"First, no one is allowed to loot without my orders, second, no one is allowed to kill without my orders, and third, no one is allowed to leave the team at will without a military order. ⊙ Top-of-the-line novel,"

Hu Chuquan thought for a while and said, "Okay! I promised you, as long as you conquer a city, you will divide half of the property in the treasury of my Huns. ”

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Of course, this is true. ”

Casually, Sima Yi ate some meat indiscriminately, and after a full meal, 20,000 Huns were assembled, Sima Yi asked Guo Jia to send people to protect him back, and set out on the journey alone with Huchuquan and 20,000 Hun cavalry.

Weishui froze, freezing three feet, ten thousand horses galloped up Sima Yi was afraid that it would collapse the thick ice, so he let the Huns scatter left and right, each cavalry kept a certain distance, galloped on the Weishui River, all the way to the west.

The army is galloping, looking from afar, as if tens of thousands of cavalry are galloping, and the group does not carry any flags, and everywhere they pass, there is no man's land, and they are advancing all the way along Weishui.

…………

Liangzhou, Jicheng.

In the Prefecture Assassin Mansion, the Zhenxi General of Wei and Xiahou Yuan, the Liangzhou Assassin Xiahou Yuan, were pacing anxiously in the hall, looking out from time to time, and seeing that the people who were waiting had not yet come, he said angrily: "Where have all the people died, why haven't they come yet?" Go again please! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xu Shu and Cheng Yu running over in a hurry, and when they saw Xiahou Yuan standing in the hall in military uniform, they were suspicious.

When Xiahou Yuan saw the two coming, he hurriedly went out to greet them, grabbed a person with one hand, and walked towards the door, saying as he walked: "The Huaxia army attacked Wuwei, and Cao Xiu sent someone to deliver the news. I have gathered my troops and horses, and if I attack the Huaxia Army now, I will definitely be able to defeat the Huaxia Army......"

"Wait......" Xu Shu suddenly stood up and asked, "What did the general just say?" ”

"The Huaxia army attacked Wuwei secretly, and Cao Xiu sent people to use the news. I have an insight into the movements of the Huaxia Army, and I just need to plan it! ”

Xu Shu exclaimed: "When did this happen?" ”

"The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month."

Xu Shu asked, "General don't be in a hurry, can you tell us the specific things?" I'm afraid this is a trick of the Huaxia Army. ”

"Cao Xiu risked his death to report the news, and it must be true. Now the Huaxia army Wei Yan bluffed all the way and headed towards Jincheng, but Tai Shici's army all came to Hanyang County, and I also received a secret report that there was indeed a secret army coming here. ”

Xu Shu said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case." The general still thinks long-term. ”

Cheng Yu also hurriedly persuaded: "General, don't be in a hurry, just a cup of tea, just talk to us and listen to it." ”

Xiahou Yuan 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.

So, Xiahou Yuan told Xu Shu and Cheng Yu about the movements of the Huaxia army reported by Cao Xiu. And went to talk about how Cao Xiu escaped with stratagem.

After hearing this, Xu Shu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other. Subsequently. Cheng Yu said: "General Cao is resolute, wise and brave, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, the fault lies in General Cao's credulity in the Huaxia Army. ”

Xiahou Yuanhu asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?" ”

Xu Shu said: "In other words, this is a trap set by the Huaxia Army. However, this is also a small skill of carving insects. General Cao is in a puzzle, so he naturally doesn't know. As an outsider, there are many doubts and loopholes. The general only needs to hold on to Jicheng and do not send troops. Other than that. Contact the King of Xiqiang to jointly defend against the Huaxia army. ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "Is it really a traitor of the Huaxia army? ”

Xu Shu and Cheng Yu nodded at the same time and said, "It is indeed a treacherous plan." ”

Xiahou Yuan pondered for a moment before he said: "In this case, please come up with a way to make a plan, and let the Huaxia army suffer a defeat first." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Our army has few soldiers, which is not enough to resist the huge strength of the Huaxia army, so we still hold on to the city." ”

"Huayin Pass is unbreakable, but it has still been captured, which shows that no matter how strong the city wall is, the Huaxia army can also capture it, rather than sitting in the city and waiting to die, let the Huaxia army surround our army in the city, it is better to go out of the city to meet the battle and hit the Huaxia army." Xiahou Yuan said, "Cao Zixiao's death, I want to use the heads of Tai Shici and others to pay tribute." ”

Cheng Yu sighed and glanced at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu nodded, clasped his fists and said to Xiahou Yuan: "The general has made up his mind to send troops?" ”

"Yes! If you don't come up with a plan for me, I'll think for myself. Xiahou Yuan said categorically.

