Chapter 272: Zhong Xiang Returns to the West

Zhong Xuan fought in the chaos of the army, was able to escape, ran back to his original camp, counted the soldiers, grain and grass, and fled back to the camp less than 5,000 cavalry, and the rest were lost. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info was worried that Lu Bujun would chase after him, so Zhong Xuan didn't dare to stay, set fire to the camp and went straight to the street pavilion.

After a night of fighting and a day of running, the soldiers were exhausted. Zhong Xuan gave an order, and the soldiers did not set up camp, and several people slaughtered the war horses together, ate horse meat raw, and slept in the snow with the residual warmth of the horse corpse.

Zhong Miao was anxious to get away, but it was difficult to fall asleep, and He Jia closed his eyes in the tent to recuperate. In the middle of the night, Zhong Miao was awakened by the sound of crying in the distance, thinking that the pursuers were coming, and Zhong Miao was busy with the general to check it. It turned out that the soldiers had been dormant for half a day, and their physical strength gradually recovered, and they were awakened by the ice and snow, and they hugged their heads and cried, telling about the loss of their brothers and brothers, and the pain of abandoning their companions and relatives.

The soldier cried loudly and scolded: "If we listen to General Ma Teng's words of retreating, how will we suffer this calamity?" ”

"Why don't you cut off Zhong Xuan's head and sacrifice it to Lu Bu to save your life?" Some of the generals proposed.

Zhong Xuan listened to your words and my words in the defeated army, and his heart was even more miserable and hesitant, like a lost dog, looking wild and wild, and he couldn't feel the biting chill in the cold wind. The sky was getting brighter, Cheng Gongying couldn't find Zhong Xuan in the tent, worried that Zhong Xuan was killed by the rebels, and sent people to look for him.

Zhong Xuan returned to the tent and asked the whole army to eat and prepare for departure, and on the other hand, let people inquire about the news of the chasing soldiers. The Xiliang army had just slaughtered the war horse, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance was like thunder, and Huang Zhong led the army to chase after him. Zhong Miao was busy, and fled for his life on a war horse. The Xiliang army became a frightened bird, and the fighting spirit was completely lost, allowing Huang Zhong to run rampant in the camp with less than a thousand horsemen, abandoning the gold satin armor and running on horseback.

Huang Zhong rode his horse to kill, the Xiliang army was killed and wounded, Huang Zhong beheaded two thousand, ordered to live and cook, take the horse meat just slaughtered by the Xiliang army on the spot and cook it, send people to prepare more firewood and grass, and wait for the arrival of the Chinese army Lu Bu to eat. The infantry is no better than the cavalry, the movement is slow, and Lu Bu does not dare to drive straight in, so he must ensure that the follow-up grain and grass can be delivered in time.

Hundreds of miles of Guanlong Avenue, it took Lu Bu seven days to reach the outside of the street pavilion. I heard that the street pavilion was personally fortified by Ma Teng, and this is a tough fight. I thought that Zhong Miao had already fled, but the scout sent back the news that there was a small camp between the street pavilion and Lu Bu, and it turned out that Ma Teng stopped Zhong Miao in front of the street pavilion and did not let him pass.

"Ma Teng is so calculating, he wants to borrow my hand to get rid of Zhong Xuan." Lu Bu turned back to Pang De and said, "See? This is the performance of Ma Teng's loyalty. ”

Pang De snorted coldly: "My lord is a loyal minister of the Han, Zhong Xuan is the minions of the Cao thief, and my lord often has the heart to get rid of it and help the Han family." This only proves the loyalty and courage of our Lord. ”

"Then keep waiting." It seems that the evidence is not strong enough, so let's start with Ma Chao, it's just a troublesome point.

Lu Bu set up camp along the narrow avenue ten miles east of Jieting, and camped thirty miles away. There was no way, the open area was all occupied by Ma Teng, Lu Bu couldn't even set up a formation, and the soldiers were crowded on the narrow road. Ma Teng is also really hateful, when he goes down to the village, Lu Bu can't make a detour even if he wants to.

Lu Bu set up the company camp and led his troops into battle, intending to kill Zhong Xuan who was caught in the middle first.

