Dongcheng was guarded by Hao Zhao himself. He put Tao Gong and the others under his nose. Tao Gong didn't know whether he was still worried about him or really wanted to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.
Tao Gong couldn't see it for a moment, so he simply didn't go into details anymore. At least he and others had entered the city now, which meant that the plan was half successful. As long as the time was right, they could kill the thieves and open the city gate to welcome the main army. Enter the city.
For three days in a row, Tao Gong did nothing. He was diligent and conscientious in official duties, and was highly praised by the Wei soldiers. During this period, he also assisted Hao Zhao in repelling a wave of attacks by the Han army, which won a burst of praise from everyone.
Even though there were still one or two people who doubted his identity, there was no abnormality for three days, and these doubts were basically dissipated.
On the fourth day, Tao Gong saw that the time was ripe, so he made an appointment with Wu Que and others outside the city to hold an event tonight through careful planning in the city.
Soon the time came to midnight, and Tao Gong led his troops to quietly leave the Dongcheng military camp and rush towards Nancheng. There were too many Wei troops in Dongcheng and they were heavily defensive, so it was difficult to take action, so he planned to open the gate of Nancheng to respond. Wei Yan and others entered the city.
Although he encountered a patrol team on the way to investigate, Tao Gong was not at all confused. He lied that he had moved to Nancheng on Hao Zhao's order.
Because he is a general and a reinforcement from Bingzhou, and he has performed very well in the past few days, and everyone in the city praises him when he mentions it, the patrol captain believed it for a while and took a cursory look at Tao Gong's forgery. Hao Zhao issued the warrant and was released.
So Tao Gong and others walked to the gate of Nancheng almost arrogantly. He used the same reason to lure the Wei general guarding Nancheng in front of him. Then he immediately attacked and cut the Wei general into two pieces with one knife and went straight to the city gate. And go.
The Wei soldiers were leaderless, unable to react in time, and were defeated steadily. Tao Gong and the others successfully opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge, and then sent a signal to the Han army outside the city, which had been preparing for a long time, to receive the main army to enter the city.
The sudden sound of fighting woke up Hao Zhao, who was rarely in a deep sleep. He rubbed his groggy eyes to make sure he was not hearing hallucinations. After he quickly ran out of the tower, he asked the sergeant outside: "Did the Shu army launch another night attack?" ?”
"General, the sound of fighting seems to be coming from Nancheng. It should be that the Shu army launched a night attack on Nancheng."
Hao Zhao nodded slightly and said: "Well, I'm ordering all the troops to brace themselves and be on guard to prevent the Shu army from suddenly coming to seize our east city."
"promise."
During this period, Wei Yan launched many night attacks, each with a different main attack direction. Therefore, Hao Zhao thought that the Han army was repeating its old tricks, so he didn't care much.
Unexpectedly, when he climbed up and took a closer look at the south city, he was shocked. Because the sound of fighting came mainly from the south gate. This was not a night attack by the Han army. Someone was clearly taking the city!
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and he secretly screamed something bad, and immediately ordered people to go to the military camp under the city to check whether Tao Gong and others were still in the camp.
Because it was Tao Gong's turn to rest tonight and they were not on duty on the city wall, Hao Zhao did not think of them at first. Of course, this was also an important reason why Tao Gong chose to take action tonight.
"Captain He, please immediately mobilize a thousand troops to go to Nancheng to inspect the situation." Hao Zhao did not waste time while waiting, and immediately ordered the dispatch of troops and horses to Nancheng for support.
It's just that Hao Zhao was a step late after all, but he heard a burst of cheers suddenly coming from the direction of Nancheng, and he could vaguely hear the words of the Han army entering the city.
His heart skipped a beat, and just when he was about to personally lead the troops to rescue him, the sergeant who went to check on the military camp came up to report that Tao Gong and others had already left the camp and disappeared.
Now Hao Zhao was finally sure that what happened tonight was caused by Tao Gong and his group of Han soldiers who had deceitful identities. He was filled with regret and complained about why he had not been able to see through their identities in the past few days, which led to what happened today. disaster.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
Suddenly, trumpets were blaring and drums were beating loudly outside the city. Tens of thousands of Han troops rushed out of the camp and headed straight for the east and north cities. Wei Yan saw that the south city had been captured, so he ordered the entire army to attack, attacking from both inside and outside, in preparation. Defeat Guzang in one fell swoop tonight.
