"There's no time." Liu Biao took a deep breath of cold air, turned back to Xu Gong, Chen Ji, and the generals under his command and shouted, "The two generals Xu Gong and Chen Ji will respond outside the pass, and the rest of the Jingzhou generals will lead their headquarters to seize the city with their own officials...... Kill! ”

I don't blame Liu Biao for being careless, and I don't blame Kuai Yue for miscalculation.

Because the two of them didn't expect that the horse butcher would dare to abandon Yingchuan's Xiliang army, and only led eight thousand Xiliang iron horsemen to Wuguan!

Liu Biao gave an order, Jingzhou soldiers shouted to rush into the pass, Liu Biao also rushed into the pass under the support of Kuai Yue, Wei He, Wang Wei and other Jingzhou generals, only to see the fire in the pass, Li Xuan's old Liangzhou troops and Ma Yue's Liangzhou soldiers were fighting in the sky, and the sound of the impact of weapons and the mournful neighing of war horses resounded in the sky.

But soon, Kuai Yue found that something was wrong, although the city was busy with killing, no one fell for a long time, these Liangzhou soldiers were not so much fighting for their lives, but more like playing!

"Slow down!" Kuai Yue hurriedly rode his horse to grab Liu Surface, grabbed the reins of the horse and said hurriedly, "It seems that something is wrong." ”

"Huh?" Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue in confusion and asked, "Xeno, what did you find?" ”

At this time, more than 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers had poured into Wuguan, crowding the open space close to the pass wall, and the two groups of Liangzhou soldiers who were fighting suddenly stopped strangely, and then began to line up, under the surprised eyes of Liu Biao, Kuai Yue and all the Jingzhou soldiers, the two armies that were still fighting just now quickly became robes of blood and water.

"Not good!" Kuai Yue shouted, "Lord, we have been tricked!" ”

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

Kuai Yue's voice fell, the sound of killing in the pass was everywhere, and the figures of countless Xiliang archers appeared ghostly from the camps on the wall and on both sides of the long street, and countless sharp arrows had been aimed at the Jingzhou soldiers who were huddled together. In an instant, dense arrows had poured down from the pass, shooting at the heads of Jingzhou soldiers in all directions.

In the incessant screams, the Jingzhou soldiers fell down like cut weeds.

"Quick, protect the lord!" Jingzhou's fierce general Wei He shouted, dodged in front of Liu Biao, danced the long knife in his hand impenetrably, and the arrows that came one after another fell, and then shouted to the Jingzhou soldiers beside him, "The rear team changes to the front team, withdraw, quickly withdraw from the gate!" ”

"Quack Quack ......"

In the piercing sound of the engine, the heavy jack gate slowly landed, and two strong Jingzhou soldiers and wolves rushed forward with a howl, trying to carry the jack gate, but the heavy weight kept the two of them pressed to the ground, and in less than a moment, the two of them were already sweating profusely and knelt on the ground.

"I'm coming!" Wei He turned over and dismounted, held the jack gate with both hands and yelled, "Get up!" ”

The heavy jack gate rose in response, Liu Biao finally rushed out of the pass surrounded by the generals of Jingzhou, and a young general rushed to Wei He's side and said loudly: "Father! The lord has withdrawn from the gate, so let's go quickly. ”

"Mr. Kuai Yue is still in the gate, I can't go." Wei He said this, and shouted to the young general, "Yan'er, go and protect the safety of the lord quickly!" Remember, our Wei family has received the grace of the lord, and we must protect the lord back to Xiangyang safely. ”

The young general said happily: "Father, rest assured, as long as there is a child, he will never let the Liangzhou rebel hurt a single hair of the lord!" ”

"Hmm." Wei He nodded and shouted with difficulty, "Go quickly!" ”

"Boy, go!"

The young general shook his fist at Wei He, hit the horse and galloped away.

"Whew!"

The young general had just left, a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow shot through the air, and with a pop shot through Wei He's throat, Wei He snorted and his arms collapsed, and the next moment, the heavy jack gate had been violently pressed, and suddenly smashed Wei He's slender body into two, one had been out of the customs, and the other was still in the customs.

