The strength of the Western Regions Alliance Army to Hanzhong is not much, counting the follow-up troops that have just arrived, its total number is about 30,000. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 An army of about 30,000 was suddenly interspersed by an elite cavalry of more than 5,000 cavalry from the mid-waist position, but it was also easy to be completely disrupted.

Look at the Cao army at this moment, the elite cavalry is rushing left and right in the military formation of the Western Regions Alliance, killing and killing, and the general Xia Houyuan who is the leader has been holding back the fire in his belly before, and now he has seized such an opportunity, and he poured all the anger in his chest into the chaotic Western Regions Alliance Army, and the fight is getting more and more ruthless.

The fight was fierce over there, but Wei Yan's face here in Yangping Pass was getting more and more ugly. After a long time, Wei Yancai turned his head to Zhao Yu, who was standing side by side, and asked, "Why did the Cao thief send troops to help?" ”

Zhao Yuyan smiled: "I can't say the specifics, but according to Cao Gong's words, since Uncle Huang can understand the righteousness, temporarily put aside the grudges between each other, and not unite with the alien races in the Western Regions and cause trouble in the Central Plains, then he can't be too petty." The grievances and grievances between the two families will be put aside for a while, and these alien races in the Western Regions will be beaten back first. I'm afraid of misunderstanding, so let me say hello to General Bunaga first. ”

"......" Wei Yan at this time didn't know what to say.

Zhao Yu looked at the battlefield over there again, and suddenly put the helmet back on and ordered her relatives to clean up and down Zhou's body, Wei Yan was stunned when he saw this: "Where are you going?" ”

Zhao Yu said: "Go and kill some alien thieves who have committed my Huaxia!" ”

When Wei Yan heard this, of course, he wanted to stop Zhao Yu. There are many reasons to stop Zhao Yu, for example, Zhao Yu is a woman, for example, Zhao Yu is Zhao Yun's sister. But the most important thing is that Zhao Yu's current identity is a little sensitive, that old Cao sent reinforcements over, and when he turned back, Wei Yan inevitably had to deal with the people on Lao Cao's side, and with the relationship between the Cao and Liu families that was almost mortal enemies, if the two sides wanted to have a dialogue, how could they be without Zhao Yu, the middleman? If Zhao Yu had some accident on the battlefield, then what happened next...... Then hehe!

But Wei Yan still underestimated Zhao Yu after all, or he didn't expect Zhao Yu's skills to be so good at all. Seriously, how many people can imagine that Zhao Yu, a little girl who looks delicate, has a force value of more than eighty, to say the least? Well, the so-called "little girl" actually just looks like it, and Zhao Yu is also in her thirties at this time.

Anyway, Wei stretched out his hand to stop it, but he couldn't stop it. After a slight stunned moment, Zhao Yu had already galloped out more than ten or twenty steps with people and horses. And it was only at this time that Wei Yan remembered that Zhao Yun had told him that Zhao Yu's martial arts were also very good, but with Wei Yan's arrogance, he didn't take it seriously at all, but now this situation made this Wei Yan a little embarrassed even if he was arrogant.

"Rain girl, what are you doing here? Come back!! ”

Zhao Yu pulled back the horse's head slightly, and smiled at Wei Yan: "Don't worry! Lu Yizhou told me again and again that I was not allowed to do those things that were fierce and brave, so now I just watched my hands itch and beat a dozen water dogs. As for General Wenchang, you should hurry up and repair the wall as much as possible. ”

After speaking, Zhao Yu didn't wait for Wei Yan to answer, so she took her personal entourage to the battlefield and killed her, leaving Wei Yan unwilling and helpless. With his current situation, where can he be as free and easy as Zhao Yu? Besides, he was still a little uneasy. After looking at it from a distance, he saw that Zhao Yu and his party were indeed only on the edge of the battlefield, picking on the water dogs to fight, which made Wei Yan let go of the snacks.

What's next......

"Alas, it's better to hurry up and repair the wall as Zhao Yu said, as much as you can repair. This wall can be repaired a little more, and when you face the enemy again, you will always have one more place to defend. ”

Under the order, the soldiers of Yangping Pass did not dare to slack off, and they all hurried to carry stones and move wood, and made up for the broken wall as much as possible. Of course, Wei Yan didn't need to do this kind of physical work, so Wei Yan found a high place and looked at the battlefield with a telescope. Whenever he saw the cavalry of the Cao army rushing and killing in the formation of the Western Regions Alliance, Wei Yan felt extremely depressed.

