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During the second update, the recruitment had not yet rested. Years of military experience made him feel unusually sensitive. He felt that military information would happen tonight, but he didn't know where the military information would happen, whether it was Xinye or Fancheng.

But this is just his military sensitivity, not precise information. He cannot act rashly. The soldiers have fallen asleep. All he can do is to maintain the highest alert.

He hired soldiers and A to fall asleep with swords, and sent twenty patrols to strengthen the patrol in the north. He ordered a thousand crossbowmen to stay at night and stayed strictly in the camp. Despite this, he still felt restless and restless.

Suddenly, a rapid running sound came from a distance, and a soldier was faintly shouting: "Report to the general and discover the enemy's situation."

Pinxin was so anxious that when he came, he quickly walked out of the tent. A soldier rushed over quickly and shouted, "Master General, I found the Cao army cavalry inside and outside, and was coming to the camp."

Pin was shocked and immediately ordered: "Play the drum and gather troops"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong"

The loud sound of war drums sounded, and the soldiers woke up from their dreams, jumped up one after another, ran out of the tent, and quickly gathered outside the tent. In less than half an incense stick, ten thousand Jingzhou troops were already gathered.

At this time, they could already faintly hear the sound of horse hooves like thunder, getting closer and closer, only one mile away from the camp.

Pin shouted again and said, "Look the beacon"

The beacon tower south of the camp lit the beacon tower, and the flames soared into the sky, sending an alarm to Fancheng and Xiangyang in the south.

Pin has already rushed to the side of the camp wall. The walls around the camp were rammed with wood and earth, about two meters high, and a wooden frame was built. Soldiers stood on the wooden frame and shot arrows outwards. There were also shooting holes below to facilitate crossbow arrows shooting, with a bow on the top and a crossbow lower, with clear layers.

Pin stood on the wooden frame and stared at the north. Under the twilight of the moonlight, he faintly saw a large group of black shadows appearing in the distance. About five steps away, the horse's hooves were sounding like thunder and dust was flying, and the cavalry team was running towards the camp quickly.

"Bow and Crossbow Preparation" yelled sharply.

The five archers standing on the wooden board were placing the arrows, and the arrows were obliquely angled upwards, preparing to shoot at parabolas, while the crossbowmen below had strong crossbows flat and sent the arrows out of the shooting holes. They didn't need to aim, and they fired arrows at the same time with a command.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing rushed over and reported to Pin: "Master, the soldiers have been assembled."

He let go of his heart a little. He was experienced and knew that after the enemy had assembled before the first wave of attacks, they would have a chance of victory. He immediately ordered: "Another transfer of thousands of crossbowmen and one thousand swords and shield troops to come to defend, and the rest of the soldiers were ready to fight."

In the dark night, murderous aura came, and the cavalry of Cao's army rushed out of the siege. Pin shouted loudly and "shoot"

The dense sound of buzzing sounds, a thousand crossbowmen fired arrows at the same time, and five arrows rose into the air, like a thin black cloud, drifting towards the cavalry.

The crossbow arrows were faster and more powerful, just like a group of roaring locusts, instantly pounced into the group of Cao's cavalry. For a moment, people were on their backs and horses were overturned, and Yu Ming's cavalry was shot to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the black arrow cloud fell from the sky, with a short shooting distance of only seventy steps, but dozens of escaped crossbow arrows were still shot and the cavalry in front was shot to the ground.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing led a thousand crossbowmen and a thousand sword shield soldiers to support him. The soldiers rushed to the shelves. The sword shield soldiers raised their shields against the wall, forming another shield wall to protect the archers behind them.

The archer was behind the shield wall, and he set his bow and arrows, shooting in the air at an oblique angle, while the crossbowman hid under the wall and shot, with clear layers, proper guarding and very well-organized.

Cao's army did not gain any advantage. They never attacked the camp within fifty steps. After nearly five rounds of arrows shot, nearly five cavalry had been killed or injured. This was a very heavy loss for the expensive cavalry.

In the rear, General Le Jin had already frowned. When he accepted the military order, he attacked the Jingzhou army camp by sneak attack, defeated the 10,000 defenders defending the north of Fancheng, and then occupied Fancheng.

This is the military order given to him by the chief general Cao Ren. The order is very clear, the main command is to conquer the Jingzhou army camp and occupy Fancheng as the auxiliary command.

Le Jin also has rich experience. He knew that the cavalry raided at night, and only the opponent did not prepare in advance would definitely break through the camp before the opponent's soldiers assembled. As long as the cavalry rushed into the camp, the enemy would be out of power.

But he did not expect to hire an experienced master, and he made preparations in advance, which made him lose the opportunity.

The cavalry attacked the battalion to seize the initiative and take the opportunity unexpectedly, but once the initiative is lost, the cavalry will be exposed to the opponent's dense arrow formation. Obviously, he has lost.

Seeing the cavalry suffered heavy casualties, Le Jin secretly regretted it. If he had known that all the people of Hekou Town were plundered and they would have had such serious casualties. However, regret was useless. He had to grit his teeth and order: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops."

"Dangdangdang"

The bell of retreat rang, and more than 2,000 cavalry retreated like a tide. Le Jin immediately ordered, "Displacement and attack Fancheng."

More than 2,55 cavalrymen, regardless of the injured and undead cavalry and war horses on the ground, turned their heads and ran south like lightning. They disappeared for a moment.

The Jingzhou army suddenly cheered, but Ben was worried. He knew that Cao's army must have gone to Fancheng. Although he had made arrangements, he didn't know whether the defenders could defend it.