Poor Kuai Yue still had four or five hundred Jingzhou soldiers who didn't have time to escape from the pass, and all of them became prisoners of the Liangzhou soldiers.

……

Liu Biao led the remnants of Jingzhou to join forces with Xu Gong and Chen Ji, and retreated more than 30 miles to the south before daring to stop and rest for a while, and when he counted, he found that more than half of the 10,000 troops had been lost, of which more than 2,000 people died under the rain of arrows from the Liangzhou soldiers, and more than 3,000 people died from trampling on each other.

What made Liu Biao even more panicked was that Kuai Yue and Wei He didn't follow.

"What about Xenomorph?" Liu Biao looked around at the generals of Jingzhou and asked anxiously, "Have you seen the different degrees?" ”

All the generals were speechless, and everyone only cared about their own lives, where could they take care of others? When Liu Biao was in a hurry, he suddenly saw a young general wearing heavy filial piety and tears in his eyes, galloping back from the direction of Wuguan, especially shocking Liu Biao and the generals.

The young general rode his horse to Liu Mian and cried: "Lord, my father...... Already dead in battle. ”

"Ugh." Liu Biao shook his head and sighed, and said to the young general, "Wei Yan, from today onwards, you will be the captain of Hengshui, and your father's old department will be under your command." ”

Wei Yan swallowed and said, "Wei Yan takes the order." ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

Wei Yan's voice fell, and a deep horn suddenly sounded in the four fields, Liu Biao shivered excitedly, and said in a comfortable voice: "He...... Where is the sound of the trumpet? ”

"Lord, look, northwest!" General Han Xuan suddenly shouted, "Cavalry, Xiliang cavalry!" ”

"What...... What the? ”

Liu Biao gasped, Huo Ran looked back, and saw the smoke and dust billowing in the northwest, and a black and oppressive Xiliang cavalry was sweeping all over the mountains. ”

Wei Yan's eyes showed his teeth, and he said to Liu Biao: "Don't worry, the lord will come and break off!" ”

"Again...... Ambush again! Liu Biao sighed and said hurriedly, "Where is Han Xuan?" After leading half of the soldiers and horses to break off with Wei Yan, the rest of the generals led their headquarters to retreat to Nanxiang quickly. ”

……

Nango.

Due to the failure of the pass, the coalition army was frustrated, the army had no fighting spirit, and along the way was intercepted by Hu Chi'er, Li Meng, Wang Fang's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and in the end, only more than 1,000 remnants of the army fled back to the Nanxiang camp in panic, Xu Gong and Chen Ji were no better than Liu Biao, and they were almost alone at this time.

Fortunately, in front of it is the Nanxiang battalion, and there are still 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers in the battalion.

The camp of the coalition army was silent, and a big banner with the word "Liu" hung high above the gate, hunting and fluttering in the wind.

"Huh......" Liu Biao let out a long sigh of relief, put his hand on his forehead, and said fortunately, "I'm finally back." ”

Looking back behind him, most of the more than 1,000 remnants of the soldiers were covered in blood and looked miserable, and the baggage of the army had long been lost, and many soldiers even threw away the weapons in their hands in order to flee for their lives. Seeing the bleak scene of this remnant of the defeated soldiers, Liu Biao couldn't help but feel sad, could this be the Jingzhou elite soldiers he was proud of?

General Liu Du rode his horse to the front of the gate, raised his whip and shouted: "Go and report to Mr. Kuailiang, the lord will lead the army back, let him come to meet him quickly, go quickly!" ”

"Whew!"

Answering Liu Du was a terrible scream, the cold light flashed, Liu Du had already fallen from the horseback with a scream, Liu Biao, Han Xuan, Xu Gong, Chen Ji and others were taken aback when they saw this, and when they looked at it urgently, Liu Du had already died of anger, and there was a thumb-thick wolf tooth feather arrow in his throat.

"Boom!"

The big banner with the word "Liu" fluttering in the wind on the gate fell down violently.

Immediately, a blood-colored flag rose in the air, and a hideous and vigorous lone wolf was embroidered on the bloody flag, showing its teeth and claws, and it was murderous.

