Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 236 The Battle of Liang Dao Township (End)
April 25th, Chencang Road, Liangdao Township.

More than a thousand civilians from the Wei army escorted the army rations and marched on the narrow Chencang Road.Wei general Hao Zhao led more than a thousand Wei troops to escort the rations.

On the [-]th, Hao Zhao led more than a thousand soldiers through Chencang Road, returned to Sanguan and escorted the army rations to Malingguan.And the army rations also waited at Sanguan for two days because they had to wait for Hao Zhao's army, and they didn't set out until Hao Zhao came.

At noon, the heat was steaming and the dust was blowing. There were dense forests along the way, and the cicadas on the trees kept calling.

Hao Zhao was walking on Chencang Road in the section of Liangdao Township, feeling a little relieved, after all, he had just walked the road a few days ago.

Hao Zhao looked at the lush green forests around him, feeling a little embarrassed, and felt that it seemed a bit fussy for him to go back to Chencang Road to escort the army rations this time.

Hao Zhao adjusted the bamboo hat on his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Seeing that the red sun was cloudless and the soldiers and common people were extremely hot, he ordered: "The weather is hot, rest for a while before setting off. "

"The whole army rests!" The guard shouted.

Hearing the words, the peasants were grateful, and either unloaded their burdens, or stopped their carriages and horses, and rested under the dense forest on the side of the mountain.

Hao Zhao found a rock, sat down on it, and asked, "Is there any news from the latter general (Fei Yao) recently?"

"The latter general is still blocked in front of Maling Pass, unable to move forward." The personal guard responded.

Hao Zhao took the water bag, took a sip of cold water, and asked, "Is there any news about the right general (Zhang He)?"

"According to what the scouts said, General You knew that our army was blocked at Maling Pass, so he specially assembled the main force to attack from Baoxie Road, with General Xiahou as the forward." The personal guard said.

Hao Zhao nodded, without asking too much, looked at the hillsides on both sides of the mountain road, and couldn't help laughing: "If the Shu army lays an ambush here, our army will be wiped out!"

As soon as this remark came out, Hao Zhao heard a piercing sound, and a cold arrow whizzed past his face, and then he saw the soldier who was answering the question fell to the ground with an arrow in his chest.

Before Hao Zhao could react, he was pulled to the ground by the guards.

The sound of arrows piercing through the air, the wailing of those hit by arrows, and the shouts of soldiers kept ringing in Hao Zhao's ears.

After Hao Zhao came back to his senses, he wiped the hot blood off his face with his right hand, then pushed away the body and looked outside.

I saw flags lined up on both sides of the mountain road, and dense figures walked through the dense forest.

Dozens of other personal guards surrounded Hao Zhao with shields in hand.

Only now did Hao Zhao realize that the soldier who pulled him to the ground was no longer breathing, and his back was full of arrows.

These arrows were obviously aimed at Hao Zhao, if it wasn't for the protection of his personal guards, Hao Zhao would have been shot like a hedgehog.

Hao Zhao passed through the gap in the shield, his eyes wide open.

The crossbowmen of the Han army were condescending and poured out their arrows. Thousands of soldiers and civilian husbands of the Wei army fell down screaming like wheat harvested in autumn.

Because of the reason for the march, the soldiers of the Wei army did not wear armor at all. Facing the rain of arrows from the Han army, they could not resist at all.

Looking at the soldiers of the Wei army who were in chaos and fled.

Hao Zhao knew that relying on these soldiers could not stop the Han army, so his immediate plan was to withdraw to Chencang, and then discuss the rescue of Fei Yao.

Hao Zhao, who was hiding behind the shield, hurriedly shouted: "It's the Shu army in ambush. Retreat, retreat."

Dozens of personal guards gathered shields and formed a wall to protect Hao Zhao and evacuate northward.

"Woo!" "Woo!" "Woo!"

The sound of horns resounded through the mountain road, and the flag was waved.

Liu Lin got up and raised his sword, leading the soldiers of the Han army like tigers along the hillside to rush towards the soldiers of the Wei army who were in chaos.

Liu Lin rushed to the side of the mountain road, took advantage of the situation and hugged the rough trees, vented his strength, and crashed directly into Wei Junzhong.

Seeing what to do, Wei Jun turned around and ran away at a faster speed.

