Xie Tong rushed to the west gate to deal with Deng Ai, who was attacking the city with all his might, and didn't want to rush to the city tower to set up defenses, and the warning gong came from east to west.

Xie Tongqi, who didn't know the reason, said: "What's the matter, didn't Dongmen just ambush and kill thousands of thieves?" How could it be attacked again, it was impossible for the thief army to have so many soldiers and horses and strength to break through the city gate? Xie Tong didn't care much, and once again transferred troops back to the east gate for fortification.

Cao Jun had just arrived at the West Gate and lined up to prepare for the battle, but he had to turn back in a blink of an eye, wasting his efforts, running back and forth, running from west to east, consuming the physical strength and energy of the soldiers, not to mention, the soldiers also complained in their hearts.

Xie Tong couldn't help but say anxiously: "What does the thief army want? ”

didn't have time to think about it, Xie Tong ordered the commander Tian Fen to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses back to the east gate to support, and allocated all the horses to Tian Fen. Send someone to order the patrol troops and horses in the north and south of the city to rush together to strengthen the troops.

Shaoqing, the herald from the east gate rushed to report: "The thief army is hiding in the grain cart to raid our army, blocking the city gate, and our army is now fighting with the thief." ”

Xie Tong exclaimed: "The east gate is not closed, what's the matter, what have you been doing for so long?" The thieves raided the city, and that's it! ”

The herald hurriedly said: "Captain Ge An has already led his troops to fight fiercely with the thief army, there are not many thief army, and he will definitely be able to drive the thief army out of the city!" ”

Outside the west gate, the Han army's marching drum beat louder and louder, and the siege became more and more intense, and the Han army climbed the city wall with the help of cloud ladders.

Xie Tongxiang said to himself: "The strength of the thief army is no more than five or six thousand, and the enemy is one thousand at the city gate, and now there are more than three thousand people under the city, and the thief army at the east gate is no more than one thousand at most, and our army is several times larger than the thief army, so it is enough to deal with it without accident!" ”

After speaking, Xie An stabilized his mind and said to the herald: "You go back and continue to listen to the news, and tell Captain Ge An to send someone to report the battle situation to me without interruption!" "The herald commanded.

At the east gate, the grain cart stuck the city gate so that Cao Jun could not close it, and the Han army in the ambush car appeared, igniting the grain bags, and many people in Cao Jun were unguarded and panicked.

The Han army ignited the grain bags and threw them, and the Cao army was forced to dodge and scatter, and the Han army was all elite, taking the opportunity to swing a knife at the Cao army who cut down the hole in the city gate, and quickly occupied the city gate.

Seeing the change, Ge An, the commander of the Cao army, hurriedly commanded the Cao army to kill the Han army, and ordered the Han army to retreat, and the two armies were entangled together.

The Han army used the grain cart to cover and reduce the disadvantage of the troops to deal with the Cao army, the Cao army was blocked by the grain truck, and the city gate was narrow, and the soldiers and horses could not be arranged, and the advantage of a large number of soldiers could not be brought into play, so that the city gate could not be recaptured in a short time.

The Han army supported and waited for the cavalry to arrive, Ge An saw that the attack was not going well, and the Han army stubbornly resisted and must be waiting for reinforcements to seize the city. Hurriedly dispatched the Cao army to swing the bow and crossbow in the city tower, if the Han army approached the random arrow salvo to block the enemy, Ge An personally led the soldiers and horses to drag away or smash the grain carts one by one, and the Han army was short-handed.

Guan Ping galloped wildly, quickly approached Lu Hun, and saw Lu Hun's city gate from a distance. Guan Ping was overjoyed, urged the horses forward, approached the city gate, Guan Ping looked around, and saw the neatly arranged Ge Cao army on the city.

Guan Ping suddenly thought of something, and said in his heart: "Since the Cao army is neatly arranged at the head of the city, why don't you see the crossbowmen, they must be lying under the city mound, waiting for my cavalry to approach!" Our army is only 800 soldiers and horses, and it cannot withstand several rounds of arrow rain. ”

Thinking about it, Guan Ping shouted: "The whole army is a team of 100 people, go around and move forward, scatter and gallop close to the city gate, be careful of the crossbowmen who are in ambush on the city tower!" ”

The cavalry of the Han army was ordered to go, and sure enough, after entering the firing range, the crossbowmen on the city tower appeared, but the formation of the Han army in front of them was scattered, and the speed was faster. Cao Jun's bows and crossbows were fired in unison, but there were not many hits.

At the city gate, the Han army saw Guan Ping rushing over, and the morale was greatly shaken, and the three hundred Han troops lined up in a semi-circular formation to press into the city, entangled with the Cao army, and the Han army at the city gate hole moved the vehicles at the city gate to move the vehicles of the city gate outward, clearing the road for the cavalry to sprint into the city.

