Xiaoqi

Time flowed quietly in the vigorous collision between the two of them, silently and tirelessly; the scorching sun moved slowly as they returned to the horse and fought again, passionate and unrestrained, swaying hot passion wantonly.

Starting from the hour of Chen and continuing until the sun rose three poles, the battle between Huang Zhong and Zhang Ren was still unresolved, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

As Zhao Yun said before, Zhang Ren's spear skills are superb and mysterious, and he is skilled in riding skills.As expected of the "West Shu Spear Saint", the number one general in Yizhou, definitely has the mid-level combat power of a top general, and can be called the top general in the world.

In contrast, although Huang Zhongnian is nearly fifty years old, he is like a fine wine hidden in a cave. The longer it is, the more mellow it is, the older it is, the stronger the stamina and the lingering aftertaste.The long-handled saber in his hand seemed to be giving life, it was upright and majestic, domineering and horizontal, but also dexterous and cunning, every move was as clean and neat as the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, without a trace of muddy water, rustling and chilling, the blade Like prison.

123 rounds.But when Zhang Ren raised his spear and slashed at his head, Huang Zhong blocked it with a horizontal knife, but unexpectedly, the horse riding under his crotch stumbled and fell on his knees, forcefully throwing Huang Zhong flying away from the horse.Seeing such a good opportunity at first glance, Zhang Ren, who had been fighting for a long time, immediately rode his horse and raised his gun to kill Huang Zhong, trying to make a quick decision and kill Huang Zhong in one fell swoop.However, what he didn't expect was that the moment the horse lay down, Huang Zhong jumped up, turned around in the air, and slashed at Zhang Ren's chest with a backhand.

"Xi Yuyu!" The horse neighed, Zhang Ren suddenly reined in his horse and stood upright, narrowly dodging Huang Zhong's saber.

At this time, a surprising scene suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Ren, but Huang Zhong's horse, who had just stumbled, turned over and stood up suddenly, and Huang Zhong, who jumped up, landed on the horse's back.Just at this time, Huang Zhong swung his saber sideways and stabbed straight, the brilliant blade went straight to Zhang Ren's mount standing upright and charged towards him.

"Bang!" Amidst the loud bang, Zhang Renlian and his horse fell sideways to the ground, but at this moment Huang Zhong rode his horse and killed the general, leaning over and sweeping with his knife.This knife can be called the real autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. It wanted to eradicate Zhang Ren and the mount in front of him together. completely enveloped in it.

Amidst the crisp sound of "clang", the black iron spear in Zhang Ren's hand flew into the sky, while he himself closed his eyes in despair, completely resigned to his fate, and sat waiting to die.However, the blade he expected did not arrive as expected. Instead, he was hit hard on the back, which forced him to leave the green horse. He vomited blood while rolling on the ground for more than ten steps. lie on the floor.

The sound of "cracking" horseshoes filled Zhang Ren's ears, but he was helpless. He could only wait for death to come again and be asked for credit.

"Come up, old man!" Angrily, Zhang Ren, who was lying on the ground, suddenly felt a pain in his left shoulder, as if being clamped by iron tongs, and then his body lightened, and Huang Zhong grabbed it with one hand like an eagle catching a chicken, and pressed him down. On horseback in front of him.

"Crack!" Pushing Zhang Ren in front of him, Huang Zhong turned his horse around, patted the Qingcong horse's back with the back of the knife in one hand, picked up the black iron spear, and then drove the Qingcong horse straight Run to the front of the Xiliang army.

Witnessing the whole process of Huang Zhong's capture of Zhang Ren with his own eyes, Li Li, who stood in front of the battle, laughed heartily: "The long battle exhausts his physical strength, shows his weakness, lures the enemy to attack, and then catches him by surprise, strikes back, defeats the enemy and wins. Good! A stroke of autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, brave and strategic, really wonderful! Huang Hansheng has both wisdom and courage, and he deserves his name! Hahaha"

Chapter 878

The first battle of the Yizhou Army ended in defeat.

Defeat sounds nicer, with a bit of ambiguity.

To put it bluntly, or to be honest, the Yizhou Army was defeated in the first battle.

During the battle, Zhang Ren, the deputy general of the army in name and actually the chief general of the army, was captured alive by Xiliang veteran Huang Zhong before the battle, which made the generals of Yizhou terrified. He took away his mount and weapons, and quickly returned to the main formation.

Afterwards, none of the Yizhou generals dared to go out to challenge, but the victorious Xiliang Army took advantage of the situation to attack, and [-] cavalry swept in.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yizhou army was under the city wall of Yangping Pass, and the more than 1 defenders on the top of the city saw that the situation was not good and immediately shot arrows to cover it, the Yizhou army would have been annihilated by the Xiliang army in front of the pass.

