Chapter 87: Emperor Ling's death in chaos (9)
After leaving the commander's tent, Cao Cao quickly asked Lei Heng why he held him.
"Don't you see that Brother Meng De still can't see it? Liu Bei's suggestion is that our leader Yuan doesn't want to continue fighting!"
Cao Cao frowned and said, "Then what does he want to do?"
"The Han Dynasty is about to overthrow, and Alliance Leader Yuan has selfish intentions. Brother Meng De, it is still tolerant at this time. Maintaining unity is the most important thing. Once the Allied forces are in conflict, more than 100,000 troops will really be separated."
Cao Cao sighed when he heard this, but unfortunately he was powerless to change.
Dong Zhuo was very surprised when he learned about Xu Rong's defeat in Luoyang, but he didn't care about the surprise. Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000 had already captured Xingyang and was about to launch an offensive against Sishui Pass.
Dong Zhuo could not sit in Luoyang City, waiting for Yuan Shao and the others to break through the Sishui Pass, so he decided to lead his troops to resist himself.
"The prime minister cannot be! The people of Luoyang are in a state of mind. Although we had caused Huangfu Song to relieve the threat from the west, the people in Luoyang City would not give up. Think about it, in this allied army, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others all had a deep foundation in the court, especially the fourth generation and third dukes of the Yuan family. Yuan Wei is now the Grand Tutor. If the prime minister leaves, they will cut off the prime minister's retreat. Think twice!”
Li Ru's words came to Dong Zhuo's heart. These people have a deep foundation. Now that they are in their hands, they dare not act rashly, but once they leave, will they still be their senior officials obediently? If Dong Zhuo himself, he would not.
"If they cooperate inside and outside, our army will have no way back. Since that's the case, we will simply kill them all." Dong Zhuo said viciously. He has always maintained enough respect for these aristocratic families, but they just don't want to cooperate with him, so he can only speak with force.
"The prime minister can distribute troops and horses to surround Yuan Wei's mansion and hunt all their families!" Li Ru's eyes were filled with murderous aura at the moment. He and Dong Zhuo were grasshoppers on the same rope, both prospering and both loss, so he only had to protect Dong Zhuo. As for whom he offended, it was not something he needed to worry about now.
"Okay! Let Li Jue do it now!"
At that moment, Li Jue took five hundred soldiers and horses directly to Yuan Wei's mansion.
"It's really God's destruction of my Yuan family! What should I do!" After Yuan Wei received the news, he was very anxious at the moment and didn't know what to do...
One hour later.
"Prime Minister, this is Yuan Wei's head. His family has more than 100 people, but no one is left behind!" Li Jue replied to Dong Zhuo.
"Okay! Since you are dead, then forget it, it can be considered as a shock to the people in the court. Since the internal situation is settled, it should be time to move eastward. I wonder who you are willing to be the pioneers?"
Lu Bu stood up and said, "Don't worry about the adoptive father. The princes outside the pass should be treated like grass. Bu is willing to raise the tiger and wolf army, and kill all his heads and hang them outside the Kyoto Gate."
Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard this and said with a smile: "I have a good time to rest assured."
Before Dong Zhuo ordered the expedition, Lu Bu stood up behind him and said, "Why use a ox knife to kill a chicken? No need to worry about Wen Hou going there. The last general is willing to be the vanguard, kill the heads of all the princes, and present it to the prime minister!"
Everyone looked at him. He was nine feet long, with a tiger body, a wolf waist, and a leopard head and ape arms. He was Hua Xiong under Dong Zhuo's tent.
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he smiled and said, "Okay! General Hua is mighty, I will give you the title of the cavalry captain, and I will assign 30,000 horse and infantry troops to you, together with Li Su, Hu Zhen, and Zhao Cenxing, who will go out to meet the enemy at night. After the court situation is slightly stable, I will lead my own army to help and will arrive soon."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Hua Xiong was now joining Hu Zhen, Li Su and others to lead their troops to Sishui Pass and go to the Allied camp. At this time, Yuan Shao and others were not aware of the changes in the capital, and were still planning to send troops to attack Sishui Pass next day. The news that the Yuan Mansion's entire family was destroyed was delivered first. Yuan Shao was furious and fainted.
"Old thief Dong Zhuo, kill my little one, I will never be with him!" After Yuan Shao woke up, he immediately shouted to seek revenge on Dong Zhuo, but everyone persuaded him to calm down.
