Wei Ni

"The late emperor gave me armors, one each for black light and bright light, one for each pair of armors and one for collar, one for ring lock armor and one for horse armor. In this life, peace will be achieved and the army will be fine. I beg for my knowledge and pay it to Cao Cao."

This is what Chen Si Wang Cao Zhi said in "The First Emperor Grants His Ministers Armor Biao".

The chain armor mentioned there is also called chain armor.

It is made of iron wire or iron rings interlocked to form a garment shape. Each iron ring is interlocked with the other four rings, shaped like a net lock.

Its biggest advantage is that it is relatively soft, light and flexible, and has good resistance to attacks such as chopping and slashing. It is especially suitable for cavalry generals to fight. The smaller the gap between each iron ring, the better the protection. The best one can be "armored like a ring lock, unable to be penetrated by bullets."

Just like before, Dong Zhuo often wore ring-locked armor under his court uniform to protect himself from assassination.

He also asked Li Su to strike hard with his halberd, but it failed to penetrate his body and only scratched his arm. He waited until Lu Bu arrived to kill Dong Zhuo.

Today, Xia Houhui is also wearing ring-lock armor under his shirt.

At the beginning of the year, the temple recorded meritorious rewards for the Battle of Guangling. The emperor Cao Rui specially added the "armor grant" to Xia Houhui, which refers to the gift of a ring-locked armor. Well, the value of this collared chainmail is higher than his Wusun Liangju and Ma Shu combined.

It was precisely because of the ring-locked armor that he was able to take the lead today.

Why don’t the governors fight in person?
His father, Xiahou Yuan, died repairing antlers, which was already considered a ridicule; if he did not maintain his identity and died in battle, then no one would regard the Xiahou family as a general in the future!

And everyone is equal before death, but not while alive~
He is not yet 30 years old and he is already favored by Emperor Cao Rui. He can foresee a bright future. How could he not love his body and be stingy with his life? If he wasn't confident, Tang Zi would be nothing more than a general who was trying to steal Wu. He was not one of Sun Quan himself or Lu Xun Quan Cong, so how could he be worthy of his life?
"Zheng, Zhengla~"

With the sound of teeth grinding, Tang Zi tried his best to cut open Xia Houhui's shirt, but it was blocked by the ring armor. There was no disembowelment as he imagined.

It also shattered his intention to die together.

Because Xia Houhui's blade that landed on his collarbone had already cut off the bone, went in deeply, and cut into his shoulder and neck. Not only did the blood spurt freely, but it also made his face pale and his limbs deformed. It has to be soft.

"Bah!"

Xia Houhui, who was not merciful when he gained the upper hand, let out a loud shout again.

Not caring about the blood splattering all over his face, he leaned forward to press down the broken knife in his hand, pressing the blade deeper and knocking Tang Zi directly to the ground.

At this point, life and death are separated.

I saw bright red blood gush out happily from Tang Zi's shoulders and neck, making his body begin to twitch, his face became increasingly pale, and his pupils continued to expand.
Even if Hua Tuo is resurrected, his life will not be saved.

"Pooh!"

After spitting out the blood foam in his mouth, Xia Houhui first stepped on Tang Zi's body to use his strength to pull out the broken knife, then he lowered his body and aimed it at the neck and swung it down, followed by "duh, duh" several times. Then he chopped off his head, opened his bag, held it up high by his hair, and shouted loudly, "The thief will behead Tang Qi! Whoever surrenders will be spared from death!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"The general is mighty!"

It also aroused the cheers of all the new soldiers of the scholar family, and made all Wu soldiers feel like they were mourning for their heirs.

Some people simply threw down their weapons and lay on the ground shouting "willing to surrender"; some people turned around and fled, hoping that the boats anchored at the ferry on the north bank of Huaiyin could take them back to Jiangdong; of course, there were still some who still resisted. of.

That was Tang Zi's private army.

However, there are only a hundred or so of them left now, and they have long been besieged by the new Shijia army.

The bravery they unleashed while shouting "Revenge for the General" was like an epiphyllum, appearing only briefly before being submerged in the sea of ​​Wei troops.

At this point, the battle was decided.

Except for a few who jumped into the Huai River and were carried away by the current and disappeared, more than 500 Wu soldiers who were attacked from both sides were killed before the battle, and the rest were forced to surrender.

Because when most of them fled to the Huai River, they found that the ferry was already full of Wei troops.

Ants are still greedy for life.

Since they were unable to return to Jiangdong, and even the general Tang Zi was dead, they had lost the reason to continue fighting.

Send Jiao Yi to lead troops into the city in advance, take over the city defense and maintain public security; let Gou Quan's troops search the battlefield and treat their wounded; use Deng Ai to trap all the prisoners in the barracks and leave troops to guard and interrogate them
Half an hour later, Huaiyin City returned to silence.

In the county official's office in the city, Xia Houhui took off his shirt, lifted up his ring armor and lining, looked at the black spots on his chest and abdomen, touched it with his hand, and immediately grimaced in pain.

The only good thing is that the sternum does not seem to be broken.

Alas, I still won’t fight in person in the future.

As a governor-general, the hard work of his minions and the bravery of an ordinary man are just to increase the ridicule without any plan.

After shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Xia Houhui tore off a few strips of cloth from the lining, wrapped it in several layers, then put down the ring armor and put on the battle robe. He sat down carefully and slowly, took a few deep breaths and felt that there was no pain in his abdomen, and then began to write and write.

"Someone is coming."

A soldier on duty outside the door heard the sound, trotted in quickly, bowed and asked, "What are your orders, general?"

"This letter is to be sent to Huainan to General Zhengdong."

