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- "First, no one is allowed to rob without my orders. Second, no one is allowed to kill without my orders. Third, no one can leave the team at will without my orders. ¡ÑDing Dian Dian Novel,"
Hu Chuquan thought for a while and said, "Okay! I promise you, as long as you give half of the property in the treasury to the Xiongnu for every city you capture."
Sima Yi smiled and said, "Of course."
Sima Yi casually ate some meat. After a full meal, the 20,000 Huns gathered. Sima Yi asked the people sent by Guo Jia to protect him to go back, and set off on the journey alone with Huchuquan and 20,000 Huns cavalry.
The Weishui River froze, and the ice was three feet deep. When thousands of horses galloped, Sima Yi was afraid that the thick ice would collapse, so he ordered the Huns to disperse in front, back, left, and right. Each cavalryman kept a certain distance and galloped on the Weishui River, all the way to Galloping westward.
The army was galloping. From a distance, it looked like tens of thousands of cavalry galloping. The group did not carry any flags. Everywhere they passed was uninhabited land, and they marched along the Weishui River.
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Liangzhou, Jicheng.
In the Prefectural Governor's Mansion, Xia Houyuan, General Zhenxi of Wei and Liangzhou Governor, was pacing anxiously in the hall, looking out from time to time. When he saw that the people waiting for him had not come yet, he said angrily: "Where are all the people dead?" , why haven¡¯t you come yet? Please come again!¡±
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xu Shu and Cheng Yu running over in a hurry. Seeing Xia Houyuan standing in the hall wearing a military uniform, he felt suspicious.
When Xia Houyuan saw the two people coming, he hurriedly went out to greet them. He held one person by the hand and walked out the door. As he walked, he said: "The Chinese army has attacked Wuwei. Cao Xiu sent someone to deliver the news. I have gathered troops and horses. If we attack the Chinese army now, we will definitely defeat the Chinese army"
"Wait" Xu Shu suddenly stopped and asked, "What did the general just say?"
"The Chinese army made a sneak attack on Wuwei, and Cao Xiu sent people to use it to get the news. I already have an insight into the movements of the Chinese army, and I can take advantage of it!"
Xu Shu was surprised and asked: "When did this happen?"
"The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."
Xu Shu asked: "General, don't be anxious. Can you tell us the specifics? I'm afraid this is a treacherous plot by the Chinese army."
"Cao Xiu risked his life to report the message, which must be true. Now the Chinese army Wei Yan is bluffing all the way towards Jincheng, but Taishi Ci's army has all arrived in Hanyang County, and I also received a secret report that there is indeed a large army secretly coming here. ¡±
Xu Shu said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. The general should take the long term."
Cheng Yu also hurriedly advised: "General, don't be anxious for a while, it only takes a cup of tea, just tell us and listen."
Xia Houyuan was notoriously impatient, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of Xu Shu and Cheng Yu, so he entered the hall and sat down to talk in detail.
Therefore, Xia Houyuan told Xu Shu and Cheng Yu about the movements of the Chinese army reported by Cao Xiu. Then he went on to talk a lot about how Cao Xiu used a trick to escape.
After hearing this, Xu Shu and Cheng Yu looked at each other. Subsequently. Cheng Yu said: "General Cao is courageous, wise and brave, and there is nothing wrong with him. However, the mistake is that General Cao trusts the Chinese army."
Xia Houyuan asked suspiciously: "What does this mean?"
Xu Shu said: "In other words, this is a trap set by the Chinese army. However, this is just a trick. General Cao is in a confusing situation, so he naturally doesn't know. But as an outsider, it is full of doubts and loopholes. The general only knows You need to stick to Jicheng and don't send troops. In addition, contact the King of Xiqiang to jointly resist the Chinese army."
Xia Houyuan said: "Is this really a treacherous plot by the Chinese army?"
Xu Shu and Cheng Yu nodded at the same time and said: "It is indeed a conspiracy."
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Cheng Yu said: "Our army is small and cannot resist the huge force of the Chinese army. It is better to defend the city."
"Huayin Pass is impenetrable, but it was still captured. This shows that no matter how strong the city wall is, the Chinese army can capture it. Instead of waiting for death in the city and letting the Chinese army surround our army in the city, it is better to go out of the city to fight and beat us hard. "Hua Xia Army." Xia Houyuan said, "I will use the heads of Tai Shi Ci and others to commemorate the death of Cao Zixiao."
