Longxian, Niu Fu official residence.

An hour passed, but the noise and shouting in the south of the city not only did not subside, but intensified, Niu Fu couldn't help but be angry in his heart, raised his head and said, "Someone." ”

The two pro-soldiers flashed in, clasped their hands into fists and said, "General." ”

Niu Fu opened his hands and said sharply: "Change clothes and armor for General Ben!" ”

The soldiers didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to change the clothes and armor for Niu Fu, who had just been dressed neatly, and suddenly saw that a small colonel under the tent was already covered in blood, and broke into the hall with an embarrassed expression, and said to Niu Fu: "General, this group of horse thieves is very prickly, and the brothers sent to suppress it have suffered a big loss." ”

"What!?" Niu Fu was furious and shouted, "You group of wine bags and rice bags, the regular officials and soldiers can't kill a group of horse thieves? What do you eat? ”

"General, this group of horse thieves is different from ordinary horse thieves." The colonel said hurriedly, "This group of horse thieves is not only well-equipped, but also has elite pikemen and longbowmen, arranging troops, quite proficient in the art of war, although there are only four or five hundred people, but they advance and retreat to a certain extent, attack and defend freely, can be described as well-trained, the villain has never seen such a powerful horse thief." ”

"Nonsense, what kind of marching formation do a group of horse thieves know? If you lose, you lose, so why make excuses for yourself? Isn't that shameful enough? Niu Fu scolded, "Go, and then transfer two thousand soldiers and horses from the camp in the north of the city to come, this time the general should go out in person, hum, a bunch of waste, even this little thing can't be done." ”

The little colonel didn't dare to argue anymore, so he had to go in disgrace.

……

South Gate of Longxian County.

Jia Xu rarely put on an iron armor, followed the steps to the city tower, looked forward to the dark horizon ahead, as if he wanted to find something from the endless darkness, Dian Wei was wearing heavy armor and holding a double iron halberd, guarding Jia Xu's left and right every inch, and his vigilant eyes searched the surroundings at any time, lest he miss something.

In Longxian County, the melee on the long street has come to an end, and the 500 officers and soldiers sent by Niu Fu to suppress the horse thieves have been basically killed, and most of the undead have fled into the streets and alleys, and now the entire south gate has completely fallen under the control of the 400 elite soldiers led by Jia Xu.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Ju suddenly stepped up to the city tower and said to Jia Xu: "Military division, the enemy army has been repulsed, and our army has completely controlled the city gate!" ”

"Good!" Jia Xu nodded and said in a deep voice, "Immediately demolish the houses on both sides of the long street, pile the wooden planks and dry firewood on the street, and prepare more things to start a fire, and prepare to set fire." ”

Ju Tu reminded: "Strategist, it's only inappropriate to set fire on the street, if the fire gets out of control, it is likely to spread to the whole city?" ”

"I can't take care of this much now, everything is focused on the great cause of the lord." A trace of coldness flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, and he said in a condensed voice, "In less than half an hour, Niu Fu will inevitably come back to his senses, and when the time comes, he will lead the defenders to launch a counterattack with all his might, if it is not with the help of fire, it will be difficult for our army to hold out until the arrival of the lord's army." ”

Fang Yue sighed and stopped persuading.

Jia Xu said to Jutu: "General Jutu, hurry up and prepare." ”

"Yes."

Ju suddenly agreed, and took the order.

……

North of Luoyang City, Black Wind Forest.

Seeing that the sky was already bright, but Ma Yuejun was still nowhere to be seen, Xu Huang suddenly began to worry. Since the return of the horse two hours ago, the 3,000 cavalry of Ma Yuejun's army suddenly turned east and killed Longxian, there has been no news from Longxian, Xu Huang didn't care much at first, but at this time he couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw that the sky was clear.

But after thinking about it, Longxian County is strong, and there are 5,000 elite soldiers guarding it, and General Niu Fu is personally in charge, no matter how powerful the horse butcher is, no matter how cunning and wise he is, he only has 3,000 cavalry in his hands, do you really dare to attack Longxian?

When Xu Huang was comforting himself, the sound of hurried horses' hooves finally sounded outside the forest.

Xu Huang, who had been waiting impatiently, hurriedly led more than a dozen colonels out of the dense forest, only to see the rising sun, a fast horse was galloping from the eastern sky, the knight on horseback was covered in blood, looking embarrassed, it seemed that after an extremely tragic battle, seeing this scene, Xu Huang couldn't help but be shocked, and instinctively had an ominous premonition.

