Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 274
"Bo Yan, the situation is in dire straits now, what's your plan, but it's okay to talk about it." Zhu Ran just smiled wryly when he heard the words, and asked bluntly.Chen Shi didn't say anything, just nodded.After all, the fall of Chenggu is imminent, if no decisive measures are taken, then we can only sit back and wait for failure.If Lu Xun has a great trick to turn defeat into victory, it is better to use it as soon as possible.

"Xia Houyuan is extremely impatient, and he is known for his quick march. If we withdraw our troops, he will lead his troops to pursue them. I agree, we will withdraw to Dingjun Mountain for now. At the same time, we will send people to the three counties of Longxi to call Yan Yan. The old general's men, together with General Zhang Boyang of Dingjun Mountain and Yang Weigong's men, set up an ambush to kill Xia Houyuan!" Lu Xun said slowly.

As soon as Lu Xun said this, Chen Shi and Zhu Ran's expressions changed drastically.If this strategy is complicated, it is not complicated at all.To put it bluntly, it was to lure Xia Houyuan to the precipitous place of Dingjun Mountain, and then set up an ambush from a condescending height to kill him.As long as Xia Houyuan dies, Cao Jun will collapse without fighting.But the risk of doing so is still quite high. First, Xia Houyuan is a veteran on the battlefield, and has always been known for his bravery in combat. Most of Hanzhong is about to fall, or to be voluntarily abandoned.If this dangerous move fails, it means that Hanzhong has completely fallen.Moreover, once the Longxi army and horses are mobilized, the three counties of Longxi may fall at any time.This responsibility is not small.No matter who bears the burden, they must shed a layer of skin.

Hearing the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, Zhu Ran finally gritted his teeth and said: "Fight it, anyway, the city can't hold it anymore, if we can kill Xiahouyuan in one fell swoop, we can still win in danger. Boyan, when the time comes, we don't care about fighting alone, we all go together and hack Xia Houyuan to death!"

"Okay, count me in!" Accompanied by Shi Shi's voice, it was Sun Shangxiang who was dressed in military uniform and armored.Seeing his little wife running over at this time, Lu Xun was also a little anxious: "Ma'am, there is a lot of chaos here, what are you doing here?"

"It's okay, my husband, my martial arts are better than yours!" Sun Shangxiang laughed.Lu Xun couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard the words. The situation was urgent at this time. At the moment Lu Xun gave an order, the whole army moved to the direction of Dingjun Mountain. Yan Yan and others are going to fight Xia Houyuan to the death at Dingjun Mountain.Xia Houyuan was also unambiguous. After calming down the city for a while, he led his men to catch up.Xiahou Yuan was better at marching quickly, but Lu Xun and others were better at being familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong.You chased after me like this, and finally almost rushed to Dingjun Mountain.

What Xia Houyuan didn't know was that at this time, his nephew who stayed in Fufeng City had already been drunk and let Guo Huai deal with it. Then Sima Yi officially entered Chang'an, accepted the [-] elite soldiers in Guanzhong, and used the Sima family's He issued an appeal in his name, calling on the heroes of Guanzhong to attack the regicide Cao Cao, and there was a flood of responses.Zhong Yao, who stayed in Chang'an, got Sima Yi's promise not to harm his interests, and joined him in the uprising.They cut off the rations delivered to Xiahouyuan, and sent people to guard Xiegu Pass, preparing to trap Xiahouyuan to death.But Sima Yi didn't expect that Xia Houyuan died before being trapped to death by him.And this way, Sima Yi took the opportunity to take away Hanzhong, Wudu, Yinping and Longxi.

The conversation was divided into two parts. At this time, Xia Houyuan and Lu Xun chased after each other, and they both came to the foot of Dingjun Mountain a few days later. "General, should we wait for the rear army?" Jiao Chu, the captain of the Cao Army who was cooperating in the pursuit, looked at himself and Xia Houyuan, who were surrounded by only a few thousand troops, and asked worriedly.The mountains in Hanzhong are not conducive to cavalry assaults, and at this time most of the infantry are still in Baocheng, Xia Houyuan only led thousands of elite troops to chase Lu Xun.

"It doesn't matter, Zhao Botao took all Xichuan's army away to rescue Liu Bei. Even if Lu Xun wants to play tricks, I think he is powerless!" Xia Houyuan said disapprovingly.At this time, the scouts came to report that Dingjun Mountain was ahead. Lu Xun led more than [-] people to stand firm, and it seemed that they were ready to fight to the death.

"Hmph, Lu Boyan, if you dare to fight me to the death, I think you are impatient." Xia Houyuan sneered at Lu Xun's almost suicidal behavior.Although in the offensive and defensive battle of Chenggu, Xia Houyuan really admired Lu Xun's ability to defend the city.But ever since Lu Xun abandoned the city and withdrew, Xia Houyuan believed that he had embarked on a road of no return.Relying on his more than 2000 defeated soldiers, he wanted to fight himself in the wild. What is the difference between such a move and suicide?
At this time, Lu Xun also knew himself bitterly. Although he successfully lured Xia Houyuan to Dingjun Mountain, Xia Houyuan had pursued him too hard these days, almost turning his lure into a real defeat.If Lu Xun hadn't tried his best to restrain the team, Xia Houyuan would have wiped them out halfway.Even so, more than half of my 5000 people left Chenggu and arrived at Dingjun Mountain.If there is another day or two of such pursuit, Lu Xun really has no confidence in whether he can survive.

