Lu Meng's voice fell, and rows of throwing guns had already fallen from the sky, and the soldiers of Wu, who were scolding, were caught off guard and were shot to the ground one after another, suffering heavy casualties.

In front of the two armies, Gan Ning raised his long knife again and shouted loudly to the sky: "Throw a gun and prepare to ......"

The soldiers of the Wu army, who were lucky enough not to be stabbed by the throwing guns, hurriedly raised their shields, but this time it was still a snowball that fell on the head of the Wu army, not a throwing gun, and so on several times, Zhou Tai's heart was on fire, and he said to Tai Shici: "General, the last general requests to lead an elite army out of the camp to counterattack and kill this group of hateful Jinfan thieves." ”

"General, no." Lu Meng hurriedly persuaded, "It's dark today, and you can't attack rashly." ”

Tai Shi Ci also said: "Yes, it's better to be careful, as long as the soldiers keep holding the shield, the Jinfan thief's throwing gun can't help us, and the soldiers will be replaced when they are tired, Gan Ning's Jinfan thief will let him make trouble, see how long they can make trouble?" We'll talk about it until dawn. ”

Tai Shici gave an order, and Wu Jun no longer paid attention to Liang Jun's harassment.

Gan Ning's Jinfan thief threw a snowball in front of Wu Junzhai for a few hours, and secretly threw another throwing gun in the middle, but did not cause any damage to Wu Jun.

Seeing that the Liang army retreated, Wu Jun also went back to their tents to rest without mentioning it.

……

The next day was the darkest time before dawn.

In front of the Liang army, there was a slaughter, and under the cover of the thick night, the elite of Ganning's 10,000 sailors had quietly completed the formation.

Jia Xu's eyes showed a cunning look, and he leaped to the horse: "Lord, it's time. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded heavily, took out the seven-star sword and led it forward, and shouted, "The whole army is attacking!" ”

Gan Ning turned over and got on the horse, pulled the long knife in his hand forward, and howled sharply: "Attack~~"

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

The entire 10,000 elite sailors shouted like a landslide and a tsunami, following behind Gan Ning and covering up the Wu army village on the mountain pass in front.

……

Wu Jun Dazhai.

Tai Shi Ci, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by an earth-shattering shout, turned over and sat up, and walked neatly to the outside of the tent under the service of his own soldiers. ”

Tai Shi Ci looked up at the sky, and the eastern sky slightly revealed a hint of fish belly white.

Want to take advantage of the pre-dawn darkness to launch a raid? It's just wishful thinking! A trace of coldness flashed leisurely in Tai Shici's eyes, and he shouted: "Blow the trumpet!" The whole army quickly assembled and prepared for battle! ”

……

In front of Wu Junzhai.

Gan Ning led 10,000 sailors to roll forward like a tide, already approaching within 200 steps of Wu Jun's Dazhai, and in a few moments, he would be able to rush into the range of Wu Jun's archers! However, at this time, the horns of the Wu army in the village have also sounded in unison, and the soldiers of the Wu army who do not untie their clothes and do not take off their armor are rushing out of the tents, like a stream flowing towards the big river.

Judging from the reaction and speed of action of the officers and men of the two armies, it is estimated that thousands of Wu archers can be in place before Gan Ning's sailors rush into the range of the Wu army's archers. Gan Ning's navy obviously wanted to take advantage of the pre-dawn darkness to launch a surprise attack, but it seemed that this plan did not seem to be successful, and the Wu army was not caught off guard.

"Kill ......"

Gan Ning raised his long knife and urged him forward.

The 10,000 sailors behind him followed each other like a shadow, swearing to obey each other, and rushed into the range of the Wu army's archers without any hesitation.

At this time, the soldiers of the Wu army in the village suddenly turned on their horses, and thousands of Wu army archers had not had time to set up the shooting formation and rolled to the ground in a chaotic manner, screams, curses and the impact of weapons were intertwined in an instant, and in the thin morning light, the entire Wu army Dazhai was like a pot of boiling water, churning.

"What's going on?" Tai Shici had just arrived at the horse, and he happened to see this strange scene, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"Oh hunt."

