Chang'an, conference hall.

"Cough, cough!" Hao Zhao coughed a few times, but still supported his body and said to the two generals Du Ji and Gao Rou: "The Grand General of the Great Sima sent a general order, telling you and me not to be obsessed with a garrison in Chang'an. He should take advantage of Yan Xing's troops to conquer Xianyang and send troops to fight a victory to win the morale! Now among the ten eagle feather arrows, only two of them were ordered to guard Chang'an, and three of them were asked to assist me and make a plan for me... Cough, cough, cough!"

Before he finished speaking, Hao Zhao started coughing heavily again.

Du Ji frowned and looked at Hao Zhao, saying, "Since it is the lord who is strict order, we must obey his intentions. But if we want to go out of the city to fight, General Hao, your physical condition is inconvenient..."

Hao Zhao waved his hand vigorously and said, "It's okay, it's just a small disease!"

Gao Rou sighed on the side: "Otherwise, I will talk to Xuanhuang Medicine. I heard the general's coughing sound not only empty, but also has a very heavy echo. I am afraid that it is either severe typhoid or lung disease. Please don't be careless... I want General Hao to be stationed in Chang'an and guard the city and standby. Du Ji and I went to Yanxing Dazhai in Xianyang to rob him for a while, to regain morale, and come back to guard the city with the general!"

Hao Zhao's face was a little pale, and he shook his head when he heard this: "No! Governor Zhao is not here, I am the commander of the three armies of Chang'an. It was the lord's order to leave the city to rob the camp. How could I not leave such a big thing? Gao Rou, you are meticulous in your daily life, so you will guard the city! Du Ji and I led 10,000 elite soldiers to go to Yanxing Camp outside Xianyang City!"

"But……"

"No need to say more! That's it!" Hao Zhao's tone seemed very persistent.

Gao Rou and Du Ji looked at Hao Zhao quietly and found that although Hao Zhao was pale and plagued by illness at this time, he vaguely exuded a spirit of shocking the heroes and looking down on the world. It was a momentum that had been tempered in the military camp for many years. It was not innate. Only those who had great confidence in themselves could have such charm.

After eight years in the army, Hao Zhao finally grew from a young general to a talented person who could be the only one.

But seeing Hao Zhao clenched his fists tightly, and he said to Gao, Du and others: "For the sake of Yongliang's situation, we must show our might in this battle! Crush the conspiracy of Yan Xing, Song Jian and other thieves, and use the heads of these two thieves as wine cups to General Sima!"

Gao Rou smiled when she heard this.

"The lord is a wise lord, not a bloodthirsty Qiang tribe. How could he use human heads as wine cups?"

The fog at night was wet and cold, floating quietly among the fields west of Xianyang City, as if even the roar of the Wei River beside the city was isolated.

Last night, Yan Xing gathered his rebels and had already captured Xianyang. The Xianyang prefect Qu Ke fought for three hours. He was outnumbered and lost the city and died in the city. However, Yan Xing's front siege army was tired and exhausted due to a tough battle, and he couldn't rest. Therefore, Yan Xing and the rebel generals from various units held a celebration banquet in the city, while the lower-level soldiers did not even have any meat, but just camped around Xianyang City and rested and fell asleep.

"Ah sneezing!~"

The sentry above the tower sneezes heavily, turned to look at the bright lights in Xianyang City, then turned to look at the lifeless camp outside the city, and curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

"Damn it! After the war, I didn't give a glass of wine or a piece of meat. The leader's happiness in entering the city has made us suffer here! This soldier is really boring, it's not much better than beggars!"

But it was not the soldiers who complained that it was already cold winter. Although the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were strong, they still needed cotton jackets and wine to spend the winter. Unfortunately, Yan Xing did not have sufficient preparations for these things.

Liangzhou has a vast land and abundant water and grass. It can raise strong soldiers and produce strong horses. However, its daily necessities are barren. The items that reward the three armies or soldiers for the winter are generally provided directly from Chang'an. Now Yan Xing rebelled, although there are many soldiers and horses, and although the territory seized by many, the finances suddenly cannot be supplied. The circulation of materials and the way of merchants were strangled to death by Hao Zhao in Chang'an. Therefore, the rebels lived a very hard life this winter.

Of course, in this situation where the soldiers cannot meet the needs of their soldiers, the commander will generally order their troops to rob the city, rob the people's supplies, and meet their own needs. At that time, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and other warlords in Liangzhou had indulged their soldiers in doing these things in the face of financial instability.

But when it comes to Yan Xing, it is not possible, just because Meng Jian, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan and others pursue Confucianism, and considering that Yongliang needs to develop in the future, they all firmly oppose it.

In this way, Yan Xing was passive and could only deprive his soldiers. However, he did not have the means of Cao's quenching his thirst, or killing the grain official Wang Ye to calm the morale of the army. He could only allow the dissatisfaction of the army to gradually expand, blindly conquering the city and land, and only hoped to quickly reject Yongliang.

Therefore, Yan Xing may be an excellent general, but he is definitely not a good politician. This is reflected in both pacifying and integrating his subordinates' opinions...

