Seeing Yan Liang step forward, Xia Houjuan was still sitting in the main seat with a proud look on his face, refusing to get up or give up his seat.
Obviously, this young lady from the Xiahou family was used to enjoying wealth and wealth, so she thought that because of her status, Yan Liang would treat her with some courtesy even if she was a prisoner.
Just when Xia Houjuan was relying on himself, Yan Liang took action.
The ape arm suddenly stretched out, as fast as lightning, before Xia Houjuan could react, it had already clamped her waist and lifted her up.
"What are you doing? Let me go, let me go." After reacting, Xia Houjuan shouted in shock.
Yan Liang shook his arm and threw her aside, while he sat on the main seat with a sneer.
Although the fall was not very serious, for a young girl, the fall was enough to cause Xiahou Juan so much pain that she groaned in pain.
"Yan Liang, how dare you be so rude to me? I'm from the Xiahou family." The humiliated Xiahou Juan endured the pain and got up from the ground, and complained to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang said coldly: "Cao Cao's daughter Gudu can play with her whenever she wants. Your Xiahou family is nothing, but you dare to be so presumptuous in front of Gu. I guess you are tired of living and want to die."
Hearing these "vulgar" words, Xia Houjuan blushed and felt ashamed and angry, but for a moment he did not dare to say anything in reply.
Xia Houjuan thought of Cao Jie, the daughter of Prime Minister Cao, who was also abducted by Yan Liang, and was finally forced to submit and occupied by Yan Liang.
Xia Houjuan suddenly woke up and realized that he seemed to have made a mistake and should not have relied on his identity in front of Yan Liang.
Pressing down his anger, Xia Houjuan said in a deep voice: "Yan Liang. What exactly do you want to do with me?"
"What, hehe." Yan Liang sneered, waved his hand and said: "Come here. Find some women and clean this little bitch for me. I will use her to celebrate tonight."
Zhou Cang understood Yan Liang's consciousness and immediately ordered his soldiers to handle it. After a while, several frightened women and maids were pulled over, and Zhou Cang coldly conveyed Yan Liang's order to them.
In order to save their lives, these maids didn't dare to disobey. They didn't care about Xia Houjuan's identity and even pushed and pushed him out.
At this time, Xia Houjuan was like a lowly prostitute, waiting to be cleansed in humiliation, waiting for Yan Liang to take possession of her body.
Xia Houjuan never expected that Yan Liang could be so "animalistic". He didn't take her identity seriously at all and dared to blatantly taint himself.
"Yan Liang, I am from the Xiahou family. How dare you do this to me? My uncle will never spare you."
The frightened Xia Houjuan was trembling and screaming, but Yan Liang turned a blind eye and watched with a sneer as she was dragged away by the maids.
At this time, the battle outside the mansion has come to an end.
The 20,000 troops and horses on the front line of Yangping Pass, except for the more than 4,000 troops of Dingjun Shandu and less than 2,000 Cao troops who fought out of the pass, the rest were either wiped out or surrendered.
Before sunset, the entire Yangping Pass was basically under the control of Yan Jun.
This most powerful pass in the world, the gateway to Hanzhong, and the strongest fortress, has changed hands.
After the war, more than 4,000 Cao's troops were captured in Yangping Pass. However, most of the 4,000 Cao's troops were originally Zhang Lu's Hanzhong troops.
Yan Liang then issued an order to keep the Hanzhong sergeants who originally belonged to Zhang Lu and integrate them into his own army. The remaining more than 500 Cao soldiers had their ears and noses cut off and drove them away.
The Han Chinese soldiers could be kept for their own use, but those of Cao's army who had their ears and noses cut off were to frighten the remnants of the enemy and accelerate the disintegration of their will to resist.
While Yan's army at Yangping Pass was jubilant and congratulating on this victory, Xia Houyuan and his thousands of remaining soldiers fled to the entrance of Xiegong in despair.
Now that Yangguan Ping has been lost, Longyou Avenue and Chencang Road have been cut off, Cao Cao's reinforcements can only take three valley roads if they want to enter Hanzhong.
Among the three valley roads, only the Xie Valley was relatively flat, so after Cao Xiu abandoned Yangping Pass, he led his remaining troops to guard the entrance of the Xie Valley, hoping to protect the passage for Cao's army in the pass to go south.
After setting up camp, Cao Xiu appeased the morale of the troops, sent people to Nanzheng, and then transferred the prepared troops and horses to Xiegu.
Cao Xiu knew very well that Yan Liang's tens of thousands of victorious troops would soon attack in large numbers. If he wanted to hold Xiegu until Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, he had to concentrate all the troops at hand.
It's a pity that Cao Xiu could only scrape together less than 5,000 troops and horses by cobbling together. Facing Yan Liang's almost ten times the strength, it seemed like a drop in the bucket.
Cao Xiu, the temporary commander-in-chief of Hanzhong, had no choice but to endure.
That night while patrolling the camp, a sergeant suddenly came to report that Xia Houyuan had regained consciousness. Cao Xiu perked up and hurried to meet him.
"Uncle Miaocai, are you finally awake?" Cao Xiu rushed forward, his face full of relief.
"Wen Lie, have the Yan thieves been defeated?" Xia Houyuan, who was half-conscious, still held some regrets.
Cao Xiu sighed and had no choice but to silently report to Xia Houyuan that he had no choice but to abandon the defense of Yangping Pass.
When Xia Houyuan came to understand, his pale face became even more gloomy. He was silent for a long time and sighed: "I didn't expect that Yan thief is so cunning. I have never failed in my life, but I didn't expect to fall into the hands of this thief."
