"Wang Shang Shengming, the last general is willing to lead the guard battalion under his command to surprise attack the 10,000 partial divisions of the Jin army outside the West Gate, so that the Jin army knows that my Great Zhao Wang's division is powerful." Hou Ba confidently asked.

Seeing that Hou Ba was full of confidence, Shi Hu was naturally very happy, however, the Jin army outside the West Gate had 10,000 people, and the Longteng Guard Battalion under Hou Ba was less than 1,000 people, and the difference in strength was more than ten times.

"Houba, there are 10,000 Jin troops outside the West Gate, with less than 1,000 men and horses under your command, is the number of troops too small." Shi Hu expressed the doubts in his heart.

When Hou Ba heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "The king can rest assured, the soldiers are not many but fine, and the generals are not brave but strategic, and the nearly 1,000 warriors under the command of the last general are all elites in a thousand, and the 10,000 horses of the Jin army have just arrived, and the position is still unstable. ”

"Okay, Houba, you immediately lead the army to attack the Jin army camp, and return immediately after killing hundreds of Jin troops, you must not fall in love with the battle, in case you are surrounded by the Jin army brigade." Shi Hu commanded loudly.

"Rest assured, Hou Ba will definitely complete the task." Hou Ba clenched his fists and turned away.

After Hou Ba left, Zhixiong looked at Shi Hu and whispered: "Your Majesty, now that the morale of the Jin army is booming, is it too risky for our army to take the initiative to attack?" ”

When Shi Hu heard this, he said: "It is precisely because the morale of the Jin army is booming, so this king wants to teach the Jin army a lesson, frustrate the spirit of the Jin army, and at the same time can greatly increase the prestige of our army, so that the Jin army cannot underestimate my great Zhao Wangshi." ”

Seeing Shi Hu say this, Zhixiong nodded slightly and stepped back.

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Five miles outside the West Gate of Xiquyang. The 10,000 partial divisions of the Yangzhou Army have arrived here. And began to set up camp and prepare to be stationed here. to block the way for the Shihu army to break through to the west.

Because the army of Zhao was attacked by fire twice in a row, the losses were extremely heavy, so the soldiers of the Yangzhou Legion had the heart of underestimating the enemy, a large number of men and horses were busy camping in the open space, and there were only a dozen soldiers in charge of guarding.

But the soldiers of the Yangzhou Legion. Obviously too confident, they didn't believe that the remnants of the Zhao army, who were chased by them like lost dogs, would suddenly come out of the city, and this paralyzing attitude naturally had to pay a price.

In the West Gate of Xiquyang, Hou Ba and the soldiers of the nearly Qianlongteng Guard Battalion under his command have already assembled with their whole bodies clothed, and as long as Hou Ba gives an order, they can set off immediately.

Hou Ba rode his horse back and forth inside the West Gate, staring at his men. Seeing that his subordinates were completely prepared, he shouted loudly: "Warriors, five miles outside the city is the 10,000 horses of the Jin army. And we only have less than a thousand soldiers, but we are all warriors in a thousand, and the soldiers of the Jin army are all 'two-legged sheep' warriors in our eyes. Take up your weapons and go out of the city with Ben to kill the sheep...... Killing sheep ......"

"Kill the sheep...... Kill the sheep ......," the soldiers of the Nearly Thousand Dragons Teng Guards Battalion shouted loudly.

Seeing that the morale of his subordinates was like a rainbow. Hou Ba ordered loudly: "Open the door, open the city gate." ”

"Ka Ka Ka ......" under the order of Hou Ba. The soldier in charge of guarding the gate immediately opened the west gate of Xiquyang.

Hou Ba Lema looked out of the city, looked back at his subordinates, and said loudly, "Warriors, go." With that, the first one rode out on horseback.

"Drive, drive...... Under the order of Hou Ba, nearly a thousand soldiers of the Longteng Guard Battalion rode out of the city.

The nearly 1,000 men and horses under the command of Hou Ba were all cavalry, so the distance of five miles was only a matter of moments for them, and they were like hunters, staring at the Jin army camp in front of them, rushing over, ready to bite hard.

The soldiers of the Jin army who were camping looked a little tired due to the long march, and the generals were busy arranging the camp, with only a dozen soldiers standing on the high platform to be on guard.

Hou Ba and the nearly 1,000 soldiers under his command suddenly rushed out of Xiquyang City, which naturally attracted the attention of the soldiers in charge of vigilance, and they immediately reported the situation to the generals of the battalion.

The general of the Yangzhou Legion was taken aback when he heard the news, but when he learned that the other party only had a thousand men, most of the tension in his heart disappeared.

Therefore, the generals of the Yangzhou Army immediately ordered the soldiers who were camping to put down their work and pick up their weapons to prepare for battle.

It takes time for the army to assemble and set up, and the Jin army has just finished gathering a thousand men and horses, and the nearly 1,000 troops of Houba have already roared.

"Kill...... Warriors, kill ......" Hou Ba roared, raised his broadsword, and killed the Jin army camp.

"Killing ......" The soldiers of the Nearly Thousand Dragons Guards Battalion roared towards the Jin army camp.

"Soldiers, block them, stop them." Seeing that the Houba army was imposing, the generals of the Jin army suddenly panicked.