Even so, it was just a charge of the Xiliang iron cavalry and the return of the army to cover up the kill when avoiding the random arrows, which forced the 2 Yizhou army to disperse, and defeated thousands of Han lieutenant soldiers under Zhang Lu's command.

According to post-war statistics, after this battle, the Xiliang Army killed more than [-] enemies, surrendered more than [-], and defeated a total of more than [-] enemies.

So far, the Yangping Pass garrison has dropped by [-]%, from [-] to [-], the strength has been greatly reduced.

After the defeat in the first battle, the guards of Yangping Pass never dared to go out of the city to fight.When the Xiliang army is short of food and grass but unable to conquer the pass, they will naturally retreat in spite of the difficulties. In this way, the Yizhou army and Hanzhong Zhang Lu can win without a fight and resolve the immediate crisis.

three days later.On a thunderstorm night, the Xiliang army suddenly attacked Yangping Pass at night and stormed the city.

This night raid.There was no warning in advance, and the scouts and secret agents did not get any news, and it was a night of thunder and lightning, so the defenders in the pass did not expect the Xiliang army to attack the city at night.

Fortunately, the defenders in the pass did not dare to slack off under the watchful eyes of the Xiliang army, and they were on tight defense. Although they were caught off guard by the Xiliang army, they fought back immediately.Fight bravely.

The night attack lasted only half an hour, and then the Xiliang army withdrew.

In this way, although the Xiliang army is attacking fiercely.However, Yangping Pass has not been shaken, and the pass is still firmly in Zhao Wei's hands.

This night attack was at best a false alarm, the Xiliang army came aggressively, seeing that the night attack failed, they withdrew their troops anticlimactically.Instead, more than 1000 corpses were left on the tower and under the city wall.Among them, the Xiliang army and the Guannei defenders each accounted for half.It can be seen from this.The Xiliang army was indeed attacking fiercely, and the defenders were caught off guard, so that the casualties were on par with the Xiliang army who attacked the city, and no one took advantage of it.

It is worth mentioning that during the night attack, more than 1000 Xiliang soldiers climbed onto the city tower and fought fiercely with the defenders. The fight lasted for half an hour, and in the end more than [-] Xiliang soldiers retreated unharmed.

When the Xiliang army withdrew, the wind stopped and the rain stopped.Lei Dian made two last tosses, and then disappeared without a trace.Everything is calm and quiet again.

After this night attack, Yangpingguan has completely calmed down.For more than ten days in a row, the Xiliang army never came to attack the city.

Even so, the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to relax for a moment, tensed their minds all day long, staring at the city, lest the Xiliang army would make another surprise attack.

The days are eerie and calm, but the defenders in the pass are suffering so much that many Yizhou soldiers are in a state of nervousness all day long. Looking forward to the end of this war soon.

Indeed, for the relatively peaceful Yizhou soldiers, they have long been accustomed to the comfortable life of being a soldier and receiving their salary.The reason why most of them join the army is not to fight, let alone to defend the land and expand the frontier, but to receive salary to support their families, that's all.Yizhou has enjoyed peace for a long time. Even Liu Yan's quelling of the rebellion when he entered Shu, and even the Yellow Turban rebellion were all local wars or internal conflicts with uneven interests, and did not spread to the whole of Yizhou.

Therefore, it is not without reason that Yizhou is called the "Land of Abundance" by the world.The so-called land of abundance is not only rich in products and a vast territory, but also includes: the people in the territory live and work in peace and contentment, the law and order are good, there are no natural disasters and military disasters, and they are far away from wars, etc.This is an ideal country for people, a place of refuge in troubled times, and it is yearning for.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and what is harvested is lost.

Yizhou has enjoyed peace for a long time, so the soldiers in the state have long been accustomed to a comfortable life and lack fighting spirit.Because of this, the barbarians in the southern border of Yizhou repeatedly looted and harassed the border, but the successive Yizhou governors and state shepherds had headaches, head and foot pains, and foot pains.After Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he implemented "torture and harsh governance", but it was only to strengthen the "dictatorship" rule, and he died without a problem after his position was stabilized.Liu Yan is like this, let alone Liu Zhang, his talent is not 01:30 worse than that of his father Liu Yan, the gap is so far that it cannot be compared.

Therefore, although Yizhou is rich, with sufficient money and food, and complete armaments, the combat power of Yizhou soldiers is really unflattering.Not to mention the comparison with the Xiliang Army, even compared with the Hanzhong Army under Zhang Lu's command, the gap is obvious, and it is quite inferior.And this is the direct reason why Zhang Lu in Hanzhong dared to challenge Liu Zhang with only one county soldier.

However, the Yizhou generals and a group of civil officials did not think that the army's combat effectiveness was weak. They felt good about themselves and despised the world.Not only Yizhou's staff and subordinates have this idea, even Zhao Wei, who claims to be smart and scheming, has always thought so. After all, the Yizhou army is well-equipped with armor and sharp weapons. How could a strong man fail to win?

