In February, the spring was cold, and Cao Cao finally waited for the news that the bandits were dispatched by poison.

Tanma reported that Yu Poison and Zhenggu led 100,000 bandits, who had already passed through Fanyang and Yin'an, and went straight to Dongwuyang.

"One hundred thousand? Pounce? Yu Poison: This is revenge. ”

Cao Hong couldn't help but exclaim.

"Yes, so many people are coming, can Miao be able to defend Dongwuyang?"

Cao Ren was also a little worried, after all, there were too many bandits.

"Although there are many thieves, there are 5,000 people in Dongwuyang, the city walls are strong, and there are Miaocai Gongtai and others in charge, so they will be able to hold on. This time, we only have 10,000 horses, and if we confront them head-on, we may not be able to win. Now the only way to do what was planned before is to attack its own camp and ambush its reinforcements. ”

Cao Cao said with a firm gaze.

"Yu drug thieves are in Cangyan Valley, Lugut Mountain, Chaoge North, and the money and food they robbed are hidden in the tun, knowing that we are going to attack its Bentun, they will definitely come back to help."

Although Li Xian already knew the location of Yu Poison's Bentun, he didn't need to attack their tun now, but only to destroy them on the way back to their rescue.

Xi Zhicai also said: "The bandits raised the public to attack Dongwuyang, thinking that we would definitely return to the army to save Dongwuyang, and ambushed us in the middle of the road. They didn't expect us to return the favor with it. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Cao Cao gathered 10,000 horses and set out westward, threatening to attack the Cangyan Valley of Lugu Mountain, but he marched slowly.

Sure enough, when Yu Poison heard that Cao Cao was going to attack his lair, he was shocked: "Cao Cao is not fooled, but he wants to attack my Bentun, which is really ruthless." ”

He also hurriedly said: "It has been five days since we attacked Dongwuyang, and our brothers have suffered countless casualties, but it is difficult to break through. If Cao Cao is allowed to invade our Bentun and rob us of our money and food, then how will we survive. Let's go back to the army and save it. ”

"Well, you lead 30,000 people from Fanyang, and I lead 60,000 people from Dunqiu, and then we can attack Cao Cao on both roads."

In the days leading to the attack on Dongwuyang, 10,000 people had died.

Tanma reported that he led 30,000 people back from Fanyang.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "You will die." ”

He ordered Cao Ren to lead all the cavalry as one part and Li Xian to lead 2,000 infantry as one part to ambush in the area west of Fanyang City.

He and Cao Hong led the remnants to pretend to continue to advance, and when they were chasing after him, they suddenly killed back, and Cao Ren and Li Xian killed from behind.

Where did he think that Cao Cao would ambush him.

He just wanted to get back and protect his property as soon as possible, so he ordered the thieves to hurry in on foot.

After passing through Fanyang City, their spies reported that Cao Cao's army was in front.

He immediately ordered his subordinates to move forward quickly in pursuit.

When they saw Cao Cao's army, they found that Cao Cao was waiting for him.

Cao Cao had only more than 6,000 people, but compared to their 30,000, the disparity was huge.

So they are not afraid, seeing Cao Cao's army, their hearts are also half relieved, at least their nest will not be copied.

He ordered the thieves to charge Cao Cao's army.

Before they could rush to Cao Cao's array, they had already been killed by arrows.

Five or six thousand people were killed in the battle, but they still couldn't rush Cao Cao's army formation.

At this time, two armies were killed from both sides of their rear.

The front could not be broken, and there were enemy troops behind, and they were immediately in chaos.

Cao Cao took the lead with a knife in his hand, shouting and rushing towards the thieves.

Cao Hong and Le Jin hurriedly patted their horses and followed left and right, killing the thieves.

Thousands of soldiers attacked the bandits at the same time.

The bandits were caught in the triangle, and they didn't know where to flee if they wanted to, and there were soldiers wherever they fled.

Cao Ren led the cavalry into the midst of the thieves, wielding his sword and killing fiercely, and no one dared to stop him.

Not to mention Li Xian, dancing the halberd, as soon as those thieves saw him, they were so frightened that they either ran away or stood there stupidly and were slaughtered.

Suddenly, he saw a big boss fleeing north on horseback.

According to the description of the undercover agent, he identified this person as Zhenggu.

He slapped his kamikaze horse and chased north.

After chasing out two miles, he finally caught up, but he saw that he couldn't run away, so he returned to Malaysia to fight.

Unexpectedly, there were still two more fights in this Zhenggu, and after five rounds of fighting, Li Xian's halberd pierced into Zhenggu's chest and ended his life.

