During the battle in Hanoi, Zhuge Liang also came to Yanzhou with Zhang He and others, and transferred 30,000 troops to prepare to cross the river to attack Liyang.

The men and horses have not yet been prepared, the Wei reinforcements have arrived, and Cao Pi sent a full favor to guard Liyang, with a garrison of 30,000, and refused to defend along the river, and the defense was tight.

Yu Banyan said: "Man Boning is calm and sophisticated, with him guarding the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack urgently, it is better to choose another place to cross the river." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Liyang has increased the army, and I expect that the reinforcements of Dangyin will also guard against the soldiers and horses of Hanoi, if there is no response from the king, even if they can capture the north bank, it will be difficult to stop." The generals are training and building ships here, and when I take Yanzhou, we will advance by land and water, and you can be the first. ”

The generals were ordered, Zhuge Liang ordered to be in charge of the three armies, train the men and horses, and go north with Fazheng to Heqi and Liuzan to build ships and train the navy, and returned to Chen to preside over the war in the Central Plains.

When Zhuge Liang went to Luoyang, he ordered Huang Zhong to guard Puyang, Wei Yan to guard Chenliu, contain Xiahoudun to rescue everywhere, and on the grounds of grabbing grain, the Wei army did not dare to act rashly, and when the eastern counties were pacified, they attacked Zhou Yu and Guan Yu on three sides, and finally suppressed Jiyin County.

The two armies held each other for more than two months, and from the time they collected grain until late autumn, they were only entangled by small groups of troops, mainly grabbing grain, and did not use troops on a large scale.

Although the grain harvested by the Han army was robbed several times, it still calmly sent troops, although the Wei army had a small harvest, but it was only a drop in the bucket, once there were casualties, the gains outweighed the losses, and Yuzhou gradually fell, and the military spirit floated.

Cao Zhen was worried every day in Dingtao, Guan Yu went all the way east from Yingchuan, killed to Xuzhou, and went north to take Xiaopei, entered Qiaojun, and ran rampant in Yuzhou, such as in his own backyard.

Now there are only two places left in Yuzhou, Liang State and Qian County, the territory is narrow, and the soldiers are few and small, where can they stop the menacing Han army?

On this day, Cao Bao, the general, suddenly came in embarrassment, and reported that the county was occupied by the Han army overnight, and the soldiers and horses in the city were unprepared, and were taken by Lu Fan and Wen Bing without blood.

Cao Zhen was furious and asked, "There are still 30,000 elite soldiers in Qian County, and hundreds of clan disciples, how can they be defenseless?" ”

Cao Bao wanted to cry without tears, and said helplessly: "The general doesn't know, those clan children used to compete for the land and property at a low price, but who knew that secretly it was the Han army that took it away, and the enemy army pretended to be a farmer and stationed in the manor. ”

"Rubbish, a bunch of losers!" Cao Zhen was furious and kicked the case.

wanted Cao Cao I to be a hero and create a great foundation, but he was defeated by these clan disciples.

When he was angry, Xiahou Ba returned to the city and laughed: "Zidan, this time you won a big victory, and you robbed three cars of ......"

Seeing that the house was full of chaos, he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Cao Zheng sighed bitterly and informed him of the matter of Qiaojun, thinking that the soldiers of Qiaojun had enough food and would be able to hold on for several months, and with Liang as a stronghold, they could insist on the arrival of reinforcements from Hebei.

Unexpectedly, the easiest thing to break is the foundation of the Cao family, and the defenders of the county did not even resist at all, they were all pitted by the children of the clan.

Xiahou Ba was taken aback and hurriedly said: "If Guan Yu and Huang Gaibing arrive in the territory, we will be attacked on three sides, how should we deal with this?" ”

"A little fight is just an itch in the boot!" Cao Zhen gritted his teeth for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Now that Zhuge Liang is not in the army, Wei Yan is brave and has no plan, if he takes the opportunity to kill him and recapture Yanzhou, there will be room for turnaround." ”

"What the general said is extremely true, we should have sent troops a long time ago!" Xiahou Ba asked for troops several times, but Cao Zhen was afraid of Zhuge Liang and worried about the scheme, so he never dared to act rashly.

