Fangling has fallen, Zhang Fei and Lei Tong reorganized the soldiers and horses, nearly ten days of siege, killed and wounded soldiers and horses added up to nearly 4,000 people, fortunately relying on the collection of nearly 1,000 surrendered soldiers and horses.

Lei Tong confiscated and sold Shen Yi's family property, and in addition to the compensation for the soldiers who died in the war, the rest was rewarded to the soldiers.

Zhang Fei left 2,000 cavalry to Lei Tong and instructed: "I have sent someone to Hanzhong to ask for the allocation of soldiers and horses, you stay here first, and after the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong take over the defense, you go to Xiangfan to meet me!" ”

Zhang Fei led 6,000 cavalry to Fancheng, Pang Tong sent people to meet Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei entered Xinye to see Pang Tong. Pang Tong had already prepared a banquet and went to the city gate to bring Zhang Fei in.

Pang Tong and Zhang Fei drank each other, Pang Tong asked about the battle situation in detail, Zhang Fei poured bitter water, gritted his teeth and scolded Shen Yi.

Pang Tong comforted: "Yide, the soldiers are not many but fine, and the six thousand cavalry are enough to be of great use if they are used properly!" ”

Zhang Fei rubbed his hands and said: "Shiyuan, what do you want me to do quickly, I can't bear to do a big job!" ”

Pang Tong said: "Don't worry, Yide, you don't need to participate in the war at the moment, there is something else for you to do!" ”

Zhang Feiqi said: "The fight in the north is in full swing, where is the second brother or the nearby Nanyang is not supported by me to lead the troops north?" ”

Pang Tong said: "This time the battle is pulling, not a decisive battle, it is the timing of advance and retreat, so that the Cao army is tired and not at peace."

At the beginning of Yun Chang's northward journey, I had already sent a large number of scouts, spies, and meticulous work to the entire direction of Yuzhou and Guanzhong, going to various key roads, blending into the city to listen to the movements of the Cao army everywhere, and according to the news brought back in recent days, it can be concluded that the Cao army is transferring troops to besiege Yun Chang's army on all sides.

And Yun Chang has been in contact with me every day since he went north, and now no one has come to Yun Chang's place for three days, which shows that Cao Jun has cut off the main road.

Nanyang in the west was surrounded by our army, and naturally it was Cao Jun in the east who did it. The movement of troops and horses in Guanzhong is not yet clear, but fortunately, the nearest troop outlet from Guanzhong to Nanyang is Qingni Pass and Wuguan, and it is not difficult to monitor.

Nanxiang has been taken by Yide, and Cao Jun should no longer choose to send troops from Wuguan, and now there is only Qingni Pass left.

Nanyang City under Ling Bao and Zhao Rong led the troops to station, and their camps were planned by me personally, and there was Jianyang City as a support, even if there was a change in the stubbornness was enough to deal with it, the Cao army was delayed, and there was no need for support for the time being.

Luyang in the east was captured by the Cao army, in fact, Yun Chang and they did not defend it at all, and the Cao army had already killed it and wanted to copy it from behind.

I have assigned Feng Xi, Zhang Yi, and Zong Pre to lead 8,000 elite soldiers and horses to transport grain to Lu Hun, and the Cao army will definitely come to intercept the grain, and when the time comes, I will be able to find out the strength of this Cao army from the east, and I have taught the battle formation, and the arrangements are appropriate, when they can defend themselves, they will retreat with the army when Yun Chang withdraws.

Cao Jun's movements, I think Yun Chang should also find out the situation. Yun Chang, Yuan Zhi, Xingba and others are all wise warriors who have experienced a hundred battles, and they will advance and retreat according to the situation. If nothing happens, the front will be able to resist, and it is not difficult to retreat slowly. ”

Zhang Feiqi said: "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

Pang Tong said: "The army is impermanent, no matter how good the plan is, there will be mistakes, and the size of the mistakes determines victory or defeat."

Therefore, I want Yide to rush to Linfu in the south of Jingshan to join Ma Dai, integrate the hastily formed 20,000 cavalry, and wait for orders at any time for the purpose of going north! ”

Cao Jun scouts reported to Xu Huang and Cao Xiuyu: "The thief army has passed through Pheasant County along the water, and the guards are heavily guarded along the way, and most of our army scouts have been shot and killed, and the strength is only about less than 10,000 people!" ”

Cao Xiu raised his hand and said, "Explore again!" The scout got on his horse and left.

