Chapter 324 Jincheng

Just when the Wuwei war was going smoothly, the Jincheng war on the other side fell into a stalemate. In order to attack Jincheng, Gao Shun brought 20,000 soldiers and horses, but the Jincheng garrison facing was as many as 15,000, and Hao Meng, the Jincheng garrison, got a strict order from Han Sui, unless Han Sui defeated Lv Bu and came back. Otherwise, Hao Meng is not allowed to go out of the city to fight, and he can only guard the Golden City. This led Gao Shun to sigh helplessly in the face of Jincheng.

"General, the golden city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. These days, although we have captured the counties around Jincheng, there is nothing we can do about this golden city." Looking at Gao Shun beside him, Wei Xu said helplessly.

Originally, Gao Shun had few soldiers and horses. In the face of the defenders of Jincheng, Gao Shun thought of the idea of lucing the enemy out of the city. Unfortunately, no matter how Gao Shun tried his best and even occupied all the counties around Jincheng, he still did not see any reaction of Hao Meng in Jincheng. Hao Meng was like a turtle, lying on his turtle shell. In Jincheng, no matter what Gaoshun is, he will not go out of the city and fight with Gaoshun.

"What can we do? Although we have 20,000 soldiers, we can't afford to lose the consumption of the siege. We can only wait for the good news from General Lu Bu." Gao Shun sighed. Although Gao Shun also wanted to capture the Golden City, attacking the city with little difference between the two sides could only make his military strength be consumed quickly, which would put him at a disadvantage. Fortunately, I have received news in the past few days that Lv Bu has defeated the Han Sui army and the Xianbei army. I think Lv Bu will return soon, but the Jincheng is just a lonely city. As long as it is added, the city will definitely be broken in time. In this way, Gao Shun is much relieved. Taking advantage of this period of time, Gao Shun is just right. In Longxi and newly occupied, these gold The county of the city is recruiting soldiers. When your strength is stronger, are you afraid that Jincheng will not run away? General, I'm back." Just when Gao Shun was a little depressed in the face of Jincheng, a familiar voice came behind him, and then a figure appeared behind Gao Shun, but it was Song Xian, who was sent by Gao Shun to Longxi to recruit soldiers. The reason why Gao Shun asked Song Xian to recruit troops in Longxi is that he feels that the loyalty of recruiting troops in Longxi can be guaranteed. In addition, it is very beneficial for Lv Bu to recruit some reserve forces in Xiliang now.

"How many new recruits will you bring back this time?" Seeing Song Xian coming back, a trace of imperceptible joy flashed in Gao Shun's eyes and he quickly asked. If the troops are enough, Gao Shun is also willing to capture Jincheng as soon as possible.

"I recruited a total of 5,000 soldiers in Longxi, plus 5,000 soldiers that Hou Cheng has recruited. This time I brought back 10,000 new recruits." Song Xian said excitedly that he returned to Longxi for a short time to recruit troops this time, and he didn't have much hope. However, now Lv Bu is using troops in Xiliang. The number of troops is too small, and he has to recruit now. He didn't expect that the people of Longxi were very positive about Lv Bu's recruitment, and there were many exiles. Come to sign up, these exiles, wander around with no food and clothing. Now they see that there is no enthusiasm for a chance to be a soldier to eat food. However, in just a few days, 5,000 people have signed up. Song Xian was afraid that Gao Shun was anxious, so he immediately brought the existing 10,000 new army to come over and let Song Xian continue to expand his army in Longxi. Anyway, their eyes The standard is the whole Xiliang, even if there are more military horses, it's okay.

"Ten thousand horses can also play a big role." Gao Shun nodded with satisfaction.

Originally, Gaoshun only had 20,000 soldiers and horses available, but now with this 10,000 people, Gao Shun is more confident to occupy the Jincheng in front of him. Although this is only 10,000 recruits, it is not difficult for Gao Shun. Immediately, Gao Shun transferred his 1,000 veterans to add them to the new barracks as grassroots backbones, and transferred some officers. In the past, in this way, 10,000 recruits have built a basic structure, and the rest is just the accumulation of training and combat experience, which is not urgent.

"High Shun outside the general's city has sent more troops." Just as Song Xian's 10,000 soldiers and horses came, the officers on the tower had found the strangeness in Gao Shun's barracks and hurriedly reported to Hao Meng.

"Oh? Have they finally started to increase their troops? How many more soldiers have they added? Hearing the news of Gao Shun's increase of troops, Hao Meng frowned and asked again.

"It's about 10,000, but from afar, it's just some recruits, and it doesn't work." The officer continued.

"10,000 new recruits? So Lv Bu's army has begun to expand its army. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that Gao Shun's army will continue to increase. Hao Meng is not as easy as the officer in front of him. In Hao Meng's opinion, since Lv Bujun is interested in Xiliang, as long as he stands on Longxi, he will definitely recruit troops. The appearance of new recruits in Gao Shun also just confirms Hao Meng's speculation.

"Should we also call a group of new soldiers?" Seeing Hao Meng's worried appearance, someone said to Hao Meng.

