The sound of thunderous horses' hooves came from far and near, Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others looked back, but saw that the cavalry team in the narrow Guancheng could not see the end at a glance, and the first person wore a helmet and armor, and he was also wearing a luxurious brocade robe, and galloped towards here in a heroic manner.

Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others all noticed that this cavalry team was brightly dressed and well-equipped, and the dark armor on its body was shiny, and at first glance it was a high-quality goods with excellent workmanship, and even the weapons in their hands were also shining, and all they rode were horses.

After Yang Feng saw it, he immediately asked: "Where are the soldiers and horses here?" ”

Yang Dingdao: "Looking at their dress, it seems that it is not the army of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji, and they are so well-equipped, and they come from the east. ”

Zhang Yang pointed to the banner in the army and said: "The army is playing a big banner, how can it be Yuan Shao's army?" Besides, Yuan Shao is now at war with Gongsun Zhan, so he has no time to take care of this place......"

"Whose army is that?" Yang Feng, Yang Ding and others all had a trace of doubt in their hearts.

Zhang Yang thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "I know, it's Zhang Yan's army......"

"Zhang Yan? Who are they? "Yang Feng and Yang Ding are confused.

Yang Feng, Yang Ding and others don't know Zhang Yan's deeds, and this is nothing, after all, they have been in Guanzhong for a long time. Isolated from Kanto. For news from Kanto. Naturally, not much is understood. As for Zhang Yang, he knows a lot about Zhang Yan.

So, Zhang Yang concisely told Zhang Yan about taking over Tao Qian as the head of Xuzhou Mu, as well as leading the army to resist Yuan Shao, repel Yuan Shu, and drive away Cao Cao.

After hearing this, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others all looked at each other, but they were not happy because of the arrival of Zhang Yan's army. Instead, it added a touch of sorrow.

Especially Yang Feng and Yang Ding, seeing Zhang Yan leading such a majestic cavalry to arrive, and after listening to Zhang Yang's deeds, they had a little jealousy of Zhang Yan, thinking that Zhang Yan would come at this time, and it was very likely that he would rob them of their credit.

Zhang Yan took the lead, leading Tai Shici, Xu Chu and other cavalry to gradually approach, and soon came to the bottom of the city.

A large number of people gathered near the west gate of the city, blocking the entire passage, and Zhang Yan could not pass. I had to rein in my horse and stop.

Zhang Yan looked around. Seeing that the road in front of him was blocked, there was still some distance from the city, and the soldiers blocked in the passage all looked tired, and none of them were not injured. Among these people, some were dressed in the clothes of the officials and soldiers, some were dressed in the clothes of the Hu people, and some were dressed in a mess, and at first glance, they looked like a group of rabble.

Looking at the castle again, seven or eight men in armor were looking at him, their backs to the sunset, and they could only see their figures clearly, but their faces could not be seen clearly.

According to the scout's information, he can roughly guess who these seven or eight people are, but he doesn't know who is speaking.

So, Zhang Yan took a deep breath and shouted loudly at the gate: "I am Zhang Yan, the general of Zhendong, on the order of the Son of Heaven, leading the army to defend against the enemy, who is the main general here, come out to answer!" ”

The Son of Heaven returned to the east, because he escaped, so he did not carry food, and at that time, the soldiers were in the wild king's Shangdang guarded Zhang Yang Wenzhi, so he led the army and brought food to meet the Son of Heaven on the way, and came to the rescue.

The Son of Heaven was grateful to Zhang Yang, and immediately named Zhang Yang as the general of Anguo, the Marquis of Jin Yang, and let Zhang Yang rule Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others to fight against Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji.

Therefore, according to the division of powers, Zhang Yang has the most power, and he should be the main general.

As soon as Zhang Yan's voice fell, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others all looked at Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang took two steps forward, stepped forward, and shouted loudly: "I am Zhang Yang, the general of Anguo, and I am their main general, I don't know what General Zhang has to advise?" ”

"I can't talk about advice, now Bixia and the civil and military officials have been escorted all the way to Gucheng to rest temporarily, I have arranged everything there, the hard work of the generals here, please withdraw the soldiers and horses, go to Gucheng to rest, and leave the matter of defending the enemy to our army!" Zhang Yan said.

When Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others heard this, they whispered to Zhang Yang and persuaded Zhang Yang to agree to Zhang Yan, so that they would have time to rest.

Everyone's army was very badly damaged, whether it was the regular army of Yang Feng, Yang Ding, and Zhang Yang, or the white wave thieves of Li Le, Hu Cai, and Han Xianam, or the Hun cavalry led by Qubei, they were all on the verge of collapse.

So, Zhang Yang led Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others to go down the city wall, and then asked his subordinates to get out of the way first, and let Zhang Yan lead the troops to the city wall, and then retreated all the way to the east with these remnants of the defeated generals.