Obviously, Ge An, the commander of Cao's army, had seen the Han army's plan, and ordered the wood and artillery to be laid down non-stop, blocking the road into the city, and sending additional men to shoot arrows to kill and wound the Han army.

Guan Ping led his troops to meet several rounds of arrows, raised his sword and entered the city gate, relying on his excellent skills and superb horsemanship, pulling the reins to jump over the obstacles in front of him, killing in front of Cao Jun, and rushing down the Cao Jun in the front row of the formation.

Guan Ping used his wrist strength, the blade swept over, and the two Cao soldiers fell to the ground, and the follow-up cavalry followed closely. The Cao army on the tower of the city continued to smash down the wood and artillery to slow down the impact of the Han cavalry.

Ge An commanded the Cao army to continue to resist stubbornly, Guan Ping exerted his ability, the Cao army formation was precarious, fortunately the Cao army of the city tower was killed and supported from the flank, the crossbowmen and throwers did not stop, the arrows and sassal wood and stone made the Han cavalry lack stamina, the attack was blocked, and the Cao army was unable to break through the Cao army in one blow, and the two armies turned entangled.

The Cao army's loose formation won because there were many people, the arrows of the city tower continued to support, and the impact of the Han cavalry stagnated, and the Cao army slowly stabilized its position.

The Han army was small but relied on the martial arts of the cavalry, the condescending horses and the cooperation of the three hundred elite foot soldiers, and the two armies were inseparable, and the Cao army's wood, artillery and arrows did not dare to shoot out easily, for fear of accidental injury.

Seeing this, Guan Ping saw that the situation was not good, his own troops and horses were less than Cao's army, and it would be beneficial to the enemy and not good for us if he was entangled.

Guan Ping's mind moved and shouted: "Shout with me!" I have participated in the quick return! I have participated in the quick return! Han Jun was stunned at first, and shouted after a while.

When Ge An heard this, he suddenly thought in his heart: "The city has not been completely searched, could it be that the thief army is letting the city respond carefully, and the patrol soldiers and horses have arrived early to support, and there is no one to guard against it in the east of the city now." If you are hit, you need to immediately send people to prevent changes in the city. ”

Ge An retreated slightly, collected thirty horses, and sent his thirty guards with two hundred men to patrol the east of the city for the time being to guard against possible changes.

I never thought that Ge An's personal guards had just left the battle to mobilize troops and horses, Guan Ping saw it clearly, and immediately shouted loudly: "Cao Jun can't hold on, see if someone escapes, look!" "When everyone saw it, dozens of people had left.

The Han army shouted again and fought bravely. Ge An couldn't help but be annoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't listen to the nonsense of the thief army, they are the ones I sent to pick up the reinforcements, and all the soldiers will follow me to resist the thief army!" ”

Ge An shouted, revealing his identity and location. As soon as the words fell, a sharp arrow came, Ge An hurriedly dodged, and the second one arrived, Ge An didn't have time to change his moves, so he turned over and jumped down to dodge.

Guan Pingxin called it a pity, holding a knife in one hand and continuing to hold down the strong bow in the other, but said on his mouth: "General Cao fell from the horse with an arrow, rush with me, and capture General Cao alive!" The repeated tossing made Cao Junjun's heart loosen.

Ge An didn't have time to think about it, grabbed the saddle and stepped on the horse, Guan Ping stared at Ge An early, Ge An just got on the war horse, the arrow stood on the top of his head, the guards beside him were not there, no one blocked the arrow, Ge An was shot in the forehead by an arrow and fell off the horse.

Guan Ping was overjoyed, his spirit was shaken, and he had enough strength to kill, Cao Jun began to panic, and many people began to retreat.

Zeng Shen was hiding in the east of the city, which is also the reason why Deng Ai chose to deceive the east gate to transport grain, Xie Tong entered the city to verify the whole city, register and make a register, Zeng Shen felt pressure, and was afraid that the tunnel would be exposed if it could not be excavated, and he was uneasy, and he didn't know what to do.

The Han army attacked the city, and the Cao army was under emergency martial law, and he guessed that something might happen, but he couldn't confirm what kind of change it was, so he didn't dare to take risks easily.

When Guan Ping's shout was vaguely heard, Zeng Shen weighed it, and the efficiency of digging tunnels to connect the outside of the city was very low, and it was extremely difficult to achieve, and retreat was the best policy.

Zeng Shen ordered the house in the hiding place to be set on fire, and carried torches to kill, and there were no Cao soldiers on the street. He went to the houses next to them to drive out the people, gave them the money he carried, and then set their houses on fire.

