The morning sun is slightly dewed, the rooster announces the dawn, a round of red and bright sun climbs to the summit of Sumen Mountain, and the fields of Hanoi are full of lush and green scenes, which is intoxicating. But whether it is a native of the people, or a chance encounter of merchants, there is no time to stop and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

As we all know, in Xiaoxiuwu, less than fifty miles southwest of Gongxian County, there are 100,000 troops gathered! What's even more terrifying is that in the northwest of Gongxian County, also less than 100 miles, there is also a fierce battle going on.

Who would dare to stay in such a place?

In fact, this is not the most terrifying, as long as you are not blind, you can see a large stream of smoke and dust rolling from the northwest. If the heroes take Dong as a symbol of the troubled times, Hanoi is the first place to suffer from military disasters, and the people here have a deep understanding of the war, even the weeping children can say what the smoke and dust represent!

A large group of men and horses that came at a gallop......

There are at least fifty or sixty thousand ......

Judging by that speed, this force is likely to be made up of pure cavalry!

Although separated by only one Taihang Mountain, the people of Hanoi are far less fierce than their neighbors in Shangdang. They didn't dare to do anything about this menacing army, they didn't even dare to close the city gates, they just trembled and prayed, hoping that the other party was just passing by, and the time was very tight, and they didn't have time to enter the city and stop their horses, otherwise, they could only wait for the disaster to come.

It is useless to close the gates, unless you are sure to hold them, otherwise half-cut defenses are just causing trouble. Since the beginning of the war, have there been few cases of the slaughter of the city by angering the generals who led the army? In Hanoi alone, five or six cities have been slaughtered, including the city of Ho Gia in the lower reaches of the Qingshui River!

Because it was very close to Xiao Xiuwu, Huojia was used by General Cao as an outpost for grain and garrison. Because of Cao Jun's bad reputation, the county ordered the large households in the city to close the city and refuse to give up the city, which led to a catastrophe.

After that, the people of all parts of Hanoi no longer dared to close the city gate easily, nor did they dare to stand in line at will, but only hoped that the victory and defeat of this battle would be decided quickly, and everyone would be peaceful.

A small but responsible wish seems so far away.

Therefore, when the smoke and dust approached rapidly, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats; When he found that the army had no intention of stopping, and galloped through the official road through the city without slowing down, the sound of relief resounded throughout the city.

"This shouldn't be General Cao's soldiers, right? So honest......" said an old man who was a little older and dressed as a farmer.

"Who knows, they didn't put out the banner, maybe they were just in too much of a hurry, and the city gate was wide open, so they didn't get in the way of their business, and they didn't have time to take care of us, right?" The answerer pursed his lips and gave an ambiguous answer.

"You know what? How many soldiers do you count? How many horses? The main forces of the Cao army are all under Xiaoxiu Wu City, so why did they come to Gongxian County if they had nothing to do? Or did you come from the north? Hmph, stupid, right? Brother, I'll teach you to be obedient, this is the hussar general's soldier, his old man has come back from Bingzhou, this is rushing to repair the martial arts, to solve the siege! ”

A middle-aged man in a silk robe who spoke like a bandit showed disdainful eyes, pointed at the cavalry who was rushing forward, and said loudly: "No need for a banner!" Look at this armor, look at the guy hanging on the horse and carrying it on his shoulder, and then look at the spirit of this soldier, who else can it be besides the Qingzhou Wind and Fire Cavalry? ”

"The hussar general is back?" The old man who spoke first widened his eyes: "Then this is another big battle, right?" Oh my God, don't get us involved. ”

"Don't worry, since the hussar general is back, who else in the world can be his opponent? This battle, hehe, it's about to end, the world is going to be peaceful! ”

Word of mouth spread, and the news of this passing cavalry spread quickly, and when the cavalry completely passed through the city, most of the Gongxian fell into jubilation.

For the people who are suffering in the troubled times, who sits in the world is not the most important, as long as they can live a peaceful life, it doesn't matter if it is hard. If on this basis, there is a Renjun who loves the people like a son, then it will really be blessed by God.

The passing cavalry didn't pay attention to these good prayers and good songs, everyone was very anxious, and the most anxious was Lu Qiling! She took the lead in rushing to the forefront, the red rabbit was covered in hot sweat, and the beads of sweat the size of beans crackled and fell to the ground, and the sweat was actually red, which looked like a shocking feeling.

