Sun Quan collected his troops and returned to the camp, counted the damaged soldiers and horses, and treated the wounded. Sun Huan and Zhu Ran also rushed back to the camp, and as soon as they saw Sun Quan, they fell to the ground and pleaded guilty.

Sun Quan didn't know that Han Dang was killed in battle, and dealing with the battle generals was not conducive to the war, so he comforted the two: "Although the two of you are guilty of defeat, the order to attack was given by me, don't blame the two of you, you two get up." By the way, what about General Han? ”

After the two listened, Zhu Ran cried bitterly: "Lord, the last general is incompetent to make General Han die in battle." ”

Sun Quan listened like five thunderbolts, and said for a while: "How did General Han die!" ”

Zhu Ran intermittently said about the defeat and the counterattack.

After hearing this, Sun Quan hid his face and cried: "When I fought with Cao Hong, I heard that Er and the others were defeated, and our army was entangled and could not get out. At that time, I was deeply afraid that Cao Jun would come to rendezvous.

Unexpectedly, no reinforcements arrived in the end, but I didn't expect that it was General Han Lao who delayed Cao Jun with his life. Old General Han is dead, what face do I have to go to see my father, brother and underground! ”

Left and right hurriedly persuaded: "Old General Han is the third old minister, he is loyal, and it is a hero's act to serve the lord with one body, and the lord must not be sad." Now you should cheer up, take the head of the thief, and avenge the old general. ”

Sun Quan listened and said: "Exactly, I will kill Cao Thief to avenge the old general." ”

On the ground, Sun Huan spoke: "There is a plan below to avenge the old general." ”

Sun Quan asked, "What do you say?" Sun Huan said: "Please allow the lord to recruit five hundred people who dare to die in the camp and attack the camp of the Cao army directly." ”

Sun Quan frowned and said nothing, and Zhuge Jin said: "You can't fight the enemy with courage alone, have you forgotten how you were so passive this time that the army was defeated?" ”

Sun Huan said: "I was bloody for a while, and I forced myself to enter the army, which led to the death of General Han Lao in battle, and tens of thousands of Jiangdong children were blood-stained on the battlefield, and I actually came back alive, I really have no face to see the lord."

This time I only led 500 soldiers and horses, no reinforcements, the lone army went deep, if there is fraud, the loss is not more than 100 people, if it succeeds, then the lord can turn defeat into victory. I hope that the Lord will be perfected. ”

Sun Quan said: "Shuwu, don't blame yourself too much, in the final analysis, it was I who gave the order to attack, and you really defeated the Cao army, but the Cao thief was too ruthless, and he actually hid 40,000 soldiers and horses in the dark, and our army took the bait." ”

Sun Huan said: "Lord, I have made up my mind, if the lord does not allow it, I can only kill myself." With that, he pulled out the sword at his waist, and everyone hurriedly persuaded him.

Sun Huan continued: "Lord, this time I went down to attack Cao Jun, and it was not just a momentary breath. Instead, during the battle, they found that the soldiers and horses of Cao Jun Qingzhou were a little disobedient to the dispatch, and led 500 dead soldiers to attack them, they must have panicked and took the opportunity to be defeated.

The Qingzhou soldiers and horses were defeated. Cao army only has 10,000 cavalry left, and with all the precautions, our army can recapture the lost camp and fill in the gap that Cao army has torn apart from Hefei and cut off from Hefei. Then take Hefei in one go. ”

Sun Quan was silent for a long time after hearing this, and looked at Zhuge Jin next to him, Zhuge Jin said: "Shuwu, you have a few chances of winning, this is a fate." ”

Sun Huan said: "At least eighty percent, once our army is newly defeated, Cao Jun will not think that we will dare to do it to them so soon."

Second, they wouldn't have thought that I would dare to sneak attack them with only 500 people, and third, the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou were formed by the Yellow Turban after all, and the people's hearts were floating at the moment, and they could not be integrated in a short time. ”

Zhuge Jin looked at Sun Quan, and Sun Quan said in a Chen voice: "Okay, Shuwu, you are careful in everything, once the situation is slightly wrong, withdraw immediately, understand?" ”

Sun Huan said: "Thank you for the success." ”

Zhu Ran said: "I am willing to go with you." ”

Sun Huan said: "No, too many people are bad." ”

Zhu Ran said: "But I'm not one more, what's the matter?" ”

Sun Huan said: "Anyway, I'll go by myself." "Leave the account.