Relying on the Han knife in his hand, Liu Lin chased after him and began to slash and kill.Fighting on this narrow road, and the enemy fled in a hurry, Liu Lin couldn't be more relaxed. He quickened his pace, and wherever the blade was slashed, blood would splatter, and the soldiers of the Wei army wailed.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Lin killed four Wei Jun in a row, and embedded himself into the crowd of Wei Jun from the flank.

The soldiers of the Han army followed closely behind, and soon defeated the unarmored soldiers of the Wei army, and fled in all directions together with the surrounding civilians.The Wei army who tried to resist was quickly hacked to death by the heavily armed Han soldiers.

There were screams and screams on Chencang Road, and the originally peaceful mountain road turned into a huge slaughterhouse.

In the mountain road, while avoiding random arrows, Hao Zhao looked back at the Huo Yaqi, then gritted his teeth, and left the battlefield under the desperate protection of his personal guards.

The "Huo" tooth flag flutters in the wind among the trees, standing on the top of the mountain overlooking Chen Cangdao.

Huo Yi, who was standing under the flag of the tooth, watched the battle situation, and slowly loosened his clenched fists, and slowly let go of the big stone in his heart.

Ambush Hao Zhao is not in Huo Yi's presupposition at all!
On the 21st, Huo Yi and others did not ambush the Wei army's grain transportation team at all. Instead, they met Hao Zhao on the 22nd and led a thousand people back to the army.

Everyone talked a lot, thinking that the intelligence might be wrong, and suggested that Hao Zhao could be ambushed.But Huo Yi refused, thinking that the Wei army might miss the delivery of food, and believed that ambushing Hao Zhao at this time would scare the snake, causing Fei Yao to retreat.

So Huo Yi ordered to continue to wait, and after a few days, he finally waited for the Wei army's grain delivery team. Hao Zhao, who had returned to the army before, was the one who escorted the grain and grass.

After all, wars are always full of variables, and everything is unknown before the dust settles.

The battle on the mountain road was coming to an end. With Hao Zhao's withdrawal and the siege of the Han soldiers, the Wei army had already lost their will to fight.

"Surrender without killing!"

With a large number of Han soldiers shouting in unison, more and more civilian husbands and soldiers chose to surrender.

After the war, Habayashi Lang Li Gui stepped forward and congratulated him: "Congratulations to General Huo, you have defeated the Wei army, beheaded more than [-] people, captured more than [-] people, captured [-] carts of food, grass and military supplies, and won the armor of a thousand leaders."

Um!The civilian husband is also counted in the military exploits.

Huo Yi, who had won the first battle, was very excited, and said modestly: "This battle depends on Lai Wenyi (Li Guizi), and Yi is here to thank you!"

Li Gui said quickly: "The general is humble. If the general hadn't made up his mind, how could we have achieved such achievements."

After a pause, Li Gui asked, "After this battle, what does the general think we should do next?"

Hearing this, Huo Yi looked at the Han soldiers cleaning the battlefield at the foot of the mountain, frowned slightly, and said, "Hao Zhao fled back to Guanzhong, passed the news to Cao Zhen, and asked for reinforcements to rescue Fei Yao. If we lead the army forward, although we can fight General Wang will attack Fei Yao back and forth, but our army will also be attacked by the Wei army."

Li Gui pondered for a while and said, "According to what the general said, time is the most critical. Our army can attack Fei Yao immediately, but Cao Zhen needs time to arrange for the sergeants to rescue him. The length of time it takes for the Wei army to call for help determines whether our army can capture Fei Yao." The army surrounded and ate it."

Huo Yi sighed, and said: "What Wen Yi said is very true. The key lies in the time when the Wei army responds and dispatches reinforcements."

It is indeed the same as what Huo Yi and Li Gui discussed.The grain and grass of Fei Yao's army were intercepted, and there was a shortage of food in the army. Under the pincer attack of Huo Yi and Wang Ping, the time to hold on depended on the remaining grain and grass.And this time of persistence is the time for Wei Jun to rescue.

"I don't know what General Huo means?" Li Gui asked.

Huo Yi pondered for a while, unwilling to miss the result of the battle, he gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Attack Fei Yao, and at the same time urgently report the battle report to His Majesty, and let His Majesty decide whether to send reinforcements to attack Fei Yao, or to withdraw the troops and return to the division."

Li Gui's expression was moved, Huo Yi wanted to gamble!

Li Gui hesitated for a while, swallowed the words of advice, and replied, "No!"

(End of this chapter)