Cheng Yu sighed and winked at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu nodded, clasped his fists and said to Xia Houyuan: "General, have you made up your mind to send troops?"
"Yes! If you don't come up with a plan for me, I will think of it myself." Xia Houyuan said firmlySaid categorically.
"In that case, I'll do whatever it takes, but it's not advisable to have too many soldiers, five thousand is enough. I think the current Chinese army should be ambushing somewhere, and they can take advantage of it." Xu Shu said with a smile.
Cheng Yu quickly said: "Yuan Zhi, I asked you to persuade the general to stay in the city. How did you"
"Master Cheng, please be at ease. With the general's temperament, he will definitely not stay in the city. It would be better for me and the general to go out of the city to fight a victorious battle and give the Chinese army a show of strength. Although our army is small, they are all elite soldiers. Master Cheng is in charge. In Jicheng, just contact the King of Xiqiang.¡±
Xia Houyuan patted his thigh and laughed and said, "Yuan Zhi still understands me. Let's leave now and chat while walking on the road."
Xu Shu nodded and said, "Well, okay."
The two immediately left the Governor's Mansion, leaving Cheng Yu standing there alone. When he saw Xia Houyuan and Xu Shu leaving, he was stunned for a while, and then hurriedly called someone to contact the King of Xiqiang.
Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu came to the city gate. Xu Shu asked Xiahou Yuan to choose only 500 cavalry and 4,500 infantry.
"Is this enough?" Xia Houyuan asked.
"That's enough. General, if you believe my words, just go ahead and you will definitely be able to take the head of a general from the Northwest Army today." Xu Shu said confidently.
Xia Houyuan nodded, got on his horse, took the weapon in his hand, and ordered: "Let's go!"
When the cold season arrives on the earth, everything changes. The sky is gray, as if after a strong wind, it has a chaotic atmosphere, and snow is flying all day long. People are quick to set their way, and the breath from their mouths seems to be smoking when encountering severe cold.
Xia Houyuan rode his horse and separated five hundred people to clear the way in front. The thick snow half a man deep gave him a headache.
Nicknamed General Long-Legged, he could run five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days. He was the number one vanguard in the history of the Three Kingdoms and could run faster than anyone else. But. Such weather also made it difficult for the long-legged general. What surprised him even more was that in such weather, the cold could freeze someone, let alone run hundreds of miles.
"Yuan Zhi, do you think the Huaxia Army is not human?" Xia Houyuan rode his horse and walked slowly. Looking at the road clearing team in front of him, he couldn't help turning his head and said to Xu Shu beside him.
Xu Shu listened. He asked suspiciously: "Why did the general say this?"
Xia Houyuan pointed to the road ahead and said: "Look ahead, it's so difficult for the soldiers to clear the way. The Chinese army was able to go directly from Lingzhou to Wuwei. How much manpower is needed."
"It is impossible for man to conquer nature." Although Xu Shu replied, he still admired the Chinese army's strategy of taking the enemy by surprise and attacking the unprepared. Moreover, occupying Wuwei was equivalent to cutting off the communication between the east and west of Liangzhou.
Xu Shu looked at the road ahead. I was thinking in my mind: "Taishici will definitely not be so stupid that he doesn't even want Lingzhou and just presses the entire army against Wuwei, right?"
At this moment. It was snowing in the sky, and the biting cold wind brought large swaths of snowflakes. The cold wind shook the branches, howled and roared, blowing away the entire snowdrift like crazy, and swept it into the air. The cold wind whistled constantly and changed direction erratically, almost overturning pedestrians and horses. It was like sharp stones scratching the faces of the horsemen, suffocating them. Speechless.
The bell tied around the horse's neck made no sound at all. Amidst the howling and whistling of the whirlwind, only bursts of miserable sounds were heard, like howling wolves, neighing horses in the distance, and sometimes like people. A cry for help in times of great distress.
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Xu Shu said nothing, knowing Xia Houyuan's temperament. However, in his heart, he always admired Xia Houyuan as a general. Although he is impatient, he can listen to his opinions.
"If it's cold, dismount and shovel all the snow. Whatever the Chinese army can do, you are no worse than others. Please remember that you are my subordinates, Xia Houyuan, and you are the God Marching Army. What I want is speed, speed!" "Xia Houyuan raised his whip and shouted loudly.