Zhu Ran didn't have time to speak, and when Sun Huan came out, Zhu Ran asked for battle again: "Lord, I am willing to go together." ”

Sun Quanzheng didn't know what to do, Zhuge Jin said: "Lord, it's better to teach General Zhu to lead more than a thousand soldiers and horses to meet General Sun Huan." ”

Sun Quan said: "Okay, I mean the same thing." After hearing this, Zhu Ran no longer insisted on asking for battle, and thanked the soldiers.

At the third watch of the night, Sun Huan gathered the defeated soldiers and horses, selected 500 dead soldiers, and Sun Huan took out all his gold, silver and money and distributed them to everyone. A large bowl of wine and a large piece of meat to eat and drink.

Sun Huan said proudly: "We have received the great favor of the lord, and we have nothing to repay, so we should sacrifice our lives to kill the enemy and expand our territory." Now that he was defeated and retreated, General Han Lao was killed in battle. This battle is the shame of my grandson, the shame of you, and the shame of the children of Jiangdong.

The husband should be like General Han, if he can't win, he will die on the battlefield, this is a hero's doing! I have left a suicide note, and if we all die, my family will scatter all their wealth to comfort and support your parents, wife and children. Soldiers, dare to fight with me! ”

When everyone saw Sun Huan's decision, they all agreed in unison, and they were all willing to attack Cao's army with Sun Huan. Sun Huan was wearing Cao Jun armor, pretending to be Cao Jun, with a white feather on his head as a mark. Sneak outside Cao's camp.

Sun Huan whispered to everyone: "If you listen to me, you can kill the thief and make meritorious contributions." We were divided into four teams, each team of 100 people, receiving two torches, each team saw, first north and then south, then west and then east, a pillar of incense for the interval, in turn to light the torches, disturbing the Cao army. The north side is lit up, and the south side is attacked. The east side is lit up, and the west side attacks the camp, alternating in turn. ”

Everyone promised. Sun Huan scattered 500 soldiers and horses, Sun Huan held a sharp blade, led 100 people, quietly removed the antlers, slowly crossed the trench, and sneaked to Cao's camp.

Torches lit in the distance. After Sun Huan saw the capital, he shook his spirits, shouted, and entered the Cao camp, the Cao army in the camp was attracted by the firelight, and Sun Huan entered from another direction.

Cao Jun was caught off guard, and it was completely unexpected that Jiangdong, who had just experienced a new defeat, dared to attack again.

The big battalion is garrisoned by Zang Ba, Zang Ba from Qingzhou soldiers and horses disheartened, do not listen to orders, after gathering soldiers and horses, kill the retreating captain and general 100 people.

The people who took the lead in retreating were all killed, so for the time being, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou were afraid, and they improved slightly. The worst situation is when facing the enemy, many of the lieutenants and lieutenants have just been promoted, and they are simply unable to command the battle.

Sun Huan led a hundred people to rush violently, slashing when encountered, killing when encountered, like a tiger descending from the mountain, followed by Jiangdong soldiers and horses on all sides lit torches and crossed attacks.

Cao Jun only felt that there were enemies in all directions, the fire in the north had just risen, the south had just come, the south had just fallen, and the east and west soldiers and horses were approaching. Cao Jun didn't care about how many enemies he had, he just ran around.

Sun Huan was so excited to kill that he wanted to vent all the evil anger in his chest. Zang Ba personally commanded the battle, but it was useless.

Cao Zhen learned that Zang Ba had been attacked, and hurriedly led troops and horses to come, but only saw the scene of chaos. Cao Zhen said angrily: "These Jiangdong thieves have forgotten the pain. The order was given to the cavalry to go around the camp and not to let one go. ”

Cao Zhen sent someone to report to Cao Hong that he knew. Cao Zhen Lema is in charge. Tanma hurriedly came to report, and the Jiangdong army was pressed at some point.

Cao Zhen was shocked, and suddenly shouted in front, Zhu Ran commanded the troops to kill, Cao Zhen saw that Zhu Ran had many infantry, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Just a foot soldier, dare to attack my cavalry!"

Commanding the five hundred cavalry to charge, Zhu Ran saw the cavalry of the Cao army rushing towards him, and shouted: "I'm not an idiot, An Neng doesn't take precautions, swings the horse, and erects a spear." The Jiangdong soldiers and horses immediately stopped their steps, took out the rejected horses they carried, and lined them up in front of the formation. Then the pikemen rushed to the front and raised their spears.

Cao Zhen hurriedly reined in and said, "Stop!"

Cao Jun rushed a little fiercely, where is it said to stop, the vision is unclear in the dark night, and the chaos of colliding with each other suddenly arises.

