Chapter 45: The Prison of Fame (15)

Sun Jian, Bao Xin, and Cao Cao led the army to Chenggao in a battle, annihilating Dong Zhuo's army of 20,000.

Captured Chenggao City, Sun Jian and others not only captured a large number of equipment, but also seized a part of the well-preserved grain and grass, but what really made the three happy was this large number of siege equipment, originally they had the intention to capture the Tiger Pass, but the previous troops were insufficient, and there were no equipment, but now they captured Chenggao and captured the Aocang Treasury, they not only collected more than 10,000 troops, but more importantly, they had a ladder for siege, a car and a well fence.

Sun Jian Cao Cao, who was eager to repay the country's merits, launched an offensive against the Tiger Pass after three days of collecting and reorganizing the troops and horses.

In just a few days, it was impossible for Han Lie's injuries to heal, so he was naturally absent from this battle.

On the second day, Xu Huang, who was seriously injured, was escorted back to the sour jujube camp by a hundred private subordinates, and he sent a letter to his uncle Han Fu, asking him to hire a famous doctor to treat Xu Huang in Chenliu, and even mentioned Hua Tuo in the letter, saying that if he could invite this person, he was willing to pay a thousand gold as a consultation fee.

Han Lie originally planned to personally escort Xu Huang to seek medical treatment, but Xu Huang, who woke up during this time, repeatedly warned Han Lie that the battle on the front line was critical, and repeatedly said that he would support it.

The daily battle report under the Tiger Prison Pass will be sent to Han Lie's bed, for a Xiongguan like the Tiger Prison Pass, the sacrifice paid for the strong attack is undoubtedly huge, and it may not be effective, but the iron-hearted Sun Jian Cao Cao has been persisting day by day.

In the blink of an eye, the battle under the Tiger Prison Pass has also reached a white-hot stage, and the men and horses of Sun Jian's three parties have suffered more than 10,000 casualties in the ten-day battle, especially in the battle at noon today, once a sergeant climbed the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass.

During this time, Han Lie Dian Wei was recuperating in the camp every day, Gao Ran was responsible for guarding the camp, Zhang He went out of the camp every day to watch the battle, and then came back every night to report the battle situation to Han Lie, not to mention the articulate Zhang He, the report was also colorful, so that Han Lie, Dian Wei, and Gao Ran passed quickly every night.

After ten days of cultivation, although Han Lie's injuries have not healed, they are also seventy percent better, and Dian Wei's injuries are also seventy-seven eighty-eight, these two **** have been clamoring to go to Lu Bu for revenge.

A company held in the camp for ten days, Han Lie was somewhat bored, and when he listened to Zhang He's report on the military situation that night, Han Lie said: "When the city is attacked tomorrow, our front battalion will also go to the side to help the battle, so that the soldiers can feel the cruelty of the siege battle." ”

"Ziyang is wise." As soon as Dian Wei heard that he could go to the battlefield, he was the first to support it.

Zhang He also stroked his palms and smiled: "We are the front army, but we have stayed in the camp these days, and those who don't know still think that we are the rear army." ”

"General, are you all right?" Gao Ran asked with some concern.

"It's okay, you give the order to let the soldiers sleep well tonight and recuperate their spirits." Han Lie waved his hand.

At the third watch of the night, Han Lie woke up in his sleep.

"What's going on, why is it so noisy outside?" Listening to the noisy pace of soldiers and horses in his ears, Han Lie grabbed the seven-star treasure knife under the quilt.

"General, Lu Bu ran away......" At this moment, Zhang He rushed in, and said loudly while buckling his armor.

"Ran away?" Han Lie asked in surprise, his brows couldn't help frowning, "General Sun, did they go after them?" ”

"General Cao has been walking for half an hour with the men and horses of the headquarters, and General Sun has just left the camp, only Lord Bao's cavalry is packing up." Zhang He replied, and asked a little urgently: "General, can we chase after us?" ”

Han Lie's first thought when he learned that Lu Bu had run away was that Dong Zhuo was only afraid of running away, it seemed that the fire in Luoyang was unavoidable, thinking of the prosperous Luoyang in the past, it was about to be destroyed, Han Lie couldn't sit still anymore and said: "Order all departments, immediately prepare and pursue." ”

"Whoa!" Zhang He walked away.

When Han Lie walked out of the camp tent in full dress, his subordinate sergeants had already brought him horses, and now his mount was much worse than the black horse in front of him, but in the last big battle with Lu Bu, he, Dian Wei, and Xu Huang's war horses all died in the battle.

Han Lie, who turned over on horseback, couldn't help pulling the wound on his body because of his too big movement, the pain made the corners of his mouth twitch involuntarily, and when he raised his eyes, the huge camp bonfire was bright, and the soldiers under the firelight lined up to look at him in front of the military formation.

After a big battle, how many of these young soldiers will die in the battle array, and they will never return to their former hometowns, his eyes swept over the familiar faces, Han Lie had to abandon the soft thoughts in his heart, and slowly raised the horse chopping knife in his hand.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!" Gao Lan, who was at the front of the queue, shouted loudly and took the lead out of the camp.

Four thousand soldiers, holding torches high, silently embarked on the journey along the post road hidden in the night.

When Han Lie led his army to the Tiger Prison Pass, the majestic Tiger Prison Pass had already been emptied, leaving only hundreds of Cao Cao's soldiers to guard the city pass.

"How long has it been since General Cao?" Han Lie rode on horseback and asked the captain at the city gate.

