Xia Houyuan noticed Xu Chu's sword, his eyes were eager, and he quickly blocked it with his sword.
clang! !
The blades collided together, sparks flying.
Kick! Kick!
Xia Houyuan was hit by Xu Chu's power, unable to resist, and kept retreating. As soon as he retreated, Xu Chu gained the upper hand and pursued him with great strides. When Xu Chu approached Xia Houyuan, he turned sideways and swung his sword.
The ring-shou knife was packed with shocking power and fell like lightning.
Xia Houyuan had just stood firm. In a hurry, he was unable to avoid Xu Chu's knife. He could only block it with his knife again in a hurry.
The sound of the blades clashing was deafening.
The explosive force burst out so fiercely that Xia Houyuan's hand holding the knife was torn apart, his blood boiled, and he stumbled to the ground. In the novel, Xia Houyuan and Huang Zhong fought. Huang Zhong was old at the time. Xia Houyuan and Huang Zhong fought for more than 20 rounds and were killed.
Now Xia Houyuan is facing Xu Chu, who is at the peak of his strength, with the best explosive power, speed, and will. In addition, Xia Houyuan was worried about the situation and was mentally and physically weak, so there was a huge gap between him and Xu Chu.
The two met and Xia Houyuan was injured.
Fortunately, he was a veteran in the battlefield and had rich experience. The moment he fell, he skillfully rolled forward like a donkey to avoid Xu Chu who was pursuing him, and then stood up like a carp.
Xia Houyuan's mouth was bleeding, his energy and blood were boiling, his heartbeat was even faster, and he was very nervous. The moment he stood up, he did not immediately fight back, but glanced around to observe the situation around him.
When Xia Houyuan saw large numbers of Wu troops advancing in and the fall of Yangping Pass, he felt even more sad and angry.
"General, you retreat first, while the villain holds Xu Chu down."
Beside Xia Houyuan, Huang Liulang rushed out personally, looking determined to die.
"Get out of here, anyone who stands in my way will die."
Xu Chu roared angrily.
Xia Houyuan is a big fish, and killing Xia Houyuan is a great achievement. Once Xia Houyuan escaped, it would be difficult to kill Xia Houyuan. Xu Chuhuan slashed down hard with his first sword, hitting Huang Liulang's blade and knocking Huang Liulang's sword flying.
The Huanshou knife continued to fall, hitting Huang Liulang's chest, killing Huang Liulang with one blow.
Xu Chu rushed towards Xia Houyuan again, but Xia Houyuan's personal guards rushed out one after another.
"General Xiahou, retreat quickly."
"Let's hold Xu Chu back."
"General retreat."
The guards who rushed out shouted loudly, and a dozen people rushed out bravely without fear of death. These personal guards were all direct descendants of Xia Houyuan. They knew that facing Xu Chu would mean death, but they had no hesitation.
When Xia Houyuan saw this scene, tears filled his eyes and his eyes watered. Ignoring the bursts of pain in his bleeding hands, he clenched the sword tightly and roared loudly, "Today, I, Xia Houyuan, will fight to the death."
"Those who are willing to fight to the death with me, let me charge. If you are not willing, just surrender, I will not force you. Xu Chu, there are no cowards in Qin, and there are no cowardly people under the command of King Qin who run away."
"Take my knife from Xia Houyuan."
Xia Houyuan gave up.
The main reason was that he was surrounded by Wu's army. He had no chance to evacuate and could only stay and fight to the death.
Xia Houyuan rushed forward, and when the guards held Xu Chu back, he mustered up all his strength and swung his strongest sword.
The blade cuts through the air and is extremely sharp.
Xu Chu had a strong body and was held back by Xia Houyuan's bodyguards. He was unable to draw his sword to fight back. The moment he suppressed the bodyguards with his sword, he stretched out his left hand like lightning, grabbed the bodyguard's collar and pushed forward.
Zhila!
Xia Houyuan's knife fell on the bodyguard.
Kill with one knife.
At this moment, Xu Chu threw away his dead bodyguard, slashed down with his sword once more, and said loudly: "Xia Houyuan, you were able to escape the previous blow. It's not because you are powerful, but because you have someone to fight to the death to restrain him."