After the shouting, Xia Houyuan immediately jumped off the horse, took the lead, and rushed to the front to shovel the snow.
When the other soldiers saw it, they all stepped forward one after another. Although it was cold and freezing, and even though the storm was raging and snowing, they could not resist the blood of the people.
When Xu Shu saw this, a smile appeared on his face and he said, "I'll help you too."
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Liangzhou, twenty miles outside Yuzhong City, on the vast snowfield with thousands of ravines, 10,000 Chinese Army soldiers have all entered an ambush state after several days of preparation.
?????????????????????????????Under the snowfield, there is a cave dwelling carefully dug by the Chinese army. Pang De and Chu Yan are waiting on both sides. The cave dwelling is extremely warm. The soldiers have been eating and drinking in the cave dwelling for half a day. The entrance of the cave is sealed with snow, and the sky is floating again. There was heavy snow like goose feathers, making it impossible to see any trace of digging outside.
In Yuzhong City, Ma Chao was in charge, 10,000 soldiers were still flying the banner of the Wei army, and 20,000 soldiers of the Huaxia army were waiting for Xia Houyuan's arrival.
"General!" Wang Shuang rushed out of the hall and said loudly without having time to pat the snow on his body, "The scouts have come to report that Xia Houyuan has sent out troops. Five thousand horsemen are in front to clear the way. The rest of the troops are still in the city and there is no movement. "
Ma Chao nodded and said: "Very good, it seems that Wei Wenchang's strategy worked. You go to see General Pang and General Chu immediately, ask the two generals to release Xia Houyuan's troops, and then attack from both front and rear."
Wang Shuang hugged his fists and left quickly.
After leaving the county government office, Wang Shuang got on a horse and galloped towards Ershilipu outside the city alone.
When he arrived at Ershilipu, Wang Shuang wandered around for a long time and actually forgot where his army was ambushed. The reason was that there were thousands of ravines here, and at a glance, they were all white. Can't tell.
"Strange! Where is it? I could find it just now, why can't I find it now?" Wang Shuang scratched his head and muttered.
"Idiot! It's snowing outside, and the snow has covered the mark you made. Of course you can't find it." At this time, a man emerged from the snowdrift, wearing a suit of armor and a tall and burly figure. The man with the curly beard is none other than Chu Yan.
When Wang Shuang saw Chu Yan coming out in person, he immediately dismounted and said: "Meet General Chu!"
"No need to be polite, tell me quickly, what is General Ma's order?" Chu Yan is also a rough guy. He had been a bandit before and when he was robbing Jizhou, he happened to meet Lin Nan who was going to take office in Liaodong. However, he was surrendered by Lin Nan and became an outstanding general among his subordinates. It also avoided the growth of the Black Mountain Army, which had harmed the northern states in history. Because of this, the population of the northern states did not decrease sharply, and finally became the capital for Lin Nan to dominate.
Chu Yan is good at mountain warfare. He used to be a mountain bandit. Being chased and beaten by the officers and soldiers, he often hid in the mountains, but he ran as fast as he could on the rocks, so he was called "Feiyan". After Zhang Niujiao's death, he took his brothers to join Lin Nan. That group of brothers later achieved brilliant results in the battle to defeat the Tian clan in Liaodong. However, until this time. The brothers were dead and injured, and only he and Yu Du were left. Yu Du has been stationed in Liaodong. Now he is also a general, and his main job is to appease the Buyeo people.
Wang Shuang looked around and saw that the surrounding area was completely covered with no clues, so he said: "General Chu, you are such a master. You have made these ten thousand people invisible at all. My general Let me tell General Chu and General Pang to let the five thousand Wei troops pass by, and then attack them from both sides."
"I understand, go back and reply to General Ma."
"No!"
After Chu Yan waited for Wang Shuang to leave, she went back to the cave and sealed the entrance with snow.
There are torches burning in the cave dwelling. Under the dim light, Pang De came up and asked, "Wang Shuang is here, what's the matter?"
"Ma Chao asked us to let the Wei army go, and then we and Ma Chao would attack the Wei army from front to back."
Pang De thought for a while and said: "There are only five thousand people. We are waiting in full formation and waiting for work, but we still ambush them. Why should we let them go?"
