On the second day after Liu Qi occupied Yan County, the 200,000 army marched non-stop to Baima, in order to avoid the repetition of the scene in Yan County, Liu Qi absorbed the lesson this time, and personally led the Xiao Guards and the Praetorian Guards to open the road in front, only to see the Praetorian Guards holding spears to detect whether there were horse traps in front, and the Xiao Guards were responsible for clearing all the roadblocks along the way.

After the Xiao Guards and the Praetorian Guards, there was Huang Zhong's Tuifeng Battalion, each of which had a complete version of the crossbow, and whenever they encountered a sneak attack from the enemy, they would immediately use their crossbows to carry out a merciless counterattack.

And behind the Tuifeng battalion, there is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Ma Chao, of course, this is not a pure Xiliang cavalry, because it also includes 10,000 Qiang cavalry. In view of the strength of the Han Dynasty, all the Xiqiang tribes have been subordinated to Liu Qi and under the rule of Ma Chao. And their respective patriarchs personally took command as a sign of sincerity.

The reason why Ma Chao's cavalry is placed behind, in addition to considering the factor of trapping the horse pit, another purpose is to let the cavalry recuperate under the cover of the infantry and rest well, so that it can play a key role in the field battle, even if the enemy avoids and does not fight, when chasing the defeated army, the role of the cavalry is absolutely incomparable to the infantry.

Although it seemed slow, Liu Qi's pro-soldiers who were exploring the way in front of them divided labor and cooperated with each other, and the army advanced quickly, and it only took one day to come to the White Horse City.

At this time, Sima Lang, the Yanzhou assassin who was defending in the city, saw the black and oppressive Chu army under the city like a torrent of steel, neatly lined up, fluttering flags, and murderous, and couldn't help but tremble, his self-confidence suddenly dissipated, and he quietly gave a few orders to his own soldiers, ready to flee immediately in case of defeat.

But as the commander of the first army. Sima Lang still gave himself courage, came to the head of the city, and shouted at Liu Qi under the city: "Bold Liu Qi, now that the two countries are separated, you and I should have the Chu River and Han borders, and each should keep our duty." But why don't you ask right and wrong, and violate my boundaries without permission, what's the reason? If you know each other, retreat quickly, guard the border, and the well water does not interfere with the river water, so as to ensure peace and security between the two sides, otherwise, once the war resumes. Millions of people in our country were re-subjected to war, and millions of people formed a million-strong army in anger, drowning them in the torrent of history, and regretting it too late. ”

Liu Qi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he had heard of Sima Lang's name, and he thought that Sima Yi's brother had great ability, but now it seems that he is just a sour Confucian, and he actually wants to persuade hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat with his tongue.

Liu Qi didn't want to. Then he said sharply: "Sima Lang, Hugh has the advantage of his tongue." You are famous all over the world, as the head of Sima Bada, you are so unaware of loyalty and treachery, and you don't know right and wrong, if the son is still alive today, the Han family still exists. Dare to talk nonsense here, saying that the two countries are separated, Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief and killed the queen. The prince, vainly abolished, hijacked the Son of Heaven, the crime is great, your father and ancestors are all Hanchen, but now your generation recognizes the thief as his father, it is really shameless. If you want me to withdraw from the army, it is not difficult, as long as you are the master and return the Tianzi, and then let the national thief Cao Cao and his minions resign from the official title, hand over all the military and political power to the Son of Heaven, and hand himself over to the Son of Heaven, and the king will immediately withdraw from the army. Otherwise, don't blame my hundreds of thousands of troops for stepping on Hebei in anger, and all the rebels and thieves will be wiped out to set an example. ”

Although Sima Lang is a scribe, how can he beat Liu Qi in the battle of words? What's more, Liu Qi occupied the righteousness, and Cao Cao had caused public outrage in the world in recent years because of his insult to the Son of Heaven, coupled with the successive defeats in the battle, his reputation had plummeted, so Sima Lang was difficult to argue, and he couldn't think of a suitable answer for a while.

After thinking for a while, Sima Lang came up with a suitable answer, but just as he was about to speak, he saw that Liu Qi had already waved out the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, and then he heard the sound of drums under the city, and the Chu army began to rush towards the city like a tide.

Sima Lang's complexion changed greatly, and he immediately ordered the army to defend, but he found that the bravery of the enemy army was really unexpected, one by one, as if there was gold on the head of the city, red eyes, desperately rushing to the top of the city.

First of all, the sharp crossbows shot at the city head like a torrential rain, killing most of the already limited crossbowmen on the city, while the hundreds of archers around Huang Zhong pulled their longbows and shot every enemy soldier who dared to show their heads mercilessly.

In such a situation, Hugh said that he was the archers in charge of sniping the siege troops, and even the defenders who were responsible for rolling the wooden stones obediently hid behind the female spears, and did not dare to poke their heads out of the female wall. In this way, after being suppressed by the enemy's crossbow arrows, the defenders of the entire White Horse City were almost like undefended, nervously hiding behind the female wall, and letting the Chu army continue to climb and attack.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Chu army set up thousands of ladders, and then stepped on the ladders to launch a fierce attack on the city.

The imposing Chu army soon climbed to the top of the city, and they jumped into the city through the guò battlements, and engaged in a fierce battle with the Wei army, which was huddled behind the female wall.

