Hu Xiong and Li Xing were ordered to lead the Han army to attack and take, Sun Ying according to Xu Huang's instructions, only sent people to guard three hundred steps away from him, and lined up to resist the horses.

Hu Xiong and Li Xing marched quietly, Li Xing led five hundred elite Han troops to take the lead, keeping a distance between each Han army, and holding the weapons in their hands straight in front of them to avoid the sound of iron collisions.

Cao Jun's guards and horses realized that it was too late, and the Han army preemptively struck first, assassinated Cao Jun with Ge, no longer hidden, and shouted to kill Cao Jun together.

Sun Ying immediately summoned Cao's army to set up defenses, and the 3,000 Cao troops relied on rejecting horses and trenches that had not yet been dug to defend themselves.

Li Xing led his troops to kill, the Cao army fired bows and crossbows, and the Han army raised their shields to block, braving arrows, approaching the rejected horses or splitting the rejected horses with short knives, or pushing aside to clear the road.

The Han army cleaned up the rejection of the horse, Sun Ying carefully observed, probably figured out that the number of the Han army was not much, Sun Ying said in his heart: "The number of thieves coming to attack themselves is not clear, but at the moment this thief army is only a thousand people, if they are allowed to dismantle the rejection of the horse like this, it will attract the contempt of the thief army." ”

Sun Ying pondered his mind to attack the Han army, the crossbowmen advanced together, the arrows remained suppressed, Sun Ying moved away from a row of rejecting horses, opened a gap to select good soldiers to fight with the Han army, and sent another 500 people to move around the side of the Han army from the ice.

Li Xing was overjoyed to see that Cao Jun took the initiative to attack, and Cao Jun wanted to move away from the horse when he went out to fight, which was equivalent to helping the Han army clear the road, but it saved trouble.

However, Sun Ying moved away from a row of rejecting horses and no longer moved, and the rejecting horses that moved away could only allow the two to be side by side at the same time, and the Han army and the Cao army fought in this narrow opening, while the rest of the Cao army hid behind the rejection and shot arrows.

This can not only prevent the Han army from destroying the rejected horses, but also allow the follow-up soldiers and horses to retreat as soon as possible. The Han army moved away from the horses while fighting, and the speed slowed down.

The Cao army and the Han army fighting at the gap were fighting for the strength of martial arts, and the soldiers in front of them fell and immediately sent more elite and better warriors into battle.

Hu Xiong led the follow-up Han army to kill, and Sun Ying immediately shrank when he saw this, and withdrew to plug the gap.

Hu Xiong commanded the Han army to attack bravely with the advantage of numbers, and Sun Ying lined up in formation before the rejection of the horse was completely destroyed, and fired arrows at the Han army in an orderly manner.

The Han army returned fire with bows and arrows, speeding up the clearing of the rejected horses and filling the trenches with the destroyed rejected horses.

Hu Xiong commanded the Han army to line up, the torches were lit, and in the dark night, the Han and Cao sides faced each other, and the soldiers of the two armies held sharp blades in their hands and rushed with all their strength.

The cold light of the blades and shields under the torch light flashed in the darkness, the arrows whistled in the air, and people kept falling in front of the battle, the corpses lay vertically, and the blood splashed but still followed one after another, not afraid of death!

The two armies fought for an hour, the Han army gradually gained the advantage, the Han army was many, Li Xing took advantage of the Cao army's powerlessness, attacked from the west side of the Cao army, the attention of the Cao army was on the front, the flank was attacked, and it was too late to change the formation to meet each other, and a small number of soldiers and horses were quickly defeated by Li Xing.

The situation is not good, Sun Ying hurriedly ordered the marching drum to be beaten, Hu Xiong heard Cao Jun beating the drum and marched into the army and said: "The Cao army's formation is loose, and it is about to be defeated, why are you still urging the troops to attack, strange?" Could it be that there are reinforcements? ”

Before Hu Xiong could figure out what the situation would be, Cao Jun appeared on the west side of the water.

Earlier, Sun Ying sent the Cao army around the flank to kill, they originally wanted to flank Li Xing, but when they carefully walked on the ice to the flank of the Han army, Hu Xiong came, and the five hundred Cao troops did not dare to move.

Sun Ying sent people to order them to stay on the ice and stand by, so as not to be discovered, and agreed that Mingjin would retreat and beat the drums to advance.

The flank assault appeared to be very effective, Hu Xiong did not expect that the Cao army would ambush the troops on the flank, the Han army was in turmoil, and Hu Xiong personally led the guards to stabilize the position.

The Cao army's surprise attack failed to turn the situation around, but the Han army's response to the flank Cao army eased the frontal pressure slightly, and Sun Ying took the opportunity to retreat more than 30 steps, showing a scattered formation contraction, and once again adjusted the flank attack against Hu Xiong on the front and Li Zheng on the flank.

Sun Ying's priority to reorganize the formation caused the Cao army on the ice from the east side to be quickly repulsed without any cooperation, and the Han army drove them back to the ice and fired a flurry of arrows, and the Cao army fled.