Dozens of people who were joined by Zeng Shen were locals, and admonished: "Captain, the spread of the fire may harm many innocent people, what should I do!" ”

Zeng Shen said helplessly: "I can't take care of it now, the fire ignites and produces chaos, which is conducive to our escape and siege." When the fire grows, the people will come to put out the fire, and your family members are in the army, come with me! "The crowd couldn't.

Zeng participated in the killing and went to the east gate, and just walked for a while, suddenly someone behind him shouted: "The people in front of you stand still, my family captain has something to ask you!" ”

Zeng Shen and the others looked back and were shocked, nearly a hundred cavalry rushed behind them, and there were also figures shaking in the distance.

Zeng Shen looked at it and exclaimed: "Cao Jun reinforcements, run!" ”

Tian Fen led the army to support the place where Zeng Shen set the fire, and learned from the people that someone had deliberately set the fire, and immediately understood that there was a fine work in the city.

Judging that the number of people was not large, Tian Fenqin led the cavalry to capture them alive, and just stopping them was just to confirm their identities and delay the speed of Zeng Shen.

Zeng Shen understood that they couldn't outrun the cavalry, so he hurriedly hid in the houses on both sides, and fled east from the rooftops.

Finally not far from the city gate, everyone desperately fled and came closer, Guan Ping at the city gate gradually gained the upper hand, Ge An died, Cao Jun's heart was loosened, although there were still military Sima and Ge An's personal guards and other Cao army to resist, Cao Jun on the city tower also kept laying down wood, artillery and stone to hinder the Han army.

However, not all of the Cao army was resisting, and most of the Cao army was inevitably timid and unconsciously retreated.

Guan Ping couldn't attack for a long time, and his heart was anxious, his original intention was to rush into the city and take Lu Hun, and finding Zeng Shen to lead them to retreat was the worst outcome.

Now that the city gate has been entangled for more than half an hour, Cao's army has still not been fully defeated, not to mention entering the city, even Zeng Shen may not be able to take it back.

Guan Ping gritted his teeth, secretly sighed Cao Jun's tenacity, took a deep breath, Guan Ping shouted, held a big knife to split the block of Cao Jun in front of him, and led several guards around him to kill Cao Jun Sima alive, and immediately slashed Sima with a knife in his hand.

Cao Jun became restless, Guan Ping waved his broadsword, and Cao Jun hurriedly retreated.

Suddenly, the guards beside him shouted: "The general is not good, the reinforcements of the Cao army have arrived!" ”

Guan Ping looked up at the dozens of horsemen rushing over not far away, and couldn't help but say, "We have been delayed for too long, and the reinforcements of the Cao army have arrived." The existing forces can no longer defeat the next wave of Cao's army, you take someone to report to General Deng, tell him that he is defeated, and prepare to retreat! The guards were ordered to leave.

Guan Ping commanded the Han army to urgently set up the formation, and said secretly in his heart: "Zeng Shen has not arrived for a long time, and he can't wait for a long time, now he will temporarily impact the Cao army to make it chaotic and delay time, if Zeng can't participate, he can only give up!" ”

After thinking about it, he shouted: "Let me rush!" Fighting his horse forward, Cao Jun couldn't help but shrink back in fear when he saw the Han army charging again.

Tian Fen and dozens of other horsemen saw that Cao's army was defeated, and gave up chasing and killing to participate in the battlefield, Tian Fen shouted: "Reinforcements will arrive in a moment, don't retreat, turn around and fight again!" ”

After drinking the order several times, the Cao army still had those who retreated, and Tian Fen killed the retreating Cao army with a gun, forcing them to fight again. The fact that the Cao army was constantly being subjected to military law made the rest of the Cao army fearful, and they began to turn back, and the situation between the two armies underwent subtle changes.

Zeng Shen and others took advantage of the chaos to blend in with the crowd, but there were many Cao troops, separating the road to meet the Han army. Zeng Shen and others had no armor, and the cloth clothes were too dazzling, Tian Fen saw it and shouted with a spear in his hand: "Don't go The thief army is fine, surround it, quickly!" ”

After speaking, he rushed straight to Zeng Shen. Under Tian Fen's reprimand, Cao Jun took action, and Zeng Shen and others were deeply encircled.

Guan Ping noticed something unusual, and after seeing Zeng Shen's location, he hurriedly led his troops and horses to break through Cao's army and take Zeng Shen out.

But apparently Tian Fen was one step faster, Cao Jun got out of the way, Tian Fen killed Zeng Shen in a blink of an eye, Zeng Shen and dozens of other people struggled to support the layers of Cao Jun, Tian Fen killed, stabbed down the Han army next to Zeng Shen with a shot, and immediately used the horse to rush to Zeng Shen.

