Cao Ren received a messenger sent by Xu Huang, which touched his sensitive nerves that were originally suspicious of the Han army's movements, and instantly sensed that Guan Yu was afraid that he had retreated south.

Cao Ren and the others could not find out the exact news, and immediately impatiently attacked the Han army barracks. In the distance, Deng Aiyao looked at the fire of the camp and sighed at Cao Ren's astuteness and caution.

Wu Dang sighed: "It's a pity that the soldiers of our army died together with Cao Jun!" ”

Deng Ai turned his head to Wu Dang and said, "Die together?" How could it be, I arranged in advance to burn the barracks, how could I not leave a way back.

The cellar has already been dug in the camp, and it is easy to hide a hundred and ten people, and when Cao's army retreats, it is easy for them to wait for an opportunity to escape! Wu Yan was stunned.

Deng Ai smiled: "The stakes are very high, you have other important things, and I haven't told you!" Don't talk about this, is Yuan Zhonglang going out of the city and ambushing? ”

Wu Dang said: "General rest assured, he rushed an hour ago, and now he should be ambushed!" ”

Deng Aizan said: "Okay, General Yuan Zhonglang's ambush can be related to whether the whole army can retreat safely, how long can we drag on in the city first!" Did the major general who confronted Yu Ban send someone to report the news? ”

Wu Dang said: "A messenger has been dispatched!" In fact, I feel that with the ability of the major general, I will not be able to detect it well when I see the fire, and retreat decisively! ”

Deng Ai nodded and said, "Although this is the case, it is always wrong to be cautious!" ”

After speaking, Deng Ai turned around and walked quickly down the city, and bumped into Sun Wolf who was coming.

Deng Ai stepped forward to catch Sun Wolf, who was about to salute, and said, "Captain Sun came just in time, I was about to pick you up!" ”

Sun Wolf hurriedly said: "The general can be used, and he will not give up!" ”

Deng Ai pulled Sun Wolf to the house next to him, Deng Ai didn't say much and explained in detail.

Sun Wolf hesitated after hearing this: "I am most familiar with Lu Hun City, looking for a place close to the city wall to dig and hide, and select fine soldiers to do it, it is not difficult for the general to order things!"

But the people in Luhun City know me, and it is bad for me to stay in Luhun City, when you choose others to act, I will answer outside the city! ”

Deng Ai nodded and said, "Indeed, Captain Sun, do you have anyone who can replace you in the city!" ”

Sun Wolf thought for a while and said, "General, since our army occupied Luhun City, we have recruited thirty-nine people to join our army, and I want to ...... it." ”

Deng Ai interrupted: "No, there are people in the city who are familiar with them, and the news that they have joined our army these days will definitely be known, just like you can't stay in Luhun City." ”

Sun Wolf frowned and said: "Then what should I do, the other Lu Hun people don't know what they think in their hearts, they can't be easily trusted, there are no locals as cover, it's not easy to hide by relying on soldiers and horses elsewhere?" ”

Deng Ai said: "You secretly recruit with a lot of money tonight, and let Captain Wu recruit among the strong people who have been recruited, and you take some people to the city to ask from door to door if there are any people who are willing to join our army." Time is limited, bring more people.

Those who are willing to join our army immediately move their families out of the army, free from worries (in fact, they are taking their families hostage) and retreat with me.

Leave them in the city to act, and let Zeng participate in whoever is in charge! You take the map of Luhun City and talk to Zeng Shen. Time is very tight, hurry up and recruit as much as you can! Sun Wolf and Wu Tang responded to the order.

Deng Ai gathered the soldiers and horses in the center of the city, waited for orders, and prepared stone bars at the four city gates to be ready to fill the city gates.

The military situation was urgent, and Deng Ai knew that the Cao army would hunt and kill the scouts and block the news, but he still strictly ordered a large number of scouts to go out of the city to listen to the movements of the Cao army.

After Cao Ren's army captured the Han army camp, he quickly dispatched troops to Lu Hun, and Xie Tong's besieged camp was the closest to Lu Hun, and he arrived the earliest with his troops and horses.

Xie Tong divided his troops into two routes, and the cavalry rushed to the south gate to cut off the way for the Han army to flee south. The rest of the soldiers and horses assembled outside the east gate, and the city was brightly lit, and the drums giving orders could be faintly heard.

