Under the hill where Xu Huang was stationed.

Wei Yan and Li Yaner led the soldiers and horses to be stationed here.

Knowing that Huang Zhong and Yan Yan led their troops to attack Zhang He's camp, won the battle, and captured Zhang Hesheng, Wei Yan couldn't help but be a little envious, but his current task was to defend here.

It's a pity that even if the army attacked Zhang He, Xu Huang didn't react, they just stayed in the camp without any movement, and Wei Yan could only wait.

In the middle of the night.

Wei Yan was not unprepared, and he sent scouts to prevent accidents.

But when Xu Huang came out, Wei Yan was still unexpected, he didn't expect Xu Huang to dare to fight at this moment.

Wei Yan and Li Yan hurriedly led their troops to meet the attack.

But Xu Huang's goal was not to fight with Wei Yan and them, but to break through without hesitation.

Xu Huang is holding a Xuanhua axe, and his combat power is strong.

Wei Yan fought with him, but he was not an opponent, and he was really killed by Xu Huang and broke out of the encirclement.

Wei Yan and Li seriously rejuvenated their troops and continued to catch up.

But Xu Huang and his entourage did not hesitate to throw away their armor and jump into the water, they had no other choice, rather than waiting for death on the mountain, it was better to fight.

This time he jumped into the river, life and death.

Seeing the enemy troops swarming into the water, Wei Yan and Li Yan looked confused, they didn't expect Xu Huang to do this.

Li Yan hurriedly reminded:

"General Wei, attack with a bow and arrow!"

Wei Yan suddenly realized, he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly made people bend their bows and arrows, and the rain of arrows broke out of the air.

Directly cover the people in the water.

The dense arrows were blood-stained for a while.

I don't know how many people have died.

But these soldiers are still desperate to move forward.

This is their only chance, there is no way out to stay on the mountain, one step forward is to escape, and dying on the road can only be said to be bad luck, and no one else can be blamed.

No longer able to see the figure of the enemy, Wei Yan's face was a little ugly.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qi asked him to defend Xu Huang, but such a thing happened, and now he has run away from Xu Huang, which is naturally a problem.

glanced at Li Yan beside him, and the two looked at each other.

They all had mixed feelings.

The situation in front of me is somewhat unexpected.

Then Wei Yan spoke:

"I'll go back and ask my lord for my guilt!"

Liu Qi is in the camp.

Liu Qi, who learned the news, also had a strange expression, he couldn't imagine that Xu Huang was so decisive, he was already determined to break through before he gave the order to attack.

And in doing so, it's a real all-or-nothing gamble.

After all, Xu Huang didn't have a boat, and if they wanted to cross the river, they could only give up their weapons and armor to cross the river.

But this situation, if Xu Huang really passed, it would be quite remarkable, anyway, Liu Qi admired it very much.

Seeing Wei Yan and Li Yan's tangled expressions, Liu Qi said:

"Okay, you don't have to think about it anymore, isn't it just a Xu Huang, it's nothing, even if he passes, he can't beat a few people, what's there to worry about?"

If Liu Qi really wanted to care, he could indeed find trouble with Wei Yan and Li Yan, but strictly speaking, they really couldn't be blamed for this matter, who would have thought that Xu Huang would break through like this?

It's Liu Qi, and he didn't expect it.

And now, Xu Huang is gone, and Dingjun Mountain is no longer a problem, but it saves Liu Qi's affairs.

He was already pressed for time and needed to go to Nanzheng as soon as possible to support.

At this moment, Cao Cao may have arrived at the battlefield, Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and strong, relying on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses hired by Wen, or the naval army to defend the city, it must be extremely difficult.

Even if the clerical ability is good, most of the situation is not good now.

If he can't arrive in time to support, Nan Zheng will change hands again, and the situation in Liu Qi's favor will also be reversed, and it will not be so easy to fight for Hanzhong again.

Seeing Liu Qi say this, Wei Yan and Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Liu Qi said:

"Now south of the water, it has been completely controlled by our army, but Cao Cao will never give up, he has probably mobilized troops at this moment

Ma attacked Nanzheng, and it was time for us to act.

The order went down, and the troops and horses were mobilized, and they crossed the river to support Nanzheng, and since Cao Cao wanted to seize Hanzhong, he would be beaten back and let him know that we were waiting hard. ”

All the generals are all in the hands of each other.

When Liu Qi ordered to go north.

Cao Cao is still attacking Nanzheng, and I have to say that this Nanzheng is really a bit strong. The key reason is that Zhang Lu lacked a sense of security, so he spent a lot of energy on the Nanzheng city wall.

