The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 357 Chapter 356
The towers of Guangwu City were filled with flags of the Han army, and at the highest point of the towers, a banner of a five-clawed golden dragon fluttered in the breeze.Beneath the banner, the soldiers of the Han army were ready with swords and crossbows. Zhang Yan, the regent, had a golden helmet and armor, and beside him stood Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang, three tiger generals with silver helmets and silver armor.

After hearing Xiahouchun's clamor outside the city, Zhang Yan saw that all the troops were flying the "Xiahou" banner, and seeing Xiahouchun's majesty and majesty, he looked like a general, so he asked, "Who is this?"

"This is Xiahou Dun's cousin Xiahou Chun, who is also a strong general in Cao's army, and his military strength is no less than that of Xiahou Dun or Xiahou Yuan." Zhang Liao replied hastily.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he asked suspiciously: "Since he is a fierce general, why is he not well-known in Cao's army? I have been enemies with Cao Cao for many years, but I have never heard of Xia Houchun?"

Zhang Liao said: "He is cruel by nature and has a weird temper. Although he is brave and good at fighting, he doesn't like Cao Cao, so he has always been a general by Xiahou Dun's side, so his reputation is not obvious. I remember that when Lv Wenhou was alive, he fought Cao Cao in Puyang. , the last general has fought against this person for several rounds, and his martial arts are indeed extraordinary."

Zhang Yandao: "With Wen Yuan's affirmation, it seems that this person is really good at martial arts. He is the one who let the Xianbei people enter the customs. You are all one of the five tiger generals under my account. I don't know who is willing to take this person's head Come, pay homage to the people of Bingzhou who died innocently under the iron heel of Xianbei?"

"The final general is willing to go!" Tai Shici, Xu Huang, and Zhang Liao said in unison.

Zhang Yan pondered for a while, then said: "The three of you go together, Tai Shici will fight, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang will lead the battle, you must bring me the head of Xia Houchun, if this person does not die, those innocent souls who died will not dissipate , I want to use Xia Houchun's head to pay homage to those undead!"

"Here!"

Tai Shici, Xu Huang, and Zhang Liao responded in unison, then turned around and went down the tower, jumped on their horses one after another, armed with weapons, and ordered the soldiers to open the city gate, three of them riding three horses, and galloped out.

Xia Houchun was still shouting outside the city, when he saw the gate of Guangwu County opened, and three cavalry generals with silver helmets and silver armor came out, one of them seemed to be familiar to him. He said to himself, "So it was him!"

Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang followed Zhang Yan's instructions, and Tai Shici went out to fight. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang led the battle. The three stopped at the gate of the city. Tai Shici was in the middle, and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were behind Taishici. left and right.

"I am Tai Shici, the great general Hu Lie of the Han Dynasty. The nameless pawn on the opposite side quickly announced his name. This general will not kill the unknown pawn." Tai Shici raised his halberd on his horse and took two steps forward, although he knew that the person opposite him was Xia Houchun , but the cutscene of the duel is indispensable, and it must be said, otherwise it will always feel that something is missing.

Xia Houchun sneered, and replied, "I am Xia Houchun!"

As soon as the words fell, Xia Houchun held his gun and rode his horse, galloped forward, and went straight to Tai Shici.

When Tai Shici saw Xia Houchun approaching, he also yelled, and rode his horse to meet him.

After a while, the two generals came to meet each other. Xia Houchun made the first move and thrust out his spear suddenly. Tai Shici raised his halberd to block, but there was a sound of "ding", and the two weapons collided together, sending out a burst of buzzing. Ming.

The two horses collided, and it was fleeting. Xia Houchun missed a single shot, and was about to withdraw his spear, when a big halberd of Tai Shici suddenly swung towards Xia Houchun's throat with a strong gust of wind. Then stabbed over.

Xia Houchun was taken aback, he didn't expect Tai Shici to be so powerful, it was only the first round, and he was already in danger.

Xia Houchun came to hide in a stirrup, and galloped out on his horse. He was lucky to escape the catastrophe, but at the same time, he felt a lingering fear, and secretly thought: "The five tiger generals really deserve their reputation..."

A round was over, and Tai Shici and Xia Houchun had nothing to do. The shocking scene just now also inspired Xia Houchun's fighting spirit. He hurriedly reined in the horse, quickly turned the horse's head, and then He rushed towards Tai Shici.

Tai Shici was not to be outdone, and after turning his horse's head, he hedged against Xia Houchun again.

The two met again, this time, two weapons were flying back and forth between them at the same time, making people dazzled.

After a sound of tinkling, the two entered into a fierce battle. The two reined in their horses and fought each other in front of the formation of the two armies.

Zhang Yan was watching the battle between Tai Shici and Xia Houchun from the tower. He saw that Xia Houchun had superb marksmanship.

Sometimes, even Xia Houchun would counterattack Tai Shici with a few tricks.

However, during the fight between the two, Tai Shici was always on the offensive. He used offense instead of defense. There is no chance.

Although Xia Houchun is brave, in Zhang Yan's view, although Xia Houchun has superb marksmanship, he is not an opponent when he really competes with a master.It can be seen that Tai Shici's martial arts are superior to Xia Houchun's.

