"What a quick knife, a tough guy!"

Dian Wei and Gan Ning exclaimed softly at the same time. As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, and experts watch the tricks. When Sun Ce used his sword, Dian Wei and Gan Ning, who were both masters of sword use, knew how powerful it was.

"I'll meet him!"

Gan Ning let out a muffled groan and turned around and left quickly. Dian Wei was eager to try, but unfortunately he wanted to protect Ma Yue and did not dare to act rashly.

"Puff~~uh!"

The "horse butcher" on the horse's back was caught off guard and was slashed into the neck by Sun Ce. In the bloody rain, a head had already been thrown high, and the shrill scream stopped abruptly. The next moment, deafening shouts of killing sounds suddenly sounded on both sides of the long street. Hundreds of soldiers disguised as the people of Shu County shouted and killed them, surrounding the wedding convoy and fighting fiercely.

"Puff!"

Sun Ce took the lead, slashed the Xiliang soldiers who were blocking the sedan chair with two swords, and then knocked down the curtain of the sedan chair with another sword. Within the sight, two beautiful women in costumes with red silk on their heads sat side by side in the sedan chair.

"Zhaorong, Xiyan!" Sun Ce bent down and crawled into the carriage, saying quickly, "Follow me."

"rustle!"

As Sun Ce finished speaking, two cold lights pricked him on his face.

Sun Ce instinctively collapsed and shrank his shoulders. Two cold lights almost flew over his chin and back of his neck. The blade's edge brought a biting cold cold, and it was about to freeze Sun Ce's bone marrow!

"Kill! Kill!"

Two loud shouts, the two "beauties" who failed to hit the blow simply reached out and lifted the veil, waved the dagger in their hands and attacked left and right. Sun Ce saw it in a tangent position. These were not Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, but they were clearly two thin men!

"hateful!"

Sun Ce reacted very quickly. The two men lost the opportunity to assassinate forever if they failed to succeed in one blow, and the price they paid was their lives! With a loud shout, the ancient ingot sword in Sun Ce's hand had already risen and the two Liangzhou soldiers who were beautiful Qiao Zhuang were even screaming and were removed by Sun Ce.

"Puff!"

With a loud bang, Sun Ce kicked the sedan chair to pieces, and his figure flew up into the air like an arrow. The person shouted loudly in the air: "Gong Jin, there is no big Qiao in the sedan chair, Xiao Qiao, is pretended by the Liangzhou soldiers of the butcher horses! We are fooled, retreat, and take the brothers out of the city~~"

In the crowd, Zhou Yu touched his forehead with his hand, and a bitter smile flashed through his eyes.

"Hahaha~~" A long laugh suddenly sounded from the teahouse on the street. The window door that was originally hidden opened wide. A horse in a light hug appeared in front of the window under Dian Wei's guard and shouted loudly: "Zhou Yu, you have been trapped!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang~~"

With the sound of doors and windows blooming, the doors and windows on both sides of the long street were opened one after another. Teams of fully armed Jinfan thieves shouted to kill the generals, all holding long bows. A cluster of sharp arrows had already aimed at Sun Ce's hundreds of Yi soldiers, and hundreds of Shuxian Yi soldiers were suddenly in chaos.

"Go to die!"

Chief Sun Ce made a howl, snatched a spear and threw it at the horse, and Dian Wei groaned and grabbed a step forward, blocking the heavy iron halberd, then landed Sun Ce's flying spear on the ground. Ma Yue laughed and said in a long voice: "Brothers, listen carefully, try to catch the living!"

In the chaotic crowd.

Zhou Yu stomped his feet and turned toward his clan brother Zhou Ba: "Second brother, I'm looking at you!"

Zhou Ba groaned, jumped up and kicked a Xiliang cavalry not far away from him, then stepped on the horse and ran out of the city, turning back and shouting, "Bo Fu, things are urgent, you can leave quickly!"

