As the sun set, three thousand Cao Jun iron horsemen appeared on the horizon, and the three big characters of "Xiahou Yuan" were written on the flag dancing in the wind.

Gao Yuan led a hundred cavalry and stood quietly at the mouth of a valley twenty miles north of Woniu Mountain, which is still a small branch of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains.

As the sound of horses' hooves that shook the ground disappeared, and as the dust and smoke dissipated, the three thousand cavalry of Cao's army stopped. Xiahou Yuan, who was in front of the formation, looked at Gao Yuan's hundred people and smiled disdainfully. Turning his head to look, he saw several carriages rushing into the valley on the west side of Woniu Mountain.

Xiahou Yuan said lightly: "Gao Mengyan, you'd better tie your hands, if not, Hugh blame will be ruthless!" "Three thousand against a hundred, completely occupying the upper peak, he only needs to wave his hand, he can destroy Gao Yuan's people.

"So many people came to arrest me Gaoyuan?" Gao Yuan looked surprised.

Xiahou Yuan was proud and said: "Gao Mengyan, with your talent, you only need to be loyal to Cao Gong, and it will be okay to be a marquis in the future, why do you kill yourself like your father?" ”

Gao Yuan's face turned gloomy when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Xiahou Yuan, if you want to catch me, it's not so easy. Fall back! ”

Hula, Gao Yuan's soldiers and horses turned around together and galloped to the valley on the side.

Xiahou Yuan didn't expect Gao Yuan to run away suddenly, he couldn't hold it on his face, and waved the spear in his hand, "All the soldiers will listen to the order, follow me to catch up with Gao Yuan, and kill him!" ”

He took the lead and chased after him. The three thousand iron horsemen behind him were in unison, and with the sound of horses' hooves that shook the ground, they chased and killed them violently.

When Xiahou Yuan entered the valley, he saw that the soil slopes on both sides were steep, and he suddenly had a wit in his heart, "Could it be that there is an ambush?" However, he quickly scoffed, "Gao Mengyan only has a hundred people, all of them are in front of him, what a cup of bow and snake shadow!" ”

So, he led 3,000 cavalry into the valley to chase after him, although he couldn't catch up for a while, he thought: "The speed of the car is much full, and when you catch up with the car, it is the time to eliminate Gao Mengyan." ”

The valley is long and rugged with only one path in the middle. Xiahou Yuan estimated that he chased for a mile, and found that the distance was getting closer and closer. He was overjoyed and urged the army to move forward.

Suddenly, Xiahou Yuan noticed that the valley was much brighter, and when he looked up, his face changed. I saw that many figures suddenly appeared on both sides of the valley, and ignited a large grass mustard ball, and these many fire balls tumbled down, which was the reason why the valley was brighter.

"Hit the mark! Gao Mengyan still has people? How is this possible! Xiahou Yuan was shocked, he believed that his brother Xiahou Yuan would not lie to him, but where did Gao Yuan's people come?

Before the fire group touched the ground, the frightened cries of war horses and the panicked cries of Cao soldiers could already be heard in the valley.

Boom, the fire hit the bottom and burst open, and for a while, the fire in the valley was surging into the sky, and the temperature skyrocketed.

Gao Yuan deliberately attacked in three sections, and for a time the cavalry of the Cao army was cut into three sections by the fire. These 3,000 soldiers chased Gao Yuan 100 people, and they had no sense of vigilance at all. I just thought that catching up was a low-hanging fruit. So when the fire attack appeared, the hearts of these soldiers instantly fell to the bottom and were filled with fear.

If you have courage, you can fight, and when you start to fear, you completely lose your combat effectiveness.

Gao Yuan led the cavalry to turn around first, and he took the lead and went straight to Xiahou Yuan.

"Retreat, retreat!" At this moment, Xiahou Yuan no longer has the pride and confidence he had just now. Looking at the fire on all sides, he had abandoned the idea of continuing to fight, and only thought about leaving this hellfire field.

