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Xu Huang judged and misunderstood that the vanguard of the Han army attacked Shu County as a cover, but the real target was to attack Lu'an and planned to break through Hefei's outer defense from Lu'an County.

This veteran Huang Zhong carefully designed a strategy to attack Lu'an.

Zhao Yan led 1 people to the north. After entering Lu'an, he divided his troops into two groups and led the way. About 7000 people led by himself from Zuoyun Mountain secretly entered Lu'an County [-] miles away.

On the other side, 5000 people were led by Lieutenant General Yang Kai, unfurled a banner of [-] people, and marched towards Lu'an County slowly.

But something unexpected happened to Zhao Yan, and Cao Jun sent troops to defend the city, which made him feel a little uneasy. Has Xu Huang discovered his plan?

Zhao Yan and Xu Huang are very familiar with each other and know that Xu Huang is a man of both martial arts and cautiousness, and has rich combat experience. Cao Cao ordered him to sit in Lu'an County and trusted him.

But the Han army is also extremely disadvantageous, that is, the Han army went north with light troops and heavy supplies. Each soldier only took five days of dry food. In fact, they only had two days.

Of course, Zhao Yan can also get food from the people, but before leaving, Huang Zhong repeatedly asked the army not to disturb the people. If the army food is not enough, they can get it from the official warehouses in the county towns along the way, but there is only one county town in Bo'an County along the way. Lu'an found a piece of grain.

Zhao Yan was pacing back and forth in the big tent anxiously. At this time, the general Zhang Lin suggested: "Xu Huang must know that our army is short of food, so we don't want to go out to fight. You might as well pretend to retreat when you run out of food. Xu Huang will definitely chase after you. You can ambush us halfway Cao Jun can be defeated in battle."

Zhao Yan was overjoyed and immediately pulled out of the camp to go to the official and spread rumors in the barracks that "the food is exhausted and we must retreat immediately!" The Han army began to retreat southward slowly.

The early spies reported to Xu Huang that Xu Huang heard the words and ignored Mao Jie's persuasion to stay with [-] troops to guard Lu'an City, and personally led [-] troops to pursue the Han army.

Baima Valley is a [-]-foot-wide and six-mile-long valley with steep mountains on both sides and dense forests at the foot of the mountain. Officials pass through the valley here to reach Wanxian County. The only way to go to Wan County. At this time, the sky is getting dark and the huge mountain shadow covers the valley, making the valley very dark and pedestrians in the valley. Quietly even the sound of birds.

Hidden in the depths of the dense forest on both sides, [-] Han troops were waiting patiently for Cao Jun to enter the valley.

At this time, the soldiers shouted in a low voice: "General, the enemy army is coming!"

Zhao Yan immediately looked down the mountain and saw an army of thousands of people rushing in. The leader was a burly general with a Xuanhua ax in his hand. Under his crotch was a handsome white horse. Zhao Yan could roughly see that the general was in good shape. Xu Huang.

Zhao Yan was overjoyed that as long as he shot Xu Huang, Cao Jun would be defeated and immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready to shoot!"

I only heard the sound of clappers in the valley, and arrows were fired from both sides. Cao Jun was caught off guard, and there was a chaos. Shooting into a hedgehog generally died tragically on the spot.

Zhao Yanzhi immediately shouted an order to the army outside the valley: "The army goes out and pursues the enemy!"

Ten thousand Han troops rushed out from both sides of the valley, chasing and retreating Cao Jun Zhao Yan took the lead and rushed northward not only to wipe out Cao Jun but also to capture Lu'an City.

The army had just chased for more than ten miles and passed through several hills. Suddenly, the woods on the left were full of flames, and an ambush of about [-] soldiers was killed. The general held a big axe. do you died?"

Zhao Yan was taken aback when he realized that the person who was shot was not Xu Huang, and a stand-in Cao Jun was defeated and also pretended to be fooled. He hurriedly ordered: "Quickly retreat!"

Xu Huang yelled and urged his horse to go straight to Zhao Yan, swiping his axe, and then chopped down the general of the Han army, Zhang Lin, who greeted the lieutenant general Yang Kai, who also swung his gun to kill them. Lin was chopped to death by Xu Huang with an axe. Yang Kai ran away when he saw the situation was not good, but was caught up by Xu Huang and chopped into two pieces with an axe.

Zhao Yan pulled his horse out of fear and ran away. At this time, the forest on the right was also full of flames. Another Cao army ambushed and stabbed diagonally, cutting the Han army into two sections. Xu Huang led his army to cover up and kill. Countless thousands of Han troops were desperate and surrendered on their knees. Zhao Yan escaped under the desperate escort of dozens of soldiers, only leading more than a thousand remnants to flee back to Wan County in panic.

The [-] Han army was almost wiped out, which not only made Huang Zhong's plan to break the situation fail, but also greatly affected morale. Huang Zhong was furious and ordered Zhao Yan to be executed. Back to Chaisang.

