Dong Ting fell. The Han army disguised itself as the Huns and occupied Dong Ting. From the southwest of Dongting all the way down, stretching for hundreds of miles, it is Xu Huang's more than 100 miles of defense line.

At this time, the Cao army was still fighting with the Han army everywhere, and the scene was scorched. Wu Dang led a fifteen thousand Han troops, and as soon as he took Dong Ting, he held a meeting in Dong Ting to discuss the next move.

Deng Ai volunteered to serve as a scout, pretending to be a Hun and went to Sangquan to check the situation. They waited for nearly half an hour before they could return to Deng Ai, and just as they were wondering, two scouts came back and reported to Wu Dangyu: "Report, General Yingyang learned from an old man that Cao's army was in Jiucheng, and he raided Jiucheng. ”

"Nonsense!" Wu Dang angrily threw the brush in his hand on the table and scolded angrily: "What's the matter with Deng Ai? Believe what others say, but on the battlefield, if the news is false, wouldn't it be buried? Wu Tao also frowned and said, "Shizai is indeed a little impulsive. ”

"It's not just impulsive!" Wu Dang said angrily: "It's just lawless, and it should be beheaded according to the law!" ”

"It's not that serious." Shan Yi hurriedly said: "Shi Zai may just go to investigate?" ”

"Scouting?" Wu Dang was still angry, and said angrily: "Didn't you hear? He went on a surprise attack, how could he act like this? ”

"Senior brother, don't be angry, Shizai has passed, since it is irretrievable, let's think about what we should do now, right? Will it go southwest to raid Cao's army, or will it go south to take Sangquan? Huo Yang persuaded.

What's next? Wu Dang hesitated for a moment and looked at Jiang Wei. Among the six people, Jiang Wei and Deng Ai had the most ghost ideas, and before Shi Jun left, he also asked him to listen to the opinions of the two more.

Now that Deng Ai suddenly broke away from the team and went to Jiucheng, he could only listen to Jiang Wei's thoughts. Jiang Wei pondered: "Since Senior Brother Shizai dares to go, it means that he is sure. But he only took a few hundred scouts with him, and it was indeed a bit dangerous. Senior brother, in my opinion, it is better for our soldiers to divide into two roads, you all the way to break the Cao army, I will go all the way south to cut off the retreat of the Cao army, and by the way, I will go to the aid of Senior Brother. "Are there two ways to divide the soldiers?

Wu Dang thought about it, and finally could only nod and say, "Okay, then do it." At that moment, the five of them divided their troops, Jiang Wei led the cavalry formed by more than 1,000 war horses stolen from the Huns to the south to Sangquan, and Wu Dang and they went southwest to take the main force of Cao's army.

Fortunately, there are now many Liangzhou Qiangdi in the Han army, all of whom are good at riding horses, and it is easy to form cavalry, so they will soon split up.

Deng Ai galloped on his horse and looked out at the plains in the distance. The plain is endless, and there are Han people and Hu people who inhabit the land east of the river everywhere.

Their hundreds of Huns did not attract much attention. Because of the Hu and Han mixed living on the boundary of Hedong, around 217 AD, Cao Cao divided and merged the Xiongnu into five departments, set up his nobles as the commanders, and did not let the Han people be Sima to supervise them.

Among them, the left is Juzi County, the central part is Daling County, the right is Qi County, the south is Puzi County, and the north is Xinxing County.

Later, Cao Weixing invaded Xiliang, and ordered the Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan and Zuoxian King Liu Bao to send troops to assist, and after being defeated, some Xiongnu, Qiang and Han people lived in Hedong to graze cattle to fill the army and horses.

So not to mention the Huns, even if there are Qiang people and Di people here, it is not surprising, especially in such a wartime, Cao Jun will also order the Huns and Qiang people to send soldiers to assist.

It's just that the only trouble is that occasionally I will see other Huns and Qiang troops rushing west to the front line, and when they meet, Deng Ai can't speak Huns, so they can only stare at each other viciously, stare at each other and leave.

These people are fierce and murderous, and they are not easy to provoke at first glance, although they are going in the opposite direction, but the Huns and Qiang people are not stupid, and they naturally understand what to provoke and what not to provoke.

Soon they arrived at Usujo almost unimpeded. Usucheng is a small city, also known as Usu, which was built in the Spring and Autumn Jin Kingdom.

In the Han Dynasty, it was not a county seat, but could only be counted as a township pavilion, but because there were some ancient city walls, it was used as a city.

At this moment, there are still more than 1,000 Cao troops in the city, and it is better to say that it is a city than a stockade, and there are some walled walls left in ancient times on the periphery, and some military facilities are scattered around.

Hundreds of Huns suddenly appeared on the avenue, and Cao Jun on the high oars in the distance just glanced at it, and then went about their own things, and did not be vigilant.

This morning, Shen Chen's army approached Puban, and Xu Huang immediately dispatched the cavalry of the Xiongnu and Qiang tribes to help, and at the same time sent people to the rear of the city to escort a batch of supplies to the front line.

