The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 281 Chapter 280
Tai Shici and his subordinates walked down from the mountain peak, returned to the hidden place, gathered all the generals under him, told a plan he had come up with, and then ordered Shen Bao to take a battalion of troops to the Ji Guancheng calls for battle.

When Tai Shici climbed the mountain just now, he had a clear view of Jiguan City. His lieutenant general Dai Xiong hadn't arrived at Jiguan. Take action first.

After receiving the order, Shen Bao rushed towards the city of Jiguan with 500 people.

Cao Xiu has occupied Jiguan for some time. The Guancheng was built on the mountain, just blocking the only way from Hedong to Hanoi. There are towering cliffs on both sides. Outside the Guancheng is a rugged mountain road. place, but it was excavated by generations of people.

The entire Jiguan, if overlooked from a high place, looks like two huge gourds butted together, with a small mouth and a big belly, and only one main road runs through the inside and outside of Jiguan.Because of the terrain, Jiguan is oriented northwest and southeast. In comparison, the Guanmen in the northwest is easy to defend and difficult to attack, because it is a mountain road, which cannot accommodate too many people. Even if there are enemy attacks, no matter how many people Can't get over it either.As for the closing gate in the southeast direction, there is a large flat land outside. Although the closing wall is short, the area under attack is very large. If you attack from here, it is much easier than closing the gate in the northwest direction.

A few days ago, Tai Shici vainly tried to pass through Jiguan. Although Cao Xiu had an equal force, he insisted on not fighting, which made Tai Shici retreat.After that, Tai Shici never came again.

In the past few days, Cao Xiu has been focusing on the northwest direction, because he knows that Tai Shici will not let it go.

However, after several days in a row, Tai Shici didn't move at all, which made Cao Xiu feel a little strange. Could it be that Tai Shici really didn't plan to come to Hanoi?
However, Cao Xiu was not in a mood of unfounded worry. He then put this issue behind him. When Tai Shici came, he would stick to it. If Tai Shici didn't come, he didn't bother to care so much. Getting Tai Shici to enter Hanoi from Hedong is his biggest task.

At this moment, Jiguan City was very quiet, and it was freezing outside. Except for the patrol team and soldiers on duty, the rest of the people hid in the barracks to rest.

The so-called military camps are caves dug by hand. Jiguan is located at an important point, and it is also a wind outlet.Therefore, it is generally fine, and the soldiers don't go out very much, but hide in the so-called barracks to keep warm.

Cao Xiu was no exception. He had a very pleasant time while drinking wine and warming himself by the fire.

A moment later, a soldier came in from outside the cave, and immediately said: "General Qi, there is an enemy army outside the pass. The enemy's warrant is showing off in front of the pass. They kept yelling and cursing, saying that they want to report to the general. Fight!"

Cao Xiu put down the wine jar in his hand, his face flushed and smelled of alcohol, he stood up immediately and asked: "How many soldiers and horses have come, and where did they come from? Didn't all the soldiers and horses in Hanoi have already surrendered to our army?" Yet?"

The soldier said: "There are about 500 people. As for where they came from, I don't know!"

Cao Xiu snorted coldly, and said with a sneer, "How dare you come to the front of the pass with only 500 people? You are asking for death!"

After finishing speaking, Cao Xiu walked out of the cave. After drinking the wine, his body was heating up, and he felt a burst of coolness from the cold wind, which was very comfortable.

"General, do you want to send an order for the army to gather?" the soldiers followed closely behind Cao Xiu and asked.

Cao Xiu waved his hand and said, "It's only 500 people, why use a large army? The defenders on the pass are enough!"

"Here!"

This time when Cao Jun launched an attack, Cao Xiu thought there would be a battle, which made his blood boil.However, the actual situation is that he was sent by Cao Cao to guard the pass. When the army arrived at Jiguan, the 200 guards surrendered without a fight. After that, Cao Xiu stayed at Jiguan and has not fought a single battle until now.

A few days ago, Cao Xiu wrote a letter to Cao Cao, requesting to transfer him to the front line, but Cao Cao rejected it and asked him to stay at Jiguan and guard Hanoi with Xiahou Dun. .

Ever since, Cao Xiu has been very depressed for the past few days, because he once communicated with his uncle Cao Hong. When Cao Hong entered Henan, he defeated Yin Zhanghong of Henan and fled. He hid in Hangu Pass and never came out again.Cao Cao said that there was no war on the front line, which made him very upset.

But in any case, Cao Cao's order cannot be disobeyed. It seems that he can only stick to Jiguan here.

A few days ago, Tai Shici came leading an army, Cao Xiu thought there would be a bloody battle, but Tai Shici just showed his face, then turned around and left, and he hasn't shown up until now.

This time, 500 people finally came and cast themselves in the trap. Although there were a little less people, in Cao Xiu's view, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, so let's try to eat them reluctantly.

Because, the days without battles are really sad.

In the past, Cao Xiu was still able to train the army, but since he arrived at Jiguan, the terrain here is not good, and the area is not wide enough to train the army at all.Moreover, it was freezing cold, and the soldiers also wanted to be warm and warm, and they didn't want to train.

