The information intercepted by Cao Zhen before was to let Zhang Ren hold on for 15 days. So Cao Zhen was originally calculated according to the time of fifteen days. It's just that I didn't expect that the Han army reinforcements came two days earlier than the letter said.

The opposite city of Xingyang was already in danger and could be captured at any time, but at this time, reinforcements from the Han army came. If the Han army reinforcements are allowed to approach, not only will Cao Zhen's efforts be wasted in the next few days, but Cao Zhen's army of more than 100,000 will also be trapped in the middle of Xingyang and Luoyang, in a dilemma. In the past, Zhao Kuo Changping's defeat was about to fall on Cao Zhen.

In an instant, Cao Zhen made a decision.

"Zhang Hu, you immediately take 10,000 light horses, go to block the enemy, and try to hold off the enemy."

"Summoned Chen Tai and told him that the Han army reinforcements were coming. Ordered him to ignore the losses, but he must capture Xingyang within two hours! ”

"Yes!"

"Hey...... Twelve days, so soon, what should have come did not come, this should not have come, but it came! Cao Zhen sighed slightly.

Previously, Cao Zhen had noticed a problem. That is, Chen Liu's Xu Shu has not come over, but Adou's reinforcements have also not come over at that time, so Cao Zhen did not take the matter of Xu Shu's reinforcements to heart.

But now, the reinforcements of the Han army have come, but the reinforcements of Chen Liu's army have still not arrived, which is a bit unreasonable.

When Zhang Ren occupied Xingyang, the main force of the Han army had not yet left Tongguan, and Zhang Hu's light cavalry encountered only Jiang Wei's vanguard.

From Tongguan to Xingyang, it is farther than Chen staying in Xingyang, and Xu Shu should not be much more complete than Cao Zhen when he receives the news of Xingyang's loss. It stands to reason that Xu Shu should have come earlier than the Han army. However, the reinforcements of the Han army had arrived, but Xu Shu did not move at all.

Unconsciously, a trace of doubt rose in Cao Zhen's heart, thinking of Xu Shu who had been unknown for so many years, but Cao Heng became stronger when he ascended the throne, and Cao Zhen felt weird the more he felt. With Xu Shu's talent, if he wants to come out, he can be mixed with the best ministers when Cao Cao was in place, why wait for decades out of thin air?

"Could it be that Xu Shu really has a problem?"

……

At this time, Xu Shu was no longer in Chenliu, Xu Shu led the remaining soldiers and horses of Chen Liucheng, under the guise of supporting Xingyang, out of Chenliu, but Xu Shu set up camp fifty miles away from Chenliu, and no longer continued to advance, no matter how lively Xingyang fought, Xu Shu's side was as stable as Mount Tai.

On the other side, near Xingyang. Koto's spies are also more active than ever. 6 Xun was very eager to know the situation of the battle in Xingyang ahead and the losses of both sides, so he specially increased the number of spies, hoping to obtain first-hand information about the battle of Xingyang at all costs.

……

Zhang Hu led the tiger and leopard cavalry, and soon met Jiang Wei, the vanguard of the Han army.

At this time, Jiang Wei was also rushing to Xingyang, according to the news obtained by the spies, the situation in Xingyang was already very unoptimistic, and Jiang Wei also had to rush to Xingyang as soon as possible.

"General, there's a group of Cao soldiers in front!"

"Cao Bing, who is the leader of the troops?" Jiang Wei immediately asked.

"It's Zhang Hu."

"Zhang Hu? Old enemies! Last time in Hongnong, I didn't have a good fight, but I have to meet him for a while today! ”

"General, Your Majesty has an order, let us rush to Xingyang as soon as possible."

"Well, that's what I said, it seems that I can't entangle with Zhang Hu today." Jiang Wei pulled out his spear and said, "Order, prepare for battle." ”

……

Zhang Hu reined in his horse and looked at Jiang Wei in the distance.

Zhang Hu turned his head to look at the few generals around him, and said, "Listen, you guys, I'll go up and challenge Jiang Wei later." Fight with wheels, give me time. ”

"The last will be ordered."

After a while, Jiang Wei led people to rush up, and one of Zhang Hu's generals immediately rushed up, raising his knife and shouting: "Jiang Wei'er, dare to come out and fight me?" ”

"Nameless rat, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you! Kill me, brethren! Jiang Wei waved his spear and directly commanded the men and horses to kill him.

"Uh, this ......" Zhang Hu didn't expect Jiang Wei to be singled out at all, and rushed over directly.

"Jiang Wei, Zhang Hu is here, dare to fight with me!" Zhang Hu immediately shouted.

Jiang Wei did not respond, but continued to lead the troops to charge forward.

"General, what should I do if Jiang Wei doesn't accept the call?"

"What to do? What else can I do, call me! Zhang Hu drank coldly and rushed forward.

……

Xingyang.

"Rush with me, hurry!" Chen Tai yelled.

"Bang ......" Another corpse fell from the city wall and fell to Chen Tai's side.

"General, the brethren have done their best."

"I know." Chen Tai shook his teeth a little helplessly, he had already received an order, and the reinforcements of the Han army were about to come, and Cao Zhen only left himself two hours to capture Xingyang.

"Whew." Chen Tai took a deep breath, grabbed the hilt of the knife in his mouth, and began to climb the city wall himself.

The head of the city quickly climbed the long ladder, climbed to the top of the city in a few steps, and flew up to the city tower with a slight jump.