"General~~General Xu Huang~~"

Seeing Xu Huang from afar, the knight suddenly shouted loudly, with obvious crying and panic in his voice, he rushed to Xu Huang, the knight on horseback was already physically exhausted, and fell down from the horse, fortunately, Xu Huang's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly took a step forward to help him up, and looked at Niu Yan, the captain of Niu Fu's personal soldiers.

"Niu Yan!?" Xu Huang lost his voice and said, "Why do you look like this?" What about the generals? What about Longxian? ”

"Woo woo~~" Niu Yan actually cried like a child, and stopped his sad voice for a long time and whispered, "Longxian is lost, and the general he~~ He died in battle." ”

"What?" Xu Huang was taken aback, Huo Ran stood up, and said in a shocking voice, "Longxian is lost, and the general is dead!?" ”

"Hmm."

Niu Yan snorted and sobbed under his voice again.

"This~~ How is this possible!?" Xu Huang shouted in disbelief, "How did Longxian lose it?" And how did the general die in battle? ”

Niu Yan said sadly: "General Xu Huang doesn't know, the cunning horse butcher didn't plan to sneak attack Luoyang at all, his target was Longxian County and the generals in Longxian County from the beginning!" Fooled, we were all fooled, all of us were fooled by the horse butcher's wickedness, and the military advisor~~ The military advisor was also fooled, woo woo~~"

"All fooled?" Xu Huang muttered to himself in despair, "The horse butcher didn't plan to attack Luoyang from the beginning, his target was Longxian from the beginning, and the generals in Longxian County?" In this way, the feint attack on Yang is false, and the surprise attack on Longxian is real? What a horse butcher actually saw through the tactics of the military advisor, and also set up such a poisonous plan! ”

"But~~" Xu Huang took a step forward, grabbed Niu Yan's shirt and lifted it up, and said sharply, "But how did Longxian lose it?" General Ben didn't believe it anyway, with a strong city, 5,000 elite soldiers to defend it, and a horse butcher with only 3,000 cavalry, how could he capture Longxian overnight? ”

Niu Yan lamented: "How does the general know that the horse butcher has already ambushed four hundred elite soldiers in Longshang Village in the south of Longxian County, and last night, these four hundred elite soldiers Qiao makeup horse thieves attacked and occupied the south gate in one fell swoop by the annihilation in the city!" At first, the general thought that he was just an ordinary horse thief, so he only sent 500 troops to suppress it, but he was defeated. When the general came back to his senses and led the army to attack with all his might, the horse butcher's army division set fire to the city again, and the fire blocked the attack of our army, and when the fire was finally extinguished, the horse butcher's three thousand iron cavalry were also killed~~"

Xu Huang gasped, in addition to shock or shock in his mind, a perfect sound hit the west!

The horse butcher expected in advance that Li Ru would set up an ambush for his adventurous surname, so he used the surprise attack on the grain of Luoyang as a bait to attract the heavy troops of the Niu Fu army to Luoyang, and let the 3,000 cavalry move east and west, south and north to confuse Xu Huang's 5,000 cavalry, so that he did not dare to act rashly.

Then, Ma Yue led 3,000 cavalry straight to Longxian.

At this time, the four hundred elite soldiers who were ambushed in Longshang Village in advance had seized the city gate with the help of Neiying, and when the Ma Yue cavalry arrived, it was also the time of the chaos in Longxian County, although there were still more than 4,000 Niu Auxiliary Army in the city, but Ma Yuejun was prepared, but Niu Auxiliary Army was caught off guard, and the victory or defeat was already doomed at the beginning!

When it was dawn the next day, Longxian changed hands, and Niu Fu was also beheaded by Dian Wei in the chaos.

After thinking about the ins and outs of the matter, Xu Huang had completely calmed down.

The military advisor (Li Ru) knew Ma Yue's surname very well, but Ma Yue also knew his surname, and the military advisor designed a poisonous plan to capture the thief and capture the king for Ma Yue's surname that he liked to take risks, but he didn't expect to be played by Ma Yue in turn to capture the thief and capture the king first, and attacked and occupied Longxian County and killed Niu Fu in one fell swoop.

Now that Niu Fu is dead, where should he go?

……

Outside Bishui Pass, Sun Jian's military camp.

The night is dim, the moonlight is hazy, two blazing mutton fat torches are inserted obliquely on the gate, sprinkling a faint firelight, illuminating the scene within ten steps of the gate, two soldiers wearing iron armor, holding spears, like javelins standing in the gate, farther away there is a group of patrolmen are stepping on neat footsteps slowly walking, heavy footsteps shattered the silence of the night.

In the depths of the camp, under the protection of the heavy camp tents, Sun Jian's Chinese army tent can be faintly seen, the fire in the big tent is bright, the figures are building, and the two teams of soldiers with strict armor are holding spears and standing solemnly.

