Han counter current

After sweeping away thousands of troops with one move, Xia Houyuan turned over and jumped. After grabbing the city wall with one hand, he quickly jumped up the ladder and slid down in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 487: Reinforcements Arrive 1

Xia Houyuan's skills, of course, there is nothing to talk about, he can leave if he wants, on the city wall, unless the city wall does it himself, if other people say they want to keep Xia Houyuan, they are just talking big.

"My lord, five hundred cavalry, only less than 200 came back."

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Chen Feng nodded, and used five hundred dead soldiers to go out of the city to attack, burn down the enemy's siege equipment, and at the same time try to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible. The effect is obvious.

But at the same time, the losses were also heavy. Although most of the cavalrymen who came back alive were injured, they were all slightly injured.

"Great reward, tell them that I, Chen Feng, will never treat any of my subordinates who worked hard for me badly. I greet you with good wine and good meat. Also, the families of those soldiers who died in battle will be taken care of by the General's Mansion from now on."

Winning over subordinates is one of the common methods used by superiors.Chen Fengfang didn't have a strong sense of belonging to these Qiang cavalry troops, most of them were just working hard for money.

But Chen Feng, now that he has captured Xiliang, will definitely gain a firm foothold in Chang'an and Xiliang in the future, and he still has more time to deal with the Qiang soldiers and horses.

Therefore, before that, it is necessary for him to win over some Qiang cavalry, so that he can also prepare for subduing other Qiang soldiers and horses in the future.

With Chen Feng's reward, the morale of the Qiang soldiers and horses in Hulao Pass was even stronger. In comparison, they were not afraid of death, they were afraid of following the wrong master, and Chen Feng was undoubtedly a very good master.

Without the siege equipment, Cao Cao would not be so stupid as to let his soldiers waste their lives in vain. Coupled with the successive sieges, many soldiers under his command were injured and urgently needed treatment.

For two consecutive days, Cao's army did not attack the city again. On the third day, when Cao's army was making changes, a group of cavalry rushed from the direction of Luoyang.

"My lord, the last general, Gao Lan, led three thousand cavalry to help..."

Gao Lan, who was supposed to be guarding Chang'an, got Li Ru's advice, led his three thousand men to hurry, and finally arrived at Hulao Pass.

With the addition of this new force, the morale of the defenders at Hulao Pass was even stronger, and after resting for two days, the physical strength of the soldiers also recovered a lot.When facing the soldiers of Cao Jun again, each of them was less panicked.

"Leave the matter of defending the city to the general, and the lord can go down to rest first."

Gao Lan is no stranger to defending the city. To a certain extent, he can be regarded as an expert in this area. At least, he is more professional than Chen Feng.

Not to mention the achievements when he was under Yuan Shao, just talk about these years, Gao Lan led the army alone to guard Yanmen Pass, resisting the grassland cavalry in the north, and resisting the army of senior officials in the south.

What kind of battle he had never seen before, when he first arrived at Yanmen Pass, most of his subordinates were remnants of defeated soldiers and civilian husbands, but he actually defended the city.

"Okay, I'm relieved to have you here. However, I'm not tired enough to rest. You go and arrange the defense of the city. I'll just watch the battle here."

There is no doubt about Gao Lan's ability. When he was young, he won the reputation of Hebei Sitingzhu, and his performance in these years is also remarkable. Chen Feng is naturally relieved.

When the battle started again, the counterattack on the pass became even more violent. The soldiers of Cao Jun had to pay a high price if they wanted to get close to the pass this time.

"Chen Feng has reinforcements coming? It looks like Hulao Pass will become the main battlefield."

In the distance, Cao Cao kept staring at the battlefield ahead. The level of counterattack of the defenders was significantly higher than that of the previous few days, which showed that the defenders had received support.

Moreover, judging from the layout of the defenders, it was obvious that an expert was giving advice. At least, this expert was several grades better than Chen Feng.

Cao Cao still had this vision. When he saw the high-character banner on the city wall, Cao Cao also guessed that the general guarding the city might be Gao Lan.

"Damn it, it really is a specialization in surgery. Gao Lan's ability to defend the city is indeed better than me, hahaha."

Seeing the orderly counterattack of his subordinates and the increasing casualties of the enemy, Chen Feng realized his lack of military ability in the era of cold weapons.

However, this did not make him discouraged. On the contrary, he was very happy that his subordinates were so capable that he did not need to go into battle in person.

After a day of fierce fighting, Hulao Pass was still firmly in Chen Feng's hands. Although the guards were exhausted, their morale was still high.

