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Qiao County spans Huaibei and the Central Plains, and is the longest county in the north and south direction of the Central Plains. Wo Water circulates from north to south, making both sides of the Wo Water the most important grain-producing areas in Qiao County.

That morning, a team of 20 cavalry rushed from a path and rushed directly to a low hill, looking south. This cavalry team was one of the dozen scouts sent by the Han army, and was affiliated with the most elite Eagle Strike Army of the Han army.

All scouts received the same task and found Cao's army heading north from Jianghuai. The scouts ran south along the canal and had already run for more than four miles, but still found no trace of Cao's army.

Canal water is a large river that travels horizontally through the vortex and is also injected into the Huai River. However, it is not as wide as the vortex water, and the amount of water is not abundant enough, but it is very conducive to irrigation. Therefore, there are also large areas of farmland on both sides of the canal water.

"Tun Chief, we have walked south for more than a mile, and then we will reach the Huai River a few miles south. It is impossible for Cao's army to be still south!" A soldier finally couldn't help but put forward his own ideas.

The head of this scout team is Jiang Zhong, a native of Hanzhong. He has rich scout experience. He pondered for a moment: "So far, we have not seen any signs of Cao's army heading north. There are only two possibilities: either the Cao army did not follow our exploration line, or the Cao army is still in the south. If Cao army is on other lines, it will be discovered by another scout team, but our mission is to continue moving south."

"Come on with me!"

The garrison commander Jiang Zhong urged his horse to rush south, and the twenty Han cavalrymen followed him and rushed.

When they head south again, a large area of ​​farmland gradually disappeared. They entered a low hilly area in a radius. The mountains were covered with endless forests, and there were cross-distance valleys everywhere. The road was very complicated, but the official road heading south was very clear. As long as they were following the canal, the direction would not be wrong.

The scouts slowed down and went south for more than twenty miles. At a turn of a valley, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the front. Jiang Zhong immediately made a decision, waved his hand and everyone rushed into the woods next to him.

Soon, two Cao army sent letter soldiers were coming on horseback, one after another, and Jiang Zhong whispered to everyone: "Catch the horse alive!"

Everyone understood and raised the crossbow arrows together. Just as the two Cao army cavalry were passing by, twenty crossbow arrows were shot out strongly from the woods. Two war horses neighed and fell to the ground. The two cavalry also fell out horizontally. One of them rolled into the canal.

The Han army scouts rushed out of the woods and grabbed one of the Cao army cavalry. Several scouts jumped into the canal and dragged another cavalry to the shore. They moved quickly and moved all into the dense forest along with the war horses that were shot to death.

After a moment, the Han army scouts cavalry continued to run south again. This time, they no longer walked on the official road, but took a small detour ahead. They received news from the prisoners that the Cao army heading north was ten miles ahead.

Just in a valley ten miles away, more than 20,000 Cao troops were burying the pot to cook. During the marching night, the soldiers were exhausted.

The distance from Xiacai County to Qiao County is almost through the entire Qiao County. Despite this, it is still much closer from Xiacai to Qiao County than from Xuzhou to Qiao County. It is precisely for this reason that Cao Pi ordered Yu Jin's ten thousand troops in Huaibei to quickly withdraw back to Qiao County and participate in the defense of Qiao County.

As Sima Yi judged, the Cao army divided troops from two lines to the north, Xia Cai Cao army went north from the northwest, Yicheng Cao army went north from the east line, and the main force of the Cao army in Huaibei was mainly in Xia Cai County, and the Cao army from the west line to the north had more than 20,000 Cao army headed by General Yu Jin.

On a mountain ridge not far from Cao's army, Jiang Zhong led several scouts to observe the Cao army in the valley. They had rich experience and quickly judged the number, equipment and food and grass of Cao's army.

It can be seen that the Cao army brought not much food, there were no tents to store more food, and there was not much capacity for livestock. This was an army that went north with light troops. Without baggage, it means that they marched quickly.

