"Crunch crunch ~~"

Under the dark night sky, a strange voice suddenly sounded outside the city.

"There is a voice!" One of the soldiers on the enemy tower suddenly pricked up his ears and asked his companion beside him, "There seems to be a voice outside the city." ”

"Huh?" Another soldier also pricked up his ears and listened for a moment, then said in horror, "It seems that there is a real voice." ”

"What's that sound?"

"Throw a torch out of the city and look after it."

The two poor soldiers, though they had heard that the enemy might attack in the next two days, did not associate this strange sound with the enemy siege, and one soldier turned and pulled a flaming mutton fat torch from the enemy tower, threw it out of the city with his arm thrown out.

"Whew~~"

The torch conjured a bright trajectory in the air, tumbling and falling and flying out of the city, less than twenty paces away, the torch suddenly hit a "wall", only to hear a muffled sound, the blazing torch burst violently, turning into a flying spark, illuminating the scene within a radius of ten steps.

The two soldiers' eyes widened in surprise.

"What~~ What the hell?"

"Old cow, do you see it, it seems to be moving!"

"You go and blow the trumpet to warn, and I'll report to Lord Dubo, quick!"

"Huh~~"

Before the two soldiers could turn around and leave, two cold wolf's tooth arrows had already swept through the air, shooting through the throats of the two of them fiercely, and the poor soldier didn't even have time to let out a scream before he fell straight down, turning into two cold corpses, and the next moment, the "crunching" sound outside the city suddenly became more intense.

Dub and the rest of the soldiers were awakened from their sleep by the loud noise, and they ran to the battlements to see what was going on, but they were greeted by a glittering sword! Dozens of heavily armed Wuhuan cavalry had already rushed up the city wall along the siege ladder, and in less than a moment, Du Bo and dozens of soldiers were completely slaughtered.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the suspension of the suspension bridge has been cut off, and the heavy suspension bridge has been heavily attached to the pier on the other side of the moat, and the next moment, the closed city gate has also been opened, and the gate of Chang'an City has been completely opened. Under the light of the fire, Gao Shun led the long knife in his hand forward, and the Wuhuan cavalry who were waiting for the battle poured into the city gate like a tide.

Zhang Xiu, who had not woken up from a hangover, was woken up from his sleep by the captain of the pro-soldiers, and suddenly heard the sound of killing outside the window, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked sharply: "What is this sound?" ”

"General, the thieves have entered the city!"

"What!?" Zhang Xiu almost jumped up in shock, and said in a mouthful of words, "The thieves have entered ~~ into the city?" ”

"Yes."

"It can't be." Zhang Xiu shouted, "The city of Chang'an is strong, and the thieves are riding lightly and don't carry the siege equipment with the army, how did they attack the city?" Will it fly into the city from the sky? ”

"The villain doesn't know, anyway, the north gate has been breached." The captain of the personal army hurriedly said, "Traces of the thief cavalry have also been found outside the east gate and the west gate, only there is no movement outside the south gate, the general quickly summons the army to break through from the south gate, and the thief soldiers will be too late." ”

Zhang Xiu looked at the sky-high fire in the north and was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in a hurry: "Quick, change clothes for General Ben, uh, find a set of personal armor for General Ben, and find a thin horse to come over~~"

"Huh?" The captain of the pro-soldier said in a loud voice, "Pro-soldier armor, thin horse? General, what is this for? ”

Zhang Xiu scolded: "You know a fart, don't go quickly." ”

"Uh~~ Obey."

"Come back."

The captain of the pro-soldier didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the order, but before he could go out, he was stopped by Zhang Xiu and roared back, so he had to say to Zhang Xiu with a sad face: "What else does the general command?" ”

Zhang Xiu said in a low voice: "Then find someone who is comparable to the general from the soldiers, put on the armor of the general, and ride the general's war horse to lead the way in front." ”

The captain of the pro-soldier burst into light when he heard this, and said: "The villain understands, the general is asking for a golden cicada~~"

Zhang Xiu shouted: "Don't go yet!" ”

"Yes."

……

Mei.

