Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 310 Concubine Has Taste

Hu Feng was as anxious as a bereaved dog, and led hundreds of defeated soldiers to the west gate of Hangu Pass. He was shocked and heaved a long sigh of relief until he was sure that Gan Ning's navy did not catch up.

However, when I think of losing more than 2000 soldiers and horses, I regret it.

I thought that Gan Ning's army strength was nearly three times that of Gan Ning, and it was an ambush, so he would definitely win a big victory.

I didn't want to, but I suffered a big loss, losing more than 2000 soldiers and horses, which is really a big loss.

If my uncle finds out, how can I spare myself.

"Open the door, open the city gate quickly!"

When Hu Feng was still remorseful, a small school had already rushed to the city, shouting loudly.

The defenders on Guancheng had seen Hu Feng early on, and they didn't dare to be negligent, so they quickly opened Guancheng to welcome him out.

Hu Feng was about to enter the customs, at this moment, a slight abnormal sound suddenly came from not far away.

Just now, he only cared about running for his life, and didn't notice anything unusual nearby.

It wasn't until the moment when their minds relaxed that the soldiers realized that something was wrong.

The soldiers stared at him for a while, then immediately shouted, "General, there are people."

"Someone?"

Hu Feng just turned around, when he heard the words, he quickly squinted his eyes for a closer look, and his face immediately changed after seeing it.

Not far away, under the darkness of night, there were vague figures, approaching the direction of Guancheng. The slight "tapping" sound was the sound made by the horses walking, but the horses were not moving fast, and they made it when they were in a hurry to escape. The movement was not small, and I didn't notice it at all.It wasn't until this moment that they were getting closer that the soldiers suddenly realized it.

Xiliang soldiers were no strangers to cavalry, as long as they wrapped the horse's hooves with rags, not to mention the soundless landing, the horses would make much less noise when they walked at a normal speed, and cavalry usually used this method when they raided camps.

But at this time, a cavalry suddenly appeared, and that would be fatal.

"Quick, close the city gate!"

Hu Feng was almost out of his wits in shock, and he yelled loudly, regardless that he hadn't entered the city yet.

"kill!"

In the dark night, there was a cry of killing like landslides and ground cracks. The cavalry who had been approaching quietly found that their signs were exposed, and immediately slammed their horses in their crotches.

Hu Feng's hundreds of remnants and defeated soldiers had no fighting spirit at all, and they became even more frightened at this moment.

Hearing the thunderous hoofbeats, all of them changed their expressions wildly, and rushed towards the city gate.

"Quickly close the city gate!"

Hu Feng was also running wildly, yelling loudly while running.

However, before it was too late, hundreds of remnant soldiers crowded at the gate of the city desperately squeezing in, and the gate could not be closed at all.

At a distance of hundreds of steps, the cavalry charge only takes twenty breaths at most.

Hu Feng had just beheaded a few rout soldiers who were crowding around the city gate, and a group of cavalrymen had already rolled in and rushed to the suspension bridge like a tiger descending the mountain, killing the city gate hole, killing only soldiers Guan soldiers turned their backs on their backs.

"go away!"

Xu Chu roared, and charged into the city first.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Hu Feng was about to run away, but Xu Chu urged his horse to catch up with him, and chopped off his head with a single blow.

Luo Zheng then led the army to kill, quickly killed the guards near the city gate, and took control of the west gate of Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass originally had 2000 soldiers and horses, but Hu Feng lost nearly half of them when he ambushed the Ganning water army. There were only more than [-] soldiers and horses left in the city. cavalry.

In less than an hour, the guards in the city were completely defeated.

At dawn, the remnants of the enemy were wiped out, Hangu Pass changed hands, and more than a thousand prisoners were confiscated and all their weapons were taken away.

Luo Zheng climbed to the top of the city under the guard of his own soldiers, leaned on the battlements and smiled at Jia Xu: "Finally took down Hangu Pass, Hu Feng, that idiot, got a batch of fishing boats and rafts, and dared to ambush the navy , I really don’t know how to write ‘death’.”

Jia Xu said: "If it wasn't for the shortage of food in Hu Feng's army, it would be very difficult for our army to lure Ji out of Hangu Pass!"

Luo Zheng sighed: "Yeah, it is really luck to be able to capture Hangu Pass this time. However, the role of Tongguan is not so important as Hangu Pass is about to go down. Instead of wasting a lot of manpower and material resources, it is better to stop counting gone."

Jia Xu put forward a different opinion, "My lord, the construction of Tongguan has already wasted a lot of manpower and material resources. If it is stopped at this point, it may cause criticism. It is better to simply build Xiongguan, which can also be the second gateway to Guanzhong!"

Luo Zheng thought for a while before saying: "Forget it, just follow Wenhe's opinion!"

Luoyang North Palace, inside a well-preserved palace.

It was already late at night, and Li Jue was still doing fitness exercises, moaning about the blood of a concubine.

These concubines are not Li Jue's concubines, but Dong Zhuo's concubines, who were also the concubines of Emperor Han Ling.

After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he occupied the concubines of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and when Dong Zhuo was murdered, Li Jue took control of Luoyang. He not only regarded the palace as his own garden, but also occupied Dong Zhuo's concubines as a matter of course.

Although these concubines are already in their 20s and are no longer young, they are still very interesting to do.

After all, she is the emperor's concubine, so it feels really different.

After about one stick of incense, with a roar like a beast, Li Jue erupted violently.

At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

"Brother, something is wrong!"

Cong Li Ying's anxious voice sounded outside, "Hangu Pass has fallen."

"what?"

Li Jue almost jumped up in shock, turned over and got up, and while putting on his clothes, he shouted anxiously: "What's the matter, Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are five thousand troops stationed there, how could it fall? ?”

