The place where Zhang Xiu's army gathered was actually some distance from the bridge and the riverbank.

There was an unobstructed view of the perimeter around the end of the bridge, and there were no ambushes, and it seemed that Zhang Xiu did not intend to attack halfway.

Maybe he wanted to attack while Cao Cao's main force crossed the river, but Cao Cao was not stupid, and he would definitely not cross the river at one time, but in sections.

First, send a small force to cross the river, seize the riverbank, and once Zhang Xiu attacked, he immediately retreated. If he doesn't attack, it's like an ant moving, slowly passing by.

Boiling frogs in warm water like this, by the time Zhang Xiu realized that something was wrong, a large force of Cao's army had already crossed the river, and it would be too late to attack at this time.

I have to say that there are still a lot of games in the ancient army. In a way, this is also very much like the Battle of the Rivers.

It's just that the strength of the battle was 80,000 to 800,000, and now it is only 6,000 against 15,000, which is more than one level worse in terms of the scale and impact of the war.

Cao Cao first sent 2,000 people to cross the river, but Zhang Xiu really did not attack, and the 2,000 people set up a formation on the bank of the river and slowly approached in the direction of Zhang Xiu's army.

The two sides lined up, about half a mile apart, and faced each other with spearmen on the periphery and sword and shield men on the flanks.

After the front of the vanguard had stabilized its position, Cao Hong continued to slowly cross the river with about 3,000 people in the front.

At this moment, Zhang Xiujun really couldn't sit still, the crowd was crowded, and he began to move forward slowly.

However, the 2,000 men and horses in the front were actually hiding 500 archers behind them, and after seeing Zhang Xiujun start to advance forward, they immediately began to bend their bows and arrows.

As one of the two major warlords in the north, although Cao Cao cannot be compared with Yuan Shao, he still has a strong strength in Henan, so there are quite a lot of crossbows and arrows in the army, and the arrows immediately rained down.

A round of arrows fell, and Zhang Xiu had no choice but to retreat. Then Cao Hong crossed the river smoothly, and at this time there were already 5,000 Cao troops on the west bank of the Turbulent River, and the number was still increasing.

At this time, a large number of soldiers appeared on the hills, also bending bows and arrows, and the rain of arrows kept coming, and Zhang Xiu's ambush soldiers came out, with about two thousand people.

"Hmph."

Seeing this, Cao Cao sneered and said to the left and right: "Zhang Xiu'er is just like this, I expected his intentions, passed on my order, and the army continued to cross the river." ”

"Yui!"

Han Hao, Li Quan, Cao Chun and other middle and lower-level generals on the left and right ordered the soldiers to start advancing according to his orders.

On this side, Cao Cao's rear army also began to cross the river, and the front army pressed forward, and the archers on both sides shot at each other, but there were sword and shield hands on both sides, and the shields were numerous, and the casualties caused were not very large.

However, Cao's army pressed forward on a large scale, causing Zhang Xiu's army to start retreating backwards, and the gap on the left bank of the turbulent water became wider and wider, and finally a large number of Cao's troops gathered on the west bank of the Tuanshui River, and most of the 12,000 people had already passed.

At present, Cao Cao's troops are actually a little stretched, 30,000 people came to Nanyang, Cao Ren took four or five thousand, Lejin also took four or five thousand, and the battle of Wancheng lost about four or five thousand people.

So at this time, Cao Cao's total strength was only 15,000, and just now he sent 3,000 people to the north to attack Zhang Xiu on a long detour, so there are only 12,000 around him at present.

At this moment, about seven or eight thousand people had crossed the river, and even Cao Cao had already reached the other side of the river, and they occupied the entire river beach and began to advance steadily.

At this time, Cao Cao did not think of attacking directly, because there were still 2,000 Xiliang troops ambushed on the hilly hills on the left side of the road in front of him.

Therefore, Cao Cao planned to delay the time first.

Wait until Yu Ban detours and cut off Zhang Xiu's retreat, and then directly attack Zhang Xiu's army, so that he can be annihilated by flanking left and right.

"The time has come to avenge Dian Wei Zixuan and them."

Cao Cao looked ahead with a calm gaze, and heard that Zhang Xiu had taken the head of Dian Wei, and in this battle, he not only had to take back Dian Wei's corpse, but also eliminate Zhang Xiu and avenge Dian Wei.

Soon Cao Jun began to press step by step, Zhang Xiujun couldn't hold back the pressure, he could only retreat step by step, seeing that they had gone farther and farther, Cao Jun was also closer to the hill on the left.