"Give it to me!" Following Xia Houyuan's order, more than 5000 elite soldiers from Guanzhong formed a formation and rushed towards the more than 2000 infantry of Lu Xun at the foot of Dingjun Mountain.Looking at Xia Houyuan who was getting closer, Lu Xun could even feel the sweat dripping down his face.

"Kill!" Xia Houyuan stabbed a charging enemy soldier to death, and came straight for Lu Xun.Suddenly a stab came from a diagonal stab, Xia Houyuan didn't care, and directly turned back the spear in his hand to separate.But the person who came was amazing, he didn't blow the weapon away, after the spear was separated, he slowed down a bit, and then stabbed again, almost without a break between the two moves.

"Huh?" Xia Houyuan noticed at this moment that the person who came was using two guns.What surprised him even more was that this person was actually a young female general.With such a distraction, Sun Shangxiang's two guns have been handed to him.Xia Houyuan snorted coldly, and moved the spear in his hand from bottom to top, trying to use his own strength to blow away all the opponent's weapons.But how could Sun Shangxiang do what he wished?The moment the weapons touched, the left pistol retracted suddenly, and then the right pistol stabbed at Xia Houyuan's lower abdomen.

After several tricks, Xia Houyuan understood in his heart that this female general's martial arts are not much worse than his own, but unfortunately he lacks strength, so he cannot be regarded as a strong opponent after all.In a normal confrontation, he could kill her in less than twenty rounds.But at this moment, Zhu Ran, Chen Shi, and Zhang Yi also killed each other one after another, surrounding Xia Houyuan in the core, making it clear that they were going to behead him.Xia Houyuan was not afraid, and even with one against four, he did not lose the slightest bit.A forty-jin iron gun was in his hand, and it flew up and down like a light wooden stick. Among the four, Zhang Yi and Chen Shi, who were slightly less skilled in martial arts, felt their arms ache every time they clashed with him. numb.Seeing that Xia Houyuan has not been dealt with here, although Lu Xun is in command over there, the Sichuan army, which is outnumbered, is gradually outmatched.

"Xiahouyuan is to die." Accompanied by this roar, he saw an army horse coming from the north.A senior general with white beard and hair, holding a big sword and roaring like thunder, patted his horse and took Xia Houyuan straight.Xia Houyuan saw the astonishing aura of this veteran, and knew that he was great.Not daring to be negligent at the moment, he hurriedly forced Sun Shangxiang and the other four to retreat, crossed the iron spear in his hand and received Yan Yan's knife.

In terms of martial arts, Yan Yan is only slightly inferior to Xia Houyuan, and any one of the four, including Sun Shangxiang, will be enough to draw with Xia Houyuan.Now that there are four more helpers, Xia Houyuan can't bear it.With the help of Yan Yan's army and horses who arrived in time, the Sichuan army's numerical advantage has been reversed.Although Xia Houyuan fought bravely, he was not a reckless man who only knew how to fight hard.Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately prepared to run away.

Suddenly "whoosh" an arrow was shot, the target was not any of the five people fighting fiercely in the arena, but Xia Houyuan's horse.After a mournful cry, the war horse was hit by an arrow in the head and fell to the ground.Shocked, Xia Houyuan quickly raised his gun to block the attacking weapons of the five men, but after all, he was alone and alone.Blocked Yan Yan's knife, but failed to dodge Zhu Ran's knife in the end. He was cut on the back of the hip, and immediately fell off the horse completely.

"Hey!" In the spirit of helping to beat the dogs in the water, the five men chopped down their weapons together, and with a scream that shook the world, Xia Houyuan died unexpectedly. "Who fired the arrow in the back?" After killing Xia Houyuan, Zhu Ran was the first to ask this question.The five of them looked at each other in blank dismay, then turned to look at Lu Xun again, but he didn't notice.Most of the Sichuan Army here are field troops, and there are not many crossbowmen.Who shot Xia Houyuan's horse to death?
No one noticed that the moment Xia Houyuan fell from his horse just now, a soldier in Cao Bing's uniform secretly threw aside the bow and crossbow in his hand, then turned around and ran away.It wouldn't be surprising if someone noticed.Occasionally there are one or two deserters on the battlefield, that is nothing more than normal.Even if someone noticed him, who would believe that a soldier like him would be fine to shoot Xia Houyuan?

