"Hurry up, hurry up, according to the previous arrangement of the Hongnong Han people, defend the city!"

There are few cities in the Western Regions, and there are even fewer offensive and defensive battles in the city, so the inexperienced Ma Yan had to recall Hongnong's layout scene, and shouted to arrange the soldiers to arrange the fortifications. Half an hour passed, and the scribbled arrangement of the city defense was completed. The pursuing troops from the north and south also rushed to the city.

"Are you burning in the Western Regions?"

Xiang Ao rode his horse and paced under the city gate, shouting loudly.

"So what?" Ma Yan also shouted angrily: "The person under the city is the so-called Zhenguo Gong Xiang Ao? ”

"It's my father!" Xiang Ao stopped the war horse at the station, stood up and even shouted at the hemp on the city wall: "Do you know the consequences of trespassing on the big Han?" ”

"The consequences?" Ma Yan was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "Hahaha... What are the consequences? That's it! We have joined the Taishi and the imperial court. Since you call yourself the prince of Dahan Town, you are the minister of the court and the courtier of the Son of Heaven, so you don't want to retreat quickly. ”

"Huh!" Xiang Ao smiled, today's Qiang people, burning dang seems to be one of the strongest ones, and they are so brainless?

Xiang Ao did not answer Ma Yan's question, lightly reined in the horse's reins, rode his horse towards the military formation behind him, and said very indifferently: "Zilong, let go of the arrows!" Xiang Ao's voice fell, and a series of ignition sounds suddenly came from the Northern Regions Army, which surrounded Hebei in the southeast and northeast.

Ma Yan looked at the dazzling red fire in the dark night under the city, and his face changed drastically. However, without waiting for Ma Yu to stop him, and even thinking about it, Zhao Yun shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Immediately, the stunned Ma Yan looked at the fiery red, flew up from under the city wall, crossed the city wall where Ma Yan was, and ran towards the houses in the city in a daze. Ma Yan thought that Xiang Ao was just setting fire to the wooden houses in the city and forcing himself to go out of the city for a decisive battle. But after a while, Ma Yi broke out in a cold sweat. The fire fell into the castle and fell on top of the wooden house, and with the help of the tung oil on the arrows, the fire instantly expanded. Before Ma Yan could respond, there were several loud bangs one after another, and the fire in the city was big.

"Tung oil! It's tung oil! ”

"Oh no, there's tung oil in the city! A lot of tung oil! ”

Ma Mu Leng looked at the inner city where the fire instantly became bigger, and the frightened cries of a group of clansmen and warriors came from his ears, and he regretted it. I regret that I shouldn't have left Luoshui without permission, I regret that I shouldn't have entered the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, and I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Dong Zhuo. 30,000 elites, 30,000! That's burning most of Dangqiang's current troops, and how many ancestors' efforts have to be burned to have such a situation. Now it has been destroyed by himself, and he has let the warriors die in a foreign land.

"Hahaha..."Ma suddenly laughed wildly: "Xiang Aopifu, it's so vicious, you can't die well, you can't die well!" ”

After shouting, Ma Yan pulled out the scimitar on his waist and stabbed him in the chest. "Poof!" Ma Yan responded slowly to the end, and a group of guards beside him hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Hao, crying and shouting in the same miserably.

The fire soon spread from the city to the top of the city wall, and the Qiang cavalry, who had nowhere to escape, were either caught up in the fire or plucked up the courage to jump out from the top of the city wall two or three feet high. However, the ruthless arrows of the Northern Regions Army that were waiting for them may be more pleasant than being consumed by the fire and being shot by the Northern Regions Army.

Xiang Ao just looked at the raging fire coldly, at the Qiang people who kept screaming and being burned in the fire, and at the Qiang people who were ruthlessly shot by his own soldiers, his face was calm and there was no mercy.

Such a fire, although not as good as Luoyang, burned until noon the next day. The air was filled with the smell of burnt human flesh and wood chips, which was disgusting.

