Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, the two generals, saw that Zhang Fei was not invincible, but they led the army behind Zhang Fei, like a group of hungry wolves, just waiting for Zhang Fei to relax, they would rush up and take a bite.

Zhang Fei saw that Cao Jun was following behind, so he stayed in the rear army to defend it. After a few more miles, there was a great confusion in front of the army. Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry and many Cao soldiers to rush into Zhang Fei's army.

Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry was almost completely destroyed in the battle of Chibi, and Cao Chun led this team of tiger and leopard cavalry was later re-formed by Cao Pi, with only a few hundred people, but the equipment and power were not inferior to before. Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to disperse Zhang Fei's pawn formation, and then ordered Cao Bing to kill Zhang Fei's pawn.

Zhang Fei saw that the front army was in chaos and had to go forward to kill again, and Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen took the opportunity to strangle Zhang Fei's rear team. By the time Zhang Fei led the army to break through the encirclement in front and back, more than half of the 30,000 troops had already been lost.

When Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen saw Zhang Fei leading the remnants into the city, they came to see Sima Yi to report the results. Cao Chun was a little annoyed and said: "If the governor has an ambush under the city and prepares a strong bow and crossbow, he will definitely be able to capture and kill Zhang Fei." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "If I really ambush under the city, Sun Qian in the city will abandon the city, and I will lead troops out of the city to save Zhang Fei......"

Without waiting for Sima Yi to finish speaking, Cao Xiu said, "Then can't I just take the opportunity to seize the city?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "What's so difficult to get a city and a place?" I just want to spare Zhang Fei's life so that Liu Bei and Guan Yu can be brought out. The three of them have a good union, how can they sit and watch Zhang Feicheng be captured? ”

Cao Chun vaguely heard the alliance between Sima Yi and Zhou Yu outside the tent that day, so he said: "The governor lured out Liu Bei and Guan Yu, wouldn't it be in vain to cheapen Sun Quan?" No matter how much we contribute here, we have to merge one state, and Sun Quan can get Yanzhou and Yuzhou, how unfair this matter is. ”

Sima Yi smiled and said, "How can there be such a cheap thing? Liu Bei's foundation is in Yuzhou, and if he loses to Sun Quan, he will definitely ask Nanye for help. At that time, Nan Ye and Sun Quan competed, and Sun Quan may not be able to take the land of the two states. ”

Cao Zhen said with a smile: "It turns out that the governor is borrowing Sun Quan's hand to block Nanye's soldiers, and it is really a clever plan!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a report from Tan Ma outside the tent: "Liu Bei has soldiers and horses to help, and he is fifty miles away from the city!" ”

Cao Chun smiled when he heard this: "Liu Bei is really here!" ”

Sima Yi asked carefully: "Who can be found to lead the troops?" How many military horses are there? ”

Tanma reported: "There are about 50,000 soldiers and horses in the enemy's army, and the word 'Chen' is written by Shuai Qi. ”

Cao Xiu was puzzled: "It's not Liu Bei who leads the troops. It's just that I don't know who is surnamed Chen under Liu Bei? ”

Sima Yi said: "The coming will be Chen Dao." This man has a small reputation, but he is extremely loyal, brave and resourceful, and should not be underestimated. ”

Cao Zhen said disapprerovingly: "I heard that this person often follows Liu Bei around, and he specializes in ensuring that Liu Bei's family is not lost." Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's righteous brother, if Zhang Fei fails, Chen will not be able to afford to be guilty. I expected that Chen would be anxious at this time, why didn't the governor set up troops and horses to ambush him? ”

The strategy is not about the old and the new, the key is about being easy to use. Encirclement and reinforcement is a very classic tactic, Sima Yi felt that even if the plan failed, it would not be a big deal, so he ordered the three generals to ambush again.

