Ren Fu and Duan Zhao led Cao's army to support Xincheng, and Gan Ning led his troops and horses to kill Cao's army. Cao Jun scouts found out the news and urgently reported to Ren Fu and Duan Zhao, there was no terrain honor guard around, so the two could only form a formation on the spot and send someone to Cao Ren for help.

3,000 soldiers and horses were waiting for the headquarters of the generals and colonels to stand in battle. Gan Ning, Pang De, and Li Xing attacked in three ways, and Gan Ning saw that Cao Jun had already formed a formation, and he was not afraid, and rushed towards Cao Jun with a sword.

Ren Fu had already seen it clearly in the formation, and shouted: "The crossbowman pulls the bow and stretches the string!" There was a bowstring sound, and Cao Jun was ready.

Ren Fu shouted: "The big shield is erected, and the spear and halberd are stretched out. The bow and crossbow are steady, aim, steady. ”

When the Han army was about to reach the firing range, Gan Ning suddenly stopped the soldiers and horses, the Han army hurriedly stood up, and Ren Fu couldn't help but be stunned.

Gan Ning began to command the Han army to form a formation, the shield hand stood up in front of the arrow, the Han army retreated behind, Gan Ning dismounted and fought on foot, steadily moving forward.

Ren Fu licked his lips, and the Cao Jun crossbowmen had already put down their bows and arrows and relaxed their arms to rest. Seeing that the Han army was beginning to approach, Ren Fu ordered the crossbowmen to open their bows again and shoot arrows.

The Han army had already prepared, and the arrows were mostly blocked by shields and tinkling. In the other direction of the Cao army's array, Li Xing led his troops to approach the Cao army like this, forming a flanking attack. Pound led 2,000 cavalry to roam.

Gradually approaching the Cao army's phalanx, the Han army slowly began to run, and the speed became faster and faster. Gan Ning shouted, the Han army's shield slowed down and retreated, and the wrestlers in the formation poked at Cao Jun's shield with a spear and halberd, which was to break the shield with brute force.

Cao Jun's spearman hid behind the shield, the halberd was short, and the Han army would poke at the shield first, but Cao's spear and halberd could not stab the Han army.

Ren Fu understood the key, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Withdraw the shield and retreat ten steps." The spearman stood up and raised his sword to kill. ”

Cao Jun deserved to be an elite, the shield hand immediately stood up and raised his shield and leaned over, and Cao Jun's spear and halberd man rushed out with a shout. When the Han army saw that Cao Jun withdrew its shield and killed, it was too late to respond, and the guns and halberds of the two armies intersected, and in an instant, the sound of flesh piercing through the bones and cracking sounded, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

The archers behind the two armies fired arrows at each other, and the soldiers in the middle of the line continued to fall. Gan Ning has always taken the lead, naturally at the front, Cao Jun's gun and halberd stabbed, Gan Ning easily knocked away the spear and halberd in front of him, and the blade slashed through Cao Jun and was killed instantly.

Gan Ning was like a fierce tiger, wielding a big knife, slashing over more than ten Cao soldiers around him, and killing into the Cao army array. The Han army followed behind Gan Ning and tore the Cao army's formation apart.

Ren Fu had already taken precautions, and had already erected his shield after ten steps, built a second line of defense, and narrowed the Cao army's array.

After a fierce battle, the Han army killed hundreds of Cao troops and suffered similar losses themselves, and then the Han army engaged again on the second line of defense of the Cao army.

Gan Ning wiped the blood on his face and said: "It can't be fought like this, the casualties will not be small in the end, send someone to call General Pang to prepare in the back, our army will attack the Cao army in three places according to the front and arrow formation, tear the opening, and the cavalry will rush in desperately, not giving the Cao army a chance to build a defensive line layer by layer, go quickly!" The guards next to him obeyed the order.

Gan Ning shuttled through the formation, and the Han army formed a sharp arrow formation according to the order, and Gan Ning and two partial generals each led a team to rush towards the Cao army.

In the distance, the cavalry of the Han army pretended to march in reverse, only two hundred cavalry were slowly cruising here, Ren Fu had been paying attention to the cavalry of the Han army, and when he saw the movement of the cavalry of the Han army, he unconsciously thought that the main direction of the Han army was on the other side, and concentrated on commanding the Cao army to squeeze out the Han army that was desperately rushing in.

In the battle, the general's bravery was vividly displayed, and where Gan Ning was, Cao's army would retreat step by step.

Ren Fu knew that he was not as brave as Gan Ning, and he had no idea of attacking head-on, so he could only command Cao's army to entangle Gan Ning as much as possible and resist the soldiers and horses of the Han army on both wings. Gan Ning suddenly came in and was isolated, so he would naturally withdraw.

The Han cavalry quietly bypassed, and the two hundred cavalry were divided into two teams, and the drums sounded, and the Han army knew that this was a signal to give way, and flashed to both sides, and the cavalry rushed through the gaps in the two places.

