There was a crisp "click" sound, and the blade in Hua Xiong's hand was broken into two pieces. For the first time, a look of shock appeared on his face. He never expected that the other party's temperament would be so strong that he would not hesitate to trade his life for his life.
Hua Xiong was caught off guard, and the sharp sword whizzed towards his chest, piercing his chest. He would have been disemboweled or killed. He endured the pain and stepped back. When the sharp sword pulled out his chest, a bright red splashed out. He was a
Staggered and fell to the ground.
"I won..." Han Dang showed a cruel smile on his face and took a step forward to kill Hua Xiong. However, an inexplicable heart palpitation hit him and the blood in his body almost stopped flowing, making it difficult for him to move forward.
Qing knew that his wound was too close to his heart and was affected, so he acted like this.
Han Dang felt extremely unwilling. He could easily obtain the opponent's head, but he couldn't move it.
Hua Xiong originally thought that he would pay with his life for his carelessness, but he never thought that Han Dang would not pursue him and just stop and stare. Of course, he would not be so naive as to think that the other party was kind enough to spare his life.
"Is it possible..." Hua Xiong laughed, because he laughed so hard that he coughed up blood, but he was still laughing.
In the next moment, both sides sent their generals to the rear while pursuing the enemy generals hard. The battle was bloody and chaotic, and Han Dang had already fallen into a coma when he was sent down the city. However, Hua Xiong was not much stronger than him, and his body was
He was pressed to the ground and dragged along by the guards. During this process, he was hit several times, leaving a shocking bloodstain, which showed how miserable the situation was.
"Zihao, how are you? Is it okay?" Dong Yue looked at the scarred Hua Xiong and asked urgently. Dong Yue, whose courtesy name is Boyuan, is in his early thirties, more than seven feet tall, with a strong body and a large face.
Er, with a majestic image. He is Dong Zhuo's nephew. He is prudent in military use and has many surprises. Dong Zhuo loves him very much and often calls him the Dong family's thousand-mile horse.
Dong Zhuo is now over sixty years old, and all his disciples are young. His brother Dong Min is mediocre, his nephew Dong Huang is weak in literature, and his son-in-law Niu Fu is vulgar. In comparison, Dong Yue is more than one step ahead in terms of ability and skill.
What Dong Zhuo hesitates about is that the relationship between the two is a little distant. Moreover, he has not yet reached the point where his life is exhausted. Maybe he can live until his youngest son grows up. No one can say for sure about things in the world.
Hua Xiong lay on the ground like a dead dog, gasping, and tugged at the corner of his mouth and said: "I won't die for a while. I was so careless, and my head was almost chopped off by an unknown person."
"Nobody?..." Hu Zhen shook his head and said: "That man is not a nobody. His surname is Han, and his given name is Yigong. He is from Youzhou and Liaoxi. He is one of the great generals under Sun Jian's son."
When Hua Xiong heard this, his bell-like eyes suddenly stared, and he sighed for a long time: "It's my fault for underestimating the enemy and not looking at the intelligence. If I had known that he was Han Dang, I would not have underestimated the enemy and killed him early."
"..." The left side of Hu Zhen's face twitched slightly. Although he knew that Hua Xiong was brave and strong, Han Dang was the most powerful general under Sun Jian. In the two battles of Liangxian and Dagu, many of the so-called fierce generals of Liangzhou collapsed in front of him.
, and even a few were directly beheaded from the horse. It was a good result that Hua Xiong could fight with the opponent and both sides were injured. If he was said to be easily beheaded, Hu Zhen would not believe it.
Dong Yue was not interested in fighting bravely, so he had Hua Xiong carried down for treatment. Seeing Hu Zhen staring closely at the battlefield, he also looked over. When Sun's army attacked the city, Zhonglang stationed Wenpin at the bottom of the city to coordinate.
On the top of the city, Huang Gai was responsible for arranging formations, and Han Dang was responsible for fighting. The division of labor was clear. Han Dang was hit today, and although Sun's army was affected to some extent, Huang Gai was all there to direct the battle, so the fundamentals were not affected.
.Comparatively speaking, Dong Jun was more affected. After all, just now, our own side retreated continuously under the fierce attack of the opponent and was almost unable to hold back. It was Hua Xiong who led the new force to reverse the decline. Now that Hua Xiong was injured and retreated, his own morale immediately dropped sharply.
, shrank back again.
"How did Sun Jian become so powerful? He is completely different from before..." Dong Yue sighed with the same questions as Hua Xiong.
Hu Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "I also want to know..." Sun Jian was still a nobody worth mentioning at the end of last year. His 30,000-strong army faced an attack by Dong Jun's 10,000 cavalry, and collapsed at the first touch, and the whole army was wiped out. Sun Jian's power
, began to change after the Battle of Liangxian, and the stepping stones to its rise were none other than him, Hu Zhen, and Lu Bu.
