Jia Rong has made it clear that if there is a battle, merchants are allowed to sell materials to other princes, and as for the profits, they must pay enough taxes, otherwise, after being identified, they will be retaliated by the Xiliang Army, and this alone makes countless businessmen willingly take out part of the profits earned, and the intelligence network of the Xiliang Army is all over the world, and it is difficult to hide any small moves, which is also the reason why many businessmen dare not have small moves, driven by interests, many businessmen are willing to do business.

Guo Da of Yuzhou, after enough rest and recuperation, although the previous battle, Cao's army lost countless soldiers, still did not shake Guo Da's rule in Yuzhou, so many years, don't say Cao Cao, even outsiders look at Guo Da is loyal, whenever Cao Cao has an order, it is always implemented to the letter, no disobedience.

The Xiliang Army's attack on Huaixian County with great fanfare naturally attracted the attention of the people of the world, and the Xiliang Army has always been defeated in all battles, and this majesty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so whenever the Xiliang Army appears in the battle, there is always no suspense.

The pressure on Xiahou Dun can be imagined, he is a fierce general on the battlefield, and he is more than enough to guard the city, but this more than depends on who he is, to Xiahou Dun 20,000 soldiers and horses, that is, the Jingzhou army is 100,000 soldiers, he is not afraid, but in the case of the 3,000 people of the Xiliang army, he feels a lot of pressure, first of all, facing the pressure brought by the cavalry, the cavalry of the Xiliang army, but it is a very terrifying existence, and it is invincible, on the battlefield, a thousand cavalry, can defeat tens of thousands of infantry.

The throbbing of the soldiers in the city, the restlessness of the people, the restlessness of the merchants, and the frequent activities of the family are all bothering the general of the Cao army.

The 3,000 vanguard army, like a bamboo, directly took Huai County, as long as Huai County was captured, the entire Hanoi County would become the seat of the Xiliang Army, and the vanguard army was a great achievement.

The information along the way was constantly transmitted to Huang Zhong in the rear through the scouts, and seeing Ma Chao's efficiency and means, Huang Zhong also nodded slightly, "Ma Chao is worthy of being the person chosen by the lord, and he really has the ability." ”

"Xiahou Xiao'er, dare to go out of the city and fight your grandfather." Ma Chao Lema stood under Huaixian County, roaring with full anger, his voice echoed in the city for a long time, and all eyes were focused on Xiahou Dun's body.

At this time, as long as it is a bloody general, he will kill on the battlefield, which is a naked slap in the face.

"The tiger and leopard rode with me to meet the enemy." Xiahou Dun said coldly.

"General, no, the Xiliang army outside the city has a thousand cavalry, all of them are elite, and the defenders in the city are only 20,000.

"Hmph, the Xiliang army is coming to the city, if our army blindly retreats into the city and does not dare to fight with it, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies, Mr. Don't say much, come if you go somebody, and kill the head of Ma Chao." After Xiahou finished speaking, he stepped down the city wall.

The city gate was wide open, and five hundred tigers and leopards rode out, quickly lined up outside the city, and their movements were uniform, which was not inferior to the elite cavalry of the Xiliang Army, which made Ma Chao frown.

"Gather five hundred cavalry and come with me." Ma Chao said coldly, he didn't want to leave a handle and let others think that Xiliang Jun was bullying the small with the big.

"Ma Chao'er, dare to fight?" Xiahou Dun rode his horse and slashed and roared loudly.

"Why don't you dare, watch General Ben cut off your dog's head." Ma Chao jumped on the horse and raised his gun, killing Xiahou Dun, Xia Hou Dun was able to go out of the city to fight, it was already beyond expectations, presumably before the Xiliang Army went out, Cao Cao must have repeatedly told the guards to strictly guard the city, not to go out of the city to fight, I didn't expect Xiahou Dun to have such courage, to a certain extent, won Ma Chao's favor, but after studying in the military academy, this kind of goodwill was suppressed by Ma Chao very haode, and the courage of the warriors on the battlefield in vain, it can only be said that the life and death of the soldiers of the three armies are not in the eyes, Xiahou Dun is the defender of the cityIf he dies, the impact on the city can be imagined.

The two fought more than ten times, regardless of up and down, Ma Chao's martial arts are exquisite, and his equestrian skills are outstanding, occupying an absolute advantage on the horse, on the other hand, Xiahou Dun is not inferior, and his one-handed knife skills make him perfect, and he can always return with a knife at a critical moment, with accurate eyesight and great strength, which makes Ma Chao slightly frightened.

I heard that among the generals under Cao Cao, there were Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and other generals of Cao Cao's own clan, but I didn't expect that Xiahou Dun's martial arts were really good, and some senior generals of the Xiliang Army had a fight.

But it's just a fight, when it comes to martial arts, Ma Chao is not even afraid of Lu Bu, the first fierce general of the Xiliang Army, let alone Xiahou Dun.

The spear trembled and stabbed at Xiahou Dun's three vital points, causing Xiahou Dun to be in a hurry, Ma Chao showed a sneer on his face, and the spear stabbed again, hitting Xiahou Dun's shoulder blade.

