There was an autumn rain last night. Guo Xin got up and ate briefly before going to visit Li Yancong. When he went out, he felt a little chilly and there was a stale smell in the air.
When he walked to the foyer, he met Zhao Yanjin and his military doctor coming to check on his condition. Guo Xin followed the two of them in and saw Li Yancong lying on the couch. The arrow on his chest had been removed last night. Because of the armor's resistance, the arrow wound was not deep, and other injuries had also been treated. But Li Yancong still looked weak, his complexion was pale, and there were many herbs used to stop bleeding and heal wounds on his forehead, which made his whole face white and green, which looked very strange.
Li Yan was groggy and speechless. He couldn't say a word for a long time. After the doctor checked his pulse and put on new medicine, Guo Xin and Zhao Yanjin took the doctor aside and asked, "How is the doctor's injury? Can he still get up?"
The doctor bowed and said to the two men in a low voice: "Back to the two generals, it looks like the wounds are only on the chest and forehead. In fact, the evil spirits have penetrated deeply into the body. In addition, the rain last night accidentally brought dampness and cold. Jun. He is short of medicine, and if he does not take medicine as soon as possible to recuperate, he may be in danger of dying."
Guo Xin pondered slightly and told the doctor: "This matter is of great importance, so don't talk to others first."
"My subordinate understands."
Guo Xin dismissed the doctor and returned to the meeting place with Zhao Yanjin to continue the discussion: "The news of the defeated army in Mobi last night has been known to everyone. If we learn that the general is in danger, we may lose the morale of the army. Zhao How do you think Lang will arrange things now?"
Zhao Yanjin thought hard for a while: "Everything else is not a problem. Although the losses last night were heavy, the strength of our two armies was not lost, and the situation will not get out of control. It's just that both of us are commanders, and we have no control over the remaining two commanders. They are willing to listen to my father, but they may not be able to listen to me. Once Li Yan leaves, there will be no one to control the entire army."
"We can't get into chaos right now," Guo Xin said with a calm expression, "If we can't attack for a while, it's better to report the situation here to the Taiwei first, and then see what the Shu army will do next."
"fair enough."
In the afternoon, a sergeant reported that Shu soldiers and horses appeared on the other side of the Wei River. Guo Xin observed the formation with several commanders in the stronghold, and called those who had escaped last night to identify them.
"Were these soldiers the ones who ambushed Mobi yesterday?"
The general looked at it carefully for a long time, nodded and said: "There is no doubt that the red flag in the center is the former Shu general Shen Gui, there is no mistake."
Guo Xin continued to observe and found that the Shu army was relatively well-equipped, but the formation was irregular and scattered, and most of them were infantry. The horse army only had one or two hundred riders. No wonder many defeated soldiers came back last night.
One of Li Yancong's subordinates pointed at the enemy formation and said, "We have heard that Shu is short of horses. Even its forwards only have one or two hundred horses. It can be seen that if the guards had not been ambushed yesterday, it would be easy to defeat this army."
Guo Xin nodded. After the Battle of Donggou River, he had realized the important role of the cavalry army in the field. If Wang Jingchong's cavalry army had not pressed forward together at that time, why would his Shehu Army only have a thousand people left?
So he nodded in agreement: "The Shu army lacks horses and is not good at field battles, so it is understandable that they have been defeated by Guanzhong many times."
Everyone watched for a while and saw that the Shu army was just preparing to set up camp and had no intention of crossing the river, so they dispersed.
Guo Xin stopped Zhao Yanjin from behind: "I thought about it for a long time last night and felt that Li Dujian's defeat was not only due to the rash advance, but also had a lot to do with the map."
Zhao Yanjin looked puzzled: "Map?"
Guo Xin nodded: "If the map was detailed enough, Director Li might not have rashly chased after him if he knew there was a bamboo forest ahead, and we wouldn't have to be so passive."
"If there is such a detailed map as Guo Lang said, it will naturally be very convenient for war deployment. It's just that the scouts in the army just draw pictures casually. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it if it is more detailed, and the drawing is also very labor-intensive. If the battle is to be turned around, , it would be more cost-effective to follow the common practice in the military and find local people to lead the way."
