Zhao Yun's personal guards all stood dead, but he became more and more courageous, and he was stunned to take Jiang Jian out of the encirclement with his own strength. Several generals in Cao's army robbed and killed together, but Zhao Yun killed people on their backs and injured many people.

Seeing Zhao Yun's might, everyone in Cao Jun did not dare to step forward for a while. In this way, Zhao Yun took Jiang Jian all the way back to his team, only to find that his team had also suffered a lot of damage, and only about half of the original was left.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun knew that he was defeated, so he immediately ordered to withdraw to Hanzhong City. With Zhao Yun withdrawing, the battle here also came to an end, the 5,000 men and horses led by Jiang Jian were almost wiped out, and more than half of the 5,000 men and horses on Zhao Yun's side were also lost, this battle was really a heavy loss. The only thing to be thankful for is that Jiang Jian was successfully rescued by Zhao Yun, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. Returning to the city, Zhao Yun asked Fa Zheng to settle the injured soldiers, and at the same time asked Jiang Jian to go to the city lord's mansion to rest.

In the city lord's mansion, Jiang Jian knelt down at Zhao Yun and saluted: "General Zhao, this time everything is all the responsibility of a certain general, the tired general lost his troops and lost his generals, and he returned to Tianshui City without shame!" Just ask the general to enforce military law. ”

"General Jiang, what are you doing here?" Zhao Yun was taken aback by Jiang Yan's actions, and hurriedly went over to support him and said: "There is a way that victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, I don't think it's that there is a mistake on our side, it should be Cao Jun's military advisor Guo Jia guessed the general's intentions, so he planned to set up this ambush, but unfortunately it was those dead soldiers and the grain and grass on the car." ”

"General Zhao, there is not a lot of grain and grass on the car, in order to hide people's eyes, I ordered someone to put grain and grass on the outermost part, and it is filled with stones and clods of soil. However, the soldiers really lost too much this time, and half of the troops in Tianshui City were all thrown there by me, and now if the Cao army attacks Tianshui City, it will be a disaster!" After Jiang Jian finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Yun and waited for him to come up with an idea. Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and was just about to speak, when he saw Fa Zheng running in briskly from outside. He glanced at Jiang Jian and stopped talking.

Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "General Jiang is his own person, filial piety is straightforward!" ”

Fa Zheng nodded after hearing this and said, "News came from the shadows that Guo Jia is dead. The specific time of death should be late last night, and today's ambush plan is said to be the last strategy left by Guo Jia. ”

"Is that true?" Zhao Yun listened to Huo Ran and got up and said.

"You can't be wrong, Shadow has always been cautious, and it can't be wrong with such a big thing." Fa Zheng thought about it and replied. Zhao Yun immediately began to pace in the lobby after hearing this, while thinking about how to act next. Suddenly, Zhao Yun stopped and said: "Xiao Zhi quickly sent someone to investigate, who was the military advisor in the Cao army camp after Guo Jia's death?" ”

"What does the general mean ......," Fa Zheng said along Zhao Yun's train of thought. Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yunyi waved his hand and said: "Don't speculate now, be sure to investigate clearly, this matter is related to the survival of Hanzhong City, if Cao Jun really doesn't have people with great resourcefulness, then they will definitely use the most primitive method to attack the city next!" ”

Zhao Yun said very bluntly, Fa Zheng immediately understood what Zhao Yun meant, there were already few soldiers in the city, and there were some losses today, and now if the Cao army attacked it, it would be necessary to go to ask for help earlier. Although he didn't want to cause chaos on the side of the second master Guan Yu, he couldn't sit back and watch Hanzhong fall! So Fa Zheng's face straightened, and he turned around and went down. After he left, Jiang Jian spoke: "General Zhao, if I don't go back, I really can't rest assured that Tianshui City is there." ”

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "Wait a while, I'll send someone over there to take a look, if Cao Jun really retreats, General Jiang won't be too late to leave." Jiang Jian also knew that what Zhao Yun said was reasonable, so he had to stay in Hanzhong City for the time being. Zhao Yun arranged for people to go to Tianshui City to investigate on the way, not to mention, just said that the Cao army returned with a great victory, but all the generals were not happy. Because this time not only Zhao Yun failed to kill, but even Jiang Jian ran away! Although they said that they had killed a lot of Qi soldiers, how could those soldiers be compared to Zhao Yun and Jiang Yin! Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, such an excellent opportunity made him so wasted, and he was blind to Guo Jiajun's excellent plan. This strategy failed to achieve the desired effect, and now that Guo Jia is dead, it is impossible to take this opportunity again! This battle seems to have been won, but in fact, their side has already lost!

Thinking of this, a trace of madness flashed in Cao Ren's eyes, since it can't be used with a plan, then just attack it! Anyway, he brought a lot of people this time, and it was enough to win Hanzhong City just by fighting one! The more he thought about his plan, the more perfect it became, so Cao Ren ordered the craftsmen to step up the construction of catapults, and then he personally rushed to the various generals in the camp to come and told him that he was going to storm Hanzhong. This time, the big tent exploded directly, and everyone was talking about whether this would work! I'm afraid that if I really take Hanzhong City in the end, the rest of the people won't be able to hold it! However, this time Cao Ren was resolute, he ignored the opposition of others, forcibly decided to start the siege in three days, and asked the generals to go back and arrange the soldiers.

There is a way to be kind and not to be in charge of the soldiers, everyone saw that Cao Ren had already made up his mind, and revealed an iron-blooded posture that had been hidden for a long time, and no one dared to question anything at the moment. In this way, the camp of the real Cao army moved, and they were all preparing for the siege battle in three days. The news of Cao Jun's siege of the city three days later was delivered to Zhao Yun's desk that night, and Zhao Yun did not hesitate to write to Guan Yu for help after reading it.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhou Yu had already fought three games in Ba County, and the first one was to test that both sides did not do their best, and they fought evenly. The second battle was a water battle, the Qi army relied on the strong bow of the boat to defeat the Wu army one after another, but just when Guan Yu thought that this battle was going to be won, Zhou Yu sent a death squad to the field, and these Wu troops all drove the ship of the Qi army to rush to the big ship of the Qi army, although the Qi army tried their best to shoot them, but there were still many of the ships that rushed close to the big ship of the Qi army. At this time, the Wu army on the ship ignited the fire oil and ignited the big ship of the Qi army with his own gun. Guan Yu immediately ordered the big ship to return when he saw that it was not good, but it was not easy for the big ship to turn around on the big river, so it was easy to regret the water village, and the big ship of the Qi army was burned five after counting the losses. Seeing this number, Guan Yu knew that he had lost this second battle. In the next few days, Zhou Yu ordered the navy to continue the provocation, but Guan Yu ordered the gate to be closed and ignored. It was a stalemate for ten days.

Zhou Yu finally couldn't wait any longer, so one early morning he unexpectedly sent troops ashore, intending to sneak attack the Qi army camp outside Ba County. The third battle began.

(End of chapter)