But it was said that at dawn the next day, Yu Ban took 3,000 grain soldiers to escort the grain and grass out of the mountain road, came to an open place, and was just about to take a breath, when suddenly he heard a sharp sound of breaking the air, and then saw the soldiers in front of him screaming and falling.

"Enemy attack, don't panic, the rear team becomes the front team, retreat, and the soldiers of the front team form a formation and prepare for defense." Yu Ban is worthy of being one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, and he did not panic when he encountered an enemy attack, but immediately organized a retreat, and personally organized the defense.

It's just a pity that this time it is doomed to fail, because the terrain where Yu Ban is located is very unfavorable, the place where the army retreats is a pass, it is easy to get out and difficult to enter, and the grain transport soldiers are not elite, so there is a scramble in the process of retreating, which makes the retreating team that has just become the front team chaotic, coupled with the interception of the grain and grass carts, it is impossible to retreat for a while.

And at this moment, Wei Yan's army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, Wei Yan led 1,300 cavalry, launched a round of collision against the Cao army in the open field, and the formation that was not easy to form was disrupted, and what was even more frightening was that some of the cavalry led by Wei Yan held torches in their hands, and immediately threw out torches when they came to the side of the grain truck, and burned the grain and grass of the Cao army.

In this way, Cao Jun was completely in chaos, and even with the forbidden energy, it could not be restrained at all.

Wei Yan's cavalry, after going around in a circle in the forbidden formation, calmly withdrew, and then ordered the cavalry to dismount, rendezvous with the infantry under Liu Qi's personal command, and slaughtered the chaotic Cao army.

Cao's army was already small in number, and was suddenly attacked by Liu Qi's army, and the terrain was unfavorable and the formation was chaotic, so he immediately became a lamb to be slaughtered on the board, and was picked up by Liu Qi's army.

Yu Ban, who commanded the grain transport troops, saw that the general trend had gone, sighed, and prepared to flee, but Wei Yan on the side led more than a dozen soldiers to rush over, rushed up, and captured him.

At this moment, Pei Qian shouted loudly: "The main general has been captured, and those who descend will not die." ”

Cao Jun had already lost the spirit of war, but now that he saw that the lord was about to be captured, he lost the will to resist, and threw down his weapons and surrendered.

In this way, after just half an hour of fighting, Liu Qi completely defeated Cao Cao's army of 3,000, of which about 1,000 were killed, 2,000 surrendered, and dozens of people were crowded into the pass, ready to flee to Cao Ying to report the news.

But how could Liu Qi allow them to escape like this? He had already ordered Sima Zhi to lead hundreds of soldiers who were good at climbing the mountain, with ropes, to quietly descend from the mountain into the mountain road, and fill up the boulders, blocking the road.

Therefore, when the deserters saw that the mountain road was impassable, they were immediately frightened and lost their souls, and they did not know what to do. At this moment, Sima Zhi saw that the enemy had only escaped from this point, and immediately led the hundred soldiers to bypass the big stone and shouted at the dozens of deserters: "Your main general has been captured by my general, and if you don't surrender, when will you wait?" ”

Those deserters had no desire to fight, but now that they see that the other party has an ambush in front, how can there be any reason not to surrender? They laid down their weapons and knelt before them, declaring their willingness to surrender.

Sima Zhi ordered his soldiers to tie up these surrendered soldiers, and carefully ordered people to search around, until it was confirmed that no one had escaped the net, and then ordered people to clear the big rocks on the road and lead the team to join Liu Qi's army.

"Who the hell are you?" Yu Ban still doesn't know the identity of the other party, although he was captured, he still has to ask for clarification.

"Hehe, this is our main general, Liu Qi, the eldest prince of Jingzhou, my son-in-law has already calculated that you will dig mountain roads, so our army has been waiting here for a long time, who are you? Now that you've been captured, why don't you say your name as soon as possible? Pei Qian, who was on the side, also admired Liu Qi's uncertain prophet and asked excitedly.