Behind Zhou Ba, a trace of undetectable guilt flashed through Zhou Yu's eyes. He gestured to Sun Ce with a shocked look, then bent down and collapsed into the crowd. In just a moment, he disappeared into the streets and alleys with the chaotic crowd. Sun Ce suddenly realized and hurriedly fought out a bloody path and turned into the deep alley.

Jinfan thieves fired arrows one after another, and Sun Ce and his men and others caught more than a dozen arrows, but they were covered in blood, but finally broke through the encirclement.

Up the teahouse.

Ma Yue's eyes lit up, and his fingers Zhou Ba said sternly: "He is Zhou Yu, catch him, don't let him run away!"

It doesn’t matter if Sun Ce runs away, Ma Yue cares more about Zhou Yu!

"Where is Zhou Yu going?"

As Ma Yue finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared in the air like a ghost, but Gan Ning jumped into the air while stepping on the ladder set up by the Jinfan thief. In the pleasant and clear sound of the nine rings fighting each other, a dazzling cold light had already arrived as Zhou Ba roared. Zhou Ba roared and raised his sword to greet him. Then the two swords intersected.

"Bang!"

Amid the intense and suffocating sound of gold and iron, the long sword in Zhou Ba's hand swung hard, and the empty door on his chest opened wide. Gan Ning snorted coldly and withdrew the knife. The blood splattered. The poor Zhou Ba's chest was cut into two pieces by Gan Ning in an instant! It was not until Zhou Ba's two pieces of corpses fell to the ground and Gan Ning was splashed on his face with hot blood that he suddenly remembered Ma Yue's command and couldn't help but look tragic.

"Huh~~"

In the teahouse, Ma Yue couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hands, his eyes showing regret, thinking that Gan Ning, a prodigal son, had killed a peerless handsome talent with one knife, which is a pity!

Hangu Pass.

Yuan Shu, who had just been promoted to the Grand Sima, was full of confidence and vowed to make a great cause that would not be inferior to Yu Nai's brother Yuan Shao.

The day after he was granted the title, Yuan Shu held a banquet for the princes. During the banquet, he spoke generously, threatening to break Hangu and restore Guanzhong. Sun Jian, Liu Xun and other best friends waved flags and shouted from the side, and the strong support of Prime Minister Cao Cao. Although the other princes were unhappy, the general trend was in a hurry and could only lead their troops to fight.

Emperor Xian of Han (the reign title in this book differs from the Romance. In the Romance, Emperor Xian of Han was first Chuping and then Jian'an. In this book, there was no Chuping reign title, and Emperor Xian of Han ascended the throne three years earlier than in the Romance) In May of the fifth year (192), when Ma Yue led 7,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry to fight in Yangzhou, Grand Sima Yuanshu led 300,000 coalition troops to camp outside Hangu Pass to set up camp, and the war broke out.

At Hangu Pass, Jia Xu's central army tent.

Ma Chao said in a deep voice: "Military advisor, the coalition forces did not stop after capturing Luoyang. It seems that the rumors spread by our army did not play any role."

Jia Xu said calmly: "This is also expected. After all, this time our army's opponent is the cunning Cao Cao."

Gao Shun said in a narrow voice: "The coalition forces are coming in full force, and it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable."

Ma Chao said sternly: "Let the coalition forces release their horses and clean up as much as they come!"

"No, it is enough to have General Gao Shun guarding Hulao Pass." Jia Xu shook his head and said in a faint voice, "The lord once explained in his letter that the major general has another important task."

"Oh?" Ma Chao said, "What is the explanation in the letter of brother?"

Jia Xu said: "The lord once robbed fifty large tower ships in Wulin Port, Jingzhou. Although more than ten were burned by Cao Cao, there were still more than thirty ships left. The lord planned to use these more than thirty ships to transport the robbed food and fodder. The population was transported from water to Guanzhong, but it had to pass through Qing, Ji, Yan, and Sili states, and was easily intercepted along the way."

