Cao Ren returned to the city victoriously, and when he saw Zhou Yu vomiting blood and falling off his horse, he was extremely relieved, so he wanted to send an order to celebrate.

Cao Xiu said: "We are guarding Huainan on the orders of the prime minister, but now we are just barely keeping Shouchun, and it is not appropriate to celebrate!" ”

Cao Ren scolded: "Zhou Lang made a certain body ruined, but unfortunately your arrow failed to shoot him to death." ”

Cao Xiu also deeply regretted and said: "I didn't expect Zhou Yu to enter the city in person, I was not well prepared, otherwise I would have fought for the lives of the whole army and trapped him in the city." ”

Cao Ren frowned and sighed: "It's a pity that the prime minister's clever plan, we can't understand it, the prime minister is about to come to Shouchun, what kind of face do I have to see him?" ”

Cao Xiu offered advice: "Zhou Yu was injured, he should have recuperated with peace of mind, but he forcibly went out of the battle, he must have found out that reinforcements were coming, and he wanted to stabilize the army's heart, but he didn't want to be self-defeating." I expected that he had the intention of retreating, and when the Wu army was in turmoil, he robbed the village overnight, killed Zhou Yu, and took advantage of the situation to recapture the fat, so as to celebrate the achievement. ”

"That's a great plan!" Cao Ren laughed and praised: "Sure enough, I am worthy of my Cao family." ”

Cao Xiu was also joining the army for the first time, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he asked Cao Ren to prepare secretly, personally send someone to the Wu army to inquire about the news, and wait for the second half of the night to act.

At the time of the third watch, he returned to the city and reported that the Wu army was really demoralized, the lights in Zhou Yu's tent were bright all night, the doctors were in and out for diagnosis and treatment, and the battalions were already packing up and preparing to retreat.

Cao Xiu was overjoyed and immediately came to see Cao Ren, and the two immediately convened the generals to discuss, and the soldiers went out of the city to rob the camp in three ways, took Zhou Yu's head, and dedicated it to the prime minister!

Half an hour later, Cao's army quietly went out of the city, Zang Ba was the vanguard, Cao Ren and Cao Xiu personally assaulted the middle, Zhu Ling and Niu Jin outflanked from both wings, and went straight to the camp of Dongwu.

When he came to the outside of the camp, Zang Ba had already found out the enemy's situation and reported: "Most of the Wu army is lax and defenseless, and the vehicles in the east camp are piled up, and they are ready to retreat. ”

Cao Ren snorted coldly: "Zhou Lang deceived me, if you want to leave at this time, it's too late!" ”

Cao Xiu gave an order, the drum suddenly sounded, and Cao Jun rushed from the main gate in three directions, and there were two more people on the left and right to outflank him, and rushed straight into the Dongwu camp.

Cao Ren took the lead, carrying his knife and going straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, there were not many obstacles along the way, and he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but when he saw that the tent was lit with fire, he had no time to think about it, and rushed forward.

Zila-

The big sword swept away, and the tent was broken, but when he saw that there was only one torch inside, and there was no one with a knife and gun, his heart sank.

"Retreat!" Cao Ren knew the plan and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat.

At this moment, drums sounded loudly around the camp, Cheng Pu in the east, Huang Gai in the west, Han Dang in the south, Dong attacked in the north, and the Wu army fought out like a tide.

The mourning soldiers will win, at this time, the Wu army Jedi counterattacked, morale like a rainbow, all of them went down the mountain tigers, first fired arrows together, shot down countless Cao troops, and then rushed into the camp, killing Cao soldiers to lose their armor and abandon their armor, and had no power to fight back.

Cao Ren fought hard to kill, broke out of the camp, only to hear the sound of shouting and killing all around, the fire in the camp was soaring, and the figures around him were full of figures, and he couldn't distinguish between the enemy and me, and Cao Xiu and the others didn't know where they were.

All the men and horses were scattered, unable to save each other, and the Wu army was constantly outflanked around, Cao Ren had to lead the remnants to retreat, and there were fleeing Cao troops along the way.

When he arrived at the foot of Shouchun City, suddenly an army came out on the bank of the river, Lu Meng led the troops to block the way, Cao Ren stepped forward to meet the battle, fought more than ten times, and Ling Tong stabbed out obliquely behind him.

Cao Jun suffered from the enemy on the back of the abdomen, defeated again, Cao Ren did not dare to fight, only with the personal guard cavalry to highlight the encirclement, just Cao Xiu, Zang Ba also led the remnants of the army to arrive, all the generals joined forces together, and went to the city.