Jiang Zhong immediately wrote a piece of information, wrapped it into the wooden tube, tied it to the leg of a Xinying. They threw the Xinying high, and the Xinying spread its wings and flew northward.

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After the soldiers rested for an hour, Yu Jin continued to set off. This time Yu Jin threw away all the supplies, and each soldier only brought a dou of rice, which was a light marching. Yu Jin himself knew very well that he might be intercepted by the Han army when he went north this time.

But if it was intercepted by the Han army in Chengfu County, he would not care. He could fight. However, he was afraid of being intercepted by the main force of the Han army. Yu Jin also knew that Xuchang had fallen, and the next step for the Han army would be to enter Qiao County east.

The problem now is that there is insufficient intelligence. The Cao army's intelligence is too weak. They have no idea where the Han army is now? Yu Jin can only make a bet, betting that they can arrive at Qiao County first before the Han army enters Qiao County.

“So fast!”

Yu Jin kept urging the soldiers to marching and speed up the marching. He knew very well that the speed of marching was the key to whether their northbound journey was successful. The 20,000 Cao troops continued to marching northwards quickly on the vast plains.

At noon the next day, Cao's army had already left Xiacai County for about four miles, and more than two miles were about to arrive in Qiao County. After a day and night of forced marching, the soldiers were exhausted. A general urged the horse to Yu Jin and said, "General, brothers are so tired. Can you rest for a while?"

Yu Jin looked at the map and they were only about ten miles away from Chengfu County. If the Han army in Chengfu County wanted to intercept them, it should be at this time. The soldiers must maintain a certain amount of physical strength. Yu Jin nodded, "Stay on the spot for an hour!"

They happened to be in a farmland, surrounded by endless wheat seedlings, like a green ocean, and a small forest a mile away. Perhaps because of the arrival of the army, the farmers who were originally working in the ground hid in the woods, and some people were lying on the edge of the woods.

The Cao army soldiers were already exhausted and sat down to rest. The soldiers took out water and dry food, but at this moment, many people showed surprise and looked around, and many soldiers even stood up.

Yu Jin also stood up. He felt the earth shaking, and a feeling of uneasiness arose. But after a little hesitation, there was a burst of screams and screams from the rear army. Yu Jin suddenly realized that it must be the Han cavalry that came. He was very anxious and shouted: "Line in line to fight immediately!"

Yu Jin has rich experience. He knew that he could not run away from the cavalry, and would only be chased by the tail of his rank, and would be defeated. If there were not many cavalry in the Han army, there might be a glimmer of hope for them to welcome him.

The army led by Yu Jin is also considered an elite force in the Cao army. It was originally Xu Huang's army. After experiencing the Hefei War, after Xu Huang was transferred from Hefei by Cao Pi, this army was able to lead troops well and trained the army very vigorously.

Under Yu Jin's order, eight thousand frontiers quickly lined up. They rushed into the wheat field and formed a square formation of spears to deal with the cavalry. The farmers in the woods in the distance were heartbroken and jumped to curse.

But at this time, the wheat fields were already insignificant in the war. The two armies broke out in fierce battles in the wheat fields covering dozens of hectares. Pang De led 7,000 cavalry to come from the south. This is the tactic used by the cavalry. Generally, the rear army is relatively weak. When the rear army cannot defeat the cavalry and begins to defeat, it will trigger a snowball effect. The rear army is wrapped with the front army, and eventually the entire army will be defeated.

The rear army of Cao's army could not withstand the impact of the seven thousand Guanlong cavalry. In just a moment, they were defeated on the whole line. The Han cavalry followed and killed the Cao army, killing them all over the field, crying and shouting, and only chasing them for two miles. Pang De saw the formation of the former army that had already assembled. He took out the horn and blew it to the sky. The low horn sounded in the field.

The Han army also began to line up quickly, taking people as a team, and storming the Cao army's spear formation from all directions.

Although Cao's army was already very tired, they were well-equipped and well-trained, especially they were fearless and did not panic. When the Han cavalry got closer, the first row of soldiers suddenly dodged and exposed the crossbow soldiers behind them. Two thousand crossbow soldiers brushed the crossbow arrows on the ground and aimed at the cavalry rushing out of the field.