"Dong Zhuo, I swear to kill you, and I will definitely crush you to ashes." Yuan Shao was sad and uncomfortable, and drew his sword and swore. Then, Yuan Shao gathered all the generals to send troops to attack Sishui Pass.
Cao Cao offered his advice: "At first, we can divide the generals to defend Chenggao and control the dangers; we will ask the deputy leader Yuan Shu to lead several princes into Wuguan to shake the three auxiliary members; we will hold Dong Zhuo here. In this way, once the rear road is broken, Dong Zhuo's army will be in chaos. When the time comes, they will be surrounded by all sides and will be able to win a complete victory!"
Cao Cao's plan was very clever, but it was too slow. Yuan Shao was in a grief and could not wait any longer, so he refused on the spot.
"Report! Hua Xiong, the Xiong army of Xiong arrived at Sishui Pass."
Yuan Wei's family was killed by Dong Zhuo for more than 100 words. Yuan Shao wanted to break through the Sishui Pass immediately and attack Luoyang to avenge his father. Seeing Hua Xiong, the Xiong of the Xiong army in Xishui Pass, he immediately gathered all the generals and said, "One person needs to be the vanguard and go directly to the Sishui Pass to challenge. The others are in danger and think they will respond."
After hearing this, Sun Jian immediately stood up and said, "Jian is willing to be the front."
After hearing this, Yuan Shao was overjoyed and immediately said, "The Wentai is brave and fierce, so you can take this position."
Sun Jian had only three thousand troops, and his eldest son, Sun Ce, followed him, and four generals from the family: Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Mao.
When Hua Xiong saw that Sun Jian’s army was young, he didn’t care too much, so he asked Deputy General Hu Zhen to lead 5,000 troops out of the pass to fight.
Sun Jian's target was Hua Xiong, and Hu Zhen was still disdainful of taking action, so he sent Cheng Pu to face the enemy.
Cheng Pu pegasus and held a spear and took Hu Zhen straight.
Cheng Pu's force was 81, while Hu Zhen had only 69, so he was no match for Cheng Pu at all. Before he had fought several times, Cheng Pu hit Hu Zhen's throat with a spear, and Hu Zhen died under the horse.
Sun Jian took advantage of the victory and directly rushed to the front of Guan Huaxiong. Although Guan Shanghuaxiong was shocked by Hu Zhen's death, the city defense affairs were still arranged without any leakage, and the flying stone arrow feathers poured down like raindrops.
The Sishui Pass was majestic, the city walls were tall, and with a tiger general like Hua Xiong guarding it, Sun Jian suffered heavy losses and did not achieve much good results.
After Sun Jian retreated thirty miles away, he sent someone to Yuan Shao's place to report the victory in the rear, and then urged Yuan Shu to eat. Lei Heng had been sending people to pay attention to Yuan Shu, but there was no incident in the Romance of the Romance that Yuan Shu refused to give Sun Jian food.
After all, Sun Jian is still a subordinate of Yuan Shu now. With the great enemy of Huaxiong in Sishui Pass, Yuan Shu has no chance to cut off Sun Jian's food and grass.
Besides, there was a man under Huaxiong, a man named Li Su who used the Red Rabbit Horse to surrender to Lu Bu and kill Ding Yuan to Dong Zhuo. This man had some tricks and had an intelligence of 78, so he offered a plan to surround the rear of Sun Jian’s military camp from a small path.
After listening to Li Su's suggestion, Hua Xiong thought it was good, so he ordered the soldiers to have a meal, and then took advantage of the night to go down to the pass.
This was not a clever plan, but because Li Su was also considerate in details, and Sun Jian had no counselors around him, he didn't notice it.
That night, the moon was white and the wind was clear. When Hua Xiong led his troops to Sun Jian camp, it was already midnight.
Hua Xiong first divided part of the army to Li Su, asking him to bypass Sun Jian's barracks from the small path along the side and prepare to raid in the rear. Then Hua Xiong ordered the soldiers of the headquarters to beat drums and attack.
In the middle of the night, the loud drums and the soldiers' shouts of killing suddenly sounded, which was very terrifying.
Sun Jian woke up from his sleep and hurriedly put on his horse to command the army to resist.
Sun Jian rushed all the way and happened to meet Hua Xiong. Both of them were confident and arrogant people, and they did not retreat and started fighting each other.
