Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 426 Capture Xiahou Alive
Xia Houyuan led his troops around the camp of the Han army, went north to the bank of Jishui to find a hiding place, and then sent scouts to investigate the situation of the camp, and when the fire was lit, he joined Cao Cao to counterattack.

Half an hour later, the scouts came to report that the camp ahead was lit up. Xia Houyuan was overjoyed, and immediately set off with his team. Sure enough, he saw the fire raging in the distance, thick smoke rising, and the rapid sound of drums vibrating the sky.

When approaching the main camp, I saw a fire in the east camp. I saw silhouettes of people under the fire and shouts of killing. I expected that Cao Cao was leading his troops to attack. With a loud shout, he led his men and horses to rush in from the north camp.

There were only a few defenders outside the northern camp, and most of them should have been transferred to the eastern camp. The cavalry was extremely fast, and rushed into the village like a strong wind and waves with a whistling sound.

Plop--

Just when Xia Houyuan raised his sword and was about to charge, suddenly the cavalry in front screamed and fell to the ground, rolling down with their horses, and the cavalry behind were tripped before they could stop in time.

Xia Houyuan was furious. The cavalry he led were all elites who had been personally trained for many years. They were the best at long-distance raids.
Just as he kicked the rein to rein in the horse, before he could ask questions, suddenly arrows were fired in all directions, and many people fell to the ground screaming, the surroundings were suddenly brightly lit, and many ambush soldiers came out from behind the barracks and surrounded them.

Xia Houyuan was shocked, knowing that there was an ambush here, he turned his head and glanced at the flames of the camp to the east, there was still chaos there, in such a tense scene, how could the enemy have time to come and ambush here?
"Hahaha, it turned out to be Xia Houyuan, who only knew how to do these sneak attacks. This time, you can't escape!"

At this moment, a group of people on the left appeared, and it was Hua Xiong who was fighting with Bai Ri.

Xia Houyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "You are about to lose, and you dare to speak nonsense here."

"Cao Mengde dared to rob the camp just because of that kid's scheme, but he just sent you to death." Hua Xiong laughed loudly, stretched out his fingers to tick off, and said with a sneer, "Let the horses come here!"

Xia Houyuan was irritable, seeing Hua Xiong being so provocative, how could he bear it, he roared and urged the horse to kill him, but before he could rush to Hua Xiong, suddenly the horse tripped over the rope and rolled over in an instant.

Caught off guard, Xia Houyuan rolled off his horse, his head swelled from the fall, and before he could get up, Hua Xiong's subordinates rushed forward and grabbed him, bowing his waist and being unable to move.

There was a commotion among the cavalry behind him. Hua Xiong raised his sword and shouted: "Why don't you dismount and surrender? Are you waiting to die? If you dare to resist, I will kill Xia Houyuan first."

Seeing that Xiahouyuan was captured, all the soldiers panicked for a moment. If Xiahouyuan was killed, they vowed to fight to the death, but now they were controlled by the enemy, and they dared not act rashly, so they dismounted and surrendered.

Xia Houyuan glared at Hua Xiong angrily, and shouted: "You are so despicable!"

Hua Xiong didn't care, he sneered coldly, and asked: "Compared to stabbing someone in the back, how is it?"

Xia Houyuan was tongue-tied and speechless. He had no choice but to shoot arrows during the day. In order to injure the enemy and build his prestige, he didn't care about that much, but it was not an honorable thing after all.

As soon as Hua Xiong waved his hand, the soldiers escorted Xia Houyuan to the tent of the Chinese army, while the rest of the Cao soldiers were confiscated with their weapons and horses, and they were all escorted to the rear camp, where they were temporarily guarded.

Xia Houyuan was taken to the tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Pu and others were very pleasantly surprised, they did not expect to catch a general so easily, this is Cao Cao's right-hand man!
"The military adviser has no plans to spare, and this credit should be credited to the master." Regardless of interrogating Xia Houyuan, Cheng Pu first stood up and saluted Jia Xu.

But Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Capturing the enemy and beheading the general is the merit of all the generals. Xu dare not turn around. Cao Mengde is eager for success, too aggressive, how can he not be defeated?"

Cheng Pu laughed and said, "Everything is within the expectations of the military advisor. If it wasn't for Mr.'s plan, we would be the ones who fell for it."

It turned out that when Jia Xu saw that Cao Jun came to harass him, he expected that this army would come to meet Cao Cao when he killed him, so Cheng Pu deliberately set fire to the camp and shouted. In a good trap.

"After waiting all night, the old man is tired, so go to sleep for a while!" Jia Xu waved his hands without taking any credit, got up and drifted away under the admiring gazes of Cheng Pu and others.

Cheng Pu sent Jia Xu away, then turned to look at Xiahou Yuan, nodded and said: "General Xiahou's arrow skills are superb, if he can be used by the court, he will be like the parachutist Li Guang, and he will be famous for a lifetime."

Xia Houyuan yelled angrily: "If you want to kill, you have to have a good time. There is no need to humiliate Lao Tzu there."

Cheng Pu laughed and said: "I was going to persuade you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and return to the imperial court. How can you say that you are humiliating? Although you are of the same family as Cao Cao, their lineage has been adopted as eunuchs. After all, they are different. If the general can kill relatives... "

"Shut up!" Xia Houyuan was furious, spat at Cheng Pu, and said sharply, "Someone will kill me, and I will never bow my knees and surrender."

Cheng Pu naturally knew that Xia Houyuan would not surrender, but just to show the victor's posture, he shook his head and sighed: "Since your Excellency is so stupid, I have to wait for the general to arrive before sending him down. Detain him!"

The soldiers escorted Xia Houyuan away, Hua Xiong also transferred back to the account at this time, and reported: "Cao Cao has ambushed a large number of soldiers on the road and outside the camp. If we rashly send troops, we will end up just like Xia Houyuan."

Everyone was awe-inspiring when they heard the words, and they couldn't help secretly rejoicing. Cheng Pu ordered people to relocate the troops, guard carefully, and discuss the next step with Jia Xu after a rest.

In the Cao camp, Cao Cao, Cao Chun and others waited until after the fifth watch, but they still hadn't seen Cheng Pu sending troops to rob the camp. They couldn't help wondering, could it be that Xia Houyuan went out to harass and didn't attract the attention of the enemy?

The enemy army never appeared, and the people from all walks of life did not dare to move rashly. Cao Cao knew that Cheng Pu would not send troops again until the sky was bright. The carefully planned plan failed, and Cao Cao's face became more and more dignified. He missed this opportunity. , I am afraid that he can only confront Cheng Pu head-on.

After withdrawing his troops, Cao Cao frowned and returned to the central army, but Xia Houyuan was still nowhere to be seen. Exhausted.

Cao Chunyan said: "My lord, Cheng Pu didn't dare to rob the camp. It seems that he didn't have much defense. If he went to attack the enemy camp last night, he might be able to win a big victory."

Cao Cao didn't say a word, always felt that the matter was not that simple, and said: "Cheng Pu has been through a long battle, how can he be defenseless, there must be capable people in his army, maybe they will see through my scheme...not good!"

At this point, Cao Cao's expression changed drastically, and he got up abruptly. Cao Chun was about to ask questions, but he saw soldiers coming quickly outside, and told him, "General, something is wrong. General Xiahou attacked the enemy camp, was ambushed, and the whole army was wiped out." .”

"What?" Cao Cao grabbed the desk, put his hands on his forehead, and said in a trembling voice, "Miaocai, he, he..."

"General Xiahou was captured, and he was detained outside the gate."

"Okay, it's good to be alive!" Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and found that his brain began to ache like a needle prick again. He gritted his teeth and said, "Quickly go and find out who is the military advisor in Cheng Pu's army."

"Zihe!" Cao Cao sat down slowly, and lightly tapped his head with his fist, "Send someone to the enemy camp right away, and ask... how much money do they want to redeem people?"

(End of this chapter)