Chapter 5

that the Xiliang Army has been very loyal to him from beginning to end.

Of course, such an approach also has its downsides.

That is, the Xiliang Army is quite xenophobic!

Whether it is the Luoyang Imperial Guard led by Xu Rong or the Bingzhou Army led by Lu Bu, it is difficult for them to integrate into this collective.

Internal conflicts intensify very rapidly.

Indirectly leading to the later death of Dong Zhuo.

However, for Gu Yi, this is actually not a very difficult problem to solve.

Once he gains Dong Zhuo’s trust, he can take action to resolve this matter.

And now.

Gu Yi has already gained Hua Xiong’s trust.

As long as this battle can be won, Hua Xiong will be his staunch ally in the future!

Just as the sun is setting.

Hua Xiong quickly assembles twenty thousand Xiliang iron cavalry.

They head toward the coalition’s main camp at the fastest speed.

Inside Sishui Pass, fifty thousand infantry are left behind, placed under the guard of the two generals Hu Zhen and Zhao Cen.

It is worth mentioning that

although Gu Yi’s horse-riding skills in his past life could not be called proficient, he knew how to ride and could stay on a horse without feeling dizzy.

This saved him from a lot of the pain of being jolted.

……

Soon, Hua Xiong and the Xiliang iron cavalry have gradually moved away from Sishui Pass.

The intense commotion naturally attracts the attention of Sun Jian, who is stationed on the upper reaches.

But Sun Jian is currently anxious about Yuan Shu’s betrayal, which has led to his soldiers being cut off from grain.

Hearing the commotion, Sun Jian is so frightened that he hurriedly directs his soldiers to set up defenses.

But after a long while,

until the sound of the Xiliang iron cavalry’s hooves gradually fades away,

Sun Jian does not see any Xiliang Army attacking.

"Could it be that this fellow Hua Xiong wants to bypass me and go directly to raid the coalition’s main camp?"

"This is simply too bold!"

Sun Jian frowns deeply.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and others standing beside him see this and hurriedly suggest:

"My Lord, should we take this opportunity to capture Sishui Pass?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian shakes his head and says:

"Better not."

"Our army is currently cut off from grain, and there are likely still a large number of infantry guarding Sishui Pass."

"Forcibly attacking the pass will only result in a futile loss of troops."

Thinking of this, Sun Jian sighs endlessly.

If it weren’t for that treacherous Yuan Shu suddenly cutting off the grain, the situation would certainly not have become this bad.

But now, Sun Jian can only pray that the group of Guandong lords in the coalition’s main camp can be prepared for Hua Xiong’s night raid.

Otherwise, I fear the losses tonight will not be small.

……

However, Sun Jian ultimately overestimated the various lords in the coalition’s main camp.

Relying on Sun Jian to hold the front line, plus the coalition’s large numbers,

these lords in the coalition’s main camp almost never thought about the need to set up defenses.

Because they would never have thought that this fellow Hua Xiong would bypass Sun Jian and directly raid the coalition’s main camp!

Among them, the troops under Yuan Shu are the most lax.

Although Yuan Shu has many troops, most of them are miscellaneous troops reorganized halfway.

Their combat power is really not worth mentioning.

Of course, Yuan Shu is very rich!

He must drink several bowls of honey water every day!

Sitting on Yuzhou, which ranks second in the Han Dynasty’s GDP, plus the newly acquired Nanyang Commandery, how could he not be rich?

The four words "foolish and rich" are the most appropriate to describe Yuan Shu.

When Hua Xiong and Gu Yi arrive outside the coalition’s main camp with twenty thousand Xiliang iron cavalry,

Yuan Shu has just finished a small banquet and is dead drunk.

He is still shouting nonsense like "Throw him out" and "I want to drink honey water."

He is completely unaware of the impending crisis.

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"My Lord, you have already drunk a lot of wine today; I fear that drinking more honey water will cause abdominal pain!"

Beside Yuan Shu, several personal guards say with concern.

Who would have thought that Yuan Shu, who is already drunk, would be furious upon hearing this.

"Bastard!"

"No one can stop this Lord from drinking honey water!"

"Hurry up and get the honey water for this Lord!"

Seeing Yuan Shu angry, several personal guards hurriedly go to get the honey water.

However, just as they step out of the tent, they hear a thunderous sound of hooves from outside the camp!

"This..."

It is already late at night, and many soldiers in the camp are already fast asleep.

Faced with the sudden sound of hooves, quite a few are awakened.

But almost no one thinks about an enemy raid.

Most people think that the sound of hooves must be caused by some lord suddenly going crazy in the middle of the night and ordering his soldiers to assemble urgently.

After all.

Among the coalition of lords, the strength of each side is not the same.

Gongsun Zan of Youzhou has a large number of cavalry.

Han Fu and Yuan Shao of Jizhou, as well as Zhang Yang of Bingzhou and others, although their number of cavalry cannot compare to Gongsun Zan, they are not lacking in warhorses.

Therefore, everyone just curses and swears for a while, but does not make any preparations.

It is not until the sound of hooves gets closer and closer that everyone realizes something is wrong.

The first to react are Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan.

As the leader, Yuan Shao monitors every move in the coalition camp.

Such a big commotion outside the camp makes it impossible for him to remain calm.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, did not sleep at all.

Naturally suspicious by nature, he would never completely let down his guard in a place like the coalition camp.

As a major cavalry owner in the coalition, Gongsun Zan knows that such a big commotion outside the camp was not caused by his own soldiers.

Therefore, doubt naturally arises in his heart.

But it is a great pity that

these three lords are not the main targets that Hua Xiong and the Xiliang iron cavalry want to raid!

Well-versed in the principle of picking the soft persimmon first,

Gu Yi targeted Yuan Honey-Water and other small lords from the very beginning!

And the direction Hua Xiong is charging in now is precisely the camp where Yuan Honey-Water is stationed.