The 10,000 Cao troops in Xinye City almost went south. There were less than a thousand guards in the city. There were still a drizzle flying in the night sky. Although it was early summer, this drizzle still brought a hint of coolness to the soldiers.

The guardian of Xinye County was a tooth general named Li Neng. He was Cao Hong's general. He had followed Cao Hong for many years and was cautious and careful. It was precisely because of this that Cao Hong specially asked him to stay in Xinye City.

The fourth update was already past the night, and the inside and outside of the city gate was particularly quiet. Two thick torches inserted on both sides of the city gate were burning in the drizzle, illuminating the city gate within more than twenty steps.

There were only more than 200 on-duty troops on the top of the city, patrolling back and forth at the top of the city, looking vigilantly at the movement outside the city. In addition, there were more than 100 people in the north city, mainly guarding the two gates.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from afar, which made the defenders on the top of the city suddenly become alert and stare nervously outside the city.

After a moment, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the city, with more and more cavalrymen. It can be vaguely inferred that there were two or three thousand people. In the light of the hunting fire, the cavalry was wearing Cao's armor.

"The defenders in the city open the door quickly!" The officer in charge shouted loudly.

At this time, Li Neng, the commander patrolling the city, also rushed over to hear the news. He looked at the cavalry below from the chassis, and was very surprised. How could so many cavalry come? You must know that the three thousand cavalry in Nanyang have been led by General Le to the south. Where did this cavalry come from?

"Where are your troops?" Li Neng asked loudly.

The cavalry general responded loudly, "We are ordered to follow Xu Du to support Nanyang, and reinforce Xinye at the order of General Cao. Please open the city gate quickly!"

Li Neng was puzzled, could Xu Du still have cavalry? He didn't believe it and asked again: "Can there be any signs and arrows?"

"There are only command arrows, and the military talisman is with General Cao."

Li Neng was stunned. How could there be no military talisman? The general has always been cautious in doing things. How can he enter the city without military talisman? The general will never forget this detail, and it is wrong!

The more he looked at the cavalry, the more he became suspicious. There were two or three thousand people in this cavalry, most of which were hidden in the darkness, and only more than a hundred people were exposed to the fire. Are they wearing the Jiangxia army uniforms?

Thinking of this, Li Nengjing broke out in a cold sweat. There were only 800 defenders in the city, which was the weakest moment of defense. It was no accident that the enemy appeared at this time. They must have mastered the movements of their own army.

Li Neng immediately turned around and whispered to a subordinate: "Go to find Wu Junhou quickly and ask him to bring all his brothers, and then he said there is an enemy situation!"

The soldiers under his command ran towards the military camp in the city. At this time, Li Neng smiled again and said, "It's okay to have a command arrow. Please present the command arrow. If you check it, open the city gate."

Cao's army threw a basket with a rope tied far away, and a soldier below put an arrow into the basket, and the basket was pulled back.

"Please wait. You need to report to the main general and open the door immediately."

Li Neng was delaying time. He had discovered that this command arrow was forged and further confirmed the identity of the soldiers under the city. He must have been deceived by the enemy.

Time passed little by little, and the soldiers in the military camps in the city began to rush up to the city one after another, tapping their bows and arrows, waiting for the order to shoot.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the cavalry under the city could no longer help. A cavalry stepped forward and shouted angrily: "Why haven't you opened the door yet? What do you mean?"

Li Neng smiled grimly and shouted loudly: "Arrow!"

The Cao army soldiers hiding behind the city wall stood up together, pulled their bows and shot arrows, and hundreds of arrows roared at the cavalry under the city. More than a dozen cavalrymen could not dodge and were shot by random arrows, and they screamed and fell off the horse.

The other soldiers raised their shields, resisting the arrows, and quickly retreated backwards, and retreated outside the range in a moment.

This cavalry was the Jiangxia cavalry led by Liao Hua. Not only were more than 2,000 cavalry, but also 3,000 infantry waiting behind, and was ordered to take advantage of the empty opportunity of Xinye to capture Xinye City.

Although he was discovered by the defenders, Liao Hua was not furious. He calmly ordered: "Beat the drum! Get ready to attack."

‘Dong! dong! dong!’ The drum sounded loudly and the shouts were heard all over the world. Although the Jiangxia army created a great momentum, it never launched an attack. Instead, the cavalry rushed past the city walls in turn, and dense arrows shot towards the top of the city.

The defenders on the top of the city were extremely nervous, and kept bowing their heads to avoid the messy arrows shot from the city. They seized the opportunity and fired arrows under the city.

"withstand!"

Li Neng shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, it's difficult for the enemy to attack the city!"

He turned around and ordered: "Look at the beacon fire and ask for help!"

The three pillars of war fire at the top of Xinye City were burning, and they were asking for help from Nanyang County in the north.

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Unlike the fierce battle at the south city head, the outside of the west city is extremely quiet. There is an extremely narrow forest here, about ten miles long, but only more than two hundred steps wide. On the other side of the forest is the water that is more than ten feet wide.

