Attacking Cao Ren's camp, Zhang Yi gathered more than 10,000 people. Xue Li took three thousand cavalry, and before Zhang Yi arrived, he had already set off again.

Zhang Yilai brought more than 3,000 people, and he left some exploration horses, which stayed in the north of Huaishui to confuse Xiahou Yuan. There are still 6,000 people left in the Di Qing Division, adding up to nearly 10,000 people.

The number of troops is three times greater than that of Cao Ren, and of course Zhang Yi is going to attack the city. Di Qing also got a lot of siege equipment when he agreed, and there was no difference between attack equipment and siege equipment, but it was just a little bigger.

Zhang Yi was also not polite to Cao Ren, and directly asked people to attack from three sides, Huarong in the south, Yang Zhi in the north, and Lü Meng in the east, and 2,000 people from each generation of the three sides attacked Cao Ren's camp. The shield men in front pushed the crashing car, and the archers behind pushed the well railing, and rushed up to the camp as fast as they could.

Zhang Yi attacked the camp, and Cao Ren found out as soon as possible. He defended himself in the east, letting Cao Xiu resist the north and Zhu Ling against the south.

Cao Ren's defensive ability is really good, Zhang Yi watched Cao Ren from a distance and kept commanding, Lu Meng's offensive was constantly defused, which also made Zhang Yi more curious, how good is this Cao Ren? As the general of Cao Cao's family, Cao Ren was excluded from the five good generals, but his ability may be better than most of the five good generals.

"Cao Ren, Force: 98, Strategy: 95, Strategy: 89, Internal Affairs: 83, Education: 68, Diplomacy: 61. Trait: Famous General. ”

Zhang Yi was also stunned by Cao Ren's attributes, so fierce, similar to Fu Youde! No wonder he helped Cao Cao to take charge in the end, and even had contacts with Zhou Yu, Guan Yu and others!

However, now Cao Ren is difficult to cook without rice, his troops are not as many as Zhang Yi, his generals are not as many as Zhang Yi, the soldiers are not as elite as Zhang Yi, and the grain road is also threatened by Zhang Yi, he can't beat Zhang Yi at all!

Cao Ren held the camp tightly, and it dragged on for three days, and there were more than 2,000 soldiers left in the camp, and half of the camp gate was destroyed, so it was really difficult to defend.

Zhu Ling persuaded him: "General, Zhang Yi is powerful, if we can't contend with it, why don't we retreat to the shore of Huaishui in the north of Gushi, please increase the army of the lord, and then make plans!" ”

Cao Ren said: "The lord is attacking Gushi, and it is at a critical time, how can we retreat at this time and let Zhang Yi rescue Liu Bei?" ”

Cao Xiu also said: "Uncle, Zhang Yi's cavalry is constantly roaming, and the lord thinks that he can't capture Gushi, so it's better to retreat, hold Pingyu tightly, defeat Yuan Shao first, and then try Liu Bei." ”

Cao Ren reprimanded: "Liu Bei is in Runan, and it is not easy for the lord to defeat Yuan Shao. Now that he is finally about to eliminate Liu Bei, how can he give up like this? ”

The two looked at each other, not persuading. Now is indeed the moment of life and death, as long as Liu Bei can be eliminated, Cao Cao can deal with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly, occupy Gushi, Cao Cao can use Runan and Peijun to form a defensive belt to restrict Zhang Yi, and then go all out to deal with Yuan Shao.

Zhang Yi saw that Cao Ren was still holding on, so he continued to order the attack, and divided the army into two rounds, with Di Qing replacing Yang Zhi, Zhu Zhi replacing Hua Rong, and Wei Wentong replacing Lu Meng, and attacking non-stop all day long.

Xiahou Yuan of Shen County had already noticed the changes in Zhang Yi's camp and directly sent Zhang Liao to capture Zhang Yi's camp. Seeing that the camp was lost, Zhang Yi's Tanma immediately retreated to Shuizhai, took the last boat to the south bank of Huaishui, and then monitored Xiahou Yuan along Huaishui.