Hu Xiong re-attacked Sun Ying and sent people to report the battle to Gan Ning. Sun Ying was under tremendous pressure again, and his heart was miserable, Xu Huang's order to retreat was there, and he could only resist.

The lieutenants of the Cao army on the left and right asked where the reinforcements were, and Sun Ying shirked and sent someone to ask for help.

Gan Ning foiled the Cao army that attacked the camp, and Hu Xiong's messenger rushed to report the battle, and because he was afraid that the Cao army cavalry would attack Hu Xiong instead, Gan Ning immediately rushed to meet Hu Xiong.

After Xu Huang got off the battle, he said to the fee: "Captain Fei, you lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to cover the mountain and ambush, go now, don't ride a horse, get off the horse and walk, don't make a sound, take advantage of the darkness to go quietly!" "The cost is commanded.

Cao Xiu asked, "Gongming, do you want to send the foot soldiers to Shashan to prepare in advance?" ”

Xu Huang said: "No need, the foot soldiers are useful, I have already arranged it, show the full strength of our army, and give Gan Ning the illusion that he can defeat it, and he will turn to pursue our army."

In addition to the arrogant soldiers in my attack camp tonight, I also took advantage of Gan Ning's inability to judge the number of enemies destroyed in the dark night, and he would not doubt it if the three thousand cavalry were reduced!

Our army is now rushing to engage the thief army that attacked Sun Ying, and has ordered Zhang He that he can attack! ”

The cavalry of the Cao army killed Hu Xiong, and the scouts flew to report to Hu Xiong, and Hu Xiong quickly collected the Han army and retreated to the ice of the water.

Sun Ying's pressure suddenly decreased, and after packing up the rear soldiers and horses, he turned to take the initiative to attack and bite the Han army, so that the Han army could not retreat quickly, and harassed the Han army with archery.

Hu Xiong was afraid of the cavalry that could be killed at any time, and returned fire with bows and arrows, and kept retreating, when most of the Han army had already established a foothold on the ice, Zhang He led 8,000 Cao soldiers on the east bank of the river to kill out, Hu Xiong was shocked, Zhang He lined up and forced each other, and the Han army had to fight along the ice.

However, Zhang He's apparent aim was to force the Han army back to shore, and after some fighting, the retreating Han army finally came ashore, and Hu Xiong turned north to meet Ganning as soon as possible.

Zhang He's offensive was fierce, Sun Ying cooperated from the side, Zhang He deliberately opened the mouth to the west, mainly attacking the other three directions, the Han army was forced to go farther and farther away from the shore, Hu Xiong knew that it was bad but had no choice, he blindly fought hard to defeat faster, and could only keep moving to relieve the pressure and delay waiting for reinforcements.

Han Guan sent by Gan Ning was the first to arrive, Zhang He saw that the reinforcements arrived, and left the battle to defend the riverbank, Hu Xiong secretly rejoiced that the Cao army was a step slower, Han Guan saw that Hu Xiong had left the river bank for three miles, and the Cao army blocked the river bank and hurriedly called Hu Xiong to return to fight.

Xu Huang's idea of commanding troops to intercept the Han army back to the river bank did not appear for a long time, he was waiting for this moment, the cavalry of the Cao army began to attack the Han army, Hu Xiong, Han Guan, and Li Zheng formed a phalanx shield wall, Xu Huang's purpose was very clear, and he continued to drive the Han army to the land, with Zhang He's foot soldiers, the Cao army broke through the Han army's shield wall four times, forcing the Han army out of two miles.

The sky was white, and Gan Ning led the Han army in the distance, and when he saw the Han army surrounded far away from the riverbank, he secretly felt bad in his heart: he had fallen into a trap.

Unable to care about much, Gan Ning commanded the Han army to rush over to meet Hu Xiong and others, Xu Huang stopped it slightly, and the Han army joined forces.

Zhang He occupied the river bank, the Han army lost the water barrier and became attacked on all sides, Hu Xiong and Li Zheng rushed to meet and tell the battle situation.

After hearing this, Gan Ning stared at the cavalry of the Cao army and said: "The Cao army is very calculating, using the cavalry to drag the main force of our army, sending people to dig a trench, ignoring the trench and digging it to leave the bank of the Shuishui River and bypass."

Sending troops to block it is the current situation, and they are still forced to leave the shore! Hehe, Cao Jun thought I couldn't do anything if I left the riverbank? Jokes, line up to greet each other, and continue to retreat south! "The generals promised.

On the battlefield, it is true that the Han army was suppressed by the Cao cavalry, but the Cao cavalry who attacked and harassed was also very uncomfortable.

Especially after a night of fighting last night, the war horse began to neigh frequently, indicating its restlessness, the cavalry gradually lost patience, Xu Huang and Cao Xiu took turns to lead the troops to rest, the effect was not good, after all, maintaining the oppression of the Han army is the first place, rest is second, Xu Huang deliberately showed the fatigue of the Cao army to the Han army.

