Yingyin is only ten or twenty miles away from Xuchang, which means that once one side launches a surprise attack, the other side will fall into passivity.

Because of this, many people, led by Li Junshou, are eager to recapture Yingyin.

And today's situation is like this, since Cao Suo sent troops in Xuchang at three o'clock, only a little more than an hour later, and arrived outside Yingyin City when it was close to the hour.

For a while, the alarm bell sounded loudly in Yingyin City, even Cao Suo and others who were outside the city could hear it clearly.

He immediately summoned the two generals Tian Qin and Liao Guang, and ordered: "In order to prevent the Linying rebels from reinforcing Yingyin, this battle should be quickly resolved, Tian Qin, you and I will attack the north city wall, Liao Guang, you attack the east city wall." ”

The 'Linying rebels' he mentioned did not refer to the rebels in Linying County, but to Zhong Feijun, who was based in Linying County but set up camp twenty miles south of Xuchang City.

The camp where this rebel army is stationed is only about twenty miles away from Yingyin, and if Cao Suo's army can't fight quickly, it may fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy in the middle of the time - Cao Suo can still see this, so he is particularly concerned.

"Yes!"

Tian Qin and Liao Guang swore and made guarantees.

At the same time, Guo Huai, the guard of Yingyin County, had also hurriedly climbed to the northeast corner of the city wall with a team of guards, peeking at the county army outside the city.

I saw him observing the banner of the county army outside the city, and at the same time asked the soldiers in the city: "Who can see the flag of the general on the opposite side?" Is there a 'week' written on it? ”

Immediately, a soldier replied: "Echoing the words of the general, I did not see the banner with the word 'Zhou', but only the banner of 'Duwei Cao'......"

"Du Wei Cao? Cao Suo? Wasn't he replaced by Zhou Hu? Could it be that Cao Suo came this time?"

Thinking secretly in his heart, the anxiety on Guo Huai's face gradually subsided, and he twisted his beard thoughtfully.

As Zhao Yu expected, Xiang Xuan deliberately evacuated the defenders of Yingyin County in order to lure Xuchang to divide his troops to attack Yingyin, and Guo Huai was the person specifically responsible for luring Xuchang.

But after eight or nine days in a row, Xuchang still stood still, and Guo Huai couldn't help but be a little anxious in his heart, wondering if Zhou Hu had seen through their tricks.

During this period, he sent someone to ask Xiang Xuan, but Xiang Xuan asked him to continue to implement the strategy - also, apart from luring Xuchang to divide his troops, what else can they do at present?

Just when Guo Huai was waiting for Xuchang's army every day, Xuchang's army finally came, and he finally suppressed the ecstasy in his heart.

However, it was the former commander Cao Suo, not the new commander Zhou Hu, which made Guo Huai feel a little surprised.

"What does Zhou Hu mean by that?" …… He stood still for eight or nine days, which shows that he suspected that Yingyin was a trap, but today he sent Cao Suo to bring troops to come...... Could it be that he wants to take the hand of my righteous master and get rid of this Cao Suo?"

Twisting his beard, Guo Huai thought he had seen through all this.

But isn't it, Zhou Hu is the new captain, and Cao Suo is the old captain, how can these two be safe?

Obviously, Zhou Hu had seen through Ying Yin as a trap, and deliberately called Cao Suo to send him to death, so as not to allow Cao Suo to compete with him for the position of captain.

"Hah! Although it was cheaper than Zhou Hu, since Zhou Hu sent this big gift, I will accept it."

Guo Huai's face showed a malicious smile.

He turned to one of the guards beside him and said, "You take a few people, immediately take a fast horse to Yingyang, and report this matter to General Xiang." …… Remember, watch out for those damn wolf cubs on the way. ”

"Yes."

The guard nodded, and immediately galloped down the wall.

Immediately, Guo Huai immediately commanded his uncle and governor to the people: "Everything is according to the plan formulated before, the preservation of the army is the most important, if the city wall can not be defended, then slowly retreat into the city, anyway, Cao Suo will not dare to set fire to the city." …… Resist a little, don't let the county army guess that this is a trap, we can withdraw. ”

"Yes!"

Uncle Yi and Uncle Du nodded one after another.

Woo woo –

Woo woo –

Outside the city, the battle horn of the county army sounded.

With the sound of this trumpet, Tian Qin and Liao Guanger led 3,000 soldiers to launch an attack on the north and east city walls of Yingyin.

And the commander Cao Suo led the remaining 3,000 soldiers to stop in the northeast corner of Yingyin County to see the overall situation.

"Kill!"

Thousands of county troops, carrying the long ladder prepared for the attack on Yingyin, charged towards the north and east city walls.

In the face of the attack of the county army, Yingyin City also immediately counterattacked.

"Arrows, arrows."

Under the urging and command of a famous uncle and governor, the soldiers on Yingyin City launched several rounds of salvos outside the city, but because the number of crossbowmen was not large, the arrows fired were sparse, and they did not cause much casualties to the attacking county soldiers, but even so, the county army outside the city was also in chaos.

In front of these sparse arrows, many county guards were so stunned that they completely forgot the role of the shield in their hands.

Even, some county guards turned around and fled in horror.

At a glance, you can see that these are non-commissioned soldiers with no actual combat experience.

is still the same sentence, if you have not experienced the baptism of the battlefield, no matter how much time you train, you are only a new pawn, and the ten thousand county soldiers led by Cao Suo are such new pawns.

In this regard, Cao Suo could only send people to ask Tian Qin and Liao Guang to strengthen the supervision of his soldiers, and at the same time secretly cursed in his heart: If it weren't for Zhou Hu's refusal to send him the county soldiers with combat experience, why would there be such a level of chaos in the first round of attacks?