"Uncle Miaocai, don't blame yourself too much. I have sent people to Chang'an to ask for help from the Prime Minister. I expect that the Prime Minister's army will arrive in Hanzhong soon. By that time, it will not be too late for us to avenge today's revenge."
Cao Xiu explained.
Xia Houyuan sighed repeatedly. By now, his proud temperament had been severely shaken. At this time, he lost his temper and could only accept this cruel fact.
After sighing for a long time, Xia Houyuan suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly: "Where is Juan'er? Where is Juan'er?"
When he mentioned Xia Houjuan, Cao Xiu's face froze, and he felt a little ashamed.
"What happened to Juan'er?" Xia Houyuan realized something and immediately became excited.
Cao Xiu couldn't hide it, so he could only say silently: "Xiu is incompetent. He failed to protect Juanmei, and lost Juanmei in the city. Now Juanmei is afraid that something unexpected has happened, or she has fallen into the hands of that thief."
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"What!" Xia Houyuan was shocked, and his blood suddenly surged.
Although Xia Houjuan is her niece, over the years, Xia Houyuan has regarded her as his own and raised her as his own daughter.
In this way, if the daughter he loves only dies in a war, then that's it. If she is captured by Yan Liang, a lustful man, and is humiliated by him, then where will the Xiahou family's face go?
The more Xia Houyuan thought about it, the angrier and more anxious he became. Suddenly he screamed, his energy and blood attacked his heart, and he fainted again.
"Uncle Miaocai, uncle Miaocai"
"General, general"
In Cao's camp, gloomy clouds of sadness spread like a plague.
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Chang'an City, Prime Minister's Mansion.
Faced with a table full of fine wine and delicacies, Cao Cao didn't have much appetite.
The arrow wound on his upper lip has not healed yet. Let alone eating, even speaking in a hurry will cause pain.
The lack of two defective gate masters made Cao Cao, who was not heroic enough, even more indecent.
In addition, the Battle of Hanzhong was not optimistic, and all these factors made Cao Cao lose his appetite for food.
"Of the 200,000 Dingkou in Hanzhong, 170,000 Dingkou have now moved to Guanzhong. They have all been arranged to farm in the Fufeng area. There are another 30,000 to 40,000 Dingkou. Because they live in remote counties, the movement has been a little slow for a few days.
, but the local officials in Hanzhong are supervising."
Cao Cao was eating and listening to reports from his subordinates.
Hearing that the population migration in Hanzhong was going smoothly, Cao Cao finally felt a little better, and the corner of his mouth showed a little bit of pride.
Population is the labor force. The population of more than 200,000 people, all transformed into farmers, is enough to support an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Cao Cao has made up his mind to completely turn Hanzhong into a major military town and leave no one in Hanzhong. At that time, even if Yan Liang could capture Hanzhong, he would not be able to use Hanzhong as a base without relocating people for several years.
Guanlong poses a threat.
Moreover, Cao Cao also had considerable confidence in Xia Houyuan. With him guarding Yangping Pass, he expected that Yan Liang would not be able to attack Hanzhong.
As his mood improved, Cao Cao's appetite also improved. He picked up his chopsticks, endured the pain in his mouth, and was about to take a few bites.
At this time, the pro-army troops came to report that Liu Ye had something urgent to see him.
Cao Cao didn't take it seriously and just followed the command.
A moment later, Liu Ye hurried in, raised his hands and said: "Prime Minister, there is an urgent report from Hanzhong. Xiahou's army was ambushed by Yan Liang in Dingjun Mountain and suffered heavy losses. He was also seriously injured by the enemy general Huang Zhong. Yan Liang took advantage of the situation to attack from the east and west.
Yangping Pass has been conquered."
"Pfft!" Cao Cao had just taken a mouthful of rice, and Liu Ye was so shocked that he spat out the information.
Liu Ye, who was standing very close, couldn't dodge and was sprayed with crumbs in his face.
"What, what did you say?" Cao Cao asked anxiously in surprise.
Liu Ye didn't care about the embarrassment all over his body. He could only describe his embarrassment and silently repeated Hanzhong's urgent report.
The lobby fell into a deathly silence.
Cao Cao sat there stiffly, with deep astonishment and surprise surging on his scorched face.
"Yangping Pass is the most dangerous pass in the world. How...how can Yan Liang break it? It's impossible..." The astonished Cao Cao muttered, how devastated he was.
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion in Chang'an City, when Cao Cao suffered a heavy blow, Yan Liang of Yangping Pass was congratulating the generals on their success in breaking through the pass.
Veteran Huang Zhong and counselor Fazheng naturally became the brightest stars at this celebration banquet.
Yan Liang was so excited that he immediately promoted Huang Zhong to the post of general, and the number of households in the city increased to a thousand.
During this battle, Yan Liang was granted the title of Tinghou and assumed the post of prefect of Shu County by offering Fa Zheng to lure the enemy into an ambush.
After a big banquet, Yan Liang went to the bedroom with unfinished wine.
Pushing open the door of the room that once belonged to Xia Houyuan, the young girl in the room trembled and subconsciously stood up, looking at Yan Liang in a panic and uneasily with wary eyes.
Xia Houjuan was forced to be washed clean, put on quite colorful clothes, and then locked in his uncle's room. Xia Houjuan was always in a state of uneasiness.
Yan Liang stared at the anxious Xiahou girl with an evil smile, walked into the room carelessly, and closed the door with his backhand.
