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Liu Jing suddenly realized that he was still Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. Once Cao Cao received the news that the rear army was attacked, he would inevitably ask 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to come to rescue. Liu Jing hurriedly asked: "What should we do?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "The soldiers are never tired of deceitful deception, the state governor can be the oriole behind."

Liu Jing nodded. He understood what Jia Xu meant. He called Pang De first and then said to a guard: "Go and tell General Pin quickly and strengthen the scouts. If the cavalry of Cao's army comes, you can withdraw your troops and cross the river immediately and don't fight in love."

The guard agreed and urged the horse to run towards Fancheng. Liu Jing said to Pang De and Wei Yan again: "The two generals can lead 5,000 people to ambush the north Shangguan Road. When the Cao army's cavalry arrives to rescue the rear army, you can ambush the enemy and not fight head-on with the cavalry."

"Abide by the order"

Wei Yan and Pang De each bowed, turned their horses and led their troops to the west, watching them walk away, Liu Jing then ordered: "Collection of prisoners of war and prepare to retreat south to the river."

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In the blocking layout of the Han army, Liu Jing personally led ten thousand troops on the eastern front, using warships on the water as bait to lure Zhang He's army, while he led 20,000 troops on the western front, landed from Fancheng, attacked Cao Cao's rear army, and seized food, grass and supplies. Liu Jing's eastern front was relatively smooth, but the western front encountered stubborn resistance from Cao's army.

While luring Zhang He's army on the eastern front, the western front led his army to attack Cao Cao's rear army. The two sides fought fiercely in the wilderness ten miles north of Fancheng. Although the overall situation of retreating north was slightly unfavorable to Cao's army, Zhang Liao used his rich combat experience to make up for the overall situation.

Zhang Liao was not in a hurry to retreat north. When he heard that the Han army had landed, he immediately began to build defensive fortifications. He deployed the army on a ridge dozens of feet high, cut off a piece of pine forest on the ridge, sawing it into pieces of rolling wood. They were condescending, and used large trucks of grain and supplies to siege a defensive battle circle with a circumference of nearly ten miles on the ridge, and sent people to ask Cao Cao for help.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian each led 10,000 troops, relying on thousands of large baggage vehicles to resist the repeated attacks of Han soldiers. The shouts of killing on the front several miles long were shocking. Twenty thousand Cao troops were deployed on the baggage and grain bags up to ten meters high, and used crossbows and sections of newly cut giant trees to resist the attack of Han troops.

It was already two o'clock in the night, and the battle between the Han and Cao armies was still in full swing. Pin had already invested 20,000 troops to attack Cao's army. Although the night battle was not good for both offensive and defense, the battle was in full swing, and no one could stop the battle.

Nearly five thousand Han troops had broken through the first line of defense. This was a trench temporarily dug by Cao's army, which was only five feet deep. However, the fire burned in the trench and thick smoke rolled. The dense arrows shot from the hills caused heavy casualties in the Han army. The bodies inside and outside the trench were piled up like mountains, and the blood flowed out into the trench like a stream, making the air filled with a pungent smell.

The attacking Han army also fired thousands of arrows at once. The arrows on both sides were like rain, and they intertwined into a net of arrows. The Han army held up their shields, held the wooden rocks, stepped on the corpses of their companions, and fought hard to attack the hills. At every moment, at every moment, Han soldiers were shot by bows and arrows, or hit by huge rolling wood, and they were hit by blood, and they screamed and rolled down the hillside.

A dangerous situation occurred in the southwest of the hill. The Ming Cao army guarded a front line of more than ten meters long. Dozens of Han soldiers, led by a garrison leader, had already rushed up the hill, climbed onto the large baggage cart and fought with the Ming Cao army soldiers. Behind them, several Han soldiers were rushing up the gap.

At this time, the Han army commander found a long piece of wood and resisted the crossbar of the baggage truck. He pushed the truck inward and said, "Come and help me," he shouted loudly.

More than a dozen Han soldiers rushed up to help him, and everyone shouted: "One, two,"

The heavy baggage cart was pushed and slowly turned inward. The cart gradually leaned back, the center of gravity moved outward, and began to shake violently. More than a dozen Cao troops on it made a series of horrifying screams, some jumped off the cart, and most of them fell heavily to the ground as the cart tilted.

With a loud bang, the cart rolled over and the grain on the cart was poured down. More than ten Cao soldiers were either dead or injured, most of whom were suppressed by the grain bag and could not move. Han soldiers jumped up and poked their spears at Cao's army, who were suppressed by the grain bag. Amid the screams, more than a dozen people were stabbed to death.

A gap was finally opened at the southwest corner. The Han soldiers rushed in, followed by several people. At this moment, Zhang Liao received an urgent report and led more than a thousand soldiers to arrive quickly. Seeing the situation critical, Zhang Liao shouted: "Press down the enemy behind with a bow and arrow."

More than a thousand Cao army soldiers shot at the Han army rushing from the side to the hillside. Zhang Liao shouted loudly, swung his sword and killed several people in a row. At this time, the Han army commander screamed. He was shot at the door by Cao army with a cold arrow and fell on his back. Another Han army soldier rushed forward and filled his position, but was slashed by Zhang Liao.

Several more Cao troops rushed over. The Han army that rushed into the gap could not resist and retreated step by step. Under the command of Zhang Liao, Cao's soldiers blocked the gap again. The gap in the southwest corner was not finally broken. The Han army was forced to retreat after the death and wounding of more than one person.