Xia Houyuan raised his knife to block, and a violent impact was heard. Xia Houyuan's body was shaking, the hand holding the knife was soaked in blood, his internal organs were injured again, the blood vomiting intensified, and his body couldn't stop kicking back.
Xu Chu chased after him, struck again with his sword, and said loudly: "This sword of mine requires thirty years of skill. How can you block it? Can you block it?"
clang! !
The crash sounded again.
puff!
Xia Houyuan vomited out a large mouthful of blood again, his face was pale, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
But Xia Houyuan's eyes became angry and violent. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain in his body, stomped his left foot back, steadied his body suddenly, and when Xu Chu slashed with the knife, he clenched the knife and fought back.
clang! !
The blade struck again.
Xia Houyuan's knife was knocked away, and the ring-headed knife with cold light struck him on the body, breaking through the armor, diagonally downward from the right shoulder, and slashed out from under the left rib.
One knife, blood flowing.
Xia Houyuan forcefully stopped his body from retreating, and also forcefully held on, preventing his body from falling backwards. His body was shaking violently, his breathing was rapid, and his rising and falling chest was whirring like a leaky bellows.
Xia Houyuan felt dizzy. He gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. At this moment, he turned around and faced the direction of Hanzhong.
He glanced into the distance, but his vision was blurred.
In Xia Houyuan's eyes, he seemed to see Cao Cao in Nanzheng. On the face full of pain and unwillingness, at this moment, a deep sense of guilt appeared.
"My lord, I'm so ashamed..."
thump!
Xia Houyuan knelt down with his knees on the ground and lowered his head, but his body did not fall down.
Seven parts of pain, two parts of unwillingness, and one part of guilt are still on his face.
Xu Chu killed Xia Houyuan and roared loudly, "Xia Houyuan is dead. Those who surrender will not be killed. Those who surrender will not be killed."
"Xia Houyuan is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed."
Gan Ning, Zhang Ren and others also shouted loudly, and the surrounding soldiers responded.
Cao's soldiers under Xiahou Yuan kept fleeing and lost their fighting spirit. Now that Xia Houyuan was killed, the army collapsed, some fled and some surrendered.
Yangpingguan fell!
Lu Xuan had already changed his robes, tied up his hair, and entered Yangping Pass with his guards. He did not interfere for the time being and allowed Gan Ning to command the army, constantly killing and recruiting Cao's soldiers.
Lu Xuan came to the tower of Yangping Pass and looked at the surrounding situation.
Yangping Pass is indeed a great pass.
If Xu Chu, Zhang Ren and Gan Ning had not sent out a surprise attack this time to fly into the pass in a hot air balloon, the price to attack such a dangerous pass would have been extremely high.
Lu Xuan waited quietly.
An hour later, near noon, the battle was completely over, and Gan Ning had finished tallying the results of the battle.
Gan Ning came to Lu Xuan and reported: "Your Majesty, after this battle, General Xu Chu killed Xia Houyuan. We killed more than 3,100 Cao soldiers and captured 2,200 people." , and many Cao soldiers escaped. Our casualties were more than 1,400, mainly due to the losses in the forced attack on Yangping Pass."
Lu Xuan nodded and ordered: "Xia Houyuan was buried grandly and the news about Yangping Pass was arranged for the sentinels to spread it quickly."
"Here!"
Gan Ning answered with cupped fists.
He continued: "The general's plan is to leave three thousand people to guard Yangping Pass. After resting for an hour, we will take all the troops and supplies and go to Nanzheng County. Fazheng is still holding down Nanzheng, so we must seize the time. Rush over."
Lu Xuan shook his head and ordered: "It is enough to leave a thousand people, and the wounded soldiers are mainly left here. After capturing Yangping Pass and entering Hanzhong, the role of this pass will be weakened. According to your arrangement, after an hour's rest , the army sets off."
"As you command!"
Gan Ning answered again.
He quickly made arrangements. He first arranged for the sentry to spread the news, and then allowed the soldiers to rest. At the same time, soldiers were arranged to make rice in pots and prepare lunch. The soldiers had lunch, rested for an hour, and then set off again, heading in the direction of Nanzheng.
