Chapter 97 Hua Xiong bows his head, Liu Cheng makes a strange plan (the eighth)
Above Sishui Pass, as Liu Cheng's voice sounded and people arrived, the expressions of Hua Xiong and Hua Xiong's generals couldn't help but darken.
Unfortunately, the messenger didn't know what happened between Liu Cheng and Hua Xiong in the past.
He immediately followed Liu Cheng's words and said, "Qi Duwei is right. In this matter, merit is merit and fault is fault. We cannot erase the merits of last time just because of this mistake. Mr. Hua Xiaowei
Take this reward..."
Hua Xiong was silent for a while, then reached out and took the seal, ribbon and other things from the messenger.
Then he turned to look at Liu Cheng, with a gloomy look on his face, and said: "The current situation of the battle is exactly as what the Cavalry Commander said. Hu Zhen led his troops in a surprise attack and was beheaded by Sun Jian, who had already ambushed him. Three thousand soldiers were either dead or surrendered.
No one has come back, how satisfied is the Commander-in-Chief?"
Listening to Hua Xiong's words, Liu Cheng said expressionlessly: "Hu Zhen died in battle, and three thousand soldiers died or surrendered. It is your fault. If you are angry in your heart, don't take it out on me! This is a sign of incompetence.
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If you are a man, just throw it at Sun Jian and others outside the Pass!
I was the one who dissuaded, not the one who killed Hu Zhen and others!
Hu Zhen was arrogant and arrogant. He only wanted to make meritorious deeds. He refused to listen to dissuasion and sent troops blindly, and he deserved his death!"
Liu Cheng looked at Hua Xiong and said this, his voice getting louder and louder, and strong anger emerged on his expressionless face!
"I don't feel sorry for him at all when he dies! It's just a pity for those three thousand good men!
Every one of them was raised by his father and mother, and they came out to seek a living with a knife, but because of the incompetence of the generals, they were killed alive in front of the Sishui Pass!"
Liu Cheng looked at Hua Xiong and others and almost roared, his eyes turning red at this time!
Listening to the last words spoken by Liu Cheng, looking at Liu Cheng's current state, Hua Xiong, who had been glaring at Liu Cheng just now, and Hua Xiong's generals all lowered their heads at this time...
"I came here not to see anyone's jokes, nor to make sarcastic remarks.
We are all subordinates of the Prime Minister, and we are stationed here under the orders of the Prime Minister to jointly defend Sishui Pass.
It makes me feel really sad to see so many soldiers die so worthlessly because of the selfishness and stupidity of the generals and become the enemy's military honors!"
"Now I have a way to avenge the innocent soldiers who died today and avenge their previous shame. I wonder if Hua Xiaowei and his subordinates are willing to listen?"
Han Cheng glanced at Hua Xiong and the generals around Hua Xiong.
"What's the solution?"
After a short period of silence, Hua Xiong raised his head and asked Liu Cheng with red eyes.
Many of the other Hua Xiong generals also looked up at Liu Cheng, waiting for Liu Cheng to speak.
At this moment, they could no longer laugh.
"Tonight, we will lead our troops out of the border again, raid Sun Jian's camp, and go to fight with Sun Jian!"
Liu Cheng spoke out such a plan in a leisurely manner, and everyone present could not help but be stunned.
They had just suffered a huge defeat, losing three thousand troops and one high-ranking general. It was a very heavy loss.
As a result, now, Liu Cheng actually proposed a plan to leave the border again for a sneak attack?! Before, it was you who prevented Hu Zhen from sending troops to attack. Now after Hu Zhen was beheaded, you told people to leave the border again and attack Sun Jian's camp at night.
, also you, this...
"What basis does the Cavalry Commander have for such a plan?
Why did you not allow troops to be sent out before, saying that sending troops would lead to defeat, and now after a huge defeat, you are advocating sending troops again?"
Hua Xiong, who was ambitious before and just wanted to attack Sun Jian quickly to defeat Sun Jian's troops and establish his achievements, now became hesitant after hearing Liu Cheng's words.
However, the words were no longer as charged as before.
"I didn't allow troops to be sent out before because I knew that Sun Jian was known as the Tiger of Jiangdong. He was very good at fighting, which was beyond the reach of ordinary generals. Bao Xin was defeated before. How could he not be prepared when he just arrived?
Therefore, it is said that you cannot send troops, otherwise you will lose if you send troops.
The reason why we say we can send troops now is because Sun Jian has already won a great victory when he came here today. He must despise us in his heart. He feels that because of today's huge defeat, we dare not send troops here, and our defenses must be relaxed.
If you send out troops to attack at night, you will definitely achieve success!"
Liu Cheng looked at Hua Xiong and Hua Xiong's subordinates and said this.
After Hua Xiong heard what Liu Cheng said, he hesitated for a while and did not answer.
Liu Cheng stood here and waited for a while, but when he got no reply, he shook his head without saying anything and left directly from here, all the way down the wall and back to his camp.
A group of hesitant Hua Xiong and Hua Xiong's tribe were left behind...
Outside Sishui Pass, Sun Jian and his subordinates all looked happy.
They have already heard about Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin's huge defeat here, and now they have just arrived with their troops and they have won such a big victory. How can this not make people happy?
Sun Jian immediately sent people to take the documents reporting the victory and the head of Hu Zhen, the general of Hua Xiong's tribe, to Yuan Shu at high speed, and also took the food supplies along with them.
While Sun Jian was arranging these things, his soldiers and horses were also working hard to build the camp.
This time they were very confident in their construction, because after experiencing the great victory just now, they did not think that the defenders in Sishui Pass would have the courage to rush out again.