"In that case, then I will reluctantly make it difficult, but it is not appropriate to have many soldiers, five thousand is enough. I think that the current Huaxia Army should be ambushing somewhere, and it is just the right thing to do. Xu Shu said with a smile.

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Yuan Zhi, I asked you to persuade the general to stay in the city, how can you ......?"

"Lord Cheng, please be relieved, with the general's temperament, he will definitely not stay in the city. It's better for me and the general to go out of the city and fight a victory and give the Huaxia army a disadvantage. Although our army is small, it is all elite soldiers. Lord Cheng is sitting in Jicheng and can contact the king of Xiqiang. ”

Xiahou Yuan patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi still understands me, let's leave now, and talk while walking on the road." ”

Xu Shu nodded and said, "Well, okay." ”

The two of them immediately left the Assassin's Mansion, leaving Cheng Yu alone to stand there, he saw Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu leaving, and after a while, he hurriedly called someone and asked him to contact the King of Xiqiang.

Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu came to the city gate, and Xu Shu asked Xiahou Yuan to choose only 500 cavalry and 4,050 infantry.

"That's enough?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

"Enough. The general believed my words, and even if he set off, he would definitely be able to take down the head of a general of the Northwest Army today. Xu Shu said confidently.

Xiahou Yuan nodded, turned on his horse, took the weapon in his hand, and ordered: "Go!" ”

As soon as the earth arrived in this bitter cold season, everything changed, and the sky was gray, as if after a strong wind, there was a chaotic weather, and snow flew all day long. People set their way quickly, and the breath in their mouths seemed to smoke when they encountered the bitter cold.

Xiahou Yuan rode a horse and divided five hundred people to open the way in front. The thick snow that was half a human depth gave him a headache.

He was nicknamed the long-legged general, five hundred in three days, and one thousand in six days, and was the number one pioneer in the history of the Three Kingdoms, running 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, freezing can freeze people, let alone running hundreds of miles.

"Yuan Zhi, did you say that the Huaxia Army is not human?" Xiahou Yuan rode a horse and walked slowly, looking at the road team clearing the snow in front of him, he couldn't help but turn his head and say to Xu Shu beside him.

Xu Shu listened. Suspiciously, he asked, "Why did the general say this?" ”

Xiahou Yuan pointed to the road in front of him and said: "Look ahead, it is so difficult for the soldiers to open the way, and the Huaxia Army was able to go directly from Lingzhou to Wuwei, how much manpower is needed." ”

"Man will conquer the sky, nothing is impossible." Although Xu Shu replied so, he still admired the Huaxia Army's unintended strategy of attacking its unpreparedness, and 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 heart: "Tai Shici will definitely not be so stupid that he doesn't even want Lingzhou, and directly press the whole army to Wuwei, right?" ”

At this time. Snow began to fall in the sky, and the biting cold wind brought large flakes of snowflakes, and the cold wind shook the branches, howled wildly, and blew the whole snowdrift into the air like a frenzy. The cold wind howled incessantly, and the direction changed uncertainly, almost overturning the pedestrians and horses, and scraping the faces of the riders like sharp stones, so that they could not breathe. Speechless.

The bell tied to the horse's neck was completely inaudible, and in the whirlwind of the howling and whistling of the whirlwind could only be heard a series of mournful voices, like the howling of wolves, like the neighing of horses in the distance, and sometimes like the cries for help of people in the midst of great calamity.

Xiahou Yuan and others continued to advance against the wind and snow, and some of his subordinates came to suggest withdrawing the army, but they were all vetoed by Xiahou Yuan, thinking that what the Huaxia Army could do, he could do it, and he had to do it better.

Xu Shu didn't speak, knowing Xiahou Yuan's temperament. However, in his heart, he has always admired Xiahou Yuan, this is a general. Although he is anxious, he can listen to opinions.

