Chen Lin gathered a total of 12,000 soldiers and horses, and slowly advanced five or six miles away from Sun Jian's army, and in another hour Sun Jian's troops could encounter Zhongmu County, at that time Chen Lin and Cao * in the south would stop, for the purpose of covering Sun Jian's wings, in order to buy time for Sun Jian to capture Zhongmu. Marching all the way, without any accidents, Chen Lin has a rare 1,400 cavalry in the allied army, such as Yuan Shao's northern army, among the 50,000 horses, there are only less than 2,000 cavalry, so Chen Linhan's flexibility in the army is still quite high. All the scouts were sent out, and there would never be any enemies within a five-mile radius, of course, the scout return at least said so.

An hour later, one of them also met Sun Jian a few times, and knowing that everything was going well, Sun Jian also waved his army to Zhongmu step by step, and Cao* and Chen Lin slowly marched into the army. Chen Lin calculated the time and distance, immediately ordered the army to stop, and after personally observing the situation around him with Jia Xu for a while, he chose a place that was relatively conducive to defense, and the Hanzhong army began to set up camp. Just as the Hanzhong army was in full swing, the scout suddenly reported that there was a large army in the northwest corner rushing towards the Hanzhong army, about five or six thousand people, and a thousand cavalry.

Chen Lin hurriedly discussed with Jia Xu: "Wenhe, Dong thief is fate, there are countless cavalry, and now there are a thousand cavalry rushing towards our army, and the defenders of Chenggao have a thousand cavalry, so what about other places, alas?" Jia Xu: "Lord, there is something strange, it is said that Sun Taishou has just arrived at the foot of Zhongmu City at most, and our army has not missed any scouts of the Dong army during its march, why did this Chenggao reinforcements come so quickly." The lord quickly contacted Sun Taishou and inquired about Zhongmu's situation. ”

Chen Lin didn't dare to be careless when he heard what Jia Xu said, and immediately sent a fast horse to contact Sun Jian, while the army paid close attention to the movements of Cheng Gao's incoming army. Just when Chen Lin Jiaxu was still puzzled, he was sent to contact Sun Jian and rushed back. Chen Lin was very strange: "Why did you go back so quickly?" Chen Lin thought that it was the direction he had deviated from during the march, but now he was not far from Zhongmu. The scout hurriedly replied: "My lord, the little one was ordered to contact Sun Taishou, but four miles away I found that a troop of soldiers and horses secretly approached our army, and this army marched extremely carefully, not taking the avenue, only shuttling between the paths, the men and horses were silent, and I hope that the lord will design a response." ”

Chen Lin and Jia Xu were taken aback, and both rushed over to look at the map, and there was a large army coming from the direction of Zhongmu, what is the situation, what about Sun Jian? Jia Xu looked at it and shouted: "Lord, withdraw your troops quickly, you have been tricked, but I'm afraid that now Sun Taishou has entered Zhongmu." Chen Lin: "How can it be fought down so quickly, Hu Wen should not be underestimated." ”

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Lord, Hu Wencai is indeed not to be underestimated, Lord, please look, there are people and horses surrounding here, and Zhongmu also has soldiers and horses coming over, obviously trying to flank our army." The soldiers and horses coming from the direction of Zhongmu are only afraid that they are the defenders of Zhongmu, Hu Zhen is going to give up Zhongmu and transfer a large army to encircle and suppress our army, but I am afraid that Hu Zhen's purpose this time is not Lord Sun, but the lord and Lord Cao. Just when Chen Lin was still discussing with Jia Xu, another scout ran in: "My lord, the incoming army in the direction of Chenggao suddenly accelerated, and the cavalry was already less than two miles away from our army, and it was there in a blink of an eye." ”

Chen Lin was taken aback, and immediately ordered: "Quickly bypass Zhongmu's incoming army and ask Sun Taishou for help." Jia Xu immediately added: "My lord, I still need to ask the allies for help." Chen Lin looked at it and said, "Yuan Benchu won't come." Jia Xu: "It's his business whether he comes or not, but he must ask for help, ask for help with great fanfare, lord." Chen Lin couldn't care so much, and saw Jia Xu's insistence, so he added: "Okay, at the same time, send a fast horse to ask the allies in the rear for help." "I can't retreat this time, two miles is not a distance for the army, except for the wolf rider who can run away, none of the other foot soldiers want to escape. Chen Lin now only hopes that Sun Jian can come over quickly, and at the same time let the whole army fight.