Tai Shi Ci's voice fell, the mount under the crotch suddenly neighed, the horse lost its front hooves and rolled to the ground, and the defenseless Tai Shi Ci on the horse's back was lifted down heavily in an instant, fortunately Tai Shi Ci was strong in martial arts, and his reaction was even more agile, and his majestic body turned forward incredibly and landed gently.

But what happened next was enough to make people stunned, just to hear a snort, Tai Shi Ci felt his feet slip violently, and he fell viciously to the ground.

This time, Tai Shi Ci had nowhere to borrow his strength and could no longer stand firm, so he fell directly with a blue nose and swollen face, and suddenly, screams, heavy objects falling to the ground and cursing sounded endlessly from behind Tai Shi Ci.

Struggled to get up, Tai Shi Ci looked around, only to see that Zhou Tai, Lu Meng and the three of them were not much better, and they almost fell to the ground one by one, Tai Shi Ci found that there was a layer of ice several inches thick on the ground under his feet, exuding a bright color in the morning light, no wonder people and horses would fall as soon as they stepped on it!

"Where did this ice come from?" Tai Shi Ci shouted angrily, "Why didn't you clear the snow from the ground when you set up camp? ”

"The Admiral understands!" Lu Meng suddenly shouted, "This is the trick of the Liang army, this is what the Liang army did!" ”

"Huh?" Tai Shi Ci said in horror, "Liang Jun's tricks? ”

Lu Meng said: "Does the general still remember the harassment of the Ganning Jinfan thief last night? Do you still remember the snowballs that the Jinfan thieves threw into our army's village in those few hours? It was those snowballs that were trampled into snow water by the soldiers, and then after the soldiers returned to the camp, the snow water on this beach was blown by the cold wind and turned into hard and smooth ice, so there was the current situation! ”

"Huh?"

"I see!"

Tai Shi Ci and Zhou Tai were awe-inspired, and looked up urgently, the surging Xiliang army was only twenty steps away from the Wu army village, and the Wu army infantry in the village was still falling and climbing, getting up and falling, and they were never able to form a complete formation.

Only a small number of archers who did not fall shot sporadic arrows above the heads of the Liang army, but they could not cause much damage to the Liang army at all, so naturally they could not stop the Liang army's charge.

"The horse butcher is really not ordinary cunning!" Lu Meng hurriedly said to Tai Shi Ci, "General, you can quickly order the soldiers to take off their battle robes and cover the ground to prevent them from slipping!" ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Tai Shici's eyes suddenly had an inexplicable coldness, and he looked straight ahead, and said to Lu Meng and Zhou Tai, "Ziming, Youping, look!" ”

Zhou Tai and Lu Meng turned around sharply and looked in front of the village, and happened to see rows of throwing guns swept up from the Liang army array, and then drew an arc-shaped trajectory in the air, carrying a piercing scream towards the Wu army Dazhai viciously squealed, and at this time, the Wu soldiers in the Dazhai were still staggering, and they couldn't lift even a single oar shield.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the rows of throwing guns were fiercely shot in the Wu army's formation, and in the blood splatter, the Wu soldiers who were crowded into a group were pierced through the body by the sharp throwing guns, and the tragic howls rushed into the sky in an instant.

Tai Shi Ci and Zhou Tai closed their eyes at the same time, with extremely painful expressions on their faces.

Only Lu Mengwu opened his eyes and stared at the cruel battlefield like the bloody hell of Shura in front of him, and a pair of iron fists were already clenched tightly! The soldier was treacherous, and Lu Meng suddenly deeply understood the true meaning of this sentence! The horse butcher is worthy of being a veteran general who has been in a hundred battles, and Jia Poison is even more scheming, and there is still a big gap between himself and them.

After this battle, you must read the military book and study the strategy carefully! At this moment, Lu Meng's gaze was unprecedentedly firm.