Approaching the outside of Shouchun City, he saw the flags fluttering in the forest on the left and right, worried that there was an ambush ahead, so he didn't dare to return to the city, and walked around the city to the north.

As soon as he bypassed the city, an army in front blocked the way again, Ding Feng raised his knife and shouted: "Cao thief's secret arrow hurts people, today I will avenge the governor of Dadu, and you will not be able to escape." ”

Zang Ba urged the horse to come forward to fight, at this time, Hou Yuan Pu and Han Dang led the troops to chase, Cao Ren led the remnants of the army to withdraw, Zang Ba desperately resisted for a while, and fled on horseback.

Han Dang continued to lead the troops to cover the killing, while Cheng Pu gathered the army to surround Shouchun and shouted: "Whoever guards the city, those who surrender will not be killed!" ”

There is only Yangzhou Assassin Liu Fu in Shouchun City, and he doesn't want the situation to flip again overnight, so he watched Cao Ren go around the city, there are only 3,000 defenders in the city, and it is useless to defend the city.

Cao Ren's uncle and nephew led the remnants to the Huaishui side, Cao Xiu urged the horse to cross the bridge, suddenly heard the neighing of the war horse behind him, and looked back, but it was Cao Ren's mount that was frightened, and the person stood up and lifted Cao Ren off the horse.

Cao Ren's reaction was not slow, he hurriedly grabbed the railing, half of his body was suspended in the air, and he almost fell into the river.

"Watch out for the ambush!" Cao Xiu immediately saw the figure swaying in the reeds on the shore, and hurriedly shouted.

Cao Ren was hit by an arrow from Zhao Yun in the wet beard last time, and the old wound had not yet healed, and at this time, he was hit by another arrow, and he could no longer support it, so he fell into the river with a puff.

"Hahaha, Cao Ren, today you are the turtle in the urn again!"

In the midst of the reeds, a man stood up with a bow and arrow, wearing a hat woven of reeds and a robe, and it would have been difficult to find if he hadn't taken the initiative to get up.

Cao Xiu said angrily: "Why don't you dare to hurt people with a secret arrow? ”

"I am Jiangdong Ma Zhongye!" The man laughed and said, "You are plotting against my governor and hurting my brother, and you are here to take revenge today!" ”

This Ma Zhong was originally Pan Zhang's deputy general, both of them were born in the green forest, they were best at ambush assassination, using hidden weapons, and were once responsible for Jiangdong security, and the thieves in the territory disappeared.

A few days ago, Pan Zhang was seriously injured in order to protect Zhou Yu, and this time the troops were led by Ma Zhong, and he took the initiative to ask for an ambush in front of him, preparing to capture General Cao Ying.

Cao Xiu hurriedly returned to the horse to rescue, but the ambush on the shore appeared, and the arrows were fired in unison, and Cao Jun fell countless in an instant, leaving only more than ten people, and he couldn't cross the bridge at all.

Cao Ren struggled in the river, he was generally watery, and he was wearing heavy armor, and his body was injured, and he was unable to move, so he poured a few mouthfuls of water, fortunately there was a reef in the river, and he hurriedly hugged it.

"Sons, capture Cao Ren alive!" Ma Zhong ran to the bank of the river, threw away his hat, took off his coat, and jumped into the river with a dexterous leap.

The Huai water was turbulent, but for most Jiangdong soldiers, it had no effect, and I saw Ma Zhong like a spirit fish, walking through the waves, quickly approaching Cao Ren.

"Get out of here!" Cao Xiu shouted on the bridge and hurriedly released arrows to stop him, but Ma Zhong dived under the water and disappeared.

At this time, the Wu army had already killed the bridgehead and came to capture Cao Xiu, but Cao Xiu couldn't resist it, so he had to fight and go, heading to the north bank.

Cao Ren had no power to fight back in the water, and he didn't see Ma Zhong's movement, and his heart became more and more uneasy, he was captured in Nanyang before, and was humiliated by Liu Qi, how could he be captured for the second time now?

"Heaven wants to kill me, Cao Ren will never be humiliated by being captured again!"

Cao Ren looked up to the sky and roared, and was about to draw his sword to kill himself, when a huge wave hit, rushing him unsteadily, the sword fell out of his hand and sank into the water, and he suddenly fell into despair, and crashed headlong into the reef.