Great Han Empire

Chapter 761: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

Tian Kai was almost out of breath, he desperately opened his mouth wide to breathe, beads of sweat kept rolling down his cheeks.He felt like a beast that had fallen into a trap. Anger, fear and helplessness were like sharp arrows shot into his body, devouring his life bit by bit.

An hour ago, I was still fantasizing about taking down Dongguang City and rushing into Nanpi, fantasizing about beating Li Hong to the ground, but now I can only hope for a miracle, for Xiahoudun, Zang Ba and Wenpin's army to break through. The northern border army's blocking, quickly joined him.

The leopard had been lurking in the depths of the darkness for more than three months, and finally seized the opportunity to kill it.fatal blow.

Now there are only three paths in front of me.The first is to retreat, taking advantage of the fact that the northern border army has just implemented the encirclement, and before the ambushes from all walks of life have closed the encirclement, retreat back to Dahe Gudu.Relying on the 5000 men of himself and Ma Teng, and the 3 men on Xiahoudun's side, they can completely defeat the Northern Frontier Army, but the problem is that after withdrawing to the south of Dahe Gudu, due to terrain reasons, the army retreated The speed was very slow, and the northern army would definitely use rivers and rivers to cut up pieces of meat from their own army, and then swallow them mouthful.

There is another way to move forward, occupy Dongguang City quickly, and hold on to the city, but this method is too risky.I don't know how many Northern Xinjiang troops are stationed in Dongguang City, nor whether Xiahou Dun can break through the blocking of the Northern Border Army and join him.If Xiahou Dun was trapped between Dahe Gudu and Xinhe, the army would be divided into two.I have a weak force and lack of food and grass, so I can't hold out for a few days.Although Xiahou Dun had food and grass and [-] soldiers, he was trapped between the two rivers, and it was extremely difficult to attack and defend, and he would soon be defeated by the northern army.

The last way is to count on Cao Cao to send troops to rescue, but I believe that there are only [-] troops in the direction of the capital. If the troops are divided again, the northern army will definitely take the opportunity to counterattack. Can't run away.

"My lord, if Li Hong wants to ambush us in the Dongguang area, he needs at least 10 men, but the Northern Army has only so many troops, and Li Hong can't recruit more troops in a short time." Guan Jing was very calm, standing Analyzing beside Tian Kai, "Except for the troops stationed in Yecheng and Xindu, how many troops are there for Li Hong to deploy? 5 people are the limit. Li Hong can defeat us with these 5 people. But he couldn't eat us in one bite, so he put us and Ma Teng under Dongguang City, and blocked Xiahou Dun to the south of Dahe Gudu. Judging from the deployment of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Li Hong obviously wanted to beat us Surprise, and then drive us back."

"Shiqi, do you mean that we retreat and meet Xiahou Dun?" Tian Kai asked.

"Yes, attack him from front to back." Guan Jing waved his hand forcefully, "He surrounded us, and we surrounded him. If we lose one thousand, he will also lose eight hundred."

"The distance between Dahe Gudu and Xinhe is only fifteen miles. Tens of thousands of troops are crowded together. They will definitely be tightly surrounded by the northern border army. How can we break through?"

"If we don't break through, we will drag the Northern Army here." Guan Jing sneered, "We are crowded together, and the Northern Army is also crowded together. They have no way to beat us."

Tian Kai thought for a while, then nodded, "We can't leave, and the northern army surrounding us can't eat us, so the two sides can only stand in a stalemate. The longer the stalemate lasts, the more unfavorable it will be for the northern army. At this time, as long as Prime Minister Cao can do his best to storm Xindu, and sooner or later the Northern Army will withdraw part of the army to aid Xindu. The Northern Army with insufficient troops cannot encircle us, so we can only watch helplessly as we retreat back brazenly."

"Yes, the northern border army is dangerous. The most important thing is to fight quickly. If the time is prolonged, their intentions will be completely exposed, and Xindu City, which is also understrength, will be very dangerous."

Tian Kai didn't hesitate any longer, and hurriedly stood up and gave orders continuously.

"Urgently tell General Ma Teng that we will retreat to join Xiahou Dun."

"Urgently tell Xiahou Dun to attack in the direction of Dongguang City overnight, and join us as soon as possible."

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Xiahou Dun turned around on the slope.

The Jingzhou army was attacked, and Wenpin was in a hurry.In order to ensure the safety of food, grass and luggage, he gave up crossing the river and formed an formation to defend himself, asking Xiahou Dun to send troops to support him immediately.If the grain and grass were burned by the northern border army, the entire army would be wiped out in a matter of days.

