Cao Cao sighed slightly and said, "That's all."

While Cao Cao was talking to Xu You, on an official road seventy miles away from Wancheng, a Liang army led by Hua Xiong and Dian Qing hurried forward.However, they were not going to reinforce Wancheng, but went straight to Huyang, another Nanyang city occupied by the Wei army.

Hua Xiong and Dian Qing rode horses side by side and walked the night road, behind them was a winding fire dragon that could not be seen at a glance.Hua Xiong, who had been bored for a long time, suddenly said: "Brother Dianqing, the scouts reported that the Wei army was aggressively attacking Wancheng, which we just captured, and the Holy One sent you and me to fight. I thought the Holy Majesty ordered us to rush to help Wancheng, but I didn't expect that we were going to fight Huyang, what is the purpose of this? Do you understand?"

Dianqing smiled and said: "This Huyang is between Pingshi County and Wancheng, and it is located in the middle of the route from Pingshi County to Wancheng to transport grain and grass supplies. We captured Huyang, and the Wei Army's grain transportation team immediately We are always under the threat of our Huyang defenders. At that time, the Wei army could only transport grain and grass from Fangcheng, and transporting grain and grass from Fangcheng to Wancheng was relatively far away and dangerous. So , If the Wei army ignores Huyang, it is meaningless to capture Wancheng. When we attack Huyang, Cao Cao must stop attacking Wancheng with all his strength and divide his troops to save Huyang. Besides, the Wei army may not really be attacking Wancheng with all its strength. It is likely to be a bluff to lure our cavalry to attack."

Hua Xiong nodded suddenly and said: "It turned out to be a strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao." Then he continued to be puzzled: "Hey, Dianqing, how can you count it? I remember that you haven't read many books yet. .”

Dian Qing laughed and said, "How could someone have such ability? Before he left, he had the same doubts as you, but he asked Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, and he told him so."

"So that's it!" Hua Xiong nodded, and then he asked again: "But, if the Wei army is really attacking Wancheng with all its strength, regardless of the safety of Huyang, what should we do? Could it be called guarding Wancheng?" Brother Gao Shun and his army were all destroyed in Wancheng?"

"Of course not. Even if it is true as you said, no matter how fierce the Wei army attacks, Gao Shun will definitely be able to hold on to Wancheng for two days. The two days are enough for the Holy One to respond."

While they were talking, soldiers had come to report that Huyang City was twenty miles ahead.

Chapter 614 Assault on Huyang

At the head of Huyang City, the number of defenders tonight has doubled compared to usual.Because they knew that Cao Cao's imperial conquest came to Nanyang, which is in Wancheng, a hundred miles away.Moreover, the armies of Liang and Wei were fighting fiercely there, so he naturally didn't dare to be negligent.

In the deep night, several Wei soldiers with lanterns walked past the city.One of them, who looked like a leader, suddenly stopped, and said to his companions, "Have you heard anything?"

The rest of the people stopped immediately after hearing this, and listened carefully with their ears up.A young Wei Bing said: ""

I deliberately put the lantern out of the battlements and took a photo on the facade of the city wall to see if anyone was sneaking up on the city wall.This photo doesn't matter, his heart seems to be about to jump out.Because he saw a face, and the eyes on the face were staring at him.Before he could yell out, his first companion exclaimed: "What is this!".It turned out that his companion also saw a claw hooked on the wall.Before the words fell, several heavy arrows shot towards them with the sound of the wind, and these Wei soldiers were shot down to the ground in an instant. Except for one screaming and screaming, the rest were almost killed by one arrow.The lanterns and torches in their hands fell to the ground.

These movements quickly attracted the attention of the nearby Wei Jun, who yelled warnings one after another.Some people ran to this side, and some people used torches or lanterns to stick out of the city to investigate the situation.Dozens of black shadows have climbed up to the top of the city along the ropes.

Except for six or seven Liang soldiers who successfully climbed to the top of the city where the first Wei soldier was killed just now, the Liang soldiers who came up from other places were blocked by the Wei army in a timely manner.

