On the west bank of Yishui, the charge of the Han army also sounded in the direction of Wuyuan, and a large number of Han cavalry appeared all over the mountains, with more than 10,000 horsemen, forming an encirclement from afar.

They were still three or four hundred zhang away from the rear of the Wei army, which had never crossed the river, and they had already raised their guns to shoot, and the Wei army fell in a large area.

Xiahou Yuan was also hit by the sudden river water, but fortunately, he was close to the river bank and was rescued by a group of men.

He looked at the rear team, which was already a little chaotic, and shouted loudly, "You guys disperse and break through to Pengcheng, and ask the lord to send reinforcements again!" ”

Although the rear team of the Wei army was not in a panic, after hearing Xiahou Yuan's order, they immediately took the squad as a unit and scattered to break through, and the Han army that surrounded them also dispersed and intercepted.

After Xiahou Yuan gave the order to let the rear team disperse and break through, he turned his head to look at the thousands of Wei troops who were still struggling in the water, some of them had already struggled ashore, but many people were still struggling to advance in the water, so they could only helplessly put them aside first.

The most important thing is to break through, otherwise the Han army will destroy the Wei army in the rear, and it will be easy to shoot this side from the other side of the river.

No matter how careful he was, he was ambushed by the Han army after all.

At this time, most of the 3,000 cavalry of the Wei army's forward battalion had already been shot down by the Han army, and the rest had already retreated.

Xiahou Yuan cheered up, and he gathered the troops that had crossed the river and the rest of the forward battalion, about 7,000 horsemen.

Xiahou Yuan arranged these cavalry into a conical formation for charging, and once again charged the Han army, and stretched the offensive surface wider, wider than the Han army's defense line.

This time, the Han army did not know if it was because of the lack of troops, so they began to retreat slowly, taking advantage of the terrain to constantly delay the Wei army's charge.

The cavalry was fast, and this time the Wei light cavalry could finally get within their range as they wished, and with the cover of a small shield, they could carry out a powerful counterattack against the Han army.

The Han army continued to retreat, and the Wei army pressed forward step by step, but the two sides were getting closer and closer to Tanxian.

The tall city wall of Tanxian County could already be seen from a distance, but at this time, the Han army retreated to a mountain range dozens of zhang high, but it no longer retreated.

What's even more exciting is that there is a trench that has been dug on this mountain ridge, and the Han army retreated into the trench, defended the trench, calmly repelled the attack of the Wei army, and soon there were mortars to join the Han army's blockade.

Xiahou Yuan felt that this seemed to have some flavor of conspiracy, but he didn't figure it out all of a sudden, what was the problem?

Tan County, on the West City Gate, Donghai County is too guarded by Xiahou Shang, and Linzi Hou Cao Zhi are both standing on a high place in armor, looking into the distance.

They had already received a report from the scouts that there was a gun coming from the direction of Wuyuan to the west, and it was gradually approaching Tanxian.

At this time, it must be reinforcements from their own side coming from that direction, but they don't know how many troops are coming and who is leading the army.

So the two sent out more scouts, and they had to find out.

The scouts of the Han army, who were frequent outside the city on weekdays, were nowhere to be seen this time, so the scouts of the Wei army quickly found out the news that Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhi were concerned about.

The reinforcements from the direction of Wuyuan were indeed the Wei army, the Tiger Ben army led by Xiahou Yuan, but it seemed that the losses were very large, only six or seven thousand horsemen, and they were blocked by the Han infantry in Huangnigang, five miles outside the city.

When Cao Zhi heard this, he said anxiously to Xiahou Shang: "Brother Boren, it's your uncle who has arrived, and I don't know what happened, there are only six or seven thousand horsemen left in the Tiger Ben Army, let's hurry out of the city to pick it up." ”

Xiahou Shang is a few years older than Cao Zhi, but he is much calmer, "Zijian Gongzi is not in a hurry, there is a Han army outside the city, if we attack rashly, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" Let's take another look and see what happens. ”

After another tea time, the gunfire outside the city became more intense, and the scouts came to report that the Han army had used mortars, and General Xiahou Yuan could not rush to Huangnigang, and the situation was not optimistic.

Cao Zhi couldn't sit still, "Brother Boren, if you don't send troops, I'm afraid that General Miaocai will be in danger, people will risk death to rescue us, we are close at hand, but we can't see death without help, right?" Do you care? If you don't care, I'll send my own troops! ”

How could Xiahou Shang not be in a hurry, that was his own uncle, and the two were like father and son.

Xiahou Shang couldn't hold his breath anymore, "Zijian Gongzi, you stay in Tan County, and I will lead the army out of the city to relieve my uncle." ”

Cao Zhi was young and vigorous, and his heart was arrogant, "Brother Boren, you are the main general, and you are the county guard, and you have the responsibility of defending the city, or I will take the reinforcements from Xiapi to solve the danger of General Miaocai!" With a distance of only five miles, what can thousands of Han troops do to me? ”

Xiahou Shang can't resist him, although Cao Zhi is younger than him, his title and identity are much more noble than him, if he really argues, how can Xiahou Shang control Cao Zhi?

had to repeatedly tell Cao Zhi to pay attention to safety and send him out of the city.

Cao Zhi ordered 20,000 state troops at his headquarters, including 10,000 hoplites, 5,000 crossbowmen, and 5,000 musketeers, and rushed out of the West City Gate and rushed to Huangnigang, five miles away.

This was the first time Cao Zhi had led the army to the battlefield independently, and he trembled with excitement.

He urged his subordinates to move forward quickly, wishing that he could put on his wings and fly over to save Xiahou Yuan, making a great achievement.

Approaching Huangnigang, the sound of gunfire became clearer and clearer.

Cao Zhi ordered the horn to be blown so that Xiahou Yuan would know that reinforcements had arrived.

Then he ordered the whole army to attack, he didn't know the art of war, and his lieutenants didn't dare to come nonsense.

They still lined up 20,000 infantry in a standard line, with hoplites in front and crossbowmen and musketeers behind, before they began to attack on the Yellow Mud.

On the western slope of Huangnigang, a brigade of the Han army was blocking Xiahou Yuan's cavalry, and on the eastern slope, there was also a Han army digging fortifications and waiting for the arrival of the Wei army, everything was expected by Sima Yi.

When Cao Zhi's troops approached a distance of three hundred zhang from the hillside, the Han rifles began to fire.

The large shields of the hoplites of the Wei army were not effective in stopping rifle bullets, since these were copper-shelled bullets, not lead bullets from flintlock muskets, and they were much more penetrating.

At this point, the Wei army could only charge hard, and their Linzi Marquis Cao Zhi was excited to supervise the battle in the back, and he was only allowed to advance and not retreat.

But at such a distance, neither their muskets nor their crossbows could stare dryly.

The Wei army charged upwards for dozens of zhang, and suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound on both sides, and the Han army had prepared field artillery on the high ground on both sides of Huangnigang, which smashed the ranks of the Wei army's hoplites.

At the same time, the trumpet of the Han army sounded at the foot of the mountain, and large groups of Han cavalry appeared on both sides of the battlefield, which, together with the infantry on the mountain, surrounded Cao Zhi's army.

This is the pit that Sima Yi dug for Cao Zhi and Xiahou Shang with Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements, but I don't know which one will be pitted.

(End of chapter)