Three Kingdoms King of the North

Therefore, after discussing with Huang Zhong, Han Zhan and Huang Zhong decided to withdraw from Hangu Pass overnight to chase after Han Xiandi's car.

That night, they quietly opened the east gate, and [-] cavalry came out in a file, and chased the brigade led by Jushou along the official road.

Jia Xu, who came back from escorting the grain and grass, couldn't help being very surprised when he saw that the camp of Li Jue, Guo Si and others had retreated ten miles.After asking about the situation, he couldn't help but stomped his feet and said, "Oops, the little Han family wants to escape."

"Want to escape?" When Li Jue heard what Jia Xu said, he couldn't help being taken aback, and asked in a daze, "Now Shengjia is at Hangu Pass, where is he going to escape?"

At this time, Guo Si also came back to his senses, and said to Li Jue: "Children, we have been tricked. The soldiers and horses who robbed the camp that day were only a thousand people. And the defenders at Hangu Pass were five thousand. If there are soldiers and horses If they were still in the city, they would have left the city to fight. You must know that with Lu Bu's bravery and Ju Shou's strategy, even if we have the help of Jia Junshi, we will not be able to win any favors."

"That's right, that's right." Li Jue is not a fool to get to where he is now. After being reminded by Jia Xu and Guo Si, he immediately realized that he had fallen into Han Zhan's scheme, and quickly ordered: "Come on, come on, hit me!" Raise the account."

An hour later, Li Guo's army arrived outside Hangu Pass.Jia Xu pointed to the top of the city and said to them: "Two generals, please look. Although there are banners and flags on the top of the city, there is no defender in sight. It is clearly an empty pass."

After hearing this, Li Jue was furious, and quickly ordered his soldiers and horses to carry bamboo ladders to the city.Those soldiers tremblingly came to the city wall, set up a bamboo ladder, and climbed up step by step, fearing that a few boulders would fall.But until they climbed into the crenel, they didn't see anyone shooting arrows or throwing logs and stones.

The soldiers who got on the city wall searched around, but seeing no defenders were found, they quickly lowered the suspension bridge and opened the city gate to let Li Guo's army enter the city.

Not long after seeing his soldiers climbing up the city wall, he opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge.Even if Li Jue was a fool, he knew that Hangu Pass was empty, so he yelled, "I'm angry too." Then he rode his horse and rushed towards the open closed door.

The army entered the pass and searched everywhere, but found no one.Jia Xu said to the two: "If the two generals want to rescue Sheng Jia, it is better to send a cavalry to pursue immediately. If Jia's prediction is correct, he will be able to catch up with Sheng Jia in just one or two days. The family and children are alone, so they will definitely not be able to stop our Xiliang iron cavalry."

Li Jue looked at Guo Si and said, "I will lead [-] cavalry to chase Sheng Jia, and you and Jia Junshi will stay in the pass. After the affairs here are settled properly, lead the troops to join me."

"Lü Bu is brave." Although there are many soldiers in Xiliang, Guo Si still shudders when he thinks of Lv Bu. He hastily told Li Jue, "Be careful when you are young."

Chapter 219

After Han Zhan and others led the cavalry to leave Hangu Pass, they hurried along the official road to chase Han Xiandi's chariot.When the sky was about to dawn, Han Zhan suddenly saw a looming city in the south of the official road, so he pointed with the horsewhip in his hand and asked Huang Zhong beside him, "Han Sheng, what city is ahead?"

Huang Zhong stared at the distant city for a while, and then replied: "My lord, have you forgotten that this is the Luoyang we saw before we rushed to Hangu Pass. In the past, when Dong Zhuo forcibly moved his capital to Chang'an, he set fire to Luoyang. Yang. Now that the palace is burnt out, the streets are deserted, and wormwood is everywhere, it is estimated that there are not many people in the city, so let's continue on our way."

Han Zhan knew very well that the troops of Li Jue and Guo Si would soon come after them, and there was no need to go to a barren Luoyang at this time, so he urged the troops to continue on their way, preparing to go to the deserted Luoyang. Arrive at the Yellow River Ferry at noon and cross the river back to Jizhou.

Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the ferry of the Yellow River, we found that there was not a single boat here.Han Zhan suddenly had an ominous feeling in his heart. If there is no boat, when Li Jue and Guo Si's soldiers and horses catch up, all his three thousand cavalry will be here.Thinking of this, he quickly called Huang Zhong, and said: "Han Sheng, take people along the river to search for boats, and you must find the boats before dark, otherwise we will be in trouble as soon as the soldiers and horses of the two thieves Li and Guo arrive. I escaped." Huang Zhong left 1000 troops for Han Zhan, and he led [-] cavalry down the river to search for ships.

Han Zhan felt tired and exhausted after driving all night, so he asked the cavalry to take off their armor and rest on a hillside, and let the horses rest on the hillside to graze.Hearing Han Zhan's arrangement, the Marquis quickly persuaded him, "My lord, you can't. If you spread the horses on the hillside, or if the bandits come, our army won't be able to put on the armor and carry the saddle in time. Please take it back, my lord."