After a soldier of the Wei army found a hook and claw, he tried his best to cut it with a knife. The first knife was not completely cut off, and there was only a little involvement left.When he was about to make the second cut, the opponent had already climbed up to the crenel, and the sharp knife in his hand stabbed at him, and the knife pierced into his chest with lightning speed.But the rest of the Wei soldiers behind him also stabbed them mercilessly, and the Liang soldiers who killed him were also stabbed into a beehive by random knives and guns, and fell to the city.

The six or seven Liang soldiers who successfully climbed to the top of the city immediately gathered into a group and formed a simple army formation back to back to hold the "beach" so that more Liang soldiers could climb up.But at this time, fifty or sixty Wei soldiers were holding torches and lanterns, shouting and rushing towards them.There are only seven or eight battles away from them.

The leader headed by Wei Jun fell to the ground like a dog eating shit for some reason, and never got up again.There is an arrow stuck in his head, shot by Dian Qing who can pierce Yang with a hundred steps.The rest of the Wei soldiers either fell to the ground or screamed and wailed.Dozens of longbowmen from the Dianqing Legion have already fired their arrows together.

The Dianqing Legion is already good at archery, not to mention long archers, even Qingqi Feiyu can reach the level of piercing Yang with a hundred steps when shooting arrows on foot.Now these longbowmen are not shooting indiscriminately, but precise sniping, almost one arrow at a time.In the blink of an eye, more than half of the dozens of Wei soldiers who rushed towards the seven or eight Liang soldiers fell down.The rest of the dozen or so Wei soldiers had already rushed in front of the seven or eight Liang soldiers. These Liang soldiers held their shields and swung their knives, and cooperated skillfully with each other to wipe out these Wei soldiers with a snap of their fingers.

Another group of Wei soldiers rushed up, and the leading general realized how the previous group had been wiped out by the opponent, and shouted: "There are enemy archers below the city! Throw away the torches and lanterns in your hands, Otherwise, you will become a living target." The soldiers following him threw torches and lanterns outside the city one after another.Some people missed a step and were killed by arrows.

At this time, more than ten Liang Jun climbed to the top of the city and dropped more ropes.The soldiers of the Wei army who had thrown away the lighting objects rushed to Liang Jun.Although they were saved from being sniped by the opponent, they were temporarily blinded because of the sudden loss of light.But the soldiers of the Liang Army at the head of the city had been fighting in the dark all the time, and had already adapted to the environment, being able to see each other clearly in the night.

These elite Liang Army infantry approached each other silently, and suddenly drew their swords. A dozen Wei Army soldiers were stabbed to the ground in a daze, and there was no time to wail.The two sides immediately fought together and fought into a group.

A soldier of the Wei army stabbed fiercely at the black figure in front of him with a knife in his hand, only to hear a howl like a pig being killed, and the injured man swung his knife and slashed at the soldier of the Wei army.The two stood almost face to face, and the Wei soldier screamed: "Don't cut it, it's me... ah!" Before he finished speaking, the opponent's steel knife had already chopped on his shoulder blade. "Mother, why is it you? Don't you have eyes!".Before the two injured Wei soldiers had time to repent, they were killed by Liang Jun one by one.

The soldiers of the Liang Army had obviously undergone specialized night combat training, but these soldiers of the Wei Army could not distinguish between the enemy and ourselves under such circumstances, and even accidentally injured their own people.In a few minutes, dozens of Wei soldiers who attacked in the second batch were killed completely.At this time, more Liang Jun boarded the city from this place, as many as 50 to [-] people.

The general of the garrison at the head of Huyang City found that the situation was not good, and shouted orders, and more soldiers of the Wei army rushed here.But in this way, the defense of other places has been somewhat ignored.The claws with ropes were thrown up to the top of the city one after another, and a large number of Liang Jun's elite soldiers climbed up the top of the city along the ropes again.

When the generals of the Wei Army at the head of Huyang City were extremely anxious, Dian Qing and Hua Xiong at the bottom of the city were also extremely anxious. Such a surprise attack on the city must open the city gate within a very short time window, otherwise, wait for the defenders in the city to react and mobilize heavy troops Going to the top of the city to support, no matter how elite soldiers and brave generals are, they will be powerless.In fact, Gao Lan, the general guard of the Huyang Wei army, has already received the news, and has just led the soldiers who had assembled in an emergency, rushing towards the attacked city gate.