Li beheaded him, hung it on his horse, and slapped his horse back to kill the thief.

When the bandits saw that he was dead, they surrendered one after another.

Li Xian's broken camp also showed its power again, and each of them was one as ten, killing the bandits without the power to fight back.

After killing for half a day, the corpses were all over the field, the blood flowed like a river, and 20,000 thieves ambushed the corpses in the mountains and fields, how tragic.

More than 5,000 people were also taken prisoner.

And Cao Cao lost more than a thousand people.

"Before, I only heard that the camp broke bravely, but now I see it in person, they are indeed mighty people." Cao Cao praised Li Xiedao.

Cao Ren also praised: "Your camp-breaking soldiers are almost comparable to the combat power of cavalry, how can you train them to be so powerful?" ”

"Eat with the Son, sleep with the Son." Li Xian smiled.

"General Li won the hearts of the soldiers, and the soldiers sacrificed their lives for him, which is why General Li's broken camp was so powerful." Xi Zhicai has a very good impression of Li Xian.

During the conversation, there was a report from the Malay Explorer, and the Xiongnu Yufu Luo led five or six thousand people to rob the Yellow Dynasty in the interior.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to lead more than 1,000 cavalry, and Li Xian led the broken camp to attack.

Neihuang is very close to Fanyang, only a few dozen miles, Yu Fuluo may not know that Cao Cao is ambushing here, otherwise he would not have come to Neihuang to rob him.

Cao Ren and Li Xian led the troops to arrive soon, and Yu Fuluo was robbing the village, when suddenly a thief came to report that there were soldiers attacking.

He hurriedly gathered his men against the enemy.

But before they could assemble completely, Cao Ren and Li Xian led their troops to kill.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Fuluo hurriedly led the crowd to flee.

Cao Cao only asked Cao Ren and them to fight away from Yu Fuluo, and there was no need to pursue.

Yu Yu got the news that Zhenggu was ambushed by Cao Cao, Zhenggu was killed in battle, and the whole army was wiped out.

He knew that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were too strong and he was not an opponent, so he hurriedly fled back to Cangyan Valley in Lujiao Mountain with tens of thousands of people, and never dared to enter Dongjun to rob again.

Cao Cao also asked Li Xian to command 2,000 troops in Dunqiu to prevent the Black Mountain thieves from committing again.

Li Xian was also moved from the Baima County Order to the Dunqiu County Order, and Cao Cao also worshiped Li Xian as the captain of the trap.

Cao Cao selected 3,000 hardcover soldiers from among the captives and led the crowd back to Dongwuyang.

Many of those captives were bandits to have something to eat, and now it's good to be a soldier and eat food.

Cao Cao, who was older and weaker, let them work as farmers near Dongwuyang and Puyang.

Originally, Cao Cao wanted to sell them to others as slaves, but Li Xian said to Cao Cao: "The general might as well let them go outside the city as farmers, and also enrich the people of the county." Even if they escaped, these people would have little combat power. When they flee back, they will also preach the general's might and leniency, so that other bandits will be easier to subdue when they encounter the general again. ”

Xi Zhicai also said: "I also agree with the unstraight plan, these old and weak people cannot be killed, cannot be raised, and they will not get much if they are sold, so it is better to pardon them to show mercy and win the hearts of the people." ”

Cao Cao thought for a while: "Good, that is, as you discussed." ”

Qingzhou Yellow Turban attacked Mount Tai in October of the second year of Chuping, and was defeated by Taishan Taishou Yingshao.

In November, more than 300,000 Qingxu Yellow Turbans entered the Bohai Sea in Jizhou, wanting to merge with the Black Mountain Thieves.

He was defeated by Gongsun Zhan with 20,000 infantry cavalry in the south of Dongguang in the Bohai Sea, killing more than 30,000 people.

He also attacked when the Yellow Turban crossed the river, drowning tens of thousands of people and capturing more than 70,000 people.

The seized baggage and property are even more numerous.

Although Yuan Shao was the pastor of Jizhou at this time, Youzhou and Qingzhou, as well as the area between the Bohai River in Jizhou, were already Gongsun Zhan's sphere of influence.

After Gongsun Zhan won this battle, his power increased greatly and his reputation was shocked.

The imperial court also worshipped him as the general of Fenwu and was named the Marquis of Ji.

And in the previous month, that is, in the first month of the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Sun Jian pursued Huang Zu across the Han River and besieged Xiangyang.

It's just that Sun Jian has always been bold, and he dared to kill a thief alone at the age of seventeen.

So he actually rode into Da Hyun Mountain alone and was shot dead by Sergeant Huang Zu.