"If it's cold, get off the horse and shovel all the snow, what the Huaxia Army can do, you are no worse than others, please remember, you are my Xiahou Yuan's subordinates, you are the Divine Marching Army, what I want is speed, speed!" Xiahou Yuan raised his horsewhip and shouted loudly.

After the shouting, Xiahou Yuan jumped off the horse, took the lead, and rushed to the front to shovel the snow.

When the rest of the soldiers saw it, they all stepped forward one after another, although the weather was cold, although the storm and snow were raging, they could not resist the blood of people.

Seeing this, Xu Shu smiled on his face and said, "I'll also help." ”

……

In Liangzhou, twenty miles outside Yuzhong City, on the vast snowfield with thousands of ravines, 10,000 soldiers of the Huaxia Army have all entered an ambush state after several days of preparation.

Under the white snowfield, is the cave carefully dug by the Chinese army, Pang De and Chu Yan are waiting on both sides, the warmth in the cave is abnormal, the soldiers have been eating and drinking in the cave for half a day, the entrance of the cave is sealed with snow, and the sky is drifting goose feather-like snow, so that there is no trace of excavation outside.

In Yuzhong City, Ma Chao was in charge, 10,000 soldiers were still holding the banner of the Wei army, and 20,000 soldiers of the Huaxia Army were waiting for the arrival of Xiahou Yuan.

"General!" Wang Shuang came from outside the hall, and he didn't have time to pat the snow on his body, and said loudly, "The scout has come to report, Xiahou Yuan has sent troops, and five thousand horses are in front of the road, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are still in the city and there is no movement." ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Very good, it seems that Wei Wenchang's strategy has worked." You immediately go to General Pang and General Chu, and ask the two generals to release Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses, and then attack back and forth. ”

Wang Shuang hugged his fists and quickly left.

Out of the county office, Wang Shuang turned over and rode a horse, and galloped towards the twenty miles outside the city alone.

When he arrived at Twenty Miles, Wang Shuang wandered there for a long time, and he forgot where his army was ambushed, because there were thousands of ravines here, and at a glance, they were all white and vast, and it was impossible to distinguish them.

"Strange! Where the hell is it? I could have found it just now, but why can't I find it now? Wang Shuang scratched his head and muttered.

"Stupid! It's snowing outside, and the snow covers the markings you've made, and of course you can't find them. At this moment, a man came out of the snowdrift, wearing a suit of armor and a tall man. The beard on his face is none other than Chu Yan.

When Wang Shuang saw that Chu Yan had come out in person, he immediately dismounted and bowed: "Meet General Chu!" ”

"Don't be polite, tell me quickly, what does General Ma command?" Chu Yan is also a big boss. When he used to be a bandit and robbed Jizhou, he happened to meet Lin Nan, who went to Liaodong to take office, but was surrendered by Lin Nan and became an outstanding general under his subordinates. It also avoided the growth of the Montenegrin army, which plagued the northern states in history, and because of this, the population of the northern states did not decrease sharply, and finally became the capital of Lin Nan.

Chu Yan is good at mountain warfare, when he used to be a bandit. Chased and beaten by the officers and soldiers, he often dodged in the mountains, but he walked like flying on the rocks, so he was called "Feiyan". After Zhang Niujiao's death, he took his brother to Lin Nan, and that brother made brilliant achievements in the battle to level the Tian clan in Liaodong. However, it came to this time. The dead and wounded of the brothers were left with him and Yu Poison. And Yu Poison has been stationed in Liaodong. Now he is also a general, mainly to appease the Buyeong.

Wang Shuang looked around and saw that there was no trace of any clues around here, so he said: "General Chu, you are really a master, these 10,000 people have been blinded by you." My general asked me to inform General Chu and General Pang. said to let go of the five thousand Wei troops passing by here, and then flank the front and back. ”

"Got it, you go back and reply to General Ma."

"No!"

After Chu Yan waited for Wang Shuang to leave, he went back to the cave, and then sealed the entrance of the cave with snow.

Torches were lit in the cave. Under the faint light, Pang De came up and asked, "Wang Shuang is here, what's the matter?" ”

"Ma Chao asked us to let go of the Wei army, and then attacked the Wei army with Ma Chao back and forth."

