Cao Cao's plan went very well, and the Tang army walked out of the Jin state in three days and reached the northern border of the Liang state.

Except for the attack of a small group of Jin border troops when passing through Lishi County, the Tang army traveled unimpeded all the way, and it only took three days and two nights to cover a distance of more than 400 miles.

In the evening, the scout Kuaima reported: "General Cao, there are 3,000 Liang troops stationed in Fenyin County, forty miles ahead. ”

Cao Cao's eyebrows stirred, thinking about it, summoned Zhang Liao to come to him and ordered: "You lead 3,000 soldiers wearing Jin army armor to part ways with the main force, and when our army arrives at the city, make a feint, and then you lead your troops to support the Liang army as a Jin army, and open the city gate, you will definitely be able to take Fenyin without blood." ”

"That's a good plan!"

Zhang Liao immediately led 3,000 soldiers dressed in Jin army armor to part ways with Cao Cao, and walked more than 20 miles west under the guidance of the guide, marching along a sheep's intestine trail towards Fenyin County.

Cao Cao ordered Gao Shun to be the vanguard, self-unified the Chinese army, and led the remaining 14,000 soldiers to follow the post road between Liang and Jin to Fenyin County.

The border army of Liang State stationed in Fenyin County never dreamed that the Tang army would appear from the north, and it was not until the Tang army approached the city that they realized it, and hurriedly sounded the horn and hurriedly responded to the battle.

For a time, the sound of killing in Fenyin City was everywhere, and crossbow arrows flew one after another.

Cao Cao put on his armor and personally braved the arrows to attack the east gate of Fenyin, the Liang army resisted with all his might, and the two sides were inseparable, and the arrows fell to the ground innumerable, and the screams came and went.

Just when the Liang army was struggling to support, a Jin army appeared outside the west gate of Liang and shouted at the door: "Listen to the Liang army in the city, this Tang army jumped from our Great Jin territory to Fenyin, and the Jin Duke sent General Zhao Shu to come to encircle and suppress." We are the vanguard troops, and we were ordered to come to intercept the Tang army, please open the city gate and let us enter the city to assist in defending the city. ”

The Liang army was disheartened, and the people were panicked, and suddenly saw that the Jin army was coming to help, and they didn't care about careful interrogation, so they immediately fell off the suspension bridge and opened the city gate to let the Jin army enter the city.

Zhang Liao suddenly rode and danced his sword, rushed into the city in the first place, chopped several Liang soldiers in a row, and led 3,000 Tang troops to swarm in.

There was a strong enemy outside, and the city gate was defrauded open, and the Liang army in Fenyin City was no longer able to resist.

The Tang army took Fenyin County at a small cost of less than 100 casualties, and opened the northern gateway of Liang without blood.

Cao Cao ordered the Tang army to load all the grain stored in the Fenyin granary into a carriage and go out of the city, rush to the west foot of Wangwu Mountain as fast as possible, block the exit of Luming Valley, and trap the 20,000 Liang troops in the valley to death in the valley.

Before the team left the city, Zhang Liao asked Cao Cao: "General Mengde, should we leave a group of soldiers and horses to garrison Fenyin?" ”

Cao Cao stroked his sword and said decisively: "The strategy of the Jin army is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and when we cripple the Liang State, we will inevitably raise troops to attack, Fenyin has no danger to defend, and it will definitely not be able to hold it with a few thousand soldiers." There is no need to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, just Fenyin is lost to the Jin Kingdom. ”

"General Meng De is right!"

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were convinced of Cao Cao's judgment, and immediately abandoned Fenyin according to Cao Cao's orders, and led the Tang army to march towards the starry night of the western exit of Luming Valley.

The north-south span of Liang is only more than 400 li, the exit on the west side of Luming Valley is located in the middle of Liang Guo, from Fenyin County is only 200 miles apart, the Tang army marched day and night, but it took two days and one night to arrive at the west foot of Wangwu Mountain.

