The plan set by Huang Zhong and the cavalry governor was seen through by the scheming Jia Xu, but the two of them didn't know it, and took the victorious cavalry to the south along the official road to find Han Zhan's whereabouts.

When heading south along the official road, the cavalry governor said to Huang Zhong: "Captain Huang, do you and I divide into two routes, and each lead one road to search for the lord?" ”

Huang Zhong rejected this proposal without hesitation: "No! We don't have many soldiers and horses, and if we disperse again, we will be defeated by each of them if we encounter a large number of thieves. We searched along the official road, and I felt that we would be able to find the traces of the lord. ”

For Huang Zhong's decision, the cavalry governor did not dare to object, and hurriedly agreed, and took five hundred elite horses to open the way in front, making every effort to find Han Zhan's whereabouts.

Besides, Xu Huang, who pursued and killed Han Zhan, pursued along the official road with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and still saw no trace of Han Zhan until he reached the outside of the revolving gate. The guards in the gate saw a troop of soldiers and horses coming outside, and hurriedly sent someone out to inquire about the origin of the other party. After learning that the other party was a subordinate of Li Dao and Guo Yan, he immediately ordered the gate to be opened and welcomed Xu Huang and them into the customs.

Xu Huang came to the Shoujiang's Mansion, and after the guests and hosts were seated, he explained his origin to the other party, and then asked, "I wonder if anyone has passed through this pass in the near future?" ”

"No, absolutely not." As soon as Xu Huang finished speaking, the guard immediately shook his head like a rattle, and said in a loud voice: "In the past two days, except for the local people, there have been absolutely no outsiders passing through the pass. ”

Although the guard general had already made it very clear, Xu Huang still asked uneasily: "If the general recalls it carefully, is there really no one who has passed through this pass?" ”

Hearing that Xu Huang suspected that he was lying, the guard general's heart was very uncomfortable, but because the other party was a subordinate of Li Guo and the others, he could only say patiently: "According to Your Excellency's words, that person is from Jizhou." So if he wants to flee, he will also flee to the north, how can he flee to the south to this impassable pass? ”

"On that day he was defeated, and he came from the south." Without getting Han Zhan's whereabouts, Xu Huang's heart was still unsteady, he said: "From the Yellow River to here, there is only one road, and we didn't see anyone along the way, did they grow wings and fly away?" ”

Seeing that Xu Huang still didn't believe him, the guard analyzed to him and said: "You once said that after their defeat, there were only more than ten people left, and it is entirely possible that they escaped into the mountains halfway, so that you didn't find anything along the way. ”

The guard's explanation finally relieved Xu Huang's doubts. He hurriedly got up and apologized to the other party: "General, Xu Mou was offended a lot just now, please don't be surprised!" ”

"It's okay!" The guard waved his hand at Xu Huang and said to him: "The general and the soldiers will rest in the pass for a night, and then return to search carefully in the next day, maybe they can find clues." ”

Xu Huang led his 2,000 cavalry the next day and returned along the official road, carefully searching both sides of the road to see if he could find any clues of Han Zhan and his party.

At the same time, Han Zhan took his eighteen horsemen, and after a lot of hardships, he finally left the mountains and traveled north along the official road towards the Yellow River. Team Qin had been muttering in his heart about Han Zhan's decision, and finally couldn't help but express his doubts to Han Zhan: "Lord, we are walking on the official road so swaggeringly, what should we do if we encounter thieves?" There are only a dozen of us, and I'm afraid we can't match them. ”

Han Zhan didn't know how dangerous it was to walk on the official road, but there was no way, if he wanted to get out of danger as soon as possible, he had to make a quick decision, rush to the Yellow River as soon as possible by using the official road, and find a way to cross the river.

As he was walking, Team Qin's face suddenly showed a surprised expression, he raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Stop, stop!" The cavalry who followed behind did not know what had happened, so they reined in the reins of their horses. The Qin team turned over and dismounted, lay on the ground and listened for a moment, and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, there are cavalry coming from the north and south sides of the official road, and we are now suffering from the enemy, what should we do next?" ”

Hearing that there were soldiers and horses coming from both sides, Han Zhan couldn't help but be frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly looked left and right, and saw a small hill on the left side of the road, so he ordered: "Hide behind the small hill." ”

Everyone immediately rode their horses to the woods behind the hill, Han Zhan turned over and dismounted, leaving two cavalrymen to guard the horses in the forest, and he took the rest of the people up to the top of the hill, lying on the ground and looking at the official road.

