With the arrival of Cao Cao, the army that originally hoped to regain its combat strength through the integration of Hua Xiong and Li Su was completely chaotic, and even some of the soldiers gathered around Hua Xiong at this time began to sneak away, and the faces of the remaining people Hua Xiong looked very familiar, all of them were veterans who followed Dong Zhuo into Luoyang from Xiliang, and they were also Hua Xiong's old subordinates. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hmph, a bunch of cowards!" One of the Xiliang people left behind looked at the back of the slippery man with disdain and snorted coldly.

"General, send us to capture them back!"

"yes, I'm gathering some men to fight with the Alliance Army!"

"Yes, fight with them!"

Listening to the increasingly strong voices of the nearly a thousand people left in front of him, Hua Xiong lowered his head deeply, he just felt guilty, guilty because of his next decision.

"We retreat."

"What!" Everyone watched in amazement as the word retreat came out of Hua Xiong's mouth.

"I said retreat! Do you hear that? Hua Xiong raised his voice and yelled at everyone, "Everyone, get on the horse!" ”

Li Su was the first to turn over and get on the horse, if he had been surprised and questioned Hua Xiong's decision before, although he was a scribe, but he was born in Bingzhou and served in Liangzhou, his blood is by no means less than any martial artist, but today is different, today he has also led the army to fight, he is also a person in charge of the army, he can understand Hua Xiong's decision very well, but he also feels very sad.

Under the leadership of Li Su, all the people had already mounted their war horses.

"Let's go!"

Hua Xiong rode the red rabbit and galloped in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, the horse was bumping up and down, the gray robe was waving behind him, the fire in Bishui Pass gradually expanded, and the surrender of the sergeant was faintly heard in the fire, and there was also a faint scream of being slaughtered rather than dying, but he did not look back.

Li Suqing counted the number of people who were still willing to follow them at this time and did not flee, which was worth a thousand people, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then set off with them to chase Hua Xiong's figure.

There was no wind on the road leading to Tiger Prison Pass outside Bishui Pass, only cool air made people feel light, but such wonderful air could not calm Hua Xiong's mood, he wanted wind.

Hua Xiong rode on the red rabbit horse and kept speeding up, until the sound of the whirring wind came from his ears, until the violent jolting caused a tingling pain in his shoulder, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had pulled down the team behind him too much, and he was almost invisible, so he slowed down his horse and waited for the people behind him to catch up.

"Bosheng ......"

Li Su beat his horse to catch up with Hua Xiong, he knew that Hua Xiong's mood must be uncomfortable at this moment, but he couldn't say anything comforting.

"Well," Hua Xiong replied to Li Su briefly, "Let's go." ”

Li Su nodded and replied, "Let's go." ”

The night did not change much because of the fire at Bishui Pass, Hua Xiong led a thousand Xiliang cavalry to barely see the road in front of him, and a thousand people lined up in a long line to leave Bishui Pass in the night and rushed to the direction of Hujiao Pass, and at this time, the more than 20,000 soldiers left in Bishui Pass became a helpless and lonely army.

"Those who descend will not die!"

Cao Cao led his own troops and horses, shouting this slogan loudly, and ordering people to receive the surrendered defenders of Bishui Pass.

Xiahoudun said to Cao Cao excitedly: "Meng De, it's really a big profit, tonight we won the Bishui Pass without a single soldier, and recruited so many soldiers, about 5,000 people, thanks to you at that time to try to make us the most advanced!" ”

Cao Cao smiled heartily, and said to Xiahoudun with a mischievous look: "Shh, Yuan let me be silent, let's secretly pick up a bargain, and it's not good for others to hear it." ”

Of course, what others are talking about are those later princes, but it doesn't matter if you can hear it or not at this time, Cao Cao's army's slogan of "those who surrender will not die" shouted loudly, and a person can know that Cao Cao is taking advantage of the opportunity to break the city to recruit and surrender the defenders.

These late princes regretted in their hearts, originally thought that after entering the pass, they would have to engage in fierce street battles with the defenders of Bishui Pass, no one wanted to lead the city to fight against the enemy, when Cao Cao was discussing the righteous and awe-inspiring request to let his army enter the customs first, the rest of the princes of course agreed without thinking about it, but they didn't expect to be taken advantage of by him, at this time, the princes who entered the customs after the intestines were repentant, and it was not easy to say anything on the surface, so they could only swallow the bitter fruit, Then he hurriedly arranged his own manpower to recruit the defenders of Bishui Pass everywhere, and simply turned the huge Bishui Pass into a trade market for conscription.

