Because Liu Biao misjudged Yuan Shujun's marching route, Xiangxiang County was soon attacked by Ji Ling.

Tian Cheng, the defender of the Jingzhou army in Xiangxiang County, desperately broke through the siege when the city was broken, and finally survived.

Then, Tian Cheng fled to Caiyang County and conveyed the movements of Yuan Shujun's army to Lu Zhong, the defender of Caiyang County.

After Lu Zhong learned that Xiangxiang County had been broken, he immediately sent his soldiers to Xiangyang to report the news.

When Liu Biao learned that Ji Ling's army actually attacked Xiangxiang County in the south, he was also quite surprised and said: "Why didn't this Yuan Shujun march according to common sense? Could it be that Yuan Shuming's attack on Nanyang was actually fighting Jiangxia's attention? ”

Liu Biao, who was a little vigilant, hurriedly wrote a letter to Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu and sent it over.

After Huang Zu received Liu Biao's letter, he immediately ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses to go to Nanxin City and County to station.

At the same time, after Ji Ling captured Xiangxiang County, he led his troops to take Fuyang County.

Since then, Yuan Shujun has occupied five counties in Nanyang County.

After taking Fuyang County, Ji Ling left Gong Du to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, and he himself immediately led his troops to Huyang County, because Huyang County was the core of whether Yuan Shu's army could gain a firm foothold in Nanyang County.

Just when Ji Ling led his troops back, Zhang Xiu's 20,000 soldiers and horses were also slowly approaching Huyang County.

At this time, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Wen Ping also led 50,000 troops to be stationed in Chaoyang County.

A few days passed.

When Cai Mao learned that there were only Lu Bu and thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Huyang County, he immediately found Wen Ping and said to him: "General Wen, according to the report from the spies, there are only thousands of soldiers and horses led by Lu Bu in Huyang County, although I don't know where Ji Ling's army is now, but Huyang County is now weak, I order you to immediately lead 15,000 troops to recapture Huyang County and pull out the nails of Yuan Shujun." ”

Wen Ping suddenly said with some concern: "General Cai, now that Ji Ling's army doesn't know where it is, it's probably inappropriate for us to rush into the army!" ”

"Wen Ping, I am the main general, and the lord has given me the power to adapt to the situation."

Wen Ping saw that Cai Mao insisted on letting him send troops, and he could only agree in the end.

Subsequently, Wen Ping led 15,000 troops to Huyang County.

Because Chaoyang County is not far from Huyang County, it only took three days for Wenpin to come to Huyang County.

When Lu Bu in Huyang County saw the Jingzhou army appear, he immediately laughed and began to order troops to prepare to leave the city.

Gao Shun saw that Lu Bu was going to leave the city, so he immediately rushed to Lu Bu and said: "Lord, there are about tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the city, and we are afraid that the city will be lost if we rush out of the city, so we might as well wait for reinforcements to arrive." ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu replied very unhappily: "Gao Shun, do you look down on me?" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

"Then why are you stopping me? There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, and I, Lu Buhe, have put it in my eyes. ”

"But the lord ......"

"No, Gao Shun, since you are worried about the loss of the city, then I will leave you with 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and I will bring 2,000 people and Zhang Liao and Wei Yue to fight out of the city."

After hearing this, Gao Shun could only reluctantly agree.

Then, Lu Bu personally led 2,000 men and horses with Zhang Liao and Wei Yue out of the west gate of Huyang County.

Seeing that the defenders of Huyang County dared to go out of the city to engage in battle, Wen Ping, who was outside the West Gate, immediately ordered his deputy general Song Sheng to quietly lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to steal the city, while he himself was waiting in formation.

Besides, when Lu Bu came to the front of the Wenpin array with two thousand soldiers and horses, he suddenly shouted loudly: "I am Lu Bu, who dares to fight with me?" ”

Hearing Lu Bu's self-reported name, the sergeant under Wen Ping's command suddenly had the idea of fear.

