five Tigers. With the blessing of the Five Tigers and One Tai Sui, Xue Gang has been strengthened to a certain extent in terms of force and commandership, and even if he faces Huo Qubing, he is not at all inferior.


    Unfortunately, the general situation of Dai County has been decided, and it is no longer a combination of skills, so its ability to turn the tide.


    If Xue Gang had started the Five Tigers and One Tai Sui before the war started, he might be able to barely defend Dai County under Huo Qubing''s attack.


    But now Huo Qubing has completed the layout, and under the sweeping of 70,000 elite troops, even if Xue has a commander like Bai Qi, it is still impossible to reverse the situation, let alone the increase in the commander of the Five Tigers and One Tai Sui against Xue Gang is not that big.


    Therefore, even with the increase of "Five Tigers and One Tai Sui", Xue Gang, who is already in a premature situation, is still no match for Huo Qubing.


    The loss is definitely a must, but Xue Gang lost not badly. Faced with Huo Qubing’s 70,000 elite troops and Wei Yang’s plans, he was still defeated, not defeat.


    Wei Yang''s original plan was to swallow Xue Gang in one bite, but Xue Gang got rid of the fate of being wiped out. This has to be attributed to one person, who is Xu Meizu.


    When it comes to Xu Meizu, we have to talk about another person, that is Xu Maogong, that is, Xu Shiji, and Xu Meizu is Xu Shiji''s grandson and the son of King Ying Xu Jingye.


    Xu Meizu claimed to have the style of his grandfather, but compared with Xu Shiji, he was obviously not at the same level. Otherwise, he would not be unable to see through Wei Yang''s plan and let Huo Qubing easily defeat the county. It can be seen that he was not as good as Wei Yang in terms of strategy.


    Although Xu Meizu was not as good as Xu Shiji and Wei Yang, he was still a qualified military advisor.


    After Xu Meizu realized that something was wrong, he immediately made a suggestion to Xue Gang, but Xue Gang had just died of his brother. In anger, he was almost losing his mind. He would not listen to Xu Meizu. As a result, he was defeated by Huo Qubing and Lu Bu, with less than 6,000 troops left.


    On the way to escape, Xu Meizu once again advised Xue Gang, saying that Huo Qubing had set up an ambush and had to take a detour.


    This time, Xue Gang heard Xu Meizu''s words, so he avoided the Qin army''s ambush and fled back to Dai County safely, but with the strength of his hands, he obviously could not defend Dai County.


    In the end, under the persuasion of military advisor Xu Meizu, Xue Gang voluntarily gave up Dai County and led 5,000 remaining soldiers to Shanggu County, and defected to Prime Minister Huo Guang.


    When Xue Gang ran away, Huo Qubing lost his opponent in Dai County, so he naturally occupied the entire Dai County.


    During the process of Huo Qubing''s attack on the eleven counties of Dai County, the county magistrates of the three counties that were first attacked all vowed to death. After Huo Qubing easily defeated him, he was beheaded and displayed in public. The county magistrates of the eight counties obediently opened the city to surrender.


    Since then, the battle of Dai County has come to an end.


    Huo Qubing''s army of 70,000 was killed and killed only 3,000, and then achieved a record of killing 8,000 enemies and captives of 27,000, which was a great victory.


    After conquering Dai County, Huo Qubing only rested for three days before embarking on the journey again.


    Huo Qubing ordered Cao Xing to lead an army of 10,000 to garrison Dai County, and at the same time guarded more than 27,000 prisoners of war who were captured.


    Lv Bu was ordered to lead 17,000 troops north to support Xue Rengui in attacking Shangu County.


    As for Huo Qubing himself, he personally led a 40,000 army and attacked Zhuo County to the east, and joined forces with Bai Qi''s troops to attack Wei Qing.


    Although Xue Gang fled into Shanggu as a defeated army, he helped Huo Guang repel Xue Rengui''s attack, and also gave Shanggu County a chance to breathe. Huo Guang originally had 25,000 defenders in Shanggu Army, but under Xue Rengui''s gradual attack, there were only 15,000 troops left.


    In addition, after Xue Gang''s five thousand defeated troops, he barely gathered a total of 20,000 troops.


    Just as Huo Guang and Xue Gang were both thinking about where to go, they received news that Lu Bu went north.


    In the battle with Huo Guang, Xue Rengui''s army of 30,000 was only lost to more than a thousand. If Lu Bu''s army of 17,000, the Qin army far exceeded that of the Han army.


    Under Xue Rengui''s offensive, only three counties including Ning County were left in the eight counties of Shanggu. Even the most solid capital, Juyang City, fell into Xue Rengui''s hands.


    Now that the old enemy has not retreated, the new enemy has come again. Huo Guang and Xue Gang both know that Shanggu is destined to be unable to defend.


    Just as the two were struggling to continue to defend their troops or give up Shanggu to retain their troops, Liu Che from Yanjing sent Feige to send a letter, ordering them to give up Shanggu and return to Yanjing.


    It turned out that after Su Dingfang led his troops into Guangyang County, he did not directly attack Yanjing City, but first seized two counties near Yuyang.


    After Su Dingfang defeated the two cities of Changping and Anci, the Qin army also gained a firm foothold in Guangyang County. It was not easy to drive the Qin army away, not to mention that the Han army did not have the strength.


    At this time, there were no famous generals or commanders in Yanjing City, which frightened the whole people of the Northern Han Dynasty. Liu Che was also a little lacking in confidence and was worried that Yanjing would not be able to defend, so he ordered Huo Guang to give up Shanggu and return to his army to defend Yanjing City.


    Huo Guang and Xue Gang both breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news. After all, as long as they have this order, they can just give up Shanggu.


    Yanjing is the capital of Northern Han. After Liu Che''s three expansions and five renovations, the defense is no worse than Yecheng. The food and grass stored in the city are enough for a hundred thousand troops to use it for a year.


    As long as you can return to Yanjing and rely on the benefits of the city, Xue Gang is sure to keep the food until it is exhausted.


    Huo Guang and Xue Gang were both afraid that Xue Rengui would pursue him and did not allow them to escape back to Yanjing easily. At this time, Xu Meizu stood up and offered his advice, deliberately pretending to attack the Qin army, forcing Xue Rengui to divide his troops to protect the food road.


    Xue Rengui didn''t know there was a falsehood, but he was careless and fell into a trap, which allowed the Han army to find an opportunity to retreat.


    In the end, before Lu Bu''s army could meet with Xue Rengui, Xue Gang and Huo Guang gave up the three cities of Shanggu and led 20,000 troops to flee back to Yanjing City.


    After learning that the Han army had run away, Xue Rengui was very angry and personally led five thousand light cavalry to pursue him, but he still couldn''t catch up with him when he was chasing him when he reached the territory of Guangyang County.


    If he continued to pursue, Xue Rengui was afraid of ambushing the city, so he only led his troops to withdraw and occupied the remaining cities in Shanggu first. After meeting with Lu Bu, he rushed into Guangyang County together and attacked Yanjing City with Su Dingfang.


    The three cities of Shanggu were already empty, so it was naturally impossible to stop Xue Rengui, so Xue Rengui occupied all the three cities in just one day. The only pity was that the materials in the city had been burned down, which was obviously the work of Huo Guang and Xue Gang.


    Since then, the eleven counties of Shanggu County have completely fallen into the hands of the Qin army.


    The Han army only had five cities in Zhuo County, three cities in Guangyang, and two cities in Yuyang that became enclaves in Youzhou, totaling ten counties.


    ?The second update is coming, and I still owe 10 chapters.


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