On the trail at the foot of the mountain, 8,000 Xiliang cavalry were rolling eastward.

Duan Xuan had never been to the Yingchuan boundary, and after looking at it for a while, he called the soldiers who led the way and asked, "Where is this boundary?" ”

The soldier replied: "General Hui, this is Huo is mountain, and passing through Huoyang Mountain is the boundary of Yingchuan Luyang!" ”

Duan Xuan asked, "Is there a trail that can pass through Huoyang Mountain?" ”

The soldier scratched his head and said, "There is no path to walk, General, there is only one avenue." But now no one has come to this place where the soldiers are in chaos, and the merchants and people dare not go, except for the mountain bandits, no one takes the avenue. ”

Duan Xuan couldn't help frowning, no one walked anymore, and there was no path hidden on the avenue.

However, the mountain roads are no better than the plains, and even if the cavalry is lightly armed, the war horses cannot cross the mountains and mountains.

"Where's the road?"

Duan Xuan groaned and asked in a deep voice.

The soldier replied, "Walk about five miles southwest along the foot of the mountain, and you will find the main road!" ”

Duan Xuan restrained the war horse and ordered: "Go forward for the time being, and quickly punish the scouts to explore the way!" ”

"Yes!"

A herald had already answered loudly and urged the horses to gallop out.

Soon, the army of 8,000 stopped moving, and dozens of scouts divided into more than ten groups and headed southwest.

After waiting for about half an hour, the scout cavalry who had gone to explore the road rushed back one after another.

After the scout colonel synthesized the situation, he immediately came over to report to Duan Xuan, "General, there is no abnormality on the road!" ”

Duan Xuan said: "There must be a ravine when you go over the mountain, have you ever explored it clearly?" ”

The scout said: "It has been explored, there is a mountain road more than ten miles long, and the scout riders have carefully searched all the places where the ditch is deep and the forests are dense and the mountains and forests are steep. There were no anomalies, and no ambushes were laid. The army can be shun lì tong guò. ”

Duan Xuan nodded here and ordered, "Order." The army is on the march! ”

The order was soon handed down, and the 8,000 cavalry turned southwest and rolled away.

After a short time, they came to a mountain pass.

Three scout cavalry stood by the road, watching from a high position.

Duan Xuan was not careless, reined in his war horse and called the scout to ask, "Is there anything abnormal on the mountain road?" ”

The scout cavalry replied, "General, there is nothing unusual in the mountain road, and wherever there are steep mountains and forests, the brothers have climbed the mountains and searched carefully in the forests. There were no ambushes. There are brothers guarding the other side! ”

Duan Xuan was completely relieved at this time, so he ordered the army to climb the mountain.

After walking along the undulating mountain path for a while, the dense forests on both sides gradually thinned out.

After turning a corner, the mountain road in front of me became narrower, the terrain sloped downward, and the mountain wall became steeper, but when you looked up, the mountain wall was bare, not even a single grass grew, and it was all blue-black rock.

Duan Xuan didn't care. Ordered the army to pull forward and backward and slowly pass guò.

Such a place is not suitable for ambushes, and if you want to lay ambushes, the depths of the forest and ditches are the most suitable places.

However, after walking for a while, I suddenly remembered something.

The scout cavalry only said that they searched the place where there was a forest, but did they not search this place?

Duan Xuan hurriedly reined in the war horse. After calling the scout colonel, he pointed to the top of his head and asked, "Have you searched here?" ”

The scout colonel looked up and said with a sad face: "General." This place is bare, and you can't climb it at all. Even if you can climb up. It's not easy to come down, and it's clear from the mountain. There is no way to lay an ambush! ”

Duan Xuan nodded, but he was always a little uneasy in his heart.

After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out the essentials, so he had to order the army to speed up and get through.

However, at this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed above and shouted, "God, there is someone on the top of the mountain!" ”

Duan Xuan was stunned, and hurriedly looked up, and Ji'er was taken aback.

I saw a large number of people suddenly appear on the top of the mountain near the side of the mountain road, but I didn't see it, obviously hiding behind the mountain.

At this moment, all of them poured out all at once, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and I am afraid that there were not thousands of people.

"It's not good, let's go!"

Duan Xuan was shocked and hurriedly broke off.

The cavalrymen who had formed a long line immediately panicked and hurriedly urged their horses to gallop.

However, it was too late.

In the huge rumbling sound, stones of different sizes with a number of needles rolled down from the top of the mountain, the big ones could be as big as a grinding disc, and the small ones were also the size of a head, and the walls on both sides of the earthquake were shaken, and the sound was extremely amazing, like a landslide and the ground cracked.

"Quick, get out!"

Duan Xuan's frightened souls all burst out and roared loudly.

At this time, there was no time to deal with the scout cavalry who were exploring the way.

I don't have time to think about when my whereabouts were leaked, and who is ambushing me

The only thing that can be done at the moment is to rush over quickly to survive.

But where is it too late?