As a military general, how many people don't like to make military achievements on the battlefield? In Wei Yan's opinion, these military exploits should have been his, but now...... Forget it, don't mention it anymore. But suddenly, Wei Yan glanced in a certain direction, and said secretly in his heart: "I heard Zhao Yu say that Cao Jun came from Meridian Valley...... Is it really that I am too arrogant and deceive no one in the world? ”

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With mental calculations or unintentionalities, the 30,000 Western Regions coalition troops under Yangping Pass suffered a big loss. In addition, although the tacticians sent by Lu Ren have not yet arrived in Chang'an, Zhao Yu's arrival in Chang'an in advance also let the people on Lao Cao's side know some ways to deal with firearms, so when they broke into the formation of the Western Regions Alliance, Cao's army directly ignited the ammunition sent by the follow-up troops of the Western Regions Alliance.

In a word, after about half a day of fierce fighting, the 30,000 Western Regions Alliance troops threw down a large number of corpses and retreated in panic towards the western part of Liangzhou they occupied. After all, the cavalry troops led by Xia Houyuan had limited strength, and they had received strict orders from Lao Cao before, so Xia Houyuan did not pursue, but returned to the valley mouth of the Meridian Valley with the five thousand elite cavalry, and set up camp according to the dangerous terrain.

In this way, the two families formed a very delicate situation at this time. It has the meaning of hostility and intimidation, but it also has the shape of a horn that can support each other. And although Xia Houyuan and Wei Yan looked at each other unpleasantly, they were very smart at this time and did not provoke each other.

As for Zhao Yu, after beating the water dogs, he stayed in Xia Houyuan's camp for the time being. In Zhao Yu's words, Liu Bei's side is not easy to deal with, or the people on Lao Cao's side are familiar, and Lao Cao told Xia Houyuan to take care of Zhao Yu, but it is not easy to say on Liu Bei's side, isn't this not long ago Zhao Yu also slapped Liu Bei's side in the face?

Without further ado, on the morning of the next day, the 3,000 forward cavalry troops led by Zhao Yun rushed to Yangping Pass, and they were surprised to see the dilapidated appearance of Yangping Pass. When Wei Yan mentioned to Zhao Yun about the reinforcements of the Cao army yesterday, Zhao Yun was also a little confused.

For the sake of safety, even if Zhao Yun knew that Zhao Yu was in the Cao army camp over there, he didn't go over to say hello and then call Zhao Yu out to ask something or something, and only waited for the main force led by Liu Bei to arrive before making plans. During this period, the Western Regions Coalition Army sent some scouts to inquire about the situation, and when they saw that Yangping Pass was in the current situation, they retreated. They are not stupid, and there are even some masters among them, where is it not clear that it is very difficult to tackle key problems in the current way?

By the way, when the Western Regions Alliance Army was defeated that day, there were more than 200 artillery pieces thrown down by the Western Regions Alliance Army, and more than 170 pieces were left except for some that were damaged and unusable, all of which were dragged to his camp by Xia Houyuan, so much so that Wei Yan, who saw this scene on Yangping Pass, was so angry that his teeth itched. The only thing that allowed Wei Yan to comfort himself was that the ammunition of the Western Regions Alliance Army was ignited and blown up at that time, so the more than 170 artillery pieces were just some thick iron barrels that could be fired without ammunition.

But then again, no matter how you say that a cannon has seven or eight hundred catties of copper and iron, it was not a joke at that time, how much copper and iron did more than one hundred and seventy guns have? So when Wei Yan saw these loot fall into Xia Houyuan's pocket, it was really a pain in the flesh.

Without further ado, it was only said that a few days later, Liu Bei led the main force to arrive at Yangping Pass, and he was also stunned after hearing about the current battle situation, because he didn't expect Lao Cao to actually help with this. But Liu Bei is a hero recognized by Lao Cao after all, and after being stunned, he quickly understood something, and then after being silent for a long time, Liu Bei asked Zhao Yun to go on a trip, so he had to call Zhao Yu over to ask about the specific situation.