Zhong Xuantang was in the big tent, his face was like ashes, all his ambitions were shattered one by one in the face of the cruel reality, he thought that escaping back to Xiliang would allow the soldiers to escape, but he never thought that Ma Teng would come against him and prevent him from crossing the border. It was only at this time that Zhong Miao understood Ma Teng's plan to retreat in a hurry, and people's hearts were unpredictable! Ma Teng was afraid of his Zhong Xuan's influence on Xiliang, and was determined not to let him return to Xiliang, affecting his Ma Teng's great cause of unifying Xiliang.

At the end of the road, Zhong Miao realized that it was a fool's dream to help the Han family, and if he wanted to save his life, he had to go along with it. Perhaps the epiphany at this moment was that he was old enough to accept Cao Wei's usurpation of the position of the third prince of Han.

"Report, Lu Bu is fighting."

The soldier interrupted Zhong Xuan's thoughts, perhaps when people are dying, their thoughts are confused.

Zhong Xuan tidied up his outfit and looked good, and then he stepped out of the camp. At the opening of the gate, Zhong Xuan was followed by a column of soldiers, rushing out. The two armies were aligned, Zhong Miao separated the generals' flags, and led a group of soldiers to talk to the public:

"The pillar of Yuan Changguo, today's skills are poor, and the knife is on the neck, why not think about surrendering? Kuang Han Room with the cloth? Lu Bu was the first to ask. Zhong Xuan has less than 2,000 soldiers and horses following him to the left and right, and it is impossible to break through Lu Bu's company camp, unless he can kill Lu Bu in front of the formation.

"Since the official came out, he has taken it as his responsibility to support the Han family, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to die. It was only when he was dying that he had an epiphany, and the tail of the family was too big to fall, and the Han family could not prosper. The general's methods are iron-blooded, cherish the people, and hope to achieve a great cause. ”

"Since Yuan Chang and Bu have the same aspirations, why not join hands with Bu to create a great cause?"

"A minister for one day, a minister for life. If I am loyal to the Son of Heaven, I will not betray my name. I also hope that the general will treat the soldiers well and don't kill them. Zhong Xuan said, turned his head to Cheng Gongying and said: "My last order is to follow the auxiliary general, and you will return to rebellion for life." ”

With that, he drew his sword and killed himself.

"Envoy!" The remaining 2,000 remnants of the defeated army knelt on the ground and screamed in pain, expressing deep admiration.

Lu Bu watched Zhong Xuan commit suicide in front of the battle, and couldn't say a word. Zhong Xuan actually didn't want to die, if he had a choice, he would not hesitate to surrender Ma Teng, but he didn't want to serve him Lu Bu, because his reputation was too bad.

"Transporting Zhong Xuan's body to Xuchang and handing it over to his family for burial." Lu Bu was silent for a moment, and the grief on his face turned into fierceness: "General Huang Zhong has collected and surrendered the army, but there is resistance, kill!" ”

"The one who kills Zhong Yao is not the lord, but Ma Teng cut off his way back. Why should the lord be depressed? Gao Shun saw a sad look on Lu Bu's face and said.

"Zhong Miao is just an enemy general, and if he dies, he will die. It's just that his talent has not been used, which is sad and ridiculous. Zhong Xuan's talent has just been revealed, and he has just made Lu Bu super in just half a year after his debut, and Lu Bu has changed his own destiny and the fate of others.

Zhong Xuan chose to kill himself, and only the two armies of Lu Bu and Ma Teng were left in Jieting Avenue, and the decisive battle between the two armies entered the countdown.

Lu Bu was menacing, forcing Zhong Xuan to death, Ma Teng's army had 10,000 generals and soldiers, and the army all followed Ma Chao to the west, leveling Tianshui and attacking Yicheng. Ma Teng didn't expect that the main battle faction that stayed behind to fight to the death with Lu Bu would be wiped out in just a few days, and the soldiers he left to guard the street pavilion just returned from Broken Bell, but it was not used to fight against Lu Bu's army, Lu Bu's army arrived quickly, broke Ma Teng's layout, and hurriedly ordered Ma Chao, who was attacking Tianshui, to step up, and Ma Teng tried to delay time as much as possible.