As an ally, Wu Guo happily agreed to the request to send troops, and sent Lü Meng to lead 30,000 troops to Xiapi to provide support.

Xiahoudun also led 50,000 tiger troops to Xiapi as reinforcements, but Cao Pi refused to replenish the lost tiger and leopard cavalry, believing that the tiger and leopard cavalry was no longer suitable for the current battle, and the heavy cavalry had lost its stage.

Xu Huang sent the 13th Division, the 8th Division, and the 11th Cavalry Division to support Zhao Yun in the battle, so the Han army had an advantage in strength with 100,000 troops.

Zhao Yun used the 13th and 8th divisions to block Lü Meng's Wu army, and then used two cavalry divisions to go deep behind the enemy and attack Huailing and Dongcheng, wanting to cut off the retreat of the Wu army and annihilate Lü Meng's 30,000 Wu army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lü Meng made a detour to Xutai, where the warships of the 10,000 Eastern Wu naval army led by Ling Tong met him, so that he successfully escaped from the encirclement.

Lü Meng's escape put Xiahoudun's Tiger Ben Army in a situation of fighting alone, and Xiahoudun was so angry that he scolded Lü Meng for being unrighteous, but he still had to deal with the trouble in front of him.

Lü Meng ran away, the seven divisions of the Han army were all eyeing him, he only had 50,000 tiger troops and 50,000 state troops in his hands, he didn't dare to advance, he could only retreat into Xiapi City to hold on, waiting for Cao Pi to send reinforcements.

Both Zhao Yun and Xu Huang thought that this was an opportunity, if they could eat Xiahoudun's 50,000 tiger army, Wei would no longer have any mobile troops.

So, within the scope of the two of them, they didn't have time to ask Lu Bu, so they concentrated all the forces at hand on Xia Pi.

Xu Huang handed over the defense of Taishan, Lu County, and Dongping County to the local garrison brigade and the old troops of Du Xi and others who surrendered.

The 14th Division, the 18th Division, and the 3rd Cavalry Division were also successively transferred to the Xiapi front, Zhao Yun decided to besiege first and not attack, to see if Cao Pi would send reinforcements, if there were reinforcements, they would surround the point to send reinforcements, if there were no reinforcements, then take Xiapi and eat Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun stood on the head of Xiapi City, looking at the newly built military camps of the Han army outside the city, according to the report of the scouts, the number of the Han army had found ten divisions of troops.

According to the establishment of the Han army, ten divisions are at least 160,000 troops, and if you look at the artillery positions being built in the distance, you can see that there are several main forces in these Han troops, and only the main forces have completed the refitting of rifles and artillery first.

The artillery positions of the Han army were built far away from the distance of 400 zhang, which shows that the range of their artillery is much greater than their own artillery, and there are 50 artillery pieces in Xiapi City, of which 30 are from the Huben army's own artillery regiment.

Now that Wei and Wu are allied, the status of Wei is getting lower and lower, and the share of firearms produced by the military workshops in Jiujiang to supply the Wei army is getting lower and lower.

Now that Eastern Wu is getting stronger and stronger, almost dominant, and its attitude towards Wei has become worse and worse, it is no longer the same as when Cao Cao was alive.

Although the monarchs and ministers of Wei are very dissatisfied, there is no good way, who calls the current Wei State weak and talented, unlike Wu State, which is thriving.

Therefore, many officials and wealthy families in the Wei State are ready to move, wanting to follow Du Xi and others and defect to the Han Dynasty in order to protect their fame and fortune.

Xiahoudun also knew that these tiger army in his hands was actually the last support of the Wei State, and if it was completely lost in Xiapi, I am afraid that the Wei State would not be far from the death of the country.

It was precisely because the Han army knew this that it sent troops to besiege itself here, wanting to solve it once and for all.

I don't know if Cao Pi, the king of Wei, can send powerful reinforcements to rescue him, Xiahoudun himself has really put life and death out of the way, the first lord Cao Cao, brothers Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong, all of them have already gone to another world one step ahead of themselves.

Xiahoudun also already has the feeling of being a hero in the twilight of his life, and his heart is tired to death, and his current persistence is only because of a commitment to Cao Cao, a kind of loyalty.

The Xiahou family is a descendant of Xiahou Ying, the founding father of the Han Dynasty, and returning to the Han Dynasty is also a cycle

So he felt that it might be a good thing for Xiahou Shang to throw himself into Lu Bu and join the Han Dynasty, leaving a glimmer of hope for the Xiahou family, and they didn't have to hang themselves on a tree.

Qian County, King Wei Palace.

Cao Pi was dressed in the costume of the King of Wei and sat on top of the empty hall, and the palace maid behind him rubbed the top of his head with both hands to relieve his headache.

He all suspected that Cao Cao's headache had also spread to him, why did he have such a headache.

In front of him stood two ministers, one with gray hair, and the other was already middle-aged, which were the pillars of Wei, Xun Yu and Xun You.

"Two Aiqing, do you have a reply from Mr. Gongtai?"

Xun Yu shook his head, "Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Gong has not yet received any news, I'm afraid he is still on the way, and he is not close to Jianye!" ”

"Alas, Lu Meng couldn't beat the Han army this time, and he ran away, but without the reinforcements of Eastern Wu, who could solve the crisis of General Yuanrang? This matter has to be determined whether Mr. Chen Gong can persuade Sun Quan to continue sending reinforcements. ”

"Your Majesty, it is still unknown whether Sun Quan will be able to send reinforcements, we still have to send reinforcements to rescue General Yuan Rang, otherwise the Tiger Ben army is gone, and my Great Wei will have no mobile troops!"

"I also want to send reinforcements to rescue General Yuanrang, but there are really no soldiers to send, Cao Zhang's tiger and leopard cavalry are all cold weapons, and it is useless to send them, in addition, where are there still soldiers to send in Qian County?"

Despite this, in the end, Cao Pi and others still cobbled together 50,000 people, led by Le Jin and Cao Zhang, to rescue Xiahoudun, and the tiger and leopard riders were also sent out.

Yongqiu, a county seat in Pengcheng County, is the only way for Qian County to go to Xiapi.

When Le Jin and Cao Zhang led the reinforcements composed of the tiger and leopard cavalry and the state army to arrive here, the Han army was already waiting here.

The 13th Division, the 6th Division, the 8th Division, and the 11th Cavalry Division, four divisions surrounded the point here to send reinforcements, waiting for reinforcements from Le Jin and others.

This battle was also the last battle of the tiger and leopard cavalry, when tens of thousands of heavy armored cavalry tragically charged the Han army position in front of them, they had already put their lives and deaths on the line.

They fought only for the honor of the knights, for the last glory of the Tiger Leopard Riders and the Tiger Ben Legion.

This heavy-armored iron cavalry trained by Guo Jia and Cao Cao, under the leadership of their commander Cao Zhang, launched what may be the last charge of their lives.

The pitch-black iron armor, the heavy face protection, the long halberd held high, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder all had a great impact on the onlookers, but it was a pity that they were in front of the Han army.

This is an iron army with the same iron will, and even more with fine traditions, and many of the officers of the 6th Division have even experienced the most brutal battle of Kijo Valley themselves, and nothing can affect their strong will.

They had advanced breech-loading rifles, advanced field artillery and mortars, cavalry shocks, and even heavy cavalry shocks had long ceased to be a threat.

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