Pound thought for a while and said, "With only five thousand people, we are waiting for them to wait for work, or ambush them, why should we let them go?" ”

Chu Yan said: "What does the general mean ......?"

"You and I are flanked back and forth, last time we attacked the city, Wei Yan won the first credit, this time, you can't let Ma Chao snatch it, you flank back and forth, block the Wei army here, and then join forces to annihilate Xiahou Yuan." Pound plotted.

"Okay, if you can kill Xiahou Yuan, it must be the first achievement, and you will attack ten cities on the top. Our brothers shared the credit for this. Not long after Ma Chao'er came to Huaxia Kingdom, he was already in a high position, and all the Ma family were marquis. I don't understand, why does the emperor prefer Ma Chao so much? And it's also the crown prince of the dead country......" Chu Yan said with a little complaint.

In the Northwest Army, Chu Yan has the lowest official position, can he not complain. came earlier than Ma Chao, and paid more for Huaxia than Ma Chao, why is Ma Chao's official position higher than him. Usually, Chu Yan is not not very convinced by Ma Chao, but because she is afraid of hurting the harmony, she has been holding back. This time, Tai Shici let Ma Chao be the main general, and he endured it, but he must not let Ma Chao give the great credit for killing Xiahou Yuan.

After hearing this, Pang De said to Chu Yan: "It is precisely because he is the prince of the dead country that he has been treated well by the emperor. However, Ma Chao is indeed not to be underestimated. However, we must not give him credit for this time. ”

"Hmm."

The two of them had made up their minds, so they immediately made up their minds to kill Xiahou Yuan here.

……

Xiahou Yuan deserves to be a long-legged general, and it only took a day to come to the boundary of Yuzhong County.

"Yuzhong City is located at the junction of Jincheng, Hanyang and Wuwei counties, and its geographical location is very important. I think that at this time, the Huaxia army has already occupied Yuzhong City, and when I go to Yuzhong, I am afraid that there will be an ambush on the road, and the general needs to be careful. Xu Shu reminded Xiahou Yuan while riding his horse.

"Afraid of what? The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, how many come, how many I kill, although the Huaxia army has 200,000 people, but I am not afraid. Xiahou Yuan said exaggeratedly.

Xu Shu said: "The general is brave and not afraid. However, just in case, I thought that it was better to divide the troops into two directions, first open the way with a thousand infantry, bluff, and then the remaining four thousand horses to follow behind, if there is an ambush on the road, it will inevitably attack the thousand soldiers, and our army can come to the rescue from behind, killing the enemy by surprise. ”

"Well, good strategy." Xiahou Yuan nodded, and then added, "However, it is not easy to confuse the enemy this way. ”

As he spoke, Xiahou Yuan summoned a person who was about the same size as himself, and then changed his armor in public, and asked the lieutenant under him to go to the front army instead of him.

After Xu Shu finished reading it, he smiled and said, "The general's clever plan." ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "I am a brilliant word, so I can naturally come up with a clever plan." However, as for whether it is good or not. We'll have to see the truth for a while. ”

"Pass the order, and the soldiers will be divided into two routes, one in front and one in the rear, to speed up the march."

As soon as the words fell, everyone ran forward. No more open roads, just step directly in the snowdrifts.

Xiahou Yuan's lieutenant was dressed like Xiahou Yuan, holding a big knife in his hand, and rushed forward, and a thousand infantry behind him all marched forward bravely, waving the banner that was also Xiahou Yuan. The real Xiahou Yuan followed behind, slowly advancing, and sent scouts to the front from time to time to investigate.

Pang De and Chu Yan waited bitterly in the cave. A small hole was dug in the snow blocking the entrance to the cave so that it was easier to observe the situation outside.

After a short time, the Wei army drove into the mountain road, and the first one was wearing a silver helmet on his head, wearing a chain of armor, carrying a large sword, and a yellow-maned horse under his crotch, followed closely by a thousand infantry behind him. The flag-bearers behind each have a big flag, and one of the big flags is embroidered with the word "Xiahou". The other banner is embroidered with the word "Wei".

Pang De and Chu Yan saw this wave of soldiers and horses at the same time, and looked from a distance, and there was no doubt that the leader and Xiahou Yuan were wearing them.

Chu Yan was very excited, and was about to rush out with a steel knife in his hand, but was pulled by Pang De.

