Chapter 206: Capture of Longxi

Horse-herding wasteland.

The burning bonfires were extinguished one after another, and the fish belly was white in the east. The wasteland was silent, and all the soldiers in Liangzhou were still immersed in their dreams.

“Ha~~yawn~~”

Outside the campsite.

A soldier who was watching at night yawned lazily, held the spear in his hand under his armpit, walked a few steps to a clump of weeds, untied his crotch and urinated. Taking advantage of the time of untied urine, the soldier instinctively glanced at the wasteland bathed in the morning light in front of him. A dark shadow faintly saw a corner of his eyes.

The soldiers didn't care at first, but after nearly two breaths, they suddenly became shocked from the spot.

"Cabinet~~Caval?"

"It seems to be my own!"

The soldiers felt a chill behind them, and hurriedly attracted several other soldiers who were watching the night. They were awakened by the panic shouts of the soldiers in the sleepy school. They quickly turned over and sat up to the outside of the camp to check the truth. With the light of dawn, they saw a group of black cavalry approaching silently in front of them.

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and warn!" The school roared angrily, "Blow the trumpet, hurry up and blow the trumpet, hurry up and~~"

"Note wuwuwu~~"

The next moment, the sound of horns surged into the sky, and the soldiers of Liangzhou who were sleeping woke up from their deep sleep. They hurriedly began to assemble under the quarrel of the generals and set up a messy and noisy formation. Under the escort of dozens of cavalry and personal soldiers, Huangfu Jian, Guo Hao, Li Ju, Li Xian and others also rushed over.

At this time, it was already bright, and the soldiers of Liangzhou who had just woken up from their sleep saw the most terrifying scene in their lives! Many of them even spent their entire lives and could no longer forget the scene they saw this morning. This terrible scene became a nightmare that bothered them all their lives.

In the thin morning light, five hundred "cavalry" slowly advanced.

There were no flying flags, no hideous weapons, no shouts from the soldiers and the noise of the battlefield, only the hideous iron armor wrapped around the soldiers' corpses, and the blood dripping down! All five hundred soldiers were cut off their heads and turned into five hundred headless knights, arranged into scattered cavalry formations, and rode their horses slowly forward.

"Oh, my god, what the hell?"

"Oh my God, the headless cavalry?"

"Damn it, it's not a ghost soldier, right?"

The Liangzhou Army's military formation began to riot in an instant.

The cold fear spread like a poisonous weed in the hearts of the soldiers, and everyone looked at each other and panicked.

"Oh hiss~~" Li Ju also took a breath and ate, "This~~What's going on?"

Huangfu Jian felt that his eyes were dark and almost fell to his head. After a while, Haoran sighed: "General Li Bie has been killed in battle. These five hundred headless cavalry were probably the five hundred soldiers who pursued the horse thieves last night."

"What?" Li Ju was stunned when he heard this and then shouted, "This is impossible!"

"Brother!"

As soon as Li Ju finished speaking, Li Xian beside him was already howling shrillly, and rushed towards the cavalry in front of the five hundred headless cavalry. Li Xian and Li Bie were brothers. Even if Li Bie lost his head, Li Xian could still recognize him through the armor on Li Bie's body.

"Woooooooooooooo~~"

At this moment, a continuous sound of horns suddenly sounded on the distant horizon. Huangfu Jian, who came from a famous family and had been well-educated since childhood, suddenly changed his face and said quickly: "No, the enemy attack! Arrange the array, round defensive array, and turn the food and supplies trucks across and form an exterior wall, hurry~~"

“Woo~~”

“Woo~~”

“Woo~~”

As Huangfu Jian finished speaking, endless horns sounded at the other three directions at the same time. When the terrified Liangzhou soldiers turned the food and supplies trucks horizontally, and the heads and tails were connected to form a defensive formation, ghostly cavalry appeared from the four directions of southeast, west and north.

However, there are not many people, and there are only more than a hundred riders in each direction.

So, an extremely strange scene appeared on the Wrinkled Horse Wasteland. Less than 500 cavalry divided into four teams, and took the initiative to swallow ten thousand Liangzhou troops in one mouthful, crushing them from four directions, southeast, west and north. And a total of 10,000 Liangzhou troops were crowded into a group on the wasteland, in panic all day long.

Longxian.

Xu Rong's 30,000 troops finally arrived outside the city.

The fierce Xu Rong's army set up three connected camps outside Long County, surrounding the north, east and south directions, leaving only the west gate without a soldier. Xu Rong was familiar with military books and naturally knew the principle of surrounding three and missing one. Almost as Xu Rong's army had just settled the camp, Zhang Xiu and You Fufeng Wang Hong also led his army to Long County.

Xu Rong's camp.

Zhang Xiu and Wang Hong bowed to Xu Rong with his fists and said, "The last general (lower official) see the general."

"Um~~" Xu Rongsu signaled the two of them to avoid the gift, and said to Zhang Xiu, "General Zhang Xiu, before leaving, Uncle Ling had something to ask this general to tell him."

Zhang Xiu clasped his fists and responded respectfully: "I will listen carefully."

Xu Rong said: "Uncle Ling hopes that you can fight bravely to kill the enemy, kill more enemies, and establish unparalleled achievements for the lord, and create unparalleled achievements for the court."