The Cao army at the gap was steadily fighting with the Han infantry, the formation was not chaotic, the cavalry broke through, and more than ten cavalry in front were stabbed down by the Cao army, but the continuous cavalry used a strong impact to knock down the Cao army, and the Han army was also involved in the two people who could not dodge.

When Ren Fu saw the Han cavalry coming in, he was shocked and knew that something was wrong. Hurriedly commanded the crossbowmen to release arrows, erected shields behind their backs to defend, and personally led his own guards to block the breakthrough of the Han army.

Seeing that the cavalry had succeeded, Pang De quickly circled back and rushed back, but in fact, there was no need for Pang De, Gan Ning had already snatched a horse, rode the horse and swords, and killed the Quartet.

Cao's army loosened and began to rout. As soon as a smile appeared on Gan Ning's face, a horse rushed from afar, and the guards shouted: "General, the scout is here!" ”

Gan Ning stared at it and said: "Something happened, get out of the battle immediately, the endgame of the battlefield will be handled by Pang De and Li Xing, and the outside will quickly withdraw the whole army, hurry up!" ”

The scout quickly rushed to Gan Ning and said, "General, the reinforcements of the Cao army are coming, and the sound looks like cavalry, and there are more than thousands of people. Han Duwei ordered the villain to report first, and the specific number of people will be found out later! ”

Gan Ning nodded and said, "Okay, you go!" "After the scout leaves.

Gan Ning looked at the battlefield, Cao Jun had been divided in half by the cavalry, and Ren Fu was shot in the forehead by Pang De, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Duan Zhao was entangled with Li Xing, and it seemed that he wouldn't be able to last long.

Gan Ning sighed: "Cao Ren originally wanted to use this army to entangle our army, but the cavalry then rushed to flank the attack. Fortunately, our army preemptively dispersed the Cao army, but it is unlikely that the Cao army will be completely annihilated! Then he summoned his troops and horses and lined up to wait for each other.

The scouts continued to report, and Gan Ning learned that the cavalry of the Cao army was nearly 5,000, and immediately ordered Pang De and Li Xing to leave the battle.

5,000 cavalry, with their own soldiers and horses can not be dragged at all, the whole army of cavalry is only 2,000, and caught in the battle of the Cao army, the Cao army cavalry joined, seeing the reinforcements Cao army will burst out of desperate courage, entanglement will be the opposite victory.

Cao Jun didn't know where to go, and as soon as the Han army withdrew, the pressure disappeared, and they immediately ran north. In fact, General Cao sent someone in advance to inform Ren Fu and Duan Zhao that they would drag the Han army at any cost.

didn't want Ren Fu to be an arrow in the chaotic army, Duan Zhao was entangled by Li Xing, and Cao Jun, who reported the news, was hacked to death by the chaotic army before he got close to Duan Zhao.

Gan Ning urgently reorganized his troops and horses, Han Guan retreated, and behind him was the cavalry of the Cao army. Cao Jun Zhu Gai saw the corpses everywhere from a distance and felt bad.

He was only half an hour apart from Ren Fu and Duan Zhao, and before the news arrived, Ren Fu had already been defeated, which was too fast!

Duan Zhao, who led the remnants of the army from a distance, sent someone to answer, and Zhu Gai learned that Ren Fu was killed by an arrow, half of the 3,000 soldiers and horses were killed in the battle, and most of the rest of the soldiers and horses were wounded and unable to fight again.

Looking at the Han army in front of him, Zhu Gai felt extremely tricky, there was no chance to attack, he could only attack strongly, and he would lose nothing if he did not attack the 3,000 Cao army.

Zhu Gai did not hesitate too much, went around and went straight to the new city with the remnants of the army. Because the Cao army scouts out, a 3,000 cavalry of the Han army is coming.

Seeing the Cao army retreating, Gan Ning set up a bow and crossbow and approached the Cao army and shot two rounds of arrows. Zhu Gai used the cavalry maneuver and quickly retreated, but Gan Ning, who did not know the battle situation, did not dare to forcibly attack the cavalry, and the Han army engaged in a battle, and the fatigue was revealed.

Pound asked for orders to lead the cavalry to follow him, causing a stir, and Ganning told him to be careful. After Guan Ping arrived, Gan Ning was annoyed, so he led his troops to intercept Cao's cavalry, and ordered Guan Ping to go to meet Pang De.

Pang De and Guan Ping joined forces, and Zhu Gai lined up outside the new city to wait, Pang De and Guan Ping pretended to retreat, and sent good shooters to hunt and kill Cao Jun's scouts and sentinels, and made a detour to reach the gateway to the south of Luoyang.

Pang De and Guan Ping set fire to the guard towers, houses, and horses outside the city, destroying the roads, and the cavalry marched in formation, shouting loudly, shouting and shaking the sky, and when Zhu Gai sensed that it was not good to rush, Pang De had already galloped away.

