Chapter 241: Send the general to the road

"Hmm? No!"

When the Western Liang cavalry rushed down like a tide from the hills, Ma Chao, who was still standing on the hills, suddenly found that the situation was abnormal. At this time, the coalition forces who should have been panicked seemed very calm. Although many soldiers were running back and forth, howling endlessly, the scene looked chaotic.

However, Ma Chao discovered the flaw at a glance.

Except for the soldiers running back and forth, the other baggage soldiers were too calm! They were like a group of dangerous killers, quietly waiting for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to come and fight!

"Blow the trumpet!" Ma Yue suddenly raised the Tianlang Gun and shouted coldly, "Stop the attack!"

“Woooooooooooo…”

With Ma Chao's order, the desolate and low horn sounded instantly. Just as the tide was surging down like a tide, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry suddenly heard the horn sound. Without hesitation, he pulled out his horse's head, changed the direction of the sprint, turned a big bend at the foot of the mountain, swept past the right wing of the coalition's baggage troops, and returned to the starting point.

"Transfer the order..." Ma Chao lured the Tianlang spear back and said coldly, "Retreat the troops back to Xingyang!"

Xiahou Yuan looked at the Western Liang Iron Cavalry sweeping over, then retreated like a tide, and said to Cao Ren beside him: "Zixiao, what's going on... what's going on? Why did the Western Liang cavalry retreat again?"

"No." Cao Ren also scratched his head and said in confusion, "Did it mean... the Xiliang cavalry discovered the flaw?"

Xiahou Yuan licked his lips and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to raise the fire and summon the ambush?"

Cao Ren frowned and said, "Even the cavalry of Xiliang was not fooled, what's the use of summoning an ambush?"

Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to accept his wish, "Would you just forget it?"

Cao Ren said annoyedly: "What else can you do?"

"Hey."

Xiahou Yuan punched the shaft of the baggage truck next to him with a resentful punch, and suddenly smashed the shaft of the thigh in two pieces. The tightly wrapped curtain burst open. Three or five fully armed soldiers shouted and rushed out of the carriage, and then was very unlucky to be kicked to the ground by Xiahou Yuan in a bad mood.

Changshe.

Before the coalition forces arrived, the Xiliang army withdrew from Changshe in large numbers. The coalition forces occupied Changshe without spending one soldier. It was too late, and Yuan Shu ordered the army to temporarily station in Changshe City.

The Central Army’s tent.

When Yuan Shu was summoning all the princes and the main generals and counselors to discuss matters, he suddenly saw Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren and the other generals fell into the tent dejectedly.

Before Yuan Shu could ask questions, Xiahou Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Yuan Piqi, Mo General and others are incompetent, which disappoints you."

Yuan Shu asked, "Why, I'm defeated?"

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said, "That's not."

Yuan Shu said: "That's the win?"

"No," Xiahou Yuan said, "The Xiliang soldiers were about to be depressed, but for some reason they retreated again. It was so angering."

"What? The Xiliang soldiers were not trapped!"

Yuan Shu glanced at Guo Jia in confusion, and saw that Guo Jia looked natural.

Guo Jia laughed and said calmly: "This is also expected. If the horse butcher is so easy to fall into the trap, then it will not be the horse butcher."

Xiahou Yuan said: "Military advisor, the commander of the Liangzhou army who came to intercept the baggage team seemed to be Ma Chao."

"Ma Chao!" As soon as Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, a shrill roar suddenly sounded from the tent, and then someone jumped out of the crowd and said to Yuan Shu with gritted teeth, "Lord, it was this Ma Chao who killed Dong Xi, Chen Wu and Cheng Pu three generals! And... he also cut off General Mo's nose and two ears, wuwu... The lord must avenge General Mo."

Everyone looked at it quickly and saw that this person was Qiao Rui, the confidant general of Yuan Shu. At this time, Qiao Rui was wrapped in white cloth and still had a faint bloodshot from it, describing an extremely ugly man. As soon as Qiao Rui finished speaking, Sun Jian, a tiger from Jiangdong, stepped forward and stood in front of the tent and said sternly: "I would like to borrow three thousand elite soldiers as the front of the general, and swear to chase Ma Chao to the death, and swear to kill this villain for General Qiao Rui."

