The troops of the 8th Division and the 1st Division of the Haotian Army, which participated in the sniper battle at Huangnigang, eliminated more than 6,000 people from Xiahou Yuan and his subordinates, and only more than 400 surrendered at the last moment.

As for Cao Zhi's 20,000 reinforcements from Xiapi who came out of Tanxian, only 2,000 were killed, and 18,000 surrendered and were captured.

And when cleaning the battlefield, the bodies of Cao Zhi and Xiahou Yuan were found, Xiahou Yuan's death was very miserable, he was shot in the head, Cao Zhi was fine, but he was shot in the chest.

Zhao Yun thinks that while Cao Cao's reinforcements have not arrived, it is better to quickly study how to take Tan County!

Just when Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others were sitting in a group, studying how to deploy troops and attack Tanxian, the guards came to report that a person came from the city, saying that it was Xiahou Shang's messenger, and asked to meet the commander of the Han army.

Ma Chao and the others were very curious, so they asked them to bring the visitor in, and after some inspection, they led Xiahou Shang's messenger into the big tent.

Everyone took a closer look, and the person who came was not very old, in his twenties, wearing the military uniform of a school captain, and he looked dignified.

When he saw so many Han generals in the tent, he did not panic, but saluted Ma Chao and the others without humility or arrogance, and then took out Xiahou Shang's handwritten letter from his arms, but he didn't know who to hand it over.

In the end, it was Ma Chao who read the letter, and the meaning of the letter was very simple, that is, Xiahou Shang wanted to surrender the city, hoping that the Han army could give him preferential treatment.

Sima Yi read the letter, then looked at the Wei army messenger, "I don't know how many troops are still in the city?" ”

The messenger smiled, "Lord Hui, before your army accepts our surrender, you and I are still enemies, but it is inconvenient to disclose such secrets, which is a lot." ”

When Sima Yi heard his answer, he felt interesting, it seemed that he was not an ordinary school captain.

It is naturally very good to be able to take Tan County without blood, and Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Sima Yi naturally have no opinions.

They asked the messenger to go back and tell Xiahou Shang to let him and his men go out of the northern city gate and surrender to the Han army outside the city.

As for him and his subordinates, they will be treated preferentially after the war, and before the war is over, they can only be wronged first, and they have been in the prisoner of war camp for two days, and Ma Chao wrote him a handwritten letter as a reassurance.

After the messenger left, Sima Yi smiled at Zhao Yun and Ma Chao and said, this messenger is Xiahou Shang himself, but he is also a little bold.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao didn't believe it, Sima Yi didn't argue, but said that he would know when the time came.

Under Picheng, the city gate was wide open, and a group of Wei troops wearing khaki military uniforms were rushing in.

However, this time they entered the city without the welcome of the people of Xiapi City in the past, and the people of Xiapi either went to the countryside to escape the war, or closed their doors at home.

A city that survived the catastrophe, a city that was sifted through by Ma Chao's subordinates, what is there to celebrate?

Cao Cao returned to Xiapi depressed in this way, he tried his best to keep Xiangyang, but he was forced to return to Xuzhou, and the reality of inferior strength stimulated Cao Cao again.

When he saw the empty palace, his face turned even pale.

Ma Chao's robbery was very thorough and clean, and he had moved out of other people's houses, and he didn't have anything left, even the palace maids in the palace were taken away.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's family was protected by Xun Yu and Cao Pi and transferred to Pengcheng.

Cao Cao already knew the process of the loss of Xiapi, and he couldn't complain about Cao Pi and Xun Yu and others, but Ma Chao and Sima Yi were too cunning and scheming, which made people unguardable.

He already knew the news that Xun You was captured by the Han army, but Cao Cao was most worried about the safety of his youngest sons Cao Zhi and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Zhi was his favorite son, and Xiahou Yuan was a confidant general who had been born and died with him for decades, and he couldn't afford to lose.

He complained that Cao Pi could let his brother lead the army to the battle? Cao Zhi is only sixteen years old, and he is still a child!

Of course, Cao Pi also has a legitimate reason, Cao Zhi was the person with the highest title and official position at that time, and the person who could lead the army with the most confidence.

Just when Cao Cao was fidgeting like an ant on a hot pot and wandering back and forth in the main hall, Xiahou Yuan's subordinates, who had stood out from the encirclement, ran back to Xiapi and told Cao Cao that they had fallen into an ambush by the Han army in Yishui, and asked Cao Cao to send reinforcements quickly.

When Cao Cao heard that Xiahou Yuan had been ambushed, he was very worried, so he immediately made a decision and sent Cao Zhang to lead 20,000 tigers and leopards to ride, and Le Jin to lead 30,000 tiger infantry who could walk on horseback, to rescue Xiahou Yuan.

After rescuing Xiahou Yuan, they went together to relieve the siege of Tan County.

After Cao Zhang's departure, Cao Cao hesitated, but after all, he was still relieved, he left Xiahoudun to defend the city, and he went to chase after Lejin's team.

Because they were on the road with the tiger and leopard cavalry, the infantry of Lejin had to slow down to accommodate the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Cao soon caught up with Lejin's team and walked with him.

Since Cao Cao's army also advanced northeast along the Yishui, as soon as they reached the vicinity of Liangcheng County, they could see the bloody river flowing downstream, as well as the shields, armor, and even the corpses of soldiers and horses of the Wei army floating in the river.

The farther north they went, the more these floats became, and they also rescued a few wounded Wei soldiers from the river, and they all saw Xiahou Yuan leading the cavalry to rush towards Tanxian.

Hearing that Xiahou Yuan was still alive, Cao Cao relaxed a little, there were not many old brothers who followed him Chen Liu's army, Cao Hong and Li Dian were killed in battle, and he didn't want anyone to have an accident.

After advancing more than ten miles in the direction of Tanxian, he encountered the Han reconnaissance team of the third division of Wenpin, and there was a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, and the Han army, which was not superior in numbers, took the lead in retreating.

The scouts of the Wei army followed the retreating Han army until they reached Tan County, but they were surprised to find that Tan County had been replaced with the banner of the Han army, and there were camps of the Han army inside and outside the city.

The Wei scouts hurriedly reported what they saw to Cao Cao, who heard that Tan County had been occupied by the Han army, and was even more worried about the safety of Cao Zhi and Xiahou Yuan.

The Wei army advanced all the way to the outskirts of Tanxian County, which was five miles away from the Han army and Tanxian County.

Just when Cao Cao was looking around for the whereabouts of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Zhi, the Han army in Tan County sent Cao Cao two coffins, which made Cao Cao's heart tighten.

When he shuddered and asked people to open the coffin, he found that the person lying inside was indeed the person he was most concerned about, especially Xiahou Yuan was shot in the head and died a very miserable death.

And his favorite youngest son Cao Zhi has become a cold corpse, and he is no longer the smart, sensible, and lively naughty boy, which makes Cao Cao even more sad.

Looking at it, Cao Cao spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted to the ground.

Cao Cao vomited blood and fainted, how can this battle be fought?

And they received the two corpses of Cao Zhi and Xiahou Yuan at once, Cao Zhang and Xiahou Yuan also knew the news that Xiahou Shang had surrendered to the Han army, and the Han army fought these battles, eliminating and capturing many Wei troops, but they had no losses.

(End of chapter)