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

The originally silent camp suddenly boiled into the sky, and the black-pressed Liangzhou soldiers came out of the camp like ants, and the closed gate also opened suddenly, and a Jinjia general swept out under the encirclement of thousands of Liangzhou iron horses, and stopped a stone's throw away in front of the Jingzhou soldiers.

Liu Biao's heart was frightened, he looked at the strange everything in front of him in a daze, and said in a mouthful: "This ...... What's going on here? ”

But soon, Liu Biao knew what was going on, because he saw Kuai Liang, at this time Kuai Liang had been tied up in a prisoner car, and was rumbling out of the gate, Kuai Liangfu saw Liu Biao, and couldn't help crying loudly: "Lord, Kuai Liang is incompetent, he failed to hold the camp, he failed to hold the camp, he failed to hold the camp, wow......"

Liu Biao trembled all over, and muttered in despair: "Zirou? Zirou! This ......"

Liu Biao, who was not good at using soldiers, was completely stunned by Ma Yue's series of dazzling surprise attacks.

Ma Yue rode his horse to the front of the formation, raised his whip and pointed at Liu Biao, and shouted: "Liu Biao, do you know something?" ”

"Horse ...... Ma Yue!? ”

At this moment, Liu Biao's heart was cold.

"Hahaha......" Ma Yue looked up to the sky and smiled, and said loudly, "Liu Biao, you waste!" Today next year is your taboo! ”

"Withdraw, quickly withdraw to Xiangyang, quickly~~"

Ma Yue's voice fell, and Liu Biao had already howled violently, shouting while hurriedly turning his horse back, and fled aimlessly towards the front, in a trance, he actually fled in the direction of Wuguan. Seeing Liu Biao so embarrassed and at a loss, Ma Yue and the generals behind him burst into laughter.

Li Suce leaned up and said in a low voice: "Lord, if you lead the army to chase and kill at this time, Liu Biao will definitely die." ”

"Nope." Ma Yue Huoran raised his hand, shook his head and said, "Killing Liu Biao will do all kinds of harm but no benefit, and the wise man will not do it." ”

"Yes." Li Su hurriedly lowered his head and said flatteringly, "The lord is far-sighted, and the villain is not as good as the villain, hehe." ”

Ma Yue smiled faintly, noncommittal. If you want to kill Liu Biao at this time, it can be called easy, but Ma Yue really doesn't want to kill Liu Biao now! Keeping Liu Biao's more than 1,000 remnants fled back to Xiangyang to voluntarily publicize the majesty of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which can be said to be beneficial and harmless.

……

Half a day later.

Hu Chi'er, Li Meng, Wang Fang, and Fu Xie each led their cavalry to Nanxiang Camp to join Ma Yue, and each department made a lot of gains, and the seized grain, grass and equipment were not counted.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Ma Yue glanced around the big tent with burning eyes, and said loudly: "All the generals have worked hard, and everyone fought this battle beautifully!" It has played the majesty of our Liangzhou Legion, and the iron bones of our Guan and Liang boys! Those soft-footed crabs in the Jingzhou army are frightened. ”

"Hahaha......"

All the generals laughed happily, and suddenly found that it was really enjoyable to lead troops to fight under the horse butcher, and when Dong Zhuo, Guo Yan, and Li urged them to lead troops to fight before, there had never been such a hearty victory! This is the majesty of the Liangzhou Legion!

"But......" Ma Yue said, after a moment's turn, "now is far from the time to reward meritorious deeds!" ”

"If the lord has something to say, just say it, let the brothers do whatever the brothers do!" Hu Chi'er wasted no time in taking a step forward, waving his strong arms and shouting: "As long as the lord gives an order, the last general will dare to lead the iron cavalry of the headquarters to take Xiangyang directly, and behead Liu Biao's dog head in front of the lord's case!" ”

"The lord, you can give the order, and the last general will only obey the lord's order!"

"Yes, as long as the lord has an order, in the water and fire, if the last general frowns, he will not be considered a cool man!"