"This is not necessary. Although there are only more than 10,000 people in our hands, it is enough to guard the Golden City. Don't you see that Gao Shun only wanders outside the city, but there is no real siege? This means that Gao Shun doesn't really want to attack the city, because his soldiers and horses are not sure to attack the Golden City. Similarly, if we go to war, we are not sure to defeat Gao Shun. Hao Meng explained to the general.

"Can't we consume like this?" The general asked puzzledly. Of course, there is enough food and fodder in Jincheng. Our 15,000 soldiers are enough to defend Jincheng for several years, but Gao Shun is different. Lv Bu's army has newly arrived in Longxi and can bring very few strategic materials. Longxi City did not have any reserves. Now the expansion of Lv Bu's army will once again increase the consumption of strategic materials, so we just If it drags down, Gao Shun's soldiers and horses will be dragged down by us. The most important thing now is that Lord Han Sui can win in Wuwei. As long as Lord Han Sui defeats Lv Bu, the Gao Shun in front of him will not be swayed for a few days. Hao Meng knew that although Gao Shun couldn't do anything about himself at present, he couldn't deal with Gao Shun, so he had to wait until Han Sui's army destroyed Lv Bu and came. As for whether Han Sui will fail, Hao Meng didn't think about it. At the same time, he didn't think it was possible. Han Sui must have taken 30,000 troops and invited 20,000 cavalry from Xianbei. If such a lineup could not deal with Lv Bu, then Han Sui would not have to fool around in Xiliang.

While Hao Meng in Jincheng was eagerly looking forward to Han Sui's return, Han Sui was taking many of his own soldiers around the land of Xiliang. In order to capture Han Sui, Cao Cheng set up roadblocks everywhere on the road to Jincheng and organized patrols, so that although Han Sui wanted to return to Jincheng, he was also an inch. It's hard to walk, so you can only take a detour from places where some people don't have a trace. As Han Sui and his party gradually approached Jincheng, they found that Cao Cheng's arrangement had become closer and closer, so that Han Sui could only lament, but it was difficult to speed up. In the end, Han Sui could only choose to go out day and night.

Cao Cheng, who is also depressed, has been restless these days. As some defeated soldiers of Han Sui gradually approached Jincheng, Cao Cheng knew that Han Sui must also be close to Jincheng at this time, and this was also Cao Cheng's last chance to seize Han Sui. But how to seize this opportunity, Cao is very helpless. In desperation, Cao sex decided to ask his original boss Gao Shun for help.

"Ha ha, Cao, why did you come to me? Is there good news from General Lv Bu?" Seeing Cao Xi coming, Gao Shun said with a smile.

"Yes, there is indeed good news from the general. Han Sui's army has been defeated by the general. At this time, Han Sui's whereabouts are unknown, but the young general wants to ask the general for help this time." When Cao Sheng heard Gao Shun's question, he remembered that the news of Lv Bu's victory over Han Sui was probably not clear to Gao Shun, but Cao Sheng's purpose was not to convey good news, but to ask Gao Shun for help.

"Is that so? That's great. Although Han Sui had many tricks and invited Xianbei people to help him fight, he didn't expect to be defeated by the general. I thought this battle would last for a long time, but the general was really powerful. By the way, just let me know if you have anything to do. Hearing the news of Han Sui's defeat, the stone in Gao Shun's heart fell to the ground, and his whole body was refreshed.

Then Cao Cheng told the general idea of the matter and said that he wanted Gao Shun to send people to block all the important roads to prevent Han from returning to Jincheng.

"So that's it. OK, no problem. However, since the news of Han Sui's defeat, it should be known to people in Jincheng. We might as well release this news. Maybe Jincheng will surrender. Gao Shun thought that the Jincheng in front of him was likely to win without a battle and was in a good mood. Compared with capturing Han Sui, Gao Shun felt that it was more important to take Jincheng. Once Jincheng really got it, it was not important to catch Han Sui or not.

"General Qi, General Lu Bu has arrived." At this time, soldiers suddenly reported that it was Lv Bu's soldiers who had come to the Jincheng camp.

"General, you are back. Congratulations to the general on winning the victory of Han Sui." Seeing Lv Bu Gaoshun kneeling down with the generals, at this time, they sincerely bowed to Lv Bu. Since they left Bingzhou with Ding Yuan, they have been looking at people's faces. Now that Lv Bu's defeat of Han Sui shows that they will become the masters of Xiliang. Since then, they have a territory.

"Please get up. Thank you for your hard work. In the future, I will ask you to take good care of Xiliang with me. Lv Bu laughed and picked up the generals one by one.

"The young general was ashamed of the general's commission and failed to catch Han Sui. Please ask the general to punish him." When Lv Bu was about to help Han Sui, Cao Xi suddenly cried and pleaded guilty to Lv Bu.

"Haha, our army is about to take Jincheng. What can Han Sui do even if he lives in the world? Let him go." Seeing Cao's sad face, Lv Bu laughed and didn't care.

"Does the general already have a way to break through the Golden City?" Gao Shun recognized the meaning of Lv Bu's words and quickly asked.