"What? It turned out to be Liu Qi's army! How did you know about our plan? Could it be that there will be spies in our army? No, this is absolutely impossible, when we discussed together, all the tents were the prime minister's cronies, could it be that this Liu Qi has the ability to predict the future? ”

Although Yu Ban was surprised in his heart, he knew that it was useless to think about it now, anyway, the result was that he was defeated, became a prisoner of the enemy army, and lost a lot of heavy grain and grass, so he had to face the reality.

Thinking of this, Yu Ban shook his head and sighed softly: "Alas, the general of the defeated army, what face does he have to mention his name?" It would have been forbidden. ”

"What? Cao Cao's name will be banned? Liu Qi on the side couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he saw the other party admitting his identity, but he didn't expect that he caught a big fish for the first time in his two lives.

Liu Qi decided to find a way to surrender this person, after all, after he was captured by the general Guan Yu in history, he expressed his willingness to surrender, so this shows that he should also have a chance. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Qi ordered the sergeant to take him down to watch him, and at the same time instructed the soldiers to entertain him with good food and drink, and not to slack off.

Liu Qi, who won a complete victory, ordered the army to clean up the battlefield overnight, and it did not end until there was no trace of the war, and ordered Wei Yan and Pei Qian to lead 3,000 people each to lay an ambush in front. Only then did he return to the camp from the Anzhong Pass.

"General, since we have found out the news that Cao Jun is stealing the mountain road, why don't we take advantage of the victory to attack Cao Cao's camp? Instead, lead the army to set up an ambush in front? Wang Cang was very puzzled by this, and hurriedly asked.

"Hehe, Zhong Xuan doesn't know, since Cao Cao has established a camp, he must take very strict precautions, plus the enemy is outnumbered, even if he can barely succeed in the sneak attack, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, so we don't take that risk, just wait for Cao Cao to withdraw the army, and lead the army to cover up the killing."

Wang Cang nodded, and then asked, "Then why did the general return to the Anzhong camp?" ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "Zhang Xiu's army has arrived in Anzhong, tomorrow morning when I see the Cao army retreating, I will definitely lead the army to pursue, if we don't cooperate, Cao Gong will be uneasy in his heart, and Cao Gong will be suspicious, so we will naturally perform this drama well." ”

Wang Cang said with admiration again: "The general expects the enemy to be the first, although Sun Wu cannot be compared. ”

Liu Qi smiled faintly and said no more, but he was secretly ashamed in his heart: "With my current military talent, I'm afraid I don't match Cao Cao's shoes, but I rely on the memory of my previous life, and I already know Cao Cao's details in this battle, and I even know exactly what he will do. ”

At dawn the next day, I found that the camp in Cao Cao's army was empty, and Liu Qi was washing slowly, but suddenly heard that Wang Cang came to report and General Zhang Xiu came to visit.

Liu Qi nodded, hurriedly changed his clothes, and went to the camp to greet him.

Seeing Liu Qi coming, Zhang Xiu hurriedly bowed slightly and saluted: "The last general will see the eldest prince, hehe, the last general heard that the eldest prince led the army to defeat Xu Chu's army yesterday, which is really gratifying." ”

Liu Qi saw that Zhang Xiu's complexion was slightly dark, his physique was burly and majestic, and his eyes were bright, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "I have heard the general's reputation for a long time, and when I see it today, how can I be lucky?" The general doesn't have to be polite, the reason why the general was able to defeat Xu Chu is also related to the general's pursuit of the army, if there is no pressure from the general, Cao Cao's elite is exhausted, how can the general win? ”

Zhang Xiu listened to Liu Qi's words, and was very happy in his heart, and said to Liu Qi after a few words of humility: "Gongzi should know, this morning our army got the news, Cao Cao was defeated by Gongzi yesterday, and his heart was uneasy, and he had already dug a mountain road overnight and fled. ”

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Although Cao's army was defeated, it didn't suffer much loss, let's catch up like this, it's too reckless, in case we fall into Cao Cao's ambush plan......."