"Meng De, now there are more and more princes entering the pass, and they are all rushing with us to absorb the surrendered army, and now the defenders in the Bishui Pass have surrendered and fled, and they can hardly find any prisoners."

Xiahoudun came back from a round of outside and said to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said disdainfully: "It's not promising, a group of dogs staring at meat and bones, I don't know how to search for Huaxiong quickly, and trick them into coming here to fight for the source of troops." ”

Xiahoudun smiled: "This is not ordinary meat and bones, these defenders are all after a big battle, and they are all strong and strong people who can come to Bishui Pass, and they are not at the same level as those recruited Xiangyong, a little training is an elite army, and finding Huaxiong is just to earn some merits, which is not comparable to these real benefits in front of you." ”

"Okay then." Cao Cao patted the dust on his hands, "Anyway, the soldiers we absorb are almost saturated, so leave the rest to them." ”

At this moment, Cao Ren suddenly came to the two of them and said to Cao Cao: "Oh no, there is a garrison that occupies the granary, and if they don't surrender, they have killed dozens of our brothers. ”

"How many?" Cao Cao asked.

"Two hundred."

Cao Cao turned over and said, "Look at it." ”

In front of the granary of Bishui Pass, dozens of soldiers wearing Dong Zhuojun's military uniforms were holding weapons in their hands to confront Cao Cao's army.

"How's it going?"

Cao Cao asked, who had just found the on-site commander as soon as he arrived.

Cao Hong said: "These people are estimated to be Dong Zhuojun's diehards, and they would rather die than surrender, I think it's useless for these people to surrender, the food behind them is more important, so I thought about directly leading the troops to destroy them, and now I have just organized the first wave of impact, killing most of them, and it is estimated that the next wave of impact will be able to annihilate them all." ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said to Cao Hong, "Wait first, I'll go up and ask." ”

After speaking, he walked to the dozens of defenders who were about to be surrounded at this time, these defenders were also veterans who followed Dong Zhuo all the way to Luoyang from Xiliang, they spontaneously gathered together when the Bishui Pass was in chaos, and they also kept helping others to regain their composure, and when the Bishui Pass was breached, they retreated to the granary for defense, and most of the people had been killed in the battle at this time, but still no one fled or surrendered.

Cao Cao looked at the hundreds of corpses that were already lying on the ground with a look of pity, and said to the survivors who were still pointing their weapons at him at this time, with a face full of hatred: "Why bother? The Bishui Pass has been broken, and your boss has not appeared until now, so why give his life? ”

The cautious dozens of people shouted together: "The Xiliang army swears not to surrender!" ”

After finishing speaking, they rushed up together and launched a charge against Cao Cao and the surrounding sergeants.

"You dare!"

Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and Cao Hong shouted at the same time, brandished their weapons and led the soldiers to meet them.

When the dust settled, Cao Cao couldn't bear to look at the corpses all over the ground, and sighed: "It's a pity for these warriors. ”

At this time, a spy Pegasus came to Cao Cao and said to him: "Lord, I have received news that Hua Xiong fled in the direction of Tiger Prison Pass with a thousand cavalry. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he mentioned the reins of the horse and said to Xiahoudun and others: "Chase." ”

Except for Cao Ren, who stayed at Bishui Pass to collect prisoners, the rest of the generals led their troops to follow Cao Cao.

A large number of cavalry rushed out of the Bishui Pass to the west, and the rest of the princes in the pass could naturally get the news, and only after inquiring did they know that it was Cao Cao who knew the whereabouts of Huaxiong, and Cao Cao went to the pass first to collect the prisoners to obtain the greatest benefit, and now how would Cao Cao be allowed to get this credit alone, and they also sent elite cavalry to the west.

Pursuit is not better than marching, the speed of the cavalry is not so simple as a fast horse whip can be improved, how to control the speed of the horse is a skill that every cavalry needs to master, too slow of course is not good, but if the rush is too fast in a short period of time, and it is easy to consume the strength of the horse, normally the cavalry should consider the speed when pursuing the enemy, but also consider whether the horse's physical strength can cope with whether it can fight after catching up with the enemy.