Chu Yan said: "The general means"
"You and I attack from the front and back. Wei Yan took the lead last time when we attacked the city. This time, we can't let Ma Chao take it from us. You attack from the front and back to block the Wei army here, and then join forces to annihilate Xiahou Yuan." Pang De planned.
"Okay, if you can kill Xia Houyuan, it will definitely be the first achievement, and it will be more powerful than the attack on ten cities. We brothers will share the credit among ourselves. Ma Chao's son has only been in Huaxia Kingdom not long ago, and he is already in a high position. And everyone in the Ma family has been granted a title. I don¡¯t understand why the emperor prefers Ma Chao so much? And he is the prince of the country" Chu Yan said with a bit of complaint.
??Among the Northwest Army, Chu Yan has the lowest official position. How can he not complain? He came earlier than Ma Chao and contributed more to China than Ma Chao. Why did Ma Chao have a higher official position than him? Normally, Chu Yan was not dissatisfied with Ma Chao, but because she was afraid of hurting her harmony, she kept tolerating it. This time Taishi Ci let Ma Chao take charge, and he tolerated it, but he would never give up the great credit of killing Xia Houyuan to Ma Chao.
After hearing this, Pang De said to Chu Yan: "It is precisely because he is the prince of the subjugated country that he has been favored by the emperor. However, Ma Chao should not be underestimated. However, we must not give him the credit this time."
"Yeah."
The two of them had decided on their plan, and immediately made up their minds to kill Xia Houyuan here.
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Xia Houyuan is worthy of being a long-legged general. It only took him one day to reach the boundary of Yuzhong County.
"Yuzhong City is located at the junction of Jincheng, Hanyang and Wuwei counties. Its geographical location is very important. I think that the Chinese army has already occupied Yuzhong City at this time. If we go to Yuzhong, I am afraid there will be an ambush on the road. General You still have to be careful." Xu Shu reminded Xia Houyuan while riding his horse.
"What are you afraid of? The soldiers will come to cover up the water and earth. I will kill as many as they come. Although the Chinese army has 200,000 people, I am not afraid." Xia Houyuan said exaggeratedly.
Xu Shu said: "The general is brave, so he should not be afraid. However, just in case, I think it is better to divide the troops into two groups. First, use a thousand infantry to clear the way as a bluff, and then the remaining 4,000 horse infantry will follow behind. If on the road If there is an ambush, they will definitely attack those thousand soldiers, and our army can rescue them from behind and kill the enemy by surprise. "
"Well, it's a good strategy." Xia Houyuan nodded, and then added, "However, it is not easy to confuse the enemy."
With that said, Xia Houyuan summoned a man of similar stature to himself, then changed his armor in public and asked his captain to take his place in the front army.
After Xu Shu read it, he smiled and said, "The general's brilliant plan."
Xia Houyuan said: "I am called Miaocai, so I can naturally come up with clever ideas. However, as for whether it is clever or not, we have to see the actual situation for a while."
"The order is given, the troops are divided into two groups, one in front and the other in rear, to speed up the march."
As soon as the words fell, everyone ran forward one after another. No more paving the way, just stepping directly into the snowdrift.
Xia Houyuan's captain dressed as Xia Houyuan, held a big sword in his hand, and rushed forward. Behind him, a thousand infantrymen all moved forward bravely, carrying Xia Houyuan's flag. But the real Xia Houyuan followed behind, advancing slowly, and from time to time sent scouts to the front to inquire.
Pang De and Chu Yan were waiting hard in the cave. A small hole was dug in the snow blocking the entrance of the cave to facilitate observation of the situation outside.
Not long after, the Wei army entered the mountain road. At the front was a man with a silver helmet on his head, wearing a chain mail, carrying a broadsword, with a yellow-maned horse under his crotch, and a thousand infantrymen closely following behind him. The flag bearers behind each held a large flag, one of which had the word "Xiahou" embroidered on it. Another large flag has the word "Wei" embroidered on it.
Pang De and Chu Yan saw this wave of soldiers and horses at the same time. Looking from a distance, there was no doubt that the leader and Xia Houyuan were wearing the same clothes.
Chu Yan was extremely excited. She was about to rush out with the steel knife in her hand, but was held back by Pang De.
"Ling Ming, what are you doing?" Chu Yan asked suspiciously.
Pound said: "Xia Houyuan sent five thousand troops. Why did he only bring one thousand infantry in front? Is there some conspiracy? Let's wait and see!"
