As Xu Shu expected, Guan Ping crossed the Han River and attacked the rear army of Cao's army, but was defeated by Cao Cao's general Zhang Jaw, with thousands of men and horses lost, and he almost lost his life in the army, but fortunately Zhang Yi arrived in time and rescued Guan Ping. Then Zhang Yi, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua combined troops, after the Cao army withdrew more than ten miles, suddenly launched an attack, the Cao army was caught off guard, more than 10,000 soldiers, the rear army heavy grain and grass for the Jingzhou army, Zhang Jaw with thousands of remnants retreated to Wancheng garrison. It was Cao Cao's former army that had already passed Wancheng, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Jaw was defeated, sighed, and did not blame, and ordered Zhang Jaw to convene the old department in Wancheng, recruit Nanyang county soldiers, and hold on. He led his troops to continue to dare to go non-stop. At the same time, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Xu Huang, and Wen Ping were ordered by Cao Cao to lead part of the way back to the Central Plains, and divided into left and right wings to Hanshui and Huaishui to intersperse to block the Shu army Zhuge Zhan Department who tried to break through to the south.

In the second year of Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty (205 B.C.), Runan built a county, governed Cai, belonged to Yuzhou, the risk of "negative mountain Huai, control and strangle Yingcai", it is the place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight, and many famous battles in later generations took place here, and it is impossible to count them one by one.

After the defeat of Cao Pi by the young master of Zhuge , stationed outside the city of Xudu, more than ten days, the Cao army withdrew, divided into a joint attack, the young master Zhuge was shocked when he heard the news, and then waved his army south, trying to rush before the arrival of the Cao army, through Runan, cross the Huai River, and retreat to Jiangxia, where there were 40,000 soldiers and horses of Lu Xun.

But who knew that Cao Cao had already expected that he would send Wen Ping to ride eastward to intercept the Shu army in Huaishui and not cross south, so in desperation, Young Master Zhuge led his troops to retreat to Runan County, Yuzhou, to rest the army. I didn't want Cao's army to march quickly, and the five thousand tigers and leopards under Cao Zhen's department rushed to Runan at this time, and a big battle was inevitable.

On the war horse, Sun Jiao said loudly: "Cao Zhen is eager to win, break away from the main force, go deep alone, and chase our army with only 5,000 cavalry, it is really self-inflicted, since our army can't go south now, it is better to wave his army westward, annihilate Cao Zhen, face Cao Jun all the way west, and break through the gap between the two armies of Cao Jun!" ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he patted his thigh and said with a smile: "General Sun's plan is feasible!" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he frowned, and said: "Cao is really a fierce general of the Cao army, this time the commander is the tiger and leopard cavalry, our cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry are going head-to-head, I'm afraid it will be ......."

When Sun Jiao heard this, he smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Our army has more than 20,000 cavalry, and Cao's army is only 5,000 cavalry. ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he also persuaded: "Son, our army is far away from the rear, and the lone army goes deep into the hinterland of Cao's army, this is the 'place of death' mentioned in the art of war. ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he sighed and said, "That's it!" Just fight him! Even if Cao Zhen is not destroyed, he will knock out the two teeth of this guy! He immediately ordered the whole army to march west to meet Cao Zhen.

In the early morning of the next day, the two armies will meet in Shangcai, and Cao Jun will be arranged in a wild goose formation, with a silver helmet on his head, a brown cloak, a bright armor shining in the sun, a spear in his hand, and a black horse in his crotch. This person is none other than General Cao Jun, Cao Zhen.

There are few soldiers in Shangcai City, and the county guards stick to the city, and they stretch out their heads to look at Shangcai City. Seeing Cao Jun's majesty, his heart was a little calm. Outside Shangcai City, opposite the Cao army, the Shu army of 20,000 was assembled in the middle, the young master Zhuge personally led 10,000 foot soldiers in the center, Sun Jiao and Zhao Yun each led 3,000 cavalry columns on the left and right wings, and Fu Shiren led an army of 3,000 guerrilla responses. The war drums rumbled, and the foot soldiers of the Shu army responded to the drums, marching forward in formation, and the spears in their hands were forward, and the momentum was pressing. It seems to be majestic, only Young Master Zhuge knows that this group of new pawns is too short in time, it is difficult to appreciate the mystery of the Roman phalanx, and the reason why Young Master Zhuge chose to let them take the lead in attacking is actually to let them be cannon fodder to attract Cao Jun to attack, and it is best to be able to disrupt Cao Jun's formation when he will escape, so that the Shu army will have a greater chance of winning.