At the top of the city, the hundreds of soldiers of the Wei army who came from other parts of the city were only twenty battles away from the place where the Liang soldiers gathered at the top of the city. They also lost their torches and other lighting objects.Suddenly five or six explosive bombs flew into the sky and flew towards the city.

Liang Jun began to bombard the city with portable ballistas.Because it was the first test shot, only two of them landed on the top of the city, and flames rose several feet high.However, Liang Jun did not intend to use this to destroy Wei Jun. Its main function was only for lighting. At the moment when the light of the fireball illuminated the city, dozens of hundreds of arrows quickly shot at the rushing Wei Jun. .In an instant, more than [-] people fell down.Then another round of fireballs flew into the sky, and Liang Jun obviously divided the ballista into several strands so that they could fire in turn...

Chapter 615

With the increase in the number of shooting rounds of Liang Jun's portable ballista, more and more explosive bombs can be accurately landed on the top of the city.More and more fires ignited at the top of the city, and even one of them happened to fall into the crowd of Wei soldiers who were rushing, and set the lapel of a Wei soldier on fire.

At this time, the group of Wei soldiers was only less than ten battles away from the group of Liang troops, but their figures were clearly visible in the light of the fire on the top of the city.All the longbowmen brought by Dianqing drew their bows and shot quickly, and hundreds of heavy arrows flew towards the top of the city. These Wei troops fell to the ground in pieces like fallen crops.Immediately afterwards, another sixty or seventy elite soldiers from the Liang army climbed to the top of the city, including Hua Xiong himself.The Liang army at the head of the city has a total of 60 people in this area alone.

Hua Xiong stretched out his head to take a look.On the main street in the city, a huge "Fire Dragon" was moving rapidly towards the city wall.Mao estimated that there were at least two to three thousand people.He knew in his heart that he couldn't wait any longer.Hua Xiong pointed the spear in his hand to the air and said: "Boys, let me kill you!" He led these more than a hundred soldiers to meet the Wei army at the top of the wall and killed them.

Those soldiers of the Wei army were slayed by the longbowmen, and when they saw these elite soldiers of the Liang army approaching swiftly, they all backed away where they dared to resist.Hua Xiong led the soldiers to rush to the vicinity of the city tower. On the way of a hundred steps, he gathered a lot of Liang soldiers who had just climbed to the top of the city, reaching a scale of more than [-] people.

But at the city tower, they encountered two hundred newly gathered Wei soldiers.The anxious Hua Xiong yelled, swung out a hundred spear flowers from his long spear, stabbed left and right, and in just a few breaths, five or six Wei soldiers were killed by his spear.The rest of Liang Jun also followed him to fight the enemy bravely, slashing and stabbing with swords and guns, setting off a bloody storm and falling down a pile of bones and remains.

These Wei soldiers have more or less seen brave and brave people, but this is the first time they have seen so many people so brave and martial.In less than half a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the Wei Army under the city tower were massacred, and the remaining soldiers of the Wei Army had already lost their souls.

Hua Xiong immediately sent some soldiers into the city tower to lower the drawbridge, and led the rest of nearly 20 soldiers to the city to kill.As soon as they rushed to the bottom of the city stairs, they met Gao Lan who rushed over with two or three thousand soldiers.Hua Xiong looked at the city gate that was close at hand, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "The [-] people in the front will open the city gate, and the rest will follow someone to block the way for the Wei army to come to help!"

More than a hundred people followed Hua Xiong, and quickly lined up in two rows on the street in front of the city gate, blocking the street.Gao Lan saw that the city gate was close at hand, but a shield wall suddenly appeared in front of him, and he also ordered loudly: "The enemy infantry blocked the road, and the cavalry lined up to charge!"

Following Gao Lan's order, Wei Jun's infantry dispersed to both sides of the street one after another, Wei Qi rode horses swarmed in, and Gao Lan himself was surrounded by his own soldiers and lived in the cavalry.However, there seems to be no tiger or leopard rider among them.

"Vote!" Hua Xiong yelled, and a hundred spears were thrown out by Liang Jun.Dozens of Wei Qi rushed to the front and fell off their horses. No one screamed and wailed, but there were horses neighing and mourning.Wei Qi in the rear was hindered by the corpses and wounded horses piled up in front, and his speed paused.