Facing the empty camp, Xiahou Yuan jumped like thunder: "What are you all doing to eat?" Didn't you even find out that this was an empty camp? ”

The subordinates were silent and did not dare to answer at all.

Zhang Liao said at this time: "Zhang Yi withdrew his troops, he must be going to Tatexian County, please give the general an order to rush to the aid of General Cao Ren!" ”

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he was taken aback, if Zhang Yi really beat Cao Ren, then Cao Ren was really in danger. He hurriedly said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, you immediately lead the troops and support Zixiao as soon as possible." ”

"No!" Zhang Liao immediately took 2,000 people from his headquarters, and wanted to enter Fubo County and Yuanlu County in the southwest. This detour covered three times the distance, and it was not reached in two days.

Cao Renyou persisted for two days, but he couldn't hold on anymore. Zhang Yi's offensive was too fierce, and he basically rested during the day, so that Cao Ren's soldiers lost too much, and the original more than 2,000 soldiers were less than 1,000. Not all of these soldiers were dead, most of them were wounded, and they could no longer fight. The whole camp was full of wounded soldiers, and the morale of the soldiers was low.

Zhu Ling and Cao Xiu were also injured a lot, and Cao Ren himself fought for several days, and he was also physically and mentally exhausted. In the face of such a battle, Cao Ren is really powerless, he is very powerful, but he is not an immortal, and he can't win at all.

At night, Cao Ren found Zhu Ling and Cao Xiu, sighed and said, "It's me who is stubborn, and we will break through tonight." ”

Zhu Ling said: "Now that we have reached the end of the road, how can we break through?" ”

Cao Ren said: "I have ordered all the soldiers who can fight to gather, and when it is nightfall, they will break through and leave. ”

On the third watch, Zhu Ling and Cao Xiu were each put on armor, and then Cao Ren took them and immediately withdrew to the west of the camp.

Of course, Zhang Yi will be staring at the west, and there is a lack of one of the three! Cao Ren had just come out of the camp not far from when he was discovered by Zhang Yi's night sentry, and a fire rose from the forest.

Cao Ren saw the firelight, scolded damned, and then said loudly: "Quick! Let's go! ”

Cao Renbu immediately quickened his pace and kept moving forward, without stopping.

Zhang Yi was woken up by Wei Wentong in the middle of the night, and when he heard that Cao Ren had broken through, he laughed. "Take over Cao Ren's camp and put all Cao soldiers in custody. As for Cao Ren, leave it alone, he doesn't matter now.

Zhang Yi did not pursue Cao Ren, his strategic purpose was to rescue Cao Cao, not to pursue Cao Ren. Occupy Cao Ren's camp, it is more than ten miles away from Gushi, as long as Cao Cao sends troops to stop it, reach outside Gushi City, find a favorable terrain, and complete the support of Gushi City. With this 10,000 soldiers on his side, it is impossible for Cao Cao to attack Gushi again.

Cao Ren ran out for more than ten miles, saw a simple camp in front, was stunned, and sent someone over to wipe it, but it turned out to be Cao Jun's own. Cao Ren hurriedly saw the main general inside, and it turned out to be Zhang Liao. The two talked for a while, knowing that Zhang Liao was actually here to rescue him, Cao Ren regretted it, he knew that this was the case, he would definitely keep it for another day!

Zhang Liao also sighed that if he had arrived a day earlier, Cao Ren would not have withdrawn.

Zhang Liao arranged for Cao Ren to stay, and then sent someone to deliver a letter to Cao Cao overnight, asking for instructions on what to do next.

After the night passed, Zhang Yi immediately asked the army to set off towards Gushi, with Di Qing as the front, leading 4,000 people. He brought 4,000 people to the rear and asked Yang Zhi to guard Cao's prisoners.