The battle situation in Xingyang City was still tumultuous. Although Xu Rong received support from Lu Bu, the embarrassment of dwindling troops did not ease much. On the contrary, Cao Cao's troops fought more and more.

Not long after, Xu Rong had to dispatch a thousand soldiers from Xuanmen Pass and Chenggao City in the rear to reinforce Xingyang.

Cao Cao soon found out the news and was not surprised but overjoyed.

It seems that Xu Rong has gradually been unable to hold the defense line of Sishui Pass. The troops in Xuanmen Pass and Chenggao City are already small, and a thousand soldiers have been transferred away from each other. How many people are left now?

As Xu Kang expected, Cao Cao's original purpose was not to capture the Sishui Pass defense line but to improve the morale of the Allied Army by constantly killing Liangzhou Army soldiers, making everyone feel that the Liangzhou Army soldiers were not as scary as everyone imagined.

, and then they will be in their hearts

They formed an impulse to make great achievements, and then used this bottom-up public opinion offensive to force the princes of Jujube to go to war. Each of these princes valued their own face to save their lives? Under the public opinion offensive of so many people, it seems that

How can they still sit still?

However, the development of the situation seems to have exceeded Cao Cao's expectations. Now even without the help of the Jujube Allied Forces, he is confident of taking over the Sishui Pass defense line. Especially now, Xu Rong is obviously a little concerned about one thing and the other, and he actually puts such an excellent

The opportunity to completely annihilate the Liangzhou Army was presented to him.

If Cao Cao can divide his forces to capture Xuanmen Pass and Chenggao City, he can completely surround Xingyang City, and Xu Rong will become his thorn in the side. As long as he captures or kills Xu Rong, Dong Zhuo's most intelligent general,

The morale boost to the Confederate Army will be unparalleled.

Cao Cao thought about it again and again, but finally couldn't resist this temptation, so he summoned all his important generals and assigned tasks.

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei jointly led the army and led 2,000 men to attack Xuanmen Pass; Xiahou Dun led 3,000 men to attack Chenggao City, while Cao Cao personally led the remaining thousands of soldiers to guard outside Xingyang City, waiting for Xu Rong to leave the city.

, carry out the final sniper attack on him.

Xu Rong was horrified when he learned that Cao Cao had divided his troops to attack Xuanmen Pass and Chenggao City. Worried that his retreat would be cut off, he personally led the remaining four thousand Liangzhou troops to support Chenggao City at night, leaving only Lu Bu's

The Bingzhou cavalry is responsible for breaking up the rear. After all, the cavalry is flexible and can escape relatively easily.

Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing the news. Things turned out as he expected, which made him more confident. At the moment, a thousand new soldiers were left to bluff, while he personally led five thousand elites to sneak out to pursue Xu Rongjun.

Already.

After the army crossed the Sishui River, they finally saw traces of Xu Rong's army, so Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun made urgent contact and attacked from both sides, easily defeating thousands of Xu Rong's troops.

Cao Cao reorganized his troops and marched toward Chenggao City. In his opinion, the main force of Xu Rong's army had been defeated, so the defenders in Chenggao City had lost the meaning of holding on.

Under pressure, it will definitely collapse at the first touch.

It's just that the development of things was somewhat beyond Cao Cao's expectations. The defenders of Chenggao City actually resisted desperately. However, under the attack of Cao Cao's powerful and superior troops, all this was just a desperate struggle of the Liangzhou army. Cao Cao was now full of confidence, although he was very confident about the situation.

It was a bit regretful that Xu Rong was not captured, but being able to capture the Sishui Pass defense line made everything worthwhile. He seemed to be able to see the attractive aroma of victory exuding to him, and he was looking forward to his picking.

After nearly half an hour of fierce fighting, Chenggao Nei's resistance became weaker and weaker. Just when victory was in sight, suddenly the left and right wings of Cao Cao's army were attacked at the same time.

Just when Cao Cao was slightly confused, the messenger rushed to him in panic and said: "Report to the general, enemy troops have appeared on the left and right flanks, and we are surrounded."

"Impossible, can you tell whose army it is?"

"The banner raised on the left wing is Zhang Liao's banner, and the banner raised on the right wing is Gao Shun's banner. They are both Bingzhou Army."

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned pale, his body shook, and he almost fell off his horse. He had fallen into a trap. This was the only thing Cao Cao could think of at the moment.

"Retreat." Cao Cao was also a decisive person. Knowing that nothing could be done, he immediately ordered a retreat. Fortunately for him, otherwise he would have been besieged after the two armies of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun spread out. At that time, he would have wanted to escape.

It’s also impossible.

The development of things was so strange and changeable. An hour ago, when he crossed the Sishui River for the first time, he was still in high spirits, dreaming of the day when he would become famous all over the world. Now when he came back again, he was in a panic and as anxious as a lost dog.

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However, fortunately, he has crossed the river now and is no longer able to catch up with the Bingzhou army. He can still reorganize the army, or at worst, compete with Xu Rong with swords and one man, and still maintain his original plan.

Just when he was planning this, another army came out. Veteran general Xu Rong took the lead and attacked the shocked Cao army along the Sishui River. The white hair was flying in the air like a flag, so dazzling.

It turns out that Xu Rong did not cross the river with his entire army, but only sent 2,000 soldiers as bait. He himself led the remaining half of the soldiers to be buried nearby, waiting for Cao Cao to return after defeat, giving him a fatal blow.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and ordered Xiahou Dun to resist, while he continued to retreat with the remaining troops.

After more than ten miles, the appearance of a cavalry force completely dispelled Cao Cao's confidence in continuing to resist.

Lu Bu, riding a fiery red red rabbit horse, shouted loudly, and the two thousand Bingzhou cavalry were like a flood that burst a dike, completely submerging the remaining soldiers of Cao's army.

Lu Bu wanted to kill Cao Cao himself, but Cao Hong tried his best to stop him. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as he fled into the woods. Afterwards, Xu Rong gathered up his troops, counted the results of the battle, and held a grand celebration banquet in Chenggao City.

On the same day, Xu Rong suddenly received a secret order from the court. It turned out that Dong Zhuo had quietly arrived with 10,000 Liangzhou troops, along with a plan to annihilate the enemy proposed by Li Ru.

Xu Rong took a closer look and found that the content inside was surprisingly similar to Xu Kang's strategy.

If Xu Rong is the wise general of the Liangzhou Army, then Li Ru is undoubtedly the wise general of the Liangzhou Army. Even Xu Rong is convinced by this point. I didn't expect Xu Kang to have such knowledge at such a young age. It's incredible.

When Xu Rong made Li Ru's plan public, Xu Kang complimented him: "Master Li is really powerful. He can understand the enemy's plot even though he is thousands of miles away. It can be said that he is able to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away while strategizing."

In fact, for Xu Kang, because his plan originally came from Li Ru's strategy and he just implemented it in advance, the result was not surprising at all.

After this battle, the Liang and coalition forces almost wiped out more than 10,000 Cao troops with slight losses, and the Suanzao allies no longer had anything to worry about.
Chapter completed!