Three Kingdoms: I ran for my life all the way, but was forced to become the master of this world!

Chapter 138

In the Lingfu of Xincheng County, Niu Jin and Ma Chen were also a little restless.

"Youchang, where did this Xiahou Yuan's army go, could it be Wancheng?" Xia

Hou Yuan's 20,000 soldiers and horses, since they left the Yique Pass, Ma Chen and Niu Jin had already prepared to defend the city. Because they thought that Xia Houyuan would definitely lead troops to attack Xincheng.

Wancheng Xu Huang has 35,000 soldiers and horses, and it is enough to attack the city, that is, add another 20,000 troops, and the effect is not very large, because to launch a siege of the city, you can only use 3,000 soldiers and horses at most! Even if four doors attack in unison, that is, more than 10,000 people.

Outside the new city, only Zhao Jian and Zhu Ling's five thousand soldiers and horses could not contain the Han army in the city at all. Therefore, no matter what, these 20,000 Cao troops will come to Xincheng.

However, they waited for several days without seeing Cao Jun, and this time they had doubts in their hearts.

"Under normal circumstances, Xia Houyuan would not go to Wancheng. Ma Chen was also puzzled.

"Then will they bypass us and go directly to Xinye, as long as they break through Xinye, they can reach Xiangyang!" "

Even if 20,000 soldiers and horses capture Xinye, what is the use?" Ma Chen shook his head, "Besides, Xinye has 5,000 soldiers and horses of General Liu Pan, and it is not possible to capture it soon." And outside Xiangyang City, there was Deng Ai's 10,000-strong army. So I think it's impossible to attack Xinye!" "

Then where is this Xia Hou Yuan?" Niu Jin stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, "Could it be that Xia Hou Yuan wants to cut off our grain channel!"

The grain of Wancheng and Xincheng cannot be self-sufficient, and it must be transported from Xinye, and the escort of grain and grass has always been responsible for Xiangpet, and escorted once a month.

Calculating the time, this month escorted the grain and grass, Xiang Pet should have left Xinye.

The robbery of grain and grass is not very serious, because there is a lot of grain stored in Wancheng, and they will not be short of food here in a short time.

If Xiahou Yuan had cut off the grain route and stationed his army in the area of Bowangpo to block the reinforcements of Xinye and Xiangyang, then the situation would have been different. After a long time, Wancheng and Xincheng will have to run out of food.

The terrain of Bowangpo is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if 20,000 soldiers and horses block here, it will be very difficult for the Han army to pass.

"Wentong, the grain road is our lifeblood, we must find a way not to let Xiahou Yuan succeed!" "

But we only have 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Xincheng can't defend without leaving troops! Xiahou Yuan has 20,000 troops!" Listening to Ma Chen's words, Niu Jin also became nervous.

"No matter how few soldiers and horses there are, we will also drag Xia Houyuan, and then immediately send people to Xinye for help

!" "Okay, then I will lead five thousand soldiers and horses to go, and

you will lead the remaining five thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city!" "Defend the city, I only need three thousand soldiers and horses, and you will

take the rest with you!"

Wen Tong rest assured, I promise that Xincheng will never be lost!" "

Well, I'll leave the city tonight!" Xiang

Chong led 3,000 soldiers and horses, escorted grain and grass, left Xinye, and headed for Wancheng and Xincheng.

Cao Cao's army entered, so Xiang Pet was very careful all the way, constantly sending scouts to explore the way ahead. Although Wancheng and Xincheng were not lost, he did not have the slightest carelessness.

When entering the county, a scout pegasus suddenly came.

"General, there

is Cao Jun!" "Cao Jun, where are you?" "

The little one is not clear, but I heard the sound of horses' hooves, it's cavalry!"

When the infantry meets the cavalry, it is originally a disadvantage, not to mention that he also escorts food and grass.

Xiang Pet immediately jumped off his horse and put his ear to the ground, "Sure enough, it's cavalry!" Xiang Pet could hear the slight trembling sound of the ground.

The scout came back when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the speed of the cavalry of the Cao army was not slower than that of the scout, so it would arrive soon.

Xiang Pet looked around, except for a hill not far on the left, the rest of the place was flat, very suitable for cavalry combat.

"Fu Wei, you immediately lead a thousand soldiers to transport all the grain and grass to the mountain!" "

Nuo!"

Fu Wei was a native of Yiyang, and when he selected military generals in the Xiangyang imperial examination, he was favored by Huang Zhong and directly appointed as a thousand soldiers, and is now a military sima.

He sent a scout to Xiangmajia back to Shinye to report the situation here, and at the same time formed a phalanx of the remaining two thousand at the bottom of the mountain, four hundred crossbowmen were distributed on both sides, and three layers of shields were set up in the middle, and next to the shield hands, there were five hundred soldiers, all armed with Han swords.

The Han sword is somewhat similar to the chopping sword, but it is lighter, sharper, and stronger than the chopping sword.

In the middle of the phalanx was a clearing with five hundred pikemen behind it.

The most powerful of the cavalry is the charging formation, which seems simple, but it has proved to be very effective against the cavalry. Xiang Chong has been familiar with the book of warfare since childhood, which he learned from the tactics of Pang Juan and Wei Wuxian during the Warring States period, which can stop the cavalry and quickly penetrate the battle formation.

However, for Xiang Pet, it was the first time to use it, and this battle was also his first big battle, and he was inevitably nervous in the face of such a strong enemy.

As soon as the formation was arranged, and the grain and grass had not yet been completely transported to the mountain, the sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves sounded. Immediately afterwards, the whole earth began to tremble.

"Tiger and Leopard Ride!" The figure of the cavalry appeared not far away in a blink of an eye, and the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Rider and Cao Chun fluttered in the wind.

However, when Xiang Pet saw it, he was slightly relieved. Because the tiger and leopard cavalry only had five thousand soldiers, he had the confidence to block it.

But soon, Xiang Pet's heart became nervous again, because from another road, another group of Cao Army cavalry rushed out, about five hundred people.

"And the state wolf ride!" cried out to the pet in his heart.

The leader of the Wolf Rider is Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu, although the number is not large, but it is difficult to deal with the Tiger and Leopard Rider.

After the two groups of cavalry arrived, they did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and directly rushed to the large array of the Han army.

"Drop the arrow!" shouted Xiang Pet with a big gun in his hand.

A dense rain of arrows fell, and the soldiers of the Cao army who rushed in front immediately turned on their backs.

But before the crossbowmen could put the second arrow on the string, the cavalry of the Cao army had already rushed to the front of the large array.

"Raise the shield!" shouted to Pet again.

The shield hand raised his shield with both hands, exerted his whole body strength, and met the hooves of the war horse.

"Boom..." There was a muffled sound, and the shieldmen in the first row were almost knocked to the ground.

The Cao soldiers on the war horse waved the big knives in their hands and slashed at the fallen Han soldiers.

But at the same time, the Han soldiers holding Han swords next to the shield hand almost simultaneously swung their swords at the war horse and the Cao army on the war horse.

The three-element shield array formed by the soldiers of the Han army did not withstand much collision, and was broken by the tiger and leopard horse and the Hezhou wolf horse.

However, what greeted them was not victory, but a spear! This

space allowed the war horse to buffer for a while, but could not rush up again, and the two sides fought in a scuffle.