"Ling'er, you slow down, slow down! Hurry is not the way, if we run to the place, the horses are tired, we will not go to save people, but to send them to death. At this time, no one could persuade this tough girl, and he couldn't catch up if he wanted to, so Wang Yu could only do it himself.

"My father has been besieged in an isolated city for ten days! Yesterday, Cao Thief also launched a full-scale offensive, his father he, his father he ...... "With Lu Qiling's character, it is not easy to see her weak side, Wang Yu saw it in his eyes, but he only had heartache.

He said softly: "It's okay, hasn't yesterday's offensive been repulsed?" At the current speed, we will definitely be able to rush to Xiao Xiuwu before noon, and Yuezhang is brave and powerful, and with the help of Xunyi and Wen Chang, it is not so easy to be injured by Cao Cao. As a general, there must be calm in every major event, and the more times like this, the more calm it is to face the enemy, so that there is a chance of victory. ”

"But......" Lu Qiling barely stopped her sadness, but showed a look of wanting to say something, "Kong Ming didn't say that our soldiers are too small, and it is too dangerous to rush into the troops, and we will have to wait for the few soldiers and horses left behind to ......."

Wang Yu handed the reins to his left hand, waved his right hand, and said with a smile: "Kong Ming has always been cautious, it is not strange that he would say this." However, this time for the husband, he has no intention of taking risks. It seems that we have few soldiers, but in fact, the other way around, it's about ......."

Wang Yu deliberately sold a pass, just to divert his wife's attention, and he succeeded.

Lu Qiling blinked in confusion, and was a little confused.

"But we only broke the mouth last night, and the messenger didn't have time to send it out, except for Wen Ze, Uncle Zhang and Mr. Wen He can't figure out where they are, is there any other strange soldier I don't know?"

"I'm not really a little heavenly master, I don't have the spell of sprinkling beans into soldiers, where did I get a miracle soldier?" Wang Yu smiled and replied meaningfully: "Ling'er, don't you forget, what is the last order given by your husband?" ”

"Let everyone fight on their own and take the most advantageous action on their own?"

"That's right." Wang Yu nodded, explaining the deeper meaning: "Think about it, if I didn't trust Wen Ze and them, how could I give such an order?" In the same way, if it were not for the trust in me, how would the generals really dare to do their own thing? ”

"You mean ......"

"It's very simple, although we only entered the country yesterday, but the initial war was three days ago, and the reinforcements of Xiahou Shang and Zang Ba should have also set off two days ago. Even if they are not well-informed, don't forget, the captive's confession is that the Hidden Mist Army was scattered, and Wen Chang only brought a few dozen guards with him when he entered the city. ”

Lu Qiling's eyes lit up: "Captain Li will try to report the news?" ”

"Eleven has followed me since my husband raised troops in Mengjin, and when it comes to knowing my mind, I'm afraid they are a few cuts better than my father."

Wang Yu nodded, and Cheng Zhu said in his chest: "Don't worry, Eleven will definitely not let me down, and the Hidden Mist Army I created single-handedly is not so easy to be dispersed." Now we seem to have few people, and after the official start of the war, it must be Cao Cao who feels that he is alone! ”

Infected by his strong self-confidence, Lu Qiling's mood finally eased up, nodded vigorously, and slowed down the horse's speed.

……

At this moment, there is less than an hour before the time limit set by Cao Cao to break the city, but the fierce fighting in the city still shows no signs of stopping. Even if you don't look at the battle reports that flow to the Chinese army, you can still feel the unyielding will and fierce combat power of the defenders from the fierce fighting and the sound of battle horns.

"Cao Gong is the general of the dynasty, and he orders the princes by the Son of Heaven, and he is where the world is right, and everyone expects it! Brothers of the state army, you have been trapped in the lonely city for more than ten days, but there is no rescue from a single soldier, it can be seen that rebellion is rebellion after all, only caring about yourself, and not caring about the life or death of the allies, why do you have to give them martyrdom? It's better to drop early, drop early! ”

In fact, neither of the goals set by Cao Cao could be achieved.

Although there was a chaotic battle in the city, and most of the defenders could not take care of guarding the city wall, when the chaos broke out, Cao Xing and Cheng Lian inspected the two city gates in the south and east respectively. Under the leadership of these two people, hundreds of defenders united as one, and they actually stubbornly blocked the internal and external attacks of the superior enemy, and held out for more than two hours!

