Li Dao and Hua Xiong fought for more than ten or twenty moves, and at every moment of the fight, his spirit was highly nervous, and he had to capture any subtle movement of the opponent in his eyes, and he had to react accordingly in time.

Especially for how to crack Hua Xiong's knife technique, how to block, and how to find flaws to counterattack, he has to spend a lot of energy and body. So, his internal force is consumed. It is much faster than Huaxiong's consumption.

After he desperately stabbed a shot, bursting with murderous aura, his movements slowed for a moment. And this slowness was enough to kill him.

Hua Xiong's backhand stab, he was not enough to react.

Sou!

A powerful arrow shot through the air, and with a ding, it hit the blade cut by Hua Xiong, causing Hua Xiong's long knife to deviate.

Sail! A cloud of blood splattered out.

Hua Xiong's knife slashed at Li Dao's shoulder, and the knife directly hit Li Dao and flew out.

"Guo Yan! Come and die! ”

Hua Xiong saw that his killing move was destroyed by a sudden arrow, and he didn't care about Li Dao, who fell out, and turned his head to look in the direction where the arrow was fired. Seeing that it was Guo Yan who saved Li Dao at this critical time, he couldn't help but be furious.

"Humph! Give me arrows! Kill! Guo Yan ignored Hua Xiong, and as soon as he raised his hand, the soldiers behind him immediately shot a mess of arrows.

"Damn it!" When Hua Xiong and Li Dao were fighting, they were unconsciously a little too close to the military formation of the Xiliang princes, or their military formation advanced a little bit intentionally or unintentionally, just so that Hua Xiong was within their range.

In this way, Hua Xiong couldn't step forward to kill Li Dao, who had fallen to the ground, and helplessly turned the horse's head. Dancing with a knife to protect yourself. Retreat out of range of enemy troops.

At this time, Yan Liang also led thousands of cavalry to rush over to pick up Huaxiong.

"Damn. Let Li Dao escape again! Hua Xiong was a little angry at Yan Liangdao, who came over.

"Hehe, General Hua has worked hard, they can hide from the first day of the first month, but they can't hide from the fifteenth, and they will feel good tomorrow." Yan Liang comforted Hua Xiong, and then looked at the army of the Xiliang princes' coalition and said: "Come and don't be rude, brothers, since they dare to play with arrows in front of us, then we will let them see the strength of our New Han Army's bow and arrow." Give me arrows! ”

Yan Liang takes the arrow. Lead thousands of cavalry to gallop sideways in front of the enemy formation.

Hua Xiong was escorted back to his main camp by his own soldiers.

The sergeants on both sides shouted and demonstrated to each other again.

Yan Liang's thousands of cavalry looked a little small in front of the army formation of hundreds of thousands of Xiliang princes. But the sound of hooves is like thunder, and it also has its own momentum.

Thousands of cavalry, giving full play to the advantage of cavalry archery, swept all the way in front of the enemy formation, kept shooting sharp arrows, and bows and arrows fell into the dense enemy formation. Bursts of blood flowers.

The enemy army was in a commotion, and some people fired arrows at Yan Liang's cavalry, but their bows and arrows were always dozens of paces apart. failed to threaten Yan Liang and other cavalry.

Guo Yan was holding his breath in his heart, but he was helpless, he was now. You can't give the order for the army to rush forward, can you? Now, the big camp behind them has not yet been set up. They had made it all the way here, and the sergeants were a little tired. Fight the New Han Army soon? Besides, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, fighting with the New Han Army at night?

However, in their army, they still reacted quickly, and the shield soldiers stepped forward and used their shields to block the bows and arrows shot by Yan Liang's cavalry, and then, on both flanks of the army, they rushed out of a cavalry and outflanked Yan Liang's cavalry.

Seeing this, Yan Liang had no choice but to accept it when he saw it, and led the army back to his camp.

After a short period of contact, the army of the princes of Xiliang saw an indisputable fact, that is, the bows and arrows of the New Han army were indeed much better than theirs. In particular, the situation of the cavalry of the New Han Army shooting at them made all their generals feel a little worried. Thinking that if the New Han army used cavalry to attack them like this, they had no way to fight back.

But fortunately, they still have hundreds of thousands of cavalry and archery proficient cavalry of the Xiliangdi and Qiang people, and if they contain the cavalry of the New Han Army, then they can concentrate on attacking the New Han Army.

Tomorrow, we must clear the defensive front of the New Han Army on the periphery of Baohan City and kill under the New Han Army's Baohan City. After clearing the periphery of Baohan City, their siege baggage should also be delivered. Not to attack the Xinhan army this time, they also rushed to contain a lot of siege baggage, and at this moment, they are rushing to transport it.

