Chapter 163 Chapter 25: Cao Cao’s Feast on the Bronze Sparrow Terrace (8)

Shang Yao sneered, and replied in a loud voice: "I heard that Ah Man always boasted that he pacified the world. It's ridiculous. Just ask General Xiahou, why didn't he lead you to conquer Sun and Liu in the south? Today Hanzhong, Guanzhong is weak, he I just want to pick a soft bully and take advantage of it; I will suffer from it in the near future. The so-called 'tolerance', the time has not come. Rather than being slaughtered by you, I might as well attack first, teacher of justice , the majestic army, what is the crime?" Xia Houyuan was furious when he heard the words, and immediately rode his horse with a knife and went straight to Shang Yao.A general flashed out from Shang Yao's left, waving Fang Tian's painted halberd with both hands, but it was Qin Tian who stabbed diagonally and killed the general.Xia Houyuan caught it with his sword and started fighting.I saw swords, lights and swords, fighting faster and faster, and then I gradually lost sight of the figures.Before I knew it, the fight lasted more than a hundred bouts, and there was no winner.For a while, the soldiers on both sides were stunned.If you don't stop, you are afraid of losing. Both sides call for gold, and they return to the formation.

But Xu Huang refused to accept it, and wanted to fight again; Han Guan was also annoyed on the other side, and charged with a mace in his hand.Xu Huang raised his double axes to fight Han Guan's mace.The two generals were easy to kill again, they were close to Lily, and it was impossible to tell the winner.Seeing this situation, Xia Houyuan also saw that there was another person beside Shang Yao holding a double-strand sword and reining in his horse to watch the battle. That night, Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang discussed important matters in the tent.Xu Huang said: "Unexpectedly, Qin Tian and Han Guan are so brave, and Shang Yao Luozhi is such a capable person, how did I not know before?"

Xia Houyuan said: "I think there is another general beside Shang Yao, that is, his military adviser, who seems to be quite capable of fighting. As for Shang Yao himself, he must not be weak. It seems that he will not be able to fight hard, so he can only use tricks." The two meditated all night, but they had no choice but to sleep.The next day, when the sun was rising, Han Guan and Qin Tian came to fight again.Xia Houyuan became angry, raised his knife and said, "Today, I swear to kill these two demons!" Just at this time, a Pegasus urgently reported that Cao Cao was coming with an army.Xia Houyuan was overjoyed, and he and Xu Huang rushed to the nearby hill to watch each other.Not long after, I saw dust and smoke billowing on the ground, and Cao Cao's army could arrive in a blink of an eye.

Over there, Shang Yao had also seen Cao Jun approaching from the tower, so he hurried down the tower and came to the front of the formation.Seeing the arrival of Cao Cao's reinforcements, A Xiao said, "Mr. Xing, why not cover up and kill Cao's army before they can stand still. Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang only want to join forces with Cao Cao at this time, and they will never expect our surprise attack. " Shang Yao pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes. However, Cao Cao is very cunning and has many advisers. I guess he will attack our army with Tiger and Leopard Army. Our army should shrink its formation and concentrate on attacking Xia Houyuan and Xu Huangzhi. military."

After saying that, he ordered Han Guan and Qin Tian to go to the left and right, charging while guarding against the cavalry of the reinforcements, while he led Li Axiao in the center, and the center forward went straight, rushing towards Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang's tent. Seeing this, Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang turned pale with fright, and immediately ran down the hill, grabbing knives and axes, and went into battle to defend against the enemy.It was Xia Houyuan who faced Qin Tian again, and Xu Huang who followed Han Guan.Shang Yao and Li Axiao led troops into the camp, pointing east to east and west to west, Cao Bing was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that he had succeeded, Shang Yao feared that the reinforcements would arrive, so he immediately issued an order not to be greedy for merit, voluntarily gave up the favorable situation, and led his troops to withdraw.Han Guan and Qin Tian also abandoned their opponents and left the city.Seeing the heavy casualties of soldiers, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang had no intention of fighting, and hated them deeply. I was upset, but I saw Cao Xiu leading the tiger and leopard army to come like the wind, passing by the front of the camp, and chasing the merchant army.It's a pity that most of the merchant army had retreated into the city, only two or three hundred slow runners were left, and they were slaughtered by Cao Xiu.