While Cao Suo secretly scolded Zhao Yu, Guo Huai stood on the head of the city and watched the battle.

It's a pity that he really only has 3,000 soldiers under his command, otherwise, how could he be so weak and take the defensive?

You must know that the Yingchuan County Army is a weak division that has been completely suppressed by his righteous division since last year, and Guo Huai always feels uncomfortable when he takes a defensive position in front of this weak division. 97 Chinese

Time passed little by little, and a moment passed in the blink of an eye.

However, the county army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, still failed to capture the north and east city walls, which were only guarded by only 1,000 soldiers each, and even paid more than 1,000 casualties for killing hundreds of rebel soldiers, with a casualty ratio of nearly 1 to 4.

For this reason, Guo Huai was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the governors on the two city walls, ordering them to restrain a little, not to scare Cao Suo away, after all, his purpose was not only the casualties of more than a thousand county troops, he wanted to swallow Cao Suo's 10,000 troops in one go.

Under Guo Huai's instructions, the defenders on the north and east walls of Yingyin really converged a lot, and began to fight back and forth with the county army.

Looking at the scorching battle situation in the distance, Cao Suo was also a little uneasy in his heart, after all, the Linying rebels might come to help in the next moment.

In this way, the two sides fought fiercely for nearly a moment.

"Almost, right? If it drags on any longer, General Zhong Fei's reinforcements will arrive, and it will not be good if Cao Suo is scared to withdraw to Xuchang."

Guo Huai thought secretly in his heart.

Immediately, he ordered: "Give the order to go down, set fire to the grain stored in the city, and withdraw the armies to the south and west gates, and retreat from the gates on both sides." ”

Under Guo Huai's order, the remaining nearly 2,000 soldiers under his command fought and retreated, gradually retreating towards the south and west gates.

Seeing this, Tian Qin loudly encouraged his corporals and said: "The rebels are cowardly and are ready to retreat, everyone, and work hard!" ”

"Oh-"

For a time, the morale of the county troops who attacked the city was greatly boosted.

"Boom."

With a loud bang, the east gate of the city, which had been captured by the county army, slowly opened.

Seeing this, Cao Suo was overjoyed, and raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone, follow me into the city!" ”

"Oh-"

Seeing that his side had captured the city gate and the victory was in hand, the morale of the 3,000 county soldiers led by Cao Suo was greatly boosted, and under the leadership of this Cao Duwei, they killed Yingyin County.

A moment later, Cao Suo ascended to the east gate and looked down at the battlefield in the city.

In his opinion, Tian Qin and Liao Guang were killing the rebels to the point that they lost their armor and fled out of the city in embarrassment.

"Bring more food?" Hmph!'

Thinking of the ridicule that Zhou Hu conveyed through Liao Guangzhi's mouth, Cao Suo sneered in his heart.

It's just Yingyin, who is only garrisoned by 3,000 rebels, so Zhou Hu really thinks that he is so incompetent that he can't even take this kind of city?

Just when he was complacent, a soldier suddenly announced: "Captain, in the southeast direction outside the city, thousands of troops are quickly arriving, suspected of rebel reinforcements!" ”

"What?"

Cao Suo was shocked, and hurriedly ran to the wall, looking at the southeast from afar.

Sure enough, about two or three miles away from Yingyin, there was indeed an army of about a few thousand people that was rapidly coming towards Yingyin.

"It must be Zhong Fei's Linying rebels, but unfortunately, he came one step too late."

Secretly sneering in his heart, Cao Suo immediately ordered: "Quick, immediately go to the east gate, and then send an order to Tian Qin and Liao Guang, tell them that the Linying rebels have come to reinforce them, and tell them to step up their attack on the rebels in the city, even if they can't be completely annihilated, they must be driven out of the city as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!" Several heralds immediately rushed away.

Facts have proved that the one who rushed to reinforce Yingyin County at this moment was indeed the army of Zhong Fei, the general of the Jiangxia rebels.

When he saw that he had led an army of thousands of men to a place about two days from the city, he ordered the whole army to stop.

Or a soldier said to Zhong Fei: "General, Yingyin has been captured by Xuchang's army, and we are a step too late." ”

"Hmm."

Zhong Fei's face was calm, and he didn't seem to take Ying Yin's fall to heart at all.

He turned his head to look at the south gate of Yingyin County, and ordered: "Go, go to meet General Guo Qu, lest the county army take the opportunity to cover up and kill." ”

"Yes!"

Under the cover of Zhong Feijun, Guo Huai finally led the remnants of his army to withdraw from Yingyin and join Zhong Fei's troops.

"General Zhong."

"Guo Qujiang."

After greeting each other, Zhong Fei pointed to a flag with the word 'Du Wei Cao' fluttering on the city, and asked in confusion, "What's going on?" Xuchang's current lieutenant, isn't that Zhou Hu? It's Cao Suo? ”

"Personally, I think that maybe Zhou Hu wanted to borrow the hand of my righteous teacher to get rid of Cao Suo." As he spoke, Guo Huai clasped his fists at Zhong Fei and asked, "Let's not talk about this first, I don't know if General Zhong is ready?" ”

"Don't worry." Zhong Fei said with a smile.

In the evening of the same day, Xiang Xuan, who was in Yingyang, received the news from Guo Huai and was overjoyed.

He immediately ordered: "Pass the order, tonight, at the right moment, the whole army will abandon the camp and retreat, abandon all baggage, and rush to Yingyin with light equipment." …… Remember, don't alarm Yingyang's defenders. ”

"Yes!"

"Although I didn't catch Zhou Hu, but Cao Suo and the 10,000 county troops, I will accept it."

Xiang Xuan, who had been waiting for eight or nine days, finally showed a successful smile at this moment.