"Ling Ming, what are you doing?" Chu Yanhu asked suspiciously.

I only heard Pang De say: "Xiahou Yuan sent 5,000 troops. Why only a thousand infantry? Isn't there some conspiracy? Let's wait! ”

Chu Yan said: "No matter what kind of conspiracy he has, our army is 10,000, and the number of troops is twice as large as that of Xiahou Yuan, afraid of a bird?" If you don't kill Xiahou Yuan now, I'm just afraid of letting him go. Ma Chao is about to do it. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Yan immediately shook off Pang De, shouted, and rushed out directly.

Pang De had no choice but to rush out, ambushed in the caves on both sides, and the Chinese Xia army all sorted, raised their crossbows and shot fiercely into the mountain road.

Under the volley of 10,000 arrows, all the poor 1,000 Wei troops were shot dead, and none of them survived. Blood flowed all over the ground, staining the surrounding snow red.

At this time, all the soldiers of the Huaxia Army cheered, thinking that they had killed Xiahou Yuan. Chu Yan hurriedly went down the hillside, pulled out a steel knife and walked to the side of "Xiahou Yuan" in the mountain road, pulled Xiahou Yuan's hair up, and was just about to raise the knife to cut off the head.

Who knew that an arrow suddenly came and flew towards Chu Yan quickly.

"Watch out for the Dark Arrow!" Seeing this, Pound hurriedly shouted.

Chu Yan was startled and hurriedly dodged, but the arrow still grazed his nose, and the sharp arrow scratched Chu Yan's nose, causing Chu Yan to bleed, and hurriedly covered his nose with his hand. At the same time, the dead "Xiahou Yuan" 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 on her feet, she stumbled, and fell backwards.

Immediately afterwards, the person pretending to be Xiahou Yuan did not hesitate at all, and the flying knife shot out, and rushed directly towards Chu Yan, wanting to stab Chu Yan to death.

Chu Yan saw that the person was not Xiahou Yuan, he knew that he was fooled, raised a foot, kicked out towards that person, just stood up in pain, and was about to slaughter the person who pretended to be Xiahou Yuan, who knew that an arrow flew head-on, directly hit his forehead, and the huge force directly penetrated his skull, shot into the head, and pierced out from behind the helmet, with white brains on the arrow.

"Ahh

This instantaneous change came so quickly that before Pang De and the other Huaxia soldiers could react, Chu Yan was shot.

"General Chu!"

Pang De shouted, and was just about to go down the hillside, but saw that six or seven hundred dead people in the snow all stood up at the same time, and each of them pulled out a flying knife from his waist and threw it at the soldiers of the Huaxia Army on the hillside.

The flying knife left the hand, and it went straight into the throat of the soldier, which was extremely accurate.

At this time, a lot of Wei troops suddenly rushed out from behind the Huaxia army, waving a knife and slashing, and the killing Huaxia army was caught off guard and hurriedly turned back to defend.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan rushed over from the mountain road with five hundred cavalry, and each knight began to shoot at the Huaxia army on the hillside with bows and arrows.

The scene was out of control for a while, the armor and weapons that the Huaxia army was proud of lost their effect when dealing with the Wei army, Pang De saw the loss of the soldiers, heard the shouts of killing behind him, and the mountains were full of banners fluttering by the Wei army, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses came. Rushed down the hillside, cut down the person who pretended to be Xiahou Yuan, put the dead Chu Yankang on his shoulder, and shouted: "The whole army retreats!" ”

The Huaxia army retreated one after another, in groups of three or five, four or six, and finally moved closer to the center. Becoming in unison, a thousand men left behind, and fought and retreated, but it seemed well-trained.

Xiahou Yuan was about to pursue, but when he saw Xu Shu coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Poor Kou Mo chase!" ”

"Why?" Xiahou Yuanhu asked suspiciously, "If you don't take advantage of this time to kill the general, when will you wait?" ”

"Pound still has the strength to fight, and when he retreats. The army is extremely well-organized, it can be seen that this army is well-trained in peacetime, but just because of Chu Yan, it retreated, doesn't the general feel suspicious? What's more, our army has few soldiers, and the enemy army has many soldiers, so it is not suitable to pursue. Xu Shu hurriedly comforted, "Now." You should be able to return to Jicheng. ”

"The Huaxia army is obviously afraid of me, so they don't pursue at this time. When will we expand our gains? ”

As soon as Xiahou Yuan's voice fell, he ordered: "The whole army pursues, kills the enemy general, and rewards a thousand gold." ”

"General Xiahou ......," Xu Shu hurriedly shouted.

