Meridian Road, in the damp deep valley, the broken flag is still fluttering in the wind, and the broken Cao character can be vaguely distinguished, around the Cao character handsome flag, blood and corpses radiate and spread to the surroundings, some have cooled, some still have residual warmth, and the remaining Cao army soldiers are less than ten people, tightly guarding Xiahou Yuan in the middle, staring at the direction of the entrance of the valley, with numbness to despair on their faces.

Xiahou Yuan held a knife in one hand, but held the banner in the other, looking at the only exit of the valley, with a deep unwillingness in his eyes.

As for why he fell here, it started with a sudden ambush half a month ago.

Xiahou Yuan didn't expect that there were ambushes waiting for him in this meridian valley, although there were scouts, but this valley was not a plain, the road was difficult to travel, and it was complicated, many times, the scouts couldn't come back when they ran, some were lost, and some fell into the valley, Xiahoudun could only try to narrow the scope of reconnaissance, so groped all the way.

Who would have thought that just as they arrived in this valley and were about to settle down here, an army suddenly came out from both sides, and looking at the appearance of the other party, they were already ambushed here.

One side is all the way fast, exhausted, on the other hand, it is to wait for work, plus in advance to occupy a favorable terrain, a sudden attack, just a round of arrow rain down, so that Xiahou Yuan's side of the staff reduced nearly half, and then, Xiahou Yuan can only retreat to the valley, but there is no camp, the strength of the troops or the combat power of the soldiers is also at a disadvantage, Xiahou Yuan can only use the entrance of the valley mouth to deal with the other party.

And the other party didn't seem to have the intention of attacking, so they were blocked in this valley for half a month, during which the two sides engaged no less than ten times, although they held the valley mouth, but now, Xiahou Yuan has been starved of food for several days, and the soldiers rely on gnawing turf to survive.

During this period, Xiahou Yuan did not think of finding other ways out, but this valley is surrounded by mountains, and the only exit is the valley mouth where they entered, although the terrain is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also a Jedi, to this day, many soldiers have defected to the enemy, and there are fewer and fewer people left around, just not long ago, a veteran general led his men and horses to launch a charge towards this valley, and almost all of the remaining two hundred or so people were killed, leaving only less than ten personal guards.

Looking at the soldiers of the Shu army around him, Xiahou Yuan held the handsome flag tightly, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said loudly to the Shu army: "I don't want Xiahou Yuan to die here, but can you let Xiahou Yuan understand who died in the next place!?" ”

After a moment of silence, Liu Yi came out under Huang Zhong's guard, looked at Xiahou Yuan, who was stained with blood, sighed, and bowed: "General Xiahou, don't come unharmed, do you remember Liu Yi in Mocheng?" ”

"It's you!?" Xiahou Yuan looked at Liu Yi, and his eyes were about to erupt with fire.

When he was in Mocheng, Liu Yi had a confrontation with Xiahou Yuan, that battle, for Xiahou Yuan, was a lifelong shame, Liu Yi in order to force Xiahou Yuan to fight, gave Xiahou Yuan women's clothes, the angry Xiahou Yuan led the army to attack on the spot, and as a result, Liu Yi's ambush, Xiahou Yuan fought for half his life, and it was not that he had never lost the battle, but that time, it was the most heartwarming defeat of Xiahou Yuan, until now, every time I think of it, I can't wait to cut Liu Yi with a thousand knives, who would have thought that when I met Liu Yi again, I was planted in Liu Yi's hands again.

"General Xiahou should not be like this, and things on the battlefield should not be mixed with personal feelings." Liu Yi was a little speechless, as for holding such a grudge, he looked at Xiahou Yuan and said: "Actually, according to the usual practice, I want to surrender to General Xiahou." ”

"Dreaming!" Xiahou Yuan snorted coldly and said, "You can die in battle, but you don't do that knee-bending!" ”

"General Gao Yi, Yi admires." Liu Yi hugged his fists and saluted, he really admired this kind of person, and then shook his head and said: "But General Xiahou thinks too much, if it is someone else, Yi will surrender according to the convention, but between General Xiahou and Yi, there is still a personal grudge, so even if General Xiahou is willing to surrender, Yi will only treat it as if he didn't hear it." ”

Xiahou Yuan: "......"

I want to cut this bastard!

"My wife, Lu, is the daughter of Wen Hou." Liu Yi also ignored Xiahou Yuan, but said to himself: "Lu Bu is my father-in-law, this prince fights, there is no good or evil at all, and my wife has already given up the year of revenge, but the death of his mother, I am afraid that I still need to sacrifice the head of the general." ”

"It turned out to be that!" Xiahou Yuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he laughed loudly: "If you want to kill, you will kill, why is the eldest husband afraid of death, it's just that a certain head, but it depends on whether you have the ability to take it!" ”

The guards around him became fierce one by one.

Liu Yi nodded silently and waved his hand.

A group of men and horses holding a big shield slowly killed Xiahou Yuan and his party from behind Liu Yi.

"Kill!" Xiahou Yuan slammed the handsome flag in his hand to the ground, raised the long knife in his hand, and led less than ten guards towards these Shu troops who formed a shield array.