"Well said! In the past few years, our Liangzhou soldiers have been defeated by the Kwantung soldiers, and it has been a long time since we have been so happy. ”

The horse butcher's words were like a spark thrown into the dry pyre, which instantly ignited the long-suppressed fire in the hearts of the Liangzhou soldiers! These wild and fierce Northwest men are illiterate and have no culture, and if you talk to them about the truth, benevolence, righteousness and morality, and the education of saints, you are playing the piano to the cow.

When Guo Yan and Li urged their subordinates, these guys were used to being free and loose again, and if they were restrained with strict military discipline all at once, it would only arouse their disgust, and might even cause a mutiny!

However, this can't stop the horse butcher!

Back then, the horse butcher could train a group of simple peasants into a group of tigers and wolves, and today, he can train a group of chaotic troops into an iron-clad elite army!

In fact, the secret of the horse butcher is worthless, there are only two words - blood surname! As long as you can stimulate the blood surnames of these men, and then let their blood surnames be released heartily, you will gain the heartfelt support of these men, and they will be dead set on you and loyal.

"Ping!"

Ma Yue slammed his fist on the table and said sharply: "Fu Xie, Hu Chi'er listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

Hu Chi'er and Fu Xie came out in response and stood in the tent with their heads held high.

Ma Yue pulled out an arrow and threw it at Fu Xie, and said quickly: "With Fu Xie as the main general and Hu Chi'er as the deputy general, lead 5,000 cavalry, known as 30,000, and march to Xiangyang along the road with great fanfare!" Remember, every time you are allowed to advance 30 miles, you will return to the north and retreat to the north when you enter 50 miles north of Xiangyang, and you will be able to withdraw to Wuguan all the way. ”

"Order!"

Fu Xie stretched out his hand to take the arrow and clenched his fists in agreement.

Ma Yue drew another arrow and said quickly: "Li Meng, Wang Fang listen to the order!" ”

Li Meng and Wang Fang flashed out of the ranks and shouted, "The last general." ”

"Led two thousand cavalry, one man and three horses, Qiao Cheng Cheng Jingzhou soldiers crossed the Han River to the south overnight, and then bypassed Jingshan and the southern foot of Jingshan Mountain, and attacked Jiangling by land!" Ma Yue waved his hand and said sharply, "Whether the attack on Jiangling can succeed or not will be directly related to the life and death of our army, and the two generals must not be careless!" ”

Li Meng and Wang Fang said quickly: "Please rest assured, the lord will not disgrace his life!" ”

"Jutu, Li Su!"

"The end will be."

"Each led the cavalry of the headquarters, followed the general to attack Xiling Port and seize the ships of the Jingzhou Navy Army!"

"Order!"

Ma Yue waved his hand, and finally shouted: "Go!" ”

The generals agreed with a bang and went away with their own orders.

……

Nanyang.

Wancheng Bailong Beach, Cao Ying's Chinese army tent.

Seeing that the fourth year of Jian'an (191 years) is about to pass, and the new year is coming, the land of Nanyang has become colder and colder, but it can be carefully reciprocated, but there is still no movement in the direction of Yiyang. Half a month ago, there were still thousands of Xiliang cavalry from time to time to plunder south, but now even these small groups of cavalry have disappeared.

Cao Ying, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel anxious, if the horse butcher really planned to surprise the side of the attack, then it should have been a long time ago! Could it be that Feng Xiao miscalculated, and the horse butcher did not have any plans to surprise the troops to disturb the flank? Or that his judgment was wrong, the horse butcher did not plan to take the road of Wancheng.

On the last day of the fourth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Cao Ying finally waited for the news that shocked him!

Guo Fengxiao did not miscalculate, the horse butcher did send troops. However, Cao Ying's judgment was indeed wrong, the horse butcher's army did not take the road of Wancheng, but just took the Wuguan that Cao Ying thought was the most unlikely!

