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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the Eastern Capital Chapter 348: Li Dian¡¯s Death and Xia Hou¡¯s Escape

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.    Chapter 348: Li Dian dies and Xia Hou flees

    "My lord, please report urgently. There are soldiers and horses from the north approaching Tancheng." On a night when the moon was high, Cao Cao was woken up by his confidant general Xiahou Dun as soon as he fell asleep, and he heard the not-so-good news.

    "Is there something wrong with Zang Ba?" Don't skip words.  Except for Cao Cao, who had just heard the news, he had a flash of shock the moment he opened his eyes, but he remained calm after that.  He called Xiahou Dun and others outside the tent to come in and whispered, "Do you know how many Jizhou soldiers and horses there are?"  "

    Hearing this, Xiahou Dun shook his head and said that his scouting horses could not get close to the army, so he galloped to report from a distance.  "Although there are regrets in the words, there is no dissatisfaction. After all, it is a great credit to Tanshao to be able to report the news in time.

    "Send the order, the whole camp is on alert." Cao Cao's extravagant thinking is also very powerful, and he briefly ordered that since we can defeat them, they will definitely be able to camp here.  Go ahead, the enemy is attacking at night.¡±

    "Nuo" Xiahou Dun actually thought of this, but he did not mobilize the full strength of his troops. If Cao Cao was allowed to dispatch his soldiers in advance, the punishment he would face was unpredictable.  Now that Cao Cao had personally given the order, Xiahou Dun immediately turned around with fists clasped in his hands and began to summon his subordinates, then assigned them to garrison in various parts of the camp.

    Just as Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun expected, in just half an hour, a small group of soldiers and horses quickly approached the Cao family camp under the moonlight. The two leaders were Xu Huang and Xu You.  Looking at the brightly lit camp with soldiers patrolling by from time to time, Xu You sneered and said that Cao Mengde was not slow in his movements, but he may not have such good luck in the future."

    Xu Huang on the side also nodded in agreement. This time he left in a hurry, not wanting to dodge the eyes of the Cao family's secret sentry, so the two of them gave up the sneak attack and just brought a small team to see if the situation was as expected.  Think so.  Everything in front of me now proves that Cao Cao has led his troops. He watched for a long time before saying, let¡¯s go, go back to the camp first.¡±

    Cao Cao is still outside the city, which means that the city is still in the hands of Zhang Fei and others. However, Xu Huang has no plans to enter the city at night.  Soldiers and horses like his left in the dark outside the city are much more intimidating than those placed in the open.  While Xu Huang turned around and retreated, he was also sure that Cao Cao would not dare to attack the city with all his strength tomorrow.

    After a night of nothing, when Cao Cao once again led his troops to leave the camp and arrived outside Tan City, Zhang Fei, who was guarding the city gate, keenly noticed that there seemed to be a lot less soldiers attacking the city.  In the past, even if there were not tens of thousands of soldiers lined up outside the city, the soldiers at the top of the city would definitely see a long queue.  But now, there seemed to be only a mere ten thousand soldiers outside the city.

    "Perhaps only Zhang Fei could regard the "10,000-man formation" as an ordinary formation. He couldn't figure out Cao Cao's trick again, so he had to solemnly order the soldiers not to underestimate the enemy and use all their strength to kill the soldiers and horses outside the city."

    Zhang Fei didn't know that Xu Huang had already led his troops outside the city, and he didn't know the reason why Cao Cao didn't attack with his entire army but kept half of his men. He was afraid that Xu Huang would attack during the day.  Last night, Cao Cao had to be cautious as he stayed there all night without seeing anyone.

    When the soldiers at the top of the city showed a stronger defense than the previous day, Xiahou Dun, who was attacking the city, shook his head helplessly. In the past few days, his 20,000 soldiers had no way to defeat the city. Now, even trying to climb to the top of the city with only 10,000 soldiers is too much.  difficulty.

    The war outside Tan City is still going on, and on the shore of Surabaya, eight miles away from the north gate, Xu Huang and Xu You are discussing the next plan in the newly established camp. What should we do today?  If we don¡¯t attack Cao Ying by surprise, why can¡¯t we also attack Jiangdong by surprise?  "

    Xu You stroked his beard and shook his head. Now that Cao Mengde and Sun Jian have joined forces, they will definitely not let Jiangdong's troops suffer heavy losses before conquering Xuzhou. Soldiers must have been sent to the Jiangdong camp last night to report the news.  If you lead troops in a sneak attack now, there will be no results.  It¡¯s better to act like this, maybe you can gain something.¡±

    Xu Huang is good at leading troops to march forward, and he can fight again even if his soldiers don't rest. What's more, after resting for a night, after listening to Xu You's plan, he nodded in agreement and said that everything is based on the wishes of the military advisor.  "It seems impossible to tell from this that just a month ago Xu You scolded him as a bloody piece of shit and worthless.