"Withdraw!" Tai Shi Ci Huo Ran opened his eyes, his originally clear and bright eyes had become red at this time, and he roared hoarsely, "The whole army retreats, retreat to the back village!" ”

"No, you can't withdraw, general!" Lu Meng hurriedly dissuaded, "If you retreat at this time, the soldiers may not be able to retreat, and it will easily turn into a rout!" If you don't give the order to defend to the death, the soldiers may be able to fight to the death to keep the Liang army out of the camp, and now our army can only defend to the death, and can only defend to the death! ”

"The front village is no longer defensible! If you don't withdraw, the soldiers will be killed and wounded! Tai Shici's eyes were red, and he didn't listen to Lu Meng's persuasion at all, and roared angrily, "Order, the whole army withdraws to Houzhai!" ”

Seeing that Tai Shici didn't listen to dissuasion at all, Lu Meng couldn't help but be anxious, and persuaded again: "Since you want to retreat, you can't retreat with the whole army, and the last general is willing to lead a group of elite soldiers to stay behind." ”

"Good! General Ben left you with two thousand elite soldiers. Tai Shici said this, and hurriedly said to Zhou Tai and the rest of the Wu generals, "The rest of the generals led their headquarters to retreat to Houzhai with this general. ”

……

Qingniu Pass, Liangjun Dazhai.

Xu Chu, Ma Dai, Chen Dao, and Fa Zheng have gathered in Ma Chao's military tent.

Fa Zheng said: "The killing sound of the mountain pass in the north is shocking, it seems that the lord's army has begun to attack!" ”

"Since the elder brother's army moves, we should also send troops to respond, but Sun Jian on the south side of the pass will definitely not sit idly by and watch us break through to the north, and will definitely send troops to storm the pass to contain our troops." Ma Chao said this and shouted, "Chen Zhi listens to the order!" ”

Chen Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, clenched his fists and responded: "The end will be." ”

Ma Chao said: "Lead two thousand iron horsemen out of the village, and launch a counterattack on the Wu army Dazhai without waiting for the Wu army to attack!" ”

This is Ma Chao's style, Ma Chao has always advocated offense, even if it is a defensive battle, Ma Chao can also be used as an offensive battle to fight!

"The last general commands!"

Chen Zhi suddenly received the order, turned around and walked away quickly.

Ma Chao said to Xu Chu again: "Xu Chu listens to the order." ”

Xu Chu hurriedly stepped out of the column and said: "The end will be." ”

Ma Chao said: "Lead two thousand iron horsemen to be ready to answer Chen at any time." ”

"Order."

Xu Chu agreed and took the order.

Only then did Ma Chao turn his gaze to Fa Zheng and Ma Dai, and said in a deep voice: "Zhong Yue, filial piety, immediately launch an attack on Cao's camp according to the agreed plan!" ”

Ma Dai and Fa Zheng hugged their fists and said, "Take the order." ”

……

Sun Jian's camp, Zhou Yu's military tent.

"Ahem......"

Zhou Yu, who had been lying unconscious on the bed, suddenly coughed violently, and when a stream of fishy and smelly blood slid down the corners of his mouth, Zhou Yu's closed starry eyes finally slowly opened. Hua Tuo, who was personally boiling the medicine on the side, breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw this, and said to the ecstatic pro-soldier on the side: "The Governor of the Metropolitan has no worries about his surname, and he can let General Sun enter the account to visit." ”

The soldiers were overjoyed, turned around and ran away.

After a while, there was a hurried and chaotic footstep outside the tent, and when the curtain was lifted, Sun Jian, Xu Shu, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others had already rushed in, Sun Jian grabbed Zhou Yu's couch in two steps, and said excitedly: "The public is safe, and the heart of Lone, which is hanging in the air, can finally land, hehe." ”

Zhou Yu smiled reluctantly, and responded weakly: "Thank you for your concern." ”

Sun Jian gave Hua Tuo a long look again, and said sincerely: "Thank you for the miracle doctor's wonderful hand rejuvenation." ”

Hua Tuo hurriedly replied: "With a show of hands, how dare you be such a general with such a big gift." ”

"My lord." Zhou Yu struggled to turn his body sideways and asked weakly, "How many days has Yu been unconscious?" ”

Sun Jian said: "It's been more than half a month. ”

"It's been more than half a month?" Zhou Yu changed slightly, "Where is the son today?" ”

Sun Jian said: "It is still in the Qingniu Pass, but the horse butcher has personally brought a large army to help, and now he has rushed to the outside of the mountain." ”

