Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Soldiers Descend on the City (Second Update)
Although the corpses in front of the city have been cleaned up, piled up together and burned out, but the entire Bishui Pass has been dyed with blood, and the strong smell of blood is still condensed in the air for a long time.
One will become famous for eternity, countless people have died in every battle, in the troubled times, human life is as cheap as mustard, but it is a pity that the warlords who are competing for the deer, and how many are really for the people of the world to win the world?
Gongsun Yi asked himself if he was a hero, everything he did was just to protect himself, and called on the heroes to crusade against Dong Zhuo, just to avenge the original revenge, just for his own selfish interests, not for the people of the world.
The family and the country in the world, sometimes I always feel that it is too far away and unrealistic, but when I saw countless tragic deaths again, Gongsun Yi's heart changed again.
"My lord, what should I do with those prisoners?" A partial general stepped forward and asked Gongsun Yi with a fist.
"What about General Sun's opinion?" Gongsun Yi was full of sincere inquiry.
Sun Jian bowed slightly and replied respectfully: "Bishui Pass was captured by the Xiao cavalry, so naturally there is no need to ask the general for his opinion. ”
Sun Jian knew very well that Gongsun Yi was just polite, I am afraid that he had already considered it in his heart, and if he expressed his opinion arrogantly, he was afraid that Gongsun Yi would be disgusted.
"Release them, but in batches."
"What does Gongsun want?" When the deviation was about to leave, Sun Jian asked with interest.
"General Sun dares to go deep into the tiger's den with me!"
"Haha, there is no place in the world where I Sun Jian dare not go!" Sun Jian clasped his fists and saluted: "Please also ask Lord Gongsun to make it clear." ”
Gongsun Yi smiled meaningfully and said, "General Sun, please, we have a secret conversation in the account." ”
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Hu Zhen with several guards, all the way to the horse rout, although all the strength to block, but Bishui Pass was still lost, but at that time it was not Sun Jian's army that marched, but Gongsun Yi led the cavalry army, the enemy was outnumbered, and it was understandable that the defeat and retreat.
Presumably even if Dong Table is angry, he will not do anything to him, Hu Zhen is a famous family in the northwest, and he often has merit in serving Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo seems to be cruel and murderous, but he will not cross the river and tear down the bridge, Hu Zhen's head is saved.
After galloping for several hours, Hu Zhen, who was sleepy and lacking horses, thought that Gongsun Yi and Sun Jian would definitely stabilize the city, and they should not chase after them, so they dismounted and rested.
Suddenly, the dust was flying in the distance, the banner of the word 'Hua' was hunting in the wind, the vanguard cavalry rode horses, followed by many infantry, and the reinforcements led by Hua Xiong finally arrived.
Hu Zhen hurriedly got on his horse and headed towards Hua Xiong's army, and Hua Xiong, the leader of the general, stepped forward immediately, seeing that Hu Zhen was so embarrassed, he didn't have to guess to know that Bishui Pass was more auspicious than lucky.
Five thousand elite vanguard armor soldiers have been lost, as the vanguard fiasco has suffered a heavy defeat to the morale of the Xiliang army, and now it has lost Bishui Pass, although it is also a colleague of the Xiliang army, it is inconvenient to say anything, but Hua Xiong can already think of waiting for Hu Zhen's fate.
"General Hu, how many men and horses are there in the enemy army?" Hua Xiong immediately raised the issues he was most concerned about.
Hua Xiong hurried over, but he didn't expect that Bishui Pass had fallen, and now the whole army did not have many siege equipment, so Hua Xiong had to find out how many enemy troops there were in Bishui Pass before he could make a decision.
Hu Zhen hesitated in his heart, if he told the truth, if he passed it back, Dong Zhuo would definitely blame him, and he would be looked down upon by his colleagues, and I am afraid that there would be no chance of promotion in the future.
You must know that in ancient times, as long as the morale was strong, the food and grass were sufficient, and the ordnance was sufficient, it could completely block five times the enemy, if it were not for Hu Zhen's greed for merit and rashness, he was defeated by Sun Jian in the wilderness, and he could completely block Sun Jian's attack with 5,000 troops.