Xiahou Yuan was willing to listen, and galloped over with five hundred cavalry. The infantry in front opened the way, and more than 4,000 people chased after Pound.

Xu Shu was frightened, and saw that he and the two guards behind him were left in a moment, and sighed: "Xiahou Miaocai, I think Xiahou is stupid!" ”

"Your Excellency. So what do we do now? The guard behind him asked.

Xu Shu said angrily: "What else can I do? If Xiahou Yuan makes a mistake, Liangzhou will be completely occupied by the Huaxia army and catch up......"

"Look, my lord! It's reinforcements! The soldier pointed to a large army that suddenly appeared behind him and shouted loudly.

"Reinforcements?" Xu Shu turned his head to look over, but when he saw Cao Xiu taking the lead and galloping with a mighty army, he was even more suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly rode his horse to Cao Xiu's side.

Just now, Xu Shu set up a suspicious array and used a suspicious strategy to make Pang De mistakenly think that there were many Wei troops, but at this time, reinforcements really came, and he was very worried.

When the two met, Cao Xiu saw Xu Shu coming, and without waiting for Cao Xiu to speak, he saw Xu Shu and asked: "Cao Wenlie, who asked you to send troops without authorization, go back quickly!" ”

Cao Xiu hurriedly reined in his horse and asked suspiciously: "Military Division, didn't you send an order to Jicheng, let Master Cheng guard the city, lay out a suspicious plan, and let me lead all the troops in the city to come to support?" ”

"Nonsense! When did I send you a message? Xu Shu said angrily.

Cao Xiu said: "Military advisor, you sent someone to inform us, saying that the 50,000 troops of the Huaxia Army surrounded you, and asked me to come to support......"

"Yes, you have fallen for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain! Go back quickly, Jicheng is empty, and I am afraid that the five hundred Huaxia army will be able to capture Jicheng. Xu Shu immediately shouted nervously, "There are masters in the Huaxia Army, I underestimate the Huaxia Army too much!" ”

Cao Xiu said: "Rest assured, the city will not be so easy to conquer, the Qiang people have already entered the city with 20,000 military horses......

After Xu Shu heard this, his face immediately changed color, and he immediately turned to his own soldiers and said: "Hurry up and chase General Xiahou, you must let Xiahou Yuan withdraw his troops, otherwise Liangzhou will be completely lost!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Shu hurriedly said to Cao Xiu: "Cao Wenlie, you are confused, how could the Qiang people come so quickly?" Jicheng must have an accident now, the army is on standby, the front team becomes the rear team, and as soon as General Xiahou Yuan arrives, he will withdraw the army immediately, maybe it will be too late! ”

Cao Xiu frowned, and after hearing Xu Shu say this, he became even more uneasy.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan pursued Pang De, Pang De and the others fought and retreated, and saw that Xiahou Yuan was chasing after him, there were only about four or five thousand people, and immediately ordered: "The whole army stops, set up a formation!" ”

With an order, Pang De handed over Chu Yan's corpse to his soldiers, asked them to retreat with Chu Yan's corpse, and managed to contact Ma Chao, so that Ma Chao could quickly send troops to attack and besiege Xiahou Yuan.

The soldiers of the Huaxia Army all formed an infantry phalanx, with shields in front, pikemen put their spears on their shields, archers in the back, and crossbowmen scattered on both wings.

"Shoot the arrows!" As soon as Pang De gave the order, his subordinates began to counterattack, firing bows and crossbows in unison, and firing at the rushing Wei army.

Xiahou Yuan and his subordinates were taken aback, they didn't expect that the Huaxia army in the midst of defeat and retreat could form a formation so closely. However, Xiahou Yuan had no intention of retreating, and rode forward, and a piercing cone shot out and shot at the enemy.

