Li Su is Dong Zhuo's cavalry lieutenant who has just moved up recently, and his rank is 2,000 stones, so it can be said that it is a good time to be high-spirited and roll up his arms and sleeves to do a great job.

It is estimated that everyone in the Xiliang army, including Li Su himself, never thought that he would be shot to death by an unknown scout on the battlefield.

Man is inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.

Obviously, Li Su is playing a little too much.

The situation from the front quickly passed back to the rear.

Li Dao and Guo Yan, who were urging the vanguard army to hurry up quickly, were stupid after hearing the news.

Rao is the two of them have experienced a hundred battles, and they are heroes in the Xiliang army, and they have never heard of such a thing.

"Li Su was shot by a famous person?" After Li Wei reacted, he hurriedly asked about the real situation.

"Returning to the captain, no, the other party is an ordinary scout."

Li Wei frowned: "How do you know that the other party is an ordinary scout?" ”

The knight of the Xiliang soldiers said: "Captain Li's soldiers and horses are chasing after him, and he has already shot down several scouts of the Hebei army before, and the reflex level of those scouts is very low, and the reflections are all shot indiscriminately, but Li Duwei has to come to the front to shoot the enemy." ”

"And the other party happened to be blinded by an arrow, and it hit Captain Li in the forehead."

Hearing this, Li Dao couldn't help frowning.

"Are you sure you're telling the truth and you're not mistaken?"

The knight hurriedly said: "My subordinates have been following the cavalry in front of them to pursue those scouts, and those people are panicked and impatient, and they don't look like they have any premeditated plans at all. Therefore, Li Duwei was killed, and the ten achievements were the ...... of the other party."

"It's really tormenting our army's face!"

Guo Yan turned his head to look at Li Dao angrily: "I didn't even touch the hair of the regular army of the Hebei Army, so I first asked the other party's scout to kill a two thousand stone cavalry captain with one arrow, once this matter spreads, won't my Xiliang Army laugh for the world?" ”

"As a fast marcher!"

Li Wei nodded, yes.

It's not that Li Dao and Guo Yan have deep feelings for Li Su, but they are both the vanguard of the front, and Li Su is controlled by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Now, Li Su was killed, and he still died so shamelessly, when Dong Zhuo asked about it, if Li Dao and Guo Yan couldn't give Dong Zhuo a satisfactory answer, the two of them would ......

At the moment, if you want to be justified in front of Dong Zhuo, you can only kill those scouts, and at the same time make up for it with military merits.

"No matter who you are? No matter how far you escape, you will be caught! I'm going to tear you to pieces! Break your bones! ”

Guo Yan muttered silently.

Li Wei ordered the whole army to speed up the march and hunt down those who dared to kill their Xiliang army generals.

At the same time, speed up the march to attack the Hebei Army!

Be sure to get revenge!

The Xiliang soldiers continued to assault with light cavalry, vowing to avenge this blood revenge.

……

The system of mountains belongs to the Funiu mountain system, lying horizontally in the east and west, and standing majestically in the Central Plains.

Liu Jian stationed his troops on the main road of the mountain, waiting for the arrival of Li Dao and Guo Yan's army.

"Calculate the time, Han Sheng should be coming soon."

"Yes! Nothing is going to happen, right? ”

Yan Liang was even more anxious than Liu Jian.

Liu Jian turned his head to see that Zhang Fei was quiet and there was no sound.

There has been a lot of progress, and he has the posture of a famous general.

At present, Cao Cao is retreating, Yuan Shaojun is guarding Luyang, and Sun Jiantun is a soldier of Yang, although the tiger is on the side, but there is no need to worry about it for the time being.

But for the sake of caution, Liu Jian still asked Liu Bei to pay careful attention to Sun Jian's movements.

If necessary, let Liu Bei deal with Sun Jian.

On the side of the Xiliang Army, Liu Jian wanted to control the scale of the battle, although this battle was to ambush Li Dao and Guo Yan, but the main purpose was to give Dong Zhuo a dismount and sweep his face, not to completely fall out with Dong Zhuo.

