Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Xu Rong was startled at first, but then he reacted and said with a smile, "Something big happened in Hedong? Did Lord Dong take advantage of Gai Xun's division of troops to successfully counterattack and reverse the situation in Hedong in one fell swoop?"

"The government army has won a great victory, and Linfen has fallen!" The confidant brought a thunderbolt, "Hua Xiong surrendered, and Niu Fu, Dong Min, Zhang Ji and other generals died in the battle!"

"Where is Mr. Dong? Where is Mr. Wenyou?" Xu Rong asked anxiously.

"Mr. Dong and Li Ru led the remaining troops to retreat northward, and their whereabouts are unknown." The confidant reported back.

Xu Rong felt dizzy. How could this be possible? It was the exact opposite of what he had expected.

Wouldn’t all my efforts in Hanoi be in vain?

How could the government troops capture Linfen city while sending troops to rescue Hanoi?

Even though Xu Rong was resourceful, he couldn't figure out the connection at the moment.

"You are so bad, Xu man. The thief Dong has become a stray dog, and you actually want to drag brothers like me to be buried with him. How vicious!" Guo Tai, who had chased after them, heard the conversation between Xu Rong and his confidants clearly, and became even more furious. He shouted and raised his sword to chop!
Zhang Yan followed closely behind. At this moment, he also felt a deep sense of powerlessness. After listening to Xu Rong's nonsense, he had originally gone out with full confidence, hoping to gain something and survive this winter.

Who would have thought that after suffering heavy casualties, they would end up being taken advantage of by others? Regret and annoyance filled my heart, as well as a sense of despair about the future.

"Kill all the Xiliang soldiers!" Zhang Yan ordered in a deep voice. At the same time, he took a steel knife from his subordinate and rushed towards Xu Rong.

When Xu Rong saw this, he knew that it was useless to explain, so he shouted, "Stop them!"

After saying that, he ran towards the war horse at the camp gate.

"Puff!" Zhang Yan swung his sword and knocked down a Xiliang soldier, shouting, "Close the camp gate and cut Xu Rong into pieces!"

At a command, the Black Mountain bandits around the general's tent chased after Xu Rong together.

Xu Rong brought only five trusted men with him, and they were unable to resist at all. Before Xu Rong could even reach the camp gate, he was surrounded.

Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, he had no choice but to draw his sword and resist the various weapons that were swarming at him while loudly explaining: "Are you crazy? We are friendly forces fighting against the government together... Two commanders, stop them... Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother..."

A hero cannot defeat four hands. Before Xu Rong could say a few words, he was shot in the thigh. The bullet pierced through him, and his body couldn't help but tremble. Just this slight delay was enough for countless weapons to fall on him.

In an instant, blood splattered and the sound of sharp objects piercing flesh rang out one after another.

Xu Rong frowned, knowing that the game was over. He did not cry out in pain, but just let out a long sigh and the sword slowly fell.

It is a pity that Xu Rong, a rare general, died under the swords.

"Eliminate all the evil!" Guo Tai shook off the blood on the tip of his sword and said, "General Zhang, quickly send troops to attack the camp of the Xiliang soldiers. We must wipe them out in one fell swoop, otherwise it will be difficult to get rid of the evil in my heart."

Zhang Yan nodded and said loudly: "Prepare your horses and guns, gather 3,000 men and horses to attack the Xiliang soldiers. We can't let them react, and we must fight quickly and decisively."

"General Zhang is wise. If we let them react, we will be in a passive position." Guo Tai also asked his confidant to bring the warhorses over and said, "The soldiers from Xiliang are all cavalry. Whether they charge or flee, we can't match them."

"Surround the camp first, and then attack!" Zhang Yan said in a deep voice, jumped on his horse, and watched the large group of Black Mountain troops gather quickly.

A gust of wind blew by, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, alas, when will these days end!

Where is the way out for the Montenegrin brothers?
This big guy was obviously rotten to the core, so how could he survive and last so long?

As the leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan had to think further than others. However, with his own strategic vision, he could not see the situation clearly, let alone grasp the changes in the general trend of the world.

Soon, three thousand troops gathered and charged towards the Xiliang cavalry camp with great momentum.

……

The soldiers from Xiliang had just returned from the battlefield in Huai County. The rough men were telling crude jokes while taking off their saddles and armor. They thought that today would end like any other day and they would spend another day safely on the battlefield.

"Oh no! General Xu is under siege!" a hurried voice shouted.

Everyone looked and saw a fast horse rushing in from the camp gate. The rider was one of Xu Rong's close confidants, who was also Xu Rong's stableboy, who was responsible for looking after the warhorse.

"What's going on? Where is General Xu?" asked a general.