"Why, don't you even know how many enemy troops there are!" Hua Xiong was furious and lost Bishui Pass, maybe the enemy army was too strong, if he couldn't even tell how many enemy troops there were, I really doubted how this boss was, how could Hua Xiong not be angry.
"General Hua, don't be annoyed." Hu Zhen's heart suddenly burst out, and he was startled by Hua Xiong's sudden murderous aura, and hurriedly said: "There are about twenty or thirty thousand people!" ”
"Twenty or thirty thousand?!" Hua Xiong was shocked, he brought only more than 10,000 soldiers, if there were 20,000 or 30,000 people defending the city, wouldn't it be self-defeating to lead the troops to attack the city.
"One or two thousand" Hu Zhen was afraid that Hua Xiong would suddenly order the whole army to withdraw to Luoyang, so he hurriedly changed his words, if Dong Zhuo knew the details, I am afraid that even if he is a big clan in the northwest, he will inevitably fall to the ground.
"How much, exactly!" Hua Xiong resisted the urge to slash Hu Zhen with a knife, and forcibly suppressed his anger and asked sharply.
At this moment, a man and a horse galloped in the distance, like a red blood lightning, and in less than a moment, Lu Bu, who was covered in blood, rode a red rabbit horse and came closer.
"General Hua, there are no more than 10,000 enemy troops, and at most there are only 8,000 people." His murderous gaze swept towards Hu Zhen, and the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand suddenly stabbed towards Hu Zhen's chest.
Hua Xiong was shocked in his heart, but fortunately, he was quick to block the long knife, only to feel that the huge force came, which could block Fang Tian's halberd and said eagerly: "General Lu has something to say, why bother with swords!" ”
Hu Zhen was frightened, trembling with fear by Lu Bu's earth-shattering murderous aura, and hurriedly rode his horse and hid in the army, staring at Lu Bu with resentment in his eyes.
"This guy dares to abandon the city and flee, if he doesn't kill this person, how can those soldiers who died in battle turn a blind eye!"
Hua Xiong shook it with all his strength, staggered Lu Bu's blade and said coldly: "Even if Hu Zhen makes a big mistake, he must let Dong Gong personally decide, what right do you Lu Bu have to kill the general in private, don't forget, your identity is a vanguard general, and General Hu is the commander of the vanguard army!" ”
"Lack of erection and conspiracy!" turned to stared at Hu Zhen with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Your dog's head will be stored for a few days, and when you return to Luoyang, you will be killed!" Lu Bu snorted coldly, turned the red rabbit horse, and galloped towards Luoyang.
Hua Xiong's arm trembled slightly, just now he blocked it with all his strength, and his arm was in severe pain, this Lu Bu's courage was indeed not in vain.
"Thank you General Hua, thank you for your great kindness, there will be great rewards in the future!" Hu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Hua Xiong, his gratitude overflowing.
Hua Xiong nodded slightly, in response, and said casually: "I'm afraid that General Hu won't be able to go back to Luoyang for a while, so it's better to go with me to attack Bishui Pass, if you succeed in taking it, it can be regarded as atonement, what does General Hu think?" ”
In fact, the relationship between Huaxiong and Hu Zhen is not good, but they are both the old departments of the Xiliang Army, and they will never allow Lu Bu, who is the representative of the Bingzhou Army faction, to be powerful.
If Lu Bu can retreat from killing Hu Zhen today, wouldn't the old department of the Xiliang Army have to bow his head in the future, not to mention that Hu Zhen is a Northwest Wang clan, if he can build a good relationship, it will not hurt.
"Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, the last general should follow."
"General Hu is polite, you and I are both the old department of the Xiliang Army, naturally we are both prosperous and lossy, how about asking General Hu to lead the rear army?"
"Yes!" Hu Zhen replied simply.
