The time of the child is the time of the child again, and the time of the child is still the time of the child.

Xiahou Yuan led 60,000 soldiers to the city of Hanzhong, where more than 100 officials were waiting here. The night was gray, and I vaguely saw that the first person had a big belly, and everyone else was respectful to him.

Seeing that Xiahou Yuan ordered to stop advancing, the person who led the leader immediately said in a loud voice: "Zhang Lu and all the officials of Hanzhong, respectfully invite Cao Jun to enter the city!" ”

"Respectfully invite Cao Jun into the city!" The officials shouted loudly and leaned down very respectfully.

Seeing this scene, Xiahou Yuan did not doubt him, and immediately responded loudly:

"In that case, please ask Mrs. Zhang to lead the way!"

"No!" Zhang Lu behaved extremely deferentially, as if he had completely put down the shelf of Taishou, stood in place and waited until Xiahou Yuan was side by side with him, and then began to shout:

"Play music, go back to the city!"

Suddenly there was a deafening sound of celebration on the city wall, Xiahou Yuan heard the prestige, only to see that in the flickering firelight, there were drums, gongs, singing, and blowing locks...... Musical instruments used in various festivals are piled up all over the city. Xiahou Yuan felt funny, this Zhang Lu surrendered so loudly, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was going to surrender.

Not to mention, as soon as Zhang Lu's pomp came out, 60,000 Cao Jun's hearts bloomed. They have never enjoyed such high-level treatment, even if they return to their city triumphantly, it is impossible, but they don't expect to feel the pride and pride of being Cao Jun in Hanzhong tonight, which is enough for them to go back and blow for a year.

Cao's army entered Hanzhong one after another, the city gate was wide, and a quarter of an hour passed, and half of the 60,000 troops had entered. Cao Jun, who entered the city, did not go far, they scattered in the nearby streets waiting for the next instructions.

Xiahou Yuan was still relatively vigilant, and he did not enter the city as soon as possible in order to prevent accidents. Seeing that the 30,000 troops in front of him entered smoothly, Xiahou Yuan relieved himself and began to walk towards the city gate with Zhang Lu.

Just as Xiahou Yuan came to the bottom of the city gate, he was vigilant, there was such a big commotion outside, and the pomp was so big, that there was no one in the city to greet him. His mind turned sharply, and he dragged the big-bellied Zhang Lu next to him and walked back. At the moment when he left the city gate, the jack gate on the city gate fell with a bang, and the Cao soldiers who were entering under the city gate were crushed into pulp before they could react. At the same time, arrows flew sideways on the walls, houses, and rooftops of the streets in the city, and the Cao army, who stayed where they were unsuspected, suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

Seeing that he had been tricked, Xiahou Yuan grabbed Zhang Lu's shirt and roared:

"Zhang Lu, you actually dare to design to assassinate me, don't you want to die?"

Zhang Lu smiled, and a dagger flashed cold light towards Xiahou Yuan's neck, and Xiahou Yuan hurriedly retreated and dodged the sneak attack. He finally realized that he had been deceived from the beginning.

"You're not Zhang Lu? Who are you! ”

"Hahaha, how can the Heavenly Master be something that a mortal like you can see if you want to!" That fake Zhang Lu said, slashed his wrist with a dagger, and regardless of the blood flowing down his arm, he raised his hands and shouted frantically:

"With my blood, protect the Heavenly Master, protect my teaching, and protect Hanzhong!"

Hearing the shouts of the fake Zhang Lu, the rest of the officials all took out their daggers and did the same crazy behavior.

"With my blood, protect the Heavenly Master, protect my teaching, and protect Hanzhong!"

"Kill them, kill them!" Xiahou Yuan was so angry that he didn't expect that he had been talking to a group of crazy people for a long time.

More than 100 fake officials were slaughtered in an instant, but hearing the screams and shouts of the soldiers coming from inside the city, Xiahou Yuan's heart was like a knife, and he felt that he had once again entered a dilemma. Fortunately, the castle tower was full of musical instruments, and there was no room for the enemy, otherwise their soldiers outside the city would have been severely hit.

"Come on, go and report to the lord quickly, Zhang Lu surrendered, 30,000 soldiers fell into Hanzhong City, life and death are unknown!"

"No!" With Xiahou Yuan's order, a young general rushed towards the camp.

After another moment, someone finally couldn't help but ask:

"General, are we just staying outside the city and watching the 30,000 brothers in the city die?"

