"Hahaha, where to run!"

On the plain north of Haoyang, four or five hundred cavalry scattered to hunt down the peasants who were reluctant to leave their homeland.

Although Zhang was prepared, he couldn't get everyone in the entire township to evacuate in one day. Some were reluctant to leave, others spent too much time organizing their belongings and belongings, and hundreds of cavalry who specialized in looting and killing cost them their lives.

The thief cheered, "Are these fools so stupid that they think they can get rid of the cavalry by running to the river?" You see, the bridge in front of you is blocked. How could it be enough to get by with so much luggage, and our horses could catch up with them, whether by jumping or swimming. ”

Another thief chimed in: "That's right, the river will only stop them, it won't work for us. ”

The four or five hundred cavalry were very scattered by this time, and there were only fifty or sixty people who pursued them to the bank of the river.

Suddenly, fifty men stood in the grass on the opposite bank, with crossbows in the front row and bows drawn in the back. A burst of close-range shots, instantly put down more than ten riders.

Among the thieves were brave men, some of them rushed into the river on horseback to try to kill them, and some of them took bows and arrows on horseback.

But these ambush soldiers were obviously well-trained, and in just a few breaths, they drew their bows and fired several arrows in succession, killing their opponents in an instant. The crossbowman did not reload slowly, but picked up another crossbow from his feet, which had already been loaded, and fired at the rushing enemy.

It is impossible to rely on rudimentary armor to block crossbow arrows at close range, as long as they are shot, the crossbow arrows will directly penetrate the body. There was no hope of dodging by chance, and only three people immediately jumped into the river to avoid death, but were directly captured by ambush soldiers and brought ashore.

The rest of the four or five horsemen fled as soon as they encountered an ambush, and of course they managed to escape.

Standing on a hill far away, Tong Yuan said to his subordinates: "Hu Lang'er and Huang Yu fought well, let a few people go just to lure the enemy to the bait, and I will personally ask the three captives in a while." But then there's the real fight, and you're all going to have to give it your all! ”

"No!"

Two hours later, seeing that it was getting dark, Tong Yuan and Zhang Ji were a little anxious, if the enemy was not provoked, but camped on the spot, their plan would have failed.

Attack the strong with the weak, and the enemy with less, once the opportunity is missed, I am afraid that the whole game will be lost. Tong Yuan had no choice but to change the topic to disperse the pressure. The two talked about the development of Zuo Fengyi counties and how the Xiongnu and Qianghu should be treated......

The scout hurried and shouted, "Report, the enemy has crossed all the Zhishui and Lingchuan to the east. Their cavalry was less than five hundred, and the rest were foot soldiers, and their strength was estimated at about two thousand. ”

Tong Yuan was overjoyed for a while, and replied loudly, "Okay!" Our army will win this battle! It seems that De Jong's county is decided. ”

Although Zhang Ji's eyes were small, he revealed a look of death, and said forcefully: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger!"

It was getting dark, and between the Yellow River and the Lingchuan River, on the delta formed by the impact of the river only five miles wide, the two armies met in a narrow way.

Hu Lang'er and Huang Yu had two divisions of 200 heavy armored cavalry and 300 heavy armored infantry, facing the 2,000 thieves. Of course, the 500 elites of the 400 wearing all the armor and better armor will not be afraid of the more than 2,000 thieves who have scattered military discipline and are afraid of the weak and the hard.

In this case, it is difficult to conclude who will defeat whom. But what made the thief army dare not rush forward was that behind those heavily armored soldiers was the genuine Dong family Daxu.

The thief army's heart was shaken, and he wondered: "Isn't Dong Yue killed, where is there another Dong family boss?"

A man who seemed to be the leader stopped the discussion of his subordinates and said: "This banner is even higher than Dong Yue's, and it is much bigger, I heard that Dong Zhuo, Dong Min, and Dong Huang are all dead." Why did such a big problem come out again, it couldn't be Dong Chengjun who was still in Hedong? ”

A rather impatient voice said, "It doesn't matter who he is, if he dares to stop us, he will kill us." If we rush up, we will surely defeat them. ”

Another voice objected: "If you want to die, you go first!" If it weren't for Niu Fu harming General Dong Yue, we wouldn't have fallen into what we are now. ”

The impatient voice replied, "You're just a three-in-command!" Tell you that this army and horses have to listen to the general of the heaven-killing general, and you fake Sima doesn't care. ”

"Enough! Isn't that annoying enough? We can't figure out the reality and can't fight hard, we still rely on these sons to occupy the mountain as the king. ”

The leader of the thief army, the general who killed the sky, stopped the quarrel. But obviously, he was intimidated by Tong Yuanjun's momentum.

