Chapter 62 Xia Houyuan died in Dingjunshan Sima Yi took advantage of the chaos to seize Hanzhong

"Ber Yan, the situation is in danger now. What's your plan, but it's okay." Zhu Ran just smiled bitterly when he heard the words, and asked bluntly. Chen Shi didn't say anything, just nodded. After all, the city is about to collapse. If we don't take drupe measures, we can only wait for failure. If Lu Xun has any great trick to turn defeat into victory, it's better to seize the time to use it.

"Xiahou Yuan's surname is extremely urgent, and he is also known for his rapid march. If we withdraw, he will definitely lead people to pursue us. I would like to withdraw to Dingjun Mountain for the time being. At the same time, send people to the three counties of Longxi to transfer the people and horses of General Yan Yan, plus the people of General Zhang Boyang and Yang Weigong of Dingjun Mountain, and 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 faces changed greatly. If this strategy is complicated, it is not complicated at all. To put it bluntly, he lured Xiahou Yuan to the dangerous place of Dingjun Mountain, and then ambushed him to kill him. As long as Xia Houyuan dies, Cao's army will not fight and collapse. However, the risk of doing so is still quite considerable. On the one hand, Xiahou Yuan is a battlefield general, and he has always been known for his bravery in battle. Even if he is in the middle of the middle, he may not be able to do anything to him. Second, once he retreats to Dingjun Mountain, it means that most of Hanzhong is about to lose, or he will be abandoned on his own initiative. In case this dangerous chess doesn't work, it means that Hanzhong has completely lost. Moreover, once the Longxi army is mobilized, the three counties of Longxi may fall at any time. This responsibility is really not small. No matter who carries it, it must be peeled off.

Listening to the shouts of killing getting closer and closer in his ear, Zhu Ran gritted his teeth first and said, "Fight, anyway, the city can't be defended now. If you can kill Xia Houyuan in one fell swoop, you can still win in a narrow way. Bo Yan, at that time, let's not care about fighting alone. Let's go together and hack Xia Houyuan to death!"

"Good, count me in!" With this sound, Shi Shi came to Sun Shangxiang, who was dressed in a uniform and armored. Looking at his little wife running at this time, Lu Xun was also a little anxious: "Madam, it's a mess here. What are you doing here?"

"It doesn't matter, husband, my martial arts skills are better than yours!" Sun Shangxiang said with a smile. Lu Xun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard the words. At this time, the situation was already urgent. At the moment, under Lu Xun's order, the whole army withdrew in the direction of Dingjun Mountain. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Zhang Yi of Dingjun Mountain, Yang Yi of Yang Pingguan, and Yan Yan of Longxi, who was ready to fight Xia Houyuan in Dingjun Mountain. Xia Houyuan was not ambiguous. After calming the city a little, he led people to catch up. Xiahou Yuansheng was marching quickly, but Lu Xun and others were familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong. In this way, you chased me, and finally you almost rushed to Dingjun Mountain.

What Xia Houyuan didn't know was that at this time, his nephew who stayed in Fufeng City had been solved by Guo Huai after being drunk. Then Sima Yi officially entered Chang'an, accepted the 70,000 elite soldiers in Guanzhong, and issued a letter in the name of the Sima family, calling on the heroes of Guanzhong to fight against Cao Qian, who killed the king together. For a moment, the responders were like Tide. Zhong Yao, who stayed in Chang'an, got up with Sima Yi's promise not to harm his interests. They cut off the military grain shipped to Xiahouyuan and sent people to guard the Xiegu Pass to prepare to trap Xiahouyuan. But Sima Yi didn't expect that Xia Houyuan didn't wait until he was trapped to death, and he died. And in this way, Sima Yi took the opportunity to take Hanzhong, Wudu, Yinping and Longxi.

The words are divided into two ends. At this time, Xiahou Yuan and Lu Xun chased after me, and both of them came to the foot of Dingjun Mountain. General, are we going to wait for the rear? Cao Jun, who cooperated in the pursuit, looked at the thousands of people around him and Xia Houyuan, and asked with some concern. There are many mountains in the Han Dynasty, which is not conducive to cavalry assault. At this time, most of the infantry were still in Baocheng. Xia Houyuan only led thousands of elite divisions to chase Lu Xun.

"It doesn't matter. The Xichuan army was taken away by Zhao Botao to rescue Liu Bei. Even if Lu Xun wants to play some tricks, I think he is powerless!" Xia Houyuan didn't think so. At this time, the scouts came to report that there was Dingjun Mountain ahead. Lu Xun led more than 2,000 people to stand on their feet, and it seemed that they were ready to fight to the death.

"Well, Lu Boyan, dare to fight with me. I think you are impatient." Xia Houyuan sneered at Lu Xun's almost self-seeking behavior. Although in the offensive and defensive battle of Chenggu, Xia Houyuan really admired Lu Xun's ability to defend the city. But since Lu Xun abandoned the city and retreated, Xia Houyuan believed that he had embarked on a road of no return. Relying on his more than 2,000 defeated soldiers, he wants to fight with himself in the wild. What's the difference between such an action and seeking his own way to die?