Zhang Xiu suddenly said unhappily: "Gongzi's words are wrong, Cao Cao's army was defeated, and he fled overnight, we led the victorious army to cover up and kill, how can there be no reason not to win?" If the eldest prince does not send troops, then the general will pursue the army alone, and once he gets the benefit, Hugh will not give it to the prince. ”

Liu Qi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then we will lead the army to pursue together, but we must be careful of Cao Cao's tricks." ”

Zhang Xiu secretly laughed at Liu Qi's timidity in her heart, and said angrily: "Don't worry, son, we will win a big victory this time." After finishing speaking, he went back to prepare the troops and horses, and asked the two sides to raise troops at the right time, Zhang Xiu sent troops from the newly dug mountain road near the Cao camp of Anzhong, and Liu Qi sent troops from the Anzhong Pass, and jointly met on the main road in the north of Anzhong, and attacked Cao Bing, Liu Qi agreed with a smile.

After Zhang Xiu left, Liu Qi immediately made arrangements, personally led 4,000 Jingzhou troops and 2,000 troops, a total of 6,000 people crossed the Anzhong Pass, rendezvous with Zhang Xiu, and jointly pursued Cao Cao, leaving only Fanqin to lead 300 troops, bluffing, Guangshu banner, and staying in the camp.

Half an hour later, the armies of the two sides converged, Zhang Xiu saw Liu Qi's six or seven thousand soldiers and three hundred cavalry, and then looked at the ten thousand elite cavalry behind him, and secretly shook his head. He really couldn't think of what Liu Qi relied on to win Xu Chu, but thinking about Xu Chu's courage and lack of strategy, he was relieved.

Although he looked down on the other party in his heart, after all, the county he was stationed in was still borrowed by Liu Biao, his father, so Zhang Xiu was still very polite on the surface, and said to Liu Qi: "Eldest son, please order the pursuit." ”

Liu Qi clenched his fists and said: "General Zhang doesn't have to be polite, the soldiers are fast, the generals under the command of the general are all infantry, it must not be so easy to catch up, the general will hand over the three hundred cavalry to the general's command, the general will take the first step, the general will come later, looking forward to the general's victory, and the horse will be successful." ”

Zhang Xiu thought that Liu Qi was timid in his heart, and secretly sneered, so he unceremoniously accepted Liu Qi's three hundred cavalry, and then led this coalition army away.

In fact, Cao Cao retreated not far away, and with the speed of his own infantry, if he made a rapid march, he should be able to catch up quickly, but Liu Qi was not in a hurry, and commanded this infantry to advance slowly.

Zhang Xiu didn't plan to let Liu Qi take the credit for defeating Cao Cao, but now seeing that Liu Qi only shot such a small number of cavalry, and these cavalrymen's riding skills were very clumsy, they could only follow closely at the tail of their own army, and they were even more disdainful in their hearts, secretly thinking that after they broke Cao Cao this time, they would have to find a way to humiliate Liu Qi.

This cavalry was like a gallop, and it didn't take a stick of incense to catch up with Cao Cao's army, Zhang Xiu's heart was extremely excited, and immediately ordered the army to attack, and the cavalry of 10,000 people was like a tiger descending from the mountain, fiercely inserted into Cao Cao's army, trying to cut Cao's army into two sections.

However, Cao Jun immediately changed from the rear team to the front team, and then saw that those soldiers took out their crossbow arrows in a hurry, and aimed at Zhang Xiu's cavalry was a rain of arrows.

"Ahhh......h

And when Zhang Xiu saw a big Cao character on the flag not far in front of him, and saw a white-faced general in a red robe standing under the banner of the handsome, he couldn't help but shudder, and blurted out: "Actually, it's Cao Cao!" ”

Before Zhang Xiu's words fell, he heard the drums on the left and right wings vibrating, and then saw Xu Chu and another general of the Cao army outflanking the cavalry from both wings.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao personally led the infantry to press up, and the cavalry surrounding Zhang Xiu killed frantically.

"Oh no, it's a trick." Zhang Xiu was shocked, and immediately led the remnants of the cavalry wolf Bèi to flee back, and even those surrounded cavalry could not take care of it.

Liu Shi, who led the 300 cavalry, had already received instructions from Liu Qi, and deliberately ordered the 300 cavalry to pretend that the horsemanship was not exquisite, and fell behind Zhang Xiu's army slightly, and when he encountered an ambush, he immediately led the army to retreat, so Zhang Xiu retreated, and he also immediately ordered to retreat.