Xiahou Yuan has been skilled in bowing and horses since he was a child, and has the skill of piercing the yang in a hundred steps. So an arrow was fired, piercing through the head of a man, and when he himself saw that the enemy was approaching, he abandoned his bow and changed his sword, slapped his horse and danced his sword, and just stepped forward. But he saw a cavalry behind Pound's army coming quickly, with a silver helmet on his head, wearing bright silver armor, a lion belt around his waist, a fire Xuanlu spear in his hand, and a lion skull under his crotch, which looked majestic.

As soon as he saw the man appear, he immediately recognized him and immediately turned his horse's head. He cried out, "Retreat!" ”

Pang De heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and turned around to see Ma Chao with Wang Shuang and five thousand cavalry galloping along the road they had already cleared. He saw that Xiahou Yuan was retreating without a fight, so he hurriedly ordered: "The whole army dodge, let General Ma pass!" ”

Ma Chao took Wang Shuang without the slightest pause, and after glancing at the dead Chu Yan, his brows furrowed. I also saw that Pound's men had some casualties. And it's all infantry, when passing by Pound. Then he shouted loudly: "General Pang, leave the rest to Ma!" ”

There is a way that when enemies meet, their eyes are very red, Ma Chao saw that Xiahou Yuan was like a cat that had seen a mouse, his legs clamped the horse's belly hard, and he shouted loudly. He immediately galloped forward, gradually leaving Wang Shuang and the five thousand cavalry behind him.

Xiahou Yuan knew how powerful Ma Chao was, so as soon as he saw Ma Chao coming with a cavalry brigade, he immediately retreated, looking back from time to time. for fear of being caught up by Ma Chao. 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 up, so he would have no way to retreat.

"Eat me with an arrow!"

Xiahou Yuan looked back while retreating, and saw that Ma Chao was chasing after him quickly, so he immediately pulled out the big bow, took out an armor-piercing cone, put it on the arrow string, and turned around and shot an arrow at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao saw an arrow flying over, and swung the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear towards the armor-piercing cone, which became bent under the blow of gravity and fell directly to the ground. He took a sip and sneered: "Carving insect skills!" ”

As he spoke, Ma Chao sandwiched 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 all of them on the bow and arrows, and after pulling the bow full, he shouted: "Give it back to you!" ”

After a loud shout, all five arrows in Ma Chao's hand shot out and flew towards Xiahou Yuan.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan was taken aback, and hurriedly came to hide in a stirrup, and secretly shouted in his heart: "I don't want Ma Chao's archery skills to be so superb, I can only send four arrows in a row, but he can send five arrows......"

Five arrows flew from Xiahou Yuan's horse, and shot into the neck of the Wei cavalry in front, and one arrow pierced the throat, and all five cavalrymen fell off their horses.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan turned over and got on his horse, and was about to shoot Ma Chao with a bow and arrow, but as soon as he turned around, another arrow flew over at a rapid pace. He was taken aback and hurriedly dodged, but the arrow was menacing, and although he avoided the vital point, it still struck him in the arm, and blood flowed from the ground.

Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth, looked at Ma Chao resentfully, and shouted loudly: "Block the horse!" ”

At the sound of the order, 500 of the infantry who walked in the rear consciously stayed, and the rest all ran forward, galloping away as if fleeing for their lives.

At this time, the snow on the road had not been trampled for a long time, and Xiahou Yuan's army was an elite divine marching army under his tent, and the infantry ran like the wind, but it ran at the same speed as the cavalry restricted by the snow.

With a hula, the 4,000 horse infantry troops suddenly withdrew without a trace, leaving only 500 infantry to surround Ma Chao, and many people were stabbed to death by Ma Chao with guns. Seeing Wang Shuang arriving with a large force of cavalry behind, he immediately scattered in all directions, climbed the slopes on both sides, and ran away like smoke.

"General, that Xiahou Yuan is known as the Shenxing General, also known as the Long-legged General, he is known for running fast, the horses are restricted in the snow, the speed is basically the same, can you still chase it?" Wang Shuang finally caught up, and when he saw Xiahou Yuan's troops running so fast, he immediately asked.

Ma Chao said: "Chase!" Let Pang De catch up with the uninjured infantry, and definitely not let Xiahou Yuan escape, the Wei army must have discovered that something was wrong, and if the plan was revealed, it could notify the general and launch a full-scale attack on Liangzhou! ”

Wang Shuang nodded, and then said to the scouts behind him, "Hurry up and do what the general says." ”

So, Ma Chao took Wang Shuang and 5,000 cavalry in front, Pang De with 8,000 infantry behind, and the remaining more than 1,000 wounded infantry carried Chu Yan's body back to Yuzhong City.