Hu Zhen felt vague regret in his heart at this moment. If he had not fought with Lu Bu in spirit, but had fought hand in hand, Sun Jian might not have won. If he had not won, he would not have been able to accumulate enough confidence. Naturally, there would have been no victory at Dagu Pass. Sun Jian would not have won.
Let alone grow to such a terrible stage today...
Unfortunately, there is no regret in selling medicine.
Hu Zhen let out a long sigh, drew his sword out of its sheath, and said to Dong Yue: "If we don't go up, Xin'an will be destroyed today."
Dong Yue nodded and was about to make a move when suddenly there was the sound of a trumpet from outside the city.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
At first, the battlefield was noisy, and the sound of the trumpet was not very clear. Later, it became louder and louder, spreading in all directions.
Hu Zhen and Dong Yue looked at each other and saw that the other party actually retreated in a good situation. Their first thought was that the other party had a conspiracy and they did not dare to immediately order a pursuit.
Sergeant Dong fought fiercely for a day, and his physical strength was very exhausted. The reason why he persisted was because he was on the battlefield and his heartstrings were always tense. Now he relaxed, sitting or falling down, greedily sucking the air with the strong smell of blood. At this time,
, Hu Zhen, Dong Yue even wanted to pursue them, but it was too late.
Huang Gai was extremely dissatisfied with the withdrawal. He went down to the city and asked Wenpin what happened. Wenpin didn't know the reason. The two returned to the army with frowning eyebrows, and saw Sun Jian holding a letter in his hand and staring at the end of the sky.
, the back gives people a sense of desolation and sadness.
Huang Gai looked at Wu Jing, looking for an answer, but the latter shook his head.
"Get the army back to camp, and then you wait to discuss matters in the military tent." Sun Jian turned his back to everyone. His voice was as hoarse as an owl, and everyone who heard it was shocked. Sun Jian's voice even changed. What happened? The generals looked at each other for a long time.
, clasping fists and promising, he accepted the order and left.
"Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Zhou Zhe!" Sun Jian roared in a low voice. His face was pale, his eyes were like fire, and his whole body exuded a murderous aura as sharp as a knife, as if a fierce ghost had come to the world.
"I, Sun Jian, swear here that I will kill three of you in this life." After saying this, Sun Jian turned around and mounted his horse. He galloped all the way into the camp, returned to the tent, sat on the throne, put his forehead with his hands, and fell into deep thought until the generals
When they arrived together, they came back to their senses.
"General..." All the generals saluted one after another.
"Sit down." Sun Jian handed the letter on the case to his wife's brother Wu Jing first.
"Let me see what happened that made my brother-in-law lose his temper..." Wu Jing took the letter and looked at it carefully. His face suddenly turned pale. This letter was handwritten by Yuan Zhong, Prime Minister of Pei State, and mentioned Cao Cao.
, Zhou Zhe led tens of thousands of troops south to attack Pei State. Wu Jing was so angry that he wanted to jump up several times, but he held back forcefully and passed it to Sun Jian's brother Sun Ben next to him.
Sun Xiang, then Cheng Pu, Huang Gai's generals, Yuan Shu's generals Wenpin, Zhang Xun...
The hands of everyone in the Creed circled the large tent at an extremely fast speed, and finally returned to the writing desk in front of Sun Jian.
There was silence in the military tent, and you could hear a needle drop.
"Everyone, don't be silent. Let's talk about what we should do now..." Sun Jian said expressionlessly. After a period of being alone, he seemed to have calmed down, at least on the surface, there was nothing unusual. However, knowing him
Everyone knows that Sun Jian is the most terrifying when he pretends to be calm. Once he breaks out, the world will collapse.
Sun Ben took out his knife, chopped off a corner of several cases, and shouted: "We are waiting in Guanzhong regardless of life and death to fight against Dong for the country. When the rebels are about to be defeated, there are ugly people attacking Yuzhou. What more can be said? We should immediately
Return to the army, kill Cao Cao, Zhou Zhe and others for their treacherous ways of causing trouble to the country and ignoring the country. If there is anyone behind them who instigates them, treat them with equal regard and punish them."
Wu Jing, Sun Xiang, and Sun He stood up together, clasped their fists and said: "The general has given the order, and we are the vanguard."
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai also said: "It has been two years since Dong Zhuo entered the capital. Everyone in the world sees what the general has done. Justice is in the hearts of the people. It is not that we are unwilling to serve the king and punish thieves, but that some people cannot see it.
We have made unparalleled achievements. Now that we are returning to Yuzhou, we are completely forced by the other party..."