Under the dark night sky, the originally flat ground suddenly cracked, revealing a black hole, dozens of cavalry emerged silently from under the ground, not far away, ant-like cavalry drilled out of more tunnels, and began to form a formation under the shouting and guidance of the officer.

On the periphery of the assembly area of the army, hundreds of wolf riders divided into ten teams were wandering around the plain, and any suspicious people who approached the assembly area, whether soldiers or innocent people, were shot and killed! This is Jia Xu's strict order, as the so-called big things are informal, in order to achieve the sudden surname of the surprise attack, Jia Xu does not care about the surnames of a small number of innocent people at all.

Time is ticking.

Fang Yue rode his horse to Jia Xu and said in a deep voice: "Strategist, the brothers are ready. ”

"Hmm."

Jia Xu bowed slightly, leisurely raised his head and looked at the vast night ahead, his deep eyes seemed to have crossed the dark void and saw Xu Rongjun's camp, this will be a decisive battle! As long as Xu Rong's army is destroyed, there will be no more troops worth mentioning west of Tongguan! If the lord can dominate Guanzhong and sit on the fertile field for thousands of miles, then the hegemony can be expected!

Suddenly, Jia Xu retracted his deep gaze and said to Fang Yue: "General Fang Yue, attack!" ”

"Yes."

Fang Yue clenched his fists with both hands and agreed with a bang.

……

Xu Rong battalion, the big tent of the Chinese army.

When Xu Rong was discussing with Zhong Xuan, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yinzhu how to transfer the people around Chang'an, a small colonel suddenly stepped into the tent and said loudly: "General, the scouts sent out have returned to the camp. ”

"Oh?" Xu Rong said indifferently, "Have you ever spied on any abnormal circumstances?" ”

"No anomalies have been found." The little colonel said this, and then said, "However, the detective horse sent to Meixian Dongxiao to spy on the news has not yet returned. ”

"Meixian Dongxiao?" Xu Rong frowned and said, "Meixian Dongxiao is the closest to Daying, it stands to reason that it should be the first to return, why have the rest of the Tanma have returned, and the only Dongxiao Tanma has not returned?" ”

Xiao Xiao shook his head and said, "The villain doesn't know." ”

Xu Rong frowned and pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Send more detectives, and then probe." ”

"Yes."

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

The little colonel agreed and was about to turn around and leave, when there was a sudden sound of killing outside the camp.

Xu Rong's face changed, Huo Ran turned around and looked outside the tent door, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yinzhu said in a loud voice: "It seems to be a shouting of killing, is it an enemy attack?" ”

"Report~~" Cheng Yin's voice fell, and a pro-soldier rushed into the tent, shouting in panic, "General, something is wrong!" ”

"Panic what!" Xu Rong's face sank, and he shouted, "As long as General Ben is here, this day will not fall!" Slowly, what's going on outside the camp? ”

"Huhu~~" The pro-soldier gasped for two bites and said in a mouthful, "A large number of enemy cavalry suddenly appeared outside the camp, and our army was caught off guard, and there was no time to organize a defense (the vast majority of Xu Rongjun soldiers had already fallen asleep), and the periphery of the camp had been broken by the enemy cavalry. ”

The pro-soldier's voice fell, and Xu Rong could still try his best to keep calm, but Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin and the others jumped in shock.

"Ahh

"What?"

"The enemy cavalry has broken through the perimeter of the camp?"

"Isn't it okay to return the horses, so where did these damned enemies come from? Can it still emerge from the ground? ”

"Shut up General Ben!" Xu Rong let out a loud shout, stopped the noise of Yang Qiu's generals, and said to his own soldiers, "How many cavalry does the enemy army have?" ”

Compared with the panic of Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin, Xu Rong seemed extremely calm.

Xu Rong is worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, the more critical the moment, the more he can keep a cool head, and his sober mind allows Xu Rong to get to the point of the problem at once.

It is hasty and dangerous to make any decision without figuring out how many troops the enemy army has! If the enemy only has a small number of cavalry, it is just a disturbing battle, and it is completely possible to calmly arrange a counterattack, if it is a large number of cavalry that is enough to annihilate his own army, then he can only break his wrist and protect the elite cavalry of the inner battalion at the expense of the army outside the camp.

