The peaceful county of Hanoi is like a paradise in troubled times under the rule of Taishou Wang Kuang.

After besieging Ma Fuguo and supporting Yuan's ascension, he returned to Hanoi, but he did not even accept the position of Jiuqing promised by Yuan.

Wang Kuang thinks very clearly about the current situation, the world is not stable enough, even if he ascends to the position of Jiuqing, one day Ma Yue will not let him go back to Luoyang.

Hanoi Taishou thought very clearly, who is to blame for being born in this troubled world? In this era, fame and fortune are all nothing, and only the sword in your hand can protect yourself. Holding the authority of a county, it is better to live longer than the three princes and nine kings!

Don't you see, there are three vacant generals' mansions in Luoyang City?

Since his youth, Wang Kuang has been a man who is light on money and righteousness, and has become a very famous young man in the local area by virtue of this reputation. However, Wang Kuang's light wealth and righteousness were limited to the people who held power in various places, such as Bao Xin, the commander of the cavalry, Zhang Miao, Chen Liutaishou, Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, and the dead soldiers who fought for him...... Others, whether they are ordinary people or powerful scholars, are difficult to get into his eyes.

The powerful can build a dock to defend themselves, and so can Wang Kuang, who is friendly with the magistrates of the surrounding counties and helps each other with his watch.

The forces of the three counties were harmonious, and Cao Mengde, who was in the east, was abandoned, and Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in their hands...... With these soldiers and horses, not to mention the big things, it is enough to save your life!

Wang Kuang has always thought so, it is enough to save his life.

Because of this, he will recruit 500 Taishan strong crossbowmen, who wear heavy armor with strong crossbows, and 500 defenders of the city can block thousands of soldiers and horses with some spearmen and spearmen.

The stability of Hanoi County was not until the arrival of the general Yuan Shao.

Half a month ago, the general Yuan Shaochuan Liangzhou Mu Ma Yue took the troops out of Longguan under Sanfu without authorization, brutally plundered and slaughtered the people, rebelled, and ordered the Taishou to recruit troops and transport Luoyang to prepare for the rebels.

This list hit Wang Kuang's heart like a sledgehammer, Ma Yue, it still came out!

"Tell me, what should I do about this?" Wang Kuang frowned and paced in the county, and a summons ordered him to gather the officials of Hanoi here, "Ma Yue rebelled, the imperial court rewarded his head with a thousand gold, and the general ordered our county to recruit 3,000 troops to Luoyang." ”

After a brief silence, Han Hao got up and asked, "Fu Jun, is this...... The court has an order, and it has to be transported, but what difficulties do you have? ”

Wang Kuang reacted at this time, he didn't say it clearly, and hurriedly said: "Soldiers are recruited for a certain time, I want to ask Hanoi if it will send troops to help the general." ”

The next military attache got up, it was the famous Hanoi general Fang Yue, who made a mixed iron spear to make him superb, and took the lead in overthrowing the thief in the previous Hanoi counterinsurgency war, and won a great reputation. I saw him clasp his hands and clench his fists and say: "If the prince wants to rush to Luoyang, his subordinates please be the vanguard!" ”

"It's not proper, if the army is dispatched, what if the thieves in the county are revived?"

These words are just a pretext, Wang Kuang is reluctant to face Ma Yue in his heart, the first battle of Sizhou let him know what a hero Ma Yue is, and the Liangzhou barbarian is at a disadvantage and can still rush to the Yanzhou army to attack and kill Liu Dai...... That night, Wang Kuang's army was far away, and after Ma Yue broke through the siege, he had gone to Liu Dai's camp to see it, and the scene of the Shura field still made him feel palpitations when he mentioned Ma Yue's name to this day.

"Fujun, then don't send troops." Han Hao arched his hand and said: "Since the imperial court has an order, my subordinates are willing to recruit 3,000 troops in the countryside to personally supervise the army to Luoyang." ”

"Okay, okay, Han Hao, then it's up to you." Wang Kuang gave up his hand, and was immediately overjoyed, and ordered Han Hao to go to the township to recruit troops, and personally supervise the army to Luoyang in the near future.

It's just that no one could have imagined that this newly recruited army was destined to fail to go to Luoyang.

On the sixth day of Han Hao's order to recruit troops, a Southern Xiongnu army marched around Hanoi County like locusts, slaughtering the people and looting goods, coming and going like the wind and disappearing.

