The dense forest outside Sishui Pass.
Gongsun Zan's army waited quietly in the dense forest. Finally, at midnight, they saw a ray of fire falling on the top of Sishui Pass City, and the city gate slowly opened.
At this time, Gongsun Zan is holding the long sword in his waist tightly. The time, place and people are really favorable. This Sishui Pass is in my pocket.
"Young men of Youzhou, follow me and seize the city gate!" Gongsun Zan pulled out the long sword from his waist and ordered.
Then he led 3,000 white-horse Yicon and more than 10,000 infantrymen and rushed towards Sishui Pass. Their momentum was like a river flowing into the sea, moving forward inexorably.
At this time, Zhao Cen stood nervously at the top of the city, hoping that Gongsun Zan could come quickly, otherwise it would be a big deal when Hua Xiong reacted and summoned troops.
Although Gongsun Zan has strong soldiers and horses, there are more than 40,000 defenders in Sishui Pass. It depends on who is faster!
In an instant, Zhao Cen on the top of the city saw tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses rushing towards the city gate from the dense forest. Zhao Cen was overjoyed and hurriedly led his followers to the city gate to welcome Gongsun Zan's army into the city.
Approaching the city gate, Gongsun Zan saw Zhao Cen and his party of fifty people waiting at the city gate.
"Welcome to the city, my lord, Zhao Cen, will surrender today!" Zhao Cen bowed deeply.
Gongsun Zan immediately ordered Gongsun Fan to lead two thousand troops to take over the east gate immediately. No matter what happens, he must firmly control the east gate. He got off his horse and helped Zhao Cen up.
"Zan admires your husband for his ability to turn from darkness to light. He will reward you after this battle!"
"Where is Hua Xiong in the arsenal in the city?" Gongsun Zan then asked Zhao Cen.
At this time, there were still more than 40,000 enemy troops in the city. If Hua Xiong waited for Hua Xiong to react and fully armed these troops, even if Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to catch him by surprise, he would suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, the top priority now is to occupy the arsenal in the city and capture Hua Xiong. By then, these more than 40,000 unarmed people will be lambs to be slaughtered.
"Your Majesty, Hua Xiong is drinking and having fun with the beauty in the city lord's palace at this time. The arsenal is in the southwest corner of the city, two or three miles away from here!" Zhao Cen said respectfully.
"Where is Gongsun Yue!"
"The general is here!" Gongsun Yue handed over his hands and obeyed the order.
"I order you to immediately lead three thousand troops to occupy the arsenal. Anyone who comes near the arsenal will be killed without mercy!"
"General, take your orders. If anything goes wrong, I, Gongsun Yue, will raise your head to see the lord!" After saying this, Gongsun Yue ordered three thousand men and horses and headed towards the arsenal.
"Mr. Zhao, you immediately follow me to capture the City Lord's Mansion and capture Hua Xiong!"
"promise!"
Gongsun Zan immediately led the remaining eight thousand soldiers and horses towards the city lord's palace.
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The main palace of Sishui Pass City.
Hua Xiong was defeated by Zhao Yun during the day and drank a lot of wine at night. At this time, he was sleeping soundly with Mei Jiaoniang in his arms.
In a daze, Hua Xiong heard the sound of horse hooves, followed by the shouts of killing, and Hua Xiong woke up immediately.
"Captain...it's not good, the east gate has been lost. Gongsun Zan from outside the city has come in and is heading towards the city lord's palace!" A personal guard rolled and crawled and knelt down in front of Hua Xiong and said.
"What..." Hua Xiong kicked away the guard on the ground. He didn't have time to put on his armor. He picked up the long knife and rushed out, leaving Meijiao Niang lying on the bed shivering.
Hua Xiong had just finished gathering his personal guards and was preparing to summon soldiers and horses in the city to fight back and kill the enemy forces in the city. As soon as he left the city lord's palace, another soldier came to report.
"Captain...Captain, something bad has happened. The arsenal has been attacked by unknown troops and has been lost!"
"ah!"
Hua Xiong was shocked. He didn't expect that just for having fun, the city was destroyed. By the way, it must be the thief Li Su who collaborated with the enemy.
Now that the arsenal has been lost, the city is in chaos. Hua Xiong looks at the few hundred personal guards around him. It is too late to summon other defenders now.
An idea came up immediately, escape, escape now, it will be too late, and it is too late to get it back at Sishui Pass.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiong immediately took the remaining guards and escaped to the west gate.
In this way, a group of more than a hundred riders fled to the west gate under the cover of night without attracting any attention.
After a while, Gongsun Zan led Zhao Yun, Zhao Cen and other eight thousand soldiers to the city lord's palace. But seeing the gate of the city lord's palace open at this time, Gongsun Zan felt bad. Hua Xiong wouldn't have escaped early!
He immediately ordered a search of the city lord's palace, but still couldn't find Hua Xiong, only a frightened beautiful woman was found.
"Sir, this person is Hua Xiong's lover!" Zhao Cen pointed at the beautiful woman and said.
"Where is Hua Xiong?" Gongsun Zan asked in a deep voice.
"I really don't know, I don't know. Hua Xiong left a quarter of an hour ago and disappeared without a trace!" the woman cried.
Gongsun Zan's heart sank. If Hua Xiong gathered troops and horses to seize the arsenal, he would be in trouble. If Hua Xiong escaped, there would be nothing to fear. Sishui Pass could be wiped out in a snap.
He ordered immediately.
"Zilong, you immediately lead a thousand white horses to defend the arsenal with Shu Rui to prevent Hua Xiong from attacking the arsenal. If Hua Xiong does not attack the arsenal, you will search the whole city to capture Hua Xiong's whereabouts!"
"Zilong takes the order!"
Immediately, Zhao Yun ordered a thousand white horses to follow and galloped towards the arsenal.
Gongsun Zan was about to lead the remaining troops to clear out the remaining soldiers who were still resisting in the city, when he saw Fang Zhonghuaxiong's armor still there, so he took him away with him.
"Sir, this little girl is willing to recommend herself as a pillow and serve you!"
The beautiful woman knew that without Hua Xiong, she would lose her glory and wealth. Seeing that Gongsun Zan was the leader, she pretended to be charming and wanted to be attached to Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan turned around and saw that this little woman was indeed very charming. She deliberately exposed her fragrant shoulders to confuse Gongsun Zan, but Gongsun Zan had no intention of doing so. In the original history, Gongsun Zan was ultimately defeated because he was addicted to women and alienated his subordinates.
A mere woman can destroy my Taoist heart!
"Hmph, you can take care of yourself!" After saying that, Gongsun Zan led his army and left.
The little woman was left crying on the ground, not sure whether she was crying for Hua Xiong or because she was still crying.
This is a woman in troubled times, her life is like duckweed!
After one night, Gongsun Zan cleared away the remaining soldiers who were still resisting in the city, and successfully took control of the other three gates in the city, but failed to find Hua Xiong.
At this time, Zhao Yun quickly came back to resume his life.
"My lord, Yun learned from the prisoners captured last night that Hua Xiong took advantage of the chaos in the city to escape to the west gate. Do you want to pursue him?"
"Forget it, no need. If Hua Xiong is lucky, his first priority now is to keep Sishui Pass in his hands!"
Gongsun Zan waved his hands and said.
Now Gongsun Zan's army has controlled the four gates of Sishui Pass and important places in the city. In addition to the enemy troops who fled due to chaos yesterday, there are still more than 20,000 prisoners left in the city.
These prisoners will be a big trouble if they are not handled properly!