The sentry of the Yan Xing rebels cursed and complained. Suddenly, he was shocked all over and narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the fog in the distance.

But hundreds of steps east of the camp, a row of dense black shadows were advancing towards the camp through the night and mist.

The rebel sentry was shocked and hurriedly picked up the horn. Just as they were about to blow it, a row of sharp arrows squirted through the mist and flew into the air. Three clusters of arrows penetrated his chest and blood was immediately sprayed into the air.

"Wuwuwuwu~~~!" Accompanied by this rain of arrows, a huge sound of horns sounded on the plain outside the camp, and the first counterattack of the Chang'an army led by Hao Zhao was launched!

"Someone robbed the camp!"

With the shrill cry, the silence of the night was broken. There were shadows in the rebel camp, some people ran out of the tent in disarray, some were screaming, and the war horses began to neigh. The soldiers began to get busy.

Hao Zhao looked solemn, and rode the brown bearded horse with a long-ring sword in his hand. He was not in a hurry to let the soldiers rush in and fight, but asked the first team's square formation to step forward, throw out the prepared fish oil cans, and smash them at the rebel gate. Then he ordered the crossbowmen of the second team to light arrows stained with oil and shoot them out in one go.

Although the temperature in winter is low, it does not hinder the ignition of oil and fire! But when the sound of "Push, sweep!", Tianluo, the empty arrows outside the rebel gate, and the horses who resisted the enemy, were ignited. Although the fire was not as strong as the sky, it was enough to cause the troops in the camp to riot.

"Go away! Go away!"

"Put the fire!"

"Don't mess around!"

"Welcome the enemy, set up a formation to welcome the enemy!"

“…………”

The troops of the rebel camp began to rectify their troops, and the sound of rescue horns came from camps in the southeast, west and north.

The problem is that Hao Zhao did not give them enough time to prepare. With the sound of war drums again, Hao Zhao and Du Ji led their troops into the village.

Hao Zhao held the long ring sword in his hand and rushed through the camp with one horse. He led a vanguard cavalry of about five hundred cavalry to open a path. The rebels who were not ready were about to be destroyed and attacked.

Seeing the bright lights in Xianyang City, Hao Zhao estimated that most of the generals led by Yan were fighting in the city, but the vanguard camp outside the city would inevitably be left with the guards of the general. If this general was killed, the battle tonight's camp would be considered successful!

Under the leadership of Hao Zhao, five hundred cavalry rushed into the military camp and took the commander's tent. When they saw that they were in front of the commander's tent, they saw a shirtless inside the tent, carrying a battle gun, rushed out and roared loudly at Hao Zhao.

"Who is here? How dare you rob my camp!"

Hao Zhao didn't speak, and slashed his head with his knife. The general staggered and hurriedly raised his gun to resist.

This person was Zhao Qu, one of the Liangzhou generals who responded to Yan Xing's rebellion, and was ordered to garrison in the big village outside the city.

Hao Zhao went to fight this time and intended to kill Zhao Qu. His subordinates were ruthless, either picking, chopping, chopping, or stabbing.

Twenty rounds later, but after hearing Hao Zhao's roar and swept across the thousands of troops, he finally killed Zhao Qu in front of the horse!

The commander was dead, and the enemy was even more panicked. Hao Zhao did not stop and led his troops to continue rushing forward. Behind him, the 10,000 Chang'an troops were even more indomitable, moving forward with tsunamis and invincible, splitting the entire rebel camp and shattering everything that was blocking the front.

"Ahem cough cough cough cough!"

Hao Zhao continued to rush forward while coughing. He couldn't remember how many people he killed. The enemy troops in the camp fled everywhere. Most of the soldiers fled to Xianyang City in panic, and cries and shouts were heard.

While coughing, Hao Zhao shouted to the rushing deputy general Du Ji behind him: "Du Ji! Take a team of troops west to block the nearest Xitun camp. I will chase you for a while. Be sure to give the other party the biggest blow before most of Yan Xing's troops arrive!"

"No!" Du Ji echoed loudly.

"Ahem!!"

Hao Zhao coughed again, turned around, looked at the rebel camp that was still in chaos, and shouted loudly: "My boys! Are you tired?"

“Not tired!”

"Okay, let me break into the enemy camp again!"

"Kill and kill!"

Just when Hao Zhao led his troops to hijack the rebel vanguard camp in Xianyang, the 33,000 rescue soldiers led by Yuan Shang were transferred to Mei County. Yuan Shang asked Zhong Yao to take the opportunity and bribe Yang Song with a large sum of money to ask him to offer advice to Zhang Lu.

Zhong Yao pretended to be a guest merchant, traveling day and night, and rushed to the south to meet Yang Song. As soon as he met, he placed gold, silk and brocade in front of Yang Song, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Yang Song.

"Oh, Zhong Pushe, when you were the governor of Chang'an, our two families were often walking around, old acquaintances! Why should you be so polite?"

Zhong Yao touched his beard and smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, this gift was not given by me, but by me on behalf of Mr. Yuan. Mr. Yang must not be polite."
Chapter completed!