"Drop your grandma! There are only decapitated generals here, no kowtow turtles! In the face of persuasion from all directions, Cheng Lian scolded and slashed with a knife: "Hou Cheng, you despicable villain, you have the ability to stand in front of your grandfather, see that your grandfather doesn't cut you with a thousand knives!" ”

"Cheng Lian, look whose flag is that? It's Xu Zhongkang, a tiger idiot with the same name as General Dian! You're dying, and no matter how stubborn you are, I'm afraid it's hard to keep a whole corpse. Seeing that Cheng Lian was covered in blood and looked like a mad tiger, Hou Cheng dared to go up and put the right one, but he just hid in the crowd and shouted.

"I'm going to pull you on my back when I'm dead!" A veteran general like Cheng Lian will not forget to observe the battlefield in the fierce battle, and he doesn't need Hou Cheng to remind him that he has seen it.

An extraordinary team was splitting from behind the surging waves of the siege army, led by a burly man who was not under the lord, followed by about three hundred guys with their own weapons and armor. All of them are tall and have murderous faces.

As early as when Lu Bu and Cao Cao were fighting for Dongjun, Cheng Lian had heard that Cao Cao had a guard army by his side, which was composed of rangers and strangers recruited from all over the world. These people are used to freedom, and they are not very suitable for obeying military orders, so they rarely go into battle, and their main task is to protect Cao Cao, whose main general is the famous and famous tiger idiot Xu Chu.

Of course, Cheng Lian will not underestimate his opponent.

If it was a battle in array, these hundreds of warriors would not be of much use, and maybe they would not even be as good as ordinary heavy infantry. But now this scene is just right for them to play.

Xu Chu came to the East City Gate, and he was beside him...... Cheng Lian looked left and right, and found that there were only more than 30 of the hundreds of good brothers before the war, and there were only more than 30 people who could still stand, as for those who could wield weapons...... He didn't want to count any more.

"I don't know what happened to Chengming." Cheng Lian raised his head and looked at the city in the distance. Cao Xing's situation is similar to his own, but Cao Xing's command ability is stronger, and he is not facing the main force of Cao's army, so his performance should be stronger than himself.

Cheng Lian saw that the enemy's ladder was erected again, blocking the city wall. Countless Cao sergeants climbed the ladder like ants and slowly moved upward. The cold arrows and rocks of the defenders kept knocking down the fastest climber. He vaguely saw the figure of the old man, the big bow constantly opening and closing, killing the most threatening enemy soldiers one by one.

"What are they fighting for?" Cheng Lian suddenly felt that the enemy's behavior was very absurd. It's like rushing to a dead end. It is said that the same is true for ants when they move, as long as the ants in the lead climb forward, even if it is an oil pot in front of them, the other ants are not afraid. The absurd thought that surged up in an instant distracted him, and he was almost shot in the face by a stray arrow.

"What's the hell he's fighting for? Lao Tzu is going to be one step ahead, haha! Cheng Lian suddenly smiled and leveled the lance in his hand vigorously. This long lance has been immersed in his spring and autumn for more than 20 years, and he has not stopped practicing since he started to do things.

The father said that the ability of the bow horse is the real ability, and the man does not need to think about other things, as long as the horse is proficient, he will not worry about not getting fame. The meaning of this seems to be similar to my uncle's poem, how does that poem come about? Well, fame is only taken from the horse, and Fang is a hero and a husband! It's really a good poem, I don't know if the fame of death can be regarded as a heroic husband?

Cheng Lian was a little confused, but it was only a moment, his eyes returned to clarity, and he laughed loudly.

"The boys of Wuyuan, rush with Lao Tzu!" Laughing and hideous, Cheng Lian pointed the long lance in his hand forward, and in the direction he pointed, a lewd figure was wandering around the crowd.

……

Feathered arrows rained down from the sky like hailstones, smashing up patches of blood mist through the narrow streets. There were living people, corpses, defenders, and Cao soldiers who fell to the ground, but without exception they were full of spikes, and the signs of life quickly disappeared.

Obviously, the archers had no intention of distinguishing between friend and foe, but simply covered the rain of arrows and turned an entire area into a death zone!

One of Cao Jun's iron-clad foot soldiers, apparently not yet completely exhausted, poked his head out of the hail from hell with great difficulty, and crawled forward inch by inch, dragging a long trail of blood behind him.

The will to fight to the death still exists, how can he be regarded as a good man, but the feather arrows that fell from the sky didn't care, there was no mercy, no admiration, just ruthlessly fell, smashed on his armor, until finally a fine armor leaf penetrated!

