Zhang Liao was dissatisfied with the panic of his soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, say slowly, what happened?" ”

"I just got the news that Cao Zhang's order has been delivered, and Yu Xinzheng is summoning all the Zhonglang generals and Ya generals to discuss matters in the big tent."

Zhang Liao sneered, didn't Cao Zhang's order be given all the time? What's so strange about that.

Seeing that Zhang Liao didn't take it to heart, the soldiers immediately said hurriedly: "General, this time is different, Cao Zhang issued a gold medal order!" ”

The gold medal order is also the transfer order, Zhang Liao also knows that it is Cao Zhang's highest military order, as if Cao Zhang is there in person, Zhang Liao also realized the problem Yan zhòng, he pondered for a moment, turned around and shouted: "The pro-soldiers are assembled immediately!" ”

Zhang Liao's decades of fighting on the battlefield had given him an unusual sensitivity to danger, and when he heard that Cao Zhang's gold medal had arrived at the barracks, he realized that the final moment of turning his face had come.

Zhang Liao put on his armor and turned over his horse, and at this moment, the fire was raging in front of him, and he saw the deputy general Xin leading thousands of soldiers to surround him from three sides, and the soldiers were holding torches, carrying swords and spears, and they were murderous.

Yu Xin and Zhang Liao are their masters, in the struggle for military power, they finally turned their faces, behind Yu Xin, three lieutenant generals and dozens of tooth generals are all in armor, one by one fierce eyes, like a wolf staring at Zhang Liao.

"Zhang Liao, listen!"

Yu Xin no longer called General Zhang Liao, but called him by his name, his voice was hoarse, with a beastly whisper in his throat, and he raised his knife and pointed at Zhang Liao, "Gongzi Zhang has an order, order us to return to Youzhou, for the sake of the same Cao Jun, you can go, if you dare to stop it, then don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Zhang Liao sighed in his heart, Cao Zhang really ordered them to retreat north, this is undoubtedly to give up Qingzhou, he had no choice but to say loudly: "You have to obey the orders of Gongzi Zhang, I have nothing to say, but I hope that General Yu will focus on the overall situation and stay in Qingzhou, the Han army's north to Bohai County is just a delaying tactic, they will definitely go south to Qingzhou, hope." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Liao to finish speaking, the soldiers around him shouted, "We are from Youzhou, and we want to go back to our hometown!" ”

The shouting was noisy, drowning out Zhang Liao's voice, Yu Xin sneered, and said to Zhang Liao: "Do you understand?" We are the Youzhou Army, what do Qingzhou have to do with us! I'll give you one more chance, you leave now, or else"

As soon as Yu Xin raised his hand, thousands of soldiers raised their bows and crossbows, aimed at Zhang Liao and his five hundred personal soldiers, Zhang Liao sighed, turned back to his personal soldiers and said, "Let's go!" ”

Zhang Liao turned his horse's head and led five hundred soldiers to quickly run outside the camp, and the soldiers around him rushed forward, Yu Xin stopped the restless soldiers and shouted: "Let them go!" ”

Soon, Zhang Liao led his own soldiers to leave the barracks, turned to the west, and gradually disappeared into the night, Yu Xin laughed proudly, turned back to the generals and said: "Pack up, let's go back to Youzhou after dawn!" ”

There was a sudden cheer in the camp, the soldiers began to pack up, the big tents disappeared, bags of grain were put on the carts, and the weapons were bundled, at the same time, on a hill not far from the barracks, Zhang Liao was silently watching the camp, his eyes were full of melancholy.

At this time, a confidant who had followed him for many years whispered: "Cao Wei is worried about internal and external troubles, the general trend has gone, why doesn't the general find another way?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head, "I don't know, but Duke Wei treats me well, when he is in distress, how can I abandon him for my own benefit!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao let out a long sigh and said to the soldiers behind him: "Let's go!" ”

He turned his horse's head and ran down the mountain, and all the relatives and soldiers also urged the horse, followed Zhang Liao, and galloped away into the distance

After dawn, most of the soldiers were from Youzhou, not only because Cao Zhang gave the order, but more of them were homesick and eager to return to their hometowns.

Two days later, 30,000 Youzhou troops entered Pingyuan County, preparing to cross the Yellow River from Gaotang County to the north, and across the Yellow River from Gaotang County is Pingyuan County, which is a famous grain-producing area in Hebei, and grain supplements can be obtained in Pingyuan County.

What's more, the Han army was in the Nanpi area of Bohai County, and they had to bypass Bohai County and return to Youzhou from Hejian County to the north.

Gaotang County is a famous ferry port in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, this area is low and flat, the water flow is gentle, it is an ideal place to cross the Yellow River, especially on both sides are developed agricultural areas, the population is large, and the demand for crossing the river is also very strong.

In the morning, 30,000 Youzhou troops arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, it was late October, the autumn wind was bleak, the fallen leaves were flying, the millet grain had been harvested and put into storage, and the earth was gray-black.

Today's grain year, all parts of the world have reaped bumper harvests, and the grain in Pingyuan County, Hebei's largest grain-producing county, has also reaped a bumper harvest, and the warehouses are full of new grain, which is a great temptation for the Youzhou army, which is short of military rations.

