More than a thousand Cao troops on the Xiaoyaojin Wharf were led by a tooth general. Before Cao Zhen led the cavalry to the small military camp, he had already made arrangements separately. Ambushing the enemy on the wharf was only the first layer of defense. Because the huge rocks under the water blocked the Jingzhou Army's warships, the Cao army gained the upper hand. They blocked the Han army's offensive route from three directions, and the arrows were like rain, which made the Han soldiers on the warship unable to raise their heads.

At this time, amid the fierce drum sound, dozens of small sampans rushed towards the dock. On the sampan, Gan Ning held a shield in one hand and a single halberd in the other, staring at Cao's army on the shore with sharp eyes. The sampan was coming very fast and rushed through the underwater group of huge rocks in an instant.

The Cao army soldiers shot arrows at him almost at the same time, and dense arrows shot towards Gan Ning. Gan Ning half-kneeled on the boat and raised his shield to greet him. There was a rapid sound of hitting, and hundreds of arrows were already inserted into his shield. At this moment, Gan Ning shouted loudly, jumped up from the bow of the ship, jumped onto the shore, and slashed out the short halberd, slashing the two Cao troops to the ground.

Gan Ning threw away the shield, pulled out another short halberd from his back, shouted loudly, and rushed into the group of Cao's soldiers. The two halberds slashed and stabbed, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, killing Cao's corpses everywhere, and wailing constantly. The general shouted anxiously: "This is the enemy's chief general, rush forward and kill him!"

Countless Cao army soldiers came to Gan Ning, but Gan Ning became more and more brave as he fought, like a flock of tigers and sheep, and was unstoppable. At this time, the two hundred Han troops behind also rushed ashore and rushed over, following Gan Ning and Cao army soldiers to fight fiercely.

The impact of the Han army caused chaos in the Cao army on the shore, and the arrow shooting stopped. The huge rocks under the water were finally dragged away by the soldiers with ropes, opening up a waterway, and warships passed through the waterway and leaned towards the shore.

More and more Han soldiers came ashore to support the main general and two hundred soldiers who fought alone. As the troops gradually reversed, Cao's army could not resist and finally collapsed. General Ya was the first to escape. Hundreds of soldiers followed him, throwing their helmets and losing their armor, and desperately fleeing towards the main military camp.

Gan Ning did not rush to chase after him, but ordered the soldiers who were on the shore to drag the underwater rocks one by one with ropes to completely open the waterway. At this time, the Han army warships began to dock on a large scale. Teams of soldiers ran down from the ship and quickly gathered on the shore.

Gan Ning was covered in blood, but miraculously uninjured. He stood on a big rock and looked towards the main military camp and the city. He had just received a report that the Han army in the small military camp was defeated by a thousand extremely powerful cavalry, which made Gan Ning realize that they were most likely to have encountered the most sharp tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army.

From here, we head to the main military camp for about three miles. There is a wide and flat land ahead, which is very conducive to the impact of the cavalry. If we kill this way, we may encounter a head-on attack from the Cao army's tiger and leopard cavalry.

Gan Ning turned his head and looked to the side. On the side was a gentle mound, about ten feet high. The mounds were densely covered with dense forests, which was very conducive to cavalry combat. More importantly, the woods were narrow and long, crescent-shaped, and the edge was almost close to the main military camp. Gan Ning immediately ordered: "The army went up the hill!"

Thousands of troops that had been assembled immediately turned around and rushed up the hills, and soon rushed into the woods, running towards the main military camp along both sides of the lush woods.

Gan Ning's prediction was not wrong. Cao Zhen had led a thousand cavalry to take advantage of the opportunity when the Han army was blocked on the water and walked around the path. A thousand cavalry lined up in the wilderness in front of the main camp, preparing to attack the enemy head-on.

At this time, Cao Zhen already knew that the army that was attacking Xiaoyaojin was the Jingzhou army, so he immediately sent someone to report to Man Chong.

Cao Zhen was extremely confident in his cavalry. His father told him that although the Jingzhou naval army was powerful, their cavalry could sweep the Jingzhou army when they arrived in the northern plains. He wanted to prove this statement today, but after waiting for a long time, no Han soldiers came, which surprised him.

At this moment, the woods on the mound suddenly became alarmed by a bird. Cao Zhen suddenly realized that the Han army had entered the woods. He was furious and shouted: "Kill up, burn the woods and burn them out!"

A thousand cavalry suddenly started, and the horse's hooves sounded like thunder, stirring up rolling dust and heading towards the hills three miles away.

"General Gan, they are here!" a sentry rushed into the woods and shouted.

Another tooth general also whispered: "Cao's turtle oil is also very powerful, be careful that they set fire to the forest."

Gan Ning pondered for a moment and said to the three generals: "You three lead the headquarters to defend on the north side of the woods, and use bows and arrows to block the cavalry from approaching the woods."

He said to the rest of the generals: "The rest of the troops go to the south of the woods and ambush the cavalry from behind."

Everyone led the order, and the eight thousand troops divided into two groups, running north and south.

The war horses were sailing in the dark, like lightning. More than a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry rushed to the front of the hill in an instant. Cao Zhen raised his hand, and the war horses slowed down, stopped, and began to line up quickly. Fifty cavalrymen were in a team, a total of nearly twenty teams, holding spears and shields in their hands, staring at the hill with murderous intent.

