If it were another general, he would not easily let Huang Zu leave when the scene was dominant, but Chen Gui and Deng Hai, two guys who were small and rich, only used the word "roll" to scare Huang Zu out of Kaifeng, and then happily returned to Luoyang with more than 2,000 Jingzhou prisoners.

Please forgive Deng Hai and Chen Gui's small peasant thoughts, they just strictly followed the rules given by Liu He when he left, and did not dare to toss more than 10,000 Shen Xi troops in three or five twos.

Huang Zu's troops were not muddy, although Deng Hai and Chen Gui easily ate the 3,000 people of Deng Long's army who were advancing lightly, but Huang Zu still had 12,000 main forces under his command, and the Shenxi army was only 10,000 people. If the two armies really fight to the death in Kaifeng, even if the Shenxi army wins the victory, it is estimated that there will be heavy casualties, which is not the result that Deng Hai and Chen Gui want to see, let alone the result that the eldest prince Liu He expects.

Although the military merits are good, the tasks assigned by the eldest prince when he leaves are more important, as long as the main force of the Shenxi army is kept and Luoyang is held, there will be big battles and hard battles to fight in the future, so why rush for a while?

After teasing Lao Cao and teaching Huang Zu a lesson, Shen Xijun turned around and returned to Luoyang, and the Zhengyouzhou cavalry in Jinyang also began a dazzling tactical maneuver again.

Because Liu He deliberately garrisoned the army near Jinyang, forcing Gao Gan to ask for help from Yan Liang and Wen Chou's army besieging Gaoliu, the troops had about seven or eight days of free time, which could not only allow the troops to rest on the spot, but also take a few bites of Yuan Jun near Jinyang, so that Gao Gan knew how to write the word "pain".

Xu Huang, who had already followed Liu He, was eager to show his skills, so he took the initiative to ask Liu He for help, wanting to lead a team of cavalry to the upper reaches of Fenshui to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and by the way, beat up Yuan Jun who tried to ambush the Youzhou cavalry on the east bank of Fenshui, so as to disturb the sight of the high-ranking cadres in Jinyang City, and make him think that the final breakthrough route of the Youzhou cavalry was to insert Yanmen County from Taiyuan County to the northeast.

Liu He also happened to want to test Xu Huang's ability to command in battle. So Tian Chou was assigned to Xu Huang as a military advisor, and Xu Huang was given 2,000 cavalry, allowing Xu Huang to play.

Two thousand cavalry doesn't sound terrifying, but it's definitely not a small number, according to the Han military system, if a genuine cavalry lieutenant can have a thousand cavalry, it is already an important force that can influence the situation of the battle. Liu He didn't blink an eye, so he allocated 2,000 cavalry to Xu Huang, but it was not okay to make Guo Jia distressed. Although Guo Jia is known as a ghost, he does not have the ability to predict the future. Therefore, unlike Liu He, he is too confident in a young general who has just come out of the bandits' den in Baibo Valley.

Although Xu Huang is eager to perform, he is not a frizzy person, on the contrary, he is a very cautious and calm general.

Historically, every time Xu Huang used his troops to fight, he had to send scouts far away, first make the appearance that he could not win, and then fight bravely to hunt down the enemy and win the victory. As a result, the soldiers under his command are often busy and have no time to eat, which can be described as unique. Moreover, whenever Xu Huang has military exploits, he rarely takes the initiative to ask for merit, so there is a saying in Cao Cao's army called "Don't wait." It belongs to Xu Huang. ”

At this time, Xu Huang was still a fledgling young general, and he did not have the halo of "five good generals" on his head, but he already had some basic qualities. He attaches great importance to Tian Chou, the military advisor temporarily appointed by Liu He, and can humbly listen to one of Tian Chou's things. Then a plan was developed to explore the Fenshui at night.

During the day, Xu Huang had his soldiers cut down some flammable pine branches from Longshan Mountain to make improvised torches. After dark. Xu Huang first sent a team of 30 sentry cavalry from 20 miles north of Jinyang City to the upper reaches of Fenshui to investigate the enemy's traces, and then sent another team of 30 sentry cavalry from 20 miles south of Jinyang City to detour to the area where Fenshui joins Jinshui to reconnoitre.

At midnight, the two teams of sentry horses returned safely and reported to Xu Huang that they had found no trace of the enemy within 30 miles of the west bank of Fenshui.

Xu Huang then personally led five hundred horsemen, each holding two torches, quietly went around the outside of Jinyang City, and then lit the torches and ran around the city, tossing the defenders at the head of the city. Yuan Jun, who was defending the city, released an arrow into the city in the dark, and then returned to sleep with a curse, ignoring the group of people outside the city who couldn't sleep.

In the early hours of the morning, Xu Huang led the team back to the camp to sleep, while the soldiers who did not leave the camp continued to make pine branch torches.

On the night of the second day, Xu Huang sent two teams of sentry cavalry to the upper and lower reaches of Fenshui to reconnoitre, and after confirming that there were no enemy troops nearby, he personally led a thousand cavalry to the outside of Jinyang City, each holding two torches, tossing for a while, and then returning to the camp to sleep.

The senior cadres and others in the city are not mediocre people, and the meticulous work they sent is always staring at Liu He's main force stationed in the west of Longshan, although they have seen the excitement outside the city in the past two days, they have not found that Liu He's main force has moved their nests, so they turned a blind eye to Xu Huang's tossing, and did not send troops out of the city to surround Xu Huang.

On the third day, when it was just dark, Xu Huang led 2,000 cavalry from the west side of Longshan to the north, made a long detour, quietly crossed the river from the upper reaches of the Fenshui zigzag section, and then marched downstream along the bank of the Fenshui River.

