Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 304
In the city of Quyang, after hearing of Liu He's dispatch of troops, the city was in turmoil. Some people hid from the Great Wall, some stayed behind closed doors, and some officials and soldiers discussed privately.

When he was in a panic, Cheng Huan led his troops to restrain the people in the city, reorganized his troops to defend the city, and sent scouts to inquire about the news.

On this day, Ma came to report that Liu He sent two thousand vanguard troops to Quyang, and the troops had already passed Wuji County.

Cheng Huan asked, "Who leads the army?"

Tan Ma replied: "The vanguard general Tai Shi Ci."

"Taishici?" Cheng Huan frowned slightly. He had inquired about Liu He's generals, but there was no such person at all. He immediately laughed and said: "Liu He is bullying others and invading our territory. We must attack him head-on. Let him know that we are in Jizhou." Great people and horses."

The general said hurriedly: "Liu He and his men are strong, we'd better stand by and wait for help, and don't go into battle lightly."

Cheng Huan sneered and said, "Tai Shici, an unknown person, why should you be afraid? If you can't even deal with this partial teacher, wouldn't you be betraying your envoy's trust?"

The general persuaded: "Liu He is quite capable of knowing people. If this person is brave, isn't it dangerous? It's not too late to fight with General Gao when reinforcements arrive."

"Shut up!" Cheng Huan was furious, and reprimanded: "I have hundreds of thousands of troops in Jizhou. Is it possible that Gao Lan is the only one who can lead the army? Liu He didn't know that someone came to Quyang, so he underestimated the enemy. This is a godsend. How can we not take it? ?”

The rest of the lieutenants had never heard of Tai Shici's name, and they all thought he was just a partial general, so they clamored to go to battle. Only by killing the enemy and doing meritorious service can they be promoted faster. This is indeed an opportunity to make meritorious service.

Cheng Huan laughed and said: "The military spirit is available, let's see if someone can take advantage of it!"

So he ordered the generals and the county magistrate of Quyang to guard the city, and led 3000 troops to go out of the city and go north to meet the enemy.

The distance between Wuji and Xiaquyang was only a hundred miles. When Cheng Huan led his troops to arrive, Tai Shici had already led his troops across the Hutuo River and entered the territory of Xiaquyang.

The Chen soldiers of the two armies were in the south of the Hutuo River. Cheng Huan stood on his horse with his sword horizontally, and looked at Liu He's soldiers and horses approaching from a distance.

Tai Shici had already found out the news, the drums in the army shook loudly, the soldiers and horses spread out, and Tai Shici was the first to go out.

Cheng Huan pointed at Tai Shici and cursed: "What do you mean by disobeying the king's order and trespassing on your own accord?"

Tai Shici laughed and said: "Han Fu is Dong Zhuo's party, and he has colluded with thieves and foreign captives to harm the common people. The city of the Han family should be recovered by the clan of the Han family. Why don't you return quickly?"

Cheng Huan was furious, raised his knife and yelled: "What a big tone, first ask me if I agree with this knife!"

Before he finished speaking, he urged the horse to kill, Tai Shici raised his spear to meet him, the two horses met, and both swords and guns were raised.

Cheng Huan only thought that Tai Shici was an unknown general, he must be able to catch him, and he was killed by Tai Shici before he accepted the move, so he knew that this man was very skilled in martial arts.

Barely fighting to the tenth, Cheng Huan yelled, hit the horse and fled, Tai Shici didn't chase, put the spear horizontally on the horse's back, but took the bow and arrow from the back, aimed at the direction Cheng Huan was fleeing and shot an arrow.

Cheng Huan narrowly escaped death, sweating profusely, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the soldiers in front of the battle yelling stabs in the back.

whoosh-

The feathered arrow was like a shooting star chasing the moon, and it arrived in a blink of an eye. It slid over Cheng Huan's mount and shot down a guard in front of the formation.

Taishi Ci shook his head and laughed when he saw Cheng Huan dodging an arrow in such embarrassment. He immediately ordered the whole army to charge to kill him.

Cheng Huan got up with a disheveled face. Hearing the loud drumming behind him, he hurriedly climbed on the horse again and gave the order to retreat.

The soldiers and horses in Jizhou were defeated, and they were chased and killed by Tai Shici. They chased them for more than ten li. When they saw the head of Quyang City from a distance, they stopped by themselves and captured the prisoners who had no time to escape along the way for interrogation.

