Originally, Cao Ren's troops did not have to ambush the Jingzhou soldiers with few soldiers, plus the courage of Xu Zhu and Cao Ren, if it was changed to a frontal formation during the day to attack, it is really difficult to say who will win and who will lose, but the Cao army, which has been ambushed repeatedly, has collapsed at this time, and there is no order, if it were not for the guidance and deterrence of Cao Ren and other generals, they would have scattered and fled long ago.

But even so, the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning, under the attack from the north and south, the crying on the shore and in the water shook the heavens and the earth!

After holding on for about a quarter of an hour, Cao Hong and the others shook their heads helplessly towards Cao Ren, Cao Ren gritted his teeth, and his heart was horizontal. Withdraw in the direction you came, and turn with the prime minister! ”

This is also the only way Cao Ren can think of at present, and I don't know how many ambushes this Liu Cong has designed elsewhere, and the safest thing is to find the way to come, and meet Cao Cao's main force behind.

As soon as Cao Ren gave the order, Xu Zhu and Cao Hong and other generals immediately gathered around Cao Ren, rushed all the way to the front, and soon broke out of the encirclement.

Seeing that the chief general of the Cao army left, Wen Ping, Jiang Wan and others joined forces together, and did not pursue the main general, but just covered up and killed all the way behind. The main ambush mission given to them by Liu Cong has been completed.

At this time, Cao Cao's camp did not know how far away it was, and instead of risking to chase Cao Ren and others, it was better to lead the soldiers to cover and kill Cao's soldiers in the back. In this way, one side was running, the other side was chasing and killing, and it was not until dawn that Wen Ping and the others stopped and gathered the soldiers and rushed back to the river.

Wei Yan led his troops to chase out more than a mile along the river, and most of the Cao army in the water sank to the bottom of the river, and the blood-red river looked particularly cold under the shimmer of light.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Wen Ping, Jiang Wan and others went down the river and waited for the response.

Huo Jun and Wang Wei also saw the fire of Xinye City on the river. In the second half of the night, looking at the blood stains floating on the river and the corpse of Cao Jun, coupled with the surging tide of the river, the two knew that Wen Ping, Wei Yan and others had succeeded, so they ordered their subordinates to prepare boats to meet the soldiers.

Several ambushes sent out by Liu Cong went down the river two hours later, and soon returned to Fancheng. After counting, the loss was less than two thousand! The main losses still came in the pursuit of Cao Ren in Xinye Castle and the fight against the White River. Although Cao Ren was ambushed from three sides, he still gave the Jingzhou soldiers a certain amount of casualties after he had commanded the troops for many years.

With such a result, Liu Cong was naturally very satisfied.

The news and spies brought back by Han Song came to report that Cao Ren's vanguard was about 30,000 people, but according to Wen Ping and Jiang Wan's description, only 3,000 men and horses escaped with Cao Ren. Such a loss, I am afraid that Cao Cao will die of distress, although he claims to be 800,000, but there are really 100,000 there.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Xu Zhu are all fierce generals, and Cao Ren's command ability is not enough, but in one day and one night, the vanguard troops are lost!

Not to mention Cao Cao's shock and chagrin, although Liu Cong gave Cao Cao a head-on blow, he knew that Cao Cao had not yet arrived at the front line, this battle had just begun, and Cao Cao's main force had more numbers, more generals, and more strategists, and it was a unified action.

However, Liu Cong is now more concerned about Xiahoudun and Liu Bei.

After the generals who participated in the ambush returned to Fancheng to rest and have lunch, Liu Cong began to dispatch troops again.

This time, there were fewer sorties.

"Wen Chang, you lead 3,000 elite soldiers out of Xiangyang to the east, and follow the direction of Liu Bei's defeat and escape to meet Liu Houshi and Huang Hansheng, the two generals, if the two of them have not gathered 3,000 war horses, you will leave some soldiers according to the needs of the battle situation, limited to three days, and you will lead the troops back to Xiangyang after three days!"

Wei Yan thought that Liu Cong had sent him to clean up Liu Bei or Xiahoudun, but he didn't expect that he just responded. But that's right, Liu Cong repeatedly explained that Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were only allowed to pick up leaks, and were not allowed to take the initiative to attack, and at this time, Wei Yan went to see if it was the right time for the fisherman to benefit.

Liu Cong was also particular about giving Wei Yan three days, this time Cao Ren was defeated, and after escaping back to Cao's camp, Cao Cao would definitely reconsider the battle, and maybe he would march more slowly. And even if the army arrives in Xinye, it will never attack Fancheng immediately, but will find a way to send troops to meet Xiahoudun.