"My lord, divide up the troops and go back to help, first protect the food and grass." Zang Ba said anxiously, "The northern army has limited strength. In order to repel us, the best way is to burn our food and grass and force us to withdraw. This is obvious. Don't hesitate any longer."

Li Dian kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, his eyes turned back and forth following Xiahou Dun's tall body.

"Brother Yuan Rang, the last time the Jingzhou army suffered a disastrous defeat at Pengting, it hit them hard. The soldiers are very afraid of the northern Xinjiang cavalry. If there are cavalry again this time, those southerners may collapse in an instant. There is no food, We're dead."

Xiahou Dun stopped and looked at the fierce battle in the distance with a solemn expression.What is the main goal of the Northern Xinjiang Army?Is it the 5000 men and horses of Tian Kai and Ma Teng, or the food and supplies of the army?What Zang Ba said made sense. If the Northern Frontier Army burned down the army's supplies, even if I rescued Tian Kai and Ma Teng, everyone would die.Before my eldest brother left, he told me that I must persist on the East Road battlefield until the end of this month.If you want to persevere, the key is not the number of troops, but the food and grass.

"Xuan Gao, you go back to help Mr. Wenpin, and you must transport the food and supplies across the Xinhe tonight."

Zang Ba promised, jumped on his horse, and galloped away with his personal guards.

"Brother Yuan Rang, do you want to continue to attack?" Li Dian said, pointing to the battlefield ahead, "Tian Kai and Ma Teng are both frontier warriors, and their subordinates are also fighters who are accustomed to fighting. Break through the resistance of the northern border army."

"Don't fight anymore, save your strength. We have to retreat back, we can't lose too much here." Xiahou Dun licked his lips, and picked up the water bag from the hand of the guard standing behind him, "If the Northern Xinjiang Army deliberately To eat them, there must be more than one blocking front. Whether they can go back alive depends on their luck."

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It was near dusk, and the setting sun was like blood.

On the small pavilion battlefield, the drums and horns sounded one after another, and the two armies were fighting bloody battles.

Zhang He and Zhang Liao each led an army of infantry in the middle of the battlefield. Mustafa's Changshui Battalion was on the left, and the Hu Cavalry Battalion of Jifeng was on the right. The [-] cavalry troops cooperated with each other to firmly block the rebels in the small area. In front of the gazebo.

The Qingzhou Army launched an attack again, and thousands of infantry shouted loudly and rushed up like a tide.

"Boom...boom..." The ballista of the Northern Xinjiang Army roared, and the small gazebo trembled violently amidst the deafening roar.

Peng Lie waved his hand, causing the flag to shake, and five thousand strong archers shot their long arrows into the sky at this moment.The blood-colored sunset changed color amidst the thrilling screams, and the sky suddenly dimmed.

Xu Yan walked slowly in the battle formation, seeing the straight waists of the soldiers in front of him.Fifty steps ahead, huge shields were erected one after another, and the tense-looking spearmen were lined up one by one, the sharp spear points exuding a faint blood under the reflection of the setting sun.It's been a long time since I fought the iron cavalry, and I'm afraid this time I'm just pretending that it's not my turn to fight Ma Teng.

The soldiers of Changshuiying and Huqiying on the left and right flanks looked excited and eager to try.Last year, they fought against the desert with the general, and once again severely injured the Xianbei people on the sunset plain, killing them heartily.This year, they have a formidable opponent here, and they hope they can kill Maten on their own.

They looked ahead, eagerly waiting for the appearance of Guanzhong cavalry.

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Tian Kai stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, helplessly watching his soldiers screaming and screaming under the iron hooves of Beijiang, watching their broken limbs and arms flying in the air.His heart was bleeding, and the heart-piercing pain made him tremble all over.

Tian Kai raised his hand and ordered to stop the attack.

The sunset in the sky gradually disappeared with the sound of the weeping golden gong, Tian Kai felt that his life was like this gorgeous sunset, with only the last bit of brilliance left.

Why did the army fall into the trap of death just after walking out of the most dangerous place and before taking a breath?In order to conceal his whereabouts, the range of activities of the scouts has been controlled within [-] miles, but these [-] miles are full of scouts, and he has never found any traces of scouts from the Northern Xinjiang Army. How could his whereabouts be exposed so quickly? ?Could it be that there are people from Li Hong in the Northern Expeditionary Army?Tian Kai thought of something suddenly, his vest felt cold, and the cold air rushed straight to his heart.Cao Cao wants to kill me?Tian Kai was taken aback by this strange thought.

