Yinhou of the Three Kingdoms

All of a sudden, countless Zuo Xiaowei soldiers poured out from both sides of the official road, and they shot at the Xiliang army with their bows and arrows.

The overwhelming arrows were like rain, clanging on the armor of the Xiliang army. Xia Houyuan stared coldly. Facing the rain of arrows, the Xiliang army was not slow. Some of them turned sideways slightly , some flashed into the side of the horse, and galloped forward close to the horse.

"withdraw!"

Xia Houyuan was shocked by the military quality of Xiliang's iron cavalry, turned around decisively, and led the ambush Zuo Xiaowei to escape.

"Haha... Brothers, thieves are nothing more than that, kill them..."

Duan Yan was riding on the horse, looking at Cao Jun who suddenly appeared in the distance, he was startled, Cao Jun actually had an ambush!

However, the next moment, after a gust of wind and arrow rain, Cao Jun ran away in embarrassment...

"Chasing..."

The Xiliang army chased after him crazily, waving machetes and clamoring.

"Hurry up! Throw away the armor and luggage, hurry up..." Xia Houyuan kept urging the soldiers of Zuo Xiaowei to flee forward frantically.

This chase and escape lasted for more than half an hour. The Xiliang Army under the leadership of Duan Yan pursued Xia Houyuan's Zuo Xiaowei fiercely. Fortunately, Xia Houyuan was good at running, so he did not cause much loss.

"My lord, Zuo Xiaowei's armor and weapons have suffered heavy losses..."

Xia Houyuan returned to Cao Cao's side, with a bit of resentment in his eyes as he spoke.

"General Xiahou, don't worry, after three days we break through Hangu Pass and occupy Chang'an City, these armors will come back!"

Lu Xun said to Xia Houyuan humbly, he felt that it was because of his own reasons that Zuo Xiaowei suffered a loss.

"Hey! You silly boy, Miaocai is asking for depreciation fees from the lord!"

Cao Hong looked at Xia Houyuan whose mouth was twitching, turned around and said to Lu Xun with his mouth wide open.

"Uh……"

"You talk too much!"

Xia Houyuan rolled his eyes at Cao Hong. He put his reputation into it, so he couldn't get some benefits.

"Okay! If you win this battle, the lonely king will reward you for your merits!"

Facing the second general who was fighting for merit, Cao Cao agreed kindly.Cao Cao has never been afraid of this kind of straightforwardness between generals. In his opinion, this kind of straightforwardness is more reassuring.

"Thank you my lord!"

Xia Houyuan clasped his fists and said, Cao Cao's words are enough.

Lu Xun nodded thoughtfully, but he remembered what his master said. Since ancient times, all Confucian generals, wise generals, and famous generals have died the fastest. live to the end.

……

Hangu Pass.

Duan Yan led the Xiliang iron cavalry to return in a big victory, and seized countless luggage. For a while, the whole Hangu Pass was full of joy.

Duan Yan was walking vigorously, sitting on the commander-in-chief, rewarding the army with a smile on his face, and from the corner of his eye, he inadvertently left the first recorder to join the army.

"Brothers! Returning from a big victory today, the Cao Jun who killed him lost his helmet and armor, what a joy!"

"Exactly! If I had known that Cao Jun was such a soft-hearted man, you should have shown your strength earlier, you might have captured even more!"

"Hey! Let me tell you, our Xiliang iron cavalry is invincible in the world, and the power of the general is comparable to that of Grand Master Dong!"

This one compared Duan Yan with Dong Zhuo back then.

"Haha... In the future, we will fight Cao Jun for another [-] rounds!"

Duan Yao gulped down the strong wine in one gulp, boasting to each other with pride, and swaying as he walked.

"Huh... that's fine!"

Sloppy looking at Duan Yao's vulgar appearance, the corner of his mouth curled up in contempt, but... his eyes were relieved.

"Brothers, this general... this general is too strong to drink, go to the back room to rest for a while, and enjoy yourself to your heart's content!"

Duan Yan staggered and refused the support of the sergeant, got up and walked around the back hall by himself, looking back and forth with his eyes.

"call……"

Entering the room, Duan Yao straightened his waist, his eyes were piercing, and there was no trace of drunkenness.

……

Two days later, there was no news from Cao Jun, Duan Yan and Ma Hu were completely relieved, and this nearly one-month confrontation period led to a shortage of firewood and food in the pass.That's right!Flood disasters naturally did not favor one over another, and the Guanzhong area naturally suffered heavy losses. In addition, after Li Que was defeated and fled to Chang'an, he became more and more cruel, extorting money from the people and squandering it. natural shortage

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Now, although Cao Cao has retreated, there are still tens of thousands of troops stationed at Hangu Pass, which naturally consumes a lot of military supplies every month. In Chang'an City, Li Que himself is worrying about food, and he can't handle the natural strength of Duan Yan's troops.

"Hey! I can't do anything about food and fodder. Ma Lushi, look... did you go to Chang'an yourself? If the army has no food and grass, then Cao Cao's defeat will be a lesson for us!" Duan Yan was not without threats. He said to Sloppy, now that more than 4 defenders guard Hangu Pass, if these people have no food, who will guard the pass for Li Que?

Chapter 8 and Ten

"This……"

Ma Hu was dumbfounded when he heard Duan Yan's words.

After thinking about it again and again, he decided to return to Chang'an. After all, now that Cao Jun has retreated, Hangu Pass can restore its former tranquility.

"That's it, let's go through this experience for the soldiers of the three armies!"

Sloppy said to Duan Yao with a serious face, he looked like he was going through fire and water for the three armies, risking his life to get the rations!

"However, for the matter of firewood, let the soldiers and civilians go out of the city to cut wood and collect firewood!"

Duan Yan nodded, so he ordered that at dusk every day, the closed gate of Hangu Pass could be opened for half an hour, allowing the soldiers and civilians of the city gate to go out of the city to collect firewood and water.

It lasted like this for three days, and at dusk, there were people coming and going under Hangu Pass, it was very lively, countless soldiers and common people flocked away in groups of three or four.

The battle has just passed, if there is no hot water, people will have diarrhea after drinking cold water, and then their bodies will become weak.

So, in these three days, not only the Xiliang army went out of the city to cut firewood, but the local people also went out to cut firewood, but...the Xiliang army was so overbearing that they would not do it themselves, so they secretly blackmailed the people and asked them to cut firewood for them.

However, the army needs a lot of firewood every day, and how could the people in the pass cut so much firewood in just half an hour.

Then, the brutal Xiliang army came up with a vicious idea. They not only forced men, women and children to go out of the city to cut firewood, but also arrested people from nearby villages.

Although Duan Yan knew about it, he didn't care about it.