Under the city gate, the unstoppable man is Xu Huang. And the military general with a big axe in the back was pretended to be the rest of the soldiers.

Xu Huang led his troops to ambush the Xiliang army and forced them to land, so he came up with a strategy to open the city gate.

In order to confuse Hu Feng, Xu Huang selected some Xiliang soldiers who surrendered, but captured their weapons, making it appear that they were lost on the way to escape.

However, he himself and the elite soldiers under his command changed into the armor of the Xiliang Army, smearing blood on their faces, making it impossible to see their true faces.

Hu Feng is not a mediocre talent, if there is no chasing army behind this Xiliang army who came to the city, he will definitely check this team carefully. At that time, it is easy to get out of the way.

Therefore, Xu Huang let Guan Hai, Han Xian, and the soldier who pretended to be him lead the troops and pursued them from afar.

In this way, even though Hu Feng had doubts in his heart, he didn't have time to ask clearly. As long as he didn't want to, all the hundreds of Xiliang soldiers under the city were buried outside the city, so he could only grit his teeth and open the city gate.

The shocking changes at the city gate have made Hu Feng completely lose his proportion. Now Keiguan is just an isolated city, surrounded by enemies on all sides. As long as the city of Keiguan is broken, there is no reason for him to survive.

The pass can't be broken, the city gate can't be lost, he has no way back.

Thinking of this, Hu Feng's face was a little hideous, he picked up his weapon and roared loudly: "Take back the city gate with me!" ”

However, the Xiliang army, which lost the city gate, was already bold. Fortunately, Hu Feng treated these Xiliang troops very well in the past, so even if they had no fighting spirit, they all followed Hu Feng and rushed to the city gate.

"Kill!"

Xu Huang shouted loudly and stood at the gate of the city, blocking the charge of the Xiliang army. Anyone who came over would be killed by Xu Huang and the soldiers behind him.

Hu Feng's staff, unarmed, stayed in place, looking at Hu Feng's face a little complicated.

"Stomp, stomp!"

Seeing that Chen Jun in the distance was getting closer and closer, Hu Feng was anxious, but in the face of Xu Huang and others who were guarding the city gate, he had no choice.

At this time, Hu Feng saw the staff waiting to stand aside, and his eyes were suddenly split, and he shouted hoarsely: "Good thief, I treat you well, why do you rebel against me?" ”

The staff looked guilty, and they didn't dare to look directly at Hu Feng, but they were silent.

After a long time, he mustered up the courage to say to Hu Feng: "Good birds choose trees to perch, now the general sits in the land of two states, there are many soldiers and brave, and the Son of Heaven is to conquer the Quartet, who can compete with him in the four seas?" ”

"Although Keiguan is dangerous, it is a lonely city, and the general vainly resists the heavenly soldiers with the power of ants, and the defeat is only in the morning and night. If the general is willing to surrender the city, with the mercy of the general, the general will be able to live. ”

"This is my heartfelt words, please think twice!"

"Haha, haha, haha......"

Hu Feng laughed a few times, with tears in his eyes. At this time, his defeat was decided, but he was not reconciled.

Glancing at the staff fiercely, he was angry and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Then, Hu Feng rushed to the staff regardless of his body.

Now that the Chen army is about to rush to the gate of the city, the defeat of the Xiliang army has been decided, and Hu Feng just wants to take the opportunity to kill the staff members to vent his hatred.

Hu Feng went crazy and desperately killed the staff, Xu Huang was shocked when he saw this.

When the staff saw Hu Feng killing him, they suddenly became devastated, and hurriedly shouted: "General Xu save me!" ”

Xu Huang's eyes shrank, and he was about to go to the rescue of the staff. But his heart moved slightly, and he deliberately slowed down his movements.

"Poof!"

Facing Hu Feng's full blow, the unarmed staff suddenly turned their heads in a different place, and blood splattered out.

In history, the incomparably brave Fan Chou was stabbed to death by Hu Feng, and his bravery was indeed extraordinary.

After killing the staff, the anger in Hu Feng's heart calmed down. However, at this moment, a loud cheer rang out.

"How dare a thief do this?"

Hu Feng looked at him anxiously and found that Xu Huang was wielding a big knife and had already pounced on him. He knew Xu Huang's bravery, and when he saw Xu Huang attacking, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly blocked with his weapon.

"Bell, bell!"

The two weapons intersected, and after ten rounds of fighting, Chen Jun in the distance was getting closer and closer. Hu Feng's strength was not strong, and he showed timidity in his heart.

I saw Xu Huang roar loudly, and directly beheaded Hu and sealed it under the horse.

Cutting off Hu Feng's head, Xu Huang picked up Hu Feng's head with a big knife, and shouted: "Hu Feng is dead, those who descend will not be killed!" ”

"Stomp, stomp!"

At this time, the Chen army led by Guan Hai and Han Xian had already arrived at the gate of the city, seeing that the main general was dead, and the general trend had gone. These Xiliang soldiers are naturally unwilling to continue to resist stubbornly.

