The spring is cold and drizzling.

A group of men and horses were galloping rapidly in the drizzle and breeze, and they were in a hurry. This team has nearly thousands of horsemen, and it is not difficult to see that they should have been an elite division, but in front of them they showed a listless appearance of war horses, banners facing the wind, and soldiers lost their souls.

At this time, it was around the time of the Qingming Festival, but it was in response to the poet Du Mu's sentence more than 600 years later, "During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls."

This force is none other than Cheng Yin, Zhang Hengma, and Li Kan and others sent by Han Sui to intercept Huaxiong.

Thinking about it, Han Sui's army was almost out of food. At this time, the people in the entire city of Yixian have no food, no forage for horses, and they can't eat enough, so how can they have abundant energy? What's more, it is the Qingming season at this time, there is a lot of rain, the army is tired and hungry, and they have to march in the rain.

"Report to the four generals, several broken grain trucks have been found ahead." A scout Pegasus reported.

When Cheng Yin heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "It must be left by that husband Huaxiong, we will catch up immediately." ”

Ma Yu also shouted: "That's right, they are carrying grain and grass, they must not be able to march quickly, I will wait for the gallop all the way, and now we should catch up with them." ”

Li Kan shouted at the top of his voice, trying to boost the low morale. "Brothers! Speed up, the thief army who robbed our army of food and grass is in front. Catch up with them, take back our food, and then everyone can have a full meal~"

Li Kan's words worked very well, and the soldiers were able to eat as soon as they heard it, and they immediately salivated and were in high spirits. Whipping the hungry war horse under the crotch with the strength of the milk, the war horse suffered pain, and galloped forward with strength, and the marching speed was more than doubled in an instant.

"It's not good, we have fallen for Huaxiong's tricks."

Looking at the several broken grain trucks in front of him, Zhang Heng, who was rushing to the front, shouted angrily.

Cheng Yin and Li Kanma, who followed closely behind, did not look good, hateful, and their eyes were cracked, and they were furious.

The grain trucks in front of them were empty, and not even a grain of grain could be seen. If it weren't for the fact that the grain cart had the mark of the Liangzhou rebels announcing their belonging, Zhang Heng might not have thought that this was the grain cart of their Liangzhou army.

What is even more unacceptable is that the ruts they have been chasing all the way have come to an abrupt end here, and there are only chaotic horse's hoof prints ahead.

Everything is shown - they are going in the wrong direction.

Li Kan gritted his teeth and said: "Since Huaxiong is a suspicious soldier on the South Road, then Huaxiong must really take the North Road." ”

Cheng Yin roared angrily: "Brothers, we have been tricked, everyone hurry up and follow me to the north to chase and kill!" ”

However, the 5,000 troops behind Ma Cheng, Zhang and Li Si were ignored and did not move.

At this time, the whole army was at a loss, full of complaints, and the noise was endless. Didn't you say that you would catch up with the enemy right away? Doesn't it mean that you can get back the grain and grass right away? Doesn't that mean you'll be able to eat right away? What are you doing here? What's the plan?

What's more, some Qiang soldiers shouted directly. Why should we go to war hungry?

The four generals glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness in the eyes of the other three. At this time, the prelude to the bombing of the camp will be out of control if it cannot be stopped.

Zhang Heng stepped forward and shouted: "Brothers, we know that you are bitter and tired. We are the same, but this batch of grain and grass is a month's food for our army, and if we can't get it back, we will really starve to death. Everyone, please believe me, I will definitely take you to get the food back. ”

"Take back the grain and grass!"

"Take back the grain and grass!"

"Take back the grain and grass!"

……

Under Cheng Yin's arrangement, dozens of Zhang Heng's pro-soldiers took the lead and began to shout, and gradually, it became hundreds of people, and in the end, the entire army of 5,000 people was also infected, and they all roared.

Zhang Heng let out a long breath, looked at Cheng Yin and the others and smiled, and the situation was finally under control.

…………

The rain kept falling, and Hua Xiong led his men and horses to move slowly in the drizzle.

It's too helpless to say, before they had three thousand iron horses, rampaging for thousands of miles, coming and going like the wind. But now with 300 grain carts and a full 3,000 stones of grain and grass, the army has opened a mile-long procession, which can only advance slowly, and it seems to be endless. Hua Xiong led Wang Fang and led a group of men and horses on both sides of the team, ready to support the front or rear army at any time.

"General, after crossing the small river in front of you, more than a hundred miles ahead, you can reach Meiyang, but at the current speed of our army, it will take another day to arrive." Beside Hua Xiong, the military marquis Wang Fang pointed to a faintly visible river in front of him and said.

Hua Xiong nodded and said to Wang Fang: "I don't know what happened to Li Meng?" ”

Li Meng is a suspicious soldier arranged by Hua Xiong before.

At that time, there was too much grain and grass looted, and with these grains and grass, the army was unable to move, and the advantage of the cavalry of the Storm Battalion was lost, and there was no way to return to Meiyang in a short time.

Therefore, Hua Xiong ordered Li Meng to lead his troops and horses, pull a few empty grain carts, and march from the south road. Hua Xiong asked Li Meng to make a big show and bluff along the way, creating the illusion that Hua Xiong led the army back to Meiyang from the south road. Thus attracting the Liangzhou rebels to chase from the south road.