Seeing that the morale of the sergeants in the army was low, Wen Ping suddenly thought to himself with some worry: "No, if you don't fight with Lu Bu, I'm afraid that the soldiers will have no fighting spirit, but Lu Bu's martial arts are famous all over the world, if I fight against him, I'm afraid that I won't be an opponent, it seems that I can only lead the army to rush and kill." ’

Thinking of this, Wen Ping shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, follow me to kill!" ”

After hearing Wen Ping's shout, the Jingzhou sergeant, who had not completely lost his fighting spirit, immediately launched a charge against Lu Bujun.

When Lu Bu saw Wen Ping leading the army to rush and kill, he also shouted: "Zhang Liao, Wei Yue, follow me to kill it!" ”

After Zhang Liao and Wei Yue got the order, they immediately led their troops to follow Lu Bu and launched a charge.

Soon, the Wen army and Lu Bu's army were engaged.

As the two armies fought, Wen Ping did not rush to the front of the battle, because he thought that his martial arts were no match for Lü Bu, so he had been commanding the sergeants to besiege Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yue.

Although Wen Ping's command was well-organized, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Wei Yue were not weak generals, and they firmly blocked Wen Ping's 10,000 men with only three people with 2,000 soldiers.

After the two armies fought for a while, the 5,000 men and horses led by Song Sheng also launched a siege battle from the north gate to Huyang County.

Because there were only 800 defenders on the north gate and no guards, the north gate of Huyang County was suddenly a little shaky.

When Gao Shun learned that there was an enemy attack at the north gate, he immediately dispatched the soldiers and horses of the rest of the gates to the north gate to support.

At the same time, Gao Shun also sent someone to deliver a message to Lu Bu.

As Gao Shun rushed to the north gate to command, Song Sheng's siege momentum was gradually suppressed.

At this time, Lu Bu also learned about the Jingzhou army's sneak attack on the north gate.

In order to avoid the loss of the city, Lü Bu immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Seeing this, Wen Ping did not pursue deeply, because he had no confidence that he could leave Lu Bu and the others behind, after all, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yue only brought 2,000 men to a draw with his 10,000-strong army.

After Lü Bu returned to the city, he quickly led his troops to the north gate to support Gao Shun.

With the help of Lu Bu and others, Song Sheng failed to succeed in the sneak attack in the end.

Subsequently, Song Sheng also Mingjin collected his troops and joined Wenpin.

After Wen Ping joined forces with Song Sheng, he immediately ordered a retreat of thirty miles and set up camp.

When Lu Bu learned that Wen Ping had retreated thirty miles to Xiazhai, he no longer dared to attack rashly, because Huyang County was almost recaptured by the Jingzhou army.

Because Lu Bu no longer went out of the city, Wen Ping could not find a good opportunity to recapture Huyang County.

In this way, Wen Pingjun and Lu Bujun were temporarily deadlocked.

At the time of the stalemate, Wen Ping also sent someone to deliver a letter to Cai Mao.

When Cai Mao received Wen Ping's letter asking for help, he suddenly thought to himself: "Wen Zhongye can't even take Huyang County, which has only a few thousand people, it really disgraces the face of my Jingzhou soldiers, if it weren't for the importance of Huyang County, I wouldn't want to send troops." ’

Immediately, Cai Mao summoned Zhang Yun and said to him: "Zhang Yun, Wen Zhongye suffered a secret loss in Huyang County, you quickly lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to support." ”

Zhang Yun received the order and immediately took the order.

At this time, Ji Ling led an army of more than 50,000 people and was about to approach Huyang County.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses also went to Shuyang County.

Back to Ji Ling's side.

Ji Ling led the army to rush back to Huyang County in one day.

When Lu Bu learned that Ji Ling had returned with his army, he immediately met with Ji Ling and asked him for credit.

After Ji Ling learned that Lu Bu repelled the Jingzhou army and held Huyang County, he immediately replied with a smile: "General Lu is indeed a famous general in the world, after this battle, I will ask the main gong to ask for credit for General Lu!" ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu immediately thanked Ji Ling.

After Lu Bu retreated, Ji Ling immediately said to Yang Hong: "Yang Changshi, since there is a Jingzhou army outside the city, should we defeat them in a battle?" ”

"General Ji, don't worry! It is impossible for Liu Biao to only send 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Huyang, let's wait and see what happens! ”

Seeing Yang Hong say this, Ji Ling also dispelled the idea of going to war immediately.