It was past noon, and the temperature had risen slightly, because it was winter, and the fog in the mountains had not yet dissipated, and patches of white color flashed above the trees.

Calculating the distance, Huang Zhong or the enemy army should arrive in the afternoon or dusk, so I think it's fast.

"My lord! It's Huang Fujun and they are here! ”

With Xiahoulan's shout, Liu Jian saw Huang Zhong and the others returning on horseback.

They looked tired and hurried on their way, apparently suffering a lot along the way.

"Hurry up and welcome them!"

Liu Jian hurriedly commanded.

"I'll go!" Xia Houlan came out in response.

When I was young, I saw that Huang Zhong and others came to Liu Jian's face.

"My lord, along the way, the last official has broken six strong men."

When Huang Zhong saw Liu Jian, the first thing he did was to say that he had lost six heroes, and his face showed grief and shame.

Liu Jian reached out and patted Huang Zhong on the shoulder, then looked at the remaining three people behind Huang Zhong.

"Do you know what you're going to do before you leave?"

The three scouts nodded together.

"Back to the lord, we all know that this trip is dangerous, and we have signed a life and death letter before leaving."

Liu Jian nodded: "For the six people who were damaged, in addition to the bereavement pension for the dead, I will personally fund money to resettle their wives and children...... As for those of you who survived, you will be promoted to two levels. ”

"Although death is inevitable on the battlefield, our soldiers in Hebei cannot be sent to death in vain."

"Every soldier who sacrifices has his value, and every soldier who has contributed to the Han Dynasty, I will remember him."

Hearing this, the three scouts hurriedly knelt down: "Thank you, lord! ”

At this moment, Liu Jian saw a tree slowly falling on the hill in the distance.

That's the tree that delivers the message, it's the enemy army coming!

"Ready!" Liu Jian ordered in a low voice.

"No!"

"No!"

No one made a loud noise, but bit their ears and whispered, all eyes widened, all hands clenched, and all crossbows and bows and arrows raised.

Yes, crossbow machines!

Liu Jian is not crazy enough to use the Hebei Army to fight face-to-face with the Xiliang Army.

In addition to the brave soldiers, Hebei also has a powerful crossbow machine!

At this moment, the soldiers who are ambushing here have 1,000 strong bows, 500 Qingzhang, 300 stumbling, and 100 waist crossbows.

There were also twenty stone cannons.

It's a well-established ambush position, just waiting for the other side to plunge into it.

Finally, everyone saw the figure of the Xiliang soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers with the words "Li" and "Guo" in the army.

The Hebei army looked at the military horses below on the top of the mountain, all of them were lying down, and they didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, for fear that the enemy army would see them or perceive that there was an ambush and would retreat.

But fortunately, the speed of the Xiliang army has not slowed down at all, and it is getting faster and faster.

"Chase! March fast! Guo Yan was yelling.

"Look at my gestures, prepare to attack!" Liu Jian said to the herald.

Seeing that the front army of Li Guo and the others had passed through the valley road, the front army of the Xiliang army had also passed the valley road, and the rear army had also entered the valley.

saw Liu Jian wave his hand, and the herald's arrows flew into the sky with a piercing whistle.

In an instant, twenty stone cannons, as well as stumbling and waist crossbows, launched together, intensively attacking the front army of the Xiliang Army.

The tall "Li" flagpole was broken in two by flying stones.

Li Dao's own war horse was even more frightened and raised its front hooves.

"Don't panic! Don't panic! ”

The flag sergeant broke his brain and fell under the horse, the ownerless war horse neighed and fled, and the Xiliang army under the banner was in chaos.

The powerful crossbow arrows fired by the waist lead crossbow can even pierce through two war horses at such a condescending close range.

With the artillery and the waist crossbow, the ugly on the opposite hill also attacked.

Countless crossbow arrows spread their wings like birds, drawing graceful strings in mid-air, and then lined up in dense arrays, covering them fiercely and indiscriminately.

The arrows were like locusts, endlessly, and the rain of arrows of the Hebei army covered the galloping cavalry one after another.