Zhao Yun frowned, not knowing whether he was disgusted with the smell of nausea, or he couldn't bear such a miserable scene, so he came to Xiang Ao and hugged his fists: "Lord, the battlefield has been cleaned, and I don't know the details of the Qiang cavalry, but they have all been wiped out in the city!" ”

"Zilong is hard." Xiang Ao nodded, looked at the hundreds of Qiang dead corpses outside the city wall that were not burned by the fire, and said, "Burn the corpses, so as not to cause a plague!" Also, inform the officials and people of Hebei that they can stay away from Hebei and find a place to live, or they can follow the general and go to Hanoi! ”

"Yun Fang has already asked!" Zhao Yun's brows furrowed, and he said with a faint smile: "The people are willing to follow the lord to Hanoi, as for the few officials, they plan to go to Hongnong and wait for Hongnong Wang Hongtaishou to arrange!" ”

Hearing this, Xiang Ao nodded, and didn't say more, but looked back at the smoky Hebei county, took a deep breath, turned over and got on his horse, and rode his horse towards the east first.

When Xiang Ao's army was rushing with more than 10,000 people, outside Hangu Pass, a war between Cao Cao and more than 10,000 Qiang cavalry was about to break out.

Cao Cao stood on the wall of Hangu Pass, looking at the arrogant and domineering Qiang cavalry under the city with a solemn face, his brows furrowed deeply. After Cao Cao retreated, he planned to cross Hangu Pass, then pass Luoyang, and rush back to Chenliu along the way. Although there are no soldiers and horses stationed at Hangu Pass, I don't know how careless the generals under Dong Zhuo are, there are a lot of grain and grass, which makes Cao Cao, who is short of food, overjoyed.

After Cao Cao's soldiers and horses fought in Deng County, they left Deng County without repairing, and the soldiers were indeed tired. Coupled with the hundreds of warriors who came to vote after hearing the news, Cao Cao planned to use the grain and grass in Hangu Pass to reorganize the soldiers and horses before going on the road. However, what Cao Cao didn't expect was that after two days of repairs, Hangu Pass ushered in an uninvited guest. When he found out that it was Qiang Qi, Cao Cao was even more angry. Dong Zhuo's disobedience is still enough, how can it be said that he is also a Han Chinese, which can be regarded as infighting. But Dong Zhuo led the Qiang people into the country, which is an unforgivable crime.

However, Cao Cao has few soldiers, even if he adds the hundreds of warriors who came to vote after hearing the news, the number of full battles is only 1,800, and the cavalry is less than 1,000, how to fight with more than 10,000 Qiang cavalry under the city? Foreign invasion of the Han Dynasty, not to mention that Cao Cao did not dare to evacuate Hangu Pass for the time being, even if he could design to leave Hangu Pass and ask Qiang to ride, Cao Cao would not leave.

If the Qiang cavalry is allowed to cross the Hangu Pass, Henan Yin, who has almost no army at this time, will not be exposed to the iron hooves of the wolf-like Qiang cavalry like a beauty. In this way, even if he may be defeated, Cao Cao will have to garrison Hangu Pass to resist the ravages of the Qiang cavalry.

The troops were insufficient, and Cao Cao did not dare to divide his troops, let alone take the initiative to attack. The unscrupulous Qiang cavalry divided half of the troops, nearly 7,000 of them were stationed in front of Hangu Pass, dragging Cao Cao, and dividing troops to plunder the surrounding counties. Even if Cao Cao was inconvenient to send too many scouts, he also got the news that the three counties of Yiyang, 黾 (mǐn) pool, and Luhun were ruthlessly trampled. Two days later, Cao Cao made the idea of going out of the pass to fight a decisive battle with the Qiang cavalry.

"Lord, you can't get out! Our men are less than 2,000 horses, and our cavalry is even less. If you get out of the customs, I'm afraid you will be annihilated by all the Qiang people! Xiahou Yuan tried his best to stop Cao Cao. It's not that Xiahou Yuan is afraid of death, but in Xiahou Yuan's opinion, if it falls apart today, how can Cao Cao, who can save the people of the world from fire and water, be so risky?