Xu Rong sacrificed the soldiers of the outer battalion and chose to break through, of course, he was not afraid of death!

Xu Rong was forced to do so, and the current situation did not allow him to stay here and fight to the death with the horse butcher! The lord transferred almost all the troops that could be mobilized to Luoyang, and the troops left in the rear of Chang'an Sanfu and Liangzhou were very few, and the elite soldiers in Xu Rong's hands could be said to be the only elite in Guanzhong.

If this elite team is exhausted here, what will it rely on to hold Guanzhong?

In any case, Xu Rong must bring this only remaining elite of Liangzhou out of the encirclement, as long as this elite is still there, the situation in Guanzhong is still promising, and it is not yet known who will die! As long as you survive this difficult time, when the lord repels the eighteenth Kwantung coalition army and leads the army to come back, it is only a matter of killing the horse butcher.

The pro-soldier gasped: "The specifics are not ~~ I don't know, but there are tens of thousands of cavalry!" ”

"Tens of thousands of cavalry!?"

As calm as Xu Rong, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes, this is enough to destroy his own army! The military situation is urgent, there is no time to be annoyed and remorseful, and there is no time to hesitate, Xu Rong immediately decided: "Order all battalions on the periphery to defend on the spot, and no one is allowed to take half a step back without the general's military order!" ”

"Yes."

The soldiers agreed and took the order.

Xu Rong said again: "Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Hou Xuan, Zhang Heng." ”

The five generals took a step forward, lined up in front of Xu Rong, and clenched their fists and said quickly: "The last will be." ”

Xu Rong's eyes flashed, and he said word by word: "Immediately pick up the headquarters and follow the general to the east~~ to break through!" ”

"Ah, breakout?"

"To the east, didn't the enemy cavalry come from the east?"

"Yes, if you want to break out, you should go west."

After all, General Yang Qiuwu was not a regular soldier, and it was difficult to completely change the bandit spirit he had cultivated when he was a horse thief in Liangzhou.

"Military orders are like mountains." Xu Rong didn't have a half-sentence explanation at all, and said coldly, "Execute it immediately." ”

"Yes."

General Yang Qiuwu clenched his fists and took the order.

……

Jia Xu appeared on a small dirt slope not far from Xu Rong's camp under the escort of Fang Yue and dozens of colonels, heralds, and personal soldiers, standing on the small dirt slope and looking down, Xu Rong's camp had become a burning sea of fire, and the more than 10,000 cavalry of Ma Yue's army were divided into dozens of triangle charging formations, crushing and assaulting back and forth in the sea of fire, dividing and beheading the panicked and running around the Liangzhou soldiers, and then dividing and beheading, and then beheading.

The periphery of Xu Rong's camp has been completely chaotic, but the war has not yet affected the inner camp for the time being, and the large camp set up by more than 20,000 troops is more than ten miles in radius, and it still takes a while for the Wuhuan cavalry to break through to the inner camp, and it is this time that gives Xu Rongjun in the inner camp a precious respite.

In the noisy camp, a neatly armored Xiliang cavalry suddenly appeared.

After a short and fierce confrontation, the Wuhuan wolf cavalry soon found that it had encountered a tricky opponent, and the two centurions gave an order, and the Wuhuan wolf cavalry immediately began to turn around and retreat, detouring to the two wings and flanks of the Xiliang cavalry, and harassing the enemy from afar.

After breaking through the obstruction of the Wuhuan cavalry, this Xiliang cavalry never loved to fight, and went straight to the east.

on a small dirt slope.