Cao Hong glanced at the north, and Yu Ban's figure had not appeared on the vast plain for the time being, so he came to Cao Cao and said, "Big brother." ”

"Hmm."

"Zhang Xiu is retreating, Yu Ban has not yet arrived, if he pursues again, the ambush soldiers on the hill will shoot arrows again."

"Then send someone to go around the back of the mountain and wipe out all his ambush soldiers."

Cao Cao said indifferently: "Originally, I thought that Zhang Xiu would choose to attack halfway, but I didn't expect that I overestimated his courage, and it seems that I don't need to wait for Yu Ban to come." ”

The reason why Yu Ban led 3,000 people to take a detour was not only to cut off Zhang Xiu's retreat, but more importantly, he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would attack halfway.

Although the turbulent water is not a big river, it is a spring flood, and the water flow is turbulent, so you must rely on bridges to pass.

It would not be good if the men and horses in front of them had just crossed the river, and the other side attacked the Cao army on the river bank, destroyed the bridge, and cut off their way forward.

Therefore, Cao Cao decided to let Yu Ban lead the partial division to attack by a detour, once Zhang Xiu did not destroy the bridge at the first time, and when they crossed the river to gain a firm foothold and cooperate with Yu Ban, they would be able to break the enemy army.

It happened that Zhang Xiu wanted to ambush them on the other side of the river, so Cao Cao planned to choose the way of boiling frogs in warm water, and first sent a small number of men and horses to test it, if the other party chose to destroy the bridge, they would evacuate back with fewer people.

As a result, I didn't expect Zhang Xiu to react so slowly, and he had been passively beaten and retreated, causing more and more Cao troops to cross the river, mainly anti-guest, occupying the bridgehead and starting to press forward.

In this way, if you face the enemy head-on, you don't need to ban it, but after the ban is broken, it is impossible to completely annihilate Zhang Xiu, people turn around and run, chasing those enemies who have lost their armor and just want to flee for their lives, it is difficult to do without cavalry.

Therefore, Cao Cao planned to suppress the ambush on the mountain first, wait a little longer, and wait until Yu Ban's army arrived, and then attack Zhang Xiu on the road from the west and east directions together, and annihilate him.

At this time, almost half of Cao's army had already crossed the river, so Cao Hong sent 3,000 men and horses according to Cao Cao's wishes, preparing to go around the hilly mountains from the direction of the river bank, and climb to the mountains to eliminate the ambush soldiers.

But at this moment, the melodious sound of the horn suddenly came, and on the hill on the left, there were suddenly more than 1,000 horses, with the 2,000 volts who were originally on the mountain, and 10,000 arrows were fired in unison, shooting the people sent by Cao Cao, and one by one.

"Cao Cao!"

Shen Chen rode on horseback, holding a big horn in his hand, and roared angrily, "Do you remember me? ”

Cao Cao was at the head of the turbulent bridge at this time, about a mile away from Shen Chen's position, about 400 meters, only a black spot was seen, and his voice was not clear, so he was very surprised: "Who is that person." ”

One of the knights galloped out to the bottom of the hill and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

Shen Chen sneered, "Let Cao Cao come over." ”

"What are you, how can you imagine that you can see Sikong?"

The knight replied.

Shen Chen said indifferently: "Tell Cao Cao that I am Shen Chen of Huangmen Pavilion, Xiangben County, Donghai County, Xuzhou, Cao Ren and Lejin's heads, and I will take Cao Cao's head to pay off the debt." ”

What?

The knight was shocked and hurriedly went back to report it.

Soon he returned to Cao Cao's side, turned over and dismounted, and said with a panicked expression: "Sikong, that person said that he was Shen Chen of Huangmen Pavilion in Xiangben County, Xuzhou, and said ......"

"What else?"

Cao Cao frowned, this person's name is so familiar, it seems that he has heard it somewhere.

He also said...... The heads of General Cao Ren and General Le Jin should be regarded as the money that Sikong gave back to hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou and hundreds of villagers in Huangmen Pavilion......"

The knight trembled and reported the news to Cao Cao.

If Cao Ren and Le Jin really died, the blow to Cao Cao would definitely be no less than the death of Dian Wei and Cao Ang.

Although Dian Wei and Cao Ang account for a heavier proportion in Cao Cao's heart, Cao Ren and Le Jin are also generals who have followed him for many years, especially Cao Ren, who is his younger brother and has deep feelings, if he really dies, Cao Cao is afraid that he will be extremely sad.

