"Lord, a letter from sour jujubes! Sun Jian on the southern front has captured the two cities of Guangcheng and Yangren, and is approaching Luoyang! ”

When Xiang Ao heard this, he stood up violently, his face was a little excited, and he said, "The time has come!" ”

"Today's truce!" Xiang Ao paced back and forth: "Is the suction stick that I asked for from Wuyuan ready?" ”

"My lord, 10,000 bodies have been sent two days ago!" Dian Wei was beside him, and replied loudly.

"Awe is responsible for the distribution!" Xiang Ao gave an order to Dian Wei, turned to Han Hao and said, "Trouble the heirs, mobilize the wealthy families in Hanoi, and prepare enough grain and grass!" ”

"Xiang Gong rest assured!" Han Hao solemnly received the order. For several months, Han Hao has admired Xiang Ao's army and political affairs. Not only did the military discipline of the Northern Regions Army make Han Hao look sideways, but Xiang Ao also handled the family very appropriately. Since Han Fu reduced the supply of food and grass to the coalition army a month ago, Xiang Ao visited various wealthy families in Hanoi. or know it with affection, or coercion and temptation, and is forced to be born in a family that is not pulling out a dime, and asks for a lot of grain and grass.

As for what Xiang Ao plans to do in the future, Han Hao will not be worried. In March, although he failed to capture Mengjin, in the face of such a dangerous pass, the casualties of the Northern Regions Army were much less than those of Dong Zhuo's army, which made Han Hao convinced.

"Order all the generals to capture Mengjin tonight!" Xiang Ao stared at Meng Jin on the map for a long time, threw the wooden ruler in his hand as a gesture on the map, and gave an order.

"No!" Seeing Xiang Ao like this, Dian Wei, Han Hao and other generals responded excitedly. For some reason, the generals did not question Xiang Ao, as long as Xiang Ao said that he could capture Mengjin, he would be able to capture it.

The calm Meng Jin made Li Ru and Guo Yan feel uneasy. The onslaught in March not only made Xiang Ao and others a little bored, but also the elite of the imperial court who defended here gradually became sluggish. If it weren't for the fact that Xiang Ao's soldiers and horses had never come ashore, I am afraid that the heart of Meng Jin's army would have begun to be confused at this time. Even so, the soldiers defending the city gradually stopped caring about the Northern Regions army on the other side.

"Brother, when will this foolish battle be released!"

"Who knows?" The veteran still straightened his waist, looked at the other side with a tired face, and said, "We just need to follow the military order immediately, and we don't have to think too much." Over the past month, veterans have heard many recruits complain. But the veterans know that the most critical time is to fight the tough battle.

"But I miss my daughter-in-law!" The recruit smiled a little shyly: "The Northern Regions Army has been blown up to the gods, and for a few months, I feel that it is nothing more than that." ”

"Are the governors and generals too careful?" The recruit complained a little and continued: "We are the most elite Eighth Colonel of the West Garden in the Han Dynasty, even if we withdraw half of them, we can still resist the Northern Regions Army on the other side of the river, why don't we take turns in batches, and I can go home to meet my mother, wife and children!" ”

When the veteran heard this, his expression was also a little dazed. Unlike the recruits, the veteran was at a loss because he didn't know what he was fighting for. For the imperial court? Or is it for the tyrannical Dong Zhuo? After many years of marching and fighting, and being able to survive several times between life and death, the veterans of course knew the role of the military spirit in this matter, so they had to suppress the doubts and uneasiness in their hearts and continue to comfort the recruits.

"Governor, why did Xiang Ao of the Northern Regions stop tackling key problems today?" Guo Yan of Mengjin Zhong's account was already uneasy about Xiang Ao's strike, especially after learning of the defeat of Huaxiong on the southern front, Guo Yan was like an ant on a hot pot, uncertain.

"General Guo doesn't need to panic!" Li Ru couldn't understand Xiang Ao's intentions, so he had to comfort Guo Yan and said: "The Yellow River is turbulent and dangerous, even if Xiang Ao wants to take advantage of the defeat on the southern line and design to attack us, it will be no big problem." ”

"We only need to put tung oil on the river bank at all times, if Xiang Ao attacks, we will set fire!" Hearing this, Guo Yan nodded slightly, not knowing whether he agreed with what Li Ru said, or if he still had other worries.

"But don't neglect defense!" Li Ru said with a solemn face: "Xiang Ao managed to steal our military information before March, and he has not moved so far. Today, we suddenly stopped the onslaught that had not been interrupted in three months, there must be a conspiracy! ”

Guo Yan nodded thoughtfully, turned to his relatives and said, "Strengthen patrols, don't let anything cross the river!" ”

"No!"

"Huh... Boom! "Under the darkness of the night, on the opposite bank of Mengjin, a dark shadow suddenly shot out, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the river bank under the Mengjin ferry, and was deeply rooted in the soil. After that, he pulled out an extremely long rope and crossed the Yellow River.

"Huh! Something seems to have flown by? ”

"Where?"

"I didn't see it clearly, maybe the bird fell to the ground, so loud, I guess the bird is quite fat."

"Hehe, I'll look for it after dawn, if that's the case, the two of us can open meat tomorrow."

"You are a foodie, the Taishi pays us a lot of salary, so you don't have to be so troublesome to open meat." Dong Zhuo scolded with a smile.

"There's so much game to eat!" The other soldier smiled, looking out of the rue wall with some eagerness.

"Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow, but there's an order tonight, so we'll have to wait and see."

"Whoa... "The water of the Yellow River is still as usual, and the waves are turbulent. However, at this time, in the river where you can't see your fingers, there are many bamboo pipes the size of two thumbs lined up in a line, slowly leaning towards Mengjin.

