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18. Founding the army

Although only Dian Wei and Bao were the five hundred cavalrymen who arrived at the gate, the cavalry who shouted the slogan "General Pingbei has arrived" appeared and became the last straw that overwhelmed Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others.

The door of Tongguan is open, and on the narrow mountain road, there are queues of cavalry lined up in lightning and rushing towards them.

With reinforcements and strong morale, Duan Wei's soldiers also moved away to resist the antlers and went out to camp to invite the battle, hoping to decide the outcome of the chaos.

Yang Ding, who was encouraging morale, appeared sadly, and the fighting spirit that had just been aroused by the soldiers under his command instantly reversed the situation and disappeared without a trace.

With the crossbow shooting and the handover, the old troops who surrendered to Zhang Xiu first collapsed first, then Dong Cheng's troops and Yang Ding's troops defeated one after another, and finally collapsed completely. The remaining troops who still gave up with Zhang Xiu were surrounded by Duan Wei's soldiers and were already in desperate situations.

Zhang Xiu, who suffered several injuries and was bleeding profusely, had broken the spear in his hand, and the war horse under his crotch was also shot to death. Although he was holding a sword in his hand, he still fought to the death and killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers, he could not stop the enemy troops swarming forward.

As fewer personal soldiers around him, Zhang Xiu was finally severely injured. A spear pierced his ribs from the side. Although the spear was cut off by Zhang Xiu at the first time, Zhang Xiu, who was seriously injured, knew that the tip of the spear still in his body had stabbed his internal organs, and he would soon be unable to hold on.

Zhang Xiu, who was holding a short spear in one hand and a sword in the other hand, had his eyes red in pain, and looked at the enemy soldiers around him fiercely. However, his combat boots, which were already stained with his blood, could not move a step, and could only support him on the spot, confronting the enemy soldiers around him alone.

"This man is a hero, let me do it!"

A loud roar came from the enemy crowd.

After entering the pass, the cavalry in Hedong almost moved to the flanks of Yang and Zhang's army. Taking advantage of the chaos of the army's morale and the defeat, they successfully encircled the backbone of Zhang Xiu's army, who had never retreated.

At this time, seeing Zhang Xiu's crazy battle in the death, Dian Wei, who was extremely brave, was also excited to fight. He couldn't help but feel happy, his hands were itchy, and he roared, dismounted and separated Duan Wei's soldiers, and came to Zhang Xiu, who was seriously injured and unretreated.

Dian Weihe, who was majestic and had a beard like a halberd, came to Zhang Xiu in front of him. Looking at Zhang Xiu who was seriously injured, he thought for a moment and inserted the long halberd in his hand to the ground without hesitation. He took out two iron halberds with his back hand, not intending to take advantage of Zhang Xiu in weapons.

Zhang Xiu, whose vision was blurred, saw the tower-like man giving up his long weapons, smiled coldly, endured the severe pain, moved the center of gravity of his body to the supporting spear, and pointed the sword that had cut out the gap in his hand towards Dian Wei.

There was no need for words, just the crazy sneer on his face expressed his deep disdain for Dian Wei.

Dian Wei was not angry when he saw this. His eyes showed fierce light, and he accumulated strength to take steps, and then rushed straight to Zhang Xiu with big steps.

"clang!"

A spark flashed by, and Dian Wei's right iron halberd easily knocked away the sword in Zhang Xiu's hand, while the left iron halberd hit Zhang Xiu's breastplate like an iron vertebrae. The breastplate was sunken to the extent visible to the naked eye. Zhang Xiu was still sneering and squirting blood, and his whole person flew directly to the back.

Duan Wei's soldiers in the rear saw the situation and stretched out their spears together, and picked up Zhang Xiu who was flying from behind. Seeing this, the soldiers on both sides rushed up and stabbed the spears, stabbed Zhang Xiu from both sides, and picked up Zhang Xiu together.

Zhang Xiu didn't hum, his whole body was covered in blood, his sneer on his face had not subsided, but he had already died!

Dian Wei looked at this scene. The man like an iron tower did not cut off Zhang Xiu's head in person, but slowly put away his two iron halberds and silently salutes towards Zhang Xiu's body.

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When Yan Xing led a large group of brigades into Tongguan, the bloody battle was over. The riots who failed to seize the Tongguan were in time when they saw the flags of the Hedong reinforcements, their morale was declining and they fled one after another. Duan Wei took the opportunity to command the elite troops under his command to counterattack the riots, chased and chased the north, killed and captured many soldiers of the riots.

Zhang Xiu's head had been cut off, and Duan Wei ordered his soldiers to insert the heads and some chaotic soldiers on their spears, lined up in a row, and stood in front of the camp to shock people.

Yang Ding had nowhere to go with the remaining soldiers, so he could only run back to his camp, but was soon surrounded by Duan Wei, Dian Wei and Bao's troops, and fell into a situation where he could not escape.

Dong Cheng fled to the emperor's camp alone, trying to seek protection from the emperor.

Seeing a large number of reinforcements from Hedong arrive, Duan Wei's soldiers' morale is rising again and they are ready to attack Yang Ding's camp.

