Huang Zhong quietly crouched outside Luyang City, carefully looking at the flags in the city, and the flags in the huge camp outside the city, each flag represented a hundred people. It wasn't until Huang Zhong's eyes looked at the flowers that a total of one hundred and sixty-one flags were cleared. There were three hundred sides in the city, and one hundred and twenty-one sides outside the city.

"An army of sixteen thousand and one hundred men, even if it goes wrong, is not less than fifteen thousand. Together with the 15,000 troops of Lixian County, the total is 30,000 people. Huang Zhong muttered.

Huang Zhong took his white hair, feeling quite difficult in his heart. Since he joined the army at a young age, he started as a pawn, and it was not until he was thirty-six years old that he was promoted to the position of the county soldier Sima because of his meritorious service in following Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie to defeat the Yellow Turban. It was also that year that he was proud to get married and have children. After I didn't want to, I fell into a low point in my life.

First, his only son Huang Xu was born with a disease, and then his beloved wife died of plague early. Fortunately, the successive Nanyang Taishou and Nanyang Governors all took pity on themselves, and did not punish themselves who often left their posts without permission.

However, since Sun Jianbu came, he not only killed Zhang Zhi, the Taishou of Nanyang, who had already been gracious, but also let Yuan Shu's general take away his position. Huang Zhong had no choice but to follow Zhang Bozu around, until Yuan Shu besieged Yingchuan Yang Zhai City, and was persuaded by Zhang Bozu to join the army of Runan Taishou and General Han Fuguo.

General Han Fuguo is really as legendary, and the allocation of talents never counts about their background, but only about their ability. Under the recommendation of Captain Tian, he did not ask about his past, and appointed himself as a captain on the spot, or the actual position of commanding the 5,000-strong army. Now that he has handed over the responsibility of the garrison of Yingchuan County to himself, how can he not let himself walk on thin ice, trembling day and night, and regard General Han Fuguo as his regeneration benefactor.

I didn't want to be when the lord conquered the Taoist Yuan Shu, he actually attracted the seven-way army of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao, and more than 200,000 troops to attack. With the addition of Yuan Shu's army of tens of thousands, it will be an army of 360,000. Although there are a lot of soldiers and horses of the lord, they are too scattered, and they are hit by the three families at the same time, and they actually feel unsustainable.

At this time, the north and south sides of Yingchuan County were facing the invasion of more than 40,000 enemy troops, which made Huang Zhong and Yingchuan Governor Yin Li panic. Fortunately, Yin Li, the commander of Yingchuan, had seen a lot since he followed the lord, and he could see at a glance that Liu Biao's two-way army was just dealing with errands, and had no intention of taking the initiative to invade Yingchuan and Runan.

Sure enough, in the following days, the Jingzhou soldiers on the Nanyang side closed their camps in and outside Luyang City day and night, and only saw flowing water of people and men transporting supplies back and forth, but they did not see the Jingzhou soldiers coming and going. I heard that the Jingzhou soldiers who invaded Fuyang and Xiyang on the southern side of Runan were also the same.

Yin Li had already responded to the urgency of Yanling and Changshe counties in the north, and went to the rescue, but he left himself in the south and concentrated on fighting against the Jingzhou soldiers. Anyway, he seems to be the real garrison general of Yingchuan County, why was he turned around by the regiment he commanded?

It doesn't matter, after all, Yin Liduwei is the old courtier of the lord, but he is a new minister. Yin Liduwei has followed the lord for many years and made countless meritorious contributions before he got the post of captain of Yingchuan, and he was promoted to the post of captain of the main battle when he fought in Yangzhai City. Anyone is also on fire in his heart, and he is not happy to see the new minister.

It's just that Huang Zhong also has arrogance in his heart, since he was appointed by the lord as the garrison captain of Yingchuan, he has the ability to be a captain. At this time, although there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he had the ambition to devour the invading Jingzhou soldiers.

"The general of the Jingzhou Army in Lixian County is Cai Mao, I have heard of his name when I was in Nanyang, and he can be described as a good general with all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and he cannot be an enemy. But the general of the Jingzhou Army on the Luyang side is Deng Ji, who seems to be the son of a big clan in Zigui County, Nanjun. I have never heard of his name before, and he should be a gentleman who took office based on his family background alone. There are many handsome people in Jingzhou, maybe he is also a man of all-round talents in civil and military affairs, but if he doesn't give it a try, how can he be willing. ”

"Captain Huang, there is a situation." Sima Liaohua, who was under Huang Zhong's command, stepped forward and said, "Look, the cart driven by Minzhuang is light and fast, and it is definitely not heavy grain, it may just be grass. The Jingzhou soldiers don't have many war horses, so why do they need so much forage? ”

Huang Zhong has four major Simas under his command, in addition to Huang Zhong leading a thousand people, the four major Simas are divided into the remaining four thousand people. Huang Zhong values Liao Hua and He Man the two Simas the most, the two of them are literate and martial, complement each other, and are very effective under Huang Zhong, and the other two Simas are a little immature.

