Zhang Liao led the cavalry to rush over, Zhang Liao lifted the reins of the flower-maned horse and jumped over the trench. Zhang Liao raised his hook and sickle and cut down several of Cao Xing's subordinate archers, and the eight hundred cavalry behind Zhang Liao also rushed over, and Cao Liao abandoned his bow and charged towards Zhang Liao with a gun.

Han Xuan's soldiers fought desperately and bloodily, Zhang Liao's company beheaded more than a dozen Han Xuanjun spearmen, and Cao Xuan shouted and rushed towards him with a spear. Zhang Liao raised his hook and sickle to hook Cao Xing's spear, and Cao Xing struggled to pull out the gun.

Zhang Liao's strength was greater than Cao Xing's, and he pressed Cao Xing's spear to his shoulder. Cao Xing struggled to resist, and Zhang Liao said: "You are not my opponent, surrender, I can not kill you." ”

Cao Xuan laughed miserably: "I have received the grace of the Lord and I deserve to die to repay it." ”

Zhang Liao sighed and said: "I admire your loyalty, but I am the important responsibility of Duke Cao, and I will take Dongyang." ”

"If you want to take Dongyang, you can only step over my corpse." Cao Xuan took advantage of the situation to pull out his saber from his waist and slashed at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao hurriedly dodged sideways, and slashed at Cao Xing's neck with a hook and sickle, Cao Xing's eyes widened, and blood gushed out from his neck. Cao Xing died in battle and fell off his horse, Zhang Liao raised his hook and sickle and shouted at the Han Xuan soldiers who were still resisting: "Your general has been killed by me, and those who put down their arms and surrender will be spared death!" ”

A Han Xuan sergeant put down the spear in his hand, and a man with a stubble on his face rushed over to behead him, shouting: "General Cao Xuan died heroically, you spineless thing actually surrendered." I'd rather die than surrender! ”

Cao Xing's old subordinates launched a final charge against Zhang Liao and others, Zhang Liao led his troops to meet the attack, and in less than a pillar of incense, all these Cao Xing's old subordinates were killed. Zhang Liao looked at the corpses of people and horses in a place, and sighed regretfully: "True and loyal people, I, Zhang Liao, are not as good as you!" ”

After Zhang Liao led his army into Dongcheng, he pacified the officials and the people, and still ordered his officials to take up their posts. Zhang Liao reorganized his troops and prepared to attack Tangyi.

Chen Wu led an army of 5,000 to attack Ping'an to cut off the retreat of Cao's army, and at this time, Yu Ban and Li Dianzheng led their troops to attack Sheyang County. Yu Ban got the news from the rear that Chen Wu attacked Ping'an County, and Ping'an was almost unable to hold it.

Yu Ban hurriedly said to Li Dian: "Peace cannot be lost, if our army's retreat is cut off, the army's heart will be lost." The army should be immediately led back to help. ”

As soon as Li Dian was waiting for the whole army to retreat, the gate of Sheyang City suddenly opened, and it turned out that Chen Deng's Gongcao Chen Jiao led his troops to attack and kill the guard Shi Xiao. Yu Ban and Li Dian took the opportunity to enter the city and help Chen Jiao attack and kill Han Xuanjun.

More than 10,000 Cao troops entered the city, showing the true combat effectiveness of the Cao army, and Han Xuan's sergeants and soldiers found that the Cao army they had fought before was not the same army compared to these soldiers. Yu Ban Prancing Horse raised his sword in the panicked Han Xuan army, and Han Xuan's soldier was killed and cried his father and mother.

The battle soon ended, and Li Dian and Chen Jiao cleaned up the battlefield and repaired the city defenses. Yu Ban said to Li Dian: "Although the sun is obtained, if Ping'an County does not take it, it will also be a lonely city, and it may be difficult to defend it for a long time." I am willing to lead 8,000 troops back to rescue Ping'an County, and General Li will follow Chen Gong Cao to shoot the sun. ”

When Yu Ban led his army to Ping'an County, Ping'an County had been captured by Chen Wu. Chen Wu sent people to Huang Zhong to report urgency, and on the other hand, he was ready to meet the enemy, Chen Wu's 5,000 men and horses had lost more than half of the siege, and now Yu Ban led 8,000 troops to him to defend to the death.

Chen Wu thought about it left and right, and finally came up with a plan. Chen Wu secretly ordered people to accumulate firewood and grass at the place where the rescue soldiers must pass, and pile them up every ten steps, in vertical and horizontal rows, neatly arranged.

Yu Ban has troops under the city, Yu Ban commanded the army to carry a bamboo ladder to capture the city, Chen Wu led the troops to resist to the death, from the afternoon to dusk, and finally the Cao soldiers were repulsed.

As the sky gradually darkened, Chen Wu asked people to go to the place where the firewood and grass were piled up and light a fire, and the fire shone far away.

