This group of more than 1,000 cavalry entered the city, and Huang ordered the city gate to be closed on the one hand, and came to meet him at the pass on the other.

"I don't know which army my brother's surname belongs to?" Huang Ji stepped forward towards the rider and asked very friendly, and just as he stepped forward, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

This is because, not only the cavalry general who drove the horse, but also the rest of the friendly troops who entered the city, these people all had a white scarf wrapped around their left arm. It was just dawn and he couldn't see clearly outside the city, but when it was closer, Huang Ji noticed something strange in it.

"Hehe, it doesn't hurt to ask me my name and tell you." The cavalry general sneered, stepped forward, and said the name that shocked everyone: "Han General Wei Yan is also!" ”

Wei ...... Wei Yan, you are ......"

In an instant, Huang Ji's face was distorted into shape, it was fear and horror from the heart, and there was indescribable incredulity in his eyes.

"It's Han—"

Just as he was about to shout, Wei Chang's knife swept like lightning, and a human head flew down.

At that moment, the Cao Jun in Guanzhong were all stunned, and before they could react, Wei Yan had already raised his sword and shouted: "Brother, kill all the Cao thieves, and leave no one behind!" ”

At the command, more than 1,000 of the most elite pro-soldiers under his command rushed into Tongguan in a swarm. Wei Yan took the lead in grabbing the city tower, cutting the drawbridge and opening the city gate. At this time, in the dust and smoke outside the pass, more than a thousand cavalry rushed out, followed by a thousand brothers who entered the city first.

It turned out that in order to ensure the sudden surname of the attack on Tongguan, Liu Bei, at the suggestion of Fang Shao, specially allocated two thousand good horses to Wei Yan. After rushing out of the Meridian Valley, Wei Yan ordered the brigade to pretend to attack Chang'an, while he led two thousand cavalry, changed into the Cao army's clothes and armor prepared earlier, and went straight to Tongguan in the starry night.

When approaching Tongguan, Wei Yan divided the two thousand soldiers and horses into two teams in order to make it easier to deceive into the city, one team pretended to be Cao's army to go to the city first, and the other team followed the method in Fang Shao's secret letter, tied a branch behind the horse's tail and galloped back and forth on the avenue, so as to create a sense of urgency for the army to attack. Therefore, under the double strategy, he was able to deceive the guards and was able to rush into the city smoothly.

At this moment, the Cao army defending the city had just woken up, and there were only five or six hundred people in the city, and the main general was lost, and the two thousand prepared cavalry rushed away, and they immediately collapsed. The rest of the Cao army, which was still ready to come from the camp for reinforcements, was rushed in by the Han army before they left the barracks, and took advantage of the double advantages of surprise attacks and cavalry to sweep away the rest of the Cao army after several rampages.

By the time the sky was bright, Wei Yan had completely controlled Tongguan. Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered a quick message to the king of Hanzhong, and on the other hand, he called someone to inform the 10,000 infantry troops, ordering them to give up the feint attack on Chang'an as soon as possible and immediately move closer to the direction of Tongguan.

A day later, the news of the fall of Tongguan reached Chang'an, and Zhong Xuan was greatly shocked, only to understand the real purpose of the Han army's surprise attack on the Meridian Valley, but he didn't expect the Han army's appetite to be so big that it wanted to lock up the entire Guanzhong.

Although Zhong Miao knew that Tongguan had fallen, he did not have many regular troops in his hands, so he did not dare to lead the army to leave the city easily to recapture Tongguan, so he had to send people to inform the Cao army outside the pass, as well as Xiahou Yuan, who was attacking the Han army in the northern plains.

………… Two days later, Kitahara.

More than 20,000 Cao troops poured out, and the black pressure spread out a formation of hundreds of zhang, divided into more than ten attacking teams, and was heading towards Beiyuan City.

Xiahou Yuan was dressed in golden armor, and his cold eyebrows looked proudly at the dilapidated small city opposite.

To be precise, that city can no longer be called a city, it should be just a ruin made of countless ruins and broken tiles. The only thing that took shape was just due north, the two-thirds collapsed tower, and above the broken tower, there was still a broken banner waving in the wind, and on it, a large "Han" character was still faintly visible, as if it was demonstrating against the enemy.

In half a month, Xiahou Yuan used almost all means to raze Beiyuan City to the ground, but the tenacious Han army forced him back again and again with only that Zhuge flying crossbow.

Painfully, Xiahou Yuan was angry, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with the disgusting weapons of the Han army. And a few days ago, the plan of the Lu Zhao Department to capture Wuzhangyuan was also announced to have failed, which made Xiahou Yuan's anger reach its peak.

Perhaps, this is the most humiliating battle in Xiahou Yuan's life.

However, he keenly found that in the latest attack, the arrows fired by the Han army's crossbows were significantly reduced a lot, which made him realize that the enemy's huge consumption must have exhausted the remaining crossbow arrows, and it was obviously difficult to do it in a short period of time if the hundreds of miles of Xiegu Road wanted to replenish it from Hanzhong in time.

Therefore, Xiahou Yuan decided to launch the strongest offensive with the strength of his entire army today, and this time, even if his soldiers were shot to the last man, he would definitely not order a retreat.

