Huang Zhong watched Xiahou Yuan flee, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man hasn't made a move yet, this is also bullying the juniors?" ”

Liao Hua sighed: "Look at the children who are so angry, I almost cried, it's too fucking bullying." ”

Huang Zhong said helplessly: "I kindly invited him to Luoyang, but unfortunately this young man didn't appreciate it!" ”

Liao Hua took out the bag from his arms and looked at it, and said busily: "The military advisor ordered me to wait until the sour jujube meets." ”

Huang Zhong frowned and said: "We will all go to sour dates, if Zhang Liao hears the news and takes the opportunity to take the official crossing, won't he give up his efforts?" ”

Liao Hua said with a smile: "The old general doesn't know, yesterday General Yan had led Luoyang reinforcements to arrive, and it was he who led the troops to take Guandu, and the military division was ordered to come to help." ”

Huang Zhong laughed and said: "I haven't seen you for half a year, and General Yan's majesty has not diminished back then!" ”

The two led the troops until the sour date, and when they saw Zhuge Liang's order, Kou Feng also rushed back with Xiahou Ba's helmet, and all the generals laughed.

Huang Zhong praised: "The military division really had a clever plan, that Xiahou Ba only fled with dozens of cavalry, and the Wei army lost another 30,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "It's all up to all the soldiers to use their lives, if it weren't for General Yan's timely arrival, would Wu'an be able to calmly transfer troops?" ”

Everyone nodded, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and if there was no general to lead the army, no matter how good the plan was, it would be difficult to implement.

At this time, Wei Yan attacked the city on the third day, the catapults and the well were suppressed repeatedly, the defenders were miserable, and the Xianbei army was not good at defending the city, and the king of Gongsun went out of the city several times to attack, but they were repelled by crossbow arrows.

Zhuge Liang said: "The morale of the sour jujube defenders has been low in the past few days, and the king of Gongsun is powerful and angry, and it is the time to break the enemy with one drum." ”

Then he ordered people to take Xiahou Ba's helmet to the city to shout, persuade the defenders to surrender, the defenders in the city heard that Guandu was lost, there was an uproar, all looked at the soldiers and horses under the city, at a loss.

Jujube is located in the north of Yanjin, south of the big river, guarding the main road of Henan, where the Bianhe, chasm and Pushui converge, and the waterway can go straight to all parts of Yuzhou.

In that year, the princes of the Eighteenth Road discussed Dong and met in the sour date, not only to facilitate the heroes of Henan and Hebei to meet, but also to facilitate the transportation of grain and grass.

After the elimination of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao dredged the Suxukou waterway, transported Hebei grain and grass from the Yellow River ferry to the sour jujube, and then prepared for the southern expedition, and transformed the grain river to connect the Bianhe River and Pushui, and the importance of the sour jujube has surpassed Aocang.

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to take the sour jujube, it was to cut off the grain route between Yuzhou and Hebei, and to guard Yanjin could also contain the Puyang reinforcements, and the direction of Guandu could form a siege of Xuchang and prepare for the next step of taking Yuzhou.

The next day, Zhuge Liang said: "Gongsun Wang Bensaiwai Hu species, to benefit, this is not loyal to the Cao family, today first catch this person, and then take the sour date." ”

Huang Zhong hugged his fists and said: "Although the military advisor has given an order, he will shoot the mount of King Gongsun first today, and he will be captured under the horse." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Only capture King Gongsun, the Xianbei army will be used by the Cao army, and this cavalry needs to be taken down, and the defenders will surrender without a fight!" ”

Wei Yan hurriedly said: "Military advisor, this batch of mounts Wei Yan can be set first, this battle, I don't want any reward, as long as this batch of war horses." ”

The last time he fought with King Gongsun, he was defeated because of lack of preparation, the Red Flame Army suffered heavy losses, Wei Yan was in a hurry to replenish his troops, and for the Jingzhou Army, the most lacking thing was the war horse.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The subordinates of the King of Gongsun are all the remnants of the Xianbei tribes, and those who are abandoned by the tribe will be extremely vicious and vicious, and their nature will be difficult to change, and they will be afraid of harming my people." You will strike later, just keep your mounts, and kill all the thieves. ”

"No!" The generals agreed with a bang, and for thousands of years, their hatred of the Saiwaihu people was far greater than that of the Wei army.