Xu Shu on the side briefly explained the intricate situation of the Qingniu Pass to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu listened and pondered for a moment and then said to Sun Jian: "Lord, the Liang army is really not something that our army can resist, now the horse butcher has personally brought the army to come, Tai Shici, Zhou Tai, and Lu Meng The three generals are not expected to be able to resist the enemy, although the Son of Heaven is temporarily trapped on the Qingniu Pass, sooner or later he will be welcomed back by the horse butcher!" ”

"And since the horse butcher dares to bring the army to Runan, the battle in Xuchang must have been known, if Yu's expectations are not bad, Cao Ying is only afraid that defeat is imminent. Rather than wasting troops and materials in vain in this Qingniu Pass, it is better to take the initiative to strike the troops, and take advantage of the fact that the horse butcher is newly appointed to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court is not stable, mobilize all the troops and resources to capture Huainan and Xuzhou, thinking that the Northern Expedition is fundamental. ”

Sun Jian and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and their expressions suddenly became solemn.

Although Zhou Yu's words are suspected of increasing the ambition of others and destroying his own prestige, they are undoubtedly rational!

The battle of Qingniu Pass gave Sun Jian and Wu Jun a hard taste of the Liang Army's troops, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is indeed a formidable military force, regardless of equipment, training, and tactics, compared to the Wu Army, they all occupy an overwhelming advantage, and in the case that the advantage of troops is not obvious, Sun Jian is really not sure that he can intercept the Son of Heaven.

"If Cao Ying is defeated, he will vote for Liu Biao, and Liu Biao will want to help Cao Ying and then want to ...... It's hard! Zhou Yu said this, gasped twice, and then said, "Therefore, if the lord can't take advantage of the current attack on Huainan and Xuzhou as the foundation, and wait until the horse butcher orders the people of Yan and Henan in the name of the Son of Heaven to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, it will be difficult for the lord to plot against Huainan and Xuzhou, and then the lord can only retreat to a corner of Jiangdong to protect himself." ”

It is impossible not to mention Sun Jian's strategy here.

In view of the two possible outcomes of the Central Plains War of Yuan Shao, Cao Ying, and Ma Yue (as explained above, Sun Jian, Zhou Yu, Xu Shu, etc. are not optimistic about Cao Ying, believing that the Central Plains War can only be won by Yuan Shao or Ma Yue, and Cao Ying will undoubtedly lose), Sun Jian adopted Zhou Yu's suggestions and made corresponding arrangements.

If Yuan Shao finally wins, the Wu army will take Jingzhou in the west and then use Jingzhou as a springboard to seek Yizhou, and strive to cross the river with Ma Yue and Yuan Shao in the north; If Ma Yue enters the Central Plains and Cao Ying is defeated and votes for Liu Biao, he will go north to capture Huainan and Xuzhou, and connect Liu Biao and Liu Zhang to fight against Ma Yue according to the Jianghuai anointed land, and the world will be a four-legged trend.

It's just that Guan Yu's rebellion and kidnapping the Son of Heaven to defect to Jiangdong happened in the middle, which caught Sun Jian by surprise.

When Yuan Shao was defeated and returned to Hebei, and Ma Yue's entry into the Central Plains was already the general trend, Sun Jian then held Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's land and water army from the Jingzhou border to Lujiang, and ordered Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to lead the elite troops to the north to meet Guan Yu, and he and Xu Shu would meet all the generals, preparing to go north to capture Huainan and Xuzhou.

Sun Jian originally wanted Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to go to meet the Son of Heaven, and he would be foolproof.

As a result, God had a big laugh with Sun Jian, not only did the Son of Heaven not welcome him back, but the brave and warlike eldest Sun Ce was even killed by Ma Chao!

Sun Jian was furious and immediately gave up the plan to attack Huainan and Xuzhou, and did his best to seize the Son of Heaven, Xu Shu thought that the Son of Heaven was more important than Huainan and Xuzhou, and the horse butcher was confronted with Cao Ying in Xuchang at that time, so it was unlikely that he would rush to Runan to answer, so he supported Sun Jian to lead the army to Qingniu Pass to intercept the Son of Heaven.

