Because of this, the two of them felt a little ashamed and a little sorry for their current status, so they naturally held back their strength and wanted to make contributions.

Until now, the opportunity has finally come, how can the two not be excited.

In addition to being excited, Xu Shu quickly analyzed the situation in front of him and said to Xu Huang on the side: "Gongming, the lord is going to Huguan from Luoyang, all of him is cavalry, presumably it will take three days to arrive, and within this time, there are many things that need to be done, I think this is the case next..."

Before Huguan, Yuan Shao's army was stationed here.

This time, in order to achieve the role of containing Zhang Chao's army, Yuan Shaote sent Yan Liang as the main general, Zhao Rui and Lu Weihuang as deputy generals, and led 100,000 troops to be stationed in Shexian County, Jizhou. At the same time, Zhao Rui led 20,000 soldiers to Huguan, completely blocking the possibility of the Fifth Army going to Luoyang to support.

Zhao Rui was originally Zhang He's deputy general, guarding Hanoi, but because he climbed into Xu You's relationship, he successfully squeezed out Zhang He and became a general in Hanoi, which was reused by Yuan Shao.

But later, Zhang Chao led the army into Jizhou, which turned the world upside down, and even threatened the safety of Yecheng. Zhao Rui was sent back, and after this departure, frustration followed, and Hanoi became Zhang Chao's territory, so far, Zhao Rui's status plummeted. Until this time, at Xu You's suggestion, he became Yan Liang's lieutenant and was sent to keep an eye on the enemy of Huguan. With 20,000 troops, he also decided to perform well and strive to be reused and trusted.

The four princes jointly attacked Zhang, and it has been more than a month since the troops were dispatched, but before Huguan, the soldiers of the Fifth Legion have indeed been standing still, which made Zhao Rui, who originally wanted to have a good performance, slowly began to be disappointed. This can be seen from the fact that before Yan Liang first hoarded heavy troops in Huguan, he now withdrew a large number of troops to Shexian.

Initially, Zhao Rui, who had 20,000 direct subordinates, also expected meritorious performance, but after a long time, Xu Shu had been standing still, and he slowly became discouraged, so that he became gradually lazy before guarding the Huguan.

This can be seen from the performance of the army, in the past, the army of 20,000 was ready for a battle at any time, and in the later period, 10,000 were ready for battle and 10,000 were resting. Until now, there were only 2,000 people in front of them doing defense, and the others were resting.

The soldiers of the army also slowly developed a habit in the torment, that is, Zhang Chaojun should not come to attack them. Even so, they don't have to work so hard to get all the grass and trees.

Zhao Rui's army has no vigilance, which is naturally a good opportunity for Xu Shu and Xu Huang. In this regard, the first step they formulated was to hit Zhao Rui's 20,000 army first.

On this day, it was still as usual, Yuan Shao's army still sent soldiers from the two armies to come to the place three miles before Huguan early in the morning to make a defensive posture, and the other soldiers saw Huguan, everything was as usual, and they drank and chatted and slept, starting a boring day.

Compared with the tranquility outside the pass, in the pass, 20,000 horses have already been saddled, and 20,000 warriors are also armored, and everyone can flexibly chop sabers in their hands.

"I have already said the task just now, today is the time to show the demeanor of our cavalry of the Fifth Legion, I hope everyone will be brave. Now give everyone a pillar of incense time to check your gear and get ready to go. Xu Huang was already dressed in black armor, and he was holding the Open Heaven Axe in his hand.

After a pillar of incense, the door of the pot gate, which had not been opened for more than a month, was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and then a large number of war horses emerged from the pass, and after they got out of the pass, they rushed forward one by one to kill them.

The 2,000 Yuan Shao soldiers of the front army, after suddenly hearing the sound of horses' hooves shaking the ground, out of instinct, everyone picked up their weapons and made a battle stance.

And when they saw the seemingly countless cavalry rushing ahead, some people couldn't help but exclaim, "It's actually cavalry, is it the reinforcements of Zhang Chao's army?" ”

This statement is not unique to one person, after all, in the previous information, there was no cavalry team in the Fifth Legion. Now that I see it, it's hard not to think about it, and after having such an idea, the entire army of people became panicked.

I didn't know the reality of the Fifth Legion, and suddenly saw so many cavalry, it was inevitable that people would not have some guesses.

"Kill, the cavalry is in front, and the 200,000 troops behind are behind, and Yuan Shao's army will definitely be killed." After getting out of the Huguan, Xu Huang took the lead, riding a brown Wusun horse and roaring wildly, and at the same time, he also roared with an open-sky axe.

The sound was very loud, and after it reached Yuan Shaojun, it immediately caused a burst of panic. When the other side actually arrived with 200,000 reinforcements, the will to fight of the defenders of the two armies quickly collapsed.

