At the head of Xingyang City, Xu Huang stood at the head of the city in armor and looked at the Cao army attacking under the city.

"General, the offensive of the Cao army has slowed down in the past two days, is there any fraud?"

The captain beside him also looked at Cao Jun under the city and said to Xu Huang on the side.

Xu Huang naturally knew that Cao Jun had slowed down the offensive in the past few days, how could he not see such an obvious thing.

To be precise, it should be that since he sent the letter, the offensive of the Cao army has slowed down.

At the beginning, Xingyang was in a hurry, and he led the army to rescue, but he was trapped here, and Cao's army attacked several times, so that he thought that Xingyang might not be able to hold it, so he wrote a letter to inform Liu Bian of the matter.

Now Xu Huang has understood that he has fallen for Cao Jun's plan, and the reason why they attacked so fiercely before was just to ask His Majesty for help.

Now he and the whole of Xingyang have become Cao Jun's bait.

Thinking like this, Xu Huang was a little more angry, but he didn't expect that this time he led the army to guard the rear became such a result.

"Keep an eye on Cao Jun's movements at any time, and we will kill him when we have the chance." Xu Huang glanced at the captain and said.

He knew that Cao Jun was waiting for reinforcements to arrive, so once Cao Jun changed, he would inevitably go out to relieve the siege.

Otherwise, when the reinforcements really hit the plan, they will be annihilated by the Cao army, and they will stay in Xingyang by themselves, which is the time when they are really destroyed.

Xu Huang is also very clear about these.

"Kill... Kill out? After hearing Xu Huang's words, the lieutenant looked puzzled, and looked like the general I had heard correctly.

"You just have to do what you want." When Xu Huang saw this, he immediately spoke, and he didn't want to explain too much now.

In Xu Huang's opinion, if it weren't for himself this time, he would not have fallen into such a predicament.

Outside Xingyang City, on the other hand, Xiahou Yuan looked at Xingyang City at this time with a smile.

"There is General Yu Ban ahead, everything can be assured, but I don't know when Liu Wei's reinforcements will arrive."

Xiahou Yuan looked at Cheng Yu on the side and said with a smile.

"Although the general can rest assured, Zhongda's strategy, now I am convinced."

Cheng Yu also said with a smile, at his age, it is rare to see such an admirable junior.

At the beginning, he also admired Guo Jia and the talent of Xi Zhicai, but after all, they were their own masters.

Now that this Sima Yi is so young but has such talent, it naturally impresses Cheng Yu.

It seems that Sima Yi's arrogance at the beginning was not without capital.

Sima Lang just smiled at this time and didn't say much.

When he was leaving, Zhong Da had already told himself that this alone could not defeat Xi Zhicai.

This is only the first encounter, or rather a temptation.

"Report, general, I have found a detachment of men and horses coming in the direction of Xingyang ten miles away."

After a while, a horse galloped over, and then looked at Xiahou Yuan and the others and said.

"Okay, it's finally here, I thought this Liu Bian would give up Xingyang."

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan immediately stroked his palms and laughed and said.

"General Xiahou should not be too happy, this reinforcement came later than we expected, and we have to guard against it." Cheng Yu frowned and then spoke.

"Zhong De is right, Xi Zhicai is not to be underestimated."

At this time, Sima Lang also spoke after Cheng Yu finished speaking.

Although Sima Yi told him that this was just a temptation, but even so, it was natural to go all out.

Otherwise, wouldn't this time be in vain?

"How many people are there in this reinforcement, and who will lead the troops?" Seeing Cheng Yu and Sima Lang like this, Xiahou Yuan immediately spoke.

"There's a play on the banner." After listening to Xiahou Yuan's inquiry, the man immediately spoke.

"It seems that Xi Zhicai personally led the army, one of the literati led the army to fight, and it seems that the Han army is also unmanned."

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan immediately laughed and said.

didn't notice that as soon as he said this, Cheng Yu and Sima Lang on the side looked a little unsightly.

Obviously, although Xiahou Yuan was talking about drama Zhicai, he expressed his disdain for these literati of theirs.

"General Xiahou's words, if you despise the literati too much, I'm afraid that the defeat in the battle of Xingyang is already decided." Cheng Yu said with an ugly face.

