From Shaanxi County to Hongnong City, but more than 50 miles, although the south side is by the mountains, all the way is a smooth road. Since receiving the order, Lu Bu has gathered his troops and horses and hurried along the river to the west, which is quite exciting.

Liu Yuan allocated him 1,000 iron cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers, all of whom were elite soldiers, and Hongnong's reality had already been explored, but there were only more than 1,000 county soldiers. Duan Xuan was reluctant to have too many soldiers and horses in the eastern city, and there were no more soldiers to fortify along the route of the Xia army's march. The main force was all shrunk on the Huayin line, which was after all the place where he had been operating for several years, and the defense facilities were relatively perfect.

Lu Bu was dressed in a capable military uniform, with a black tasseled helmet, a black robe, a long knife at his waist, and an abnormal divine horse in his crotch. In order to show his importance to Lu Buzhi, Liu Yuan rewarded him with his war horse, Liu Yuan's horse was naturally extraordinary, and it was obtained from one out of 100,000 miles on the grassland. The general who loves horses, getting this good horse, Lu Bu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he and Liu Yuan became much closer at once.

"Speed up! Before the time, Ben was going to knock on the gate of Hongnong! Lu Bu swept his eyes and urged his soldiers to march.

Even though there was a drag of ordnance and materials, it took more than two hours, and Lu Bu finally came to Hongnong City. The sun has moved west, and the soft light is scattered from the west, Hongnong City is the county town of Hongnong, and the size of the city is medium, but at this time, the city is full of panic.

"Fujun, the Xia army is coming, how is it good?" Taishou Yang Zhong ascended to the top of the city, frowning. Looking down from the tower, thousands of enemy troops were already in formation. The banners of "Xia" and "Lu" were held high and fluttered in the wind.

Yang Zhong's heart sank suddenly, he is a member of the Huayin Yang clan, and he is also the main lineage, and he is the same generation as Yang Biao, the Taichang in the court. But he didn't have much say in the country, and in the era when Wufu was in power, Duan Xuan held the military power, even if he was out of a wealthy family, he couldn't raise his head in front of him.

Now that the Xia army came, Duan Xuanwu shrank his forces backwards, leaving him to sit in the county town, and Yang Zhong was naturally in a bad mood.

"Let me think again!" Yang Zhong was actually a little flustered, and he was also a little at a loss in the face of his subordinates' inquiries. I wandered around the city a few times, and I couldn't think of any way.

"Listen to the people in the city, the Great Xia Huwei General Lu Bu is here, quickly open the city to surrender, otherwise I will be tired of my soldiers attacking the city, and after the city is broken, I will bear the consequences!" A small pawn was sent to call the city, and Lu Bu adjusted the formation unhurriedly and prepared for the attack.

The chaos in the city became more and more chaotic, and someone exclaimed: "It's Lu Bu!" "In Guanzhong, Lu Bu is famous. Yang Zhong felt a sense of urgency, the Xia army under the city was ready to move, and the guards on the city were panicked and wanted to encourage the soldiers to defend the city, but he himself was not confident.

"Look again!" Facing the frightened gaze of his subordinates, Yang Zhong said something that was not nutritious.

Lu Bu was below, seeing that there was no reaction from the city, his face was cold, and the soldiers on the left and right were ready for battle, and immediately ordered: "Wei Xu and Hao Meng, you two will each lead three hundred horsemen, and they will be given to the general to cruise in the west and south gates of Hongnong, and if any defenders escape, I will intercept and kill them." Hou Cheng Song Xian, you unify the thousand foot soldiers and attack the city. Before sunset, Ben is going to climb to the head of Hongnong Castle and spend the night in the city! ”

"No!"

Without a moment's hesitation, several people were ordered to leave. Lu Bu's subordinates sent him some Hu officers, but for Lu Bu, it was still easy for his old subordinates to use.

Wei Xu and Hao Meng led people out of the brigade and rushed south. The defenders of the city watched the movements of the Xia army, and saw Hou Cheng and Song Xian leading thousands of soldiers to pounce.

When crossing the moat, Yang Zhong ordered the arrows to be released, and in a panic, sparse arrows were shot from the head of the city, which had no effect on the charging Xia soldiers at all.

Hou Cheng and Song Xian were originally cautious, and the two of them had experienced the war, and they knew the danger of the battle in Chongcheng. Especially when crossing the narrow moat, the two men and their soldiers cowered under the big shield, and slowly marched towards the city wall.

