In front of Hanya Pass.

Cao Ying led 10,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry can be killed, suddenly heard the horn sounding, the drum shook the sky, the originally closed door suddenly opened, and the black pressure of the Xiliang cavalry has poured out like a tide. Seeing that the Xiliang soldiers were menacing, Cao Ying did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot and stop the formation and set up the formation.

At the circle of the two armies, Xiahoudun came out with a spear, galloped back and forth in front of the formation, and shouted: "Peiguo Xiahoudun is here, and the thief has not come to die." ”

One of them was stabbed under the horse by Xiahoudun with a shot, and the other Xiliang key was scattered, and when the horse rushed back to the formation, Xiahoudun patted the horse and chased it, and the back of the neck was a shot, and the blood splashed, the Xiliang general also turned over and fell off the horse.

Xiahoudun picked two generals in a row, and raised his spear in front of the battle, and the morale of Cao's army was greatly boosted.

Cao Ying took the opportunity to wave the army to cover the kill, the opposite Guo Yan, Li Qi and others also urged the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to rush over, the two armies in front of the pass through a scuffle, the Cao army after all, the soldiers were outnumbered, and the infantry against the cavalry occupied an absolute disadvantage, the fierce battle was less than half an hour, the Cao army fell into the dilemma of the left and the right.

When the battle was raging, two ambushes on both sides, Li Xuan and Yang Feng, came out to intercept the back road of Cao's army.

Cao Ying knew that he was invincible, and after Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were broken, he led the army to Luoyang and fled back.

Guo Yan and Li Ru wanted to kill Cao Ying Liwei, in order to deter the eighteenth Kwantung princes, so that they did not dare to act rashly, so they drove the Xiliang cavalry to chase and kill hundreds of miles, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun generals in order to cover Cao Ying's escape, have left behind the broken queen, and in the end Cao Ying actually did not have a general left, and only more than 100 tigers and leopards rode to accompany the protection, but the Xiliang iron cavalry chasing behind him is increasing unabated.

When Cao Ying was running, a cavalry suddenly appeared on the path ahead, and a general in front of the formation slapped his horse and danced his knife to take Cao Ying directly, while shouting: "It's Cao Ying who wears a red robe in front, don't go Cao Ying." ”

Cao Ying hurriedly reined in his horse and turned back, fled from another forest path, and then looked back at the back when there were only more than ten tigers and leopards left, seeing that the pursuers behind him were chasing very quickly, Cao Ying hurriedly took off the big red official robe on his body, and ordered a personal soldier to put it on, and fled from the other direction, which led the pursuers away.

Seeing that the pursuers were far away, Cao Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to find a way to escape, when the sound of killing behind him rose again, and he turned back sharply, and there was a white horse cavalry chasing and killing, Cao Ying was taken aback and urged the horse to flee, but he didn't want the horse to lose his front hooves and pull him off the horse's back.

In just a few moments, the cavalry had already arrived, surrounding him and a dozen horsemen.

Cao Ying sighed in his heart, he didn't expect to die here.

"This is Lord Cao?"

When Cao Ying was closing his eyes and waiting for death, a clear voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and when Cao Ying raised his eyes sharply when he heard the sound, there was already a young and heroic young general in front of him, with a white robe and white armor, a silver gun in his hand, a face like a crown of jade, and his eyes like Lang Xing, it was Zhao Yun who saved Gongsun Zhan's life from Lu Bu's halberd before the Tiger Prison Pass.

"General Zhao Yun!?" Cao Ying knew that an old fate had been saved, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Why is the general here?" ”

Zhao Yun held a gun on the horse's back and waved his hand, and responded: "The last general is ordered by Lord Gongsun (not the lord), and leads eight hundred white horses to follow General Ma Teng to help your lordship. I didn't want the army to just cross the rope pond, I heard that the adults had been defeated and the troops were lost, General Ma Teng and Mr. Guo Tu were afraid that the adults would be in trouble, so they divided the troops to save them. ”

"Marten? Guo Tu! ”

Cao Ying shuddered violently when he heard this, and his mind couldn't help recalling the battle of Yingchuan, as well as the hideous and poignant face of Ma Yue on the hill, Ma Teng was Ma Yue's uncle, and Guo Tu was the butcher's henchman! I don't believe it when Cao Ying is killed, Ma Teng and Guo Tu Hui'an have good intentions, if they really go to Ma Teng's army with Zhao Yun, I am afraid that it will be the end of the head falling to the ground immediately, how can there be a chance to live?

"Since the adults are safe, how about I go with the last general to see General Ma Teng?" Zhao Yun said again, "Before leaving, Mr. Guo Tu repeatedly instructed that if you find an adult, please come to the army to see him no matter what." ”

"Uh, this~~hehe~~"

Cao Ying's words were hesitant, and a pair of small eyes had begun to turn rapidly, thinking hard about how to get out.

……

When Guo Yan, Li Xun and others were chasing and killing Cao Jun, they found that the Eastern Army was killing in front of them, and it was getting late. Guo Tu intercepted several Cao army routs and asked, only to know that Cao Ying had been defeated, the Cao army under his command was almost completely annihilated, and Cao Ying himself was also missing and his death was unknown.

Guo Tu immediately divided the army of 8,000 into ten teams, each led by a small colonel to search for it.

Zhao Yun, who was ordered to come, also took the initiative to ask for help, but Guo Tu couldn't refuse, so he had to agree.