And Lu Xun also knew that he was suffering at this time. Although he successfully lured Xia Houyuan to Dingjun Mountain, Xia Houyuan's pursuit was too fierce in these days, which almost turned his temptation into a real defeat. If it hadn't been for Lu Xun's efforts to restrain the team, Xia Houyuan would have been completely annihaled on the way. Even so, more than 5,000 of them left the city, and more than half of the casualties came to Dingjun Mountain. If there is another chase like this for a day or two, Lu Xun is really not confident that he can hold on.

"Give it to me!" With the order of Xia Houyuan, more than 5,000 elite soldiers in the customs formed a position and rushed to Lu Xun's more than 2,000 steps at the foot of Dingjun Mountain. Looking at Xia Houyuan getting closer and closer, Lu Xun could even feel the sweat on his face gradually dripping down.

"Kill!" Xia Houyuan stabbed an incoming enemy with one shot and came straight to Lu Xun. A shot came in the oblique thorn. Xia Houyuan didn't care at all and directly went back to the long gun in his hand to separate it. However, the person who came was also good, and he was not shocked by him. After the shot was separated, it slowed down a little, and another shot was stabbed, and there was almost no interruption between the two moves.

"What?" Only then did Xia Houyuan notice that the person who came was actually making two guns. What surprised him more was that this man was actually a young female general. With such a sense of spirit, Sun Shangxiang's two guns have been handed in front of him. Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and fought with the long gun in his hand from the bottom to the top. He wanted to rely on his own strength to shake off the opponent's blades. But how can Sun Shangxiang do what he wants? At the moment when the blade touched, the left-hand gun suddenly retracted, and then the right-handed gun stabbed Xia Houyuan's lower abdomen.

After a few tricks, Xia Houyuan has made it clear in his heart that this female general's martial arts skills are not much worse than her own. Unfortunately, her strength is not enough, and it is difficult to be regarded as a strong enemy after all. In a normal confrontation, I can kill her in less than 20 rounds. But at this time, Zhu Ran, Chen Shi and Zhang Yi also killed one after another and surrounded Xia Houyuan at the core, making it clear that they were going to be beheaded. Xia Houyuan was not afraid at all, and he did not fall behind with one against four. A 40-pound iron gun in his hand flew up and down like a light wooden stick. Zhang Yi and Chen Shi, who were slightly poor in martial arts among the four, every time they intersect with his blade, their arms were sore. Seeing that Xia Houyuan has not been cleaned up here, although Lu Xun is under the command over there, the Sichuan army, which is not dominant in number, has gradually failed to defeat "Xia Houyuan's death." With this roar, I saw a military horse coming from the north. When the first veteran's hair was white, he held a big knife in his hand, roared like thunder, and patted the horse straight to take Xia Houyuan. Xia Houyuan saw that the veteran was amazing and knew that he was good at it. At present, he did not dare to neglect. He quickly forced Sun Shangxiang and other four people to retreat, crossed the iron gun in his hand and took Yan Yan's knife.

In terms of martial arts, Yan Yan Yan is only slightly inferior to Xiahou Yuan. In addition, any one of the four people, including Sun Shangxiang, will be enough to draw with Xia Houyuan. Now there are four more helpers, so Xia Houyuan can't stand it. With the help of Yan Yan's army and horses arriving in time, the numerical advantage of the Sichuan army has been reversed. Although Xia Houyuan fought bravely, he did not only know how to fight hard. Seeing that the situation was not right, he was immediately ready to run away.

Subruly, an arrow came. The target was not any of the five people fighting fiercely in the field, but Xiahou Yuan's horse. After a sad cry, the arrow on the horse's head fell to the ground. Xia Houyuan was shocked and quickly raised his gun to block the blade attacked by five people, but after all, he was alone. He blocked Yan Yan's knife, and finally did not dodge Zhu Ran's knife. He was cut off his back crotch and suddenly fell off the horse completely.

"Hey!" In the spirit of helping the water dog, the five soldiers cut down together. With a earth-shaking scream, Xia Houyuan died. Who put the dark arrow?" After hacking Xia Houyuan to death, Zhu Ran was the first to ask this question. The five people looked at each other in front of each other and turned to look at Lu Xun again, but they didn't notice him. Most of the Sichuan troops here are field troops, and there are not many crossbows. Who shot Xia Houyuan's war horse?

No one noticed that at the moment when Xia Houyuan was ousted, a little soldier in Cao Bing's uniform secretly threw the crossbow in his hand aside, and then turned around and ran away. Even if someone notices it, it won't be strange. There are occasionally one or two deserters on the battlefield, which is perfectly normal. Even if someone notices him, who will believe that such a soldier like him will shoot Xia Houyuan if he has nothing to do?