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On the ninth day of the first month of May, it rained heavily in Guanzhong.

The Liangzhou army camped on the highland fifteen miles away from Chengguan, and the head of Tongguan City was full of flags, and the sharp-eyed soldiers told Ma Yue, who was sheltering from the rain in the tent, that in addition to the Yan and Wen banners that were planted in the early days, there were more Chunyu, Zhu, and Yuan banners today.

"It can be seen that Yuan originally planned to stick to it, and made up his mind to fight with us." Ma Yue pinched his eyebrows, facing a Xiongguan like Tongguan, which spans dozens of miles and has Weishui in the north and the mountain range in the south, even if he has 50,000 soldiers and horses, it is not enough to fill it. "It's absolutely impossible to storm it, wait two days, where has Yun Chang gone?"

Cheng Li arched his hand and said: "Guan Yunchang led his troops to garrison in Linjin, and sent a message to ship and transport 2,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river recently. ”

"Envoy, you can lure the enemy out of the customs." Jia Xu said contemplatively on the side: "Send 5,000 troops to attack the fortification, and then Mingjin will withdraw the troops after heavy casualties, and let the sergeants lose their armor and run, so that the enemy army will not chase them." With such heavy rain, it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, and it is difficult to save bows and crossbows, so the casualties will not be too great. ”

Jia Xu is going to send the soldiers to the city to die.

Ma Yue shook his head gently, not that he thought Jia Xu was too ruthless. The people of Liangzhou were already taking rebellion as food, how could it be possible to attack a place like Tongguan without dying some people. He said: "Wenhe's strategy is good, lure the enemy out of the city. But it's not right now, I want a big win! The land is muddy and unfit for horses to gallop. ”

Ma Yue doesn't feel sorry for people, but he feels sorry for his armored army, such heavy armor, no matter how you ride on foot, if you step on the mud in this kind of weather, you will die if you fall down.

Each one of them has put together his hard work, from the daily training and accommodation of the soldiers to the creation of a suit of armor and weapons, the whole army is his treasure.

He didn't want his elite to fight in such bad weather.

"Let the sergeant approach the place of Tongguan five miles to build a camp, I have seen that place, the five miles of open space is tightly entrenched with the camp, the wooden fence is built higher, the arrow tower is built, and then the sergeant is allowed to dig a trap in the camp while the ground is soft."

Sixteenth, cloudy.

The heavy rain for several days made the entire land of Guanzhong cloudy, and the soldiers' clothes were wet and dry, dry and wet, exuding a disgusting damp smell. The soldiers were in Tongguan, and the Liangzhou army had been attacking the city for half a month, but they were doing a good job of defending the camp every day, and if it continued like this, the morale would be gone.

Who in the whole army doesn't know that the war of the Liangzhou Army in Sanfu is just a play, and the Sanlu Army has ordered more than 20 cities in Sanfu to change hands, but in the end, the Liangzhou men have never fought hard with anyone. Tongguan, Tongguan, but it's different.

The soldiers are in Tongguan, which means that the Qinwang War launched by Liangzhou against the Central Plains has just begun. But the soldiers had enough strength to fight with the soldiers of the Central Plains, but found that the invincible General Ma would not let them enter the army.

Set up camp, dig and build camps, and set traps.

That momentum is about to wear off.

At this time, in the Huayin camp, Ma Yue was gathering all the generals to discuss the strategy of luring the enemy.

"Hide the heavy crossbow machine, don't forget, the heavy crossbow machine must be hidden." For Ma Yue, the crossbow machine was the secret weapon of plain warfare, with a direct range of 2 miles and 500 paces, and only 50 spears flew out when the two armies faced each other, which was enough to collapse the enemy's front line. It must not be revealed at this time. Pointing to the topographic map drawn by Denghua Mountain a few days ago, Ma Yue said: "The puppet camp of the former army has been set up, and since the rain stopped yesterday, although the soil is soft, it has not hindered the galloping of horses, and we can start to lure the enemy." ”

Cheng Li arched his hand and said: "Envoy, my subordinates and Liu Bao of the Southern Xiongnu discussed sending troops to signal, counting the time, Liu Bao should have begun to plunder Hanoi, and the enemy army will not have any more reinforcements in the east." ”

