In Shanggui City, Guo Huai and other Wei people were hurriedly avoiding arrow stones, while the Han army outside the city were relatively content.

In the past few days, except for the ant attack on the city on the first day, the Han army only used catapults and crossbows to carry out long-range attacks on the Wei army. Therefore, the Han army suffered very few casualties, and the mood of the soldiers was relatively relaxed and calm.

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"Wen Jing, how many people are there in the Wei army in the city?"

Zhuge Liang left the camp and went to the front of the Han army's formation to watch the battle with his generals. Seeing that the damage to the Gui city wall was getting worse, he felt happy and asked Wei Min beside him.

Wei Min cupped his hands and replied: "Prime Minister, according to yesterday's detailed report from the city, the Wei army and Minzhuang in the city have suffered about 2,000 casualties in the past few days. Now Guo Huai has less than 3,000 fighting troops. Of course, this is included.

The people who were recruited are strong, and the Wei soldiers who can be controlled by a single line are estimated to be only a thousand people."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "It seems that Guo Huaishi won't be able to hold on for a few more days."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Now that the war is progressing smoothly, it is almost inevitable that the city of Shanggui will be destroyed. Once this nail is pulled out, it can be said that Longyou itself will no longer be able to compete with the strength of the Han army.

By then, the Han army's room for maneuver will become wider. Whether it is deploying troops to fight Zhang He or dealing with Wei's subsequent counterattack, the Han army will be more calm in its response.

Everyone present was a man of extraordinary resourcefulness, and they were all excited when thinking about this event, especially Wei Yan who was in the most anxious mood. He clasped his fists and said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, more than half of the Wei troops in the city have been killed and wounded, and their morale must be low now.

The morale of the army is weakened, so why not push the army forward and launch a strong attack today, and we will definitely be able to break the city in one fell swoop."

"General Wenchang must not act too hastily. Although the Wei army suffered casualties, Guo Huai still had 3,000 troops under his command. Although the Shanggui city wall was seriously damaged, there was no collapse. This city is tall and difficult to break. If it is attacked by force,

, the casualties of our army must be serious.

It is better to wait a few more days, when the enemy is exhausted, and then send a large army to attack. By then, the result will be twice the result with half the effort." Ma Su on the side heard this and quickly dissuaded him.

Yang Yi next to him also echoed after hearing this: "Exactly, what You Chang said is absolutely true. Our army only has tens of thousands of people, how can it be easily destroyed? Besides, the prime minister will decide when to launch an attack. I will wait for you."

Why do you need to talk so much?"

As Wei Yan's mortal enemy, Yang Yi would never pass up any opportunity to refute Wei Yan. As long as he could confront Wei Yan and see him make a fool of himself, he would always be active.

"Hmph, the fighting opportunity is fleeting, how can we wait for it?" Wei Yan was not to be outdone, and immediately raised his voice to retort: ​​"You are a scholar, how do you know about military affairs? If the delay continues, the puppet Wei will send reinforcements to save Shanggui, let alone the city

There are a lot of people, who knows that Guo Huai will not recruit the people again or even send a large number of people to defend the city. By then, won't it be more difficult for our army to break the city?"

There was some truth in what he said. Yang Yi and Ma Di were speechless for a moment and had no choice but to turn their heads sideways. Seeing that Yang Yi and Ma Su could not refute him, Wei Yan felt relieved and snorted coldly, with a look on his face.

Unstoppable pride.

"Um..." At this time, Wei Min, who had been silent for a long time, said, "Prime Minister, there is another matter that I have not yet had time to report."

Zhuge Liang saw that Wei Min dared to bring it up in front of everyone, it must be something that was not very confidential, so he nodded and said, "Just tell me."

"No." Wei Min said: "Prime Minister, according to the latest news from the city, Guo Huai has ordered Ma Zun to recruit the people again. It seems that there are signs that all the men and women will come to the city and refuse to defend."

"How? You must have been fooled by someone's words. You know that Guo Huai will conquer Minzhuang again." Seeing that he had expected Guo Huai's move, Wei Yan said with satisfaction.

Zhuge Liang put the feather fan in his hand behind his back and said seriously: "Well, it seems that Guo Huai is planning to defend Shanggui."

"Prime Minister, Guo Huai's move was expected. It's just that he moved too fast. Otherwise, today's attack on the city would be a rare opportunity." Yang Yidao.

