The blood-filled night seemed particularly long, and time flowed little by little, like a stream under the blood-stained ice, slowly precipitating from the cracks of the corpses everywhere, flowing out of the valley mouth and into the small river under the stone bridge of the official road.

The sound of the weapon striking resounded through the mountain stream, and the withered grass on the valley and the cliffs on both sides burned brightly, illuminating the narrow and rugged valley mouth plank road, and the firelight reflected the red night sky, adding a bit of luster and sound to the cold and quiet wilderness mountains and rivers, and breaking the silence of the night.

But this bewitching red light and the sound of noise do not represent life, but the unique nature of killing.

More than 300 meters of Gukou plank road, gathered Cao Jun and Xiliang Army tens of thousands of horses, narrow road to meet each other, blood and fighting is the main theme of Feiyundu under the night sky.

On the inside of the plank road, Cao Jun's camp.

"Lord, the last general has led the soldiers to break through the first line of defense of the Xiliang Army, attacking two hundred steps into the plank road, and there are still more than one hundred and thirty steps away from the Gukou official road. The last general assured the lord that within a cup of tea, he would definitely repel the Xiliang army and protect the lord from rushing out of the valley! ”

Just as thousands of Cao troops continued to rush and kill with their weapons, Cao Hong, who had slashed Hu Che'er with a knife, stepped over and shouted at the soldiers under his tent to continue charging, while he himself retreated to Cao Cao's side with his horse against the cliff, reporting the battle situation with excitement on his face.

"Zi Lian Yongwu, I saw it just now, you and An Min joined forces to besiege the thief Hu Che'er, defeated him and retreated, and Zi Lian also slashed the thief on the back. This knife is well chopped, very happy! ”

Seeing that the soldiers under his command broke the first line of defense of the Xiliang Army in one go, almost completely annihilating more than 3,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, Cao Cao's gloomy and melancholy face eased slightly, and there was a faint hint of joy in his eyes.

Because, in the middle of the onslaught just now, the Western Liang Army exposed more flaws, and it was crushed with one blow. This confirmed his previous judgment that the Xiliang army was insufficient. Li Li thief brought not many soldiers and horses this time, far less than the many soldiers and horses under his Cao Cao, so Li thief had to send cavalry to intercept the valley mouth plank road, and then sent the few remaining foot soldiers to the cliffs on both sides to attack with arrows, trying to drag his 60,000 troops in the valley and not break through, so as to buy time for the reinforcements of Hangu Pass.

All these show that Cao Cao's judgment is very correct, and the available troops in Li Li's hands are extremely limited, and they are even stretched thin, and they are about to be unable to support them. As long as your own soldiers take advantage of the victory to attack, make persistent efforts. It will definitely be able to break through the second line of defense of the Xiliang Army in one go, and then rush out of the valley in one fell swoop, and there is hope of escape.

"It's a pity that the thief is too cunning, and when he sees the opportunity, he immediately turns around and flees, otherwise he will cut off the thief's head on the spot. Avenge Ang'er! ”

finally heard Cao Cao's praise, and Cao Hong was very excited. but pretended to shout pity. The implication is that Hu Che'er's escape was purely a fluke. If you take a little slower, you will be cut off by him Cao Hong.

Seeing Cao Hong's look of pity, a hint of discoloration flashed in the corner of Cao Cao's eyes, and he raised his hand to pat Cao Hong's arm: "Zilian doesn't have to be like this. Now our top priority is to rush out of the valley and escape, as for whether we can kill the thief Hu Che'er to avenge Ang'er. It's all secondary, minutiae, and not about the big picture.

Where there is life, there is hope. As long as I can survive tonight. If you return to Hedong alive to join the allies, you will not have a chance to avenge Ang'er in the future, and sooner or later you will kill the thief Hu Che'er, and pay tribute to Ang'er's heroic soul at the head of the clan! ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao's face was hideous, his eyes were cold, and there was a strong murderous intent between his eyebrows.

Just when Cao Cao was staring at the soldiers fighting bravely in front of him, he suddenly saw three enemy generals with burly bodies and big shoulders and round waists, all of whom were good at using long-handled war knives, standing side by side to form a defensive line, stopping the retreat of the Xiliang cavalry and firmly blocking the way of their own army.

"Huh? These three people are so powerful, just three people, three horses, and three swords can block thousands of my soldiers in the middle of the plank road and not advance half a step! Zilian can know who the surnames of these three enemy generals are, and what is the relationship with Li Thief? ”

"Ugh!" Hearing Cao Cao's question, Cao Hong came back to his senses in astonishment, looked up at the front of the formation, and suddenly his body shook, his eyes tightened, and his mouth opened wide to look quite surprised.

"Lord, lord, the last general knows these three enemy generals. Speaking of which, these three people are not unknown, although they are rising stars among the generals of the Xiliang Army, they are all trusted generals by Li Thief.

The man on the left is named Zhang Liao, the character is far away, and he is from Yanmen, and he served under Ding Yuan's account in his early years, and he was not allowed to reuse, and then he was sent by Ding Yuan to He Jin to be responsible for recruiting new soldiers. After Ding Yuan's death, this person was put under the command of Lu Bu, and was deeply relied on by Lu Bu, and served as the captain of the wolf cavalry army, and was called the left arm of the 'right arm' under Lu Bu. He is a strong martial artist, proficient in the art of war, good at commanding troops and conscription, and can be called a general with both civil and military skills. In the past, Lu Bu was defeated and besieged by Li Thief's army, Lu Bu begged Li Thief for mercy, but Li Thief somehow agreed to Lu Bu's request, but put forward one condition, that is, to ask for Zhang Liao, Cao Xing's two generals and Gao Shun, known as Lu Bu's 'right arm', and Gao Shun's 800 camp. In order to save his life, Lu Bu immediately agreed to Li Thief's request, and offered three generals, 'Zhang Liao on the left arm, Gao Shun on the right arm' and Cao Xing, a marksman, plus 800 soldiers in the camp, in exchange for his own chance to live.