When Xia Houyuan died, Cao Bing naturally fled.Lu Xun mobilized his men and horses, ready to take advantage of the situation to regain Hanzhong, but he didn't want to march to Liangzhou just now, only to find that the defenders there had been replaced by the banner of Cao Jun.It is useless to use Xiahouyuan's head to recruit surrender, and the other party doesn't seem to buy it at all.

"What's going on?" Lu Xun was also stunned.Xia Houyuan was Cao Cao's top leader in Guanzhong. It is reasonable to say that once he died, these Cao troops should retreat, but now it seems that Xia Houyuan's death is of no use to them.Lu Xun even wondered if it was Xia Houyuan who died.Being confused, Lu Xun could only send out scouts first, and did not mention the news many times.

A few days later, several shocking news reached Lu Xun one after another.Cao Pi killed the king, and Sima Yi gathered in Guanzhong to attack Cao Cao. Now Guanzhong is owned by Sima Yi.And he just sent Guo Huai to lead the army to attack the three counties of Longxi, where Jushou and Tianfeng were not strong enough to resist, and Wei Guang and An Ding had already been lost.And Zhuge Liang, who was in Chuanzhong, also sent someone to tell him that because Liu Pan was advancing on Bajun and threatening Xichuan, he wanted them to return to the army as soon as possible to defend Chengdu.Even Zhuge Liang implicitly stated that there is not enough troops now, and if the outer positions are lost, they will be lost. Now we can only concentrate our troops to guard Xichuan.For the rest, wait until Zhao Feng and even Liu Bei return to the army.

"Cao Pi killed the king?" Seeing the news, Lu Xun and the others were really shocked.

"Cao Pi killed the king, Cao Cao must be in a hurry. General Zhao rescued the lord, but there is an extra confidence!" In the end, Lu Xun was more knowledgeable, and after the initial shock passed, he also expressed his own views.Everyone regained their strength and had a little more hope.At Lu Xun's suggestion, everyone abandoned all positions in Hanzhong except Nanjiang City, led the three counties of Longxi, Wudu, and Yinping to retreat to Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass, and strictly guarded the passes to ward off Sima Yi, who had no clear hostility.

"Mr. Kong Ming, what's the situation now?" After leaving Zhang Yi to assist Wu Yi in guarding Jianmen Pass, and returning to Chengdu in a hurry, Lu Xun also hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang.

"It's very difficult. Most of the army and horses have been taken away by General Zhao. Now with the less than 5 troops led by Boyan, there are only [-] to [-] people left in Xichuan. Lead an army of [-] to Luocheng to block Liu Shuye. Right now, Zhudi, Hanjia and even the counties in Brazil can only rely on the defense of the county soldiers!" Zhuge Liang said bitterly.No matter how resourceful and resourceful he is, the lack of troops is still somewhat powerless.

"The rest of the counties are fine. Basil County, Badong County, and Dangqu County are adjacent to Hanzhong, so we must guard against them!" Lu Xun thought for a while, and Zhuge Liang agreed.Let Zhang Yi and veteran Yan Yan lead their troops to garrison these two important places.Huang Quan, on the other hand, was busy selecting strong soldiers from the county and state soldiers, stepped up training, and was ready to support the front lines everywhere at any time.Fortunately, Sima Yi initially decided on Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and was busy appeasing people's hearts, so he didn't invade Xichuan for a while.For the time being, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun only need to prevent Liu Pan from engaging in friction, which is enough.

"Mr. Kong Ming, what do you think about Cao Pi's killing of the king?" After calming down a little, Lu Xun also asked Zhuge Liang about the hottest topic in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty.Zhuge Liang shook his head when he heard the words, and finally said with certainty: "In my opinion, Cao Pi did not harm His Majesty. At least, Cao Pi did not intend to do all this!"

"It wasn't Cao Pi's fault?" Wang Lei asked in astonishment.Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and then said: "Cao Cao has long coerced the emperor to order the princes, and now he has taken the advantage of trapping the lord in Xingyang. Killing the emperor at this time can only mess up his own position. Cao Pi is the son of the prince. , is not an unwise person, he will not fail to see the benefits and harms of this."

"Then Mr. Kong Ming, do you think there is such a possibility that His Majesty fled westward and was accidentally injured by someone in the wilderness? Cao Pi killed everyone in order to conceal the truth." After thinking for a while, Lu Xun proposed a possibility.

"This matter is possible, but now it seems that Sima Yi appeared a little abruptly. He took advantage of Cao Cao's lack of skills in Hebei and Xia Houyuan's death in battle. He took the opportunity to seize Guanzhong and Hanzhong. So smooth, if he I was unprepared before, I'm afraid it's impossible." Zhuge Liang said slowly.

After all, it was Zhuge Liang. Although he didn't see what happened with his own eyes, based on Sima Yi's performance, he guessed it was pretty close.Lu Xun and the others were silent when they heard the words. All they can do now is stick to Xichuan.

And when the news of the emperor's death reached Zhao Feng's ears, he had just arrived in Wancheng with the Sichuan army that had gone to rescue Liu Bei.Even as a time traveler, Zhao Feng was really shocked by this news.

(End of this chapter)