Since the news that the Shu army captured Xixian, the defenders of Jixian County have been facing a great enemy. Guo Huai knew very well that Jiang Wei had gone to Qishan in an abnormal manner, and he must have come to Jixian County. Then this offensive and defensive battle in Jixian will largely determine the result of this battle between Jin and Shu. For the Jin army, who are worried and at the moment, there is no way out for this battle. If they win, the consequences will be unimaginable. Even if they win by chance, the future situation will still be unoptimistic.

Chang'an fell and the emperor Sima Zhao also passed away. At this moment, Liangzhou, Longxi, seemed to have lost its backbone. According to common sense, Guo Huai should support the crown prince Sima Yan ascend the throne to the throne, but before Guo Huai could handle the succession, Jiang Wei led his troops to kill him, and Guo Huai didn't care about anything else. He could only do his best to prepare for the battle. The matter of succession was so slow that he had to talk about it.

When the Shu soldiers attacked, Guo Huai personally climbed the city to supervise the battle regardless of his 70s of body. The armor alone weighed dozens of kilograms. At Guo Huai's age, he was indeed overwhelmed. However, Guo Huai did not complain at all. He climbed to the city and inspected many military affairs, and was meticulous. His daily mileage was not less than dozens of miles.

Although it was late autumn and the weather was getting colder, Guo Huai was wearing thick armor and every day he came down, he was sweating and clothes.

The subordinates all advised Guo Huai not to work too hard, and to leave many things to the people below to do.

Guo Huai shook his head, not that Guo Huai did not believe in his subordinates' ability to do things, but that the situation is difficult now, and he needs to take the initiative to stand up and boost the morale of the army, boost the combat effectiveness of the army, and win this crucial battle.

Guo Zhun's influence in the Yongliang Army was unmatched. Many middle and lower-level officers were also promoted by Guo Huai. No matter where Guo Huai went, he could call out the names of these people affectionately.

A senior official at the level of the governor could clearly remember the names of these ordinary lower-level non-commissioned officers. This undoubtedly made these soldiers very excited and moved, and they were more willing to die for Guo Huai.

It can be said that Guo Huai is a banner of the Yongliang Army. With him and without him are completely different concepts. Under his inspiration and inspiration, the combat effectiveness of the Ji County defenders can be significantly improved to a higher level. If Guo Huai cannot take matters, he will probably be declining the morale of the army and will be defeated before the battle.

So even though Guo Huai was already in his seventies, he still did not dare to slack off at all. He personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and ran all over the four gates of Ji County, inspecting the defense of the Jin army guarding the city without leaving any blind spots.

Guo Huai knew very well that this city was like a wooden barrel. How much water can the barrel hold was not determined by the longest board, but by the shortest board. To guard a city, it is not the strongest one. It depends on the weakest link of the city. As long as a little breakthrough is made, all efforts will turn into useless work. Guo Huai will never allow this situation to occur.

The attack of the Shu army was extremely fast. At sunset the next day after the capture of Xi County, the Shu army had already arrived at the capital of Ji County. Logically speaking, the sunset was setting and it was approaching dusk. It was time for the Shu army to set up camps, bury pots and cook rice, and prepare for rest. However, the Shu army went against the norm and launched a large-scale attack, as if they were preparing to spend the night in Ji County tonight.

Guo Huai sneered. It seemed that Jiang Wei and Xia Hou Ba were really urgent. They were so anxious to come and take his life. Let them try it. Let's see if it was their Yujian, not Ji County's Dungu?

Guo Huai issued an order to fight to the Jin army guarding the city. All the personnel participating in the battle were in place. All the defensive weapons had been arranged and were ready to take action, just waiting for the Shu army to attack.

Xiahou Ba took the lead in running to the city and shouted, and specially selected dozens of people who were loud and rough and cursed under the city. Their words were dirty and the cursed were extremely ugly, which almost tainted all the eighteen generations of Guo Huai's ancestors. They were so angry that the Jin soldiers guarding the city were filled with smoke. They asked Guo Huai to fight, asking them to go out of the city to teach these Shu soldiers a lesson, cut off their tongues and feed them to the dogs.

However, Guo Huai smiled indifferently. When a discerning person saw that this was Xiahou Ba's method of agitating generals. He wanted to lure the Jin army out of the city to fight. If Guo Huai was angry for a moment and sent troops out of the city, he would fall into the trap of the Shu army. Guo Huai would not do such a fool!

In order to incite Sima Yi to fight, Zhuge Liang used all the means. Zhuge Liang could do even the task of sending women's clothes, but this aggression was completely useless for Sima Yi. Sima Yi was not angry, but he generously wore the women's clothes sent by Zhuge Liang and showed them to the generals to see, which made Zhuge Liang, who had always been wise, have no choice but to do anything.

As Sima Yi's subordinate and successor, Guo Huai also learned many of Sima Yi's essence under the influence of Sima Yi. The success or failure of a war is never a battle of will. The humiliation of others on you cannot hurt you at all. Even if he greets your ancestors for eighteen generations, your ancestors will not open the coffin board to argue with them. Therefore, the most important thing is to argue with the verbal disputes is the most inferior and have no meaning at all. Being yourself well and sticking to your original intention is the most important thing.

The ancients often said: At the age of 40, Guo Huai is almost dying. How can he be angry with Xiahou Ba's little tricks? Seeing his subordinates' indignation, Guo Huai was calm and understood everyone, and was aware of the fact that he was not impatient. Guo Huai even ordered the soldiers to remain silent and not to quarrel with the Shu army. If you have the energy to quarrel, it is better to save energy and spit and prepare for the next close combat.

Xiahou Bazhiren cursed for a long time, and the soldiers with loud noises were almost hoarse. Seeing that there was no movement in the city, they had to give up and retreated in disappointment.

However, Xiahou Ba made a comeback soon. The Shu army took advantage of the day before it was too late to launch a large-scale attack on Ji County. Xiahou Ba led only his troops. On both sides of the east and west, Fu Qian and Jiang Shu also led a group of troops to launch an attack on Ji County.

Jiang Wei took advantage of the superior forces of the Shu army to attack Ji County. Although Jiang Wei did not think that he could take Ji County with just one attack, now is the time when the morale of the Shu army is the highest. Taking this opportunity, we can test the city defense of Ji County. If we can take Ji County in one battle, it would be better.
Chapter completed!