Regarding Junhou's persuasion, Han Zhan waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Our army has been driving all night, and now we are exhausted. If we don't take the time to rest and feed our horses, our war horses will not be able to run when the bandits catch up. ?”

Seeing that Han Zhan was stubborn, the Marquis couldn't persuade him anymore, so he returned to his song and told the soldiers to be more careful, and if they found any bandits approaching, they should immediately prepare to meet the enemy.

About two hours later, Huang Zhong sent someone to report that a group of boats had been found [-] miles downstream, which could carry [-] cavalry across the river, and asked Han Zhan to rush over immediately with the soldiers and horses.

Just as Han Zhan and the others were about to set off, smoke and dust suddenly rose in the distance.The experienced military marquis looked at it and shouted: "My lord, something is wrong. There is a large group of cavalry coming towards us."

Han Zhanxin said that Li Jue's soldiers and horses came so fast. Although he was a little scared, he still pretended to be calm and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there?"

The Marquis stood up with his feet on the stirrups, and looked into the distance with the awning in his hands.After a while, he sat back on the saddle again and said to Han Zhan: "My lord, there are at least ten thousand cavalry here. We are few and we are not their opponents. We should rush to the downstream as soon as possible to join Captain Huang." Bar."

Fortunately, after resting for two hours, the horses were full and the spirits of the people were almost recovered.Following Han Zhan's order, thousands of cavalry immediately turned their horses and headed downstream along the river.

Unexpectedly, less than ten miles away, suddenly a large number of cavalry rushed out on the hill on the right side of the official road.Han Zhan was frightened out of his wits, and he thought to himself, "Where did these enemies come from?" Seeing that the opponent had at least three or four thousand horsemen, Han Zhan didn't dare to fight, and quickly ordered his subordinates to speed up, trying to get rid of them. This cavalry.

Unexpectedly, the other party came too fast, and soon rushed close to Han Zhan's queue, and began to shoot the crossbow arrows in his hand.Rows of crossbow arrows flew like locusts, causing the cavalrymen beside Han Zhan to fall off their horses, and then they were sucked into the horseshoes of the cavalry behind.

Seeing the opponent's cavalry rushing into the queue, Han Zhan knew that if he ran away blindly, he would only become a target for others, so he drew his sword and started fighting with the rushing cavalry.After more than half a year of training, Han Zhan's martial arts has made great progress, and he can walk seven or eight times under Zhao Yun's hands.

After he beheaded five or six enemy cavalry in a row, Rob rushed to his side and shouted at him: "My lord, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Come and kill with me." Han Zhan knew very well that now When it was not time to be a hero, he followed Rob and rushed outward.

Seeing that Han Zhan was in danger here, Junhou waved his weapon and wanted to kill him.But after rushing forward for a few steps, he was stopped by a man holding a big axe, and when he couldn't fight, he was cut off by the opponent's axe.After beheading the Marquis, the big man turned his horse's head and chased after Han Zhan who was fleeing in embarrassment.

At the critical moment, suddenly a group of people appeared on the official road ahead, and the leader was Huang Zhong who was sent by Han Zhan to find the ship.Seeing Huang Zhong in front of him, Han Zhan couldn't help being ecstatic, and quickly shouted: "Han Sheng, save me!"

Huang Zhongce immediately stepped forward, brandishing a broadsword, and stopped the man wielding the axe, and the two of them came to a fight.Han Zhan stared at the man wielding the axe, silently counting his moves, secretly guessing how many rounds he could go under Huang Zhong's knife.Unexpectedly, the man is very skilled in martial arts, the two fought for twenty rounds in an instant, and there was no winner.

"It's really not easy for this man to be able to draw with Huang Zhong." Han Zhan saw that the man and Huang Zhong were rivals at chess and met good talents, and the fight was inseparable. to his own command.

The man who wielded the ax fought with Huang Zhong a few more times, but finally he couldn't hold on anymore, he swung the ax feignedly, pulled his horse and left.Seeing that the opponent had fled, Huang Zhong quickly led the people to chase after him, preparing to rescue all the cavalry trapped on the official road.

Han Zhan thought to himself, with Huang Zhong on his horse, it should not be difficult to rescue those besieged cavalrymen.He didn't go to join in the fun, but stayed in place with Rob and seventy or eighty cavalrymen, waiting for Huang Zhong and others to return.

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong didn't wait, but suddenly a group of people rushed out from the river, with the word "Yang" on the banner.Seeing the soldiers and horses that seemed to fall from the sky, Han Zhan was so distressed that he hurried downstream with the soldiers and horses.Ready to run to the river to board a boat to cross the river.Although the soldiers and horses were mostly infantry, they followed Han Zhan and chased them down.

When Han Zhan exhausted all his efforts to reach the river, he saw a lot of boats parked by the river. Huang Zhong stayed here with hundreds of cavalry, fighting with even more infantry.Since the cavalry has lost its impact speed, no matter whether it has an advantage against the infantry, it is gradually at a disadvantage.