"Vote!"..."Vote!" Hua Xiong ordered two more times.In these two rounds of projection, the Wei army cavalry suffered more than a hundred casualties.But the soldiers of the Liang Army threw away all their spears, not even the spears for close combat, and could only fight with two-foot-long knives.Infantry duels with cavalry are inherently extremely weak. Without long pole weapons, the only fate left is to be slaughtered.

Wei Jun's iron cavalry obviously did not expect that he would suffer such a blow.After a moment of astonishment, they finally recovered.Raise the whip and beat the horse again, and accelerate towards Liang Jun's formation again.At this time, these Wei cavalry were less than thirty steps away from the shield wall.

Every soldier of the Liang Army knew what would happen next in the face of this torrent of cavalry.There were expressions of tension and despair on their faces.

There were several loud bangs in succession, several gaps were broken through Liang Jun's shield wall in an instant, and the soldiers of Liang Jun who were hit by the horses all flew up to a height of more than a few battles away, and fell behind the ground There was no further movement, and it was obvious that he died of exhaustion.The moment the horse was about to hit him, Hua Xiong put his spear on the ground, jumped into the air, kicked a Wei rider away, and instead rode upside down on the saddle of the horse.Then his guns danced wildly, and several Wei cavalry near him were swept off their horses.

But Gao Lan recognized Hua Xiong, he was overjoyed, and shouted: "This man is a general of the Liang army, the first person to kill him... ah." Before he finished speaking, he was shot through the shoulder blade by an arrow.He was wearing the fine armor worn by the generals of the Wei Army, which would be impenetrable to ordinary arrows, but this arrow was shot by Dian Qing standing at the city gate.

During the bloody battle between Hua Xiong and a hundred elite soldiers of the Liang army and Gao Lan, the twenty Liang soldiers finally cleared up the remaining Wei army soldiers in the city gate and opened the city gate.Gathered on the suspension bridge, Liang Jun including Dian Qing rushed in.

Gao Lan screamed in pain. Seeing that the gate of the city was opened, an unknown number of Liang Jun was pouring into the city, and the leader was Liang Jun's heavy cavalry on a giant horse. Yangcheng will definitely not be able to defend it.Gao Lan hurriedly pulled on his horse to escape, but Hua Xiong shouted loudly, "Where are you going to run to!"

With a pop, the spear penetrated Gao Lan's entire body.He shook it twice, and the corpse was carried into the chaos army.The rest of the Wei army lost their main general, and the Liang army continued to pour into the city.Under such circumstances, how could they organize resistance? Either they ran away, or they knelt down and begged for surrender.

Cao Cao, who was a hundred miles away, was still directing Wei Jun to perform under the city of Wancheng, but there was still no sign of Liang Jun.Just when Cao was disheartened, a scout commanding soldier came galloping on horseback.Cao Cao was overjoyed, and said to the red-eyed generals, "Here we come, it must be Liang Jun's iron chariots coming to Wancheng!"

The soldier jumped off his horse near Cao Cao, ran up to him and said out of breath, "My Majesty, Huyang... Huyang City was attacked, Liang Jun attacked Huyang City by night!"

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and said "Ah" with a pale face, and then shouted angrily: "Let me be clear, how many Liang troops attacked Huyang City? Is it a sneak attack or a forced attack? Gao Lan of Huyang City How did you react?"

"It was General Gao Lan who sent someone to report the letter. Liang Jun has 5000 people. It was a sneak attack, but our army discovered it in time. When the letter was sent, there was still fierce fighting."

In fact, there were more than [-] soldiers in Liang Jun's two legions, and Gao Lan also habitually exaggerated the enemy's situation.But this made Cao Cao heave a sigh of relief, and then he paced his feet and said, "I never thought Feng Yu would beat Huyang!"

Chapter 616 Indecision

Seeing that Cao Cao hadn't spoken for a long time after talking with Xu You, Zhang He remonstrated: "Your Majesty, this Feng Yu is obviously not fooled. I suggest that you withdraw the troops immediately and divide them to save Huyang. We want to capture Wancheng because we hope to increase the number of troops. We have the strength to confront the Liang army here. But if Huyang is lost, the grain road from Pingshi County to here will be threatened by the Liang army, and it will be meaningless for us to occupy Wancheng."