……

The rope pool is close to effect, and the horse tent is large.

Ma Teng endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask Guo Tudao: "Sir, Teng has something to understand." ”

Guo Tu said: "The general said that it doesn't matter. ”

Ma Teng said: "Since the soldiers sent out to Hanguguan to contain the rebellious army in Liangzhou, so as to buy time for Boqi to pacify Liangzhou and Guanzhong, then they should drive troops to attack Hanguguan, why did they set up camp in Rope Pond instead, and also sent all the soldiers out?" Just to find a Cao Ying who doesn't know life and death, why is he so excited? ”

"Can't you make a move!?" Guo Tuhuo Ran looked back, stared straight at Ma Teng, his eyes revealed a palpitating gloomy color, and said in a condensed voice, "If the general knew what the lord said in Yingchuan, if the general knew what Cao Ying was, he wouldn't think so." ”

"Huh?" Ma Teng said, "What did Bo Qi say in Yingchuan?" What kind of person is Cao Ying? ”

"Cao Ying, the hero of the world!" Guo Tu said coldly, "At the beginning of Yingchuan, the lord had the opportunity to kill him, but unfortunately he fell short. At that time, the picture was by the lord's side, and I still remember that after the attempt to kill Cao Ying, the lord once looked up to the sky and sighed, I can't kill Cao Ying now, and I am afraid that there will be no chance in the future. ”

"Hiss~~" Ma Teng gasped and said in a mouthful of air, "So, Mr. divided his troops into ten ways and searched for Cao Ying everywhere, not to save Cao Ying, but to kill Cao Ying?" ”

"Of course!" Guo Tu's eyes revealed murderous intent, and he said fiercely, "Except for Zhao Yun, Tu has already strictly ordered the rest of the leading junior colonels, once they find Cao Ying, they can't help but behead directly!" ”

"This~~" Ma Teng frowned, "I'm afraid it's not good to do this, after all, everyone is still an ally now." ”

"Allies? The lord has said that there are only eternal interests in this world, and there are no eternal allies. Guo Tu said coldly, "The so-called those who achieve great things do not refuse to be small, and our army can completely transfer the disaster of killing Cao Ying to the Liangzhou rebellion, presumably Guo Yan, Li Ru and others will be happy to 'kill Cao Ying', what does the general think?" ”

"Ugh."

Ma Teng sighed softly and remained silent.

……

Deep in the mountains.

Zhao Yun persuaded Cao Ying again: "My lord, the mountains here are deep and dense, and there may be a rebellion in Liangzhou at any time, so why don't you return to the camp with the last general?" ”

Because Zhao Yun is the captain of Gongsun Zhan's personal soldiers, not Ma Yue's henchman, as the so-called knowing people and knowing faces do not know their hearts, Guo Tu only dared to order Zhao Yun to find Cao Ying and bring him back to the army in order to avoid leaking the news, so Zhao Yun did not know Guo Tu's true intention of inviting Cao Ying to the army to see him.

"Ahh

When Zhao Yun was urging, Cao Ying was in a hurry, gritted his teeth and bit the tip of his tongue, and immediately spat blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Lord!"

More than a dozen horsemen around Cao Ying hurriedly rushed forward and rescued Cao Ying.

Zhao Yun also hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and asked with concern, "Lord Cao, what's wrong with you?" ”

Cao Ying held his forehead with both hands, and said with a painful face: "The general doesn't know, Lai had a heavy head injury when he was young, and since then he has fallen into the disease of head wind, and if he is slightly unwell, this head wind disease will attack, which is painful~~ The pain is unbearable, ah, it hurts me, it hurts me~~"

Before he could say anything, Cao Ying was already so painful that he hit his head on the ground again and again, and there was a bang.

Zhao Yun hurriedly said: "There is no Langzhong in the wilderness, how can this be good?" ”

Cao Yingxiao's eyes had an imperceptible cunning color, and he said to Zhao Yun: "is just the guard of a county, it is not a pity to die, and there are more than a dozen personal riders, enough to return to Luoyang, only the Liangzhou rebels are brutal and unkind, if they are allowed to flee back to Guanzhong, they are afraid of fish and meat people, and the three auxiliary disasters, General Zhao Yun can rate the cavalry of the headquarters to ~~ to chase it, don't think about it." ”

Zhao Yun sighed in his heart, held a gun on horseback and hugged his fist and said: "Your Excellency is light on life and death and great righteousness, although you are in danger, you still don't forget the sorrow of the people of Li, the high wind and bright festival are admirable, although Yun is not talented, how can you sit back and watch a loyal and virtuous minister like your lord fall into the hands of the Liangzhou rebellion." Okay, please get on the horse quickly, and the end will escort you back to Luoyang. ”

"Uh~~" Cao Ying was stunned at first, and then said with great joy, "So, thank you General Zhao Yun." ”

……

Luoyang Imperial Palace, Deyang Palace.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the princes of the Eighteenth Route shouted long live three times and were divided into two classes.

Wang Yun made a look, Cai Yong understood, and went out to play: "Your Majesty, Qi Gong, the queen mother, the minister thinks that the eighteenth Kwantung princes have meritorious service to Dong and should be rewarded, in order to avoid omissions, the princes of all walks of life can state their merits in the palace, but before that, one person should be elected as a general first, and lead the army to garrison Luoyang to stabilize people's hearts." ”

Cai Yong's voice fell, and the Empress Dowager He, who was listening to the government, had not yet spoken, and the party was too flamboyant This martial artist had already ignored the etiquette of the court, and went out of work first, and did not kneel, but stood directly on the Danqi and said loudly: "The minister thinks that Bohai is too guarded by Yuan Shao's talent and outstanding merits, and he can be the general of the dynasty." ”

Zhang Yang's words suddenly stirred up a thousand waves, and the Golden Palace immediately became a mess.

Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao jumped out first, and retorted sharply: "The general is the commander of the world's soldiers and horses, the pillar of the country, the identity is not trivial, and those who are not virtuous and have outstanding military achievements cannot be competent, although Yuan Shao is from a famous family and is the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, but after all, he is young and prosperous, and he may not be competent." ”

Zhang Yang said angrily: "Then who does Master Qiao think can do it?" ”

Qiao Mao responded: "The lower officials think that Lord Liu Dai of Yanzhou is highly respected and has military exploits, and can be a general. ”

Qiao Mao's voice fell, and Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, had already stepped forward and shouted: "Liu Dai is old, how can he be a general?" Lord Yuan Shu of Yangzhou Assassin is a hero of the world, looking forward to the sea and the admiration of all the people, is there anyone more suitable for the position of general than Lord Yuan Shu? ”

Sun Jian's words made Yuan Shu fluttering, and Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai was already so angry that his face turned pale.

Sun Jian's voice fell, and Guangling Taishou Zhang Chaoban retorted: "If you say that you want to return to the sea and be admired by all the people, who else can compare to Lord Shi Taoqian of Xuzhou?" Since Lord Tao Qian served as the assassin of Xuzhou, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the wind is far away, and the three countries and two counties of Xuzhou have no trace and do not close their doors at night, which can be called a peaceful and prosperous era. ”

Sun Jian countered: "Although Lord Tao Qian is virtuous, he has no military merits, how can he be a general?" ”

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang came out of the class and said: "If you talk about military merits, who among the Eighteen Routes Kwantung Coalition Army can compare with Lord Han Fu of Jizhou Assassin History?" Lord Han Fu once assisted Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, two generals, to exterminate Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang and other Yellow Turban thieves, and fought against the Black Mountain thieves for many years. ”

Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao was furious and shouted: "Wang Kuang, don't deceive people too much. ”

Wang Kuang's face did not change and said: "The lower officials are just talking about things, if there is any offense, please bear with me." ”

Seeing that the princes of the Eighteenth Road were arguing, Wang Yun's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of coldness, things were just as Cai Yong expected, evolving in the direction of benefiting the imperial court, there was only one position of the general, but there were several princes who had the heart to worship the general, and they quarreled back and forth, and the final result could only be that no one could do it, and in the end it was cheaper for others.

Sometimes, people are extremely smart, but sometimes they are extremely stupid, and they will always do stupid things that harm others and harm themselves.

……

Liangzhou.

Wang Yuan's big tent in the army.

Musa Khan, the general of the Cheshi Kingdom, hurried in and said loudly: "Lord Changshi, I have just returned from a horse visit, and there are two armies fighting fiercely fifty miles south of this place, as if the cavalry of the horse butcher is intercepting a grain convoy. ”

"Grain convoy?" Wang Yuan's expression moved, and he said, "Could it be the grain transportation team sent by Lord Yan Wen?" ”

Musa Khan said, "My lord, do you want to send troops to rescue you?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "I'm afraid this is a trick of the horse butcher." ”

Musa Khan said: "What tricks can there be? ”

"Report~~" When Wang Yuan was hesitating, a small colonel suddenly stepped into the tent and said loudly, "Lord Changshi, thousands of cavalry suddenly killed in the enemy camp and went all the way to the south. ”

Musa Khan said: "My lord, this must be the horse butcher who received an urgent report and sent reinforcements. ”

"This~~"

Wang Yuan still hesitated.

Musa Khan hurriedly said: "My lord, quickly send troops to rescue, it will be too late, and the food and meat brought by the troops sent by Lord Yan should fall into the hands of the horse butcher." ”

"Okay." Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said sharply, "Alibu led 20,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's camp, pinned down the main infantry force in the enemy camp, and prevented it from coming out of the camp to rescue. Azgul led 10,000 cavalry to stay in the camp, and Musa Khan ordered 20,000 cavalry to follow the long history to the south to meet the grain convoy. ”

……

Fifty miles to the south.

The two armies are fiercely "fighting".

Hundreds of ox carts end to end, connected into a circular defensive circle, more than 1,000 infantry shrunk behind the ox cart to resist stubbornly, outside the ox cart array, more than 3,000 black wolf riders are divided into several teams, front and back, are circling around, in the endless strange screams, constantly use the bow to shoot arrows in the middle.

Xu Huang was dressed in the cloth armor of an ordinary Liangzhou elementary school, like a cold sculpture standing in the array.

There is no need to worry about the arrows of the Wuhuan people will be shot on the body, the archery skills of these Wuhuan wolf cubs are really not blown, and after shooting arrows for a long time, none of their own troops were accidentally injured. Beside Xu Huang, there was an extremely strange scene, hundreds of Qiang soldiers wearing cloth armor (the equipment of the Han Dynasty county soldiers) were tied behind their backs and knelt together.