After all, in the land of Hanzhong, although Zhang Lu was very arrogant in the face of Liu Zhang, the princes around him were very powerful, Cao Cao, Ma Teng, and Liu Biao, none of which he could beat.

In this case, it makes sense to strengthen your defense.

Unexpectedly, Nanzheng's city defense, Zhang Lu didn't use it himself, but he helped Wen Ping a lot and was able to deal with Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao's strong attack put a lot of pressure on Wenpin.

But he didn't seem flustered.

Because he knew that it wouldn't be long before Liu Qi would lead his troops to support. As long as he defended Nanzheng, he could easily win a big victory and defeat Cao Cao easily.

On the other hand, if Nan Zheng was lost, it would not be so easy for Liu Qi to defeat Cao Cao.

The best result is that Hanzhong is opposite to the north and south.

Outside the city, Cao's army attacked.

Wen Ping's face did not change, and he said calmly:

"At all costs, Nanzheng must be defended, I will live and die with you, it won't be long before the lord will lead troops to support, and we must not take it lightly."

Outside the city.

Look at the fierce battlefield.

Cao Cao's face was a little ugly, this Nan Zheng was too strong, and this Wen Ping deserved to be a famous general in Jingzhou, he was strictly guarded these days, and he was not given a chance at all.

Cao Cao attacked day and night, but he did not achieve too good results.

Now it seems that if he wants to win the final victory, he can only continue to attack and consume more than Wenpin.

It's just that in this way, Cao Jun will definitely have a lot of losses.

Cao Cao was not reconciled, but he understood that he must take Nanzheng as soon as possible, otherwise the situation would be unpredictable.

"Order the three armies, continue to attack, if you can't attack Nanzheng in one day, then in two or three days, no matter how many people die, you have to take Nanzheng, if anyone is cowardly and afraid of fighting, kill and decide."

When Cao Cao gave the order, someone suddenly came to report:

"Prime Minister Qiqi, General Xu Gongming is back."

Hearing this, Cao Cao was obviously stunned, he hesitated a little, and said in surprise:

"This is true, is Komeito back?"

The person who came nodded respectfully, but he stopped talking, which made Cao Cao change color, and he realized something.

Without asking too much, Cao Cao directly said in a deep voice:

"Where is Gongming, take someone over!"

After a while, Cao Cao came to the front of the camp tent and saw Xu Huang being carried in, and he was immediately a little anxious.

At this moment, Xu Huang was face down, as for the reason was very simple, it was because when he was running, he was shot by Wei Yan's bow and arrow, and he was inevitably hit by an arrow in the back, and he was also hit by several arrows.

And in order to rush back as soon as possible, Xu Huang, who barely escaped, didn't care about resting and dealing with his injuries, so he barely broke the arrow shaft, and the arrow was still inside.

Seeing the back of his clothes being cut, a piece of flesh and blood was confused, Cao Cao's eyes were red, and he shouted eagerly:

"Komeito, how are you!"

Hearing this voice, a military doctor was treating Xu Huang's injuries, but Xu Huang struggled to get up, and suddenly bared his teeth, but his back was injured many times.

Now the pain is getting worse.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao stopped Xu Huang without hesitation, and then said solemnly:

"Komeito doesn't have to be like this, you are sick, why be polite, just lie down and rest now. I can't imagine how you've been here these days, what has happened? ”

Xu Huang endured the pain, thought about it and said:

"Prime Minister Qiqi, the last general and Zhang Junyi were stationed in Dingjun Mountain, and they were originally confronted by Liu Qi, but they didn't expect that Nanzheng suddenly had an accident, and Liu Qi directly persuaded Yangping Pass.

It is to mobilize troops and horses to storm Dingjun Mountain, Zhang Junyi is not the enemy's opponent, he has been reduced to a prisoner, and the last general is

broke through the siege at night, forced to cross the water, and finally broke out of the encirclement, but he was accidentally hit by an arrow in the water, which ended up like this. ”

Cao Cao was very embarrassed in his heart.

But I feel hated so much, this Liu Qi is really not a thing.

Almost killed two of his generals.

Zhang He was taken prisoner, and Cao Cao had nothing to do, but Xu Huang suffered a heavy blow, and the slightest carelessness would endanger his life.

And Xu Huang happens to be Cao Cao's favorite student to recuperate, and the rest of the things will be handed over to a certain person, and he will definitely avenge you. ”

Hearing this, Xu Huang wanted to thank him again.

Cao Cao said in a deep voice:

"No, you lie here, go first."

These days, Xu Huang is only in a hurry, and he doesn't dare to be lazy and lax, which can be said to be extremely tired.

Now that I have arrived at Cao Jun's camp, I can finally feel at ease.