Who would have thought that the horse butcher unexpectedly led a large army to Qingniu Pass to meet Ma Chao, and it came very quickly, almost as soon as Sun Jian's army arrived, the horse butcher's army also arrived.

Under the mistake, it finally evolved into a situation that is not embarrassing or embarrassing.

Withdraw the troops, Sun Jian feels unwilling, don't withdraw, it's really not a way to go on like this.

Zhou Yu knew that Sun Jian's reluctance to withdraw his troops was because of Ma Chao, and he wanted to kill Ma Chao to avenge Sun Ce, so he persuaded: "My lord, as the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, as long as our army occupies the land of Jianghuai and trains an elite division with abundant money and grain, are you afraid that you will not be able to avenge Bo Fu?" ”

"My lord." When Sun Jianzheng was hesitating, Xu Sheng entered the account and said, "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is attacking again." ”

"Just according to what the public says!" Sun Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Leave 3,000 light soldiers to garrison the camp, and the rest of the troops will follow Gu to kill Huainan!" Then order Tai Shici, Zhou Tai, and Lü Meng to get out of the way and let the Liang army pass, and then attack Huainan from the Runan Plain to the east after the Liang army, there must be no mistake. ”

……

Qingniu Pass North, Cao Military Camp.

Cao Hong hadn't slept all night, and was discussing with Yu Ban and Cao Zhen, when a continuous horn suddenly sounded outside the mountain pass in the north.

Yu Ban's eyes froze, and he said to Cao Hong: "General, it seems that the Xiliang army of the horse butcher has begun to attack. ”

A trace of worry flashed in Cao Hong's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The horse butcher has experienced a hundred battles and is cunning, and I don't know if Wu Jun can stop it?" ”

Cao Zhen said: "No matter how bad the Wu army is, there are more than 10,000 troops, and it shouldn't be a problem to hold it for ten days and half a month, right?" ”

Yu Ban said: "That's not easy to say, don't forget that there is a treacherous and wise Jia Poison next to the horse butcher, and the Wu army can't even hold it for a day." ”

Cao Zhen said: "If this is the case, then our army must be prepared in advance, so as not to be caught off guard by the Liang army from both sides." ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

Cao Zhen's voice fell, and the continuous horn sound suddenly sounded on the Qingniu Pass, Cao Hong's face sank, and he said to Cao Zhen and Yu Ban: "It seems that Ma Chao is about to start attacking, General Yu Ban can stay in the back village in case of accidents, and Zidan will go to the front village with General Ben to meet Ma Chao." ”

"Yes."

Yu Ban and Cao Zhen hugged their fists at the same time to receive their lives.

When Cao Hong and Cao Zhen hurried to Qianzhai, a team of Xiliang Iron Cavalry had rushed down from the Qingniu Pass, and Cao Hong roughly estimated that there were more than 1,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry. However, what made Cao Hong feel strange was that this team of Xiliang cavalry was like stars and moons guarding the middle horse, and that horse was neither wearing iron armor nor holding weapons.

The outfit...... Suddenly, Cao Hong was startled, and said to Cao Zhen beside him: "Zidan, is it the son of heaven who came?" ”

"Huh? Emperor! ”

Cao Zhen was also startled when he heard this, and looked at it urgently, and sure enough, he found that the outfit of the rider under the heavy escort of Xiliang Tieqi was indeed like today. When Cao Hong and Cao Zhen were shocked, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already approached within 100 steps of Cao's military camp, and the leading colonel of the archers saw that Cao Hong had not given the order to release the arrows for a long time, so he stepped forward and asked, "General, do you want to release the arrows?" ”

"No." Cao Hong gasped and said in a condensed voice, "Without the general's military order, no one can release arrows without authorization, and those who violate the order will be executed!" ”

Although the Han family has declined, it is still the world of the Han Dynasty anyway, even if the horse butcher and the lord Cao Ying saw the Son of Heaven and did not dare to be disrespectful, if the horse in front of him was really the Son of Heaven, Cao Hong really did not have the courage to shoot arrows at the Son of Heaven, that is a big rebellion, to spread it is to be scolded by the world, Cao Hong is just an illiterate reckless man, but Cao Hong is not, Cao Hong has followed Cao Ying for a long time and can be regarded as having seen the world, and knows how powerful it is.

