Dian Wei shook his head: "Before Lao Xu came back, I didn't go anywhere." At this time, Wei Xuan's eldest brother Cai Yan's brother Cai Meng came over and patted Dian Wei's shoulder and said with a smile: "Lao Dian, do you know why so many soldiers under General Zhengxi still treat Xiliang soldiers so carefully?" Dian Wei shook his head and said he didn't know.

Cai Meng said: "Because most of the officers and soldiers in the army lack actual combat experience. You don't count as a murderer, if you take the lead every time, how will others grow? Dian Wei felt that the eldest brother of the lord, his fellow countryman was just complimenting himself for not getting to the point, but he was not easy to refute, and looked at Wei Xuan with a grin.

Wei Xuan glanced at his eldest brother and said, "If it weren't for the rapid progress of Wentai, I would still want to stalemate with Niu Fu outside the Yuyuan Pass for a while." As long as the grain and grass can keep up, if it drags on, it must be Dong Zhuojun who is demoralized. The imperial court migrated from Luoyang to Chang'an, while the Xiliang soldiers rushed to Chang'an from all the way, and now they want to stay around Luoyang for a long time, Dong Zhuo must also know that it is not a way to drag it out. That's why they sent troops to risk attacking Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Next, if Wentai and I don't attack again, it's time for Dong Zhuo to send troops to raid Yingchuan. So Wentai and I were in a hurry to send troops but not to attack. Cai Meng nodded: "Zhong Dao, have you ever thought that there is no one in the Tiger Prison to contain it now, Xu Rong and Lu Bu's army will definitely go south, if they join forces with Niu Fu, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to make progress along the way, even if we capture the front of Yuyuan Pass, it will be difficult to move an inch." Wei Xuan said with a smile: "But if I capture the Yuyuan Pass, I can lock the pass and stalemate with Dong Zhuo." To defeat Dong Zhuo, you don't have to go to Luoyang to fight him, you can drag him down at Yuyuan Pass. Yuyuan Pass is only a few dozen miles away from Yangcheng and Lunshi, and grain, grass and materials can be easily transported. Cai Meng said thoughtfully: "So Dong Zhuo can't afford to lose the Yuanyuan Pass, and Niu Fu will definitely send cavalry out?" ”

"Yes, after I take Yuyuan Pass, I can choose to attack Yique Pass or Yanshi, or even attack Taigu with Wentai, and the two are approaching Luoyang like Taigu. Moreover, Hebei Renma and Yuan Shu have not dispersed yet, and I heard that I and Wentai are facing two passes at the same time, so I can't say that I will come to join in the fun. So he can't afford to lose Yuyuan Pass, even if he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he will be punished if he loses Yuyuan Pass. Otherwise, he would not have sent troops to camp outside the gates. "Just when Wei Xuan was talking and laughing, Niu Fu under the city tower was already anxious, and the catapult kept smashing the city wall, although most of the defenders on the city wall have retreated now and there are few casualties, but every time the stone falls, it is like beating the heart of the defenders, and the speed of the stone destruction of the city wall is beyond Niu Fu's imagination.

The three-story gate has been smashed four times in a row, and it was once impossible to stand on it. The materials for defending the city, such as rolling wood and stones, which were originally neatly placed on the city wall, were smashed by stones falling from a high place, and they filled the ground of the entire city wall.

It is estimated that the city gate tower will completely collapse if it lasts for half an hour, although the city tower is built on the city wall, and does not affect the defensive function of the city wall, but it is a heavy blow to the morale of their own soldiers.

The jumble of rolling logs and stones thrown by the enemy took up most of the city walls, making it impossible for the soldiers to stand in rows, and once the enemy set up ladders to attack, the defenders on the walls would have a big problem defending themselves.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is necessary to find a way to contain the enemy's catapults, but looking at the more and more generals of the Wei Xuan Army before the gate, as well as the heavy infantry behind the small catapults, Niu Fu knows that it is really difficult and difficult to break out of the gate, break through the encirclement, disrupt the enemy's phalanx, and destroy the catapults.

However, the surrounding lieutenants and Sima were more anxious than him, and from time to time they dared to lean out of the city wall along the foundation of the city gate tower to see the enemy's situation.

It's just that the situation is not too optimistic, the sun has risen in mid-air, the dense fog is gradually dispersed, and the soldiers outside the pass can be seen on the city wall, and the reflected sunlight is particularly dazzling, and the phalanx of various diseases looks very tight.

The huge catapults looked like monsters as tall as the walls were spitting stones. Although the pass is majestic, it is surrounded by 20,000 people, and the catapults continue to destroy the city wall, and no one can calm down.

"General, please order the cavalry to attack."

"General, if you don't stop it, the city wall will be smashed by them."

"General, most of the rolling logs and gravel have been smashed into the pass, there is no way to stand on the city wall, if you don't organize them, there will be no way to stop the enemy's ladder."

The generals of Dong Zhuojun, who was hiding under the city tower ......, were all asking for battle.

Niu Fu finally nodded heavily: "Leave two thousand infantry to garrison the city wall to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to climb." The rest of the infantry assembled in the pass, and the cavalry went out first! After going out, scatter along the city wall, gather a hundred people and then storm! Gather 500 archers to cover the cavalry on both sides of the city gate. ”

"General, Dong Chao is willing to be a pioneer!" Niu Fu saw that he could play this distant family of Dong Zhuo, patted him on the shoulder, closed his eyes and said, "Be careful, if you can't break through, you will retreat." Wei Xuan didn't dare to come in directly. Dong Chao nodded, turned around and went down the city wall to gather cavalry.