Chu Yan said: "Whatever the conspiracy is, our army is ten thousand, and our strength is twice that of Xia Houyuan. Are you afraid of a bird? If you don't kill Xia Houyuan now, I'm afraid you will let him pass. Ma Chao is about to take action."
As soon as the words fell, Chu Yan immediately threw Pang De away, shouted and rushed out directly.
Pang De had no choice but to rush out. The Chinese troops who were ambushing the cave dwellings on both sides were dispatched. They raised their crossbows and fired fiercely into the mountain road.
Under the volley of thousands of arrows, the poor thousands of Wei soldiers were all shot to death, and no one survived. Blood flowed all over the ground, dyeing the surrounding snow red.
At this time, all the Chinese soldiers cheered, thinking that they had killed Xia Houyuan. Chu Yan hurriedly went down the hillside, pulled out the steel knife and walked to "Xia Houyuan" on the mountain path, pulled up Xia Houyuan's hair, and was about to raise the knife to cut off the head.
Who would have thought that an arrow suddenly shot out and flew towards Chu Yan quickly.
"Be careful of hidden arrows!" Pang De shouted hurriedly when he saw this.
Chu Yan was startled and hurriedly dodged, but the arrow still passed by his nose. The sharp arrow scratched Chu Yan's nose, causing Chu Yan to bleed immediately, and he hurriedly covered his nose with his hands. At the same time, the dead "Xia Houyuan" suddenly attacked Chu Yan, pulled out a dagger and stabbed Chu Yan in the thigh.
Chu Yan felt a sharp pain in her legs. She was unsteady, staggered, and fell backwards.
Immediately afterwards, the man pretending to be Xia Houyuan did not hesitate at all. He took out his flying knife and rushed directly towards Chu Yan, wanting to stab Chu Yan to death.
Seeing that the person was not Xia Houyuan, Chu Yan knew that he had been fooled. He raised his foot and kicked out towards the person. He just endured the pain and stood up, ready to kill the person pretending to be Xia Houyuan. Unexpectedly, an arrow flew towards him. He was shot directly in the forehead with huge force.?It penetrated directly through his skull, entered his head, and came out from behind the helmet. There was white brain matter on the arrow.
¡°Ah¡ª¡ª¡± Chu Yan screamed, stepped back a few steps, fell in the snow, twitched a few times, and died.
This momentary change happened so fast that Chu Yan was shot dead before Pang De and other Chinese troops could react.
"General Chu!"
Pang De shouted and was about to go down the hillside when he saw six to seven hundred dead people in the snow standing up at the same time. Everyone pulled out a throwing knife from their waist and pointed towards the people on the hillside. The Chinese army officers and soldiers threw it over.
The flying knife left his hand without missing a beat and went straight into the soldier's throat. It was extremely accurate.
At this time, many Wei troops suddenly rushed out from behind the Huaxia Army, waving their swords and slashing and killing them. The Huaxia Army was caught off guard and hurriedly turned around to defend themselves.
At this time, Xia Houyuan rushed over from the mountain road with 500 cavalry. Each knight started shooting at the Chinese army on the hillside with their bows and arrows. With the armor-piercing awl in hand and the sudden attack, the Chinese army was caught off guard. .
The situation was once out of control. The armor and weapons that the Chinese army was proud of were useless against the Wei army. Pound saw the loss of his troops and lost his generals. He heard constant shouts of killing from behind. The flags of the Wei army were fluttering all over the mountains and fields. He didn't know where to come. How many soldiers and horses were there. He rushed down the hillside, chopped down the man pretending to be Xia Houyuan, put the dead Chu Yan on his shoulders, and shouted loudly: "The whole army retreats!"
The Chinese troops retreated one after another, in groups of three to five, in groups of four to six, and finally moved closer to the center. They became in unison, with a thousand people staying behind and fighting while retreating, which seemed well-trained.
Xia Houyuan was about to pursue him, but when he saw Xu Shu arriving, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't chase the poor enemy!"
"Why?" Xia Houyuan asked suspiciously, "If we don't kill the general at this time, when will we wait?"
"Pang De still had enough fighting strength to retreat. The army was extremely organized, which shows that this army is usually well-trained. However, he retreated just because he defeated Chu Yan. Doesn't the general feel suspicious? What's more, our army is small and the enemy's soldiers are small. "It's not appropriate to pursue him." Xu Shu hurriedly consoled him, "You should be able to return to Jicheng now."
