The sky turned brighter, revealing everything that happened in the darkness.
In front of Sishui Pass, there was a mess.
The blood was pungent to the nose, countless corpses were lying on the ground, and many broken limbs were scattered around.
Further away, the camp set up by Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin also became dilapidated.
Many places have been burned down and reduced to ashes, and some places are still emitting fireworks at this time...
At the Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong, who was fighting outside in the middle of the night, was covered in blood.
He had not slept all night, but he was in very good spirits. He was extremely excited, and there were a bunch of heads around him.
Among them, the one with the highest official position was Bao Xin's younger brother Bao Zhong.
In the encounter last night, Bao Zhong's side was already at a disadvantage. In addition, as a general, Bao Zhong was hacked to death by Hua Xiong not long after the battle began. The soldiers and horses who lost their command were suppressed.
The soldiers and horses of Xiliang took a breath and rushed forward, many of them ran back.
Hua Xiong led his troops and horses, chasing after these defeated soldiers, and rushed all the way to Bao Xin's camp...
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"Damn it! You are still making noise here!
Didn’t you scold me happily yesterday?
Why don’t you scold me now?!”
Hua Xiong hit Bao Xin on the head with the handle of his knife, spit on the ground, and cursed loudly.
Bao Zhong remained silent.
"Send the letter reporting the victory to Luoyang together with Bao Zhong's head, and report it to the Prime Minister!"
He gave orders, and soon someone had all these ready, and the horses galloped all the way to Luoyang...
Liu Cheng, who led his troops to rush to the aid of Sishui Pass, met the messenger of victory near Sishui Pass.
From the mouth of the messenger who reported victory, I learned about the battle that took place in front of Sishui Pass.
"Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, Bao Zhong's head...Hua Xiong is indeed quite powerful..."
Looking at the envoy who was riding towards Luoyang to report the victory, Liu Cheng muttered this softly and continued to lead his troops towards Sishui Pass.
At ten minutes past noon that day, we had already arrived at Sishui Pass.
After receiving the news that Liu Cheng and his troops had arrived at Sishui Pass for support, Hua Xiong, who had just been awakened from his sleep by his subordinates, felt that his boss was not happy, and his face was gloomy and scary.
Although those people in Guandong were shouting fiercely and their momentum was not small, Hua Xiong did not take them seriously.
Because he knew that most of the troops led by these people were recruits who had been gathered in a hurry.
Many times ago, farmers were still only doing crop work. Apart from kitchen knives and hatchets, they had never even touched the handles of knives.
Among the alliance formed by Yuan Shao, the more capable ones were Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei, and Gongsun Zan, Governor of Liaodong.
Bao Xin himself has experienced it, but that’s just it!
I think Gongsun Zan was like that.
The rest of the people are like chickens and dogs!
In Hua Xiong's view, these loud and powerful people from Guandong were not here to fight at the Knock Pass at all.
I came here to share the merits with him and his subordinates!
He has a world-famous pass like Sishui Pass as his support, and he has such elite soldiers under his command. He is not afraid of any number of such opponents!
If you let yourself fight this kind of battle from beginning to end, then after the war is over, you don’t know how great your achievements will be!
It is not impossible to become the number one general under the Prime Minister!
But now, Liu Cheng suddenly came and wanted to take away his credit.
It would be fine if this man were just an ordinary general, but he was a man with very strong combat power who could fight to a draw with a terrifying being like Lu Bu!
These days, Hua Xiong, who has been very happy that he was lucky enough to be transferred to Sishui Pass, at this moment, facing such a thing, it would be weird if he could feel happy in his heart.
Moreover, in addition to these, the fact that the Prime Minister sent Liu Cheng and Liu Kede over at this time also potentially illustrates one thing.
The thing is, Xiangguo cannot trust his own abilities.
I feel that I cannot face such a situation alone.
Otherwise, why would you send Liu Cheng and Liu Kede here as your helping hand?
Sitting here, Hua Xiong pondered this matter over and over again. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. It was more disgusting than eating a mouse from the meal when it was delicious.
After doing this for a while, he simply lay back on the bed and said to the soldier who came to call him: "As you said, I fought hard last night and this morning, and I felt sleepy. I shouted several times.
They didn't even wake me up, they couldn't bear to wake me up..."
Although the soldier didn't think through his general's intention for a while, he still took the order and went out...
"Can't you wake up from a deep sleep?"
Liu Cheng, who came to Sishui Pass again, looked at the Hua Xiong soldiers who came to reply, and muttered this sentence in his mouth.
Li Su, who had already come to greet him, heard the words and said with a smile: "The military situation is urgent. Captain Hua has had very little sleep in the past few days. He personally led his troops out of the customs last night and fought fiercely with the thieves all night. He came back this morning and again
I started arranging a lot of things before going to sleep.
By now, I should have slept for less than an hour... Why don't you ask someone to come over and shout?"
He looked at Liu Cheng, said something, and then began to seek Liu Cheng's opinion.
Li Su had already said this, so Liu Cheng would naturally not let him call Hua Xiong again.
"The Huaxiao Lieutenant works hard to kill the enemy. Unlike an idler like me, it is better not to disturb the Huaxiao Lieutenant.
Zhonglang will take me around here at Sishui Pass and just take a look."
Liu Cheng said in a very considerate and kind manner.
Li Su's current official position is Huben Zhonglang General, which is equivalent to the head of the guard regiment that protects the emperor.