Hearing that there were enemy troops surrounding them in the west and south, the generals hurriedly commanded the army to form a defensive formation, and Chen Lin stood the banner on a protruding hillside, with 500 guards guarding the side. Jia Xu: "Lord, if you let the wolf ride away and wait for the opportunity in the distance, more than a thousand cavalry will not be able to play a role here, so it is better to hide and be caught off guard." Chen Lin felt that it was reasonable, and hoped that Hu Zhen's intelligence work was not so thorough, and he did not know that he had more than a thousand cavalry for the time being. So Chen Lin summoned Chen Ze: "Zhongzhi, you lead the wolf cavalry to the north, it is best to go around behind the enemy and wait for the opportunity to move." Chen Ze took the order and left, so there were only 10,000 foot soldiers left on the battlefield, and it was absolutely impossible to run.

The scout came back again, and there was a rumbling thunder behind him, but fortunately, Chen Ze's wolf cavalry just left, it was the enemy's cavalry, there were 1,200 horses. At this time, the cavalry saw that Chen Lin's 10,000-strong army was tightly formed, and did not dare to step forward, so they stopped in the distance, and only kept circling around Chen Lin's army. The scout stepped forward and said, "My lord, the enemy cavalry has arrived. Chen Lin swept his eyes, isn't this nonsense, and the scout then said: "The enemy army has five thousand foot soldiers, and there are still two miles away. ”

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing from the south, Chen Lin was startled and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" I saw Gao Shun rushing up hurriedly and kneeling: "Lord, the scouts from the south came back, and they were intercepted and killed by the enemy cavalry, and I saw several scouts of our army from a distance, and none of them survived." "The local cavalry was wandering around the periphery of Chen Lin's army, and those scouts happened to encounter it and were killed. Chen Lin was annoyed for a while, he lost the news of Sun Jian, and now that he was surrounded by this cavalry, he could be regarded as having lost his eyes and ears. Chen Lin hurriedly looked at Jia Xu, hoping that Jia Xu would have a good way, Jia Xu: "Lord, fight general, improve morale." "Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army is not coming, Jia Xu knows the ability of Huang Zhong and others, as long as the fighting general wins the enemy army, the morale will rise, which will be very beneficial to the next big battle, and now there is only a cavalry here, so he will be bullied.

When Chen Lin heard this, he understood Jia Xu's intentions, so he shouted: "Who is going to challenge the enemy general and boost my morale?" All the generals under the tent were scrambling, and finally Chen Lin looked at it: "Youping, order you to go and challenge the enemy generals, and Xu Sheng will not be defeated." Zhou Tai got Chen Lin's order, and he was high-spirited and arrogant to get on the horse, and raised his head at the other generals, causing a burst of jealousy. Chen Lin watched from a distance as Zhou Tai ran down the mountain, followed by only a dozen cronies.

It is said that Zhou Tai's heart is full of blood at this time, he has been chased and beaten by officers and soldiers for many years, and now he has finally become an officer and soldier, showing up in front of the people of the world openly, Zhou Tai desperately needs a victory to declare his identity. Zhou Tai ran out, and the cavalry team on the opposite side obviously saw it, Zhou Tai didn't care about anything else, and shouted around: "A certain Hanzhong is too guarded by Zhou Tai Zhou Youping, and the thief will come out and die." Although Zhou Tai's voice was not as loud as Zhou Cang, it was also loud and far, and for a while, the Hanzhong army shouted in unison: "Hanzhong is mighty in Wuhan." "Cheer for Zhou Tai.