"Listen to Cao Jun in front, when the son is here today, don't you hurry up and open the door to greet him!"

A thunderous shout suddenly sounded on the mountain road, and the Xiliang Iron Horsemen, who were slowly moving forward, stopped advancing in unison and gave way to both sides. The rider in the middle of the Son of Heaven's costume rode out slowly, and under the escort of more than a dozen personal horsemen, he approached within fifty steps of Cao's military camp, and shouted loudly: "When you see me, why don't you kneel?" ”

"Huh?"

"When today?"

"This person turned out to be the emperor?"

"When you see the emperor, you have to kneel, or you will be killed."

The soldiers of the Cao army in the camp clamored one after another, these big-headed soldiers would never see the face of the Son of Heaven in their lives, who knows if the opposite one is true or false? As soon as he heard that it was today, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground one after another, shouting long live, the more Cao Hong looked at it, the more he felt that the opposite person seemed to be the Son of Heaven, and he knelt on the ground when his feet were soft, and kowtowed and shouted: "Minister Cao Hong knocked to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live long live......

Suddenly, a tight crunch of the bowstring clearly came into Cao Hong's ears, and he turned around in surprise to see Cao Zhen flashing behind the gate, already holding his bow and arrows and aiming at the day.

Cao Hong's surprise was not trivial, but he didn't dare to pounce to stop Cao Zhen, lest Cao Zhen really shoot the arrow as soon as he let go of his hand, he was so anxious that his eyes bulged out, and he shouted in a low voice: "Zidan, you are crazy!" Dare to kill today? ”

Cao Zhen said coldly: "My nephew is not crazy, this son of heaven is fake!" ”

Cao Hong shouted: "How do you know that this son of heaven is fake? What if it's true! ”

Cao Zhen responded: "Whether it's true or not, you'll know when this arrow is shot!" ”

After that, Cao Zhen's right hand was loosened and he only heard a sound, and the arrow had already flown out of the string, shooting like lightning to the throat of today's son.

Cao Hong was so frightened that his face turned green on the side, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, saying that it was too late and that was fast, only to hear a miserable scream, and the "Dang Today" who was riding on the sweaty BMW had been hit by an arrow in his throat and fell from the horse.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Cao army in the village were in an uproar and looked around.

When the soldiers of the Cao army were at a loss, Cao Zhen suddenly drew his sword and stepped forward, shouting: "Listen to the soldiers of the three armies, this son of heaven is fake!" Ma Chao's thief pretended to be the Son of Heaven with the common people, blasphemed the holy car, and the crime was unforgivable! Archer...... Shoot these bold rebels and thieves to death. ”

……

Green Bull Pass.

"Hey." Ma Chao slammed his palm on the handrail and muttered, "It's a pity that Cao Jun saw through it." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's recognized." Fa Zheng smiled and said, "The so-called suspicion gives rise to dark ghosts, at this time, the Cao army's heart is in turmoil, and the second general only needs to take advantage of the situation to attack and break through the Cao camp in one fell swoop." ”

……

In front of Cao Jun Village.

Although Cao Zhen made a quick decision and shot the fake Son of Heaven with arrows, as Fa Zheng expected, the soldiers of the Cao Army did not know whether the Son of Heaven shot by Cao Zhen was true or false, and the army's heart was in turmoil.

Since welcoming the Son of Heaven, Cao Ying has always regarded himself as the prime minister, and has always taken Kuang Fu Han as his own responsibility, and has never revealed his ambition to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty, so most of the Wenchen generals under Cao Ying's command are divided into two groups, one group is for Cao Ying, like Guo Jia, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, etc., they only have Cao Ying in their eyes, and they only recognize Cao Ying's military orders, but the other group of people is for the Han court, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Lejin, etc., the object of their allegiance is actually the Han court, because Cao Ying has always behaved like a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, that's why I will obey Cao Ying's orders.

Under normal circumstances, these two groups of people look like a group of people, both of whom are Cao Ying's people.

