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Knock knock!

"Kill ———!"

In the sound of rumbling war drums, Cao Xiu led 3,000 soldiers of the Qin Bow Battalion and 2,000 foot soldiers to rush into the valley and rush straight to the gate of the enemy camp.

The enemy troops defending the camp had already been on guard, and when the Xiliang army rushed into the two hundred steps in front of the gate, they fired a flurry of arrows, and the rocks and logs on the slopes on both sides of the valley fell sharply.

Suddenly, the 5,000 Xiliang soldiers were still a hundred paces away from the gate when they were hit head-on, stray arrows swooped down on them like locusts, and stones and rolling logs fell down in the air like hailstones. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of thousands of soldiers fell in an instant, causing the offensive momentum of the Xiliang army to come to an abrupt halt, and they involuntarily retreated backwards, hurriedly withdrawing from the valley.

The first strong attack was frustrated, and Huang Zhong, who personally commanded the attack on the camp, did not stop there, and immediately divided the 3,000 soldiers of the Qin Bow Battalion into two, went around to the back of the slopes on both sides and climbed along the stone walls, trying to seize the hills on both sides, and then attack the enemy camp. At the same time, he personally led 3,000 infantry soldiers to continue the frontal attack, while Cao Xing led 3,000 archers to follow up, suppressing the enemy's chaotic arrows with dense bows and crossbows, and covering the infantry to attack Yuanmen.

The effect of the two-way attack is obviously much better than the previous one. The Hanzhong soldiers on the hills on both sides did not notice that the Xiliang army had touched up from the bottom of the mountain at first, and their attention was still focused on the Xiliang army attacking head-on at the bottom of the mountain. However, Huang Zhong's army, which was attacking the camp head-on at the foot of the mountain, also learned wisely this time, and the giant shield soldiers were in front. The soldiers approaching the hillsides on both sides also held huge shields, distanced themselves from each other, and slowly advanced. And so it goes. The defensive means on the Hanzhong military camp are not as good as before, and the stones and logs on the slopes on both sides are no longer as powerful as before.

Under this situation, the casualties of the Xiliang soldiers in the valley dropped sharply, and gradually approached the Yuanmen, forcing the defenders on the tower of the Yuanmen City to no longer shout as loudly as before, and one by one they were like facing a great enemy, among which there were many timid and cowardly people who trembled all over. I was so scared that I almost peed my pants.

Obviously, these Hanzhong soldiers who were guarding the camp were okay to fight with the wind, and they fired arrows in unison. Throwing stones and rolling woods, they are all experts, and they are all brave and extraordinary. However, when it is really time to face to face with the Xiliang Army. They were afraid of the Xiliang soldiers in their hearts. After all, the Xiliang Army has experienced a hundred battles and is recognized by the world as the strongest soldier in the world.

In contrast, so far, the Hanzhong soldiers have not fought a real hard battle. Since Zhang Lubing captured Hanzhong without blood, he has always been a small fight, and has never experienced a large-scale war; I had a few times with Yizhou Liu Zhang, but I didn't fight. After a confrontation, they were over, and each of them quit their troops. Yes. If you want to say that you occupy a favorable terrain and defend the pass, Zhang Wei's army may still be able to deal with it, but if you really want to fight head-on with the Xiliang army, the Hanzhong soldiers are really bottomless, and they are very afraid of the Xiliang army.

Therefore, seeing the Xiliang soldiers approaching Yuanmen step by step, Zhang Weisheng, who was standing on the city tower and personally commanding the battle, shouted hoarsely: "Hurry, hurry, release the arrows, release the arrows, you can't let the Xiliang army get close to the Yuanmen, shoot them to death for me!" Shoot ———"

At this moment, the sound of "Xiu Xiu" suddenly sounded on the hills on both sides, and 3,000 soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion climbed up the hill from behind the east and west hills, and attacked the defenders on the hill almost at the same time. The soldiers of the Qin Bow Battalion are all skilled archers with bows and horses, who can not only ride and shoot, but also climb rock in the mountains, and archery is their housekeeping skill. Therefore, when they touched the Hanzhong soldiers who were guarding the mountain halfway up the mountain, they immediately took out their longbows and feather arrows, and more than 1,000 people released arrows together, and hundreds of defenders were shot under a round of arrows, and then fell down the cliff and smashed into the valley.

But this kind of sneak attack from behind caught the defenders by surprise at best, but it was not enough to shoot all the defenders on the hill. You must know that Zhang Wei has arranged 6,000 defenders on the top of the mountain on both sides, and 3,000 people on one side, which is enough to hold the hill without losing and ensure the safety of the camp under the mountain. Therefore, when the Xiliang army that climbed the rock suddenly launched arrows from behind to sneak attack, after only two rounds of arrows, more than 1,000 defenders brandished their spears and rushed down to fight, and the Xiliang soldiers started a hand-to-hand fight.

"Kill ———!"

The defenders who rushed down from the top of the hill had a geographical advantage, and the speed of the impact was very fast, which invisibly boosted their slashing power and added a bit of courage. At first glance, these more than 1,000 Hanzhong soldiers fought with the soldiers of the Qin Gong battalion, and there were casualties among each other. And it was this moment of stalemate, so that the Xiliang army completely lost the opportunity, more and more defenders rushed over, the Xiliang army formed an encirclement and attack, with two enemies one, or even three enemies one, the Xiliang soldiers who were halfway up the mountainside retreated, many people stumbled and slipped, and rolled down from the mountainside.