"What a strong man with a broken wrist! Xu Rong really dared to abandon the soldiers and horses in the outer camp, and only wanted to protect the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry in the inner camp. Jia Xu couldn't help but admire, "Xu Rong is worthy of being the number one general under the command of the national thief Dong Zhuo, in such an unfavorable situation, he can still judge the situation and make the most advantageous choice!" ”

"The use of soldiers by military advisors is the real unpredictable." Fang Yue said in a condensed voice, "Although Xu Rong is powerful, he can't help but fall into the calculations of the military advisors. ”

"Nope." Jia Xu smiled and shook his head, "The lord's use of soldiers is really worthy of the unfathomable praise, and the difference between Xu and the lord is too far." ”

Fang Yue hugged his fists to Jia Xu and said, "Since Xu Rong has led the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry to break through, then it is time for the general to rush to the mouth of the two rivers." ”

"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded and said happily, "I wish the general success, and I wish you a good news here." ”

"The last general will take his leave."

Fang Yue arched his hand again, and led more than a dozen cavalry to ride away.

……

Chang'an South Gate.

The fake "Zhang Xiu" led dozens of pro-soldiers to gallop out, and when the real "Zhang Xiu" in the mixed pro-soldier array was galloping on horseback, he suddenly saw the fire in front of him rising into the sky, and a cavalry of hundreds of people had come out of the darkness like a ghost.

This general is none other than Gao Shun, a confidant under Ma Yue.

"Stop coming!" Gao Shun shouted coldly, "Gao Shun has been waiting here for a long time!" ”

"Gao Shun!?"

Zhang Xiu gasped for a moment, his eyes were cold, at this time, this place met Gao Shun, the number one henchman under the command of the horse butcher, it was really desperate.

Gao Shunyao raised the long knife, pointed at "Zhang Xiu", and shouted loudly: "Where is the captain of Sili, Zhong Xuan?" ”

Gao Shun led the army to march lightly, and he couldn't exchange news with Ma Yue and Jia Xu at all, and until now he didn't know what the situation in Liangzhou was? I didn't know that Zhong Xuan, the captain of Sili who was originally in Chang'an, had followed Xu Rong to Liangzhou. If Zhong Xuan is still in Chang'an, with Zhong Yuanchang's caution, it is really hard to say whether Gao Shun can defeat Chang'an.

"Lord Zhong Xuan?"

Fake Zhang Xiu looked behind him, at a loss.

This idiot, really Zhang Xiu scolded secretly in his heart, and hurriedly gestured to the captain of the pro-soldier beside him, and the pro-soldier captain suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Chang'an is lost, Lord Zhong Xuan is also dead, Dong Zhuo is about to be finished, there is no benefit to following Zhang Xiu, everyone hurry up and run to something, run~~"

Zhang Xiu and dozens of cavalry soldiers shouted and fled.

"Zhang Xiu?" Gao Shun frowned for a moment, and said coldly, "Chase!" It is unforgivable that these guys should betray the main general! Arrest them all, don't let one go, and all of them will be executed! As for that Zhang Xiu~~ try to catch him alive, it's really not okay to bring back his head! ”

"Yes."

The hundreds of cavalry behind Gao Shun responded with a bang and scattered in all directions.

……

Two estuary.

It is not a specific place name, most of the confluence of two rivers have a wide alluvial beach, and the locals will call it the mouth of the two rivers.

In the chaos of the army, the 5,000 Xiliang cavalry, who were lucky enough to break out of the encirclement, rushed to the river beach in a chaotic manner.

It's just getting dark.

Xu Rong looked at the current situation, only to see a vast river beach bathed in the thin morning light, the river beach was covered with dense reeds, the dense reeds swayed gently in the morning breeze, everything seemed so peaceful and peaceful, but the intuition formed by the long years of battle clearly reminded Xu Rong that there was murderous aura in the reeds!

"Huh~~"

Xu Rong drank the war horse, Huo Ran raised his right arm, and the generals Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin, who followed behind him, hurriedly followed the war horse, and there were already heralds who conveyed Xu Rong's military orders like a stream, and the Liangzhou cavalry who were rushing forward gradually slowed down, and finally stopped in front of the river beach.

After a long time, Zhong Xuan caught up panting under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and asked with a breath: "General~~General, this~~ can't stop here, the army of horse butchers will catch up soon, or it is better to turn in as soon as possible." ”

Xu Rong pointed his finger in front and said in a condensed voice: "My lord, please take a look." ”

Zhong Xuan looked in the direction of Xu Rong's finger, a vast reed bush came into view, countless reeds were gently swaying in the morning breeze, and there was a faint smoke in it, and the straight official road crossed from the reeds, and the dense reeds poured from both sides of the official road, almost blocking the entire official road.