Therefore, it was a matter of time before Xia Houchun was killed by Tai Shici.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, who were watching the battle from the sidelines, also watched very carefully. Xu Huang said to Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan, although Xia Houchun is brave, he is not Tai Shici's opponent. It won't be long before Xia Houchun will be killed by Tai Shici." Death. It's just that this credit will fall into the hands of Tai Shici..."

Zhang Liao said: "As long as it kills a thief, it doesn't matter who makes meritorious deeds. I have already been conferred as the five tiger generals, and I am also a first-rank member of the imperial court. I am already an extremely human minister. I'm afraid it can't add too many rewards. Credit is just a kind of achievement in life, and when you become famous in the future, when you are dismissed and return to the field, it is nothing more than a little more talk for future generations."

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Xu Huang felt a little ashamed of himself. He really didn't have Zhang Liao's high level of awareness.For him, no matter what kind of war it is, as long as he does more meritorious service, it will be a good thing after all.

"what--"

While the two were talking, they heard a scream, Tai Shici's halberd had already penetrated Xia Houchun's shoulder, Xia Houchun screamed in pain, pushed Tai Shici's halberd away with his spear, turned around and ran away without saying a word, And shouted loudly at his subordinates: "Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"

"Want to run?" Seeing Xia Houchun turning his horse's head and galloping, Tai Shici immediately took out his big bow, and at the same time took out a sharp arrow from his quiver and put it on the bowstring. The arrow flew towards Xiahou Chun like a shooting star.

"puff!"

Tai Shici's arrows were extremely fast, and Xia Houchun didn't have any precautions. The arrow shot in from the neck, shot out from the throat, and pierced the throat. Xia Houchun fell directly off the horse without even screaming, and convulsed After a while, he died.

At this time, Taishi Ci rode his horse and came directly to Xiahouchun's corpse, waved the halberd in his hand, and beheaded Xiahouchun's head, then stabbed it on the head with the halberd, holding Xiahouchun The head of the head shouted at the enemy army opposite: "Xiahouchun let the Xianbei people enter the customs, so that the people of Bingzhou suffered. Would you like to see your brothers and sisters mercilessly killed by Xianbei people?"

Tai Shici's roar was so loud that it spread far away, so that Xia Houchun's soldiers could basically listen carefully.

After a while, there was a lot of discussion in the enemy camp, and the soldiers whispered to each other. After some discussions, these people promoted a military Sima as a representative to surrender to Tai Shici, hoping to join Zhang Yan's army to resist the Xianbei people's attack. Invasion, do something for the people of Bingzhou, and do something for the world.

Tai Shici then told Zhang Yan the meaning of the enemy army, Zhang Yan nodded immediately, and let these soldiers temporarily belong to Tai Shici's account, and Tai Shici would manage them.

Therefore, all the two thousand cavalry troops led by Xia Houchun surrendered to Tai Shici, and Zhang Yan asked people to hang Xia Houchun's head high on the city gate, boiled Xiahouchun's body, and threw it nearby. In the barren mountains and mountains, let those wolves, tigers and leopards eat.

Xia Houchun died in battle, and all his subordinates surrendered. The news soon reached the ears of Xianbei Shanyu Ke Bineng.

Ke Bi Neng was a little surprised by this result, but he was not sad at all. Instead, he felt that Xia Houchun's death would be more beneficial to him.

Therefore, Ke Bi Neng gathered [-] cavalry, took Guangwu County as the attack point, and gradually converged on Guangwu County.

One day later, Xianbei's [-] cavalry arrived outside Guangwu County one after another. Ke Bineng did not rush to attack, but sent someone to shoot a letter into Guangwu County first.

This is a letter of persuasion. The content of the letter is very simple. It wants Zhang Yan to lead his troops to surrender. Otherwise, Ke Bi Neng will lead a hundred thousand cavalry to attack the city, and only give Zhang Yan one night to think about it.

Zhang Yan sneered after receiving this letter of persuasion to surrender, and came up with a temporary plan to ask Tai Shici to go back and tell the surrendered soldiers who surrendered yesterday, and let them go out of the city at night and take 2000 people from the headquarters to the camp of the Xianbei people. Seeing Ke Bineng, he said that they pretended to surrender yesterday, and then stayed in the Xianbei camp, setting fire to the Xianbei people at night. When Zhang Yan saw the Xianbei camp was on fire, he would lead his army out of the city and come The inside should be combined with the outside.

Cao Jun, who surrendered yesterday, felt that Zhang Yan's strategy was very good, so he decisively agreed to Zhang Yan, and after dark, he took two thousand soldiers to the Xianbei Camp.

In the Xianbei camp, Ke Bineng was discussing matters with several confidant generals. If Zhang Yan did not surrender tomorrow, he was going to surround Guangwu County and launch a fierce attack.

At this time, a scout came to report: "Qi report to Da Shanyu, Xia Houchun's former troops who surrendered to the Han army yesterday are now taking advantage of the enemy's driving away to take precautions, sneaked back, and said they have something important to report to Da Shanyu! "

After Kebi could hear it, he immediately became interested and said, "Bring people in!"

(End of this chapter)