But when Yan Xing arrived at the open space outside Yangding Camp, he saw that the soldiers in the camp were not interested in fighting, but thought about it and did not directly send troops to attack. Instead, he sent Dong Dai as an envoy to Yangding Camp to persuade him to surrender.

This was the decision he discussed with his aides such as Xi Zhicai, Zhou Liang and others on the way. If the Hedong army successfully enters Tongguan, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng can defeat the defeated soldiers in a moment. Yang Ding, who lost his troops, Dong Cheng is like a tiger without minions, no longer threatening to Hedong. Killing them is a blink of an eye, and it is insignificant.

Keeping them can help calm the hearts of the emperor and the court officials.

Of course, the premise of this decision was that the emperor and court officials had never interfered in the matter of Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and Dong Cheng leading their troops to attack Duan Wei at night.

When Yan Xing rushed to the gate and contacted the victorious Duan Wei, he had already learned about Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others' improvisation to raise troops, so he decided to persuade Yang Ding, who was already in a desperate situation, according to the original plan.

Duan Wei was almost attacked and killed, full of resentment, and was about to take this opportunity to kill all the people and eliminate future troubles forever. Although the soldiers and horses in Hedong were strong, they could not agree.

After the successive persuasion of Yan Xing, Xi Zhicai and others and clarifying the current situation, Duan Weicai was reluctant to retreat and seize the military power of Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, but left the lives of the two.

So everyone soon watched Dong Dai, who was the messenger, enter Yang Ding's camp alone.

In the military tent.

Yang Dingqiang was defeated and fled, and was in a mess. He looked coldly at the enemy envoy who was carried into the tent by his personal soldiers and claimed to be an old friend of Dongying.

Although the messenger was wearing the armor of Hedong soldiers, his beautiful face still moved Yang Ding's heart, as if he was touched. He thought about this face in his mind and soon found out the true identity of the person.

"Haha, it's indeed an old friend. You guys step down first!"

Yang Ding smiled miserably, waved his hand, and asked his personal soldiers to leave the tent.

After Yang Ding's personal soldiers retreated outside the tent, Dong Dai showed a smile on her face and said slowly:

"General Yang has a good memory, but he can still remember me!"

"Haha, you are the daughter of Mr. Dong, and you are a noble prince. The veteran is deeply grateful to Mr. Dong. Even if you have weak ears and eyes, you will not forget the daughter of Mr. Dong!"

When Yang Ding talked about her father, Dong Dai couldn't help but have a complicated look on her face, but she quickly reacted and said lightly:

"General Yang is also a powerful general under his former father's command. He is also a joint force in the army with General Duan. However, today he is at the point of fighting, is it irreparable?"

"Mr. Don't say anything more. If you come to be a lobbyist for Duan Wei and advise me to surrender, then please come back. Don't waste your time. But when you go back, you will tell him Duan Wei that although I, Yang Ding, is not a famous general, but this big head on my neck is not something that a coward in the turtle camp can cut off."

When Yang Ding heard Dong Dai's words, he knew what she was saying. He directly rejected her, waved his hand, and turned around and wanted her to go back.

A sneer appeared on Dong Dai's face, but his steps did not move at all.

"General Yang is afraid he was wrong. I entered the camp as an envoy from Hedong, not Hongnong's envoy."

"Oh?" Yang Ding turned around, looked at Dong Dai, and asked:

"At that time, Yan Xing from Hedong saved Junnu?"

Dong Dai nodded and said:

"After I escaped from the Meiwu, I originally wanted to join my sister, but my sister was unfortunately killed by Hu Chier under my command. Sima Ganling and his troops traveled west across the river, so I followed the army and defected to Hedong."

Yang Ding also knew about this. When Chang'an assassinated Dong, the generals of the Dong camp died and fled, and the situation changed repeatedly. In the end, the most profitable ones were Yan Xing, who was in Hedong at that time, but was in vain with a strong army under Niu Fu.

"So that's the case, I think so, Duan Wei's thief and rat are not the ones who can protect the king's daughter!"

Dong Dai noticed Yang Ding's whisper, and she smiled faintly, not complaining about Yang Ding's unsightly way of praising Yan and criticizing him, but just continued:

"As the envoy of Hedong, I brought the original words of General Pingbei. General Pingbei wanted me to tell General Yang, 'I am now creating military affairs, abandoning my past hatred, and only using my ability to use it, and communicating with the world. Not only generals, but generals, but not terror.'"

"What a big tone!"

After hearing the original words of Yan Xing brought by Dong Dai, Yang Ding snorted in his heart. The only one who dared to say such words in front of him in his life was the only one who was the former benefactor Dong Zhuo.

However, thinking of the sharp military fronts in Hedong and the elite soldiers and generals, Yang Ding had to admit that Yan Xing was qualified to say such words.

Even Duan Wei, who had always endured danger, bowed to Yan Xing's head in Hedong, let alone treating himself, who was already a defeated general.

I just don’t know how much benefits he can give himself as a defeated general.

Yang Ding looked at Dong Dai with some thoughts and finally asked:

"If I surrender General Pingbei, I wonder how General Pingbei will treat me?"

Seeing that Yang Ding finally showed his inner desire to survive, Dong Dai also had a cunning smile on her face.
Chapter completed!
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