Pang De led seven thousand Guanlong cavalry to run in the wheat field. Pang De was not afraid at all and waved his sword and shouted: "Kill up and defeat them!"

General Zhao Chong found that the other party had listed a crossbow formation. He caught up with Pang De and said anxiously: "General, the other party has a military crossbow, so don't rush hard!"

Pang De stared deeply at the enemy in the wheat field in the distance. He bit his lips and shouted resolutely: "Kill me!"

The war horses of the seven thousand Guanlong cavalry rush on the field. Under the sun, a black storm was rolled up like a flat ground, sweeping towards the eight thousand Cao army infantry on the official road with a destructive force.

"shoot!"

At Yu Jin's order, a crossbow machine hit, and two thousand crossbow arrows rose into the air, like a black net flying in the air, shooting towards the cavalry who had rushed to eighty steps away.

The cavalry raised their shields to greet them, and the dense rain of arrows roared into the cavalry group. A scream sounded, and about two more cavalry were caught in arrows and rolled to the ground. Then the second round of arrows arrived again, and cavalry kept hitting the ground. The cavalry rushed at lightning and rushed to ten steps in an instant...

Seeing that the opponent's attack was fierce and they had no choice but to retreat, Yu Jin made up his mind and raised his sword and shouted: "Let the spear formation fight!"

This infantry was once the elite soldiers trained by Xu Huang, and they were all strong men selected from all over Yuzhou. After years of training and several battles, they were more good at fighting and had strong combat power.

At this time, they all realized that they had no retreat, and the wildness in their bones suddenly broke out. They raised their spears and rushed towards the cavalry.

The Guanlong Cavalry was the first cavalry team established by the Han army. In order to fight against Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the soldiers were elite soldiers selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. They were all strong and burly, with strong armor and sharp swords.

The war horses they rode were also one of the most chosen horses, with strong limbs, and their murderous intent also erupted. They waved their swords and spears, and rushed into the enemy group like a storm. Screams suddenly rang out...

Two armies fought bloodyly on the plain ten miles southeast of Chengfu County. The cavalry slashed with swords, spears, flesh and blood splattered, and the heads rolled. The official road and the surrounding wheat fields were stained with blood. Pieces of sticky blood gathered into the stream, and corpses and broken limbs were everywhere.

Pang De personally led thousands of cavalry to rush towards the densest group of enemies. His long sword flew and slashed, and he was unstoppable. Wherever he passed, he was covered in corpses and blood mist, just like a god of killing coming down to earth. Even the most fierce soldier was so scared that he trembled with his legs when he saw him. He turned around and ran away, following his Iron Cavalry Guard, and rushed to the scene.

The cavalry had an absolute advantage over the infantry. Although these Cao army infantry were fearless and well-trained, they gradually couldn't support them under the impact of the powerful cavalry.

Especially long-distance marching consumed a lot of physical strength. They had been seriously overdrawn and were unable to fight with the Han cavalry for a long time. Cao's soldiers were divided and surrounded by cavalry and wiped out one by one.

At this moment, another army appeared in the northeast. General Wei Yan led 10,000 troops to arrive. They intercepted Cao's army in front. Unexpectedly, Pang De's cavalry had already taken action first. Wei Yan was eager to make contributions and hurriedly led his army to come. They cut off Cao's army's retreat from the north.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yu Jin, the chief general of Cao's army, couldn't help but sigh, drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide, but was hugged by his personal soldiers and shouted: "The King of Han wants to treat the general well, why did the general seek death?"

Yu Jin had no choice but to commit suicide. Under the persuasion of his personal soldiers, he had to throw down his sword and order and said, "The whole army surrenders, don't resist!"

The chief general ordered surrender, and more than 10,000 Cao's army finally collapsed. They knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy. Pang De ordered the killing to stop the killing. All the remaining Cao's army was captured alive. Yu Jin also led dozens of Han troops to Chen County.
Chapter completed!