After Cao Chun led Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen to retreat into Hefei City, he ordered his subordinates to assist Li Dian and Le Jin to defend the city.

Chen Wu and Gan Ning asked to go to battle to attack the city, but Han Xuan refused to allow it. Although most of the Cao army is cavalry, since Cao Chun, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhen are all here, it is guaranteed that there will be other Cao clan generals leading troops to help. The siege could not be taken for a while, and Han Xuan hastily withdrew his troops, and he was afraid that Cao Chun would lead the cavalry out of the city to attack his rear army, so Han Xuan was in a dilemma.

It's just that Han Xuan didn't notice that a strange plague began to spread among the Jiangdong army, and the Jiangdong soldiers did not have antibodies to this virus in their bodies, and people kept dying of illness. The military medical officer was helpless in the face of this epidemic, and although Han Xuan discovered it early and isolated these infected soldiers, he still couldn't stop the speed of its spread.

The plague greatly reduced the combat strength of Han Xuan's army, and several attacks on Hefei were fruitless, so Han Xuan ordered the army to be a teacher, and he was followed by more than a thousand tiger warriors and Chen Wu, Ling Tong, Gan Ning, etc.

Cao Chun watched the Jiangdong army retreat from the city, but found that Han Xuan's main formation was behind, and the rest of the troops had already set off first.

Cao Chun was worried that Han Xuan was cheating, so he consulted with Li Dian, Le Jin and other generals, Li Dian thought that it was impossible for Han Xuan to withdraw his troops without preparation, so he said to Cao Chun: "General, Han Xuan is proficient in military formations, and there are probably ambushes outside the city. We will be ordered by Cao Gongjun to hold on to Hefei. Now that Han Xuan led the army to retreat, our army can strengthen the city defense and hold Hefei steadily! ”

Cao Chunzheng hesitated, but saw the partial general Cao Zhen and said: "If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer from it!" Last night, I really saw that there seemed to be a fire in Han Xuan's camp, and it must have been because the fire burned the grain and grass, and the army's heart was unstable, so he retreated. How can Han Xuan be prepared in a hurry, at this time, he will definitely be able to capture Han Xuan in one battle! ”

Cao Zhang also tried his best to persuade Cao Chun, and Cao Chun finally decided to go out of the city to pursue, so he took the case and ordered: "The Jiangdong soldiers are scattered, and Han Xuan is approaching when the troops are the least, how can you miss such a good opportunity?" Cao Zhang, you lead two thousand Wuhuan elite horsemen out of the West Gate. Cao Zhen, you led a thousand foot soldiers out of the east gate. Ben will lead the tiger and leopard cavalry and General Le Jin to kill from the south gate, and General Li Dian will defend the city. The military order was issued immediately, and all the armies only had to attack together after they were assembled! ”

Xiaoyaojin is a ferry on the Nanqi River, and now it is summer and autumn, and the river is overgrown with reeds. The white reed flowers swayed in the wind, and the posture was elegant, but at this time, Han Xuan didn't care about appreciating this beautiful scenery.

Han Xuan ordered the armies to retreat from the main road to their respective jurisdictions first, and captured Zhang Liao, a general, in this battle, Han Xuan wanted to bring him back to Jianye, so he asked Chen Wu to lead the army to send Zhang Liao away first.

Then Han Xuan prepared to lead the formation from Xiaoyaojinkou to cross the river and retreat to the south, at this time there were only more than 1,000 people left on the north bank, including Han Xuan, Ling Tong, Gan Ning and Chexia Hushi. Cao Chun immediately led the army out of the city with Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, and Le Jin to attack.

Not long after Han Xuan led his troops, he saw Hefei City riding out together, Han Xuan knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly called a small colonel and said to him: "The enemy army is out of the city to pursue our army, our army is too small to be defeated, you quickly call back the army horse in front!" ”

The colonel received the order and got on his horse to move the rescuers, but the soldiers and horses had been on the road for a while, and they could not come back for a while. The more than 1,000 soldiers under Han Xuan's command all saw the smoke and dust rolling up behind, and they all panicked, because a large number of cavalry of the Cao army were chasing over!

On the plain, the cavalry had already restrained the infantry, not to mention that Han Xuan and the others were few, and they were still on the way to retreat. Seeing that the army's heart was unstable, Han Xuan turned around and pulled out his sword to slay the dragon and pointed at the pursuing Cao Jun, shouting: "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!" The generals will fight to the death with me. ”

Han Xuan hurriedly ordered the whole army to set up a stubborn formation, and the right Governor Ling led three hundred tiger soldiers to suppress the right formation, and started a fierce bloody battle with Cao's army. These tiger warriors were originally adapted from the Shadow Tiger Army, and the previous hellish training made them far more effective than ordinary soldiers in front of the two armies.

The heavy shieldmen and spearmen in the front row resisted the charge of Cao's cavalry, and they used their bodies to build a great wall of flesh and blood. Ling Tong attacked the enemy on the right flank, and he swung his twin swords back and forth in the enemy formation, stirring up a bloody storm.

The three hundred tiger soldiers and Ling Tong came to the rescue, and although they cooperated closely, they still couldn't stand the enemy's large number of soldiers, and the casualties were very heavy.

