Yao Ping frowned and said, "But is this possible?" The last general of Niushou Town has been there, and the terrain is steep, which is not conducive to the crossing of the river by a large army! Liu Feng said: "The terrain of Niushou Town is steep, which is indeed not conducive to the crossing of the river by large troops, but it is not absolutely impossible to cross the river, but it is just a lot more difficult!" He looked at Cao Yong and said, "Dashuai, the other party is planning to attack the west!" Deliberately preparing to attack with great fanfare in front of us, in fact, the real killer is in Niushou Town! We must deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very bad to be wedged in by the 100,000-strong army that crosses Niushou Town! ”

Cao Yong snorted coldly, "I won't let them succeed!" Since they have made a move to us, then we will make a move! Then he said to Liu Feng: "Sir, I bother you to sit in Xiangyang for me!" Liu Feng clenched his fists and promised. Cao Yong followed and said to Yao Ping: "Immediately gather 100,000 troops and wait, and attack with me after nightfall!" Yao Zhong clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

Liu Feng asked Wu Jue curiously, "Dashuai, what are you going to do?" Cao Yong pointed to Niushou Town on the sand table and said, "Since the Yanyun army wants to smuggle from here, I will command an army of 100,000 to wait here for the rabbit!" Liu Feng nodded and said, "If we can completely annihilate Yanyun's 100,000 army in one fell swoop, the situation of our army will definitely be greatly improved!" ”

Cao Yong looked at the sand table and frowned: "Although the enemy army is attacking the east and west, but Xiangyang should not be taken lightly, for that Yang Peng, you can't be negligent!" Liu Feng nodded, hugged his fists and said, "Don't worry!" Since Yan Yunjun's main attack direction is in Niushou Town, even if there is any action here, I can definitely deal with it, and there will be no problems! Wu Jue nodded.

After nightfall that day, Cao Yong quietly left Xiangyang with an army of 100,000 and rushed to the west of Niushou Town. In the early hours of the morning, the army arrived near the town of Niushou. Cao Yong ordered the army to stop and sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation in Niushou Town. Soon after, the scout reported: "Qiqi Marshal, there are indeed traces of the Yanyun Army Brigade on the other side of Niushou Town!" ”

Cao Yong asked, "Is there any Yan Yunjun here?" The scout shook his head and said, "There is no trace of Yan Yunjun on the shore here. Cao Yong muttered, "They should still be preparing materials for building a pontoon bridge." Then he said to Cao Yong: "The army immediately advanced and went to the shore to ambush in the mountains and forests. Yao Ping clenched his fists in response, raised his right hand and waved forward. When the herald saw this, he immediately waved the command flag, and when the officers and men of the whole army saw the command flag, they took action.

An hour later, the army entered the mountains and forests by the river and laid an ambush. Cao Yong and Yao Zhong only took more than 100 of their own soldiers to a mountain near the river and in the forest. The group then looked at the opposite bank under the cover of the trees, and saw that the figures on the other side of the river were indeed longing, and the camp tents were stacked one after another.

Yao Ping frowned and said, "They are really here!" ”

Cao Yong said: "They thought we wouldn't know that they would smuggle Hanshui from Niushou Town, that's why they did this!" In fact, if we hadn't been densely packed with secret agents in Jiangbei, Ben Shuai really wouldn't have thought that they would want to smuggle Hanshui from Niushou Town! ”

Yao Ping sighed: "It is said that King Yan is as cunning as a fox, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation!" Cao Yong said: "He can rise in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and then sweep the world, naturally he has something extraordinary!" That can't be done with the courage of a puppet alone! Yao Ping nodded and asked, "Dashuai, do you want to send someone to sneak to the other side to inquire about the situation?" ”

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "There's no need for that!" And if you are not careful, you will expose the intentions of our army! Now that our army has seen their plans, and they are still in the dark, our army has the upper hand, this is a great opportunity to defeat them, and we must not fall short! Yao Zhong nodded.

