Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 284
May, Longyou, Wating Road.

More than [-] Wei troops were riding along Wating Road to the hinterland of Longyou. The Chinese army hung the "Xiahou" tooth flag.

Xia Houba looked up at the sky, waved his hands and said, "Take a break and set off again!"

"promise!"

Xia Houba got off his horse, spread out the map of Wating Road, and looked at it carefully.

"General, please!"

Xia Houba took the water bag and took a few sips, but his eyes never left the map.

After a while, Xia Houba got back on his horse and led the crowd to continue crossing Longshan Mountain.

Suddenly, the waiting cavalry galloped over, panting and reporting: "General, there are Han cavalry blocking the way."

Xia Houba looked serious, and asked: "How many miles are there to our army!"

"Ten miles." Hou Qi replied.

Seeing this, Deputy General Zhang Hu asked Chi Chi, "General, should our army fight or retreat?"

Reining in the horse's head, Xia Houba said in a deep voice: "Our army has entered Longyou under the command of the Great Sima and harassed the Han army's grain road. How can we return without success. Everyone, follow me to defeat the enemy and kill the enemy cavalry."

"No!" The crowd cheered loudly.

Without saying a word, Zhang Hu took off the armor on the pack horse and put it on.

Xia Houba held his bow tightly, led two thousand Wei cavalry, and rode away along Wating Road.

The armies of the Han and Wei dynasties faced each other, and when they reached less than one mile.Xia Houba glanced over and saw the "horse" tooth flag flying on it not far away.

Xia Houba pursed his lips, his heart sank, the general of Xishu had a surname Ma and led his cavalry, so it was undoubtedly Ma Dai.

Taking a deep breath, Xiahouba clenched the spear tightly in his hand, restrained his mind, and stared at the front without fear.

As the two armies got closer and closer, Han Qizhong took the lead in splitting up thousands of rangers to attack.

Zhang Hu also led the rangers of the Wei army to go forward, while Xia Houba led the trapped cavalry behind the formation. The cavalry of the two armies crossed and arrows flew.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Dai led the Qiang people to trap the cavalry, armed with cavalry spears, and attacked the cavalry led by Xia Houba from the center.

The armored and trapped cavalry of the two armies approached quickly, and they were deeply wedged in one place in the next instant.

In an instant, the two armies intertwined.The cavalry screamed, the horses neighed, the swords clashed, the spears broke, and the armor shattered, all the sounds and images were poured into Wei Yan's senses
When the two armies intersected, Xia Houba faced the incoming Han cavalry with quick hands and quick eyes. He stabbed the Han cavalry's chest with a long spear in his hand, and the sharp lance blade passed by at high speed.

With a loud bang, the heavy armor of the Han rider shattered, and the shattered pieces of armor flew everywhere, and Xia Houba's horse pierced through the chest of the Han rider in an instant.

Xia Houba let go of his horse, drew out the sword around his waist and continued to kill the Han cavalry around him.

On the hill not far away, Huang Quan climbed up to look, and behind him several Han generals looked at each other with swords.

I saw Wei Qi, headed by Xia Houba, rushing wantonly in the Han army in a conical formation.Moreover, Xia Houba's cavalry behind him seemed to be even more elite, wearing a beast-faced hood, a mask, and fish-scale iron armor, exuding a murderous aura.

Huang Quan was dressed in armor, pressed the Han sword in his hand, and asked approvingly under his finger: "Who is this general? He is so brave."

Jia Si glanced at him, cupped his hands and replied, "General Qi, this man is from Pei Guoqiao. His surname is Xiahou, his name is Ba, and his style name is Zhongquan. He was originally the second son of Xiahouyuan, the general who conquered the West. Clan Tiger General."

Hearing this, Huang Quan looked at Xiahouba who was rushing to kill randomly in the formation, and sighed, "There are many heroes from the clan against the Wei Dynasty. There is Cao Zhen in the front, and Xiahouba in the back. Xiahouba's bravery does not live up to the name of his father Xiahouyuan, but it is a pity that today we are waiting. There is no Huang Hansheng here!"