After 155, Cao Cao arrived at the front camp.Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang blushed and pleaded guilty on the ground.Cao Cao ordered the two to get up, and said gently: "You two are not the only ones who underestimated Shang Yao? This Shang Yao secretly harbored great ambitions and was trapped in Qidou Mountain. He has been holding back all this time. It can be said that he is very scheming. However, according to today Looking at the situation, he has neither the support of the weather, nor the help of the right place, nor the response of the people. In terms of the weather, we dominate the north, Sun Quan occupies the east of the river, and Liu Beihu looks at the West Shu. This momentum does not happen overnight. What can be changed; however, Shang Yao is still unknown, and his power is not even comparable to that of Zhang Lu. In terms of geographical location, Ma Chao occupies Guanzhong, Zhang Lu guards Hanzhong, and Shang Yao has a single peak in Qidoushan, which is not enough to establish a career; even if he wants to merge Hanzhong and Guanzhong are one, as everyone knows, these two places will not escape the hands of our Cao, Liu, and Sun families in the end; in terms of harmony between people, Shang Yao and Zhang Lu are the same, they both use demonic words to confuse people, The crowd is limited. The only thing he can boast about in this regard seems to be the three generals under him. However, based on this alone, it is too much to expect to be among the great powers and become a four-legged force. Yes. I heard that he has such great ambitions, and he didn’t attack Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, or Liu Bei, but came to me specifically, so he came here to hope for his strength. Now that he is so brave, how can he break the he?"

After speaking, a person came out from the queue on the left and said: "What the prime minister said, I believe that even Shang Yao himself has to obey after hearing it. It's just to break his method. In my opinion, there is no need to be ingenious and think hard." At first glance, Cao Cao saw that he was in charge of the book and served as the censor. His surname was Chen Mingqun, and his character was Changwen.At that moment, Chen Qun offered advice: "Shang Yao must be a man with schemes. If we plan to deal with him, he will treat them one by one. You come and we go. He is in the city and has enough food and clothing. I am in the wild and lack food and grass. It's not good for me. It's better to stalk him. Li Dian, Zhang Liao fight Han Guan, Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang fight Qin Tian, ​​Cao Xiu, Yu Jin fight Li Axiao, Cao Hong, Xu Chu fight Shang Yao, once they win, the prime minister will wave The army hides and kills, and I don't worry if Taiyuan will not return to my hands."

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't it like a child's play?" Chen Qun said sternly: "Otherwise. Although relying on numbers to win, isn't it because of 'harmony' that he beats Shang Yao? What's more, raising soldiers for thousands of days can be used for one time, and for another time, why not?" Cao Cao nodded again and again: "That's a very good remark." Immediately gave the order, and all the generals took orders and dispersed.Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang were still ashamed, worried that Shang Yao would come to steal the camp that night, and stayed up all night.Fortunately, nothing happened overnight.

The next morning, according to Chen Qun's plan, Cao Cao put all his troops and horses in front of the city.Shang Yao and others looked down from the heights on the city wall and tower, but they saw Cao Jun's bright armor and generals like clouds. From a distance, he saw Cao Cao surrounded by left and right, and immediately stood under the banner of Shuaizi. Wushuang. It's a pity that I'm getting old and my aspirations are fading; if I fight with him, I won't be hated!" After saying that, he opened the gate of the city to meet the enemy. The two armies faced each other, and Shang Yao was about to say a few words, but unexpectedly, a horse came galloping in the opponent's formation, and shouted: "Shang Yao is a monster, come here if you don't take your life!" It was the fierce general Xia Houyuan.