At this time, Xicheng County was about fifty miles away from the Luohe River in the north; Ruyang, on the other hand, is a hundred miles away. Otherwise, it can be said that Cao Cao used soldiers like a god, which can be shown only in terms of sending generals.

The vanguard he sent was Xia Houyuan, who was later known as the "Shenxing General". The speed of its march is so fast that it is known as five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days.

When Jincheng in Luohe County, when the front foot led the army to retreat into Xiping County, it heard the sound of people shouting horses and neighing outside the east gate. I hurriedly went to the city to look at it, but I saw that in the afterglow of the sunset, more than 300 steps outside Xiping City, it was already crowded with the black pressure Cao army.

If you compare this golden city with Xia Houyuan, who was known as the "Tiger Buguan Right" and rejected Ma Chao alone in later generations, it is really one in the sky and one on the ground, and there is no way to compare.

Even the number of soldiers under his command is very different. Jin Cheng's command only had 1,000 elite soldiers, and 5,000 Tuntian soldiers mixed with half of the strong villagers, while Xia Houyuan's command was full of elite soldiers.

At this moment, on the road from Langling to Xiping, there was a young general leading a guard force, braving the biting cold wind, and was beating horses and going straight to Xiping County.

The real terrifying thing about Xia Houyuan was that his men could not only travel 300 miles a day, but also enter the battle immediately after running 300 miles.

The wind is howling, the snow is drifting, and the sky is about to disappear. Outside the east gate of Xiping County, which is not very high, Xia Houyuan ordered the whole army to prepare for the siege of the city, and ordered people to shout outside the city.

"Phew! All the people in the city have listened to me, the general under the command of Yanzhou Mu, General Xia Houyuan, led the army here, and if you knew each other and surrendered to Kaicheng, Qiu did not commit any crimes. If you refuse to surrender, you won't be left with chickens and dogs when the city is broken! ”

Jin Cheng ordered the army in the city: "Don't pay attention to him, just listen to the mad dog barking, just go with me to strengthen the city defenses, prepare more torches and arrange night battles." ”

Xia Houyuan saw the city under the city, and he didn't stop preparing for the battle, and he didn't come to take care of his own pawns. He himself rode out with his sword and shouted at the city: "Ah! Who is the defender of the city, who dares to go out of the city to fight a certain battle? ”

Jin Cheng is known to be self-aware, he understands that he is just a Yellow Turban wrestler who has survived a hundred battles, if he is compared to ordinary soldiers, or even elite soldiers, he can naturally block a hundred.

But it was the vanguard of the Cao army, the chief general of this kind of army, which was originally served by the brave generals in the army. Like this kind of general, he thinks he is not an opponent.

Moreover, Chen Deng's task was to protect the craftsmen of the military workshop in Xiping County, and quickly retreat to the Suiping line to defend the Ru River, waiting for the order of the lord - Hua Fei.

Therefore, he didn't want to provoke Xia Houyuan, who was going to fight, and continued to be busy arranging personnel, protecting the craftsmen in Xiping, and rushed out of the south gate to Suiping.

And he saw half of the sturdy men under his command, because he saw that the enemy army was numerous, and everyone was terrified. Nai thought to himself: "These people have never been in battle, but don't mess up." ”

Thinking of this, he ordered several guards to lead a team of people to carry stones and block the east gate; and let the rest of the people lead the rest of the people to help carry the goods of the city guard; He led the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers, and those who buckled their bows and arrows were just waiting to fight.

Xia Houyuan was a short-tempered person, and when he saw that Jin Cheng even ignored him, he scolded him under the city. What kind of shrunken turtle, gallless rat...... scolded and squirted.

provoked the fire of Jincheng, and simply stood on the city wall and scolded him loudly. Xia Houyuan was even more angry when he saw this, so he waved his knife and shouted: "Shaft, if there is a kind of you, you will come down, Lao Tzu will cut you into meat puree with one sword!" ”

Jin Cheng said in his heart: "Lao Tzu can't beat you, so can't he scold you?" But he shouted loudly in the city.