In the big tent, Huang Zhong was distracted, paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands, and failed to attack Lu'an County, losing nearly [-] troops. He had never suffered a disastrous defeat for many years, and he didn't know how to explain to His Highness the King of Han.

At this time, Pang Tong persuaded: "The victory or defeat of an old general is a common matter in military affairs. Thinking about His Royal Highness, the King of Han would not blame the general too much. The key is to fight well in the next battle and try to break the game as soon as possible."

Huang Zhong sighed, "Cao Jun's deployment is like an iron wall, how to break the situation, can the military division teach you?"

Pang Tong pondered for a moment: "Liu'an is too close to Hefei, Cao's army is easy to support, and it is recommended to withdraw from Shu County first."

"Why?" Pang Tong asked puzzled.

"Our defeat in Lu'an Cao Jun will inevitably strike while the iron is hot and concentrate our forces to attack Juchao. In this case, either the old general's entire army will press on Juchao or retreat to the ** general. You cannot be alone."

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment and could only sigh: "Now that the navy has not arrived, if the large army presses up, they will be surrounded by Cao Cao's concentrated superior forces and will be wiped out. They will be withdrawn from the nest first according to the advice of the military division."

Huang Zhong immediately ordered the Xiangyang army to withdraw from Juchao County and temporarily stop attacking Hefei and wait for the navy to arrive.

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Three days later, thousands of warships arrived at Wankou mightily. Liu Jing personally led an army of [-] from Chaisang, together with [-] troops from Wan County, the Han army reached [-], which officially opened the prelude to the Battle of Hefei.

Huang Zhong arranged the barracks and Pang Tong, the military adviser, rushed to Wankou to welcome Liu Jing. Liu Jing's main ship was a three-thousand-stone ship. Come with Master Pang."

Huang Zhong looked preoccupied and nodded, glanced at Pang Tongtong. The two followed the guards and walked quickly to the big ship until they came to the front of the main cabin. The guard smiled: "Your Highness is in the cabin, please!"

Huang Zhong and Pang Tong walked into the cabin and saw a huge sand table in the cabin. Liu Jing, the king of Han, was standing alone in front of the sand table, seemingly in meditation.

Huang Zhong and Pang Tong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See His Highness the King of Han!"

Liu Jing woke up from his contemplation and smiled at the two of them: "Let the two of you come to Wankou in person to bother you."

"Billette came to plead guilty!"

Huang Zhong knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists: "The mistakes made by the humble officials caused heavy losses to the Han army, and I am willing to accept all punishments."

Huang Zhong recounted the defeat of Zhao Yan's attack on Lu'an in detail, and finally said: "The lowly position ordered Zhao Yan to go northward lightly, resulting in insufficient supplies. His Highness asks you to punish me for fleeing back to this humble position."

Liu Jing was silent for a moment and asked, "Want to know how to punish Zhao Yan?"

"The humble official wanted to be executed, but everyone begged for mercy. The humble official was spared to death and beat a hundred army sticks and was not allowed to lead any more troops."

"Since it has already been punished, why bring it up again?"

Huang Zhong understood what Liu Jing meant, so he didn't plan to punish him and sighed: "The reason why Zhao Yan was executed at the end of the lowly position was not because everyone pleaded for mercy, but also because he was responsible for ordering the light soldiers to go north. One grain in the warehouse only takes two days, so I have to take risks, so the humble job is also responsible."

Liu Jing nodded, "I think it's more about learning lessons from this failure and not pursuing responsibility. If you lose the battle, you will be held accountable. Cao Cao's generals have already died. Xu Huang failed again and again in Longxi and Chen Cang, but he was not held accountable. Punishment is nothing but a lesson learned to see through Zhao Yan's feigned retreat and plan to plan, Old General Huang will not punish, but I hope to learn a lesson so that we can know where this mistake was?"

Huang Zhong sighed for a long time: "The humble staff feels that I am a bit pedantic."

"Yes! Pedantry."

Liu Jing stared: "What do you mean not to disturb the people? Then the rules are made to prevent the soldiers from having enough to eat and have nothing to do. But once the military rations are insufficient and the army's life and death plan is involved, the rules should not be discussed. Looting the people's rations on the spot to ensure the supply of military rations is the correct decision. *** Burning and killing borrowing food from the people or even directly seizing food will acquiesce to the old general and hope not to do it again."

Huang Zhong nodded silently. Liu Jing then said to Pang Tong: "It is estimated that many military advisers of the captured Han army can send one of them to Lu'an to tell Xu Huang that many Cao troops have been captured in Nanyang County and are willing to exchange prisoners."

"The humble minister obeys the order!"

After Liu Jing explained, he picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Ruxu with a smile: "Since it is difficult to break the game by land, we should break the game by water.