Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 915
Chapter 913: Survival by Docking the Tail
But Qin Hao ordered Li Cunxiao to lead the cavalry to come to support, but Li Cunxiao directly ignored all the defeated Liang troops along the way, and led [-] cavalry straight to Hulao.

The intersection of Hulao Pass was not far from the Hukou in front of the pass. Li Cunxiao led the cavalry at full speed and quickly arrived in front of Hulao Pass.

At this time, nearly half of the Liang army had withdrawn into the pass, and of course nearly half of the troops had not yet entered the pass, but they entered the pass in an orderly queue.

On the battlefield in front of Hulaoguan Hukou, there were broken limbs and broken arms all over the place, and the location outside the catapult convoy was also in a mess, only a small part was intact, and only [-] of the [-] coalition forces remained. Yu people.

Seeing this scene, Li Cunxiao didn't know that he was late. Of course, Li Cunxiao couldn't blame him, after all, he was only in charge of leading the army.

The main drag was Gongsun Zan, the pig teammate, and his mistake directly caused the Longmen Formation to collapse, thus paying the price of 5000 more deaths in battle, and of course he would also pay for it.

Li Cunxiao rushed over from Suanzao non-stop, it's fine if he missed the battle with the lord, if he still didn't drink the soup here, then his trip would really be in vain.

Seeing that there were still thousands of Liang troops at the gate of the city, a bloodthirsty smile flashed across the corner of Li Cunxiao's mouth, and he yelled with a spear in his hand, "Kill..."

"Kill...kill...kill..."

Li Cunxiao and the coalition reinforcements arrived at this time, and the Liang army outside the city couldn't help but panic.

At this moment of life and death, no one cared about any order, and they all rushed to the gate of the city. For a while, the gate of Hulaoguan City became extremely chaotic.

"Don't squeeze...don't squeeze everyone...if this goes on, no one will be able to get in..."

Not only did such persuasion have no effect at all, but it became even more chaotic due to the cavalry and shooting of the coalition cavalry. The soldiers responsible for managing order were even trampled to death.
Li Shimin looked at the messy gate of the city, and saw Li Cunxiao approaching the gate, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Pull the suspension bridge and close the gate."

"But general, where are the soldiers outside?" A partial general said hesitantly.

"If you don't close the city gate, Li Cunxiao will enter the city."

Li Shimin yelled angrily, but the general didn't dare to talk back anymore, and immediately went to carry out the order in person.

The moat at Hulao Pass had already been filled by the coalition forces, so even if the suspension bridge was pulled up, the soldiers could not approach the city gate, but after the suspension bridge was pulled up, with the suspension bridge as a barrier, the soldiers could only run into the city through the gaps on both sides. , which can also limit the area where soldiers can approach the city gate, so that it is convenient for people in the pass to close the city gate.

Seeing the gate of the Hulao slowly closed, the soldiers who hadn't entered the city were completely panicked. Some begged, some cried, and some cursed.

"Don't close the city gate, I haven't entered yet..."

"I have fought for the Liang army for ten years. I am a hero of the Liang army. Is this how you treat meritorious officials..."

"I have a seventy-year-old mother and a five-year-old child. I don't want to die..."

No matter what, the city gate was still closed, and anyone who prevented the city gate from closing died at the hands of Liang Jun's own people.

These Liangzhou soldiers did not die in the thrilling Longmen Formation, but instead died at the hands of their own people, how ironic it is!
But there is no way, in order to keep the Hulao pass, Li Shimin can only cut off his tail to survive at this time.

After an inventory, it was found that only a little over 1 soldiers returned to the pass.

In this battle, Li Shimin personally led 1 troops out of the pass, and used [-] troops to stop the enemy's reinforcements, a total of [-] troops were used to defeat the Longmen formation, and [-] troops were used to deal with the trapped camp.

Lu Bu's 1 blocking enemy army was an abandoned son, and naturally there was no other way except death and surrender. However, 2 soldiers were killed in the Longmen formation, and [-] soldiers and horses were killed or injured in the opposing camp. [-] troops.

That is to say, there were [-] troops of the Liang army when they retreated, but only a little over [-] returned to the pass, and nearly [-] troops did not come in from outside the pass.

Eight thousand soldiers is not a small number, and Li Cunxiao missed two consecutive battles, and he was actually holding back a fire in his heart. Now he finally met the opposite of venting, so naturally he would not let the soldiers outside the city go.

The terrain in front of Hulao Pass was narrow, and too many troops could not be used, so Li Cunxiao only sent [-] cavalry and divided them into three groups of [-] cavalry each. One group fought from left to right, and the other group from right to left. And he himself led five thousand soldiers and horses to kill from the middle.

Under the three-way outflanking of riding for six years, the already exhausted Eight Thousand Liang Army was quickly killed and defeated.

It is already impossible for the Liang army outside the pass to escape back to the pass, and if they want to survive, there is only one way to go, and that is to beg for surrender.

Li Cunxiao saw that the Liang army outside the city had lost all courage after a lot of fighting, so he accepted their surrender.

After counting, Li Cunxiao found that there were [-] surrendered soldiers, and he not only swept away [-] soldiers and horses with only [-] cavalry, but also captured [-] soldiers and horses by the way.

At this time, Qin Hao had already finished cleaning the battlefield. Of the [-] blocking troops led by Lu Bu, [-] died in battle, [-] surrendered, and the coalition forces also suffered nearly [-] casualties.

In other words, the coalition forces killed [-] enemies, captured [-], and suffered [-] casualties.

Since the Battle of Hulao, the coalition forces have always been on the siege side, so the number of casualties has always been higher than that of the Liang army, but this battle has reversed most of the previous losses.

After Qin Hao finished cleaning the battlefield, he immediately brought the princes and the rest of the soldiers to Hulao. The first order he gave after arriving was to escort all the prisoners back to the camp.

Ten thousand captives is not a small number, and if one is not handled properly, it may cause big trouble.

At this time, all the generals, headed by Xue Rengui, came to Qin Hao together and paid homage in unison: "The last general waits for incompetence, fails to keep the catapult convoy, and has high hopes for the lord (leader), and hopes that the lord (leader) will come down." .”

Qin Hao smiled lightly and asked, "How many catapults are left intact?"

"There are only a hundred left, but after dismantling and repairing, fifty should be able to be repaired."

"150?"

After pondering for a while, Qin Hao smiled mysteriously and said, "It's enough."

Xue Rengui and other generals couldn't help feeling a little puzzled when they heard the words. The firepower network formed by 150 catapults was not enough to suppress the catapults closed by Hulao, but why did the lord say it was enough?

Qin Hao obviously had no intention of explaining. Instead, he looked at Gongsun Zan among the princes, and said with a light smile, "Gongsun Prefect, you promised to the leader of this alliance, don't forget it!"

The corner of Gongsun Zan's mouth twitched, and he said with a wry smile: "This subordinate understands that our Youzhou army will also do its best to make up for it."

Qin Hao nodded, and then said to Xue Rengui: "Set up the battlefield immediately, this battle is not over yet, there will be a big battle soon..."

(End of this chapter)