During the second update, Wen Pin had not yet had a rest. His years of military experience made him feel unusually sensitive. He felt that military information would happen tonight, but he didn't know where the military information would happen, whether it was Xinye or Fancheng?

But this is just his military sensitivity, not precise information. He cannot act rashly. The soldiers have fallen asleep. All he can do is to maintain the highest alert.

Wen Pin ordered the soldiers and A to fall asleep with their swords, and sent twenty teams of patrols to strengthen the patrol in the north. He ordered a thousand crossbowmen to stay at night and stayed strictly in the camp. Despite this, he still felt restless and restless.

Suddenly, a rapid running sound came from a distance, and a soldier was vaguely heard shouting: "Report to the general and discover the enemy's situation!"

Wen Pin's heart sank, and it was indeed coming! He quickly walked out of the tent, and saw a soldier running quickly and shouting: "Master General, I found the Cao army cavalry three miles away, and I was coming to the camp!"

Wen Pin was shocked and immediately shouted: "Beat the drum and gather troops!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!"

The loud sound of war drums sounded, and the soldiers woke up from their dreams, jumped up one after another, ran out of the tent, and quickly gathered outside the tent. In less than half an incense stick, ten thousand Jingzhou troops were already gathered.

At this time, they could already faintly hear the sound of horse hooves like thunder, getting closer and closer, only one mile away from the camp.

Wen Pin shouted again, "Look the beacon!"

The beacon tower south of the camp lit the beacon tower, and the flames soared into the sky, sending an alarm to Fancheng and Xiangyang in the south.

Wenpin has already rushed to the side of the camp wall. The walls around the camp were rammed with wood and earth, about two meters high, and a wooden frame was built. The soldiers stood on the wooden frame and shot arrows outwards. There were also shooting holes below, which was convenient.

Crossbows are shot, with bows and crossbows, with clear layers.

Wen Pin stood on the wooden frame and stared at the north. Under the twilight of the moonlight, he faintly saw a large group of black shadows appearing in the distance. About five hundred steps away, the horse's hooves were sounding like thunder, dust was flying, and the cavalry was speeding up.

Run towards the camp.

"Prepare the crossbow!" Wen Pin shouted sternly.

Five hundred archers standing on the wooden board were catching the arrows, and the arrows were obliquely angled upwards, ready to shoot with parabola, while the crossbowmen below had a strong crossbow and sent the arrows out of the shooting hole. They didn't need to aim, and a call was made.

Arrows were fired at once.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing rushed over and reported to Wenpin: "Master, the soldiers have been assembled!"

Wen Pin let go of his heart. He was experienced and knew that after the enemy had assembled before the first wave of attacks, they would have a chance of victory. Wen Pin immediately ordered: "Another three thousand crossbowmen and

The Thousand Swords and Shield Army came to defend, and the rest of the soldiers were ready to fight!"

In the dark night, murderous aura came with great vigor. Cao's cavalry had rushed to a hundred steps away. Wen Pin shouted loudly, "Shoot!"

The dense sound of clappers sounded, and a thousand crossbowmen fired arrows at the same time. Five hundred arrows rose into the air, like a thin black cloud, drifting towards the cavalry.

The crossbow arrows were faster and more powerful, like a group of roaring locusts, instantly pounced into the group of Cao's cavalry. For a moment, people were on their backs and horses were overturned, and more than a hundred cavalry were shot to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the black arrow cloud fell from the sky, with a short shooting distance of only seventy steps, but dozens of escaped crossbow arrows were still shot and the cavalry in front was shot to the ground.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing led three thousand crossbowmen and one thousand sword shield soldiers to support him. The soldiers rushed to the shelves. The sword shield soldiers raised their shields against the wall, forming another shield wall to protect the archers behind them.

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The archer was behind the shield wall, and he set his bow and arrows, shooting in the air at an oblique angle, while the crossbowman hid under the wall and shot, with clear layers, proper guarding and very well-organized.