Therefore, Usujo also knew about the enemy coming to fight again at this time. Moreover, Xu Huang also sent someone to tell this side that the Huns might come over to ask for horse feed, so he said hello in advance.

The grain and grass of the Huns were also supplied by the Cao army, and the Huns had come to ask for grain before, so when the Cao army saw hundreds of cavalry in Hun costumes, they thought that the Hun troops on the front line had come to ask for grain and grass.

"These Hun cavalry didn't fight very well, and they ate more than anyone else." A Cao Jun complained.

Another old Cao Jun shook his head and said: "The main thing is that horse feed is used a lot, and it is not a trivial matter to raise war horses, you have to use beans to raise them." ”

"Damn the Han army, they haven't fought for more than a year, so why do they have to come?" That Cao Jun scolded.

"There's nothing to scold, just fight a war, I hate the Huns more than the Han army." Old Cao Jun glanced at the Huns in the distance.

Although the Huns were subdued by Cao Cao, they have been dishonest in recent years, not to mention that the blood feud between the Han and the Huns cannot be resolved in a day or two.

For the Hu people outside the Saiwai, the Han people were born with a hostility. It is a pity that the imperial court was defeated in successive battles in the south and Huainan regions, resulting in the western front side was also very passive, and the Huns had to be recruited to help participate in the war.

Otherwise, the army of Great Wei provided grain and grass to the Huns, what is this called? Soon the Huns approached the outside of the city, and the Cao army outside went up to intercept them, and the complaining Cao army before scolded: "Stop, password!" "Although I guessed that the other party was here to get grain and grass, I still had to ask.

However, soon the Cao army noticed that something was wrong, although the Huns who came were wearing Hun clothes, their hair was also scattered like the Hu people, slightly covering their faces.

The skin that can be exposed is not the flush or bronze that lives in the desert all the year round and is exposed to the wind and sun, but the yellow skin of the Han people.

He was puzzled for a moment, and was wondering. Deng Ai showed a hideous smile on his face, and in the surprised eyes of the Cao army soldier, he drew his knife and slammed it down!

"Poof!" Blood splattered, and heads flew high. This shocking change suddenly shocked Cao Jun, who was standing guard outside, and shouted one after another.

"The Huns rebelled."

"Come on."

"Blow the whistle, blow the whistle quickly." All sorts of jumbled voices resounded outside the camp. Deng Ai didn't care about this, raised the knife in his hand and killed the other person, and roared angrily: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!" Hundreds of Han cavalry roared and instigated their horses to charge. The gate of the camp did not have time to close, and they rushed closer.

It happened that the soldiers and soldiers of Cao who were guarding the camp heard the movement and ran out one after another. collided head-on with the Han cavalry.

A Cao army officer was still calm, shouting and organizing the soldiers to immediately form a formation to intercept them, and at the same time ordered the gate to be closed.

Dun Elle turned his horse and summoned a few of his guards, and rushed directly towards the officer. A moment later, the man was killed by his own hands, and the formation that had just been organized was also crushed by the rest of the Han army.

For a while, the entire camp was in chaos. There were the sounds of houses collapsing, all sorts of screams and wails, and even shouts of surrender, flight.

In the chaos, I don't know who lit the fire, and the fire in the camp was blazing, and the sound of swords and guns intersecting was far and near, which made people stand on end.

Suddenly, the ghost at the gate of the village cried and shouted like a wolf

"The camp is broken!"

"The enemy has come in," and in an instant the heavens and the earth seemed to be silent, and in a moment he could hear the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

The Han army has come in? This was a thought in the minds of all the Cao soldiers in Usu. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Cao army had no intention of resisting, and turned their heads and ran towards another camp gate to the east.

In an instant, the fire burst into the sky. However, it didn't take long for Cao's army, who had just run out of the city, to be stopped by the generals defending the city.

After killing several fleeing soldiers, the general organized a team of several hundred people, entered through the east gate again, and launched a counterattack against the Han army.

Usucheng stored millions of stones, grains and grass, and if it was burned, the general would definitely die, so he could only choose to go back and fight hard.

The two sides launched a decisive battle to the death in the camp, and no one noticed that on the official road west of Usucheng at this time, more than a thousand war horses were slowly coming.

The people who came were a group of authentic Hun cavalry. Because he was temporarily recruited by Xu Huang to participate in the war, the leader of the Xiongnu tribe living in Hedong summoned five or six thousand cavalry to assist.

But in order to preserve horsepower in wartime, horses should not only eat grass, but soybeans. Therefore, Xu Huang also gave a warrant before, asking the logistics side to prepare some soybeans for the Xiongnu tribe as horse feed, and people from the Xiongnu tribe will come to pick them up today.

Deng Ai was wearing Hun costumes, and he hit by mistake, which made Cao Jun relax his vigilance. The Huns in the distance arrived at the city, and saw the smoke billowing in the city from a distance, and they were surprised for a while, and the Huns led by the commander pointed to the distance and muttered to the rear.

