However, it was said that Cao Ren was about to order the army to retreat to Tongguan, but unexpectedly, Ma Chao led the army behind him to kill, and he was shocked and hurriedly led the army to retreat.

However, Ma Chao led the army to chase closely, only to see the Xiliang cavalry fighting bravely one by one, intercepting and killing the horses, at this time Chang Diao said angrily: "The general will leave quickly, and the last general will leave the palace here." ”

Cao Ren knew that the situation was urgent, so he didn't say much, and immediately led the army forward, only Chang Diao led 3,000 infantry to form a formation to resist the enemy.

Originally, with the help of geographical advantages, Chang Diao's 3,000 shield soldiers and spearmen phalanx were enough to resist Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but due to the haste of the incident, Ma Chao's morale was flourishing, and before his 3,000 infantry array was completed, he saw Ma Chao leading the army to rush over, Chang Diao was caught off guard and was stabbed to death by Ma Chao, and his infantry was scattered.

Cao Ren naturally didn't know that Chang Diao was dead, but he led the army to Tongguan in a hurry, but he didn't expect to walk five miles, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves sounding again, and a general shouted loudly: "Cao Ren is leaving, and Xiliang Ma Chao is coming." ”

When Cao Ren heard this, he immediately looked up to the sky and sighed: "I didn't expect the horses to come so quickly, it seems that Chang Carving is resting." ”

At this time, Niu Jin came over again and said: "The general will go quickly, and stop Ma Chao from the end." ”

Cao Ren sighed: "Fang Cai Changdiao was killed, it was the fault of the general, how can you let you die in vain?" That's it, it's over, it's better to stay and fight the horses. ”

Niu Jin was moved and anxious when he heard this, knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Ren, and said loudly: "There is no Niu Jin in the country, but there must be no general, the last general is an ordinary sergeant, fortunately he was promoted by the general in the ranks, and now he is in the position of general, it is worth it, the general and the general, don't think about the general." ”

After all that is said. Niu Jin suddenly unexpectedly whipped Cao Ren's horse with a horsewhip, the horse was frightened, and immediately galloped away, Niu Jin asked Cao Ren's personal captain Cao Wan to take care of Cao Ren, and then bowed to Cao Ren's back and said, "The general takes care all the way." ”

Then he shouted to the thousands of cavalry under his command: "Everyone come with me and fight to the death with Ma Chaoxiaoer." "The cavalry under his command is strong. They all received the order, but rushed to Ma Chao's formation together.

Ma Chao heard the shouting and killing sound on the other side, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the enemy to dare to rush over, it's just beyond our strength, this time let them see how powerful we are." Xiliang warriors, kill me. ”

Ma Chao raised his horse and speared, and he was the first to meet him, although there were Cao Jun warriors who fought to the death, how could he put it in the eyes of his Ma Chao? What's more, there are tens of thousands of iron horsemen under his command. And the other party's cavalry sounds like there are at most 5,000, not to mention that although Cao Ren has fled, he has already deployed, how can he let go of this great opportunity to annihilate the enemy's cavalry today?

Therefore, Ma Chao was not afraid and led the army to attack the enemy.

Although the five thousand cavalry under Niu Jin have a bloody bravery, they are dwarfed in equestrianism and coordination, how can they be the opponent of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who is skilled in equestrianism? In the beginning, they relied on a ruthlessness and enthusiasm. They were able to barely confront the enemy, but they soon found out. The other side relied on skillful swordsmanship and sharp sabers to carry out a one-sided slaughter against them, and they could only hear the sound of horses' hooves in all directions, shouts everywhere, and the terrible screams made them feel even more frightened, so that they could not understand the reality of the enemy army more and more.

After about an hour of fighting, a cry was suddenly heard: "Niu Jin is dead." Surrender quickly, or you will be killed. ”

Most of the Cao soldiers were all frightened when they heard the news, and they didn't care about distinguishing the truth from the fake, so they hurriedly scattered and fled, and it can even be said. Most of these soldiers who fled in all directions believed this sentence, because if the news was not true, how would they know that their lord would be Niu Jin?

These soldiers naturally didn't know that Ma Chao had already fought with Niu Jin, although Niu Jin did not reveal his life, but among the generals under Cao Ren's account, Chang Diao and Gao Qian were killed, and there could only be one Niu Jin left, and there could be no one else.

In addition, Ma Chao had already judged the identity of the other party from the other party's skills, because if it was Cao Ren, his martial arts would be higher than Niu Jin, and he would never be like Niu Jin, who couldn't even stop his own Shihe.

Of course, Niu Jin didn't actually die, he saw that he couldn't stop Ma Chao, but he didn't dare to rush to death, although he was not afraid of death, but he knew that once he died, the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command would immediately collapse.

Therefore, as soon as he found that he couldn't stop Ma Chao Shihe at all, Niu Jin immediately dodged his horse and retreated to the back to continue to command the soldiers to fight bloodily.

But he didn't expect that at this moment, someone spread the news that he was dead, Niu Jin saw that the soldiers under his command had dispersed, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, but he couldn't come out to clarify at this time, because as long as he dared to export, he would definitely let Ma Chao, who was looking for him, find traces, and when the time came, he would still inevitably die, and the soldiers under his command would still inevitably collapse.

