Xu Du, Cao Cao learned that Han Xuan's army had attacked Guangling City, and Chen Deng was captured, and he was furious: "Han Xuan'er dares to bully me!" I should personally lead an army to ask for it! ”

Guo Jia hurriedly dissuaded: "The lord can't go in person, now Yuan Shao is eyeing the north." If all the cities are empty, they will take advantage of the situation to go south and pass our land. You can send a general to ask for it. ”

Cao Cao hesitated a little and asked, "Who can take on this heavy responsibility?" ”

Cheng Yu proposed: "You can send Liu Bei there, if you win, it will be the luck of the lord." If you don't win, you can take the opportunity to get rid of Liu Bei to prevent future troubles! ”

Xi Zhicai stood up to stop him and said: "If the lord lets Liu Bei go, it will be tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain." I thought that Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Le Jin, and Zhang Liao could be sent together, and these four people were all good at commanding the army and could be entrusted with important tasks. ”

Cao Cao asked again: "Who can be the main general?" ”

Everyone didn't speak, and Xun Yu stepped forward and recommended: "I thought that Zhang Liao could take on this important responsibility, but his new lord didn't know his loyalty." ”

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and said, "These four people are all in important positions, and they can't be moved. I intend to send Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to lead 30,000 horses and Zang Ba to attack Chen Wu and Huang Zhong. ”

In Kuang Qi City, Chen Wu had already detected the movements of Cao's army, and said to Huang Zhong: "If Cao Cao sends Zhang Liao and other generals to come, I still need to be cautious. Liu Dai, Wang Zhong, mediocre ears! ”

Lu Su said: "The general must not underestimate the enemy!" ”

Chen Wu nodded, he remembered that Han Xuan told him that Lu Su was not an honest person as he said in the romance, and he was easy to bully. Chen Wu looked at Lu Su and said, "Zijing, how about you command this battle?" ”

Lu Su hurriedly smiled and excused himself and said: "Su is only a scholar, how to lead the army to fight against the enemy, the general must not make fun of Su." ”

Chen Wu patted Lu Su on the shoulder and said, "Zijing, with me supervising the army in the back, this battle is just right for you to make meritorious contributions." ”

Lu Su was then ordered to defend the city, and Liu Dai and Wang Zhong led the army to kill the city. There were only 3,000 defenders in Kuang Qi City, while Liu Dai and Wang Zhong had 30,000 troops, ten times that of Han Xuan's army.

Lu Su was dressed in a green shirt, wearing a scarf on his head, and pressing a sword in his hand, with the demeanor of a Confucian general. The drums under Kuang Qi City were like thunder, and the soldiers defending the city were very nervous. Lu Su was calm and calm, and ordered the soldiers to be ready for battle. In order to confuse the enemy, Lu Su ordered the city gate to be closed tightly, and the flag was silenced to show weakness to the enemy.

Wang Zhong saw that Han Xuanjun didn't dare to fight, and scolded: "Chen Yuanlong was kind enough to reward Lao Er and others, but Han Xuan actually let you and others take advantage of my Guangling." Now that my army is coming, you don't dare to go to war, do you want to be the shrunken turtle? ”

Wang Zhong's subordinates laughed and scolded under the city for a day. Seeing that Wang Zhong and others insulted Han Xuan so much, the generals asked for battle, but Lu Su insisted on not fighting.

In the camp of Cao's army, Zang Ba said to Liu Dai: "Why don't my 30,000 troops storm this city, what is the benefit of taking advantage of their tongues here?" ”

Liu Dai couldn't help but be surprised: "There will be casualties in the attack on our army, and now I am fighting with reason, and the people in the city will definitely turn their hearts to our army." And surround it, when the morale of Han Xuan's army is exhausted, our army can capture this city in one fell swoop. ”

Zang Ba sighed: "Our army is coming, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and the army is not good enough, and it is the end of the crossbow. If Han Xuan's army takes the initiative to attack, our army will be defeated. ”

Cao Jun besieged the city for several days, Cao Jun's food and grass became less and less, Zang Ba's subordinates were Taishan thieves, and Zang Ba has always been a thief who "listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement". As a result, there were frequent incidents of military food theft in Cao's camp, and Zang Ba's subordinates even had several group fights with Liu Dai's subordinates.

Lu Su climbed the city tower, carefully observed the enemy army, the Ximen Cao army was far away from each other, if there were soldiers to attack, the villages should not be able to save each other. Lu Su saw from a distance that the defense in some camps was loose, and it must have been Cao Jun's infighting.

Lu Su thought that he could attack, and suddenly opened the city gate, and the soldiers of Han Xuanjun had already accumulated endless anger. At this moment, they are all down the mountain and fierce tigers, fighting bravely and rushing towards the enemy formation. Liu Dai's troops were caught off guard and were disrupted by Han Xuanjun.

Chen Wu rushed over first, waved his spear and made waves in the enemy formation, and Chen Wu killed directly at Liu Dai Dazhai. Liu Dai got on his horse and carried a knife to escape, Chen Wuwang saw that he hurriedly pursued him, and Liu Dai's own soldiers desperately resisted to let Liu Dai escape.