Zhang Xiu said: "I will remember my uncle's teachings and dare not forget them sometimes."

"Yes." Xu Rong nodded and said in a calm voice, "I have a huge task now. Do you dare to accept the order?"

Zhang Xiu said proudly: "Why don't you dare?"

Xu Rong said: "Since that's the case, you can take your own headquarters and return to Chang'an. Within one month, the three auxiliary servants of Chang'an will not be missed."

Zhang Xiu's expression was greatly excited and said excitedly: "The general will be sure to be ashamed of what the general wants."

"Okay." Xu Rong nodded, "Military information is urgent, you can set off immediately."

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Xiu shouted excitedly, "I will leave."

After saying that, Zhang Xiu turned around and left with great pride.

Xu Rong withdrew his gaze, turned to Cheng Yin on the side of the stand, and asked, "General Cheng Yin, is there any news coming from Longxi?"

Cheng Yindao: "In response to the horse exploration, the horse butcher's army is still stationed outside Lintao City. There is no sign of returning to Long County yet, but it has stopped attacking Lintao City."

"Hmph, butcher Ma can really calm down, but I want to see how long he can hold on? Could it be that I really have to wait until I capture Longxian before returning to the army to save himself?" Xu Rong said this, and suddenly turned to Li Kan on the other side and asked, "General Li Kan, what news is there on Prince Huang?"

Li Kan said respectfully: "Return to the general, the five thousand elite soldiers of Prince Huang have left Didao City and are rushing to Hulu Valley to set up an ambush overnight."

"Okay." Xu Rong nodded, "This time, I will let the butcher horses be doomed."

The head of Longxian City.

Xu Huang stood solemnly on the enemy's building with his hands on his back. Looking around, there were towering towers in the north, east and south directions, all of which were the enemy's camps. Only the west gate was empty and there was no guarding one soldier. A faint sneer suddenly flashed across the corner of Xu Huang's mouth. Is this attacking technique only used to scare Xinting who had not been on the battlefield. How effective can it be for the Bingzhou elite under his command?

"Send the order!" Xu Huang suddenly straightened his chest and said in a calm voice, "I ordered the gang to kill pigs and sheep, so that the soldiers of the three armies could have a full meal."

"Affect the order."

The messenger agreed and took the order and left.

Longxi, outside Lintao City.

Although Ma Yue's two thousand cavalry had left, Jia Xu and Fang Yue's army were still stationed outside the city and set off a long siege of Lintao.

Late at night, Jia Xu's central army tent.

With the heavy footsteps, Fang Yue had already entered the tent and said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, there is news."

"Oh?" Jia Xu, who was closing his eyes and pondering, suddenly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Tell me!"

Fang Yue said in a deep voice: "Xu Rong's 30,000 troops have surrounded Long County."

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and asked again, "Is there any news about Dong Huang from Didao?"

Fang Yue said: "Before darkness, Dong Huang led an elite army out of Didao and rushed to Lintao."

"Here you come to Lintao?" A cunning smile suddenly flashed across Jia Xu's lips, "This kind of trick is really~~"

"Hmm?" Fang Yue's eyes narrowed and asked, "Is there any fraud?"

"It's better not to say this." Jia Xu said calmly, "I'll order all the generals to act according to their plans and not make any mistakes!"

Fang Yue clasped his fists and replied, "As for the order."

In Lintao City, Dianling Official Residence.

Dianling was having night meals, and suddenly a small school rushed in and said quickly: "Master General, Longxian urgently reported!"

"Oh?" Dian Ling suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "Tell me!"

The school breathed: "General Xu Rong's 30,000 troops have advanced to Hanyang and surrounded Longxian."

"Is that?" Dian Ling said passionately, "If General Xu Rong can conquer Long County in one fell swoop, the 20,000 bandits outside Lintao City will be in a dilemma! The unfavorable situation in Liangzhou can be completely reversed, hahaha~~"

"Report~~"

As Dian Ling finished speaking, another night-watching school rushed in.

Dian Ling said loudly: "Speak."

The little school said: "The bandits are making noise in the camp, and countless people are leaving the camp and heading east, as if they are about to return to Long County."

"Oh, the bandits are going to return to Shilong County?" Dian Ling's face changed and he said anxiously, "Let's go and see what happened with me."

In the small school, surrounded by personal soldiers, Dian Ling hurriedly climbed the enemy tower. Looking from afar, he saw the noise of Ma Yuejun's military camp. Teams of people came out of the gate with torches one after another and drove eastward. The burning torches meandered into a fire dragon in the wilderness, extending to the endless night in the distance.

"Okay!" Dian Ling said excitedly, "It turns out that the bandits finally couldn't help but return to the army."

The little school said: "General, have you sent troops to pursue him?"

"Chasing?" Dian Ling's eyes slowly flew over his sneer, and he said with a grim voice, "Young Master Huang's five thousand elite soldiers are already waiting for them on the road that must be passed!"

Hulu Valley is located on the only way to get from Lintao to Hanyang. Because the valley is shaped like a gourd, the entrance and exit are narrow and wide at the middle, hence the name.

Under the night sky, Dong Huang stood solemnly at the entrance of Hulu Valley surrounded by dozens of Dong's generals.
To be continued...