Xiahou Yuan also had no choice but to do it, because since Lian Yue, although his grain transportation team tried to bypass the northern plains and transport grain to Chencang, the Han army was stationed in Wuzhangyuan, and it was easy to send several small detachments under the cover of the Beiyuan army to constantly rob and harass his grain transportation team. And Xiahou Yuan couldn't divide more soldiers and horses to escort grain and grass, because he was afraid that once the troops were divided, if the Han army in the northern plains took the opportunity to launch a counterattack with superior forces, his soldiers who did not have the advantage and were tired for a long time might not be able to resist.

"In today's war, we will take the northern plains!" Xiahou Yuan shouted, trying to boost morale.

"You must take the northern plains! Must take the northern plains! ”

The adjutant general and the soldiers around him shouted in unison, and as the call spread, more and more soldiers heard it, and they also shouted angrily.

The war spirit was ignited, and it was called the sound of war, and the sound shook the four fields.

"Troops, prepare—"

When the fighting spirit reached its strongest, Xiahou Yuan was ready to give the order for a general attack, but at this moment, a horse galloped forward, galloped to Xiahou Yuan's approach, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said in a trembling voice: "General, Zhong Shizhong urgently reported that the thief army was successful in the raid on Tongguan, please make a fixed plan quickly." ”

"What!"

Xiahou Yuan's expression changed immediately, including the soldiers around him, who were also shocked.

He turned over and dismounted, picked up the scout, and roared angrily with a blue face: "Tongguan is impregnable, how can the thief army break through?" Where did the thieves come from? How could it appear in Tongguan? ”

Xiahou Yuan's series of questions only frightened the scout, and replied tremblingly: "I don't know much about the little one, but I heard that the thief army came out of the Meridian Valley, and originally wanted to fight Chang'an with great fanfare, but who knew that Tongguan suddenly fell." ”

Meridian Valley, is this Liu Bei's strategy? That's Meridian Valley, who could have given Liu Bei such a risky strategy...... At this moment, Xiahou Yuan's mind was in chaos, and his expression became so lonely, he let go of the scout, and the whole person retreated weakly.

"General." The lieutenant generals rushed up and held Xiahou Yuan, who seemed to be unstable.

"Get out of here!" Xiahou Yuan shook hard, hugged the hand that came forward, he took a deep breath, and forcibly stood still. The officers and men of the three armies were all watching him, and at this moment, even if the sky fell, he had to remain calm.

After thinking about it, all kinds of thoughts came to my mind, and all kinds of ropes gradually became a net, and then, a huge conspiracy gradually came to mind.

Suddenly, Xiahou Yuan seemed to understand, and his heart was immediately like falling into an ice valley.

Could it be that Nanyang's attack, Wangxian's attack, Chencang's attack, and Beiyuan's attack...... Is this series of attacks all a cover for the sneak attack on Tongguan? If that's the case, then such a plan is too terrifying, what kind of person can think of such an unfathomable plan?

Xiahou Yuan fell into endless confusion.

At this time, Lu Zhao stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "General, once Tongguan is lost, the entire Guanzhong will inevitably be overwhelmed, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers will inevitably be greatly damaged, and the reinforcements outside the pass will not be able to enter the pass, the situation is extremely critical, and the general has to hurry up to get an idea." ”

Xiahou Yuan's mood gradually calmed down, the serious surname of Tongguan's loss, he naturally knows best, but now the northern plains are not down, Chen Cang is embarrassed, as long as he hears the news of the fall of Tongguan, the army's heart will inevitably collapse, and when the time comes, it will be able to withstand the attack of the Han army, and the reinforcements outside the pass are blocked outside Tongguan, in this way, wouldn't the entire Guanzhong and Guanzhong Army be destroyed.

Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to think about it anymore, and said hurriedly: "I will take 10,000 troops to quickly capture and return Tongguan, and you will take the rest of the men and horses to continue to stay here, but as long as you pretend to be besieged, you must not attack without authorization." Also, this news must be tightly sealed, and must not be known to the soldiers, as for Chen Cang, let alone leak the rumors, I will take Tongguan within three days. ”

Xiahou Yuan made a decision, so he stopped the attack that day, ordered the whole army to return to the camp, and quietly rushed towards Tongguan with 10,000 cavalry that night.

In the city of Beiyuan, Wang Ping was ready to live and die with Beiyuan, because the crossbow arrows available in his hands had been exhausted by now, and he could not withstand several rounds of attacks by Cao's army.

He originally thought that this life would be handed over here today, but he didn't expect that Xiahou Yuan, who was so powerful, actually chose to retreat at the moment before the attack was launched. So, Wang Ping, who was surprised, quickly passed the news to Wuzhangyuan on the south bank.

"Zhongzheng, Xiahou Yuan's behavior today is very strange, could it be some trickery?" After Huang Zhong read Wang Ping's information, he wondered.

After Fang Shao calculated the deadline slightly, there was a smug smile on his face, "What tricks can there be, it must be that Wei Wenchang has already succeeded in Tongguan, I expect that Xiahou Yuan will retreat from the battle, and he must be in a hurry to fight for Tongguan." General Huang, haven't you been looking forward to fighting Cao Jun to the death, in my opinion, the time has come. ”

(To be continued)