And Zhao Yu didn't say much after being called over by Zhao Yun, but just said with a very strange expression: "Cao Gong asked Xiaoyu to tell Uncle Huang if he dared to be in front of these two armies with Gong Cao...... Drink to catch up. ”

Everyone was stunned, and they all persuaded Liu Bei not to agree to Lao Cao, but only Liu Bei nodded to Zhao Yu after pondering for a long time and said, "Miss Xiangyu went back and told Cao Mengde, and said that this appointment, I, Liu Bei, should come down." ”

Zhao Yu was also a little unsure of the mentality between Lao Cao and Liu Bei at this time, so he looked at Liu Bei in a complicated mood and went back. At this time, Liu Bei's subordinates began to persuade Liu Bei again, but Liu Bei just looked up at the sky, and only after a long time did he spit out a sentence: "I used to cook wine with green plums, and now I ...... Hmph, Cao Mengde, I am also a hero in the world, how can I be inferior to you? ”

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A few days later, the infantry unit led by Lao Cao also arrived at the crossing of the Meridian Valley. After doing the corresponding camping and other work, Lao Cao asked Zhao Yu to make an appointment with Liu Bei about the time and method of "drinking and chatting", and Liu Bei agreed without any worries.

In a blink of an eye, the agreed time came, and both parties also came to the appointment according to the agreement, and only brought their personal entourage from both sides to the appointment.

The location was a grass pavilion temporarily erected on a high mound, Lao Cao arrived first, but he did not bring any guards with him, and even the wine in the kettle was cooked by Lao Cao himself. Looking like that, it has a lot of meaning to talk with Liu Bei cooking wine in the plum garden. Liu Bei saw this situation but refused to show weakness, stopped the people at a suitable distance like Lao Cao, and then walked up to the mound pavilion by himself, and sat down in front of Lao Cao by himself.

Lao Cao was boiling wine, and when he saw Liu Bei sitting down in front of him, he smiled: "Brother Xuande is here!" Everyone else told the old man that Liu Xuande refused to go to the appointment like this, but the old man laughed at those people who didn't know heroes. Because the old man knows that you, Liu Xuande, will definitely go to the old man without hesitation. ”

Liu Bei looked at Lao Cao in front of him, but there was a sigh in his smile: "You are old, and I am also old." I still remember that when I cooked wine in Xudu Qingmei, you and I were in the prime of life, but today, you and I are already spotted with gray hair. ”

Lao Cao scooped out a glass of wine from the kettle, but did not hand it to Liu Bei according to the etiquette, but poured it into his stomach by himself, and then pointed to the wine kettle with a wine spoon: "If you want to drink it yourself, I have already drunk it first, you don't have to worry about the poison in this wine." ”

Liu Bei smiled disdainfully: "Why bother? Although you, Cao Mengde, have always wanted to kill me, you don't bother to use this kind of subordinate means against me, because you are Cao Mengde, the only Cao Mengde in the world. ”

Lao Cao smiled back: "Who knows? Maybe I'm really trying to poison you. ”

Liu Bei also took a spoon and scooped the wine at this time, and sneered: "You won't, because you can't afford to lose this face, and because you always think of yourself as a hero in a lifetime." ”

Lao Cao said: "This was the case before, and it is the same now!" Even today, I still have to ask the same question back then...... Brother Xuande, who are the heroes in today's world? ”

Liu Bei raised his wine glass but didn't drink it immediately, but put it under his nose and smelled the wine, and then smiled slightly: "I didn't dare to answer you at the beginning, but now I can tell you that there are only you and me who are heroes in the world." ”

Lao Cao smiled, and he seemed to be very happy: "Not bad! The heroes of the world, only the king and the ear! It's only after ten or twenty years that you dare to answer my question to your face. But I can't blame you, after all, although you were a hero at the beginning, you didn't have wings to the sky, and I could even take your life anytime, anywhere, easily. Speaking of which, I really regret it, why did I let you run away in a daze? ”

Liu Bei said: "The wood has been completed, and it is useless to regret it." And the fight between you and me ......"

Lao Cao interrupted Liu Bei's words: "In the battle between you and me, I'm afraid there is no way to come up with a victory." I'm already old, and you're almost old, and the battle between you and me in the world, where can it be fought in ten or twenty years? At least in my opinion, the battle between you and me in the world depends on who is more capable of you and my successors. As for you and me, it's rare to be able to sit together again at such an age for a few drinks and a few words, looking at the past and the present. ”

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows: "This is the case." Brother Meng De, in fact, although I regard you as my enemy, I have never denied that you are actually the person I admire and fear the most in my life. ”

Lao Cao also nodded: "Each other!" Speaking of which, I remembered what Lu Ren said to me at the beginning, and now that I think about it, it really makes sense. ”

Liu Beiqi said: "Lu Ren? What did he say? ”

Lao Cao said: "He said that only heroes can be heroes, and only heroes can become the real opponents of heroes." And although heroes will be hostile to each other, or even swear to each other, the more heroes who are enemies like this, in fact, they are the best confidants to each other......"

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(A little cold, a little headache, I couldn't finish writing this time, I hope you forgive me!) ）