Chapter 543

suddenly, a scream was very clearly transmitted to his ears in the quiet night.

Immediately after, screams came one after another.

Xia Xia Houyuan stood up abruptly, took his weapon, and lifted the tent.

The personal guard also ran over, panting.

"General, enemy raid!"

Xia Xia Houyuan looked; the outer tents were already on fire, shadows were flickering, and fire was shooting into the sky.

Screams, curses, and the sound of arrows piercing the air were intertwined, stinging his heart.

"Still raided!"

"Quick, organize the soldiers to counterattack!"

Unfortunately, in such a chaotic time, it was very difficult for soldiers to organize an effective counterattack.

Some soldiers were muddled, couldn't even walk steadily, and were shot in the face by an arrow!

Some had just organized ten or so people, and were shot to death on the spot by a volley of arrows!

Guo Huai and Yan Xing led a force each, shooting whoever they saw and setting fire to every tent!

The Cao army collapsed completely like headless flies!

Xia Xia Houyuan still wanted to fight, but was pulled by the guard.

"General, retreat quickly; lead the brothers to rush out, and we can still fight!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Not far away, arrows rained down, and the soldiers who had just been organized were shot down in batches!

Xia Xia Houyuan didn't dare to hesitate anymore, hurriedly leading his men to rush out from the north gate where there was less killing sound.

More and more soldiers followed Xia Xia Houyuan's direction and ran.

The team gathered over ten thousand people; some didn't wear armor, and some only held a knife.

Only then did Xia Xia Houyuan figure out that the enemy raiding them had actually climbed over the mountains and ridges.

"It's Zhuge villager!"

He didn't expect that both Xia Hous had been calculated by Zhuge.

The crowd retreated along the narrow road toward Nanyang Commandery.

Suddenly,

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Another rain of arrows from the mountain, followed by rolling stones!

"Xia Xia Houyuan, the Commandery Governor has ordered me to wait here for a long time!"

Wang Ping laughed heartily; in an instant, arrows rained down, and Xia Xia Houyuan was caught off guard and shot by an arrow.

Others were even more miserable.

The Cao army was like a frightened bird, scattering in all directions, fleeing for their lives toward the distance!

In the dark night, as long as you ran faster than others, you might be able to escape!

The pursuit lasted for a day; the injured Xia Xia Houyuan led three thousand remnants and fled in a panic!

Of the sixty thousand troops attacking Wuguan, nearly fifteen thousand died or were injured attacking the pass; of the remaining forty thousand, eight thousand fled into the mountains or ran with Xia Xia Houyuan, and the other thirty thousand were all killed or captured.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan.

"We have won a great victory here; the main lord's side will be soon too."

Xiangyang City,

the Allied forces and Liu Bei had been deadlocked for over a hundred days.

Liu Biao sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight; his life was quite good.

But he still paid close attention to the battle reports from over there.

"Heavy cavalry? Elephant troops? Rattan-armored soldiers? Liu Xuande's elite troops are really numerous."

Liu Biao envied in his heart; they were both of the imperial clan; his performance was not bad, but compared to Liu Bei, it was a bit big.

"Liu Xuande actually blocked the joint attack of three people alone and won great victories repeatedly; could it be that he is..."

Kuai Yue cupped his hands.

"My lord, although Liu Bei won two battles, his troops are too few, and he still has to worry about Tongguan and Wuguan falling at any time."

Hearing this, Liu Biao was in a bad mood; the defensive generals Li Yan and Huo Jun were his Jingzhou talents; he didn't use them, but this time they were able to block Xia Xia Houyuan for a hundred days and still have plenty of room to spare!

"Liu Xuande's eye for people is really good!"

Cai Mao came in hurriedly with two bamboo slips.

"My lord, Liu Bei's army won great victories at both Tongguan and Wuguan!"

Kuai Yue??

Liu Biao??

After he finished reading the intelligence, he sighed long and hard.

"Liu Xuande's layout is far-reaching; Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's actions were all calculated by him! Gan Ning and Zhang Ren raided Gao Gan's rear! Zhuge Liang climbed over mountains and ridges from Shangyong, and taking advantage of the Cao army's fatigue, decided the battle in one strike!"

After he finished sighing, he was instantly sour.

Li Yan and Huo Jun were just scraps!

Gan Ning, he didn't use, now beheaded Gao Gan and broke the Yuan army!

Zhuge Liang was farming in Jingzhou, and now he had grown into one of Liu Bei's most relied-upon commanders!

Pang Tong was also planning and plotting under Liu Bei, shining brightly!

Huang Zhong was old but strong, fighting Xia Hou Dun; whether it was fighting generals or leading troops, he was not bad at all!

Wei Yan was training the water army in Badong, training it in full swing.

"They are all talents of my Jingzhou!"

Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao.

"De Gui, do I not have the ability to recognize people?"

Cai Mao...

He hurriedly cupped his hands.

"My lord, our Jingzhou soldiers and generals are not bad either; it can only be said that Jingzhou has too many talents..."

Liu Biao's mouth twitched; the deep-seated reason was that these scholar-clans held the positions in their hands, and others had no chance to stand out!

He felt more and more awe for Liu Bei in his heart; although he was much younger than himself, he did things without any leaks; now he was carrying the joint army of the three Guandong warlords, and his power was already apparent!

Liu Biao thought of his two sons, both of whom were mediocre.

"Maybe my family's way out is with Liu Xuande."

Allied camp,

Cao Cao returned to his tent.

He looked at Cheng Yu.

"Zhong De, how do you see the current situation?"

Cheng Yu paused and cupped his hands.

"My lord, now there is no hope of breaking the enemy at Tongguan, and Wuguan is also difficult to break; heavy snow is coming, and grain transport is becoming more and more difficult; my lord should make plans early!"

Cao Cao also had this plan.

"When the time comes to retreat, Liu Bei will inevitably follow; Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of civilian laborers, and it is very likely that he will collapse in a thousand miles!"

Cheng Yu cupped his hands.

"My lord, our army's grain is also not much; why not send troops to pretend to help Yuan Shao transport grain..."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up.

"I will let Cao Hong lead thirty thousand troops to help Yuan Shao transport grain, and transport it slowly."

"The remaining fifty thousand troops are ready to retreat at any time!"

Cheng Yu also said in a low voice,

"My lord, I observe that Yuan Shao's health is not good; this crushing defeat will only make him depressed; my lord should be prepared to take over Hebei!"

Cao Cao also noticed it.

"This time Yuan Shao lost men and generals, and very few of the hundreds of thousands of civilian laborers will escape back; the prestige of the Yuan family in Hebei is falling lower and lower; when Yuan Shao dies, it will be a great opportunity for me to receive Jizhou."