Xiaoguangong

Chapter 230 Cao Jun crosses the river
Guan Ping really couldn't be punished by Han Sui.

Anyway, he is a hero of one party, and he is an important leader of Qianghu. Han Sui has been running rampant in the world for decades, and even Cao Cao is not afraid of him. Even if he loses, he will hide in Liangzhou.

But even though his expression was quite gentle now, his tone began to loosen, and he actually expressed his willingness to give his youngest daughter to Guan Ping as a concubine...

Seeing the shocked look on Cheng Gongying's face beside him, it was obvious that Han Sui had never discussed this matter with him before.

"Hey, this general has already married Duke Cao's daughter, this..."

"Hey, that's what I said." Han Sui said with a smile, "One for two, it's not easy for the general to explain to his subordinate Erlang. Plus the little girl, this should be fine, this matter is good for you and me, please also general Think carefully about it, and don’t push it away.”

Speaking of which, one of Han Sui's sons was also held hostage by Cao Cao.

He and Ma Chao were able to abandon their relatives so decisively and be so cruel to their own people. It is easy to understand that they let go and killed the people of Sanfu during the previous looting.

In all fairness, of course he really wanted to refuse directly, and even wondered if it was Han Sui's daughter who had special skills and was planning to assassinate him.

But Kuai Yue lightly touched Guan Ping behind him, and said in a low voice:
"General, this opportunity must not be missed."

"Han Sui has won the trust of the Qiang people, even if he loses this battle, he will not perish easily.

If the general wants to occupy Yongliang, he must establish a good relationship with the Qiang people. Otherwise, they will rebel at any time. How can we restore the Han Dynasty and return to the Central Plains? "

"Han Sui took his son as a hostage to Cao Cao, and when he failed, Cao Cao would definitely kill him to vent his anger.

Today, he traded his youngest daughter for a horse to play with him. There are three main considerations.

First, if Ma Wanchengyi only exchanges one, it will definitely affect the morale of the army. If he uses his own daughter to exchange the two, Ma Wanchengyi will definitely give up his heart, and will definitely try his best to serve Han Sui in the future.

Second, if the subordinate’s guess is correct, now Cao Gong has brought the army to Tongguan, Han Sui is anxious to make peace with the general, and he is going to Tongguan to fight with Cao Gong. I think he has already guessed the identities of some generals. This battle has also accumulated a lot of prestige, there is no need to completely tear yourself apart with Han Sui, it is better to accept it first.

Thirdly, it may be Han Sui's trick. After this defeat, he and Ma Chao must have developed a rift. If the war continues to go wrong, Han Sui and Ma Chao are likely to turn against each other again. With the general as his son-in-law, Ma Chao will be a little bit afraid .As for Prime Minister Cao's thoughts... Hehe, if the general succeeds in this battle, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and the land of Yongliang can be completely at the discretion of the general. "

Even if Cao Jun can defeat Ma Chao and control Guanzhong at most, the west of Yongzhou and Liangzhou will still be in a state of stocking for a while. If Guan Ping can find a suitable opportunity to cut in and use some people to quickly sweep the two places, he can gain Far beyond the huge power in Jingzhou, after a period of recuperation, Cao Jun will be completely unstoppable when he attacks again.

This is also the reason why he has been wooing Yan Xing before.

Now Yan Xing has only initially reached a cooperation with Guan Ping, saying that if the time is right after this battle, he is willing to go to Liangzhou to recruit troops and help Guan Ping to fight for the peace of Liangzhou.

If he married Han Sui's daughter, Guan Ping would have a lot to do in Liangzhou.

He gritted his teeth, smiled helplessly and said:
"Okay, that will be as good as it gets."

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Hearing that Chang'an is still holding on, Cao Cao also thinks that he cannot let go of the opportunity of this center to blossom.

In the middle of winter, Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to come to the Yellow River, ready to cross the river and enter Guanzhong.

But what Cao Cao never expected was that the coalition forces had already stationed a barracks on the opposite bank one step ahead of time, and what Cao Cao didn't even expect was that these Guanzhong coalition forces actually sprinkled water on the wooden fence of the barracks, forming a thick barrier.

Looking at the past, the riverside is full of white positions. If Cao Jun wants to cross the river, he must pay huge losses.

However, if Cao Jun came from Xudu without crossing the river, he would not have much military rations in the midwinter season, and if it continued to be consumed, there would be even greater losses in the army due to lack of food.

Cao Cao glanced at Yang Xiu with some dissatisfaction.

Yang Xiu had vowed before that Ma Chao and Han Sui had already had internal strife, but now the Guanzhong Allied Forces are fully prepared, and it does not look like the internal strife has already occurred, which made Cao Cao at a loss for a while.

It's not that they don't dare to attack, it's just that they don't dare to cross the river rashly when the enemy's situation is unknown.

At least judging from the current situation, the battle situation is obviously not as optimistic as Yang Xiu imagined.

"Don't worry about that, let's talk about crossing the river."

That night, Xia Houyuan ordered Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to lead a group of five thousand to cross the river slowly, preparing to find out the enemy's reality first.

After Xu Huang left Jingzhou, he was assigned to Xia Houyuan's subordinates. Although Xia Houyuan was kind and didn't give Xu Huang to wear shoes because of Xu Huang's previous quarrel with Xiahou Dun, there was already a big gap in Xu Huang's heart, especially when he listened to him. Said that his old colleague Le Jin was getting better and better in Jingzhou, and he also started to slowly accumulate his own troops in the same way, with a lot of private soldiers on hand.

