The Xiliang Army, which had a mixed mix of five thousand cavalry, saw the Xiao cavalry waving their banners all over the mountains, judging from the scale of the battle flags, there were tens of thousands of troops, Hu Zhen said secretly in his heart: "It's not that the Xiao cavalry army only has more than five thousand people, why did so many troops suddenly appear!" "But if you think about it carefully, if there are reinforcements from the direction of Luoyang, it is not impossible.

Hu Zhen, the leader of the Western Liang Army, was a little hesitant at this time, and his determination to see the enemy army advance immediately was also weakened, and he ordered the army to line up on the spot and confront the Xiao cavalry army from afar.

It's just that Hu Zhen sent troops this time, and he has made a military order in front of Dong Zhuo, if he can't defeat Gongsun Yi and return, in black and white, the military order has been established, I'm afraid that even if he Hu Zhen is a Northwest Wang clan, Dong Zhuo will not let him go, he can't advance, he can't retreat, and he is in a dilemma for a while.

At this moment, there was a flag waving in the distance, which was obviously a signal of intention to negotiate, only to see Gongsun Yi step forward and walk towards the two armies.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Gongsun Yi's gourd, Hu Zhen still slapped his horse forward, and the two sides reined in their horses and stood between the two armies, the grass was green, the strong wind was blowing, and the surrounding guards were cautiously observing the surroundings.

He clasped his fists and saluted: "How is General Hu lately?" Gongsun Yi's tone was clear, as indifferent as a casual conversation between friends.

Hu Zhen didn't speak, but his eyes became colder and colder, thinking of the shame of being captured and imprisoned by Gongsun Yi, he was angry for a while, and his palm touched the saber on his waist.

Gongsun Yi chuckled quietly: "The general doesn't have to be angry, the general has always admired General Hu, and only General Hu is respected among the generals of the Xiliang Army, and Haihan is invited to be disrespectful at the beginning." ”

intends to stabilize Hu Zhen as soon as possible, Gongsun Yi will naturally not be stingy with praise, even if Hu Zhen is full of resentment, but he still accepts the enemy's words of appreciation calmly.

Gongsun Yi, who was riding on the horse, bowed slightly, hugged his fists, and said: "Don't hide it, don't look at the banners of our army all over the mountains and fields, with tens of thousands of troops, but in fact, except for the eight thousand elites, the rest are all temporarily drawn and strong, and they don't have much combat effectiveness." ”

Gongsun Yi sighed a little helplessly: "If you fight with the elite soldiers under General Hu, I am afraid that there will be huge losses, why don't you suspend the troops for the time being, and retreat?" ”

Deliberately told Hu Zhen the number of fabricated troops, and he was not afraid that Hu Zhen would not believe it, Hu Zhen was overjoyed when he heard the words, and sure enough, as he expected, this was Gongsun Yi secretly setting up suspicious soldiers, and he was convinced for a while.

In Hu Zhen's view, although Gongsun Yi secretly has suspicious soldiers, he still has 8,000 elites, plus a large number of elites, he can be said to be strong, he only has 5,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and if he fights head-on, there is no chance of victory.

Hu Zhen has no will to fight in his heart, but he has already made a military order, if he returns without a fight, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo, who is angry, will never let him go, and he is silent for a while after hesitation.

Gongsun Yi seemed to see Hu Zhen's hesitation, and said casually: "General Hu is ordered to come and naturally can't return empty-handed, there are still 2,000 prisoners of war of the Xiliang Army in our army, and they were originally brought back to ask for merit and reward, but they can't make General Hu embarrassed, and the 2,000 prisoners of war will be sent together, as long as General Hu brings them back, it will be enough to make a difference." The words are sincere, but I am not afraid of Hu Zhen not believing it.

"Why do you want to give me merit, don't say that you have always admired me!" Hu Zhen suddenly drew a knife across his chest, stared at Gongsun Yi with cold eyes and asked sharply.

Hu Zhen is not stupid, although Hu Zhen, who has learned Gongsun Yi's cunning, is full of hatred in his heart, he does not dare to underestimate Gongsun Yi at all, although he does not doubt that the Xiao cavalry captured two thousand Xiliang army armor soldiers when he broke through the Chinese army, but who knows what the hell he is doing.

"Brush!" The guards on both sides drew their swords together, took their bows and aimed at the opposite side, and the guards of the Xiao cavalry armed with shields immediately rode forward to block Gongsun Yi behind.

Gongsun Yi suddenly laughed, and then retreated and clasped his fists left and right and saluted: "General Hu is really as wise as a torch, I can't hide it, now that Dong Thief is leading the army to Chang'an, the Kwantung Righteous Army exists in name only, and my Gongsun Yi's biggest enemy is not the Xiliang Army, but the princes who covet my sour dates." ”

"This time I led the troops back, I plan to attack the alliance lord Yuan Shao first, and then drive the rest of the princes, naturally I don't want to fight with General Hu's department, the heart of the fist, please be clear, but our army is short of food and grass, and I hope to exchange two thousand prisoners for some food."

Hu Zhen weighed it repeatedly, his face was cloudy, he groaned for a while, and raised his hand casually, and the guards on both sides then put away their weapons and stepped back slightly, and inserted the saber into the scabbard.

"That's fair, if you want food and grass, send the captives first." Hu Zhen said slowly.

Seeing that the confrontation between the two armies had no fighters, Hu Zhen had already retreated, since Gongsun Yi gave the steps, he naturally wanted to borrow the slope to get off the donkey and return with 2,000 prisoners, even if Dong Zhuo was unwilling, he must praise and praise Hu Zhen who rescued the prisoners, otherwise it will inevitably attract the hostility of all the soldiers of the Xiliang Army.

With a wave of Gongsun Yi's hand, hundreds of Xiao cavalry soldiers stepped forward quickly, escorting the seemingly unarmed 2,000 'prisoners' dressed in the uniforms of the Xiliang Army, towards the direction of the Xiliang Army.

After being a few hundred meters away from the Xiliang Army, the whole army slowly returned, but everyone of the cavalry soldiers held their blades tightly in their hands, and looked back from time to time to look at the two thousand 'prisoners' who entered the Xiliang Army.

"Brothers have suffered!" A group of surrounding Xiliang troops entered the 'captives', and stepped forward to help them untie the ropes as they spoke.

A commander of the Xiliang Army jumped off his horse and personally untied the rope for a 'prisoner' who looked like an officer, but suddenly found that the rope was not tied to his body at all, but was held in his hand facing downward, and these 'prisoners' were not tied at all.

The commander of the Xiliang army raised his head in astonishment, only to see the eyes of the 'captive' in front of him buried under his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised strangely, and suddenly a cold light flashed, and a sharp dagger pierced his throat head-on, and rich dark red blood continued to overflow.

The commander of the Xiliang army kept whimpering, his eyes were full of unbelievable fear, and he wanted to stretch out his trembling arm to hold the wound, but as time passed, his pupils constricted and he fell to the ground and lost his breath.

The 'captive' did not hesitate, at the moment of killing the tun chief, he took out his war knife and slashed violently, with a scream, the thick blood at the wound that was deep in the bones instantly collapsed, and in less than a few breaths, the 'captive once again killed a Xiliang army who had not yet reacted.

The same thing happened to all the 'captives' almost instantly, the powerful short crossbow, the sharp short knives, and the blades snatched from the Xiliang army, the two thousand 'captives' who originally seemed to be embarrassed completely broke the defense line of the Xiliang army in a very short period of time.

More than 1,000 Xiliang soldiers had been killed before they could react, and the Xiliang soldiers who were standing in the rear army didn't know what was going on were panicked and uneasy listening to the screams that seemed to be urging their lives.

At this moment, Gongsun Yi ordered the standard-bearer to put down the black flag, raised the bright red flag, and immediately escorted the 'captive soldiers' before, and at this time, the hundreds of cavalry troops who were slowly returning suddenly turned around and killed the Xiliang army.

