Under Hulao Pass, Guan Yu's army arrived. In front of Guan Yu's army, behind Xiongguan blocked the road. Cao Xiu's only remaining troops were already trapped in the Jedi.

In the Han army formation, a general rode his horse out and came to the front of the formation, saying loudly: "Cao Xiu, you have no way out and you won't surrender yet! Could it be that you really want all the soldiers under your command to die here in battle?"

Cao Xiu took a deep breath and silently raised the spear in his hand. As a general of Wei and a relative of the Cao clan, anyone could surrender, but he could not. He held the spear in his hand tightly, rode his horse to the front of the formation, shouted with all his strength: "It's only death, what's the fear? Where is Guan Yu? Can you dare to fight me to the death!"

Liao Hua sneered. He led Guan Yu's vanguard force, and Guan Yu was still in the rear. Besides, Guan Yu is now the commander of the three armies. How can he easily fight in front of the formation? Although Guan Yu likes it, as a general, he actually does not want Guan Yu to rush in front of the formation.

"You are poor and lonely, how can you be qualified to meet my general?" Liao Hua said coldly: "Since you don't surrender, you'll die!"

Cao Xiu was furious when he heard this and shouted sternly: "How dare the young general bully me? The soldiers, follow me to break through!"

He saw that Liao Hua's troops were not large in number. If he broke through with all his strength, he might be able to break out. At that moment, he led his troops and rushed forward.

"Shoot the arrow!" Liao Hua gave the order, a row of shooters came to the front of the formation with one continuous crossbow in his hand. These crossbow arrows were all new crossbow arrows developed in the Han army's Tiangongfang. They can not only shoot ten arrows in a row, but also have extraordinary power. Within eighty steps, they can penetrate plate armor and hundreds of people holding crossbows, and then shoot the effect of a thousand-person crossbow formation. At this moment, three hundred crossbow soldiers rushed out from Liao Hua's army, divided into three rows, one row for each hundred people. After shooting air crossbow arrows, they quickly retreated. The second row stepped forward and continued to fire arrows. And so on. When the third row shot air crossbow arrows, the first row had been filled. As long as the crossbow box on the body was not empty, they could continue to shoot.

The terrain here is not wide, and hundreds of people blocked the crossbow arrows. The Wei army fell in pieces. Cao Xiu rushed to the front. He was wearing iron armor, but the crossbow arrows could not be completely shot through. He picked the spear in his hand and pushed the shot crossbow arrows away. He rushed into the formation with one horse first, disrupting the crossbow formation.

Youdao is a man who fights desperately, and ten thousand men cannot stop him. At this moment, Cao Xiu is in a desperate situation, but he has shown his twelve points of ability. He fought countless times in his life. Although his martial arts cannot be compared with those top generals, it is not bad. At this moment, in the chaos, a big gun reveals a few cold lights, and his killing skills are extremely brave.

Liao Hua personally fought with Cao Xiu for more than ten matches. If it weren't for the strong armor on his body, he was almost stabbed to death by Cao Xiu. With this bloody courage and the desperate protection of his personal guards, Cao Xiu actually fought a bloody path from the three thousand vanguard troops brought by Liao Hua. Only more than 30 Cao's army finally came out with Cao Xiu, and only more than 30 people remained, and everyone was injured. The rest were either killed by the Han army in the chaos or chose to surrender.

But when Cao Xiu, who broke out, saw the Guan-like banner floating in the wind in front of him, his mood that had already survived the disaster instantly disappeared.

Cao Xiu looked around and saw that the remaining thirty riders also looked desperate.

He smiled bitterly, silently raised the big gun in his hand, used all his last strength, and roared at Guan Yu's army: "The Great Wei... will win! Kill!"

He rode his horse and rushed forward. He ignored the hesitant Wei army behind him. He was able to accompany him here. These people had already fulfilled their loyalty and righteousness. Cao Xiu did not want to take them to die in this last period of the road, but there were still a few people following him.

The charge of less than ten people seemed a little thin in the face of thousands of troops, but there was a momentum inside. Guan Yu in the formation looked at this scene and sighed. The flag officer beside him waved the order flag and shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow!"

The overwhelming rain of arrows fell, instantly covering the riding formation of less than ten people. Cao Xiu was caught in dozens of arrows and rushed out more than a dozen steps after the rain of arrows. He fell to the ground with his people and horses, and then he fell to the ground without a sound.

"Cleaning the battlefield, notifying Liao Hua, returning to Yique Pass, Yu Jin is temporarily stationed here!" Guan Yu's eyes fell on Cao Xiu, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings. If he was the one who was alone at this time, he might have made the same choice, right?

He also ordered people to specifically restrain Cao Xiu's body and prepare to be buried well. Not for Cao Cao's kindness in the past, Cao Xiu himself alone deserves to do so.

The battle in Luoyang has come to an end. Of course, there are still some subsequent matters to be dealt with. For example, Gucheng was originally planning to ambush Liu Yi's troops, and Sima Yi, who should still be confronting Guan Ping outside Yique Pass, is a legacy problem. However, the fall of Luoyang and Hulao Pass successively, and at this moment, the battle between Heluo will be difficult for the Wei army to reverse again.

Sima Yi’s plan cannot be said wrong, but he underestimated Guan Yu, and his understanding of Guan Yu was still at the Battle of Nanyang. In addition, Cao Xiu’s failure was also the key to this battle.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Han army is more than the Wei army in terms of equipment and quality of military supplies. Therefore, Guan Yu can defeat the more with fewer troops and break Cao Xiu's camp. Therefore, Pang De and Yu Jin can break through the empty Luoyang at a very small price. The strategy is of course important, but when the gap in strength has begun to become obvious, no matter how good the strategy is, it is useless.

