Zu Mao, wearing Sun Jian's red turban, was chased so hard by Hua Xiong all the way that he couldn't escape.
In desperation, he could only take off his red scarf and hang it on the back of a courtyard pillar that had not been burned by the fire, while he sneaked into the woods not far away and hid.
Hua Xiong led some soldiers to pursue him.
Under the moonlight, he saw the red turban hanging behind the courtyard pillar, but he did not step forward and asked the soldiers to shoot it with arrows.
However, there was no figure flashing behind the courtyard pillars.
Hua Xiong only then realized that it was a ruse, so he rode around behind the courtyard pillars, took off his red turban, and turned his back to the woods not far away.
"Take your life" Zu Mao, who was hiding behind the woods, saw Hua Xiong's back turned to him, so he rushed out on his horse, brandished the two swords in his hands, and struck at Hua Xiong, hoping to take the opportunity to take Hua Xiong's life.
Hua Xiong knew it was a trick, so how could he not be wary?
When he heard the voice behind him, he turned his horse's head, glared angrily, and let out a deafening shout: "Drink!"
Zu Mao was shocked by Hua Xiong's loud shout, and the movements in his hands slowed down, but the war horse still ran straight towards Hua Xiong.
When he reacted, he only saw a flash of cold light, and a big sword had arrived.
In front of him, his eyes gradually enlarged, and with horrified eyes, he watched helplessly as the big knife fell into his chest. puff There was a sound of a sharp blade cutting into the chest, and Zu Mao opened his eyes wide with horror, vomited out a large mouthful of blood, fell from the horse, and died on the spot.
When Hua Xiong saw that it was not Sun Jian, he felt a little regretful.
He dismounted, chopped off Zu Mao's head and hung it on the horse's neck.
He then got on his horse and led his soldiers to continue the pursuit.
After all, Sun Jian's army had not gone far yet.
But he said.
Sun Jian led his generals to flee while fighting, but they were still unable to withstand the overwhelming number of Hua Xiong's soldiers.
On a hill, they were surrounded by large armies led by Li Su and Zhao Qin, and were unable to break out.
Hua Xiong, who had killed Zu Mao, also arrived with his troops.
He rode forward, looked at Sun Jian, and shouted: "Sun Jian, your situation is over, why don't you surrender?"
Sun Jian's eyes turned red when he saw Zu Mao's head hung on the horse's neck by Hua Xiong, and he cursed: "You are a sinner in the world by helping Zhou to do evil and bringing trouble to the court.
I would rather die than surrender."
He also understood that in the current situation, it was impossible to escape, but it was also impossible for him to surrender to Dong Zhuo, just for fighting.
Hearing this, Hua Xiong was no longer prepared to persuade.
He admired Sun Jian as a man.
If it weren't for the hostile relationship, he might still be sitting together eating meat and drinking wine.
However, Dong Zhuo was kind to him.
Even if Dong Zhuo changed, The kindness still needs to be repaid, so he waved his sword and wanted the soldiers to cover him up.
At this time.
Rumble A burst of rapid horse hooves sounded from behind, shooting straight out from behind the hill.
"Don't worry about being killed in Wentai" A loud shout came, and a young man in white clothes led hundreds of cavalry to come out from behind and attack the Hua Xiong army that surrounded Sun Jian's army.
There were four generals beside the young man in white.
They rushed into the army like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep.
Wherever they went, there was no enemy.
The Hua Xiong Army did not expect reinforcements from the enemy to arrive.
For a moment, they did not react.
They were forced to tear open a hole by hundreds of cavalry and rushed into the encirclement.
Sun Jian looked behind him and saw that Liu Qi, who had always kept a low profile in the alliance of princes, was not considered a member of the alliance of princes.
He only stayed in the alliance because of Cao Cao's relationship.
When he saw Liu Qi leading the reinforcements to charge towards him, he was overjoyed, but when he thought of Zu Mao's head hanging from Hua Xiong's horse's neck, he wanted to kill Hua Xiong with a knife to avenge Zu Mao.
However, he was stopped by Liu Qi.
Liu Qi saw that Sun Jian was surrounded by some young generals.
Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai were not there, and there were only more than a thousand men, while Hua Xiong had tens of thousands of troops.
He came to save Sun Jian, but he didn't want to be here too.
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The main thing was that he didn't want Hua Xiong to die, otherwise Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun could still kill Hua Xiong, so he said: "Brother Wentai, we have a long time to come.
Follow me and lead the army to cover up the enemy.
We will discuss it later."
After hearing this, Sun Jian gave up his intention of rushing towards Hua Xiong, and led his army together with Liu Qi to break out of the siege at the weak spot that had been torn open and had not yet been re-encircled.
When Hua Xiong saw Liu Qi leading his army to break through the encirclement, he asked his soldiers to cover him up.
When he wanted to take Sun Jian directly, Sun Jian had already joined Liu Qi.
If there were only Sun Jian and Liu Qi, he would still rush over, but when he saw the generals around Liu Qi, he gave up such thoughts, and he noticed that Liu Qi looked at Sun Jian with a joking look in his eyes when talking to him.
His glance made him even more unwilling to rush forward.
He had no confidence and could only rely on the strength of numbers.
However, strength in numbers was of no use, plus the torn hole.
Liu Qi asked Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to lead the cavalry to rush forward, then reopened the gap that had not been completely repaired, and led the troops away.
In this regard, Hua Xiong had no choice but to cover up the enemy and pursue them until dawn, then withdrew his troops back to Sishui Pass.
Although he did not kill Sun Jian, he also killed one of Sun Jian's generals and defeated Sun Jian's camp. , which hurt Sun Jianjun's vitality and relieved the trouble at Sishui Pass, it was considered a great victory.
"Who is that young man who came to rescue Sun Jian?"
Hua Xiong asked Li Su.
He had never met Liu Qi, so he didn't know Liu Qi, and the generals around Liu Qi had a deep impression on him.
Although they didn't fight, he knew that it was not the case just by looking at the postures of those few people charging into the military formation.
Such a simple figure, and a person among the princes, of course needs to be paid attention to.
According to the intelligence, there is no such figure in the alliance of princes.
"General Hua, my subordinates don't know either," Li Su said with a wry smile.
He had never met Liu Qi, so how could he know that such a group of reinforcements came out of thin air to rescue Sun Jian, which made him feel very unhappy.
Although this was a great victory, he, the person who proposed the strategy, could also have a certain degree of confidence.
The merit is not as great as the merit of capturing or killing Sun Jian.
The two merits cannot be compared equally.
Hua Xiong didn't pay attention, so he wrote a memorial and sent it to Luoyang together with Zu Mao's head.
At the same time, he also sent people to investigate Liu Qi's identity.
And in the memorial, he also explained the situation and planned to let Li Su garrison Sishui Pass, and he would personally lead the army to meet the coalition of princes.
He thought that since Sun Jian had been defeated, there was no vanguard of the coalition.
Don't want to wait for the arrival of the coalition forces at Sishui Pass, it is the last word to take the initiative.
Only by defeating the coalition forces can the battle end.
After Li Su knew Hua Xiong's intentions, he felt a little unhappy.
He thought that Hua Xiong didn't want him to make meritorious deeds, so what contribution could he make by stationing at Sishui Pass?
However, Hua Xiong was the commander in chief and Dong Zhuo's trusted general.
You have to accept the arrangement with a smile on your face
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