Cao Xiu said to Xu Huang: "The thieves really dare to transport grain and kill themselves." Gongming, you lead the infantry later, and I will lead the cavalry to besiege the thief army! ”

Xu Huang stopped: "Wen Lie is slow, don't you think it's strange? The thief scouts we captured also sent a messenger from Guan Yu to Jingzhou, indicating that the thieves were concerned about our army's movements, and that they should have been more or less aware of our army's intentions since our army recaptured Luyang. Unsuspecting and still such a blatant shipment of grain, I am afraid that there is fraud in it. ”

Cao Xiu said disapprerovitously: "Guan Yu came quickly and arrogantly, maybe he didn't take us seriously at all, otherwise how dare he rush to Lu Hun so close to Luoyang." ”

Xu Huang said: "Guan Yu is arrogant but not stupid, be careful." Zhang He sent news that his cavalry had come out of the Qingni Pass, and if he was fast, he would be able to kill Nanyang City in a day, according to what I thought, it was better to wait for the time being, and to annihilate the thief army outside Nanyang City first, and then it seemed more secure to besiege this army of soldiers and horses! ”

Cao Xiu disagreed: "No, we will go to Nanyang City for one day, fight for one day, and then rush back for two days, adding up to the thief army will march for four days, once Guan Yu sends someone to respond, get this batch of grain and grass and fresh troops, it will be more able to fight with our army."

At that time, Guan Yu will have more room to withdraw if he wants to fight, if he retreats south, with the support of grain and grass, and the army's heart is stable, we are not good at encircling, we will miss His Majesty's plan, and it will be difficult to completely annihilate not to mention, even if we can be afraid of our army's losses, it will not be small.

On the contrary, it is better to take advantage of the dispersion of the thieves to break it, cut off the food and grass of the thief army, and hit the morale of the thief army.

Besides, even if there is fraud, we have no reason to be afraid, the scouts are taking turns to probe all around, there is no ambush, the thief army has no soldiers and horses to follow up, the lone army is deep, our army is several times the enemy, there is no reason not to do it! I am a pioneer, Gongming responds, there is no big problem, I must not fight! ”

Xu Huang thought for a while and said, "That's what Wen Lie said!" Okay, you lead your troops forward, don't fight hard with the thieves, the first is to set fire to the thief army's grain and grass, the thief's army grain and grass are destroyed and then go north, it is meaningless, and you must return.

When the time comes, I will lead the infantry to rush to the path of the thief army's retreat to ambush, and Wen Lie will lead the cavalry to follow up and force the thief army into our army's ambush to annihilate the thief army! ”

Cao Xiu agreed: "Good plan, that's right, Gongming, you wait for my news, and after burning the thief's grain and grass, you will quickly go to ambush!" ”

Along the water, Feng Xi, Zong Pre, and Zhang Wei led their troops to only care about the march, and it was obvious that hundreds of carts were full of grain bags and supplies.

Cao Xiu divided more than 10,000 cavalry into three teams, and first chose a nearby place where he could hide his body to do an ambush, and ordered the partial general Chen Su to attack the rear army of the Han army from the southeast, and the partial general cost to attack the front army of the Han army from the northeast, and the two armies attacked together, so that the Han army presented heavy pressure on both sides and ignored the Chinese army.

At the same time, he approached the Han army's grain cart and pretended to set fire to the grain, so that the Han army continued to gather the grain cart to the Chinese army in order to protect the grain and grass, and after the Han army was pressed to the middle, he personally led the cavalry to quickly advance from the hideout, taking advantage of the Han army's failure to react, and burned the Han army's grain and grass in one fell swoop.

The Han army marched steadily along the Shushui River, and the scouts came in and out very frequently, and unconsciously Feng Xi noticed that the number of scouts had decreased, and he couldn't help but feel bad, and ordered the whole army to be prepared.

In the distance, the two horsemen galloped back, shouting loudly. Feng Xi pointed and responded with his own guards, and soon learned that the cavalry of the Cao army was coming.

Feng Xi said to Zong Pre: "Deyan (Zong Pre character), I will lead the troops separately with Boqi, and you go to lay straw mats on the water!" Zong pre answered.

Feng Xi led his guards to shout: "Stop, stop." When the Han army heard this, they stopped one after another, and asked the generals and colonels to straighten out the queue on the spot.

Feng Xi saw that the army stopped, and then ordered: "The soldiers of the escort chariot are slowly driving the mules and horses to retreat to Shuishui, and the rest of the generals are lined up to deal with the cavalry!" The Han army quickly moved into action.

When Chen Su and Fei arrived, the Han army had already been arranged, looking at a row of iron shields and spears densely covered with solid hands.

Chen Su ordered not to storm for the time being, shot arrows to measure the range of the Han army's crossbowmen, and then cruised around to consume the Han army.

Feng Xi was unmoved when he saw this, the two armies held each other for about an hour, the Cao army continued to approach and escape, throwing torches back and forth, but the Han army was unmoved, Chen Su noticed that the Han army spread straw mats on the ice and sent someone to report to Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu thought for a while and said: "The thief army wants to escape by means of the ice, so quickly order the second general not to consume, and immediately launch an attack, and at the same time prevent the Han army from laying straw mats!" ”

Chen Su and Fei had to order the split sprint to attack from the front and back, Feng Xi and Zhang Wei met separately, and the Han army was in a semicircle, firmly protecting the grain cart, because of the consumption of Cao's army for an hour, the straw mat was finished, and Zong Yu drove the mules and horses across the river to the west bank.

