() After the third watch, Yangcheng was finally lost. Sun Jian's army rushed into the city on a large scale, stepping on the corpses of the fallen soldiers of the Xiliang army. Immediately, the two armies started a desperate fight under the light of the sky.

Sun Ce's fire dealt a heavy blow to the Xiliang army. Not only did it burn all the food, grass and baggage they had hoarded for defense, it also burned away their determination to resist. After discovering that there were actually soldiers in the city

Behind the enemy army, even those as fierce as the Xiliang army felt cowed, and their resistance was no longer as resolute as during the day.

The situation of Sun Jian's army outside the city was just the opposite. When they learned that Sun Ce had led his men into the city from the cliff and caused chaos in the city, the fighting spirit of Sun Jian's army suddenly increased. Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted and attacked the city wall and the city.

The city gate quickly took up the passage leading to the city head - the ladder.

After several attacks by Sun Jian's army, the Xiliang army, which had become disorganized, opened a gap at the top of the city. Countless Sun Jian's troops took advantage of the situation and rushed to the top of the city, and then quickly occupied the entire city wall, and some even opened it.

He opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge, which allowed the main force of Sun Jian's army gathered at the city gate to advance into the city unimpeded.

Looking at the continuous influx of enemies, Hua Xiong was really anxious and angry. At this time, the fire was burning even more fiercely, enough to burn the food, grass and baggage used by the army in the city for several months, even if he could not do it this time.

After killing the enemy, he was afraid that Yangcheng would not be able to defend it. He was determined to kill the enemy, but the feeling of being helpless made Hua Xiong almost lose his mind. He just wanted to kill and fight the invading enemy, but soon

Suddenly, he came to his senses again and gave up this crazy idea.

The words mentioned in Ma Yue's letter resurfaced in Hua Xiong's mind again: "...If nothing can be done, retreat in time. Only in this way can we survive for a long time and win again..." Looking back at those who have obviously lost and fought desperately,

Hua Xiong finally made a difficult decision: "Withdraw! Let's break through and fight our way out of the city!"

This was the sentence that the Xiliang army who had lost their fighting spirit most wanted to hear. Immediately, everyone cheered up again and followed Hua Xiong to kill outside the city. And this was somewhat unexpected from the main attack.

In anticipation of Sun Jian's army charging in, they were still thinking about charging into the city and were still on guard against the desperate resistance of the Xiliang army. Unexpectedly, Hua Xiong abandoned the city and broke through at this time.

However, Sun Jian quickly noticed the intentions of the Xiliang army, and immediately commanded his troops to encircle and pursue the Xiliang army that broke through. Immediately, many Xiliang troops fell on the road to break out.

The reason for such a result is thanks to Sun Ce's fire. Originally, with the fighting power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, even if they could not defend the city, it would not be difficult to break through. However, this fire still spread to

When he arrived at the stables not far from the granary, he frightened the thousands of horses parked there, and then ran wild throughout the city.

As a result, when the Xiliang army wanted to ride out of the city on horseback, many of them could not find their horses at all. The cavalry who lost their mounts were not even as good as infantry in terms of combat effectiveness and movement speed, so they were able to follow Hua Xiong in the end.

There were only two thousand people going to the city or people with good fighting ability, but most of these people were walking on foot, and they didn't have horses to travel with them.

It wasn't until he was more than ten miles out of the city and seemed to be safe that Hua Xiong looked back at Yangcheng behind him, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger. This was the first time he had tasted defeat since he showed his talents in Wangyuanxiao, and he was defeated so badly.

Unfortunately, all the previous victories were offset.

More than 10,000 elites were completely lost in this way. Only the less than 2,000 disgraced and embarrassed people were following him. How could he go back and tell the master? At the same time, he also regretted himself.

If they had not listened to Ma Yue's advice and left Yangcheng one day earlier, even if the city was not saved, these troops would still be there. Unfortunately, everything was a foregone conclusion and could no longer be changed.

Just when Hua Xiong felt filled with remorse and panic, not knowing what to do next, there were waves of horse hooves coming from behind, and at the same time, a loud cry was faintly heard: "Hold Hua Xiong... don't let him

They ran away..." But it was Sun Jianjun who still refused to let go of Hua Xiong and the others after capturing Yangcheng, and pursued them closely.

It turned out that after capturing Yangcheng and finding that the resistance in the city was very weak, Sun Jian left two generals, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, to lead the main force to contain the surrendered soldiers, put out the fire and defend the city. He himself, along with Han Dang and others, led the army to defend the city.

Three thousand men and horses headed towards Huaxiong's breakout direction

He chased after him because he felt that taking Yangcheng alone was not enough to impress other generals in the coalition. He should also capture the enemy generals who had defeated many coalition forces in succession, so that he could show his ability.

Come.

