The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() After the third watch, Yangcheng was finally lost. Sun Jian's army rushed into the city on a large scale on the corpses of fallen soldiers from the Xiliang army.

Sun Ce's fire dealt a heavy blow to the Xiliang army. Not only did they burn up the food, grass and luggage they had hoarded to hold on, but they also burned away their determination to resist.After discovering that there were enemy troops in the city, even the Xiliang army, who were as fierce as Xiliang, felt shy, and the resistance was not as firm as it was during the day.

The situation of Sun Jian's army outside the city was just the opposite. When it was learned that Sun Ce had led his men into the city from the cliff and caused chaos in the city, the fighting spirit of Sun Jian's army rose sharply. The gate of the city quickly took the passage leading to the top of the city - the ladder.

After several attacks by Sun Jian's army, they opened a gap at the top of the city for the already dispirited Xiliang army. Numerous Sun Jian's troops took advantage of the situation to kill the top of the city, and then quickly occupied the entire city wall. The city gate was lowered and the suspension bridge was lowered, which allowed the main force of Sun Jian's army gathered at the city gate to enter the city without any hindrance.

Seeing the enemies pouring in, Hua Xiong was really anxious and angry.At this time, the fire was burning even more vigorously, enough to burn down the food, grass and supplies that the army in the city had used for several months. Even if he could kill the enemy this time, he might not be able to hold Yangcheng.The feeling of wanting to kill the enemy and being powerless made Hua Xiong almost lose his mind, he just wanted to kill the enemy and have a good fight with the invading enemy, but soon he came to his senses and dismissed this crazy idea.

The words mentioned in Ma Yue's letter reappeared in Hua Xiong's mind again: "...If you can't do it, you should retreat in time, so that you can last for a long time, and you can win again..." Looking back at those who have obviously lost the hope of fighting to the death Xin's subordinate, Hua Xiong finally made a difficult decision: "Withdraw! Let's break out of the encirclement and fight out of the city!"

This was exactly what the people in the Xiliang Army who had lost their fighting spirit wanted to hear the most. Immediately, everyone cheered up again, and followed Hua Xiong to kill outside the city.And this was somewhat beyond the expectations of Sun Jianjun who was attacking and attacking. They are still thinking about entering the city, and they are still wary of the desperate resistance of the Xiliang army. I don't want Hua Xiong to abandon the city to break through at this time. up.

However, Sun Jian quickly noticed the intentions of the Xiliang army, and immediately ordered his troops to encircle and pursue the breakout Xiliang army, and immediately many Xiliang troops fell on the road to break through.

The reason for this result is thanks to Sun Ce's fire.Originally, with the fighting power of Xiliang iron cavalry, even if they couldn't defend the city, it would not be difficult to break through.However, the fire spread to the stables not far from the granary, frightened the thousands of horses parked there, and then ran around the city.

As a result, when the Xiliang army wanted to leave the city on horses, many people could not find horses at all.The cavalry who lost their mounts were not even as good as the infantry in terms of combat power and movement speed, so in the end, only two thousand or more people with good combat power could follow Hua Xiong out of the city. Most of them are also walking forward, and there is no horse to travel.

Hua Xiong didn't turn his head to look at Yangcheng behind him until he was more than ten miles away from the city and seemed to be safe. His eyes were filled with unwillingness and anger.This was the first time he had tasted defeat since Wangyuan Kip showed his prowess, and it was such a miserable defeat, which wiped out all the victories he had accumulated before.

More than 1 elites were lost in this way, only less than two thousand disgraced and extremely embarrassed people around them followed, how could they go back and explain to the master.At the same time, he regretted that he had not listened to Ma Yuezhi's advice. If he had left Yangcheng one day earlier, even if the city was not protected, these people would still be there.Unfortunately, everything is a foregone conclusion and can no longer be changed.

Just when Hua Xiong felt remorseful and panicked, he didn't know what to do next, but there was a sound of horseshoes behind him, and at the same time, there was a loud call faintly: "Hold Hua Xiong... don't let him I ran away..." But Sun Jianjun still refused to let Hua Xiong and the others go after they captured Yangcheng, and followed closely.

It turned out that after capturing Yangcheng and finding that the resistance in the city was very weak, Sun Jian left two generals Cheng Pu and Huang Gai with the main force to take in the soldiers and put out the fire to defend the city.And he himself took Han Dang and two men, and led 3000 troops to chase in the direction of Huaxiong's breakout.Because he felt that just taking down Yangcheng was not enough to impress the other generals in the coalition army, and he should also capture the enemy generals who defeated many troops of the coalition army in a row, so as to show his ability.