"In order to ensure the smooth flow of the river and waterways so that the lord's navy can go upstream, the major general can lead 20,000 cavalry out of Hedong and harass the counties and counties on both sides of the river along the way to confuse the coalition forces' eyes. The coalition forces are mainly concentrated in Hangu Pass and Hetao. They think that the major general's harassment is just a trick to disturb the enemy, and most of them will only defend the city and not send troops to pursue and suppress it. In this way, the major general can take advantage of the situation to rob the prefectures and counties on both sides of the river and plunder people, money and food."

Ma Chao clasped his fists and said, "Super accepts the order."

"From the current movements of the coalition, we can know that the news that the lord's army has been strictly blocked by Cao Cao, the traitor, and the princes of Yangzhou such as Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Liu Xun are still kept in the dark! Xu thought that it would take at least two months before Yuan Shu and others would know the news."

Jia Xu said this and walked to the front of the map. Gao Shun and Ma Chao also stood in front of the map.

Jia Xu pointed to the map and said, "There are 50,000 troops stationed in the north, and the other 30,000 troops stationed in Longxian County. Only 20,000 elite troops are at Hangu Pass. Newly recruited 20,000 Qiang soldiers to follow General Fang Yue to station in Hetao, and 30,000 county soldiers follow General Xu Huang to guard Guanzhong. Although the two generals Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao have 30,000 iron cavalry, they are far away in the north of the desert. The distant waters are hard to save nearby fires. In addition, 20,000 elite iron cavalry (Wuhuan wolf cavalry, Yuezhi cavalry, Thirty-six Qiang) will follow the major general and harass both sides of the river, so..."

Jia Xu said this, looked up at Gao Shun, and said with concern: "There are only 70,000 troops left by Hangu Pass, of which 20,000 are elite military farms, 20,000 are the troops surrendered in Liangzhou, and 30,000 are the Hu cavalry of the Western Regions. General Gao Shun, with these 70,000 troops, can Hangu be defended for at least two months?"

[Sub-to-be-sub-summary of Ma Yue's military strength: 100,000 military troops, 30,000 Hu cavalry in the Western Regions, 20,000 elite cavalry, 20,000 newly recruited Qiang soldiers, 30,000 cavalry in the northern part of Mo, 30,000 surrendered soldiers, 30,000 Liangzhou County soldiers, 10,000 Jinfan navy troops, a total of 270,000! This is the official statistics.]

Gao Shun frowned and fell into deep thought, speechless for a while.

Jia Xu said: "General Gao Shun, whether Hangu Pass can be kept is of great importance, please be within your ability!"

After a long time, Gao Shun replied loudly: "As long as there is no worry about food and grass, the morale of the army is not chaotic, there is no problem in keeping it for two months!"

"Okay!" Jia Xu said, "With General Gao Shun's words, I will feel relieved! There is no problem with food and grass. The grain reserves in Hetao in the north, plus the food and grass obtained from Jingzhou, Nanyang, Chenliu, Yingchuan, Henan, Henoi, and Hedong can still last for about half a year. Within three months, the lord navy will be able to go up the river and transport a large amount of food and fodder obtained from the robbery to Xinfeng Port."

Gao Shun nodded and said, "Then there is no problem!"

Shu County.

Gan Ning stood in front of Ma Yue with a dejected head and said annoyedly: "I should die, please give me a punishment."

"Forget it." Ma Yue calmed down and said calmly, "Isn't it Zhou Yu? If you die, you will die. What crime did General Gan Ning commit?"

The failure to capture Zhou Yu alive made Ma Butcher feel a little regretful. Fortunately, Zhou Yu is dead. Although he cannot use it for himself, he cannot give advice for others. It can also be regarded as a major concern for him. To be honest, Gan Ning not only has no mistakes but has made contributions, but it makes no sense to blame him again.

"Thank you, lord." Gan Ning said ashamed, "Although Zhou Yu died, Sun Ce is still in the city. Now our Liangzhou army is surrounding the city on all sides. I don't know that he can't fly out of the city. I would rather do my best to take it and present it to the lord's tent."
Chapter completed!