In fact, Cao Cao and Xu You were hesitant to divide their troops.Although it is impossible for Feng Yu to be fooled, Wei Jun can still take Wancheng in one go and completely wipe out Liang Jun with 6000 to [-] people in the city.But if he doesn't go to rescue Huyang himself, what if Liang Jun really takes Huyang.

Cao Cao didn't immediately respond to Zhang He's words, but asked Xu You: "Ziyuan, do you think Liang Jun can take Huyang?"

Xu You twitched his whiskers and said, "Since the Liang army is going to attack Huyang in a sneak attack, they must not be ready to attack Huyang. The siege equipment and supplies must not be complete, so they only need one blow to miss them." , it is unlikely to break through Huyang in a short period of time. Your Majesty only needs to dispatch a small force to rush to help Huyang, and Huyang will be safe. Moreover, such a division of troops will not affect our capture of Wancheng."

After listening to Xu You's words, Cao Cao nodded frequently.But he immediately found a loophole in Xu You's words, and asked, "Ziyuan just assumed that the Liang army who attacked Huyang could not succeed in one blow, but what if they have succeeded now? Of course, this possibility The nature is very low, after all, they were discovered by our army's defenders when they attacked Huyang. But what if?"

Xu You didn't expect Cao Cao to ask such a question. After thinking for a while, he hurriedly replied: "If this is the case, let our soldiers who are going to reinforce Huyang monitor Huyang. We will leave some after we capture Wancheng. People and horses guard Wancheng, and the main force turns around and marches eastward to recapture Huyang."

Cao Cao was not satisfied with Xu You's unthought-out answer, so he remained silent.But Zhang He said anxiously from the side: "Your Majesty, Doctor Xu, this strategy is not appropriate! In this way, our army is running around, exhausted, and scattered, and it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of it! For example, some of our troops are in the future Will the main force of our army be intercepted and attacked by cavalry chariots from the Liang army when it moves towards Huyang? Will the main force of our army be able to conquer Huyang even if it arrives safely? Grain supplies can only be brought in from Fangcheng, two hundred miles away. This is all a problem!"

Seeing that Zhang He refuted his face, Xu You was very unhappy, but he couldn't refute Zhang He's question, so he frowned and said: "Wancheng, although it is meaningless for us to capture Wancheng, we can still do it." Eliminate 6000 or [-] people from the Liang army. It’s really not possible. After we capture Wancheng, we can just abandon the city. Besides, this is just an assumption by the Holy One that if Huyang has been occupied by the Liang army, this is an assumption after all.”

Zhang He immediately asked back: "Could it be that our tens of thousands of troops are hoarding here just to wipe out the five or six thousand people of the Liang army, not to mention..."

Cao Cao on the side saw the two arguing endlessly, and the other generals were also whispering, and finally ended their argument, saying: "Okay, there is no need for you two lovers to argue. I have made up my mind, and I will send Xu Zhuling two thousand Tiger and leopard cavalry, three thousand war cavalry went to rescue Huyang City. If Huyang City is lost, they will return to the main army immediately. All the remaining soldiers and horses will attack Wancheng with all their strength, and must conquer Wancheng within a day. Conquer Wancheng Afterwards, if Huyang City is not lost, the whole army will continue to confront the main force of the Liang army with Wancheng as the center, looking for opportunities for a decisive battle. If Huyang City is lost...".

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused for a few seconds, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "If Huyang City is lost, the whole army should return to Fang City and make plans again!"

At this time, Xu Zhu interjected carelessly: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that after my old Xu arrives in Huyang, if he finds that Huyang City has been captured by the Liang army, he will report the letter to the Holy Majesty, and then return to Fangcheng directly?"

"That's right, as long as you find out that Huyang has been occupied by the Liang army, you can directly send your soldiers to report to me, and then return to Fangcheng by yourself!"

"promise!"

When Cao Cao was about to disperse the generals and make their own preparations, Zhang Yun seemed hesitant to speak. He actually wanted to persuade Cao Cao again—to get the exact news from Xu Zhu before making any plans.If the Liang army had conquered Huyang, it would be worthwhile not to fight Wancheng, and they should return to Fangcheng immediately.But in the end, I couldn't bear to say it.

……

In about two quarters of an hour, two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and three thousand war cavalry had assembled, and Xu Zhu led them out of the gate and headed southeast toward Juechen.At this time, the sky in the east was pale.

