In addition to the 20,000 troops attacking Leling, there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the overlapping city at this time, but it was enough to defend the city.

Xiahou Yuan's momentum is not low, but if he wants to attack the city, he still has to wait for the infantry of the rear army to arrive. The two thousand cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan may not have much to do under the city wall.

"Xiahou Yuan?" Zhang He looked at the Xiahou Yuan cavalry who kept wandering back and forth on the city wall, and shouted out Xiahou Yuan's name as if asking, and then laughed uncontrollably: "The name of my lord's benevolence spreads all over the world, if you are really afraid, kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, this general may be able to have mercy and beg for mercy in front of my lord!" ”

"Fart!" Xiahou Yuan's face was flushed with anger, and he shouted and scolded at the city wall angrily, but he still did not give the order to attack the city.

"Hey, hey!" Zhang He smiled indifferently, and continued to roar without care: "It is rumored that Xiahou Yuan is a fierce general in the world, and it seems that today it is not more than Er'er. ”

"Bad seeds! If you don't dare to attack the city, just leave! General I won't be embarrassed to wait! ”

"Yes, yes! It's not a matter for the brothers to bask in the scorching sun, it's better to surrender early and go into the city to quench your thirst! ”

After Zhang He's contemptuous drink, the soldiers on the city wall also began to taunt Xiahou Yuan under Zhang He's instructions, and even the scolding soldiers stimulated Xiahou Yuan's nerves with filthy words. Although Xiahou Yuan was very angry, the title of famous general was not for nothing, and Xiahou Yuan ordered to retreat five miles and wait for the infantry to arrive.

Coupled with Zhang He's provocation, the demoralized army was not suitable for attacking the city at this time, so Xiahou Yuan had to order the three armies to camp ten miles outside the city.

Seeing this, Zhang He on the city wall put away his contempt for Xiahou Yuan. It seems that the rumors are true, being so humiliated, Xiahou Yuan can still endure it, he is really talented! Zhang He thought with a calm face, and waved his hand to signal the soldiers to shut up. Under the city wall, Xiahou Yuan was unmoved, let alone ten miles away.

It was getting late, and Zhang He was helpless against Xiahou Yuan outside the city, so after ordering the whole army to be on guard, he returned to the city with his personal guards.

"General, what if the general of the Cao army is not hit?"

Zhang He smiled indifferently and said casually: "Don't worry. Our characters are dragging Xiahou Yuan, as for whether they can eat Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses, we have to wait for the news of Geng Wu and Min Chun. ”

"But Xiahou Yuan wants to use time to restore morale, so he thinks too much!" Zhang He squinted at his guards and continued: "Go to the barracks immediately and gather five hundred good horsemen, tonight will be useful!" ”

"No!" The guards were puzzled and gave the order, and went down to do it.

The city is close to the sea, and it is the mouth of the Yellow River. At night, the sea breeze blows, making it a little cool on a hot summer day. On the periphery of Xiahou Yuan's camp, the patrolling soldiers seemed to want to keep warm, so they wrapped their leather armor around their bodies, not wanting to be frozen by the cold leather armor. The occasional wind ceased to blow, and the steaming heat from the ground irritated the patrolling soldiers.

Although Xiahou Yuan changed direction halfway up, gave up Dongguang, and came to attack the coincidence. But with Xiahou Yuan's vision, he could also see that his troops overlapped, but it was just a situation to encircle Wei and save Zhao, perhaps at this time, the enemy army on the other side of the Maji River had begun to launch a strong attack on Leling. Xiahou Yuan thought so, and looked in the direction of Leling City in the east with some concern in his heart.

The people in the north, whether it was Xiang Ao's army or Cao Cao's army, were not good at water warfare. Xiang Ao's army outside Leling City only borrowed a boat to cross the river and meet the enemy on the riverbank

The army launched a frantic fight. As for Cao Cao's army, they didn't want to fight on the water. Xun You could only arrange the battlefield on the river bank outside the city and fight it as a land battle.

What can barely be regarded as a water battle is the shooting between the two armies when Xiang Ao's army has not yet landed on the river bank. It's a pity that the sea wind is too strong, and the boats and ships in the river are constantly shaking, and the heads of both sides are not high, which can be regarded as throwing indiscriminately.

Xun You watched such a child's play war on the city wall, and smiled bitterly. It seems that after this battle, it is necessary to advise the lord to build a naval army. Xun You thought so, and suddenly found that the battlefield suddenly became violent.

"Kill!" The general of Xiang Ao's army, who led the attack on Leling, finally came ashore, and the hundreds of guards behind him were also like fierce tigers, launching a fierce attack on the enemy. Xun You looked at it, his face was a little puzzled, who is this, so violent? What is even more strange is that this man and the hundreds of soldiers behind him did not seem to be too affected by the crossing of the river, and did not shake in the slightest after disembarking.

"Who's under the city?" Xun Yu was anxious to know who this person was, so he ordered his deputy general to ask above the city tower.

This person raised his long knife, quickly swung it, and after slashing several Cao soldiers in front of him to death, he raised his face covered with blood, and laughed loudly: "I am Jizhou Gaolan Yes!" ”

"Gao Yan?"

Seeing Xun You's doubts, the deputy general hugged his fists at Xun You and said: "General Yu Junshi, if it is really Gao Lan, it is very likely that Gao Lan, one of the four court pillars of Hebei." ”

"Hebei four pillars?" Xun You had a calm face, looked at Gao Ran, who was unhindered on the battlefield, and ordered: "Order the archers, shoot this person!" ”

"No!" The lieutenant general took the order and left.