Zhu Ran seized the opportunity to attack and stabbed the cavalry of Cao's army. Cao Zhen not only failed under the blow, but lost three or four hundred people, and at this moment Fang understood that the comers were not good.

After Zhu Ran succeeded, he did not attack with all his strength because he was afraid of the Cao cavalry on the periphery of the camp. Cao Zhen didn't figure out the situation, and he didn't rush to catch up. The top priority is to stabilize the situation of the battalion, Cao Zhen scolded the Qingzhou soldiers and horses in his heart, Cao Cao's fraudulent death would make them believe it was true, and the army had no heart to fight.

Cao Zhen no longer rubbed off, and sent cavalry from all sides to find an opportunity to kill the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who were sneaking up as soon as possible. Sun Quan arrived one step earlier, Sun Quan ordered 50,000 soldiers and horses, reorganized neatly, and sent a powerful scout horse to investigate Cao's army.

After receiving Cao Zhen's report, Cao Hong sent troops to intercept Sun Quan. As soon as Cao Hong's cavalry approached, dense spears stretched out around the Jiangdong army, and when the Cao cavalry slowed down slightly, the bow and crossbow fired, and Cao Hong commanded the cavalry to quickly get out of the range of the bow and crossbow.

The Jiangdong soldiers and horses did not attack, and advanced step by step, for Sun Quan, as long as he arrived at the Cao camp, the chaotic Qingzhou soldiers would inevitably be defeated.

Cao Hong was just the opposite, the cavalry in his hands was indeed sharp, and the inferiority of the troops and the drag of the Qingzhou soldiers could not reverse the situation.

Cao Hong had no choice but to take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and constantly harass the Jiangdong Army with arrows, but he could not stop it.

Cao Hong resisted the urge of the whole army to assault in his heart, and instead sent people to teach Cao Zhen and Zang Ba to abandon the camp.

After Cao Zhen received the news, he realized that he had been defeated, and sighed: "The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou were adapted from the yellow turbans, but they did not change their banditry after all, so that they were defeated inexplicably."

Cao Zhen gave an order, taught Zang Ba to retreat, and gave an order, the Qingzhou soldiers who had long had no fighting spirit were defeated like a tide, and Sun Huan found that after the Cao army began to break away, he rushed left and right, driving out the Cao army.

After the Cao army dispersed, Sun Huan suddenly realized that something was wrong, originally the Cao army was in the camp, and the Cao army, which had no fighting spirit, was equivalent to covering Sun Huan, so that the Cao army who had the intention to resist was tied, and now, his whereabouts were completely exposed.

Cao Zhen waited for this moment and shouted: "The one who wears white feathers on his head is a thief army, kill me with me." As soon as the words fell, most of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, who were undoubtedly exposed, were quickly defeated by several charges.

Sun Huan knew that he could not fish in troubled waters, Sun Huan, who was determined to die, had no fear, grabbed a war horse, fought with Cao Jun, and after killing more than ten people, only more than 100 people remained of 500 dead soldiers, Cao Zhen's 2,000 cavalry trapped them firmly, Cao Zhen knew that it was useless to surrender, and was waiting to annihilate Sun Huan.

Nearly a thousand people rushed in the distance, and the first person was Zhu Ran, who did not go to make peace with Sun Quan after retreating, and lurked around, waiting for an opportunity to support Sun Huan, and when Sun Huan was in crisis, he came to the rescue as soon as possible.

Cao Zhen was defenseless, and the 1,000 cavalry on standby met him and killed him. Cao Zhen slammed his hand, Sun Huan was stabbed twice, and there were only more than ten people left.

Sun Huan was about to fight desperately in order to die, suddenly there was a gap in the cavalry of the Cao army, a hundred-man cavalry team entered, tore the gap, Sun Huan saw that there was a chance to survive, desperately killed out, killed several people in a row, and retreated with reinforcements.

How could Cao Zhen let go of the duck in his hand and rushed in person, surprisingly, this hundred-person cavalry team turned out to be extremely elite. Over there, Zhu Ran saw that the person had been rescued, and immediately retreated.

Cao Zhen charged several times and killed forty or fifty people in the hundred-man cavalry, but after all, Sun Huan was not left.

The adjutant general dismounted and said to Cao Zhen: "General, I can't figure out that this army is a tiger soldier under the car."

Cao Zhen said in a deep voice: "It's calculated!"

Cao Zhen burned the camp and retreated, and Sun Quan arrived immediately after, extinguished the fire, and began to rebuild the camp. Cao Hong saw that there was no chance to attack, and also retreated. Sun Quan successfully cut off the connection between Hefei and the outside world.