At the same time, the fighting skills of these besieging defenders were very clumsy, but they were brave and brave, almost crazy, and they were not afraid of death, and they were extremely fierce. After being cut by the Xiliang soldiers, many people not only did not retreat, but pounced on them, hugged the Xiliang soldiers and fell down the cliff together, and died together. In the face of these almost crazy defenders, the more than 1,000 soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion who attacked the top of the mountain were inexplicably frightened and couldn't help but retreat down the mountain. But even so, these defenders still chased after them endlessly, as if they would not give up until they drove the Xiliang soldiers down the hillside. This frightened the soldiers of the Qin Gong battalion, and they had to hurriedly descend the mountain with a rolling belt, in order to stay away from these "madmen" who were not afraid of death.

It's not that the soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion are cowardly and cowardly, it's not that they are not brave and resolute enough, but that these defenders are not normal people at all, they are all a group of outright madmen. As long as their heads, hands and feet are not cut off, and they have not fallen, they will rush over desperately, fighting hard to take a knife, and they will also hold Xiliang soldiers and jump off the cliff to die together. Such a fierce enemy, the soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion encountered it for the first time, so the Xiliang soldiers, who were known for their bravery and good at fighting, also had to retreat in fear, and had to fight and retreat, and retreated down the hill extremely wolfly.

And this is not that the Xiliang soldiers on the western hill are so wolf-bèi, and the battle on the top of the eastern mountain is equally tragic and abnormal. As a result, the 1,500 soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion on the eastern slope were also defeated and hurriedly retreated after paying more than half of the casualties.

At this time, Huang Zhong led a 3,000-foot army to attack Yuanmen head-on. At first, the attack was very smooth, and hundreds of soldiers climbed the tower, and the shape was very good, if this situation was allowed to continue to develop, within half an hour, Huang Zhong could lead his army to break through the gate. However, just when Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, a group of reckless men wearing armor and holding short-handled broadswords suddenly emerged on the city tower, fighting fiercely, only advancing and not retreating, killing from the east to the west of the city tower, and forcing more than 100 Xiliang soldiers who climbed the Yuanmen city tower to jump off the city tower, only more than ten people survived, and the others were all hacked to death by random knives.

Since then, these brave and unusually reckless men have been guarding the city tower, so that the Xiliang soldiers have never been able to climb the city tower again, and they have not even had the opportunity to climb up.

"Lord, these reckless men who are not afraid of death are the Wudoumi disciples under Zhang Lu's command. The number of selected and strictly trained disciples like this is not large, definitely not more than 20,000, claiming to be the guardian guard of the Five Doumi Sect. These people are all devout followers of the Five Doumi Sect, and they are no longer normal people; It is not so much that they are the guardian guards, but that they are the dead soldiers cultivated by the Five Doumi Sect. Therefore, these people are extremely strong in combat, and they are not afraid of the sword at all, they are not afraid of life and death, and they regard death as the supreme glory of the apologetics. ”

In front of the Xiliang army, which was three hundred steps away from the valley, Fa Zheng whispered to Li Li about the origin of these armored warriors.

"Before that, Wei Chen had heard that the Wudou Mi Sect had a group of extremely strong guardian guards, but it was just a rumor, but he didn't believe it. Until the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I heard that Zhang Jiao's subordinates had a group of fierce Yellow Turban wrestlers who were not afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and a few of them could be a hundred. Since then, I have suspected that the apologetics of the Five Doumi Sect should be real, but I didn't think that I would see it with my own eyes today, and there were quite a few of them, perhaps more than twice as many as the Yellow Turban wrestlers trained by Zhang Jiao. ”

Listening to Fa Zheng's narration in his ears, Li Li narrowed his eyes slightly and looked coldly at the battle in front of the gate and on the hillsides on both sides, and was silent. After seeing the soldiers and wolves on the slopes on both sides retreat, he gently lifted the reins to drive the Golden Lion Beast King to turn around, and snorted coldly: "Mingjin collects his troops, the feint is over here!" ”

Before the words fell, Li Li rode the Golden Lion Beast King and galloped back, returning straight to Chen Cangcheng.

After Fa Zheng was slightly stunned, he immediately waved his hand to signal the soldier Ming Jin, leaving Ma Dai here to wait for Huang Zhong's army, and then followed Li Li to beat the horse and leave.

"Dingding??????dingding"

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The news that Li Li led his troops to the west to conquer Zhang Lu spread far and wide, and spread throughout the prefectures and counties of the Central Plains within a few days.

After this news was confirmed, the states of the Central Plains, which had been relatively calm, quickly boiled. This so-called boiling was not a cheer, but the princes of all walks of life heard the wind and moved to mobilize troops and horses to speed up the pace of expanding their territories.

The first to get the news was Cao Cao, who was entrenched in Henan County. When he got the exact news, he immediately attacked Chen Liu, and Lu Bu was caught off guard; And Chen Liu was still in the hands of Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao at this time, so that Lu Bu was beyond the reach of the whip and was powerless.

As a result, Zhang Chao surrendered without a fight and took the initiative to open the city to welcome Cao Cao's army into Chen Liucheng, which made Lu Bu completely lose the opportunity, which was tantamount to sending the huge Chen Liucheng to Cao Cao. As a result, in order to fight for the ownership of Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lü Bu went to war in an all-out way.

The Battle of Yanzhou began almost at the same time as the Battle of Chencang, but the fierceness and scale of the battle were far above the Battle of Chencang. Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 troops from Chen Liu's army to attack Dongjun, and the remnants of Cao's army huddled in Dong'e City were under Xun Yu's planning, Cao Chun led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to pour out of the nest and attack from east to north, forming a front and rear attack with Cao Cao's army.

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