Li Ying said anxiously: "According to what the routs who escaped from Hangu said, a few days ago Hu Feng led his army to ambush the Ganning water army at night, and wanted to rob a batch of grain and grass escorted by the Ganning water army, but unexpectedly, the Ganning water army The defeat of the military killing was taken by Luo Zheng to seize Hangu Pass."

"what……"

Li Jue yelled, his face was ashen with anger, and he was speechless for a while.

"Brother, brother..."

Li Ying waited for a long time, but when he heard that there was no movement inside, he couldn't help but yelled again.

"You bastard, I swear to kill him!"

Li Jue gnashed his teeth and cursed, put on his clothes and ran out in twos and threes.

Li Ying was startled suddenly. At this time, Li Ying's face was ferocious, furious like a lion, and his eyes were fierce as if he wanted to eat people. Li Ying's heart was beating wildly in fright, and he quickly stepped back a few steps.

"Where is the Luo Si army now?"

With disheveled hair, Li Jue asked sharply.

Li Ying hurriedly replied: "Luo Zheng only brought five thousand cavalry, and they are at Hangu Pass?"

"Five thousand cavalry?"

Li Jue's face turned pale, and he asked doubtfully, "How come there are only five thousand cavalry? Could it be that Luo Zheng is not going to attack Luoyang?"

"Of course not, brother!"

Li Ying quickly said what he knew, "It is said that Luo Zheng will lead [-] cavalry to go around from Hedong to Shangdang, then go south from Gaodu, cross the river to attack Cao Cao's Xuchang, and plunder a group of people in the Central Plains by the way. , the person in charge of the Ganning water army escorted food and grass from the waterway, and there was no mobilization of soldiers and horses, Luo Zheng should not be attacking Luoyang!"

Li Jue let out a long sigh of relief, and suddenly realized that he was a little afraid of Luo Zheng.

This discovery made him feel humiliated. What kind of guy is Luo Zheng? He was just a junior with no qualifications in the Xiliang army. As a former Xiliang general, how could he be afraid of that hairless man? boy.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he was relieved to hear that Luo Zheng had no intention of attacking Luoyang.

"What about Hu Feng, why don't you come to see a certain one?"

Li Jue asked with a grim expression, gnashing his teeth in hatred.

Hangu Pass is not only the gateway of Guanzhong, but also the west gate of Sili.

The reason why Li Jue sent troops to seize Hangu Pass after Zhang Ji was destroyed was that he wanted to strangle the gates of Sili to prevent Luo Zheng from taking advantage of the situation and marching into Luoyang. Once Hangu Pass fell, Luoyang would be exposed to Luo Zheng without hindrance. under the vanguard of soldiers.

This consequence is too serious, so serious that Li Jue can't sleep or eat.

Li Ying wiped his sweat and said, "Hu Feng has already died in battle."

"Hmph, it's cheap!"

Li Jue was still angry and didn't care about a nephew's life or death at all.

Even if his own son lost Hangu Pass, Li Jue would never show mercy, let alone a nephew.

Li Ying asked cautiously: "Brother, what should we do now?"

"What else can I do?"

Li Jue said irritably: "Hangu Pass has been lost, and Luo Zheng's army can reach Luoyang at any time. I don't want to follow in the footsteps of Guo Si, so I sent [-] troops to Gucheng and repaired the city defense at the same time, as a barrier for Luoyang." !"

"As ordered!"

Li Ying responded and left quickly.

Hangu Pass, Chengshoufu.

Zhang Liao hurried from Chang'an to Hangu Pass, and came to see Luo Zheng before he could rest.

"Wen Yuan is here!"

Luo Zheng stood up to greet him, signaled Zhang Liao to be exempt from courtesy, and after sitting down, he said: "This time, according to the strategy of Wenhe, a surprise soldier was sent to capture Hangu Pass and open the Luoyang gate. However, the gain and loss of Hangu Pass is very important. If Li Jue raises all his troops to attack and let other people guard this majestic pass, this general will not be able to sleep peacefully, and only Wen Yuan can rest assured that General Hanben will guard him."

Although Zhang Liao was very tired, he couldn't help his blood rushing up at this moment, and he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, don't worry, the final general will not disgrace his life. As long as the final general survives, Li Jue will never let one soldier step into the Guancheng!"

Luo Zheng said happily: "This general has already known Wen Yuan's ability, so don't worry!"

Jia Xu stroked his long beard, smiled and said nothing, secretly thinking that the master's methods are becoming more and more proficient.Saying such words at such a time, how can Zhang Liao not let his heart stop, and he will have no second thoughts from then on.

For a courtier, what could be more heart-warming than the unreserved trust of the lord.

In particular, Zhang Liao used to work under Lu Bu, and after being squeezed out by Wei Xu and other generals, he understood more deeply how rare it is to have unreserved trust from the lord.

Luo Zheng reluctantly forced Zhang Liao to say a few words, then changed the tone, and said to Jia Xu: "Although Hangu Pass is down, our army still can't pass Luoyang and Hulao Pass, and the water army and warships are limited, and we can't send five thousand cavalrymen. From the waterway to the outside of Sishuiguan, our army still has to detour from the river to Shangdang. It should not be too late, the general intends to go north to Hedong tomorrow, what does Wenhe think?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "That's exactly what it should be!"

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, and said to Zhang Liao again: "Wenyuan, Hangu Pass will be handed over to you."

Zhang Liao excitedly said: "My lord, don't worry, people are in the city, and the city is destroyed!"

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "If a person dies, the city will still be there!"

Zhang Liao raised his chest anxiously, and said loudly: "The last general takes orders!"

(End of this chapter)