After a pause, Huang Quan ordered everyone to say: "Order people to surround and kill Xia Houba, don't show mercy."

"promise!"

Xia Houba, who was fighting among the crowd, saw that there were more and more Han cavalry around him, and knew that it was impossible to cross Longshan and disturb the grain road, so he shouted for everyone to retreat.

Facing the retreating Wei Qi, Han Qi rushed forward and chased after him.

Faced with such a situation, Xia Houba led nearly a hundred tiger and leopard riders around him to cut off the rear, fought left and right, and was shot several times in the body. He retreated with Wei Qi without any fear.

After the battle, the cavalry of the Han army swept the battlefield, and Huang Quan also came down from the mountain.

Ma Dai looked ashamed, and apologized to Huang Quan, saying: "Dai violated the military order and did not kill Xia Houba, please punish him by the general of chariots and riders."

Huang Quan helped Ma Dai up with a smile, and said: "The military order is to repel Xiahouba, and killing Xiahouba is just a momentary speech."

"Thank you, General!" Ma Dai responded.

Huang Quan looked at Wei Qi who had been captured on the battlefield, and asked, "Is there any purpose of torture to find out the purpose of these Wei Qi entering Longyou?"

Ma Dai nodded, cupped his hands and said, "According to Wei Qi who surrendered, they were ordered by the Great Sima Cao Zhen to try to take advantage of our Han army's far away Gaoping City, when Longyou was empty, and attacked our army's grain road."

Huang Quan nodded slightly, murmured for a while, and ordered: "Pass the battle report to the Prime Minister, saying that the Wei army is short of food. Xia Houba intends to go deep into Longyou from Wating Road to attack the grain road, and has been defeated by our army. Let the Prime Minister feel at ease. Enemy Cao Zhen, there is no need to worry about the safety of Longyou!"

"promise!"

Ma Dai was a little puzzled, and asked: "General, the Wei army just wants to attack the food road, why do you say that the Wei army is short of food?"

Hearing this, Huang Quan lifted the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Ten days ago, our army harvested winter wheat, and the Prime Minister and Cao Zhen held the first city for several days. After that, Cao Zhen sent Xia Houba into Longyou along Wating Road, intending to harass Our army said, this is not without reason."

"Wei army rations are supplied by Guanzhong and Wushui Army Tunnel. Now that the winter wheat in Wushui has been harvested, Prime Minister Shang can't hold out. If Cao Zhen's army is not short of food, he will not order Xiahouba to venture into Longyou to cut off food. Instead, he will fight with Prime Minister Shang For a long time, when the Prime Minister's food is exhausted, the Prime Minister is forced to retreat."

As he said that, Huang Quan looked at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, as thick as ink, like heavy rain, and sighed, "Now the situation is in the hands of my big man, not Cao Zhen. Presumably with the power of the above prime minister, Cao Zhen's defeat will not be far away." carry on."

Ma Dai nodded thoughtfully, and replied: "General Cheqi, what should my department do next?"

Huang Quan put his hands behind his waist and said with a smile, "No hurry, our army can just stick to the passes of Longshan Mountain, and send out scouts to collect information. As for the prime minister's use of troops, that's beyond our ability to think about."

Before the words fell, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, Huang Quan, Ma Dai and others were startled, and they all looked up at the sky.

A flash of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the whole world.The bean-sized raindrops in the sky were like lines back and forth, pouring down, hitting the ground with a crackling sound, splashing pieces of mud.

Under the same sky, Zhuge Liang near Gaoping City, holding a feather fan, stood at the tent door with a serious expression on his face.

Yang Yi stopped her movements and looked at the layers of rain outside, her expression was not good-looking.

Yang Yi hesitated for a while, and said: "Prime Minister, it's raining heavily, there are many gullies in Longyou, and the roads are muddy. If the rain cannot stop, our army will also be short of rations."

Zhuge Liang remained silent, but the feather fan in his hand stopped.

(End of this chapter)