"No way, no way!" Cao Ying shouted in disbelief, "How could the horse butcher go to Wuguan? ”

"My lord, this is already an ironclad fact." Cheng Yu said in a condensed voice, "Li urged the crowd to surrender, Liu Biao, Chen Ji, and Xu Gong have been defeated and returned to Xiangyang!" Now that the horse butcher has gathered another 30,000 troops, he is rushing to Xiangyang along the main road, and Liu Biao has urgently ordered Jiangxia, Jiangling, Changsha, Lingling, and Wuling counties to raise troops to rescue. ”

"So the horse butcher really walked Wuguan Road?" Cao Ying's slightly narrowed little eyes opened, and an inexplicable yin sting color swept away, and he said in a condensed voice, "He is worthy of being a horse butcher, he always acts unexpectedly, and he really deserves the reputation of being as deceitful as a fox, hehe, interesting." ”

Cheng Yu bowed slightly, his eyes showed a look of relief, what he admired most about Cao Ying, no matter how much suffering and setbacks he suffered, Cao Ying would not feel discouraged. If you want to achieve great things in this troubled era, you must have this spirit of perseverance and repeated defeats.

"My lord, it seems that the plan to ambush the horse butcher in Wancheng has completely failed." Cheng Yu said, "Now our army has two choices, one is to go north out of Yiyang, echo with the middle of the highway coalition army, and attack Luoyang on both sides, the advantage of this is that it can put more pressure on Luoyang and force the Liangzhou army to retreat to the tiger prison, the disadvantage is that it is too risky, in a hurry, Jia Poison is likely to fully retreat, and hold the tiger prison pass with elite soldiers, and then gather a large army to strangle our army; The second is to go out of Jingzhou in the name of the fake Son of Heaven to assist Liu Biao in exterminating the Ma rebel army, but Liu Biao is cautious and suspicious, and is likely to refuse the lord to send troops. ”

"That's not right." Cao Ying shook his head slightly and said, "There is a third option!" ”

"Huh?" Cheng Yu said in a condensed voice, "The third option? ”

Cao Ying's little eyes flickered, and he said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, if you are a horse butcher, what will you do next after the troops go out of Wuguan to successfully defeat the Southern Route Alliance?" ”

Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said: "The horse butcher is all cavalry, and the water network in Jingzhou is not conducive to the cavalry's action. If I were a horse butcher, the large-scale march into Xiangyang was just a feint, but the real intention was to cross Danshui and Yushui to the east, and advance from the junction of Nanyang County and Jiangxia County to Runan County, so that not only could I stir up a storm in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but also threaten the grain route of the 300,000 troops of the Central Road Coalition Army from the flank, which can be described as vicious! ”

"No!" Cao Ying shook his head and said, "The horse butcher always acts unexpectedly, and it must not be measured by common sense!" Zhongde thought that going south to Xiangyang and Gangneung was self-defeating, but the horse butcher would not think so! What others can't do, but the horse butcher can often do it, since Nanyang raised troops, the horse butcher brought us less surprise? ”

Cheng Yu said in a low voice: "The lord is saying that the horse butcher will really go south to attack Xiangyang?" ”

"No, frontal attacks have never been the style of horse butchers!" Cao Ying said, "So a large-scale attack on Xiangyang can only be a disguise, and its purpose is nothing more than to confuse Liu Biaojun's audio-visual information, if Ying is not bad, the real purpose of the horse butcher must be to go south to attack a certain port along the river, or even directly attack Jiangling." ”

"And then?"

"Then collect a large number of ships, recruit or simply hijack a large number of boatmen, and go down the waterway in front of the reaction of the Jingzhou Navy and take Jiangdong directly!" Cao Ying said this, stretched out his hand and slapped it on the map, and said in a deep voice, "Here! The horse butcher's iron horse will be re-ashore here. ”

"Yang...... Yangzhou Guangling County!? ”

"That's right, it's Yangzhou Guangling County! The horse butcher will definitely come ashore here! Cao Ying said in a deep voice, "From Guangling County ashore, the horse butcher's cavalry can drive north, directly take the hinterland of Xu and Yang, Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, the land of Xu Yang is bound to be destroyed, the city is destroyed, and the grain and grass stored in the warehouses of the state and county along the way will also be looted and burned, so that the princes of Xu and Yang will have to retreat to protect themselves, and the coalition army will collapse without a fight!" ”

"Understood." Cheng Yu's gaze became extremely deep, and he said to Cao Ying, "Yu knows what to do." ”

Cao Ying snorted, his eyes were murderous, and he said in a condensed voice: "Twenty thousand soldiers have been waiting in Wancheng for more than a month, and they have not been able to get rid of the horse butcher after all, but this time...... The horse butcher will surely die! ”

Cheng Yu also smiled cruelly: "If the horse butcher can escape this time, it will be really heaven's will!" ”

……

Xingyang, Liangzhou military camp.