But seeing the reaction of the defenders at the head of the city, he suddenly relaxed, did not lose many people, and after stepping on the thick board to cross the moat, Hou Cheng directly pulled out his long knife and said: "The defenders are weak, brothers, give a certain attack, take the city in one fell swoop, and we will camp in the city tonight!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers of the Xia army swooped towards the Hongnong city wall, and the two naturally shrank behind. has been mixed with the position of Xia Military Captain, and he is also a middle-level officer, so naturally he doesn't need to be like at the beginning, he uses his life to win credit in every battle, and it is his duty to command the soldiers to attack.

The ladder was set up, and the Xia soldiers went up the ladder, and at this time, the resistance of the defenders was tougher, at least the arrows shot were more dense.

The defenders on the eastern city of Hongnong are only 500, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they are not elite, and there are no garrison materials and equipment. In the face of Xia Jun's unreasonable attack, the result was naturally doomed.

As a soldier who rushed to the city, he could naturally feel the weakness of the defenders' will to resist, and the original most difficult battle to climb the city was "easier" this time.

Lu Bu'an sat on his horse, expressionless, staring ahead. His own soldiers, climbing up to the city, have not changed color. In the city, after a "fierce" battle, the city gates were wide open and the drawbridge was slowly lowered.

Lu Bu was confident in the combat power of his opponents, but the speed of breaking the city still surprised him a little. Lu Bu held his helmet and shouted: "Enter the city with this general and clear the defenders in the city!" ”

Yang Zhong couldn't escape after all, and was intercepted by Wei Xu outside the west gate. From Yang Zhong's mouth, he learned the reason for the weakness of Hongnong's guards, and also learned the latest movements of Duan Xuan's army, and concentrated his forces on Huayin!

"General!" Seeing that Lu Bu was a little stunned, as if he was thinking about something, Wei Yue, the commander of the personal guard, called softly.

Lu Bu came back to his senses and ordered: "Order the soldiers to rest for one night, and continue to march west tomorrow!" ”

It is nothing to win Hongnong, but it has aroused Lu Bu's heart more and more. In the early morning of the second day, Lü Bu led the whole army to the west, marched to Huxian for half a day, and broke the city in one hour.

Another night, Lu Buyou did not give up, continued to march, approaching the peach forest, in the east of Huayin more than 30 miles, the place to rush, the terrain is treacherous, a huge defense village is built according to the mountain. The main force of Duan Xuan's army is stationed here, and under the construction of Duan Xuan, this place has the qualification to become a pass.

Duan Xuan is also a family of generals, and he knows in his heart that if the enemy army completely crosses the peach forest, Huayin alone will not be able to resist, so he will not resist in the eastern counties, and will press the heavy treasure at the end of this peach forest.

"General, Dingcheng is coming, the Xia army is in the vanguard, it is attacking, please rescue!" Duan Xuan looked sad and inspected the strong wall, and was shocked when he heard the news.

Looking to the northeast, after a little thought, he said to his subordinate colonel: "You lead a thousand people to meet the retreat of the defenders, remember, if you can't save it, withdraw immediately!" ”

"No!"

There is a small city in the north of the peach forest, Dingcheng, which is built by Duan Xuan, and 500 elite soldiers are stationed in it, thinking that it is an outpost. At this moment, under the siege of the city led by Lu Bu himself, it was crumbling.

It is much more difficult to defeat the city than Hongnong and Huxian, and the defenders' will to resist is very resolute, and their combat power is not bad. But Lu Bu's will to seize the city is more resolute, he is willing to risk the arrow, and he has experienced the front line, so that the morale of the Xia soldiers is more vigorous, and everyone uses their lives. The continuous attack, for a total of two hours, broke the city.

Duan Xuanjun, who came to help, looked at the big banner of "Lu" raised in the small city from a distance, and retracted decisively.

"General, three cities in three days, it's really unstoppable!" In Dingcheng, Wei continued to boast.

Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a little proud, this was the effect he wanted, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes were embarrassed, and he immediately ordered: "Wei Yue, you lead a hundred elite horsemen, think that they are scouts, and closely monitor the Duan Xuan army in the west." The others rested in the city with all the soldiers, waiting for the arrival of the army of the King of Xia. There are dangers ahead, and next, just us can't enter Weinan! ”