"The Chinese army is obviously afraid of me, so they won't pursue me now. How long will it take to expand the results?"
As soon as Xia Houyuan finished speaking, he ordered: "Pursue the whole army, kill the enemy generals, and reward them with a thousand gold coins."
"General Xiahou" Xu Shu shouted hurriedly.
Xia Houyuan was not willing to listen, so he led five hundred cavalry and galloped over first. The infantry in front cleared the way, and more than 4,000 people chased Pound in a mighty manner.
Xu Shu was frightened. He and the two guards behind him were the only ones left for a moment. He sighed and said, "Xiahou is a talented person. I think Xiahou is a fool!"
"Sir, what should we do now?" the guard behind asked.
Xu Shu said angrily: "What else can be done? If Xia Houyuan makes a mistake, Liangzhou will be completely occupied by the Chinese army and they will catch up"
"Look, sir! It's reinforcements!" The soldier pointed at a large army that suddenly appeared behind him and shouted loudly.
"Reinforcements?" Xu Shu turned his head and looked over, but when he saw Cao Xiu leading the way, leading a large army at a mighty gallop, he felt even more frightened and uncertain, and hurriedly rode towards Cao Xiu.
"Just now, Xu Shu used the trick to trick Pang De into thinking that there were many Wei troops, but when reinforcements really came, he was extremely worried.
When they met twice, Cao Xiu saw Xu Shu arriving. Without waiting for Cao Xiu to say anything, Xu Shu shouted and asked: "Cao Wenlie, who told you to send troops without permission? Go back quickly!"
Cao Xiu hurriedly reined in his horse and asked suspiciously: "Military advisor, didn't you send an order to Jicheng to ask Master Cheng to defend the city, and to lay out a plan to make a suspicious attack, so that I could lead all the troops in the city to come to support?"
"Nonsense! When did I give you the order?" Xu Shu said angrily.
Cao Xiu said: "Military advisor, you sent someone to inform us that the Chinese Army's 50,000-strong army has surrounded you, and asked me to come to support"
"What's wrong, you have fallen into the enemy's trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain! Go back quickly, Jicheng is empty, I'm afraid only 500 Chinese troops can capture Jicheng." Xu Shu immediately shouted nervously, "There are high-ranking officials in the Chinese army. I underestimated the Chinese army!"
Cao Xiu said: "Don't worry, military advisor, the city will not be captured so easily. The Qiang people have already entered the city with 20,000 troops and horses
After hearing this, Xu Shu's face immediately changed color. He turned around and said to his soldiers: "Hurry up and chase General Xiahou. You must let Xiahou Yuan withdraw his troops, otherwise Liangzhou will be completely unprotected!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Shu hurriedly said to Cao Xiu: "Cao Wenlie, you are confused. How could the Qiang people come so quickly?"Something must have happened in the city now. The army is on standby, and the front team is changing to the rear team. When General Xiahou Yuan arrives, they will withdraw immediately. Maybe there is still time! "
Cao Xiu frowned, and after hearing what Xu Shu said, he felt even more uneasy.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan pursued Pang De. Pang De and others were fighting and retreating. Seeing Xia Houyuan chasing him, there were only about four to five thousand people, and he immediately ordered: "Stop the whole army and form a formation!"
With an order, Pang De handed Chu Yan's body to his soldiers and asked them to retreat back with Chu Yan's body. He also tried to contact Ma Chao and asked Ma Chao to quickly send troops to attack and surround Xia Houyuan.
The soldiers of the Chinese Army all formed infantry square formations. The shields were in front, the long gunners put their spears on the shields, the archers were behind, and the crossbowmen were scattered on both wings. On this relatively flat snow ground, they were immediately displayed. A solid defensive formation.
"Fire arrows!" Pang De gave the order, and his men began to counterattack, firing their bows and crossbows at the advancing Wei army.
Xia Houyuan and his subordinates were all surprised. They did not expect that the Chinese army in retreat could form such a closely connected formation. However, Xia Houyuan had no intention of retreating. He rode forward and shot a penetrating cone at the enemy.