Cao Xiu once again ordered to approach the Han army's formation, and dozens of Cao soldiers couldn't bear the loneliness, ignored the captain's order, did not turn around, and continued to rush towards the Han army.

Seeing this situation, Zhong Lian, the captain of Cao's army, couldn't stop drinking, Zhong Lian thought that the Han army had saddled his horse and was tired, and his fatigue was revealed, so he fortunately led two thousand cavalry to charge together.

When the Han army saw that the cavalry of the Cao army entered the firing range, the bow and crossbow salvo were fired, and the cavalry of the Cao army kept falling, Cao Xiu was furious when he saw this: "What is Zhong Lian doing here, who let him attack without authorization, repel the military gong, and let him withdraw!" ”

"Slow!" Xu Huang shouted: "Let Zhong Lian Shang, if you want the thief army to take the bait, you must always use incense bait, we also led the troops to attack, and sent orders to the foot soldiers, when Zhong Lian and the thief soldiers were in short contact, they approached the thief army, but they were not allowed to win, only defeated."

Chen Su, I have something to explain to you, come here with my ears! Captain Chen Su stepped forward, after Xu Huang finished speaking, Chen Su hesitated and said, "Take the order!" ”

Zhong Lian braved the arrows in the sky to kill in front of the Han army, and the knights of the Cao army exerted all their strength, wielded a spear Changge to set aside the erected spear, and used the horse's hooves to step on the shield wall.

However, most of the Cao cavalry did not have this ability, and the Cao army in front of the Han army's shield wall was also killed by the Han army in front, and after losing hundreds of lives, the Han army's shield wall tore a hole, and the Cao army's cavalry entered, disrupting the Han army's formation.

Gan Ning saw a large number of Cao army cavalry coming from a distance, and said excitedly in his heart: "In the past few days, Cao Jun has relied on horses but didn't dare to fight hard with me, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, saying that I Gan Ning has a bad temper, and it seems that Cao Jun is not as good as me." ”

After that, Gan Ning shouted: "Order, block at all levels, and carry the cavalry to charge our army will win!" Gan Ning ordered Zhao Lei and Li Zheng to lead the troops to resist Zhang He's infantry, and he and Hu Xiong and Han Guan faced the Cao cavalry.

The cavalry of the Cao army was extraordinary, and the Han army could not resist the chaos, so Gan Ning ordered Hu Xiong and Han Guan to resist the second shield wall, and led two hundred guards to attack and kill the cavalry of the Cao army, covering the Han army to go around the formation.

In order to prevent the opening of the shield wall from being broken, with the cooperation of bows and crossbows, the Han army looked for opportunities to enter the battle from the side. The Han army blocked the first round of Cao's charge, and Zhong Lian's 2,000 cavalry were lost in half, and hundreds of them were wounded and lost their horses.

Then Xu Huang and Cao Xiu led the troops to attack, Gan Ning desperately blocked, Cao Jun rushed into battle four times, failed to break through the Han army formation, Xu Huang actually had a premonition in his heart that he could not disperse the Han army with brute force, but there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, and it was still distressing to lose so many cavalry after defeat.

Cao Jun Mingjin withdrew his troops, Gan Ning wiped his face with blood and sweat, and Zhao Lei rushed to meet him and said: "General Gan, Zhang He was killed and retreated, I didn't order the pursuit, how do you think we will behave?" ”

Gan Ning looked into the distance and said, "Chase, I want to chase after victory!" ”

Zhao Lei was stunned for a moment and said, "General Gan, do you mean chasing after Cao Jun?" ”

Gan Ning pointed at Cao Jun and said: "The cavalry of the Cao army failed to break through our army in one fight, and then declined, and then exhausted, taking advantage of the situation to chase down, frustrating the morale of the Cao army, and killing and wounding its soldiers and horses!" ”

Hu Xiong and other generals were overjoyed when they heard this: "What the general said is that we have been in the trap for a long time, and now the Cao army, which is fighting hard, is afraid of it, and we can retreat quickly without hindrance, otherwise the Cao army will assemble again, and it will be troublesome to repeat the trick!" ”

Gan Ning looked at Zhao Lei and said, "Governor Zhao, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Lei thought for a while and said: "Our army is running out of food and grass, and there are chasing soldiers behind, it is indeed the best policy to break the Cao army and retreat as soon as possible, but I am only afraid of ......!" ”

Gan Ning interrupted: "The Cao army dares to charge, even if not all of its soldiers and horses are here, the cavalry is weak, the foot soldiers can be stopped, the opportunity for victory has appeared, there is no need to hesitate."

I, Hu Xiong, Han Guan and I led 20,000 soldiers and horses to chase after the Cao cavalry, so that the Cao cavalry could not form a formation, as long as the formation could not be formed, the impact of the cavalry would be greatly reduced, and the advantage of numbers was enough to kill.

Zhao Dudu, you and Li Zheng and others led 20,000 soldiers and horses to keep an eye on Zhang He, you and I will ensure mutual contact and must not be interrupted! He ordered Hu Xiong and Han Guan to go out of the formation, and pounced on Cao Jun who was assembling the formation in the distance in three ways.