Because this mountain road is not wide, it can barely be ridden by two horses, and the 8,000 army has been stretched back and forth on the mountain road for seven or eight miles, and the army has just passed less than half of it, and there is still no time to rush over.

As for exiting the mountain trail backwards, you don't have to think about it.

The army behind didn't know what was going on, and how could they retreat when they were blocked on the mountain road.

The only option is to rush forward.

With a huge rumbling sound, countless stones fell down like meteorites from the sky.

The terrible howls came and went one after another, and the Xiliang soldiers who were running wildly were smashed and their heads were blown apart, and the lightest ones were also smashed hands and feet, lying on the ground and unable to move, so they could only tear their hearts and lungs apart and wail.

The stones that rolled down from the top of the mountain dozens of feet high, even if they were iron men, had to be smashed flat, not to mention the drive of flesh and blood.

As long as it is rubbed a little, it is either dead or disabled, and there is no minor injury at all.

The mountain road was quickly blocked by stones, and the war horses could not rush through, so they could only squeeze into a pile of neighing.

The horsemen on horseback burned their eyebrows in a hurry, and threw their whips and whipped their horses' buttocks, but to no avail.

Some cavalry rode down the avenue, but although the side of the road was very wide, it was all rocky beach, and the horses could not pass at all, and they only ran less than a dozen paces before they pouted their hooves and fell to the ground.

Soon, rockets descended from the fire, igniting the bundles of firewood that had been doused with fire oil and thrown from the top of the hill among the stones. The raging fire soon blocked the mountain road, and the screams of the Xiliang soldiers became more and more terrible.

The horses were startled by the fire. Immediately he became agitated and kicked wildly.

There was chaos on the mountain road. Soon it became a living hell.

There were not many cavalrymen and horses who were stoned to death, but now the horses were frightened and rioted, and many cavalrymen were stripped off their horses and trampled to pulp alive, and more soldiers were trampled to death than stones.

"How so?"

In the chaos, Duan Xuan had already been frightened by the six gods and muttered to himself.

It's miserable, it's miserable.

The hundreds of cavalry at the front ran fast and rushed over.

Duan Xuan's position is slightly back. It was blocked on the mountain road and couldn't rush through.

"General be careful!"

At this moment, some of the soldiers roared and pounced on their horses.

Before Duan Xuan could react to what was going on, he was thrown off the horse by his own soldiers, but the next moment, a huge boulder the size of a millstone rolled down from the mountain wall, smashing Duan Xuan and his personal soldiers directly into a pulp!

"General!"

More than a dozen soldiers next to him howled wolf, rolled off their horses and pounced.

By the time the boulder was removed, Duan Xuan and his own soldiers had become a pile of rotten meat stuck together. I can't tell who's who.

"This, this, this ......"

The frightened souls of the soldiers were gone, and they were at a loss for what to do around a pile of rotten meat.

East of Huoyang Mountain, ten miles away from the north bank of the water.

"Look, Lord!"

Jin Shang suddenly pointed to the smoke rising from the mountain in the distance, and said loudly: "The Xiliang army is ambushed!" ”

Yuan Shu suddenly perked up. Ran Ran and said: "Okay, it's just great, damn Dong Zhuo's old thief." General Ben wants to make me look good. The herald ordered the army to attack, and it was necessary to block the Xiliang soldiers on the mountain road. Defeat the enemy in a war. ”

"Order!"

The generals who were surrounding him immediately responded to the order and strode away.

At the foot of the mountain. Hundreds of Xiliang cavalry rushed out, frightened.

However, looking around, there were only hundreds of robes around him, and many cavalrymen couldn't find their upper peak, and they all didn't know what to do, and what was even worse was that General Duan Xuan hadn't come out yet, and he didn't know if he could escape.

The terrible howl clearly reached the ears, and everyone was panicked and at a loss.

After waiting for a long time, cavalry rushed out one after another, crowded at the foot of the mountain, not daring to know where to go.

While he was panicking, suddenly a cavalryman shouted, "What is that?" ”

Everyone immediately turned their heads to look, only to see a cloud of smoke and dust a few miles away, and a black army was rushing towards them.

"Oh my God!"

Youya General gasped and hissed, "I'm afraid there are not 20,000 horses!" ”

"It's over, it's all fucking over!"

Some cavalrymen shouted, and without saying a word, they immediately beat their horses and fled.

Hundreds of cavalry only hesitated for less than three breaths, and then they dispersed in a hurry, and went for their lives.

Yuan Shu's army rushed over, and the siege on all sides was only half blocked. Once in the open field, it was very difficult for the infantry to hold back the cavalry, and the two-legged soldiers could not catch up with the four-legged horses.

Luoyang, North Palace Jiade Palace.

Dong Zhuo was eating under the service of a group of concubines, and suddenly an attendant walked over.

"Your Majesty, Lord Situ has something urgent to see!"

The chamberlain didn't dare to come closer, and he fell to the ground after more than ten steps.

Dong Zhuo frowned and said, "What's the urgency, can't you wait for me to have dinner before coming?" ”

The waiter's head touched the ground and he didn't dare to say anything.