Zeng Shen hurriedly fell to the ground, rolled and hid at the feet of Cao Jun, stabbed Cao Jun in the shin next to him with a knife, dragged Cao Jun behind him, and then blended into Cao Jun.

Tian Fen missed a blow, and the circle horse drank and ordered the surrounding Cao army to besiege Zeng Shen together, and he also saw the opportunity to launch an attack.

In the distance, Guan Ping shot Tian Fen with a series of arrows, and Tian Fen dodged them one by one. Zeng Shen was able to get a chance to breathe, and the desire to survive made him do his best to slash wildly in Cao Jun, Cao Jun did not dare to force it for a while, and even made Zeng Shen rush out of more than ten steps.

Before the Cao army had set up the formation, Guan Ping rushed to kill, stirred the Cao army, and whipped the war horse to meet Zeng Shen with the help of a sharp spirit.

Zeng Shen was seriously injured, Guan Ping pulled him up and put him on the horse, and the rest of the trapped people couldn't care anymore and turned over.

Tian Fen saw Guan Ping's Shenwu, Zeng Shen fled and was furious, and ordered Cao Jun to trap Guan Ping.

He opened his bow and shot several arrows in a row, Guan Ping turned around and waved his knife to block, but one hand wanted to protect Zeng Shen, and one hand could not drip without falling, and he was hit by arrows in his ribs and calves.

Guan Ping endured the pain and fought his way back to direct the Han army to retreat, and the Han cavalry quickly withdrew with horseless foot soldiers.

The Cao army on the tower of the city shot arrows and shot down many retreating Han troops, Guan Ping couldn't take care of it much, and urged the troops to retreat.

In the distance, the Cao army brigade rushed to the horses, Tian Fen led the Cao army to chase, the Han army had horses, even if the two of them rode together on a horse, it was faster than the Cao army's foot soldiers, and the distance between the two armies was shortened for several miles, Tian Fen had to give up.

Deng Ai's office, Guan Ping's personal guards rushed to report the battle situation, Deng Ai sighed when he learned that he could not break the city: "This is also expected." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Wu Dang and said, "Shushan, tell Yuan Zhonglang that our army is ready to withdraw!" Wu Tang took the order.

Deng Ai Mingjin withdrew his troops, Xie Tong in the city did not dare to move lightly, and the heralds at the east gate now brought back the previous unfavorable battle situation, which made him worried.

Deng Ai thought that the Cao army might go out of the city to chase when he withdrew, so he specially arranged for Yuan Long to bring a hundred cavalry, hanging branches from the horse's tail.

However, it is obvious that Cao's army has never left the city, and when Xie Tong learned that the Han army in Dongmen was forced to retreat by Tian Fen, Deng Ai had already gone far.

After the Han army meeting, Wu Dang counted the losses and came to see Deng Ai and Guan Ping.

Deng Ai learned that after the First Battle of Lu Hun, the Han army had less than 3,000 capable soldiers, and there were still many wounded who were injured due to the siege.

Deng Ai said decadently: "I shouldn't have left Zeng Shen in Luhun a long time ago, thousands of casualties rescued Zeng Shen, my fault!" ”

Guan Ping said: "Where do you say this? We are ready to break through Lu Hun again and force the main force of the Cao army to return to the defense before risking the siege, it is not your fault! It's a pity that our army has few soldiers, and the combat power of Cao's army exceeds our expectations! ”

Deng Ai regretted leaving Zeng Shennai in a faint move, Guan Ping was distressed and failed to attack the city in time, and the two of them had their own thoughts, so they were silent.

Wu Dang looked at the two of them and said: "Two generals, victory or defeat is normal, why worry about it, what should our army do at the moment is the most important, I hope the two generals can lead the soldiers to withdraw to Jingzhou safely!" ”

Guan Ping hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Shizai, our army is now exposed to its position, and the Cao army is afraid that it will transfer troops from everywhere to besiege us, we can't delay, we must prepare early!" ”

Deng Ai straightened up and said: "Lu Hun Shou will pass the news to Luoyang and other places, and Cao Jun will definitely transfer troops to live everywhere overnight!"

Shushan, you go and give an order, don't stop tonight, let the soldiers insist on insisting, rest for a while, retreat south overnight, Cao's army moves our army too, and Cao's army will be able to jump out of the encirclement in one step. Wu Dang went as promised.

Guan Ping couldn't help but say: "We have made quite a success, but after all, we have not been able to hold back the main force of the Cao army, I don't know if my father can get rid of the Cao army's pursuit and return to Jingzhou safely!" ”

Deng Ai frowned and said: "The prince is powerful and powerful, enough to deal with himself, Cao Ren is by no means the opponent of the prince, don't worry!" Guan Ping nodded silently.