Chen Zhi is steady, not as reckless as Zhang Fei. He understands a truth: delay the matter and deal with it urgently, so as not to change over time. Hurry up to avoid mistakes in your busyness. Now that Jinyang is besieged, Zhang Fei is in distress, and Liu Bei urges Chen to go to the rescue as soon as possible. But the more critical the moment, the more Chen Zhi warned himself not to panic. As soon as he entered the boundary of the state, Chen Zhi ordered his soldiers to move slowly, and sent a large number of scouts to explore the way ahead.

Along the way, Chen Zhi did not encounter a single Cao army ambush, but he did not let his guard down, because he knew that the closer he got to Jinyang, the greater the chance of Cao army's ambush appearing. The scouts sent by Sima Yi did not escape Chen Zhi's eyes, because there were Chen Dao's scouts on the way to and from Cao Jun's scouts. However, Chen Zhi did not startle the snake, and let Cao Jun explore the horse, and his own exploration horse was not exposed.

It was precisely because of Chen Zhi's caution that when Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen set up an ambush, Chen Zhi received the news as soon as possible.

At this time, it is the midsummer season when the old grain is eaten up and the new grain is not ripe, and the weather is maddeningly hot. In ancient times, there were no electric fans and air conditioners, and ordinary people found a shade fan to enjoy the coolness. Whoever basks in the sun for a day will shed his skin if he does not die.

"Smack~" Cao Xiu slapped to death a mosquito that landed on his arm to suck blood, and the corpse of the mosquito that was slapped into a meatloaf suddenly stuck to Cao Xiu's sweaty arm. Cao Xiu was already covered in sweat at this time, sticky and greasy, unspeakably uncomfortable, but his lips were dry and cracked, and his throat was like a fire. A small mosquito made the anger that had accumulated in Cao Xiu's heart burst out, and he complained loudly: "Why hasn't Chen Zhi come yet? I'll just kill them along the way! ”

The deputy general on the side could understand Cao Xiu's mood, and Chen Zhi, who should have arrived a long time ago, let the ambushed Cao soldiers wait for a day under the scorching sun, and many Cao soldiers fainted from heat stroke. It stands to reason that Chen Zhi should have climbed even if he climbed, but he just couldn't get it, and the deputy general felt that Chen Zhi should be renamed late. Cao Bing, who was ambushed in the grass, not only had to endure the scorching heat, but also had to endure mosquito bites, and it was no wonder that Cao Xiu, who had never suffered much on weekdays, was angry.

The adjutant general didn't dare to persuade or persuade Cao Xiu when he saw that he was angry, and if he was allowed to choose, he would rather rush out and fight with the enemy than wait here to suffer. Suddenly, he saw that there seemed to be dust rising on the road in the distance, and after a closer look, he made sure that he was not mistaken, and said happily: "General, Chen has arrived!" ”

Cao Xiu didn't expect that he would really come when he complained about it, if he knew this, he would have complained a long time ago. After ordering the soldiers who had already slackened to hide their figures, Cao Xiu began to observe Chen Dao's men and horses. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it can break Cao Xiule when you look at it. It turned out that the appearance of the soldiers behind Chen was worse than that of Cao Jun who had been exposed to the sun for a day, not to mention that they were all listless, and they all showed their chests and arms, and kept fanning the wind with the clothes and armor on their bodies. Even Chen Zhi's appearance is not much better, and his sweaty and drowsy state seems to be about to fall off the horse at any moment.

"Where have they gone? It's like walking for a day, but can't you get lost halfway? The deputy general said suspiciously next to Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu didn't know where Chen Zhi was leading his troops, but he knew that this was a good opportunity to defeat the enemy army. So he whispered: "Don't be loud! Listen to me. ”

Chen Zhi led his soldiers along the road, and did not seem to notice the ambush of Cao's army at all. But when he was not far from the ambush, Chen Zhi suddenly stopped, took off the water bag from his horse, and seemed to be too thirsty to drink saliva.

Cao Xiu saw Chen Zhi holding a water bag, tilting his neck and pouring it into his mouth for a long time, but only a few drops of water entered his mouth, and then Chen Zhi seemed to curse something and turned over and dismounted. Soon a soldier ran to Chen Zhi's side and handed over a water bag, Chen Zhi took the water bag and poured it violently, and then said a few words to the soldier behind him, and then all the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty stopped and began to fetch water and drink water to rest on the spot.