"Brothers. Success or failure at this moment, kill! ”

Chen Tai personally climbed the city tower and rushed forward in the first place, and the morale of Cao Jun was suddenly greatly boosted. At this moment, Cao's offensive became unprecedentedly powerful.

"What's the matter, then Chen Tai is crazy!" Zhang Ren sensed Cao Jun's strangeness. Although the battle in the past few days was fierce, it did not come to the point where it is now, and the battlefield can no longer be described as just flesh and blood, and Cao Jun, whether it is a soldier or a general, is like crazy.

"What is Cao Zhen anxious about? It looks like he wants to take Xingyang right away. This is the thirteenth day, and there are still two days left today, what is this Cao really anxious about? Could it be that reinforcements have arrived? ”

The Han army was defeated and retreated, Chen Tai took the lead, and Cao's army continued to approach.

"Chen Tai, die!" Shamoke suddenly rushed into the crowd of Cao Jun, and the thistle bones smashed towards Chen Tai's head.

"......" Chen Tai raised his knife with both hands and held Shamoke's thistle bones.

The thistle terrestris bone was powerful and sinking, and this smashed down, although it was held by Chen Tai, but Chen Tai's tiger mouth was also cracked, Chen Tai's body couldn't help shaking, his arms were numb, and he lost consciousness in a short time.

"That's a lot of effort. This brute is really powerful! Chen Tai secretly screamed, and at the same time, the surrounding guards immediately surrounded and protected Chen Tai.

After all, Shamoke is invincible with two fists and four hands, and when a group of Cao soldiers saw that Shamoke, a big fish, was alone, they immediately rushed up.

"Not good. That Chen Tai is not an idle person, it seems that one or two moves will not cost him his life. Shamoke was about to fall into a predicament now, and immediately stepped back quickly, but the ferocity of Cao's army still left several wounds on Shamoko's body.

"Go cover Shamoko!" Zhang Ren shouted, and the guards around Zhang Ren immediately rushed up. Cover Shamoko retreat.

"Shamoko, look at you being stabbed again, it's okay!"

"It's okay, it's still going to hold on. This Chen Tai is really desperate. After fighting for so many days, today is the most fierce. Shamoko looked down at the wounds on his body.

"Hold on for a while, if what I expected is right, the reason why Cao Jun is so anxious to attack the city must be that reinforcements are coming soon." Zhang Ren said.

"Is that true? That's great! There was a gimmickle of joy on Shamoko's face.

"But that's just my guess, for now, let's try to defend this round of attacks first."

……

"Rush!" Jiang Wei's spear shook, and a silver light flashed, stabbing a Cao army general to death.

Under Jiang Wei's ferocious impact, Cao Jun's formation was rushed out of a gap, and gradually, this gap was torn bigger and bigger. Zhang Hu gradually couldn't hold on.

Although the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is very mobile and very good at loitering and fighting, it does not have any advantage if it is defensive and blocks the enemy's attack. Jiang Wei walked towards Xingyang with an iron heart, ignoring Zhang Hu's tiger and leopard riding at all, and directly attacked in the direction of Xingyang.

Zhang Hu looked at Jiang Wei's banner in the distance viciously, originally Zhang Hu planned to use the wheel battle to fight Jiang Wei first, and drag on a little time, even if Jiang Wei killed a few generals, as long as he could delay the time, it would be worth it.

It's just that he didn't expect that Jiang Wei saw through Zhang Hu's plan, and didn't pay attention to Zhang Hu at all, but rushed forward directly.

"I hope Xingyang has been captured now!" Zhang Hu sighed helplessly.

……

Cao Zhen's heart has already raised his throat, reinforcements from the Han army may appear at any time, and now is the time to race against time.

On Xingyang City, the number of casualties on both sides continued to increase, and at this moment, human lives seemed to be worthless, and both sides began to consume at any cost. Scenes of jumping down from the city tower together abound.

However, Cao's reinforcements were faster. The Wudang Flying Army needs to climb the city wall from the stairs, while the Cao Army climbs the city tower through a long ladder, and there are dozens of long lifts hanging outside Xingyang City. Therefore, when the Cao army rushed to the city wall, the Cao army's reinforcements would be much faster.

Gradually, the living space of the Wudang Flying Army on the city wall gradually decreased. But the Wudang Flying Army is still holding on.

At the same time, Jiang Wei also killed near Xingyang City.

……

"General, the last general is incompetent, he failed to hold Jiang Wei back, please punish the general." Zhang Hu knelt in front of Cao Zhen.

"That's it, that's it......" Cao Zhen looked frustrated, and then asked: "How long can you last if you save some food and grass in the army?" ”

"Back to the general, if you save some food and grass in the army, it will be more than enough to last for ten days." The baggage officer said immediately.

"Ten days, what if the seriously wounded are removed?" Cao Zhen then asked.

"Well, this ...... It can last about three or four more days. While the baggage officer answered, he "chuckled" in his heart. Hearing Cao Zhen ask this, I am afraid that he is ready to give up those seriously injured wounded soldiers. After all, there is no supply of food and grass now, and these seriously wounded soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness, and it is just a waste of food and grass, so it is better to give food to soldiers who are still able to fight.

Cao Zhen nodded, then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Okay, pass the order, from tomorrow, Xiao Hu will distribute grain, seriously injured soldiers, and the supply of grain and grass will be reduced by eighty." Also, Zhang Hu, you should prepare immediately, take people to break through, and go to Chenliu for help! ”