In fact, this was indeed the case. It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Sun Jian's soldiers and horses completely built the camp and settled down. There was still no movement at Sishui Pass.
This made Sun Jian's subordinates feel more relieved.
Even though Sun Jian, as the commander-in-chief, said nothing, he felt a little relaxed in his heart...
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"Colonel, do you really want to do what Liu Kede proposes? We have already lost three thousand troops today. If we fail again this time, it will be really unhappy for the Colonel.
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Maybe the Prime Minister will transfer the captain away from here because of this.
We had some hostility towards Liu Kede from the beginning, so maybe this was a trap he deliberately set!"
In the camp where Hua Xiong was, all the senior generals under Hua Xiong were here.
Lieutenant General Zhao Cen seemed a little anxious to persuade Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong didn't say anything when he heard this, but turned his gaze to Li Su beside him.
"I think this is something we can try."
After seeing Hua Xiong's gaze, Li Su paused and spoke.
"When Hu Zhen went to war before, the Cavalry Commander saw that he would be defeated if he sent troops. At this time, he gave the opinion that he could send troops, and the reasons he gave were very reasonable.
As for using such means to assassinate the captain and transfer the captain away from Sishui Pass, it is unlikely.
Captain Qi does not look like this, and after Hu Zhen's defeat today, his expression of emotion does not seem to be fake."
After hearing this, Hua Xiong nodded: "This is the same as what I was thinking."
After that, he said to Li Su: "Go and prepare the torches and other fire starters for the night attack, and gather the soldiers by the way."
After explaining the matter, Hua Xiong hesitated in the tent for a while and then walked outside.
"Where will the captain go?"
Upon seeing this, general Zhao Cen quickly asked.
"I'm going to see Uncle Liu. He came up with the idea of the night attack. I want to go to him and ask him if he has any other corresponding ideas."
Hua Xiong said this, and after he finished speaking, he added like an explanation: "The war is coming. If we can have a better chance of winning, we can have a better chance of winning. We cannot afford another defeat, nor can we let our soldiers die in vain again!"
After Hua Xiong finished speaking, he quickened his pace and left, heading towards where Liu Cheng's barracks was. He looked like he was running away.
It wasn't until Zhao Cen was no longer in sight that Hua Xiong felt that the uncomfortable feeling like a light on his back disappeared.
Arriving in front of Liu Chengying's camp, Hua Xiong, who had just walked with great energy and looked even more majestic than Lu Bu, actually became a little hesitant.
He paused here for a while, then opened his mouth to the soldiers guarding the camp gate and said: "Can I please send a message to your Cavalry Commander that Hua Xiong has come to ask for an audience?"
After the soldier glanced at Hua Xiong, he communicated...
"...Captain Cavalry, what happened before was indeed my fault. I was in a daze at the time and just wanted to take the credit. I thought Captain Cavalry came here to take credit from me, so I did something stupid.
Please also ask the Cavalry Commander not to argue with a rough guy like me..."
In Liu Cheng's tent, Hua Xiong lowered his arrogant head towards Liu Cheng, whom he had looked down upon just a few hours ago.
"I know that I went too far in the past. Just a few words to admit my mistakes were not enough to calm the Cavalry Commander."
Hua Xiong said this, took out a sharp dagger from his waist, and then stabbed his left arm suddenly!
Just as the dagger was about to hit his arm, a hand grabbed his wrist.
Hua Xiong felt as if his wrist was bound by an iron hoop! The downward swing was completely stopped.
This hand does not look big, and is even a little thin.
But just such a hand, Hua Xiong's hand that was waving downwards with all his strength was unable to move at all!
Hua Xiong looked at this palm and felt waves in his heart.
Hua Xiong is very clear about how strong he is.
But now, he can clearly feel that the power contained in this palm is far beyond his own!
Although Hua Xiong knew that the man in front of him was extremely powerful when he first arrived in Luoyang and fought to a draw with Lu Bu, but now that he has personally experienced this man's power, he still has feelings for Liu Cheng.
I have a more direct feeling of combat power!
I have many feelings in my heart.
The person in front of me is indeed unbeatable, and his martial arts skills are far superior to his!
"What is Lieutenant Hua doing? They are all fighting men in the army. It is normal to have some competitive thoughts. Some things have been said and the misunderstanding has been resolved. How can you use a knife on yourself?"
The war is getting intense these days, so you'd better keep this arm for killing enemies!
It’s not a good thing to be stabbed at this time.”
Liu Cheng looked at Hua Xiong and slowly let go.
Hua Xiong hesitated for a while and then put the dagger on the table.
"I do have some ideas about this night attack. Since Captain Hua has come to ask, I naturally have no intention of hiding it."
"Tonight's raid, don't just send out one army, but two. One goes first, quietly goes around behind Sun Jian's camp, shouts to charge in, and sets fire according to the situation, and launches a surprise attack.
When we see the fire breaking out over there and the chaos in Sun Jian's camp, the troops here will dispatch to respond, attacking from both sides..."
Liu Cheng told Hua Xiong his follow-up plan without reservation.
After hearing what Liu Cheng said and thinking carefully for a while, Hua Xiong's eyes couldn't help but light up.
He stood up, saluted Liu Cheng respectfully and said: "If this battle can be successful, it will all be due to the emperor's uncle's plan! I will never thank you for your kindness. I will remember this in my heart!"
After saying that, he said goodbye to Liu Cheng and went to arrange the troops and horses according to Liu Cheng's instructions.
But at this moment, Liu Cheng called out to Hua Xiong.
"What do you think, Captain Hua, if I lead my troops around to the back of Sun Jian's camp this time?"
