There are a few bright stars in the sky, a few white clouds, and a full moon embedded in the blue sky like a jade plate. The bright moonlight shines on the earth, making the entire earth pale.
Under the silver-gray moonlight, torches were raised in all the large camps of the coalition forces, illuminating the surrounding area. At first glance, it looked like a long fire dragon. Near the dragon's tail, a floating side
The military camp under the banner with the word "高" seemed deathly silent. Most of the soldiers in the camp had already rested and were preparing for tomorrow's battle.
Suddenly, two fast horses came quickly from the dark forest outside the camp, running wildly and shouting "open the door".
The soldiers guarding the village gate knew one of them, their captain Li Tie, and they opened the gate without hesitation and let Li Tie and his companions into the camp.
As soon as Li Tie entered the camp, he immediately got off his horse and ran quickly towards the Chinese army's tent.
At this time, there was only one Gao Fei in the Chinese army tent. He was reading Sun Tzu's Art of War attentively, nodding in silence from time to time, absorbing a lot of the essence of military use and marching.
"Lord..." Li Tie shouted loudly and ran over from the camp gate.
The soldiers who were responsible for guarding outside the tent saw it and hurriedly blocked the way. One of them shouted: "No loud noises are allowed outside the lord's tent."
Gao Fei, who was in the big tent, heard my shouting outside, and immediately shouted outside: "Let people come in, and don't stop them."
A "Promise" came from outside the tent, and then the roller blind was opened, letting Li Tie directly into the big tent.
Gao Fei raised his eyelids, glanced at the panicked Li Tie, then temporarily put down the bamboo slips in his hand, moved his body forward, and asked softly: "It's you, why are you so panicked?"
After Li Tie paid his respects, he hurriedly said: "Something serious has happened. Please go and stop General Hua, my lord. Otherwise, General Hua will probably die..."
"Hua Xiong?" Gao Fei stood up in a hurry and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with Hua Xiong? What happened?"
So, Li Tie briefly told Ma Jiu's story.
After Gao Fei heard this, he immediately frowned. As he walked out of the tent, he said to Li Tie: "Notify Zhao Yun immediately and ask him to bring a hundred cavalry with me. Why can't Hua Xiong see such an obvious plot?"
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Li Tie said "Promise" and immediately ran out of the camp.
Gao Fei hurriedly put on his armor and put on his helmet. After arranging his weapons, he rushed outside the tent and shouted: "Prepare your horses!"
################################### Hua Xiong and other nineteen people, under the leadership of Ma Jiu,
We walked all the way northwest and soon came to the foot of a mountain.
"Brother Hua, here we are, I came down this road. The old thief Dong Zhuo locked up the family members of the Marquis and all the members of the Feiyu Army in a cave near Hulao Pass, and prepared to carry out all the executions tomorrow.
Kill. As long as we follow this road and climb over this mountain, we can rescue those people." Ma Jiu pointed to a winding mountain road ahead and said to Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong took advantage of the moonlight and glanced at the mountain road. The mountain road was quite steep, winding up the mountain and extending to the top. There were bushes on both sides and thorns all the way. He looked at the horse again.
The tattered look on Jiu’s body, as well as his hands
He saw obvious scratches on his arms and thighs, and he completely dropped his guard against Ma Jiu. He turned over and dismounted, walked to Ma Jiu, patted Ma Jiu on the shoulder, and said immediately: "Ma Jiu, I'm sorry, brother, I left at that time.
I was too hasty and didn't take you away, so you suffered."
Ma Jiu said: "Brother, what are you talking about? We brothers, what is there to say to others? Although I stayed in Chencang, I also served as a county captain for a long time. If it weren't for the old thief Dong Zhuo, I wouldn't
We will come here. Brother, come with me. I will lead the way. If we go back to the top of the mountain, we can take advantage of others and rescue the Marquis' family."
Hua Xiong nodded, looked around at the eighteen people around him, and said immediately: "You are all from Liangzhou and are my old troops. You made a lot of contributions to the capture of Sishui Pass last time. This time we are going to
Rescue the lord’s family, your family, and the families of our brothers who died in the battle.”
The other eighteen people all said in unison: "I am willing to listen to the general's orders."
Hua Xiong said: "Very good, Ma Jiu, lead the way."
Ma Jiu responded and was the first to climb up the mountain. As he walked, he said: "Brother Hua, I found this mountain road after asking the local woodcutter. After we rescue Mr. Hou's family, we will return
We can use this mountain road to go directly over Hulao Pass, so that we can eliminate the old thief Dong Zhuo by attacking from both sides."
Hua Xiong nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too. Let's go together."
So, Ma Jiu started to chat with Hua Xiong while walking, chatting about things in their childhood, talking and laughing.
Hua Xiong had no doubts about Ma Jiu and was not wary at all. He would never believe that his brother for many years would harm him, so he and Ma Jiu climbed up the mountain talking and laughing without noticing at all.
I am falling into the enemy's trap step by step.