Like other Cao troops, the Youzhou army also used rafts to cross the river, rafts are easy to carry, can be combined at will, large rafts can even cross more than 100 cavalry at a time, although the raft can not be used for water warfare, but only in terms of crossing the river, it is more convenient than boats, and is generally welcomed by the Cao army.

Within an hour, thousands of large and small rafts were thrown into the Yellow River, 30,000 soldiers took rafts to paddle across the river, dense black spots appeared on the river surface, although Gaotang County is convenient to cross the river, but the river surface is very wide, more than ten miles, it takes at least an hour to cross the Yellow River.

The general Xin also got on a large raft and kept looking east, for some reason, he had a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, which came from the fact that he marched hundreds of miles northwest from Qi County, and they did not encounter any interception, nor did they encounter Han scouts, and the Han army seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Yu Xin's twenty years of experience in the army also told him that this situation was very abnormal, and there must be some kind of hidden danger, although he was vaguely aware of the bad thing, but the soldiers were like arrows, and he could not stop just because of a kind of inner uneasiness.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed to the west and shouted: "General, warship!" ”

Yu Xin turned around suddenly, only to see that on the river behind him, countless warships appeared at some point, with sails like clouds, chopping waves and sailing towards them.

Yu Xin complained repeatedly, he had been guarding against the Han army from the east, and sent countless scouts to patrol the banks of the Yellow River in the east, but he did not find the Han warships, but he did not expect that the Han army was not in Bohai County, but behind them.

Yu Xin was so anxious that he shouted: "Return to the shore!" Hurry back to shore! ”

His shout was muffled by the wind and could not spread far, but at this time, the soldiers of the Youzhou army on the river found that the Han warships were coming, they panicked, and the timing of the Han army's appearance was very accurate.

On a 2,000-stone warship at the front, Gan Ning sneered, he led the army to Hebei for this moment, ambushing the Cao army in Youzhou, the Han army has been going north for more than two months, and has already held its breath, at this time the big war is finally coming, 10,000 sailors are all gearing up, fighting bravely, and hundreds of warships are like sharp swords rushing towards countless Cao Jun rafts on the water.

The turbid waves rushed to the sky, the screams resounded across the river, and the rafts capsized under the violent impact of the Han warships, and the Cao soldiers who fell into the water were everywhere, and the cries and cries for help rose and fell on the water, but in exchange for the ruthless arrows of the Han soldiers.

Rafts can only be used to cross rivers, and in the face of the onslaught of naval warships, they have no power to fight back, and they do not even need to be hit by Han warships, and the waves discharged when passing by are enough to capsize large rafts.

One hundred Han warships of 2,000 stone rampage on the surface of the Yellow River, more than a dozen back and forth, thousands of rafts were basically knocked over, arrows rained down on the warships, mercilessly shooting the Cao soldiers struggling in the river, the blood stained the river red, and there were broken and leaky rafts floating everywhere.

Yu Xin finally rushed to the north bank of the Yellow River in the first step under the desperate rowing of many soldiers, and more than 2,000 Youzhou soldiers gathered on the north bank of the Youzhou Army, who looked helplessly at the killing of the Han warships in the Yellow River, everyone was terrified, and they didn't know where to go.

Just when the general Xin had just landed, the soldiers of the Youzhou Army on the shore suddenly broke out into a panic shout, Yu Xin looked up, only to see two Han armies on the shore to kill the Cao army on the shore, the Cao soldiers had already become frightened birds, no one organized resistance, scattered and ran.

Facing a member of the Han army brandished an iron spear to kill, Yu Xin's war horse and broadsword had already fallen into the water, he couldn't escape, so he had to pick up a spear and stab head-on, this Han general was Ling Tong, he and Ding Feng each led 5,000 troops to wait on the north and south banks, killing the remnants of the Youzhou army.

Ling Tong had already seen Yu Xin, and Yu Xin's armor revealed that his identity was extraordinary, which was a credit; How could Ling Tong let it go, he picked up the big iron spear, picked up the spear in Yu Xin's hand, and pressed his wrist, 'Poof! A shot pierced Yu Xin, Yu Xin screamed and died on the spot, pity him just escaped the killing on the river, but died in the hands of Ling Tong.

Ling Tong lifted his body high, and the cheers of the Han army around him resounded in the sky.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Ding Feng also led 5,000 Han troops to encircle and suppress more than 1,000 Cao soldiers who fled back.

In just one hour, 30,000 Youzhou Cao soldiers were completely annihilated by the Han army, and more than 20,000 Cao soldiers died in the Yellow River, and the number of casualties even exceeded that of the Central Plains War.

Two days later, the Han warships reappeared on the sea outside Le'an County, and 30,000 Han troops landed in Qingzhou and reoccupied Qi County.

But to Gan Ning and Lu Xun's surprise, not long after the Han army re-entered Qi County, they received an urgent order from the Han king, ordering them to negotiate peace with Cao Xiu, and the two families continued to confront each other and were not in a hurry to occupy Qingzhou.

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