Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 584 Ambush Failed
That day, Xiahou Dun heard Cao Cao talk about Xudu, and he also knew the importance of Xudu. For them, Xudu is now the hub of Cao Jun. Once lost, the successive reactions will be Chenliu, Luoyang, and Chang'an. All are surrounded.

Therefore, they didn't dare to stop on this trip, and the tiger and leopard riders also desperately headed towards Xudu.

When stepping into the territory of Runan County, I sometimes feel bad. There are many forests here. If you encounter ambushes, your tiger and leopard riders are not good at forest warfare. , must not completely retreat, and the other is a dense forest, but it is possible to kill a bloody road when attacked, and these two roads are the fastest way to return to Xudu.

The cliff road is really not suitable for his cavalry to pass, so he can only take the forest path.

Xiahoudun didn't think too much, and just called everyone to go quickly, hoping to rush to Xudu as soon as possible.

At this moment, Xiahoudun also hoped that Leitong would not go out of the city to stop the attack, otherwise it would affect his marching speed too much.

Lei Tong really didn't dare to go out of the city. Yuan Tan trusted him so much that day, and asked him, a young general under Yan Yan, to take on this important task. If he lost anything, he would die.

Even if there were military orders to ambush Xiahoudun this time, Lei Tong did not leave the city, determined to defend Runan City.

Therefore, only Wei Yan and Wenpin left the city with their belongings.

But this Runan trail has two places where an ambush can be set up, and both of these two roads can pass through Runan County and go directly to Xudu.

The two of them dare not gamble at this time, they only guard one place.

Therefore, the two negotiated that one of them would guard one place, and once the two armies fought, they would send a signal in time to pool their forces in one place, so as to catch Xiahou Dun by surprise and strive to wipe out the incoming enemy.

After the discussion, Wenpin took people to guard the cliff.

Wei Yan went to guard the jungle.

Therefore, Wei Yan came to one of the trails. The terrain here is undulating and surrounded by jungles. It is an excellent place to ambush.

Wei Yan ordered everyone to lie down on the high ground on both sides and wait for Xiahou Dun. However, Wei Yan was very lucky. Xiahou Dun followed his path on this trip. When he saw Xiahou Dun, Wei Yan was also overjoyed, so he ordered everyone to shoot arrows.

Xiahou Dun was also extremely vigilant, and then he shouted loudly, and there was an enemy attack, putting everyone on the defensive.

Wei Yan also rushed towards Xiahou Dun after a round of arrow rain, thinking of fighting Xiahou Dun alone.

When Xiahou Dun saw a horse approaching him, he went to meet him. The two of them exchanged hands and began to fight back and forth.

The surrounding ambushes also immediately took action against the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the forest was suddenly filled with the sounds of fighting.

According to the original plan, when Wei Yan saw Xiahou Dun, he should sound the signal to inform Wenpin to come to support him.

The reason why Wei Yan didn't send a signal at the first time was because he felt that he would definitely be able to capture Xiahoudun, and that would be a great achievement at that time, so why would he notify Wenpin to compete with him?

It is precisely because of Wei Yan's greed for merit that Xiahou Dun has a little more chance of survival.

After the two fought for several rounds, Wei Yan gradually realized that his prediction was wrong.

This Xiahoudun was really strong, and he had no way to defeat him. When the two were fighting, he even made a careless move and was cut on the arm by Xiahoudun's big knife.

This time, trying to capture Xiahou Dun is already impossible, but it can't end here. The only way now is to ask Wenpin for help.

I hope Wenpin can come in time to stop Xiahoudun.

But when Wei Yan bit the bullet and sounded the signal flare, it was too late, and the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xiahou Dun had already made a hole in the encirclement.

After seeing Wei Yan's signal, he still knew that reinforcements would come to stop him.

Originally, his vanguard was going to support Xu Du in the shortest possible time, and there was no room for any delay on the way.

At this moment, he has encountered an attack. If he waits for the reinforcements to stop the attack, let alone support Xu Du, he may have to confess himself here.

Therefore, he led all the riders and rushed out from the broken gap.

In the end, nearly a thousand tiger and leopard rider corpses were left behind, successfully broke through, and continued to move towards Xudu.

When Wenpin arrived, he found the injured Wei Yan and the corpses of the tiger and leopard rider left behind, while Xiahou Dun ran away with the rest of the people.

"Why didn't General Wei sound the signal earlier? If I had come earlier, Xiahou Dun would definitely not have been able to escape." Wenpin said regretfully.

"I was greedy. I wanted to capture Xiahou Dun alone, but I was still defeated. I will definitely apologize to the lord when I go back this time." Wei Yan also said with a face of shame.

Seeing that Wei Yan was also injured, Wenpin couldn't criticize him anymore. After all, they are all colleagues, and there is no need to make the relationship deadlocked.

The two of them returned to the county seat of Runan County dejectedly. This time the blocking was a failure, and Yuan Tan was afraid that he would encounter even greater pressure.

But when he returned to Runan County, he saw Lei Tong was overjoyed, saying that he had received a message from Fei Ge that Xu Du had won a great victory, and Yuan Tan had already successfully captured Xu Du.

That's why Wei Yan looked better. After all, if Xiahoudun returned to aid, it would be a crime if Yuan Tan was attacked on both sides. Now that Xudu has been captured, Xiahoudun is going to die.

This also made the two feel a little relieved, but after thinking about going back and forth, they still couldn't avoid some punishment.

At the same time, Sun Ce in Jianye was assassinated by Xu Gong's disciples while hunting. He was seriously injured and was sent back to Jianye.

When he was sent back, his life was hanging by a thread, and he was afraid that he would return to the West soon.

So Sun Ce, who was lying on the bed dying, called Sun Quan and his subordinates to prepare for the funeral arrangements.

Everyone looked sad after hearing this.

When everyone came outside Sun Ce's house, Sun Ce would explain what happened next.

Sun Ce said to the crowd weakly, "After I die, Zhongmou will take over my position. I hope all the generals will assist me wholeheartedly."

Sun Quan stepped forward with tears in his eyes and said, "Brother, you will be fine.",

Sun Ce smiled wryly, asked Sun Quan to lean over, and whispered to Sun Quan, "Zhongmou, I have admired you since I was a child. I know you have great talent, but I have no choice but to use martial arts in this life. I am not a problem in attacking cities." But it is not my talent to talk about governing the country and balancing various families. Therefore, it is my wish to give up the position to you this time. Remember that foreign affairs are not decided. Ask Zhou Yu, and internal affairs are not decided. Ask Zhang Zhao. I, I don’t blame You." Then he breathed out.

Sun Quan was also taken aback, it turned out that Sun Ce already knew what he had done.

But at this moment, the eldest husband can no longer cry, so he put away his tears, turned to the crowd, and said: "My father and elder brother's will will be inherited by me, Sun Zhongmou."

Everyone also knelt on the ground and said in unison: "I will swear allegiance to the death."

(End of this chapter)