Cao Hong didn't understand. Li Dian frowned and said, "Since you have set up an ambush against our army. So why not outside the city? There are many suitable places on the ground for more than 200 miles, but why not do it? Waiting for us to enter the city before launching an ambush will inevitably cause a lot of damage to the city, and won't it be worth the loss? Cao Hong felt that what Li Dian said made sense, and nodded unconsciously. looked at Li Dian and asked, "Then why do you think the other party did it?" Li Dian frowned and said, "There is only one possibility." They are going to annihilate us completely, so that we will not be freed from one of us! And this must be done to deal with General Cao Ren's army! Cao Hong couldn't help but worry.

Shouts rang out from the alleys on both sides almost at the same time, and the soldiers of Cao Jun became nervous. Cao Hong frowned and yelled: "Brothers, we have no way to escape, if we want to live, we have to fight with them!" The soldiers of Cao Jun lifted their morale and shouted in unison. Immediately, I saw many Lu Bujun running out of the alleys on both sides.

First, a wave of arrows rained down, and Cao Jun arrived at a piece, and then Lu Bujun rushed up with a long knife and a spear. The two sides fought in a mess, and one by one the soldiers fell in pools of blood.

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Cao Ren was pacing back and forth in the office, looking a little restless. All the generals are silent, and you are below. At this time, the main force of more than 200,000 was already ready, just waiting for Cao Ren's order.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. Cao Ren immediately stopped and looked out of the door, and all the generals couldn't help but look out of the door. A scout hurriedly rushed into the hall and knelt down and said, "General Qiyu, the Lu Bu army on the east bank of the river has moved, and the whole army has pulled out the camp and marched west!" ”

Cao Ren was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Great! Cao Hong: They succeeded! He turned his head to the generals and said, "Let's go!" Then he led the generals out of the hall in a hurry. More than a dozen generals galloped to the outside of the city surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers, only to see that more than 200,000 troops were arrayed in the fields outside the city, as if the sky was overwhelming, swords and guns were bright and snowy, and flags were surging. Cao Ren led the generals to run in front of the army, pointed to the west and shouted: "General Cao Hong has taken Nanyang!" ......""Hooray! Banzai! ......" The 200,000 army shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

Cao Ren roared, "Now it's time to take revenge on Lu Bu!" Let Lu Bu and the people of the world know that we are the strongest army in the world! The blood of the 200,000 troops was boiling, and they couldn't help but shout.

Cao Ren roared: "The whole army obeys the order, marches westward, and annihilates the Lu Bu army!" ”

The 200,000 Cao army swam west like a black dragon. Crossing the Shushui River, the army rushed to the northwest. Two days later, the scouts sent a message that Lu Bu's army had been found more than thirty miles to the west and was hurrying west. Cao Ren was greatly excited and ordered the whole army to speed up.

As the vanguard, the 20,000 lightly armed infantry troops chased at full speed. In the afternoon, he found the rear team of Lu Bujun's escort and immediately launched an attack. Lü Bu's army was defenseless, collapsed at the first touch, and fled in all directions. The forward of the Cao army seized a large amount of baggage and materials, and there was jubilation up and down. The forward general Niu Jin immediately ordered someone to offer victory to Cao Ren. Immediately, Niu Jin left hundreds of people to guard the baggage and supplies, and he led the forward army to continue to pursue Lu Bu's army.

Cao Ren was overjoyed to learn that Niu Jin had routed the rear of Lü Bu's army and seized Lü Bu's army's baggage and supplies, and immediately urged all armies to speed up their march.

Niu Jin, who was in front, led nearly 20,000 forwards all the way to the west and came to a place. The place is flat, with a shallow stream facing it, and a wide wooden bridge is erected over it; The north side is mountainous, while the south side is relatively flat and covered with dense forests. Niu Jin's 20,000 forwards have been on the road for more than an hour, and they all feel a little tired. Niu Jin looked at the surrounding terrain and asked his subordinates, "What is this place?" How far is it from Nanyang? The subordinate said: "This is near Qingxi Village, only a dozen miles away from Nanyang. He pointed to the low hill not far from the younger brother, and said, "Turn the hill in front of you, and you can see Nanyang." ”

Niu Jin said: "Compared to Lu Bujun, he has already rushed to Nanyang City, speed up!" Then he led 20,000 forwards over the creek and over the hill. An endless plain immediately appeared in front of you, and in the center of the plain was a large city, which was Nanyang City, and under the city, a large army was gathered.

Niu Jin looked at the army, acted excitedly, and immediately waved his army over. Coming to the rear of that large army, 20,000 Cao troops lined up in battle. Niu Jin rode out of his horse and glanced at the opposing army, and found that there were only about 30,000 people, all of them cavalry, light armor and cloaks, carrying bows and arrows on their backs, and carrying spears. Niu Jin felt a little strange in his heart, and said secretly: There should be almost 200,000 people, why are there only these people? And it's all cavalry? Like hussars?

Looking up at the city, the banner of the Cao family was floating on the city, and Niu Jin's originally uneasy mood immediately calmed down.

Riding his horse and running between the two armies, he raised his broadsword and pointed at the enemy's army formation and shouted: "I am Niu Jin, the general of Cao Ren's army, who dares to fight me to the death?" ”

Lu Bu immediately flew out of the army, dressed in heavy armor, with a majestic appearance, snow-white beard, carrying a Spring and Autumn broadsword, and a yellow-orange hard bow hanging on the side of the saddle. Niu Jin saw the general and exclaimed, "Huang Zhong?!" ”

Huang Zhong didn't speak, and ran straight towards Niu Jin with a big knife. Niu Jin saw that Huang Zhong was fierce, so he couldn't help shouting and rode his horse to meet him.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the two big knives swung violently, with a loud bang. The two horses staggered past, both turned their horses' heads, and once again charged towards their opponents. After several rounds of reciprocation, the two generals were entangled in a vicious battle, only to see two big knives slashing back and forth, Niu Jin's knife momentum was powerful, and Huang Zhong's momentum was even more shocking.

After more than a dozen rounds, Niu Jin showed signs of inadequacy. Huang Zhong slashed down at Niu Jin with a knife, Niu Jin hurriedly raised his knife to hold it, pushed Huang Zhong's big knife away with a hard push, and quickly turned the horse's head and ran towards the main formation.

Huang Zhong smiled coldly, reined in the war horse, straddled the big knife on the saddle bridge, took out the old yellow bow, and bent the bow and arrows at Niu Jin, who was really running. With a bang, the arrow turned into a meteor and left, and almost at the same time, Niu Jin turned over and fell off his horse with a scream. Cao Jun couldn't help but tremble when he saw this.

Huang Zhong raised his left hand and waved it forward, and the impatient 30,000 hussars who had been waiting for a long time burst out with a shout, and swept towards Cao's army like a whirlwind. After all, Cao Jun is also an elite division, although the main general is dead, he is still reflexively arrayed to prepare for battle. The shield bearer is in front, and the archer is in the back.