Xu Chu sweated profusely and broke into the big tent of the Chinese army, and couldn't help but say that the kettle on the case was a cow drink, and then wiped his mouth and said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, it's really his grandmother's evil sect, why every time our cavalry is dispatched, the coalition army will be able to stop us on the road we must pass?" ”

Jia Xu's eyebrows were deeply locked, and he was pondering at the desk, and he seemed to be deaf to Xu Chu's words.

"Strategist!" Xu Chu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Jia Xu, and asked, "Are you listening?" ”

"I hear you." Jia Xu slowly straightened up and asked indifferently, "Has the young general returned?" ”

Xu Chu said: "The young general went to the tiger prison to detain and transport grain and grass, and has not yet returned. ”

Jia Xu tapped his forehead with his hand, and sighed for a while: "It seems...... It's Guo Jia's way, and the military division is careless. ”

Xu Chu said puzzledly: "Strategist, how do you say this?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Every attack of the coalition forces seems to be random, but in fact it has a deep meaning, you see that they recaptured several cities at any cost, most of them are distributed in Xingyang to Yingchuan, Chenliu traffic arteries, our cavalry has just left the city, the coalition army will use the method of beacon fire to quickly transmit the movement of our army to the Changshe coalition army camp, so the coalition army can ride on foot, take the first step to stop our army on the road. ”

Xu Chu sighed, nodded and said, "Oh, so that's the case." ”

Jia Xu muttered: "Guo Jia's strategy is clearly an iron-walled encirclement tactic, trying to force our army into the tiger prison step by step with a strong military advantage. ”

Xu Chu said: "How should our army crack it?" ”

"Now that the iron wall has been encircled, it is impossible to break it!" Jia Xu said, "If you forcibly crack it, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Xu Chu said: "That...... So that's it? ”

Jia Xu said: "How is General Zhongkang still doing?" ”

Xu Chu said: "Since these cities are bad, won't you have to take them back?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Our army is all cavalry, lacking siege equipment, and it is not easy to recapture these cities." ”

Xu Chu said: "Although our army does not have siege equipment, it has the master's surprise attack technique!" ”

"Although the lord's surprise attack technique is wonderful, one can be two but not three, and if you use it too much, it won't work."

Jia Xu said this, and intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Xu Chu's left shoulder, Xu Chu subconsciously touched his left shoulder, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face.

Ma Yue's surprise attack technique is actually to let Xu Chu use the meteor hammer to pull the cable of the suspension bridge, and then use the iron armor to crash the city gate open, and then use the Xiliang Iron Horse to capture the city. At the beginning, the coalition army was caught off guard and lost the city one after another, and even Xingyang was captured by the Liangzhou army in one fell swoop.

However, the good times did not last long, and the coalition forces soon thought of a countermeasure.

Once in the siege of the city, when Xu Chu tried to repeat the old trick, Xiahou Yuan shot at close range with a four-stone strong bow, and an arrow penetrated the heavy armor and shot Xu Chu through, but fortunately this arrow was slightly higher, and Xu Chu was lucky to escape! After this battle, Jia Xu strictly forbade the use of this surprise attack strategy.

……

Chosha, the battalion of the coalition forces.

"It's finished." Guo Jia lightly tapped the knots and said to Yuan Shu, "Hussar General, the momentum of the iron wall has been completed, and the Liangzhou army is incompetent, and it will inevitably retreat into the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

Yuan Shu was happy and jealous, his eyes showed an extremely complicated look, and he said, "Feng Xiao...... Honest ghosts are also talented. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "It's a small trick, it's difficult to get into the hall of elegance, how dare you be a general so praised." ”

"Hehe......" Yuan Shu smiled wryly, "Fengxiao is too modest." ”

……

(To be continued)