But the pursuit of the enemy army has the advantage that the pursued army does not dare to entangle with the pursued troops at all, because any delay will make it possible for them to be overtaken by the opponent.

At this time, Cao Cao used this method, first ordered a small group of troops to chase with all their might, forcing Huaxiong's army to speed up, consuming their physical strength, and then leading the army to catch up at the best speed, and when the horses in Huaxiong's army ran out of strength and gradually slowed down, then Cao Cao could catch up with them and capture Huaxiong with confidence.

I saw that the vanguard sent by Cao Cao whipped the buttocks of the war horse fiercely with a horsewhip, and quickly chased in the direction of Hua Xiong's escape, and not long after they climbed a high slope, they found the figure of Hua Xiong's army in the far sky, and immediately sounded the horn to inform Cao Cao.

"Woo-woo-"

Of course, the sound of the horn was heard by Hua Xiong in front, and he turned around in surprise to find Cao Cao's vanguard, and immediately understood Cao Cao's intentions, but there was nothing he could do.

"The enemy is catching up, can you run away?" Li Su watched Cao Cao's army behind him gradually approach on horseback, and hurriedly asked Hua Xiong.

Hua Xiong shook his head with a heavy face.

Li Su looked at Hua Xiong's serious expression and knew that he was really not sure at this time, so he said, "Then speed up." ”

"Then how can it be done," Hua Xiong looked at Li Su in surprise, Li Su was not a layman literati who didn't know soldiers in his influence, but why did he say such a thing, "When the horses are exhausted, they will slowly be overtaken." ”

"I know." Li Su said, "But if you don't speed up now, you will be caught up immediately, and when the time comes, you will be entangled by these people, and in the end, you will not be caught up by the army?" ”

"Alas......" Hua Xiong sighed a little desperately, "What's the use of delaying this time at this time. ”

Li Su smiled: "Didn't the general forget Wen Hou?" ”

"That's right!" Hua Xiong's eyes lit up, as if he saw hope again, "The fire at Bishui Pass should be able to see it when the Tiger Prison is closed, and General Lu Bu will definitely send troops to rescue ...... But ......"

Hua Xiong's voice lowered again, and he said suspiciously: "General Lu Bu doesn't know if he can bring troops to ......"

Li Su was anxious, pointed at Hua Xiong and scolded: "It's man-made, why do you have to be such a child!" ”

"I will try my best to delay time, and as for whether I can be saved in the end, I will listen to the arrangement of God, if the sky does not forget me, I will live, and if the sky dies, I will die, it is better than the ugly state of you twisting and pinching here."

Hua Xiong was scolded by Li Su's words, but it did wake him up from his confusion, and he actually laughed, holding the reins of the horse and bowing to Li Su.

"Li Jianjun scolded well, Hua Xiong is in good shape, it's a big deal to die, it's ridiculous, what was I just worrying about......" Hua Xiong turned around and shouted at the galloping Xiliang Army behind him, "Brothers, speed up for me, let the group of Cao Jun behind eat the soil!" Hahahaha......"

Hua Xiong rode the red rabbit to easily raise the speed to a notch, and ran forward quickly, the Xiliang army behind him looked at Hua Xiong who was covered in blood and holding a long sword in front of him, and unconsciously had an illusion, as if he had returned to Xiliang, and returned to the time when he rode on a horse and followed Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong said to speed up, and then they accelerated to sprint, Hua Xiong said to wave the knife, and they were crazy to harvest the lives of the enemy.

But all the past was gone with the cold wind whistling in my ears at this time, and they were nothing more than a group of deserters being chased.

The vanguard sent by Cao Cao saw Hua Xiong speeding up, and his heart was overjoyed, knowing that they were already destined to be caught up by themselves, and they couldn't escape far, so they immediately let go of their control, and ran as fast as they could under their horses, trying to force Hua Xiong to speed up again.

The east gradually has some fish belly white, and before you know it, the whole night has passed, and everyone's body has gradually reached the limit, not to mention the dizziness of the head, and there has been a strong sense of hunger in the abdomen, the pursuing Cao Cao army does not matter, but for the fleeing Huaxiong army, it is indeed a fatal problem, because the physical strength of the war horse under him will be more drastically consumed due to hunger.

"The horses are running out of strength." Li Su muttered.