Then the Huns quickly approached the city, and when they passed, they happened to meet several escaped Cao soldiers, and the Cao army saw them frightened and wanted to escape.

The commander chased after him and said in Chinese, "What's going on up ahead?" ”

"Who are you?" Cao Jun asked rhetorically. The commander said: "We are the right valley Li king under the command of King Zuoxian, and we were ordered to come over to get grain and grass, General Xu has already said, this is a warrant." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper, which was stamped with Xu Huang's seal of the right general.

Due to the widespread appearance of paper, the upper layer of Cao Wei's side no longer uses bamboo slips for document communication, but uses paper uniformly, which is much more convenient than bamboo slips.

When the soldiers of the Cao army saw that these people were real Huns, they hurriedly pointed to Jiucheng and said: "There is a group of Han soldiers who have killed them pretending to be Huns, and please go over and defeat them immediately, and the court will have a heavy reward." The commander cautiously asked, "How many of them are there?" ”

"Only hundreds?" Hundreds? Hearing that the number of the other party was small, the elder Qianfu said happily: "Okay." As he spoke, he picked up the scimitar in his hand, howled like a wolf in his mouth, and shouted in Hun language to the Huns behind him: "Sons, the opportunity to make a career has come, kill with me!" ”

"Kill!" The Huns erupted in an earth-shattering roar, and the iron horsemen swarmed towards the city. Since Deng Ai is the commander of the first army, he is naturally not a reckless man, when he broke through the camp gate before, he had already left more than ten people to guard the camp to prevent the back road from being cut off.

At this moment, I saw a group of Huns roaring and galloping over from a distance, and the Han soldiers outside the camp hurriedly ran in to report the situation to Deng Ai.

"Die!" Deng Ai was wielding a ring-headed knife in his hand, his face was covered in blood, and he was engaged in a fierce battle with Cao Jun.

Millions of stone grains and grass alone could not ignite all the flames at the first time, and at present, they only lit a granary near the west gate.

After Cao Jun was initially repulsed, he quickly organized a rebellion, for which Deng Ai had to fall into a bitter battle and entanglement with them.

He fought hard, and finally defeated Cao's army again, and someone in the rear shouted: "General, enemy reinforcements are coming." ”

"How many people came?" Deng Ai gasped and turned back to ask. The scout replied, "Nearly a thousand people, all Huns." ”

"Kill me out!" Deng Ai said without hesitation. The group of uninvited guests apparently disrupted his rhythm.

If it weren't for this group of Huns, he would have just repelled the Cao army now, and he would have burned all the Cao army's grain and grass by continuing to set fire.

But just leaving is definitely not okay. Not long after the fire started, if they left, the Cao army and the Huns would quickly control the fire, and the battle would be in vain.

So he could only forcibly order the soldiers to gather and fight the Huns outside. Soon, the Han soldiers who had just experienced a life-and-death struggle gathered at Deng Ai's location, and after an order, the soldiers wiped the blood and sweat on their bodies and came to the camp gate.

There was a fire burning behind them, and the heat was so hot that they couldn't stay away from the flames, and when they came out of the camp, they saw billowing dust and smoke.

Thousands of Huns were already less than a hundred paces away from them. At this time, the Han army was exhausted, and the number of the other side was nearly three times that of their side, which made everyone in the Han cavalry look solemn.

When the Huns approached, they stopped and looked at the Han army from a distance. Immediately, the Hun commander shouted a few words, and immediately the thousands of Huns immediately stopped the offensive momentum, separated the left and right wings, and encircled the gate of the camp.

If you charge directly, not to mention that the light cavalry is not good at charging into battle, just saying that the road is narrow, and the direct charge will obviously only cause the soldiers in front to fight, and the soldiers behind will not be able to come up, but it will become a refueling tactic.

Therefore, the Xiongnu commander obviously had some tactical literacy, and chose to outflank the left and right sides and raid on three sides, so that the Han army would be passively beaten and fall into disadvantage.

Deng Ai didn't see this. He frowned, clenched the steel knife in his hand, and shouted in a deafening voice: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, when you build miraculous feats, and worship the generals, you will kill me today, soldiers!" ”

"Kill!" The Han army roared angrily, and then rode their horses and launched a reverse charge against the Huns, who were three times their size.

If you wait for the enemy's encirclement to form, you will surely die. So it's better to fight to the death.

Before the enemy's encirclement is formed, the first attack is carried out, and there is a possibility of turning defeat into victory. Thousands of horses' hooves trampled thunder, dust and smoke rose everywhere, and the wind and thunder swirled.

The Huns obviously did not expect the Han army to be so fierce and fearless of death, and their charging momentum was stopped, and it was difficult to exert the power of the charge.

The Han army inserted like a sharp arrow, and the enemy and our soldiers in the front row instantly overturned on their backs and fell in large pieces.

The two sides fought together, and soon the shouts of killing and screams filled the battlefield.