Since then, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Cao Xing have joined Li Thief. Subsequently, Gao Shun was appointed as the commander of the trap camp, worshiped the general and the marquis, and took charge alone, and the 800 trap camp expanded the soldiers and horses three times, from 3,000 men and horses to 10,000 soldiers in two years, and now the guard general stationed in Hangu Pass is Gao Shun. Cao Xing was also entrusted with the important task of training a crossbow battalion, which initially consisted of only 5,000 men, and has now expanded to 10,000 crossbowmen. In contrast, although Zhang Liao did not get the opportunity to be in charge of himself, he was repeatedly entrusted with important tasks by Li Thief as the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, and he was also a general and a marquis. In the previous time, Li Thief swore to join the Northern Expedition, Zhang Liao was the vanguard general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and then served as Zhou Yu's deputy general, making great achievements. ”

“??? The person on the right side of the cliff, named Qubei, was not long ago worshiped by the new Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan as the right virtuous king of the Southern Xiongnu. But then he secretly colluded with Zhou Yu, and helped Zhou Yu's army to capture the Xiongnu royal court, captured Huchuquan and hundreds of Southern Xiongnu nobles, destroyed the Southern Xiongnu in one fell swoop, and captured the entire Xiongnu grassland. It is said that the biological mother of this barbarian general is a Han Chinese, known as the "steppe wolf king", skilled in arches and horses, strong in martial arts, and is a rare general who can fight well among the Southern Huns.

Not long ago, news came from Xizuo, saying that the reason why Qubei surrendered to Li Thief was because Li Thief forcibly occupied his sister 'Prairie Mingyue' Que Yue'er by mistake, and then married Que Yue'er as a concubine, thus forcing Qubei to surrender to Li Thief. At present, Li Thief has recruited the Southern Xiongnu to surrender his soldiers, and selected 20,000 people to form the Shuofeng Battalion, and the commander of the army is to go to Humility. It is not difficult to see from this that Li Thief has great trust in this barbarian general who eats inside and out, and entrusted him with an important task and promoted him to be the chief general of the Shuofeng Battalion. ”

“??? The sturdy general with a waist of ten circumferences between Zhang Liao and Qubei is named Xu Chu, the word Zhongkang, a native of Runan, born in a reckless background, but his family is well-off, and he is a well-known and powerful family in Runan County. It is rumored that he once dragged nine ploughing oxen to march a hundred steps with his own strength, which frightened tens of thousands of Gepi Yellow Turban thieves into fear, so that he was captured and surrendered to the command of Li Thief.

Since then, this person has been known by the local people as 'Jiu Niu Xu Chu' and 'Tiger Idiot', and it is said that he is extremely obsessed with martial arts, belligerent, and extremely powerful, and is one of the top ten cronies under the command of Li Thief. When Li Thief traveled to Runan, this person led 500 tribes to join each other, and then moved his family to Chang'an, where his father Xu Xin and his brother Xu Ding both served under Li Thief and were highly used. ”

Listening to Cao Hong's narration, Cao Cao's expression gradually became gloomy, his face was cloudy, his eyes were slightly cold, and his face was very ugly. Moreover, I saw Zhang Liao, Qubei and Xu Chu flashing their swords, and they were unmatched, and the Cao soldiers who rushed to kill one by one died under the swords of these three people, killing all sides. It's a three-person pass, and it's not open!

"Li Li traitors have done a lot of evil, people and gods are angry, and his notoriety is far and wide, but he is quite knowledgeable, and he has a large number of civil servants and fierce generals around him, and he is a good life! Why can't I, Cao Cao, meet such good generals as Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, but they were all taken under the command of Li Thief? The sky has no eyes, why do you care so much for the traitor Li Li? ”

In an instant, watching the soldiers under his command fall one by one under the knife of Zhang Liao and the others, Cao Cao looked up at the sky, his eyes were round with anger, and he was filled with righteous indignation.

"The lord is angry." Seeing Cao Cao angrily pointing at the sky and scolding, this is disrespectful to the gods! Cao Hong was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly reached out to hold Cao Cao's arm: "There are gods three feet above your head, don't be like this." Although the enemy generals Zhang Liao, Qubei and Xu Chu were brave, they only had three people after all, and they might be strong for a while, but they would definitely not be able to withstand the fierce attack of our 20,000-strong army. The lord waited for a while, and the last general personally led his own soldiers to rush and kill, and released 3,000 soldiers, I don't believe that the three of them can fight to the death without retreating, and exhaust them to death! ”

"Cheap and slow!" Seeing that Cao Hong was in a hurry to turn around and leave, Cao Cao immediately shouted: "Xiu'er, An Min, you two go out to fight with Zilian, don't seek to kill the enemy general, but be sure to break through the enemy's defense line for me and rush out of the valley!" ”

"No!" When Cao Xiu and Cao Anmin heard this, they immediately beat their horses and walked to Cao Hong's side, eager to rush into battle to fight.

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