It's just that his official position is obviously a bit empty, otherwise, it would not be that he was not in Luoyang, but in Sishui Pass.
Moreover, here at Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong is still the main...
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Liu Cheng's troops camped behind Sishui Pass and settled down.
Sishui Pass is just a building with an extremely majestic and steep wall as its main body. Its main purpose is to guard the main road, not to house people.
Although there are some facilities like Tibetan Soldier Cave built above, they are only a few after all, so the troops stationed here basically set up camp behind Sishui Pass.
Inside the newly built tent, a brazier was lit. Liu Cheng, the leader of the army, as well as Liao Hua, Li Jin, and several other higher-ranking generals in Liu Cheng's army were surrounding a stove.
Eat hot pot.
This was proposed by the general Liu Cheng.
It's not just these people who have improved their food, the food of other people has also improved today. Of course, their food is not hot pot.
This was proposed by the general Liu Cheng.
It was said that it was New Year's Day yesterday, and I and others were walking on the road, and they did nothing else except hurrying.
Today is the first day of the new year. I and others have arrived at their destination and have initially settled down. There is no war for the time being, and we need to get some delicious food to make up for our shortcomings.
Hot pot is delicious, at least for people like Liao Hua and Li Jin.
Because the soup base of the hot pot is made by Liu Cheng, a master who is very good at cooking.
Delicious hot pot, coupled with such cold weather, is really very comfortable.
But Liao Hua and others did not eat very happily, and some of them even gritted their teeth.
Because there is a stove in the tent, and there are side dishes placed on it.
But there was no fire under the stove, and no one was sitting around.
That was prepared by Liu Cheng and some senior generals under Hua Xiong.
"Let's just eat what we have. Don't pay attention to this. Don't let it put you in a bad mood."
Liu Cheng, the general, was not affected at all and said to his generals with a smile.
They even took out a small bottle of distilled alcohol from the box, and one person poured a little bit for them so that everyone could taste it.
I didn't dare to drink more. We were in the army at this time, and drinking in the army was not a good thing.
Not only are you not allowed to drink while riding a horse, you are not allowed to drink while riding a horse, you are also not allowed to drink in the military camp.
Because there have always been many people who got into trouble by drinking in the military, Liu Cheng did not want to make this mistake.
"Tonight is a special situation. We all have a little taste. This is what it means. When the war is over and we return to Luoyang, I will let you drink as much as you can of such good wine!
Get drunk and then rest!"
Liu Chengba smacked his lips, looked at the wine bottle in his hand, made a reluctant look, and said to everyone, causing everyone to laugh.
Although he said he was reluctant to leave, Liu Cheng firmly put the bottle of wine back...
Liu Cheng prepared hot pot for Hua Xiong and others tonight, but he did not go to invite Hua Xiong, but just prepared the things here.
Come, there is wine and food here.
If you don't come, then you won't come.
These dishes won't go to waste either.
Time passed little by little while Liu Cheng and others were cooking hot pot, and the night became darker.
All the ingredients Liu Cheng prepared were also eaten.
Some of the ingredients on the other side of the table were also taken over and eaten.
Seeing that many people were stretched out and stroking their stomachs with their hands, and began to eat slowly and carefully, Liu Cheng also gave the order to end the hot pot cooking.
What needs to be explained has already been clearly explained to everyone during the process of making the hot pot. At this time, they can just disperse and there is no need to explain anything further.
"This Hua Xiong is very unfriendly!"
On the way out of Liu Cheng's tent, Li Jin said to Liao Hua.
Liao Hua also became angry: "It's so shameless! I just want to chop it off!"
Li Jin said: "It is indeed excessive, but there is no need to do anything drastic. I think our Cavalry Commander is not surprised by such a situation.
Setting up such delicacies as hot pot without notifying Hua Xiong specifically, just sitting in the tent and waiting, is more like giving Hua Xiong a deadline.
Now that the deadline has expired, I'm afraid Hua Xiong will have a hard time in the future and have to pay the price for today's arrogance and rudeness.
You and I have been following Captain Qi for some time, and we both know the character and abilities of Captain Qi.
Judging from the reaction of the Cavalry Commander, he should have an idea in mind.
We will not interfere in these matters. We will only manage the troops and horses according to the instructions given by the Commander-in-Chief, so as not to do other things and ruin the plans of the Commander-in-Chief."
Liao Hua nodded when he heard this: "Well, let's just manage the troops and horses and prepare for the battle. Soldiers will eventually have to carry a knife and see the truth on the battlefield!..."
Liu Cheng did have a plan in mind.
Others only saw Hua Xiong's majesty at this time, but he, who came from later generations, knew what Hua Xiong's ending would be.
This Bishui Pass is the place where Hua Xiong gained his majesty and also the place where he died.
Liu Cheng came here with good intentions at first, but when he got here, he was left alone here.
At noon, it can be said that there was a fierce battle, and I was still sleeping soundly.
At this time, it's already late at night, you can't still be asleep, right?
Since that's the case...
In the big tent, Liu Cheng smiled, placed a long pillow on his bed, and covered it with a quilt, making it look like someone was sleeping in it.
I hugged another bedding and slept on a small bed placed in another inconspicuous corner of the tent...
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"Let's go, follow me to meet our Cavalry Captain!"
In the afternoon of the next day, Hua Xiong smiled and said to some people around him...
