"It may seem simple to go to Jiangxia, but Le Jin is a veteran general of Cao's army. He has been fighting with the army for many years, and his lieutenants are known as heroes.

Cao Mengde once evaluated Le Jin, and his evaluation was rare in the world.

With strong force, comprehensive strategy, loyal character, and noble conduct, he takes the lead in every battle, is brave and tenacious, and is invincible.

He can lead a partial division alone or the entire army, comfort the soldiers, maintain strict discipline, make no mistakes, and make decisions when facing the enemy without making mistakes.

If these generals hold the city and defend us, we may not be able to break the city and defeat the enemy overnight.

After the stalemate in Xiyang County continues, Yuzhou will definitely send troops to rescue. At that time, whether we can break the city is still uncertain.

Once the war reaches a stalemate and reinforcements from both sides appear, Liu Jingzhou will definitely feel timid. We cannot afford to lose this battle again."

A few days ago, when Huang Zhong was about to lead his troops into Jiangxia County to join Guan Yu, Liao Li stopped him directly and raised his concerns and suggestions.

In anticipation of a pincer attack on a small county like Xiyang, it is better to let Guan Yu and Le Jin fight.

If Guan Yu wins, Huang Zhong can take advantage of the opportunity to follow Le Jin's defeated army and directly recover other places, but if Guan Yu loses...

Then Lejin will definitely suffer heavy losses. In order to ensure a safe future, Yuzhou will definitely send reinforcements into Xiyang and continue to hold on to the stepping stone into Jiangxia County.

And this is Huang Zhong’s best opportunity!

After Huang Zhong entered Jiangxia Pingchun from Wancheng, he immediately disappeared from everyone's sight. He stayed day and night and finally entered Luoshan before Guan Yu retreated, and went around between Nabiao County and Xinxi County.
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While waiting for reinforcements from Yuzhou to appear, Guan Yu and Liu Pan attracted the attention of Le Jin and others, so that no one noticed that Huang Zhong was already here....

At this time, Lu Zhao looked at the veteran Huang Zhong who was charging toward him with an excited look on his face, but he did not feel panicked.

"Form up!"

As one of Cao Mengde's generals, Lu Zhao also reacted very quickly. His soldiers had followed him for many years and immediately made corresponding actions after hearing the order.

"Swordsmen and shieldmen come forward!"

"Crossbowman, scatter!"

Following Lu Zhao's order, his troops began to fight back quickly, hoping to delay Huang Zhong's charge.

But as a veteran of Jingzhou, who also fought from Nanyang to become a general today, Huang Zhong will naturally not be an idle person. Seeing that the opponent's swordsmen and shieldmen are about to encircle and defend.

Huang Zhong swung his sword to deflect the arrows in front of him, then used his feet as his hands to bend his bow and shoot the opponent with an arrow.

The powerful and heavy arrow immediately penetrated the body of a soldier. The armor on his body could not block the force of the arrow, and he was shot dead by Huang Zhong on the spot.

At the same time, the huge force flew him backwards, causing chaos in the formation. Before Lu Zhao could give his next command, Huang Zhong led his men to rush straight through the gap.

The long sword in his hand is not as powerful and heavy as Guan Yu's, but he is very experienced and ruthless. He swings it left and right quickly to open up the gap for the soldiers behind him, allowing a large number of soldiers to rush in directly.

Liao Li at the rear also seized the opportunity and put all his troops forward. The army rushed and quickly tore apart the hasty military formation on the road.

"Fell into a trap... withdraw!"

When Lu Zhao saw the newly arrived deputy general He Mao being killed by Huang Zhong with a single sword, he knew that the situation was over and immediately ordered the army to fight and retreat.

At the same time, abandon all sword and shield players, and be sure to ensure the safe evacuation of the crossbowmen.

Lu Zhao knew very well that he was no match for Huang Zhong, so he was determined not to fight with him. He kept sending troops and horses forward to delay, bullying Huang Zhong, who was now old and his physical strength was definitely not as good as when he was young, and kept retreating to put distance between him and Huang Zhong.

At the same time, he saw that Huang Zhong was also a good horse, and the crossbow behind him should not be underestimated. He immediately abandoned his own soldiers and let them come forward to entangle the veteran Huang Zhong.

Don't let him break out of the encirclement, let alone give him a chance to shoot himself.

Under this offensive entanglement, Lu Zhao successfully protected the crossbowmen from the ambush and successfully retreated to Yuzhou. However, the consequences were that all his own soldiers were killed or injured, and the soldiers under his command also died in the battle.

There were thousands of people captured.

In this battle, Huang Zhong and Liao Li won a great victory, and with this prestige, he directly marched into Bi County, forced the troops and horses of Bi County to land, and then used the troops of Bi County and Huang Zhong's troops to attack Lejin in Xiyang City.

At the same time, Liao Li personally led some light troops to rush around to the south of Xiyang County, bluffing and using the banners of Guan Yu and Liu Pan.

At the same time, the news of Lu Zhao's defeat also reached the ears of Le Jin in Xiyang County, which made him frown.

This series of actions by Liao Li immediately gave Le Jin and his soldiers the illusion that Guan Yu wanted to encircle the area for reinforcements, forcing Yuzhou Luzhao to lead the reinforcements into Jiangxia, and then ambush them.

In the end, he surrounded himself to avenge Lu Jie....

"General..."

"Brothers, get ready and follow me to break through tonight!" Le Jin didn't say much. Now that the fight has reached this point, there is no point in holding Xiyang County any longer.

It doesn't matter if you risk your life for Xiyang County. What matters is that you can no longer let yourself become a drag on the road, otherwise soldiers and horses from Yuzhou will continue to appear in Jiangxia.

I'm afraid even Yuzhou will be in danger at that time.

Le Jin thought he had made the most correct choice, so he led his troops to evacuate that night. Before leaving, he burned all the food, grass and baggage in Xiyang County.

In addition, the fire spread to the streets and houses in Xiyang County, forcing the soldiers and horses outside to give up the pursuit and encirclement, and rushed to rescue the local people and put out the fire.

This provided ample opportunity and time for Lejin to evacuate.

However, Liao Li didn't say much about Le Jin's escape. He just looked at the slowly extinguishing flames, and his face became a little solemn.

"This battle can be regarded as a familiarity with Cao Mengde. This strength cannot be underestimated.

Le Jin still has a reputation for being brave, but this way... an ordinary veteran has so much experience, I'm afraid the battlefield behind this will not be easy..."

Liao Li has clearly seen the gap between the two sides. The most elite ones under their command are the Jiangxia soldiers and horses in Guan Yu's hands.

Whether it is battlefield experience or the armor and weapons on their bodies, they are the strongest in their hands.

But compared with Cao Jun...it's just mediocre.

The morale of the two sides is not at the same level. Liao Li has already found out clearly from the previous battle why Le Jin was able to block Guan Yu and repel him.

To put it simply, the morale of his subordinates has reached an alarming level.

Soldiers dare to trade their lives for one without dying, and even after losing more than half of their lives without flinching, even to the point where the greater the casualties, the higher the morale.

The only ones who can do this are Sun Wentai, who succeeded in the Northern Expedition, and Qin Hanjun, who swept the world.
Chapter completed!