Hua Xiong glanced at Li Su with a haggard face, after all, he was a literati, although his courage was not inferior to anyone when leading the army to fight, but after all, it was difficult to support it physically, and he looked back at the thousands of cavalry who followed him behind him, all of them were full of exhaustion, and they must not be able to support it for long.

Seeing that Cao Jun behind him was getting closer and closer to him, Hua Xiong really wanted everyone to ride a red rabbit horse at this time, but it was a pity that a god like a red rabbit was difficult to find a second horse in the world.

At this time, Hua Xiong suddenly saw Li Su riding a horse close to him, and said, "Bosheng, don't forget to return the red rabbit to General Lu." ”

"Naturally, this will not be forgotten," Hua Xiong looked at Li Su suspiciously, not knowing why he suddenly said this, but in the next second, Hua Xiong's eyes immediately widened, and he shouted loudly, "Wei Gong! ”

I saw that Li Su moved quickly, controlled his horse and ran to the middle of the army, just behind the first five hundred knights, and shouted to the other five hundred behind him: "The people behind me, but there are those who are willing to die, go back with me to destroy the Cao army." ”

Immediately, Li Su turned his horse's head and ran around a bend to Cao Jun behind him.

"Hahahaha, the prison army is so courageous, count me as the old king!"

One of the five hundred immediately responded, and also turned away with the reins.

"Hahahaha, go together, go together."

"Well, you wait for me."

The remaining four hundred and ninety-nine people immediately turned their horses' heads and looked at Cao Jun in the distance, their faces full of rebelliousness, as if they were the real pursuers, brandishing their swords and guns and galloping towards them.

"You guys!"

Hua Xiong only felt that he couldn't spit out his breath in his chest, looking at the figure of Li Su leading half of the sergeants back back, Hua Xiong wanted to watch it for a while, watching them fight happily with Cao Jun, and watching their final ending, although Hua Xiong didn't have to guess at all.

“……”

Hua Xiong suddenly straightened his head, only to feel that the teeth in his mouth were about to be crushed by himself, but he still kept exerting his strength, he couldn't say a word anymore, just continued to lead the remaining five hundred people towards the Tiger Prison Pass.

The scenery in front of you changes, the official road has reached the position near the Yellow River, and if you go further, you can see the high city wall of the Tiger Prison Pass in a short time.

Coming here, Hua Xiong and the army behind him were obviously relieved, even if the chasing soldiers caught up at this time, there would be no problem at all in sprinting to the Tiger Prison with all their might.

At this moment, a deep voice sounded not far in front of them.

"Hahahaha, General Huaxiong is fortunate, my Sun Jian has been waiting here for a long time."

Hua Xiong trembled, and looked at the army that suddenly appeared in front of him in disbelief, only to see that Sun Jian, who was the leader, was riding a white horse and standing in the center of Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other generals, in the same column as his son Sun Ce, wearing golden armor and holding an ancient ingot knife, looking at him with a smile on his face.

Behind Sun Jian were two thousand soldiers and horses wearing Jiangdong military uniforms, and the formation formed was the most cavalry phalanx, with spears and shields and other equipment, and the road was blocked at the moment, not to mention that the current Huaxiong was injured and galloped all night, even if Huaxiong was intact in his best condition, it was impossible to rush through this line of defense with only five hundred people.

Sun Ce stepped forward and said to Hua Xiong with a proud face: "You only know that you have put the focus of your escape on the land route, but you have forgotten my Jiangdong sailor. ”

Understood, Hua Xiong finally understood why the Jiangdong Army in front of him was able to appear in front of him, there is a ferry between Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, which was built by the people for convenience after Bishui was diverted from the Yellow River, Hua Xiong smiled bitterly, it seems that even if someone is not a sneak attack, the Jiangdong Army alone can attack Bishui Pass from the rear, and form a flanking formation with the coalition army, it is a matter of time before the pass is broken, but I didn't expect that the Yellow River is now the flood season, and Sun Jian was able to lead the army upstream, rushing here to intercept himself.

Looking at Sun Jianjun Huaxiong in front of him, he also had a sense of relief, thinking that it would be a happy event to catch up with Li Su on Huangquan Road.

Hua Xiong drew his sword and was about to kill himself with a horizontal sword, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from behind Sun Jian.

"It turns out that Wu Henghou is waiting for someone here? Hahahaha, I'm Lu Fengxian too, it's just a coincidence! ”