Poor Sun Jian is also a powerful general of a generation, but he has fallen to the point of borrowing troops from others to take revenge. Who will he tell me about the bitterness?

"Wentai." Yuan Shu rushed forward and stroked Sun Jian's shoulder, and advised in a harmonious voice, "Don't be aware of your revenge, don't hurry in advance."

"Report..." As soon as Yuan Shu finished speaking, a small school suddenly stepped into the tent and said loudly, "Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, two generals, asked for a visit outside the tent."

"Zhou Tai! Jiang Qin!?" Sun Jian was overjoyed when he heard this, and he held Xu Shu's shoulder beside him, shouting for no reason, "Yuan Zhi, have you heard that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are not dead yet? My Jiangdong elites have not been destroyed, hahaha, not destroyed, wuwuwu..."

Xu Shu trembled and whispered: "Lord..."

All the princes and all the civil servants and generals in the tent looked sad, all of whom were moved by Sun Jian's affection for his subordinates. The only one who treated the military soldiers well was Sun Wentai in Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu patted Sun Jian on the shoulder, raised his head and said quickly: "Come on, please invite two generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin!"

"General Cavalry has an order, please invite two generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin!"

The school shouted a long howl, and heavy footsteps sounded outside the tent. The figure flashed, Zhou Tai, who was in a mess of armor and Jiang Qin had already entered with great enthusiasm. Although the two were tired and dying, they still stood straight straight, like two arrogant pine trees, standing proudly on the thousand-year-old rock.

"The last general Zhou Tai (Jiang Qin)." Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin clasped his fists and said quickly, "See the lord, see the generals of the cavalry, see the generals!"

Sun Jian took a step forward and held it tightly towards Zhou Tai. Jiang Qin's hand was speechless for a while.

When Yuan Shu saw Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and both had tiger backs and bears, and their eyes were murderous, they couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts: "A real tiger general!"

At that time, Xu You, a counselor from Yuan Shao, came out because he was dissatisfied with Guo Jia's reputation and said, "Just now, what the two generals, Xiahou and Cao Ren, said, and the ambush strategy set by Mr. Xiao, did not seem to have worked?"

"Haha..." Guo Jia smiled casually and said calmly, "I don't expect the ambush to be successful in Shigeru."

"Oh?" Xu You said coldly, "So, if you enter Xingyang and ambush Ma Chao is just a cover?"

"It's not a pretext." Guo Jia said, "It's better if we can regain Xingyang or ambush Ma Chao successfully, but if we don't succeed, it doesn't matter the overall situation, because the real purpose of the coalition forces launch a large-scale expedition this time is to regain Changshe!"

"What?" Xu You said in a lost voice, "I am mobilizing such a large army to regain a mere county town?"

Guo Jia said: "Mr. Ziyuan, don't underestimate this small county town. If the coalition forces can make good use of these small county towns, advance by city and press forward step by step, they can force the horse butcher's 50,000 Xiliang cavalry back to Hulao Pass! As long as the Xiliang cavalry enters Hulao, it is like a tiger without fangs and a wolves with sharp claws, and it can no longer pose a threat to the coalition forces. At that time, the coalition forces can take it, attack and defend freely, and the situation is in control!"

Xu Shu nodded repeatedly when he heard this, his eyes showed a strange look. Suddenly, Xu Shu seemed to be aware of something, looked back in shock, and happened to meet Guo Jia's deep gaze. Xu Shu smiled slightly, but his heart was filled with awesomeness: This person's wisdom is far above him, and for the sake of his lord's great cause, he will definitely not be able to keep it!

Nanxiang.

The coalition camp, Li Kuaishe's tent.

Amid the rapid footsteps, Li Su walked into the big tent quickly and urged Li: "Lord, good news!"

"Oh?" Li Kui said happily, "What good news?"

Li Su looked around and there was no one around, then lowered his voice and said, "The villain just received a secret letter sent by General Hu Chier (not Hu Cheer)."