Hao Zhao was well aware of the Han army's plan, but the current situation was difficult. Even though he was filled with resentment, he had no other choice but to give up going to the south city for reinforcements and concentrate on holding the north city first.
"I hope He Xiaowei and Xu Shijun can drive the enemies of Nancheng out of the city, otherwise Guzang will be in danger." Hao Zhao prayed secretly while commanding the sergeants to resist the Han army attacking the city.
In order to support the four-sided city wall at any time, Xu Miao always had a reserve team of 2,000 people. Hao Zhao guessed that Xu Miao was most likely already on the way to Nancheng with his troops at this time. As long as this army could arrive quickly, it would be enough. There is still a glimmer of hope.
"Report, General Ma has rendezvoused with Tao Sima. The southern city wall has completely fallen into my hands. The army entering the city was intercepted by the Wei army on its way to the Governor's Mansion and is currently engaged in a fierce battle." A Pegasus sentry came to Wei Yan and reported. .
Wei Yan asked: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the enemy's way?"
"There are about three to four thousand people. One group came from the east city direction, another group fought out from the city, and the remaining ones are the remaining south city defenders." The sentry replied.
After hearing this, Liu Yin clasped his fists at Wei Yan and said, "Your Majesty Wei, General Ma Dai only brought 3,000 men and horses into the city, which was slightly insufficient to face the 3,000 or 4,000 Wei troops. There are still more than 1,000 cavalry under the general's command. It is not as good as the last general to lead the troops." Go for reinforcements?”
"That's fine." Wei Yan nodded and said, "I will let all the three thousand Hu cavalry outside the south city enter the city. You will lead them together to defeat the enemy. We must quickly occupy the government offices, grain depots, barracks and other important places."
Liu Yin nodded, accepted the promise, and then received the order from General Wei Yan to lead his cavalry to Nancheng to mobilize troops and generals.
After they left, Wei Yan gave another order: "Send an order to Hung He in Beicheng and order him to strengthen his offensive and make sure to contain the enemies in Beicheng."
There were more than 30,000 Han troops outside the city plus various Qiang and Hu troops, so Wei Yan deployed 10,000 troops each to the east, south and north of Guzang.
He personally led the main force of the Han army to attack the east city, while Shaodang Qiang King Hung He led the Qiang coalition to attack the north city. As for the south city, Ma Dai led Lu Shuihu and other Hu coalition forces to attack.
The Wei army in the city also responded accordingly. Hao Zhao personally led 4,000 troops to defend the east city, Wei Ping led 3,000 troops to defend the north city, and Liangzhou general Xu Gong led 3,000 troops to defend the south city. Of course, Xu Gong was responsible for this. He had been beheaded by Tao Gong not long ago, so now there were only two sides of the Wei army's city defense left.
"Quick, go and send an order to Zhen Xian to come over immediately for reinforcements." Seeing the fierce offensive of the Han army in front of him, Xu Miao, who was sitting behind the formation, immediately ordered a messenger.
At present, the only troops that the Wei people could mobilize in the city were the more than a thousand people in the hands of Zhen Xian, the prefect of Wuwei. Xu Miao saw that his army could no longer withstand it, so he had to seek medical treatment in a hurry, hoping that Zhen Xian could bring people over to stabilize the situation. Stay on the defensive line.
Although Xu Miao personally led troops to rescue Nancheng, he was not good at battle formations, so the command of the front line was given to Li Mai, who joined the army. He only watched the formation from behind to boost morale.
At this moment, Li Mai was targeted by a Han general. He was in danger of being killed after only a few rounds of fighting. Fortunately, the bodyguards around him risked their lives and he was able to retreat to the back of the formation.
"What a pity!" Tao Gong couldn't help but sigh when he saw Li Mai running away.
Li Mai, who fled to the rear formation, was still frightened. He no longer dared to rush to the front to fight. He took a few breaths and waved his sword to command from behind: "Hold on, hold on. The men will hold on for a while longer, and reinforcements will arrive soon." arrive."
Although the reinforcements were only a few thousand people strong, how could these Wei soldiers know so clearly? When they heard that the reinforcements were coming, their morale finally recovered a bit.
For a while, Ma Dai, Tao Gong and the others failed to completely defeat the Wei army.