Cao Yong instructed: "Pass the order, all the troops are ambushed according to the previous plan, no fire is allowed to cook, only dry food is allowed to eat!" "Yes!" Time passed gradually, but Yan Yunjun on the opposite side did not move. Yao Ping couldn't help but become impatient, and asked Wu Jue: "Dashuai, why hasn't Yan Yun moved yet, is there something wrong?" At this time, Cao Yong was holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn" and watching, listening to Yao Ping's words, and said lightly: "Don't worry, it's not easy for them to raise enough materials to build a pontoon bridge on the spot!" If I'm right, after nightfall today, they're going to do something! ”

In the evening, Yan Yun really took action and began to build a pontoon bridge by the light of the moonlight and torches. The officer in charge of the supervisor immediately reported the situation to Cao Yong. Cao Yong immediately came to the mountain by the river, looked at the opposite side, and saw that the light of the torches illuminated the day on the opposite bank, and the figures there were longing, and Yan Yunjun was building a pontoon bridge.

Cao Yong watched for more than half an hour, then turned his head to Yao Ping and said, "They built it very quickly, and they must be able to build it in the early morning!" The order went down, and the armies seized the time to rest and prepare to ambush the enemy in the early hours of the morning! Yao Ping clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

Everything was exactly as Cao Yong expected, in the early hours of the morning, the sky was bright, and Yan Yunjun's pontoon bridge had been built.

All the officers and soldiers of the Song army took their places, their eyes widened, and they waited for Yan Yunjun to cross the river. However, what made everyone feel strange was that although the pontoon bridge had been built, Yan Yunjun did not cross the river, a quarter of an hour passed, half an hour passed, an hour passed, the sun had risen, and the mist gradually dispersed, but Yan Yunjun on the opposite side still had no intention of crossing the river.

Cao Yong and the others felt very strange when they saw such a situation, and they couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the other party was selling in the gourd. Wu Jue thought that the other party was deliberately using this method to test whether there were ambushes on the other side, so he strictly ordered all armies not to act rashly, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind Song Jun. Cao Yong and the others turned their heads to look, only to see that it was a herald from their own side galloping over. Turning his gaze to Xiangyang, in the early hours of the morning, the defenders were immersed in sleep, and even the sentry in charge of the guard couldn't help but peck at their heads one by one.

One of the sentries stretched a wide stretch, shook his dazed head, walked to the middle of nowhere, put down his spear, unbuttoned his pants, and had a refreshed expression on his face. At this moment, he inadvertently saw that something seemed to be coming over on the misty water. The sentry muttered a strange word, pulled up his pants, and stared wide-eyed. A gust of wind blew across the water, blowing away the mist. When the sentry boarded, he saw countless bamboo rafts coming across the river! The sentry's eyes widened in shock, and in response, he ran to his post with a rolling belt, shouting as he ran: "Oh no! Yan Yunjun is here! ......" The mournful shouts pierced the silent sky, and it was particularly harsh! The soldiers of the Song Army in their dreams woke up one after another, and found the boat formation covering the big river, all of them were frightened and inexplicable, and then the terrible alarm bell rang loudly!

Liu Feng rushed to the city gate tower for the first time, and was taken aback when he saw the ship formation covering the sky and the river, and couldn't help muttering: "What's going on?" Then his heart sank, and he said secretly: "Not good! We've been tricked! This side is not a suspicious soldier at all, this side is clearly the real main direction of attack! At this point, he immediately sent a message to Wu Jue, who was ambushing in the direction of Niushou Town, and immediately gathered troops and horses, personally led out of the city, and prepared to intercept the Yanyun army, but he didn't dare to get too close to the water's edge, so as not to be attacked by the opponent's artillery!

Seeing that Yan Yunjun began to land, Liu Feng secretly said: "It's now!" He turned his head to a general and said, "General Deng, you immediately lead your troops and horses to attack!" Spread out a little so as not to be too many casualties by the enemy's artillery fire! General Deng clenched his fists and promised, and immediately led his eight thousand soldiers and horses to charge against the Yanyun army that had just landed! At this moment, the Yanyun cannon on the opposite bank let out an earth-shattering roar, and the Song soldiers who were charging were all startled, and then they felt a strong storm sweeping in, and the scene was dusty and stumps flying. The soldiers of the Song army were terrified, but when they saw General Deng who was taking the lead, they couldn't help but muster up the courage to continue to roar and charge!