Gan Ning pulled his bow and shot arrows desperately, and he saw that the fighting spirit of the Jiangdong soldiers was declining, so he raised his throat and asked loudly: "Why don't the drummers blow the trumpet and beat the drum?" ”

When more than a dozen agrummers heard Gan Ning's order, they sounded the trumpet, and the Jiangdong Army heard the sound of the trumpet and drum, and their morale was boosted. Han Xuan, under the escort of Gu Li, also personally went into battle to kill, killing more than a dozen enemies, and after a fierce battle, this Cao cavalry was finally repulsed.

Almost all of these generals under Han Xuan's command were wounded, which shows the tragic situation of the battle. Ling Tong's personal guards escorted Han Xuan to the Xiaoyaojin Ferry, and found that the bridge had been destroyed by Cao's army, leaving the bridge plates extending on both sides, and there was more than a zhang in the middle, and there was no bridge plate to rely on.

At this time, several warships turned out of the reed pool in the upper reaches of the river, and the Cao army flag was suddenly erected on them, Han Xuan was shocked, but he didn't expect that the Cao army also arranged an ambush at the ferry.

Cao Jun's boat was about to sail closer, and Han Xuan's close prison official Gu Li shouted: "The lord can cross this bridge quickly, first hold the saddle, then let the horse retreat, and then fly forward!" ”

Han Xuan stood up to what Gu Li said to do so, ready to take advantage of the inertia of the sprint to gamble, Gu Li used a whip to whip the war horse that Han Xuan sat down to help the horse. Han Xuan closed his eyes, only to hear a gust of wind in his ears, and then a neigh, Han Xuan flew to the south bank with people and horses.

Han Xuan turned around and looked at the broken bridge, patted the horsehair of the horse sitting down in surprise and said, "Jingfan, you saved my life!" ”

Han Xuan's mount is called Jingfan, and Han Xuan's BMW "Kirin" has died. Han Xuan didn't care about sighing, and went straight to the south bank, suddenly a military horse flashed out in front of him, Han Xuan was alarmed, it turned out that He Qi led three thousand soldiers and horses to respond.

Let's say that Ling Tong escorted Han Xuan to break through to Jinqiao, and when he saw that Han Xuan had arrived safely on the south bank, he turned around and continued to fight again. The soldiers on the left and right beside him were killed one by one, and Ling Tong was also wounded in many places. After a long time, Ling Tong estimated that Han Xuan should be in no danger before preparing to leave the battlefield.

However, the bridge had been destroyed by the Cao army, and all the access roads were also blocked by the Cao army, so Ling Tong had no choice but to sneak in the Cao army's armor and return to the Jiangdong army. Han Xuan had already boarded He Qi's big ship at this time, and when he saw Ling Tong coming back, he was overjoyed and said, "Come on, change clothes and change dressing for public performance." ”

Ling Tong was very sad because none of the three hundred tiger soldiers who fought with him came back alive. Han Xuan wiped his tears with his sleeve and comforted him: "Gonggong, the deceased is gone, as long as you are still alive, are you still afraid of no one?" ”

Ling Tong was seriously injured, so Han Xuan left him on the boat and helped him change his bloodstained clothes. The wounds on Ling Tong's body were immortalized thanks to Zhuo's medicine.

When the Jiangdong army had withdrawn, Han Xuan had a banquet with the generals on the boat, and He Qi wept during the banquet and said: "As the master of the people, the Marquis of Chu should be respectful. Today's events are almost completely gone. Everyone is shocked, I hope you can take this as a lifelong commandment! ”

Han Xuan got up and thanked He Qi, and said ashamedly: "Gong Miao's words are extremely true, and Xuan will definitely keep it in mind." ”

After returning to Jianye, Han Xuan made Ling a partial general, and the troops under his command were more than twice as many as before.

After Zhang Liao recuperated for a period of time, his injuries had healed. Han Xuan wanted to take Zhang Liao for his own use, but Zhang Liao refused several times, he had already demoted Cao Cao before, and he was deeply reused by Cao Cao. And the old lord Lu Bu was thrown into Cao Cao's command again, and Zhang Liao thought that although he was captured, he could not serve Han Xuan.

Han Xuan had no choice but to use Gao Shun's example to persuade him, wanting Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to curb Liu Bei, who had risen in Jiaozhou.

Then Han Xuan and Chen Wu went to find Yang Kun again, and Han Xuan wanted to ask him how the interrogation of the Heavenly Tribulation Sect assassin was. As soon as Han Xuan entered the cell, he couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that the cell was empty.

At this time, he saw Yang Kun come in and suddenly knelt down to Han Xuan, Yang Kun said with tears in his eyes: "Yang Kun killed this thief without permission, please ask Chu Hou to surrender!" ”

Han Xuan helped him up and comforted, "What is Brother Yang Xian's crime? But why did you kill this man? ”

Yang Kun explained: "This person's name is Chang Gong, and he is the messenger of the 'Xun' character of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate, and he is good at assassination. Not long ago, this person assassinated Zhou Budo on the secret order of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate, so I killed him! ”

Han Xuan nodded silently, it seems that this Yang Kun has a very good relationship with Zhou Budo. Han Xuan asked again: "Can you find clues about the Heavenly Tribulation Gate?" ”

Yang Kun nodded heavily and replied, "According to this person's explanation, Tianzun has not been in the door recently, and the affairs in the door are due to Ji Dailing. Yu Ji secretly promoted a group of masters to the new 'five exercises', and wanted to plan a big thing! ”