"Well done!" Ma Yue turned to Yan Xing and said: "Yan Ming Governor Cover Armor Heavy Cavalry Hidden in the southern valley, Meng Qi Governor Cover Armor Light Horse Riding on the Weishui River, wait for the enemy army to enter the front army puppet camp from the city, then hedge and strangle, cut off the enemy's rear road!" ”

"Xingba, you supervise the armor and hide in the camp, and when the drum sounds, you will kill it from it, and regret the front of the enemy army." Ma Yue seemed to be sure of victory, waved his hand and said: "Ma Xiu Ma Tie, go and give the order, and order the foot soldiers and archers to prepare siege equipment, this is not a feint, this is a real siege!" ”

This is, of course, a real siege battle! The 9,000 foot soldiers were divided into 20 columns, carrying the ladder and breaking the city hammer, and steadily advanced towards Tongguan, and the fragrance of the earth at the beginning of the heavy rain in the air could not hide the killing atmosphere of the army's formation.

The generals of the various departments in Guanzhong hurriedly beat the drums and rushed their respective troops to the city to prepare for the battle, and a hasty battle began.

Tongguan longitudes and lengths for more than ten miles, in the meantime three city gates, especially on both sides of the defense is very heavy, there is the arrow tower on the south side of the Panhuan mountain range, the right side is like the city-like shooting tower is facing the Wei River, almost can throw the arrow to the opposite bank, such a male pass, the grain and grass are sufficient, the bow and arrow are complete, it is not a matter that the number of people can fill up at all.

Fighting to the death, the Liangzhou infantry continued to advance with their shields, and as soon as the initial formation reached the end of three hundred steps, a series of sounds of tightening the bowstring came from the head of the city.

"Put!" At the head of the city, Chun Yuqiong roared loudly and waved his sword, and the arrows on both sides were fired together, and thousands of arrows flew under the city to cover the sky and the sun, and in an instant, they fell on the heads of the sergeants of the Liangzhou Army offensive.

Wailing is everywhere, even with a shield on his head, he will still be knocked over by arrows, and he will fall to the ground and scream, and the living will roar.

On a battlefield like this, it's just luck to survive.

Life at this moment is the cheapest thing, not even worth a ladder.

The Liangzhou army began to run, roaring forward and charging, Ma Yue beat the horse and led dozens of guards to supervise the battle, only seven hundred steps away from the city pass, shouting loudly and ordering the soldiers to attack.

"General, it's Ma Yue!" The sharp-eyed Lieutenant Luoyang recognized Ma Yue, who had taught the world to rise and fall, and hurriedly reported to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao waved his hand and said calmly: "Keep shooting, shoot them down these Liangzhou dog thieves!" ”

The rain of arrows continued, the charge continued, one after another cloud ladders smashed on the city, the brave and good Liangzhou man climbed up with the cloud ladder, and all Liangzhou people had only one idea in their minds at this time.

Rush to the head of the city, rush to the head of the city and live!

However, they were greeted by sheep stones and sickle axes that the Sili people had desperately dropped, and a huge wooden pole with a thick bowl mouth stabbed on the ladder, and a ladder was overturned, and the Liangzhou warriors hanging on it were deeply slapped into the ground like ants.

The sound of golden drums from the Liangzhou camp sounded.

"Withdraw, withdraw all of them, all for Lao Tzu to withdraw!" In Yuan Shao's eyes, Ma Yue was a little panicked, driving his horse around the battlefield one after another, and kept scolding his soldiers to retreat.

"General, let's pursue!" Chun Yuqiong said, Yuan Shao waved his hand, signaling him to be calm and not to be impatient.

Could it be that Ma Yue has been in Liangzhou for a few years, and he can't even attack the city?

Then the Liangzhou army actually really retreated, no, it was a rout, the ladder broke the city hammer and threw it under the city, and the army rushed backwards in a swarm, for fear that the Han army would go out of the city, and it was even worse to run out of three or five hundred steps, many sergeants even lost their weapons, and Ma Yue scolded in front of the camp to no avail.

"General, let's pursue!" Chun Yuqiong pointed to the city and said: "If you don't pursue again, you will miss the opportunity, and your subordinates can now lead the troops out of the customs to beat the Liangzhou army into the soil!" ”

"Chase!"

Yuan Shao finally made up his mind.