While they were deliberating, it was already dark. At this time, on the left side of the thief army, that is, on the other side of the river where they had stayed in the afternoon, countless torches and figures appeared, approaching from west to east.

"General Killing Heaven, it's not good! Depending on the figures and torches, the enemy may have had nearly 10,000 infantry. Although we are separated by the water of the Lingchuan River, there is no way to escape except to the south. ”

"Stop arguing! I also saw that the equipment of these infantry was definitely not as strong as the previous ones, but there were more people. The front ones are well equipped, but there are few people. I don't know where this soldier came from? ”

The leader of the thief army looked at the rows of torches on the opposite bank, and in the light and shadow, you could see that most of these infantry were armed with spears and single knives, although they were not well-equipped, but they could be seen to be of high morale.

"Look, General! There were three people coming from the front side. ”

Tong Yuan, Zhang Ji and Geng Qing rode to the front of the thief army, and the three of them looked at each other, their faces were firm and calm. Tong Yuan looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and said loudly:

"Tong Yuan, captain of the Xiliang Military Academy under the command of Weiyang Jun, Sima Gengqing of Weiyang Jun's personal guard, and Zhang Ji of Xiayang County County, the three of them came to visit and have important matters to discuss in detail."

The thief army was in an uproar, "Ah, it turned out to be Weiyang Jun's people."

"Which one is Weiyang-kun?"

"I don't know this, Mrs. Dong's granddaughter, when she was entitled, she ...... two years ago"

"I heard that Mrs. Dong's family has suffered, but I didn't expect her to be still there......

Tong Yuan, Zhang Ji, and Geng Qing knew very well that after tens of thousands of "infantry" appeared on the other side of the river, the thief army was like a frightened bird.

But once they knew that Xiayang was just an "empty city", and the actual combat strength of tens of thousands of people was mostly ordinary people, they would boldly break in, rape and plunder, and do whatever they wanted, and Xiayang County and the Dong family would suffer a catastrophe.

Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of the panic of the thieves and try to disarm them all, and there is only one way - to get the tiger without entering the tiger's den.

The thief army was half surrounded by more "troops" than their own, and when they saw the Dong family again, the three leaders heard that it was the soldiers and horses around Weiyang Jun, and hurriedly went out to greet them. Tong Yuan and the three of them did not go deeper, so they talked and negotiated with the three leaders of the thief army in front of the battle.

The leader of the thieves introduced: "The last general is the captain under the account of General Niu Fu. These two people, one is the Sima of our army, and the other is the fake Sima under the account of General Dong Yue. ”

Of course, he didn't dare to make a big deal, and he didn't tell the truth that he was known as the general of the heaven-killing general, and the other two were the second and third masters.

Tong Yuan smiled with satisfaction: "Oh, I see. Very good, very good. Weiyang Jun led 20,000 horses to gather in Xiayang, and contacted the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu tribes to prepare a counterattack on Chang'an to kill Wang Yun and Lü Bu. Why did you break away from the two generals and come here? ”

The military master of the Niu Auxiliary Department was impatient, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense about how many soldiers and horses you have, we have a task on our bodies, why should we tell you?" ”

Obviously, the thief army has degenerated, and they are unwilling to return to Dong Jun's account, relying on their own soldiers and horses, and they have nothing to fear.

Tong Yuan, who came from later generations, had some understanding of how to use body language to force up the scene and express contempt, so his eyes were fixed on the man's head, his chin was slightly raised, and he seemed to be extremely confident. luck says:

"You're a bit bold, why have you forgotten the military regulations? Do you want our people to help you think about it? ”

The thief captain had no fear on his face, and said loudly: "He is a rough man and does not know how to be polite. It's just that I have some things that I find strange and have to ask the three of them. ”