Behind each Qiang soldier captive, there were two fierce and vicious Bingzhou elite soldiers, these Bingzhou elite soldiers were also wearing cloth armor representing the identity of the county soldiers, and they were holding several sharp wolf tooth feather arrows in their hands, and their eyes were as hideous as wolves. For these battle-hardened, murderous veterans, killing someone is no different from stepping on an ant.

"Poof."

With a muffled sound, the soldier in charge of the lookout jumped down from the high ox cart and said to Xu Huang: "General, here!" ”

"Huh?" Xu Huang Huoran turned his head, put his hand on the canopy and looked to the north, and asked, "Is it only the lord's army that came, or did even the Hu people from the Western Regions come?" ”

The little colonel said: "It's all here, the Hu people of the Western Regions are chasing and killing the lord's army." ”

At this time, Xu Huang and the generals around him had already seen smoke and dust billowing up on the northern horizon, and faintly, two armies were chasing after each other, killing together.

It's almost time, and it's time to send these trash fish on their way!

Xu Huang's eyes revealed a palpitating cold flame, and a cold sentence burst out from between his teeth: "Stand up the flag, do it!" ”

A personal soldier quickly erected a large flag that had been falling to the ground, and the Wuhuan wolf cavalry, who was galloping back and forth outside the defense circle, saw the banner erected, and immediately returned their bows to the sheath, and rushed straight to the oxcart formation in the middle circle with their scimitars.

Of course, there was more of a continuous scream.

When Xu Huang's raised right arm fell coldly, the veterans of the Bingzhou in the oxcart formation did not hesitate to stab the wolf tooth arrows in their hands viciously into the Qiang soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, their hands were tied, and they had no power to resist! Killing, suffocating slaughter, in less than a moment, hundreds of poor Qiang prisoners had all fallen in pools of blood.

None of the captives survived, either in the throat or in the chest and abdomen, many with at least three arrows stuck in their bodies, and even the murderous Bingzhou soldiers brutally pierced sharp arrows through the eyeballs of the Qiang captives, and the sharp arrows pierced the entire cranial cavity and then protruded from the back of the head.

The vast majority of the captives did not die immediately, but collapsed in pools of blood wailing and struggling. But in the end, none of them will be able to survive! Because they have unfortunately become a bargaining chip in the poison plan of Jia Poison, Jia Poison has always regarded human life as a mustard, does not know what mercy is, and is even more black-hearted than a horse butcher, how can he pity the lives of these hundreds of Qiang soldiers and prisoners of war?

Outside the defensive circle, thousands of Wuhuan wolf cavalry are swinging their knives to the oxcart to cut lively, and the Bingzhou soldiers in the oxcart formation are like wood, dumbfounded watching the Wuhuan wolf cavalry performing, from time to time there will be a breathless Qiang soldier prisoner being thrown out of the oxcart array, and the Wuhuan wolf cavalry who is slashing will immediately surround like a wild wolf that smells blood, and the knife flies randomly, and the poor Qiang soldier captives are chopped into minced meat in an instant.

This scene did not end until the Western Regions Hu cavalry "repelled" the horse butcher cavalry.

With a sudden whistle, the three thousand wolf cavalry immediately fled away, and in less than a moment, they disappeared from the field of vision of the soldiers and disappeared without a trace. Xu Huang stretched out his hand and wiped a handful of blood on the corpse of a Qiang soldier captive and smeared it on his face, then changed his expression and hurried to the ox cart array.

……

When Wang Yuan and Musa Khan arrived with 20,000 cavalry from the Western Regions, they were presented with a tragic scene like a bloody prison in Shura. Many of the soldiers had been cut to the ground with their guts scattered beyond recognition, and the ox carts in a circle were littered with corpses, and their lives were taken by the monstrous arrows of the wolf's fangs.

Many of the corpses were still bleeding from the scars on their bodies, and they wanted to die in battle.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and many of the Hu people in the Western Regions had never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene in their lives, and they were so frightened that their eyes were straight and their whole body trembled.

Seeing such a tragic scene, the last doubts in Wang Yuan's heart disappeared.

A bloodied colonel leaned out from behind the oxcart and shouted, "Who are you? ”

Wang Yuan stepped forward and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, this official is Shi Wang Yuan, the head of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, not the usurper Ma Yue." ”

Xiao Xiaoda was overjoyed and said, "Lord Wang? Are you really Lord Wang!? ”

"Exactly." Wang Yuan said, "Who are you?" ”

The little colonel said: "The villain Fang Xu is the junior colonel in front of the tent of Jincheng Yan Duwei. ”

Jincheng guarded Yan Wen too much, and Yan Hong, the commander of the capital, and Wang Yuan all knew each other, so he asked at that time: "What about General Yan Hong?" ”

Xiao Xiao's expression darkened, and he pointed to a bloody corpse beside him, and said gloomily: "The general has died in battle." ”

"Alas~~" Wang Yuan sighed, his tone slowed down, and he said in a harmonious voice, "Okay, the rebels of the horse butcher have been repulsed, and now it's okay." ”

……

Luoyang.