The cavalry of the Wei army is different from the infantry who have performed a big show all night. They have rested all night and are now full of energy.At full speed, in less than two hours, he galloped to the vicinity of Huyang City.

Xu Zhu stopped his horse with a cry, and set up an arbor with his hands to look towards Huyang City.But only the four gates were closed tightly, the city was completely silent, there was not even a shadow of a soldier, no banners of any side were planted, and there were no dead bodies outside the city.Don't say that this place doesn't look like a fight at all, even if this city is a dead city and an empty city, Xu Zhuruo will believe it without knowing it.

Xu Zhu ordered several soldiers of the general cavalry of the Wei army to call the city in front of the city gate and inquire about the situation by the way.The two commanding soldiers yelled for a long time, but no one responded, so Xu Zhu had to order some soldiers to find a way to climb to the top of the city and open the gate.The generals and leaders under him found some soldiers who were good at climbing rocks and walls, took ropes, crossed the narrow moat, and used the uneven facade of the city wall to climb up.

Xu Zhu looked nervously at these climbing soldiers, and he was already prepared in his heart for these soldiers to be attacked.Sure enough, as soon as these soldiers emerged from the crenel on the top of the city, swords and guns attacked with lightning speed, and they fell to the ground before they even had time to shout.

At the same time, a soldier of the Wei Army exclaimed: "Liang Jun's lift-off lights are up!"

Xu Zhu looked intently, and it turned out that several Liang Jun's hot air balloon airships had risen slowly from the city.He slapped his thigh and said: "Come on, save me. According to the military order of the Holy One, I will take you back to Fangcheng." After finishing speaking, he ordered the soldiers to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, and then reined in his horse to turn around and go to the city. Fangcheng left.It's a pity that he wanted to leave, but Liang Jun would not let him go so easily.

A hundred battles away from Xu Zhu's cavalry, Xu Zhu vaguely saw a large group of people standing up from the bushes.Then countless arrows rushed towards Xu Zhu's cavalry team.Xu Zhu didn't care at first, even if the opponent was a longbowman, if he could shoot such a long distance, he must be at the end of his strength.However, he still underestimated the power of the longbow.Hundreds of heavy arrows still caused Xu Zhu's iron cavalry to fall down in pieces amidst people shouting and screaming, even the iron pieces on the tiger and leopard cavalry were pierced by the heavy arrows.

Chapter 617

When Xu Zhu saw the casualties of his own soldiers, his blood surged immediately.He forgot that the real thing he has to do now is to return to Fangcheng with these five thousand riders.Xu Zhu pointed at these Liang Jun with his unique weapon: "Kill all these bandits!"

After Xu Zhu ordered, two thousand well-trained tiger and leopard cavalry formed several cavalry lines, hundreds of steps wide in length and width, and swept towards the Liang army.The ordinary war cavalry of the Wei army, in the form of skirmishers, flocked to these Liang troops on both sides of the cavalry line.

Those Liang Army soldiers hiding in the grass are naturally Liang Army's foot longbowmen, there are as many as [-] of them.They all belong to the Dianqing Legion.After Dian Qing received the news from the scouts that the cavalry of the Wei army rushed to help Huyang, he made arrangements in advance, and he personally brought the foot longbowmen of the army to lie in ambush here.

It was easy for the Wei army's iron cavalry to charge and kill the infantry on this plain, let alone deal with this kind of longbowman who could only attack from a long distance and had no combat effectiveness at close range.As long as Wei Jun can rush to them, it will be the beginning of a massacre.

But these longbowmen had no fear on their faces, and continued under Dian Qing's command, one after another heavy arrows focused on the Wei Jun tiger and leopard cavalry in the front, but turned a blind eye to the Wei Jun general cavalry who were flying up from both wings. , as if they did not exist.

Among the tigers and leopards of the Wei army who were rushing forward, there were continuous sounds of people shouting and neighing.The people and horses riding tigers and leopards were continuously shot by heavy arrows, causing the cavalry to roll off their horses, and then they were trampled to pieces by the iron cavalry of their own cavalry.Xu Zhu didn't change his face, and continued to gallop, still roaring: "Kill! Kill!".At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry were less than [-] battles away from the archers of Liang Junchang.