Although both of them were former thieves, they were both veteran thieves who had fought for many years and were extremely skilled in military affairs. Especially Liao Hua, who is bold and careful, because of years of looting, he can see at a glance the flaws in the things transported by Minzhuang.

Huang Zhong carefully recalled the enemy situation he had explored in the past few days, and found that most of the things carried by the people were light, and there were almost no heavy things. Huang Zhong had a flash of inspiration in his mind, but he was not sure what he was thinking. So he asked, "Yuan Jian Sima, what do you think?" ”

Liao Hua gritted his teeth and said, "I think that there will be no army in the enemy camp, so the people don't need to transport grain. If you are transporting heavy objects, you are afraid of injury, so you will transport some light forage to confuse people's hearts. ”

Huang Zhong stared at the enemy camp for a long time, speechless, seeing that Liao Hua was quite worried in his heart, I don't know if Huang Zhong had the same thought. Huang Zhong muttered in a low voice, "The camp of thirteen,000 people will definitely not be as silent as it is in front of you. Even though the Lord is heavily managed, there is also a lot of noise. In this camp...... There are only three or four thousand people at most. ”

Liao Hua was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "In this way, this battalion plus the soldiers and horses in the city only has 5,000 soldiers and horses at most?" ”

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment before he said firmly: "Yuan Jian Sima, you quickly return to your father's city, and order He Man Sima to set up more banners at the head of Kunyang City to confuse the army of Lixian County." Leave the city defense to Kunyang Wei, and then come here at night with all his troops and horses. The old man wants to attack Luyang at night. ”

Two days later, at night, as Huang Zhong expected, the army under Luyang City was very small, only about 1,500 people. Deng Ji was suddenly attacked by Huang Zhong's 3,000 men and horses at night, caught off guard, and left in defeat. The soldiers and horses in Luyang City came to the rescue, but they were robbed by Liao Hua halfway, and Luyang City fell into the hands of Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong also ordered Liao Hua to lead his troops directly to drive Deng Ji's defeated troops to Wancheng, and he and He Man led troops to force Cai Mao in Qi County. Seeing that the bluff had failed, Cai Mao abandoned the city and left. Huang Zhong chased after him, and broke Cai Mao's army with Liao Hua, who came first, in Suwang County. It's just that Wancheng has Liu Biao's nearly 10,000 troops stationed in Tun, and Huang Zhong has no other siege equipment, so he has to retreat for the time being.

Huang Zhong redeployed in Luyang, Lixian and Yexian, but when he heard that Yili had suffered defeat under Yanling City, he had to retreat to Xu County to garrison. Huang Zhong was concerned about the war in the north, so he made Liao Hua a defender in the south of Yingchuan, and led the army north with He Man to reinforce Yili.

When he arrived at Yingyang, Huang Zhong heard that Yanling and Changshe had been broken, and Zhao Yan and Du Xi had retreated to Yingyin County. Huang Zhong was furious, and heard that Cao's army only had 10,000 men, and Yi Li had 5,000 men and horses in hand, so he couldn't be defeated so quickly no matter what.

Huang Zhong led the army to twenty miles west of Yingyin City, and when he saw a horse returning, he asked, "Who is the general who will attack Yingyin?" ”

Tanma reported back: "It's Cao Cao's lieutenant Cao Yu." ”

"Cao Yu? Is it a member of the Cao clan? ”

Tan Ma Yu said: "I heard that it is Cao Cao's father, but he is still young, only in his twenties. ”

Huang Zhong smiled: "It's another gentleman." Ladies and gentlemen, although Cao Jun is numerous, in the eyes of the old man, he is just a grass chicken and tile dog. Abandon all the baggage, the whole army went into battle lightly, broke Cao Yu's army first, and then entered the city to rest. "Let's lead the army forward.