"Hu Chier? Didn't Guo Si surrender Ma's butcher after his death?" Li guided, "Where is he now?"

Li Su said: "It's in Wuguan!"

"What?" Li Kui Ning said, "Hu Chier is in Wuguan?"

"Yes!" Li Su said in a deep voice, "Hu Chier is in Wuguan. Hu Chier wrote that Ma Butcher was very mean to treat the surrendered army in Liangzhou. Hu Chier had many complaints with the soldiers under his command, so he condemned people to send secret letters, intending to offer the pass and surrender."

Li Kui was overjoyed and said, "Take it serious?"

"It's true!" Li Su whispered, "Now all coalition forces are frustrated to fight against rebellion. If you can attack Wuguan in one fell swoop, you will surely boost the morale of the coalition. At that time, the emperor Long Yan will be very happy. No one can take away this great credit. Even the General Yuan Shu of the Cavalry will be treated with admiration for the lord, hehehe..."

"Okay!" Li Gui said excitedly, "Immediately send someone to contact Hu Chier and agree on the date of offering the pass. This general should personally lead the army to respond."

"Affect the order."

Li Su bowed with his fists, turned around and left.

Three days later, night.

Li Gui led two thousand old Liangzhou troops (all cavalry) to set off the camp at night and secretly marched towards Wuguan.

Because they did not trust each other, the four armies of the Southern Alliance were camping separately, so the departure of Li Kuo Da's army did not alarm the three armies of Liu Biao, Xu Gong and Chen Ji. It was not until early the next morning, when Liu Biao and others discovered that Li Kuo Da's camp had already gone to the empty camp, Li Kuo's army was already dozens of miles away.

Li Kuang's army went to the morning and stayed overnight, and advanced all the way, and finally arrived at Wuguan late at night on the third night.

While Li Kui arranged for the soldiers to rest in a secluded place, he asked Li Su to contact Hu Chier. In less than two hours, Li Su led Hu Chier to Li Kui. As soon as he met, Hu Chier cried loudly and said, "General, you are back. Brothers have been looking forward to you for a long time."

Li urged him to come forward and helped Hu Chier up and sighed: "Brothers have all suffered."

Hu Chier burst into tears and said in tears: "The general will not leave this time, will he not leave?"

"I won't leave." Li timidly said, "not only will I not leave, but I will also take my brothers back to Chang'an, take back Guanzhong, and drive the horse butcher back to Liangzhou and back to Hetao."

"Brothers have been waiting for this day for a long time!" Hu Chier said in a deep voice, "General, everything has been arranged. The brothers guarding the pass tonight are the confidants of the General and the old brothers of the Liangzhou Army. After half an hour, the General and his brothers will open the door and close the door. At that time, the General will lead the army to march straight in."

"Yeah." Li Kui nodded and said in a narrow voice, "Hu Chier, just stay with me, don't have to go back to Wuguan."

Li Kuo was suspicious, fearing that there was a fraud, so he undoubtedly had a layer of guarantee to keep Hu Chier by his side.

Hu Chier seemed to have not realized Li Gui's intention at all, and responded without hesitation: "The last general will take the order."

Half an hour later.

Li guided the two thousand troops under the cover of the dark night and quietly touched the gate. Hu Chier clasped her throat and learned howls of wolves. A torch was lit on the wall and drew two circles outside the gate. Then, a creaking sound was heard, and the closed door slowly opened.

Li Kui Ran turned around and said to Li Su: "Where is Li Su?"

Li Su rushed forward and said quickly: "The villain is here."

Li urged: "I will join you with 300 troops and support you outside the pass."

"Affect the order."

"Hu Chi'er."

"The last one will be there."

"Follow me to grab the pass!"

"Abide by the order!"

With a command from Li Kui, nearly two thousand old Liangzhou subordinates rushed in. Li Kui followed Hu Chier to enter the pass, but he saw that the Guan was dark and silenced, and there was no ghost shadow! Li Kui felt something was wrong. When he was anxious to look back, he had already seen Hu Chier had already rode into the darkness.
To be continued...