"Cao Cao is crazy!" Gao Shun wiped a handful on his face, his hands were covered with blood, but his face was still so sticky that it was difficult to open his eyes. He didn't know how many wounds he had, he just knew that he could continue to fight, but it wouldn't be too long.

Relying on the geographical advantage, the trapped camp has been entangled with Xiahoudun's main force. And Cao Xingchenglian's hard work also made the main force of Cao's army unable to occupy a favorable position for a long time, which is why the defenders have been able to hold on to the present.

But Xiahoudun was obviously forced to be in a hurry, and even directly launched an indiscriminate covering attack. The trap camp is a light infantry force that is very powerful in hand-to-hand combat with skillful skills and coordination, but its own defense is not high. Cao Jun's move ended up together, and it just hit the key point of the trapped camp.

The previous battle damage is still within the tolerable range, but from now on, I am afraid it will be multiplied as before.

"He's not going crazy for no reason, maybe reinforcements are coming soon." Wei Yan's condition is worse than Gao Shun, the latter's strength lies in command, but Wei Yan has always been the leader, and it is a blessing that he can support it until now. This thing is naturally optimistic, and when it looks like it's at the end of its rope, it can still laugh.

"Hmm." His optimism did not affect Gao Shun, who was a very rational person, and when it came to this point, it didn't make much difference if reinforcements didn't arrive. When the reinforcements come, they will fight until the last breath, and if the reinforcements do not come, they will also have to pull enough people to support their backs.

Wei Yan wanted to say something more, but he suddenly heard the loud cheers in the direction of the east city gate, and when he looked up, he saw that Cheng Lian's flag had been cut down, and a burly military general was holding a knife in one hand and a head in the other, shouting something loudly to boost morale. Behind him, countless crossbowmen are climbing the city walls, bows and arrows!

"The orange has ......" Wei Yan's heart was sour, he knew that it was a matter of time, Cheng Lian's hundreds of people were not beaten by iron, and it was already a miracle that they could hold on for more than two hours, but he still couldn't stop his sadness.

"I can't hold it here, go to the north gate, meet with the lord and Chengming, and die together!" Gao Shun said categorically.

"Let's go!" Wei Yan didn't drag the mud and water, he shouted violently, and the person walked with the knife, and in the dense iron armor array, he bumped into a gap. Behind him, Gao Shun slashed with his sword, wielding a hook inlay, blocking all the weapons that were attacking Wei Yan from the flanks and diagonally behind.

The Cao soldiers who climbed the east and west gates began to surge from the horse wall to the north gate, and the Cao army in the city also chased Wei Yan and Gao Shun to the north gate, and this tragic siege battle finally came to an end.

Cao Cao's face was a little soft, and he muttered to himself: "Time, it should be snatched out, but the loss of this battle ......"

Some of the staff members around him heard it, some didn't, but none of them answered. In order to deal with Lu Bu's thousands of soldiers and horses, nearly 20% of the 80,000 troops were killed or wounded, and there was still an internal response, if there was no internal response...... What's worse is that this battle is not over yet!

However, it is not a good thing to be able to solve Lu Bu in this way, if you hit the trick and are so fierce, if you fight head-on? Liu Ziyang was indeed defeated in Xiangyi, and 30,000 Huainan miscellaneous soldiers were defeated by a blow against such tiger and wolf soldiers, is it strange?

Obviously, these words can't be said in front of the lord, that is self-inflicted, so I can't answer these words.

What's more, whether this time is grabbed or not is two words. Xiahou Boren and Zang Xuangao went for two and a half days, and they were supposed to return every day, but since yesterday, the news has been broken, who can guarantee that there are no accidents?

Suddenly, there was a violent sound of horses' hooves in the distance!

Cao Cao and his staff were stunned, thinking that they had misheard, and turned their heads to look around almost at the same time. Under the red sun, they saw a knight in tattered clothes!

"Lord ......"

"Boren, where are your soldiers and horses? Xuan Gao, what about the public ...... them" Cao Cao's voice couldn't help but tremble, and the person who described the embarrassment was actually Xiahou Shang, what this meant, no one knew better than him.

"The last general is incompetent, deserves death, failed to defend the mountain pass, and was used by the king thief to smoke it......" Listening to Xiahou Shang's narration, Cao Cao suddenly felt that the sunlight became extremely dazzling, shaking his head dizzy and his eyes blackened.

