Chapter 416 Guarding Pi Zhongquan's blood, Shi rescued Dong Yuan and sent troops

Xiahou Ba's eyes were bloodshot, staring at the soldiers who kept falling, his heart was full of grief and desolation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He knew that if there was no rescue, the city would soon be overwhelmed.

Just now Li Xue sent someone to report that the enemy's attack was more intense, and the casualties of the soldiers were increasing.

The battle reports of the city on all sides continued to come, and under the attack of the enemy in three consecutive waves, the city guards were reduced in large numbers. Although thousands of enemy corpses were left behind, the number of soldiers in Xiapi City became less and less.

Li Xue and Zhuo An came to see Xiahouba and asked, "General, I'm afraid I can't stand it!" Why don't you retreat! ”

"Retreat?! My Xiahou family has been ridiculed by the people of the world many times because they fought against the Han army and retreated because they were defeated in the previous battle. In the first battle with Sima Yi, he led the army to retreat, and how will he see Jiangdong's father and elder again in the future? Xiahou Ba stubbornly refuted the suggestion of the two, with a firm look, "Maybe we can hold the city until dawn." After dawn, the enemy army will not be able to attack for a long time, and will naturally retreat. ”

Li Xue didn't know what Xiahou Ba was fighting for, and he actually had the confidence to defend the city until dawn. He hurriedly reminded: "General, our soldiers have less than forty percent of the strength left. At most, they can only withstand one or two more waves of enemy attacks. ”

Xiahou Ba shook his head and said, "Don't be afraid. So-and-so had sent Fauber to the city to gather the people. I think that at the beginning, Cao Mengde guarded Yecheng, didn't he use more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to control hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves? Recently, a certain ancestor should become benevolent! ”

At this moment, another wave of Sima Yi's attacks was launched.

Xiahou Ba threw the last bit of strength in his hands into battle.

The knives in the hands of the soldiers had been curled, and the spears were still struck with the broken handles; The one who lost his weapon pounced on it and bit it directly with his mouth.

There were more and more Wei soldiers on the city wall, and the remaining soldiers were about to be unable to resist the attack of the Wei army. Suddenly, there was a burst of shouts and killings from inside the city, and from far and near, a team of countless people rushed towards the city wall.

When those people came closer, Xiahou Ba, who was fighting four Wei generals alone, finally let go of his heart - Fu Bo rushed to reinforcements with the people in the city.

These people, armed with wooden sticks, wooden forks and other agricultural equipment, rushed to the city and joined the ranks of the Wei army. The situation was reversed in one fell swoop.

The scales of victory began to tip in favor of the Han army.

Sun Li, the general of the Wei army, was very angry when he saw that the soldiers who attacked the city were once again defeated, and he was about to personally lead the troops to attack the city, but was stopped by the deputy general.

The adjutant general said: "General, this time is different from the past, the enemy army is colluding with the people in the city. Now more than 100,000 people in the city, men and women, old and young, down to children of thirteen or fourteen years old, and old people, have rushed to the city wall with weapons and fought against us together with the Han army! ”

"How can this be? Let's go, I'll go to the Governor of Ming first, and then it's not too late to attack!" Sun Li whispered for a moment and said.

After listening to Sun Li's report, Sima Yi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said: "Our army attacked at night, and the enemy was bright and dark, occupying the advantage of the time. Unexpectedly, he Xiahou Ba actually occupied the advantage of people and stuck to the city. ”

After speaking, he asked Zhonglang to lead Tian Yu and Chen Yan with 20,000 troops, and attacked Pi with Sun Li.

But it is said that Xiahou Mansion in Xuzhou City.