This time crossing the river to attack Ma Chao, Xu Huang used his own private soldiers. Originally, according to Yang Xiu's estimation, Ma Chao had no defense, and Xu Huang could win a complete victory as long as he sent troops.

But the situation is clearly not the case now. Xu Huang, who was driven off the shelf, could only curse Yang Xiu for his incompetence in his heart, while personally leading his private soldiers forward quietly, not even daring to breathe.

The Yellow River in the mid-winter night was eerily quiet. A large amount of icicles in the river kept hitting Xu Huang's ferry, and the sound of thumping was creepy.

The ice city, which was shining brightly in the daytime, was now swallowed by darkness. Although Xu Huang knew that there would be no water battle in this battle, he still lay on the boat in fear and did not dare to move.

After an unknown amount of time, the ferry under Xu Huang's command finally docked. They didn't dare to light the torches, so they could only disembark slowly in silence. Even breathing too heavily would attract glaring glances from the surrounding comrades. The atmosphere was very depressing.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Holding weapons in their hands, everyone gradually approached the huge ice city piled up with pieces of solid ice. Seeing that in the dark night, only a few solitary lamps were lit in the ice city, and the soldiers on watch did not raise an alarm, so they were a little relieved.

Under the bleak moonlight, Xu Huang had already seen the gate of Bingcheng. He breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the soldiers around him. Just as he was about to give the order for the general attack, he suddenly heard dogs barking and howling wolves. .

Following a few howls of dogs and wolves, countless lights were suddenly lit in the unusually quiet ice city just now, and before Cao Jun's soldiers could react, there were pieces of "swoosh" piercing sounds in the dark sky, and countless arrows shot down. It was thrown over like rain, and shot precisely at the soldiers of Xu Huang's army, causing the soldiers who had been suppressed and dared not make any sound to finally let out bursts of screams and wailing.

"Don't panic, hold on!"

Xu Huang was very experienced. He knew that this was only the enemy's first wave of attack. It was absolutely impossible to shoot and kill all the thousands of people under him with bows and arrows. Instead, it was a chaos in the dark that might lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

He grabbed a shield to protect his face, and the scalp was numb when he heard the aggressive impact, but Xu Huang was not afraid. More than 300 soldiers around him stepped forward bravely, each holding up their wooden shields to block the arrows Yu quickly rushed to the gate of the camp, and a few brave soldiers used wooden shields to protect their bodies and knocked off the antlers, and bravely rushed into the village.

But before they could stand still, countless spears suddenly stabbed from all directions. The soldiers under Xu Huang's command could not stop the countless spears despite their bravery. Even Xu Huang, who was wearing iron armor, was stabbed heavily. He frowned deeply.

Is this unprepared? This is obviously well-prepared, waiting for us right here!
Xu Huang shouted violently, like a wounded prehistoric beast, he slashed with a backhand, and slashed the face of a spearman in the night sky with great precision.

The man was actually wearing an iron armor with a basin collar, but Xu Huang slashed his face so hard that he screamed out in pain and fell heavily to the ground.

Xu Huang's sword kept going, and he beheaded several people in a row in a short while, forcibly cutting a hole under the siege of countless enemy troops.

Seeing Xu Huang's bravery, Zhu Ling, who landed later, let out a roar and ordered his soldiers to beat the drums together, and Cao Jun's soldiers who landed first on the shore attacked the coalition barracks like a tide.

However, the coalition forces had been prepared for a long time. They had already set up sentry towers around them, and fired continuously with dense arrows. Although Cao Jun's soldiers landed bravely, they still couldn't ignore the rain of arrows, and there was a little confusion in the army formation. .

When the enemy was found to be in chaos, there was an orderly sound of golden drums from the sentry tower of the coalition forces, followed by the deafening sound of horseshoes!
Boom boom boom!
The dense sound of horseshoes beat the frozen ground like huge fists. Countless Liangzhou cavalry swarmed out, roaring and fighting from the camp and on both sides, waving their spears towards the land that had landed. Cao Jun stormed over and immediately divided Xu Huang's and Zhu Ling's soldiers into two.

A large number of soldiers were unable to go ashore smoothly on the boat. These brave Liangzhou cavalrymen were covered with thick iron armor and rammed towards the place where Xu Huang's soldiers were most densely populated. The night was full of howling and trembling of pain.

at last!

Finally, there is no need to siege the city!
Ma Chao, who was wearing iron armor, breathed a sigh of relief, staring at Cao Jun in front of him, his eyes were full of fierce light.

Under the city of Chang'an, he suffered too many grievances, and this time he was finally able to show off his cavalry talent in battle.

In order to thank Ma Chao for his rescue, Han Sui took the initiative to give half of his command of the army to Ma Chao. Ma Chao was also happy to be at leisure, and quickly led his army to the Yellow River.

People in Guanzhong who didn't know the truth of course thought that the two had turned their faces, but in fact, the slightly dispersed Guanzhong coalition forces were able to avoid suspicion and guard against each other, and exert greater combat effectiveness.

Don't be wary of Han Sui, Ma Chao resolutely stopped by the river and confronted Cao Jun head-on. His powerful cavalry charged back and forth, making it difficult for Cao Jun to breathe. I couldn't help clenching my fists.

"Didn't it mean that Ma Chao was defenseless?" He stared at Yang Xiu viciously with a sullen expression on his face.

Yang Xiu was puzzled and didn't understand why things turned out like this, so he could only lower his head slowly.

"Big, probably I made a mistake in checking, I... I'll check carefully again!"

(End of this chapter)