On the slopes on both sides, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and Liao Hua each led a hundred people, like a fierce tiger, down the mountain and crashed into the chaotic Cao army array. The cold light and the fire reciprocated, and in just a few breaths, the enemy was killed and the blood flowed.

The three of Zhou Cang had never fought so happily, and the enemy had no sense of resistance at all, only knew how to dodge.

However, there are too many enemies. On the Gao Yuan side, aside from the hundreds of guards who were trapped, the rest were mostly ordinary people who had fallen into the grass, and there was no regular combat effectiveness. As a result, Xiahou Yuan broke through the encirclement and fled in embarrassment.

"Extinguish the fire, save the horses! Rescue the wounded. "Zhang Liao commanded the cleaning of the battlefield.

Gao Yuan came to Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, looked at the two of them who were smiling, and said with a smile: "Two, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao glanced at each other, they were ashamed of misunderstanding Gao Yuan, and they saw that he had repelled three thousand cavalry with only five hundred people, and they were convinced. Immediately, he smiled and knelt on the ground at the same time, "The lord is above, please accept a certain bow." ”

In the early days of Gaoyuan's business, what was lacking was talent, although these two people were not famous generals, but they were also brave and loyal people. He hurriedly helped the two of them up and relieved them.

He used a strategy to repel Xiahou Yuan, and although he did not inflict heavy losses on Cao's army, he got a lot of horses.

"Five hundred cavalry!" Zhang Liao couldn't believe that this was already an armed force that could not be ignored.

Everyone was in awe of the lofty strategy and full of hope for the future.

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It was very late at night, thirty miles south of Zhongmu, Cao Cao's camp.

Cao Cao and his talented civil and military personnel, stayed up all night with red circles in their eyes, and waited forcibly. After a while, Xiahou Yuan, who was wearing a cloak, was tied in. There was Xiahou Yuan first, and then Xiahou Yuan, and a word suddenly appeared in Wenwu's mind, "Repeated defeats!" ”

Cao Cao, the overlord of the Central Plains, was originally sleepy, but at this moment, he was in good spirits and trembling with anger. In his opinion, the last time the thousand horsemen pursued should have killed Gao Yuan. However, this time, the three thousand iron horses, with completely overwhelming strength, were still defeated.

"Are you chasing people?" Cao Cao glared at the probe, and he was already talking nonsense.

Xiahou Yuan was ashamed, his hands were tied behind his back, and his head was sticking to the ground, confessing his guilt.

"Pull it out and cut it for me!" Cao Cao shook the case in front of him with a few beats.

Xiahoudun, Xiahouen, Cao Hong, and Cao Ren were shocked, and hurriedly got up to block the soldiers, and bowed under the tent, "The lord is angry...... ”

Xun You stood aside and persuaded: "Lord, it seems that Gao Mengyan is not a soldier on paper, General Xiahou was careless for a while, and this is his way." Fortunately, there were not too many losses in the soldiers and horses, and now that the big war is coming, it is not good for our army to be killed before the battle. ”

Cao Cao's face was gloomy, he didn't expect Gao Yuan to be able to defeat his generals in a row. Although the second general Xiahou mostly lost in paralysis and carelessness, Gao Yuan's wisdom can be seen.

Guo Jia observed his words and said, "Lord, Yuan Ben was the ...... of the great enemy. ”

"When Lu Bu was defeated, this kid was completely a wreck, this kid rose too fast!" Cao Cao didn't look away from his previous eyes, and he couldn't believe that a person's growth rate could be so fast? In the blink of an eye, a docile lamb becomes a tiger!

He said in a deep voice: "Gao Mengyan is a tiger and a wolf, and it is really a big trouble in my hinterland, I must get rid of it, pass the order, and the fourth watch will pull out the camp and set up the village, and the troops will go to Woniu Mountain!" ”

Cao Cao wanted an army of 30,000 to quickly destroy Gao Yuan. There is such a wise and brave enemy in the hinterland, but it is a great trouble. So the counsellors said no more.

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