"Don't worry, sir." Xiahou Yuan didn't notice it too much, but waved his hand and said.

"Go, come with me to the battle." Xiahou Yuan immediately led the men and horses in the direction where Xi Zhicai's army came.

Xi Zhicai was not in a hurry, leading the men and horses slowly, and now it was almost to Xingyang, if Cao Jun wanted to stop it, then I am afraid it would be at this time.

Otherwise, when he came to Xingyang City, it would be much more difficult for Cao Jun to stop him.

After all, at that time, as long as Xu Huang came out of the city to respond, this would also be able to achieve an effect of combining the inside and the outside.

Xi Zhicai believes that a person who can take Xingyang as the key point and kill three birds with one stone will never make such a mistake.

Xi Zhicai looked at the surrounding environment, and he was a little puzzled, if he was in such a place, he could only fight hard.

After a while, there was the sound of clattering horses' hooves, which was dull but very majestic.

Xi Zhi knew that what should come would still come after all, and it seemed that Cao Jun really chose this place to stop him.

On the horizon ahead, what immediately appeared in front of him was Cao Jun who came on horseback.

The person at the head was naturally Xiahou Yuan, and he looked at Xi Zhicai in front of him and the 5,000 army behind him.

"Xi Zhicai, everyone says that you are full of wisdom and should not be underestimated, today I will personally kill you here and bring your head back to Xuchang."

Xiahou Yuan looked at Xi Zhicai, and then said with a contemptuous smile.

Cheng Yu glanced at Xiahou Yuan, and was about to say something, but Sima Lang gave him a look.

"Xi Zhicai, do you dare to fight me?" Xiahou Yuan came out of the battle and looked at Xi Zhicai before he opened his mouth and said provocatively.

However, Xi Zhicai ignored Xiahou Yuan's words, he naturally wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

He can be a Confucian general and lead the troops into battle, but he can't do this kind of thing if he goes head-to-head before the battle.

If he really goes head-to-head with Xiahou Yuan, he will be killing himself.

"Shoot the arrows." Xi Zhicai immediately ordered the soldiers to fire arrows at Cao Jun.

Soon the dense rain of arrows was heading towards Cao Jun, and Xiahou Yuan also pushed the arrows away when he saw it, and then retreated.

"Upper shield array." Xiahou Yuan immediately shouted and said.

Soon, with Xiahou Yuan's order, Sergeant Cao, who was holding a shield, rushed to the front.

However, when he first raised the shield, his eyes looked in the direction of the arrow rain, but he was pierced by the sunlight and couldn't open his eyes.

Many soldiers were immediately shot down by this rain of arrows, and at this time, Xiahou Yuan also found out about this and couldn't help but scold.

"Xi Zhicai, you cunning person."

At this time, Cheng Yu and Sima Lang finally understood why Xi Zhicai's army arrived at this time.

The two of them couldn't help but sigh, this drama Zhicai was really unwilling to let go of any favorable factors.

He even calculated the time of the day, and took advantage of the direction of the scorching sun at this time to increase their losses.

The rain of arrows continued to shoot at Cao Jun, and Xi Zhicai also knew that the damage to Cao Jun was limited, but what he could do was to magnify the damage as much as possible.

A rain of arrows shot out, but at this time, Cao Jun's shield array gradually stabilized, and many of the dense arrow rains had already shot on the same dense shield.

Seeing this, Xi Zhicai also knew that even if it continued, the damage would be limited, and he immediately ordered the army to rush and kill.

After Xi Zhicai's army temporarily gained the advantage, he immediately rushed towards Cao Jun and killed him.

Suddenly, the sound of shouting and killing rang out, and Xi Zhi retreated from the Chinese army and gave orders with the order flag.

As long as he can hold on to the past, he will be able to lead the army into the city after the arrival of Zhao Yun's army.

"This Xiahou Yuan was too light on the enemy, and he actually gave the Han army the upper hand for a while." Cheng Yu said with a pale face.

Although he knew that this was only temporary, he still looked angry.

"There's no hurry, it just needs the Han army to advance a certain distance, it's enough." Sima Lang smiled and said.

"Could it be that there is a reason why Zhong Da chose to be here?" Cheng Yu quickly reacted, and then spoke.

Sima Lang didn't speak, but nodded.

Xi Zhicai, let's see how you deal with it.