Under the Tiger Prison Pass, Guan Yu's army arrived, Guan Yu's army in front, and Xiongguan blocked the road behind, and Cao Xiu's only remaining men and horses were already in a desperate situation.

In the Han army, a general rode out, came to the front of the formation, and said loudly: "Cao Xiu, there is no way to retreat, and you will not surrender!" Do you really want all these soldiers under your command to die here? ”

Cao Xiu took a deep breath and silently lifted the spear in his hand, as the general of Wei and a member of the Cao clan, anyone can surrender, but only he can't, clenched the spear in his hand, rode his horse to the front of the battle, and shouted with all his might: "Only death, what is there to fear?" Where is Guan Yu, dare to fight me to the death!? ”

Liao Hua sneered, what he led was Guan Yu's vanguard troops, Guan Yu was still in the rear, besides, Guan Yu was now the commander of the three armies, how could he easily come to the front to fight? Although Guan Yu likes it, as a general, he actually doesn't want Guan Yu to rush in front of the battle.

"You are exhausted and lonely, how can you be qualified to meet my general?" Liao Hua said coldly: "Since you don't surrender, you will die!" ”

Cao Xiu was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Young General An dares to bully me? Soldiers, follow me to break through! ”

He saw that the number of soldiers and horses in Liaohua was not large, and if he broke through with all his strength, he might be able to break through, and at that moment, he led the soldiers and horses to rush forward.

"Shoot the arrows!" Liao Hua gave an order, a row of shooters came to the front of the formation with a crossbow in hand, these crossbow arrows are the new crossbow arrows researched in the Han Army Tiangong, not only can ten arrows in a row, but also the power is extraordinary, within 80 steps, can penetrate the plate armor, 100 people hold crossbows, you can shoot out the effect of a thousand crossbow arrays, at this moment Liao Hua army rushed out of 300 crossbowmen, divided into three rows, a row for every 100 people, quickly retreated after shooting empty crossbow arrows, the second row stepped forward and continued to send arrows, and so on, when the third row shot empty crossbow arrows, the first row has been filled, As long as the crossbow box on your body is not empty, you can continue to shoot.

The terrain here is not wide, 100 people blocked with crossbow arrows, the Wei army fell in pieces, Cao Xiu rushed to the front, he was wearing iron armor, the crossbow arrows could not be completely penetrated, the spear in his hand was picked, the crossbow arrows were shot, and a horse rushed into the formation first, disrupting the crossbow array.

There is a way to be desperate, unstoppable, at this moment Cao Xiu is in a desperate situation, but he also played a twelve-point ability, he has fought countless battles in his life, although the martial arts can not be compared with those top generals, but it is not bad, at this moment in the chaos of the army, a big gun illusion a little cold light, the killing method is brave and abnormal.

Liao Hua personally went into battle with Cao Xiu for more than a dozen battles, if it weren't for the strong armor on his body, he was almost stabbed to death by Cao Xiu under the horse, with this blood bravery, and the desperate protection of the guards, Cao Xiu was forced to kill a bloody road from the 3,000 vanguard army brought by Liao Hua, but more than 3,000 Cao troops, and finally killed with Cao Xiu, only more than 30 people remained, and everyone was injured, and the rest were either killed by the Han army in the chaos, or chose to surrender.

It's just that when Cao Xiu, who broke through, saw the big banner of Guan Zi fluttering in the wind in front of him, the mood of the rest of his life after the catastrophe instantly dissipated.

Cao Xiu looked around, and the remaining thirty or so riders also showed despair on their faces.

With a miserable laugh, he silently raised the big gun in his hand, used his last strength, and roared at Guan Yu's army: "Great Wei...... Win! Kill! ”

Riding his horse and rushing wildly, he didn't pay attention to the hesitant Wei army behind him, he was able to accompany himself here, these people had already done their loyalty, this last part of the road, Cao Xiu didn't want to take them to death again, but there were still a few people who followed.

The charge of less than ten people, in the face of thousands of troops and horses, it seems a little thin, but there is a momentum in it, Guan Yu in the formation looked at this scene, sighed, and the flag officer next to him waved the command flag and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

The overwhelming rain of arrows fell, instantly enveloping the cavalry array of less than ten people, Cao Xiu was hit by dozens of arrows, and after the rain of arrows, he rushed out more than a dozen steps, and then he fell to the ground with people and horses, and there was no sound.

"Clean up the battlefield, notify Liao Hua, return to Yique Pass, and temporarily stationed here in the ban!" Guan Yu's eyes fell on Cao Xiu, but he had mixed feelings in his heart, if he was alone at this time, he would probably make the same choice, right?

He also ordered someone to collect Cao Xiu's body and prepare it for burial, not for Cao Cao's kindness in the past, but Cao Xiu himself is also worthy of doing so.

The battle of Luoyang has come to an end, of course, there are still some follow-up things to deal with, such as Gucheng's soldiers and horses who were originally preparing to ambush Liu Yi, and Sima Yi, who should still be confronting Guan Ping outside Yique Pass, can be regarded as a legacy problem, but Luoyang and Hujiao Pass have fallen successively, and the battle of Heluo has been difficult for the Wei army to reverse at this moment.

Sima Yi's strategy can't be wrong, but he underestimated Guan Yu a little, and his perception of Guan Yu was still stuck in the Battle of Nanyang, and Cao Xiu's defeat was also the key to this battle.

Of course, the most important thing is that today's Han army is more than a step stronger than the Wei army in terms of equipment and quality, and because of this, Guan Yu can win more with less and break Cao Xiu's camp, and therefore, Pang De and Yu Ban can break through Luoyang, which is empty at a very small cost, strategy is important, but when the gap in strength has begun to become obvious, no matter how good the strategy is, it is useless.