"Then you say, what can I do!" Xiahou Yuan's round tiger eyes faintly appeared tears, "Do you want to let you go with you to death again!" ”

Hearing Xiahou Yuan's words, the 30,000 soldiers were silent. At this moment, the young general who had just gone to give the order ran back, only to hear him shouting happily:

"General Xiahou, the lord has sent Xiliang Iron Cavalry to support!"

"Great, how many are there?" Xiahou Yuan didn't expect Cao Cao to send troops to support so quickly, and it seems that Cao Cao has also been paying attention to the movements in Hanzhong. The Xiliang cavalry are all good at cavalry shooting, and with their support, his 30,000 soldiers can rest assured that they can attack the city.

"Well, I can't tell how much in the dark, and there are about 5,000 people who hear the sound of horses' hooves!" The young general thought for a moment and reported a figure that was extremely close to the truth.

"5,000 people?" Hearing this number, Xiahou Yuan wondered why the lord still had an army of 100,000, why only 5,000 Xiliang cavalry were sent. Xiahou Yuan has been scared of the pit recently, and he thinks it is better to be careful.

"The bow battalion turns, ready to fire a salvo!"

The bow and crossbow battalion had always firmly believed in Xiahou Yuan's words, and they did not hesitate at all, they all turned to face the direction they came, and handed their backs to the other soldiers.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and through the faint light of the fire, many soldiers found that the cavalry charging was all dressed in Xiliang, and they immediately let down their vigilance. They all know that after the lord captured Xiliang, he collected 50,000 Xiliang cavalry, and who else would come at this time if it wasn't his own people.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan also thought that it was the Xiliang cavalry who was galloping, and he hurriedly sent someone to shout, wanting to let the 5,000 cavalry stop aside and not rush into his soldiers. However, he vaguely felt that the speed of the cavalry charging over not only did not weaken, but also became faster and faster.

"Damn! Rushing so fast, did you want to commit suicide by crashing into the city? Xiahou Yuan scolded in his heart, and he didn't know who commanded the 5,000 Xiliang cavalry, but he dared to treat him Xiahou Yuan as nothing. Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to order his team to separate left and right to make way for the damn Xiliang cavalry.

Just when Xiahou Yuan's 30,000 soldiers gave way to the 5,000 cavalry, he seemed to have heard a very familiar order, which was a nightmare for their soldiers a month ago!

"Projectile!"

Ma Chao took the lead, followed by Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu, who took out their short bows and kept shooting arrows into the air. This sudden change made Xiahou Yuan and his 30,000 soldiers collectively messy. When the rain of arrows fell, and the wailing of the soldiers kept coming from his side, Xiahou Yuan knew that he was afraid that he would be more than lucky tonight. He didn't dare to imagine that Ma Chao would appear here, with 5,000 Xiliang cavalry.

In fact, Ma Chao's 5,000 cavalry is not the Xiliang cavalry, but the 3,000 cavalry brought back by Zhang Wei from Yangping Pass, plus the 2,000 cavalry he recruited in the past few days, and the 5,000 cavalry is integrated. According to Fa Zheng's strategy, they have been hiding 20 miles away from the northern suburbs of Hanzhong. In order to confuse Cao Jun, they all dressed up as Xiliang cavalry, and they couldn't tell the truth from the fake in the dark night. Once the music of the city tower is heard, it is a signal that Ma Chao led the cavalry to charge.

Helping Zhang Lu resist Cao Jun this time was originally a request from Ma Chao's brothers and sisters to Fa Zheng and Zhao Yun, and they even promised that as long as they could help them this time, they would be willing to join Liu Bei's command in the future. Now that the Cao army that invaded Xiliang is close at hand, the flame of revenge burns into a sharp blade in their hands. Ma Chao quickly ran out of arrows, he threw away his short bow, raised his gun and shouted:

"Breakthrough!"

"Formation, formation!" In a hurry, the Cao army did not have time to organize a perfect defensive formation, and the cavalry quickly rushed in front of them, and it was difficult for the bow and crossbow battalion to give full play to their advantages at such a short distance. Seeing the fragile army formation that kept routing, Xiahou Yuan suddenly had an urge to give up! He no longer knew how to give orders, and they could not even run away in the face of the cavalry charge. At this moment, he finally realized that the combination of foot and bow that he had always insisted on had such a fatal flaw. He thought of Zhang He, and whenever he asked to train the gun barracks, he refused him. He really regretted it now, but it was too late.