Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 151 Breakthrough!

At the second quarter of Yinshi (4:30 note ①), at dawn, everything is silent, and a glimmer of light from the eastern horizon cautiously infiltrates the dark sky.

Wei Yan led the war horse, carried Liming on his back, and stepped on the muddy road one by one, leaving footsteps behind.Due to the rare torrential rain yesterday afternoon, the hills and slopes in the northwest collapsed, and the road was covered by mud.

It was very quiet along the way, only the sound of soldiers panting and dull footsteps echoed in Wei Yan's ears.He looked at the dark road ahead, as if hiding a fierce beast.Along the way, palpitations came to my heart from time to time, which made Wei Yan very uneasy.

Wei Yan stopped involuntarily, looked at the unremarkable soil slope nearby, and then raised his head to look not far away at Zhongshan Village, where the flames were raging into the sky. Feeling that he was making a fuss, he started his journey again.

Huang Xi beside him seemed to notice Wei Yan's strangeness, and couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Is there something wrong with the general?"

Wei Yan held the rein in his hand, stopped his steps, pointed around, and said, "There is nothing wrong with it, it just feels that the surrounding area is too quiet."

Huang Xi looked around, smiled and said to Wei Yan: "The general is too worried, isn't it always so quiet after the heavy rain?"

After hearing this, Wei Yan always felt that it was different from the tranquility after the rain, but he couldn't describe it.

While Wei Yan was deep in thought, the guards came towards him with a few fugitives and said, "General Wei, we found the fugitives in Zhongshan Tun."

Wei Yan straightened his back, pressed his sword with his left hand, and asked in a deep voice: "How is the battle in Zhongshantun, how many people are there in the enemy army?"

The fugitives knelt on the mud tremblingly, and replied in fear: "The soldiers in Zhongshan almost fled. Only Li Xiaowei and his army were left. They fought hard and tried to escape from the east gate. I don't know, I only know that the enemy army is large in number, there should be less than two thousand people."

Wei Yan nodded slightly, and waved his hand as a gesture for the fugitives to retreat.

When the fugitives walked more than ten steps away, Wei Yan called them back again, and said with a pleasant face, "Tonight is the enemy's night attack, so it's not considered a desertion. Go back to Dazhai to rest!"

The fugitives saluted deeply with excited expressions on their faces, and then retreated in small steps.

After being interrupted by this matter, Wei Yan had already put aside the doubts he had just suspected, and marched forward with a dull head, and urged: "The whole army speeds up, go to Zhongshantun, and recapture Zhongshantun."

They didn't dare to delay, and headed west all the way to Zhongshantun.

A while later, in Zhongshan Village, Zhang Yun received a report from the spies that Wei Yan had already crossed Chadao Ridge and was about to arrive at the camp.

Zhang He ordered his subordinates to wave flags as a signal, and let Li Xu and others leave the village.

So when Li Xu and other soldiers of the Han army were fighting with the soldiers of the Wei army, suddenly the formation of the soldiers of the Wei army at the east gate became loose, and a large number of soldiers withdrew to the two wings.

Li Xu and the others, who were almost in despair, only felt that the blocking power in front of them weakened instantly, and the Wei army formation in front of them could be easily pierced by them with a single charge.

"Wan Sheng! Follow me to break the formation!"

Li Xu clenched his teeth and shouted hoarsely.

The rest of the Han soldiers also felt the changes in the Wei army's formation, and fought hard with Li Xu.

Sure enough, Li Xu charged with the Han soldiers behind him, broke through the Wei army's formation, and then ran a few steps to escape from the camp.Li Xu wondered why the Wei army was no longer as brave as before, but as the shouts of killing sounded again, Li Xu did not dare to stay, and led the Han soldiers who had already escaped, and fled eastward.

Li Xu turned his head and saw the soldiers of the Wei army chasing him, jumped up the steep slope, and ran down, but the mud on the slope was too slippery, before he could take two steps, he fell to the ground and slid down.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Han army also followed Li Xu's example. They rolled down a hillside and didn't stop until the top of the mountain road.

Under the leadership of Niu Jin, the soldiers of the Wei Army chased them all out, and the sound of killing was loud.

