The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 142

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded Hou Cheng's hundreds of people. Even if they wanted to escape, they couldn't escape. Huang Zhong stepped forward and said, "Hou Cheng, why don't you dismount and surrender?"

"Hmph, how can I, Hou Cheng, surrender to others, don't even think about surrendering to you!" Hou Cheng snorted coldly.

"Hahahaha, what a Hou Cheng, I'll see how long you can keep your mouth shut." Cao Hong waved his arm, and a team of archers came out, "Fire the arrow!"

"Shua, Shua, Shua" hundreds of arrows were shot at Hou Cheng and the others, and hundreds of people fell down in an instant. The bodies of the fallen soldiers were full of arrows, and they looked like hedgehogs, which made people shudder.

Xia Houyuan waved his hand to signal Cao Hong not to shoot any more arrows, and said to Hou Cheng: "My lord has always understood the truth. This battle is all due to Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao. You are only fighting for Lu Bu, so you are fighting with me." The enemy, if I surrender, I, Xia Houyuan, can assure you that I will not make things difficult for you."

Xia Houyuan has already made it clear that the masterminds this time are Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao. If he wants to kill them, he will only kill them. Carrots, sticks and carrots come together, hard and soft.

With a "bang", Song Xian threw away the weapon in his hand and knelt down.

Seeing this, Hou Cheng couldn't help cursing: "Song Xian, what are you doing?"

Song Xian said helplessly: "Hou Cheng, the current situation is stronger than others. Only by surrendering can we survive. I, Song Xian, haven't lived enough yet, and I don't want to die yet."

"You..." Hou Cheng pointed at Song Xian, and was about to scold him, but Hao Meng on the other side also dropped his weapon.

"I surrender too, Hou Cheng, let's surrender, why die for Lu Bu." Hao Meng knelt down and said, in fact, Lu Bu was not good to them, so how could they be loyal to Lu Bu.

"He who understands current affairs is a hero," Xia Houyuan nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Hou Cheng, "Hou Cheng, they have all surrendered, do you still hesitate?"

"I, Hou Cheng, will not surrender even if I die!" Hou Cheng said resolutely. There are more than a hundred people around him. These soldiers are all his own soldiers who have followed him for many years, and they will not surrender easily.

"Okay, if you have the courage, then I will fulfill you!"

Cao Hong wanted to order to shoot arrows, intending to kill Hou Cheng and his soldiers, but at this moment, an arrow suddenly pierced through the air and headed towards Hou Cheng. It was like tearing apart the space, and before everyone could react, Hou Cheng suddenly flew upside down and landed heavily on the ground. He had just landed, and Liao Hua had already led his troops to capture him.

At this time, Xia Houyuan and the others came to their senses, because the process happened too quickly, they had no time to react, they didn't even see clearly how the arrow flew out, they only saw Hou Cheng flying out, everything came too suddenly.

"Who shot the arrow?" Cao Hong looked around, trying to find the shooter.

"I, Huang Hansheng, shot the arrow." Huang Zhong put down the three-stone bow and said calmly.

"Why are you..." Cao Hong wanted to reprimand Huang Zhong, but Xia Houyuan waved his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Hahahaha, I've heard for a long time that General Huang's archery skills are superb, and today I saw it for the first time. Since Hou Cheng was captured by your army, I will leave it to you." Xia Houyuan said to Huang Zhong, clasping his fists. He knew that Cao Hong wanted to reprimand him. Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong was not one of them, let alone Cao Hong's subordinate. No matter how angry Cao Hong was, it was useless, because Huang Zhong didn't need to obey their orders at all. They were allies, not subordinates.

"Thank you, General Xiahou. Hou Cheng killed many soldiers of our army, so I want to capture him and let my lord handle it personally. Please don't take offense." Huang Zhong clasped his fists and said, Hou Cheng is a good man. He is determined to win the talents, so he will never let Cao Hong kill him, so he made a sudden move, and leaving it to Li Yuan is just an excuse. ,

"In that case, Hou Cheng will be handed over to General Huang. The remaining captives belonged to our Cao army. They surrendered to Lu Bu because they were deceived by Chen Gong and others. Now that I take them back, General Huang shouldn't mind, right? "

Xia Houyuan had no interest in Hou Cheng. What he wanted were those soldiers. Hou Cheng’s army originally had 5000 infantry, but he killed more than [-] on the battlefield just now, and now there are nearly [-] people. I will not give it up to Huang Zhong.

"That's natural. These surrendered troops will be handled by General Xiahou. I hope General Xiahou can subdue them completely, and don't let them be fooled by traitors again."

Huang Zhong, as a favor, handed over these surrendered soldiers to Xia Houyuan. First, the purpose this time was not to compete with Cao Cao for resources, but to rescue Er Qiao. Second, he had captured Hou Cheng, and his goal had been achieved. Third, these soldiers Originally belonged to Cao Cao, and his loyalty to Cao Cao was relatively high. Even if he wanted it, it would not be easy to subdue him, and he would also have conflicts with Cao Jun. Instead of doing this, it is better to give them all to Cao Cao.

"Thank you, General Huang!" Xia Houyuan said gratefully, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that Huang Zhong would not give up the surrendered soldiers. There is no way to do this.

The ambush was officially over, Hou Cheng and others were wiped out, and Huang Zhong's troops also lost a thousand soldiers, but it was still within acceptable range, and capturing Hou Cheng was not a small gain.

Xia Houyuan asked Cao Hong and others to help recruit the surrendered soldiers. As long as these people surrendered to Cao Cao again, they would be a good force for immediate combat. In addition, they lost a lot of soldiers in this attack on Puyang. Now getting these surrendered troops is a supplement .

"General Huang, now that most of Lu Bu's troops have been eliminated, what should we do next, should we go back and attack Puyang?" Liao Hua came over and asked.

"No," Huang Zhong shook his head, "There are at least 5000 people in Puyang. Attacking by force is not the best strategy, and we don't care about Puyang. Even if we spend all our energy to capture Puyang, we still have to give it to Cao Cao. If we really want to fight, it should be Cao Cao." It's not us to fight."

"Then what should we do?"

"Since Lu Bu has been led out of the city by the lord, why should we forcefully attack Puyang? If we defeat Puyang outside the city, it will be self-defeating. We only need to wait for the lord to come back. I believe Cao Cao must think so, he We will definitely not attack Puyang by force." Huang Zhong really guessed right, Cao Cao did not intend to attack Puyang by force, but wanted to besiege Lu Bu with Li Yuan's army while he was still there.

Huang Zhong ordered the soldiers to rest in place for a while, waiting for Li Yuan to come back, and then waited for an opportunity to take Lu Bu in one fell swoop. Cao Jun also rested in place, waiting for Li Yuan to come back.

(End of this chapter)