With a ratio of 2,000 to 200,000, one to 100, no one can protect enough calm.

Yuan Shao's army was timid before fighting, waiting for Xu Huang to ride a Wusun horse into their camp, and after slashing several people with an axe, the 2,000-strong defenders were in disarray, and some people had already given up resistance and began to flee backwards.

This is exactly the result Xu Huang wants, and the shout he just now has also been ordered by Xu Shu before. 20,000 against 20,000 does not have much advantage in terms of numbers, but if the tactics are used properly, there is a chance to take the lead and you can still win the best situation.

Now it seems that this trick really worked, and when the 20,000 cavalry had not completely rushed out of Huguan, the 2,000 Yuan Shaojun on duty had already thrown themselves into chaos, and even gave up resistance and began to flee. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Huang killed all the way, so much so that he later surpassed most of Yuan Shaojun, and went straight to Zhao Rui's camp in the rear.

There was a mess ahead, and someone had already informed Zhao Rui of the news, and he hurriedly reorganized his arms for battle. Just when the formation was not completely adjusted, some deserters withdrew first, and at the same time, they also brought a very bad news, that is, Zhang Chao's reinforcements of more than 200,000 troops had arrived, and they were now coming towards them.

As soon as he heard that the other party had 200,000 reinforcements, Zhao Rui's face also changed greatly, and he immediately stretched out his hand and grabbed the deserter's neck and asked, "Say, is this true?" ”

"Yes, it should be." The deserter didn't see the 200,000 troops, but he could see the scene of the cavalry pouring out of the Huguan clearly, and it felt like telling him that this should be true.

Hearing that it should be, Zhao Rui's face became panicked, and then he said to the generals around him: "What do you think?" ”

"General, if I don't wait for a fight, there is really no chance of winning against 20,000 against 200,000, so I might as well withdraw."

"Yes, general, Zhang Chao's reinforcements are coming, we can't fight anymore."

The opinions of several generals were extremely unanimous, which made Zhao Rui, who had already wanted to retreat, make a decision: "That is, even if this is the case, the army will be ordered to retreat to Shexian immediately, and at the same time send a fast horse to inform General Yan Liang and ask him to support quickly." ”

After Zhao Rui's order was issued, the military camp only became more chaotic. After the soldiers who still had the heart to fight heard the order of the main general to retreat, the soldiers were reduced, and some smart people simply took their weapons and fled first.

When the barracks were in chaos, Xu Huang arrived with the cavalry, and without encountering decent resistance, he saw the saber waving away, and then there were pieces of Yuan Shaojun's crying father and mother's voice.

Zhao Rui ran all the way, seeing that the soldiers he was bringing were getting fewer and fewer, and Xu Huang behind him was chasing closer and closer, he couldn't help but panic, the horse whip in his hand kept flying, and he wished that his father and mother would give birth to a few more legs.

"Zhao Rui, where to escape, take your life." You can see Zhao Rui's back from a distance, even if Xu Huang shouted, his voice came, like thunder on the ground.

Hearing the shouts behind him, where is Zhao Rui willing to stand, only keep whipping and running, he has made up his mind, if he doesn't fight Xu Huang head-on, no matter what, save his life first.

The main generals are all desperately fleeing, one can imagine how the other Yuan Shaojun will do it. With no morale, they scattered and fled, and some even ran into the grass on the side of the road in a panic, threw their heads to the ground, and hid in the way of covering their ears and stealing bells.

Of course, usually such a person will not end well, and often he is quickly seen by the cavalry who comes behind him, and he is captured and taken prisoner.

Xu Huang led the army all the way out, and with the dispersion of Yuan Shao's army, the cavalry under him was also dispersed, and in the end, he just led five hundred horsemen to chase Zhao Rui, who was only with more than ten personal guard cavalry.

In the face of Xu Huang's relentless pursuit, all Zhao Rui could do was run, and as for where the sergeants under him went, he didn't care about it at all.

Between the two teams of people chasing and escaping, they went out of Huguan and went straight to the direction of Jixian, and chased for more than 30 miles.

More than thirty miles later, Zhao Rui's personal soldiers were pulled down a few people due to the problem of horses, these people soon became dead people, or became prisoners, seeing that there were less than five people around him, Zhao Rui had a sense of despair in his heart, he hated himself for being too reckless, if he knew this, it would be better not to think about meritorious service, at least his life can be saved.

Just when Zhao Rui was in despair, there was indeed smoke and dust billowing in the opposite direction, and he saw a large army killed.

"Could it be the ambush army set up by Zhang Chao here? It's over, I'm dying. Seeing that there was another army on the opposite side, Zhao Rui couldn't help but feel a sense of having no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground.