Pang De led the heavy cavalry to disperse Cao Xiu's light cavalry, inserted into the archer array, spears were inserted, war horses neighed, blood erupted, like a tiger into a flock of sheep, and the archers were powerless under the slaughter of the heavy cavalry.

Cao Hong was about to lead the infantry to intercept the heavy cavalry, but Zhang He arrived on a single horse and hurriedly stopped Cao Hong and said, "General, no." ”

"So what?"

Cao Hong said anxiously.

"Although the heavy cavalry is strong, it is not many in number, and the heavy cavalry has a heavy burden, so it cannot fight a protracted war. We can't fight hard, sell a flaw, let it charge again, wait for it to penetrate deep into our army, and then we will lead the troops to divide their troops, surround them heavily, and they will definitely be able to break it. ”

Zhang He suggested.

"Good! According to General Zhang! That annoys General Zhang to lure the enemy! Cao Hong listened to what Zhang He said, and immediately reacted.

Zhang He's face darkened, let me lure the enemy, there is no way, who called him Zhang He is a general? Zhang He urged the war horse under his crotch, gathered the cavalry and rushed towards Pang De's heavy cavalry!

"Zhang He is here! The thief will die! ”

Zhang He saw that the leader Pound shouted loudly.

Pang De saw Zhang He rushing towards him, and mentioned that he would fight, and the two generals fought more than 30 times, and Zhang He took his gun and retreated. Pang De led his troops in pursuit, and Cao Xiu and Cao Hong led their troops to insert them from the belly of the heavy cavalry according to Zhang He's strategy, dividing it into three parts. The soldier held a rope to the heavy cavalry, trying to drag the heavy cavalry off the horse, because the heavy cavalry had extremely heavy plate armor, once off the horse, due to the inconvenience of movement, once off the horse, there was almost no chance of survival.

Seeing the Pound heavy cavalry, divided into three parts! And surround it!

Jiang Jian rushed forward with the Red Axe Iron Army, and Ma Tie and Ma Xiu led troops to assist Jiang Jian from both sides to attack Xiahou Yuan's Chinese army! Xiahou Yuan personally came to the front of the battle and commanded the army to meet the battle!

"Hurry up...... Hurry up. Retreaters! No mercy! ”

Seeing that the enemy army had advanced another fifty meters, Xiahou Yuan was not only furious! Rushed to the front of the battle, stuck the long sword in his hand into the ground and shouted: "Retreat from this sword!" No mercy! Everybody rush with me! ”

Xiahou Yuan pulled out his waist knife from the guard's waist and rushed forward first! He beheaded more than a dozen people in a row, covered in blood, and laughed while fighting.

"What a strong will to fight!" Ma Xiu not only sighed, but also rode on his horse and raised his bow and shot towards Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan saw someone shooting an arrow at him, grabbed an enemy soldier to block the arrow, and then continued to swing his waist knife.

Roar!

Blood fills every inch of the land, bones are scattered in the moonlight, flags are scattered all over the ground, the wind howls everywhere, and the screams of indecision that hover in your ears never go away.

War!

Ma Hong used his dirty palms to straighten his hair, Li Yu was protecting Ma Hong, his body was covered with blood, and the knife cut off one after another, and he cut off seven short knives in this battle.

The two armies fought until late at night! Finally! Xiahou Yuan has withdrawn!

"Brother! The enemy army is defeated! Chasing? ”

Fei Yi asked.

Ma Hong said weakly: "Don't chase! The soldiers are already exhausted! If you chase it again at this moment, you will be ambushed, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

After Ma Hong gathered the soldiers, more than half of the heavily armored cavalry were injured, and Pang De was also slightly injured, and the corpses were piled up all over the field, and he couldn't distinguish between friend and foe for a long time. Ma Hong stood on the pile of corpses with his sword broken, holding his chest and looking up at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes full of exhaustion.

After Xiahou Yuan was defeated and retreated, he led the remnants of the army to retreat to Hongnong, and in the ninth year of Jian'an, in March, Ma Hong and other two armies joined forces to besiege Hongnong.

Hongnong City.

Xiahou Yuan was sitting, clenching his fists and silent.

"Strategist, the enemy soldiers are several times larger than me, how to defend it?"

Cao Hong said with red eyes, after this battle, the army led by Xiahou Yuan lost more than half of it, and only retreated to Hongnong with less than 6,000 people.

Xun You rubbed his ears and said slowly: "Ma Hong wants to follow Sun Bin to save Zhao from Wei Wei, his troops are strong, it seems that we can only defend to the death." ”

"Humph!" Xiahou Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Wai Wei to save Zhao?" That Ma Hong is not Sun Bin, and the lord is not Pang Juan, why be afraid? ”

"Liu Bei also moved! The lord fell into a three-line battle, Liu Bei's two fierce generals about Zhang, and Liu Biao's support, Ma Hong took Liangzhou, and now the soldiers are strong and strong, I'm afraid it will ......" Xun You suddenly paused, looked at Jia Xu and said: "Brother Wenhe and Ma Hong have a lot of origins, what do you think of this?" ”

Jia Xu couldn't be silent when he saw Xun You asking him, so he said: "I can't hide it, Ma Hong's teacher, Mr. Shui Jing, is my senior brother, and Ma Hong is my nephew." ”

"Oh! In the battle of Wancheng, the lord once said that he was ambushed by a young man, but that young man was Ma Hong? Xun You looked at Jia Xu and asked.

At this time, when Xun You mentioned the battle of Wancheng, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and Xiahou Yuan looked at Jia Xu with a little strange eyes. Jia Xu's face did not change and said, "Yes." ”

"I fought with that guy, it was too vicious, and in order to capture Wancheng, I actually used the plague." Cao Hong said with red eyes.

Xun You smiled in his heart and said secretly: Isn't this quite similar to Jia Xu? It's really a vein.

Xun You had already said this, and Xiahou Yuan naturally understood what Xun You wanted to do, so he said: "Even if Jia Xu is familiar with that Ma Hong, I will invite you to his camp to make peace first?" ”

In fact, from the time Xun You first asked Jia Xu about Ma Hong, Jia Xu already understood what Xun You was going to do, Xiahou Yuan and Xun You dug a pit for Jia Xu to jump, and this Jia Xu has to jump if he doesn't jump now. Jia Xu also understands that even if Cao Cao wants to make peace with Ma Hong now, with his understanding of Ma Hong, Ma Hong will definitely not make peace. And now Cao Cao has not yet said that he wants to make peace with Ma Hong, but Xiahou Yuan wants to ask Jia Xu to find Ma Hongyan to make peace, this must be Xiahou Yuan's plan to delay the army, and this plan must be Xun Yu's plan.

"Jia Xu takes the order."

Jia Xu's face remained unchanged and accepted Xiahou Yuan's task, an impossible task.

After Jia Xu left, Xiahou Yuan took a sip of water and asked Xun You, "Strategist, tell me what you think!" ”

Cao Hong picked it up and unfolded it with Cao Xiu and spread it on the ground.

Xun You stood up and walked to the map, bent down, drew a line on the map with his fingers, and then looked at Xiahou Yuan, the starting point of this line is Hongnong, passing through Shaanxi County, Xin'an, and Hanguguan.

"Does the military advisor mean to retreat to Hangu Pass?"

Xiahou Yuan asked.

Xun You nodded and said: "After this battle, the general also saw that Ma Hong was strong, his soldiers were well-equipped, and our army was not enough to resist. It is better to retreat to Hangu Pass, and at the same time mobilize the troops of Luoyang and Chen Liu to defend Hangu Pass. ”

"If that's the case, most of Sizhou will fall into the hands of Ma Hong." Cao Hong sighed.

"Even if we don't retreat, we can't repel it with the strength of our army at the moment." Xiahou Yuan sighed and continued: "If the lord is here, what will he do? ”

"The lord will definitely retreat to Hangu Pass, Liu Bei's soldiers have gone out of Wancheng and have arrived in Luyang, ostensibly to attack Xudu, but I think he wants to besiege Luoyang with Ma Hong, and now Chang'an has been lost, and Luoyang can no longer be lost. This land of the Central Plains is the foundation of the Lord. ”

Xun You pointed to Wancheng and slowly drew a line, passing through Luyang, Liangxian, and ending in Luoyang.

"Once this retreats, it will be the loss of Hongnong County."

Xiahou Yuan sighed and said.

"This Chang'an is guarded by Zhong Xuan, and it is Zhong Xuan's responsibility to lose Chang'an, and it has nothing to do with us, but if this Hongnong is lost, we will be fully responsible." Cao Hong thought carefully for a while before speaking.

Xun You's finger drew a circle on the map, it was the entire Sizhou, and now he had lost most of it, and he said: "Just one Hongnong County and most of the Sizhou lost by Zhong Xuan, it's nothing, the two generals don't be afraid to take responsibility, now Ma Hong has just entered Sizhou, if we retreat to Hangu Pass, he must divide his troops to garrison and pacify all places, and then we can recover the lost territory when we gather the army to counterattack." ”

(To be continued.) )