Hu Zhen, as a member of the Northwest Wang clan, is very arrogant, but Hua Xiong saved his life before and gave him the opportunity to atone for his sins, arrogance does not mean that he does not know how to lift, Hu Zhen is naturally very respectful to Hua Xiong.
Since the Bishui Pass had been lost, and the enemy's strength was only 8,000, Hua Xiong ordered the army to advance slowly, and it was a taboo for soldiers to work far away, and Hua Xiong ordered the fast horses to give a death order to the baggage troops who were far behind, and they must arrive within one day of the army reaching Bishui Pass.
Huaxiong led the army forward, but when it was close to Bishui Pass, the first batch of Xiliang troops who were released ushered in, these soldiers were all wounded, looked very miserable, and supported each other to advance.
Hua Xiong stopped a few remnants, and learned from them that the hussar general Gongsun Yi had released all the wounded soldiers, Hua Xiong sneered in his heart, this Gongsun Yi is too immature, he is not willing to lead soldiers and raise wealth, and he is so tolerant of the enemy army, which is really a woman's kindness.
The last time he lost to Xu Rong, this time he will lose under his Huaxiong, Huaxiong is already thinking about taking the heads of Gongsun Yi and Sun Jian to report to the capital, how to reward the Dong Guild.
More and more wounded soldiers continued to pour in from the direction of Bishui Pass, Hua Xiong did not bother to pay attention, ignored the requests for food and fresh water from the remnants, and in his irritability, ordered the whole army to speed up the march, and even left the rear of the army far behind.
Among the remnants of the several soldiers who supported each other to advance, a bloodied armor soldier pulled his helmet down, and the surrounding Xiliang army passed quickly, not noticing that the eyes of these remnants of the defeated soldiers were sharp, and they all clenched the short knives in their hands, not like defeated soldiers at all.
Hua Xiong did not realize that the number of wounded soldiers had exceeded the original garrison of Bishui Pass, and Hu Zhen, who knew how many soldiers there were in the city, was supervising the rear army.
Hua Xiong led the army to the Surabaya Pass, and saw the enemy troops running back and forth in the city, shouting loudly in horror, and the number of arrows shot was very sparse, obviously unprepared.
How could Hua Xiong let go of such a good opportunity to break the city, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city, and the few cloud ladders were all carried into battle, and they rushed towards the city.
Suddenly, the originally chaotic armor soldiers at the head of the city suddenly stood in place, and the archers who had been waiting for a long time in the back row continued to scatter, and powerful arrows poured down, and a group of Xiliang troops who rushed to Bishui Pass fell to the ground one after another.
Hua Xiong was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood that this was an illusion deliberately created by the guards, but now that the army had attacked and stepped forward, if Ming Jin immediately withdrew the troops, it would inevitably be a big drop in morale.
Many Xiliang troops rushed towards Bishui Pass, and there were constantly armor soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows, and the armor soldiers who followed closely quickly filled their positions, carefully dodging the sharp and deadly arrows, picking up the cloud ladder on the ground, and rushing towards Xiongguan with all their strength.
The Xiliang Army, which rushed to the bottom of the Bishui Pass, hurriedly put the cloud ladder on the wall battlement, and a group of Xiliang Army armor soldiers clenched the short knife back blade in their mouths, and quickly climbed up the cloud ladder with their shields, and suddenly countless sassal trees were thrown down from the city, and the boiling oil was spilled obliquely.
The muffled snort and screams came one after another, and he was slammed into the wood, and the rich plasma burst in an instant, and the weirdly sunken body fell to the ground and lost its breath in an instant.
Those armor soldiers who were poured with boiling oil and screamed and wanted to slap them, and when they touched them, a large piece of flesh and blood that had been ripe fell off their bodies, revealing white bones covered with flesh and blood.
The Xiliang army paid an extremely heavy price, and finally a soldier rushed to the city, but before he could gain a firm foothold, he was cut off by the fierce sword and shield soldiers who were waiting for work.
Seeing that there were constantly Xiliang troops attacking the city, and breaking the Bishui Pass was only on the eve of the day, Huaxiong pondered for a long time and decided to continue to increase the troops.