After the forbidden soldiers found out, they mistakenly thought that Han Xuanjun's rescue had arrived, and they were very frightened. Yu Ban shouted: "Don't mess up, line up and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

However, many of Yu Ban's subordinates were killed during the siege, and although many soldiers followed the military orders to maintain their formation, most of Cao's soldiers were still in a panic. Seeing that the time had come, Chen Wu personally led a large army to attack, and the cavalry under Chen Wu's command charged and charged against the forbidden army formation.

Although people were constantly being stabbed off their horses by the pikemen of the forbidden army array, they watched Chen Wu leap over the Cao soldiers' shield formation, and they opened a gap and killed them along the way.

The two armies fought fiercely, and most of the panicked Cao soldiers on the periphery also affected the soldiers in the forbidden army array, and some people kept wavering. In order to survive, people began to run away.

Yu Ban swung the three-pointed knife and slashed several deserters in a row before stopping the rout. Chen Wu saw that the command of the Janissary was not chaotic, so he rode over to fight him.

Yu Banting stabbed Chen Wu with a three-pointed knife, and Chen Wu caught it with a gun. Chen Wu directly swung with all his strength, traversing all directions, and the spear swung out in a fan shape to sweep away the forbidden three-pointed knife.

Yu Ban's figure leaned back, frightened of Chen Wu's strength, Yu Ban thought that he could not defeat Chen Wu, so he turned his horse and left. Chen Wu chased after him, and as soon as Yu Ban was frightened, Cao Bing naturally collapsed. Han Xuan's army bravely moved forward to kill the enemy, and Chen Wu led his army to defeat the forbidden army in one fell swoop.

Chen Wu held Ping'an County, and the spies he sent out said that Zhang Liao had captured Dongyang, and Cao Xing had unfortunately died in battle. Chen Wu regretted for a while, and ordered: "The whole army withdraws safely, and first go to Gaoyou to hold on." ”

On the other side, Zhang Liao led the army to Tangyi, which was already garrisoned by Gao Shun. When Zhang Liao arrived in front of the formation, he saw a flying horse coming out, and Zhang Liao was shocked: "Gao Shun?!" ”

Gao Shun stopped and shouted, "Zhang Liao, have you also served under Cao Cao's account?" ”

Zhang Liao heard Gao Shun say "also" and asked, "Ziping said this?" ”

Gao Shun sighed: "Wen Hou has already served Cao Cao, don't you know yet?" ”

When Zhang Liao heard what he said, his eyes widened even more, it was rumored that Wenhou Lu Bu was dead, and he even went to Lu Bu's grave to mourn in person. Gao Shun said this, which really startled him.

Zhang Liao was puzzled: "Since Marquis Wen surrendered to Duke Cao, you should follow suit." Why did you help Han Xuan stop me? ”

Gao Shun raised his iron trident and rode straight towards Zhang Liao, and shouted: "The reason for this is that you can ask Cao Cao to know!" Today, you and I are our own masters, and we need no mercy. ”

Zhang Liao patted his horse and put the doubts behind him: "It's good, I have long wanted to compete with you!" ”

Gao Shun stabbed at Zhang Liao's door with a halberd, Zhang Liao held it with a hook and sickle, and the two of them crossed by mistake. Turning around and killing again, Zhang Liao slashed at Gao Shun's chest, and Gao Shun's halberd resisted. Gao Shun stirred up the halberd and fought with Zhang Liao like a turning lamp.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun fought fifty times without a victory, the two horses were tired, and Gao Shun commanded his subordinates to kill Cao's soldiers. Gao Shun had just joined Han Xuan's army, and he didn't know the generals, and he didn't specialize in the army. And Zhang Liao's subordinates have just arrived under his command, but more than 1,000 people are his old subordinates.

Cao Bing and Han Xuanjun fought together, Cao Bing outnumbered Han Xuanjun, and Han Xuanjun was not familiar with Gao Shun, Han Xuanjun's army was defeated and retreated. Zhang Liao looked at the battle situation and said to Gao Shun: "Ziping, you see that these people are not the opponents of Cao Gong's army at all!" If it were your camp that was fighting with me today, I am afraid that the tide of the battle would be reversed. ”

Gao Shun sneered: "I promised Wen Hou not to be an enemy of him on the battlefield, but I won't show you Zhang Liao's mercy." Look behind you! ”

I saw a group of well-armed soldiers in iron armor behind Cao Jun rushing towards them, although their number was only a few dozen, but that kind of indomitable momentum shocked thousands of Cao Jun.

Zhang Liao thought that these people were Gao Shun's soldiers in the trapping camp, and sighed: "Are there only so many people left in the trapping camp now?" ”

Zhang Liao ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, he was not afraid of these people, he and Gao Shun sympathized with each other, and he couldn't bear to see Gao Shun's trapped camp run out like this. After Zhang Liao withdrew his troops, Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief, these were not the soldiers of the trapped camp, but the elite soldiers selected by Gao Shun from Han Xuan's army, and Gao Shun temporarily taught them some tactics of trapping the camp.

(End of chapter)