Soldiers come to the world

Hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers on the pier were caught off guard. Hundreds of Cao troops were killed in an instant. More than a dozen soldiers from Jingzhou in the east were cut down and screamed.

The boatmen who were resting and chatting on the ferry stood up in shock, looking at the killing on the shore in bewilderment. Before they could react, hundreds of soldiers of Cao Jun rushed onto the ferry, brandishing their knives and shouting loudly: "Whoever dares to escape will be killed!" amnesty!"

The boatmen squatted down in fright, Cao Jun led the general and immediately assigned soldiers, two Cao Jun soldiers boarded each boat, ordered the boats to set sail, left the wharf of Fancheng, and headed for the mouth of the Bishui River.

In the woods, Li Dian still stood still, looking coldly at the direction of Fancheng, he didn't need cavalry to deal with more than a hundred soldiers guarding the boat, he was waiting for reinforcements from Fancheng.

Cai Hao and Zhang Yun of Jingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao three years ago with constipation, but their surrender was not the same as Huang She's surrender. Huang She really surrendered and accepted Cao Cao's appointment as an official.

The surrender of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun is a kind of pre-surrender, that is, there is an intention to surrender, but there is no formal surrender. This is the same thing as the investment intention and actual investment of later generations.

Moreover, only Cao Cao and some of his confidants knew about their intention to surrender. Cao Ren was also informed before leaving, but Cao Ren deeply hated Cai Mao for not giving the ferry, but instead burned the ferry. He already regarded Cai Mao as an enemy, so Li Dian It is reasonable to be ignorant.

In Li Dian's view, Cai Mao is the military advisor of Jingzhou, if he can be captured alive, it will be his greatest achievement. For this reason, Li Dian is very excited and looking forward to it.

"General, here we come!" A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly.

Li Dian also saw that an army of thousands of people rushed out from the gate of Fancheng and rushed towards the pier.

Li Dian quickly calculated in his mind that there were about 3000 people, and this happened to be a delicious meal for their cavalry. He slowly drew out his sword and shouted sharply: "Ready to fight!"

Two thousand and five hundred cavalrymen of the Cao Army drew out their sabers at the same time, their eyes gleaming with ferocity like beasts, and they were all excitedly watching the Jingzhou soldiers rushing from a distance.

This Jingzhou army, led by Cai He, rushed to the pier in a panic, trying to recapture the ferry. Cai Mao also appeared on the top of the city, looking anxiously at the pier. The news broke, leaving only a kind of trepidation.

Cai Hao has realized that he has been tricked. The so-called withdrawal of Cao Jun's troops from Fancheng is a trap. The purpose is to lure the Jingzhou army into Fancheng. Cao Jun's real intention is to seize the ferry.

At this time, Cai Mao had already seen hundreds of ferry boats slowly leaving the pier and heading east. This made Cai Mao frightened and worried. Without the ferry, how would they go back?

"Military division, look over there!"

A sergeant pointed in the direction of the bamboo forest to the east, and shouted in horror, "It's the cavalry of Cao Jun!"

Cai Hao also saw it, and saw a dense cavalry rush out of the bamboo forest, with bright armor and shining swords, rushing towards the pier with a murderous look.

Cai Mao was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered: "Ring the bell and withdraw!"

City head 'dang!when!when! The bell was rung to summon the [-] troops who had been killed to return, but it was already too late. More than [-] cavalry cavalrymen of the Cao Army rushed into the panic-stricken Jingzhou Army soldiers like a mighty river.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army raised their spears to resist, but they couldn't stop the cavalry's assault, and were torn apart by the cavalry in an instant.

The Jingzhou soldiers ran away crying, and gradually began to collapse. Cai He shouted anxiously, "Hold it, hold it up!"

At this time, Li Dian came from behind him, "The thief general! Take your life!" The sound was like a thunderbolt, and with a wave of the spear, it pierced Cai He's back.

Cai He was taken aback, and swung his knife to block, 'Dang! With a loud noise, Li Dian's spear was set aside, but he couldn't stabilize his body, swayed, and almost fell off his horse.

At this moment, the two horses crossed each other, and in an instant, Li Dian took advantage of Cai He's unsteady figure, grabbed Cai He's armor silk sash with his backhand, and pulled Cai He off the horse forcefully.

"Tied up!"

Several Cao soldiers rushed forward and tied Cai He down.

Cai He's capture made the Jingzhou army even more chaotic. Thousands of soldiers fled westward desperately, but Cao's army pursued them all the way, and killed them all, even refusing to surrender on their knees.

The gate of Fancheng has been closed. On the top of the city, thousands of Jingzhou soldiers silently watched the massacre outside the city. Fear appeared on everyone's face. Some young soldiers who had never experienced war couldn't help crying Come.

An hour later, the cavalry finally ended the massacre, leaving corpses all over the ground, turned their horses and galloped northward. Three thousand Jingzhou soldiers were killed and more than two thousand were killed. The remaining less than a thousand began to flee back to Fancheng one after another. As soon as they entered the city gate, everyone burst into tears.