"Bang, bang!"

One by one, the Xiliang soldiers unwillingly threw away the weapons in their hands. Their faces were filled with deep helplessness and fear.

For the pawns, the fate of ignorance is absolutely terrifying.

Chen's army had already entered the city, and the Xiliang army did not continue to resist. Now that the overall situation has been decided, Xu Huang looked at the staff who died tragically, and his heart was a little complicated.

Xu Huang is a loyal and righteous person, and he naturally does not have any good feelings in his heart for people like Hu Feng's staff, who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Coupled with the words that the staff said to Hu Feng, Xu Huang was even more disdainful.

However, Chen Xu's military law was strict, and that person was a general, and even Xu Huang couldn't kill him in vain. Therefore, Xu Huangcai's heart moved, and he got rid of that person with the help of Hu Feng's hand.

"Before I even started killing, these people have already surrendered, it's really unlucky!"

Guan Hai waved the big knife in his hand in the air, and said a little depressedly. He came to Hu Feng's corpse, his face a little complicated.

Although he led his troops to be wiped out in the Baibo Valley, even Guan Hai himself almost died. However, if Hu Feng hadn't tried his best to rescue him later, I'm afraid Guan Hai would have died in Huangquan long ago.

Therefore, Guan Hai doesn't know whether to hate or thank Hu Feng.

Although the credit for that battle was stolen by Hu Feng in the end, Guan Hai also knew that this matter had little to do with Hu Feng.

Thinking of Hu Feng's life-saving grace to him, Guan Hai raised his head and said to Xu Huang: "General, this person has saved my life before after all, and the last general wants to bury this person alive, I wonder if the general agrees?" ”

Xu Huang naturally didn't want to make Guan Hai feel guilty because of a dead person, and he immediately said: "General Guan only needs to bury this person, why should such a trivial matter be reported to me?" ”

After speaking, he handed Hu Feng's head to Guan Hai.

Seeing this, Guan Hai was a little moved in his heart. This Hu Feng is also the chief general of Keiguan, as long as he returns to Beijing with his head, he can not only be rewarded, but also be able to show off his military exploits.

Xu Huang didn't hesitate at all, and handed Hu Feng's head to him, which couldn't help but make Guan Hai's heart have mixed feelings.

Xiang Xu Huang made a gesture, and Guan Hai took Hu Feng's head and corpse to find a feng shui treasure to bury him.

Wiping a handful of blood splashed on his face, looking at the Keiguan where the overall situation has been decided, Xu Huang clenched his fists and said secretly in his heart: "Lord, Huang has not lived up to your weight!" ”

Hangu Pass is located in the eastern part of Hongnong County, and the city is built by mountains and rivers. The valley water originates in Mianchi, passes through Xin'an and Hanguguan, and finally flows eastward to the Yellow River.

On the bank of the Gushui River, twenty miles west of Hangu Pass, Zhang Xiu led people to establish a big village here.

Inside the big village, the smoke curls up, the war drums rumble, and the shouts of killing are deafening.

The drastic changes in Chang'an and the death of Zhang Ji dealt a big blow to Zhang Xiu. Now, Zhang Xiu, who is still young, looks a little mature on her face.

Hangu Pass and Kei Pass are not far apart, but Zhang Xiujun had to cross the Yellow River from Fengling, and then turn east to reach Hangu Pass.

Therefore, the time when Zhang Xiu led the army to Hangu Pass was only three days later than Xu Huang's arrival at the city of Keiguan.

Now Zhang Xiu has led 3,000 foot riders and rested in the camp for a day.

Jiang Wu and Li Lenai were Zhang Xiu's lieutenants, and after they heard the drums, they immediately rushed to Zhang Xiu's camp.

As soon as the two arrived at Zhang Xiu's camp, they saw Zhang Xiu personally come out to greet them: "Two generals, come in quickly." ”

Although Zhang Xiu is the main general of this expedition, he also knows that his new investment in Chen Xu may not be as good as Jiang Wu and Li Le's status in Chen Xu's heart.

Therefore, in the face of these two lieutenants, Zhang Xiu did not have the slightest arrogant look, but deliberately flattered.

After all, he is now working under Chen Xu's account, and except for having some relationship with Zhao Yun, he has no friendship with the rest of the generals.

In troubled times, not only must you have a skill, but also the ability to deal with the world should not be underestimated.

Jiang Wu has been a deputy general under Zhao Yun for a long time, and he defected to Chen Xu very early, so Jiang Wu is also quite prestigious in the army.

Li Le was formerly the commander of the White Wave Army, and the White Wave Army and the Yellow Turban Army are also inextricably linked. Although Chen Xu has accepted Zhao'an, it is a fact that he was born in a yellow scarf.

Therefore, even if Li Le and the previous generals of the Yellow Turban Army were slightly inferior in ability, Chen Xu also treated them very well.