After about a stick of incense, first of all, a cavalry appeared on the official road in the south, and there was a flag fluttering in the wind, Han Zhan recognized it for a long time before he recognized the word "Xu" written on it. Qin Team led and said to Han Zhan in a low voice: "Lord, it was this army that has been chasing us for the past two days. It seems that they have just returned from the revolving gate, but fortunately we have been wandering around the mountains and did not go to the revolving gate, otherwise it would be impossible to escape now. ”

"Quiet." Han Zhan saw the endless cavalry team on the official road, his heart was furious, he was worried that the sound of the Qin team speaking would be heard by people with sharp ears, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop: "Don't speak, lest our hiding place be detected by them." ”

Xu Huang came to the vicinity of the hill with the soldiers and horses, raised his hand to let the soldiers and horses stop, and a cavalry Dubo came over and said to him: "General, we have come all the way, and we have not seen any traces of people, so they are not here at all?" ”

Xu Huang didn't speak, just looked towards the hill where Han Zhan and the others were hiding. Although he didn't see Han Zhan at all, he didn't know how to do it, and he always felt that there were people behind the hill, so he instructed the Dubo: "You take a team of men and horses to the back of the hill to inspect and see if there are any soldiers and horses from the Han family." Duber agreed, and with twenty or so horsemen, he rode his horse towards the location of the hill.

Seeing a cavalry rushing towards him, Han Zhan's heart rose to his throat. Qin Team, who was lying next to him, was even more anxious, and asked repeatedly: "Lord, the thieves came over as soon as they spoke, what should we do?" ”

It is impossible to meet the enemy, Han Zhan said silently in his heart: What can be done now is to take thirty-six plans as the best plan. After making up his mind, he hurriedly said to everyone: "The thieves are numerous, we should move quickly." ”

The cavalry led by Du Bo came quickly, and Han Zhan and the others had just come down from the hill, and before they had time to catch their breath, he rushed into the woods with the cavalry. Seeing Han Zhan and the others who were about to get on the horse, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed at Han Zhan with the spear in his hand, and said to his subordinates triumphantly: "Whoever catches the children of the Han family, the general will definitely be rewarded, brothers, follow me!" ”

Seeing his whereabouts and being discovered by the cavalry, Han Zhan knew that blindly escaping would only make him die faster. He gritted his teeth, and with a sharp determination, he drew his sword, pointed at the rushing cavalry, and said in a loud voice, "If you want to live, kill them all!" ”

The Eighteen Cavalry knew very well that if this cavalry was allowed to escape, the thousands of cavalry outside would flood in, and then they would die without a place to bury. Especially when he saw Han Zhan brandishing his sword, he took the lead in rushing forward, and he also brandished his weapon and chased after him.

Han Zhan, who was riding his horse and charging forward, suddenly saw a spear coming towards him, and hurriedly turned his head to the side and dodged it. With a backhand sword, he cut down the spear-wielding cavalryman from his horse.

In the case of equal numbers, the cavalry under Xu Huang suffered a lot because they did not have stirrups and horseshoes. After the first round of hedging between the two sides, Xu Huang's cavalry fell seven people, while only two people fell from Han Zhan's side.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Du Bo hurriedly ordered a cavalryman to go back to report the news. Life was at stake, how could Han Zhan let the other party escape alive, and hurriedly ordered the Qin team to lead two cavalry to chase after him, and he must put that person to death.

Seeing that his retreat was cut off, Du Bo decided to fight with Han Zhan, he shouted, and rushed towards Han Zhan with a spear in his hand. Han Zhan only had a sword in his hand, and he was a little disadvantaged by a long weapon like a spear, and after only five or six rounds, he gradually fell behind.

Seeing that Han Zhan was a little distracted, Du Bo's heart couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the spear in his hand swung faster. Just as he was making a stab at Han Zhan, he suddenly saw the other party turn to the side, dodge his spear, and reached out to grab the spear shaft, so that he could not withdraw the spear.

Han Zhan grabbed the shaft of the spear, put the sword in his hand on the shaft of the spear and swiped it upward, and heard Du Bo scream, and his ten fingers were cut off by the sword. Han Zhan took the opportunity to snatch the spear and sent the sword in his hand forward, stabbing directly into the opponent's throat.