Really.

When Cao Cao heard the news, his expression suddenly became in a trance, and his whole brain was blank, standing motionless on horseback.

"Sikong, Sikong."

Han Hao, Li Cheng and others around him hurriedly called him.

And Cao Chun on the side was also stunned, then turned over and dismounted, and kicked the knight like crazy: "You are talking nonsense, disturbing the morale of the army, how can my brother be buried in Nanyang?" Come on, drag me out and cut it down. ”

In fact, Cao Chun's status at this time was not very high, he was twenty-seven years old this year, and he followed him to fight in the south and north from the time Cao Cao Chen Liu's army, but it was not until the tenth year of Jian'an that he became the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Before that, he had been Cao Cao's personal guard and belonged to the middle and lower rank officers. And he is also a civilian official, not a military attache with high military force, and he joined the army as a councillor before.

Therefore, it stands to reason that he must not be qualified to arbitrarily make the decision to kill a Cao Cao guard.

But his identity is very special, he is Cao Ren's younger brother and Cao Cao's younger brother, so some of the soldiers around him are very embarrassed, they look at each other, they don't dare to come up to persuade them, and they don't dare to really drag the knight out and behead him.

After making a fuss for a while, the knight had been kicked by Cao Chun and covered in blood, Cao Cao came back to his senses, and said in a deep voice with grief: "Zihe, stop, he just conveys other people's words, what's wrong?" Thou hast beaten thy colleagues for no reason, and after the war, thou hast taken ten armies of sticks. ”

Cao Chun's face was already full of tears, he took a few steps back tremblingly, slumped to the ground, and cried: "Big brother, my brother...... My brother didn't die, my brother couldn't have died, right? ”

"Help him down."

Cao Cao rode forward indifferently and slowly, followed by his personal guards, and the troops in front of him got out of the way, and soon he came to the forefront of the team.

At this time, Cao Hong, who led the team to attack the back mountain, also came back, he was forced to retreat by arrows, and he didn't know about Cao Renle's advance, and when he saw Cao Cao coming to the front of the battle from a distance, he rode over and said: "Big brother, Zhang Xiu suddenly has more than 1,000 ambush soldiers." ”

"I see."

Cao Cao nodded, at this moment, in front of the formation, it was less than half a mile away from the distant hillside, almost one hundred and forty or fifty meters away, outside the range of the arrows.

At this distance, the two sides could already vaguely see each other, Cao Cao looked at the hillside from afar, and saw that on the hill in front of him, about ten zhang above the ground, there were also people riding horses, overlooking him.

The man was wearing a white silk robe, no crown, his hair was tied with a rope, and he didn't look very old, he seemed to be about the same as his son Cao Pi, but slightly taller.

Shen Chen..... Shen Chen? ”

Cao Cao pronounced the name twice in his mouth, and then his eyes seemed to be burning, he raised his head and suddenly looked in the direction of Shen Chen, and roared angrily: "You are Shen Chen!" ”

He finally remembered that Shen Chen, Huangmen Pavilion, Xiangben County, Donghai County, Xuzhou, was a little prodigy he had asked Cao Ren to dispose of.

When he came to Huaibei, most of the people of Xuzhou did not flee and were slaughtered by him.

Only most of the people fled in Xiangben County, and after inquiry, they learned that an eighteen-year-old child had guessed his strategic intentions and evacuated the people in advance, so that the people of Xiangben were saved from disaster.

Cao Cao was very surprised by this incident.

However, he is also a person who loves talents, and the first time he saw such a genius, he wanted to take the Shen Chen family away and bring it under his command.

However, Lu Bu attacked suddenly, he had to return to Yanzhou as soon as possible to destroy Lu Bu, and he was afraid that Tao Qian would get Shen Chen and stop him from conquering Xuzhou in the future, so he asked Cao Ren to dispose of the child when he broke off, so as to prevent future troubles.

As a result, he didn't expect Cao Ren to fail in his mission, but he lost an ear, which made Cao Ren angry, and often thought about stepping on the Yellow Gate Pavilion to avenge his ears.

Now that three years have passed, Cao Cao has seen countless people every day, and there are many things to deal with.

What's more, he had never met Shen Chen, except for Cao Ren who would often say a few words, he actually didn't have any specific impression of Shen Chen.

So when he first heard the name Shen Chen, Cao Cao didn't react, mainly because he was shocked by Cao Renlejin's death, and his brain was blank for a short time, and he didn't have time to think about it.

