Xu Huang and Liu Ye came towards Wancheng, and their strategy was to let Zhao Jian and Zhu Ling contain Ma Chen and Niu Jin in Xincheng, and they concentrated their army to attack Wancheng first, and then take Xincheng in one fell swoop.

Whether it was Wei Yan in Wancheng or Niu Jin and Ma Chen in Xincheng, Xu Huang did not put it in his eyes.

Wei Yan also has some reputation, and this Niu Jin and Ma Chen are purely nameless. And after he learned that Ma Chen was the younger brother of Xiangyang Taishou Ma Liang, he was even more disdainful. Ma Liang is just a scribe, how can Ma Chen be a military general?

Although there are many troops in Wancheng and Xincheng, it is often said that a general has no plan and will exhaust thousands of troops! If the Lord had not stopped him in the first place, I am afraid that Nanyang would have broken through long ago.

But halfway up the road, suddenly the soldiers came to report, and Cao Xiu returned defeated, which surprised Xu Huang.

Cao Xiu and Xue Ti are generals of a hundred battles! Moreover, the two are not brave and unscheming! Even if they are ambushed, how can the 5,000 soldiers and horses be defeated?

Cao Xiu's helmet was crooked, covered in blood, and he was only followed by a dozen soldiers!

"What about Old General Xue

?" "After Old General Xue was broken, I am afraid that he has already died in battle..." "

Old General Xue died in battle?" Xu Huang was shocked and angry, "Cao Xiu, as the vanguard, the whole army was destroyed, but you returned, can you be guilty?"

"

Come, behead Cao Xiu for public display!" Xu Huang shouted.

Immediately, two knife and axe men came over and put Cao Xiu up.

"General, although Cao Xiu is guilty, but the big war is imminent, beheading the general first, it is not good for the army, and I hope that the general will be extrajudicial!" Cao Chun and Cao Zhen hurriedly interceded with Cao Xiu.

"Ask the general for grace, let General Cao Xiu make meritorious contributions with his crimes!" The other generals also pleaded.

"General, what the generals said is reasonable, but Cao Xiu can make meritorious service with guilt. Liu Ye also lost no time in saying.

"Since the generals are begging for intercession, spare you not to die today, and fight hard in the future to make atonement!" Xu Huang was actually just pretentious, although Cao Xiu was Cao Cao's subordinate, he was very loved by Cao Cao and was known as the Qianliju of the Cao family. is the biggest culpability, Xu Huang does not dare to behead.

"Thank you General for your kindness, thank you for intercession!" "

Cao Xiu, you can tell me in detail what happened. "

No!" When

Cao Xiu explained the whole thing in detail, everyone's eyes widened.

The Fire Bull Array, an attack method that almost no one is using, suddenly appeared, no matter who it was, once encountered, I am afraid it would be a complete defeat.

Cao

Xiu and Xue Ti were not unjustly defeated!"

"General, Liu Wei can let Wei Yan defend the important land of Wancheng, he is definitely not a brave and unscrupulous person, we must not take it lightly!"

"What the military master said is reasonable!" Xu Huang nodded, now it seems that Cao Ren was not unjustly defeated at the beginning, and if he wanted to quickly take Nanyang, I am afraid it would not be so easy, so he had to slowly plot it. "The herald army, it's getting late, camp on the spot, tomorrow the army will send to Wancheng!" "

No!" Because

the new city has just been restored, there are very few people and merchants in the city, so there is no county order. The cultivation of the land outside the city was directly the responsibility of the Taishou Mansion, while the taxes of the merchants were the responsibility of Ma Chen.

Since getting Xu Huang's troops to send Nanyang, Ma Chen and Niu Jin have not been idle, and the arrangements for defending the city have been very detailed, but the two of them still often go to check. At the same time, a large number of scouts were sent to investigate the situation in all aspects.

Today

, the two

were studying the map in the county palace, and a scout hurriedly came to report.

"Report to the general, General Wei Yan led five thousand soldiers and uprooted the vanguard of the Cao army, Xue Ti was beheaded by General Wei Yan, and Cao Xiu fled back with only a dozen people!"

"Hurry up and hand over the war report!" The

scout handed the war report to Ma Chen and turned to leave.

Ma Chen and Niu Jin carefully read the war report, and it was difficult to hide the excitement in their hearts.

"Wen Changguo is really a great general, this battle is fought beautifully, in the open area, use the fire bull array to break the enemy, and then set up ambushes when defeated, not to mention Cao Xiu and Xue Ti, even if it is Xu Huang, I am afraid that he will be hit!"

"Youchang, Wen Changqi is victorious, can we also make a move?"

"Wen Tong, Zhao Jian and Zhu Ling are much more cautious than Cao Xiu, their marching speed is very slow, and it is not easy to ambush!" Ma Chen shook his head.

"Youchang is right, if you had marched at a normal pace, you would have reached the outside of the city, but now it is more than sixty miles away from the new city. After Ma Chen's reminder, Niu Jin also felt that his idea was unrealistic.

As long as there are 10,000 soldiers and horses in our new city, Xu Huang does not dare to use any tricks other than storming Wancheng. And the walls of Wancheng were tall and strong, with Cui Taishou and Wen Chang, and Cao Jun could not get any bargains.

The

next day, Zhao Jian and Zhu Ling led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the outside of Xincheng and set up camp about three miles from the city wall.

Ma Chen and Niu Jin were above the head of the city, watching Cao Jun camp, and frowned unconsciously.

"Wen Tong, it seems that Zhao Jian and Zhu Ling do not intend to attack the city, and the large camp they set up is conducive to defense and invulnerable.

"They just want to contain us and attack Wancheng with all their might." But we have 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are three exits in the new city, so they can't contain these 5,000 soldiers and horses at all?

"

Good!" After

Xu Huang led the army to Wancheng City, he did not attack the city, and the two sides faced each other.

Liu Cong and Gan Ning, driving more than a hundred warships and five thousand sailors, marched to Xiakou.

Pang Tong, led by a group of civilian and military officials, had already greeted him on the shore.

Liu Jun and his wife Sun Shangxiang, accompanied by Huang Zhong, Ma Liang, Wang Xuan, Gan Ning and others, went downstairs and came to the shore.

"See the lord, madam!" Pang Tong and the others knelt down and saluted.

"Everyone, please get up!" "

Thank you!" Everyone

stood up.

His subordinates have already received news that Zhou Yu knew that after General Gan Ning defected to the lord, he was in Chaisang, but he couldn't afford to be sick!"

"Zhou Gongjin is a rare handsome talent, but unfortunately the amount of energy is too small, which will eventually affect his vision, and he can't see far enough!

"What the Lord Lord said is very true!" Pang Tong nodded, Liu Jun's words, he deeply agreed.

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