Seeing that Chen, who was about to enter the encirclement, rested in place, Cao Xiu didn't mention this urgency in his heart. Although the original plan of him and Cao Zhen was to let go of Chen Zhiqian's army and attack Chen's Zhongjun. But who knows how long Chen Zhi will rest? Instead of waiting for Chen Zhi's soldiers to recover their strength and organize the team, they didn't rush out at this time, and Chen Zhi's front army was caught off guard. If Chen Dao can be captured, it will be much better than attacking the Chinese army and killing a few more soldiers.

Cao Xiu wanted to lead his troops to kill, but he didn't know how to notify Cao Zhen to cooperate with him. wanted to send someone to inform Cao Zhen on the other side, but he was afraid that Chen Zhi would find the herald. Just when Cao Xiu was hesitating, suddenly the opposite side shouted to kill, and Cao Zhen had already led his troops to rush to Chen Dao, who was resting.

Cao Xiu secretly scolded himself in his heart, "Stupid! "What else is there to discuss at such a close distance? One person will do it, and the other will naturally cooperate. He turned on his horse, waved his gun, and led his soldiers to rush towards Chen Dao.

Chen Zhi seemed to be stunned by the sudden appearance of the two-way Cao Bing, only to see him turn on his horse and turn his head and run. The soldiers who were sitting on the ground resting also followed Chen Zhi and fled, and even their weapons and flags were gone. There were even a lot of helmets and armor scattered on the ground, and it was obvious that some soldiers were too hot to take off their armor. It is not an exaggeration to use the word discarded armor to describe the Northern Han military horses under Chen Zhi's command.

After Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu led the troops out, they only saw Chen Zhi's back, thinking that this person had no ability and could run fast. The second general had a good heart and led the army to chase. There is a way to run a monk, but not a temple. Chen Zhi led the front army to run back, which would inevitably collide with the Chinese army, and if the Chinese army ran back and collided with the rear army, the Northern Han army and horses would retreat on all fronts. As soon as Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu thought of defeating Liu Bei's reinforcements with the strength of the two, they felt that the credit was not small, and they chased harder.

Cao Jun was sunburned for a whole day from sunrise in the morning to sunset at this time. In order to ensure the concealment of the ambush, they did not dare to drink more water, eat more, or relieve their hands. Up to now, Cao Bing is thirsty and hungry, hot and tired, and still holding feces and urine. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu have horses, but ordinary Cao soldiers really can't chase them, and they are getting slower and slower after only one section.

No matter how brave Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were, they didn't dare to fight Chen with just two people, so they could only slow down and wait for Cao Jun to follow. Fortunately, Chen Zhi and his subordinates also lost their strength, and they didn't run much faster than Cao Bing, and they kept dangling in the sight of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu.

Chen Zhi saw that Cao Jun had been chasing after him, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, pressing his speed while running, neither too close nor too far from Cao Bing behind him, leading Cao Bing to a mountain pass.

Cao Zhen chased after him and found that something was wrong, it stands to reason that the men and horses should be evenly distributed throughout the road, and once the front army is defeated, it should rush and the rear army will be defeated all the way. But Cao Zhen found that except for the fact that Chen Zhi's soldiers lost their helmets and abandoned their armor at the beginning, he didn't see the weapons and banners abandoned by the Northern Han people all the way back, so where did Chen go to the Chinese army and the rear army?

Cao Zhen, who suddenly woke up, grabbed the war horse and said to Cao Xiu: "Wen Lie, don't chase again!" Watch out! ”

Cao Xiu couldn't react when he saw Cao Zhen suddenly stop the horse, and rushed out for a while before turning the horse back. He was just about to ask Cao Zhen what was wrong, when he heard shouts of killing on both sides of the mountain pass, and countless Northern Han soldiers came out. Chen Zhi, who had been fleeing in front, turned his horse back at the same time, leading the army to kill.