Bang bang bang~

In the dull sound, the weapons kept colliding with the shield, but the shield was specially made by Liu Yi, and the soldiers were also trained by selecting elite soldiers, just for a moment, Xiahou Yuan and his party had been surrounded in the middle, and the cold blades continued to pierce out from the gaps in the shield, and the guards fell to the ground, and finally only Xiahou Yuan was left, frantically chopping the shields around him, although he was exhausted, but at the moment he was on the verge of death, and he rose up bravely, and the strength was terrifying, for a while, those shield soldiers were cut back and forth.

"Sir, I'll come!" Huang Zhong sighed, took his big knife from his hand, and saluted Liu Yi.

"Old general, be careful." Liu Yi frowned and looked at Xiahou Yuan, this shield array was not numerous, and it was really difficult to trap a fierce general of this level.

Huang Zhong nodded and waved his hand: "Stand down!" ”

Hearing this, the shield soldiers on both sides quickly retreated, and Huang Zhong raised his knife and walked slowly towards Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan's eyes were red, looking at Huang Zhong who stepped forward with a knife, and laughed loudly: "There is no one under Liu Bei's command? He sent an old soldier to his death! ”

"Kill you, it's enough for the old man!" Huang Zhong's face sank like water, and he replied lightly, but his momentum was rising.

Xiahou Yuan's complexion also became solemn as Huang Zhong approached, he didn't want this veteran to have such momentum, thinking that he was going to die today, if he could drag this old man to die together, it would be considered a profit, so he took a deep breath at the moment, mustered up all his strength, and rushed towards Huang Zhong with his steps.

"Death~" The long knife in his hand swept through the air with a miserable white arc of light, and slashed at Huang Zhong's head.

Huang Zhong stopped the big knife in his hand, and then stirred it, but the strength from the knife shaft made Xiahou Yuan shocked, this old man's sixtieth year, there is such strength, there is a heart to wrestle with it, but he is already the end of the strong crossbow, only with a mouthful of Yu Yong support, want to exert force, but it can't be sent, Huang Zhong made a clever knife to pick up the knife, and then the knife flashed, Xiahou Yuan looked at Huang Zhong in amazement, blood spurted out of the cavity, splashed Huang Zhong's body, and the burly body lay weakly on the ground.

Huang Zhong silently withdrew his long knife and saluted Xiahou Yuan's corpse: "Although the victory is not martial, it is also full of the general's loyalty!" ”

At least, Xiahou Yuan did not die at the hands of an unknown person.

It's a man!

Liu Yi looked at Xiahou Yuan's corpse, and was also a little stunned, in this chaotic era, the hatred of the country and the family, sometimes it is really difficult to measure things with good and evil.

This ambush battle, so far it can be regarded as a complete merit, Liu Yi ordered someone to seal Xiahou Yuan's head with lime, attached a letter, and ordered someone to send it to Liu Bei quickly, this Xiahou Yuan's head, he wanted to ask Liu Bei, and also solved the knot of his chess pieces over the years.

As for the corpse, Xiahou Yuan is also a generation of famous generals after all, although there are personal grudges, but such a character, such a corpse is exposed in the wilderness, Liu Yi can't bear it, and ordered someone to make a coffin, bury Xiahou Yuan's body in this valley nearby, and set up a tombstone.

As for the rest of the Cao soldiers, they were buried on the spot, and Liu Yi didn't have the energy to make coffins for everyone one by one.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan died, the crisis in Hanzhong was temporarily resolved, but the news of his death in battle could not be leaked out, which is why Liu Yi chose this place as the ambush location, this valley is a Jedi, as long as you come in, you don't want to get out alive, the people and horses brought by Xiahou Yuan are either dead and surrendered, as for those surrendered soldiers, naturally they can't be used, Liu Yi asked those surrendered soldiers to be temporarily locked in Nanzheng Prison, and then arranged after this battle is completely over.

"Sir, the battlefield has been cleared, Cao Jun is afraid that he will not know about Xiahou Yuan's death in a short time, I don't know what to do now?" After Huang Zhong arranged the matter, he returned to Liu Yi and asked.

"I don't know what the battle situation is on Wen Chang's side, this meridian road still needs to be supervised, there should be no danger for the time being, the old general will go to Yangping Pass on my behalf, if Ma Chao has not withdrawn from the army, please ask the old general to help Wen Chang." Liu Yi said with a smile.

What he wants to do most now is to finish the construction of this meridian road, as for the war, even if he passes, it seems that he can't help much, it is better to continue to do his own thing here with peace of mind, and let a professional like Huang Zhong do it freely.

"If Ma Chao has withdrawn the army, the old general also stays in Yangping Pass, this time Ma Chao is just a chess piece in Cao Cao's hands, and now Xiahou Yuan has been ambushed, but Cao Jun will definitely not only have this way to the division, the main force is probably about to arrive at Yangping Pass, please ask the old general and Wenchang to hold Yangping Pass first, but you need to be ready to come back at any time, if there is also a war in the Shangyong area, you still need the old general to help!" Liu Yi added.

Ma Chao has never been the real enemy, the real enemy is Cao Cao, and now that Xiahou Yuan has come here, it also makes Liu Bei more sure that the main force of Cao's army is probably not too far away from Hanzhong, which must be guarded against.

"Sir, don't worry, Zhong knows what to do!" Huang Zhong nodded when he heard this, and after saluting Liu Yi, he directly said goodbye and left, the war here is over, I am afraid that Cao Jun will not send troops over again in a short time, he can't wait to participate in the real battle.