After all, before the war, no one thought that Cao Xiu, who had the strongest troops, would become a fatal weakness.

From Liu Yi sending Guan Yu to Guan Yu to Cao Xiu's death outside the Hulao Pass, it was actually only five days to do it. However, what happened in these five days was enough to determine the situation in the whole world, including Guanzhong, which was still full of war.

When Zhang Fei's army left Jieting and pushed the front line all the way to Chen Cang, Cao Zhen could only mobilize Zhang He's defeated army to join Wugong to join Xu Huang to defend. On the eighth day of the July 19th, Du Xi persuaded Shao Dang to defeat the Qiang tribes and join the 40,000 Wei troops to guard Xiliang, and join 100,000 troops to go south.

Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard the news. This was the first time that the number of troops in Guanzhong reached 100,000. At that time, Xiahou Wei was left to lead 8,000 people to guard Chang'an, and personally led 5,000 Chang'an defenders to Wu Gong to join the 100,000 army brought by Du Xi, preparing to fight Zhang Fei.

"Why are there only 70,000 soldiers?" When Cao Zhen arrived at the martial arts, he found that the soldiers and horses were not the same as those reported by Du Xi, and asked with a frown.

"Return to the general!" Du Xi sighed, "That Shaodang, although the two Po Qiang tribes agreed to send troops, they were unwilling to go with us. They insisted on sending troops from Tianshui and Longxi, and agreed to attack the Han army in two directions with our army."

Cao Zhen was silent when he heard this. Shaodang and Po Qiang insisted on doing this. I'm afraid it's not just because they want to attack each other in two groups? More importantly, I'm afraid it's still to rob Tianshui and the counties of Longxi. But at present, Cao Zhen really has no choice but to rob them. Just rob them. If they can repel the Han army in this battle, they will naturally spit out all the swallowed ones!

Besides, Tianshui, Longxi and other places can no longer be considered as Wei's army.

"In addition, the Southern Xiongnu sent 20,000 troops to aid," Du Xi said.

"Well, I'm interested." Cao Zhen nodded, not much surprise. After all, the Southern Xiongnu were considered a vassal state of Wei and had always praised Wei. Now that the war situation in Guanzhong is urgent, they should do their efforts. Cao Zhen still feels less, but the situation is now critical, and Cao Zhen is not good at criticizing it. After all, the intention of sending troops is not.

There are only 70,000 troops in total. Zhang Fei here, plus Huang Zhong and Chen Dao's troops were almost twice that of the Wei army, not to mention that the Han army went out of Sichuan this time, and the combat power was extremely strong. Even the same number might not be able to win, let alone twice that of the other person.

"Can the barbarians in the South China reply?" Cao Zhen looked at Du Xi and asked.

Du Xi shook his head: "The sent people have not been heard of yet, but calculating the time, it is time to arrive in Nanzhong at this moment."

Cao Zhen was a little worried. The war had only been started for more than a month, and even two months were not enough. He took over the land of Longyou and lost Chencang and Mei County. Before Cao Cao died, he asked Xiliang to deploy 100,000 troops. At that time, some people in the court felt that there was no need for this. Now it seems that 100,000 is less.

"General, there is no response to Luoyang yet?" Zhang He, who had been silent, asked.

"No." Cao Zhen shook his head. Liu Yi blocked Hangu Pass. The news could not be heard at all. It is difficult for them to find out what the situation is in Luoyang at the moment.

When Zhang He heard this, his brows frowned. Now the Guanzhong soldiers and horses felt like a lonely army. This time, they recruited all the troops of the Western Qiang and Southern Xiongnu, and all the forces that could be gathered were gathered. However, Zhang He felt that it would not be enough to defeat the Han army with this. Without the support of the court, this battle would be difficult to fight.

"Don't worry, General Ye Yi." Seeing Zhang He's frowning, Cao Zhen reluctantly smiled: "The court should have sent reinforcements, but he was trapped in Luoyang. Today's Hangu Pass is different from the past and is not difficult to attack. We will hold on for a while, and Wenlie should break through Hangu Pass and come to help!"

But Liu Yi is good at defending, and it is not easy to break through his defense!

Zhang He was still worried, but he didn't say it. At this time, he could not always say depressed words to his morale. He was just in his heart that he was concerned about whether Cao Xiu could break through Hangu.

"General Gongming is still guarding martial arts, but Chen Dao heard that he is quite powerful. Zixu, you should lead seven thousand infantry soldiers to support General Gongming!" Cao Zhen looked at Du Xi and said.

"Receive the order!" Du Xi bowed and took the order.

Cao Zhen continued: "Although the Han army is strong, there are no cavalry to assist. General Jun Yi can lead the Xiongnu cavalry and raid Zhang Fei's food route, so that he cannot attack with all his strength."

Now the Wei army has only the advantage over the Han army, and the area is full of cavalry, and the terrain is wide and flat, suitable for cavalry to gallop, which can maximize the advantages of cavalry and is also the most threatening of the Han army.

"Here!" Zhang He nodded without saying anything. After all, he was defeated for a while. Not only did he lose the city and land, but his troops were all lost more than half. Now he is here, he is not very confident.

"The rest of the generals are here to guard the camp. Without our military orders, they are not allowed to fight without authorization!"
Chapter completed!