Outside Xinye City, Cao Camp.

Everyone in the Cao army camp unanimously felt that attacking Xinye City this time was much easier than attacking Wancheng. This shows that Liu Bei has reached the point of exhaustion.

If it were said that the next attack would definitely break the city, no one would doubt it.

Xun You reminded: "The more times this happens, the more careful you must be."

Cao Cao was in a very relaxed mood at the moment. He smiled and asked Xun You, "Does Gongda think there are any changes?"

Xun You said: "Xinye City can withstand one more storm at most. We know this, and Liu Bei cannot possibly not know it. Since he knew it, he did not retreat because he wanted to fight us again. The prime minister needs to beware of Liu Bei's army's night attack on the camp.

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While he was talking, a strong wind suddenly rose outside the door, blowing down a flagpole in front of the commander's camp.

Mao Jie entered the tent and said: "Just now the southeast wind started blowing the green and red tooth flag. I foolishly thought that someone from the master would come to rob the stronghold tonight."

Cao Cao said happily: "God's will reminds me that I should be on guard against it."

So only one team was left to set up camp, while the rest of Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu, Wenpin, Cao Xiu, Lu Qian, etc. all withdrew from the camp and set up an ambush outside, waiting for Liu Bei's army to come and rob the camp.

Zhang Fei led two generals, Zhang Da and Fan Qiang, and rushed into Cao's camp. They saw that the men and horses in the camp were scattered. Suddenly, fires broke out everywhere and shouts shook the sky. Xiahou Dun, Wenpin, Cao Xiu,

Lu Qian and others will attack from all directions.

Zhang Da and Fan Qiang were originally promoted from the ranks of soldiers by Zhang Fei. They used to be able to fish among the rebels, but now they have become generals and have become targets of the enemy.

When Xiahou Dun arrived, he hacked Zhang Da to death with just one move. Fan Qiang abandoned his sword and surrendered.

Zhang Fei saw that he had fallen into Cao Cao's plan, and the remaining troops were forced to surrender under the strong pressure of the enemy army. Knowing that the situation was over, Zhang Fei wanted to break out and return to the city.

Wen Pin came to kill Zhang Fei in front, but he was defeated after less than twenty battles with Zhang Fei;

Cao Xiu came again, but he was defeated after only ten battles.

Later, Xiahou Dun arrived, but Zhang Fei did not dare to fight, so he only walked with his crotch in the air.

Unexpectedly, the weak crotch of this military horse was a path deliberately left by Cao Cao for him. Before he could run far, countless rockets were fired at him.

Zhang Fei covered his left and right sides, and his horse was struck by several arrows. It turned over and fell to the ground, knocking Zhang Fei down as well.

Zhang Fei, armed with a snake spear that was eight feet long, walked into the encirclement of Cao's soldiers. He stabbed people and chopped horses when he saw them, but he also avoided the enemy's bows and arrows.

Suddenly a horse came galloping towards him and slashed Zhang Fei with his sword.

Zhang Fei raised his spear to block the attack, and suddenly felt that the general was extremely powerful. He also rode on horseback and held it high, making it extremely difficult for Zhang Fei to resist.

After taking a closer look, it turned out to be Cao Cao's tiger idiot Xu Chu.

The soldier behind Zhang Fei took the opportunity to approach him and stabbed him in the back with his halberd.

Sensing someone approaching from behind, Zhang Fei turned around and stabbed several times with his spears. Cao's soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by the spears. Xu Chu took advantage of the situation and struck Zhang Fei's left arm with his sword.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei's body was forward, so Xu Chu's sword did not have a full point of force, and the armor was thick, otherwise this arm would have been disabled.

Even so, Zhang Fei's left arm was also bloody and bloody, making it difficult to use force.

At the critical moment, Cao's army suddenly broke into chaos in the rear.

Hearing the roar of gongs and drums from behind, a general led by Cao Cao rushed into Cao's camp and shouted: "Veteran Huang Zhong is here, the enemy general is coming to die quickly!"

Another general from Russia came with his army and shouted: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here!"

Not long after, there were people named "Gan Xingba" and "Ma Mengqi" respectively, who led their troops into Cao's camp and caused chaos in Cao's camp.

Cao Cao was shocked: "Li Qi's army came so fast?"

Xun You said: "The enemy's attack is very fierce, so we can retreat temporarily."

So Cao's army retreated. Huang Zhong rescued Zhang Fei in the melee. He didn't want to fight anymore and headed straight for Xinye City.