But in specific circumstances, such as now the Son of Heaven was actually killed by Cao Zhen with an arrow, it would be different, at that time, there were two Xuzhou generals who had always regarded themselves as Hanchen, jumped out, and shouted: "Cao Zhen's traitor dares to shoot today's son, it's a great rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, kill him!" ”

Cao Jun's village was suddenly in chaos, and the old troops of the two Xuzhou generals and the rest of the Cao army began to kill each other.

Ma Dai led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to take advantage of the situation to cover up the kill, in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry overwhelming the spear offensive, the Cao army suffered heavy casualties, taking advantage of the Cao Army could not organize a decent resistance, hundreds of Xiliang Iron Cavalry turned off the horse to clear the tripping rope, trap pit, and antlers in front of the village, and then the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the brigade stepped through the fence and killed the Cao Army Village.

Cao's army is gone.

Cao Hong and Cao Zhen saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly contracted the army to retreat to the second camp, Ma Dai was unforgiving, led Xiliang Tie to chase after him, and took advantage of the fact that the Cao army was not stable and broke through the second Cao army camp, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen were forced to have no choice but to retreat to the forbidden village in a hurry.

Xiliang Tieqi wanted to repeat the old tricks, and Yu Ban led the army to fight desperately to resist, and took Cao Hong and Cao Zhen into the village.

Ma Dai saw that the forbidden army had already prepared, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry broke two villages in a row, and the horsepower was lacking, so he led the army to temporarily retreat for a few miles and take a little rest.

……

In the forbidden big tent.

Cao Hong and Cao Zhen had just sat down, and before they had time to catch their breath, Yu Ban, who had been stained with blood, had already hurried into the tent and said hurriedly: "Two generals, the big thing is over." ”

Cao Hong was startled and asked urgently, "Wen Ze, what's wrong?" ”

Yu Bandao: "The Wu army in the northern mountain pass has abandoned the camp and left!" ”

Cao Hong gasped and hissed, "Is the Wu army really defeated? I really can't hold on for a day! ”

Cao Zhen said: "This is over, how can our army resist the enemy on its back?" ”

Yu Ban said: "There is no other way now, I can only temporarily retreat into the mountains to avoid the Liang army's soldiers, and then go to Xudu to join the lord's army when the Liang army retreats." ”

Cao Hong said: "Now it has to be like this. ”

……

Outside the mountain pass.

Chen Hu galloped back on his horse, and excitedly said to the horse: "Lord, our army has successively broken through the two big villages of the Wu army and the Cao army, and has joined the iron cavalry led by the second general!" ”

"Oh?" Jia Xu said happily, "My lord, so the passage from the Qingniu Pass to the Runan Plain has been opened!" ”

"Hmm!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "Chen Hu listens to the order. ”

Chen Hu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The end will be there." ”

Ma Yue said: "Lead two thousand elites to defend the mountain pass, there is no loss." ”

Chen Hu responded violently: "Obey." ”

Ma Yue smiled at Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, it's time to go and welcome the Son of Heaven now, hehe." ”

Jia Xu also smiled and said, "My lord, please." ”

……

Green Bull Pass.

Ma Dai galloped back, and said excitedly to Ma Chao from afar: "Brother, our army has broken through the three camps of the Cao army and joined forces with General Gan Ning's army!" ”

"Great." Ma Chao vigorously struck the knot and said, "Order, order Chen Zhi to lead the iron cavalry of the headquarters to break off, and fight and retreat, and the rest of the generals will lead the iron cavalry of the headquarters to escort the Son of Heaven and the hundred official chariots to the outside of the mountain to join the elder army." ”

……

Half an hour later, the Qingniu Pass headed for the official road to Runan.

Ma Yue turned over and dismounted, knelt down in the dust, and sang respectfully: "Sin Liangzhou Mu, General Pingxi...... Ma Yue was too late to catch the car, and he deserved to die. ”

Behind Ma Yue, Jia Xu, Gan Ning, Chen Hu, Zhang Bao and more than 100 Liangzhou generals of all sizes knelt down.