The spear was sharp, even the armor on Xiahou Dun's body did not play a role, he was directly pierced by the spear, and roared, instead of being afraid, Xiahou Dun rose up and fought with Ma Chao, one knife was more powerful than the other, obviously the gunshot wound on his body, which stimulated his blood.

Ma Chao lost his mind a little, it is said that whoever received a shot in the shoulder blade would also discard his weapon and rush back to the formation, but he didn't expect Xiahou Dun to be an outlier, not only did he retreat, but he also wanted to fight to the death with Ma Chao.

Energetic, the two fought together.

The wound continued to bleed, even Xiahou Dun gradually became a little weak, and after a false knife, he rode his horse back and roared: "The tiger and leopard ride forward." ”

The moment the five hundred cavalry received the order from the commander-in-chief, they immediately set out, and it took only two breaths before and after, which showed the elite of Cao's army.

Ma Chao sneered, with a wave of his spear, five hundred cavalry, immediately killed, these five hundred cavalry were trained by Ma Chao himself, which can be described as the elite of the army, even compared to the cavalry of Zhao Yunbu, there is not the slightest inferior, growing up in the Xiliang Army, Ma Chao can be said to have mastered the training method of the Xiliang Army.

From the city, it can be seen that two cavalry in black costumes collided together, stirring up waves of flowers, both sides are elite, and they spare no effort to fight, and the tiger and leopard cavalry did not frustrate at all because of the defeat of the previous Xiahoudun battlefield generals, but the combat effectiveness was high.

For a while, it was on par with the cavalry of the Xiliang Army.

Ma Chao sighed lightly, his face showed a heavy look, from the body of this cavalry, he saw the figure of his own cavalry, yes, if there is no cooperation, the big horse scimitar, elite armor, and the Xiliang army has a fight, I believe that if you give Cao Jun some time, you can gradually find out the way of fighting the Xiliang army, and when the cavalry of the two sides meet, it will be a bitter battle.

"I didn't expect Cao Cao to be so willing to spend money, and it turned out to be the same as the preparation of the Xiliang Army." Ma Chao said in a low voice.

In the predicament, the ferocity of the Xiliang cavalry was completely stimulated, and three or two cavalry joined forces to set off a bloody storm on the battlefield, which is also the way of training the Xiliang cavalry in recent years, using the rigorous cooperation between the cavalry to kill the enemy on the battlefield and win, just like the infantry, not giving the enemy any chance to resist.

The situation was somewhat reversed, which made Xiahou Dun feel shocked, the tiger and leopard cavalry is the most elite cavalry in the army, looking at the Central Plains, there are few opponents, and they were defeated by the cavalry under Ma Chao, if Jia Rong's personal soldiers are here, how powerful it will be, after the establishment of the Liang State, the strength of the Liang State was slightly mentioned in the newspaper, and the three thousand tiger army commanded by Guo Yan is definitely the most elite cavalry.

The battle was over, and the commanders of both sides did not want to lose too many cavalry in the first small battle, so they each withdrew their troops and returned.

"General, what are your injuries?" Seeing that Xiahou Dun had just bandaged it lightly and had no quiet treatment, the strategist asked with some concern.

"It's okay, a little injury, don't worry." Xiahou Dun waved his hand and said, since he was a child, Xiahou Dun's recovery ability is strong, and he never needs to apply medicine for a small injury or something, and he will be fine after a period of time, which also creates the image of Xiahou Dun who is not afraid of death on the battlefield.

"General, the body is the most important, the lord will hand over Hanoi to the general, you should do your best, the general can know, today you go out of the city to fight with the Xiliang army, if you die on the battlefield, where should the defenders in the city go?" Strategist.

"General Ben already knows, sir, let's discuss the method of defending the city as soon as possible." Xiahou Dun's left ear went in and out of his right ear, obviously he didn't take the words of the strategists to heart, Cao Cao reused literati, basically every army will have strategists, give advice to the army, and meet the enemy on the battlefield.

"The way to defend the city is nothing more than having enough arrows and boulders, and once the enemy army attacks the city, it can immediately react and kill the defenders under the city and prevent the enemy from climbing the city walls." The strategist said slowly, apparently after some deliberation.

Xiahou Dun shook his head slightly, "Mr. is not right, you must know that the means of attacking the city of the Xiliang army are not comparable to other princes, when the Xiliang army attacked the state in the past, it completely relied on thunderbolts and crossbow carts to suppress the defenders, not to mention what kind of wooden boulders, even thunderbolts may be suppressed." ”

Although Xiahou Dun is five big and three rough on the surface, his research on the Xiliang Army is still very thorough, and the exchanges between him and other generals are also aimed at some offensive and defensive and field battles on the battlefield.

"What the general said is very true, but the Xiliang army uses so many materials and consumes a lot, and it can hang cowhides and other things on the city, which can cover the crossbows and boulders." Strategist.

After some planning, the two of them thought of all the strategies for defending the city.

Ma Chao stationed the men and horses outside the city, set up camp, but kept sending soldiers to the city to scold the formation, before Xiahoudun was injured on the battlefield, but the morale of the army was greatly shocked, and the soldiers rushed to the scolding array.