Cao Jun spread out the equipment such as the ladder, and Xie Tong watched from a distance, there were many soldiers and horses in the city, but they didn't move much, which was really strange.

Xie Tongxin couldn't tell if the Han army was pretending to be suspicious, and now he was waiting for Cao Ren to arrive, or he would attack the city first.

All kinds of signs showed that the main force of the Han army was very likely to leave the battle, and Cao Ren was eager to defeat the Han army in front of him, followed Guan Yu, and cooperated with Xu Huang, Cao Ren and others to annihilate the Han army.

The stakes are high, the sooner the better, Xie Tong saw that he had led 5,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses would definitely be able to come in less than half an hour, and he would stabilize his position, even if the Han army was enough to deal with it, and there were cavalry at the south gate to help.

Xie Tong made up his mind to attack the city first to test the Han army, and cooperate with Cao Ren's next move. Xie Tong did not delay, and divided the Cao army into two parts, one to attack the city, and the other to stand up in the back for the purpose of responding.

Xie Tong commanded the Cao army to attack the city, and the Cao army had been running around for half the night, hungry and thirsty in his stomach, and he was already dissatisfied in his heart.

Xie Tong knew the thoughts of the generals and soldiers, personally knew the benefits and disadvantages, and encouraged the three armies to attack. Xie Tong dismounted with a shield and a sword, and launched an attack with Cao's army. Xie Tong personally went into battle, Cao Jun was not good at what to say, suppressed his dissatisfaction and began to attack the city.

Deng Ide reported that Cao's soldiers were coming to the city and appeared at the south gate and the east gate respectively. Deng Ai keenly judged that most of the cavalry at the south gate were intercepting soldiers and horses, and the infantry at the east gate were soldiers and horses who would attack the city, which could lure them to attack the city and implement their own plans.

Deng Ai assigned Li Mao to lead 500 soldiers and horses to guard the south gate and block the city gate with stone bars. Deng Ai rushed to the east gate, and when he saw Cao Jun, he seemed to be about to attack the city, and said: "I am afraid that Cao Jun will not attack the city, and I am trying to go out of the city to deceive and lure the enemy, but now it is easy to save trouble!" ”

Cao Jun shouted to attack the city, Deng Ai led his troops and horses to resist for a while and retreated, Cao Jun took advantage of the situation to kill, and as soon as the Han army retreated, Cao Jun went forward and found that there were two rows of straw men on the city tower.

Cao Jun was overjoyed, the Han army was insufficient, pretending to be a momentum, not to worry, Cao Jun reported the good news to Xie Tong, killed the city head with a drum, and opened the city gate.

The tired Cao Jun suddenly came to the spirit, and the time for meritorious service had come, this was the credit of picking up in vain, and he didn't think much about Cao Jun flocking into the city.

Xie Tong also climbed to the top of the city, and when he saw that there were straw men, he was overjoyed and said: "The thief army really retreated south, and after the break, the troops were exhausted, and they had no heart to fight!" ”

Thousands of Cao troops frantically poured in, and Xie Tong suddenly saw that the soldiers and horses who were ordered to respond in the distance were also rushing towards the city, wanting to enter the city together to grab merit!

Xie Tong hurriedly walked down to the city to see the leading soldier Lieutenant and said: "Captain Tang, you first pursue the thief army in the whole formation, pay attention to whether there are ambushes on both sides, don't pursue too deeply, and don't let the thief army escape from the city, I will appease the Cao army who responds, and then fight with you to lead the army!" ”

Captain Tang said in a loud voice: "The thief army is bold, An can resist my army, captain rest assured!" "Say goodbye and go away.

Xie Tong said to the guards beside him: "The soldiers and horses can't all enter the city, you go and order the soldiers and horses to stand by and wait for the generals and horses to arrive!" The guards led the order and ran.

On a noisy night, the roars of dozens of guards caused Cao Jun to complain: "Tossing all night, others have taken the city and made meritorious contributions, and we are starving on the spot!" ”

Xie Tong was anxious to lead the troops to chase after him, and after hearing Cao Jun's complaints, he turned over and rushed to the middle of Cao Jun and shouted: "Attacking and defending has its own rules, and it is your duty to act according to orders. ”

Xie Tong slightly reorganized the soldiers and horses, turned over and rushed to the city to command the Cao army, Xie Tong killed into the city on both sides of the row of three rows of straw men, many were knocked to the ground, but because of the considerable number, there are a large number of standing on both sides, extending into the city.