The Song army passed through the artillery blockade of the Yanyun army, fought with the Yanyun army that had already landed, and rushed to kill with all their might. The soldiers of the Yanyun army sacrificed their lives to counterattack, only to see the sword light flashing on the battlefield, blood flying, and the two sides were inseparable. At this time, because the Song army had already been mixed with the Yanyun army, the Yanyun artillery on the north bank had to stop bombarding. And the cannons on the city wall of the Song army did not bombard, because the landing site of the Yan Yun army was outside the range of the cannons on the city wall, and the cannons on the city wall could not reach it at all!

Liu Feng was very anxious when he saw that his 8,000 soldiers could not defeat the opponent's less than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately ordered another general to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to support. 10,000 Song troops rushed to the battlefield, and the artillery fire of the Yanyun army appeared again, causing a lot of casualties to the Song army, but at this time, the Song army showed a respectable will to fight, and even sacrificed their lives to pass through the artillery blockade and join the battlefield. After all, the Yanyun army has less than 2,000 people, plus the one that has just landed is only in the early 2,000s, facing the opponent's nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, with one enemy and ten, although the Yanyun army is brave and unparalleled, it is gradually unable to resist.

At this moment, many other groups of Yan Yun troops landed in other nearby locations. Liu Feng immediately dispatched an army to intercept it, and all the soldiers and horses in his hands were sent out in an instant. Seeing that the soldiers of both sides were fighting fiercely on the shore, the strength of the Song army was several times that of the Yanyun army that landed on the shore, but it was impossible to defeat the Yanyun army, and as more and more Yanyun troops landed, the situation began to gradually become unfavorable to the Song army!

Just when Liu Feng was anxious, another alarm came, and it turned out to be another Yanyun army that had landed from the downstream direction. Liu Feng was taken aback, he had no troops to send at this time, and there were only five or six thousand soldiers and horses left in Xiangyang City, if Yan Yun's army took the opportunity to attack the city, the consequences would be really unimaginable! Liu Feng instantly weighed the pros and cons, made a quick decision, and ordered all armies to give up the battle and retreat to Xiangyang.

The Song army broke away from the battle one after another and retreated into the city of Xiangyang. Yang Peng saw the Song army retreating into the city from a distance, nodded his head, and ordered: "Tell Xiang Danian Duan Zhixian, don't rush to attack the city, expand the bridgehead, and build a pontoon bridge to meet the army across the river!" The herald made a promise, and immediately ordered his heralds to go down and give the order.

The Song army hurriedly retreated into the city, closing the four gates, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Immediately saw Yan Yunjun expand the bridgehead position, quickly build a pontoon bridge, and then the army rolled across the river, a feeling of helplessness rose in his heart, and he expected the marshal to quickly lead the army back to help.

After Yanyun's army successfully crossed the Han River, it did not surround Xiangyang, but camped in the western suburbs of the city, the camp was backed by green mountains, stretching for more than ten miles, the weather was magnificent, and the soldiers in the city couldn't help but be terrified when they saw it.

Cao Yong received a report from the herald sent by Liu Feng and learned that Yan Yunjun had suddenly launched a fierce attack from Xiangyang, and the situation was very critical, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Then he understood, and said with resentment and admiration: "What a Yan King, Ben Shuai has fallen for his trick!" He immediately did not dare to delay any longer, leaving only 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the local area, and he led the rest of the nearly 100,000 troops to aid Xiangyang.

The military situation is like fire, and the army of 100,000 gallops to Xiangyang. In the afternoon, the army arrived at Qingshui Town, between Niushou Town and Xiangyang. This Qingshui Town is a small town surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a clear stream meandering and flowing in the array, surrounded by green mountains, and the scenery is very pleasant. Qingshui Town was originally very quiet, but with the arrival of 100,000 Song troops, the peaceful atmosphere was broken in an instant, and it became noisy and noisy. The army did not stop here, but passed directly through the town, and at this time, the vanguard of the army had reached the front between the two mountains.

Knock knock knock...... Suddenly, there was a huge sound of war drums in front of him, and the rounds were earth-shattering. Cao Yong, who was marching under the banner of the Chinese army marshal, was taken aback, and hurriedly reined in his horse to look ahead, only to see that between the two mountains, a heavily armored army suddenly appeared to block the way, and at the same time, on the two mountains, arrows flew down like a torrential rain, and there was a commotion among the soldiers on their side, and they were retreating sharply!