Some crossbows were so powerful that they could even nail the knights of Xiliang off their horses, and sometimes the huge body of the horse suddenly collapsed while running, and there was only a blood hole in the body, and the blood was gushing.

And the reason for this is the result of the powerful shot of the waist crossbow.

The Xiliang army was all battle-hardened warriors, and such a dense rain of arrows did not frighten them, nor did they be frightened by the death of their companions.

They shouted, brandished their swords, and skilfully dodged their horses, urging their horses to move on.

The rear army immediately dismounted and went up the hill to engage in a fierce battle for position with the Hebei army.

"Take that stone artillery position! Rush up! ”

"Fight with them!"

"Nai Gong will also pull a cushion when he dies!"

The command system of the Xiliang Army has not been dispersed, and the soldiers are also brave, although they have galloped for a long distance, they still have a unified command, using the terrain to carry out a strong counterattack.

"There are archers in the forest, kill them!"

"Kill the enemy with two wings, and rush over in the center!"

"Kill!"

"Fight!"

All kinds of shouts echoed in the valley, and the Xiliang army launched a fierce counterattack in the rain of arrows.

Such a strong army, if it is really successfully attacked by them, or if it faces the enemy head-on, Liu Jian thinks that it will be a bitter battle for the Hebei army, but it is a pity......

"Concentrate the power of the crossbow machine and aim at the one wearing the red mantle below - shoot!"

Liu Jian ordered.

That person, even if it is not Li Dao or Guo Yan, must be a senior officer of the Xiliang Army.

Attack the enemy's important people first, even if it can't be successful, you can break the enemy's fighting spirit as quickly as possible.

"Wangshan scale five, put!" Xia Houlan ordered.

The next moment, clusters of arrows rained down the mountain like fierce tigers, and swooped down the mountain again.

The person in the red robe is Guo Yan!

Guo Yan had lost the momentum of the pursuit at this moment, and seeing countless arrow feathers flying towards him, Guo Yan was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed off his horse and hid behind a boulder.

And those Xiliang soldiers who wanted to rush up the mountain saw that the main general was in crisis, and they were also demoralized, and they hurriedly withdrew back again to protect Guo Yan.

Compared with Guo Yan, Li Wei has more combat experience and more diverse means of employing troops.

In the eyes of Liu Ai, Li Dao's ability to use troops should be better than Sun Jian's.

In view of the current situation, Li Dao quickly made a decision!

"The herald is ordered to retreat quickly, there is an ambush ahead, let's retreat quickly!"

Sima Wei's subordinate asked, "Captain, although the enemy army has strong crossbow and stone cannons, we are not immune to fighting with the other party!" ”

Li Dao said coldly: "Do you think Liu Deran only has a crossbow machine and a stone cannon?" Do you think that Hebei's current formation, the crossbow machines and stone cannons used are all they have? ”

As soon as these words came out, Sima was stupid at that time.

Li Dao looked ahead and said coldly: "The other party is giving face to Xiangguo, just a small ambush for a while, so that our vanguard army in the front will lose some soldiers and horses, frustrate their spirit, and then want to negotiate with Xiangguo......"

"If he really wants to fall out with Xiangguo, with the strength of the Hebei Army, he will eat all our soldiers and horses today, and I don't know!"

"What's your turn and I'm here to discuss?"

"Don't say more, withdraw quickly!"

Li Dao's words are right.

Although when the Xiliang army encountered an ambush, its coping mechanism was quite good, which was commendable.

However, under the continuous attack of the strong bow and crossbow, its pace gradually became chaotic, and slowly it would lose its unified coordination and become disorganized.

In today's battle, no matter how much you toss, the Xiliang soldiers will lose.

Subsequently, after leaving behind the corpses and horses in one place, the Xiliang army began to retreat to the rear in a swarm.

Liu Jian was not happy.

Although the strategic goal was achieved, he was quite surprised by the reaction of the Xiliang army when it was ambushed again just now.

It seems that there is also a difference between the Liangzhou Army and the Liangzhou Army.

