Back in the river, the Han army's camp was no longer as peaceful as before. The camp was full of soldiers in a hurry, and the shouts of the generals were endless, because no one knew when Li Shouzhen would break through next time, so he could only wait and wait. Be on guard. Guo Xin actually had an illusion when he was there: it seemed that the Han army was the passive party.
However, Guo Xin's Fengguo Left Wing Fifth Army had just been established, and he was not responsible for defense for the time being. Guo Xin went to the Chinese army's tent every day to accompany Guo Wei on the pretext of learning to participate in the military. Even if you can't learn anything, it's still good to become familiar with so many vassal and imperial army generals.
On the east bank of the Yellow River, in the lush wilderness, Guo Xin, wearing the official uniform of the military commander of the capital, rushed up to a mound on the edge of the road and looked at the official road in the direction of Pujin Ferry to the west.
He watched for a while, and the sharp-eyed Guo Pu next to him pointed over there and said, "Brother Yi, here we come."
Guo Xin put his hands in front of his eyebrows to cover his dazzling eyes, and saw a team of several hundred people appearing at the end of the road, slowly moving this way.
Behind him, Xiang Xun, Zhao Kuangyin and several other generals following him immediately stretched their necks and looked. After a while, the team walked in, and a flag that was slightly damaged, but the words "Shehu Army" could still be clearly seen, floated in. In the eyes of everyone.
As if they had discovered Guo Xin on the mound, two cavalrymen came quickly from the team, one tall and one short, they were Zhang Chenghua and Wang Yuanmao. The two of them clapped their horses together to greet the mound, then dismounted and clasped their fists, saying: "Greetings to Governor Guo, I will be late waiting for you."
Guo Xin raised his hand on his horse and said, "It won't be too late. We'll be apart for several months. Although I have more troops here and everything is fine, I still feel that there is something lacking. After thinking about it, I realized It’s because we are missing the old people who were by my side in the past. Now that you are here, our Tiger Shooting Army will be in full force."
"Brothers, we have been following Guo Duzhi. If Duzhi hadn't led us to fight in all directions, how could we be where we are today?" Wang Yuanmao said with excitement.
Zhang Chenghua doesn't know how to speak nice words, and his expression on the side is very moving.
Guo Xin smiled and nodded in greeting, then looked back at Xiang Xun, Zhao Kuangyin and others on the left and right and said: "The two commanders Zhang and Wang were the earliest to follow me. They were my generals when they were in Daizhou. At that time, I was just a general. It's only been two years now... There's really nothing more satisfying than brothers making meritorious deeds together and becoming marquises."
...The Shehu Army squatted under Hezhong City for another four months, and Li Shouzhen finally launched a second breakout.
Li Shouzhen sent more than 5,000 troops, which was larger than the previous time. They also carried ladders, long bridges and other siege equipment to cross the river, trying to break through the long siege of the Han army from the northwest corner of the city in the river. Following Guo Wei's order, Guo Xin accompanied Wu Qianyu, the commander of the camp, to support Liu Ci and prevent the Hezhong Army from breaking through.
The Shehu Army was stationed outside the camp, so they arrived relatively late. When we arrived at the west of the city, the battlefield in front of us was already a mess. The Han Army and the Hezhong Army were like waves. The horse armies from both sides were rushing back and forth. The rising dust made the entire battlefield seem to be shrouded in a layer of smoke. .
Guo Xin was not in a hurry to lead his troops to join the fight. He stood on his horse and watched for a while. The Han army in the west was obviously more numerous, and the front was turned upside down. There were many reserves behind them with banners surging. However, the terrain in the northwest corner of Hezhong City did not allow them to deploy many troops. Instead, the attack was rapid and fierce, and the Han army's defense line was continuously compressed. The Hezhong army seemed to have the upper hand for a moment.
Guo Xin saw the situation clearly and immediately said: "Liu Gong's front is stable, and it doesn't make much sense for us to directly support him."
Xiang Xun, who was on the side, pointed at the formation and said to Guo Xin: "Please see, Commander Guo, most of the enemy troops are immobile. Only the two cavalry troops on the right wing, rushing north and south in the formation, have a chance to expose our army." The flaw...I think it must be a general under Li Shouzhen's command to be so ferocious."