Zhuge Liang ordered: "The land of sour jujube hangs on the river, the southwest is full of soil and ravines, and there are many thorns and withered grass on the mountain. ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed: "Obey the general's order." ”

Zhuge Liang also ordered Wang Ping and Kou Feng: "You two each lead two thousand elite soldiers, Wang Ping is ambushed in the back mountain, Kou Feng hides on the riverbank, and when General Wei fights, he will attack back and forth, and wipe out all the Xianbei army, there must be no mistake." ”

The three of them were ordered to go first, and Zhuge Liang ordered Liao Hua to lead the troops to continue the siege of the city, leaving only the south gate without preparing equipment, and Huang Zhong supervised the formation to make a siege of the sour date.

He instructed Huang Zhong: "The old general persuaded the king of Gongsun to surrender, he will not accept and come to fight, you can lead him to the ambush, there is a dry forest five or six miles to the south, lead the king of Gongsun here, you can capture him." ”

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At this time, the Wei army in the city was already panicked, hundreds of people fled last night, and the Xianbei army had no fighting spirit, but they could not leave the city because of the war horses, so they could only stay in the city.

Early in the morning, the Jingzhou army beat drums to attack the city, Gongsun Wang went to the city to watch, the original enemy army surrounded three and missing one, but today it is surrounded on all sides, there is no way to go.

When he was remorseful, the defenders of the south gate came to report that the veteran Huang Zhong was fighting, and King Gongsun hurriedly turned to the south gate, and saw that there were no ballista equipment here, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.

Huang Zhong stepped forward and pointed at Gongsun Wang and persuaded him: "Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief. Cao thief is still invincible to us, let alone waiting? Why don't you come down early, lest you die in the guest country and regret it. ”

King Gongsun saw that Huang Zhong did not have many people, and sneered: "The old guy is so big that he wants me to surrender, and he asked this pair of sledgehammers first." ”

He was about to go down to the city to fight, and the guard general persuaded: "The Jingzhou army is besieging the city, and we should stick to it and wait for help, and the king must not be fooled." ”

King Gongsun was furious and said, "What is the difference between this king staying in the city and being beaten, and the rat who is blocked in the cave? Be turtles with shrunken heads, and don't pull up this king. ”

So he didn't listen to the advice of the guards, picked up the copper hammer on his horse, and led the Xianbei cavalry out of the city, preparing to kill Huang Zhong and break through.

Huang Zhong waved his sword to intercept it, but the Xianbei army was still fighting and was in a hurry to break through, all of them rushed over without fear of death, and the cavalry was amazing, and they couldn't stop it at all.

Huang Zhong was helpless, and hurriedly led his troops to retreat, and the rest of the infantry fled to the two flanks, and King Gongsun yelled: "Old fellow, you can't escape today." ”

Although King Gongsun is reckless, he can mix from a slave to the master of one side, and he also understands the sophistication of human feelings, he knows that this time he went out of the city without permission, and he will be punished by Cao Zhen when he goes back.

Having made up his mind, King Gongsun chased Huang Zhong from behind, and the Xianbei cavalry was extremely fast, especially in this field, the advantages of horsemanship were fully exerted, and they all shouted with scimitars, and the mounts also spread their hooves, galloping.

In terms of speed, Huang Zhong's cavalry momentum was much weaker, like a beast besieged by wolves, it copied up and ran to the southern slope in a panic.

"Huang Zhongxiu is leaving!" King Gongsun's mount came from the distant Beihai, and he was a horse king, like a swift wind sweeping through the barren hills, passing through the chaotic army, and getting closer and closer to Huang Zhong.

At this moment, suddenly the drums behind him were loud, and the ambush soldiers came out from behind the mound, and the cavalry screamed and fell to the ground, and the low slope was like a rolling gourd, and the men and horses were crowded and trampled, and the sand and dust were all over the sky.

"Hmph, what tricks do you have, just use them!"

Although King Gongsun knew that it was a plan, but at this time, he went down the slope and could not turn back at all, so he could only kill Huang Zhong first.