Dong Zhuo thought about it, ate a few bites, and felt that if Li Ru didn't have anything important, he wouldn't come to disturb at this time, so he suddenly lost his appetite, waved his hand and said, "Let him in!" ”

"Yes!"

The chamberlain agreed, and immediately withdrew.

After a while, Li Ru walked in quickly with fluttering sleeves.

"Minister, see Your Majesty!"

Although he was anxious to burn his eyebrows, Li Ru did not dare to exceed the courtesy, and still bowed to worship.

"Aiqing is flat!"

Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and seeing that Li Ru's face was extremely solemn, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Aiqing is in a hurry, but there is a change in the Tiger Prison?" ”

Li Ru said in a condensed voice: "Qi Xià, there is no problem with the Tiger Prison Pass, it is General Duan Xuan who has a big incident!" ”

"Something big happened to Duan Xuan?"

Dong Zhuo's face changed, and he suddenly said in a deep voice: "Come quickly!" ”

Li Ru wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said: "General Duan Xuan led eight thousand iron cavalry out of Xuanyuan Pass to the south, wanting to borrow the road from Yingchuan to enter Yanzhou, and did not want to be ambushed by Yuan Shu in Huoyang Mountain, the eight thousand iron cavalry were almost completely wiped out, and General Duan Xuan was also killed in battle!" ”

"Ahh

Dong Zhuo shouted, jumped up angrily, and was speechless for a long time.

Li Ru gritted his teeth and said: "This is not enough, Yuan Shu's ambush troops sneaked up on General Duan Xuan's 8,000 iron cavalry, and he has personally led an army of 20,000 to the north, breaking through the Xuanyuan Pass, and is now killing the Dagu Pass, please make a decision quickly!" ”

"Duan simmering Pifu, angry too!"

Dong Zhuo screamed, and slapped the wooden plate held by the concubine next to him to the ground.

All the concubines were trembling with fright, and they didn't dare to breathe when they crawled on the ground.

Li Ru was shocked, stood aside and wiped a cold sweat, but didn't dare to say anything.

Dong Zhuo's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Duan Zhuo's husband is mistaken, if he hadn't been killed in battle, I would definitely punish his entire clan." This time, not only did he fail to force the Kwantung rebels to retreat, but he also provoked Yuan Shu's guy, which was so angry! ”

Li Ru gritted his teeth, and risked his life to admonish: "Your Majesty, now that Yuan Shu's troops enter Dagu Pass, they need to send troops to meet them, otherwise if Dagu Pass is lost, the southern gateway of Luoyang will be opened, and Gyeonggi will be in danger!" ”

"This ......"

Dong Zhuo only felt his heart pounding, and his anger was quickly replaced by panic, and he said in a panic: "But right now, there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses left in Luoyang, and they need to defend Jinggi Luoyang, and there are no other soldiers to send, so what can I do?" ”

Li Ru sighed and said, "At this point, General Fan Chou's 20,000 army is no longer able to be mobilized!" ”

Dong Zhuo frowned and said: "If there is a change in Luoyang, wouldn't it be a big deal!" ”

Li Ru pondered for a moment and said: "Lang Zhong ordered Min Gong to have five thousand foot soldiers, plus His Majesty's three thousand unloading army, as long as the Kwantung rebels do not reach Luoyang, it is enough to defend Luoyang." Your Majesty, Dagu Pass is the gateway to Luoyang, and there is no room for failure! ”

Dong Zhuo hesitated for a long time before sighing: "That's it, just follow Aiqing's words." ”

Sikong Province.

"What, Duan Xuanbing was defeated and died?"

Wang Yun couldn't help but be taken aback when he received the secret report.

The generals nodded again and again and said: "Yes, Duan Xuan was ambushed by Yuan Shu in Huoyang Mountain, not only the 8,000 cavalry were almost wiped out, but even Duan Xuan was stoned to death, and now Yuan Shu has personally led 20,000 troops to force Dagu Pass, and His Majesty has also issued an edict to lead 20,000 troops to the north to lead 20,000 troops to rush south and go to Dagu Pass to meet Yuan Shu's army." ”

"I!"

Wang Yun said in a condensed voice: "Fan Chou's 20,000 troops went to Dagu Pass? ”

"Exactly!"

The general's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something but didn't say it.

Wang Si glanced at the general, waved his hand, and the general immediately retreated.

"Good opportunity, good opportunity!"

Wang Yun sighed in a low voice, "Fan Chou's 20,000 troops have been sent, and right now, in addition to the 3,000 Imperial Forest Army in Luoyang, there are only 5,000 city guards left in Min Gong, such a good opportunity can not be missed, and it is time for the people to make some trouble!" ”

After thinking left and right for a while, I immediately made a decision.

"Someone!"

Wang Yun walked to the door and let out a shout.

Soon, a general rushed over, leaned over and said, "What does the master command?" ”

Wang Yun said: "Hurry up and invite Huang Wan and Min Gong to come over the house, the old man has something important to discuss!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The family general said yes and immediately ran away. (To be continued......) R1292