On the edge of the woods on the hill, three thousand Han soldiers held military crossbows and formed a dense crossbow formation. The sharp arrow pointed at the cavalry under the hill. The back against the woods was the most troublesome formation for the cavalry. Once the cavalry rushed to the ground, the opponent would quickly retreat into the woods, making it difficult for the cavalry to launch an attack.

However, Cao Zhen hoped that the Han army could retreat into the woods so that he could set fire to the forest. He raised his iron spear and shouted, "Kill it!"

A thousand tiger and leopard cavalry suddenly shook, the earth began to shake, the black cavalry raised their shields and held spears, sweeping towards the Han army formation like thunder

Three thousand soldiers of the Han army were arranged in the shape of a "grade". Each of them had a military crossbow, and they all pointed the crossbow at the Cao army's cavalry. The cavalry got closer and closer and soon rushed into the range of killing arrows. At this time, a string of chucks sounded, and only a "crack" sound was heard on the crossbow machine. The first round of thousands of crossbow arrows shot out at the same time, roaring towards the cavalry like a storm.

The war horses were neighing, and a group of people were on their backs and over, and more than a hundred cavalry rushing in front fell one after another, causing the cavalry to fall into a brief chaos. However, the tiger and leopard cavalry were the best cavalry after all. They quickly recovered from the chaos and continued to rush forward. At this time, the second round of thousands of crossbow arrows shot out again, followed by the third round of thousands of arrows shot out.

The three thousand Han troops cooperated very well and took turns to shoot. In an instant, three rounds of nine thousand crossbow arrows were shot, causing the tiger and leopard cavalry to lose more than 300 people. The proud arrogance of the tiger and leopard cavalry was knocked down. Seeing that the Han army's crossbow arrows were sharp and the cavalry was killed and injured, Cao Zhen was extremely angry, but he had no choice but to shout, "Retreat!"

The cavalry retreated like a tide, withdrawing from the range of the Han army. The hillside was covered with cavalry and war horses falling to the ground with arrows. More than a hundred agile soldiers rushed into the dead and injured enemy and stabbed the injured cavalry to death with one knife. After a moment, the hillside was silent and the groans of the wounded soldiers disappeared.

Cao Zhen was quite upset. He had already received news that the Jiangdong army also launched an attack on the Xicheng Gate. This was obviously Jingzhou and Jiangdong jointly attacked Hefei, but their troops were far from enough, and they might not be able to defend Hefei.

Cao Zhen had already preserved his strength and wanted to withdraw from Hefei. At this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind. Cao Zhen was stunned and looked back. He saw that the cavalry was in chaos. In the darkness, there were countless troops coming. A cavalry rushed over and shouted loudly: "General, countless enemy troops attacked us behind him, and the brothers were killed and injured."

Cao Zhen was shocked. He suddenly realized that he was surrounded by the enemy. At this time, drums were loudly heard on the hills, and the three thousand Han troops shouted. They used spears to rush down from the hillside. Cao Zhen retreated one after another. Cao Zhen shouted anxiously: "Don't retreat, fight!"

The cavalry and the Han army infantry rushed to the same place in an instant. At the same time, Gan Ning led 5,000 Han troops to attack the Cao army cavalry from behind. The eight thousand Han army infantry gradually formed a huge encirclement, surrounding more than 600 tiger and leopard cavalry.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Zhen would not escape, and if he did not escape, they would be wiped out. At this time, he found that the Han army in the northwest had not yet closed, and there was a gap of more than ten feet wide. He shouted, "Follow me!"

Cao Zhen waved his long spear and rushed into the northwest of the Han army. At this time, he was already red in his eyes, opened a bloody road, and rushed out. He did not dare to stay, and rushed for more than ten miles in one breath. When he turned around, there were only a few personal soldiers following him on horseback.

Cao Zhen couldn't help but sigh, Hefei could not be saved anymore, so he turned his horse and fled towards Runan.

Cao Zhen broke through the siege and fled, but his men had no chance. In less than a cup, more than 600 cavalrymen were stabbed to death by spears, and a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry were killed in battle. The Han army seized more than 400 war horses.

Eight thousand Han soldiers immediately rushed to Xiaoyaojin's main military camp

The battle outside the Xicheng was particularly fierce. The flames shone inside and outside the Xicheng as daylight as the sound of drums, and the shouts of killing were shocking. Huang Gai and Lu Meng led 20,000 Jiangdong troops to attack Xicheng, and the six thousand Cao troops on the city were all involved and fought to the death to resist the Jiangdong army's attack.

The Jiangdong army crossed the moat and put dozens of siege ladders on the top of the city. The soldiers bravely climbed the city. Arrows on the city were like rain, and big rocks were rolling down like hail. They smashed groups of Jiangdong soldiers overturned the city, and the bodies accumulated and blood gathered into a stream.

Huang Gai's brows frowned. The original plan was that the Han army would seize Xiaoyaojin first and attract the main force of Cao's army to go over, but it seemed that the main force of Cao's army had not gone over. Is the Han army attacking Xiaoyaojin in vain?

At this time, Lu Meng stepped forward and bowed: "Report to General, I have received news from Xiaoyaojin that Gan Ning's army was attacked by the tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao's army, and suffered heavy losses. Deputy General Chen Shuo was unfortunately killed."

Huang Gai nodded, and it turned out that it was like that. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He misunderstood the Han army. He pondered for a moment and said to Lu Meng: "It seems that Cao's army has concentrated all its troops in Xicheng, so Nancheng and Dongcheng must be empty. You can lead three thousand troops to attack Nancheng, and our success or failure will be here."
Chapter completed!