Cao Yong is a veteran of the battlefield, and when he saw such a scene, he immediately understood what was going on, and he was shocked, and hurriedly looked around. At this moment, thunderous war drums were also heard all around, accompanied by bursts of thrilling shouts, and countless banners appeared in the field of vision.

Cao Yong frowned, and immediately shouted: "The whole army is arrayed!" Get ready for battle! ”

At that moment, the earth shook, and a loud rumbling sound was heard behind the left. Cao Yong hurriedly followed the prestige, only to see 20,000 Yanyun warriors swept towards him like a violent wind. Wu Jue's eyes froze. The Song army shouted and hurriedly lined up, but before the formation was ready, 20,000 Yanyun war horses crashed into the middle of the Song army like a storm! When he boarded, he saw the wind and clouds, and the soldiers of the Song army were scattered under the impact of the wind and waves of Yanyun's war cavalry, and they were unable to organize an effective defense at all; The archers of the Song army hurriedly released a rain of arrows, but the rain of arrows only caused some ripples in the wave of cavalry!

The situation is already a critical moment for Song Jun! Cao Yong's personal commander and heavy infantry roared to meet the Yanyun war cavalry, desperately counterattacking! Seeing this, the other Song soldiers couldn't help but recover, and rushed up to fight with shouts. The scene was chaotic, and the soldiers on both sides fought together fiercely! Yan Yunjun's iron hoof blade killed the corpse of the Song army, and the desperate Song army also kept knocking Yan Yun's war horse to the ground! All of them were red-eyed, like mad beasts, wielding their blades desperately, and blood was flying in the sky like rain!

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a Yanyun war cavalry appeared, and they appeared behind the Song army, iron hooves rushing, smoke and dust! When Cao Yong saw this scene, his face couldn't help but change greatly!

In the blink of an eye, the Yanyun war cavalry rushed into the middle of the Song army, the Song army was fighting with the Yanyun war cavalry in front of it, and it was difficult to solve the killing, and there was no defense at all, and a Yanyun war horse suddenly came behind it, unable to resist, and was cut down by the Yanyun war horse like harvesting wheat, and killed into the depth! The Song army panicked, and at this time, the Yanyun war cavalry in front took the opportunity to kill fiercely, and the Song army could no longer resist, and the army was defeated like a mountain! ……

Cao Yong led thousands of remnants of the defeated army and fled into Xiangyang. Liu Feng and the others were stunned when they saw the 100,000 troops who went out, but only a few thousand remnants came back. In the camp hall, Cao Yong sat on the top marshal seat, with a depressed look on his face, and Liu Feng and the others were also worried. Liu Feng couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a great plan!" We have all been calculated by King Yan! Fiction is real, reality is virtual, but this time King Yan is virtual is virtual, real is real, completely beyond our expectations! ”

Cao Yong said in annoyance: "It's all my fault!" If I hadn't fallen for his strategy, I wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat, resulting in the loss of the Hanshui defense line and the annihilation of the 100,000-strong army! ”

Liu Feng said: "This can't be blamed on the handsome!" It's really Yang Peng's strategy is too clever! With his hand, he can't deceive ordinary people, but he can hide from people with extraordinary wisdom! Just like when Zhuge Liang set up an ambush for Cao Cao, Cao Cao thought that Zhuge Liang was 'real is virtual, virtual is real', but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to be 'real is real, virtual is virtual', and as a result, Cao Mengde, the hero of the first generation, was fooled, and today's scene is just like the beginning! Da Shuai didn't do anything wrong, but that King Yan was too clever! ”

Cao Yong nodded approvingly, and sighed: "This Yang Peng really deserves to be a hero in the world!" No wonder it swept the entire Central Plains in just a few years! He shook his head and said to the generals: "Okay, don't think about the past!" Now it's time to think about how to deal with the current situation! You all talk about it, what do we do now? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the Xiangyang prefect Lord Lu said with a panicked face: "Yanyun's army has crossed the Han River, and our army has suffered heavy losses, but I am afraid that this Xiangyang is no longer defensible!" Several generals nodded in agreement, all looking frightened and worried.

