More than 10,000 people led by Li Yan, as early as the previous entanglement has been heavily damaged, and the soldiers are tired, in the face of Xiahou Yuan who came out with anger at this time, they can no longer be defeated, even Li Yan himself was forced to fight with him, only more than 20 times, he was sleepy and tired, even people with guns were chopped away, almost killed Xiahou Yuan's knife, fortunately his own soldiers fought to the death to protect each other, and then escaped.

Li Yan's troops, which were covered by the formation, were defeated on all fronts and had to retreat to the south.

Originally, he could also choose to flee to the direction where the main army came, but that would bring disastrous consequences to the main army, the road was already narrow, and the deserters who had been scattered were scrambling to be the first, which would inevitably bring chaos to the main force of his side.

No matter how much Li Yan spared his life, he would never dare to make such a low-level mistake, so he could only retreat to the south with the rout.

Xiahou Yuan was in danger of Wancheng's safety, so he didn't dare to chase too far, so he rushed and killed for a while, so he arranged his soldiers and horses to wait in ambush at the intersection.

About an hour later, the middle route army of the Chu State army was the first to arrive near Wancheng, and the line was lined up in a long queue that could not be seen at a glance, and the sky was full of dust.

Xiahou Yuan reacted quickly and urgently ordered his soldiers to mount their horses and wait for the battle.

When the front row of soldiers of the Chu army gradually appeared on the horizon and the flag flew in the wind, Xiahou Yuan clenched the long knife in his hand.

"Rush!"

With a loud shout, Xiahou Yuan galloped out, and the war horse galloped wildly, jumped high, and killed towards the road.

"Kill, !!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!! ”

The soldiers of the Cao army swarmed around, and more than ten horsemen were in a column, misaligned with each other. Kill it all over the place.

"Oops. What about Li Yan who pressed the formation? ”

Chen Deng, who was marching with the Central Route Army, was anxious. At this time, the soldiers had not yet been deployed, and they were attacked by cavalry, so how could they resist.

The roaring hooves were like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the soldiers of the Chu State, and it was obvious that the soldiers' hands holding the blades were trembling a little, and their expressions were terrified.

Xiahou Yuan took the lead and led the iron cavalry to fiercely attack the army of Chu.

In just an instant, the soldiers in the front row fell in pieces, and they scattered and fled. For a force that is completely irresistible, the human instinct is to run.

Chen Deng and the generals of the Central Route Army tried their best to stop, intending to stabilize their positions and form an array, but unfortunately they had no time and opportunity at all.

Xiahou Yuan was too fierce, the sharp big knife slashed left and right, no one could stop him, and he beheaded several generals and colonels in a row, so that the soldiers who had been in chaos were all frightened and scattered in all directions. The mountains were full of soldiers who were evading. At such times, even if there is half an hour. It can also form a dense shield array and a gun array, so as to resist the charge of the Cao army, but unfortunately no one can stop Xiahou Yuan for half an hour.

As for the cavalry, because of the confusion of the infantry, they could not advance or retreat, as if they were stuck in a quagmire, and they could not rush up at all.

Cao Jun was completely different, because they were not afraid of trampling, they just had to run over like a chariot, and the more they died, the better.

"It's too fast! It's so fast! ”

Seeing that the more than 30,000 people of the Middle Route Army were about to be defeated, Chen Deng drew his sword and roared vigorously: "The lieutenant general and colonel of the army immediately organize a retreat, retreat immediately!" ”

It's a pity that his roar is useless, chaos has appeared, the soldiers are scattered and fled, the establishment is scattered, where can he still command effectively, even if he roars through his throat, and the banner behind him is shaking around, no one pays attention.

"It's over!"

This was the only thought in the minds of Chen Deng and the middle and high-ranking generals accompanying him.