But Liu Bei was worried about Zhang Fei's battle situation and stayed up all night, watching from the top of the city.

Instead of looking back at the "Zhang" flag, I looked back at the "Yellow" flag.

Liu Bei shouted from the tower: "Who is coming?"

Zhang Fei was heard shouting from the city: "Brother, open the door. This is Li Zhenghong's reinforcements."

When Liu Bei heard that Li Qi's reinforcements had arrived, he was so excited that he ran down to the tower and opened the door for Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei himself.

Liu Bei met Huang Zhong and asked, "Where is Li Zhenghong?"

Huang Zhong smiled and said: "I'm afraid my lord has just arrived in Huyang now, and there is still some distance to Xinye."

Liu Bei was slightly disappointed when Zhang Fei asked anxiously: "Where are Zilong, Gan Xingba, and Ma Mengqi?"

Huang Zhongdao: "General Zilong and General Gan are both in Jiangling, and Ma Mengqi came from Huyang with the lord."

It turned out that when Huang Zhong received Li Qi's order to rescue Xinye, he knew that the situation was not optimistic.

So Fazheng told Huang Zhong that if he raided Cao's camp, he could bluff his troops and use the names of Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Ma Chao and other powerful generals to scare Cao's army.

These generals are all top-notch under Li Qi's command.

Let's not talk about the individual's strength, let's just say that if these guys gather in Xinye, it will prove that Li Qi's army has arrived.

After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Liu Bei felt like he had just taken a bite of lemon.

Look at Li Qi's men. If you want a strong general, there will be a strong general, and if you want a counselor, there will be a counselor.

But Cao Cao originally thought that even if Zhang Fei could not be captured alive in this ambush, it would be extremely easy for him to die in the chaos. If Zhang Fei died, Liu Bei would have his arm broken.

Unexpectedly, Li Qi's army suddenly attacked, causing Cao Cao's ambush to fail.

After calming down and thinking about it carefully, I felt something was not right.

Cao Cao said: "Huang Zhong is the guard general of Xiangyang. If he comes here from Xiangyang, he should be able to make it in time. But Li Qi went south from Bowang, originally heading towards Pingshi, but changed his route to Huyang in the middle. How could he come so fast?"

Xu Chu said: "Could it be that Ma Chao's son led the cavalry to come first?"

Cao Cao said: "What about Zhao Yun and Gan Ning? Especially Gan Ning, isn't he guarding Jiangling City?"

Xun You smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid we fell into Li Qi's bluffing plan."

Cao Cao said: "If you fall into the trap, you will fall into the trap. Since Li Qi's army has not arrived in person, we will attack the city at dawn and never give the enemy a chance to breathe."

At the same time, Liu Bei also expected that Cao Cao would most likely attack the city at dawn.

After all, bluffing can make Cao Cao fall into a trap when he is nervous and hasty, but it will be discovered soon. If it doesn't work, he will send people to check the surrounding area to know whether Li Qi's army has passed.

But now that Zhang Fei is injured, the only available generals are Liu Feng, Ma Dai, and Fu Shiren. Ma Dai is still borrowed, which is very shabby.

Huang Zhong said: "Liu Shijun, don't worry. If Cao Jun comes to attack the city, let him taste the power of my Yizhou serial crossbow first!"

Liu Bei: "..."

See, they not only have strong generals, counselors, but also inventors.

Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to recover from his injuries, and at daybreak, he and Huang Zhong personally took up positions on the city tower to resist Cao's army's siege.

This time, Cao Cao even skipped the steps to persuade him to surrender. As soon as the army arrived, he ordered people to roll out catapults and manhole barriers.

On the Xinye Castle Tower, Liannu was ready.

Seeing Cao's army approaching with a loud killing sound, General Huang Zhong waved his flag, and thousands of crossbows fired from the towers, pouring down like a sudden rain.

Cao Jun was indeed somewhat off guard.

Because in the first two attacks on the city, the bows and arrows of the Xinye defenders were as sparse and weak as drizzle. Why did the situation change suddenly this time?

With the help of powerful continuous crossbows, the Xinye defenders disintegrated Cao Jun's offensive again and again.

At this moment, a group of cavalry from the rear of Cao's army arrived.

The leading general held a silver spear and charged forward, shouting: "Xiliang Ma Chao is here, where is the Cao thief?"

Generals Zhong Jin and Zhong Shen of Cao's army heard the sound and stepped forward to greet them: "Thieves generals, don't try to bluff. My prime minister has already seen through your treacherous plan."
Chapter completed!