Chapter 188 (1/2)

In Shangdang County of Bingzhou, Cao Cao's army, which had just left Shangdang City, was marching towards Jinyang. At the head of the army, it was the two Xiahou brothers who led the army, while lejin and Li Dian, deputy generals of XiahouDun, were pressing behind the army. It has been three days since Cao Cao ordered the four of them to take Jinyang. However, from Hanoi to Jinyang, we must go through the big county of Bingzhou to join the party. According to the prior information, there are less than 3000 defenders in Shangdang city.

Yesterday, XiahouDun, with his army, attacked Shangdang town on the way. However, Xia Hou Dun was eager to take Jinyang. He had only a night's rest and left thousands of people to guard the city. He came out of the Shangdang in a hurry and marched on Jinyang.

”Big brother! I think we will be able to capture this attack in Jinyang! I didn't expect that the famous Xiliang army was just like this! Ha ha ha Xia Hou Yuan said with a smile that he took the lead in shooting the general who guarded the city to death with an arrow. Now he is beautiful in his heart! Thinking about how Cao Cao would reward him, Xia Hou yuan could not help laughing.

Xia Houdun frowned tightly. Although the first battle was very smooth yesterday, it was a little strange in his eyes. As the shadow of the so-called man's famous tree, the Xiliang army's reputation for being tough is out there. It's impossible that the Xiliang army has no resistance at all.

XiahouDun's appearance fell into his younger brother's eyes, and XiaHouYuan said with a smile: ”big brother! I don't think you should worry about it. Although the Xiliang army was a strong force in the world, it was a matter of several years ago. In recent years, Dong Zhuo indulged these troops in the pass without fighting. It is reasonable that the quality of the Xiliang army has declined so much. You can attack Jinyang city with confidence and boldly, and then you will kill Xu Rong. What else can Tian Feng say about the sour old man? ”

Xia Hou Dun nodded, then shook his head and said, ”second brother, I still feel that something is wrong with this matter. Although I have never met Xu Rong, I heard the LORD say that he was defeated by Xu Rong's army when he pursued Dong Zhuo. It can be seen that Xu Rong is also a good soldier. How could he allow his troops to become so? ”

Xia Houyuan widened his eyes and looked at Xia Houdun. He said in surprise: ”big brother! Don't you believe the old man Tian Feng's nonsense? Our brothers have fought hundreds of battles since they joined the Lord. Who have they ever been afraid of? Brother, you are not afraid of Xu Rong now, are you? If so, my elder brother will give me the military power! I'll go and fetch Xu Rong's head on behalf of my elder brother! ”

Xiahou Dun was so angry that his brother could not help but say, ”what nonsense! I'm just careful! When did I say I was afraid! Wen Qian! Wen Qian XiahouDun turned and called to the army behind him.

Yue Jin, riding on his horse, quickly came from behind the army and said to Xia Hou Dun, ”Yuan rang, what's the matter?”

XiahouDun pulled the horse, stopped moving, and asked, ”Wenqian, how long will it take to get to Jinyang city?”

When he heard Xia Houdun's question, he looked around before and after lejin. All the way from Shangdang to Jinyang was mountainous, which was not conducive to the advance of the army. Lejin estimated it and replied, ”if we march at this speed, we can't get to Jinyang until tomorrow afternoon at least.”

Xia Hou Dun frowned and exclaimed, ”order the whole army to speed up its March, and make sure to get out of Jinyang today!”

”Today?” Lejin was startled and said, ”Yuan rang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Even if we march by force, we can barely make it. But it's difficult to walk on the mountain road. If we march fast, there will be danger, which will lead to unnecessary death of soldiers

Xia Hou Dun shook his head and said, ”I'm afraid the news of our army attacking Shangdang has reached Jinyang now! I'm afraid Xu Rong is already making preparations. If he doesn't arrive in Jinyang until tomorrow, and the army is tired and unable to attack the city, he will have to wait another day. I'm afraid Xu Rong will have any measures to deal with it. Today, I arrived outside the city of Jinyang and camped for a night's rest. I'll attack the city tomorrow. I'll fight for the Xiliang army and have no time to prepare. ”

After listening to Xia Houdun's reasons, lejin frowned and said, ”Yuan rang, your opinion is not wrong, but I always feel that if you March so forcibly...”

With a big wave of his hand, Xia Houdun forcibly interrupted Le Jin's words below, and said, ”OK! That's it! speed is the soldier 's asset! You go and announce the military order Xia Houdun was the commander-in-chief of the army. Since Xia Houdun had made a decision, lejin could not resist. He had to turn around and carry out XiahouDun's orders.

The soldiers at the bottom of the army have no right to put forward opinions. They can only do their best to carry out the military orders. After a while, the whole army began to march forward rapidly, and the speed of the March increased several times. Xia Houdun took a look at Xia Houyuan around him, whipped his horse whip and galloped forward quickly.

If we leave aside the new army trained by Chen Ren, we are afraid that the Cao army's soldiers will not be much worse than the Xiliang army and the Bingzhou army in terms of their quality. Although it was very hard, Cao Jun arrived outside Jinyang city before dark today.