Guo Xin looked at it for a while and felt that it was indeed the case. Then he looked around and saw that he had more than 2,000 people under his command, which was quite a force. The enemy's right wing was approaching him. He could attract friendly forces' attack on the flank first, drain the enemy's energy and morale, and wait for Liu Ci to counterattack.
Guo Xin immediately reviewed the generals and said: "The priority of this battle is to only intercept the enemy on the flanks, and not to fight in waves, Zhao Kuangyin."
Zhao Kuangyin stepped forward on his horse and said, "The general will be here at the end."
Guo Xin pointed with his riding whip: "You lead the troops to start the battle first, and the rest will follow me to suppress Liu Taibao's formation."
"The general will wait for his orders."
Not long after, the Shehu Army formed a formation on the south flank of the Hezhong Army, with spears, swords and shields in front and archers in the back. Xiang Xun commanded the horse army to cover on the side of the formation. Guo Xin observed the formation for a while and felt that his soldiers, horses, armor and weapons were well-equipped and looked quite brave. He felt more confident at that moment.
Zhao Kuangyin's men first stepped forward to start a fight. Soon, a group of troops from behind the Hezhong Army stared at Zhao Kuangyin's troops and came to attack.
Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to charge head-on. The two sides clashed and fought, and for a while the men were on their backs and their horses were fighting. Guo Xin followed Zhao Kuangyin on horseback and saw him leading his soldiers to rush left and right in the chaos. The enemy seemed unable to resist, and soon they were defeated and retreated to their own formation.
Seeing this, Guo Xin thought to himself: Zhao Kuangyin can't see anything else at the moment, at least he is better at fighting.
The army in Hezhong soon sent more troops, and even a horse army of hundreds of people went straight to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to stay longer and led his troops to turn around and bypass the formation.
The Hezhong Army quickly reached the Shehu Army's formation. Enemies came over like a tide. At first glance, it looked quite intimidating, but the strength comparison at this time was far better than when Donggouhe faced Wang Jingchong. The commanders responded to each other and responded calmly, and the Hezhong Army could not be shaken for a long time.
At this time, a desolate trumpet sound suddenly came from the Han army to the west, and another soldier came to Guo Xin and reported: "Wu Dujian has an order, Guo Du will immediately lead his army to advance north."
After hearing this, Guo Xin nodded: "The final general will receive the order."
After the Han army in the west blew the trumpet, they quickly began to counterattack. Guo Xin immediately understood what the governor Wu Qianyu meant, which was for him and Liu Ci to attack from both sides and defeat the soldiers and horses in the river.
The Shehu Army obeyed the order and headed north, intercepting most of the enemy's right-wing troops. Both sides threw rain of arrows, and cavalry rushed back and forth to kill. The Tiger Shooting Army was mainly infantry. In order to avoid suffering losses, Guo Xin also led his own troops to fight the enemy's cavalry army.
Not long after, the sound of rolling horse hooves suddenly came from behind. Guo Xin turned around and saw Wu Qianyu's controlled cavalry arriving from the right wing of the Holy Guard Army. Wu Qianyu's cavalry army bypassed the Shehu Army, penetrated the enemy's formation in one wave, and directly penetrated the central army of the Hezhong Army.
The situation was no longer in doubt. The defeated army abandoned their armor and fled towards the river city. The Han army pursued eastwards one-sidedly and did not stop until they reached the ditch below the city. More defeated troops had no time to run and simply surrendered on the spot.
At this time, it happened that a cavalry army that had been aggressively attacking before was fleeing in the direction of the Shehu Army. Guo Xin led his troops and ordered Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun to cover them from both sides. The enemy cavalry army quickly fell into the formation.
A big man in his thirties, with his big eyes open, was tied to the ground by Zhao Kuangyin's men. He recognized Guo Xin, who was surrounded by people, and shouted: "Don't kill me! I'm surrendering, I'm surrendering!" "
Zhao Kuangyin patted his horse and came forward: "This man is the enemy's cavalry general, who was captured alive by the last general."
Guo Xin took a deep look at Zhao Kuangyin, then looked down at the big man on his horse and asked scolding: "Who are you?"
"I am Zheng Bin, the commander of the Ma Army, and I have the token on my body to prove it! I have confidential military information in the city, and I want to report it to Mr. Guo face to face!"
"Envoy Guo?" Zhao Kuangyin asked for instructions.
Guo Xin thought for a moment, then waved his hand: "Take him to the Central Army and wait for my father's command."
"It's an order."
