It is said that under the leadership of Li Hui, the Han army in the middle route sent troops from Bodao and marched southward along the Yangguanshui River. After that, they fought and defeated Cunxian County, an important stronghold of the rebels in one fell swoop.
Then the army turned away from Cunshui and continued southward, arriving at Wei County in Yizhou County. There were not many rebels here. Seeing the arrival of the official army, they did not resist and abandoned the city and headed for Kunze County.
Upon seeing this, Li Hui knew that the rebels were trying to shrink their defense lines and gather troops. He relied on the strong combat power of the official army and he was a Yizhou person who was familiar with the local customs and geography, so he led his troops to Kunze County, preparing to defeat the rebels here in one fell swoop. military.
Less than a hundred miles south of Kunze County is Yuyuan County. This county is Li Hui's hometown. His family has lived here for a long time and is considered a local surname. He has more or less marriage relationships with various powerful families. The Cuan family The leading figure Cuan Xi is Li Hui's uncle.
Therefore, after he led his troops back to his hometown, he immediately mobilized his relatives to write letters to each family, hoping that they would know their way back and submit to the court. Unexpectedly, not only did they not appreciate the kindness, but they also organized the sergeants to surround Li Hui's army under the city of Kunze.
Li Hui launched several breakthroughs but was blocked by the rebels. Fortunately, there were omissions in the rebel siege. He was able to send people to Zhuge Liang's army for help. At this time, the army was recovering Qin Zang City. Zhuge Liang hurriedly summoned the troops after learning the news. The generals discussed the relief of the Central Army.
"This is the situation at Kunze." Yang Yi returned to his seat after briefing the generals on the military situation.
Zhuge Liang said: "It is reported that there are nearly 20,000 rebels in Kunze. Although they are mostly a mob, Li Hui only has a few thousand people in his hands. The situation is still quite critical. Therefore, I have decided to divide our troops to go to the rescue. Who among you is willing?" Lead the troops?"
"I will go there eventually."
"Somewhere I wish to go"
"I am willing to go to my humble position."
.......
Everyone in the tent stood up and asked for orders.
Seeing this, Zhuge nodded secretly. The army's morale was at its best when the army was victorious in a row. He stretched out his hand and made a soft press, asked everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "If there are not so many people, we only need one or two generals to lead thousands. After all, I still have Meng Huo to deal with here."
Tan Ma has sent back the news that Meng Huo took over Yong Kai's troops after his death. Now the rebels, led by Meng Huo, have withdrawn near the border of Yizhou County and Yongchang County. There are high mountains and dense forests, and there are many beasts and ants. The rebels He planned to take risks and refuse to defend.
Although they were already defeated generals, there were few Han people and many Yi people in Nanzhong. It was still difficult for Meng Huo and the others to deal with the many Yi tribes, so Zhuge Liang still had to focus on Meng Huo's side.
As for the rebels in Kunze, although most of them are the leading rebels, Yong Kai is dead and they are just a group of small-time people. As long as the reinforcements arrive, they will be able to wipe out the traitors. Now the focus of suppressing the rebellion must be shifted to the barbarians. On people.
"Prime Minister, I would like to lead the troops to rescue Li Shijun." Guan Xing suddenly said with clasped fists.
"Well, it's just right for Anguo to go." Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled. ,
General Zilong must be in charge of the main force of the army. Wang Ping, Gou Fu and other generals seem to be good at defense but not good at offense, and their official positions are not too high, so they should not be held responsible.
Guan Xing is different. His official position is high enough and he is very proficient in military skills. He is suitable for leading troops to rescue. After these few battles, Zhuge Liang has vaguely seen the shadow of the former Guan Yu in him.
"It might be difficult for An Guo to go alone. How about I find you a helper?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
Guan Xing said: "May I ask who it is?"
"Mingzhi, how about a trip with Anguo?" Zhuge Liang tilted his head and asked Yang Qing.