Cao Zhen saw the Shu army foot soldiers driving over, smiled slightly, waved the spear in his hand, and five thousand cavalry rushed towards the Shu army, the rumbling horse hooves and the sound of the ground knocking stimulated the nerves of every Shu army, suddenly, the Shu army infantry army formation began to shake, I don't know who suddenly shouted in the army, "Run!" The Shu army is defeated! The already frightened Shu army infantry suddenly became chaotic, the soldiers scrambled to escape, Young Master Zhuge was shocked when he saw this, and after a closer look, there were hundreds of soldiers in the army array holding big swords to slash left and right, slashing and killing their comrades, only then did they understand that Cao Zhen had already prepared. Hurriedly turned the horse's head and went straight to the right wing of Zhao Yun's army, at this time Zhao Yun was leading the army to stop the Shu army from escaping, killing more than ten people in a row, it was difficult to prohibit it, and when he was about to kill, he was stopped by Young Master Zhuge and said loudly: "The army is defeated like a mountain, and the foot soldiers are not the old department of our army, let him go, quickly shrink the army and meet the Cao army!" Stabilize the situation! ”

Zhao Yun heard this, Da realized, hurriedly contracted the army, led the troops to meet the Cao army, the Cao army was smooth sailing, did not expect the right wing of the Shu army to suddenly meet up, caught off guard, the two armies stood together, Sun Jiao saw this and hurriedly led the army from the left flank to rush over, Fu Shiren led the army around the foot soldiers, facing the Cao army head-on, the army was mixed together, the sound of fighting, the sound of soldiers resounded the world, the county guard who watched the battle on Cai City sighed: "Who said that the Shu army was timid and cowardly? Looking at it today, I know that the rumors are not credible! ”

Although the Shu army is brave and good at fighting, and is not afraid of death, the cavalry is not well trained, and it is difficult to match the Central Plains horsemen such as tiger and leopard riding, less than half an hour, more than half of the cavalry were killed and wounded, and the two swords in the body of the young master Zhuge were bleeding endlessly, seeing that the Shu army was difficult to support, the young master Zhuge urgently ordered Zhao Yun to lead the troops to break off, and he would retreat eastward with Sun Jiao and Fu Shiren.

In the evening, Zhao Yun finally threw off the tiger and leopard cavalry that was chasing him, and joined Young Master Zhuge Yu Yingshui, at this time more than half of the more than 10,000 cavalry of the Shu army had been lost!

Looking at the Shu army, which was injured and exhausted, Young Master Zhuge sighed and said, "If I hadn't attacked the enemy lightly and gone deep alone, why would I be in today's predicament!" I'm sorry brothers! ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he patted Young Master Zhuge on the shoulder and said, "If it weren't for our fearlessness of death, going deep into the enemy's hinterland and pinning down Cao's army, I don't know how long the battle of Xiangfan would last!" We don't know how many good brothers will die! Giving up the car to protect the commander, the wise man is doing it, not to mention that the main force of our army still exists, can Zhan'er An be discouraged so far? ”

Sun Jiao also persuaded when he heard this: "Although our army is defeated, the main force is still alive, and it is unknown who will kill the deer, and now the top priority is to quickly decide how to break through the siege, how can you be a child here?" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he nodded, and said: "Cao Zhen is very anxious to chase me, it is impossible to go west and south, the downstream of Yingshui is Shouchun, where the population is dense, the grain and grass are sufficient, Zhang Liao's main force is south of Huaishui, I never thought that we would dare to fight his lair, if we can defeat Shouchun, our army will have enough military resources!" ”

When they heard this, they rejoiced and said, "Wonderful! ”