Zhang Xiu defected to Chen Xu alone, and naturally hoped that he could have a good relationship with the generals in Chen Xu's army.

Jiang Wu and Zhang Xiu finished their salutes and asked, "General Zhang summoned the two of us, but it was to discuss the strategy of attacking Hangu Pass?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "No, I got the news that after General Gao Shun broke through Wuguan, General Xu Huang also broke through Jiguan yesterday and killed Hu Feng, the guard of Jiguan. ”

Jiang Wu and Li Le were all shocked, and their faces were not very good-looking.

The army arrived at Hangu Pass yesterday, and the two of them had already led people to check Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass is steep and abnormal, and wants to storm Hangu Pass. It's not easy. Originally, the three of them discussed that they would first surround Hangu Pass, and then attack this pass when the food in the city was exhausted.

However, the situation of Hangu Pass is similar to that of Kei Pass, which is surrounded on all sides and becomes an isolated city; They are also short of food in the city, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The difference is that there are 3,000 soldiers and horses in Hangu Pass.

Now, Xu Huang has taken the lead in capturing Jiguan.

If they waited until the Hangu Pass ran out of food before they could take the city. Compared with Xu Huang's passers-by, he is bound to be inferior.

However, Yang Ding, the guard of Hangu Pass, although nominally under Guo Yan. This person is extraordinary, and Hu Zhen is a famous hero in Liangzhou.

Yang Ding not only has a high prestige in the army, but even the Qiang people in Xiliang have always admired Yang Ding.

Therefore, the three thousand soldiers and horses under Yang Ding's command can be regarded as his descendants. Yang Ding himself can be regarded as a warlord.

Once after Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, Hu Zhen and Yang Ding surrendered to Wang Yun, but because Wang Yun has always looked down on martial artists, both of them have a grudge against Wang Yun.

This is also why, later the two betrayed Wang Yun again and united Li Dao and Guo Yan to attack Chang'an.

Historically, after Li Dao killed Fan Chou, Yang Ding thought that Li Dao wanted to get rid of dissidents, so he united with Guo Yan to rob the Son of Heaven and deal with Li Dao.

In this era, due to the appearance of Chen Xu, Li Dao did not kill Fan Chou, and Yang Ding's senses for Li Dao were still good.

In addition, he was named the general of Zhennan by Guo Yan, nominally a subordinate of Guo Yan, and he once had a precedent of betraying Wang Yun.

Therefore, Yang Ding was afraid that the Son of Heaven would not be able to tolerate him, so he did not accept Zhao'an.

Now Yang Ding led 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend Hangu Pass, and with the 3,000 cavalry led by Zhang Xiu, it was very difficult to break through the city.

After being silent for a while, Li Le suddenly said: "Now Hangu Pass is just a lonely city, and Yang Ding is not a mediocre person, he must know that the lonely city is difficult to defend." ”

"If I don't wait, if I send someone into the city to persuade me to surrender, maybe I can take Hangu Pass without blood."

Jiang Wu shook his head and said: "If Yang Ding is willing to surrender the city, I'm afraid that the day the angel arrives with the edict, he will already surrender, so how can he wait until today?" ”

Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up, and he said: "I am no stranger to Yang Ding, the reason why this person did not accept Zhao'an is just because he is afraid of the Son of Heaven's revenge in the future." ”

"If I can personally enter the city to know the stakes, I will be able to say that this person will come down!"

Jiang Wu hurriedly said: "As the commander-in-chief, how can the general be willing to trespass into the enemy camp? This is a must-have! ”

Zhang Xiu said nonchalantly: "Yang Ding, although he has a lot of prestige in the Xiliang Army, he can also judge the situation. If I enter the city, he will not dare to harm me. ”

"What's more, if I don't enter the city myself, how can I impress him?"

Gao Shun and Xu Huang successively won Wuguan and Keiguan, which has made Zhang Xiu feel huge pressure.

This time, he finally won the opportunity to lead the troops to the battle, if he can't take Hangu Pass beautifully, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be underestimated by others.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu changed his previous idea of preparing to trap the defenders of Hangu Pass, and instead wanted to enter the city to persuade Yang Ding to surrender.

Li Le also admonished: "The general is the commander of an army, and he must not take risks lightly. Since I was the first to mention this matter, I could go into the city to persuade Li Le to surrender. ”

Zhang Xiu shook her head and did not agree.

Li Le used to be a white wave army, and he was not famous. If he is asked to persuade Yang Ding to surrender, I am afraid that the weight will not be enough, and Yang Ding will not necessarily surrender when he sees that he is not taken seriously.

Jiang Wu pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "Why don't you let me go!" ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and secretly thought in his heart: "Jiang Xiaode is extremely brave, and he has followed the lord for a long time, and he has made many military exploits under Zilong's account. ”

"If he is allowed to enter the city and say that Yang Ding is surrendered, he will be a good candidate."