    Xu You¡¯s plan is very simple, patiently watch the battle during the day, and then attack in the evening, completely leaving behind all the enemy troops.  As for which place to choose as the target, it was naturally the troops led by Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun.

    No enemy troops were seen last night, and no signal of a sneak attack was heard during the day. Xiahou Dun, who had made no gains and was about to retreat back to the camp, couldn't help but feel a little careless.  When he thought about it, the soldiers and horses from Jizhou who came to aid Xuzhou must have been in a hurry and needed to restore their strength. However, he did not expect that Xu Huang was staring at him like a ferocious beast.

    As the sun gradually set in the west, Xiahou Dun watched another siege force being intercepted by the soldiers at the top of the city. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the withdrawal of the troops.  After hearing this order, the soldiers who had worked hard for a day and survived the siege quickly evacuated from the city wall, and even the ladders fell many times.??.

    And just as Xiahou Dun slowly retreated with his troops, bursts of sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded on both sides of the official road, and then came a black sharp blade, mercilessly harvesting the lives of the soldiers who retreated the fastest.

    "Enemy attack, enemy attack" Xu Huang's patience was beyond Xiahou Dun's expectation, and this ambush made him even more confused. When the crossbow attack stopped, groups of soldiers holding swords and shields ducked out from both sides of the road. Xiahou Dun  I feel cold in my heart, today is a bad day.

    Zhang Fei, who was on the top of the city, was about to tell his lieutenant to take a break when he saw Xiahou Dun withdrawing his troops. However, the moment he turned around and left, the people outside the city remembered the shouts that were no less powerful than when they attacked the city.  As soon as Zhang Fei heard these shouts, he knew it was not Xiahou Dun who left and returned, but that he was ambushed and the soldiers unconsciously made a sound of death.

    "Open the city gate, reinforcements are coming." In order to ensure that there was no misunderstanding, Zhang Fei stood at the top of the city and looked at it for a long time. After vaguely seeing groups of armored soldiers appearing in the distance of the city, he shouted with great joy that the enemy was defeated. At this moment,  All the men will follow me and kill them."

    There was no room for Zhang Fei not to be impatient at this moment. Although he had led his cavalry out of the city to rush into battle in the past few days, he was pressed too hard by the soldiers outside the city and was forced to leave the city to meet the enemy.  The situation in front of them was different. Although it was unclear which reinforcements were arriving, Xiahou Dun's retreat was now blocked. As long as he led his troops and charged in, he could completely annihilate them.

    "Kill, kill, kill" the soldiers at the top of the city were all in high spirits. They had been beaten passively for so long, and finally they finally showed their power.

    Hearing the killing cries from the city behind him, Xiahou Dun was so anxious that he was about to be attacked from both sides. However, his stature was much different from Chu Han Fan Kuai, so even though he looked scary,  Not many soldiers were frightened by him.

    "Yuan Rang, I'll protect you and fight out." Li Dian on the side tightened the spear in his hand, pointed at the sword and shield soldiers in front of him who had not all walked out of the bushes beside the road, and said, "You leave now, and quickly informed the lord that reinforcements are coming. I am here."  "Hold on"

    "Kill" Xiahou Dun didn't say much nonsense. He picked up the long sword in his hand and sprinted straight ahead into the sword and shield formation. There were many soldiers and Li Dian guarding him, and his momentum was not weak.

    However, this ambush was the product of Xu Huang's arrangement for a long time. How could Xiahou Dun be killed easily?  Turning the long ax in his hand, he stood at the front and sneered at the charging Xiahou Dun. He would not let anyone here escape.

    "Ding" the long knife and the heavy ax collided. Even if Xu Huang did not accelerate at all, he just sat on the horse and waved the ax, he was still on a par with Xiahou Dun, and he swiped the ax to the left, stopping the intention.  Li Mancheng, who wanted to force the attack.

    "Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving." The heavy mountain ax suddenly swept across, forcing Xiahou Dun and his two men to pull their horses and retreat a few steps. However, the soldiers who followed were stopped by the sword and shield soldiers, and fell to the ground in a moment.  There was no more movement on the ground.

    After a whole day of siege, almost all the soldiers of the Cao family were exhausted physically and mentally. Facing Wuji's elite soldiers and horses who had been guarding them all day long, there were very few opponents who could withstand the combination of swords, shields and soldiers.  .

