I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 220
Everything was as Zhao Yun expected. Xia Houyuan was indeed planning to station in Huaili Township, [-] miles south of Zhongmou County. There were very few Bingzhou troops here, and it was far away from the surrounding counties, so it was relatively hidden and safe.

It should be said that Xia Houyuan's plan was very feasible, but he didn't know that a hungry wolf was already lurking thirty miles away from him and was staring at him.

Xia Houyuan was naturally very cautious, and the scouts paid close attention to the changes in the direction of Zhongmou and Kaifeng. Almost all the scouts moved in full force, constantly checking the surrounding enemy situation.

It's just that I still ignore the enemy hidden thirty miles to the south.

Because Xia Houyuan had to rush to Chenliu in a hurry, in order to save time, he did not build a strong camp, but a simple camp.

Even setting up a simple camp will take some time. At this time, the night is getting dark, and Cao Jun is still setting up camp. Tens of thousands of torches illuminate Huaili Township red. From a distance, it looks like a bustling market town. Xia Houyuan himself is not undressed. , patrolling outside the camp vigilantly.

After patrolling around for a few times and seeing nothing abnormal, Xia Houyuan went back to the camp first. After all, he had traveled for a day, and he was going to the battlefield tomorrow. Chen stay.

Just as he was falling asleep in a daze, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of killing. With a "whoosh", Xia Houyuan stood up, picked up the mace, and rushed out of the big tent.

At this time, the deputy general also rushed over in a panic, and shouted anxiously: "General Xiahou, we have been attacked by the enemy. I am afraid it is Zhao Yun's army active in Guandu. The enemy came from the south during the night. It was too dark. It's hard to tell how many enemies there are."

"Don't panic, you messed up your position, gather all the soldiers and horses, and attack with me!" Xia Houyuan reacted immediately, unflappable in the face of danger.

According to the previous information, Xia Houyuan could easily judge that this was a small group of enemies, they were just here to create trouble for him, and if he messed up first, he would really fall into the enemy's tricks.

Zhao Yun's more than 1 iron cavalry roared and re-entered Cao Ying. Originally, Cao Jun's camp was very simple, and he basically killed him in one blow.Cao Jun in the camp was also caught off guard by this sudden change, and many people were killed in their sleep.

Zhao Yun's spear was like the wind, and it set off huge waves in the enemy's camp, followed by more than ten thousand cavalry with sharp horizontal knives, seeing blood, like a black dragon, unscrupulously venting their anger in the enemy's camp .

For a long time, Cao Jun was indeed overwhelmed and defeated.

Soon Xia Houyuan led his Qingqi to kill, and collided fiercely with Zhao Yun's army.

Immediately, the two confronted each other many times among thousands of troops, and Xia Houyuan's mace was majestic.Zhao Yun's gentian spear is also light and nimble, and its moves are exquisite. The two of them fought back and forth, and neither of them could do anything to the other in a short period of time.

It's just that Zhao Yun's army's offensive was completely blocked at this time, losing its huge mobility and impact, and falling into a melee.

More and more Cao Jun reacted and rushed towards Zhao Yun's army. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Zhao Yun knew that if he continued to fight, he would suffer a loss.

Then he yelled: "Follow me to break out of the encirclement, withdraw!"

Immediately, Xia Houyuan's offensive was repelled with one blow, and he withdrew towards the north. More than 1 Bingzhou cavalry followed their coach to break through the encirclement desperately, and withdrew from the battle before the enemy formed a favorable encirclement.

Although Xia Houyuan was extremely unwilling, he was also extremely angry. He was attacked at night and killed in a mess.But at this time, he didn't want to make any further troubles. He didn't rush to pursue him, because he was afraid of affecting the important mission of supporting Chen Liu, so he immediately ordered to withdraw his troops and stop pursuing them.

However, in this battle, Xia Houyuan suffered a lot of losses. After all, the enemy attacked at night, and it was difficult to distinguish ourselves from the enemy in the dark. Cao's army was defeated and defeated. Seven to eight thousand people were directly killed in the battle, and one to two thousand people were trampled and injured.

This time Xia Houyuan suffered a big loss.

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Zhao Yun succeeded in one blow, and stopped entanglement, and led his army to withdraw to Zhongmou County, preparing to continue to cooperate with Guan Yu to attack Chenliu County.

At this time, Guan Yu had already stormed Pingqiu for three days, and paid huge casualties, which was considered to have exhausted the strength of the enemy's defenders. Of course, Xu Huang's defenders also suffered a lot, and there were only less than 1000 soldiers who could fight.

Right now, Pingqiu is already on the verge of collapse, and the city will be broken soon.

Xu Huang knew in his heart that Pingqiu could not be defended. He was ready to kill himself and fight Guan Yu's army to the last.

At this time, the deputy general ran over with a heavy heart and persuaded: "General, Pingqiu is no longer defendable, and it will not be beneficial to continue fighting. Instead, the last more than 1000 elites will be lost in vain. It is better to withdraw to Chenliu County and join the [-] defenders of General Yu. Resist Guan Yu's attack."

"Bastard, I will never back down. I will stick to Pingqiu and never back down." Xu Huang shouted excitedly.

"General, it's not good for a gentleman to be under a dangerous wall. Besides, we can continue to resist Guan Yu's attack as long as we withdraw to Chenliu. As long as the lord Gong Gong arrives, we will be considered to have completed the task assigned by the lord. There is no need to stick here. "The lieutenant continued to persuade.

"Shut up, I've made up my mind, don't talk too much, and whoever brings up this matter in the future, don't blame me for not caring about my robes." Xu Huang shouted angrily.

Seeing that Xu Huang refused to enter, the deputy general stopped admonishing him.

Xu Huang has experienced many failures in a row, and when he faced his old enemy again, he was already a little dazed, lost his rational judgment, and instead became stubborn and paranoid.

He didn't want to lose to the Bingzhou Army anymore, even if retreating at this time was the wisest choice, he was determined to live and die with Pingqiu.

In fact, frankly speaking, it's time to retreat now. There is no other hope for staying here except death. It would be better to withdraw to Chenliu County and join Yujin to defend Chenliu together. It would not be considered a violation of Cao Cao's order. .

But at this time, Xu Huang obviously couldn't listen.

On the fourth day, Guan Yu launched a full-scale fierce attack here. He knew that Pingqiu's defenders were running out of strength, and he would definitely be able to take Pingqiu today and capture Xu Huang alive.

Guan Yu has also been suffocated these past few days. He has lost nearly [-] elites after three consecutive days of strong attacks. The hatred in my heart.

Unsurprisingly, Pingqiu's defenders had reached the end of their strength, and with the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops, Pingqiu was finally captured.

"Boom..." The city gate finally fell to the ground under the repeated impact of the crash.Guan Yu raised his long knife and roared angrily: "Come in, kill all the enemies, go!"

(End of this chapter)