However, Sima Lang did not retreat immediately, but commanded the army to meet the battle at the head of the city, because although this person is sour and rotten, he is not without judgment and command ability, and now that the enemy army has climbed the city wall, it is natural to stand with his own army, in this way, the crossbow army of the Chu army will no longer threaten, unless they are willing to shoot their own people together, so Sima Lang, who saw this, immediately led the army to launch a desperate counterattack.

Fortunately, Sima Lang was poorly clothed and fed, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and had a little prestige in the army, plus the soldiers of the Wei army were in a desperate situation, and they couldn't help but fight back, so they were inseparably killed for a while, regardless of victory or defeat.

"Fortunately, the soldiers of our army are brave, and they are finally able to resist the enemy's offensive, presumably if they hold on for a while, Liu Qi will order the troops to retreat when he sees that he can't attack for a long time and suffers heavy losses, right?"

Sima Lang thought well, but before he could finish a stick of incense, he found that the soldiers of the Chu army, who had seemed to be evenly matched with his subordinates before, were becoming more and more brave and fierce, each of them was like a bloodthirsty wolf, with sharp fangs in the depths, and slaughtered his soldiers.

What is even more shocking is that as time goes by, there are more and more enemy troops on the head, and the number of Chu troops on the head of the city has surpassed that of the Wei army.

At this time, Sima Lang knew that the white horse could not be saved at all, so he couldn't help but sigh, and then immediately led the remnants of the defeated army to flee from the north gate, preparing to retreat to Puyang.

At this time, Sima Lang fled while gritting his teeth and secretly hating: "Damn Liu Yan, he even knows that he hasn't moved the rescuers over now, isn't it because he deliberately delayed because he hated my reprimand for him at the beginning?" Hmph, when the general arrives in Puyang, he will definitely report this matter to the king and deal with your military law. ”

But not far from his army, he felt the earth tremble violently, and then he heard the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves.

Suddenly, I saw that the faces of the soldiers on the left and right changed greatly, and then Qi Qi said: "Oh no, the enemy's cavalry is catching up, my lord, go quickly." At the same time, the other soldiers were shouting, "Protect Lord Thorn." ”

At this time, Zhao Weisun, the Zhonglang general next to him, shouted loudly: "The soldiers in the rear formation, and I quickly lined up to meet the enemy, covering the retreat of Lord Assassin Shi, and the other soldiers to protect the retreat of Lord Shi." ”

This Zhao Weisun and Sima Lang are distant relatives, originally in Liyang for the prison camp, there are thousands of people in their hands, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Sima Lang because his hometown of Hanoi Wen County borders Luoyang, feel difficult to protect himself, so he led the family and the same county Zhao Zhi to go to Zhao Weisun, the family relied on preservation, and then later Sima Lang took advantage of Cao Cao and Lu Bu Puyang to return to Wen County, and then by Cao Cao conquered, Ren Sikong Peng's subordinate, at this time under the oppression of Yuan Shao desperate Zhao Weisun took refuge in Sima Lang and became his general.

Later, because Sima Yi gradually became favored, Sima Lang rose and became the assassin of Yanzhou, and even Zhao Weisun was promoted to Zhonglang General, so in order to repay the kindness of Sima Lang's brothers, Zhao Weisun decided to protect Sima Lang to the death, so he led a large army to meet the enemy to cover Sima Lang's retreat.

But before he finished the formation, he saw the iron hooves rumbling, and a young man in a brocade robe came over on a horse, and shouted: "Xiliang Ma Chao is here, who dares to stop me?" ”

Zhao Weisun heard that the person who came turned out to be Ma Chao, who forced Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe, and couldn't help but be terrified, but at this moment, he heard the Luan bell ringing, and a silver light hit his chest, and Zhao Weisun didn't have time to react, and was stabbed under the horse by Ma Chao.

Ma Chao stabbed Zhao Weisun to death with one shot, and then waved his army to kill the Wei army, which had already been frightened, and then continued to pursue.

The army did not go far, and saw a general in front of him fleeing under the escort of the soldiers, Ma Chao expected that it would definitely be Sima Lang, the assassin of Yanzhou, and raised the gun in his hand into the air, and saw the iron cavalry rolling towards the remnants of the defeated army in front like a tide.

Sima Lang heard the shouting of killing from behind, and immediately knew that it was Zhao Weisun who was dead, and the chasing soldiers caught up again, and the frightened Sima Lang knew that his life was at stake, and he couldn't care about the soldiers around him anymore, so he ran forward violently.

But he didn't go far before he heard a loud shout from a distance of more than 100 zhang behind him: "Xiliang Ma Chao is here, and the thief will leave Sima Langxiu." ”

When Sima Lang heard that the enemy general behind him turned out to be Ma Chao, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and sighed up to the sky: "I, Sima Lang, are resting." ”

But at this moment, I suddenly heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves not far ahead.

"Could it be that the king's rescuers have arrived?"

Sima Lang suddenly lifted his spirits, raised his eyes and saw that it was indeed his own soldiers and horses, and suddenly he seemed to be crazy, and ran forward with his horse.

"Haha, our reinforcements have arrived, and this time my Sima Lang will not die, and there will be a blessing in the future." Sima Lang was in a desperate situation, laughing on the horse while running, and tears of laughter flowed out. (To be continued......)