Only then did Dian Qing yell: "Withdraw!".Hundreds of longbowmen ran towards Huyang City on their left.How could Xu Zhu let them go? He even accelerated his horse and urged his soldiers to catch up quickly: "Listen, everyone, whoever can be the first to catch up and kill Liang Bing will be rewarded heavily!"

The two thousand tiger and leopard riders were naturally scrambling to be the first to gallop, and several of Xu Zhu's personal soldiers also rushed to the front.Their horses "plowed" the wild grass that was higher than human knees into deep furrows.Suddenly, several ear-piercing sounds of horse neighing came from Xu Zhu's ears, and he was startled and said, "Could it be that Liang Jun is still in ambush?"

Xu Zhuxun looked around, only to find that the tiger and leopard riders rushing to the front had already fallen to the ground, and the people also flew a few battles away, obviously they couldn't survive.Immediately afterwards, there were a few more people screaming, and people continued to fall heavily off the horse.At this time, someone shouted: "There are rejecting horses in the grass! There are rejecting horses arranged by Liang Jun!"

In fact, this is not a real rejection of horses, but three wooden sticks that are sharpened at both ends that longbowmen carry with them every day, supporting each other and inserting them obliquely on the ground.In normal battles, longbowmen carry them so that they can be placed next to them when shooting, so as to prevent enemy cavalry from attacking them.If an enemy cavalry suddenly rushes out from nearby, they can hide behind these repelling horses, forcing the enemy cavalry not to charge directly to kill themselves.

This time Dianqing used these wooden sticks to temporarily stop the horses from attacking large-scale cavalry.And the weeds and shrubs that were higher than people's knees covered these "rejecting horses" so hard to detect, and finally let the tigers and leopards ride on the road.The tiger and leopard riders were afraid of accidentally bumping into these pointed wooden sticks.Had to slow down.

Xu Zhu looked at Liang Bing who was galloping towards Huyang City, and at his own soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties, and cursed angrily, "Where did the war cavalrymen who had swooped up from the two wings go? Why haven't they come out to intercept these Liang soldiers?" Army Archer!"

Xu Zhu didn't know that the three thousand Wei cavalry on the left and right were intercepted by Liang Jun's two light cavalry battalions and two heavy cavalry battalions.The reason why Liang Jun was able to intercept them so well was naturally due to the hot air balloon floating in the air and the flag bearer in its hanging basket.

Although Liang Jun only dispatched two thousand war cavalry, his combat power was much higher than the three thousand Wei cavalry.A large number of Wei cavalry were shot off their horses by Qingqi Feiyu's random arrows, and then they were pierced horizontally by Liang Jun's heavy cavalry.After a short time, his morale collapsed, he scattered and ran away, and never regrouped, but those Qingqi Feiyu were still chasing after him.

Xu Zhu saw that the Wei cavalry hadn't arrived, but he still didn't give up. When he was about to urge the tiger and leopard cavalry to intercept the longbowmen as quickly as possible, some soldiers hurriedly rode their horses to report: "Report! ... the general is not good. , our army's scattered cavalry on the left and right were defeated by Liang Jun's ambush cavalry!"

After Xu Zhu heard this, he screamed angrily, and his lieutenant hurriedly persuaded him: "General, we can't continue fighting like this. This Liang army has obviously arranged and ambushed in advance. The general still remembers the will of the Holy Majesty." no?"

One word awakened the dreamer, and when he thought of Cao Cao, Xu Zhu's back broke out in a cold sweat.He hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw! Withdraw! Don't think about the war, and retreat as soon as possible!".

The remaining [-] or [-] tiger and leopard riders followed Xu Zhu, turned around and ran away.

At this moment, the suspension bridge of Huyang City was lowered suddenly, and the city gate was opened.However, most of the galloping out of the city were neither cavalry nor infantry, but two-wheeled chariots with rumbling wheels.There are only a small number of heavy cavalry accompanying these chariots as a cooperative cover.Hua Xiong was holding a lance in his hand, and he was also riding on a big jet-black horse.

As soon as the heavy arrows were fired, one after another roared, shooting the fleeing tigers and leopards off their horses one after another.These chariots also stopped in front of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and they galloped in the same direction, relying on their speed advantage, they always kept the distance from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

When the tiger and leopard riders turned in one direction and tried to get out of contact with the longbow chariots, the longbow chariots stuck up like a dog's skin plaster.