Xu Rong said in a deep voice: "There are ambushes in the reeds!" ”

"Purr~~"

Xu Rong's voice fell, and a dull snort of war horses suddenly sounded not far ahead, and in the same dull sound of horses' hooves, a ghost had turned out of the dense reeds, with black helmets and black armor, holding a steel spear and standing across the horse, like a god of war majestically blocking the center of the official road.

"It's worthy of Xu Rong!" Fang Yue shouted in a deep voice, "I can actually see through General Ben's ambush." ”

There was another period of chaos in front of the Liangzhou formation, and Xu Rong's heart sank, and he asked, "Come and get your name." ”

Fang Yue pointed at Xu Rong with the steel gun in his hand, and calmly responded: "A certain ~~ Hanoi Fang Yue is also!" ”

"Fang Yue Pifu, suffer death!"

Before Xu Rong could answer, a thunderous shout suddenly sounded behind him. Turning his head in shock, he saw that the candidate of Xiliang Xiao had already galloped out on horseback, and took Fang Yue with his gun. Fang Yue snorted indifferently, in front of the saddle of the gun, he took the iron tire bow and took the bow and arrow, only to hear the instigation, the candidate had already been hit by an arrow in his throat, turned over and fell off the horse.

"Fang Yue, dare to hurt people with secret arrows!"

Seeing that Hou Xuan's arrow was killed, Li Kan and Zhang Heng, who were commensurate with his brothers, were furious, and the two horses flew out of the formation at the same time, and the sword and halberd went straight to Fang Yue, Fang Yue was not afraid, Shi Shiran returned the bow to the sheath, and the steel spear came back to his hand at eight o'clock, and then his legs slammed into the horse's belly, and the horse rushed up.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the three horses intersected, and two fierce golden and iron resonances resounded in the sky in an instant, and the violent anti-shock force rolled back like a stormy wave, Zhang Heng and Li Kan felt their arms numb at the same time, and the long knife and iron halberd in their hands suddenly flew out of their hands, and Fang Yue's iron spear opened and closed at once, and rolled back like lightning.

"Puffy!"

With two muffled sounds, Zhang Heng and Li Kan were swept in the back by an iron gun, and they immediately turned over and fell off their horses.

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin were so frightened that they were about to come out to save each other, but Fang Yue had already ridden their horses back and stabbed Li Kan and Zhang Heng to death on the spot with one shot.

"Li Kan!"

"Zhang Heng!"

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin roared loudly, and were about to urge the horse to fight, but Xu Rong stretched out his hand to stop them.

Fang Yue withdrew the steel spear, pointed at the sky, a wisp of red blood slowly slid down the blade of the gun, and the bundle of cherry red tassels were the same color, there was a strong wind blowing through, swinging the dark cloak behind Fang Yue, hunting and rolling in the air, majestic and majestic, just like the reincarnation of the god of war! At this moment, all the Liangzhou soldiers felt cold in their hearts.

Xu Rong raised his right arm and shouted coldly: "The generals listen to the order, don't go out to fight without authorization, the rear team will change to the front, and the whole army will return the same way!" ”

"Want to go back the way you came?" The corners of Fang Yue's mouth showed a hint of cold murderous intent, and he said in a deep voice, "Maybe it's too late, right?" ”

"Huh?"

Xu Rong's heart sank when he heard this.

Fang Yue pressed down the spear, pointed behind the Liangzhou army and shouted, "Why don't you look behind you, general!" ”

"What~~ What!?"

Xu Rong was taken aback suddenly, Huo Ran looked back, his eyes crossed the scattered formation of the Liangzhou cavalry and fixed hundreds of steps away, and there was already a black and oppressive elite infantry on the vast horizon! It was the real elite infantry, the giant shield of the hoplites built a strong shield wall, which stuck the way of the Liangzhou army, and the spears that stabbed out of the giant shield were dense, like a dead forest.

