It turned out that the second Cao Bing general was Zhang Lu.

Before the two Cao soldiers left Yuzhou, Xiahou Yuan instructed them: "The two teams should march to Yiyang one after the other, keep a distance of ten miles and march to Yiyang, and in case the Yiyi Road and Jingzhou soldiers are ambushed, they can take care of each other." This is a safe bet. ”

Zhang Lu and Cao Kuan were ordered to lead the troops to set off, and they really maintained a distance of ten miles along the way, and walked slowly towards Yiyang.

They still remember that Xiahou Yuan gave a face-to-face lecture like this: "After passing the Mushroom Ridge, there is Yiyang County in front of you." The county seat of Yiyang is a small city, with a population of less than 2,000, and the soldiers defending the city are those three or five hundred. After you get there, take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, quickly capture the county seat of Yiyang, and then do not stop, and immediately send troops to the south of Xinye City.

After arriving, two large battalions were set up in favorable terrain, and Zhang Lu's first battalion was in the south, specifically blocking the Jingzhou soldiers who came from the direction of Partridge Ridge to reinforce them. Cao Kuan was stationed all the way to the north, preparing to cooperate with the main force of our army in the direction of Queweipo to attack Xinye City from the south.

Hehe, just like that, our army's tens of thousands of troops attacked from the north and south, and Xinye City could be conquered in a few days. ”

Over there, Xiahou Yuan was making wishful thinking at home, and here Zhang Lu and Cao Kuan had already moved to the back of Mushroom Ridge.

At this time, Cao Kuan's team stopped at the north entrance of the Mushroom Ridge Canyon, and Zhang Lu's men and horses stopped ten miles behind, but when Cao Kuan's 5,000 men and horses crossed the canyon and controlled the southern exit of the canyon, he led his troops to move in the direction of the canyon and waited for an opportunity to pass through the canyon.

At this time, Cao Kuan stood at the north entrance of the Mushroom Ridge Canyon, surrounded by dozens of deputy generals and personal soldiers, all riding on horses, and observing the Mushroom Ridge in the direction of the canyon along the direction of Cao Kuan's finger.

After observing for a while, Cao Kuan turned his face and asked, "Is there an ambush?" Do you see it clearly? ”

The lieutenants all said they didn't find it.

One of them was anxious and urged: "The main general, the last general thinks that Liu Cong came over with 40,000 horses, how many places are waiting for him to allocate troops, and where do he still have troops to come to Mushroom Ridge to ambush?"

Besides, even if there are troops, he Liu Cong would not have thought that our army would pass through here! Maybe he didn't even know about the canyon of Mushroom Ridge.

General Xiahou's clever calculation was not something that Liu Cong and other laymen could predict.

The soldiers were very fast, and the last general asked the main general to give orders, and immediately led the troops into the canyon to open a passage for the whole army. ”

Cao Kuan just snorted twice, and didn't pay attention to the lieutenant, and paused for a while before muttering: "Don't rush in." Under my command, the scout horse team stepped forward and went into the canyon for three or five miles to reconnoiter to see if there was an ambush, and then came back to report. ”

More than 20 scout cavalry listened to the order, crossed the beach with horses, and came to the entrance of the canyon, and looked at it twice, only to see that it was all upright stone walls, and there was no trace of ambush soldiers, and then they cautiously rode their horses into the canyon, reconnoitred the road for three or five miles, and did not see any signs of ambush, so they came back to report to Cao Kuan, and asked Cao Kuan to boldly lead the troops into the canyon.

In this way, Cao Wan led 5,000 men and horses into the canyon cautiously?????? The following matter, as mentioned earlier, after Cao Kuan's 5,000 men and horses all entered the ambush circle arranged by Wei Yan, Liu Cong commanded the Jingzhou soldiers to attack, and for a while, in the ten-mile canyon, smoke and dust were billowing and the sound of killing was loud.

The battle is going on to a fierce place, Cao Bing, who is ten miles north of the Mushroom Ridge, under the leadership of the main general Liu Lu, ran and marched, ran ten miles in one go, and when he came to the entrance of the canyon, he saw that the entrance was blocked by miscellaneous stones and wood, and when he looked at the Mushroom Ridge twice, he saw that it was all steep stone walls.

