Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2088 Battle!

  Wancheng City was covered in blood, and fireworks were burning everywhere in the city, billowing into the sky.

  Xia Houyuan immediately stood at the cross street in Wancheng, looking up.

  In front of him is the open city gate, and behind him is the Wancheng government office that is still resisting.

  Xia Houyuan suddenly understood what he wanted, or what he should do right now...

   Xia Houyuan doesn't care much about money, women, Xia Houyuan finds them bothersome, and eating and drinking, Xia Houyuan doesn't pay much attention to them. The only thing Xia Houyuan values ​​is fame and reputation.

  Xia Houyuan has never been poor. When the Xiahou clan rebelled in Cao Cao, it was already in decline, so when Cao Cao wanted to make a comeback, it was not that the Xiahou clan was unwilling to spend money to support Cao Cao, but that they really had no money. Even so, Xia Houyuan did not bow his head to money when he was the poorest, and even would rather starve his youngest son than raise his elder brother's widow.

Xiahouyuan was the descendant of Xiahouying, the imperial servant of the Western Han Dynasty. He and Xiahoudun were only brothers in the clan, not real brothers, but Xiahouyuan had a closer relationship with Cao Cao. Xiahouyuan's wife was the daughter of Cao Cao's uncle. In a sense, Cao Cao would be in pain. Calling Xia Houyuan a "white ground" general, on the contrary, further illustrates the relationship between the two.

  The deepest love is the deepest hatred. Because of the closeness, it is possible to scold.

   On the contrary, when Cao Cao treated generals with foreign surnames, he was full of praise and smiling.

  If Xia Houyuan is willing, he can retire honorably now, occupy a high position and wait for death. Even if others complain and point behind his back, it will not affect his enjoyment of eating, drinking and having fun.

  But Xia Houyuan chose to continue fighting, fighting all the way until the day when he could no longer hold a knife.

Before entering Wancheng, Xia Houyuan kept questioning himself in his heart. When he once again commanded the cavalry to face the hussars, was he too presumptuous, thought himself too high, or was he too arrogant? Want to change the victory of this battle, so you lose your sense of normalcy, so that you may not be qualified for the command this time?

  However, after thinking about it, Xia Houyuan still stood up.

   Wancheng is easy to fight, but not easy to fight.

The reason why it is easy to fight is because Wancheng's city defenses and soldiers are not as tyrannical as those in Xiongcheng, and because there are more trades and commerce, there are naturally many loopholes that can be exploited, but Wancheng is also not good. Fighting, because fighting is tantamount to enmity with the Pang family and the Huang family, and more importantly, it is almost equivalent to enmity with the Jingzhou gentry, and even the hussar general Fei Qian.

This kind of hatred will even spread to descendants. Even if the two families reconcile in the future, it is okay to say that if the Cao family Cao Cao has the upper hand, but once Cao Cao is at a disadvantage, the generals who attack Wancheng will sooner or later be put on small shoes, just like Hongnong Yang, even if he is not dead, is life easier?

   Others were unwilling to come, but Xia Houyuan stood up. From a certain perspective, he was worthy of the title Cao Cao gave him, "General Baidi".

   The attack on Wancheng was not all about killing. Xia Houyuan knew this very well. What's the benefit of killing all the Huang's Pangzi in Wancheng?

   What Cao Cao wants is a Jingzhou that is as attached and stable as possible to provide a certain amount of food, grass and wealth supplies, instead of a Jingzhou that is like an active volcano every day and does not know when it will erupt!

  So when Xia Houyuan knew that the hussar reinforcements were coming, he was relieved. At least, he has completed most of the tasks, and what is left now is to defeat the reinforcements, and then release them to force the Pang family, the Huang family and others in the Yamen of Wancheng Prefecture to surrender...

   Then hand over the follow-up to Cao Cao...

I have ridden thousands of horses, and now that I have attacked Wancheng, it is the time when the morale is high, and the hussar reinforcements can arrive so quickly, one means that they have come from a long distance, and the other is that it is difficult to detect under the rush Zhouquan, Sanya, must also be a vanguard army, and the number must not be many, so the immediate attack is right now!

  If Wancheng wins, it can change the entire battle situation, and even affect Cao Cao's final battle against the hussars, then even if he dies here, it is worth it!