"Lord, the eldest husband can endure what ordinary people can't, don't fall for the Qiang people with the kindness of a woman!" Cao Hong also stepped forward to grab Cao Cao, who was struggling to break free from Xiahou Yuan's obstruction, and anxiously persuaded him.

Cao Cao shook off the two of them, bared his teeth angrily and said, "Is it just like this to watch the people of my Han Dynasty being so poisoned by foreigners?" Turning a blind eye to everything? Ben will not be able to do it, so you will get out of the way of Ben as soon as possible! ”

Xiahoudun on the side stood up fiercely, and said solemnly: "If the lord insists on this, he is willing to swear to protect the lord's safety." ”

"Yuan Rang!" Xiahou Yuan shouted angrily: "What does Yuan Rang plan to do? Don't care about the safety of the owner? ”

Xiahou stiffened his neck, and asked a little angrily: "The main public will help the community and save the people." If you go out of the city to fight today, how will the people of the world believe in the lord in the future? Can the lord cross this hurdle himself? ”

"Those who know me, Yuan Rangye!" Cao Cao smiled indifferently and said, "It is dangerous to go out of the city to fight, but this is something that has to be done. Whether it is my conscience or the situation compels it! If you don't have the courage to fight with the Qiang people today, how will you fight with the people of the world in the future? ”

"So be it now!" Cao Cao no longer paid attention to whether everyone could understand, and walked indifferently towards the outside of the tent, but his tone was extremely arrogant and smiled: "I have so many generals, and I am still afraid of the Qiang people?" Hahaha..."

"We swear to follow the lord to the death!" Since you can't stop it, then create a heaven with the lord! The generals clenched their fists and their eyes were firm.

In the past two days, the Qiang cavalry that divided the troops and plundered them all left early and returned late, and the place they went to was certainly not far away. Cao Cao attacked the Qiang cavalry at noon in the scorching sun.

Thundered... The gate of Hangu Pass opened with a rumbling sound. "Kill!" Cao Cao, who refused to no avail, had to be surrounded by everyone and led his soldiers and horses to rush out of the pass. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind, and they were not afraid of death and launched a charge against the Qiang cavalry several times their size.

Qiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. The leader of the Qiang cavalry, who did not know Chinese characters, looked at the military flag of the word 'Cao' like a ghost-drawn symbol, and excitedly grunted through the big man, leading 5,000 cavalry to rush towards Cao Cao. Han Chinese have always been xenophobic, especially the Kwantung Han people. At this time, in addition to the few remaining elites under Cao Cao's command, most of the people who joined along the way were also Kwantung warriors. For the Qiang people who have been harassing the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, all the Han soldiers are red-eyed and charged.

The Qiang people also had red eyes, but unlike the belief in the eyes of the Han soldiers, the Qiang people's eyes were full of bloodthirsty excitement. What could be more exciting than entering the Han realm and killing the Han army? The two sergeants were as if they had seen their father's enemy, and after colliding with each other, they each slashed and slashed hard. In the battlefield, whether it is the Qiang or the Han, there is no one left. Catch the enemy in front of you and slash to the death, one knife is not enough, make up for one knife, and two knives are not enough to countless knives.

The battlefield had only begun for less than a quarter of an hour, and it had already entered the white heat. Under the influence of such an atmosphere, most of the Qiang people jumped off their war horses and started hand-to-hand combat with the Han soldiers under Cao Cao's command, and it seemed that only skin touching the blood of the Han people could satisfy the satisfaction of some perverts in the hearts of the Qiang people.

"Kill!" Cao Cao was also red-eyed at this time, and whenever a different face from the Han appeared in front of him, he would roar wildly and wave the sharp sword in his hand and stab straight out, piercing the enemy's heart. Xiahou Yuan and the others around Cao Cao were trying their best to stay awake, not only to kill the Qiang people, but also to protect Cao Cao's safety.