Guo Xin nodded, feeling that Zhao Yanjin was right. Since everything has become routine, there must be some truth to it, so he did not continue.
...Zhao Yanjin's letter sent to Fengxiang received a reply soon.
At dusk, Zhao Hui sent someone to pass the military order, and Guo Xin, Zhao Yanjin and other generals were in the stronghold to listen to the order. The messenger brought two military orders: one was to use Guo Xin as the front army formation envoy to control the troops and horses in Baoji Village. The second is to send an order to the troops not to defend Baoji. If the Shu army becomes stronger, they will temporarily retreat to Fengxiang to make other plans.
It was the formation envoy of the former army again. Guo Xin thought to himself that this mission was very destined for him. In this way, he immediately had five commanders and three thousand troops, which was like the strength of one commander.
Guo Xin and others accepted the order one after another. The two commanders who were not familiar with each other saw no objection from the others, so they simply bowed to Guo Xin with fists in hand to express their obedience.
Because it was getting late, the messenger was also responsible for bringing Li Yancong back to Fengxiang, so they were not in a hurry to go back. Guo Xin and Zhao Yanjin were going to take the messenger to visit Li Yancong on the sick bed first.
After leaving the hall, there was a group of cavalry escorting the messenger, but Zhao Yanjin suddenly seemed to have seen something. He stood blankly on the spot, and the expression on his face became complicated and looked very strange.
Guo Xin was surprised when he saw Zhao Yanjin go down and grab a thin knight who was smoothing his horse with an angry face. When Zhao Yanjin took off the knight's iron helmet, Guo Xin realized that the knight wearing armor was no wonder so thin. It turned out that he was not. A girl disguised as a man.
Zhao Yanjin was anxious and angry: "Why is little sister here?"
The girl whom Zhao Yanjin calls younger sister is about seventeen or eighteen years old. She has a little freckles on her face, but she does not have the Chinese character face like Zhao Hui and his son, but a pure oval face. Seeing Zhao Yanjin, he immediately took Zhao Yanjin's arm with a look of joy on his face, and pretended to be unhappy: "Dad also said that the second brother missed me, why did he drive me away when he saw me?"
"Little sister." Zhao Yanjin's face turned red and he quickly interrupted her, "There is the Shu Army on the other side of the stronghold. If father knows that you are here, why don't you die in a hurry?"
The younger sister of the Zhao family seemed to be even more excited when she heard this: "Shu Army? Where are they? Second brother, please take me to have a look."
"Nonsense!" Zhao Yanjin threw away the little sister's hand and realized that Guo Xin was still watching. He quickly explained with a wry smile: "This is my little sister. She has been spoiled at home since she was a child. In Shaanzhou City, she is Famous for being naughty.”
The little girl from the Zhao family immediately raised her mouth to express her dissatisfaction: "Second brother is really good at saying that my ability to beat birds and people was learned from him since I was a child!"
Zhao Yanjin looked even more embarrassed. Guo Xin smiled and helped him out: "I wonder what the lady is doing in a place like this?"
The younger sister looked at Guo Xin curiously with her bright eyes, and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Don't you know you are a general? Of course you are here to give orders to you and your second brother on the orders of your father!"
Zhao Yanjin scolded: "No nonsense!"
The younger sister looked aggrieved. Guo Xin looked at the person who came to deliver the order, but the person who gave the order nodded: "It is true, otherwise how could I dare to bring my wife to this dangerous place?"
"Why father..." Zhao Yanjin was immediately stunned, and then grabbed my mother's arm, "The order is over, no matter what, you go back quickly."
But the younger sister raised her head and looked at the sky: "It's so late, second brother, are you sure you can let me go back?"
The sun was indeed setting over the Western Mountains. Zhao Yanjin had nothing to say and finally gave up. He still took his little sister's hand and told her: "Sleep next to me at night and don't move around. Otherwise I will tell my father that my little sister is in the army." If you cause trouble, you will have to ground the little girl for a month."
"Second brother is so cruel." After the younger sister finished speaking, she couldn't help but laugh. Before she left, she didn't forget to turn her head and wink at Guo Xin.