On the other side, without waiting for Xu Shu's personal guards to report to Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan had already retreated, and when he saw that Xu Shu, Cao Xiu and the 25,000 army were all together, he asked suspiciously: "Wen Lie, why are you here?" Your army is here, who is guarding the city? ”

Cao Xiu looked guilty and said, "I'm afraid that I have fallen into the enemy's tricks again, and I don't know what the situation in Jicheng is now?" ”

Xiahou Yuan didn't ask any more, but anger appeared on his face, and he shouted: "The whole army retreats!" ”

"Yuan Zhi, Ma Chao is leading the army, how to resist?" Xiahou Yuan rode his horse to Xu Shu and asked.

Xu Shu said: "You can leave a group of people who dare to die behind the palace, block Ma Chao here, ambush the archers on both sides of the road, and shoot them in the middle of the road." ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded, and hurriedly divided his subordinates to march with a thousand gods, and let a partial general lead him to snipe Ma Chao here, and he led the army to withdraw with Cao Xiu and Xu Shu.

After separating, Xiahou Yuan and the others didn't go far before they saw Cheng Yu coming over with a few personal soldiers in embarrassment, he panicked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you come here?" What about Jicheng? ”

Cheng Yu said with a crying face: "Jicheng...... Jicheng has been occupied by the Huaxia army, and I am careless for a while......"

"What?" Xiahou Yuan asked in surprise, "How could Tai Shi Ci's army arrive in Hanyang County without a word?" What do you all eat? ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "It's not Tai Shici's soldiers and horses, it's Sima Yi'......"

Xu Shu rode on horseback and didn't speak, thinking about this matter in his heart, if he only relied on those brave and unscrupulous people in the Northwest Army, how could he come up with such a perfect plan, and even he was deceived. Moreover, according to Cao Xiu's report, the Northwest Army wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, and then eliminate the living force in the field. and stealing Jicheng are completely different things.

Therefore, he has never been able to figure out what is going on, since Cao Xiu appeared, he has fallen into a puzzle. But when he heard the name Sima Yi, he couldn't help but tremble, and hurriedly asked, "Who did you just say?" ”

"Sima Yi! Sima Zhongda, the general of the Huaxia State Expedition to the South, suddenly appeared from nowhere, with 20,000 Hun soldiers, pretending to be Qiang, and went straight to Jicheng, and before that, he also used a plan to transfer out all the garrisons in the city, and took Jicheng bloodlessly. Cheng Yu replied.

"Sima Yi? Which one is Sima Yi, why haven't I seen it? Cao Xiuhu asked suspiciously.

Cheng Yu said: "It's the one who dressed up as a messenger of our army and came to deliver the letter, and General Cao forgot it so quickly?" ”

"Is that him? Sima Yi! Cao Xiu couldn't help but scold.

It turned out that Sima Yi took Huchuquan and 20,000 Hun soldiers to gallop along Weishui, and later turned to Jingshui, and arrived at the junction of Anding and Hanyang without knowing it. Even if someone on both sides of the strait saw it, the Huns did not display any flags, and they were dressed similarly to the Qiang people, so no one reported it in the counties along the coast even if they saw it.

After arriving at the junction of the two counties, Sima Yi marched to Jicheng, intercepted the scout sent by Cheng Yu to Qiangzhong on the way, and after asking some information, Sima Yi had a plan, first slaughtered the scout, changed into the scout's clothes, and pretended to be a Wei army scout.

Because he followed Lin Nan into the customs in his early years, witnessed the Chang'an chaos, and kept in mind the accent in the Guanzhong area, he secretly practiced various local dialects in ordinary times, which came in handy today. The alert Sima Yi entered Jicheng alone, and asked Hu Chuquan and others to pretend to be Qiang, and then he falsely transmitted information and transferred Cao Xiu and an army of 25,000, just when Hu Chuquan and others arrived, Cheng Yu thought it was a Qiang person, so he opened the city gate, who knows, he fell into Sima Yi's trick. (To be continued......)