Cao Xiu soon arrived at Guancheng. Sima Hao Zhao, Cao Xiu's general, was on duty. When he saw Cao Xiu coming, he immediately went up to greet him and hurriedly said, "See you, General!"

"You don't need to be too polite." Cao Xiu waved his hand, walked to the city wall, looked out of the city wall, and saw five hundred heavily armed soldiers on the vast snow-covered land, one hundred cavalry, four hundred infantry, And the military appearance is neat, standing in this hunting wind, quite a different kind of might.

"Who are the people under the city?" Cao Xiu hurriedly asked when he saw how powerful the 500 people were.

Hao Zhao said, "It's the enemy."

"Nonsense, of course I know it's the enemy. I'm asking you, whose subordinates are they and where did they come from?" Cao Xiu said sharply.

Hao Zhao shook his head and said, "The final general is not very clear."

Cao Xiu wasn't asking any more questions. It's better to ask someone than to ask yourself. It's better to ask yourself.He said to Hao Zhao, "Gather a thousand troops from your headquarters and follow me out of the city to fight!"

Hao Zhao said "here", turned around and walked down the stairs.He has been serving in Cao Cao's army for five years since he followed Wang Ling in Jinyang and surrendered to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao has recruited a lot of talents in Bingzhou in recent years, and many people who later surrendered became captains, but he is still a military commander.A group of soldiers under him often complained about him.

It's no wonder, after all, he was born in the army, and he is also a child of a poor family. Unlike those aristocratic families, if he wants to be promoted, he can only rely on military exploits.

Like Cao Xiu, he longed for a war so that he could gain military exploits and then be promoted.

However, he came to Jiguan with Cao Xiu and was responsible for guarding it, which really made him feel a little boring.

Sometimes Hao Zhao himself would think in the dead of night, if he had not followed Wang Ling to seek refuge with Cao Cao, but instead ran away and joined Zhang Yan, would there be another turning point, would he be a general now? ?

Hao Zhao came to the gate of the city and gathered his men to the gate of the city. After waiting for a long time, Cao Xiu came down from the tower.

At this time, Cao Xiu had changed into a new outfit, with a helmet on his head and an iron spear in his hand. He asked his own soldiers to lead his mount, stepped on the horse, and came in front of Hao Zhao and others.

"General Qi, all the troops have been assembled!" Hao Zhao came to Cao Xiu on horseback and said loudly.

Cao Xiu nodded, and shouted to the guards at the gate, "Open the gate!"

The gate of the city opened slowly, Cao Xiu led Hao Zhao and a thousand soldiers and horses, and filed out of the city.

Outside Jiguan, Shen Bao, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that the closed door was opened, and many soldiers and horses came out from inside, the leader was none other than Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu led the army out, shot straight away, glanced at Shen Bao who was opposite, saw that Shen Bao was tall, with a beard and rough appearance, he immediately asked, "Who are you, you dare to fight alone? "

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you are about to die, but you don't even know it!" Shen Bao said.

Cao Xiu laughed and said, "What a joke! Is it up to you?"

Shen Bao shouted loudly and asked: "Do you dare to fight alone with me?"

"Why don't you dare!" Cao Xiu cheered up, and as soon as the words fell, he yelled "Jia", and immediately rode out, patted the horse and raised his gun, and went straight to Shen Bao.

Shen Bao sneered, raised the spear in his hand, and rushed out to face Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu and Shen Bao held both guns at the same time, and they used all their strength to face each other. Once they fought, they immediately fought together.

The two came and went, the killing was extremely fierce, and the soldiers of the two armies also watched intently, cheering loudly from time to time.

After five rounds, Shen Bao suddenly showed that he was invincible, he stabbed a few times indiscriminately, turned his horse's head and ran away.

It was rare for Cao Xiu to have such a battle, so he was willing to give up, and shouted: "Where to go!"

While fleeing, Shen Bao shouted loudly: "Retreat! Retreat!"

The soldiers under their command turned their horses around and ran off into the distance.

Seeing this, Cao Xiu laughed loudly and said, "How dare a group of mobs come to fight?"

As soon as the words fell, Cao Xiu moved his spear back and shouted loudly: "The whole army is attacking!"

Standing where he was, Hao Zhao saw that Shen Bao and others had been defeated in this way, and immediately shouted at Cao Xiu: "General, don't chase the poor, beware of fraud!"

Cao Xiu ran far away, and with the wind whistling in his ears, he didn't hear what Hao Zhao was saying at all.Hao Zhao and the others stood where they were, as if they were waiting for Cao Xiu's order.

Then, a strange scene appeared, but seeing Cao Xiu single-handedly chasing Shen Bao and other [-] soldiers, Cao Xiu didn't see such an obvious trick to lure the enemy.

Seeing that Cao Xiu had run far away, Hao Zhao didn't wait for news, but he saw some clues, and immediately shouted to his subordinates behind him: "Okay, the general is single-handed, how can he be the opponent of so many of them, if you come again In an ambush, the general will die."

As soon as the words fell, Hao Zhao greeted the soldiers behind him, and with only [-] cavalry, he rushed up quickly, and asked people to inform the army in the city to gather and prepare to rescue Cao Xiu.

(End of this chapter)