Xia Houhui stood by the city wall, looking at the crowds of people below the city, his face pale.
She came from Chang'an and spent a lot of effort to persuade Xiahou Mao to put Ba under house arrest. But now, she found that her work was in vain. Anding betrayed and Longyou was corrupted. Xiahou Mao remembered it again in a panic
Wei Ba invited him out again.
Xiahou Hui was very frustrated. She felt that it was her fault because Xiahou Mao asked her for advice first and she could not give Xiahou Mao strong help. This forced Xiahou Mao to have no choice but to trust Wei Ba.
Ask Wei Ba for help.
She could understand Xiahou Mao's current difficulties. Xiahou Mao himself was not familiar with military affairs, and he was not even very clear about the entire situation in Guanzhong, let alone the counties west of Longshan. He was able to realize the critical situation through stability and rebellion, which was considered a success.
Super performance.
It was a huge mistake for him to be responsible for the entire Western Theater War. Cao Zhen should have been invited to take charge of the overall situation earlier, instead of thinking about giving the Xiahou family an opportunity to make contributions. This is not an opportunity, this is a disaster. Since Cao Wei's country
The disaster was also the disaster of the Xiahou family.
Although Xiahou Hui was not very clear about the situation in Longyou, she could foresee how angry the emperor would be if Longyou was lost. Even if Xiahou Mao saved his life because of the princess, he could not escape the blame. From now on, he would only
I can now be a free man in Luoyang.
Everything started because of greed. Knowing that Xiahou Mao was not the material to lead an army, we still wanted him to be responsible for the war in the west. This was greed.
In addition to regret, Xia Houhui blames herself even more. She considers herself to be extremely smart and not weaker than men. However, facts have proved that although her understanding of people's speculations and tactics is higher than that of ordinary people, it is not as high as she thought. Faced with
Regarding Wei Ba, she knew that she might be faking his surrender, but she couldn't find enough evidence to prove her suspicion and completely eliminate the hidden danger of Wei Ba. What made her even more frustrated was that she didn't have any insight beyond ordinary people's military knowledge. As long as she
Even if Xiahou Mao could provide some useful advice, he would not ask Wei Ba for advice.
In an instant, she realized that her pride was actually vulnerable, and all her victories could not be realized. She was like those talkers who only talk about rhetoric and won't accept anyone when it comes to mysteries, but when they actually do things, they don't.
It's a mess, full of mistakes, and absolutely ridiculous.
The sound of rapid footsteps came, interrupting Xia Houhui's self-blame.
"Miss Xiahou..." Xu Ran gasped and hurriedly raised his hands in a salute.
"Captain Xu, what's wrong with you?" Xia Houhui asked in surprise.
"Miss Xiahou, come and see." Xu Ran walked to the edge of the city and signaled Xiahou Hui to pay attention to the soldiers who were entering the city. Xiahou Hui looked at it for a while and didn't see any problems.
"What happened to them?"
"Miss Xiahou, they are reinforcements from Tongguan."
"Coming from Tongguan? So what?"
Xu Ran looked at Xia Houhui in surprise. Seeing that Xia Houhui was still looking at him blankly, he couldn't help stamping his feet and raising his voice. "Miss Xiahou, you have passed through Tongguan before, have you ever seen the defenders of Tongguan so capable?"
Xia Houhui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, a cold air rushed down his spine and into the back of his head: "Fake?"
"Well, it's nine times out of ten that it's false." Xu Ran's forehead was sweating, and he cupped his hands and said: "Miss Xiahou, I wanted to ask the general for instructions just now, but unexpectedly the general was discussing something with General Wei Lang, and I didn't dare to let him go.
General Wei Lang knew about this, so he came to ask the girl for instructions."
Xia Houhui turned around and was about to leave. Xu Ran stepped forward to stop her and said hurriedly: "Girl, I am responsible for the safety of the general. I will risk my life to rescue the general. I just ask the girl to leave immediately."
Xiwu."
Xiahou Hui's lips turned pale. She knew very well what Xu Ran meant. The dock was extremely strong and it was very difficult to attack from the outside. Because of this, Xiahou Mao sent all his troops to the entrance of the Baoxie Valley in Nanshan.
The 500 people under Xu Ran and the 100 personal guards around Xiahou Mao, and the others were all temporarily recruited civilians and were of no use at all. Since the enemy pretended to be Tongguan defenders and entered the city, what's more?
As a capable person, there will be no suspense if Xiwu is lost.
The most urgent task is not to fight to the death with the enemy, but to escape, escape from Xiwu, and escape back to Chang'an.
No matter how smart Xia Houhui was, she was still a little panicked when she suddenly encountered such an emergency. Cold sweat dripped from her forehead. She thought for a while, turned around and shouted to Xu Ran: "Captain Xu, abandon the outer city and lead your people to defend the inner city."
, be prepared and ready to break out at any time."
Xu Ran nodded, and then realized that Xia Houhui did not escape according to his plan, and quickly asked: "That girl..."
"Since Wei Ba is still with the general, we still have a chance." Xia Houhui said while jogging: "I will lead people to restrain Wei Ba, rescue uncle, and then break out of the encirclement together."
Xu Ran followed behind and said urgently: "Girl, you'd better go first, I'll go rescue the general."
"This is an order!" Xia Houhui suddenly stopped and shouted sternly: "Do you want to disobey the order?"