There was a commotion among the cavalry, and a general, black armor heroic, riding on a tall northwest horse, majestic, shouted at Zhou Tai: "The nameless rats also dare to be arrogant, look at a certain Hedong Xu Wei Xu Dongling to take your head." After that, he hit the horse and rushed over, and raised the gun towards Zhou Tai, I have to say that this Xu Wei has a bit of equestrianism, and the head of the gun is stable and not chaotic when he bumps on the horse. However, what he met was Zhou Tai, who took the head of Nanyang Yuan Taishou Qin Jie, just because he was a water thief, he couldn't make him famous in the world, and this Xu Wei in front of him became the first stepping stone in Zhou Tai's new life. I saw Zhou Tai fearlessly greet him, and with a slight pick of the iron gun in his hand, he blocked Xu Wei's surging momentum, and with another stab in his hand, he was about to rush towards Xu Wei's left hand that lifted the reins. Xu Wei is also a good skill, but seeing that Xu Wei resolutely let go of the reins, he raised his hand to avoid Zhou Tai's spear, and quickly pulled up the reins again, and it was quite neat in one go. Xu Wei's performance provoked a burst of applause from the enemy cavalry, and also aroused Zhou Tai's anger.

On the mountain bag, Chen Lin took a look, estimated it, and said to Jia Xu: "In less than ten rounds, Youping will win." Jia Xu is not specialized in martial arts, after listening to Chen Linyi, he looked at the cavalry around him and said: "I don't know where the second general is now, if he can rush out after Zhou Sima kills the enemy general, he will have to defeat this cavalry, the cavalry is more threatening than the foot soldiers." As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, he heard a burst of shouts below: "Die." I saw that Zhou Tai's iron gun hit Xu Wei's head, and the huge war horse slashed off half of Xu Wei's head, where can he still live. The Hanzhong army cheered and shouted, not to mention anything else, as Jia Xu expected, morale came up a lot. On the contrary, the enemy cavalry was full of gall, and Xu Wei's cronies rushed out to snatch Xu Wei's corpse. Chen Lin responded to Jia Xu's words: "I'm afraid it's too late." With a finger, it turned out that thousands of troops over there slowly appeared.

Zhou Tai hurriedly ran back, came to the horse, jumped off the horse and knelt down: "Lord, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and killed the enemy general, but the body of the enemy general was snatched back by the enemy army." Chen Lin laughed, picked up Zhou Tai, turned back to Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, make a contribution to Youping, and reward it in the future." ”

Jia Xu saw the enemy foot soldiers coming up, and even shouted pity and pity, if there were no foot soldiers, the morale of the cavalry at this time was low, just the killing of the Hanzhong army, and now the enemy reinforcements appeared, but suppressed the panic of the enemy army. However, Jia Xu knew that he couldn't wait, if he waited until the enemy army from Zhongmu in the south also appeared, and then he would be attacked on both sides, he was afraid that the Hanzhong army would be panicked and chaotic. So Jia Xu said to Chen Lin: "Lord, at this time, it is advisable to storm the place in front of you and defeat the enemy army in Zhongmu before they appear. ”

Chen Lin looked over and estimated the number of enemy troops, including the cavalry, there were about 6,000 people and horses, it was difficult, the Zhongmu army was only two or three miles away at most, and he wanted to defeat 6,000 people before they arrived, and there were 1,000 cavalry, but fortunately, the commander of this thousand cavalry had just been killed, and his morale was not high. However, this is enough for the Hanzhong army to eat a pot, Chen Lin also knew that Jia Xu was right, and he couldn't hesitate, so Chen Lin ordered sharply: "Order Gao Shun from the middle army, Yang Jiwei from the left road, and Zhou Youping from the right road, immediately defeat the place in front of you, and don't retreat." Gao Shun didn't expect to let the trap camp play at the beginning, but Gao Shun has always been a person who executes orders perfectly. The three of them immediately rushed back to their headquarters, and as soon as the drums sounded, they were about to attack.

Chen Lin looked at the mountain bag, and saw that the three of them had returned to the headquarters, and they were loudly encouraging morale. The three Hanzhong armies rushed out in no particular order, and the incoming army jumped, obviously not expecting that Chen Lin could still take the initiative to attack.

However, the general of the coming army thought about it, smiled and said to the general beside him: "Zhengli, it seems that the thief also knows that he has been trapped, and he wants to defeat our army first." ”