Xie Tong smiled unconsciously: "The thief army is a thief in the end, it is strong on the outside and inside it, and it is really hard to bluff people with these means!" ”

All the Cao troops poured into the city to kill, Xie Tong looked at the smile from a distance, and a cold sweat broke out behind him, the general who commanded the army did not attack in line according to his orders, but blindly ran after him, and the formation was scattered.

Xie Tong shouted: "Stand still, don't sprint with all your might, the front army stops!" ”

Xie Tong's shout alarmed the commander behind him, and hurriedly came to see Xie Tong, Xie Tong said angrily: "I ordered Er and others to line up to chase, guard and search both sides, so as not to be ambushed by the thief army, why don't you act according to the order?" ”

Du Wei hurriedly explained: "Tang Du Wei saw that the thief Deng Ai sacrificed his life, and shot arrows to provoke tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city to ambush and let us retreat.

Tang Duwei was furious, saying that the lights in the city were bright, and there was no way to hide people, Deng Ai originally wanted to bluff us, but it turned out to help us a lot, don't be afraid, just pursue, capture Deng Ai alive, and don't let go of a thief army! ”

Xie Tong said angrily: "The thief army has a cavalry, cavalry!" Our cavalry are all at the south gate, not to mention that there will be an accident if we chase them too much, the formation is loose enough to be fatal, go and stop the soldiers and horses to reorganize the array, and transfer the cavalry from the south gate, and the soldiers and horses outside the city will be in array! ”

Deng Ai waited until he was most willing to see the situation, and the straw men on both sides suddenly came to life.

Deng Ai's straw men are divided into three layers, the outermost two layers are indeed straw men, and the innermost layer is the real Han army pretending, in order to prevent Cao Jun from seeing, the Han army took off its armor and wrapped it in straw. Because of the inevitable fighting at the city gate, Deng Ai did not arrange soldiers and horses at the city gate.

Cao Jun just came in, and most of the straw men he knocked down were grass men outside, and no one cared about the grass men in the innermost part. The war drums of the Han army sounded, and the Han troops on both sides set fire to the straw men outside and threw them at the Cao army. Cao Jun was caught off guard, and the burning straw man caused Cao Jun to dodge, and the formation was even more chaotic.

Deng Ai led the cavalry to kill from the front and both sides, and cooperated with the Han army in ambush to fight and flank Cao's army. Xie Tong, who was behind, pumped his horse violently and shouted to Cao Jun not to panic.

The cavalry of the Han army had no scruples, slashed and killed, and the Cao army was scattered, and the Han army successfully ambushed and won the victory.

Suddenly, Deng Ai waved the order flag, and the Han army retreated and quickly left from both sides. Leaving the cavalry to expand the results, Xie Tong tried his best to reorganize the army, and when he found out that the Han army infantry had left, he exclaimed: "It's not good, the thieves want to escape, quickly, entangle the Han army!" ”

Left and right hurriedly said: "Captain, the thief army used the straw man to retreat alternately from both sides, we just relieved ourselves, we didn't have time to distinguish the real and false straw man, and it was easy to ambush blindly after it!" ”

Xie Tong said angrily: "The thief army is going to abandon the city, the general's army will arrive in a blink of an eye, I failed to bite the thief army and missed a big event, what about Captain Tang, arrest it immediately!" ”

Seeing that the time was just right, Deng Ai left the battle, abandoned all his burdens, and left the city from the west gate. The Han army left, and the unwilling Xie Tong had to catch up, but the tired and hungry Cao army had no fighting spirit, and Xie Tong was helpless.

Jiang Mi arrived, and the people sent by Xie Tong told him not to enter the city and go to the west gate to intercept. However, because of the difference of a moment, Deng Ai had already gone out of the city for some distance.

Cao Ren was furious when he learned that Xie Tong was dragged in the city: "After the thief army is broken, it is only a lone army, I can't destroy the thief army, what is the face of the army!" ”

Cao Ren ordered Jiang Mi to lead the cavalry to chase and not let go of the Han army. Jiang Mi's cavalry moved quickly, chasing for nearly ten miles, and the scouts found out that there were soldiers and horses in front, and Jiang Mi must have been a Han army.