"! Which are you when you are? If you tell Lao Tzu to go down, Lao Tzu will have to go down? Mother's! Chop Lao Tzu into meat puree with a knife, why don't you fucking go to heaven if you are so good? If there is a kind, you can come up and cut one for Lao Tzu to see......"

This scolding made Xia Houyuan's face turn red with anger, and he rode his horse to the city gate with a wild pant, but was shot back by a random arrow. Xia Houyuan had no choice but to urge the army vigorously and quickly manufacture siege equipment.

On the other side, on the west bank of Yingshui, where red blood stained the white frost, Liu Bei abandoned the army first, and Zhang Fei saw that Chen Zhi and others were chasing after him, and he was wounded, so he shouted: "Second brother go quickly, and go back first and then come to fight this gang to kill embryos!" With a shout, he abandoned his horse and galloped back to the east bank.

On that day, Liu Bei's three brothers retreated, and Tai Shici and Chen Zhi and other generals bravely rushed back and forth to kill, killing Liu Bei's army in the smell of blood, and hurriedly retreated to the east of Yingshui.

Chen Deng urgently ordered the officers at all levels under his command to reorganize the army. Tai Shi Ci told him that Hua Fei had ordered all the troops to retreat to Langling to join him.

Chen Dengnai followed the order, and ordered Elk Zhu to lead the elite to set off first, all the way west to investigate the situation. Then after inviting Tai Shici and Chen to lead the fine cavalry, he led the Chinese army to pick up the personnel from Gushi County and drove overnight, and then hurried to the west.

It was the 6,000 Tuntian army under Xu Kai under Hua Fei who was completely damaged; Most of the more than 10,000 elite troops under Chen Deng's command were also killed or wounded; The fierce general Wood was even more burdened with six spears, but fortunately, the miracle doctor Hua Tuo was nearby and picked up a small life.

Under such a tragic battle, the victorious side still suffered heavy casualties, and Liu Bei, who was the defeated side, suffered countless injuries. After Liu Bei collected the army, he counted nearly 30,000 injured troops, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also injured.

When Chen Deng led the army to retreat sharply, Jincheng confronted the enemy. Xu Sheng, who cut off the back road of Yuan Shujun's army, after a big battle with Sun Ce, was killed by Sun Ce because of the lack of support.

However, Wu Xu reported urgently, so he led the army south along the Yingshui, and then went west against the river. And Mu Yuan was also ordered to lead more than 20,000 Tuntian soldiers to go straight to Huaibin County.

At this time, Hua Fei led Zhang Demei and He Man to lead the army of the middle road, and they had rushed to the former seat of Runan County - Pingyu County, as long as they continued to go west, they would reach the east of the Ru River.

The reason why Hua Fei wanted the whole army to converge with Langling County was because Langling County at this time was the area of Chengshan County in later generations, which was known as 'the hinterland of the Central Plains and the throat of Henan and Hubei'.

This place is at the junction of Tongbai Mountain and Funiu Mountain, and there is a road between the two mountains that leads to Wuyin County, so Hua Fei chose this road to let the villagers retreat west from here into the Jingzhou boundary for refuge.

The news came from the fast horse ahead, proving that Hua Fei was not wrong. The villagers of Runan County were indeed still near Langling County, and they could not withdraw to the boundary of Jingzhou in time.

After receiving the information, Hua Fei immediately pondered for a while, and hurriedly ordered someone to go to the Huaibin area, and informed Hong Sheng to immediately lead his Tuntian soldiers to the north.

He was ordered to fully assist Lu Su, and in any case, all the villagers must be sent out of Langling County before noon on December 14.

Subsequently, he hurriedly led his army towards Runan County, to see if he could get the help of Xu Sheng's army, and quickly crossed Rushui and entered the original territory - Runan Eight Counties.

At this time, Cao Cao's army was also marching towards Xiping, and the army of Chen Deng in the middle and the army of Huafei on the lower road were formed.