"General Xuangao in order to let the last general get out and report the news, after desperately breaking off, he was not in the battle, Mr. Gongda and General Wei did not know where to go, I am afraid it is also a fierce ......"

"Then how do you have the face to come back!" Cao Cao suddenly flew up and kicked on the heart of his nephew, directly kicking the person over.

"The last general should die, the last general should die...... Xiahou Shangqiang endured the pain, turned over and got up and knelt down, and cried: "The last general has left this remnant life, but he is worried that the lord is unprepared, and he will be taken advantage of by the king and thieves, and the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou are also rushing to come, I am afraid that it will come in an instant, and the last general is far from being a pawn first, and he will fight to the death with the king thief!" ”

"The Lord is angry, the most important thing now is to prepare for war!" Guo Jia took the lead, and all the staff members echoed it.

“…… That's it. Cao Cao looked up to the sky and cried out: "Do I care if the sky is going to die? Heaven is going to die! Without waiting for everyone to persuade him again, his tone had turned firm: "My fate is up to me, not to the sky, even if the sky is going to kill me, I will also rebel against this day!" Pass my order, and ...... whole thing."

The words of "report the ......" were not finished, and in the distance, a fast horse galloped from the south, and the herald on the horse waved the command flag from afar, and shouted hoarsely.

"......" connected Cao Cao, who was vowing to go against the sky, everyone was stunned, and the emergency report at this time could not be a good thing. Wang Yu has already come, and there is probably only ...... worse than this

"Enlighten the lord, the big thing is not good! Just yesterday, the Yulin Army of Fengqiu suddenly marched westward with its whole army and launched a fierce attack on Yangwu City! The eldest prince was caught off guard, and the soldiers and horses under his command were not good at fighting, Yangwu changed hands in half a day, and the eldest prince was not in the chaotic army. The Yulin Army did not delay, drove straight in, and went straight to Biankou! ”

Cao Cao's ears 'buzzed', and he couldn't hear anything.

In order to contain the ban, he left his eldest son Cao Ang and 30,000 old and weak. I thought that Yu Ban had no decision, and before there was definite news, he would always stick to the sealed hill, and he could easily hide from the world. Who would have thought that he was wrong, not only did Yu Ban take the initiative to attack, but the follow-up action was also so decisive that it was as if he had changed someone, not Yu Ban, but Xu Huang or Tai Shici.

Biankou is on the opposite side of the Qinshui estuary, which is the closest big ferry to Xiuwu, and Yu Banben came here, not only to assist, but also to cut off Cao Jun's retreat intention.

folded a son, coupled with such bad news, no matter how strong Cao Cao's ability to bear it is, it will be shaky.

"Report ......"

Blessing is unparalleled, and disaster is not a single line, and before he can inquire in detail, another fast horse came from the east.

The generals of the "......" Cao army were already numb, and felt that there could be no bad news that could bring them more blows. But when the messenger arrived in front of him and reported the military situation breathlessly, everyone's hearts suddenly sank again.

"Enlighten the lord, the big thing is not good! Yesterday morning, a group of soldiers and horses came out of the court song and went straight to Xiuwu, under the banner of Jia Xu and Guan Ping! And then there were the sailors, and there were so many ships that their sails covered the sky and the sun, cutting off almost the entire river! General Li expected that the enemy would not be able to fight, so he could only fight and retreat, so please take precautions as soon as possible! ”

Embattled......

There was only one thought that came to Cao Cao's mind. Wang Yu came from the north, Yu Ban came from the south, Jia Xu went east, plus the main force of the Yellow River water army in Qingzhou, and Lu Bu in the city also led the remnants of the army to fight bloody...... Not to mention facing the battle, even retreat is a problem!

"Hehe, hehehe......" Cao Cao's sudden weird laughter scared everyone, and he only said in his heart, is the lord so angry that he is crazy?

"Those who count people will always count them, and the ancients will not deceive me." Of course Cao Cao is not crazy, if his psychological quality is so poor, he is not Cao Cao: "Now that the matter has come to this, there is no other way but to put the death in the afterlife and fight to the death!" Take advantage of the fact that the Qingzhou soldiers and horses have not yet formed an encirclement, and break them all! ”

"Ministers are willing to serve death!" Although the generals are embattled, Cao Cao's fighting spirit is still there, and the generals will not be timid before fighting. Lu Bu can fight to the death in such a bad situation, can he still be inferior to a martial artist in his own lordship? What's more, as the lord said, this battle may not have no chance of winning!