The Cao army did not gain any advantage. They never attacked the camp within fifty steps. After nearly five rounds of arrows shot, nearly 500 cavalry had been killed or injured. This was a very heavy loss for the expensive cavalry.

In the rear, General Le Jin had already frowned. When he accepted the military order, he attacked the Jingzhou army camp by sneak attack, defeated the 10,000 defenders defending the north of Fancheng, and then occupied Fancheng.

This is the military order given to him by the chief general Cao Ren. The order is very clear, the main command is to conquer the Jingzhou army camp and occupy Fancheng as the auxiliary command.

Le Jin also has rich experience. He knew that the cavalry raided at night, and only the opponent did not prepare in advance would definitely break through the camp before the opponent's soldiers assembled. As long as the cavalry rushed into the camp, the enemy would be out of power.

But he did not expect that Wenpin's experienced masters would have prepared in advance, which made him lose the opportunity.

The cavalry attacked the battalion to seize the initiative and take the opportunity unexpectedly, but once the initiative is lost, the cavalry will be exposed to the opponent's dense arrow formation. Obviously, he has lost.

Seeing the cavalry suffered heavy casualties, Le Jin secretly regretted it. If he had known that all the people of Hekou Town were plundered and they would have been in the front, there would have been no such serious casualties. However, regret was useless, so he had to grit his teeth and order.

He said: "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!"

"Do!Do!Do!"

The bell of retreat rang, and more than 2,000 cavalry retreated like a tide. Le Jin immediately ordered, "Displace the way and attack Fancheng!"

More than 2,500 cavalrymen, regardless of the injured and undead cavalry and war horses on the ground, turned their heads and ran south like lightning. They disappeared for a moment.

The Jingzhou army suddenly cheered, but Wen Pin was extremely worried. He knew that Cao's army must have gone to Fancheng. Although he had made arrangements, he didn't know whether the defenders could defend it.

He climbed up the sentry tower and looked south. He saw that Fancheng, ten miles away, also lit the beacon fire. The fire was particularly bright in the night sky. He breathed a little relieved, which meant that Fancheng was ready.

At this time, Deputy General Yang Xing walked to Wenpin and said worriedly: "Cao's army came to Fancheng, and now it is just a vanguard cavalry, but the main army will definitely come soon. Once Cao Ren leads tens of thousands of troops to fight, our camp will definitely be unable to protect.

It is inevitable that Fancheng will fall, so why not find a way to remove the south bank first!”

Wen Pin pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "You are right, we must evacuate immediately and leave now."

Yang Xing was shocked, but the risk of withdrawing troops at night was too high. Once the enemy cavalry discovered, we would inevitably chase us, and we would probably suffer heavy casualties.

Wen Pin looked at the night scene and it was almost three times. He shook his head, "The enemy must have thought that we would withdraw our troops overnight. Now their attention is on Fancheng. We must go the other way, withdraw our troops eastward, and withdraw our troops from Anlu.

The county, then go south to Jiangxia and join the Jiangxia army."

"But what if Cao's army crosses the river?"

Wen Pin laughed, "It's okay, I have ordered Cai Jin to collect ferries. If the beacon fires up, they will immediately cross the south. If Cao's army cannot get the ferry, they can only sigh at the river."

"The handsome man is brilliant!"

Wen Pin shook his head and said, "Stop flattering, let each soldier bring a bucket of rice, throw away all the tents and supplies, and set off for Anlu County immediately!"

A quarter of an hour later, nearly 8,000 Jingzhou troops, led by Wenpin, quickly retreated from Beidaying and marched northeastward. They could enter Suixian boundary dozens of miles away, and there were many mountains there, so the Cao army's cavalry could not.

Fight in the mountains.

They didn't have much time and had to enter Sui County before dawn. The soldiers almost trotted and retreated quickly towards Sui County.

In the dark night, shining beacons came from the north, and Xiangyang City also ignited the beacons. At this time, Cao's army launched a large-scale attack.