"It's been an hour." The captain naturally recognized Han Lie on horseback, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Oh, what was the situation inside the customs when you entered the customs?" Han Lie asked in deep thought.

"The ground is full of messes, there are flag-raising instruments everywhere, it seems that they are in a hurry, and there are even thousands of stones of grain in the inventory that have not had time to be processed." In the face of Han Lie's inquiry, the captain replied in detail.

"No, Lu Bu's retreat was definitely not a temporary intention, but he deliberately made the illusion of fleeing in embarrassment, just afraid that there would be fraud in it." Han Lie remembered that Dong Zhuo's move of the capital to Chang'an was a real scene in history, and such a major event as moving the capital could not be temporary, it must have been determined after some planning, so Lu Bu, as the commander of the army, must have been instructed in advance, and it was reasonable to retreat rashly at this time, if it was to withdraw in an orderly manner.

And making the illusion of a disadvantaged retreat is obviously problematic. Looking up at the pitch-black night, Han Lie couldn't help but think of the proverb in his mind, the night when the moon is dark and the wind kills people.

"Junyi, you immediately lead my personal troops to rush over and tell General Sun that they must be careful of being ambushed." Han Lie was worried, and immediately commanded Zhang He beside him.

"Whoa!" Zhang He immediately ordered Han Lie's 100 private soldiers, and Pegasus rushed out of the Tiger Prison.

"Brother Dian, you take fifty subordinates to be responsible for exploring the road, and you have to explore the dangerous terrain of five hundred steps on both sides of the post road." Han Lie then arranged for Dian Wei to lead fifty horsemen to leave the battle.

Han Lie's premonition was soon confirmed, when he led the army to leave the Tiger Prison Pass fifteen miles away, he met Zhang He, who had gone and returned, and rushed to Zhang He in front of Han Lie, and said urgently: "General, General Cao, they were ambushed in Bianshui, ten miles ahead, and they didn't inquire carefully because they were in a hurry to come back to report, but they had already left a team of sergeants to investigate. ”

"As expected!" Han Lie thought to himself, and immediately said, "Order all the armies to throw away all their burdens and advance at full speed. ”

"Drop all your weight and go full speed." As Han Lie's military order was issued, the pace of the four thousand sergeants faltered, and then the entire team moved quickly.

Although Sun Jian, Cao Cao and Bao Xin had an army of 20,000, they were already tired due to the siege of the city for many days, and the sergeants were exhausted by the pursuit overnight, and the 10,000 iron cavalry led by Lu Bu waited for a long time on the bank of the Bianshui River.

The 20,000 sergeants crowded in Bianshui suddenly fell into a passive situation, although Sun Jian and Cao Cao were both commanders with super abilities, but at this time, they were powerless to fight back, and could only reluctantly organize the sergeants to form a defense in a panic.

Although the water is only waist-deep, the river is turbulent, and the river is still cold in early spring, and the sergeants who are blocked in the river are difficult to stand even if they are stuck in the river for a long time, let alone fighting.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, led his subordinates to ride lightly, and rose up, although he barely blocked the charge of the Liangzhou iron cavalry, but also paid huge casualties, on the bank of the long Bianshui River, tens of thousands of horses stretched for several miles, and people continued to die tragically in the river, and the bright red blood gradually stained the river red.

Cao Cao's department is at the forefront, and there is no doubt that the pressure is the greatest at this moment, 10,000 iron horsemen under the command of Lu Bu, galloping back and forth in the river, everywhere they go, Cao Cao's soldiers who fell into passivity, are all people on their backs.

Under the support of Xiahoudun and Cao Hong, Cao Cao just broke out of the encirclement, and was shot in the back by a flying stray arrow.

"Lord, lord......" Cao Hongfei turned off the horse, picked up Cao Cao in the river on horseback, and called left and right: "Protect the lord and kill it." ”

"Kill!" Cao Cao's soldiers around him are all their Cao family's private soldiers, not only loyal, but also brave, at this moment, under the opening of Cao Hong Xiahoudun, this 500-person army tore a hole and rushed out of the chaotic army formation.

When Han Lie led the army to arrive, the sky had already brightened slightly, but the sound of fighting on the banks of the Bianshui River did not stop, and the sound of iron horses clashing back and forth spread far away.

"Cross the river!" On the slope of the hill two miles upstream, after listening to the report of the scout, Han Lie decided to cross the Bianshui from the upstream and make a detour to the Lu Bu army formation to launch an attack, although this is time-consuming, but it is the only combat method that can have a surprise attack effect, on the contrary, if he rashly leads the army to rush up from the front, only with the four thousand foot soldiers in his hand, he will not be able to shake the Lu Bu iron cavalry phalanx at all.

Just when Cao Cao escaped from Bianshui and Sun Jian and Bao Xin, who were under siege, fought back desperately, the four thousand soldiers led by Han Lie quietly arrived at Lu Bu's flank.

Under Han Lie's arrangement, 1,500 soldiers completed a volley in front of the military formation, and 2,000 infantry soldiers followed closely behind, and under the leadership of Dian Wei Zhang He, they pierced into Lu Bu's weakly defended flank phalanx like sharp swords. The other 500 sergeants, under the leadership of Gao Lan, took the war horse to the southeast to the dense forest and arranged it as a suspicious soldier.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

The sound of the horn of the attack on the battlefield was like the rising sun in the eastern sky, tearing apart this dark world and blooming with dazzling light.