Just when Han Zhan and Du Bo were facing off, the rest of the cavalry had already killed Xu Huang's subordinates, and when they were about to come over to help Han Zhan, they saw that he happened to stab Du Bo under his horse.

Xu Huang saw that Du Bo led people into the back of the hill, and he didn't move for a long time, and he couldn't help but be suspicious. He called a captain and told him, "Take a group of men and horses and go behind the hill to see why they have not returned." ”

Just as the team leader was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a slight tremor on the ground, and according to his experience, it was a cavalry approaching here. He couldn't help but say to Xu Huang in shock: "General, it seems that a cavalry is coming towards us. ”

Hearing the team leader say this, Xu Huang was a little unimpressed: "It's from the north, it must be the soldiers and horses of the two generals Li and Guo, don't worry." Hurry up and search the hills to see why Dubo is gone. ”

"General, it's not good." A sharp-eyed cavalryman, seeing the cavalry coming from the north, with a big "yellow" character written on the banner, he had fought with Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses, so he naturally knew that it was not his own people, so he hurriedly shouted at Xu Huang: "It's the cavalry of the Han family." "I heard that it was the cavalry of the Han family, and Xu Huang didn't care about sending people to the back of the hill anymore, but ordered the cavalry to line up and prepare to meet the enemy.

Huang Zhong saw a cavalry formation in front of him from a distance, and hurriedly ordered the troops to slow down, with forty people in a row, ready to attack the other side. The cavalry of both sides soon collided and a large melee ensued.

Xu Huang, like Huang Zhong, rushed to the front of the entire team, and he swung the Xuanhua big axe in his hand to cut off the Han cavalry who was approaching him one by one. And Huang Zhong was also invincible in Xu Huang's formation, and where the big sword passed, Xu Huang's subordinates also fell one after another.

After fighting for a while, Xu Huang found that something was wrong, Huang Zhong's subordinates could actually stand up and fight in the saddle, and when the weapons of the two sides intersected, the ones who fell off the horse were mainly their own subordinates. After a stick of incense, he lost at least six or seven hundred people.

A Du Bo rushed to Xu Huang and shouted at him: "General, the Han family army is too powerful, the brothers can't resist, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

If Duber had said this to him before the duel between the two sides, he would have cut the other party with an axe. But at this moment, he also realized that if he continued to fight, his soldiers and horses would suffer heavy losses even if they were not completely destroyed. After weighing the pros and cons, he decisively gave the order: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”

Although he gave the order to retreat, he did not take the lead in escaping, but personally led two hundred cavalry to break the rear and block Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses to cover the retreat of his headquarters.

When Huang Zhong saw that Xu Huang's soldiers and horses could not support it and was forced to retreat, Xu Huang was not the first to escape, on the contrary, he also left behind to cover the retreat of his subordinates, he couldn't help but nod slightly, adding a little favor to Xu Huang.

When Xu Huang and Huang Zhong were fighting on the official road, Han Zhan, who was hiding behind the hill, also heard the movement. He felt that it was daytime, and Li Guo's soldiers and horses might not have fought because of a misunderstanding, maybe Huang Zhong's cavalry came to the rescue. Thinking of this, he prepared to go to the top of the hill again to see what was going on outside.

Team Qin was deeply afraid that Han Zhan would be in danger, so he hurriedly dissuaded him and said, "Lord, you are a golden body, and the situation outside is unknown, you can't take the danger lightly." ”

"Have you ever heard of a fight on the official road outside?" Han Zhan heard the shouts of killing outside, which gradually became sparse, and felt that the battle should have come to an end, and he was even more anxious to know who the final winner was, so he stubbornly said: "It must be Captain Huang who arrived with his troops and horses, and he is fighting with the thieves." We need to get in touch with him immediately, otherwise it won't be so easy for us to find them when he's gone. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Team Qin had no choice but to accompany him to the top of the hill again to watch the situation outside. Who knew that when I came to the top of the hill, I saw that it was really Huang Zhong's cavalry who were fighting with the thieves outside. At this moment, Team Qin was excited, and without waiting for Han Zhan's instructions, he took the initiative to ask Ying: "Lord, please let Xiao Qian go and get in touch with Captain Huang." ”

"Go ahead!" Han Zhan glanced at the battlefield where there were still sporadic battles, and told the other party: "There are still thieves and soldiers dying outside, you must be more careful." The Qin team agreed, ran to the bottom of the hill and turned over the horse, rode the horse around the hill, and ran towards the official road.