Hearing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer to him, apparently there were quite a few cavalry on the other side, Hua Xiong finally ordered the fleeing troops to stop.If you continue to run, you will be overtaken by the enemy, so why not fight to the death!At this moment, Hua Xiong put aside his previous regrets, regained his spirit, and raised his sword to meet the enemy.

After all, this Xiliang force was an elite army. Even at this time, they still did not lose their balance. After Hua Xiong gave an order, they began to form a formation and turned around to meet the attack.

At this time, the fourth watch had passed, and the sky was already getting a bit bright, and the soldiers and horses of both sides could soon see the faint silhouette of the other side.After shouting each other, the two groups of people confronted each other and collided in one place, and a fight started again.And Hua Xiong clenched his steel teeth even more, swung the saber in his hand vigorously, and rushed towards the opponent's main generals.Now there is only one thought in his mind, and that is to kill the enemy general Sun Jian who took his city to vent his hatred.

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The flames and killing sounds of Yangcheng alarmed Yuan Shu, who was already in bed. When he got the report that Sun Jian's army might have captured the city, his heart sank: "I really can't see that this Jiangdong barbarian is so powerful. Ability, in just a few days, he took the Yangcheng that our people from all walks of life hadn't taken down for several months. No, I can't let him take the credit alone."

After making up his mind, Yuan Shu ordered the army to march towards Yangcheng.At the same time, several other groups of people have also learned of this result. Apart from sighing, some people also adopted the same policy as Yuan Shu, and immediately dispatched troops to rush to Yangcheng. Take some credit.

And their actions all fell into the eyes of Cao Cao, who had just joined the Kwantung Allied Army.

Since he secretly left Luoyang, he went through many twists and turns before finally returning to his hometown, Chenliu.Then he spread his wealth in his hometown, recruited warriors from all directions, and also brought together old and old friends.After several months of preparation, Cao Cao finally pulled out an elite army with five thousand people.

However, these 5000 people are too weak in today's Central Plains to make a difference, so Cao Cao chose to rely on his friend Yuan Shao from the past, and joined this Kwantung coalition army in the name of crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao naturally welcomes his arrival, not only because the two of them have a good relationship, but also because he knows Cao Cao's abilities well, and he also hopes to take Cao Cao under his command, which will be of great help to his future Development is also beneficial.

However, Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to Yuan Shao's wooing, because he had greater ambitions to accomplish, so why would he be willing to be under others?It's just that now he still needs to rely on Yuan Shao, so he has no choice but to make false claims for the time being.

Tonight, when Cao Cao saw people from all walks of life making a lot of ugly appearances for the credit of capturing Yangcheng, the decision in his heart became more firm: "These so-called princes of one side are not capable enough to calm down the Quartet for the court. I, Cao Cao, will never be with them. One day, I will wipe them out one by one and protect my Han family!"

"Brother, what do you think of these people's actions?" Seeing Cao Cao standing in front of the tent, looking at the various troops who were sending troops to Yangcheng, a stocky man stepped forward and asked.This person is Cao Cao's brother of the same clan, named Cao Hong, he is also a brave and resourceful general, and now he is highly regarded by Cao Cao.

"It's Zilian, do you also think the behavior of these people is quite funny?" Cao Cao said with a contemptuous smile: "It was mentioned in the book that the mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind, and the hunter raises his bow." Yu Xia said. The battle in front of us has a certain meaning. The cicada is the Xiliang Huaxiong Army, Sun Wentai is the mantis, and there are more than one oriole. But these orioles are just short-sighted after all. He only cares about the immediate interests and ignores other things, but who can be the hunter under the tree?"

"Brother, did you intend to do this?" Cao Hong chuckled and asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Now is not the time for me, Cao Cao, to show my strength. Our strength is still too weak. The only thing I feel sorry for is Sun Wentai. He really wants to eliminate thieves for the country, but it's a pity... he is on the side of tigers and wolves. , but he has no vigilance, which will definitely make him suffer a lot." Cao Cao said, looking towards the direction of Yangcheng worriedly, at this time the fire there has gradually extinguished, and it is obvious that the people there The war has come to an end.

But what Cao Cao didn't know was that when he said these words, Sun Jian was already in a dangerous situation. It turned out that besides Huang Que who wanted to fight for merit like Yuan Shu, there was another person , an army has also become the oriole in this battle.

Perhaps, we should call this person a hunter more appropriately, because his goal is not to fight for Yangcheng, but to target the Kwantung Allied Forces. This person is Lu Bufengxian who was supposed to guard Hulao Pass and is tens of miles away from Yangcheng up!