As soon as Xia Houyuan died, Cao Bing naturally fled. Lu Xun ordered people and was ready to take the opportunity to recover Hanzhong, but he didn't expect to march to Liangzhou, but he found that the defenders there had been changed to the banner of Cao Jun. It's useless to use Xia Houyuan's head to surrender. The other party doesn't seem to buy it at all.

"What's going on?" Lu Xun was also stunned. Xia Houyuan is the leader of Cao Yu's placement in Guanzhong. Normally, when he dies, these Cao troops should retreat, but now it seems that Xia Houyuan's death is of no use to them at all. Lu Xun even doubted whether the death was Xia Houyuan or not. In addition to being confused, Lu Xun could only send a scout first and inquired about the news many times without mentioning it.

After a few days, several amazing news spread to Lu Xun one after another. Cao Pi Shijun, Sima Yi gathered in Guanzhong to fight against Cao Wei. At present, Guanzhong has been owned by Sima Yi. And he had just sent Guo Huai to lead the army to attack the three counties of Longxi, where Ju Shu and Tian Feng's troops were not strong enough to resist, and he had lost Wei Guang and stability in a row. Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in the river, also sent someone to inform him that because Liu Pan entered Ba County and threatened Xichuan, he also asked them to return to the army as soon as possible to guard Chengdu. Even Zhuge Liang vaguely said that now that the troops are insufficient, the outer positions will be lost. Now we can only concentrate on guarding Xichuan. The rest will be said when Zhao Feng and even Liu Bei return to the army.

"Cao Pi's king?" Seeing this news, Lu Xun and others were also really shocked.

"Cao Pi will be in a hurry. General Zhao rescued the master, but he was more sure!" After all, Lu Xun was superior in his knowledge. After the initial shock, he also put forward his own views. Everyone recovered and had a little more expectation. At present, at the suggestion of Lu Xun, everyone abandoned all positions in Hanzhong except Nanjiang City, led the three counties of Longxi, Wudu and Yinping to withdraw to the Jianmeng Pass and Jianmen Pass, and strictly guarded the pass to block Sima Yi, who was not hostile to the enemy.

"Mr. Kong Ming, how is the situation now?" After leaving Zhang Yi to assist Wu Yi to guard the Jianmen Pass, Lu Xun also hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang.

"It's very difficult. Most of the troops and horses have been taken away by General Zhao. Now with the less than 30,000 people and horses led by you, there are only 40,000 to 50,000 people left in Xichuan. Zhang Gongyi and Wu Yuanxiong said that they had led 10,000 troops to Lucheng to stop Liu Shuye. At present, Zhu Di, Han Jia and even the Brazilian counties can only rely on the county soldiers to guard against them!" Zhuge Liang was a little bitter. No matter how resourceful he is, he is still a little weak now.

"The rest of the counties are over. Brazil and the two counties of Badong and Dangqu are adjacent to Hanzhong. You have to be on guard!" Lu Xun thought for a time, and Zhuge Liang also agreed. At present, let Zhang Yi and veteran Yan Yan lead their troops to garrison these two important places. Huang Quan, on the other hand, is busy selecting strong soldiers from the county, stepping up training, and preparing to support the front lines at any time. Fortunately, Sima Yi initially set Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and was also busy appeasing people's hearts. He did not invade Xichuan for a while. Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun only need to prevent Liu Pan from friction for the time being, which is enough.

"Mr. Kong Ming, what do you think of Cao Pi's war?" After a little calming down, Lu Xun also asked Zhuge Liang about the hottest topic in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang shook his head when he heard the words, and finally said affirmatively, "In my opinion, Your Majesty was not killed by Cao Pi. At least, Cao Pi didn't mean to do all this!"

"Isn't it caused by Cao Pi?" Wang Lei was stunned when he heard the words. Zhuge nodded, and then said, "Cao Qian has already taken the emperor to order the princes. Now he has the advantage of trapping the lord in Xingyang. At this time, killing the emperor can only be a mess. As the son of the world, Cao Pi is not an unwise person, and he will not be able to see the interests clearly.

"Mr. Kong Ming, do you think there is such a possibility that your majesty fled to the west and was accidentally injured in the chaos? In order to cover people's eyes and ears, Cao Pi killed everyone. After thinking about it, Lu Xun proposed a possible surname.

"It's possible, but now it seems that Sima Yi's appearance is a little abrupt. He took advantage of Cao Wei's lack of skills in Hebei, and Xia Houyuan died in battle, so he took the opportunity to seize Guanzhong and Hanzhong. It's so smooth. If the person is unprepared before, I'm afraid it's impossible. Zhuge Liang said slowly.

After all, it's Zhuge Liang. Although he didn't see this with his own eyes, he also guessed that with Sima Yi's performance. Lu Xun and others were silent when they heard the words. All they could do now was to stick to Xichuan.

When the news of the death of the day reached Zhao Feng's ears, he had just led the Sichuan army to rescue Liu Bei and arrived in Wancheng. Even as a traveler, Zhao Feng was really shocked by the news.

(to be continued)