Cao Ren's 30,000 soldiers are gone, Xiahoudun can't use Xu Zhu, his resourcefulness and commander are not as good as Cao Ren, if Liu Bei and Liu Cong conspire with Xiahoudun, Xiahoudun was trapped at the top, so Cao Cao must save Xiahoudun, so in this way, Fancheng will not be captured within three or five days.

"Huo Jun, you lead an army of 3,000 sailors, bring more arrows, go down the river, pay close attention to the movements of the armies all the way, and prevent Liu Bei from crossing the river. Take five days as the limit, and after five days, no matter how Liu Bei and Xiahoudun win or lose, you will have to lead the army back to defend the Han River. However, before returning to the Han River, it must be confirmed that the Jiangxia and Nanjun naval forces can successfully control the Yangtze River. ”

Although Wei Yan and Huo Jun's task was relatively boring, it was also easy. In Liu Cong's plan, the two of them should not have a chance to make a move, and this time they went just in case, not to let Xiahoudun escape, and not to let Liu Bei cross the river. In short, whether Xiahoudun and Liu Bei fought, Liu Bei attacked Shaxian, or Liu Pan gathered the war horses to end the two troops together, these local wars can only occur on the Hanchuan Plain, not across the Han River, nor across the Yangtze River, of course, it's best not to break Shaxian!

The second general took the order and went to the front line of another local war without stopping.

Besides, Liu Bei and Xiahoudun, as explained earlier, Xiahoudun's hatred for Liu Bei was greater than Cao Cao's, a few years ago in the Battle of Bowangpo, the young and vigorous Xiahoudun fell into Liu Bei's fire attack plan, and almost the whole army was annihilated, so Cao Cao had proposed to let him lead the cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, but he was reluctant to stay for a moment.

Finally, he caught up with Liu Bei's army a hundred miles northwest of Anlu.

Liu Bei didn't want to fight Cao Cao head-on, and after getting the ventilation report from the Yi nationality, he immediately prepared his men and horses, and posted a notice in the city, to the effect that Liu Cong, the new lord of Jingzhou, surrendered to the enemy, and Uncle Liu Huang wanted to resist Cao Cao to the end, but Xinye City was small, and he was afraid that Cao Cao and Liu Cong would attack on both sides and wanted to go south.

As soon as the announcement came out, Xinye suddenly became an empty city. Liu Bei originally had more than 10,000 infantry under his command, plus Liu Cong sent 3,000 a few days ago, barely scraping together 15,000. Due to the large amount of supplies, and the fact that there were more than 10,000 Xinye people who volunteered to follow Liu Bei, the speed of the march was naturally not fast.

Liu Bei was also frightened all the way, what he was afraid of was that Liu Cong would turn his face and send troops to pursue, or directly let Jiangxia send troops to intercept him.

On the first day and the second day, Liu Cong didn't move, and Liu Bei thought it was going well this time. Unexpectedly, just two days after escaping, Xiahoudun's cavalry arrived.

Xiahou is fierce, Liu Bei and others have seen it, and Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry is not an ordinary infantry can match.

Liu Bei could order Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals to break off, and the rear team became the front team, trying to rely on the bravery of the three of them, and drag Xiahoudun with a small number of soldiers, while he led a large army to the south to capture Shaxian or cross the Yangtze River south as soon as possible.

Speaking of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao, although Xiahoudun is confident, he has already seen the prestige of these three people, especially Guan Yu. So he didn't dare to be careless, and set up a steady formation, wanting to crush the team of three.

The people of Xinye, who were caught in the middle, thought that they were already in a mess at this time, they had not undergone any training, and they had no combat effectiveness, and they often heard how many people died in a battle, and they were so scared that they died. Of course, if they weren't afraid, they wouldn't have run away, after all, the Xinye Cai family was their home.

Xiahoudun's tiger and leopard riding is not vegetarian, although Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are brave and champion the three armies, but as the saying goes, a good hand is hard to beat four punches.

Gradually, the three of them showed their defeat, they were tight, and the people in the middle were even more chaotic. At this time, Wang Bao, Fan Tie, and Hu Wei were also mixed in the ranks of these ordinary people, although they did not meet Xu Shu at present, but the eyes of the three of them never left Xu's mother for a moment.

The front and back are Liu Bei's troops, and the three of them are not easy to abduct and deceive Xu's mother, in case Xu's mother is twisted and refuses to leave, wouldn't the three of them have to be busy in vain?