In the back hall, Xiahou Wei asked: "Third brother, fifth brother, seventh brother, Sima Yi has already entered the realm of Xiapi County, are we really not going to go to the second brother?" ”

Xiahou Rong said: "Fourth brother, I'm afraid that Sima Yi has already sent troops to attack Picheng at this time!" The second brother is not as flexible as us, he has the righteousness of master and apprentice with many ministers of the Han Dynasty, and he will definitely fight to the death! I'm afraid that by the time I arrive, the second brother will have already been defeated and died! ”

Xiahou He said: "We are soldiers, and we can only act under the command of the governor!" How can you do whatever you want? ”

And Xiahou said that his eyes were squinted there, and he didn't speak.

In fact, Xia Houwei knew that the brothers of his compatriots were just three half-brothers, the eldest brother, the second brother and the sixth brother. He has been very good with Xiahouba since he was a child. But due to the dispute between his concubines, he had no choice but to submit to these brothers of his own compatriots.

However, the good calculations of Xiahou He and Xiahou Rong were still calculated by Dong Yuan, the protector of the capital, but this is all a later story.

Just as Xiahou Wei was about to persuade the three brothers again, a herald ran in from outside and shouted: "Governor Urgent Order, please Xiahou General Hou Order!" ”

Xiahou He, Xiahou Rong, Xiahou Cheng, and Xiahou Wei hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute, and asked, "Dare to ask, what is the matter of the Governor's summoning!" ”

"The governor has an order, and the generals immediately rush to the barracks to gather their troops and prepare for the battle." The herald said.

"No, the last general will complete the assembly task in a quarter of an hour!" Xiahou replied.

Xuzhou School Military Field.

Dong Yuan, the protector of the capital, was fully armed, standing on the platform of the generals, looking at the belated Xiahou and his brothers.

"Zhiquan, do you know that your second brother Zhongquan is trapped in Xiapi and is in danger of dying at any time? Xiahou, a guerrilla general under your command, led your British cavalry regiment to rush to Xiapi and set off immediately as the first rescue echelon. Dong Yuan said very seriously. In fact, Dong Yuan should have punished him for the crime of neglecting the army according to the law - the time of two pillars of incense had passed since the assembly order, and he was late.

Xiahou said secretly in his heart: "What kind of errand? I also want to go to the rescue because of the British Cavalry! But thinking about it, he said loudly: "No! ”

With a wave of his hand, he rode out with a total of more than 7,000 people from the Guards Battalion and the British Cavalry Regiment under his command.

Dong Yuan said to Xiahou He again: "Zhiquan, a certain and Bi Yun's division will go to Xiapi as the second echelon. You, Ji Quan, and Youquan are good at guarding Xuzhou!"

"No!" Xiahou and the three agreed in unison.

Dong Yuan, only then did he step off the platform, turned on his horse, and led more than 40,000 troops out of the city with Zhou Wei and others.

In Xiapi City, Xiahou Ba and others had already been driven into the inner city, and only seven or eight thousand people were born of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and many of the people in the city were killed in battle, and the temporarily organized militia suffered more than 40,000 or 50,000 casualties. Li Xue and Zhuo An led the people to defend the inner city, and he actually made people open the city gate, rushed out of the city gate with the remaining seven or eight thousand people, and rushed towards Sima Yi's camp.

Cheng Xi led his troops to enter the city, and ran into a positive encounter with Xiahouba's soldiers and horses.

Cheng Xi sent people back to the camp to report to Sima Yi, and on the other hand, he shook the big axe to fight Xiahou Ba.

Xiahou Ba originally went out of the city to block the enemy's attack, and it would be better if he killed Sima Yi's gang if he had the opportunity. But I didn't expect to run into Cheng Xi as soon as I got out of the city.

The martial arts of the two were comparable, and the lieutenants behind them were almost the same. Behind Xiahouba are Pang Yuan, Zhang Wen, Zhang Shao, Yang Kan, Wang Qiang and others, and behind Cheng Xi are deputy generals Ren Xian, Kong Yi, Cheng He, Ling Hushao, Guoyuan and others.

This is good, it will be against the generals, soldiers against soldiers, and the two sides will fight together.