In the dark of the night, a large group of men and horses were quietly approaching the barracks.

Hua Xiong held a long knife in his hand and rode his horse to the front of the team, and behind Hua Xiong were a full 8,000 Qiang soldiers. Under the silent night sky, the clash of weapons and iron armor could be faintly heard, and the muffled sound of horses' hooves trampling on the ground, but unfortunately, the defenders in the barracks did not seem to hear these subtle movements.

The soldiers of Sun Jianjun, who were immersed in their sleep, did not realize that danger had come.

"Up!"

Seeing that the enemy's camp was close at hand, Hua Xiong suddenly let out a low cry, and at the same time pulled the long knife in his hand forward.

Hundreds of elite Qiang soldiers rushed out from behind Hua Xiong, quickly leaned in front of the gate, moved away the sharp antlers blocking the gate with quick movements, and smashed the not strong gate with heavy hammers, and more soldiers pulled down the fences on both sides of the gate with iron claws and lassoes.

The path to the charge has been completely cleared!

"Kill!"

Hua Xiong snorted, and then led the long knife forward, eight thousand elite soldiers poured through the open gate like a tide, and entered Sun Jian's camp, Hua Xiong rode straight to Sun Jian's Chinese army camp, and suddenly Sun Jian's Chinese army camp was close in front of him, Hua Xiong's long knife slashed out, only to hear a hiss, and the linen tent suddenly cracked.

However, to Hua Xiong's surprise, the big tent was empty, and there was not a single ghost! Hua Xiong gasped and looked around again, but saw that the surrounding camp tents were empty, and even the two teams of soldiers guarding outside the big tent of the Chinese army were just straw men in iron armor.

"General, we've been tricked!" A junior colonel hurriedly rode his horse close to Hua Xiong and said quickly, "This is an empty camp!" ”

"Huh?" Hua Xiong was awe-struck, and said in a speech, "Empty~~ Empty camp!?" ”

"General, let's withdraw quickly." The junior colonel hurriedly said, "Sun Jianjun left an empty camp, there must be other tricks, and this place cannot be stayed for a long time." ”

"Hmm." Hua Xiong nodded and said, "Quickly pass the order, the whole army withdraw~~"

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

Before Hua Xiong's words fell, a deafening shout of killing suddenly sounded outside the barracks, Hua Xiong looked up in shock, only to see that the whole sky was suddenly lit up around the camp, and countless torches rose up from the darkness. The next moment, endless rockets have swept up from all directions, shooting down towards the camp everywhere~~

In the screams one after another, there were constantly soldiers of the Huaxiong Army who fell down in wailing.

The endless rockets ignited the fine cloth tents in the camp and the wood, hay and other debris in the camp, and in less than a moment, the entire military camp began to burn, and in the raging fire, the soldiers of the Huaxiong Army were rushing like headless flies, and people were constantly swallowed by the flames and smoke~~

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Hua Xiong drew the long knife in his hand outward, and took the lead in riding his horse out of the camp, facing such a desperate situation, he couldn't take care of the eight thousand soldiers under his command, and now the most important thing was to flee for his life! He didn't want to die here in a daze, let alone become the exploits that Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian would boast about in the future.

"Get out of here, fucking get out of here!"

More than a dozen cavalry soldiers surrounded Hua Xiong left and right, and constantly cut down the Qiang soldiers who blocked Hua Xiong's way to the ground, these soldiers are Han people, follow Hua Xiong for a long time, usually arrogant and domineering, often the Qiang soldiers in the army as cattle and horses, and now kill people will not be soft at all.

Hua Xiong's escape exacerbated the confusion of the Qiang soldiers, and the poor Qiang soldiers could no longer organize an orderly retreat, many soldiers died tragically in trampling on each other, and many soldiers blindly climbed over the fence to try to escape, only to fall into the trench like dumplings and be crucified alive by the sharp antlers.

Only a few Qiang soldiers followed Hua Xiong and luckily rushed out of the gate, but their good fortune only stopped there.

"Sun Jian is here! Where do the thieves go? ”

When Hua Xiong was riding his horse to flee for his life, a thunderous roar suddenly sounded in front of him, Hua Xiong hurriedly reined in his horse and raised his head, only to see that the mountains and fields in front of him were full of firelight, as bright as day, in the firelight, a large group of soldiers with hideous armor had firmly blocked the way, and in front of the group of elite soldiers, there was a general standing across the horse.