The princes of the Eighteenth Road quarreled for a long time in front of the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but still failed to come up with a result, Wang Yun saw that the time was ripe, so he coughed and walked out of class slowly, and waited for the princes of the Eighteenth Road to calm down, and then continued: "The old man has a compromise proposal, would you like to hear it?" ”

The princes of all walks of life quarreled for a long time and failed to reach an agreement, and were about to find someone to judge, so they said in unison: "Please speak." ”

Wang Yundao: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Han Fu, and Tao Qian are either highly respected and well-governed, or they are amazingly talented and well-born, and they are all outstanding in war, and Dong Zhuo, who is a thief of the country, has made great contributions to the imperial court. ”

Yuan Shao waited: "What do you think about Lord Situ?" ”

Wang Yun said: "How about the four adults being the same generals?" ”

"What?" Yuan Shao was stunned and said, "The same general, how can this be made?" ”

"Why not?" Wang Yun said indifferently, "Lord Yuan Shao can be the general of the expedition to the east, Lord Han Fu can be the general of the expedition to the north, Lord Tao Qian can be the general of the expedition to the south, Lord Yuan Shu can be the general of the expedition to the west, the four generals are all feudal marquis, fake Jieyue, and guard the Quartet for the imperial court, is it okay?" ”

"This~~"

Yuan Shao stroked his short beard under his chin and was speechless for a while.

To say that only one general of Zhengdong is awarded, Yuan Shao is inevitably unwilling, but at present, the princes of the Eighteenth Road are not convinced by each other, and they are attacking each other, which has become a trend of riding a tiger, and it is a good way for the court to reward him like this, after all, the general of Zhengdong is ranked as the third duke, and he is already a very good minister.

The rest of the princes who had been arguing for a long time were already a little impatient, and if the general was not sealed, the officials below would not be sealed, and the princes who were worried about what kind of general they could seal at that time echoed and said: "Okay, Lord Situ is reasonable, so let's do it." ”

Sealed the four most difficult generals, the next princes are easy to do, less than half an hour, the princes from all walks of life reached an agreement, Gongsun Zan sealed a Pingbei general, and for Ma Yue for a Pingxi general, Sun Jian sealed a former general, Yuan Shao for Cao Ying for a left general, and the rest of the princes are also ranked generals.

After sealing the titles of the princes from all walks of life, there is actually nothing to say about who will be stationed in Luoyang next, even Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Han Fu, and Tao Qian, the four powerful warlords, cannot stay in Luoyang, but can only defend one side for the imperial court, how can they let other warlords who are not as strong as themselves stay in Luoyang?

In the end, it was Wang Yun who proposed to make Liu Bei the lieutenant of Sili and guard Luoyang.

Liu Bei has only hundreds of soldiers in his hands, and there are no more than two generals, so he can't pose a threat to anyone, and in terms of identity, he is the emperor's uncle today, and he is extremely noble, no matter what aspect it is, it is most suitable for him to stay in Luoyang, and the rest of the princes can only accept this method that is not a way to do it while being afraid of each other and compromising with each other.

……

Wuwei, Liangzhou, the camp of the Western Regions Army.

The night was dark, but the barracks were bright with torches and boiling in the sky.

As soon as the military rations arrived, the Hu people, who had not known the taste of meat for several days, suddenly flocked to the army, and after grabbing the jerky, they lit piles of bonfires in the barracks, each in groups of three or five, singing and dancing around the fire, the only thing that makes people regret that there are too few women in the army, and there is a lot less fun.

Dressed in a thin colorful dance dress, she twisted her slender willow waist and walked between the bonfires, revealing her moving dance steps and graceful posture to these soldiers of the Western Regions.

The only disappointment was that at all times, the princess's face was covered with a thin veil that made it difficult to see her, but the beautiful blue eyes that were exposed, and her blonde hair, which flowed like waves, were charming enough.

Many soldiers with strong bodies, rough surnames, and good singing and dancing volunteered to jump out, like flower-picking bees surrounding the flowers, and gathered around Azgul. The wind desire of the Hu people in the Western Regions was originally extremely open, and Azguli did not hesitate to stick her fiery delicate body to these soldiers to grind, first fascinated these soldiers with her hot enthusiasm, and then floated away like a butterfly wearing flowers~~

……

In the southwest corner of the camp of the Western Regions Army, there are more than 100 felt bags.

Compared with the bustle in the Western Regions military camp, this place seems deserted, only a dozen faintly burning mutton fat torches are slanted into the ground, scattering the faint fire light weakly in the lonely military camp. Under the faint firelight, Xu Huang and hundreds of elite soldiers from Bingzhou were like wild wolves, lurking in the wasteland.

Wang Yuan was really cautious, although he no longer had doubts in his heart, but just in case, he still did not let Xu Huang, the hundreds of elite soldiers from the state, settle in the camp, but set up more than 100 felt bags in the southwest corner outside the camp to settle them. But it's a pity that Wang Yuan's opponents are the fierce horse butcher like a wolf and the poisonous Jia Xu of the troubled country.

Of course, Ma Butcher and Jia Poison would not bet all their bets on Xu Huang, the hundreds of elite soldiers of the state.

……

Ten miles away from the Western Regions Army camp, Ma Yuejun camp.

Three thousand Wuhuan wolf riders, three thousand Hedong elite soldiers who survived a hundred battles (those who survived defending Longxian) and more than 3,000 state soldiers, as well as more than 4,000 county soldiers have all gathered in the open space outside the camp.

Jia Xu also rarely wore armor and stood beside Ma Yue.

Looking at the starry sky in the sky, Jia Xu said to Ma Yue: "Lord, the hour is almost up. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and said in a deep voice, "The whole army is attacking!" ”

Ma Yue gave an order, and more than 10,000 troops swooped towards the Western Regions army camp ten miles away like a rolling iron stream.

……

The Western Regions Army Battalion.

