The heavy cavalry excitedly pursued in the direction of Zang Ba's departure, and Chen Gong led the soldiers to leave and chose another road to Donghai County.

Cao Rennai is a very strategic general in Cao's army, after chasing for half an hour, he realized that something was wrong, Zang Ba could not just lead the cavalry to leave, in Xiapi City, but there were a lot of foot soldiers, some of which were soldiers brought by Zang Ba from the East China Sea, even if the situation in Xia Pi City was critical, Zang Ba would not easily give up these foot soldiers.

"You lead three hundred men back, and you encounter enemy troops on the way, so you don't need to leave your hands behind." Cao Ren ordered to the lieutenant general on the side.

Although the adjutant general did not understand Cao Ren's order, he clenched his fists, ordered three hundred cavalry, and headed in the direction from which he came.

Just when the deputy general led the heavy cavalry to the previous ambush site, Chen Gong led the infantry to just leave, the infantry was no better than the cavalry, and the speed of the march was much worse, and Chen Gong had to be careful about whether there were enemy ambushes nearby.

The adjutant general looked puzzled when he saw that there was no trace of the enemy on the way back, but since he had received Cao Ren's order, he could only lead the cavalry in the direction of Xiapi.

Although he did not encounter the infantry led by Chen Gong, there were still many soldiers who escaped from the city, and the deputy general did have some gains.

Cao Ren's face was pale, and he ordered the heavy cavalry to stop the pursuit, but this ambush did not have the expected effect, mainly because he suffered a lot of losses in speed, and Zang Ba obviously had a certain amount of defense.

After more than an hour of pursuit, the cavalry under Zang Ba's command was no longer visible at all.

"General, what should I do?" One of the generals asked.

"Withdraw your troops! Zang Ba's gang escaped so quickly, if he came by a tiger and leopard, it would definitely make it difficult for him to escape. Cao Ren gritted his teeth and said.

After entering Xiapi, with the help of the family in the city, plus Zang Ba had already led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to leave, after the Cao army took over the city gate, the remnants of Zang Ba were cleared, and at dawn, the city gradually returned to stability.

Cao Cao was still relatively disappointed without getting the grain and grass in the hands of Zang Ba, and now the situation in Yanzhou is not as good as it seems, after successive wars, Cao Jun has a huge shortcoming in grain and grass, Xuzhou is not stable, and Cao Jun cannot provide support in grain and grass.

This time to fight Zang Ba, the grain and grass were only enough for March, and the attack on Xiapi was delayed for a month, if Xiahou Yuan's attack on Donghai County could not be successful, perhaps Cao's army would face the dilemma of having to retreat.

Different from Xiapi, Zang Ba occupied the East China Sea for a longer time, and the East China Sea and Lang Evil are close to each other, once there is a war, Zang Ba can transfer Lang Xie's soldiers and horses to the East China Sea to resist Cao's army, and Yuan Shao must have ideas about Xuzhou, otherwise he will not send someone to secretly meet with Zang Ba.

If Zang Ba is forced to be urgent, once he asks Yuan Shao for help, it will be a big hidden danger, although Yuan Shao was defeated in Jizhou, his background still cannot be ignored.

Let's say that after Xiahou Yuan led the tiger and leopard cavalry to the East China Sea, he saw that the defenders on the city were quite tight, and the people passing by at the city gate were even more orderly, and there was no crowding, and his brows were furrowed.

Xiahou Yuan has a high status in the Cao army, and he is even better at strategy, he is a wise general in the Cao army, and his own martial arts are even better.

Xiahou Yuan decided to wait until after nightfall before making a move.

Xun You's advice to Xiahou Yuan is to act at the opportunity, if the guards of the East China Sea are rigorous, wait until it gets dark to pretend to be the cavalry under Zang Ba's command and earn the city gate, if the defense is not rigorous, directly lead the cavalry to raid, as long as the guards are a little negligent, they can seize the East China Sea.

The night was like ink, and the weather was a little gloomy, but the guards of the city heard the rumbling of horses' hooves from outside the city.

Generals who have experienced the battlefield are no strangers to the rumbling sound of war horses when they charge.

"Be careful, it could be enemy cavalry!" The general shouted.

The soldiers who were originally sleepy on the city wall took out their bows and arrows after hearing the movement outside the city.

Against the backdrop of the fire on the city wall, the gatekeeper found that the cavalry outside the city was actually his own cavalry.

"Quickly open the city gate, Cao Cao and the family in Xiapi City should join forces with the outside world to capture Xiapi, and we will fight desperately to get out of the encirclement, but we are separated from General Zang Ba, and the cavalry of Cao's army is coming in the rear." Xiahou Yuance stepped forward immediately, and shouted eagerly.

The goalkeeper said, "Why didn't you get any news from the city before?" ”

"The defeat was too sudden, I guess General Zang Ba didn't have time to inform the defenders of the East China Sea, hurry up and open the city gate, Cao's army is coming." Xiahou Yuan said.

The general guarding the gate was about to order the city gate to be opened, but Wu Dun led the soldiers to the city wall, although Wu Dun was born as a thief, but under the command of Zang Ba, it was quite important, otherwise, Zang Ba would not have handed over such things as guarding the East China Sea to Wu Dun, Wu Dun's habit was to check the soldiers of each city wall before going to bed, whether they were guarding the city with their hearts.

Wu Dun was not merciless to the generals who did not follow the order, especially after the battle in Xiapi began, Wu Dun killed three captains, so that the defenders did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

"General Wu is here." A soldier reminded.

The gatekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and briefly explained the situation outside the city.

After Wu Dun listened, his brows furrowed, the news he got yesterday was still in the hands of Zang Ba, but he didn't expect that just one day later, Xiapi would change like this.

"Who are the generals in the army outside the city?" Wu Dun asked cautiously.

"He was a lieutenant in the army, and he was lucky enough to lead the cavalry to break through the encirclement." There was unconcealed eagerness in Xiahou Yuan's tone, and casually said that he was a school captain, and Xia Hou Yuan thought that as a guard, he would definitely not know a school captain.

Wu Dun shouted: "Keep the torches closer, General Ben knows the cavalry captains under General Zang." ”

There are 2,000 cavalry under Zang Ba, out of the cavalry's combat ability is relatively strong, five captains have been set up, these five captains are also well-known figures under Zang Ba, in terms of selecting generals, Zang Ba refers to the state army, but anyone who can become a cavalry is the elite of the officers and soldiers of each department, and it is even more remarkable to be able to become a cavalry captain, not only Wu Dun, it can be said that most of the generals in the army know the cavalry captain under Zang Ba.

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