The counties of Hanzhong such as Chuyang are located between the Qinling Mountains and the Ba Mountains, and the Qinling Mountains and the Ba Mountains face each other in the north and south, resulting in the fact that in this area, on the same day, the cold and warm of Pingchuan and the mountains are very different, and the locals are known as "one zhang high, not the same".

Although it is early winter, the temperature in the plains is not very low, neither hot nor cold, and very pleasant; But the temperature in the mountains is very low. When Yuanguang and his servants came out of the mountain, they encountered a torrential rain, which drenched them all and shivered from the cold. Finally found Gao Yancao, saw the soldiers and horses lined up from afar, and met Gao Yancao attacking the county seat of Chuyang.

Yuan Guang stopped the commotion of the pawns, flexibly climbed to a towering tree, put his hands on the pergola, and watched the battle from afar.

He didn't know what was going on, he was too far away to hear the conversation in the battle below.

Moreover, Gao Yancao saw that the Shu generals of White Horse City could not defend the city, so he gave up the white horse and did not fight, and went to cover up Weiyang.

When he arrived at the city of Chuyang, Gao Yancao found that the suspension bridge on the moat outside the city of Chuyang County had not been broken.

The reason why this bridge has not been broken is because Deng Wen, the guard general of Chuyang County, has not yet decided whether to help Baima, if it is helped, the soldiers and horses will definitely not be able to leave the pontoon bridge out of the city, so this bridge has been preserved to this day.

When Deng Wen received the report that Gao Yancao came to attack Chuyang, it was too late to break the bridge, so Gao Yancao entered the city.

Gao Yancao arrived at the city, showed off his might, ran around the city with light horses, and fought loudly.

Deng Wen watched the city for a while, and found that there were only hundreds of cavalry in Gao Yancao's department, and the cavalry was all light cavalry, and there were no foot soldiers or armored cavalry. I thought that the speed of the foot soldiers and the first cavalry was too slow, so they couldn't keep up with Gao Yancao, and they were left behind by him.

"Although there are not many soldiers and horses in my city, there are still thousands of soldiers and soldiers. If I take the front with a board, and line up the shields to stop the light cavalry of the high captives from galloping, and then shoot them with a strong bow in the city and in the middle of the battle, and finally I will fight in close combat with the armor. You can't win. If I can win, not only will the danger of Yang be solved, but I can also lead troops to help Nanzheng, and then relieve the siege of Nanzheng.

"Even if I can't defeat Gao Yu, I can rely on the fortified city, and with the advantage of the board and the bow and crossbow, I can also retreat calmly."

Gather your staff and tell them what you think.

The staff praised it one after another, and they all thought that this strategy was feasible.

Deng Wennai ordered the guards to shout loudly and call Gao Yancao over.

When Gao Yancao led the crowd to gallop to the city, Deng Wen came to the head of the city, talked to him, and said: "The general will attack my Chuyang, I will defend Chuyang, and you and I will each be our masters." May the general allow me to lead my troops out of the city and fight in array. ”

Gao Yancao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "I will make it!" Pretending to hesitate, after a moment, he replied, "Okay." ”

Deng Wen was also happy when he saw that he had really withdrawn from the army and vacated a place for himself to send troops, and said in his heart: "Gao Yu is brave and unscrupulous, and he doesn't know the sharpness of my Shuzhong and armor!" ”

And Qu Yuanguang rushed to the periphery of the battlefield, and what he just saw was the scene of Deng Wen and Gao Yancao talking.

Yuan Guang watched from afar, only to see Gao Yancao leading the cavalry to retreat slightly, he didn't know what Gao Yancao was doing, and said in his heart: "It's because only the light cavalry follows the left, and there are no foot soldiers, so although he entered the city, he knew that it was not good to attack the city, because he withdrew the troops?" Quite disdainful, he thought, "What a reckless man who is not wise and unstable at all!" ”

When I was about to climb down the tree, I heard the drums in the city of Weiyang, and saw that the south gate of the city was opened, and the person holding the board was in front, the crossbowman was in the middle, and the infantry armor soldier holding the eight-step lance was behind, and the fish ran out of the city.