Wang Ling was lying on the stretcher not far from Chen Deng at this time, observing the situation at the moment, he was anxious, and shouted: "Help me up, bring my weapon, I will block Xiahou Yuan, only I can stop him, you retreat!" ”

The soldiers beside him held him down, but he didn't dare to let him get up, his injuries did not allow him to fight again, not to mention a fierce general like Xiahou Yuan, who would definitely die.

Even this struggle just now caused his wounds to crack, and his clean clothes were red with blood again, and his face was pale.

"General Wang, don't make trouble!"

Chen Deng roared angrily, ignoring Wang Ling, and ordered: "Wait for General Wang and the medical officer and other logistics personnel to evacuate first, discard a qiē baggage, and go lightly!" ”

"Command!"

The guards looked heavy and left, they all knew that they didn't have much time in their hands.

Just when Chen Dengdu was about to despair in this dangerous place, suddenly, a loud shout spread through the mountains and fields, rumbling.

"Xiahou Yuan, don't want to be murderous! Zhang Helai also !! ”

I saw a majestic warrior in the east galloping wildly, carrying a war spear, along the dirt slope, like a tiger coming down the mountain, roaring wildly, and the roaring sound of horses' hooves came from behind him, and when he ran to the bottom of the slope, the figure of a column of cavalry flashed, like a torrent that broke the embankment, pouring down.

It turned out that Zhang He, who was ordered to lead the right route army, arrived in time, and he just heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing two miles away, and knew that something had changed, so he ordered his personal guards to rush to the rescue.

"Zhang He!!"

Seeing that majestic figure, Xiahou Yuan was furious, his eyes were red, and his teeth were about to be crushed.

He knew that Zhang He was very powerful, and coming at this time was definitely a stumbling block, or a big stumbling block.

It must be known that even if this Zhang He is two quarters of an hour late, then he will be able to completely defeat this middle route army.

Zhang He has long been holding back a fire, since he was trapped, Xiahou Yuan's subordinates have been provoking and insulting every day, making his whole person almost explode, although in the eyes of his subordinates, he is always very calm and calm. But only he knows that he is holding on, and he is not even sure when he will lose control.

He can't be blamed for this, no matter how tough a man is, he is still a human after all, and it is impossible to be without love.

At this time, those grievances, those pressures, and those humiliations were like bombs burning in his heart, and the moment he saw Xiahou Yuan, they were completely detonated.

"Xiahou Yuan, I will fight with you today!!!!

With a loud shout, he galloped with his gun and went straight to Xiahou!

For the Cao army that blocked him along the way, he didn't even look at it, brandished his spear, and killed with one blow!

Those bloodthirsty eyes were like a fierce beast that saw its prey, staring at Xiahou Yuan alone.

"Humph! Zhang Hepuff. Sooner or later, I will take your dog's life! ”

Xiahou Yuan roared. Unspeakable annoyance.

He wanted to draw his sword and kill him immediately. Three hundred rounds of the battle, Zhang He, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart, but unfortunately he knew very well in his heart that now Zhang He had arrived, indicating that the army of Chu would soon be fully converged, and he would face a heavy siege at that time.

The opportunity has been lost!!

He is indeed a fierce general, and he is indeed brave. It doesn't mean that he is stupid, brave and stupid are two concepts.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the evil fire in his heart, Xiahou Yuan glared fiercely at Zhang He, who was killed, and then without saying a word, he looked up to the sky and roared: "Withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

His subordinates also knew that they were urgent, and they all scolded the soldiers of Cao's army to retreat.

"Brave mouse, why don't you dare to fight?"

Zhang He saw that Xiahou Yuan was not fighting at all, so he turned his horse and retreated. I was angry in my heart, and I scolded wildly.

"Humph!"

Xiahou Yuan snorted coldly. But he ignored it, and led his troops to withdraw.

The shouts of killing gradually faded away, and Cao's iron cavalry raised high dust and rushed towards Wancheng.

Zhang Heyao looked at Xiahou Yuan's figure in the distance, standing quietly and expressionless.