Hua Xiong and others usually train rigorously, and they are also members of the first batch of Feiyu Army. They are very agile. When they were training in Wuyue Mountain, climbing over mountains and ridges was commonplace, and it was useless for a group of people.
It didn't take long for them to reach the top of the mountain, leaving Ma Jiu far behind.
After reaching the top of the mountain, Hua Xiong looked around and saw a valley due west. There were lights in the valley, and it was hard to see clearly. He pointed at the valley and shouted to Ma Jiu, who was still climbing.
Said: "Ma Jiu, is that the valley over there?"
Ma Jiu gasped for air. When he heard Hua Xiong's question, he replied: "Yes... that's... that's the valley over there. All the people are locked in there. They will be interrogated and killed tomorrow."
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Seeing Ma Jiu's slow movements, Hua Xiong rushed to rescue people, so he left two people behind and ordered: "You two stay and follow Ma Jiu behind. I will go with them to rescue people. If we save
If you have someone, you might as well have someone to help you."
After giving the instructions, Hua Xiong led sixteen people along the winding and rugged road leading to the valley.
Ma Jiu finally climbed to the top of the mountain. Panting and looking around, there were only two people left, and Hua Xiong and the others were gone. He hurriedly asked: "Hua...Brother Hua"
Woolen cloth?"
The soldier replied: "General Hua took the first step, let us catch up with you."
Ma Jiu rolled his eyes and said hurriedly: "You are all members of the Feiyu Army, so you must be worried about your family. I am not strong enough, and I don't want to drag you down. You should hurry up and catch up with Brother Hua. I
You'll be fine here alone, few people come to this road."
The two soldiers looked at each other and felt that what Ma Jiu said made sense, so they bowed their hands to Ma Jiu, left Ma Jiu together, and headed forward to catch up with Hua Xiong.
When Ma Jiu saw the two soldiers leaving, he immediately sat on the big rock, rested for a while, then walked through the dense forest towards the southwest. After walking for about ten minutes, Ma Jiu stopped.
, looked around, then imitated the hoot of an owl and hooted twice.
Not long after his voice fell, a group of people immediately emerged from the dense forest. The leader was Guo Si, one of Dong Zhuo's most trusted generals.
Guo Bang led dozens of soldiers to surround Ma Jiu. He walked to Ma Jiu expressionlessly and asked hurriedly: "How is it? Is Hua Xiong here?"
Ma Jiu patted his chest and said proudly: "When I, Ma Jiu, take action, I can capture him easily. General, you can rest assured. Huh?"
Guo Si asked: "What's wrong?"
Ma Jiu looked around, but did not find Li Ru, so he hurriedly asked: "Where is Mr. Li?"
Guo Bang said coldly: "Master Li is very busy with official duties. He doesn't need to deal with these small matters. With me blocking him here, Hua Xiong will not be able to escape 100%."
Ma Jiuyin smiled and said: "Then my position as the prefect of Hanyang, I don't know Mr. Li..."
The soldier suddenly pushed Ma Jiu to the ground, interrupting what Ma Jiu was about to say. No matter how hard Ma Jiu struggled, he could not break free.
Ma Jiu's expression changed drastically and he shouted hurriedly: "General, what are you doing? I am a man of merit."
Guo Bang suddenly sneered, with a look of ferocity on his face. He took out his sword and said contemptuously: "You? You still want to be the prefect of Hanyang? You can even betray your own brother.
Is there anything else you dare not do? You can do it today
If you betray Hua Xiong, you will definitely betray the Grand Master. Do you want to be the Grand Administrator of Hanyang? Go to the underworld and do it. Don't blame me. If you want to blame me, blame you for listening to Li Ru's slander. He is better than anyone else.
Ruthless, you are just one of his pawns."
As soon as Guo Si finished speaking, he immediately swung his sword and killed Ma Jiu. Ma Jiu didn't even have time to scream, and the head was already separated from the body.
After killing Ma Jiu, Guo Si hurriedly ordered: "Go to the mountain road and set up defenses to prevent reinforcements from Gao Fei. Send a signal to Yang Feng and Xu Huang to tell them that they can take action."
"promise!"
Hua Xiong was still walking along the mountain road with his sixteen subordinates. Suddenly he heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned around and saw the two subordinates he had left behind, so he asked: "Why are you here? Where is Ma Jiu?"
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The soldier replied: "Ma Jiu said he would not be in danger and asked us to follow the general to save people."
Hua Xiong said: "Well, we don't know the strength of the enemy yet. One more person will increase the chance of victory. Let's leave as soon as possible."
The group of people walked forward for a while and came to a long and narrow mountain road. They were about to continue walking forward when they suddenly heard a loud noise and saw a ball of fire appearing in the southwest, and wisps of long smoke gradually rose into the area.
High in the sky.
At this moment, many soldiers and generals suddenly appeared around the mountain road, and fires also started, illuminating the entire long and narrow mountain road.
Hua Xiong and others were shocked. Seeing that the soldiers who appeared were Dong Zhuo's soldiers, they quickly drew their weapons and formed a circle back to back.