Outside Luhun City, Guan Yu and Cao Ren fought non-stop, the two armies were equal, and it was difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom, Cao Ren after preparing enough wood, sent a brave man to push the chariot to rush to the low wall erected by Deng Ai, a fire instantly scattered the low wall, and the cloth was dried and ignited.

After Deng Ai shot more than 100 Cao soldiers with bows and arrows, he withdrew from the low wall to meet Guan Yu. Guan Yu saw that there was nothing to do, and the two armies fought until dusk, and each collected his troops and returned.

In the city of Luoyang, Cao Pi was furious when he learned that there was a Han army in Yiju, and Yiju was quite close to Luoyang, and the noise would cause panic if it alarmed the nearby people.

Cao Pi sent people to reprimand Cao Ren and ordered him to take strict precautions and not allow the Han army to approach the vicinity of Luoyang, such as Yiju, Taigu, Wuxiang and other important points.

Cao Ren was very depressed when he knew that Ren Fu was killed in battle and more than half of the three thousand soldiers and horses had lost, and his original intention was to lure the enemy to take the bait, but he didn't expect the bait to be swallowed in one bite, and he didn't have time to pull the fish.

Cao Ren secretly regretted his mistake, the Han army's combat strength was not weak, he had too few soldiers and horses, and he also lost his life. Cao Pi's envoy arrived, and after Cao Ren received the order, he put on the guilty list and took the blame for the defeat, and Duan Zhao was able to avoid being killed.

Cao Pi looked at the battle situation reported by Cao Ren, and sighed helplessly, Cao Ren's use of troops could not be said to be wrong, it could only be regarded as a mistake.

Cao Pi blamed Cao Ren, and regretted it in his heart, after all, the Cao family is now the most reliable family. Cao Pi wrote a letter of encouragement as a nephew and sent someone to send a jade belt.

Another envoy was sent to reward the three armies and reward the meritorious soldiers.

After doing this, Cao Pi discussed with Sima Yi and Jiang Ji, and Cao Pi pointed to Cao Ren's battle report and said firmly: "I feel right, look at Guan Yu's troops, and I want to continue to advance, our army has surrounded the past on all sides."

It is impossible for Guan Yu not to notice it at all, which proves that there must be someone in Luoyang who has fornicated with Guan Yu, and this person's status is not low, and he is very likely to have military power, otherwise Guan Yu would not be so desperate.

In addition to the general and Cao Zhen, only two Aiqing know very much about this matter, I trust Aiqing, what does Aiqing think? ”

Sima Yi and Jiang Ji glanced at each other, and they both felt Cao Pi's erratic gaze. Cao Pi was suspicious, and now he had to say it first.

Jiang Ji was upright and silent, and Sima Yi spoke: "Your Majesty's concern is not unreasonable, Guan Yu's army is only a day's journey from Luoyang, and you need to guard against it and let it go."

At present, in addition to strengthening the defense of Luoyang, the passes and key points around Luoyang, such as Yiju and Taigu, need to be strengthened again, and we will be able to remain invincible by cutting off the connection between Luoyang and foreign thieves. ”

Cao Pi said with satisfaction: "That's right, I have already transferred the soldiers and horses to Yecheng to garrison, and the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou have been thinking about it for a long time, so I sent them to Yecheng to replace the soldiers and horses who came to garrison them.

The reason I don't need to say much, the Qingzhou soldiers and horses know all the virtues, (here refers to Cao Cao's death, the Qingzhou soldiers thought that the world was going to be in chaos, and the drums went without permission) Originally, I wanted to transfer them to the nearest place to rectify together, and the war was stalemate, and I now regret transferring them to the eventful time, I don't believe them, and I went to Yecheng to rectify the training! ”

Jiang Ji suggested: "Your Majesty's use of one person may be able to make the Qingzhou soldiers and horses bow down to their orders for emergency purposes!" ”

Cao Pi smiled coldly and said, "It's Zang Ba Zang Xuangao, haha!" Qingzhou soldiers listen to him, so why should I feed them, all soldiers and horses are my soldiers and horses, they can only listen to me, and they don't need a Zang Ba who knows Liu Bei and Guan Yu to take care of it. ”

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is, where can Zang Ba command the troops, he is Qingxu Haoqiang, and the Qingzhou soldiers under his subordinates are originally Yellow Turban thieves, and the thieves who gather on one side, if it weren't for Your Majesty's recent rectification, it would be a useless army!" ”

Cao Pi said: "Zhong Da knows my heart, now that the cavalry of Jizhou is about to arrive, when the time comes, 3,000 people will be left to garrison Luoyang, and the remaining 7,000 cavalry will be sent to Cao Ren." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Pi scolded fiercely: "A thief makes me have to use tens of thousands of people to defend, these soldiers and horses can be sent out, hateful!" ”