However, it is said that after Cao Cao captured Xiyang County, he kept chasing Ji Ling and fighting for dozens of miles. However, Ji Ling was not defeated, but a planned retreat, covering along the way, in an orderly manner, and Cao Cao did not take any advantage.

Ji Ling withdrew from Yingshui, garrisoned Yingshang, gathered heavy troops along the river, and used strong crossbows and hard bows to oppose each other, and Cao Cao couldn't advance for a while.

Cao Cao is the best at dividing the troops, and he will not hesitate at the moment, so Xiahoudun led 30,000 troops east into Xia Cai County, and after taking Xia Cai County, Cao's army will form a horn attack on Shouchun.

In order to avoid being discovered by Ji Ling, Cao Cao ordered Xiahoudun to hurry overnight, even the next day, he did not dismantle the camp tent and did not reduce the stove, so that Ji Ling thought that the army was still in place.

Early in the morning, Xiahoudun attacked Caichengchi with cavalry, saw that there were only five or six guards at the city gate, and the residents came and went, three or two people wandered around, and when they saw Xiahoudun's army, they were scattered, where could they still take care of the city?

Xiahoudun saw that the guards at the city gate were weak, and it seemed that the effect of the surprise attack in this battle was unexpectedly good, so he ordered left and right: "The county guard hasn't woken up yet, so you can enter the city with me and take the city in one fell swoop." ”

Everyone is happy that the army can win without a fight, and if they can not fight hard, who likes to fight to the death? It was because everyone rushed into the city first, like a flood that opened the floodgates, and rushed into the city of Xiacai.

Xia Cai is the Shouchun Acropolis, which is the northern gateway of the capital of Yuan Shu, although it is only a county seat, it has a large population, the city wall is tall, and it is much taller and more prosperous than some states and counties in the north.

Xiahoudun rushed into the city with the army, as soon as Fang entered, he felt that something was wrong, the army entered the urn city on the periphery of the city, and the city gate that entered the county from the urn city had been closed in time, and tens of thousands of troops were clustered in the narrow urn city, huddled together, but they were still shouting happily, not knowing that the danger was close at hand.

Xiahoudun only felt that the murderous aura around him was pervasive, and his heart throbbed, and he shouted: "Retreat, it's a trap." ”

Before the words fell, on the tall wall of the urn city, countless defenders leaned out of it, crossbow arrows poured down from above like a torrential rain, falling rocks and fire oil fell one after another, and in a few moments, it was already a sea of fire, and the sound of shouting and killing from the city was even more deafening.

Xiahoudun ordered the army to retreat, but at this time, the terrain was narrow, and the fire was pervasive, and there was a miasma of black smoke everywhere, and everyone was crowded around, and they had already lost sight of things, and there were more soldiers outside the city who had not yet come in, and they heard the sound of shouting and killing, and wanted to squeeze in to support, so those outside the city wanted to squeeze in, and those inside the city wanted to rush out.

This made Xiahoudun and the others in the urn city suffer, under the crazy rain of arrows and falling rocks, countless soldiers and generals had already been killed and wounded, not to mention that there was an endless sea of fire on the ground, and the sound of muffled wailing was endless.

Xiahou was anxious, if this chaos continued, everyone would probably be buried here, and then shouted: "Bah! Come with me! ”

He rode his horse toward the city gates, and slashed anyone who blocked the way along the way. In a few breaths, he had already reached the city gate, and saw that everyone was huddled together, blocking a small city gate passage that was difficult to move an inch.

Xiahoudun was angry and scolded loudly: "It's safe here, but you know life and death in the city?" ”

Ignoring the crowd again, he rode into the passage of the city gate, and killed more than a dozen soldiers, but the crowded soldiers in the passage still did not retreat, just because there were more people outside the city who did not know the inside information, and they were crowded outside the city and squeezed inward.

The sound of shouting and killing on the battlefield was deafening, and Xiahou couldn't pass on the order, so he had to shout to the soldiers in front of him: "Kill with me, but anyone who is in the way can be killed." ”

So the soldiers in the passage all turned their weapons and killed outside, and the soldiers outside were all from their own side, and they didn't want to be caught off guard by their own people, so they retreated for a while. By the time Xiahoudun escaped from the urn city, there were few soldiers who rushed into the urn city who could come out.

Before they could catch their breath, the defenders of the city had already turned around and attacked wildly outside the city, and the army was severely damaged, leaving behind countless corpses, and fled in a hurry.

After Xiahoudun led the army to escape from the range of bows and arrows, he was a little relieved, counted the men and horses, and found that the number of people was less than thirty percent of the original, and the 30,000 horses only fought this one, so they went to the second, this time they couldn't take the city, and they were so badly damaged, how to explain to their brothers?

At this time, Xiahou saw that the army was in a decadent appearance, demoralized and depressed, and obviously suffered a lot of blows, so he shouted: "The enemy did not pursue, which means that the enemy's strength is far inferior to mine. ”

At this moment, at the head of Xia Cai City, the soldiers and generals are full of shadows, and the two generals are standing at the head of the city, looking at Xiahoudun who is camped in the distance. One of them looked at the Confucian generals beside him and said, "General Yang really has the ability to predict the future, Xiahoudun tens of thousands of horses, and it is really unbelievable that he was so easily resolved by you." ”

This Confucian general is known as Yang Hong, who is known as General Yang, this person is trusted by Yuan Shu, and often walks in the palace without a call, and the person who speaks is Xia Cai Cheng Shouqiaorui, who originally thought that Yang Hong was just a person who liked to flatter and get a false name, but today it seems that this person is really thoughtful, and the city is quite deep, and he can be regarded as a person.