Xiang Ao, the strategy of the raid on Mengjin, had already thought about it, and had been waiting for the battle situation between the Tiger Prison and the Yangren. Now that the Yang people have been captured, Xiang Ao will no longer wait. In order to reduce casualties, Xiang Ao specially sent people back to Wuyuan, and ordered Ma Jun to make more than 10,000 suction sticks for diving to breathe and send them to the front line. Taking advantage of the night, you can quietly transport troops to the bank of the Mengjin River with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. As for the war horse, it will be placed on the river bank for the time being, waiting for the capture of Mengjin.

Moreover, when attacking the pass, the cavalry did not play a big role. What's more, the elite cavalry of the Northern Regions is not only on horses, especially the 'feather killing' under Xiang Ao's command.

Time passed slowly, and inadvertently in Li Ru, Guo Yan and others, before the time came, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses crossed the river to end. Although the weather was not too cold in July and August, many of the soldiers covered in the river were also a little cold and their mouths were a little black.

"Awei led a thousand 'feather kills' to lurk in the grain and grass!" Xiang Ao turned his head and said to Dian Wei, who was extremely energetic: "Awei Ke still remembers where the grain and grass are?" ”

"Don't worry, as long as the thief army has not been transferred, Avedin will set fire to all the grain and grass of the thief army!"

Xiang Ao nodded, and then said to Han Hao: "Yuan Hei and I attacked Mengjin. ”

"No!"

Xiang Ao's personal guards are all people who jump one out of ten thousand, not only are they all brave and extraordinary, but they also have their own strengths and weaknesses. Today's attack on Mengjin Pass, the person who is good at climbing is the main force of today's vanguard, raiding the pass portal.

"Let's go!" Xiang Ao said in a deep voice, parted ways with Dian Wei, and lurked under the city wall of Mengjin Pass. Not all the soldiers and horses lurking away, thousands of soldiers and horses spread out, but it is not so easy to hide. Xiang Ao led Han Hao, with hundreds of the most elite guards, and slowly approached the gate of the pass. Then the army was ready to attack at any moment.

"Ding..."There was a crisp sound, and the soldiers of Dong who were guarding the city were awakened and walked away with their spears. It turned out to be a flying hook! Enemy attack! The soldier exclaimed in his heart, and hurriedly turned around, preparing to ring the gong not far from him.

"Poof!" Xiang Ao, who climbed the city wall, of course, did not give the thief army a chance, stepped forward, covered the soldier's mouth with his left hand, and the dagger in his right hand had crossed the soldier's neck. "Uh... Enemy...."The soldier who spurted blood from his neck slowly fell, and his mouth was still unclear whining.

For a while, the entire pass city wall was the same scene, and in less than a moment, everyone under Xiang Ao's command had gathered above the gate of the pass.

"Is there any damage?"

"General, there is no damage!"

"Good!" Xiang Ao whispered: "Turn over, go downstairs, and grab the door!" ”

"No!"

Xiang Ao escaped from his waist from the special signal of the Northern Regions, and with a slight pull, a cloud of red light rose into the sky.

"Fire unprepared!" Seeing this, the generals under the tower shouted loudly. Immediately after that, there was a bang, and the front of the city tower, which was less than two hundred paces, was in red flames. "Run a hundred paces, release the arrow!"

"Knock knock!" A neat pace followed the sound, and in the blink of an eye, I saw that the scourge under the castle tower rushed to the distance of less than a hundred paces from the castle tower. "Put!"

"Bang!" The sound of neat bows and arrows was deafening, and the guards of the city who had not yet solved the two sides of the portal on the city tower and shocked the sea of fire below the city tower woke up.

"Bell, bell, bell! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The reacting soldier turned around and struck the gong behind him, and in an instant, the gong sounded continuously above the tower.

"Kill!" At the same time, hundreds of Xiang Ao, who jumped off the city wall, did not delay and killed the guards. With Xiang Ao and his subordinates, with a hundred elite bravery, they killed all the guards of the city and captured the city gate within a stick of incense.

"Open the gates!" Xiang Ao shouted: "Welcome the army into the city!" ”

At the city gate, there were two thousand elite garrisons under the deputy general under Guo Yan, who had already reacted when Xiang Ao released the signal and rushed towards hundreds of Northern Regions troops.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Stop the enemy army from opening the city gates! "Two thousand elite cavalry, there are foot soldiers, under the command of the deputy general, in a moment I feel that Xiang Ao is guarding the city gate." Quickly pass on General Guo and ask for help. ”

The adjutant general shouted anxiously, he didn't think that Xiang Ao and hundreds of other people who were crisscrossing the northern region could be resisted by his two thousand soldiers and horses. Moreover, the city battle was not conducive to the cavalry, and the deputy general was not sure.

"Kill!" Xiang Ao's face changed, he raised the meteorite iron gun in his hand, took the lead, and rushed towards the surging elite of the imperial court.

"Kill!" Half of the hundreds of guards followed Xiang Ao, without paying attention to the enemy in front of him, and rushed away.

The battle was about to break out, and the life-and-death struggle for the city gate was not as tragic as imagined, and the unparalleled Xiang Ao and the brave guards slaughtered the city guards almost one-sided at the narrow city gate. "Drink!" Xiang Ao did not use too advanced skills, in such a melee, he only used the simplest and most domineering sweeping and direct slashing in marksmanship, and fought a bloody way in the surging enemy army.

The addition of cavalry made the soldiers guarding the city gate chaotic, and they didn't need Xiang Ao to rush into battle at all, they could easily rush back and forth in the crowd, so they were not majestic.

"Kill! Support the General! "The army was already very close to the city gate, and when the battle inside the city began, Xiang Ao's army outside the city had rushed under the open city gate.