The Liangzhou Army under Dong Zhuo's direct management and the Liangzhou Army under Niu Fu's command are indeed very different in terms of quality, combat effectiveness, and even fighting spirit.

Very strong indeed!

It's just that under this kind of ambush on your own side, it can only be a failure.

At this time, Huang Zhong had already come to the hillside with a five-stone strong bow.

He looked at the battlefield below, looked at the Liangzhou sergeant who was rapidly evacuating, and listened to the cry of the wounded Xiliang army......

But Huang Zhong didn't have any waves in his heart, so he didn't care about the life or death of those people.

His eyes were firmly fixed on the big rock where Guo Yan was hiding.

Although Huang Zhong was trying to complete the task, the Xiliang army drove himself like an old dog, and shot six scout athletes under his nose!

This is really a great insult to Huang Zhong, who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years.

Although he also killed one of their captains, in Huang Zhong's opinion, it was still not enough to vent the resentment in his heart.

These Xiliang tiger wolves, damn it!

They are not human beings, and they cannot be regarded as human beings.

They are just wolves in human skin, they owe too much blood debt, and now is the time to pay the debt.

Huang Zhong is determined to use the blood of the opposing commander to wash away his shame and comfort the souls of the six athletes.

It's just that......

It's just that he can't kill Guo Yan!

According to Liu Jian's request, they ambushed Dong Zhuo this time in order to hurt Dong Zhuo and let the other party know that it was powerful.

Then he made peace with Dong Zhuo.

It has indeed been done to hurt the other party, and today's battle is considered a success.

However, if you kill Li Dao and Guo Yan, Dong Zhuo's right-hand men, then you will have a feud with Dong Zhuo.

This is not in line with Liu Jian's immediate interests.

Liu Jian also wanted to take advantage of this major event to ask for more rights from Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Huang Zhong could not kill Guo Yan.

However, if you don't kill Guo Yan, you have to leave some marks on the other party.

As the more Xiliang troops withdrew, the situation on the battlefield didn't seem as dangerous as it was just now.

And a group of Xiliang troops with iron shields ran to the side of the big stone and surrounded Guo Yan, supporting him to retreat to the rear.

These people's shields are not big, and they can only cover Guo Yan's upper body.

The feet and legs of a group of people were exposed.

Huang Zhong stood on the hillside, watching the shield soldiers escort Guo Yan backwards, and then he saw that behind the legs, two of them, was dangling the bottom of a red soak.

Huang Zhong's eyes narrowed.

There is no doubt that it is Guo Yan's robe!

It's just that at this distance, it is really difficult to shoot below the opponent's legs, even for Huang Zhong.

But Huang Zhong didn't care, since he wanted to challenge, he would challenge a difficult one!

It doesn't matter if you miss it, there's nothing to lose anyway!

If you shoot, it's a relief!

Leave a mark on the legs and feet of Dong Zhuo's henchmen, so that the people of Liangzhou can have a good memory!

Let them know who in this world is not to be messed with.

After aiming for a while, Huang Zhong finally withdrew his bowstring and shot an arrow towards Guo Yan's legnails!

saw that the sharp arrow cut through the air, carrying an incomparable momentum, and an arrow shot at Guo Yan's right foot, and actually nailed his toe to the ground!

"Ahhh~~!"

Guo Yan burst out with an earth-shattering shout!

"Toes, toes, my toes!"

At this moment, Guo Yan's toes have been nailed to the ground, and on the hillside, the Hebei army has finished changing the bow and crossbow, and soon there will be another wave of arrow rain, and when Guo Yan wants to retreat, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult.

After all, Guo Yan is also a fierce general of Xiliang, so he made a decision immediately and did not hesitate!

I saw him grit his teeth, took the ring-head knife in the hand of a sergeant next to him, and swung the knife downward.

The toe that was shot by Huang Zhong was cut off by him without hesitation!

"Captain!"

All the Xiliang sergeants shouted.

However, they also reacted later, and directly lifted Guo Yan, who was gritting his teeth in pain, and while blocking the rain of arrows with his shield, he flew towards the rear.

(End of chapter)