I didn't want Cao Yu to hear that Huang Zhong's soldiers were coming, so he divided 2,000 people to continue to surround the city, and brought 3,000 people to fight Huang Zhong. When the two armies met halfway, Huang Zhong shouted loudly and personally drew his sword and rushed into battle. He Man swept with a dancing stick behind him, and everything he passed collapsed. Under several conflicts, Cao Yu's army was defeated. Huang Zhong pursued relentlessly, and finally beheaded Cao Yu in Yingyin City and broke his army.

Huang Zhong rested in Yingyin City for the night, and went straight to Xu County early the next morning, and met Xiahou Dun who led the army to take revenge halfway. Huang Zhong's soldiers were few, and he temporarily retreated for several miles to set up a formation, and Xiahoudun chased after him, and even led a hundred horsemen to clash in front of the formation.

Huang Zhong saw that Xiahoudun was personally rushing in front of the battle, so he pointed at Xiahoudun and shouted: "He Sima listens to the order, but after seeing the old man kill this fang, the whole army presses it." "After that, he slapped the horse and danced the knife, and led fifty horsemen to fight Xiahoudun in person.

Xiahoudun was furious and intercepted Huang Zhong and killed. However, Huang Zhong's cavalry was good at riding and shooting, and before he got close, several waves of arrows were fired. The cavalry of Xiahoudun's army was in chaos, and Huang Zhong took the opportunity to lead the troops to stand out. The two sides swept by, and more than half of the cavalry of Xiahoudun's troops had been killed or wounded.

Xiahou Dun was furious, and after stabbing to death several fugitives, he turned around and rode out of battle alone and shouted: "Huang Zhong old thief, dare to fight with me Xiahou Yuanrang." ”

Huang Zhong laughed and said, "Why don't you dare, I'm just afraid that you will run away without a fight." "Let's just take Xiahoudun.

The two generals fought in front of the battle, and Xiahoudun was a famous teacher and professor since he was a child, and he was famous for his courage in the township when he was a teenager. When he was fourteen years old, he killed someone who humiliated his teacher, showing that he had a violent temper. Now Cao Cao's father, Cao Yu, has gone out with him, but he was beheaded by Huang Zhong's old thief, how can he not hate it in his heart. Immediately, the gun was vicious, as fast as the wind, and he couldn't stab Huang Zhong under the horse with one shot.

However, Huang Zhong joined the army at a young age and has been in the army for more than 20 years, and most of the knife skills he has learned are from the techniques of various people who are good at swords in the army, and he is the best at fighting. After Huang Zhong integrated them, it became a style of its own. The knife skills are calm and rigorous, the power is hidden but not revealed, first defend and then attack, after fifty rounds, Xiahoudun has a sense of inadequacy.

Looking at the cold light in Huang Zhong's eyes, Xiahoudun woke up in an instant. As a general all the way, if he is beheaded for revenge, wouldn't it make people laugh. Even the lord Cao Cao often warned him and Xiahou Yuan: "When there is cowardice, you must not be brave." will be based on courage and wisdom; But knowing Ren Yong, a horse is an enemy. “

After several battles, Xiahoudun attacked a few moves, and left with a false shot. Huang Zhong didn't chase either, hung up his knife and took a bow and arrow, and shouted: "Xiahoudun, eat me with an arrow." ”

Xiahoudun turned his head sharply to look at it, only to see an arrow as fast as a meteor, looking straight at the neck, Xiahoudun was frightened, wanted to flash inconveniently, hurriedly waved the gun to dial, did not want this arrow to be powerful, and then went straight to the door after being dialed. Xiahoudun screamed miserably, and his right eye was suddenly hit by an arrow.

Huang Zhong was in vain, and he didn't want to be a villain with a dark arrow, so he chased after him with a knife again. Xia Houdun pulled out the arrow in the scream and swallowed the eyeball in one gulp. Huang Zhong couldn't help but be taken aback, and didn't dare to chase after him too quickly. Xiahou was afraid of Huang Zhong's martial arts, and he did not dare to turn back to fight again, so he was defeated and left.

On the way, he encountered Yin Li's army that followed, and under the front and rear attacks of Huang Zhong and Yin Li, Xiahoudun was defeated and left. Huang Zhong and Yin Li recaptured Yanling and Changshe counties.

Huang Zhong and Yin Li discussed: "Xiahoudun has been defeated, and his subordinates have lost a lot of money, and they can't come back." Now that Yingchuan County has been settled, I saw Cao Cao divide his troops to besiege Yangxia, Xihua, and Chen County, which are only two or three hundred miles away from me, and can be reached in a few days. After the army of Yingchuan is not led to attack it, as long as the army of one place is broken, our army should be able to turn the crisis into safety. ”