Now that I came to my senses, when I looked up again, I was already gritting my teeth, and my eyes seemed to be about to erupt into fire.

"It's me."

Shen Chen looked at him and said indifferently: "Cao Cao, my confidants Dian Wei, Cao Ren, Le Jin, and my nephews Cao Ang and Cao Anmin are dead, so I feel uncomfortable." ”

Cao Renle is dead?

Cao Hong on the side was shocked.

"They...... Are they your fault? ”

Cao Cao actually had a premonition in his heart, because he couldn't contact Cao Ren and Le Jin until now, so he was faintly worried before.

Now that he got the real news, there was a sense of disbelief in his words, but reason told him that it was true.

So he looked up at the top of the mountain, his voice was already trembling, holding his forehead, and the whole person was shaking.

Shen Chen sneered: "Am I harmed? Didn't you do it? If it weren't for the greed for beauty, how could Dian Wei Cao Ang Cao Anmin die? If it weren't for you slaughtering Xuzhou for no reason, killing me and gathering more than 100 relatives in Zhangyang, why would I go against you? ”

"Tell me, did you kill them?"

Cao Cao's body shook slightly, forcibly supporting his body, his eyes staring at him, and his terrifying eyes seemed to be about to devour him alive.

Shen Chen was not afraid, he also looked down at Cao Cao with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "You slaughtered Xuzhou in the name of revenge for your father, can't I kill Cao Ren and Le Jin in the name of revenge?" ”

"So, you killed them?"

Cao Cao asked.

"I killed it."

Shen Chen nodded: "I cut off Cao Ren's head with my own hands and threw his body into the manure tank, and Lejin's body was also thrown into the river by me, and now it may have been eaten by fish and shrimp." ”

"Vertical Zi'an dares to kill my henchmen!" Cao Cao roared angrily, his face had been distorted to the extreme, and everyone knew that he had reached the point of extreme anger.

"Why can't I kill?"

Shen Chen said coldly: "Just because your name is Cao Cao?" Just because your Cao family has been a regular servant, a third prince, and a noble family? Your life is your life, but the life of the people is not? Then you tell me, what's wrong with hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou? What's wrong with the 100 Li people of Huangmen Pavilion? How can you wantonly kill them and force hundreds of people to die? ”

Cao Cao drew his sword and pointed at him and shouted, "How can I not kill the untouchables who are my enemies?" ”

"Hahahaha, it's the same rhetoric that those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die. It's ridiculous that you can slaughter as much as you want, and others who are weak can't fight back against you. ”

Shen Chen laughed and said, "In the final analysis, you are just a selfish robber. Strict with others and lenient with himself, he will never consider others. Countless Li people say kill in your eyes, in order to achieve the goal, how can you ever think about the life and death of others? If you are like this, why can't you allow others to do the same to you? ”

Cao Cao shouted angrily: "You ugly erector is also worthy of being compared with Zixiao and Wen Qian? Even if I kill more than 100 of your relatives, I can't compare to a finger of them! ”

Even if I kill more than 100 of your relatives, I can't compare to one of their fingers?

Shen Chen was stunned.

Hundreds of lives.

Can't compare to the value of Cao Renlejin's finger?

"Hahahahahahahaha

He laughed angrily.

Laughing from ear to ear, laughing so much that he burst into tears.

Be.

Oh, yes.

We are lowly commoners.

You are a noble family.

So in the eyes of you who are of great power.

Tens of millions of Li people in Dahan are not as good as a weed on the side of the road.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, those living people, are far less noble than your relatives and nephews.

Just like the children of Yuan Shu and Wang Cang, you will never take the people into account.

He never put the lives of the people in his heart.

But Cao Cao.

Have you ever heard of a saying?

Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat.

How can you know the greatness of the people?

History has never been created by you, Cao Cao.

It's the countless people of Lebanon.

There are no people.

You are nothing.

There are no people.

You're just a worm with an empty door.

Shen Chen smiled and smiled, wiped away his tears, raised his head, raised his face, looked down at Cao Cao, used all his strength, and roared loudly.

"Cao Cao, I stand in front of you today."

"I'll show you."

"Can we, lowly civilians, kill you high-ranking families?"

"Shoot the arrows!"

He shouted viciously: "Avenge your father's old folks!" ”

"Revenge!"

More than 1,000 warriors of the Huangmen Pavilion suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, bending their bows and arrows, and letting out an earth-shattering roar.