Seeing everyone's excitement, Zhang Xun frowned and said: "The situation in Yuzhou is complicated at this time, so it's better not to make a decision lightly. I believe that General Yuan has received the news at this time, and a letter will arrive within a few days. We will go there again...
"
Sun Ben interrupted him with a cold snort: "By the time Yuan Jiujiu gets the letter, Yuzhou will have been completely wiped out."
Zhang Xun was furious, he was a arrogant boy, he was arrogant, he was so cowardly...
Sun Jian suddenly shouted: "Boyang, don't be so presumptuous as to apologize to Zhang Zhonglang quickly, or I won't be able to spare you." Henan and Jing will benefit from both sides, but they will suffer from division, especially now that the two families have a common enemy.
, it is absolutely impossible to make enemies at this time. Moreover, if Sun Jian wants to recover Yuzhou, without the help of Yuan Shu, Sun Jian will be unable to move forward.
Sun Ben was straightforward and immediately bowed and apologized, saying: "Ben is young and ignorant. When he heard about the fall of Yuzhou, he was so angry that he couldn't stop talking. Zhang Zhonglang must not be the same as me."
Sun Jian understood the truth. As a general under Yuan Shu, how could Zhang Xun not know this? He snorted and reluctantly accepted Sun Ben's apology.
Although Sun Jian was so anxious that he wished he could get a pair of wings and fly back to Yuzhou, he had to be patient and endure.
The next day, Sun Jun hung up his no-war sign, which made Hu Zhen and Dong Yue confused and didn't know why.
In the afternoon, Yuan Shu's messenger arrived at Sun Jun's camp. After reading the letter, Sun Jian felt reassured that as long as Yuan Shu promised to support him with money and food, he would have no worries, and he would not be afraid of anyone, no matter whether the opponent was Cao Cao, Zhou Zhe, or behind them.
Both Yuan Shao and Sun Jian were confident of defeating him.
Sun Jian did not delay immediately, and sent the wounded soldiers first, followed by the weak soldiers. He led the elite troops behind and retreated boldly in front of Dong Jun.
After some discussion between Hu Zhen and Dong Yue, they gave up the idea of pursuing the pursuit. First, they suffered heavy losses and did not have many troops, so the number of people they could send was limited. Second, the ancient road to Weihan was dangerous and it was known as "walking all day long in the middle of the tunnel, there is no square track."
"The cavalry place" was inconvenient for cavalry to move. Third, the ancient road was surrounded by mountains, hills, and bushes, and ambushes could be ambushed everywhere. Sun Jian was good at using troops, and perhaps his own side would be surrounded and annihilated if he was negligent.
And many more reasons...
In fact, these are just excuses. What the two of them really think is that since they have 'won', why take any more risks?
Sun Jian led the last batch of soldiers through Hanhangu Pass, which was burned to ruins by Dong Zhuo, and returned to Henan. He was completely relieved of Dong Jun behind him, and then fixed his eyes on Gai Yin and Gai in Luoyang City.
Jun has always been on friendly terms with Yuan Shao, and the world knows that he will suddenly attack him. To be cautious, he has no intention of returning to Yuzhou from Luoyang, but wants to cross the river valley from Gucheng County between Luoyang and Han Valley.
Go south through Hanoi County and return to Daguguan, then enter Yingchuan.
As soon as Sun Jun started to cross the Valley River, Gai Yin came to the door single-handedly. He was an official in Yin, Henan, and was busy with many things. He had no time to engage in official talk with the other party, so he went straight to the point and asked for the new city south of Daguguan in the name of Yin, Henan.
, two places in Liang County.
These two counties were captured by the Sun and Yuan coalition forces at the beginning of this year. They were first used as a rear base to attack Luoyang. When Gai Jun took control of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo burned the pass and escaped, and then turned into a base to attack Guanzhong. At that time, Gai Junruo went to Luoyang.
Sun Jian's request was tantamount to strangling the latter's neck, and Sun Jian would never agree.
It was different now. Sun Jian led his army back and had no reason to continue to occupy the two counties unless he wanted to add another powerful enemy to himself.
Sun Jian was not stupid. He understood the interests clearly and agreed without thinking.
Gai Yin successfully achieved his goal and said goodbye to Sun Jian by the Gushui River.
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But it was said that Gai Jun heard that his grandmother had passed away, so he wore sackcloth and paid filial piety. The next day, he left General Huang Zhong with 15,000 troops to guard Hanoi, and then set off to return to Bingzhou with the remaining troops.
During the period of mourning, you are not allowed to wear beautiful clothes, enjoy delicious food, abstain from sex, cry every day, and look haggard. The military environment still meets these requirements.