At both ends of the mountain road, a general appeared. In the front was a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and a long beard reaching to his chest, and behind was a young man wearing armor, a bronze helmet on his head, and holding a big ax in his hand.
The rocks on both sides were full of soldiers, each holding a bow and arrow in their hands, ready to shoot.
The middle-aged man took a step forward, laughed and said, "Hua Xiong, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
As soon as the group of people came out, Hua Xiong knew that he had been tricked, but he still did not believe that the person who harmed him was Ma Jiu, so he shouted: "Ma Jiu - come out, come out quickly -"
The middle-aged man said: "Stop shouting, it's useless to shout. When the signal came, Ma Jiu had already lost his head. If you want to find him, just go to the underworld. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you."
You, the person who harmed you is Ma Jiu."
Hua Xiong regretted not listening to Li Tie's words. He was so upset that he said to the middle-aged man: "You bastards, you must have intimidated Ma Jiu..."
"My Yang Feng, if you get to the underworld, please send a message to Ma Jiu and tell him that I, Yang Feng, thank him for his contribution. With your head, I can take credit from the Grand Master."
The young man clasped his fists and said with a smile on his face, "However, the Grand Master has told us that if you surrender, we don't have to kill you. After all, you used to be the Grand Master's confidant. As long as you are willing to surrender..."
"Bah! Tell Dong Zhuo, old thief, that I, Hua Xiong, would rather die than surrender!" Hua Xiong showed a ferocious look on his face and shouted loudly, "Brothers, we must not embarrass our lord.
You're a weakling, you'll kill him!"
"Kill!" Hua Xiong and a dozen people suddenly dispersed and began to rush towards both ends.
Yang Feng's expression changed and he hurriedly ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
With an order, hundreds of arrows were shot from all directions, turning those who tried to rush out into hedgehogs. They fell one after another, each person's body was full of arrows, and they let out miserable screams.
's cry.
Hua Xiong was hit by more than a dozen arrows. He endured the pain in his body but did not forget to use up his last bit of strength to throw the knife in his hand towards Yang Feng. Unfortunately, although the knife was thrown, it fell not far away.
Suddenly, Hua Xiong and his eighteen men died in this long and narrow mountain road in an instant.
Yang Feng looked at Hua Xiong's body, walked straight over, and kicked it with his feet. Seeing that Hua Xiong was motionless, he was sure that Hua Xiong was completely dead, so he shook his head and said with a smile: "Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong, too
The master overestimates you too much. To deal with you alone, you actually mobilized so much troops and mobilized hundreds of elite soldiers at once. I think you are just..."
Before he could say anything, he suddenly felt a giant hand grabbing his foot. He was startled. He lowered his head and saw Hua Xiong staring at him with two ferocious eyes, and there was also a sound coming from his foot.
Waves of pain. He screamed and hurriedly pulled out his sword. While shouting "bastard", he dropped the sword and directly cut off Hua Xiong's arm.
With a scream of "Ah", half of Hua Xiong's arm fell off his body. His mouth was filled with blood. He used his last bit of strength to raise his head slightly and vomited it towards Yang Feng.
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Yang Feng's face was sprayed with blood. He was furious. He thrust his sword into Hua Xiong's heart and shouted, "Why aren't you dead yet? I'll let you die...die...go to hell."
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The moment the sharp blade penetrated his heart, Hua Xiong died with resentment, without saying a word. With great resentment and regret, he could no longer move.
Yang Feng stabbed Hua Xiong's chest more than a dozen times with his sword, stabbing Hua Xiong's chest to pieces. He was still angry. He saw that although Hua Xiong was dead, he was still glaring at him. He immediately raised his feet and looked at him.
Then he stomped Hua Xiong hard on the face. He was about to stomp the second time.
At that moment, his body was suddenly pushed hard, and he rolled backwards. He fell heavily on the rock and was bruised and swollen. In anger, he jumped up suddenly and cursed: "Which bastard doesn't want to live?"
Now, you dare to push me? Are you tired of living..."
Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw a young man holding a big ax picking up Hua Xiong's body and carrying it on his shoulders. He hurriedly shouted: "Gongming! It was you who pushed me just now? What are you going to do?
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The young man's head only turned half a circle, and an extremely cold gaze fell on Yang Feng. Under the light of the fire, there was a green birthmark on the left cheek of the young man. It looked so...
Half of his face was extremely ferocious, and combined with his cold eyes, on a night like this, it made people feel as if they had seen a ghost, making people shudder.
Yang Feng was intimidated by the young man's gaze and took two steps back. A trace of panic appeared on his face, and he hurriedly asked: "You... what are you going to do? Quickly cut off Hua Xiong's head so that we can withdraw our troops and return to the camp.
, to ask for credit from the Grand Master."
The young man's surname is Xu Minghuang, whose courtesy name is Gongming. He was originally a general under Yang Feng's command. Today, he was recommended by Li Ru and was appointed as the Zhonglang General in the fight against thieves, together with Yang Feng.