    And just when Xiahoudun and Xiahoudun were stopped by Xu Huang and fighting, Zhang Fei rushed out with the cavalry in the city.  For the cavalry, the distance of one mile is only a matter of a few breaths. Zhang Fei led the king on his hip and rushed into the enemy's formation majestically.

    It is absolutely terrifying to have cavalry that accelerates for a full mile. Even if the cavalry does not take action, the impact of dismounting from the horse is enough to drink a pot of Cao's soldiers, who currently only number in the thousands.  What's more, they train under Zhang Fei every day. Each of these cavalrymen has also acquired Zhang Fei's temperament of being fond of martial arts and killing. They are afraid that if they are slow in taking action, they will not make any move.

    Listening to the approaching sound of horses, Xiahou Dun finally panicked. Who was he facing?  It is Xu Huang who can fight with Zhao Guan and Zhang with ease.  Even a single oversight in the battle between top warriors will cause huge changes, not to mention the collapse of their mental state.

    Catching Xiahou Dun's hesitation when drawing out the sword, Xu Huang's long ax, originally pointed at Li Dian, suddenly struck back.  "Shua~~Zika~~" Xiahou Dun finally moved away a little at the last moment. The blade of the long ax just scratched the armor on his arm and shoulder, making a harsh noise.  After the noise, there was a 'pop' sound, the armor split into two, and scarlet gradually oozed from Xiahou Dun's right shoulder.

    With Xiahou Dun¡¯s nearly peak strength and Li Dian¡¯s first-class ability, it is not too difficult to deal with Xu Huang. Even if it is difficult to win, it will never be like this.  However, during the current war, Xu Huang had adjusted his body to its peak condition, but Xiahou Dun and the others were unable to exert even 80% of their strength due to various reasons.

    The battlefield is ruthless, and no one will let Xiahou Dun off because of his poor performance, just like Xu Huang will only be upset because he failed to kill him with one blow.  However, it doesn't matter if there is no one-hit kill. Just take advantage of the situation to kill. Xu Huang raised his big ax high again. If this blow had not happened,In addition, Xiahou Dun's head cannot be saved.

    "Don't underestimate me, Li Dian." Xiahou Dun was injured on his left shoulder and could not lift his sword to defend himself against the ax coming from above.  But who gave him a good comrade? Li Dianti immediately moved half forward and raised the spear in his hand. He stopped Xu Huang's big ax at a distance of less than a fist above Xiahou Dun's head.

    "Brush" Because he wanted to save Xiahou Dun, Li Dian took a huge risk. At this moment, his hands were already higher than his chest, and he was only wearing a thin armor with no other protection.  Just like this, the door in front of you is wide open, which is no different from seeking death.

    Xu Huang didn't need to give an order. The Wuji Guards who were walking among the sword and shield soldiers saw the opportunity. Three or five of them triggered the crossbows on their right hands at the same time. Several sharp arrows suddenly flew out, even with a breath.  Li Dian was not allowed to escape.

    "Puff", "Puff", "Puff", "Puff", "Puff", the five sharp arrows penetrated the thin armor worn by Li Dian with great momentum. The arrow blades went straight into his body, and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out of Li Dian's mouth.  When he came out, even his body shape was unstable and shaky.

    "Let's go~~" He spat out another mouthful of scarlet. Li Dian's eyes shone with the light of "Fight to the Death". He waved his spear with both hands to firmly stop Xu Huang, but he roared at Xiahou Dun beside him.

    Xiahou Dun now has no chance of breaking through forward, and there is no chance of winning by going backward. The only path left for her is the bushes on both sides of the official road.  Although his heart was filled with unwilling anger, he also knew in his heart that if he didn't leave now, when Zhang Fei came and attacked Xu Huang from behind, not only would Li Dian die, but he would definitely not survive.

    Li Dian's sacrifice cannot be allowed to be in vain. The battle that happened here must be reported to the lord. Mixed with various beliefs, Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and suddenly swung his long sword to slash to the left. He pushed back the surrounding sword and shield soldiers and turned his horse's head.  Then he fled into the mountains and forests.

    "Xiahou Dun, please go away, your grandfather Zhang Fei is here." As soon as Zhang Fei got rid of the encirclement of many Cao family soldiers, he saw Xiahou Dun was about to run away, he shouted angrily and chased after him.  However, there were many soldiers separated between the two, and Xiahou Dun was trying his best to leave. When his figure disappeared into the forest, Zhang Fei still did not rush out of the official road.

    "Yide, don't chase." Xu Huang saw that Zhang Fei was still chasing into the bushes on the left, so he had no choice but to say that there were soldiers and horses in the forest, and it would not be easy for Xiahou Dun to escape." Although he said this, Xu Huang generally understood  I'm afraid they won't be able to catch Xiahou Dun this time. Although there are personal guards ambushing him in the forest, they still have a long way to go to catch Xiahou Dun.