When thinking about keeping filial piety, one naturally thinks of his eldest brother Yuan Benchu. "Book of Rites" says: "Three years of mourning ended in the twenty-fifth month." He first mourned his mother, and then made up for his father's mourning, for a total of six years, five years.
How did this guy survive ten months? He really deserves the nickname "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" given to him.
According to his father, his uncle Gai Chong had to mourn his mother's death for three years, and wanted to mourn for him for another three years. It seemed that he had the intention of challenging Yuan Benchu, the "human limit". In Gai Jun's view, it was indeed a bit too much, and mourning was only for the deceased relatives.
As for the expression of remembrance, if you are sincere, why not mourn for three days? If you have no intention, just for reputation, mourning for thirty years is nothing, and it is not worth mentioning.
Huai County in Hanoi and Jinyang in Taiyuan are more than a thousand miles apart. Gai Jun marched slowly with the army. After twenty-five days, when he took off his mourning clothes, he happened to enter the territory of Taiyuan County. This place was less than 200 miles away from Jinyang. According to the normal itinerary,
It would take another five or six days for the army to reach Jinyang. Gai Jun could not wait any longer and led dozens of knights to break away from the team and gallop towards the north.
Gai Jun's Zidian and the mounts of the guards were all good horses. After half a day of driving, the ancient and simple city walls of Jinyang City were faintly visible.
It's not that he didn't know, but he was shocked. He started to go south in the first month of the year to prepare for the eastward expedition to Jizhou. It was the end of May, and before he knew it, he had been away from home for nearly five months.
During Gai Jun's inspection of Hanoi County, he had the idea of visiting Hedong County. Since Gai Yin sent troops to Hedong last year and occupied most of Hedong, Gai Jun had not been there once. This was very detrimental to his rule. Today's Hedong people
Probably he only knew that there was a governor (prefect), but not a general. Unfortunately, unfortunately, when his grandmother passed away, he killed the idea, otherwise he would have to come back in June or July.
He was not disappointed that he did not go to Chenghedong. Anyway, there will be chaos in Guanzhong next year, and he will definitely go to Hedong by then. It is only a year late, so it doesn't matter.
With a loud shout of "drive", Gai Jun rode his horse straight towards the south gate. Zidian was extremely fast, running like purple lightning, which attracted people on the road to stop and look sideways, and naturally also attracted the attention of the city gate guards.
A young and handsome recruit said to his unibrow companion: "Who is this? It's so majestic. There are dozens of armored cavalry following and guarding you."
The unibrow replied: "Anyway, it's not someone you and I can climb up to."
The new soldier asked again: "General Hussar stipulated that horses are not allowed to gallop within a mile of the city. Should we stop them?"
"..." There was a look of hesitation on his unibrowed face. Stop, the other party has a very prominent status and cannot be offended. If you don't stop, this rule is very strict. If you turn a blind eye to him, you might get blamed. At this moment, he didn't know what to do.
At that moment, Sima from the South City Gate came slowly.
This Sima was an extraordinary figure. When General Hussar first established the Shehu Camp in Beidi County, he joined the army and fought successfully. However, he had bad luck. During the expedition against Tu Geren, his right arm was cut off at the shoulder level.
He only had to serve as the gatekeeper here and spend the rest of his life in peace.
Le Sheng's brows stood up. As the leader of the knights approached and slowed down, his brows gradually relaxed and his pupils continued to dilate.
"Huh?" Gai Jun was stunned when he saw Le Sheng, and thought carefully: "You are Le Sheng... Le Sheng, right?"
"General, do you still remember me? Do you still remember me?..." Le Sheng looked extremely excited.
"Of course." When Gai Jun built the second battalion of Shehu and Luodiao, there were only 2,800 people in total. After seven years of conquest, less than 500 survived. Gai Jun basically remembers their names. As long as their limbs are healthy,
At least he is a military prince.
"I have something to do. Come and sit at my house when you have time..." Gai Jun said and rode into the city.
"No." Le Sheng watched Gai Jun go away.
"You are the general's guest," the handsome recruit said with envy.
He said with a sour eyebrow, "General, that was just a polite comment."
"I don't think so..."
"What are you two muttering about, huh?" Le Sheng looked at the two of them with a sullen face.
"No, it's nothing..."
Gai Jun missed his wife and was not interested in official matters. He passed by the provincial governor's department and refused to enter. The state officials were very sensible and pretended to disappear. Gai Jun turned the corner and from here on, it was his home, but he could not climb over the wall.
And when you get in, you still have to walk a long way to get to your home.
Thinking of seeing his wife soon, Gai Jun's face was filled with smiles. Suddenly, the voices of two children came from the door.
"Brother, there is the sound of horse hooves. Look quickly to see if my father is back."
"I've watched it nine times, and you've only watched it four times."