Cai Mao had no choice but to order people to go out of the city to bury the corpse and look for survivors. At this time, Wu Qing, the former defender of Fancheng, stepped forward and said: "Military commander, Fancheng is no better than Xiangyang. The northern city is easy to be breached. Once Cao Jun goes south again, it will be dangerous. We still have to find a way." Cross the river and return to Xiangyang!"

Cai Mao sighed, "Why don't I want to go back, but the ferry boat has been taken away by Cao Jun, how can we go back?"

Wu Qing thought for a while and said, "Maybe we can withdraw to Deng County."

Deng County is located tens of miles west of Fancheng, but was immediately rejected by Cai Mao, "Deng County is not good, and the city is even more dilapidated."

Wu Qing immediately said: "Other than that, we can only evacuate to the Dengxian Wharf in the west, and send a few brothers with good water skills to swim across the river to ask for help. Liu Jing should send a boat to meet them."

"Will he come?" Cai Mao didn't quite believe that Liu Jing would come to save him.

"If he refuses to come, how can he meet the elders of Jingzhou?"

When Cai Mao thought about it, it was the same reason. Even if Liu Jing refused to save him, he couldn't ignore the [-] Jingzhou soldiers under him.

At this time, Cai Mao looked back at Fancheng again. More than an hour ago, he had received the support of the people of Fancheng with great glory. In a blink of an eye, he was about to abandon these people and leave, and his reputation was damaged instead.

But at this moment, he could no longer care about these people. Cai Mao called a confidant in the army and told him in a low voice, "You lead five hundred soldiers to guard the city gate. After I evacuate, the city gate will be closed tightly, and no one is allowed to leave the city." , once someone asks, you can say that I led the army to the north to stop Cao's army."

"The last general obeys the order!" The military marquis hurried away.

After Cai Mao arranged the military affairs of Fancheng, he led [-] troops out of the city. The name was to garrison troops outside the city, but in fact he rushed westward.

Cai Mao was very panicked. He knew that Cao Jun was not just taking his own ship. Now that he had set a trap, how could he let the prey escape?

Maybe Cao Jun will not kill Cai Mao, but Cao Jun will definitely not let the Jingzhou army go. If Cai Mao's entire army is wiped out, or even captured, his dream of Jingzhou animal husbandry will be shattered.

Cai Hao knew very well that Cao Jun must have deployed heavy troops to wait, and now he could only retreat urgently while the enemy was not killed. Perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope.

"Quick! Speed ​​up!"

In the wilderness, Cai Mao kept urging the soldiers to speed up their march. At this time, he had received news that the main force of Cao's army, about [-] people, had appeared seven or eight miles to the north, and was chasing rapidly to the southwest.

Cai Mao was even more anxious, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, Cao Jun is already chasing after you."

The distance from Fancheng to Dengxian Wharf is about [-] miles. Although the official road is flat and the soldiers can keep marching at high speed, they cannot cross the river when they reach the North Wharf. is there time?

The urgency of time weighed heavily on Cai Mao's heart, but he had no choice. He had already left Fancheng, so he could only continue to flee westward, taking it for granted that there was still time.

From the official road to the north, there is an endless forest. Several narrow and long hills are distributed in the forest, making this forest more valleys that can form paths.

At this time, the main force of Cao's army composed of more than [-] people, led by General General Jin, was chasing south quickly.

Cao Jun's main force did not go far away, just [-] miles north of Fancheng, they dug traps, and waited for the prey to be hooked.

"Quick! Speed ​​up and pursue, don't let the Jingzhou army run away!"

Yu Jin kept urging the soldiers to chase after him. At this moment, he could no longer send scouts to detect the ambush ahead. In fact, Yu Jin also knew that there was no possibility of an ambush. If Cai Mao had prepared in advance, his ferry would not have been robbed so easily. .

It is also impossible for Liu Jing and Liu Bei to get the news so quickly.

With such a clear understanding, Yu Jin didn't waste time on scouting for ambushes, but just urged the soldiers to run all the way.

Half an hour later, Cao Jun passed through the hilly area and took the official road to the west. At this time, Cao Jun's sentry caught two fleeing Jingzhou soldiers and escorted them to Yu Jinma.

"General Qi, these are two deserters who were caught by the brothers!"

Yu Jin looked at the two soldiers coldly, his cold eyes frightened the two soldiers to kneel down and kowtow, "Forgive me! Forgive me!"

"I ask you, who is your general?"

"It's Junshi Cai!"

"Do you have any other ships?"

The two soldiers shook their heads hastily, "The ship has been lost, and there are no other ships. I heard that they are asking for rescue from the warships on the other side."

Yu Jin chuckled, the opponent's general was actually Cai Mao, and he was such a stupid person, would it be too late to expect rescue from the other side?

If Cai Mao can be caught, it will definitely be a great achievement, no less than Li Dian's capture of the ship. Thinking of this, Yu Jin became excited, and shouted with a long knife: "Kill the North Pier, catch Cai Mao, reward 500 taels of gold!"

Cao Jun's soldiers suddenly became excited, screaming and killing towards the pier.