Xue Fangyuan glanced at everyone and said excitedly: "Wu Chenghou promised to seal me and list me as the main administrator of Xichuan." When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. Fang Shicheng slapped his thigh, "Let's do it!" Everyone nodded, and Xiang Ting, who had always been cautious, hesitated for a moment and nodded.

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Zhou Yu led his army to besiege Hanzhong for several days, and the battle was in full swing.

That night, in the Xieguguan Gorge in the north of Hanzhong, I saw the black pressure Lang tide surging, and it turned out that Ma Chao's 80,000 horsemen were heading south from here. It turned out that Ma Chao's 80,000 cavalry had already been transferred to this side, and Huang Yueying secretly ordered Ma Chao's 80,000 cavalry to go south to Hanzhong from Guanzhong Xiegu Pass in view of the opponent's difficulty in breaking through in Nanyang. In fact, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying had long judged that Shangyong City could not be defended, and their plan was that Zhuge Liang would defend in Hanzhong to attract Zhou Yu to attack, and at the same time, Ma Chao's 80,000 sudden horsemen unexpectedly went south from Xiegu Pass to Hanzhong, cutting off Zhou Yu's retreat in one fell swoop and annihilating Zhou Yu's department.

Ma Chao looked up at the steep terrain on both sides, at this time the bright moon was in the sky, and the slanting mountain shadow made the canyon particularly dark.

In the early morning of the next day, the army crossed the steep mountains and quickly advanced to the Hanshui River. However, at this point, a sudden situation was discovered, Sun Jianjun's temperament actually appeared on the other side of the river, and the opponent had already let them go!

A scout galloped to report: "General, the ferry port on the other side has been occupied by Sun Jian's army!" ”

"How many are there?"

"About 5,000 paces!"

Ma Chao glanced at the open water surface and ordered: "Immediately collect the surrounding boats, and at the same time cut down trees to make bamboo rafts!" The two lieutenant generals next to him ordered to go down.

Ma Chao rode his horse to the river, looked up, and saw that Sun Jianjun on the opposite bank was busy building fortifications, deer, trenches, fences, pits, etc., at the same time, Sun Jianjun erected a lookout post every few miles, and the whole defensive situation was so tight that people frowned.

"Who's the guard?"

Ma Tie hugged his fists and said: "It's Jiangdong Admiral Ling Cao!" ”

Ma Chao sneered: "It's just a rat! ”

Before noon that day, Ma Chao gathered more than 100 small wooden boats and bamboo rafts, and immediately ordered to cross the river to attack. More than 1,000 sailors left their horses, took off their armor, held swords in one hand and shields in the other, rowed wooden boats and bamboo rafts to the opposite bank to kill!

The anxious fast horse galloped to the camp of Sun Jianjun outside Hanzhong City, came to the big tent, turned over and dismounted, galloped in, and knelt down and said: "Qiyu Governor, there is an army of Lu Bu from Xiegu Pass!" ”

All the generals in the big tent have already arrived, and the veteran Cheng Pu said with a happy face: "Thanks to the foresight of the Grand Governor, otherwise the other party's way would have been followed!" ”

Zhou Yu asked, "How many people are there on the other side?" What troops? Who leads? ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, it is the Blue Wolf Army, nearly 100,000 troops are all cavalry, and General Ma Chao is the leading general!"

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "I said that their Blue Wolf Army has not had any news during this time, and it turned out to be here!" Hmph, that's a good calculation! ”

Cheng Pu hurriedly said: "Governor, our army must do our best to break through Hanzhong, and if we delay it for a long time, we are afraid that it will be unfavorable to our army!" ”

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and said to the herald: "Send another 5,000 infantry troops to Ling Cao, tell Ling Cao, and constantly send cavalry to patrol up and down the river, especially at night, and don't give the opponent a chance!" The herald clenched his fists and ran out of the tent.

Zhou Yu glanced at the generals in the tent, picked up the order flag on the desk and stood up, and said categorically: "Our army will win!" Hanzhong must be conquered within three days! If you don't win, all the generals will be beheaded! The generals' hearts sank, and they made a promise.

The exhausted soldiers of the Pingnan Army finally rested for a while, but the war drums outside the city sounded loudly again. The soldiers stood up in surprise and looked out of the city, only to see the black and oppressive enemy army surging like a Lang tide, the banner covering the sky and the sun, and the cold light reflected by the blades actually suppressed the sun's brilliance!

The soldiers couldn't help but be a little timid.

The generals went up to the front line, drew their swords, and shouted: "Fight to the death and never retreat, live and die with the city!" The cowardice in the hearts of the soldiers immediately dissipated, and the blood of impulsive battle surged.

Sun Jian's army began to attack the city, and the sky was covered by a rain of arrows on both sides. Waves of arrows rained down on the city wall, crackling like scattering beans, and the soldiers of the Pingnan Army were shot to the ground; Patches of arrows rained down on the enemy's thickets, hitting their shields like a torrential rain on plantain leaves, and soldiers were constantly knocked to the ground.

The crowd flocked to the city wall, and ladders climbed up to the top of the city, and the warriors began to climb the city, and at this time the rushing carts also began to storm the city gates, making a thrilling loud noise.

Thundered! On the head of the city, the rolling stones and trees poured down like a waterfall, and I saw that the soldiers of Sun Jianjun who were climbing the city fell down like a gourd, and there was a loud bang, it turned out that a cloud ladder was smashed by a boulder, and the soldiers on it and the broken cloud ladder fell down heavily! The gap was filled by a new ladder, and the rolling stones and arrows poured down again!

Wu Yi, who was covered in blood, hurried to the hall and hugged his fists and said, "Sir, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and our army's casualties are too great!" ”

Zhuge Liang, who was dressed in a white Confucian shirt and wearing a scarf, looked thoughtful and shook his feather fan gently. He said to Wu Yi: "Go and tell the soldiers that General Ma Chao's 80,000 cavalry and General Zang Ba's 100,000 war bear army have reached Hanshui, as long as we hold on for three more days, we will be able to achieve victory!"

Wu Yi was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "General Ma Chao and General Zang Ba are here!" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and glanced at Wu Yi, "Go quickly!" ”

Wu Yi answered and rushed down.

When the defenders received the news that reinforcements had arrived in Hanshui, their morale was boosted and they fought back with all their might! A wave of Sun Jianjun warriors finally rushed to the top of the city, and immediately fell into a heavy siege and bloody battle, and all of them were killed in a short time! The two sides launched a tug-of-war on the city, for a while Sun Jianjun rushed to the city, and then Lu Bujun came back to recapture the city, the two sides fought repeatedly on the city, and the battle was extremely bloody and tragic!

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The sun has set in the west, but the fierce battle of the day has not stopped, Sun Jianjun has a posture of not giving up if he does not fight the city, and the defenders have an attitude of not giving in! As the sun sets, blood stains the earth!

At the same time, Ma Chao was thundering, and the attack launched by more than a thousand elites was all killed before they could achieve any results! Looking at the banner waving in the wind on the other side, Ma Chao felt that he was laughing at him, which made him angry.

Reluctantly calmed himself down, Ma Chao analyzed the current situation, and felt that the other party was waiting for the battle and relying on Han Shui, and it would definitely be difficult to force a frontal assault, and he had to find another way!