There was a tremor on the hillside in the distance, and under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, eight hundred carefully selected cavalry took advantage of the situation to rush down the hillside, breaking through the flank of the Xiliang army, and Gongsun Yiqin led the only remaining more than 400 soldiers around him to rush towards the Xiliang army together.

Seeing the reinforcements coming, a group of people who had previously dressed up as 'prisoners', and at this time, the Xiao cavalry wearing the uniform of the Xiliang Army immediately pulled out the red rope from their clothes, tied them to their arms casually, and continued to rush to the interior of the Xiliang Army without hesitation.

At the same time, Hou Cheng, who led the rear army of the Xiliang Army, personally led 1,500 troops to kill, and seeing that the enemy general led the cavalry to attack, he immediately led the troops to the flank.

Hou Cheng knew very well that at this time, the army was in a mess, and if the army led to fight in, it would not play any role at all, and if the flank was broken through, the Xiliang army would inevitably retreat.

In this defeat, although the responsibility is the commander Hu Zhen, but Hou Cheng, as the commander of the rear army, can not escape implication, at this time only desperate to repel the enemy generals, in order to preserve the momentum of the Xiliang army.

Hou Cheng took the lead, and the surrounding and state cavalry followed left and right, leaving aside most of the infantry, and rushed towards the Xiao cavalry army that was attacking the right flank of the Xiliang army.

Xiahou Yuan led the 800 cavalry and did not love to fight, although he repeatedly rushed to kill the flanks of Hu Zhen's department, but he left as soon as he hit it, and every time he would harvest the lives of nearly 100 infantry troops, such a terrifying attrition, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before the Xiliang army that has been beaten and retreated.

At this time, an enemy general came with a sword in his hand, Xiahou Yuan smiled coldly, picked up the longbow on the horse, and aimed the arrow on the bow at the general, the arm muscles instantly burst out, and the longbow bowstring was immediately pulled apart.

"Whoosh!" With a shuddering sound of sky-breaking hunting.

Hou Cheng, who came from the impact of the horse, only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and turned over and fell from his horse in front of him, and the surrounding Bingzhou cavalry was suddenly dumbfounded, seeing that the main general was dead, and the Xiliang army was about to be defeated, so they turned around and fled.

"I can't help myself!" Xiahou Yuan put away his longbow and sneered, and continued to lead the cavalry to charge and kill continuously.

On the chaotic battlefield on the other side, the two armies have long been twisted together, I am in the enemy, I am you, and many armor soldiers have just killed the enemy in front of them, and before they can swing the second knife, they have been cut off their heads and killed on the spot.

Hu Zhen, who was covered in blood, shouted violently, swung his blade vigorously, and suddenly his head flew over, the wound cracked, and he slashed the two horsemen with red ropes tied to their arms.

Although it is already known that these are Xiao cavalry soldiers wearing the uniform of the Xiliang Army and with red ropes tied to their arms, there are not many combatable troops left around Hu Zhen, and the general trend has gone, and there is no way to return to the sky.

Hu Zhen wiped away the rich blood stains covering his eyes with his palm, not knowing whether it was his own or the enemy's, and there were battles everywhere in his eyes, and the terrible screams resounded throughout the battlefield, and soldiers continued to fall to the ground and die.

Hu Zhen gasped, his mind was blank, and he forcibly pulled the reins and planned to escape, but at this moment, he suddenly rushed over under the escort of many horsemen.

Hu Zhen's eyes suddenly widened, his whole body trembled and shouted loudly, and he rode his horse in the direction of Gongsun Yi.

Suddenly, a group of guards around Gongsun Yi stepped forward, Gongsun Yi ordered to retreat left and right with a solemn gaze, and when Hu Zhen rushed to a distance of twenty steps, Gongsun Yi suddenly pulled out a short-handled halberd from his side, and the strange power of his whole body suddenly surged, and he suddenly threw it towards Hu Zhen's door.

The short-handled halberd that roared through the air burst out with strong force, how could Hu Zhen dodge it, with a loud bang, the head suddenly burst open, and the red and white splashed up, and the headless corpse was powerless to fall from the horse, and the guards around him who protected Gongsun Yi were completely stunned.