What he meant was that since Guo Huai reacted so quickly, Wei Yan's statement that today was a good opportunity to attack the city was out of the question. Wei Yan understood the meaning of Yang Yi's words, sneered, and looked up at the sky.

He no longer looked at Yang Yi.

"Well, in the past two days, the army has continued to use trebuchets and crossbows to launch long-distance attacks on the Wei army. When the time is right, they will launch a large-scale attack on the city." Zhuge Liang said calmly.

"We will obey the Prime Minister's military orders."

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, a letter has arrived from Yang Canjun in the street pavilion." At this time, Liao Hua came from the camp on horseback and sent Yang Qing's military report to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang took the letter and said to everyone: "It seems to be the latest military report sent by Mingzhi." After that, he opened the seal and read it.

"Okay, after two battles, it became clear that they successfully repelled Zhang He and killed more than 3,000 enemy troops. The defense line at Jieting Nanshan is still impregnable." Zhuge Liang read the military report with a big smile on his face.

"You all should take a look too."

Ma Di quickly stepped forward to take the military report and read it. After a while, he laughed loudly and said: "Okay, Mingzhi and the others guarded really well. It's a pity that I didn't go to the street pavilion, otherwise I really wanted to fight Zhang He."

After finishing, the general handed the report to Yang Yi.

"You don't have to regret it, you Chang. There will be plenty of opportunities to face Zhang He in the future." Yang Yi said with a smile.

Zhuge Liang said: "What Duke Wei said is right. Zhang He only took the lead to arrive at the street pavilion. Ming Zhi and the others should have no problem in resisting these more than 10,000 people. When Zhang He's large force arrives in a few days, then Ming Zhi and the others will be attacked."

The real test.”

"What the Prime Minister said is very true. Zhang He's entire army of 50,000 infantry and cavalry is very powerful. Yang Mingzhi and the others may have a hard time dealing with it. I think we have to step up our offensive here, and it would be best to defeat Shanggui City as soon as possible.

General Wei Yan frowned and said after passing the report to Gao Xiang.

"Chief Wen is right. These days are a good opportunity that Mingzhi and they fought bloody battles for. We must not waste it."

Zhuge Liang then thought about it and felt that he should not worry too much about the casualties of the soldiers, so he ordered: "Chang Wen, this afternoon you will arrange your troops to launch a fierce attack on Shanggui City."

"No." Wei Yan happily accepted the order.

Zhuge Liang said again: "Yuan Jian, this afternoon you and Ma Deheng will arrange the siege equipment together to cooperate with Wen Chang in attacking the city."

"Follow the order." Liao Hua responded with his hands raised.

At the foot of Nanshan Mountain, the Han army's camp was a busy scene at the moment. While the Wei army had not yet attacked, Wang Ping directed his sergeants to repair the camp and build fortifications.

Yang Qing also personally came to Wang Ping to inspect the situation and express condolences to the soldiers, and brought him 500 fresh troops to strengthen the defense here.

"Your Majesty, the Wei thieves did not attack yesterday and today. Zhang He probably wanted to wait for his large group of troops to arrive before attacking." Wang Ping said while accompanying Yang Qing on patrol.

Yang Qingdao: "Yes, so I have to seize the time to rest and recuperate in the past few days. The real battle of life and death will come later."

"What Junhou said is that Zhang He has an army of 50,000. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to fight against them."

Yang Qing glanced sideways at Wang Ping, smiled and said, "Why, General Zijun is a little timid?"

"The prince has misunderstood Wang. When he went to the battlefield, he had already put his life and death aside. How could he be timid and afraid? He was just worried that he could not defend the street pavilion and miss the important event of the Northern Expedition." Wang Ping explained quickly.

Yang Qing stopped and smiled at Wang Ping: "Yang made a joke, don't take it to heart, General Zijun. The Qing Dynasty has always known the loyalty and bravery of generals, not to mention that the general blocked Zhang with two thousand people in the battle the day before yesterday.

A combined army of six thousand is enough to show the general's reputation to the world."

"Your Majesty has given you too much praise. Ping just did what he should do. Blocking Zhang and He was all due to the hard work of all the soldiers." Wang Ping quickly said modestly, but he felt quite relieved when he heard Yang Qing's praise.

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Yang Qingdao: "General, you really have the style of an ancient gentleman." After a pause, he added: "Although the 50,000 Wei army is strong, our army has Nanshan and Jieting to rely on, which is enough to resist defense. Besides, the prime minister also has arrangements.

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"This will make the general feel at ease." Wang Ping nodded after hearing this.
Chapter completed!