Yang Hong shook his head and said: "General Qiao praised it falsely, although Xiahoudun was defeated but not defeated, he was in danger but not chaotic, he could collect his troops when he was defeated, and he retreated in an orderly manner, he was really a rare general, if our army had not already ambushed them, they were caught off guard, only a few thousand soldiers in the middle of the city, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist." ”

Qiao Rui said: "Hasn't General Yang already asked General Ji Ling for help?" When the reinforcements came, we flanked back and forth to cut off Cao Cao's lackeys. ”

However, he said that Ji Ling received a letter from Yang Hong, saying that he expected Cao Cao to adopt the strategy of dividing the troops, and asked him to pay attention to the movements of Cao's army in time, and assist Xia Cai in time, so as not to make the northern acropolis easily taken.

At the beginning, he chose to retreat from Yingshang instead of retreating to Cai, as if because the terrain of Xia Cai was too flat, there was no danger to rely on, and it would be broken sooner or later if he only relied on the city to hold on. However, Yingshang has Yingshui as a basis, and it can help each other with Xia Cai, which is a perfect strategy.

Cao Cao was stationed that night and there was no change, until the next day when Ji Ling checked the movement, he still found that Cao Cao's camp had not decreased, and the number of stoves for cooking was also sufficient.

Ji Ling looked at Cao Cao's tent on the other side of the river, where he was cooking on a fire, and suddenly sneered: "Le Jie and Li Feng listen to the order, you two each order 10,000 soldiers and horses, take the waterway and go straight behind Cai Caojun, and be sure to cut off the Cao army who is dividing the troops." ”

After the two left, the general Liang Gang said in surprise: "The general was not sure whether Cao Cao would divide his troops just now, how can he be sure now?" ”

Ji Ling sneered: "Cao Cao is really treacherous, we were almost deceived by him, do you see that the number of stoves for cooking in this Cao military camp tent is equal?" ”

Liang Gang roughly calculated and wondered: "It's not bad." ”

Ji Ling said: "It's not bad, but you see, only seventy percent of these stoves are relatively normal, only a faint green smoke, and the remaining thirty percent of the stoves are thick smoke, which is really cooking, obviously acting, for fear that we can't see it!" ”

Liang Gang suddenly realized and said, "The general is really observant, I can't match it." It's just that according to the general's analysis, Cao Cao divided his troops to Cai Dang, but the general only sent 20,000 troops, is it difficult to deal with it? ”

Ji Ling sighed: "I also want to divide more soldiers and horses, but Cao Cao's heavy troops are on the riverbank, and our troops are not more than him. ”

In the camp, Cao Cao had another head disease, and since he was wounded by Lu Bu's bow and arrows, this head disease has been like a demon, coming to harass him from time to time, making it difficult for him to sleep and eat.

Just when Cao Cao had an unstoppable headache, he listened to Dian Wei Zuo's report: "Qi Yu Lord, visit Malay to report, Ji Ling divided 20,000 troops and went to rescue Xia Cai." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately jumped up, his headache healed himself, and laughed: "Ji Ling really gave me good medicine, and ordered the whole army to immediately prepare and force Yingshui to cross." ”

Not long after Ji Ling returned to the camp, he was reported by the guards: "General, Cao Cao's army is assembled on the bank of the Yingshui River, and it seems that it is going to cross the river strongly. ”

Ji Ling didn't dare to slack off, and before coming to the river fortifications, he saw Cao Cao commanding the army to assemble on the riverbank. Ji Ling couldn't help but laugh shamefully: "Cao Cao is like crossing the river with these things? Is it underestimating us? ”

He ordered the army to be stationed along the river bank, with strong bows and crossbows to prepare for war, and more than a dozen large crossbow cars purchased from Bingzhou, which were deployed along the coast, and when Cao Cao crossed the river, ten thousand arrows would be fired at once.

However, Cao Cao didn't seem to be in a hurry, leading the army to leap by the river several times, but in the end he always retreated, thinking that he was also afraid of the attack on the riverbank, after all, if he crossed the Yingshui by force, the army would become a slow-moving live target, under the attack of tens of thousands of bows and arrows, who could be spared?

Just when Ji Ling and the others were impatient, suddenly there was a sound of rolling thunder from the upper reaches of Yingshui, like a flash flood.

Ji Ling and the others' expressions changed greatly, and they saw that from the plain in the upper reaches of Yingshui, a group of cavalry was rushing wildly, wearing brown leather armor, like a wave of brown waves, rushing on the wasteland.

Ji Ling's tens of thousands of troops relied on the river bank at this time, each holding a longbow, and they didn't expect to be attacked by cavalry, and they were caught off guard, and they panicked. And Ji Ling also had a big hatred in his heart, it turned out that Cao Cao deliberately delayed time here and diverted everyone's attention, so this cavalry crossed the river in chaos, although the number was not very large, but it was enough to pose a threat to Ji Ling's department.

Ji Ling, who was furious, had no other way, he changed all his soldiers and horses into bows and arrows, just to take advantage of Cao Cao's crossing the river to fight him

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