However, the soldiers of the Jin army were all in a hurry, and they had not been able to form an effective defensive formation, and at the same time they were facing the extremely powerful Houba army, so they could not stop the attack of the Houba army at all, and the camp was soon broken through by the Houba army.

Hou Ba led the army into the Jin army camp, cut down when he saw people, and set fire to the Jin army's camp tent, until he rushed to the end of the Jin army camp, and then rode his horse back and then rushed to kill.

In this way, he rushed and killed several times, and Hou Ba's nearly 1,000 men and horses caused a lot of losses to the Jin army, but their own losses were minimal, until the Jin army soldiers and horses gradually gathered and pressed themselves with superior forces, Hou Ba led his men and horses to leave.

After being killed several times by Hou Ba, the Jin army camp was in a mess everywhere, thousands of corpses of dead soldiers were lying in the camp, hundreds of tents were destroyed by fire, and all kinds of materials and equipment were scattered in the camp.

The general of the Jin army did not pursue Houba's men and horses, he sent half of his troops to face the direction of Xiquyang to block the possible re-attack of the Zhao army, and ordered the other half of the men and horses to clean up the camp, and at the same time, immediately sent a herald to report what happened outside the west gate to the main general outside the south gate of Xiquyang.

"Open the door, open the gates." Houba, who returned victoriously, ran to the west gate of Xiquyang and shouted loudly at the soldiers on the city wall.

The soldiers in charge of defending the city saw that Hou Ba's men and horses had returned, but at the same time the Jin army did not chase them, so they immediately opened the city gate.

After the city gate was opened, Hou Ba led his victorious soldiers to ride their horses into Xiquyang, arranged for his subordinates to return to the camp tent, and Hou Ba rode his horse to Shi Hu's Chinese army tent.

"Your Majesty, the last general is back!" Hou Ba walked into Shi Hu's Chinese army tent and said loudly with his fists clenched.

Shi Hu looked up and saw that Hou Ba had appeared in front of him intact, and his expression was proud, as if he had won the battle.

"Houba, how are the results?" Shi Hu asked straightforwardly.

"Your Majesty, the last general led his troops to kill suddenly, the Jin army was not well prepared, and could not stop our army at all, and the battle was less than half an hour, and the entire Jin army camp was turned upside down by the last general, and the Jin soldiers were killed by our army more than a thousand people, and the results were much higher than expected." Hou Ba reported excitedly.

When Shi Hu heard this, he was overjoyed and asked in a low voice: "Houba, how are the casualties of our army?" ”

"Back to the king, our army has only a dozen people killed, and the results are brilliant!" Hou Ba replied excitedly.

Seeing that Hou Ba had killed thousands of Jin troops, but he had only killed a dozen of them, Shi Hu was very happy, which made him more sure that the reason why he was defeated was not because the army under his command was not strong, but because the Jin army had two consecutive fire attacks, which made his subordinates suffer too great losses.

If it is a frontal battle, the Jin army is definitely not the opponent of the army under his command, and at present, the Jin army outside the city is less than 50,000, and the strength is a little more than twice his own.

"Your Majesty, if the last general had 5,000 troops in his hands at that time, he would definitely be able to completely annihilate the 10,000 Jin soldiers and horses outside the West Gate." Hou Ba seemed to have some pity in his heart.

When Shi Hu heard this, he looked at Hou Ba and said confidently: "In the battle outside the West Gate, this king can be sure that the combat power of our soldiers is indeed higher than that of the Jin soldiers, and now, the Jin soldiers and horses outside the city are only twice as large as our army. ”

Seeing Shi Hu asking for his opinion, Hou Ba hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Wang Shang Shengming, after our army's vitality is completely restored, it is indeed possible to fight with the main force of the Jin army, if it is defeated, then our army can calmly return to Yecheng, in case of defeat, nearly a thousand warriors under the command of the last general are also capable of protecting the king and the generals, from the shore of the Huaishui, take a small boat to cross the Huaishui." ”

Shi Hu nodded and said, "Hou Ba, you are very thoughtful, this king wants to ask, which day is the best day to go out of the city and fight the Jin army." ”

"The day before the food is gone." Hou Ba replied without thinking.

"Hahahaha! Yes, this is exactly what the king wants. Shi Hu said and patted Hou Ba's shoulder.

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The news that the Jin army's herald general outside the West Gate was raided by the Zhao army and lost 1,000 soldiers reported to the chief general outside the south gate of Xiquyang.

Hearing that the Zhao army raided his men and horses, the commander of the Yangzhou army was furious, and immediately sent 5,000 men and horses to reinforce the partial division outside the West Gate, and sent his own soldiers to send a letter to Hua'an, agreeing that the three armies would attack Xiquyang together.

Soon, Hua'an received a request to attack Xiquyang together, and at the same time, he also learned that the Yangzhou army outside the West Gate was raided by the Zhao army and suffered heavy losses.

"Big brother, the Zhao army was chased by our army like a lost dog, and after only a day's rest, he came to his senses, and he would open his mouth to bite, and my army was willing to fight." Thunderstorm loudly stated that he was willing to attack Xiquyang.

"Big brother, count me in, my five thousand men and horses can help the Thunderstorm General." Wang Liu also said that he would fight immediately. (To be continued......)