  Cavalry battles are originally maneuvers against maneuvers. The two sides circle around to see who will show their weaknesses first and show fatigue, and who can grab the opportunity to give the opponent a heavy blow...

   But the problem is, Xiahouyuan's cavalry. They are not elite cavalry. If they want to compete with hussar cavalry on the open ground, and play some difficult positions, such as **** and ****, they will definitely be hooked by the hussar cavalry. , maybe it will strain the ligament or something...

  Promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses is undoubtedly the most important rule on the battlefield. If it is said that fighting cannot be fought on open ground, then it is undoubtedly the best battlefield in the city. The narrow and long streets are neither too small to be able to use weapons, but also can restrict the movement area of ​​the hussars and horses. In addition, there is Wancheng government office behind them, so the hussars and horses will have to fight here!

  The crude horse refusal has been set up. Although it can't completely stop the hussars and horses, it can slow down their speed. The corpses scattered all over the streets are the best tripping ropes, and the **** and greasy stone roads are natural horse traps!

   Not to mention the archers standing on the roofs on both sides, which will provide continuous and friendly caress to the flanks, while Xia Houyuan is leading the elite of the headquarters in the center, ready to hit Huanglong directly and give a fatal blow!

  Since the hussars are powerful, then to compete with the hussars and horses again, wouldn't it mean jumping vertically in the pit repeatedly and falling into the pit again? Since you can't compete in riding and fighting, then don't compare! Xia Houyuan wanted to force Huang Zhong to dismount and fight!

Huang Zhong came here on a long drive, starting from Fancheng. Although there were two horses, they also changed horses dozens of miles away from Wancheng, but they galloped over. Normally, it is not a very good time to fight.

  Huang Zhong knew this, but Huang Zhong still came, not only in the government office but also his family members, but also because of the relieved expressions of these Wancheng people when they saw the three-color flag!

Huang Zhong drank the water from Sancai Well in the east of the city, drank the wine of Shilixiang in the west of the city, sang with woodcutters in the north of the city, and fished with fishermen in the south of the city. Huang Zhong is probably the most unassuming schoolboy in Wancheng since the Han Dynasty. Wei, because he regards Wancheng as his second home, and now, most of the original home in the south of Xiangyang has been destroyed, and now the second home has also been murdered!

   Battle! There is only one battle!

  Before Wancheng, Huang Zhong looked inside and outside the city gate, looked at the moat and suspension bridge and the city gate opening, almost covered with corpses, blood overflowing, his dead head trembling back and forth on the ground, as if he was talking about something, his expression moved slightly.

  Huang Zhong looked forward slowly, the city gate was wide open, but Cao Jun could not be seen.

  The city was noisy inside and outside the city, but the city gate where Cao Jun attacked was abnormally quiet, and there was obviously a problem.

  The rest of the city gates were in chaos, and even if they wanted to leave, they couldn't. Although some people in Wancheng seemed a little calmer after seeing Huang Zhong and others coming, and no longer flustered like a bereaved dog, but there were still some people in the city who didn't know, and were still fleeing frantically, so the gates of the city collided with each other Underneath, the streets of the city gate are blocked tightly...

If Huang Zhong chooses to enter through those gates, he may not only face the soldiers of Cao Jun, but also the chaotic people. If he is not careful, he will be thrown into chaos. The people of Wancheng who came, should they be killed or not?

  So Huang Zhong can only take a detour here, taking this **** road...

   This road is obviously not easy to walk.

  Huang Zhong took a deep breath, "Prepare armor with someone!" 』

  Huang Zhong has already worn a suit of armor, and now it is obvious that he has to wear the second layer of heavy armor when he says that he is prepared, and once he puts on the heavy armor, it obviously means that he has to go to the battle...

   Several guards of Huang Zhong shouted, "Captain, the situation in the city is unknown!" Let me check it out! 』

  『There is obviously an ambush in this city! 』

  『After entering the city, the streets are narrow and the alleys are crowded, and the cavalry cannot be used! 』

  『If you can’t use it, dismount and fight! Huang Zhong waved his hand and said, "The chaos in the city is like putting out fire and water. Is there any reason for delay?" Get ready! 』

   Seeing Huang Zhong's firm attitude, the guards behind him didn't say much, so they opened their backpacks and put on a set of heavy armor for Huang Zhong. Front chest, rear shoulder, left and right shoulder armor, armguards, left and right skirt armor, greaves...

