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Cao Ren led a thousand cavalry to the north. At this time, the rain had stopped. The pale half-moon passed through the cracks of the clouds, covering the earth with a dark gray luster. The official road was extremely muddy, but except for the official road, the grass was covered with puddles several feet deep, and it was impossible to march at all.

Cao Ren was in a panic. He was very worried about Cao Hong and Li Dian. He didn't know how they lived and died, especially Cao Hong. If something happened to him, how could he explain to the Prime Minister.

It was already five o'clock, and the cavalry had already rushed to Hekou Town. There was a fork here, one went to Xinye and the other went to Nanyang, but it was far away from Fancheng. The Cao army soldiers were relieved.

Pioneer General Le Jin slowed down his horse speed and waited for Cao Ren to come forward. Le Jin whispered: "General, I wonder if something happened to Xinye, after all, there are less than a thousand people. Since Liu Jing has prepared in advance, will he let Xinye go?"

Cao Ren frowned. He just wanted to leave Fancheng quickly, but he had not considered it so far. However, Le Jin's reminder did make him hesitate. There was a fork in front of him, and he had to make a decision.

"What do you think?" Cao Ren asked Le Jin.

Mao Jie was behind Cao Ren, but Cao Ren did not ask him, which made Mao Jie feel really ashamed. This time he was cautious and cautious, but he was still deceived. He also wanted to say something, but the shame in his heart made him hold back.

Le Jin thought for a while and said, "It's better to send a scout to Xinye. If Xinye has not lost it, Li Neng will be ordered to give up Xinye and go to Wancheng. If Xinye has lost it, there is nothing we can do. What subordinates mean is that they don't care about Xinye and retreat directly to Wancheng."

Although the plan was good, Cao Ren was still hesitant. He was worried that Cao Hong and Li Dian would break out and escape to Xinye, but no one would respond and be ambushed twice, I was afraid that his life would be difficult to save.

While hesitating, a small commotion came from the front, "What happened?" Cao Ren shouted angrily.

A personal soldier came forward to report, "General, Li Neng sent a report soldier, and he lost too much blood and was almost out of reach."

Cao Ren was excited and hurriedly rushed forward. He saw a soldier lying on the horse's back, covered in blood, and two arrows were inserted on his back, and he had fainted.

A personal soldier handed a military talisman and a blood-stained letter, "This was found in his arms."

Cao Ren took it and looked at it. The military talisman was the half rooster he gave to Li Neng. The letter was also written by Li Neng. Cao Ren opened the letter and looked at it. It was Li Neng's letter of help. Two thousand Jiangxia cavalry pretended to be Cao's army and were discovered. Now the attack was in a hurry and begged Cao Ren to rescue him quickly."

At this time, the military doctor had already woken up the sender. He said softly: "Xinye lacks troops, please help the general."

After saying that, he fainted again. Mao Jie next to him finally couldn't help saying: "General, if the Jiangxia army attacked Xinye was a trick to lure troops, but set up an ambush there, our army would be in danger. After all, the army in Fancheng has not yet appeared tonight, and my subordinates are very worried."

Le Jin also advised: "General, cavalry training is not easy, and it is precious. These thousand cavalry are half of the entire cavalry. If they are attacked and suffer heavy losses, they cannot be exchanged for Li Neng. The general should give up Xinye and return to Wancheng and let Li Neng break through by himself."

Cao Ren was in a dilemma. As a general, Le Jin's position was not wrong, but as the head coach, he was not good. He Cao Ren could not give up any army unless he had no choice. Since Li Neng had sent someone to ask for help, he could not abandon his subordinates and refuse to rescue him because he was afraid of being ambushed. In that case, he could not explain to the Prime Minister."

Cao Ren finally sighed, "You can't leave Xinye"

Le Jin was silent for a moment and clasped his fists and said, "Since that's the case, my subordinates led the cavalry to rescue Xinye, and asked the general to lead the main force of the cavalry back to Wancheng."

Seeing that he was determined, Cao Ren thought of his heavy responsibility to him, Cao Ren felt a little apologized and patted Le Jin on the shoulder and said, "Just do your best, I won't blame you, take care of yourself."

Le Jin bit his lip tightly, turned his horse's head and waved his hand to his song, "Come with me"

The five cavalry followed Le Jin and rushed towards Xinye. Cao Ren looked at his team and walked away, sighing softly: "I hope he is safe."

Cao Ren was excited and used his boots to pinch the war horse, urging the horse to run north, and two thousand five cavalrymen rushed to Wancheng from Nanyang Avenue.

It is not far from Hekou Town to Xinye City, only ten miles. Although the official road is full of mud and difficult to walk, Le Jin still rushed to Xinye City before dawn.

Five miles away from Xinye City, you can already see the dark walls of the county town from afar. The Cao army's cavalry stopped slowly, Le Jin ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, and ordered a few more Investigators to inquire about the news.

From the time of departure at noon last night, to the ambush at night, and after another night of escape, the Cao army's cavalry was exhausted. Although the grass on both sides was very wet and water was everywhere, the exhausted soldiers still lay down one after another.

Some people fell asleep as soon as they lay down, some were eating dry food, and war horses were also gnawing on the grass and drinking water in the puddles.

After eating something, Lejin felt a little uneasy, so he jumped to a big rock and looked around. This place happened to be a gentle depression, with low hillsides on both sides, covered with dense woods. The nearest woods are less than seventy steps away from them.

