The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

It was almost noon when the hundreds of water pirates arrived.

Guan Yu was woken up by the guards.

He put on his clothes and went out and ordered the guards to fetch cold water. It was the twelfth lunar month, and the weather was freezing cold. After washing his face with cold water, he felt refreshed.

The sergeants who were resting in the various houses had already woken up, and they all had a meal half an hour ago. At this time, they had already exercised their bodies. Led by the officers, the soldiers were waiting for Guan Yu.

The newly arrived hundreds of water pirates were also led by the three water pirate leaders respectively, and they also lined up to wait in line. -- Sergeant Liang Shi, who had stayed among the hundreds of water pirates earlier to monitor them, has now returned to the headquarters. .

Guan Yu had his guards put on his armor, equipped with a ring knife, and picked up his iron spear. Everything was ready. Then he went out to the wheat field in Zhuangzhong, and looked around the soldiers of the headquarters and the hundreds of them. The water thief, he called the manor manager, pointed to the dozens of people standing on the side in another line, and said, "Is this the swordsman from the village?"

"Yes."

"Send an order from our army, ordering them to sneak into the city first, and join with the inner army in the county. When our troops arrive in the next three minutes, they can rise together and capture the southern city gate from the inside."

"promise."

The manager of the manor went to give orders, and Guan Yu summoned Taoman again and asked, "When you came, did you get wind of it?"

"The villain and others came here scattered. Although we met some farmers on the road, there was no news."

Hundreds of people seem to be a lot, but after being divided into dozens of shares, there are not many people in each share, and there is more than one road in this village to Que Xuan from the lake. Most of these water thieves are locals, familiar with roads, and then Divided into several paths, it is indeed not too noticeable.

Guan Yu summoned the three leaders of the water thieves again, and said, "I have no intention of attacking the city for three minutes, and Zhuangzi will come out later. That sentence: When the city is attacked, you don't need to wait to strike first, just make a noise behind it!"

The three responded: "No!"

After arranging the water thieves, Guan Yu ordered several officers from the sergeant of the headquarters to come over and assign tasks to them.

Although Guan Yu had not many sergeants this time, only more than 200 people, but they were all first-class elites in Liu Bei's department. Among them, officers accounted for a large proportion. , and the rest of the genus, such as Tuenchang, Shichang, and Wuchang, are even more numerous.

The officers Guan Yu called over this time were all above the team rate, there were four in total, and he assigned tasks to them one by one.

First, let a team lead 30 people as the vanguard.

He ordered: "I have already made an appointment with the city, and my troops will attack the city in three minutes, so that they will respond and seize the door from the inside. You and the thirty soldiers and officials are all wrapped in cloth outside the armor, and our troops will go first. Go, go outside the southern city gate, and when you hear the sound in the city, you can enter the city first and control the city gate without making any mistakes."

This team rate should be ordered.

Then make a team lead with 20 people as the back line.

Guan Yu ordered: "You have brought twenty elite soldiers to be the queen of my palace, and you must always pay attention to the hundreds of water bandits. If there is any change, or there are those who run away from the battle, you can kill them!"

This team rate should be ordered.

Finally, the remaining team rate and another Qu Junhou.

Guan Yu ordered: "The two of you will bring fifty people each, to the right and left for me, and attack the city from me! After attacking the city..."

Having said this, he paused for a while, looked at the Marquis Qu Jun, and ordered: "You will take Taoman as the leader, attack the county temple, look for the county defenders, county magistrates and other officials, and kill them all. And show it to the public, so that the soldiers and people in the city know.”

This Qu Junhou should order.

Then, Guan Yu looked at the remaining team and said, "You will join forces with Zhang Ji to capture the tower."

Zhang Ji was the leader of the team who was ordered by Guan Yu to be at the rear.

This team rate should be ordered.

After Guan Yu's military orders were passed on, he finally said: "Although there are hundreds of water bandits, hundreds of soldiers in Xu County, and dozens of swordsmen in Que Xuanzhuang to help our army in this battle, you must keep in mind: after the war, you can We are the only ones to rely on, and the swordsmen in Yinghe Que Xuan Village in Xu County are not bad, especially the hundreds of water bandits, we must not rely on them.”

No matter in terms of combat power or trustworthiness, the hundreds of water thieves and Xu County's internal servants, as well as the swordsmen in Que Xuanzhuang, are indeed far inferior to Guan Yu's headquarters sergeants. These people, as Guan Yu said, Xu County's internal servants The swordsmen in Heque Xuanzhuang are a little better, because their lives and wealth are on the line in this battle, but there is no need to worry that they will "attack" at any time, but the hundreds of water bandits can't be sure. During the battle, of course, they would not have two intentions, but once the battle is unfavorable, these people may be scattered in a hurry. After all, they do not have a permanent property in Xu County, and the big problem is that they will escape into the lake and become thieves.

The four officers agreed.

Looking at the time, the sun was in the sky, and it was past noon.

After waiting for a while and counting the time, it is estimated that the thirty or so swordsmen from the village have already entered the city. Guan Yu ordered the sergeants of the headquarters and the hundreds of water thieves to leave the village. According to the set arrangement, they are divided into front and middle. , After the three armies marched towards Xu County.

The thirty soldiers and officials who had marched ahead were outside in commoner clothes, and it was not yet time for them to rush to the outside of Xu County.

They crouched in the woods and fields outside the city, looking up at the city not far to the north.

I saw that although the gates of the city were closed, the flags on the top of the city were not tidy. Although there were soldiers stationed at the top of the city, the spears were slanted and there was no serious scene. One chattering, or seeing officers with guards rushing past from the top of the city~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don't know what they are doing.

The leader of the team said heartily: "Our army in Dongyang County on the 26th day, captured Huailing on the 27th day and night, marched one hundred and forty miles a day and night, and pulled out the county and Kejian, and captured it in one fell swoop. Xiahuailing has already penetrated into the southern hinterland of Xiapi County and reached the south bank of Huai River, so fast, so sharp, it is really unstoppable, and it is no wonder that the army in the city is afraid."

It was originally outside the city that we had traveled for more than ten miles. Outside the armor, there were commoner clothes, which were also slightly thicker. The team leader and the thirty soldiers and officials were sweating a little. Just in the afternoon, the sun was shining on Warmer body.

The surrounding trees had already lost their leaves, and only the hard branches and thick and thin trunks were pointing to the sky.

Although the sun is warm, the scenery is bleak.

However, it is precisely this kind of scenery that may be more suitable for the upcoming city raid after crossing the Huai River.

Moving westward, the time has come.

Wait a while, it's three quarters.