Guan Jing walked over to Tian Kai with a gloomy expression, "The scouts couldn't go beyond ten miles, we were surrounded."

Tian Kai gave a absent-minded "hmm".

"Those who sent letters to Xiahou Dun were probably killed by scouts from the Northern Xinjiang Army." Guan Jing gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If we want to break through, we have to rely on ourselves. We attacked overnight."

"Ma Teng is here." Tian Kai pointed to a group of cavalry galloping in the distance, "Let's listen to his opinion."

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Ma Tengfei dismounted from his horse, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he was full of anger.When Tian Kai saw him, he immediately thought of Yuan Shao, Guanzhong, and the rumor.Along the way, Ma Teng's iron cavalry cleared the way. Could it be that Ma Teng betrayed the whereabouts of the army?He became more and more uneasy.

Without saying a word, Ma Teng handed Tian Kai a blood-stained letter.

Tian Kai didn't answer, "What is this?"

"Northern Xinjiang people shot it at my soldiers, take a look."

This is a letter written by Yan Liang to Tian Kai and Ma Teng. Surrender early, and everyone can be ministers in the same palace, otherwise the nine clans will be punished.

Tian Kai didn't speak. He looked at Ma Teng and asked calmly, "What's your opinion?"

"My whole family is in Luoyang, and my son is in Guanzhong. I have no choice but to die in battle." Ma Teng sneered, "Someone is despicable and wants to kill me, but I can accept killing me in this way."

Tian Kai was taken aback, "Before sending troops, Yuan Shao asked you for a hostage?" (A hostage is a hostage.)
Ma Teng nodded.

"What qualifications does Yuan Shao have to ask you for a pledge?" Guan Jing was also very surprised.

"If I don't give Yuan Shao a hostage, I will already die in Ganling City." Ma Teng said angrily, "The northern army is always on the lookout for Guanzhong, and it's normal to use alienation tactics. Yuan Shao has to be on guard, and I have to leave a note for myself." back road."

Tian Kai smiled wryly.The year before last, Ma Teng helped Yuan Shao attack the Beijiang Army in Guanzhong, and he took over the enmity with the Beijiang Army, and he even had a grudge against Hebei.Even if Li Hong doesn't kill us, the eldest princess will never spare herself easily.Tian Kai shuddered at the thought of the eldest princess' thunderous tactics in Jinyang.This battle must be fought if not fought.

"Send someone to contact Xiahoudun again." Tian Kai waved his hand and said weakly, "The soldiers are too tired today, let's take a rest. Break out tomorrow morning. It is only ten miles from here to Dahe Gudu, and we can climb over even if we climb .”

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At the end of August, Yanzhou Changyi City.

After Yuan Shu entered the city, he wanted to see the emperor, but Taifu Liu Chong said that the emperor was ill, and if there was no urgent matter, he would wait for a few days.

Yuan Shu didn't care, and ordered the army to search Changyi City, take away everything that could be taken away, and move all the ministers and their families to the Xiangcheng City of Peiguo County.Grand Tutor Liu Chong was furious and asked Yuan Shu, what do you want to do?Conspiring to usurp?Yuan Shu smiled and said, are you confused?Who is plotting to usurp?Yanzhou is about to go to war. For the safety of the emperor and the court, I want to move them to Peiguo to escape.

Liu Chong was shocked, the Yellow Turban Army came to kill him?Yuan Shu said, it's not that the Yellow Turbans are coming, but I'm going to fight Cao Cao and Liu Bei.These two bastards are planning to usurp, and I will kill them.

Liu Chong was so angry that he cursed.When Xun Yu left Changyi, he took the emperor away. He said that you were a rebel and that you wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Northern Expeditionary Army to fight in Jizhou to hold the emperor hostage.Now you say that Cao Cao and Liu Bei are rebellious.Who are you rebels?
Yuan Shu was furious after hearing this, and rushed forward to punch me, "How dare you lie to me? Xun Yu is just the chief history of the prime minister's mansion, what right does he have to take away the emperor?"

Xun Yu took away the emperor and disrupted all Yuan Shu's plans.The more Yuan Shu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he beat Liu Chong fiercely.Without the emperor to hold him hostage, he had to hold the emperor's father hostage.

"Urgently tell Chang Nu, lead the army to support Ji Ling, must take down Dingtao, and save the emperor."

"Urgently tell Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun to meet up in Yanzhou before the end of August. Tell Sun Ce not to waste time in Guangling and head north quickly."

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