Yang Qiu gasped and hissed, "Where did this group of guys come from?" ”

"Didn't General Yang Qiu discover the tunnels on both sides?"

Zhong Xuan pointed to the sides of this group of elite infantry, and Yang Qiu found that the open space was full of open tunnel exits. Zhong Xuan said in a solemn tone: "It turns out that the ambush soldiers suddenly killed in Meixian County are the same as this group of infantry, they are all ambushed underground in advance!" Although our army sent a large number of scout horses, how could we find the ambush soldiers underground? ”

Xu Rong's eyes couldn't help but pass through a trace of despair, knowing that this time he was really in a desperate situation!

In fact, from the beginning of the fork in the road and the choice of the southern road, Xu Rong's army stepped into the trap carefully designed by Jia Xu step by step, and finally fell into the current desperate situation! But even so, Xu Rong will never give up, as a soldier, he should have a rock-like will, and never give up until the last moment.

It's impossible to go back the way you came!

Let's not talk about whether the demoralized remnants of Liangzhou can break through the resistance of this elite infantry, even if they can break through, time will not allow the remnants of Liangzhou to do so! It won't be long before the enemy army in Meixian County will follow, and if they are entangled by that group of black wolves, the remnants of Liangzhou will not be lucky.

Years of experience in battlefield battles told Xu Rong that although only Fang Yue rode alone on the official road ahead, there must be ambushes in the reeds on both sides, and breaking through the siege could only fall into the enemy's calculations, so this road was not passable.

You can't move forward, you can't go back, and there is a big river on the left side, and the only way to survive is the wilderness on the right! But when Xu Rong's eyes fell on this empty wilderness, a sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart for no reason, this wilderness~~ Will it really be the life of the Liangzhou army?

"General!"

"General!"

The two interrupted drinks pulled Xu Rong back to reality from his contemplation, and he looked up in shock, only to see Yang Qiu and Cheng Yinzheng staring at him with anxious expressions, meeting Xu Rong's gaze, Yang Qiu said urgently: "Whether to attack forward, or to attack back, or to avoid from the right flank, the general quickly order." ”

Xu Rong gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Yang Qiu! ”

Yang Qiuce immediately stepped forward and said quickly: "The end will be." ”

"Lead five hundred elite horsemen to assault forward."

"Yes."

"Cheng Yin!"

"The end will be."

"Lead five hundred elite horsemen to the right flank and make a detour."

"Order!"

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin suddenly agreed, and each ordered five hundred elite horsemen to lead the order.

Yang Qiu led the five hundred cavalry to move forward less than a few hundred steps, and a piece of arrows was instigated from the reeds on both sides of Fang Yue, just like a rain of rain fell viciously on the head of the Liangzhou cavalry, Yang Qiu couldn't dodge, was attacked by two arrows, and hurriedly defeated back to his own position, and the five hundred cavalry also lost more than 100 cavalry.

Cheng Yin's luck was not even worse than Yang Qiu's.

Cheng Yin's five hundred cavalry ran less than five hundred steps to the right flank, and the empty wilderness suddenly collapsed without warning, and five hundred archers came out of the pit where they were hiding. Cheng Yin drove the troops to attack, and when he was about to chop melons and vegetables to kill this group of archers on the spot, the war horse under his crotch suddenly sank down, and he was viciously thrown out of the horse.

Cheng Yin kept flying forward dozens of steps in the air before falling heavily to the ground. This fall knocked Cheng Yin half to death, and before he could get up, a heavy foot had already stepped heavily on his head, crushing him face down into the mud.

It was not the tripping rope that tripped Cheng Yin's war horse, but the horse pit.

The five hundred cavalry that followed up also suffered the same fate, the seemingly flat wasteland was actually full of disorderly horse pits, the Liangzhou cavalry was defenseless, and crashed into the horse trap formation, and suddenly a group of people turned over on their backs, of course, the five hundred archers could not be idle, and they had already regarded the Liangzhou cavalry as a live target for practicing archery.

……

(To be continued)