At nearly midnight, the torches shone brightly lit up the city and the brightly lit Xiping county. Xia Houyuan's subordinates finally prepared siege equipment before the main general blew up his chest.

When Xia Houyuan heard the news, Teng jumped off his horse and pointed before waving his knife: "The whole army will storm and break the city!" Kill! ”

"Chickens and dogs don't stay! Kill! All the troops under his command shouted in unison, and in the midst of shouting, they erected shields, ladders, and swords to attack the city.

Jin Cheng on the head of Xiping City, standing tall in the biting cold wind, holding the spear in his right hand high, took the opportunity to raise his voice and shout.

"Brethren! You've all arrived, haven't you? The enemy threatened that when the city was broken, the chickens and dogs would not be left! Not to mention our enemies, if you want to live, follow me and fight with them! ”

When the defenders heard this, they angrily waved their blades and roared: "Fight!" ”

Jin Cheng raised his spear and drank again: "Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable!" Kill! ”

"Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In the hoarse roar of the defenders, the Cao army approached the city two hundred paces with a shield, and Jin Cheng raised his spear without saying a word, staring at Cao Jun with his eyes.

With the bright red firelight, he silently calculated the distance between the two armies. "Two hundred steps...... One hundred and fifty steps ....... ”

Jin Cheng raised his voice and shouted: "The enemy is nearly 100 steps, the sharp arrows are wound, the gold is in place, and the rolling stones and wood are ready." ”

The defenders heard the order and echoed in unison. More than 2,000 veterans of a hundred battles, 'squeaky' sounds, drew bows and arrows, and in the foul smell, they steadily scooped oil and dung, "whew...... Drink", the rolling stone was in place, and the wood was lifted.

The remaining sturdy villagers gritted their teeth and stared at each other, and their hands clenched the weapons in their hands so hard that the backs of their hands turned white.

Gradually, Cao's army approached the distance of fifty. Xia Houyuan waved his knife and roared: "Rush!" ”

"Gold hot splashing, boiling oil dumping, scratching hooks to resist ladders......" Jincheng roared under the spear.

Cao Jun roared loudly: "Rush! "The roar started, the shield array dispersed, the sound was like a madness, and the shape was upside down, and life and death were in an instant.

"Kill!" The defenders shouted in unison, the blood was boiling, the eyes were red, the sound was terrible, the shape was crazy, you are crazy to die!

Suddenly, thousands of ladders were erected under the city, and they were bent on hooking up with the city wall; The city is sprinkled with oil and snow; The gold is hot and drenched in foul smell; 'Boom' shook the rocks and threw the trees flying; 'Boom' was urgent, and a thousand fatal chills were immediately seen.

'Poof...... Zila...... Bang bang...... 'chaotic sounds, the miserable screams in the hosts, the head breaker, the head upside down; How can you endure the severe pain in the skin bloom? The stench rose to the sky, and the sound was like madness......

After that, there is a team of overseers, and if you enter and live, you will die! In order to seize the way of life, Cao Jun frantically attacked the Xiping city wall. The enemy has given the order to slaughter the city, and the defenders have a glimmer of life and die on the city wall.

In the continuous sound of 'clang', the Cao army's siege ladder hooked the Xiping city wall, "Hold the battlements!" Jin Cheng roared loudly, leading the elite soldiers of a hundred battles, and each erected a strong shield to defend the battlements. Suddenly, it became a huge meat grinder, and hell on earth appeared here.

Xia Houyuan saw that the defenders were desperate, and it was difficult for his soldiers to break through the enemy's shield formation, so he shouted: "All the guards follow me, and the whole army will attack the city!" ”

Xia Houyuan was extremely brave, and with his ascension to the city, the defensive line of Xiping City was torn open in an instant, and the solid shield array collapsed immediately.

"Archers, concentrate on shooting the enemy generals, swords, shields, and spearmen will break with me, and the whole army will slowly retreat!" Jin Cheng immediately gave the order to abandon the city.

At this time, the young generals and the elite guards who were hurrying all the way finally came to Xiping City. (To be continued.) )