413. Fierce battle at the city gates
Han Fei didn't know what was happening in the city, he still arranged his troops according to the original plan, and asked Ma Chao and Zhao Yun to rush to the west gate with a group of men and horses before Zishi.
The guard of the West City Gate was originally Xie Boran, a guest of the Yang family, who was also the Yang family's current highest-ranking official in the city, and was appointed by Cao Ren as the captain of the city gate. Originally, Xie Boran had already sent his henchmen to replace Xicheng inside and outside with his own people. But because of the shadow incident, Cao Ren was afraid that the city gate would be lost, so he sent a young general, Deng Tao, and brought 300 people to guard the west gate with him.
This Xie Boran was silent on the surface, and after Deng Tao arrived, he divided the work with Deng Tao, he kept watch for the first half of the night, and Deng Tao for the second half of the night. Secretly, Xie Boran called his henchmen and asked him to send a letter to the Yang family as soon as possible, and see if tonight's action would continue.
Soon the henchman returned and nodded at Xie Boran, Xie Boran suddenly understood, and the action continued. Time passed little by little, and seeing that it was almost time, Deng Tao brought people to change shifts on time. Xie Boran saw him coming, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you sleep more General Deng, I can hold on a little longer." ”
"Don't sleep, Dashuai didn't let me sleep when he arranged for me. How about General Xie, the city gate is okay here, right? ”
"What can happen in the middle of the night!" Xie Boran replied with a dry laugh. While the two were talking, a group of men and horses ran from the street to the city gate.
There were a lot of people coming, and although they were very careful, it was inevitable that so many people would make a disturbance when they acted together. Especially in the quiet middle of the night, the sound quickly reached the city. Deng Tao heard the movement and turned to look at the city, only to see that the city was dark and there were already many people gathered.
"Not good, enemy attack! Thank you~Ah! Before he could finish speaking, a sword stabbed in from behind, the tip of which peeked out from his chest. Deng Tao turned his head with difficulty and saw that it was Xie Boran who stabbed this sword. At this time, Xie Boran looked at Deng Tao with a mocking face, he looked at Deng Tao and said: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, if you want to blame, blame your life!" I told you to sleep more, who told you not to listen! ”
As he spoke, he pulled the sword out of Deng Tao's body. Deng Tao didn't say a word, he fell to the side, and he couldn't die anymore. At this time, Xie Boran's subordinates also drew their weapons and slashed at the people brought by Deng Tao.
In a few breaths, the dozen or so people who followed Deng Tao to the head of the city all died under the chaotic blade. Xie Boran immediately ordered: Open the city gate! Now is the most critical moment, as long as they can hold on until the Qi army enters the city, their task will be completed.
Anyway, as soon as he started here, he couldn't leave all the people Deng Tao brought, and finally ran three. Xie Boran didn't care about anything else, and after opening the city gate, he stood in front of the city gate with his men and the dead soldiers of the Yang family, planning to protect the city gate to the death.
Cao Jun's reaction was very fast, and almost at the same time as the city gate opened, several teams rushed towards the west city gate together. Guo Jia was woken up not long after he fell asleep, and as soon as he heard that the West City Gate had been opened. Guo Jia jumped up from the bed with a spirit, he grabbed the arm of the guard and said, "Has the Qi army entered the city?" Who opened the gates? ”
"The military advisor, the subordinates don't know the specific situation, but at this time, I'm afraid that the Qi army has not entered the city yet. But it is estimated that they are also about to come in, so let's withdraw the military division? ”
"No way!" Guo Jia said categorically, "Hanzhong City must not give up. You can go and meet with Marshal Cao Ren and ask him to gather all the men and horses in the city, even if all the soldiers die in Hanzhong City, you can't give them up. ”
The guards took the order and left, Guo Jia hurriedly put on his shoes and ran out. At this time, he also had to hurry up and make some arrangements. At the gate of Xicheng, the Qi army had not yet arrived, and the Cao army came first. The first to come was a Cao army on patrol at night, and they encountered one of the three who escaped on the way to patrol, so the leading young general immediately commanded his men and horses to rush to Ximen to kill.
Xie Boran saw Cao Jun killing, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Then he clenched the weapon in his hand. With the sound of horses' hooves, Cao's army had already reached the gate of Xicheng. Xie Boran gave an order, and the archers immediately shot out a rain of arrows. The people who ran in front were suddenly shot into hedgehogs by people and horses.
However, the Cao army behind them did not stop, and galloped past their companions, continuing to kill the Yang family's private army under the city. At this time, it was easy to change and rise suddenly, and I saw more than 30 people in black flying down from the houses on both sides of the street.
Each of them held a sharp sword in his hand, and he didn't speak when he flew down, but just swung his sword and rushed to Cao Jun to kill him. Seeing the red flowers blooming, the entire team of Cao Jun was all wiped out by the dark shadow dressed in black when they were still a stone's throw away from the city gate.
Before the shadows could take a break, another team of Cao Jun came over. Unable to rest, the Shadows retreated and continued to swing their swords to fight Cao Jun. Xie Boran also saw that these black-clothed men were helping him, so he rushed forward with his men and horses, and fought with Cao Jun with the shadow.
Cao Jun continued to gather in Xicheng, and at this time, the sound of horses' hooves outside the city was loud, and it was Zhao Yun and Ma Chao who led the men and horses to kill. Seeing that the city gate was expected to be recaptured, but as Ma Chao took the lead in Hanzhong City, the leading generals on Cao's side began to feel cold in their hearts.
Ma Chao didn't care about these at all, he shook the big gun in his hand and stabbed to death a cavalryman who was about to sneak attack. Then he turned the spear in his hand and sheathed it, and all the soldiers who stood in his way were seriously wounded or killed.
Ma Chao turned on the Wushuang mode, which just entered the city and began to kill and kill, Zhao Yun was one step later than him, so he could only follow behind Ma Chao, and all the Cao Jun who were caught were killed by Zhao Yun and his soldiers.
Xu Huang and Xiahoudun also rushed over at this time, and they each brandished their weapons and ran towards Ma Chao and Zhao Yun. Xiahoudun was not Zhao Yun's opponent in the first place, and he was not well injured before! As soon as he fought, Zhao Yun immediately suppressed him.
Ma Chao's side also fought together. Inside the west city gate, it was like a meat grinder, constantly devouring the Qi army and the Cao army. After more than a dozen faces, Xiahoudun was defeated! Although he tried his best, because of the wounds on his body, Xiahoudun was finally defeated by Zhao Yun.
Xiahoudun was defeated, and the morale of the Cao soldiers behind him suddenly plummeted. Zhao Yun took the opportunity to rush into the street with his people. Xu Huang was originally on par with Ma Chao, but he didn't expect Xiahou to be defeated so quickly, and he fled just a little while. Thinking of this, Xu Huang in order not to fall into the encirclement, so he led his men and horses to fight and retreat, and retreated to the long street.