And Qu Yuanguang stopped and got off the tree, surprised and inexplicable, and said in surprise: "Gao Yan Cao Shicai retreated, is he leaving the city for the guards to get out of the way and get out of the way?" What was he thinking? With only his hundreds of light horsemen, he dared to fight against the plates, crossbowmen, and armor of the Yang Dynasty? I'm afraid that when he leads his cavalry to charge into battle, before he can rush to the front, his hundreds of light horsemen will be shot and killed by the crossbowmen of Chuyang! ”

Gao Yancao and the hundreds of light horsemen safely parked about two or three hundred steps west of the south gate of the city, quietly waiting for the guards to set up their formation.

Yuan Guangxin said: "The only possible chance to win is to take advantage of the fact that the guards are not finished, drive the light cavalry to attack and fight, and fight to the death, if you can break the formation of the guards yet, maybe there is still a glimmer of life." This Gao Yancao, what are you waiting for? ”

His eyes widened, focusing on the situation on the battlefield.

The formation of the guards of Chuyang has been completed.

More than a dozen horsemen surrounded a general and colonel also went out of the city and stood behind the formation.

And Qu Yuanguang couldn't see the face of the general, but he could guess that this person must be Deng Wen, the guard of Chuyang.

He guessed right.

Seeing Deng Wen's left and right knights from afar, waving their flags; The drums of war beat at the head of the city. Flags and drums. The phalanx formed by the Yang soldiers, in the afternoon sun, began to slowly move towards the place where Gao Yancao's department was located in the west; The board is like a wall, the bow and crossbow are full, and the lance is like a forest.

And Qu Yuanguang held his breath.

Suddenly, Gao Yan Cao was in front of him, and he leaned over, grabbed the horse's neck, and moved suddenly with a long lance. In the formation of the Yang soldiers, the bows and crossbows were released in unison. The horseman braved the rain of arrows, and was about to come to the front of the battle, turning the horse's head, but it was lightly bypassing from the south of the formation. A loud shout like thunder reached the ears of Qu Yuanguang, who was far away from him, and Yuanguang heard it, and this shout was: "The tiger only takes Deng Wen, and I won't kill others!" ”

The general who rode alone to attack was Gao Yancao.

Thinking about that Yuanguang, how far away Gao Yancao is a thousand steps, you can hear this shout, and besides, the guards of Chuyang who are close at hand? There was a moment of chaos. Where could Deng Wen at the city gate expect that Gao Yancao would dare to fight on horseback? Seized by its might, he was busy and wanted to return to the city.

Gao Yancao had already sudden, assassinated with a long lance, forced the Shu cavalry guarding Deng Wen to retreat, threw the lance and drew a knife, slashed Deng Wen's helmet, stretched out his arms, and captured him alive. Immediately, he hooked his waist, picked up the long lance he had just lost, and turned back to the military formation that had attacked the Yang soldiers from behind.

Deng Wen was caught under his left arm, and his right hand was nearly two zhang long silver wire black lance, and the tip of the lance was cold.

He was covered in heavy armor, and his horse was also in iron armor, especially on the top of the hood that only showed his eyes, and an iron horn painted red in the middle protruded, like an iron beast. He shouted again: "Deng Wen has been captured by the tiger!" I will not kill those who abandon their weapons and bend their knees! ”

The hundreds of light horsemen of the Gaoyan Cao Department in the west all let out a sharp cry, or held swords and lances, or pulled bows and arrows, and rushed to the front row of the Weiyang army formation together.

Before the battle began, the main general was captured; There are hundreds of horsemen in front and an iron tiger in the back. The morale of the soldiers in Weiyang collapsed, more than half of them abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and the rest of them refused to surrender, but the formation was chaotic, and they had the intention to kill the enemy, and they were unable to return to the sky.

The guards of Chuyang were defeated.

The tree in the distance was dumbfounded, as if he had lost his liver and gall.

In despair, he took his servants, men and women and golden monkeys, to the captured city of Canyang, met Gao Yancao, and said on the ground: "Congratulations to the general, attack Chongyang." The courage of the general, Yuan Guang has only seen it in his life! "I don't dare to complain about Gao Yancao for sending him to catch monkeys and catch bureaucrats.

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Xin Er received a good report from Gao Yancao.

The good news wrote: Xiaguan thought that it was difficult to attack Weiyang, so he wanted to take the white horse first, but Deng Wen was a fool, and Xiaguan was captured in a battle. Today, Deng Wen and Qu Sima obtained ten golden monkeys and ten men and women of the bureaucrats obtained by the lower officials will be dedicated to the public.

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