It was chaotic for a while, but it also relieved the allied forces of the Xiliang princes, because the New Han Army did not send any more generals to fight, although Li Dao was defeated, but because of his battle, he saved a lot of morale of his own army. After another trouble, the suppressive influence of this enemy general has been reduced to a relatively low level, and Guo Yan, Han Sui, Zhong Xuan, and others are quite satisfied with this.

However, before going to war tomorrow, we have to communicate with the armies of the Xiliangqi and Qiang tribes, let them dispatch the army, and pay close attention to the movements of the cavalry of the New Han Army in Baohan City, once they find that the cavalry of the New Han Army appears, their foreign cavalry must be the enemy for them, otherwise, when they are attacking the city, the cavalry of the New Han Army will kill them, and they will be very bad, and they may suffer a painful blow from the New Han Army. Although they also have more than 100,000 or 200,000 cavalry troops, this can only hold down the position for their own siege army, but it cannot completely protect the siege army. Therefore, the Xiliang alien cavalry will play a very important role in this attack on Baohan City. Of course, joining forces with the Xiliang alien race is not to deal with the common enemy, the New Han Army?

Their role, or not only in the attack on Baohan City, may also play an important role in the attack on Longxi City in the future. The most important thing is that they have to fool these alien armies to fight the vanguard. To tell the truth, how is it not that Xiliang's cavalry is not good at siege warfare, then, this time to attack Baohan City, they all hope that it will be attacked by an alien army, and they will look at the excitement in the back and the inspection is cheap. Well, this idea is really the thoughts of the princes of Xiliang now.

After a while, their barracks were finally set up, and it was getting dark.

Zhong Xuan, Han Sui, Guo Yan, Niu Fu, Yang Fu and so on. A group of princes gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Because they haven't officially elected who will be the leader of the army, so. For the time being, Zhong Xuan presided over and coordinated the transfer of the princes' armies and horses. However, for these princes. For most of them, the reason why Zhong Xuan can mediate their relationship is because Zhong Xuan now represents Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao is now being suppressed by the New Han Dynasty, and his momentum is not as good as before. Moreover, what Zhong Xuan promised was not fulfilled at all. That's right, in the direction of Yizhou and Hanzhong. At the beginning of the year, he did send a batch of supplies over, so that Zhong Xuan won over Han Sui and Guo Yan, and promised all kinds of benefits, but these benefits, the princes of Xiliang thought that they had no chance to get them. Of course, a batch of grain and grass materials were transported from Yizhou and Hanzhong, but this batch of grain and grass materials was sent by Liu Bei. It doesn't have much to do with Zhong Xuan.

Therefore, he is still willing to let Zhong Xuan mediate, which is to save Cao Cao's face. Otherwise, none of them would listen to Zhong Xuan. On the contrary, they hoped that Liu Bei could be here. Willing to listen to Liu Bei. Because they think that Liu Bei is a doer, and Zhong Xuan is this guy. It's just an old thing full of running guns.

However, it has to be said. Zhong Xuan's eloquence is quite good.

How to say it. Because the time of this dispatch was about two or three days earlier than the time scheduled by Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei was discussing the plan with them in Xiliang, because he still had to go to the northern prairie to discuss the plan with the Wuhuan king, he had not yet agreed with the Wuhuan king to jointly raise troops to attack the New Han Dynasty. Liu Bei just calculated an approximate time for sending troops according to the itinerary. However, when Liu Bei left Xiliang and rushed to see King Wuhuan outside the northern pass, he mentioned that it was best to wait for him to return to Xiliang before sending troops.

However, Zhong Xuan quit, because although he and Liu Bei had a common purpose, that is, to make trouble for the New Han Dynasty as much as possible, they both wanted to destroy the New Han Dynasty. However, they represent different interests. Zhong Xuan represents the interests of Cao Cao, while Liu Bei represents the interests of Yizhou and Hanzhong, and possibly, Liu Bei's own interests. Through guò contact, Zhong Xuan found that Liu Bei did have his own unique personal charm, and it was easy to gain the trust of the princes of Xiliang. If Liu Bei is here, he will inevitably be promoted as the host of the alliance of the Xiliang princes. If this time things succeed, Liu Bei's prestige will rise to a high point that ordinary people can't reach. When the time comes, Xiliang will still have a place for him to speak?

Therefore, Zhong Xuan estimated that this time, they attacked Baohan and attacked Longxi, and when he felt that the success was very certain, he thought of excluding Liu Bei and not allowing Liu Bei to participate in the actual affairs. And the best way is to attack in advance, before Liu Bei is not there and has not had time to return to Xiliang, he will preside over and lead the army of the Xiliang princes to attack Baohan City. As long as he won the victory and let the princes of Xiliang get the benefits they deserved, then he would be able to gain the trust of the princes of Xiliang.