Seeing this situation, Han Zhan finally understood what happened to the army coming from the river. It turned out that they went down the river by boat and came here to cut off their retreat.He didn't dare to fight, so he quickly called out, "Let's go!" He took Rob and other relatives and fled in another direction.

Han Zhan was thinking in his heart while fleeing, this Jia Xu is really not simple, he conjured up a cavalry out of nowhere, and sent another cavalry down the river to cut off his retreat.If this person cannot be used by himself in the future, he must be killed.

When he was running away, suddenly another group of people rushed out from the front and blocked the road ahead.A military general holding a spear shouted loudly: "Son of the Han family, where can we escape?"

Rob came to Han Zhan's side and asked, "My lord, there is an interception ahead, and there are pursuers behind. What should we do?"

"Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins!" Looking at the enemy army blocking the way ahead, Han Zhan suddenly had these words in his mind. He knew that now he could only go to the bottom of the boat, otherwise he would really die without a place to die, so he put the sword in his hand With a wave, he shouted: "Kill the past!"

The soldiers and horses in formation did not expect that Han Zhan would lead people to charge at them. Before they had time to line up in a hurry, Han Zhan's soldiers and horses broke through a gap.Seeing that Han Zhan and the others rushed over, the general ordered his men to release arrows.The dozen or so cavalry who were behind were shot off their horses one after another, and even Rob was shot in the back. After charging forward for a while, he fell off the horse with a plop.

Although Rob is Han Zhan's subordinate, Han Zhan always regards him as his brother.Seeing him fall from the horse with an arrow at this moment, he roared heart-piercingly, turned the horse's head and wanted to go back to save him, but the attendants on the left and right desperately pulled his horse's rein, pulling him to continue running for his life.

Han Zhan turned his head and looked back, only to see the enemy general chasing up with soldiers and horses, and then looked around, and found that there were less than 20 people left beside him.Knowing that if the fight continues, the whole army will be wiped out, so he hurriedly galloped, hoping to escape from this dangerous place as soon as possible.

It was said that Huang Zhong had just rescued the besieged cavalry from the rebellious army, and someone came to report: "Qi report to the captain, something is wrong. The bandits took a boat down the river and killed our army's guards at the ferry." The army seized the ship."

Huang Zhong couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the lord?"

The cavalryman shook his head and said: "I only saw the lord and nearly a hundred cavalry heading south. I don't know where they are now."

Huang Zhong wanted to lead his troops to the south immediately to look for Han Zhan, but seeing the smoke and dust in the distance getting closer, he knew that it was impossible to block the army of Li and Guo with his one or two thousand soldiers. , can only retreat eastward with the cavalry, ready to find a suitable place to cross the river.

The reason why Han Zhan encountered such danger was entirely thanks to Jia Xu.Before he led the army to Hangu Pass, he saw Han Zhan and others staying behind closed doors, so he had a plan and ordered people to go around Tongguan and go to the back of Hangu Pass, trying to trap the soldiers and horses in the pass to death.

Unexpectedly, Han Zhan would let someone take Emperor Xian of Han to take the first step, making Jia Xu's plan come to nothing.But Jia Xu knew that Han Zhan had led his troops to leave Hangu Pass, so he quickly ordered someone to inform Yang Feng, who had gone around Luoyang, to divide his troops into two groups to intercept Han Zhan.The ax general who led the cavalry and killed Han Zhan and fled was Xu Huang and Xu Gongming.But Yang Feng went down by boat with soldiers and horses, cut off Han Zhan's retreat, and snatched the boat that Huang Zhong had found.

After Li Jue joined Yang Feng with his soldiers and horses, he asked bluntly, "Do you know where the little boy of the Han family is now?"

The general who had intercepted Han Zhan but failed to intercept him quickly replied: "General Qi, the young Han family broke through our defense and led more than [-] cavalry to the south. The little one led people to chase after him." After a while, I didn't catch up, so I came back and reported to the general."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Jue's eyes widened immediately, and he pointed at the general and said, "I ordered you to block the way of the little boy of the Han family, but you actually let him escape. What's the use of keeping you here. Come on, take him away." Pull it down and cut it off."

Seeing that Li Jue was about to kill his subordinates, Yang Feng was about to intercede.However, one of Li Jue's personal soldiers rushed over and cut the general under his horse with a knife.

Seeing that Li Jue said that killing people would kill people, Yang Feng's generals were all taken aback.After Li Jue glanced over everyone, he said coldly: "I'll give you one day, and you must catch the little boy of the Han family, and you will have to live or die. If you can't hand it over by then, hehe," He pointed to the corpse on the ground, "He is your end."

All the generals hurriedly replied: "Your subordinates obey!"

Chapter 220 Escape

Han Zhan, who escaped by chance, led a group of cavalry and fled southward in a panic.He ran wildly for an unknown distance, and didn't stop to rest until the horse couldn't run anymore.