   After buttoning and fastening the armor piece by piece, Huang Zhong suppressed the irritability and uneasiness that was churning in his heart, and his thoughts gradually became clear and clear.

  Long knife in hand, red tassel fluttering!

  The handle of the knife hit the ground heavily, stirring up fine yellow sand.

  『Huang's soldiers! dismount! Huang Zhong shouted in a deep voice, his voice muffled under the helmet, "We have driven here, Cao's army has been fighting for a long time, and they are all exhausted!" It's almost the same as ours! Now it's up to who's pawn, but Jia Yuyong! 』

  『Every small family in the city looks forward to us. If we procrastinate and fail to enter, the soldiers in the city will lose their morale! At that time, even if we fight again, it will be too late! Huang Zhong looked around for a week, "Now that Cao Jun is shrinking in the city, there must be an ambush!" Ha ha! What if it is an ambush? ! Cao Jun's move meant to maximize his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. He wanted to win with one step, but he didn't know that he was timid! Let Cao Jun's children know today that he is weak in riding and fighting, and he is also incompetent in foot fighting! Only my hussars! The world is vertical and horizontal! 』

  『Only my hussars ride the world! 』All the soldiers raised their swords high and shouted in unison with Huang Zhong, the sound shook the whole field.

  『Everyone listen! Feed! 』

  Huang Zhong looked around and saw that everyone was taking out dry food from their belts or pockets to eat, and he also took a small tightly pressed pancake from his waist and stuffed it into his mouth.

  Before the war, eat as much as you like, but you must not eat too much. First, it can prevent gastrointestinal spasms under tension during fighting, and lose your life in vain. Second, it can also be used as a reserve of physical strength. Perhaps at the time of life and death, it is the food that is pre-filled with this, and there will be an extra portion strength.

  The pancakes were very small, and no one had time to chew slowly. After a few breaths, the soldiers raised their heads one after another, with fighting spirit in their eyes.

  『Huang's soldiers followed a certain soldier into the city to fight on foot! The rest walked around the city, looking for opportunities to enter the city, and rush to help the government! Huang Zhong did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately ordered, then raised the long knife, pointed at Wancheng obliquely, and said, "Drink! war! Let's fight! 』

  『Fight! 』

  『Come to fight! 』

   Shouting loudly, it was agitated at the gate of the city. Even if there was no roar of war drums, it was so agitated that everyone's blood was rising and their fighting spirit was rising!

  Huang Zhong led his own Huang's soldiers, held up their shields and walked slowly, approaching the city gate.

At the gate of the city, charred and semi-carbonized corpses were scattered all over the place. Under the vibration of Huang Zhong and others' footsteps, the fully cooked or half-cooked flesh and blood would puff down, revealing yellow or powder or Comes in white or black color. A sulphurous smell compounded with grilled grease, burnt protein, and burnt earth and bricks, all of which describe the brutality of the previous battle.

There is almost semi-coagulated blood plasma under the feet, just like someone who butchered the pig accidentally did not put the blood basin, or the workshop of the slaughterhouse, the **** smell emanating from every square centimeter, dancing wantonly Then, grabbing any passing creature, stretch out the tentacles, drill through every gap, until the depths of the bones...

  Outside the city, it seems that it is still a human world, the gate of the city is the gate of death, and the road inside the city is the road of blood, the road of hell!

  Although it is under the sun, there is a **** atmosphere in the room where you can walk. The entire street is crowded with corpses in disorder. Among the corpses are soldiers in armor, and of course more people in simple clothes. And at the end of these corpses, at the crossroads of the long street, was Xia Houyuan standing with a horizontal knife.

   Those who fall die, those who stand live.

  『Xiahou…』Huang Zhong said slowly.

  『Huang Shi…』 Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth and made a sound.

  Knowing that there is an ambush, but still rushing in headlong, either he is a reckless and rude person, or a bold person with high art skills, and it is obvious that Huang Zhong is not the former type, so this is underestimating Yu Mou!