Tong Guò Zhong Xuan's persuasion, especially taking into account the weather factor, let the princes of Xiliang see that if they don't act again, winter will soon begin, and when the time comes, let their hundreds of thousands of military horses brave the cold to attack the New Han army? When the time comes, people will be waiting for work in Baohan City, and they will suffer a lot. Also, the army of the Xiliang alien race has been assembled, if it drags on any longer, it will be too late to change, everyone knows that the Xiliang alien race and them, the princes of Xiliang, are not friends. In case the people don't want to play with them anymore, they withdraw their troops and leave, or, they simply act on their own, and their alien army attacks Baohan City alone. With the strength of the alien army, it seems that it is enough to capture Baohan City. In this way, all the benefits will go to the aliens. Their princes will be busy in vain in the Golden City, and before they can do anything, the fruit has been plucked by others.

When Han Sui, Guo Yan, Niu Fu and others heard this, they all thought it was true, no matter what, they couldn't be busy in vain this time. What's more, one by one, they seem to be elite soldiers, but none of them want their army to be the vanguard, and everyone wants to get the corresponding benefits. Acting with the Xiliang aliens, with their intelligence, they should also be able to play with those savage and impulsive aliens. Vicious battles are tough, they go up, they check the cheap in the back, and if they really win, they can rush up and seize the fruits of victory. That's the best.

So, they decided together. Send someone to send a message to the king of the alien race in Xiliang, agreeing to attack Baohan City together. Of course. That's it, they also acted a day earlier. Hopefully more bargains can be detected. But alas. The army of the Xiliang alien race still arrived at Baohan City half a day earlier than them. At present, seeing that the cavalry of the New Han Army is indeed powerful, he thought of using the cavalry of the Xiliang alien race to contain the cavalry attacking the New Han Army, and their infantry army can concentrate on attacking Baohan City, so that they will be the first to break through the city and enter the city. One step ahead of those aliens, they will loot Baohan City and reap the benefits first.

Now, everyone gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the matter of starting the attack on Baohan City tomorrow. That, who fights the vanguard, who is responsible for clearing the defensive positions on the periphery of Baohan City, who is responsible for attacking the walls of Baohan, who sends people to attack the city, etc., these. It must be coordinated first, otherwise, everyone knows who is responsible for the siege and who will suffer greater losses. Who will go to the siege?

As soon as the topic was raised, all the princes looked at me and wanted to push it off.

Niu Fu glanced at the people in the tent at this time. A little indignant, he said: "There are many alien armies in Xiliang, why don't you let them also send some military horses to participate in the siege battle?" Hum. They arrived first and saw that our army had arrived. It's okay if you don't come to greet you, but why don't you send someone to contact us now? Their people are not there, and how can we negotiate tomorrow's battle? Come, send to the camp of the alien army, and summon their king to come and participate in the deliberations. Sue them, if they don't come to participate in the deliberations and the siege of the city, then, when the time comes, after the city is broken, the money, food, and treasures in the city will not have their share of the aliens, and they will go wherever they are cool! ”

Niu Fu's power territory is located in Wuwei County in the west, and there is more friction with the aliens in the west, and the hatred for each other is deeper, so he is very dissatisfied with the Xiliang alien race, and sometimes, he even thinks that he should not mix with those barbarians, so as not to lower his identity and his IQ.

Zhong Yao hurriedly spoke out and stopped Niu Fu's order. And the other princes also turned their eyes against the superiority of the idiot order of Niu Fu.

Whether it is Zhong Xuan or the rest of the princes, they all know that if they really dare to say anything about summoning the king of foreign races to come, and also saying that they are threatening, people will pay attention to him? It's not bad not to lead an army to attack them directly. It's really brain-dead. Everyone is a king, why do they want to greet you? Why should we heed his calling?

In fact, the princes of Xiliang all ignored one thing. That is the reason why those Xiliang alien clans gathered and prepared to join forces with them to attack the New Han army, and the person who mediated between them, the person who led the needle, was Liu Bei. It has nothing to do with them or Zhong Xuan. It stands to reason that it can only be Liu Bei who can be dispatched from it, otherwise, those aliens may not listen to them.

Zhong Xuan naturally knew about this situation, but in order to achieve his goal, he did not remind the princes. In his heart, he was actually a little worried about whether the army of the Xiliang alien race would agree to their invitation and whether they would come together to attack Baohan City. But when he rushed to Baohan City, he was really relieved when he saw the Xiliang alien army that had arrived.

As for the aliens, they didn't send anyone to contact them, which Zhong Xuan could understand, because the aliens and their Xiliang princes have always been in a hostile state, and they can take the initiative to discuss with themselves what is really the sun coming out of the west. What's more, Zhong Xuan understands that these aliens should not be able to bird them, unless Liu Bei is here.