The partial general Meng Da Tsema came to him and sighed softly: "Alas! Xiahou Yuan is familiar with the art of war, and he knows how to advance and retreat, and he is brave for a while, which is really a big trouble for my Chu country! ”

"If you don't get rid of this person, the world will be uneasy!"

Zhang He lightly spit out eight words, and there were no more words......

Xiahou Yuan withdrew to Wancheng, and Zhang He personally led his troops to suppress the formation outside the city, so that the army of Chu could reunite in Wancheng, and slowly withdrew to the camp twenty miles south of Wancheng.

Soon, Zhang He received an order from Guo Jia to collect his troops and return to the camp, and was about to go back, but several fast riders came galloping.

"Report to General Zhang, General Leng Bao commanded 30,000 people to stick to the four main roads for most of the day, and was attacked by Zhang Xiu's Department in Pheasant County, Niujin Department in Xi'e County, Zhao Yan at Sunset, Lu Zhao's Department, and Cao Hong's Department who rushed to help from the side of Duyang.

Hearing this, Zhang He's face froze, and he didn't say a word, and immediately turned the horse's head: "Meng Da, you are here to suppress the formation, I'll go to save Leng Bao!" ”

"General rest assured!" Meng Da gave up the order.

Zhang He only ordered two thousand horses to guard this time, and galloped back and forth, saving many fleeing soldiers along the way, and finally met the cold bud after desperately breaking halfway, and hurriedly rescued it, and did not dare to fight, and fought and left, Cao Jun refused to give up, chased and killed all the way, and the blood almost dyed the road to Wancheng in the sunset red.

With the assistance of Meng Da, although these last few troops and horses suffered great losses, they finally withdrew to Dazhai in the south.

It didn't take long for Chen Zhi, who had attacked the main roads in the south, to return triumphantly, which meant that the main roads to Xiangyang had been opened up, and the crowd was excited.

In this battle, the army trapped in the north of Nanyang for many days, after dozens of bloody battles, although difficult, but finally achieved contact with the rear, and the crisis was resolved.

Guo Jia immediately wrote an article to Xiangyang, asking Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, who were sitting in Xiangyang, to gather all the grain and grass supplies and send them to the front line at any cost.

At the same time, the main force of the Chu State threatened Wancheng at all times, forcing the Cao army that was pursuing from all sides, and did not dare to leave, Cao Hongbu, Zhang Xiubu, Niu Jin, Zhao Yan, and Lu Zhao Ministry, totaling tens of thousands of people, all stayed in Wancheng, Niu Jin led the crowd into the city, and joined forces with Xiahou Yuan to defend the city.

Cao Hong, Zhang Xiu, Zhao Yan, and Lu Zhao camped at the main crossing in the east of Wancheng, echoing each other with Wancheng, and at the same time blocking the way ahead.

At this time, the strength of the Cao army gathered in Wancheng reached a total of more than 80,000 people.

It's just that Cao Hong, in order to rescue Sunset Ju and pursue Bowang's withdrawn Eastern Army, hurriedly took away more than 40,000 Cao soldiers from the southwest battalion of Duyang, so that the main force of Cao's army in Duyang was weakened by Yanzhòng, leaving only the North Camp and the East Camp, totaling 70,000 people.

Now, the sum of Wancheng and Duyang is already all the strength of Cao's army in Nanyang, and it is also the only force.

It can be said that in this vigorous breakthrough battle, although the Chu State suffered heavy losses, the casualties of the Cao army were also huge.

In terms of the entire layout, Guo Jia's initial plan was successfully realized, which made the main force of Chu get out of the predicament, and at the same time, it also really opened the battlefield and had room to do it.

If the army of Chu is a tiger, then when they were trapped in Bowang, Duyang and other places before, it was as if they were locked in a cage, whether they wanted to eat or not, whether they wanted to drink or not, and they didn't dare to move, but now they have escaped from the cage and gained freedom...... (To be continued......)