Deng Ai also noticed Cao Jun, did not hide the whole army and lit the torches, Deng Ai said neatly: "Listen to General Cao, I have ambushed the soldiers and horses, and quickly retreat!" ”

Jiang Mi cautiously observed the surroundings, and said calmly as usual: "The remnants of the army, surrounded by layers of ambushes by our army, dare to speak wildly here, kill me!" ”

Deng Ai left and said, "If you don't listen to my good words, you will be my gun!" ”

Jiang Mi laughed and said, "Since you dare to say big things, then don't go, come and fight with me!" ”

Deng Ai said: "Ben will disdain to fight with you, leave quickly!" Jiang Mi ignored Deng Ai and chased closely.

Jiang Mi was full of cavalry, and it was true to restrain the foot soldiers, but his vision was blurred in the night, and the Han army was in a neat formation, so he did not dare to charge like during the day, so he could only delay and entangle the retreat speed of the Han army, and then attack after dawn.

Jiang Mi sent scouts to find out the terrain on the one hand, and on the other hand, he chased closely and sent someone to ask Cao Ren to answer.

Deng Ai extinguished his torches, ran wildly for a while, rekindled again, and turned around and shouted in unison: "Quick, fight the thief army with me!" ”

Jiang Mi was taken aback by Deng Ai's actions and hurriedly ordered to be on guard. Deng Ai saw Jiang Mi stop and shouted: "Cao thief stopped, run!" "The Han army retreated, and the torches were extinguished.

Jiang Mi said angrily: "Deng Ai thief, you are a general, don't be so shameless!" ”

Deng Ai turned a deaf ear, and after several back-and-forths, Jiang Mi gradually relaxed, thinking that Deng Ai was trying to slow down the approach of the cavalry.

The two armies turned the corner, Deng Ai's torch was lit, and Jiang Mi shouted unmoved: "Line up the formation, move around the enemy, even if there is an ambush, there is no need to be afraid!" ”

Deng Ai waited for the cavalry to move to an appropriate distance, and suddenly stepped forward and said, "Kill!" ”

Jiang Mi was really surprised, Deng Ai really dared to attack the cavalry! The two armies fought head-on, and Jiang Mi scolded: "The thief army has no help, and it will definitely be defeated if it is entangled by me!" ”

Jiang Mi pursued in a hurry, and the number of cavalry did not have a big advantage, but Jiang Mi thought that there were reinforcements to help him in the follow-up, and he had the chance to win, and the frontal cavalry clashed, and the flanks and wings flew together to surround the Han army.

Deng Ai attracted the attention of Cao's army, and between the two armies, Yuan Long, who was ambushed in the nearby woods, took advantage of the darkness to touch up and kill from behind and on the flanks.

Deng Ai's repeated tossing and turning was for Yuan Longneng to succeed in the sneak attack, Jiang Mi had no time to deal with it, and ran all the way, and the cavalry on both wings was weak and could not be effectively blocked.

Deng Ai took the opportunity to cooperate with Yuan Long to encircle the cavalry in front, and part of Cao's army did not have time to get out of the battle, where it was worth Yuan Long's soldiers and horses, and he couldn't hold his position when he attacked from both sides.

Deng Ai killed and wounded hundreds of Cao troops, dispersed the defeated troops and scattered, and took advantage of the opportunity of Jiang's dense soldiers and horses to reorganize the formation, the infantry retreated, and nearly 1,000 cavalry lined up to kill the Cao army.

Jiang Mi was calculated a move, very annoyed, seeing the Han army foot soldiers leaving quickly, Deng Ai led more than 1,000 cavalry to break, Jiang Mi was afraid that the Han army still had an ambush, did not dare to divide troops to block the Han army's foot soldiers, or use the advantage of soldiers and horses to eat Deng Ai with more strikes and less is the best policy.

However, Deng Ai was not stupid, he escaped with one blow, never entangled, and jumped out of the Cao army several times. Jiang Mi's speed slowed down greatly, and the Han army's foot soldiers retreated into the mountains, and Deng Ai retreated, Jiang Mi was annoyed but helpless. Set up camp on the spot to rest, waiting for Cao Ren's next order.