Hua Xiong has 92 martial arts, Sun Jian has 93 martial arts, and the two have similar martial arts, and they are just about to meet a good talent, so it is easy to kill.
Sun Jian was in the enemy of Hua Xiong, and the other four generals led the soldiers to counterattack, but gradually recovered the defeat.
But at this time, Li Su led his army to arrive behind the camp. He asked the soldiers to set fire in Sun Jian's camp. This fire was extraordinary, and the burning of Sun Jian's army immediately became a little fluctuating.
Afterwards, Li Su and Hua Xiong attacked each other in front and behind, and followed the situation to cover up the killing, and Sun Jian's army gradually became a little unable to resist.
Hua Xiong's Western Liang Iron Cavalry has strong combat power. Although Sun Jian is a tiger in Jiangdong, the Changsha soldiers he brought cannot be like him. They are all tigers, and are all lower than those of the Western Liang army in terms of force.
Sun Jian's four generals were killed by Hua Xiong's army and fought each other. Only Zu Mao followed Sun Jian and protected Sun Jian and left.
When Hua Xiong saw Sun Jian running away, he naturally pursued him relentlessly.
Sun Jian took out the bow and arrow and fired two arrows in a row, but Hua Xiong avoided them. When Sun Jian fired the third arrow, he pulled the magpie's bow because he was too strong, so he had to abandon the bow and run on his horse.
However, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry led by Hua Xiong was rushing to chase after him and was about to catch up with Sun Jian. Zu Mao, who was following him, saw the situation was critical, and he said to Sun Jian: "Lord, the helmet on your head is too eye-catching and can be identified by the enemy. Why not take off the helmet and let me wear this helmet to lead the enemy away."
Although Sun Jian knew that if he did what Zu Mao said, Zu Mao would definitely be in danger. But there was no better way. No matter how reluctant he was, he could only exchange his helmets with Zu Mao, and escaped in two ways.
Now the night is dark, although Hua Xiong's eyesight is amazing, he can only rely on his helmet to identify Sun Jian, so he chases Zu Mao, and Sun Jian is able to escape from danger from the small path.
Zu Mao was anxious when he was chased by Hua Xiong, so he hung his helmet on the wooden stake, but he went into the woods to hide.
Hua Xiong led the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. When he saw the helmet under the moonlight, he asked the soldiers to surround him. Hua Xiong slowly stepped forward and found that he had been deceived. This was just a wooden stake.
Hua Xiong sent his soldiers to search around. Seeing that Zu Mao could not hide anymore, he rushed out from the forest and waved his swords to kill Hua Xiong. However, Zu Mao had only 78 martial arts, how could he be Hua Xiong's opponent? Hua Xiong shouted loudly, and after a few rounds of battle, he slashed Zu Mao on the horse with a knife.
Hua Xiong was very unhappy when he did not catch Sun Jian. He could only take the Western Liang Iron Cavalry to chase and kill Sun Jian's fleeing soldiers until dawn, and Hua Xiong returned to Sishui Pass.
Two days later, Yuan Shao was even more unable to hold back when he learned about Sun Jian's defeat and urged the troops to rush to Sishui Pass.
This time, Hua Xiong took the iron cavalry out of the Sishui Pass, and asked the soldiers to pick up Sun Jian's helmet with long bamboo poles and kept fighting outside the camp of the vassal coalition forces.
Hua Xiong used to be the number one strong general under Dong Zhuo, with great power and great appreciation. But since Lu Bu surrendered to Dong Zhuo, he has become much more frustrated. Now that Hua Xiong defeated Sun Jian, the depression in his heart has dissipated a lot. It feels that he has proved his ability to Dong Zhuo. He is proud and considers the heroes of Kanto as rats. After all, Sun Jian, the famous Jiangdong tiger, has been defeated by him, so it is normal for Hua Xiong to be a little arrogant.
However, Hua Xiong led his army out of the city to invite the battle, and was too careless to underestimate the enemy. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If Hua Xiong defends the city with all his strength, it will definitely be difficult to conquer even if the princes' coalition forces have more than 100,000 troops. Now Hua Xiong wants to fight with others one by one. Once he fails or even dies, the morale of the army at the Si Shui Pass will definitely be unstable. Without the command of the chief general, he may be defeated by the princes' coalition forces.
Chapter completed!