Cao Zhen was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "I have been holding on to Wei Yan for a long time, and I have never fought with troops, so he must think that we are determined to rob the grain and dare not enter the army. ”

"Zidan Gaojian!" Xiahou Ba was overjoyed, clenched his hands and said with a smile: "All parts of the Central Plains have fallen, the soldiers have been defeated repeatedly, everyone laughs at me There is no one in the Wei Kingdom, and the children of our clan must take the lead and take the lead!" ”

Cao Zhen has always wanted to raise his eyebrows, but before he led his troops, he encountered an opponent like Zhuge Liang, who was calculated everywhere, lost Puyang, and was about to be ashamed of the snow, so he immediately ordered the account to be raised.

Sent someone to invite Cao Tai and Wang Ling to discuss, Wang Ling praised: "The Han army has won the victory, and it will be arrogant, and it will be successful." ”

Cao Tai also strongly agreed, the old father Cao Ren was imprisoned in Jianye, he and Xiahou Ba were in the same disease, they were eager to seize the enemy general to exchange hostages, and they did not want to send troops to look for opportunities all the time.

After a few people thought about it, the young man was strong-blooded, and he did what he said, and immediately decided to go to the camp tonight, defeat the Han army for a while, and boost morale.

At the third watch of the night, when the moon was in the sky, the Wei army was full of food and went out of the camp, and came to the Han army camp along the Jishui, and the sound of the surging waves covered up the whereabouts, which was conducive to a sneak attack.

Xiahou Ba took the lead, quietly approached the Han army camp, and saw that the guard at the camp gate was really lax, and with a move, a hundred elite soldiers sneaked forward, wielding a knife to kill the defenders, picking off the antlers, and opening the gate.

"Kill!" Xiahou was overjoyed, and led his troops to rush forward.

Although the screams at the camp gate alarmed the defenders, before the patrol soldiers inside came to inquire, the Wei army had already entered the camp gate, and the cavalry rushed wildly, like a violent wind and rain, and it was overwhelming.

"Enemy attack—ah—"

The screams and shouts sounded before the defenders became alert, and the drums beat loudly in the rear camp and the torches were lit.

Knock Knock Knock –

As soon as the drums sounded, the camp was in chaos, the Han army panicked and formed a formation to resist, Cao Tai and Wang Ling also led the troops to enter from the other two gates at this moment, taking advantage of the night wind to set fire, and in a blink of an eye, the fire soared into the sky, illuminating the entire camp.

Killed the Chinese army, opened the camp tent, saw a general in a panic putting on armor, and stabbed him to death with a shot.

"Who is bold enough to dare to break into a certain battalion!"

Xiahou Ba was rushing to kill, and suddenly a horse came out, bare-faced and bearded, and holding a big knife to block the way, it was Wei Yan.

"Hahaha, Wei Yan, Xiahou Ba is here to capture you!"

Xiahou Ba laughed and stabbed straight through with a spear, Wei Yan was furious, dancing with a knife to fight, and the two fought for more than ten times without winning or losing.

At this time, the camp was full of fires, there were shouts of killing everywhere, people were in ruins, the Han army was walking around, Wei Yan was furious, but he could not transfer troops in the chaotic army, so he had to force Xiahouba to retreat.

"Red-faced thief, where to go!" Xiahou Ba was in hot pursuit, wanting to arrest Wei Yan and replace him.

As soon as he chased out of the west gate, he saw countless torches like dragons in the distance, and he was rapidly approaching here, knowing that the remaining two battalions of reinforcements were coming to the rescue, so he had to stop his horse.

"Set fire, withdraw!"

Xiahou Ba did not hesitate at all, rendezvous with Cao Tai and Wang Ling, burned all Wei Yan's camp, and led the men and horses to roar away.

On the bank of the downstream river, Cao Zhen led the troops to respond, and when he saw the fire on the bank, he was overjoyed and said: "My plan has been completed!" ”

"It's a pity that Wei Yan escaped." Xiahou Ba looked back at the crimson sky, his face was not happy, but his brows were furrowed.

Wei Yan was named the Five Tiger Generals, and sure enough, his martial arts are extraordinary, he can't deal with this one person, there are other dragon and tiger generals in the Han army, and the situation is not good!

Cao Tai clenched his fists and said, "No matter what, I finally got a bad breath!" ”

"Kill him first, Wei Yan is attacked, he will be ashamed, and a certain plan will capture him!" Cao Zhen's confidence was greatly increased, and he ordered him to return to the camp to prepare for war.