After dawn, Xu Sheng, Zhuge Jin and others who were guarding the camp came to report that Zhang Liao commanded the army to attack the camp, was defeated and retreated to Hefei.

Sun Quan successfully maintained the situation of cutting off Hefei from inside and outside, cut off Hefei's connection with Cao Hong and other reinforcements, and continued to besiege Hefei.

Sun Quan rewarded the three armies. The sergeant came to report that Liu Bei's envoy Qin Mi had come. Sun Quan was taken aback, could it be that something had happened to Liu Bei and ordered him to be recruited.

Qin Mi paid a visit to Sun Quanbi, and Sun Quan asked, "What is the matter with Mr. ”

Qin Mi said: "I came to meet Wu Hou on the order of the lord, I don't know how Wu Hou is going to enter the army this time?" ”

Sun Quan laughed dryly and said: "Zhang Liao is really a famous general in the world, and it is not easy to win." ”

Qin Mi said: "Marquis Wu, I have a military temperament. ”

Sun Quan said: "Please speak." ”

Qin Mi said: "I came to tell Wu Hou a news that Cao Cao's army is showing signs of contraction, and it may be that Cao Cao is preparing to get rid of the entanglement of our army and come to the rescue of Hefei."

We will do our best to hold back the main force of Cao's army, but the campaign in the past six months has caused our grain and grass consumption to be extremely high. My lord Liu Bei transferred elite soldiers and horses to entangle Cao Cao, and the grain and grass can support for a month for the time being. If Wu Hou needs it, we will continue to delay, but I hope that Wu Hou will end the war as soon as possible. ”

Sun Quan thought for a moment and said: "Okay, you can reply to your lord, a month later, if I can't capture Hefei, I will retreat, but this month, there will be Lao Xuande to drag Cao Cao for me." ”

Qin Mi said: "This is a matter of duty. ”

After a pause, Qin Mi said again: "I still have one more piece of news, but I don't know if this news will help Wu Hou." ”

Sun Quan said: "Sir, it's okay to talk about it. ”

Qin Mi said: "In the past few days, there have been many rumors that Cao Cao is sick, and the Cao army is tightly sealed, and there is no definite evidence. Cao Cao has not appeared for a long time, according to the past, Cao Cao should often patrol the camp, these days, Cao Cao has not confronted our lord, and there is no sign of attacking us.

Our spies did not find any news of Cao Cao, one of the two possibilities is that Cao Cao may be really ill, and he hid in Nanyang City and did not show his face. Second, Cao Cao may be arriving here! ”

Sun Quan sighed, I don't know how to feel, I just got played by the fake news of Cao Cao's death, Qin Mi said it, it also proves that Cao Cao may really be sick, Sun Quan also hopes that Cao Cao really worships and gets rid of a big enemy by himself.

However, for now, it is better to take Hefei first, and after entertaining Qin Mi to say goodbye, Sun Quan began to plan to capture Hefei.

Cao Cao received the news that Cao Hong's strategy had failed, and asked for instructions on whether to continue the attack. Cao Cao sighed, and his plan did not work completely.

Lying on the soft couch, Cao Cao groaned: "Lao Ji is in the bush, and his ambition is thousands of miles." The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong! ”

Smiling, Cao Cao cheered up and began to plan a new round of plans.

Cao Cao ordered the line of defense to be retracted, recalled Xu Huang, who was confronting Guan Yu and Gan Ning, and ordered Cao Ren to command 50,000 troops to Hefei to relieve the siege of Hefei.

Xu Huang governed the army strictly, the order was forbidden, after receiving the order, the whole army retreated in an orderly manner, Guan Yu and Gan Ning led the troops to chase after him, and saw that Xu Huang's soldiers were stationed in the formation, and did not dare to pursue urgently, so they had to slow down, and then gave up the pursuit and returned to Fancheng.

Xu Huang and Cao Cao made peace, and the soldiers and horses did not suffer losses due to the chaos of the retreat, and the equipment and baggage were fully equipped and not left behind.

Xu Huang entered Cao Cao's big tent to report the losses and gains in the battle, and the list of meritorious soldiers was all stated.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Gongming can be said to have the style of Zhou Yafu!" Guan Yu is a world-famous general, but he can't get any cheap in the hands of Gongming! ”

A few days later, Cao Cao left Cao Xiu to guard Nanyang, and Xiahou Shang to guard Fangling. Since returning to Xuchang, Liu Bei has only commanded the troops and outside Fangling City, and has not moved.