But seeing this, he was wearing fiery red armor, and a dark cloth belt was wrapped around his face, wrapping the entire left eye tightly, and the only right eye that was exposed was black and shiny, staring at Hua Xiong burningly. Hua Xiong's eyes shrank instantly, tightened the long knife in his hand, and said in a condensed voice: "Sun Jian!?" ”

"Roar~~" Sun Jian looked up to the sky and howled, raised the ancient ingot BMW in his hand, and said sharply, "You are unlucky to bump into someone, prepare to die, kill~~"

"Puff Hugh is going to run rampant!"

Hua Xiong's long knife has been heavily slashed with Sun Jian's ancient ingot treasure knife, but when he heard a muffled sound, Hua Xiong only felt that his hand was suddenly light, and when he looked down, the long knife blade in his hand had been cut in half.

"Roar~~"

Sun Jian turned his horse back, and the killing intent in his single eye was even hotter.

Hua Xiong's heart was weak, he didn't dare to fight again, and hurriedly rode his horse to the left and fled.

"Where is Piff, Huang Gai/Han Dang is here!"

When Hua Xiong was fleeing for his life, he heard the neighing of the horses in front of him, and two Angzang generals flashed out of the firelight, and there were 500 elite soldiers behind the two generals, which blocked Hua Xiong's way. Hua Xiong was even more shocked in his heart, and rode his horse to the right side of the trail again, and ran forward less than half a mile before he saw the fire rising.

Two more majestic generals flashed out on the left path, shouting: "The thief is leaving, Zu Mao/Cheng Pu is here!" ”

Hua Xiong was frightened to death, looking back in shock, only to see that Sun Jian had already forced over with a murderous spirit holding an ancient ingot treasure knife, and behind Sun Jian, Huang Gai and Han Dang's two generals commanded five hundred elite soldiers had already surrounded them in a half-moon shape, and joined forces with Zu Mao and Cheng Pu to surround Hua Xiong and more than a dozen cavalry regiments.

Sun Jian slowly raised the ancient ingot knife.

There was just a red fire shining on the blade of the ancient ingot knife, and it reflected a dazzling reflection in an instant, confusing Hua Xiong's eyes, Hua Xiong suddenly felt that his eyes were red, and he couldn't distinguish between the southeast and northwest, and seeing that the cunning was sold, the corners of Sun Jian's mouth suddenly bloomed with a trace of cold murderous intent, and he took Hua Xiong directly.

Hua Xiong only heard the sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and knew that Sun Jian slapped the horse to kill, but he was unable to see with his eyes, so he had to howl with a wolf and the long knife in his hand slashed out wildly, and in the shouts of the soldiers who collapsed and cracked, Sun Jian rushed to Hua Xiong, and the cold light flashed, and the ancient ingot knife had coldly slashed Hua Xiong's neck~~

"Poof~~"

Blood splattered, and Hua Xiong's head suddenly flew up.

……

Long.

"Hahaha~~"

In the hearty laughter, Ma Yue, Jia Xu, Ju Tu and Dian Wei Yuguan walked into Niu Fu's mansion.

Jia Xu said casually: "As the so-called beheading and cutting feathers, Liangzhou can be determined." ”

"Now that Niu Fu is dead, the head of Liangzhou has been beheaded, and then it is time to cut off the two wings of Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu." Ma Yue smiled and said to Jia Xu, "If you get Liangzhou, Wenhe should be the first to remember." ”

Jia Xu said: "I dare not be ashamed." If there is no wise decision of the lord and the soldiers of the three armies to kill the enemy bravely, how can he be a scholar who has the ability to reach the sky but is not powerless? ”

"Hahaha~~" Ma Yue laughed three times, and suddenly stopped laughing and asked Jia Xudao, "General Ben once heard Wen He mentioned that Dong Zhuo's old thief has two generals, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, who are young and heroic, wise and brave, and are rare talents. ”

"Exactly." Jia Xu said, "Although there are many generals under Dong Zhuo's old thief, only Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Xu Rong are of great use, and the rest are all busy people." ”

Ma Yue said: "If Zhang Liao and Xu Huang come to vote, the big thing will be harmonious." ”

"Don't worry, lord." Jia Xujian said with a smile, "Xu can persuade Xu Huang to vote with his three-inch tongue." ”

"Oh?" Ma Yuexi couldn't help but say, "Is this true? ”

"Seriously." Jia Xu said, "Xu Huang was originally a general of Yang Feng's subordinates, Dong Zhuo took Hedong, Yang Feng surrendered, Xu Huang had to surrender Dong Zhuo, and his heart was really in the Han family." Now Dong Zhuo has acted perversely, and he has already aroused the anger of the heavens and the condemnation of the world, Xu Huang is loyal and righteous, I am afraid that he has already betrayed it. ”

……

It's night.