  The fire in Xia Houyuan's heart was raging, and the Huang's battle flag in front of him seemed to hurt Xia Houyuan's eyes at this moment, causing Xia Houyuan to close his eyes for a moment, then glared angrily, and shouted: "Kill!" Die! 』

  Brother!

  Let's see someone come to fill in the loopholes in the plan for you, eliminate accidents, and make a fortune in Jingzhou!

  If it is just to capture Jingzhou, is it necessary for Cao Cao to come out with all his strength?

   Obviously not needed.

  So Cao Cao's strategic plan has budgeted Fei Qian into it from the beginning, and attacking Wancheng to involve the hussars who went south from Wuguan is also in the plan.

  It's just...

  A plan is a plan after all, and even the perfect plan will have accidents. Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng were the first and biggest accident that occurred during the execution of this plan!

   Then there were some accidents when they marched into Wancheng. According to the original plan, Wancheng should have fallen long ago. Xiahouyuan could even trap the Pang family and the Huang family on the top of the city, forcing Huang Zhong to surrender!

As a result, when attacking Wancheng, it happened to be the most important first attack, and when it was about to break through the city defense, it was blocked by fire for a moment, giving the defenders of Wancheng a chance to breathe, so they had to delay Time and time, even now that Wancheng has been invaded, it is still not yet fully successful!

   Now, Xia Houyuan wants to erase the biggest accident that appeared in Cao Cao's plan!

On the top of Wancheng City, originally hidden behind the parapet wall, there were still Cao Jun archers on both sides of the street. Under Xia Houyuan's order, they stood up abruptly, and bowed towards Huang Zhong and others who appeared on the Scarlet Long Street. shoot!

  From the side, from the rear, Cao Jun's archers struggled to pull the bowstring, and the arrows flew down!

"shield! Huang Zhong yelled loudly, like thunder rolling in the clouds, and immediately shields were placed on the periphery, welcoming the arrows of Cao Jun flying in!

  At the same time, a lot of soldiers of Cao Jun sprang out of the unburned shops and houses on both sides of the street, and rushed up fiercely!

   In the blink of an eye, the fight was like a fire!

  Blood and flesh are the fuel of this fire, flying wantonly!

   Those who were surrounded were naturally the elite Huang family who looked like flowers in the middle, and those who were biting on the outside were naturally Xia Houyuan's strong soldiers!

  At this moment, the most elite and fierce soldiers of both sides are entangled with each other desperately! The battle between the two sides is like a bite on the road to the underworld. Everyone seems to be overdrawing their own life, energy, or blood to decide life and death!

The soldiers of the Huang family held their shields, maintained the front line and never retreated. Only when they let out their last breath, did they slowly fall from their own battle ranks. The soldiers of the Cao army were even more crazy, regardless of casualties, desperately rushing into the opponent's camp. In the array, open the gap, and then make the gap huge, so that more Cao soldiers can squeeze in and tear the gap, until the impossibly shakeable circle in front of you is completely shattered!

As long as they are not dead, they are still groping and wrestling with each other on the ground, stabbing each other's legs and feet with sabers, but most of the time these fallen soldiers are often quickly killed. The feet that both sides stepped down indiscriminately were stepped into the blood plasma, and then they were trampled into meat paste one by one!

  The roar of the fierce battle between the two sides, and the tragic situation presented, seemed to have frightened even the autumn sky. He hid his head behind the clouds, turned his face and slanted westward. Anyway, if he couldn't see it, he could pretend it didn't happen...

Cao Jun launched three or four attacks in a row, each time with the same fierceness and violence, biting, cruising, pouncing, dragging, and flying around the circle of Huang's soldiers like wild wolves. The ground was quickly covered with layers of fresh blood, slowly spreading along the stone slab, like a cut lava cake.

  Huang Zhong stood in the formation, holding a big knife, motionless.

Under the swaying figure, amidst the blood of swords and guns, Huang Zhong just looked at the figure on the cross street, and he also saw that Xia Houyuan was also staring at him, staring at the figure on his head. Flag!

  At this moment, Huang Zhong and Xia Houyuan are like two wolf kings, facing each other, and at the same time, they are competing for who is more tenacious, who is more resistant to war, and who is stronger!

  However, just like the covenant is eventually used to be torn, the balance will eventually be broken...

  (end of this chapter)