Picking up the two sealed letters, Xia Houhui handed them out one by one, "Send this one to Ling County and give it to General Dong Zhonglang."

"only."

"Also, let the soldiers make food for themselves and take turns to feed them. Don't let up." "Wei."

Xuzhou, Ling County.

Yesterday, Huan Fan saw Zhu Ran's troops burning down the temporary camp and retreating to the Huaipu waterway. At this time, he was hesitating whether to lead his troops to sneak behind and march to Huaipu to have a look.

He knew that Emperor Cao Rui was about to arrive, so he could also guess that Zhu Ran's troops were about to stop and leave.

But he was worried that this was Zhu Ran's ploy to lure him out of the city and ambush him.

There is no way~
Although there are more than 6,000 county soldiers gathered in Ling County now, they cannot compare with Zhu Ran's tribe in terms of combat strength and quantity.

Once they are ambushed and suffer heavy casualties, I am afraid that the whole of Xuzhou will be shaken!

It's just that as General Dong Zhonglang, I can no longer escape the crime of negligence and loss of Huaiyin City. If I continue to sit back and watch the thief Wu come and go freely, it seems unjustifiable!
Even if you can't make up for your mistakes, you must at least do something, right?
Otherwise, when the emperor and the temple come to hold him accountable, wouldn't he be guilty of fear of war?
Huan Fan, who had been struggling for a long time, finally couldn't help but invite Hu Zhi, the governor of Dongguan, to discuss, "Master Fu, in your opinion, should we lead troops out of the city to go south to provide reinforcements to Huaipu?"

"Return to the Overseer, I think it's unacceptable."

Hu Zhi, who could roughly guess what he was thinking, refused directly, "Although the thief Wu retreated, he did not leave. If we wait for him to leave the city and he comes back, I may be defeated and the crime will be increased."

uh~
Huan Fan felt a little unhappy.

How could he not know such a superficial truth?

When I ask questions in words, I not only ask for your opinion, but also want you to discuss a way to make up for the past mistakes!

Hu Zhi did not wait for his reply, and continued, "However, I secretly believe that the retreat of the thief Wu must be informed of your Majesty's upcoming military situation. In this case, the governor might as well send another troop to the Huaiyin Waterway. . In order to deter the thieves Wu from plundering the common people."

Huan Fan raised his eyebrows but did not answer.

In fact, he has also thought about this.

However, due to the fact that the general was ambushed when he moved high, the Xuzhou soldiers who had not fought for a long time were a little afraid. If he wanted to avoid this kind of demoralization, he would have to personally lead his troops there.

Alas, that’s all.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded gently and said, "The Lord Fu is right. I will personally lead two thousand soldiers there. The security of the city will be entrusted to the Lord Fu."

"The governor is the leader of Qingxu and cannot leave without permission."

But when Hu Zhi heard this, he declined again and asked himself, "If the governor can trust me, I am willing to lead the soldiers of this county to go."

That's okay.

Huan Fan was about to say some words of encouragement when he was interrupted by reports coming one after another.

"Report! Report to the Overseer!"

"The emperor's imperial chariot has arrived in Huainan. The Luoyang Chinese Army has advanced to Surabaya and sent people to let the governor lead troops to protect the ferry and build a pontoon bridge."

"We have come to report from Huaipu that the bandit Wu Zhuran has all boarded the boat and gone down the river this morning. There are no Wu soldiers within twenty miles outside the city."

"General Xiahou of the Huainan reinforcements sent people to report that Huaiyin has been restored! The traitor general Tang Zi is the leader!"

Huan Fan was stunned by the influx of news.

He knew that there was no war in Xuzhou, and he knew that he would soon be called to account by the emperor. General Dong Zhonglang, who was the governor of Qingxu Province, would definitely not be able to retain his official position, but Huaiyin City was recovered and it was Xiahou Hui who recovered it...

"Overseer, don't hesitate. Send troops as soon as possible to meet the Luoyang Central Army and take over the defense of Huaiyin City."

Seeing his silence, Hu Zhi kindly reminded him.

"Ah, yes!"

Being interrupted from his thoughts, he nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Fu, for reminding me. Well, if Mr. Fu is not too tired, how about leading troops to meet the Luoyang Central Army?"

"only."

Hu Zhi took the order and left.

Huan Fan first found his subordinate Huan Yu and asked him to lead two thousand county soldiers to Huaiyin with Chang Shi. He then sent back the county soldiers who came to assist the defense, and then returned to the Pi official office to organize the battle in Xuzhou. Situation, waiting for the emperor to come up with a plan.

Cao Rui did arrive in Huainan.

Although he knew that Sun Quan had withdrawn from Hefei New City hundreds of miles away from Shouchun, and even guessed that Zhu Ran's troops who had invaded Xuzhou would also return soon, he still came.

However, after being welcomed into the city by Man Chong and having a general understanding of the battle situation, he ignored the fatigue along the way and went out of the city again to visit the Shijia Piwu and across the pontoon bridge to see where the Shijia settled.

This is also one of the purposes of his coming to Huainan.

What he saw shocked him.

In the 21st year of Jian'an, he came to Huainan with Emperor Cao Cao, and witnessed the desolate and desolate situation of Huainan; in the 4th year of Taihe, when he visited Xuchang, he disguised himself and entered the farming area of ​​Fugou County, Yanzhou, and saw what looked like a walking corpse. Like a taxi.

But what I saw today was completely different.

In other words, even around Luoyang, the capital, he had never seen such a peaceful and tranquil living situation, where the common people came and went to plant crops, and chickens and dogs heard each other. (End of chapter)