At this time, I can only hear the sound of killing in the canyon, and from time to time there is smoke and dust rolling over.

Zhang Lu was anxious, knowing that Cao Kuan's 5,000 men and horses inside had been ambushed, so he rushed into the canyon to rescue Cao Kuan, but where could he get in!

The entrance to the canyon has been blocked, and the two walls are steep stone walls, and you can't climb it with your bare hands.

Zhang Lu was so anxious on the horse that he lost his claim, and went to the rescue, but he couldn't get in; If he did not go in to the rescue, and he was afraid of being dealt with by military law, he anxiously ordered the two teams of soldiers: "In the past, divide into two teams to climb up the slopes on both sides of the canyon entrance, and after climbing up, occupy a favorable position and take the follow-up troops up."

Then they attacked along both sides of the canyon together, defeated the Jingzhou ambush soldiers, and rescued General Cao Kuan. ”

So the two teams of Cao soldiers followed the order, with bows, arrows, knives, guns and dry food, and moved to both sides of the canyon to climb the cliff and attack the Jingzhou ambush.

But with a baggage, is the hanging rock so easy to climb?

No, I just came to the bottom of the cliff and was checking the path of climbing, and there were random arrows shooting down on the top of the cliff, although they didn't hurt anyone, but this made the Cao soldiers very frightened - wasn't the Cao soldiers in the canyon shot like this?

So they fled together, returned to the side of the brigade, and reported to the main general Liu Lu: "Our army has no hooks, no ropes, and cannot climb the cliff. On top of the mountain rocks, there were also Jingzhou soldiers in ambush, and if we didn't run fast, we would have been shot a long time ago. ”

The main general Zhang Lu was embarrassed, the canyon could not enter, and Cao Kuan's men and horses could not be rescued.

The cliff can't be climbed, and the Jingzhou ambush can't be defeated.

If you make a detour to climb the Mushroom Ridge and launch an attack on the Jingzhou ambush, I am afraid it will be three days later.

By that time, Cao Kuan and the ghosts of the five thousand Cao soldiers in the canyon had already reported to the Lord of Hades, and after crossing the Nai He Bridge, they had already been reincarnated, so did they still need to go to the rescue?

Besides, it was past noon, and the soldiers were already so tired that they had already fallen apart, and where they could fight, even if they were fighting, they had to rest for a while, replenish water and food.

Another point, Zhang Lu knew that if he didn't come up with an idea in time, it would not be impossible for the Jingzhou soldiers to clean up Cao Kuan's 5,000 men and horses, and then turn around and clean up themselves.

Who knows how many Jingzhou soldiers Liu Cong arranged here?

This is actually a difficult thing to lead troops to fight, not only difficult, but simply too difficult.

Now I feel embarrassed on this road - I haven't fought with the Jingzhou soldiers, so I don't know whether it is better to move forward or retreat!

In the canyon in front of him, the sound of killing gradually disappeared, Zhang Lu looked around again, only to feel that in the reckless and continuous wilderness, danger lurked, and the murderous aura gradually forced towards him.

Zhang Lu decided: "Retreat ten miles back and station." Then send scouts to reconnoiter around, reconnoiter and understand the enemy's situation before deciding to act. ”

So Zhang Lu turned his horse's head and prepared to give the order to retreat.

At this moment, several figures appeared from the stone pile at the entrance of the canyon, and gradually increased, and when they looked closely, there were about twenty people.

Zhang Lu and Cao Bing were puzzled, and some were surprised, and after waiting for a while, they saw these figures running towards their team, waving and shouting something as they ran.

Zhang Lu instructed a lieutenant general: "Lead the troops to intercept them and ask what they are doing." ”

The adjutant general led a team of Cao soldiers to meet them, and after surrounding these people, he didn't know what to say, so he escorted them to Zhang Lu's side and reported: "Tell the chief general that these people are prisoners of our army released by Liu Cong in Jingzhou!" ”

Zhang Lu was very surprised when he heard this, so he turned over and dismounted, approached the captive and asked in a low voice: "What did Liu Cong in Jingzhou do when he put you back?" ”

Second, several captives shouted in unison: "Tell the commander, Liu Cong orders you to surrender quickly!" ”045