The crescent moon was slanting to the west, and the time was close to dawn, and finally some soldiers who were physically exhausted fell down and lay on the ground and fell asleep, and the soldiers next to them shouted that their companions were useless, but the next moment, they soon followed and fell down, and in less than a moment, the camp in the Western Regions was already full of sleeping soldiers.

Wang Yuan heard that the tent suddenly became quiet, and he was surprised to come out of the tent to inspect, but found that the open space outside the tent was already full of soldiers, and what was even more shocking was that these soldiers were all twitching limbs and foaming at the mouth, and they were already unconscious.

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

Wang Yuan was taken aback, turned around and asked the pro-soldiers standing outside the tent urgently, the two pro-soldiers were Han soldiers, and they had to protect Wang Yuan's Chinese army tent, so they did not participate in the carnival of the soldiers in the Western Regions, nor did they eat the dried meat and military rations just delivered today, so they were safe and sound. ”

"How could such a thing!?"

When Wang Yuan was about to step forward to take a look, he suddenly felt a flower in front of him, everything around him began to become hazy, and spun, Wang Yuan rubbed his eyes vigorously, and the scene in front of him gradually regained clarity, but his mind was still a little heavy, and a wave of disgust was churning in his abdomen.

Wang Yuan, who was quick-witted, immediately thought of the batch of military rations and dried meat that had just been transported to the camp today, and hurriedly said to his own soldiers in surprise: "Poison, poison!" The batch of military rations that was just delivered today, as well as the jerky, are all poisonous! Hurry ~~ Quickly collect them all and destroy them on the spot, and no one is allowed to eat them again. ”

"Yes."

The two pro-soldiers agreed, and were about to turn around and leave, when Wang Yuan said again: "Come back." ”

The pro-soldier was half-standing, turned around and said, "What else do you have to order?" ”

Wang Yuan pounded his head vigorously, trying his best to keep himself awake, and said in a condensed voice: "Immediately blow the trumpet and gather all the soldiers who have not been poisoned, if this official is not bad, this must be the horse butcher's poisonous plan, and next, the horse butcher's army will definitely take the opportunity to attack the camp." ”

The pro-soldier agreed to take the order and left, and seeing the pro-soldier leave, Wang Yuan felt that the scene in front of him became blurry again, and his head became more and more heavy. Finally, after a muffled snort, Wang Yuan fell straight down like a piece of wood, and after falling to the ground, his limbs began to twitch, and the corners of his mouth began to foam.

However~~

Before Wang Yuan's personal soldiers could blow the trumpet and gather the soldiers who had not been poisoned, a long and long horn sound had already sounded in the vast night in the distance. The sky was faintly bright, and with the slight brightness of the eastern sky, the soldiers of the Western Regions who were in charge of the night vigil were surprised to find that the enemy soldiers who were pressed by the black were like endless ants, rushing to kill from the darkness.

Before Ma Yue's army could enter the camp, Xu Huangjun, who was placed in the southwest corner of the camp by Wang Yuan, attacked first.

"Instigation!"

The piercing sound of breaking the air sounded, Xu Huang shot the five night vigil soldiers one by one with flying arrows, almost at the same time, more than a dozen flying claws had been firmly nailed to the camp fence, more than 100 soldiers surrounded the general, and pulled the cable of the flying claws for a while, and the camp fence that was not too strong collapsed.

Xu Huangqing took out his sword and drew it forward, and the eight hundred elite soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed into the camp of the Western Regions Alliance.

In less than a moment, there was a fire rising in the camp, and in the raging fire, many Hu soldiers from the Western Regions who were lucky enough not to be poisoned were running in a panic, shouting, and completely out of order. At this most critical moment, the army of horse butchers was able to be slaughtered.

……

Luoyang, a dilapidated inn.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei temporarily settled here.

Although Liu Bei has been recognized as the imperial prince by the Son of Heaven, and now he is the emperor's uncle, but after the eunuch rebellion, Dong Zhuo's dictatorship, and the Xiliang military disaster two days ago, Luoyang is no longer prosperous, and the imperial family is even more declining to the point of no return, even the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother need Wang Yun and other powerful ministers to help, and the eunuchs and palace maids are forced to go out of the city to collect wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, in this case, how can Liu Bei be given too generous treatment?

Inside the courtyard of the post house.

Liu Bei was weaving straw sandals neatly, as if he was an old philistine who had sold straw sandals for many years, Guan Yu also changed into a tattered and old cloth clothes, and was picking a large handful of hay into the courtyard from outside the city, carefully placing it in the corner of the courtyard, and pressing stones on it to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Only Zhang Fei was bare-chested and bare-chested, and he was extremely impatient to sit on the mat and drink cold water.

"Big brother, what kind of straw sandals do you make, you can't sell a pair of straw sandals for two pennies after spending half a day to knit them, what can you do?" Zhang Fei was obviously dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior, and muttered, "It's not as good as when I was in Zhuo County, no matter how big brother says it, it's also the guard of a county~~ Phew, this Luoyang water is really fucking unpalatable, big brother, it's better to go back to Langyu Kingdom earlier, the little brother is about to fade out of his mouth." ”

"Yide, you know how to drink." Guan Yu, who had just piled up the hay, glared back at Zhang Fei and said, "Since the eldest brother wants to weave straw shoes and sell them, then there is naturally a reason for the eldest brother, you and I can just do it, but if you don't help, you don't say anything, and you are still talking cool words on the side, which is really unusual." ”

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and he was still worried that Yun Chang was scheming, and Yi Deyong was brave, but he was a little reckless and lacked scheming, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for such a surname to stand alone.