Whoa... Gao Yan, who was in the middle of the killing, was startled by the arrows that burst in. In order to shoot himself, the leader of the enemy army did not even spare his own soldiers. Gao Ran's face froze, and he shouted loudly: "Get on the boat!" Fall back! ”

Although it was the main force attacking Leling, according to General Xu's strategy, his own affairs were feints. Xiang Ao's army, which had no intention of attacking Leling to the death, retreated towards the river bank in an orderly manner after hearing Gao Lan's order, and with the cover of the archers on the building boat and the ship, the army successfully boarded the boat and slowly left towards the other side of the river.

"General Division, the enemy army has retreated!"

"Retreated?!" Xun You was stunned when he heard this, and he retreated after only half a day of fighting? The enemy commander is unconscious? Let the soldiers rush across the Horse Cheek River to die?

Suddenly, Xun You's face changed greatly: "It's too bad!" ”

"Quickly send an order to General Miaocai, retreat! Be quick! ”

Xun You looked a little flustered and continued: "Summons General Lejin, immediately rush back to the tired time, there is no need to go north to support, hurry!" Fast! Fast! ”

"No!"

Xun You's panic made the guards feel the seriousness of the situation and rushed out.

"General Army, it's late! General Lejin already feels out of the city! ”

When Xun You heard this, his face turned pale for a while. Then he hurriedly walked out of the door to greet Le.

"Brother Wen Qian!"

After feeling Leling City, Le Jin wondered why Leling City was so calm. Seeing Xun You's pale face when he went out to greet him, Le Jin's heart chuckled.

"You're stupid, you've been tricked!"

When Le Jin heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Brother Gongda, don't panic, come quickly, and the two of us will discuss countermeasures." ”

Xun You didn't say anything more when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled Le Jin into the door.

How to occupy Leling City, Zhang He did not get any news for the time being. That night, Zhang He led 500 cavalrymen who were good at riding and attacked Xiahou Yuan's military camp three times overnight. Although there was no result, it made Cao Cao's army exhausted and demoralized.

It wasn't until dawn that Xiahou Yuan realized how much of a mistake he had made by rushing to achieve success and rushing to coincide. When the day was faintly bright, Xiahou Yuan had to stop complaining from the soldiers, and ordered the three armies to quickly rectify and prepare to retreat south. With such a harassing strategy, Xiahou Yuan did not believe that Zhang He would not go out of the city to raid his army.

Zhang He really led the army to rush out of the city as Xiahou Yuan expected, and it was 5,000 elite Youzhou cavalry. As soon as the shouting and killing sounded, Xiahou Yuan's face changed drastically, and the originally dissatisfied soldiers no longer complained, and hurriedly formed a military formation under Xiahou Yuan's urging and waited for the battle.

"Xiahou Yuan, dare to fight!" Zhang He led the army to rush to kill Dao Xiahou Yuan, and did not start a battle immediately, but invited a battle before the battle.

Although Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan didn't have much rest last night, after all, Zhang He was prepared, and it was much better than Xiahou Yuan, who was passively facing the enemy. However, Xiahou Yuan is a well-known military general under Cao Cao, how could he be afraid of Zhang He. Besides, if Zhang He can be repelled or even killed in front of the battle, it is not easy to break the overlap.

"Rampant!" Xiahou Yuan shouted angrily and rode out.

"Haha... Have the guts! Zhang He laughed, with disdain and appreciation.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the commanders of the two armies didn't seem to worry about each other's hidden arrows hurting people, and rushed towards each other.

"Take Ben and shoot him!" Zhang He put away his smile, calmed his face, and made a solemn attack, which was a stab at the oncoming Xiahou Yuan.

Although Xiahou Yuan was a little tired, the moment he attacked, Xiahou Yuan's momentum suddenly rose, like a tiger coming out of the mountain, facing Zhang He's stabbing horizontal knife. Zheng... There was a crisp sound, and the knives and guns collided, making a piercing clang. The two of them seemed to have a good heart, but they couldn't make a mistake, and at the same time pulled up the reins of the horse on the spot, turned around stiffly, and before the horse's hooves landed, the two of them thundered through three moves.

"Enemy generals are all names!" Xiahou Yuan paid more and more attention to the enemy general in front of him at this time, and after turning around and standing, he shouted loudly.

"Humph!" Now you know the name of the general? Zhang He thought about it with a little displeasure, but honestly opened his mouth and shouted: "Zhang He and Zhang Jun are also in the river under the command of Zhenguo Gong!" ”

"Zhang He? Oh, it's enough to fight with Ben! ”

Xiahou Yuan's big words made Zhang He more and more dissatisfied, and he smiled evilly with a black face: "Worthy? Hey! I'm afraid that you are just a defeated general! ”

"Don't be ashamed!" Xiahou Yuan still felt that Zhang He's wisdom and courage were extraordinary, and he didn't want Zhang He's words to be so clever, so he shouted angrily: "Fight! ”

"Fight!" Zhang He was not to be outdone, he also shouted, and turned around at the same time as Xiahou Yuan. The two of them swept sideways with another tacit understanding, and both of them were shaken apart.

In Xiahou Yuan's view, Zhang He is just a little-known person, and it is Zhang He's honor to be looked up to by himself. But now that the fight is quite strong, not to mention, it is actually underestimated by such a person, and it is difficult for Xiahou Yuan to maintain his composure, and his anger is visible.

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