The sound of the fighting last night resounded inside and outside the Baibo Valley, not only the Baibo soldiers who defended the pass of the main road in the valley heard the movement, but even the women, children, and children in the Baibo Army's lair listened to the sound of killing and shook the sky, and stayed up all night, keeping their eyes red and watching the news of the valley mouth, hoping that the soldiers in the two camps outside the valley mouth would be able to repel the enemy who attacked at night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Baibo defenders at the pass of the valley only had nearly a thousand soldiers, and they could barely support themselves for self-protection, but if they went out to rescue, they would be powerless. In addition, the battle situation was unclear at night, and the three groups of scouts sent out failed to come back to report the situation outside the valley, so the commander of Bai Boqu who defended the pass had to be frightened for a night, looking at the road in the valley mouth.

It wasn't until the sunrise of the rooster and the mist at the mouth of the valley gradually dissipated that the commander of Bai Boqu, who was defending the pass, condescendingly found that a cavalry unit of the Han army was forming a long line from the mountain road at the mouth of the valley into the valley. The two armies outside the valley, which had been cut off at night, seemed to have become prisoners of these Han cavalry, and at this moment they were walking in front of the team with their hands tied behind their backs and their heads down, coming in the direction of the pass in the valley.

Yan Xing rode his horse and walked on the artificially excavated and widened mountain road, looking at the valley pass guarded by the Bai Boshi in front of him, only to see that the terrain of the valley happened to be raised here, forming a highland, and both sides of the highland are connected with the lofty mountains and mountains, the stone wall of the knife and axe is densely covered with ridges, only a little grass grows in the gap between the mountain and the rock, the morning light shines, and the stone wall on the cliff also emits a scorching light.

Bai Boshi was condescending, and built a defensive wall built by a mixture of civil engineering and mountain stones at this dangerous pass, but this fortification is also damaged a lot now, and many gaps in the wall are re-repaired with mountain stones and logs, and some of the gaps are not even able to carry stones and wood, and a fence is directly built on the inner wall.

Niu Fu led the troops to attack the Baibo Valley, it was in this pass that the halberd was broken, and Niu Fu, who thought that he could wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop, repeatedly sent troops and horses to attack the gable wall of this pass, but was repelled many times by the Bai Bo soldiers who defended the danger, and finally was cut off by the Huns, so he had to withdraw in embarrassment.

Although this pass was not captured, Niu Fu's many strong attacks still damaged this gable, and after the Bai Bo army defeated Niu Fu's army, the main force went south to besiege Linfen City, and the Bai Bo army left behind only hastily repaired it, but I didn't expect it to come in handy again today.

"What a dangerous pass!"

Yan Xing looked at the natural pass in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, Niu Fu was too self-conscious, thinking that he could use the Xiliang strength in his hands to capture this natural danger, which put his men and horses in a desperate situation. Right now, he and others are attacking Baibo Valley by surprise, but they must not repeat the mistakes of the past, and they will lose people and horses in vain in this pass.

Cao Yuan was familiar with the geography of Hedong, and at this time he also rode his horse and walked with Yan on the side, and when he saw this pass, he couldn't help but sigh and said:

"It's a pity that last night, the thieves in the valley did not send troops out of the valley to rescue, otherwise our army cut off the way back at the mouth of the valley and annihilated the thieves in the valley.

It turned out that last night, the battle went surprisingly well, and the two thief camps outside the valley mouth were taken, Yan Xing and Xu Kun discussed and decided to take advantage of the situation to attack the valley.

However, Cao Kite, who was familiar with the steepness of the pass, spoke out to dissuade him, and proposed to attack the valley pass with him late at night, and could not help but bluff to induce the thieves in the valley to go out to rescue, and then cut off the road into the valley with light horses, and completely annihilate the thieves who came out of the valley. In this way, there are no more troops in the valley to deploy defenses, and the pass can be taken without blood.

The gains and losses of Cao Yuan's strategy are not discussed for the time being, but the stability is far higher than taking advantage of the situation to attack. After thinking about it, Yan Xing and Xu Kun also felt that it was a two-way strategy, so they did not continue to attack, but put their soldiers to rest, preparing to ambush the soldiers and horses who came out of the valley to rescue.

It's a pity that the commander of Bai Boqu in the valley is very cautious in using his troops, and when there is no news of the three waves of scouts sent out, he does not dare to send troops out at night, even if the killing sound at the mouth of the valley moves, he resolutely stays in the lair and does not move a step.

Faced with such a situation, Yan Xing and the others could only let the soldiers rest in the end, recover their energy, and prepare for today's attack.

It's just that Cao Yuan felt guilty after all, so he blamed himself.

Yan Xing shook his head and persuaded Cao Yuan to say:

"Bo Yi, you don't need to blame yourself, on the battle array, changing rapidly, how can you expect it when facing the enemy, although your strategy is ineffective, but it is safe, if you take advantage of the situation last night, even if you take it, I am afraid that the men and horses will also suffer heavy damage, and now the soldiers will raise their strength and spirit, and then take advantage of the victory to launch an attack, this pass will definitely be taken."