……

Luoyang city effect, Yuan Shao's army big tent.

Xu You walked in flutteringly, and said to Yuan Shao with disdain: "Lord, Liu Bei is actually weaving straw sandals in the post house, and after weaving them, he also asked Guan Yu to sell them on the street, it is said that the income from selling shoes can really maintain the rations of the three brothers, oh hahaha~~"

Before he finished speaking, Xu You had already burst out laughing.

Yuan Shao also laughed and said: "This is the real Liu Bei, and only a person like Liu Bei can do such a thing, and it is ridiculous that a dignified uncle actually sells shoes on the street." But then again, if Liu Bei wasn't this kind of unambitious and short-sighted person, General Ben really wouldn't dare to let him stay in Luoyang. ”

Tian Feng frowned and persuaded: "Lord, Feng thinks that Liu Bei does not look like a person with no ambitions, this is probably Liu Bei's tricks, and the purpose is nothing more than to eliminate the vigilance of the lords and other princes." ”

"Tricky?" Yuan Shao said disapprerovingly, "What can be the mystery?" Yuan Hao was too worried. ”

Xu You clasped his fists and complimented: "The lord is wise." ”

Tian Feng sighed and was silent.

"Alright." Yuan Shao flicked his sleeves, stood up, and said to Tian Feng and Xu You, "Tonight, the Son of Heaven will give a banquet to all the princes outside the noon gate, and all the military generals above the captain level and the civil officials above the long history will attend, and the time is almost up, and we should also leave for the palace." ”

……

Liangzhou.

The war is over.

Except for the princess of the Dayue clan, Azguli, who led 3,000 cavalry to escape, the rest of the Western Regions Hu cavalry were either killed in battle or captured, and Wang Yuan, the chief of the Western Regions, Alibu, the minister of Shanshan, Musa Khan, the general of the Cheshi State, and the leading generals of the other small countries all became prisoners of Ma Yuejun.

But what really made Ma Yue overjoyed was the tens of thousands of horses captured in the Western Regions.

The only thing that made Ma Yue feel a little fly in the ointment was that these horses from the Western Regions were not as easy to serve as the Xiongnu horses, the Xiongnu horses were not picky eaters, and they could survive tenaciously no matter how harsh the living conditions were, and they would not lose weight after continuous battles and hard marching for months, but the horses of the Western Regions could not.

Therefore, it is difficult for horses in the Western Regions to be used to equip ordinary cavalry on a large scale, but can only be used to equip heavy armored iron cavalry on a small scale.

But even so, it was enough for Ma Yue to be happy. With this batch of horses from the Western Regions, Xu Chu's iron cavalry battalion will no longer have to worry about the lack of mounts.

The Heavy Iron Cavalry is arguably the most powerful of the Ma Yue's army, and so far Ma Yue has not found any army that can stop their assault. Maybe Gao Shun's trapped camp can do it, but Xu Chu's iron cavalry battalion will never meet Gao Shun's trapped camp on the battlefield.

Jia Xu didn't know when he came to Ma Yue, stroked his willow whiskers and said: "Lord, the Hu cavalry of the Western Regions has finally broken through, if everything goes well and General Gao Shun can make a surprise attack on Hangu Pass, then it is time to divide the troops to attack Jincheng, Beidi, Anding counties and the three auxiliary places in Guanzhong." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded, raised his head leisurely, his unfocused gaze seemed to have crossed the silent sky, staring at the Kwantung battlefield thousands of miles away, and said lightly, "I don't know how the battle between the princes of the Eighteenth Route and Dong Zhuo is going?" Calculating the time, Uncle Teng and Gong Ze should almost have news coming. ”

Jia Xu said: "Although the battle of Luoyang is closely related to the situation in Guanzhong, as long as General Gao Shun can capture Hangu Pass, he can be nailed to the Chang'an Ancient Road like a nail, and Dong Zhuo and the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Army will be firmly blocked outside the pass, and the lord will be as stable as Mount Tai in Guanzhong, so the key is the gain or loss of Hangu Pass." ”

"Report~~" Jia Xu's voice fell, and a fast horse galloped forward, "General Gao Shun urgently reported~~"

"Well, General Gao Shun?" Jia Xu looked eager, and said to the horse, "Lord, whether our army can successfully take Guanzhong will soon be decided!" ”

As Jia Xu was talking, the fast horse had already galloped in, and the dusty messenger rolled the saddle and fell off the horse.

Whether or not it can occupy Guanzhong will be directly related to the future and future of Ma Yue Group, and the cold-blooded Ma Yue can't help but churn in his heart at this time, and shout: "Speak! ”

The messenger gasped twice, and said quickly: "General Gao Shun failed to lead the army to attack Hangu Pass, and now he has retreated fifty miles and camped in the mountains at a dangerous place to resist the troops of Kwantung. General Gao Shun said that as long as he was given six months, he would be able to build another Hangu Pass on the Chang'an Ancient Road, and even if 100,000 Kwantung troops came to attack at that time, he would be as stable as a rock. ”

"Oh, what a mistake." Jia Xu was disappointed when he heard this, "The so-called people are not as good as the sky, but I didn't expect the surprise attack on Hangu Pass to fail, alas." ”