After nearly an hour of fighting, both armies suffered heavy casualties, with more than 2,000 deaths and injuries, most of them were shot to death by arrows, and some were killed by fierce battles while attacking the baggage truck.

Pin stood on a high place and watched the battle coldly. He always had a gloomy face and said nothing. Next to him was his beloved disciple Cai Jin. Cai Jin was the first major attacker. At this time, he was a little worried and whispered: "Master, this kind of strong attack will cause great losses. It is better for us to retreat first and pursue Cao's army when they set off."

Pin glanced at him coldly, and then said for a while: "Of course I know that this kind of attack will suffer a lot, but sooner or later the Jingzhou army will face the land battle with Cao's army. Letting them fight hard will only benefit them."

Cai Jin then realized that the master wanted to use this opportunity to hone the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. At this moment, Liu Hu led a thousand heavily armored infantry to come in line. He stepped forward and bowed, "General, it's time for us to go on stage."

Liu Hu rushed to Xiangyang from Bashu five days ago to fight. He brought thousands of armored infantry, but today he only led a thousand soldiers across the river, and the rest of his brothers stayed in Xiangyang City. He thought he had no business, but he unexpectedly encountered a tough battle, so he immediately volunteered to fight.

Liu Hu was appointed as the General of the Central Army, which was one level lower than Renting. He had a high status. He was a veteran of the Han army and was peaceful. No Han army soldiers disliked him. Since Liu Hu took the initiative to fight, it was difficult to refuse Renting, he nodded and said, "General, be careful."

At this time, the Cai family quickly suggested: "General Tiger, the hillside in the east is flat, which is conducive to the charge of heavy armored soldiers, and there are not many enemy soldiers in the northeast corner."

"Okay, go from the east."

Liu Hu waved his hand and shouted, "Come with me."

Teams of heavy armored infantry wearing heavy armor and holding sabers shouted, and followed Liu Hu to the east hillside. Cai Jin was infected by their heroic momentum. He came to the war drum, picked up the drumstick and hit it violently.

"Dongdongdongdongdong" drum sounded loudly, and a thousand heavily armored infantry rushed towards the fortifications of Cao's army on the hillside, and they were greeted by arrows from storms.

The heavily armored infantry held the shield in his hand and charged without fear. When they reached forty steps, giant trees hit the heads and faced them. The heavily armored infantry lowered their heads and raised their shields to slowly rise, but many soldiers were still smashed and rolled down the mountain, screaming one after another.

Liu Hu was furious. He threw away his shield, swung his sword, and chopped a giant tree into two pieces. He shouted: "Take the shield and kill me."

The heavily armored soldiers threw away their shields and shouted toward the top of the mountain dozens of steps away. Liu Hu took the lead. He slashed two giant trees in a row, roared, and suddenly raised his sword to slash a large cart in front of him. With a click, a large cart was chopped into two halves. Liu Hu slashed another horizontally, slashing the heads of two Cao soldiers.

He knocked open the cart and rushed to the inner circle

In the northeast corner of the defense circle, Cao's army once again had a crisis. There was no food or grass on the large baggage trucks that were nearly meter long in this area, and there were not many Cao's soldiers. They were guarded by 1,55 Cao's soldiers, which was less than other places. Cai Jin was the first to discover this defensive loophole.

The people who attacked this defense loophole were the most elite and powerful heavy armored infantry of the Han army. They selected 5,000 people from the 200,000 army. They were all tall and powerful, and they fought fiercely. Their arrival began to reverse the unfavorable situation of the Han army's offensive.

A thousand heavily armored infantry broke through a gap of more than twenty feet wide and fought fiercely with more than a thousand Cao troops. They were extremely powerful, with a flash of swords, killing Cao soldiers and retreating step by step.

It was dark in the night. In the midst of a melee, Li Dian, who was responsible for defending the east, had learned that something had happened in the northeast corner and was leading two thousand soldiers to assist in the defense. However, he was still one step late. Several elite heavy-armored infantry quickly entered the hinterland and rushed to the cattle and horse pen in one breath.

More than a thousand civilians guarding tens of thousands of livestock began to get in chaos. Some of them were throwing stones, while some used spears to stab the darkness, shouting and panic.

After a moment, Liu Hu led dozens of heavy-armored infantry in the Han army to appear in front of the westernmost forage tent. Liu Hu was extremely fierce at this time. He slashed the heads of two civilians with a knife towards him. He saw that he was covered in flesh and blood, fierce and ferocious. Dozens of other civilians were so scared that they threw down their spears and fled. There was a gap in front of dozens of forage tents, and a soldier began to ignite the fire.

At this time, several Cao army soldiers guarding the livestock rushed up together when they saw the situation was critical. However, Liu Huchang seized the opportunity for a short moment and jumped away the railing surrounding the tent of forage. He waved his knife and slashed hard. In an instant, the civilian was cut to death. When he turned around, he saw a large group of Cao army soldiers rushing up, and roared and turned around to fight with Cao army.

At this time, more and more heavily armored infantry rushed from the gap to the cattle and horse stop. These Han soldiers were all wearing heavy iron armor, tall and strong, and had a fierce appearance. They rushed into the Cao army group like tigers entering the sheep.
Chapter completed!