After losing for a while, Cheng Huan came down to the city in disgrace. He remembered the bold words he had just left the city. After only two hours, he felt shameless and entered the city. Thousands of soldiers and horses.

The general went out of the city to persuade him: "Liu He came prepared, and he is unstoppable. It is better to stick to it and wait for help."

Cheng Huan became furious and cursed: "You don't know the art of war. If Liu He's soldiers and horses arrive at the city and surround them on all sides, wouldn't you just sit and wait for death? I stationed troops outside the city to restrain the enemy army. This is the best policy. .”

The general could not be dissuaded, so he had to go back to the city to set up defenses. Cheng Huan led his troops to set up camp outside the city, prepared more wood for bows and arrows, and lit torches at night to illuminate the surroundings brightly to prevent the enemy from attacking.

At dusk, when the horses came to report, another group of Liu He crossed the Hutuo River, camped on the bank, and did not take advantage of the victory to attack the city.

Cheng Huan thought he had a plan, and Liu He did not dare to attack the city as he was holding him back outside the city, so he ordered all battalions to patrol carefully and not to slack off.

It was Gao Shun's army who had just crossed the river. After meeting with Tai Shici, the two discussed the matter of advancing troops.

Tai Shi said kindly: "Cheng Huan was defeated for a while, so he stationed his troops on a short hill outside the city to echo the defenders inside the city, so it is inconvenient to attack by force."

Gao Shun said: "This is an urgent place to go. Since Cheng Huan was defeated, he must not have many soldiers and horses, and his morale is low. If he can take advantage of the victory, he can just take over the forbidden army."

Tai Shici frowned and said: "Cheng Huan has just lost for a while, so he will definitely strengthen his guard. There are bonfires lit around the earth mountain. It is as bright as day, and it may be difficult to attack."

Gao Shun said: "The morale of the enemy army is low, and they have been patrolling all night, so they must be exhausted. You and I will attack them after dawn, and we will not be able to attack them by surprise."

Tai Shici did not expect that Gao Shun, who had always been silent and serious, was quite flexible when he sent troops to fight. He laughed and said, "This plan is very clever, you and I will take the stronghold together tomorrow!"

The two discussed it and decided that after the deployment of the troops, they should rest early, wait until the fourth watch to prepare, and send troops at the fifth watch to take Cheng Huan's camp.

Although Cheng Huan told the whole army to be on guard, the men and horses fought during the day and had no time to rest at night. They were on duty in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, everyone was depressed and gradually relaxed their vigilance.

Nearly dawn, the surrounding bonfires had already been extinguished, the smoke billowed up, and no one added firewood. Seeing that the sky was bright, they thought that the enemy troops would not come again, so the patrolling soldiers just sat and dozed.

Just as it was getting brighter in the east, suddenly there was a loud sound of horseshoes not far away, people shouted and the sound of drums was loud, and two groups of people and horses were seen rushing to the front of the village.

The defenders panicked and rushed to meet the enemy. Before the sparse arrow rain was released, Tai Shici had already rushed into the camp.

Cheng Huan got up in a daze, and when he heard that Tai Shici was coming, he heard the shout of killing was approaching, knew that he couldn't resist, so he immediately abandoned the camp and left.

At this time, Gao Shun led the army to attack. Although the infantry with heavy armor was a little slow, once they fought close to each other, they were completely invincible. The sword was cut on the armor and was bounced back. They stayed and fled one after another.

Cheng Huan came out of the camp in a panic. Tai Shici had already urged his horse to come. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to face the enemy, so he turned his horse and headed east.

Tai Shici pursued closely, and fired three arrows on the horse, one arrow hit Cheng Huan's shoulder blade, and he screamed in pain, leaning down on the horse's back, pulling the rein and galloping left and right, for fear of being hit by the arrow.

But as a result, the mount ran much slower, Tai Shici urged the horse to catch up, and charged straight with his gun.

Cheng Huan's arm was injured at this time, and he was not Tai Shici's opponent. Seeing that Gang was approaching, he was so frightened that he shouted: "Quick... come and save me!"

clang clang-

At this moment, suddenly a horse rushed up from the slanting stab, and actually blocked the spear, causing Tai Shici to shake on his horse, and the horseman stood up, raising his hoof and neighing endlessly.

(End of this chapter)