Ma Yue was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart, but he still persuaded: "Wenhe doesn't have to blame himself too much, in six months, the battle of the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Army against Dong may not be over." Taking a step back, even if the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Army watched the fire from across the river, Dong Zhuo's old thief was desperate to save Guanzhong, and Gao Shun couldn't hold the Chang'an Ancient Road in the end, and our army couldn't capture Guanzhong, but so what? At least we fought in Liangzhou, didn't we? ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "What the lord said is that as long as Liangzhou is defeated, our army will win." ”

"But~~" Ma Yue changed his words and said in a condensed voice, "Until the last moment, never give up easily!" ”

"Report~~" Ma Yue's voice did not fall, and there was a fast horse galloping in front of him, "Hetao Emergency~~"

"Hetao?" Jia Xu's expression moved, and he said, "Could it be that the battle between the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Princes against Dong has a result?" ”

Ma Yue caught up with the galloping fast horse and said sharply, "Speak quickly." ”

The messenger turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said urgently: "Mr. Fu Zhu urgently report, Luoyang mutiny, Situ Wang Yunqiao set a series of schemes, the national thief Dong Zhuo has died at the hands of Lu Bu, Lu Bu's old general Zhang Liao abandoned the tiger prison, led the 18th Kwantung Army into Luoyang, and the battle against Dong has ended." ”

"Huh?"

"What!"

Ma Yue and Jia Xu were taken aback at the same time when they heard this, and said in shock: "The battle against Dong is over? ”

The messenger said, "Exactly." ”

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "What about the Liangzhou Army under Dong Zhuo?" That's an army of more than 100,000 people, it won't be the whole army, right? ”

The messenger said: "The Liangzhou rebel army under Dong Zhuo's command has looted the four counties of Gyeonggi, and Luoyang City has almost been burned to ashes, and the rebel army is assembling towards Hangu Pass. ”

"What is possible." Jia Xu hurriedly said, "This is inevitable, the Liangzhou rebel army will inevitably return to Shiguanzhong!" ”

There was a cold flame in Ma Yue's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Gao Shun only has 8,000 light cavalry in his hands, deducting the casualties and the army left behind in Chang'an, and now there are at most 6,000 men and horses in his hands, although the ancient road of Chang'an can be defended, but there are at least 100,000 people in the Liangzhou rebellion, and the difference in strength between the two armies is too great, and I am afraid that it will not be able to hold ~~." ”

Jia Xu said: "If General Gao Shun can't defend the Chang'an Ancient Road and let hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou rebels enter Guanzhong, then the wisest choice for the lord is to abandon Guanzhong and defend Liangzhou." ”

"It seems that giving up Chang'an and Guanzhong is inevitable, but it's a pity that Gao Shuntian's great credit is about to be wasted, alas~~" Ma Yue said this, his eyes suddenly became extremely clear, and he said in a deep voice, "However, General Ben will never hand over an intact Guanzhong to Guo Yan, Li Xun and other Liangzhou rebels." ”

"Huh?"

Jia Xu's heart jumped, Huo Ran turned around, and happened to collide with Ma Yue's cold gaze, and in an instant Jia Xu already realized what Ma Yue wanted to do.

……

Hangu Pass.

In the camp of the Liangzhou Rebellion Army, Li Ru said to Guo Yan: "General Guo Yan, the Cao army has been killed by our army, although it has not been able to kill Cao Ying, but the goal of killing a hundred has been achieved, I believe that after this battle, the rest of the princes will no longer dare to act rashly, so that our army can concentrate all its strength to the west and enter Guanzhong to fight a decisive battle with the horse butcher." ”

"Hmm." Guo Yan nodded, and said in a deep voice, "General Fan Chou has led 20,000 light horsemen into the pass first, and there should be news back soon, as long as General Fan Chou can attack Zheng County and seize a place to settle for the army, this general should use the three armies to enter the pass in a big way, and fight to the death with the horse butcher." ”

……

Fifty miles west of Hangu Pass.

Fan Choujun, who was marching west along the ancient road of Chang'an, suddenly found that the road had become a moat, and in the steep valley, he had set up a strong camp and cut the straight official road into two sections. Although the scale of the camp is not very large, and there are only four or five thousand people stationed at most, it is like a roadblock stuck on the way to enter the customs in the west.

In the sound of the horn, a group of men and horses rushed out of the camp, set up a formation on the official road, Fan Chou looked at it from afar, only to see that the morale of this army was high, the iron armor was slanderous, and the array was scattered, it can be described as an elite division, and then when looking at the enemy's handsome flag, it was embroidered with the word "high" of Douda.

Fan Chou's heart suddenly dawned, it turned out that after Gao Shun's sneak attack on Hangu Pass failed, he did not lead his troops to retreat into the pass, but set up camp in this dangerous place, and it seemed that he was ready to hold on here for a long time! However, with these four or five thousand men and horses, as well as this fragile and simple camp, they also want to block the attack of their 20,000 troops?

It's just self-defeating.

"Order, front army assault!" Fan Chou pulled out his sword, swung it forward, and ordered, "Stab it for General Ben!" ”

"Yes."

Sima of the front army next to him suddenly took the order and left, and in less than a moment, the two thousand cavalry of the front army set up an assault formation on the official road that was not wide, and the front army Sima gave an order, and the two thousand Xiliang iron cavalry rode forward at the same time, and launched an overwhelming assault on the Gao Shun army who was waiting in front of him.

(To be continued)