Niu Jin knew that the general trend had gone, and couldn't help but sigh, and led his own soldiers to ride in the direction of Tongguan, in his opinion, he had already won nearly an hour for Cao Ren, and the place where they were attacked before was only ten miles away from Tongguan, so it was enough for Cao Ren to return to Tongguan.

But when Niu Jin came to the pass, he saw that there was a scuffle going on inside and outside the gate of Tongguan, and he couldn't help but gasp.

Niu Jin's guess is indeed good, and the current shape of Tongguan is indeed very bad.

As early as when Ma Chao led the army to attack Cao Ren's army, he had already sent Cheng Gongying to lead a group of soldiers and horses to ambush under the Tongguan Pass, and when Cao Ren rushed back to the city and opened the city gate, this army wore the armor of the Cao army, and quietly followed Cao Ren's army into the city.

Soon after, Hao Zhao, Yin Feng and Jiang Jian also rushed under their own commands, and after they defeated Cao Ren, they immediately made a non-stop detour, and when they arrived, without the slightest hesitation, they immediately rushed into the city, and together with Cheng Gongying's army, launched a fierce attack on the defenders of Tongguan.

Originally, there were only 10,000 infantry of Zhao Yan in Tongguan City, but now although there are thousands of defeated soldiers of Cao Ren, how can they be the opponent of the strong Xiliang Iron Cavalry? In addition, the Chu army entered Tongguan unexpectedly, and Cao Ren's infantry was attacked by the enemy before they could react, and they have not formed a complete formation until now. The crossbowmen on the head of the city saw the cavalry of the Chu army and Cao Ren's infantry fighting each other, and they did not dare to release arrows lightly, and led the enemy army to gather more and more, and later went to the city through the Guò horse road and slaughtered the crossbowmen on the head of the city.

At this time, Zhao Yan wanted his crossbowmen to shoot arrows, but it was too late.

Seeing that their elite subordinate sergeants were slaughtered by the enemy, both Zhao Yan and Cao Ren sighed in vain, they knew that Tongguan was difficult to keep, so they had no choice but to order to withdraw from Tongguan, retreat to Fenglingdu, defend Hebei, and confront it, and at the same time immediately notify Cao Cao, who had returned to Luoyang, to ask him to raise troops to rescue, waiting for the opportunity to recapture Tongguan.

At this time, Niu Jin stopped under Tongguan forever, because the city was densely packed with Chu troops, and his sergeants could not enter the city at all. Therefore, the battle between the two sides did not last long, and Niu Jin's soldiers broke up and fled, leaving only dozens of personal soldiers with him.

Next, Ma Chao rode out and took Niu Jin directly, where is Niu Jin's opponent? It's just more than ten times, and Ma Chao sold a flaw, grabbed Niu Jin's stumbling armor, and then threw it to the ground, and some soldiers rushed over, tied it on a rope, and escorted it to the city.

Ma Chao sat firmly in the military tent, put Niu Jin up, and persuaded him to surrender, but Niu Jin not only did not have the slightest intention of surrendering, but scolded him, even Ma Chao's father Ma Teng was insulted, and said that Ma Chao was a Qiang barbarian, and he was not worthy of talking to himself at all, Ma Chao was furious and ordered to kill him, and ordered his head to be ordered for three days, and then obeyed Cheng Gongying's Jianyi, and sent Niu Jin, Chang Diao and Gao Qian's head to Zhou Yu's camp in Xinfeng, and then sent by Zhou Yu to Liu Bei's camp to force Liu Bei's army to further disintegrate.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he saw the heads of the three generals, and after thanking Ma Chao, he immediately ordered Lu Fan to be the messenger and went to see Liu Bei with the heads of the three generals.

Of course, Zhou Yu didn't know that a generation of heroes had passed away, but this didn't mean that he didn't care about Liu Bei's life and death. He felt that although his previous strategy of using Chen Dao's first-level dispersal of the Qin army did not succeed in the end, it was not without any effect, right? It was like a stone thrown into the lake, and it only made a circle of ripples and then disappeared, which is really strange.

"Ziheng, this time you go to Liu Bei's army, you must find out the exact situation of Liu Bei, such as Liu Bei's physical condition, this general always feels that he has been hit by this series of blows, even ordinary people can't stand it, not to mention that Liu Bei is a generation of heroes, seeing that his years of planning have come to naught, and he is like no one, this matter is really a bit strange." Before leaving, Zhou Yu called Lu Fan aside and secretly asked: "Also, you must find a way to let the soldiers of the Qin army know the news that the three generals were killed and our army occupied Tongguan, even if Liu Bei is fine, this time the general will make him angry." Hehe, although Zhuge Liang is capable, how do I think he will appease the army? ”

"No." Lu Fan naturally knew the meaning of the song after hearing the strings, and immediately understood Zhou Yu's intentions, so he nodded, sealed the heads of the three generals with boxes, and ordered his entourage to take these three boxes to meet Liu Bei. (To be continued......)