It is said that a few days ago, after Gao Gan sent Gao Ping and Li Fu to bring out 5,000 infantry to set up an ambush on the east bank of Fenshui, 30 miles northeast of Jinyang City, he would send people to contact Gao Ping every day, especially Xu Huang's actions to harass Jinyang City in the past few days and nights, Gao Ping had mastered it.

Gao Ping saw at a glance that the small group of cavalry harassing the defenders of Jinyang City at night was just a trick to exhaust the soldiers, and he felt that the more the enemy harassed Jinyang in this way, the closer it was to the time for the main force to rush across Fenshui, so he kept an eye on the movement on the west bank of Fenshui, and always prevented Liu He from leading the army to break through from this riverbank.

According to Gao Ping's speculation, if Liu He's vanguard wanted to cross the river, it would definitely be during these two days and nights, so he asked all the soldiers not to sleep at night, and as a result, 5,000 people stayed by the river all night, but there was no movement on the other side.

Seeing that the sky was bright and the soldiers were exhausted, Gao Ping ordered the guard to be lifted and the soldiers to rest in place. At this moment, Xu Huang led two thousand cavalry to suddenly kill from behind Yuan Jun!

The defense facilities of the Yuan army were all built facing the river beach, and at this time, Xu Huang killed them from behind, and it happened to be when the soldiers of the Yuan army had just fallen asleep after a hard night's work, so you can imagine how chaotic the scene would be.

Xu Huang held two broad-bladed axes with long handles, and rushed ahead in the lead, encountering Yuan Jun who was blocking the way. The head of the pocket is an open axe, and no one can stop it for a while.

Gao Ping, the commander of the Yuan army, had just fallen asleep, when he suddenly heard the neighing of outsiders in the camp, and hurriedly picked up a long hammer out of the big tent and went straight to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang took advantage of the slightly dewy morning light to see a tall guy swinging a long hammer to smash his horse's head, and hurriedly threw the long axe in his right hand violently, but he heard a scream of "oops", and then there was no movement.

Xu Huang killed even more vigorously, rushing into the enemy camp like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. No one dared to stop him.

When there was chaos in the camp, Li Fu was also frightened by the sudden chaos. At this moment, Hao Zhao, the young general who went out of the city with him, rushed to Li Fu neatly, and then shouted loudly: "My lord, quickly follow me to the bow and crossbow camp in the southeast corner of the camp to stabilize the army's heart, otherwise the army will be mighty!" ”

Li Fu didn't have any ideas at this time, and when he saw Hao Zhao coming to the rescue, where did he have anything to say, he would just nod desperately. Then he followed Hao Zhao and fled to the bow and crossbow camp in one go.

"Master Li has come over to suppress the formation in person! It's just a small group of enemy troops coming to harass you, don't panic! The brothers here immediately moved the heavy equipment in the camp here and temporarily built a line of defense against horses; The brothers over there hurriedly wound their crossbows, and when they saw anyone rushing towards them. Shoot them all to death, and let no one come near our camp! ”

The bow and crossbow battalion, which was originally a little chaotic, quickly calmed down under Hao Zhao's appeasement, and the soldiers followed Hao Zhao's temporary command. Urgently set up a defensive line, then huddled in the camp with a bow and crossbow, and no one was allowed to approach. Including soldiers who fled for their lives.

Xu Huang, who had killed the Chinese army, suddenly received a report from his subordinates that he had encountered stubborn resistance from the Yuan army in the southeast corner of the camp, and that nearly 1,000 Yuan soldiers had used the cover of the camp to keep firing bows and arrows outward, making it impossible for people to get close.

Xu Huang immediately drove his horse to the southeast corner of the camp, and then saw a tall general in the morning glow commanding the soldiers in the camp to defend in an orderly manner.

"Brothers inside, listen, I am the general Xu Gongming under the command of Liu Shiren, the son of Hu Ben, you have been trapped on the east bank of Fenshui! If Ben had ordered his men to fire rockets at this point, you would have been burned alive in the camp. The strength of the army is like this, and the manpower is difficult to do. Childe has always been merciful, and as long as you lay down your blades, Ben will promise not to hurt one of you! ”

Xu Huang shouted to the Yuan army in the corner, not wanting to make more killings.

"Xu Gongming, don't say big things and be scary, you should let your subordinates launch rockets! Behind us is Fenshui, I have let my brothers wet their clothes and bedding, if you are willing to let the cavalry come close and release arrows, I will let your men come and go!" ”

Hao Zhao shouted to Xu Huang across the camp, without the slightest fear on his face.

Xu Huang admired the calm and wit of the young generals in the camp, so he said: "Dare to ask who is talking in the camp?" Today Xu was taught! ”

"A certain is Taiyuan Hao Bodao, today let Er and others succeed in the sneak attack, it is just a small mistake, and Hao will definitely return it in the future!"

When Xu Huang heard this, he was not angry but happy, and immediately led his army to evacuate this place, and returned to the Longshan camp safely the next night.

When Liu He heard that Xu Huang had won a big victory on the east bank of Fenshui, he was naturally very happy and was about to reward Xu Huang, but Xu Huang said to Liu He: "Son, the last general has found a general talent in the enemy camp, if he can subdue this son, he will definitely be able to help you!" ”

"Oh, little Jinyang still has such a character? Tell me about it! ”

"This person's name is Hao Bodao, a native of Taiyuan, about twenty years old, and now he is a small leader in the Yuan military camp."

"Hao Bodao? Could it be him! ”

Liu He's heart moved, and he remembered the bull man in history who was able to hold Chencang with only a thousand soldiers and resist the onslaught of the enemy's tens of thousands of troops for nearly a month.

It's not a cow man, there are really few cattle people in history who can make Zhuge Kongming's tens of thousands of troops deflated! (To be continued......)