Xia Houyuan has been skilled in bow and horse since he was a child, and he has the ability to penetrate the Yangtze River with a hundred steps. So an arrow shot out, directly piercing a man's head. When he saw the enemy approaching, he abandoned his bow and changed his sword, clapped his horse and danced his sword, and just stepped forward. However, they saw a group of cavalry approaching quickly from behind Pang De's army. The leader wore a silver helmet on his head, wore bright silver armor, and a lion belt around his waist. He had an Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear in his hand and a lion crotch under his crotch, making him look majestic.
As soon as he saw the man appear, he immediately recognized him and turned his horse's head. Then he shouted: "Retreat!"
Pang De heard the sound of horse hooves behind him and turned around to see Ma Chao leading Wang Shuang and five thousand cavalry in a mighty manner, galloping along the road they had already cleared. Seeing that Xia Houyuan retreated without fighting, he hurriedly ordered: "The whole army gets out of the way and let the general pass by!"
Ma Chao took Wang Shuang with him without stopping at all. After glancing at the dead Chu Yan, he frowned. It was also seen that Pound's men suffered some casualties. And they were all infantry, when passing by Pound. Then he shouted loudly: "General Pang, leave the rest to Ma!"
Youdao was extremely jealous when enemies met. When Ma Chao saw Xia Houyuan, he was like a cat seeing a mouse. He squeezed the horse's belly with his legs and shouted loudly. He immediately galloped forward, gradually leaving behind Wang Shuang and the five thousand cavalry behind him.
Xia Houyuan knew how powerful Ma Chao was, so when he saw Ma Chao coming with his cavalry brigade, he immediately retreated and looked back from time to time. He was afraid of being caught up by Ma Chao. It was not because he was afraid of Ma Chao, but because he had few soldiers, and he was afraid that Ma Chao and Pang De's army would all press forward, and then he would have no way to retreat.
"Take my arrow!"
Xia Houyuan looked back while retreating, and saw Ma Chao chasing after him quickly. He immediately drew his big bow, took out a penetrating awl, put it on the arrow string, turned around and shot an arrow at Ma Chao.
Seeing an arrow flying over, Ma Chao swung the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear and struck the penetrating armor awl. Under the impact of gravity, the penetrating armor awl immediately became bent and fell directly to the ground. He even spat and sneered: "What a trick!"
As he spoke, Ma Chao clamped the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear in the crook of his leg, took out a big bow from the horse's neck, took out five arrows from the quiver, and put them all on the bow. After drawing the bow full, he shouted Said: "Give it back to you!"
After a loud shout, Ma Chao shot out all five arrows in his hand and flew towards Xia Houyuan.
Xia Houyuan was shocked when he saw this. He quickly came to hide in a stirrup and shouted in his heart: "I didn't expect Ma Chao to be so skilled in archery. I can only fire four arrows in a row, but he can fire five"
Five arrows flew over Xiahou Yuan's horse and hit the necks of the Wei cavalry in front. One arrow shot through the throat, and all five cavalry fell off their horses.
At this time, Xia Houyuan got on his horse and was about to shoot Ma Chao with his bow and arrow. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, another arrow flew over quickly. He was taken aback and hurriedly dodged, but the arrow came fiercely. Although he avoided the critical point, it still hit his arm, causing blood to flow out immediately.
Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth, looked at Ma Chao angrily, and shouted loudly: "Stop the horse!"
With an order, 500 of the infantrymen walking at the rear voluntarily stayed behind, while the rest all ran forward, running away as if running for their lives.
At this time, the snow on the road had not been trampled for a long time. Xiahou Yuan's army was an elite marching force under his tent. The infantry ran like the wind, but they ran at the same speed as the cavalry restricted by the snow.
With a shout, the four thousand horse infantry suddenlyThey retreated without a trace, leaving only five hundred infantrymen who surrounded Ma Chao. Many of them were stabbed to death by Ma Chao. Seeing Wang Shuang coming with a large group of cavalry from behind, he immediately scattered in all directions, climbed up the hillsides on both sides, and disappeared like a whirlwind.
"General, Xia Houyuan is known as the walking general, also known as the long-legged general. He is famous for running fast. The horses are restricted in the snow, and their speed is basically the same. Can you still catch up?" Wang Shuang finally caught up and saw Xia Houyuan's troops ran so fast, so he asked immediately.