Hua Xiong took the rest of the men and horses to carry the grain cart, clearing traces along the way, and wanted to return to Meiyang from the north road.

Wang Fang said: "The general doesn't have to worry, Li Meng wants to be alert, and he will definitely find a way to save the lives of his brothers while luring away Han Sui's pursuers." ”

"Hmm!"

Hua Xiong nodded, urging the army to speed up.

The river in front of the army was only a small tributary of the Wei River, only three zhang wide and only three feet deep, and could be crossed by any adult person.

At this time, the troops in front, under the command of the military marquis Liu Feng, had already begun to try to cross the river.

"Sigh Rule~"

Suddenly, the black wind under his crotch became restlessly manic. Hua Xiong didn't know why, so he immediately looked around, but found nothing, except for the brothers under his command, there was no movement around.

Looking at the front army that was crossing the river in front, Hua Xiong suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, he couldn't say what he felt, and he couldn't describe it, anyway, it was a feeling of uneasiness.

Hua Xiong has had this feeling before, and every time he encounters danger, he appears. Hua Xiong has followed Dong Zhuo on the battlefield for nearly ten years, and how many times he has fallen into a critical situation, it was with this strange feeling that he could turn evil into good fortune every time.

Hua Xiong's heart was about to sink to the bottom, and he thought of the abnormality of the black wind just now. The horse is a particularly spiritual animal, and Huaxiong's black wind is a famous horse in Xiliang Dawan, which is even more psychic. The previous abnormal movement must have been an early warning of the black wind.

"Hurry up, everyone, hurry up and cross the river."

It's not that Hua Xiong is afraid, it's just that the army is crossing the river at this moment, and since ancient times, there has been a tactic of attacking half-crossing, and if the enemy army arrives at this time to attack, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.

I hope it's all an illusion, Hua Xiong thought silently. But is it possible? First the war horse was restless for no reason, followed by the uneasy feeling in his own heart. At this moment, the premonition of two crises appeared at the same time, how could it be okay.

"Boom Boom~~"

Suddenly, there was a sound like a rolling wave. Hua Xiong's complexion changed, and he could naturally hear that this was the movement of thousands of war horses galloping.

Immediately afterward, there was a tremor from the ground that sounded like an earthquake.

Hua Xiong suddenly turned his head to look behind him, his eyes shrinking.

At the end of the horizon in the distance, a black line clung to it, constantly tumbling and thickening, like a rolling wave.

Cavalry!

That's cavalry!

That's the cavalry galloping!

That's thousands of cavalry galloping!

In the distance, Huaxiong's electric eyes like a torch can already see the big "Han" character on the banner of the exhibition.

Hua Xiong's heart sank, he didn't expect Han Sui's pursuers to really catch up, and it was still at the critical juncture when the army crossed the river, not sooner or later.

Originally, in the plan arranged by Li Ru for Hua Xiong, after the army crossed the river, he asked Liu Feng's 500 people to escort the grain and grass to continue to advance, and Hua Xiong himself led an army of 2,000 to build a dam to stop the water in the upper reaches of the river. If Han Sui's rebel pursuers arrived, when they crossed the river, Hua Xiong could dig a dam, flood the Seventh Army, and scatter the enemy formation. Then let Hua Xiong lead the army to rush and kill for a while, and finally he could go away.

It's just that it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. What Li Ru and Hua Xiong never expected was that Li Meng abandoned the grain cart prematurely, allowing the pursuers to discover the plan in time. didn't expect Zhang Heng to control the 5,000 pursuers who wanted to bomb the camp, and even transferred the vent point of their anger to Hua Xiong, causing the pursuers to chase all the way and increase their speed a lot.

Naturally, he didn't expect that the enemy pursuers would catch up when Huaxiong's soldiers and horses crossed the river.

Liu Feng escorted the grain cart to continue crossing the river. Wang Fang, Xie Mang, Wei Sheng, and Han Zhao led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to come with me. ”

With a loud shout, he quickly completed the combat mission. Hua Xiong turned his horse's head and rushed towards the rear army with his sword.

If you escape, you can't escape, unless Hua Xiong orders to throw away these grains and grass. But if you lose the grain and grass, all your previous efforts will be in vain.

The only way now is to fight to the death.

"All the soldiers obey the order, and the bows and arrows are ready." Wei Sheng originally led the five hundred soldiers of Benqu to be in charge of the palace. At this moment, they immediately turned around, and the five hundred horsemen directly formed a long formation, bending their bows and arrows, ready to meet the enemy.

Hua Xiong led 500 people from the Wang side to rush quickly and join Wei Shengbu. And Han Zhao and Xie Mang are too scattered, some are crossing the river, some have already crossed the river, and they can't come over in a moment.

Hua Xiong led Wang Fang and his five hundred horsemen to Wei Sheng's long formation. Separating the two soldiers in front of him, Hua Xiong came to the front of the formation.

"Brothers, there is a group of vicious dogs haunting us behind us, and everyone says what should we do?"

When a thousand cavalrymen heard this, they let out a sonorous roar.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!! ”

"Kill them all, not a single one left!"

"Kill them all, not a single one left!"

"Kill them all, not a single one left!"