Before leaving, Zhang Yang respectfully hugged his fist to Zhang Yan and said, "General Zhang, everything will be entrusted to you!" ”

Zhang Yan nodded heavily, arched his hand towards Zhang Yang, and completed the change of defense in the shortest time.

At this moment, the troops of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji outside the west gate of Hangu Pass were also exhausted, and in the interval just now, they let the army rest for a while, and many soldiers stood there, and they could all fall asleep, which shows the extent of their sleepiness.

However, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others did not know about the change of guards in the city of Hangu Pass, and when they were dazed, they suddenly saw the gate of Hangu Pass slowly open.

Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others were all surprised, and they looked at each other, all of them had a thought in their hearts: "Is it possible, the people in the pass can't resist it, and they are going to open the city and surrender?" ”

didn't wait for everyone to react, but saw a horse flying out of the city of Hangu Pass, wearing a helmet and armor, holding a spear, two short halberds diagonally inserted behind his back, and a big bow hanging from his waist, it was Tai Shici, the general under Zhang Yan's account.

At the same time, Zhang Yan appeared on the gate with a group of people, and they all pulled the bowstring in their hands, put on the arrows, and were ready to shoot.

Tai Shi Ci took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "I am the general of Zhendong, the general of Xuzhou Mu Tent, Donglai Tai Shi Ci, you and other roosters and dog thieves, if you know each other, you will retreat quickly, I will not embarrass you." If not, I will lead thousands of iron horsemen, let your blood flow like a river, and go to Hades at once! ”

When Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji heard this, they first looked at each other, and then Li Dao said: "Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan also came to join in the fun?" This person is Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu in the south, and Cao Cao is also beaten away, and now he occupies the land of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou. ”

Guo Yan said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, Xuzhou is hundreds of miles away from here, how could he come here?" It must have been Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, and Yang Ding's group of guys who deliberately used Zhang Yan to scare us, making us mistakenly think that Zhang Yan led the army to help and force us to retreat. ”

Zhang Jidao: "It's better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not." What if, it's really Zhang Yan who arrives? Our subordinate armies are exhausted, and if they get reinforcements to help them, we will certainly not be opponents. I'm chasing all the way here, and there are people leading troops to obstruct me along the way, since we can't catch up, it's better to let him go......"

When Li Ji heard Zhang Ji's frustrating words, he immediately said: "I have worked hard to catch up here, and we must not let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of others. I think what Guo Yan said is right, Xuzhou is hundreds of miles away from here, I just chased here, how could Zhang Yan come so soon? It must be that Yang Feng and others deliberately deceived us, wanting to use this as an excuse to make us retreat. ”

Guo Yan said: "Yes, we must not fall for them, since the door has been opened, it is better to take advantage of this time to attack the past, we have many soldiers and horses, enough to let go!" ”

Zhang Ji listened to Li Dao and Guo Yan's words, and was silent for a moment, and some unwilling ducks flew like this. He said to Li Dao and Guo Yan: "Okay, then let's give it a go, if we don't win, it's not too late to retreat!" ”

The three of them had decided, and each gave the order to go down, let the sergeant beat the drum, command the army, and rushed directly towards Hangu Pass in a swarm.

Outside the gate of Hangu Pass, Tai Shici, who was riding on horseback, saw it, and turned his head to look at Zhang Yan who was standing on the city wall. Zhang Yan nodded at Tai Shi Ci, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of Tai Shi Ci's mouth, seeing the enemy rushing towards him, he turned his horse's head, quickly whipped his horse, and quickly retreated to the city.

When Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others saw it, they all hahadaxiao: "Sure enough, it was a fraud against us, brothers, rush, take back the Son of Heaven for me!" ”

With the order of the three of them, hundreds of soldiers, dragging their tired bodies and beating Zuihou with a little spirit, rushed towards the wide open gate of Hangu Pass.

"Shoot the arrows!"

On the walls of Hangu Pass, Zhang Yan commanded the archers, and at the sound of an order, hundreds of arrows flew out and shot towards the dense enemy who rushed over.

At the same time, those cavalrymen who were hiding on both sides of the gate of Hangu Pass, under Tai Shici's order, saw the enemy rushing in, and raised their spears to stab forward.

The enemies were defenseless, and they were all pierced through the body with spears, and they fell directly in pools of blood.

Tai Shi Ci shouted, waved his spear, and killed directly, with the cavalry behind him, let out an earth-shattering shouting and killing sound, and rushed to the outside of the city gate.

Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji's subordinates were already exhausted, and suddenly encountered Tai Shici and others, these new cavalry, like a wild beast, waiting for work, unstoppable, rushing forward all the way to kill, killing the corpses of the enemy all over the ground, and the blood flowed like a river...... (To be continued......)