Cao's army collapsed and lost its command. Lu Su personally beat the drums, Chen Wu took the lead and rushed to kill, the morale of the soldiers doubled, many soldiers of the Cao army did not have time to line up, and countless people were killed and trampled on, and the Cao army was defeated and returned.

When Cao's army retreated, Huang Zhong sent Gao Shun and Cao Xing to lead troops to support Chen Wu, and the remnants of Cao's army were defeated, and Han Xuan's army achieved a complete victory.

Liu Dai, Wang Zhong and Zang Ba led more than 10,000 defeated troops back in embarrassment, and Cao Cao pointed at them and scolded with a smile: "Stupid! Your 30,000 troops were defeated by 3,000 men and horses, and they came and took these two men down with me to punish them! ”

"Cao Gong spares his life!!" Liu Dai and Wang Zhong begged for mercy.

Xun Yu stepped forward to intercede for the two and said: "Duke Ming, Liu Dai and Wang Zhong have been with Duke Ming for a long time, and they have worked hard and made great achievements. Today, Han Xuan was defeated, because the military discipline of the Taishan army was not strict, and if he was punished in this way, he was afraid of the hearts of the generals. ”

Cao Cao saw Xun Yu interceding for Liu Dai and Wang Zhong, so he pardoned them, demoted them to one position each, and punished them for one year. The two thanked and retreated, Cao Cao crossed his hands behind his waist, walked down the stairs and said, "Han Xuan is sitting big, you must not guard against it." Passed on my order, and ordered Zhang Liao to be the main general and Li Dian and Yu Ban to command 20,000 troops, and slowly map Guangling. ”

Zhang Liao was originally a general, but Cao Cao suddenly entrusted him with a heavy task, and Li Dian and Yu Ban did not accept him. Li Dian and Yu Ban said: "Zhang Liao is just a general, and you and I have made a lot of achievements with Cao Gonggong. Today, Zhang Liao's achievements have not been built, but he is above you and me. I, Li Dian, disobey him! ”

Yu Ban persuaded and said: "Brother Man Cheng has the style of being an 'elder' in the army, and he should focus on the overall situation, and don't be like Zhang Liao. ”

Li Dian nodded, and when Cao's army arrived in Guangling County, Li Dian and Yu Ban asked Zhang Liao to divide their troops. Zhang Liao arched his hand at Li Dian and said, "I know that I am newly demoted to Cao Gong, and the two generals will not obey me." Today, I only led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Dongyang, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were handed over to the two generals, and the two generals attacked Ping'an and Sheyang. After the capture of Sheyang, the two generals will hold on, Han Xuan's army will counterattack Sheyang, and when I lead the troops to meet the two generals, then the internal and external attacks will definitely break Han Xuan's army. ”

Yu Ban and Li Dian followed the plan, and Chen Wu heard that Cao Cao had sent troops again, and the generals of the unified army were Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, and Li Dian. He heard Han Xuan say that Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Zhang He, and Xu Huang were called five good generals by Cao Cao, and Li Dian was also good at using soldiers. Now Cao Xing is stationed in Dongyang, and Dongyang is the first to bear the brunt, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of Cao's army.

Chen Wugang was ready to lead the army to rescue Cao Xing, and reported to Malay: Yu Ban and Li Dian led 10,000 troops to Ping'an, and Bei Zhi, the magistrate of Ping'an County, surrendered without a fight.

Chen Wu was furious, and on the one hand, he personally led the army to resist Yu Ban and Li Dian, and on the other hand, he let people know that Cao Xing was cautious about facing the enemy, and if he could not resist Zhang Liao, he would retreat to Tangyi.

In Dongyang, Cao Xing led two thousand soldiers to line up to defend the position, and Zhang Liao led the army to the front of the battle. Zhang Liaoyu immediately stepped forward to watch, Cao Xing dug a trench and set up antlers in front of the formation, Han Xuanjun's spearmen lined up in front of the formation, and Cao Xuan's archers were behind.

Zhang Liao saw that Cao Xing had no flaws at first glance, and after a closer look, Zhang Liao found Cao Xing's weakness. Zhang Liao smiled confidently, raised the hook and sickle in his hand and pointed at Cao Xing's military formation and began to order.

All the sergeants were led away, Zhang Liao selected 800 elite horsemen to follow him back to the right side of Han Xuanjun, and Cao Xing saw this and hurriedly commanded the archers to release arrows to resist. Zhang Liao sneered, and the hook and sickle swept away the arrows that were shot, and rushed straight towards Cao Xing's troops.

Cao Xuan hurriedly ordered the sword and shield to hold heavy shields against Zhang Liao's cavalry, and the cavalry would have the upper hand if they were close to the archers. Although the cavalry behind Zhang Liao kept falling, Zhang Liao still moved forward.

Cao Xing's sword and shield hand went to the right side to defend, and Zhang Liao had already ordered the archers of Cao Jun to take advantage of the time to release arrows from the spearmen of Han Xuan's army, and a large number of Han Xuan's soldiers fell in the rain of arrows. Han Xuanjun was in confusion and began to move towards the shield soldier on the right side, seeking refuge. And Cao Jun's foot soldiers took the opportunity to kill him, Han Xuanjun was huddled, and there were countless people who fell into the trench.