Xu Ran shuddered, took a step back, bowed and accepted the order: "Here." Then he turned around and hurried down to the city.
Xiahou Hui took the twenty knights who protected her and ran all the way to Xiahou Mao's lobby.
"You two go prepare your war horses and wait at the north gate." The leading captain gave the order while running: "The others are ready to fight!"
"Here." The knights already knew that the matter was urgent. They pulled out the long knives from their waists, picked up their crossbows, and prepared for battle. They guarded Xiahou Hui with murderous intent. The two knights walked along the edge of the city.
He ran down the slope of the city and straight to the stables.
When they arrived at the entrance of the lobby, the soldiers on duty were startled when they saw their appearance. They instinctively stepped forward to intercept them. Xia Houhui squeezed out of the knights and shouted sharply: "Get out of the way!"
When the soldiers saw that it was Xia Houhui, they quickly put away their weapons. Xiahou Hui ignored them and ran towards the hall with his men. Wei Ba was "thinking hard" when he heard the rapid and chaotic footsteps outside.
He was happy, and then he heard Xia Houhui's sharp shout, and his heart suddenly tightened, and he rushed towards Xiahou Mao who was spinning in a circle.
As soon as he started, Xia Houhui rushed in with twenty ferocious-looking knights, pointed at Wei Ba, and shouted sharply: "Take it down!"
Several knights triggered the crossbow machine, and the crossbow arrows flew towards Wei Ba with a roar. Wei Ba was so shocked that he did not bother to catch Xiahou Mao. He turned around and rushed behind the screen. He took a shield from Lan Qi and carried it behind his back to protect him.
Live at the front door and back center.
"Push!" There were several muffled sounds in succession, and the crossbow arrow hit the position where Wei Ba was just now. The strong force caused the shelf with the map behind him to shake twice and collapse suddenly.
Xia Houmao was furious: "Yuanrong, what are you doing?"
Xiahou Hui rushed forward, grabbed Xiahou Mao, and said loudly: "Uncle, someone pretended to be a defender of Tongguan and has entered the city. Wei Ba is pretending to surrender."
She said so much in one breath that Xiahou Mao had no time to react, but Xiahou Hui didn't intend to make him understand. She just wanted to snatch Xiahou Mao out before the enemies in the city invaded the inner city.
The knights brought by Xia Houhui were all elites who had experienced the battlefield. At this moment, without Xiahou Hui's instructions, they made the correct response. The five of them faced the screen and stood ready, while the remaining people held Xiahou Mao and Xia Houhui hostage.
retreat.
Xiahou Hui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had successfully grabbed Xiahou Mao. She glanced at the screen and ordered loudly: "What are you waiting for? Take this masterpiece against Shu!"
"Here!" The soldiers in the hall also woke up and responded loudly. Some of them protected Xiahou Mao and retreated, while others surrounded him.
Wei Ba complained endlessly. Seeing that he was almost done, he did not expect that Xia Houhui would take advantage of him. From what Xia Houhui said just now, he could guess that something was wrong with the Tongguan defenders pretending to be soldiers from the Wei family. Wuli
Only Xu Ran's 500 men were left, and in addition to the more than 100 soldiers in the hall, as long as a thousand soldiers entered the city, there would be no problem in taking Xiwu, but letting Xiahou Mao escape would be a bit difficult.
It's a pity that he deliberately approached Xiahou Mao. Didn't he just want to capture Xiahou Mao at a critical moment and then order the Wei army in the city to lay down their weapons and surrender?
With Xiahou Mao's character, he probably wouldn't be so righteous as to say "shoot me" as if he were dead. As long as he was controlled, it would be a piece of cake to take down the camp.
The most important point of the boxing skills that Zhao Yun taught him was to rush forward in the middle and hit the vital point directly. The same is also the most important principle of marching combat. Break through the enemy's center and kill the opponent's generals. Even if you cut off the opponent's general flag, you can still do it with the lowest possible speed.
Defeat the opponent as quickly as possible. On the battlefield, the Chinese army is the most heavily guarded. It is definitely not an easy task to behead an enemy like Guan Erye did in Baima. Similarly, in Xiwu, if you want to control Xiahou Mao
It's not that easy. He only has one chance. It won't work if it's too early, and it won't work if it's too late... let alone.
The current situation is like this. He is waiting for Dunwu's signal. As soon as Dunwu arrives, he will immediately take action to restrain Xiahou Mao. But he never expected that Xiahou Hui came in front of Dunwu, and the situation became unstable.
A sudden reversal occurred. Xiahou Mao was temporarily safe, but he fell into danger.
It can be heard from the chaotic footsteps that there are at least twenty soldiers standing in front of him through a thin screen. Among these twenty soldiers, there are at least five hand crossbows. He can charge
Go out, knock down one or two of them, and then you'll be surrounded by others and chopped into pieces.
Xia Houmao was not a man, and Wei Ba was not that fearless. Wei Ba slowly took a step back, leaning against the wall to avoid being surrounded by enemies on all sides. He held the shield in his left hand and pulled out the shield from his waist with his right hand.
With his short sword, he slowly grabbed the wall curtain, took a deep breath, and listened attentively. His ears echoed with the words that Master Zhao Yun had said countless times, as if he had returned to the hanging boulder where he practiced martial arts.
"Stand quiet like a virgin, like Mount Tai collapsing in front of you, but your face does not change; moving like a stripped rabbit, like a butcher undressing an ox, you can enter the space without thickness." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!