Although there were no traces of the army walking on the official road, Le Jin was still worried that the enemy had been surrounded since childhood. He knew very well that there was great danger in the peace here.

Le Jin became anxious and turned around to look towards Xinye City. He only hoped that a few sieges would come back quickly. If he was really siege, he could only provide assistance according to the situation and ensure the safety of all cavalry. If the county town had fallen, he would immediately retreat south.

At this moment, a frightening bird suddenly flew in the woods on the left. Le Jin suddenly turned around and stared at the woods. His investigation report said that there were no ambushers and no people in the woods. How could the birds flew in the woods.

It was not yet completely bright, and the woods were shrouded in a gray mist. Le Jin seemed to see someone flashing in the woods. He was shocked and shouted anxiously: "Get up quickly and leave here."

The Cao army soldiers were so scared that they jumped up one after another. At this moment, a sound of buzz came from the woods on both sides, and dense arrows shot overwhelmed. The Cao army soldiers could not dodge and were shot down with a large number of screams. The war horses were also shot into the ground one after another. The Cao army cavalry was in chaos.

Le Jin escaped the first round of arrow rain by chance. He flew onto a horse, and didn't bother waiting for other soldiers. He shouted, "Follow me."

He whipped his horse hard and fled south. Yu Ming soldiers followed him. At this moment, thousands of ambush soldiers came out of the woods, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky. Two thousand cavalrymen also rushed towards the official road ahead. They swung their spears and were full of murderous aura, cutting off Cao's army to escape south.

Le Jin was shocked and strangled the war horses, turned around and ran northward. At this time, a burly Jiangxia general had already rushed out of the woods. The general was silver helmet and iron armor, and immediately carried a double halberd across the street. It was Gan Ning. He held a bow and arrow in his hand and found him as the enemy general.

Gan Ning pulled out an arrow from behind his shoulder, placing an arrow, staring at Le Jin who was running away, and suddenly pulled the bow away. The bow was like a full moon, and the string was loosened, and a wolf-toothed arrow shot towards Le Jin like lightning. Le Jin had just run out twenty steps, and the arrow shot instantly, with an extremely strong arrow.

At this time, Le Jin suddenly heard the sound of wind behind him. He flashed quickly, but it was too late. An arrow shot through the back of his neck, and the tip of the arrow came out of his throat. Le Jin screamed softly, reached out to cover his throat, and his eyes turned black and he turned over and fell off the horse.

A few days after Liu Biao died of illness, a war of sneak attacks and anti-sneak attacks broke out north of the Han River. 10,000 Cao's army attacked Dunsey Fort and eventually fell into the trap of Jiangxia Army and the army of pied, and suffered the second crushing defeat since the Battle of Fancheng.

This battle not only was more than 6,000 captured, but Xinye City was lost, but more importantly, two heavyweight generals, Cao Hong and Li Dian, were captured, and Cao Cao's confidant Le Jin also died under the arrow of Gan Ning.

This was a heavy blow to the Cao army, and it was an inspiring victory for the Jiangxia army and even the entire Jingzhou.

As soon as the sky was dawn, several cavalrymen rushed into Xiangyang City and shouted: "A great victory in Jiangbei, Cao's army was defeated, and Duke Jing captured Cao Hong and Li Dian alive."

The news of the Fancheng victory seemed to have grown wings, and within half an hour it spread throughout Xiangyang City, and Xiangyang City was in full swing.

Although it was during the mourning period when the provincial governor died, people could not help but feel ecstasy and went to the streets to beat drums and gongs and burn firecrackers to celebrate the victory. Celebration people could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Even the soldiers guarding the city cheered, hugged each other tightly, and cried happily.

More than a dozen senior officials including the prefecture, including Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, Li Gui, and Han Song, who had just taken over as a different position, were urgently discussing countermeasures.

Although Liu Cong was the successor to the prefecture governor, he did not attend this gathering of senior officials, and no one wanted him to appear. Cai Mao and others naturally regarded him as a puppet. Even Deng Yi and Pang Ji and other non-Cai Mao factions hated this useless eunuch and were blinded by the eyes.

"Let's talk about what to do?"

Cai Mao asked listlessly. He had just received a letter from Liu Jinghe who had hired someone to worship the coffin of the state patriarch. According to the Han system, the funeral will be carried out on seven days and the princes will be buried in five days. Today is the fourth day, and the other party asked for a sacrifice tomorrow.

Cai Mao was considering whether to let them enter the city. This time, Liu Jing's prestige was unrivalled, which made Cai Mao dare not take the opportunity to harm him. He only thought about how to refuse Liu Jing's entry into the city.

At this time, Kuai Yue interrogated: "Mr. Jing Gong is the nephew of the governor of Xianzhou. If he is not allowed to worship the coffin, it will hinder human relations and will cause dissatisfaction between the military and civilians in Xiangyang. It is better to let them worship the coffin. If the military advisor is not at ease, he can restrict his army from entering the city."

Kuai Yue's proposal was unanimously agreed. In fact, Cai Mao summoned this discussion and knew that it was difficult to refuse Liu Jing's worship of Liu Biao's coffin under the current circumstances, but he was considering whether to let Liu Jing and the resident visit the new governor of Jingzhou together.

Thinking of this, Cai Mao said slowly: "Since everyone agrees that he worships the coffin of the Pastor of the Xianzhou, I can only agree. But as a minister of Jingzhou, I think he should also pay homage to the Pastor of the New Zealand to fulfill his responsibilities as a minister. I hope everyone can support my suggestions."
Chapter completed!