The car of the Son of Heaven in front of him stopped abruptly, and when the curtain was lifted, the thin Emperor Xian bent down and drilled out, and said solemnly: "Ma Aiqing has meritorious service in escorting, what is the crime?" Hurry up and flatten yourself, and all the generals are also exempt from courtesy. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ma Yue respectfully kowtowed three more times, and sang loudly, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Behind Ma Yue, Jia Xu and Liangzhou General also shouted long live one after another, and then stood up with Ma Yue.

Sikong Kong stepped forward immediately, shouting at the top of his voice: "Ma Yue has meritorious service in escorting, and he has been crowned as the general of Zhengxi, and he has entered Lianggong, and he is here." ”

Ma Yue bowed to the ground and bowed again: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Situ Kongrong stepped forward again and shouted, "Why don't Liang Gong escort the capital?" ”

"Minister~~ Commander."

Ma Yue stood up, turned around and waved his hand to the Xiliang army behind him, and the Xiliang iron horsemen crowded on the official road flashed to both sides of the official road in an uproar, and forcibly gave way to a passage.

Ma Chao and Ma Daize immediately stepped forward and shouted in unison: "I respectfully ask Your Majesty to return to the Eastern Capital!" ”

……

Gu cheng.

Located at the junction of Runan, Yingchuan and Nanyang counties, the terrain is remote, because of years of war, bandits in the mountains breed, the people in the city have long been lost, and now there is only an abandoned empty city.

Cao Ying led a group of remnants of the defeated army to take shelter here temporarily. In the hall of the county government, Cao Ying was shrinking his body and leaning on the edge of the brazier to keep warm, the dilapidated four walls could not resist the invasion of the cold wind at all, and Cao Ying shivered for a while.

"Uncle!" The wooden door of the county hall suddenly opened, and Cao Xiu hurriedly walked in and shouted excitedly, "Uncle, Uncle Hong is here!" ”

"Cao Hong?" A rare flush appeared on Cao Ying's pale face, and he got up and asked, "Where is Cao Hong?" ”

"Lord, Cao Hong is here!"

Cao Ying's voice fell, and a voice full of energy suddenly sounded outside the hall, and then the figure flashed, and the three generals Cao Hong, Yu Ban, and Cao Zhen had already rushed in. Seeing Cao Ying, the three generals knelt on the ground, and they had already wailed and cried: "Lord, lord, I can be regarded as finding you, woo woo woo woo ......"

"Get up, get up." Cao Ying's eyes were slightly moist, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Cao Hong and the three of them up one by one, and then held Cao Hong's hands and shook them vigorously, and said with emotion, "Zilian, you can be regarded as here." ”

Cao Hong said gloomily: "The last general is incompetent, and he did not welcome back the Son of Heaven, which disappointed you, my lord." ”

"Where." Cao Ying said, "You're fine, Gu is already very happy." ”

The sound of footsteps sounded, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Jia Kui, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and others also heard the news, and Cao Ying hurriedly let everyone sit in a circle by the brazier.

Cao Hong then asked: "The lord is not in Xudu, why is he here?" ”

Cao Ying sighed and said: "Zilian doesn't know, Xu Du has already lost. ”

Cao Hong lost his voice and said: "Ah, Xu Du is lost? ”

Cao Ying said: "Not only was Xu Du lost, but the 70,000 army was also wiped out. ”

"This ......"

Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, and Yu Ban looked at each other, and they couldn't believe their ears.

Cao Ying was silent for a long time before asking Cao Zhendao: "Has Zidan ever known the whereabouts of his brothers and aunts?" ”

Cao Zhen's eyes were gloomy, and he didn't dare to answer for a long time.

Cao Ying asked Cao Hong again: "Zilian, can you know the whereabouts of your nephews and sisters-in-law?" ”

Cao Hong said miserably: "Don't dare to deceive the lord, all the sons were killed by the traitor Guan Yu (Guan Yu died and was blamed by Fazheng, it can be said that he didn't look blind), and your sisters-in-law ......"

Cao Yingqiu asked, "How are they?" ”

Cao Hong said: "It has been ravaged to death. ”

"Guan Yu Piff!"

Cao Ying shouted, his face turned red in an instant, and his eyes went black and he fainted.

……

(To be continued)