Now, it is already a great thing to be able to accept their invitation and jointly send troops to the city of Baohan.

Therefore, Zhong Xuan didn't plan to contact the aliens, and he didn't feel that he needed to invite them to discuss any major military affairs, and what was there to discuss with those barbarians who had not yet been civilized? How can they come up with a way to attack Baohan City? Zhong Xuan thought that after all, it was led by the alliance of his Xiliang princes, and he only needed to let those alien armies cooperate. It may be better to send them a plan and let them execute it after they have agreed on it.

It is impossible to wait for these Xiliang princes to consciously take the initiative to stand up and take responsibility, and let them voluntarily stand up as the main attack force.

"Ahem...... Zhong Xuan coughed a few times and said, "General Niu Fu, for our attack on the New Han Army this time, the alien army is only a supporting role, they only need to assist our Xiliang princes alliance army from the side." Therefore, it does not matter whether they come to participate in the deliberations or not, the important thing is that they should obey our arrangement and defend the cavalry of the New Han Army for us. Do you think so? ”

"Well, what Mr. Yuan Chang (Zhong Xuanzi) said is reasonable. Today, you have also seen that the cavalry of the New Han Army, their way of fighting is very similar to that of the alien rangers, our cavalry is at war with their cavalry, and our cavalry may not be able to ask for too many benefits. This point, under the account of Dong Xiang, those who participated in the war with the New Han Army can understand this. Therefore, the most important thing is to let the alien cavalry deal with the cavalry of the New Han Army. We, on the other hand, are in charge of the siege of Baohan City. Guo Yan agreed.

"That's right, I heard that the infantry of the New Han Army is also very powerful, and the cavalry charges against it, which is self-defeating. And our siege arrows will inevitably have to fight against the bow and arrow array of the New Han Army. Therefore, the cavalry of the aliens will not play much of a role in siege warfare. Unless, you want to kill those alien cavalry, otherwise, don't let the alien army participate in the attack on the city. Li Dao said that although he was injured, it was not fatal, and he could still act as usual, but in a short period of time, he would not want to do it again. One of his arms was almost cut off by Hua Xiong.

The princes also agreed, and did not insist that the Xiliang alien race participate in the deliberations, and let the Xiliang alien clan send troops to participate in the siege battle.

Niu Fu naturally had nothing to say, he just wanted to show off his sense of existence.

Zhong Xuan continued: "Tomorrow's battle is estimated to be to clear the periphery of Baohan City. The generals believed that they had also seen that the surrounding areas of Baohan City, about three miles of open space and so on, were all covered with obstacles such as repelling deer and horses, and there were also several trenches that could block the charge of our army. These are all superficial things that we can see. Zhong believes that the specifics are definitely not too simple. ”

"Mr. Zhong is right." Han Sui continued: "The New Han Army has always been extremely treacherous, whether it is attacking or defending, it will do everything, earlier, didn't our army want to kill under the city of Longxi?" At that time, the situation in Longxi City was similar to this situation. In general, it's all a routine. ”

"Oh? General Han, why don't you tell me how these situations are? Zhong Xuan said to Han Sui.

Han Sui really has the most right to speak, because he has encountered such a situation, and at that time, he was really a little helpless.

But now...... Han Sui thought for a while and said: "Those antlers of the New Han Army are actually nothing, they are just a little more numerous, and they are placed there, so that we can see that they are a bit spectacular, but it is very easy to move away or destroy them." The key thing is that their positions are full of all kinds of pits, both open and dark. If we don't notice, we risk being struck, and our soldiers will be trapped in the pit and killed by the spikes in the trap. ”

The most important function of rejecting antlers is to block the enemy's charge, so that the enemy army cannot rush to their own city in one go. Delay the enemy army and give your army time to make arrangements for defending the city. Well, the main role is to guard against a sudden sneak attack by the enemy.

But the antlers are dead after all, and it is indeed easy to remove or destroy them. And digging traps or something, it's not a new thing, this method of defending the city has long been widely used by the world.

What Han Sui said, in fact, all the generals knew it in their hearts.

However, Han Sui changed the topic and said: "It's actually easy to destroy these, but it's not easy to destroy the positions laid out by the New Han Army." Because, let's not forget, the bows and arrows of the New Han Army are better than those of our army. Have you noticed the trenches in their array? Have you ever measured the distance? Each of their trenches, one another, was within the range of their arrows. When we send men to destroy their positions, they will send troops to intersperse the formation, using their bows and arrows to effectively kill us. Therefore, we must think of a good way, first destroy their city in front of the battle, and then talk about attacking the city. (To be continued......)