Chen Su and Fei were shocked when they saw this situation, and they didn't care about many rushing to kill, and the Han army was full of bowstrings, and when the Cao army approached, arrows were fired in unison.

Cao's army did not rush forward in a hurry, but formed a front and arrow formation in a team of 200 people, and staggered before and after to launch a charge to reduce the number of arrow hits.

The front row of several teams of Cao Jun carried shields, erected to protect their bodies, and struck their horses forward. It's a pity that you can't protect people and horses. The arrows landed, and the horses screamed from the arrows, but the iron hooves rolled, and the killing did not stop for a moment.

After three rounds of arrows, Cao Jun killed in front of the Han army, threw his shield, held a spear in his hand and used all his strength to pull away the spear stabbed by the Han army, and used the momentum of his horse to knock away the shield.

The Han army stabilized the spear with all his might, and through the gap in the shield, he saw Cao Jun stabbing out fiercely. The two armies fought together in an instant, blood splattered, and men and horses rolled.

Feng Xi held a strong bow and fired several arrows in a row to knock down the Cao army that broke in, and as more and more cavalry followed, the arrows could not be stopped. Feng Xi hung his bow and held a gun, and led his troops to fight with the Cao army, and the Cao army, who could not fight head-to-head, shot arrows at each other in the back.

The Han army quickly erected its shield again, erected its spears, and formed a new line of defense, and Feng Xi commanded the Han army to retreat while fighting and retreating into the second line of defense.

Cao Jun Chen Su led his troops to rush in, and when he saw the Han army erecting a shield, he naturally would not let the Han army succeed, tightly entangled the Han army, and shouted loudly to order the Cao army to follow up, biting the Han army that retreated from the gap. The advantage of Cao's cavalry was undoubtedly revealed, and they could catch up with the Han army with a light attack on horses, and seeing Cao's army taking advantage of the situation to kill through the gap, the newly constructed defense line was suddenly scattered.

The Han army relied on its well-trained, adjacent soldiers to cooperate with the upper and lower stabs, and attacked the cavalry together, resisting in turn.

Chen Su could maintain the cavalry formation and suppress it steadily, and the Han army was forced to retreat step by step, but the grain cart was behind, and there was no way to retreat.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Zong Yu launched several grain carts, and the staggered grain wagons greatly hindered the formation of an integrated formation of the cavalry of the Cao army, and the Han army was finally able to support it temporarily.

Cao Xiu learned that the Han army was transporting grain across the river, and immediately took action when he found that it was not good, and in order to prevent the Han army from detecting, Cao Xiu took out the torch and lit it when he was a stone's throw away from the Han army.

However, when he was in front of him, he found that the grain wagons of the Han army had all been transferred from the east bank of the river to the west bank. After the sect transferred the grain cart, the soldiers packed up the straw mats and sounded the golden horn.

When Feng Xi and Zhang Wei heard this, they immediately turned around and retreated to the water, which was freezing in January at this time, and the water had already frozen. Without a grain truck as a burden, the Han army retreated quickly, and dozens of Cao cavalry were red-eyed, followed by stepping on the ice, and fell instantly, and the Han army released arrows and killed them.

Chen Su scolded: "Don't chase the horses, the galloping horses on the ice can't stand!" ”

Cao Jun reined in one after another, and Feng Xi and Zhang Wei shot two more rounds of arrows, knocking down as many as 100 people.

The cavalry of the Cao army stood up and fought back, Feng Xi and Zhang Wei hurriedly withdrew to the west bank, and Feng Xi led 2,000 soldiers and horses to see the Cao army on the opposite bank to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

Zong Pre and Zhang Wei packed up their troops and horses and continued to go north, not caring about Cao's army on the east bank. Cao Xiu looked at Han Jun's actions like this, and he looked calm and relaxed, but he didn't scold the formation, but it seemed to be a naked provocation.

The cost counts the losses to report: "General, our army killed twice as many thieves as themselves, and even more, most of the casualties were during the charge, and they suddenly entered the formation and actually suppressed the thief army, if they couldn't chase it, they would definitely be able to destroy this gang of ......." ”

Cao Xiu said impatiently: "What's the use of saying this, it took half a day to kill hundreds of thieves, and if you have this time, don't send someone to see if there is a bridge nearby to cross the river!" "The fee whispered.

Cao Xiu looked at Feng Xi opposite, he felt that he was afraid that the bridge would also be demolished, and suddenly a thought emerged: I am afraid that this army did not necessarily have to send grain and grass to Guan Yu from the beginning, but it seemed to be a temptation and temptation of his own troops.

Thinking of this, Cao Xiu wanted to hurry up to Xu Huang to discuss, and with a wave of his hand, he led the cavalry to circle the horses and leave, leaving only dozens of horsemen to watch.

Feng Xi saw that Cao Xiu was far away, and sent hundreds of people to drive away and monitor Cao's army, collect the Han army's dead soldiers, and then go north to meet Zongzhen.