The horseboy didn't even have time to dismount. As soon as he pulled the reins, the warhorse raised its front hooves high. "When General Xu entered the Black Mountain Army's central camp, I stayed outside the camp gate to look after the warhorse. But for some reason, General Xu suddenly ran out of the tent. Zhang Yan and Guo Tai led their men to chase him. Several brothers who had come with him were all killed. General Xu was soon surrounded by them. I saw that the situation was urgent, so I hurried back to report it. Brothers, go and rescue General Xu!"

Everyone gasped when they heard this. If it was true as the groom said, Xu Rong would be in great danger and might even have died in the Black Mountain Army camp.

"Thank you for your hard work and hurry back to investigate. We will follow soon!" the lieutenant general ordered.

The groom responded and rode towards the center of the Black Mountain Army again.

"Quick! Put on your armor and prepare your horses, and set out with the entire battalion to rescue General Xu!" The lieutenant general shouted loudly while quickly putting on his armor.

In the Xiliang Army camp, shouts and curses and the clanging of armor were intertwined. Even the war horses seemed to sense that another big battle was coming and became restless.

A moment later, five hundred armored soldiers rushed out in droves, like a steel torrent rushing towards the Black Mountain bandits' central camp.

In the eyes of these experienced cavalrymen, they have always looked down upon the ragged Baibo bandits and the Black Mountain bandits. Moreover, now that the Baibo bandits have been destroyed, only less than 10,000 Black Mountain bandits are left.

If it comes to an all-out war, they dare not claim victory, but if they say they can use their cavalry advantage to rush into the camp and rescue someone, these cavalrymen are still confident.

As long as Xu Rong is not dead, they firmly believe that they can rescue him.

But soon after leaving the camp, the horseman came back on his horse, breathlessly saying, "The Black Mountain bandits have already sent out their troops, and are gathering their men to kill us!"

"How many bandits are there? Have they seen General Xu?" asked the lieutenant general.

In fact, everyone has a bad feeling at this moment.

"There are about 3,000 infantrymen. General Xu..." The horseman broke down in tears when he said this. "General Xu has been killed. The thieves have held his head on a high pole. You must avenge the general!"

"Damn it!" The lieutenant tightened his weapon, his eyes wide open, "When have we, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, ever been treated so humiliatingly! Brothers, follow me to charge into the battle formation and take back General Xu's head! Avenge the general!"

"Avenge the general!"

"Avenge the general!"

…The shouts resounded through heaven and earth, and five hundred cavalrymen rushed forward like crazy.

They did not take the 3,000 weak infantrymen of the bandit army seriously at all. These cavalrymen had already seen how cowardly these bandits looked when they were on a forced march.

Therefore, without any fear, he rushed forward roaring.

……

"It seems like there is the sound of horse hooves!" Zhang Yan, who was marching quickly, suddenly said.

Guo Tai listened carefully and said, "Oh no, it's the cavalry. A large number of cavalry galloping at full speed makes this kind of noise. I've experienced it under Yewang City."

Xiahou Yuan's thousand-mile raid with his cavalry almost left him with a shadow.

"Could it be that the government army's cavalry chased us here from Yewang City?" Zhang Yan looked at Guo Tai in confusion.

He almost said: Were you the one who brought the cavalry here?

"Impossible!" Guo Tai said firmly, "I just returned to the camp today. It is absolutely impossible for the Hedong government troops to catch up so quickly. Moreover, they are already exhausted after running from Hedong to Yewang City. They have to rest. The Huai County government troops do not have a large number of cavalry, so this cavalry can only be..."

"Xiliang Army!" Guo Tai and Zhang Yan said these three words almost in unison.

"Quick, form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy!" Zhang Yan shouted loudly.

He had thought that the Xiliang cavalry might flee or put up a desperate resistance without a leader, and he even planned to surround the Xiliang army camp before attacking in order to wipe out the enemy. However, he never thought that the cavalry would turn around and attack them!
Zhang Yan and Mrs. Guo turned around and looked behind them, frowning.

A large number of Black Mountain troops were seen surging behind them, but they had no order at all.

A few months ago, they didn't feel anything, but after seeing Xu Rong training his troops, the two marshals began to feel that their own military appearance was not up to par.

Now that Xu Rong is dead, the team has returned to its original state.

Zhang Yan looked up at Xu Rong's head still dripping with blood on the high pole, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart again. This man did have some skills, but unfortunately he was not on the same page with them, so they could only put him to death.

The 3,000-strong vanguard of the Black Mountain Army had just formed their battle formation, and before the rest of the troops could catch up, 500 Western Liang cavalry arrived, easily broke through the obstruction, and charged into the formation, thus beginning a melee.

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With such a big commotion, the Huai County government troops naturally got the news, and the Meteor scouts kept reporting the news to Zhu Jun.