"Liang Weihou knows that our army has cut off the exit of Luming Valley, and he will inevitably send troops to rescue, Wen Yuanke can lead 7,000 soldiers to choose a dangerous place to set up an ambush and deal a heavy blow to the reinforced Tang army."

Cao Cao and Gao Shun each led 5,000 men to defend both sides of Luming Valley, piled up a large number of rocks to block the road out of the valley, and sent people to inform Yingbu to attack the Liang army in the valley from the east, and on the other hand, ordered Zhang Liao to set up an ambush on the way from the capital of Liang to Luming Valley.

"Liao obeys!"

Zhang Liao agreed, led 7,000 soldiers to the west for more than 30 miles, and chose a mountain with mountains and mountains with mountains and ravines to ambush.

The light-legged Tang army scouts pretended to be woodcutters, climbed Wangwu Mountain, crossed mountains and mountains all the way, and spent three days coming to the Yingbu camp to report the news.

"General Cao has successfully blocked the exit on the west side of Luming Valley, cut off the way out of the Liang army, and ordered the general to launch a feint attack on the Liang army in the valley!"

Hearing this, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he looked embarrassed, and said to Ma Zhong and the others: "It seems that I underestimated Cao A's concealment, don't look at him not tall, his courage is really not small." It's incredible that such a plan has succeeded! There are still more than 100,000 horses in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, how can Cao Cao be allowed to come and go freely? Or are the people of the Jin Kingdom blind? ”

Ma Zhong retorted: "General Yingbu is too selfish to say this, are you not happy that General Cao Mengde's plan succeeded?" Could it be that General Yingbu wants our army to storm Luming Valley and pay a heavy price before he is happy? ”

"Ben Jiang didn't mean that, I'm just surprised!"

Yingbu's face was a little unbearable, and he interrupted Ma Zhong's words and said, "Since Cao Mengde dares to venture deep into the territory of the Jin Kingdom, I, Yingbu, dare to attack the Liang army with my life and death." He Cao Mengde is good at scheming, and I Yingbu dares to break the enemy with bravery! ”

Yingbu didn't need Ma Zhong to charge at the moment, ordered him to escort the grain and the thirty siege vehicles that had just been delivered, and personally selected 8,000 elite soldiers from the army to march forward along the Luming Valley with great fanfare, looking for a decisive battle of the Liang army.

Knowing that the way out was cut off, the Liang army stationed in Luming Valley was in turmoil, and the people were panicked.

Liang Zhu, the chief general of the Liang army, sent deputy generals Chen Yin and Zhou Xi to lead 10,000 Liang troops to try to break through, and came to the exit of the valley to find that the way out had been blocked by the Tang army's rocks.

After paying the price of more than 3,000 casualties, the Liang army retreated in embarrassment and reported to Liang Zhuyu: "The situation is not good, the Tang army blocked the exit, ambushed on both sides and fired arrows in unison, and our army could not break through at all. ”

Liang Zhu decided to make a desperate bet in a hurry, drew his sword and ordered: "Soldiers, since there is no way out, let's simply counterattack the Tang Kingdom to the east." As long as he is killed from the Luming Valley, we can turn him upside down in the territory of the Tang Kingdom! ”

In order to motivate the morale of the army, Liang Zhu personally took the lead in the charge, and led the panicked Liang army of more than 16,000 troops to go the opposite way and take the initiative to attack the Tang State to the east.

Half a day later, the people in the valley shouted and neighed, and the Liang army, which was eager to break through, happened to meet the Tang army led by Yingbu on a narrow road.

"It's a good time, the soldiers will kill me!"

Yingbu carried a gold boring, took the lead, and met the beams and pillars in the chaos of the army.

The two horses intersected, and there was no three-in-one, and a boring hit the beam and pillar in the head, and the brain burst when he landed, and he fell off the horse.

Yingbu turned over and dismounted, lifted his head in his hand, and roared like thunder: "The lord is dead, why don't you descend early?" Stubborn resistance is just a dead end! ”