An artificial canal leads to the water, which leads the water into the moat and flows into the city. More than 200 ferries sail into the water through this artificial canal.

At this time, in the woods, a raid team composed of more than a hundred elite soldiers was quietly waiting for the opportunity.

This is a special force from the Three Kingdoms era. It was formed last year and named "Eagle Strike". It was carefully selected by Liu Jing from tens of thousands of Jiangxia troops. Everyone is agile, has high martial arts skills, and has rich combat experience. Today is their first time to enter actual combat.

The leader of this team is Liu Zheng, who looks like a monkey. He is seventeen years old this year and has been promoted to military marquis. Although he is thin, commanding such an army is still no problem for him.

Liu Zheng pricked up his ears and listened quietly to the movements in the south of the city. At this time, drums and faint shouts of killing came from the south of the city. This is the combat signal.

"Strike!"

He turned around and shouted softly. Immediately, twenty soldiers rushed forward carrying five or six large wooden boards about three meters long, putting the wooden boards on the moat two meters wide, and smashing the two wedges into the soil, which were firmly fixed on the moat.

Liu Zheng checked the backpack behind him and the hook at his waist, and was foolproof. He immediately turned around and more than a dozen soldiers ran forward with a bamboo pole about five or six meters long. Everyone ran to the city and stopped thirty steps away.

Liu Zheng held the other end of Zhugan in his arms and took a deep breath, "Let's start!"

More than a dozen people started and ran at the same time. Liu Zheng was at the front of the bamboo pole, and more than a dozen people were at the back of the bamboo pole. Everyone had trained countless times and cooperated very well. They rushed to the city in an instant. Liu Zheng rose into the air and ran upwards on the city wall with his feet. The bamboo pole supported his body behind him.

This is a traditional way of climbing the wall. The wall climber is light and turns the forward thrust of the bamboo pole to upward. He moves quickly and can quickly climb to the top of the city.

Three feet away from the head of the city, Liu Zheng threw out a hook and hooked the head of the city. He threw away the bamboo pole, and used the power of the hook to cling to the head of the city. He slowly poked his head to look up at the city. The head of the city was quiet, without a single soldier, almost all the Cao army soldiers rushed to the south city.

He jumped onto the top of the city wall, quickly took out five or six rope covers from his backpack, put them on the battlements, and threw them down.

More than a hundred soldiers had already rushed to the city, their bodies close to the city wall. They grabbed the rope and climbed up quickly. One soldier after another climbed the city. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than a hundred soldiers all went to the city, and together with their spears, they pulled them to the top of the city.

"Brothers, take it harder. Whether Shinno Castle can be won is here!"

Liu Zheng explained to everyone, waved his hand and led more than a hundred people to quickly pounce along the city head towards the north city.

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At the gate of Nancheng, the "lively" battle continued, with drums rumbling and shouting to kill the sky, but the Jiangxia army did not have any substantial attack except shooting arrows, which made Li Neng, the defender at the city, confused him.

"General, can the enemy beating the east and west?" a garrison leader whispered beside him.

Li Neng suddenly woke up. There were less than 100 defenders on the North City Gate. If they were attacked, the North City would be difficult to protect. He was so anxious that he shouted at the gate leader: "Since you have thought of it, go quickly?"

The governor agreed and ran towards the North City with more than 100 soldiers, but after less than a hundred steps, a soldier covered in blood stumbled over, "General Li, the North City was attacked by the enemy, and his brothers were killed and injured, and the city gate was lost!"

"Ah!" Li Neng was stunned.

There was only a shout of killing from the North City. Three thousand Jiangxia soldiers rushed into Xinye City from the North City Gate. At this time, Liao Hua outside the city also heard the shout of killing from the North City Gate. He knew that the "Eagle Strike" had been successful, so he immediately turned around and ordered: "Retreat!"

More than 2,000 cavalry rushed westward and disappeared soon. Fight broke out in the southern city gate. More than 2,000 Jiangxia soldiers rushed to the southern city gate and fought fiercely with hundreds of Cao troops.

Cao's army could not resist and retreated step by step. Seeing the extreme crisis, Li Neng shouted: "Let the city break through!"

The suspension bridge was quickly lowered, and the city gate rumbled open. More than 800 Cao troops rushed out of the city and ran towards the wilderness outside. At this moment, a cavalry came from the slanting sect, surrounding Cao's army.

General Liao Hua slapped his horse and shouted, slashing at the enemy general. Li Neng was caught off guard and was slashed into two pieces with one knife.

Liao Hua shouted: "Those who do not surrender will kill you!"

The main general was killed, and Cao's soldiers were desperate and kneeled down to surrender. Liao Hua turned around and looked at Xinye City. In the flames, he faintly saw a Jiangxia army battle flag rising slowly. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He fulfilled his mission and completed the task of snatching Xinye City.

Just as fierce battle broke out in Xinye City, the battle at the Bishui River mouth to the south was about to break out. More than 250 ferries were carrying more than 6,000 Cao army soldiers slowly coming from the north. The leader was the general Cao Hong.
Chapter completed!