"Report - the Black Mountain bandits are gathering 3,000 soldiers to march out of the camp!"

"Humph! The Xiliang cavalry just withdrew, and the Black Mountain bandits are coming again! Are they trying to use the wheel tactics?" Zhu Jun, who had just taken off his armor, stroked his long beard and said coldly, "Another probe! Generals, prepare your troops and prepare to meet the enemy!"

"Report - the Black Mountain bandits are heading towards the Xiliang Army's base!"

"Report - the Xiliang army has left the camp!"

After a while, Zhu Jun received two intelligence reports in succession. He was a little confused for a moment. What on earth was the enemy trying to do?
"Who leads the two enemy armies?" Zhu Jun asked.

"The Black Mountain bandits are led by Zhang Yan and Guo Tai themselves." The scout who was responsible for scouting the Black Mountain bandits in the central army reported back.

"Xu Rong of the Xiliang Army is not in the army, and there is no flag of his. We don't know who is leading the team for the time being." The scout in charge of patrolling the Xiliang army camp replied.

After such a long battle, the government troops already knew that the commander of this Western Liang army was Xu Rong.

The first scout hesitated and said, "Someone among the Black Mountain bandits is holding a human head on a tall pole. I dare not get too close, so I can't see it clearly, but it vaguely looks a bit like that of Xiliang Army General Xu Rong."

"Xu Rong's head?!" Fang Yue who was standing next to him couldn't help but scream in surprise. He had just fought a duel with Xu Rong. How could Xu Rong be beheaded in such a short while?

Zhu Jun keenly sensed the opportunity and stood up, saying, "The enemy is fighting among themselves. This is a godsend opportunity! Han Hao will lead the local militia to defend the city. Fang Yue and Hao Meng will follow me to lead 5,000 elite troops out of the city to annihilate the enemy!"

"Yes, sir!" Everyone was extremely excited. They received orders loudly and ordered their troops to leave the city.

Not long after leaving the city, he received another report from the scouts, "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, the Black Mountain bandits have already started a fight with the Xiliang soldiers!"

"Hurry up, speed up!" Zhu Jun pointed his whip forward and said excitedly, "Today is the day to wipe out the banditry in Hanoi. Charge!"

So the army advanced quickly, using these 5,000 government troops to deal with the 3,000 Black Mountain bandits and 500 Xiliang soldiers in the melee. As long as nothing unexpected happened, there would be no problem.

At this moment, the Black Mountain bandits and the Xiliang cavalry were fighting fiercely.

Although the Black Mountain bandits were not very powerful, they were numerous, six times as many as the Xiliang soldiers.

Although the Xiliang soldiers were few in number, their cavalry charge was powerful, and Xu Rong's head was hanging there, which further stimulated the will of revenge among these already strong cavalrymen. They fearlessly organized charges and penetrations again and again, causing heavy casualties to the Black Mountain bandits.

This was beyond Zhang Yan and Guo Tai's expectations. Zhang Yan had no choice but to fight hard while ordering his men to quickly send for more manpower.

Xiliang's general finally got Xu Rong's head. Seeing the general dying with his eyes wide open, he couldn't help but feel grief-stricken. "Brothers, avenge General Xu! Ignore the other bastards and crush Zhang Yan and Guo Tai into pulp!"

So the Xiliang army rushed towards the two men without regard for their lives.

Guo Tai glanced at Zhang Yan and thought that the situation was not very good. He had worked so hard to escape from Yewang City, and it would be a waste if he stayed in Huai County.

He couldn't help but feel like retreating, but Zhang Yan's cold eyes glared at him fiercely, and Guo Tai couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body, and gave up the idea of ​​escaping.

"Brothers, try your best to hold on, reinforcements will be here soon!" Zhang Yan raised the iron spear in his hand into the air and shouted loudly.

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden rumbling sound of drums and deafening shouts of killing. Countless government troops rushed out from behind the mountain and rushed towards this side in dense crowds.

"Oh no, the government troops are coming, retreat quickly!" Guo Tai shouted hurriedly.

Zhang Yan was also shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. The government army had grasped the opportunity very well. It was like the fisherman benefiting from the quarrel between the snipe and the clam.

"Stop!" Zhang Yan shouted to the Xiliang army, "Brothers from Xiliang, listen to me. The government troops are here. Let's put aside our prejudices and fight the enemy together. The fact about General Xu is really a misunderstanding. After we repel the government troops, I will explain it to you..."

"Explain your grandmother!" Xiliang's general said angrily, "You killed my general and hung his head on a high pole for public display. Is this a misunderstanding? You brought so many people to attack us and it's also a misunderstanding? We came all the way to Hanoi to help you fight against the government troops, and this is how you repay us? Now that things have come to this, the worst that can happen is that we will die together. Give me your life!" (End of this chapter)