Cao Yong was unhappy in his heart, looked at Liu Feng, and asked, "Mr. Liu, what do you say?" ”

Liu Feng frowned and said: "The current situation is indeed very unfavorable for us, but it has not reached the point of exhaustion!" There are still sixty or seventy thousand defenders in the city, Xiangyang City is high and wide, grain and grass are sufficient, although the Yanyun army is strong, but it is not easy to break through Xiangyang! In addition, Junzhou, Gucheng, Yicheng, and 200,000 heavy troops of our army can support Xiangyang at any time, and we can still fight with the Yanyun army, it is too early to say victory or defeat now! ”

Cao Yong praised: "Well said! It's too early to say victory! Glancing at everyone, "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you really reach the end of the mountain, Ben Shuai will never retreat!" Everyone was amazed. Cao Yong said categorically: "As the saying goes, 'the food of the king bears the worries of the king', and there is also a saying of 'being entrusted by people to be loyal to people', since His Majesty entrusts Jiangbei to this commander, since this commander is entrusted by others, he has no choice, and must defend Jiangbei to the death!" If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and you will never back down even if you die! The generals were greatly moved, and hugged their fists together and said: "Since the marshal wants to defend Jiangbei to the death, the last general will also swear to follow the marshal to the death, and never give up!" ”

Cao Yong was greatly relieved and said loudly: "Okay! We will live and die together! Governor Lu and other civil officials hurriedly said: "We are also willing to follow the commander to the death!" Cao Yong nodded, and then said to the generals: "You take turns guarding the city gate and the city wall, don't slack off!" The generals clenched their fists and promised. Cao Yong then said to Governor Lu: "Lord Prefect, this work of pacifying the people will be handed over to you!" Don't let there be a commotion in the city! Governor Lu agreed.

Cao Yong glanced at everyone and said, "If you all have nothing to do, just step down." Everyone agreed and rushed out, only Liu Feng stayed in place and did not leave.

When everyone retreated, Cao Yong couldn't help but sigh. Liu Feng said: "Marshal, the current situation is very critical, is it recommended to abandon Junzhou, Gucheng and Yicheng, and concentrate all the troops in Xiangyang?" Wu Jue thought about it, frowned and shook his head, "No! So what kind of person is Yang Peng, didn't he expect that we would send soldiers and horses from the three cities back to help? The scouts of the Yan Yun Army must be constantly monitoring the situation in the three cities day and night, as long as the defenders of the three cities leave, they will ambush them halfway! Yanyun cavalry dominates the world, our army is all infantry, if on the march, no matter how vigilant you are, you can't resist the surprise attack of Yanyun iron cavalry! The result will inevitably be the annihilation of the entire army! ”

Liu Feng felt that what the marshal said was reasonable, and frowned: "But in this way, our army's forces are scattered, won't they be broken by the other party one by one?" Cao Yong pondered for a moment and said, "For today's plan, I can only ask the imperial court to find a way to send troops and reinforcements!" He glanced at the worried Liu Feng and said, "It is impossible for the Yan Yun Army to break through Xiangyang in a short period of time, so don't worry too much!" Liu Feng nodded.

The monarchs and ministers of the imperial court looked forward to the good news from the front line day and night, and finally a military report came from the front line on this day, and the monarchs and ministers were excited. Zhao Heng took the military report forwarded by the eunuch, couldn't wait to open it, and looked at it, while all the ministers stared at Zhao Heng's cheeks, eager to hear Zhao Heng say the good news from the front line. Zhao Heng's face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed with trembling hands: "This, this is impossible!" ”

The ministers looked at each other, and they couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts, and Taishi Huang Cong hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what is the situation at the front line?" Zhao Heng swallowed his saliva, glanced at the ministers with frightened eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Our army has lost again, the loss is not small, the Yanyun army has broken through the Han River, and Xiangyang is in danger!" ”

Although the ministers had expected it, when they heard such news, they still couldn't help but feel panic in their hearts. The main hall immediately became noisy, and the ministers talked about it. Suddenly, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came out of the ranks, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Zhao Heng has failed Jun En, and he has been defeated again and again, causing the traitors to be rampant so far, and they must be severely punished!" Many ministers echoed it, and they all looked like they were the same enemy, and the most excited among them even shouted that Zhao Heng would be executed. Zhao Heng's panic instantly turned into resentment towards Zhao Heng, and he couldn't help but feel murderous in his heart.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.