Zhao Wei may not have heard of this sentence, but he also understands the truth.This time he led the troops here full of ambition, thinking that he could use the mighty Yizhou army to frighten the Xiliang army, and it would be best to directly force the Xiliang army to retreat.

However, if you don't fight, you don't know.Startled by a dozen.After the real confrontation with the Xiliang Army, Zhao Wei realized that he had taken it for granted and underestimated the mighty Xiliang Army.The result must be a painful and profound lesson, enough to make him remember his life.The Xiliang iron cavalry is really too powerful, just a charge, it will sweep away [-] Yizhou troops, and even wipe out thousands of Hanzhong soldiers and horses.Facing the ferocious Xiliang cavalry, Yizhou soldiers had no power to resist at all; no matter how good the armor was, they couldn't keep their necks, and no matter how sharp their weapons were, they couldn't cut the enemy.No matter how burly and powerful the soldiers are, they can't stop the charging horses after all, so what can they do?

After losing the first battle, Zhao Wei and a group of Yizhou generals were in shock.The previous high-spirited posture quickly disappeared, and he put down his airs completely and corrected his posture.So far, they no longer thought about defeating the Xiliang army in one fell swoop.Instead, he was thinking about how to ensure that Yangping Pass would not be lost.also.They also have the most urgent idea that is inconvenient to say, that is to leave Hanzhong as soon as possible, return to Yizhou, and stay away from the Xiliang Army, otherwise their own safety will be threatened at all times, and they will have trouble sleeping and eating!

small dividing line

In Nanzheng City, there is a large-scale mansion at the entrance of an alley separated from the Sheriff's Mansion. The gate of the mansion is one foot shorter and seven inches narrower than the Sheriff's Mansion, and the door plaque reads: "Yang's Mansion".

Outside the side hall door.Yang Song hurried over and strode across the threshold.Before entering the room, he said anxiously: "Second brother, second brother, my brother came back to see you!"

Three days ago, the housekeeper Yang An went to Yangping Pass to report, claiming that his second brother Yang Ang had escaped from the Xiliang army and brought a letter written by Yang Ang.Convinced of this, Yang Song immediately asked Zhang Lu for leave, and rushed back on the pretext that there was an urgent matter in the mansion that needed to be dealt with.

"Uh! Who are you, and why are you in Yang's mansion? Where is my second brother Yang Ang?" Yang Song was dumbfounded as he walked into the hall quickly, and asked sharply.

But he saw a brocade robed scribe sitting in the lobby, and behind him stood two strong and powerful men in gray clothes, who were obviously the scribe's followers.

Seeing Yang Song enter the door until he scolded loudly in anger, the scholar in brocade robe was as steady as a rock, with a faint smile on his face, sipping tea slowly and carefully.He is really calm and calm, which makes people look at him with admiration.

"Brother Gong Zhi (Yang Song) is here all right? After so many years, is it possible that my dear brother has left the old man behind?"

"Oh?" Yang Song asked in surprise, his brows twitched immediately, he suppressed his anger for a moment, squeezed out a smile, walked forward slowly, and said in a suspicious voice: "Brother Tai is indeed a bit kind, he seems to have known each other, but he can't remember Xiongtai for a while. Name taboo, please enlighten me."

"Hehehe! Brother Gongzhi is too polite. You and I haven't seen each other for six or seven years. No wonder my dear friend doesn't remember my name. I don't dare to ask my dear brother. I am in Xiahedong Peiqian, and I am now a general. I am engaged in Xia Facao, and I traveled here a few years ago, and I used to have a good drink with my dear brother, and it was a lot of trouble."

"Ah! Hedong Peiqian?" Yang Song responded in astonishment, and then connected the youthful youth seven years ago with the brocade scholar in front of him, laughing and said: "It turns out that Wen Xing is a good brother! The foolish brother is so blind that he doesn't know that the good brother is visiting." , If you are impolite, I hope that you will be more merciful. My brother wait a moment, brother Yu will order you to go down and hold a banquet to clean up your brother!"

After speaking, Yang Song turned his head and whispered some instructions to the housekeeper Yang An, and Yang An closed the door behind him when he went out.

After the host and guest were seated, Yang Song seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression suddenly changed, and he said in a surprised voice: "Your brother said just now that he is now working under the general's tent, but right now the general is confronting my lord. Why did you come to Brother Yu's residence holding the name card of your younger brother Yang Ang?"

"Brother Gongzhi, don't worry. General Yang Ang is now General Pinghan and Marquis of Baidu Ting under the general's command. Everything is fine. Don't worry about it, brother." Pei Qian said with a smile.

"Ah! My second brother has become a general, and he is a general and a marquis?" Yang Song asked urgently in surprise.

"Exactly." Pei Qian nodded with a smile, and immediately waved to the entourage behind him to bring two extremely exquisite large wooden boxes placed at the corner of the lobby, and put them in front of Yang Song.