Especially when Cao Jun retreated so unwillingly, the defenders on the pass danced and cheered, and many of them still did not forget to provoke the enemy.

"Hmph, I'll let you be arrogant for another two days. When Xudu's reinforcements arrive, I'll see how arrogant you are."

It is impossible for Cao Cao to bring such a small number of people to rescue Chang'an this time, especially since Chen Feng went south in person this time, Cao Cao paid more attention to it.

Therefore, when passing through Xudu, Cao Cao ordered Xun Yu to mobilize [-] elite infantry, as well as various siege equipment.

These days, Cao Cao has been attacking constantly, and he is also constantly inquiring about the details of the enemy army. He knows when he will be able to take the city.

After fighting for two consecutive days, Cao Jun changed his attack methods. Fortunately, Gao Lan was in charge of defending the city. Otherwise, if Chen Feng was alone, whether Hulao Pass could be defended would really be a problem.

"My lord, over a thousand people were killed or wounded in our army, and most of them were Qiang soldiers. If things go on like this, Hulao Pass will definitely be impossible to defend."

On the city wall, Gao Lan reported the results of the battle to Chen Feng while expressing his inner thoughts.If you defend the city for a long time, you will fail one day.

In particular, the opponent is Cao Cao, the hero of the world. Just these two words are enough to lower the morale of his side by a level.

"Yes, it seems that we have to find a way to go out of the city to fight in the field. If not, how can we turn the situation back."

"At this moment, I am afraid that it is difficult to win the battle. Our cavalry has less than [-] cavalry. On the other hand, Cao Jun has more than [-] elite cavalry. They are all elite cavalry. They should not be underestimated."

"I sent someone to send a letter to Chang'an three days ago, and reinforcements will come, I just hope that the situation in Xiliang will stabilize as soon as possible.

If it weren't for the Xianbei in the middle to make troubles, I would not have sent Wen Yuan to lead [-] elite troops to the north to deploy defenses. Hmph, the barbarians outside the Great Wall are the troubles of our army after all, and we will definitely defeat Xianbei in the future to create a stable rear. "

Going south this time, winning Xiliang, Chang'an and other places in such a short period of time seems to have achieved fruitful results, but Chen Feng himself knows that this is just taking advantage of loopholes.

It is easy to fight the territory, but it is much more difficult to defend the territory.Especially when Cao Cao led the main force back in person, how much of these sites can be held is even more of a problem.

"The enemy army has started to attack again, my lord, the last general will go to command first, and I ask the lord to take charge of all the supplies."

"No problem, with me here, there will be no shortage of supplies."

Outside Hulao Pass, Cao Jun's infantry advanced again and stormed for several days. Although Hulao Pass had not yet been captured, Cao Jun's morale was getting stronger day by day.

Conquering the South and the North, these tigers and wolves of the Cao Army have all come from battles. They have never seen what kind of swords and blood. Even if they are facing Hulao Pass, they are confident that they will win.

Chapter 488: Reinforcements Arrive 2

After three days of guarding the Hulao pass, the morale of Chen Feng's side is getting worse day by day, especially those Qiang soldiers and horses who are not good at defending the city. After the number of casualties increases, none of them can display their full combat effectiveness.

"The deterrent power of the cavalry comes from the horses after all. I want to go out and attack Cao's army."

"My lord, no, the last time my lord sent five hundred elite troops out of the pass to attack, burned countless enemy equipment, and killed and wounded thousands of enemy troops. This has already aroused the vigilance of Cao Jun.

Cao Cao, how could he suffer the same thing twice in a row? I am sure that if my lord sends troops out of the city to attack again, he will be ambushed by the enemy. "

"Are you just watching Cao's army attack like this? Most of our army is cavalry, how to defend the city, those Qiang cavalry, after dismounting their horses, their combat effectiveness has dropped by [-] to [-]%..."

"Report, my lord, General Zhao Yun has arrived with his army, and the vanguard is already outside Hulao Pass."

The guard's report finally made Chen Feng smile, and he waited for a support soldier to make up for the lack of troops.

More than an hour later, Zhao Yun and Pang De led [-] cavalry into Hulao Pass. As a result, Chen Feng's soldiers and horses reached more than [-]. In terms of numbers, they did not lose too much to Cao Cao. .

"My lord, when our army passed by Chang'an, the military adviser asked me to tell my lord that our reinforcements will rush to Chang'an from the grasslands. As long as my lord can hold back the main force of Cao's army, the west of Chang'an will definitely be our army's possession."