    Although a big fish was taken away, the harvest at the moment was also a lot. Ten thousand Cao family soldiers and horses fell here. Needless to say, even Li Dian, whom Cao Mengde valued very much, also fell off his horse in front of him.  But this guy lost too much blood and fought so hard just now, so I'm afraid he won't be able to survive.  This made Xu Huang a little regretful. After all, killing generals and capturing prisoners were two levels of merit.

    The two generals fled and the other died, and the remaining soldiers lost their will to fight. They dropped their weapons one by one and declared their surrender.  Of course, many of the thousands of people escaped into the woods on both sides, but they were not generals like Xiahou Dun.  In the forest, what awaited them were the crossbow arrows and cold thorns of the Wuji Guards.

    The war is gradually coming to an end. Cleaning the battlefield and gathering prisoners are naturally handled by the soldiers in the city. Anyway, before the dead bodies under the city had time to be cleaned up, the battlefield here was also 'cleaned'.  When the soldiers in the forest came out one by one and formed a formation, Zhang Fei frowned and said, are these the soldiers and horses?  Didn't you say you came with Zhang Jia?  "Don't skip words.

    Mentioning "open jaws" Xu Huang smiled bitterly to himself and briefly told the war since Qingzhou. After hearing this, Zhang Fei became furious and shouted that he would lead his troops into Mount Tai now and wipe out all the bandits.

    This explained the reason why the soldiers and horses were scattered. Zhang Fei wondered where the military advisor had gone?  Did he also lead troops to cover you?  "When Xu Huang heard this, he was lucky enough not to be choked by Zhang Fei, so he asked Xu You how to be a bait with his physique.

    "The military advisor left some people in the camp, saying they would be of great use, but he did not go with me." Xu Huang shook his head slightly. He really didn't agree that You had any plans.  But he was convinced of Xu You's ability. Not to mention his achievements in the past few years, the strategies he had used along the way were enough to stun people.

    Xu Huang didn't know that when he was ambushing the Cao family's troops, the "strategist" he called was doing something that stunned everyone. But now, the matter was over, and the entire newly built camp was submerged by the river.  .

    " Flooding a city requires a specific season and specific terrain. This is a very complicated knowledge.  And if you want to flood a camp that was built without much thought, then you don't have to waste any effort.  At this moment, Xu You was standing on a high hill and looking down. Just now, there were no less than seven or eight thousand soldiers fighting for their lives in the roaring river.

    Xu You wanted to stay in the camp because he was thinking about whether there would beMaybe it was his good luck that when his soldiers and horses had arranged everything, he waited for a large number of Jiangdong's sneak attack soldiers and horses.

    In this way, Jiangdong soldiers and horses rashly broke into the camp. When they realized that it was an empty camp, they thought that it would be a waste to lead the troops out by moving all the baggage and food in the camp.

    But it was this little greed and a moment's delay that caused this soldier and horse to lose the chance to escape. Surabaya next to the camp used its anger to tell this group of tiny humans that in front of the wrath of nature, the number of people was only one.  joke.

    The so-called "those who know how to drown in water" Jiangdong disciples have always boasted that they have excellent water qualities, but when the river roared down the upper reaches, they failed to save their lives. Those who were unlucky were directly drowned by the river in the camp.  Even if you are unlucky, you will be whistling and drifting into the distance with the rushing of the river. You cannot leave the land of the Han Dynasty and float to the east ocean.

    Only a few soldiers who were very unlucky managed to survive the flood, but even so, they would inevitably become seriously ill when they returned to the camp. After all, the river water at this time was still quite cold and not as comfortable as it was in the summer.

    Relying on the scene set up by more than 300 soldiers around him, he was able to defeat nearly 8,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong. Xu You completely became famous in this battle.  He was famous in the Central Plains before, but after this battle, his stories began to spread even in the south.  What's more, Xu You is originally from Nanyang, and this status is even more interesting for idlers to talk about when eating and drinking tea.

    When Xu You walked into Tancheng with 300 soldiers, many soldiers greeted him with roaring cheers. They had finished the battle that happened not long ago. Everyone was proud of having such a military advisor.  Of course, there was Zhang Fei and others' calculations in this. After all, Tancheng had been besieged for so many days. It would be a lie to say that people's hearts have not dispersed. Not only them, but also the people in the city also need one, two or even more big games.  Shenglai boosts morale and appeases.

    Chapter 348: Li Dian dies and Xia Hou flees

    Chapter 348: Li Dian dies and Xia Hou flees

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