The cavalry is never invincible, but it is invincible in front of the infantry who are chaotic and have no formation as a barrier.

Therefore, Xu Ta's troops, who were unprepared, were immediately rushed to pieces by a large number of swarming cavalry.

The heavy cavalry broke the formation and the light cavalry raided and killed. The two sides cooperated seamlessly. Almost in the blink of an eye, the Yellow Turban Army was destroyed with terrifying and devastating combat power.

Chu Ning's and Le Jin's infantry pressed forward from both sides, blocking the rebels' escape routes on both sides.

The rest is slaughter.

The timid thieves fled behind them almost subconsciously, with no will to resist at all.

On the south bank of Jishui there were boats belonging to Xu Ta's tribe, and everyone rushed to get on the boat. However, the scene was so chaotic that the people behind could not get on the boat at all, and the boat in front also capsized due to too many people.

In order to escape as quickly as possible, the people on the boat kept slashing with their knives, their arms and fingers flew everywhere, and there were broken corpses everywhere, and the river turned red instantly.

And more people couldn't even get close to the boat. In desperation, they went directly to Jishui, one after another like dumplings.

However, the water in the river is biting, and people who go into the water are often drowned in the river, regardless of whether they know how to swim.

Only a handful of people were lucky enough to reach the other side, but the nightmare was not over yet.

Cao Ang had long ago ordered Chen Diao to lead his rear troops to sneak across Jishui from the lower reaches, detour to the south of Linji City, and intercept and kill the retreating soldiers. After landing, each of the bandit soldiers who had survived the disaster saw a handful of pancakes.

The ring-shou sword shines with cold light.

At this time, on the south bank of Jishui River, Xu Ta was wrapped up in the chaos. He had no intention of resisting and headed towards Linji. But he was usually too showy and wore a bright golden armor. This was not possible on the battlefield.

Above it is a living target.

Han Dang led his troops to charge, and saw Xu him at a distance. Han Dang wanted to make a contribution, so he immediately grabbed the horse's belly and rushed towards Xu with a long spear in his hand.

However, the battlefield was really chaotic, with defeated troops blocking the road everywhere. Han Dang rode on his horse and rushed to a distance of forty or fifty steps away from Xu Ta. Xu Ta had already fled to the waterside, slashing with his sword.

, to rush onto a small boat.

Seeing that there were too many people and horses, Han Dang blocked the road and was unable to rush through. He picked up a spear beside him, pointed it at Xu, and threw it away with all his strength.

The spear tore through the air and pierced Xu's back of the heart, pinning him to the ground.

At this time, Xu Ta was not dead yet and struggled to get up. However, there were defeated troops from all directions, and no one cared about him. Countless people stepped directly over Xu Ta's body in order to seize the way.

And at the end of Xu's life, all he could see was his endless thighs, which were then buried in the mud mixed with water and blood.

Han Dang in the distance saw Xu Ta being stabbed, jumped off his horse, rushed forward with a ring-headed knife, slashed in all directions, and killed the defeated soldiers. Only then did he see the trampled body of Xu Ta.

.

Han Dang conveniently chopped off Xu's head, and then shouted: "Xu is dead, whoever surrenders will be spared!"

Then the crowd also began to shout this news, over and over again, which shocked the soldiers' livers and gallbladders to pieces.

The entire bandit army has completely collapsed.

With no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, a large number of thieves simply threw away their weapons, held their heads in their hands, knelt on the ground and asked to surrender.

Both Le Jin and Han Dang were a little stunned.

Even if they were to catch 30,000 pigs, it would probably take a lot of time and effort. But an army of 30,000 people was destroyed in just one afternoon.

It was already evening when Cao Ang arrived at the battlefield, and the battle was basically over. Only the smoke and the densely packed corpses on the battlefield could describe the tragedy of this battle.

At that time, Yangcheng was also captured.

Le Jin took advantage of the opportunity when Xu Ta was killed and the morale of the rebel army dropped drastically, so he led the soldiers of Wuxiang tribe to attack the city personally.

The defenders were completely discouraged. Le Jin almost charged, then climbed onto the city wall and killed the scattered defenders. The walls at the top of the city were filled with surrendered traitors, and Yangcheng was able to defeat them.

Cao Ang was moved when he saw the blood-stained generals, and said loudly: "We will attack Linji City tomorrow and reward the three armies for everything we capture."

When everyone heard this, their morale became even higher.

Following Cao Ang, one can win battles, have a wife and son, and be generous with rewards. Who wouldn't give up?

Early the next morning, Cao Ang ordered Chu Ning to lead his troops across the river to join forces with Chen Tiao on the north bank of the river, and ordered people to take Xu's head to Linji City to persuade him to surrender.

Almost all the defenders of Linji City were brought out by Xu Ta, and then all were lost on the south bank of Jishui River. At this time, there were almost no soldiers left in Linji City to fight.

So facing Xu Ta's head, the Linji defenders understood the practicalities and surrendered directly to the city. The officers and soldiers captured Le'an County without any bloodshed.

At this point in the battle, the situation became much clearer. Cao Ang completed the outflank of Linyi. Although Xu He's troops were large, they were suppressed by Cao Ang in the Linyi area and could not move.

Cao Ang can completely go south to Changbai Mountain (Jinan Changbai Mountain), cut off the connection between Xu He and Sima Ju, and leave Xu He as a lone army.

Site: Tower ^ reads novels, welcome to download - ^

However, Cao Ang was not prepared to fight like this, otherwise it would be a battle of annihilation against Xu He.

On the third day after taking Linji, Cao Ang left three thousand soldiers in Qingzhou and handed them over to Chen Deng, the governor of Le'an County, and ordered him to cross the Jishui River north to recover the counties in the northern part of Le'an County and pacify the bandits.

Le'an County is located at the mouth of the Yellow River and connects to Bohai County in the north. It is also an important part of the Yellow River defense line planned by Cao Ang. Cao Ang appointed Chen Deng as the prefect, not only because of his status as a Xuzhou family, but also because of Chen Deng's ability in both civil and military affairs.

After making arrangements for everything in Le'an, Cao Ang led his main force southward.

At the same time, Cao Ang ordered people to go to Linyi to persuade Xu He to surrender.

In fact, Cao Ang didn't believe Xu He would surrender at all, and his strategy of persuading him to surrender was just to anger the other party.

But Cao Ang underestimated Xu He and also underestimated Xu He.

Xu He was in Linyi and was preparing to send troops to rescue Bochang when he received the news that Linji had been lost.

Xu He was like a basin of cold water poured on his head. He stood there, dumbfounded, his heart was as cold as ice, and he was speechless for a long time.

He never thought that Xu He could defeat Cao Ang, but he also didn't expect that Xu He would be defeated so cleanly, without causing any waves.

Once Le'an is lost, he will only have half of Qi left.

This was unacceptable to Xu He.

At this time, General Zhang Hong suggested: "The soldiers from Xuzhou are very capable, but our army has always used more to attack the smaller. Now our army is divided into different areas, allowing the soldiers from Xuzhou to attack one by one. This is to attack with short attacks and with long attacks."

It would be better to send out all our troops and engage in a decisive battle. Xuzhou's troops are small, and they have been constantly fighting, and are exhausted. Our army is waiting for work, and we will definitely win a great victory."

Xu He also felt that he was defeated one after another because he was on the defensive. They are a bunch of mud-legged people who usually engage in field battles. When did they go to defend the city properly?

At this time, Xu He still had nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, so he was not afraid. Instead, he felt that once the 100,000 troops came out, they would be able to defeat the official army.
Chapter completed!