Yang Qing has no choice but to stay here to deal with Meng Huo or divide his troops to ask for help from Li Hui. He has already made enough achievements and does not want to stand out any more. After all, he must leave some opportunities for others to make contributions.
Therefore, although he followed the trend and asked for life today, his intention to go to Kunze was not strong. But now that Zhuge Liang mentioned his name, he naturally stood up and responded: "The Prime Minister has an order, I dare not disobey it."
After that, he smiled and said to Guan Xing: "Is Anguo unwilling?"
"Haha, it's too late to be happy with you Mingzhi, how could you not want to?" Guan Xing knew that Yang Qing was making fun of him, so he replied with a smile.
The two of them already have the same mind, and they have fought together many times in these days, so there is still a lot of tacit understanding between them. Zhuge Liang also valued this, so he chose two people to lead the army to Kunze.
"In that case, Yang Qing and Guan Xing obey the order!" Zhuge Liang ordered immediately after seeing the two men agreeing.
"Order you two to each lead your troops to Kunze to rescue Li Hui. After the siege is over, you will stay in Kunze and work with Li Hui to wipe out the rebels in Kunze and its surroundings."
"No." The two of them stood up and responded.
Yang Qing, Guan Xing and others immediately resigned from Zhuge Liang without delay, returned to their camps, ordered their troops and horses, and headed for Kunze.
After leading an army of more than 6,000 people out of Qinzang County, Yang Qing said to Guan Xing: "I'm still a few days away from Kunze. In order to avoid something unexpected happening to Li Shijun, I will let my subordinate Feng Chong Lead the cavalry and the envoy for help and take the lead.
Firstly, I can tell Li Shijun about the upcoming reinforcements, and secondly, I can also find out about Kunze's current situation. "
"This makes sense, I agree." Guan Xing nodded.
"Okay. Zhou Xing, please order Feng Chong to come see me immediately."
Meng Huo and others have now retreated to the mountains and forests, and the cavalry is not very useful, so this time they divided their troops and went to Kunze, and Feng Chong's troops returned to Jian.
At the foot of Kunze City, a large tent in the army camp was full of seats, but no one spoke, and it seemed a little lifeless.
Li Hui's army was besieged for many days. Although he organized several breakouts, the number of enemy troops was too great and they were always pushed back in the end.
Since the beginning of the Southern Expedition, the army in the middle route has cut through passes and captured passes, winning consecutive battles. Unexpectedly, it was blocked at the last moment. Although the generals knew that this was because the rebels were shrinking their forces, the fact that they could not attack the city but were besieged still made the generals feel uncomfortable.
Li Hui was also very depressed. He was not too worried about the safety of the army. After all, he still had the confidence to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
What really upset him was that the other two armies were progressing smoothly, but he was the only one surrounded, which might not look good in front of the Prime Minister in the future.
Moreover, what made him most angry was that he led the army back to his hometown. Not only was he not welcomed, but he was also treated as a nuisance by his hometown people, which was really annoying.
"Your Majesty, what should our army do next? Should we continue to try to break out of the encirclement or should we just stick to it and wait for reinforcements?" asked one of the lieutenant generals under the tent. This was also the voice of the generals, so everyone's eyes were focused on Li Hui.
Li Hui was also in a dilemma. If he continued to break through, he might not succeed. He would not be willing to wait for reinforcements, not to mention the generals.
What should we do? Li Hui couldn't make a choice for a moment and couldn't help but frown.
"Your Majesty, I am familiar with many of the local surnames, and there must be people with deep friendships. Why don't we start from this aspect and see if we can let them make way for our army to break through?" Just when Li Hui was frowning, he asked One of the generals said.
"this......"
Li Hui thought for a while and thought that this was a way. His family was inextricably linked to the local surnames. Although they were now at war with each other, this was because the Yong family took the lead. The other families may not really want to fight to the end.
"Yes, why not try this, even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter." Li Hui thought to himself. The words of the general just now inspired him, which actually made him come up with a good idea.