After all, before the war, no one thought that Cao Xiu, who had the strongest troops, would become a fatal weakness.

From Liu Yi's dispatch of Guan Ping to Guan Yu to Cao Xiu's death outside the Tiger Prison, it was actually only five days after the full battle, but what happened in these five days was enough to determine the situation in the entire world, including Guanzhong, which was still full of smoke.

When Zhang Fei's army went out of the street pavilion and advanced the battle line all the way to Chencang, Cao Zhen could only mobilize Zhang He's defeated army to go to Wugong to join Xu Huang to defend, and on the eighth day of July, Du Xian persuaded the two Qiang tribes of Burning Dang and Poqiang to join the 40,000 Wei army guarding Xiliang, and the 100,000 troops went south.

Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard the news, this was the first time that the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong reached 100,000 people, and at that moment Xiahou Nan led 8,000 people to guard Chang'an, and personally led 5,000 Chang'an defenders to Wugong to join the 100,000 troops brought by Du Raid, ready to meet Zhang Fei.

"Why are there only 70,000 soldiers and horses?" When Cao Zhen arrived at Wugong, he found that the soldiers and horses were not the same as those reported by Du Xian, and asked with a frown.

"Back to the General!" Du Xi sighed: "Although the two clans of Naodang and Poqiang agreed to send troops, they did not want to go with us, and insisted on sending troops from Tianshui and Longxi, and agreed to attack the Han army with our army on two roads. ”

Cao Zhen was silent when he heard this, Burning Dang and Poqiang insisted on this, I'm afraid it's not just because they want to attack in two ways, right? What's more important is probably that he still wants to loot Tianshui and Longxi counties, but at the moment, Cao Zhen really can't do anything about them, just rob them, if they can repel the Han army in this battle, they will naturally spit out what they swallowed!

Besides, Tianshui, Longxi and other places can no longer be regarded as Wei Jun's.

"In addition, the Southern Xiongnu sent 20,000 troops to help." Du Xi said.

"Well, I have a heart." Cao Zhen nodded, there was not much surprise, after all, the Southern Xiongnu was a vassal of Wei, and they had always been subordinate to Wei, and now the battle situation in Guanzhong was urgent, and they should have contributed, Cao Zhen still felt that it was less, but now that the situation is critical, Cao Zhen is not good to blame, after all, people don't mean to send troops.

There are only 70,000 troops in total, Zhang Fei is here, plus Huang Zhong and Chen Zhi's soldiers and horses, the strength is almost twice that of the Wei army, not to mention, this time the Han army went out of Sichuan, the combat power is extremely strong, and the same number may not be able to win, let alone twice as many as themselves.

"Is there a reply from the Nanzhong Barbarians?" Cao Zhen looked at Du Zhen and asked.

Du Xun shook his head: "The people sent have not heard from them so far, but after counting the time, it is time to arrive at Nanzhong at this moment." ”

Cao Zhen is a little worried, the war has only been more than a month, even two months are not enough, the land of Longyou is gone, Chencang, Yixian is also lost, Cao Cao asked Xiliang to deploy 100,000 soldiers and horses before his death, at that time there were still people in the court who felt that there was no need for this, and now it seems that 100,000 are less.

"General, there has been no response from the direction of Luoyang?" Zhang He, who had been silent, asked.

"Nope." Cao Zhen shook his head, Liu Yi was blocking Hangu Pass, the news couldn't be spread at all, what was the situation in Luoyang at the moment, it was difficult for them to find out.

Zhang He frowned when he heard this, the current soldiers and horses in Guanzhong feel like a lone army, this time the soldiers and horses of Xiqiang and the Southern Xiongnu have been recruited, and the forces that can be gathered have been gathered, but Zhang He feels that it is not enough to win the Han army with this, if there is no support from the imperial court, this battle is difficult to fight.

"General Jun Yi rest assured." Seeing Zhang He's frowning, Cao Zhen reluctantly smiled: "The imperial court should have sent reinforcements, but they were just trapped in Luoyang, and now Hangu Pass is not the same as in the past, and it is not difficult to attack, I will hold on for a while, Wen Lie should be able to break through Hangu Pass to help!" ”

But Liu Yi is good at defending, and it is not easy to break through his defense!

Zhang He was still worried, but he didn't say it, at this time, he couldn't keep saying frustrating words to hit his morale, but in his heart, he had doubts about whether Cao Xiu could break through Hangu.

"General Gongming is still guarding martial arts, then Chen Zhi heard that it is quite powerful, Zixu, you first lead 7,000 cavalry infantry to martial arts to support General Gongming!" Cao Zhen looked at Du Xidao.

"Command!" Du Xi bowed and took the arrow.

Cao Zhen continued: "Although the Han army is strong, it has no cavalry to support it, and General Jun Yi can lead the Hun cavalry to attack Zhang Fei's grain road, so that it cannot attack with all its strength. ”

Now the advantage of the Wei army over the Han army is only the cavalry, and the terrain in this area is open and flat, which is suitable for the cavalry to gallop, which can maximize the advantage of the cavalry, and it is also the most threatening type of the Han army.

"Whoa!" Zhang He nodded, and didn't say much, after all, he was defeated for a while, not to mention the loss of the city and land, more than half of the soldiers and horses under his command were lost, and now here, the confidence is not too big.

"The rest of the generals will stay with me here, and they are not allowed to fight without our military order!"

"Whoa!"

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