Xu Zhu was angry and anxious, swung his halberd-like halberd-like axe-like blade, and shouted loudly: "Sanqu's men and horses will be cut off with someone, and the rest will continue to evacuate."

It seems that Xu Zhu's only choice is to leave some people behind and let most of them retreat safely.And he had to stay behind himself, otherwise no one would be willing to do this obviously death-defying mission.

When Xu Zhu turned around with a team of five hundred horses, most of the longbow chariots ran to both sides, trying to bypass them.But there are still twenty or thirty longbow chariots slowing down, not chasing the main force of the tiger and leopard cavalry, but shooting at the tiger and leopard cavalry continuously.

In this way, the effect of the interception was only to slow down the speed of the longbow chariot's pursuit due to the detour, and to break up the longbow chariot into two.

Xu Zhu's men and horses were still suffering constant casualties. When they chased the twenty or thirty longbow chariots, the opponent avoided them at a very fast speed.There were fewer and fewer tiger and leopard cavalry around Xu Zhu, but at this moment a group of heavy cavalry from the Biaoliang Army charged towards him, and the leader was none other than Hua Xiong.

Without further ado, the two started fighting with each other with guns and axes, and for a moment there was no winner.

Chapter 618 Sima Yi's Siege Technique

Xu Zhu and Hua Xiong fought for seven or eight rounds, but Hua Xiong was clearly at a disadvantage.The halberd and ax that weighed at least tens of catties were rotated by Xu Chu like a dancing cattail fan. Under the fierce offensive of one ax after another, Hua Xiong had no choice but to parry.But Xu Zhu didn't realize that the soldiers and cavalry around him were beheaded by Liang Jun's heavy cavalry one after another, and there were fewer and fewer.

With a cry, Xu Zhu saw Hua Xiong's opening and swung his ax again.He had calculated that if Hua Xiong blocked this loophole, he would reveal a bigger loophole, and he would be able to kill Hua Xiong with one blow.As expected, Hua Xiong was so shocked that he turned the barrel of the gun horizontally and blocked Xu Zhu's halberd and axe.Xu Zhu was overjoyed, he quickly retracted the slashed axe, and was about to stab Hua Xiong to death with the tip of the halberd axe.

But at this time, out of the corner of Xu Zhu's eyes, he noticed that two Liang Jun heavy cavalry on the left and right were sweeping towards him with maces at the same time.He hastily gave up the opportunity to kill Hua Xiong, he laid his body on his back with an iron bridge, and swept away the two maces.When Xu Zhu straightened up, Hua Xiong was surrounded by more heavy cavalry of the Liang army and charged at him. Only then did he realize that there were not many tiger and leopard cavalry left beside him.He had no choice but to hit his horse and run away. Four or five Liang Jun war cavalry intercepted him one after another. Either he fell off the horse with a halberd and axe, or he swung his mace away and let him go away successfully.

Seeing that Xu Zhu could not be captured successfully, Hua Xiong could only sigh, and then said with emotion: "This man is really the mighty general of Cao Wei!" After several longbow chariots chased him out, Hua Xiong shouted: "Don't chase after him!" Now, he is riding a thousand-mile steed, which is far faster than ordinary Wei's horses, and you will not be able to catch up."

……

It was still dark two hours ago.Under the city of Wancheng, Cao Jun, holding bright torches, formed several huge siege phalanxes, and they rushed towards the dilapidated city of Wancheng.The infantry of the Wei army in the army formation carried ladders and springboards.After the formation, a number of lift-off lights for the Wei army to scout the situation in the city were raised.Long before the Wei army attacked, their catapults and ballistas bombarded Wancheng for nearly an hour.This time Cao Cao is playing for real.

"Report! Your Majesty, a soldier from our army has come to report that Huyang has fallen, and the defender Gao Lan died in battle!".A soldier of the school lieutenant rank came to report in front of Cao Cao in a hurry.

Cao Cao's heart was shocked, but he realized something was wrong in an instant, and asked: "Xu Zhucai walked for less than two hours. No matter how fast he walked, he had just arrived at Huyang City at most. How could his commander be so Return the message soon?"

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