A moment later, under the gaze of Zhao Yun and the other nine tiger generals, the heavy and thick door of Yuyuan Pass slowly opened.

A burly cavalry took the lead and stopped at the place where the gate was closed twenty paces, and then the Xiliang cavalry followed one after another, and they went out close to the city wall, but the archers and catapults on the opposite side still fired without hesitation, pressing them closer to the city wall as much as possible, so that these Xiliang cavalry who came out became cautious.

Twenty, forty, one hundred, cavalry kept pouring out, Dong Chao looked left and right, and pointed his spear forward: "Follow me!" Dong Chao is worthy of the Dong family, in the face of the enemy's siege, he was not afraid at all, nor did he timidly walk against the city wall, but rushed up directly with a slap of the war horse.

More than 100 Xiliang cavalry behind him, inspired by him, also rushed to the front of the cavalry encirclement. The cavalry in the crane wing formation did not move, only a few rushed out, and some of them picked up their crossbow arrows in place and began to fire.

Zhao Yun was in the middle of the Crane Wing Array, he looked left and right and smiled: "It's time to work." Zhou Cang, Xu Chu and the others came after them, and when they heard Zhao Yun's words, they immediately rushed out.

It's just that someone is faster than the two of them, and Guan Hai at the front left of the Crane Wing Formation met Dong Chao who rushed out at a forty-five degree angle, so he took the lead in intercepting Dong Chao who came out of Yuyuan Pass.

The spear pierced Dong Chao's heart from the side, and Dong Chao had to block it with a spear. When, dang, two sounds, one was the sound of the two spears colliding, and the other was from Dong Chao's right side, Tai Shi Ci's halberd smashed directly on Dong Chao's shoulder, without waiting for Dong Chao to reflect, Tai Shi Ci halberd pulled back, Dong Chao's whole person fell directly from the horse.

The gravity of his body allowed him to get rid of the enemy general's halberd, but a large piece of his shoulder blade was hooked off. Dong Chao wanted to reach out to cover his wounds, but Tai Shici didn't give him a chance, and the powerful halberd smashed directly on his back, and the whole person lay on the ground motionless.

The cavalry that followed behind galloped by, and after a while, Dong Chao stopped moving. This is exactly what you die before you get out of school!

The more than 100 strange soldiers he brought out were also stunned by the bravery of Tai Shici and Guan Hai, and the cavalry who trampled on Dong Chao's corpse was even worse, they read the disc in front of Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun's spear pierced directly into the heart of the person in front.

When he pulled it out, the fist-sized wound kept spurting blood, and the cavalryman obviously couldn't survive. Someone saw this scene and tried to change the opponent, so he met Huang Zhong, who was in his forties, and when Liang Bing thought that he was lucky to meet an old man, Huang Zhong was angry and dantian raised his hand, and the head of the medical master flew out, but the headless corpse ran out with the war horse several times before falling.

Zhou Cang and Xu Chu, who rushed in front of Zhao Yun, also met their opponents respectively, but both of them were long knives, and basically they solved the problem with one knife.

At the same time, the same thing happened in almost the front row of the entire Crane Wing Array, and the Xiliang cavalry, which seemed to be extremely brave, was not the enemy on the opposite side!

Seeing the cow on the city wall is shocking! He knew the young man riding the white horse, and it should be Zhao Yun, but what happened to so many fierce generals in front of him?

Officially, the existence of these people completely disrupted the rhythm of the Xiliang cavalry charge, and the whole team was in chaos, allowing the enemy to constantly shoot from a distance, and finally rushed to the enemy, either being killed by the enemy in one round or being besieged by several enemy cavalry.

As more and more Xiliang cavalry rushed out of the Yuyuan Pass, the front platoon of the Crane Wing Formation was basically engaged in battle, and was dragged to spread out to both wings.

Dingding is responsible, and the archers on both sides are also constantly cheering for the arrows. It's just that neither side can do anything to wear the cavalry of the armor.

And close-range cavalry battles are obviously not what the Xiliang soldiers want to see, because they can rush out in limited numbers at a time, but they are facing enemies several times their size.

The first wave of more than 100 people was quickly wiped out, and the only ones who could escape were the war horses that had lost their owners, and few of the enemies on the opposite side were wounded in the face.

Niu Fu immediately issued an order, requiring that after gathering a hundred people to start charging, the people behind would no longer assemble and rush directly to fight, and once the battle began, there could be no more delay.

However, the battle situation was still not ideal, and the ratio of battle losses between the enemy and the enemy was completely unacceptable. The Crane Wing Formation was gradually pushed away, but the nine dreamed that they occupied more than half of the space in the front row, and the Xiliang Cavalry would not get a fair one-on-one chance with the enemy at all!

The two cavalry captains, Niu Deng and Xiao Chen, couldn't stand it anymore, and directly rushed down the city wall, stepped on the war horse, and rushed out of the Yuyuan Pass with people.

They are very bloody, but they have no group advantage, and their individual heads-up is far from being the opponent of the cattle arranged by Wei Xuan to block the door at Yuyuan Pass.