After listening to Yan Xing's words, Cao Yuan was grateful, and he solemnly asked for battle and said:

"Although the kite is blunt, but also has a long heart to expel the thief and protect my mulberry, here is the pass, the kite is willing to fight, and the enemy is broken first!"

Cao Yuan was full of spirit and actively asked for battle, Yan Xing naturally couldn't shake his fighting spirit, he said with a smile:

"Bo Yi is strong, I already know, but the art of war is cloudy, 'attack the city is the bottom, attack the heart is the top', and first let these white wave thieves who defend the wall have no fighting heart, and then we can attack again, so as to protect the soldiers and win a complete victory!"

After speaking, Yan Xing raised his horsewhip and pointed at it, Cao Yuan followed his gesture and looked forward, only to see Xu Kun personally supervising the formation, and in front of him, there was a team of armor and axe soldiers driving a group of prisoners of the Baibo Army forward.

Last night, he took down two bandit camps outside the valley mouth in a row, killing and wounding hundreds, and nearly 1,000 prisoners were captured.

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In the city of Linfen

Not long ago, Niu Fu Niu Zhonglang, who was still high-spirited and bent on quelling the white wave thieves and made great military achievements, is now sitting in the lobby of a temporarily requisitioned rich mansion in the city, and several empty wine urns are lying at his feet.

Niu Fu, who was full of alcohol, was extremely depressed in his heart, although outside, he showed an appearance of swearing to resist the enemy and sticking to the aid in front of the soldiers, but in essence, in his heart, his heart has never been calm when he is trapped in a lonely city.

Of course, if it was just a setback in the battle formation, it was not enough to make the battle-hardened Niu Fu mess up, and what was even worse was that he himself lost a battle that he couldn't beat, and he lost so badly.

Everyone knows that this is the first battle after today's son ascended the throne, and it is also the first battle in charge of the imperial court, how many people in the government and the opposition are staring at this war, which is not only related to the unstable and crumbling emperor and the face of the imperial court, but also related to the consolidation of Dong Zhuo's ruling position.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo personally ordered Niu Fu to be the main general, and the enemy he selected was also a white wave thief who was both a matter of importance and average strength, hoping to let this son-in-law, who knew his intentions well, fight this crucial battle well, and give prestige and fame to the new court he was in charge of, and deter those characters who were lurking in the shadows from the government and the opposition.

At the beginning, Niu Fu was also full of pride in his heart, hoping to take advantage of the war in Hedong to show his skills and feet, establish his position as the first general in the Dong camp, and consolidate his position in the hearts of women. Therefore, before he waited for the soldiers and horses from Luoyang, he took the lead in attacking with his own headquarters Xiliang soldiers and the county soldiers of Hedong County, and attacked the Baibo thieves in the counties northeast of the Wo River.

It just so happened that the Baibo army also intended to induce Niu Fu's army to go deeper, so Niu Fu, who had won consecutive battles, was more afraid of being robbed of the credit by the people and horses from Luoyang, so the light army ventured forward and forcibly attacked the Baibo Valley with heavy defense, and finally lost the troops and broke the generals, and the rate could not be attacked, and when retreating, it was pursued by the cavalry of the Huns, and was defeated, and finally was besieged by the main force of the Baibo army in this Linfen city, and could not advance or retreat.

Although he later received his emergency military report, Captain Li Dao also led his soldiers and horses to come to the rescue, and sent people to contact him, agreeing that the inside and the outside should cooperate and attack together. It's a pity that the siege of the Baibo army outside Linfen has become a situation, and he is defeated with a group of remnants, and he can't break through the enemy's heavy encirclement, and Li Dao's side is also blocked by the combined forces of Baibo and the Huns on the east bank of Fenshui, and he can't take a step forward and enter the city to join his soldiers and horses.

The current situation was that the combined forces of the Baibo army and the Huns had divided the advancing Han army in two places, so that the forces on both sides were insufficient to resist them. As the siege lasted for a long time, the situation in Linfen City became even worse, the military rations began to be shortage, the morale of the army was even more sluggish, and even the firewood for heating was in short supply because of the internal and external partitions of Linfen City, so the buildings in the city could only be demolished for use.

Niu Fu looks majestic and brightly dressed on the surface, but he has a fierce woman in his family, relying on the growing momentum of the Dong family to overwhelm him as the head of the family, and outside, there is a powerful woman, ambitious and ruthless, and Dong Yue, the relatives of the Dong army, are competing with him, as well as the pressure from Xu Rong and other generals who are below him, but his combat achievements are far beyond his own.

Niu Fu knew that he really couldn't afford a defeat now, especially this Hedong war, which was so important about the situation between Korea and China.

Thinking of this, although Niu Fu was still snorting wine, his heart was already half cold, he turned his head to catch a glimpse of the sword on the wooden frame in the hall, and his heart was horizontal, and he staggered up from the ground and staggered towards the edge of the wooden frame.