In a house outside Dongcheng, a man released three pigeons into the air. The pigeon spread its wings and flew towards Jiangxia.

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At noon the next day, Cao Ren, the chief general of the Cao army, led an army of 40,000 to Fancheng, but Fancheng was not taken down by Cao's army at this time. The cavalry led by Le Jin had no ability to attack the city and could not capture the tall and sturdy city for the time being.

Cao's army quickly set up a camp west of Fancheng. Large white tents appeared neatly like mushrooms after rain in the wilderness west of Fancheng, stretching for more than ten miles and magnificent.

On a high ground outside the camp, the main general Cao Ren, deputy general Cao Hong, Yu Jin, pioneer Li Dian and other dozens of Cao army's main generals were looking at Fancheng a mile away and the Han River in the south, as well as Xiangyang on the other side of the Han River.

This was the first time that Cao's army had entered the hinterland of Xiangyang. It was so close to Xiangyang that a Han River blocked Cao's army from continuing to move south.

Cao Ren's face was gloomy. None of his combat plans had been realized so far, which made him extremely angry. More importantly, Le Jin did not capture a ferry, which made Cao Ren the most angry.

At this time, Le Jin led five tooth generals to step forward quickly. He was uneasy and knelt down to report, "The last general Le Jin will meet the general!"

Cao Ren asked coldly: "Has the Jingzhou Army conquered?"

"Wenpin is ready, and he keeps his troops at night, quickly mobilizes thousands of strong bows and crossbows to block the attack. The cavalry is seriously injured and cannot conquer the enemy's main camp."

"Did Fancheng capture it?" Cao Ren asked coldly again.

"Neither, the cavalry has no ability to attack the city."

The sweat on Le Jin's forehead had already come down. Although the cavalry he led was sharp on the horse's back, his combat effectiveness was even worse than that of infantry after he got off the horse.

Moreover, the troops were too small and they did not carry siege weapons and could not conquer the tall and strong Fancheng at all. If they attacked for a strong force, the cavalry would inevitably suffer even heavier losses. Once the cavalry lost thousands, even the prime minister would be furious.

In fact, Le Jin believes that the failure last night was not entirely his responsibility, and Cao Ren also has the responsibility to mobilize troops to fight. Attacking the enemy camp and capturing Fancheng should not have been allowed to do the same army. It should be that two armies should be at the same time.

He did it, even though he thought so, he did not dare to say it clearly.

"The last general has done his best, but he is really an experienced and experienced scholar in Wenpeng and has not given us any chance."

"Has done your best?"

Cao Ren snorted coldly again, "I'll ask you again, how many ferry boats have you collected?"

Le Jin lowered his head and said for a while: "The ferry has been recruited by the enemy in advance. The war between the camp has been held. All the ferry boats cross the south of the river. We only found a few small boats."

"Enough!"

Cao Ren shouted loudly, his face turned pale with anger, pointed at Le Jin and cursed: "The three thousand cavalrymen have found nothing, what are you looking for to see me?"

"The main reason is that the enemy generals are prepared and linked together. If one fails, Fancheng and the ferry can no longer fight for it. If two armies are sent at the same time..."

Cao Ren was so angry that his whole body was trembling. Le Jin's meaning was clearly that he had made a mistake in sending troops. He was about to call for orders to push him down and behead him, but Cao Hong next to him reminded him: "General, you must report this to the Prime Minister and punish Le Jin severely!"

One sentence reminded Cao Ren that Le Jin was the Prime Minister's confidant general. Although the raid was not successful, it also forced the main force of the Jingzhou army to allow his army to move south smoothly.

If he rashly killed him, the Prime Minister would not be able to explain it, but if Le Jin was not punished, it would inevitably affect his prestige.

Thinking of this, Cao Ren said coldly: "It was clearly because you robbed Hekou Town and delayed the military plane. You dare to argue, someone will come!"

Cao Ren shouted loudly, "Drag it down and beat a hundred military sticks!"
Chapter completed!