Chapter 84: Xu Rong's ability
The distance from Chang'an to Xinfeng is only dozens of miles, if you march with all your might, it will only take two or three hours to arrive, but Pei Qing's heart still feels that time flies very slowly, because he knows that Xinfeng, as the gateway to Chang'an, cannot afford to lose at all, once something goes wrong, it will mean that Chang'an will be in danger of being captured, although he has already laid a chess piece before coming to Chang'an, but the premise that this chess piece can play a role is that Xinfeng will not fall.
"Xu Rong, this is just a second-rate general in the Xiliang Army, I remember that in the romance, it seems that he was given seconds by Xiahoudun in a few rounds, how can such a general be reliable?" Although according to the normal itinerary, the Xiliang rebels should not have arrived so soon, but everything should be tried to think about the worst, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and it is always right to rush to Xinfeng as soon as possible.
Pei Qing's army marched non-stop, marching with all its might, and when it was still five or six miles away from Xinfeng County, he heard an earth-shattering shout ahead.
Pei Qing's heart sank when he heard this scene, seeing that this formation should be that the rebels have arrived in Xinfeng, it has only been half a day since he received the news, he didn't expect them to arrive so soon, it seems that the situation has changed, although he doesn't know how many rebels there are, but Pei Qing thinks about a second-rate general against the elite Xiliang army, this result is probably not optimistic.
"I must arrive before the rebels break through Xinfeng County, otherwise I'm really afraid that Xu Rong will not be able to hold it by then."
So Pei Qing ordered the army to continue to advance without a moment's pause.
In the time of tea, Pei Qing's army has been able to see the city wall of Xinfeng County, under the city wall is the black pressure of the Xiliang rebels, it is estimated that there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, although these rebels do not have strong siege equipment due to the haste of the matter, but they rely on the advantage of a large number of people, and are attacking the city in full swing.
Pei Qing originally thought that the situation was not very good, but when he saw the offensive and defensive situation of the two sides, he was immediately relieved, because the soldiers at the head of the city were defending in an orderly manner, they did not have the slightest panic, and they were always able to replenish manpower in time when they needed people the most, so that the entire city defense was impeccable, and they had always maintained a perfect defensive state.
"I really didn't expect this Xu Rong to really have some ability, it seems that I really underestimated him before." Pei Qing's eyes were full of admiration, and he said with a faint smile.
However, Deng Dang, who was unexpectedly on the side, said solemnly: "Could it be that the lord doesn't know this Xu Rong?" He is the most first-class general in the Xiliang Army, although his reputation is not good, but it is definitely a headache role, when this person was in Yingchuan, he defeated General Sun with a considerable number of troops, and killed the former Yingchuan Taishou Li Min, after this battle, all of us really understood his murderous name. ”
"What? You said that in the battle of Yingchuan, Xu Rong actually defeated Sun Wentai with equal troops? I thought he was suppressing it with military force. Pei Qing immediately felt shocked when he heard this, he originally thought that Xu Rong was just a second-rate general, but he didn't expect that the other party would be able to defeat Sun Jian with fewer victories, which was really a bit terrifying.
"Not only that, this Xu Rong once defeated Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an, Cao Cao led the army of 10,000 people to pursue, but was defeated by Xu Rong and returned, in that battle, Cao Cao's war horse was injured by a stray arrow, fortunately the general Cao Hong gave him the war horse, he could escape smoothly, otherwise he would be in danger in this battle, this is so far, Cao Cao was the worst defeat in the battle."
"I see, so this Xu Rong is interesting, he actually defeated Sun Jian and Cao Cao, the two big guys, which shows his ability, isn't this kind of talent exactly what I need? If I can take the opportunity to subdue him, I will be equivalent to another powerful general. ”
Thinking of this, Pei Qing looked at the resolute figure on the head of the city, and was thinking about how to subdue it.
"But that's all for later, the most important thing now is to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the rebels has not arrived, first annihilate his vanguard force, even if he can't swallow it all, let him be defeated and return, which can also affect their morale, so that our army is in a favorable situation."
Thinking of this, Pei Qing immediately issued an order, with the 3,000 Xuzhou Army under the command of Zang Ba as the left wing, Zhang Chao's 2,500 Yangzhou Army as the right wing, and himself personally led the 500 Yicong and Hu Zhen's 8,000 Xiliang Army as the middle army, and at the same time ordered Li Su to lead his 5,000 people to immediately launch an attack on the besieging rebels.
In an instant, only the sound of killing could be heard, and the large army led by Pei Qing divided into three routes and launched a fierce attack on the enemy army besieging the city.
"Kill, Captain Deng Dang is here, thieves, I am your nemesis, surrender obediently, otherwise, I will let you die without a place to be buried."
Although Deng Dang was also a warrior with a thin reputation in the army before, he could only be comparable to a third-rate general at most, just equivalent to a hundred generals, but since he inherited the genes of the Ming Dynasty general Deng Yu in Pei Qing, he immediately became a first-class brave general.
So Deng Dang held the spear in his hand and sprinted forward, just with a casual hand, he could easily stab a Xiliang cavalry to death, but in a short period of time, twenty or thirty Xiliang knights had died under his spear.
Deng Dang's killing suddenly frightened the Xiliang sergeants, and they avoided one after another, wanting to avoid this god-like brave general.
However, at this time, a general behind them shouted: "Don't retreat, otherwise you will be killed!" ”
This general was a military marquis of the Xiliang Army, named An Liqi, a Qiang man, fat and strong, as strong as an ox, he saw that the soldiers were so afraid of Deng Dang, his heart was angry, and while he made a voice to stop it, he slashed and killed several soldiers who wanted to escape, intending to stabilize the order.
The soldiers were threatened by An Liqi's death, and their retreat was a little slow, but they were afraid of Deng Dang's courage and still did not dare to step forward.
Seeing this, An Li Qi put the scimitar in his hand back to the sheath, took out the spear again, and shouted: "The thief will be strong, and I, An Li Qi, will come and accept my life." ”
An Liqi shouted while swinging his spear directly into Deng Dang's lower abdomen, this spear was fast and steady, and he played the top level in his life.
Therefore, An Liqi thought that it was impossible for the other party to resist his spear, and he believed that in the next moment, this guy who was still majestic would definitely be poked a transparent hole by himself.
"If I kill an enemy general as soon as I make a move, this morale should be a big boost, right? I am the first Han army general to be killed on the battlefield, and I have made the first contribution, I believe that in the future, I will be promoted and rich, and I will gain fame and fortune. ”
An Liqi's eyes were full of pride, and he watched his spear pounce on the other party like a poisonous snake, one move was enough to kill.
However, in the next moment, there was a trace of surprise in his eyes, because he had never seen a person with such strength, the spear in that person's hand just waved casually, blocking his attack, and it also shook his arm numb, and then, before he could react, he saw a spear piercing into his lower abdomen like lightning, he had never seen such a fast spear, but thinking about it, it was not right, he had actually seen it, Lu Bu and another general named Hua Xiong actually had such martial arts, Even Lu Bu could be faster, but he didn't expect that there was a first-class fierce general hidden among them.
"In addition to Lu Bu, there are such strong people in the Han army, I am not unjustly dead, but I still regret it, if I had known that the other party was so strong, how could I dare to rush up so rashly......"
When An Liqi thought of this, his head could no longer think, because at this time his opponent pulled out his spear, and the blood in his abdomen spurted out like a fountain, and he soon died of excessive blood loss, and his body fell to the ground heavily, it looked like it should be in pain, but he was no longer conscious......