Xue Fangyuan glanced at everyone and said excitedly: "Wu Chenghou promised to grant me and I the main executive officer of Xichuan." Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. The alchemist slapped his thigh, "Let's do it!" Everyone nodded, Xiang Ting, who had always been cautious, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

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Zhou Yu led his army to besiege Hanzhong for several days, and the war was in full swing.

That night, in the canyon of Xieguguan in the northern part of Hanzhong, a black wave was surging. It turned out that Ma Chao's 80,000 thunder cavalry was moving south from here. It turned out that Ma Chao's 80,000 thunder cavalry had been mobilized here. Huang Yueying, considering that his opponent was waiting for a tough battle in Nanyang to break through, secretly ordered Ma Chao's 80,000 thunder cavalry to go south from Xieguguan Pass in Guanzhong. In fact, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying had long judged that Shangyong City could not be defended. Their plan was that Zhuge Liang was defending Hanzhong to attract Zhou Yu to attack. At the same time, Ma Chao's 80,000 thunder cavalry unexpectedly went south from Xieguguan Pass to Hanzhong, cut off Zhou Yu's retreat in one fell swoop, and wiped out Zhou Yu's troops.

Ma Chao looked up at the steep terrain on both sides. At this time, the bright moon was in the sky, and the slanted mountain shadows made the canyon particularly dark.

Early the next morning, the army crossed the steep mountains and quickly advanced to the Hanshui River. However, at this point, an emergency was discovered. Sun Jianjun's temperament actually appeared on the other side of the river, and his opponent had already let them go!

A scout rushed to report: "General, the ferry crossing on the other side was occupied by Sun Jian's army!"

“How many people are there?”

"About five thousand squadrons!"

Ma Chao glanced at the open water and ordered: "Collect the surrounding ships immediately, and cut down trees to make bamboo rafts!" The two deputy generals next to him ordered them to go down.

Ma Chao came to the riverside and looked up. He saw that Sun Jianjun on the other side was busy building fortifications, deer forts, trenches, fences, pits, etc. At the same time, Sun Jianjun erected a lookout post every few miles, and the overall defensive situation was so strict that he frowned.

"Who is the guard?"

Ma Tie clasped his fists and said, "It's Jiangdong General Ling Cao!"

Ma Chao sneered: "It's just a rat!"

Before noon that day, Ma Chao gathered more than a hundred small wooden boats and bamboo rafts, and immediately ordered a crossing of the river to attack. More than a thousand water-hui cavalry left the war horses, took off their armor, held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and rowed a wooden boat and a bamboo raft to kill the other side!

The anxious horse ran to the camp of Sun Jian’s army outside Hanzhong City, came to the tent, turned over and dismounted, ran in, and knelt down and said, "Report to the Grand Governor, a large army of Lu Bu appeared from Xiegu Pass!"

All the generals in the tent were already there, and the veteran Cheng Pu said with a look of gratitude: "Thanks to the great governor's foresight, otherwise he would have been obedient to the other party's words!"

Zhou Yu asked: "How many people are there on the other side? What unit is it? Who leads the army?"

"Report to the Grand Commander, the Canglang Army was coming. Nearly 100,000 troops were all cavalry, and General Ma Chao was the leader!"

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "I'm telling them, why hasn't there been any news about their Canglang Army for a while? It turns out that it's here! Humph, it's so calculating!"

Cheng Pu said anxiously: "Grandmaster, our army must break through Hanzhong as soon as possible. The delay of the relocation is probably not good for our army!"

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said to the messenger: "Send another 5,000 infantry to Ling Cao and tell Ling Cao that he should continue to send cavalry to patrol the river, pay special attention to the evening and never give his opponent an opportunity to take advantage of!" The messenger agreed with his fists and ran out of the tent.

Zhou Yu glanced at the generals in the tent, picked up the flag on the table, stood up, and said firmly: "Our army will win! We must conquer Hanzhong within three days! If we fail, all the generals will be executed!" The generals were shocked and agreed with their promises.

The exhausted Pingnan Army soldiers finally rested for a while, but the sound of war drums outside the city sounded loudly again. The soldiers stood up in shock and looked out of the city. They saw the dark enemy troops surging like waves, flags covering the sky and the sun, and the cold light reflected by the weapons actually suppressed the sun's light!

The soldiers couldn't help but feel a little timid.

The generals went to the front line, pulled out their weapons, and shouted: "Fight to the death and live and die with the city!" The timidity in the soldiers immediately retreated, and impulsive blood of war surged.

Sun Jian's army began to attack the city, and arrow rain on both sides covered the sky. A rain of arrows hit the city wall, crackling like beans, and the soldiers of Pingnan were shot to the ground; the rain of arrows fell into the enemy's bushes, hitting their shields, like the rapid rain hitting banana leaves, and soldiers were constantly shot to the ground.

The crowd rushed to the city wall, and ladders came up to the city. The warriors began to climb the city. At this time, the cars rushing to the city also began to hit the city gate, making a thrilling sound.

Boom! On the top of the city, the rolling stone wood poured down like a waterfall. Seeing the Sun Jian army soldiers who were climbing the city falling down like a gourd, there was a loud noise. It turned out that a cloud ladder was broken by a huge rock. The soldiers on it and the broken cloud ladder were smashed down heavily! The gap here could not be filled by a new cloud ladder, and the rolling stone wood and arrows on it poured down again!

Wu Yi, covered in blood, quickly came to the hall of only speaking, and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and our army's casualties are too great!"

Zhuge Liang, wearing a white Confucian robe and a scarf, showed a thoughtful look on his face and gently shook his feather fan. He said to Wu Yi: "Go and tell the soldiers that General Ma Chao's 80,000 thrust cavalry and General Zang Ba's 100,000 war-winning Xiong Army have arrived in the Han River. As long as we persist for another three days, we will be able to win!

Wu Yi was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "General Ma Chao and General Zang Ba are both here!"

Zhuge Liang nodded and glanced at Wu Yi, "Go quickly!"

Wu Yi responded and ran away excitedly.

The defenders received the news that reinforcements had arrived at the Hanshui River, and their morale was greatly boosted. They fought back with all their might! A wave of warriors of Sun Jian's army finally rushed to the top of the city, and then they immediately fell into a bloody battle on the top of the city. In a short while, they all died! The two sides launched a tug-of-war on the top of the city. At a moment, Sun Jian's army rushed to the top of the city, and then Lu Bu's army killed them back and took them back. The two sides fought repeatedly on the top of the city, and the battle was extremely bloody and tragic!

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The sun had already set west, but the fierce battle for a day had not stopped. Sun Jianjun seemed to be swearing to stop until he defeated the city, while the defenders were unyielding! The sun set, and the blood dyed the earth red!

At the same time, Ma Chao was furious, and the attack launched by more than a thousand elite soldiers failed to achieve any results and was killed! Looking at the flag waving in the wind on the other side, Ma Chao felt that it was ridiculing him, which made him angry.
Chapter completed!