Outside the city of Luoyang, Xu Huang camped.

The two pro-soldiers escorted Jia Xu, who was dressed in white, into Xu Huang's big tent in the Chinese army.

"General, we caught a soldier who claimed to be the general's deceased."

"The deceased?"

Xu Huang, who was closing his eyes and meditating, opened his eyes, and at first glance saw Jia Xu only felt a little familiar, and after a little thought, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Isn't it Mr. Xu's family?" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, clenched his fists and said, "The general's good eyesight is exactly below." ”

"Sir, so daring!" Xu Huang said, "The Lord is just looking for Mr. everywhere, how can Mr. send it to the door by himself?" ”

"Hahaha~~" Jia Xu said with a long smile, "Dong Zhuo has become a national thief, and the world is fighting against him, why is the general still commensurate with the lord?" Could it be that he wants to turn his back on the Han family and help the abuse? ”

"This~~"

Xu Huang's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and he was speechless for a while.

Jia Xu said: "There is a word below, I don't know if the general is willing to listen to it?" ”

Xu Huang said: "Listen up." ”

Jia Xu said: "As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the lord to do things, generals have both wisdom and bravery, rare in the world, why bend to thieves and help abuse?" ”

Xu Huang sighed and said: "I don't know Dong Zhuo's wolf ambition, I wanted to abandon it, but I didn't meet the master." ”

Jia Xu said: "What does the general think about Ma Liangzhou (Ma Yue)? ”

"Ma Yue?" Xu Huang said disapprerovingly, "How is the wolf's ambition different from Dong Zhuo's? ”

"The general's words are wrong." Jia Xu straightened his clothes and said solemnly, "Ma Liangzhou is a hero in the world, ambitious and famous, and now I hear that the general is brave and brave, and I can't bear to win the battle, so I sincerely invite you." Why didn't the general abandon the darkness and turn to the light, assist Ma Liangzhou to achieve a great cause and support the Han family? ”

Xu Huang came from a humble background, and he didn't have a good impression of the scholar clan, Ma Yueliu was all a wealthy scholar when he was in the Central Plains, but he didn't commit any crime against ordinary people, and Xu Huang had heard a lot about this, so from the bottom of his heart, Xu Huang didn't have much resistance to what Ma Yue did.

Moreover, Xu Huang has been a soldier for many years, and he knows the difficulty of leading troops, and Ma Yue can cast a group of rabble with no fighting spirit into a division of a hundred battles in the predicament of being embattled and precarious, which makes Xu Huang admire! The only thing that made Xu Huang stay away from Ma Yue was Ma Yuebing's behavior of Kou Luoyang, which was really a big rebellion.

In Xu Huang's view, a courtier who dared to lead troops to attack Luoyang and coerce the Son of Heaven could not be called a loyal minister in any case.

Xu Huang's expression was deep, and he asked Jia Xu: "Mr. is a wise man, can't you see the ambition of Ma Yue's wolf, named Hanchen, but he is really a thief?" ”

"No, the general only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." Jia Xu said solemnly, "The world is called Ma Liangzhou is rebellious, brutal and unkind, and I don't know that Ma Liangzhou is loyal and loyal, worried about the court, and worried about the people, but he is really a man of great benevolence and righteousness, which is a hundred times better than the generation of fame and reputation." ”

"Oh." Xu Huang said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Jia Xu said: "What does the general think of eight hundred liukou? ”

Xu Huang said: "Although he is a thief, he can be called the elite of the world, and famous generals such as Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song have all been defeated, I can't wait." ”

Jia Xu said: "With the elite and soldiers of eight hundred Liukou, although the Tiger Prison Pass is difficult to break, the general thinks that Luoyang City is compared to the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”

Xu Huang said: "It's not as good. ”

Jia Xu asked: "The general thinks that 800 Liukou can't break Luoyanghu?" ”

Xu Huang said: "Luoyang has the Imperial Forbidden Army to guard it, and there is the Xiyuan New Army as its wing~~"

"The general doesn't have to fool himself." Jia Xu said, "Although the Imperial Forest Army is famous, it has not been on the battlefield for a hundred years, can an army that has never been on the battlefield really be an elite division?" As for the New Army of the West Garden, it doesn't matter, it's just a rabble. ”

Xu Huang was silent, although Jia Xu's remarks were arrogant, they were facts.

Jia Xu said: "The eight hundred Liukou have the strength to attack Luoyang, but they did not enter Luoyang in the end, can the general know the reason?" ”

Xu Huang said: "I want to hear it." ”

……

(To be continued)