He climbed up the sentry tower and looked south. He saw that Fancheng, ten miles away, also lit the beacon fire. The fire was particularly bright in the night sky. He breathed a little relieved, which meant that Fancheng was ready.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing walked to Pin and said worriedly: "Cao's army came to Fancheng, but now it is just a vanguard cavalry, but the main army will definitely come soon. Once Cao Ren leads tens of thousands of troops to fight, our camp will definitely be difficult to protect. It is inevitable that Fancheng will fall. Why not find a way to withdraw from the south bank first?"

Pin pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "You are right, we must evacuate immediately and leave now."

Yang Xing was shocked, but the risk of withdrawing troops at night was high. Once the enemy cavalry discovered, we would inevitably chase us, and we would probably suffer heavy casualties.

After looking at the night scene, it was almost updating. He shook his head, "The enemy must have thought that we would withdraw our troops overnight. Now their attention is on Fancheng. We must go the other way, withdraw our troops eastward, withdraw our Anlu County, and then go south to Jiangxia and join the Jiangxia army."

"But what if Cao's army crosses the river"

Pin laughed, "It's okay, I have ordered Cai Jin to collect ferries. If the beacon fires up, they will immediately cross the south. If Cao's army cannot get the ferry, they can only sigh at the river."

"Master and clever"

Pin shook his head and said, "Stop flattering, let each soldier bring a bucket of rice, throw away all the tents and supplies, and set off for Anlu County immediately."

A quarter of an hour later, nearly 8,000 Jingzhou troops, led by Pin, quickly withdrew from Beidaying and marched northeastward. They could enter Suixian boundary dozens of miles away. There were many mountains there, and the Cao army's cavalry could not fight in the mountains.

They didn't have much time and had to enter Sui County before dawn. The soldiers almost trotted and retreated quickly towards Sui County.

In the dark night, shining beacons came from the north, and Xiangyang City also ignited the beacons. At this time, Cao's army launched a large-scale attack.

In a house outside Dongcheng, a male general released a pigeon into the air. The pigeon spread its wings and flew towards Jiangxia.

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At noon the next day, Cao Ren, the chief general of the Cao army, led an army of 40,000 to Fancheng, but Fancheng was not taken down by Cao's army at this time. The cavalry led by Le Jin had no ability to attack the city and could not capture the tall and sturdy city for the time being.

Cao's army quickly set up a camp west of Fancheng. Large white tents appeared neatly like mushrooms after rain in the wilderness west of Fancheng, stretching for more than ten miles and magnificent.

On a high ground outside the camp, the main general Cao Ren, deputy general Cao Hong, Yu Jin, pioneer Li Dian and other dozens of Cao army's main generals were looking at Fancheng a mile away and the Han River in the south, as well as Xiangyang on the other side of the Han River.

This was the first time that Cao's army had entered the hinterland of Xiangyang. It was so close to Xiangyang that a Han River blocked Cao's army from continuing to move south.

Cao Ren's face was gloomy. None of his combat plans had been realized so far, which made him angry. More importantly, Le Jin did not capture a ferry, which made Cao Ren the most angry.

At this time, Le Jin led five tooth generals to step forward quickly. He was uneasy and knelt down to report, "The last general Le Jin met the general."

Cao Ren asked coldly: "Has the Jingzhou Army conquered the camp?"

"I am ready to hire a soldier, and I will continue to stop at night. I quickly mobilized thousands of strong bows and crossbows to block the attack. The cavalry was killed and injured and could not conquer the main camp of the enemy."

"Then has Fancheng captured it?" Cao Ren asked coldly again.

"Neither, the cavalry has no ability to attack the city."

The sweat on Le Jin's forehead had already come down. Although the cavalry he led was sharp on the horse's back, his combat effectiveness was even worse than that of infantry after he got off the horse.

Moreover, the troops are small and without siege weapons, they cannot conquer the tall and strong Fancheng at all. If they attack strongly, the cavalry will inevitably suffer even heavier losses. Once the cavalry loses thousands, even the prime minister will be furious.

In fact, Le Jin believed that the failure last night was not entirely his responsibility, and Cao Ren was also responsible for dispatching troops to fight. Attacking the enemy camp and capturing Fancheng should not have been allowed to do the same army. It should have been carried out at the same time. Although he thought so, he did not dare to say it clearly.

"The last general has tried his best, and he is really hiring experienced experts and has not given us any chance."

"Has done"

Cao Ren snorted again, "I'll ask you again, how many ferries have you collected?"

Le Jin lowered his head and said for a while: "The ferry has been recruited by the enemy in advance. The war between the camp has been held. All the ferry boats cross the south of the river. We only found a few small boats."

"Enough"

Cao Ren shouted loudly, his face turned pale, pointed at Le Jin and cursed: "Thousand Cavalrymen have found nothing, what are you looking for to see me?"

"The main reason is that the enemy generals are prepared and linked together. If one fails, Fancheng and the ferry can no longer fight for it. If two armies are sent at the same time."

Cao Ren was so angry that his whole body was trembling. Le Jin's meaning was clearly that he had made a mistake in sending troops. He was about to call for orders to push him down, but Cao Hong next to him reminded him: "General, you must report this to the Prime Minister and punish Le Jin severely."

One sentence reminded Cao Ren that Le Jin was the Prime Minister's confidant general. Although the raid was not successful, it also forced the main force of the Jingzhou army to allow his army to move south smoothly.

If he rashly killed him, the Prime Minister would not be able to explain it, but if Le Jin was not punished, it would inevitably affect his prestige.

Thinking of this, Cao Ren said coldly: "It was clearly because you robbed Hekou Town and delayed the military aircraft. You dare to argue, but someone came."

Cao Ren shouted loudly, "Drag it down and beat a military stick."
Chapter completed!