It was to fall asleep with Xu Huang.

The other side.

Cao Cao went directly to the main tent and summoned all the advisers to come. If Xu Huang and Zhang He fail, then he has to think about how to deal with the next troubles.

Liu Qi, who has no worries, is absolutely impossible to sit still, and now Nan Zheng is still in the hands of Wenpin, once Liu Qi's reinforcements arrive, I am afraid they will not be able to use it at all.

Soon, a large number of strategists arrived.

Cao Cao didn't delay time, but informed him of the news he had gotten, and everyone fell silent for a while.

I can't imagine that in this short period of time, the situation has become so bad. The position south of the water has been completely occupied by Liu Qi, and Liu Qi will definitely go north next.

That's exactly what they're going to struggle with.

At this moment, the Cao army attacked Nanzheng, because they were outnumbered and had the advantage. But when Liu Qi's soldiers and horses arrived, their numerical advantage would come to naught.

After all, under Liu Qi's command, there are also many soldiers and horses.

Moreover, this is Hanzhong, because of the terrain, the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Cao cannot be used, but Liu Qi's foot soldiers can give full play to their greatest advantages.

In this case, no one dares to boast of Haikou.

Cao Cao said seriously:

"Now the situation is so critical that Liu Qi's army and the Nanzheng defenders converge, no matter what, they are invincible, but our army is passive."

Sima Yi looked serious and said:

"Now the prime minister has only two choices, one is to temporarily avoid Nanzheng, send the main force, set up an ambush on the key road, and kill the enemy by surprise.

In this way, the enemy army can be avoided from directly entering Nanzheng to confront our army, and it can seize the opportunity.

As for the other option, now that our army no longer has any advantage in Hanzhong, the prime minister should have made a decision as soon as possible, quickly evacuated the troops and horses, and denied that he had fallen into a bitter battle, and it would be difficult to leave again. ”

After being reminded by Sima Yi, Cao Cao's face was gloomy.

After thinking about it, of course he understood that Sima Yi was not talking about it, and he didn't have any advantage now.

Even in the land of Hanzhong, it is already at a disadvantage.

But Cao Cao was never someone to give up easily.

has not yet fought with Liu Qi's main force, he chose to evacuate at the moment, what does this mean?

Cao Cao was unwilling.

And he didn't want to give up the land of Hanzhong easily.

This Hanzhong has little practical effect on Cao Cao, but this place is extremely important to Liu Qi.

Since it is important to Liu Qi, it can't be handed over.

If Liu Qi is allowed to take Hanzhong and connect with Wudu, whether it is to go north to Liangzhou or Yongzhou, it will be annoying, and Cao Cao has scruples.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Cao took a deep breath and said:

"Since Liu Qi wants to lead the troops north, how can he avoid fighting without fighting, he should send someone to lead the troops to seize the opportunity, this Liu Qi's son of a guinea dog, why be afraid?"

Although he knows that this time is different from the past, no one can take Liu Qi lightly now. But in front of everyone, Cao Cao needs to show his attitude, and he must not grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige.

Hearing this, Sima Yi already understood Cao Cao's decision.

He sighed in his heart, but he didn't say anything, Cao Cao is not completely out of chance in this battle, but the current situation, after all, there is little hope!

But he was just a strategist.

In the end, how to fight needs Cao Cao to decide for himself.

Cao Cao directly sent Cao Zhang and Cao Xiu to lead the troops to ambush, preparing to give Liu Qi a dismount first.

Although there are some things, Cao Cao himself understands.

But he had to try.

Now Liu Qi's strength is getting stronger and stronger, if he wins Hanzhong, he can still be a little stronger.

Although there is only one county in Hanzhong.

But with a population of hundreds of thousands, it can already be called a large county.

Meantime.

Cao Cao was already mentally prepared.

If it really doesn't work, he can only lead the troops to evacuate.

The key to everything depends on whether this ambush can achieve a certain effect, otherwise your side will definitely lose.

Even if he wanted to touch Liu Qi, it was impossible for him to really die here. This is not Cao Cao's basic plate, and his strongest strength is not here.

If the soldiers and horses are really buried here, the entire northwest defense line will be empty, and it will not be able to confront Liu Qi in the future.

Cao Cao couldn't figure out how this Liu Qi did it, in this short period of time, his strength has grown to such an extent that he can already compete with him.

In the world now, there are only two forces.

There is no competition for hegemony, whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Qi, as long as they can defeat each other, they can get the final victory.

"Liu Qi, I really underestimated you!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath, his expression solemn, and at the same time, a feeling of exhaustion and weakness welled up in his heart.

When was the last time you felt this way?