Hearing that the pursuer was getting closer and closer to him, it was obvious that the opponent had a lot of cavalry. Hua Xiong finally stopped while the men and horses were still running forward. If he continued running, he would be overtaken by the enemy, so he might as well fight to the death.

Ah! At this moment, Hua Xiong put aside his previous regret, regained his energy, and raised his sword to face the enemy.

After all, this Xiliang force is an elite force. Even at this time, it still did not lose an inch. After Hua Xiong gave the order, it began to gather into formation and turned back to attack.

At this time, the time had passed the fourth watch, and the sky was already a little bright. The armies and horses of both sides could soon see the vague outline of each other. After each shouted a cry, the two groups of people clashed and collided.

The fighting started again. And

Hua Xiong gritted his teeth, danced the sword in his hand like a tiger, and ran towards the opponent's generals to kill them. Now there was only one thought in his mind, which was to kill the enemy who had taken over his city.

The Lord killed Sun Jian to vent his hatred.

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The flames and killing sounds in Yangcheng alerted Yuan Shu, who was already sleeping. When he received the report that Sun Jian's army might have captured the city, his heart sank: "I really can't believe that this Jiangdong barbarian is so capable."

With his ability, in just a few days, we captured Yangcheng, which our troops had not taken down for months. However, I can't let him take all the credit alone."

After making up his mind, Yuan Shu ordered the army to march towards Yang City. At the same time, several other groups of people had also learned of the result. While sighing, some people adopted the same policy as Yuan Shu and immediately sent troops to rush to Yang City.

Chiyang City, at least, should take some credit in the battle to capture Yang City.

And all their actions fell into the eyes of Cao Cao, who had just joined the Kwantung Allied Forces.

Since he secretly left Luoyang, he traveled many times before finally returning to his hometown of Chenliu. Then he spread his wealth in his hometown, recruited warriors from all over the world, and also brought together his old friends. After several months of preparation, Cao Cao

Cao finally pulled out an elite army, numbering five thousand.

However, these five thousand people were too weak to make a difference in today's Central Plains, so Cao Cao chose to join his former friend Yuan Shao and join the Kwantung Allied Forces in the name of conquering Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao naturally welcomed his arrival, not only because the two of them had a close relationship, but also because he knew Cao Cao's abilities, and he also hoped to take Cao Cao under his command, which would be beneficial to his future.

Development is also very beneficial.

However, Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to Yuan Shao's win over, because he had a greater ambition to achieve, so why would he be willing to be subordinate to others? But now he still had to rely on Yuan Shao, so he had to give in for the time being.

Tonight, when Cao Cao saw people from all walks of life acting ugly for the sake of capturing Yangcheng, the decision in his heart became even more firm: "These so-called princes from one side are not talented enough or brave enough to help the imperial court to pacify the four sides."

During the rebellion, I, Cao Cao, will never associate with them. One day, I will eliminate them one by one and protect my Han Dynasty!"

"Brother, what do you think of what these people are doing?" Seeing Cao Cao standing in front of the tent, looking at the various troops who were sending troops to Yangcheng, a stocky man stepped forward and asked. This man was exactly

Cao Cao's brother of the same clan, named Cao Hong, was also a brave and resourceful general, and was now highly regarded by Cao Cao.

"It's Zi Lian, do you also think the behavior of these people is quite funny?" Cao Cao said with a contemptuous smile: "There is a story in the book about the mantis hunting the cicada, the oriole behind, and the hunter raising his bow.

Yu said under the tree. The battle before us has some meaning. The cicada is the Xiliang Huaxiong Army, Sun Wentai is the praying mantis, and there are more than one oriole. But after all, these oriole are just short-sighted.

He is just a hunter who only cares about the immediate interests and does not care about anything else, but he doesn’t know who can be the hunter under the tree?"

"Brother, don't you have any intention of doing this?" Cao Hong chuckled and asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Now is not the time for me, Cao Cao, to show his strength. Our strength is still too weak. The only thing I feel is a pity is Sun Wentai. He is really determined to eliminate thieves for the country, but it is a pity... that he is on the side of a tiger and a wolf.

, but he has no vigilance, which will definitely make him suffer a big loss." Cao Cao said, looking towards the direction of Yangcheng with worry, at this time the fire there had gradually extinguished, and it was obvious that the fire there was

The war has come to an end.

What Cao Cao didn't know was that when he said these words, Sun Jian was already in a dangerous situation. It turned out that besides the people like Yuan Shu who wanted to take credit, there was another person.

, an army also became the oriole in this battle.

Perhaps, we should call this man a hunter more appropriately, because his goal is not to fight for Yangcheng, but to target the Kwantung Allied Forces. This person is Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, who is supposed to guard Hulao Pass and is still dozens of miles away from Yangcheng.
Chapter completed!