Ma Chao said: "Chase! Let Pang De and the uninjured infantry also catch up. You must not let Xia Houyuan escape. The Wei army must have discovered something is wrong. If the plan is exposed, they can notify the general and launch a full-scale attack on Liangzhou. !¡±
Wang Shuang nodded, and then said to the several scouts behind him: "Hurry up and follow the general's words."
So, Ma Chao led Wang Shuang and 5,000 cavalry in front, Pang De led 8,000 infantry in the rear, and the remaining more than 1,000 injured infantry carried Chu Yan's body back to Yuzhong City.
On the other side, before Xu Shu's personal guards could report to Xia Houyuan, Xia Houyuan had already retreated. When he saw Xu Shu, Cao Xiu and an army of 25,000 people together, he asked suspiciously: "Wen Lie, Why are you here? Who is guarding the city when your army is here?"
Cao Xiu looked guilty and said, "I'm afraid I've fallen into the enemy's trick again, but I don't know what's going on in Jicheng now?"
Xia Houyuan didn't ask any more questions, but anger appeared on his face and he shouted: "The whole army retreats!"
"Yuan Zhi, Ma Chao is leading the army behind, how should we resist?" Xia Houyuan rode his horse to Xu Shu and asked.
Xu Shu said: "You can leave a group of warriors who dare to die behind the scenes to block Ma Chao here, ambush archers on both sides of the road, and shoot at him."
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After they separated, Xia Houyuan and others didn't go far when they saw Cheng Yu coming over in a panic with a few soldiers. He panicked and asked hurriedly: "Why did you come here? Where is Jicheng? "
Cheng Yu said with a crying face: "JichengJicheng has been occupied by the Chinese army. I was careless"
"What?" Xia Houyuan asked in surprise: "How could Taishi Ci's army arrive in Hanyang County without any sound? What do you do for food?"
Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "It's not Taishi Ci's soldiers and horses, it's Sima Yi"
Xu Shu rode on the horse and remained silent. He kept thinking about this matter in his heart. How could the few foolhardy men in the Northwest Army come up with such a perfect plan? Even he couldn't. Got cheated. Moreover, according to Cao Xiu's report, the Northwest Army wanted to lure the snake out of its hole and then eliminate the viable forces in the wild. It is completely different from stealing Jicheng.
Therefore, he has never been able to figure out what happened. Ever since Cao Xiu appeared, he has been trapped in a puzzle. But when he heard the name Sima Yi, he couldn't help but trembled and asked hurriedly: "Who were you talking about just now?"
"Sima Yi! Sima Zhongda, the general of the Huaxia Kingdom in the South, suddenly appeared from nowhere. He took 20,000 Huns with him, pretended to be Qiang people, and went straight to Jicheng. Before that, he used a trick to mobilize all the people in the city. The garrison captured Jicheng without a single blow," Cheng Yu replied.
"Sima Yi? Who is Sima Yi? Why haven't I seen it?" Cao Xiu asked suspiciously.
Cheng Yu said: "He was the one who dressed up as our army's envoy and came to deliver the message. General Cao forgot about it so quickly?"
"Is it him? God damn Sima Yi!" Cao Xiu couldn't help but curse.
It turns out that Sima Yi took Huchuquan and 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers to gallop along the Weishui River, and then turned to the Jingshui River. They rushed on the ice and arrived at the junction of Anding and Hanyang without anyone noticing. Even if someone on both sides of the strait saw it, the Hun soldiers did not display any flags, and they were dressed similar to Qiang people, so others thought they were Qiang people, so no one from the counties along the coast reported it even if they saw it.
After arriving at the junction of the two counties, Sima Yi marched towards Jicheng and intercepted the scout sent by Cheng Yu to Qiangzhong on the way. After asking about some situations, Sima Yi came up with a plan. He first killed the scout and replaced him with Scout's clothes, pretending to be a Wei army scout.
Because he followed Lin Nan into Guanzhong in his early years and witnessed the chaos in Chang'an, he also remembered the accents in the Guanzhong area. He secretly practiced the dialects of various places during normal times, which came in handy today. The alert Sima Yi entered Jicheng alone and asked Huchuquan and others to pretend to be Qiang people. He then falsely passed on intelligence and mobilized Cao Xiu and an army of 25,000. Just as Huchuquan and others arrived, Cheng Yu thought they were Qiang people. , then opened the city??, who would have known that he fell into Sima Yi's trick. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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