This is where a scuffle unfolds.

Many of the Wei troops followed by Cheng Xi were carrying torches, but how far away the light of the torches was, it was difficult to tell who was which? Only you saw me stab, and when I came back, I stabbed him again.

For a time, the number of cannibalism, trampling on each other, and death gradually increased.

However, this kind of scuffle only happened outside the east gate, and the coverage was not very wide.

It was only that it soon reached Sima Yi's ears, and Sima Yi was so frightened that he hurriedly made people sing gold and was about to withdraw his troops.

However, there was a report from Tanma: "Dudu, there is the sound of cavalry galloping in the direction of Xuzhou, it is estimated that the enemy's cavalry came to the rescue!" ”

Cavalry? It seems that the Tanma of Xuzhou has reported the battle situation here to Dong Yuan.

"What a failure! Mingjin! Sima Yi ordered.

As soon as the gong sounded, the siege soldiers of the Wei army retreated to the camp one after another.

And Cheng Xi and others, who were fighting with Xiahouba, also forced their opponents away, leaving hundreds of corpses and withdrawing.

Xiahou Ba wanted to chase and kill, but was stopped by Pang Yuan.

"General, how can the few thousand remaining soldiers and horses of our army pursue the enemy? Let's go back to the city and clean up the city! Pang Yuan persuaded.

"Hey!" Xiahou Ba sighed, then turned his horse and retreated to the city.

Returning to the city, Xiahou Ba found that Zhang Wen and Zhang Shao were missing.

It turned out that Zhang Wen and Zhang Shao were captured by Ren Xian and Kong Yi.

Sima Yi's army returned to the camp, and Sima Shi took people to check the number of the three armies and came back to report to Sima Yi.

"Father, our army lost more than 15,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and lost one of the generals. Adjutant General Doucy was killed. Sima Shi reported the results of the check to his father Sima Yi.

"Hey! I didn't expect this Xiahou Ba to be even more difficult to deal with than his father Xiahou Miaocai! I wanted to take advantage of the night to take this Xiapi City, but I lost so many soldiers and horses! Ziyuan, you will return to Rencheng after dawn and transfer the 50,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Rencheng here, there must be no mistake! Sima Yi said.

"No!" Sima Shi agreed.

Sima Yi looked at the general in front of him, and then said, "Everyone is tired, go down and rest!" ”

Xiahou Ba watched the outer city in the darkness of the night: the burning flames still hovered sporadically on the ruins, and the displaced people were looking for what was left of their homes on the battlefield after the war.

Li Xue came to Xiahouba with the counted details, and said in a hoarse voice: "General, 12,000 of the 17,000 people in our army were killed, including four survivors of the battalion commander, seven survivors of the deputy commander, and only Yang Kan and Wang Qiang survived the regimental generals; Only Pang Yuan, a regimental general, was left in the Pang Yuan Independent Regiment, and the Zhang brothers were missing. More than 20,000 people were killed in the battle, and many more were wounded. ”

Xiahou Ba's face was full of grief, and he said heavily: "Gather all the corpses of the fallen soldiers and civilians together, and I will personally hold a holy fire ceremony for them and send them on the road to heaven!" ”

When the fire was blazing, Xiahou Wei led his troops to come.

"Second brother, I'm late!" Xiahou Wei knelt in front of Xiahou Ba and cried loudly.

"Fourth brother, it's good if you can come!" Xiahou Ba, looking at his brother, his numb heart was a little more moved at this time.

When the governor got the news, he sent his brother to rescue his brother. It's a pity that my brother is still late! Xia Houwei explained.

"Nope! Sima Yi learned that you came to the rescue, and he couldn't attack it for a long time, so he retreated. So you're not late! Xiahou Ba patted Xiahouwei's shoulder and said.

After dawn, Dong Yuan rushed to Xiapi with Zhou Weixiao's jockey.