The front soldiers of Wei Yan's army arrived just in time, picked up Li Xu and others who had rolled onto the mountain road, and retreated to the rear.

Wei Yan held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right. He led the elite central army to stand in front of the formation to prevent the Wei army from raiding the rear army that had not formed yet.

The terrain of the Zhongshan Tun camp is roughly on a gentle hillside, and there is a steep slope not far from the east gate, and the foot of the mountain is not reached until the steep slope.However, due to the steep slope, it is impossible to go down the mountain directly. It is necessary to take a detour from the gate of the village to the foot of the mountain.

Facing the soldiers of the Han army formed at the foot of the mountain, the soldiers of the Wei army had already formed a well-trained formation on the hillside under the command of Niu Jin.

The three soldiers in the front row walked slowly down the mountain road with their shields and spears in their hands, and thousands of soldiers from the Wei army descended in unison behind them.

Wei Yan took advantage of the dawn light to look at the soldiers of the Wei army, recognized their origin at a glance, and couldn't help but gasped.

I saw "Right General Zhang He" and "Wuwei Battalion" written on the flag of the Wei Army.

Huang Xi didn't know the details, so he asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?"

Wei Yan's face was serious, and he replied in a low voice: "Cao Wei's commander is surnamed Zhang, and the only survivor is Zhang Yun. The Wuwei Camp (Note ②) was formed by the tiger and leopard cavalry and Xu Chu's personal guards. elite."

Huang Xi couldn't help exclaiming: "Isn't this person in Jieting? How did he come here?"

Wei Yan remained silent, but thought in his heart, with the strength of the Wuwei battalion, how did Li Xu persevere until now?And seeing the reinforcements coming, he was not afraid at all, trying to take the initiative to attack.

not good!There is fraud in it!
Wei Yan didn't dare to be in a hurry, turned sideways to attack Huang, and said solemnly: "You immediately order the soldiers to retreat, and I will personally come to the rear."

Although Huang Xi was puzzled, he didn't dare to refute. He left and ordered the messenger to wave the flag, sound the bugle, and turn around to withdraw the troops.

On the hillside, Zhang He stroked his beard with a sneer, and said flatly, "Blow the horn and order Xiahouba to dispatch."

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

After hearing the sound, the wrestler blew the horn, and the sound resounded through the mountains.

A moment later, behind Wei Yan's army, at the chadaoling road, the sound of horns coincided, and the Wei army's flag was suddenly set up.

Wei Yan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, his gaze became extremely firm, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My queen, all the troops broke through."

Huang Xi interrupted immediately, and said sincerely: "A large army cannot be without a raid, but it must have a general. The general can lead the Chinese army to break through the encirclement and return to the camp in the east, and ask the prime minister for help."

Wei Yan's lips twitched, and he was about to say something, but Huang Xi pushed Wei Yan back, and said sharply: "General, Xi is a mediocre man with nothing but courage, but a captain. The general is the pillar of my great man." , An Neng compares!"

Wei Yan turned to look at Huang Xi, pursed his lips, and said solemnly: "From now on, your mother will be my mother, and your son will be my son."

Huang Xi grinned, looked fiercely at Wei Jun, held up his spear, and shouted: "Xi has received Han En, and today I am here to serve the country. I don't know which brother is willing to fight here with Xi."

Five hundred people from Huang Xi's troops shouted in unison, "I would like to follow the general!"

"Combine!"

"promise!"

Five hundred Han soldiers personally set up an array at the foot of the mountain to block the pursuers led by Niu Jin.
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①In ancient times, the time was divided into the pre-Tang and post-Tang periods. It was 12 o'clock in the evening before the Tang Dynasty, and 11 o'clock in the evening when it was the post-Tang Dynasty.Among them is because Li Chunfeng wrote "Linde Calendar", so Ziban is 12 o'clock, and it has been moved forward by one hour since then.

② "Military System of Past Dynasties": "At the beginning, Duke Cao set up the Wuwei camp in the prime minister's mansion to lead the army. And Emperor Wen added the Zhongying, so there were Wuwei and Zhongba two battalions, led by the general and five schools."

The Cao Wei Central Army has five battalions: Wuwei, Zhongba, Zhongjian, Xiaoqi, and Guerrilla, all of which are under the leadership of the Central Army.

(End of this chapter)