Cao Ren led three thousand cavalry to rush north. At this time, the rain had stopped. The pale half-moon passed through the cracks of the clouds, covering the earth with a dark gray luster. The official road was extremely muddy, but except for the official road, the grass was covered with puddles several feet deep, and it was impossible to march at all.

Cao Ren was in a panic. He was very worried about Cao Hong and Li Dian. He didn't know what life and death they were. Especially Cao Hong, if something happened to him, how could he explain to the Prime Minister?

It was already five o'clock, and the cavalry team had already rushed to Hekou Town. There was a fork in the road here, one road to Xinye and one road to Nanyang, but it was far away from Fancheng. The Cao army soldiers were relieved.

Pioneer General Le Jin slowed down his horse speed and waited for Cao Ren to come forward. Le Jin whispered: "General, I'm wondering if something happened to Xinye, after all, there are less than a thousand people. Since Liu Jing has prepared in advance, will he let Xinye go?"

Cao Ren frowned. He just wanted to leave Fancheng quickly, but he had not considered it so far. However, Le Jin's reminder did make him hesitate. There was a fork in front of him, and he had to make a decision.

"What do you think?" Cao Ren asked Le Jin.

Mao Jie was behind Cao Ren, but Cao Ren did not ask him. This made Mao Jie feel really ashamed. This time he was cautious and cautious, but he was still deceived. He wanted to say something, but the shame in his heart made him hold back.

Le Jin thought for a while and said, "It's better to send a scout to Xinye. If Xinye has not lost it, Li Neng will be ordered to give up Xinye and go to Wancheng. If Xinye has lost it, there is nothing we can do. What subordinates mean is that they don't care about Xinye and retreat directly to Wancheng."

Although the plan was good, Cao Ren was still hesitant. He was worried that Cao Hong and Li Dian would break out and escape to Xinye, but no one would respond and be ambushed twice, he might be unable to save his life.

While hesitating, a small commotion came from the front, "What happened?" Cao Ren shouted angrily.

A personal soldier came forward to report, "General, Li Neng sent a report soldier, and he lost too much blood and was almost out of reach."

Cao Ren was excited and hurriedly rushed forward. He saw a soldier lying on the horse's back, covered in blood, and two arrows were inserted on his back, and he had fainted.

A personal soldier handed a military talisman and a blood-stained letter, "This was found in his arms."

Cao Ren took it and looked at it. The military talisman was the half rooster he gave to Li Neng. The letter was also written by Li Neng. Cao Ren opened the letter and looked at it. It was Li Neng's letter of help. Two thousand Jiangxia cavalry pretended to be Cao's army and were discovered. Now the attack was in a hurry and begged Cao Ren to rescue him quickly."

At this time, the military doctor had already woken up the sender. He said in a low voice: "Xinye's troops are insufficient, please help the general!"

After saying that, he fainted again. Mao Jie next to him finally couldn't help saying: "General, if the Jiangxia army attacked Xinye was a trick to lure troops, but set up an ambush there, our army would be in danger. After all, the army in Fancheng has not yet appeared tonight, and my subordinates are very worried."

Le Jin also advised: "General, cavalry training is not easy and extremely precious. These three thousand cavalry are half of the entire cavalry. If they are attacked and suffer heavy losses, they will not be able to exchange for a hundred Li Neng. The general should give up Xinye and return to Wancheng! Let Li Neng break through by himself."

Cao Ren was in a dilemma. As a general, Le Jin's position was not wrong, but as the head coach, he was not good. He Cao Ren could not give up any army unless he had no choice. Since Li Neng had sent someone to ask for help, he could not abandon his subordinates and refuse to rescue him because he was afraid of being ambushed. In that case, he could not explain to the Prime Minister."

Cao Ren finally sighed, "You can't leave Xinye!"

Le Jin was silent for a moment and clasped his fists and said, "Since that's the case, my subordinates led the cavalry to rescue Xinye, and asked the general to lead the main force of the cavalry back to Wancheng."

Seeing that he was determined, Cao Ren thought of his heavy responsibility to him, Cao Ren felt a little apologized and patted Le Jin on the shoulder and said, "Just do your best, I won't blame you, take care of yourself."

Le Jin bit his lip tightly, turned his horse's head and waved his hand to his song, "Come with me!"

Five hundred cavalry followed Le Jin and rushed towards Xinye. Cao Ren looked at his team and walked away, sighing softly: "I hope he is safe."

Cao Ren was excited and clamped his war horse with his boots and urged the horse to run north. Two thousand five hundred cavalrymen rushed to Wancheng from Nanyang Avenue.

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It is not far from Hekou Town to Xinye City, only thirty miles. Although the official road is full of mud and the road is difficult, Le Jin still arrived at Xinye City before dawn.

Five miles away from Xinye City, you can already see the dark walls of the county town from afar. The Cao army's cavalry stopped slowly, Le Jin ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, and ordered a few spies to go inquire about the news.

From the time of departure at noon last night, to the ambush at night, and after another night of escape, the Cao army's cavalry was exhausted. Although the grass on both sides was very wet and water was everywhere, the exhausted soldiers still lay down one after another.

Some people fell asleep as soon as they lay down, some were eating dry food, and war horses were also gnawing on the grass and drinking water in the puddles.

After eating something, Lejin felt a little uneasy, so he jumped to a big rock and looked around. This place happened to be a gentle depression, with low hillsides on both sides, covered with dense woods. The nearest woods are less than seventy steps away from them.

Although there were no traces of troops walking on the official road, Le Jin was still worried that the enemy would surround him from the small path. He knew very well that there was great danger in the peace here.

Le Jin became anxious and turned around to look towards Xinye City. He only hoped that a few spies would come back quickly. If he was really siege, he could only provide assistance according to the situation and ensure the safety of all cavalry. If the county town had fallen, he would immediately retreat south.

At this moment, a frightened bird suddenly flew in the woods on the left. Le Jin suddenly turned around and stared at the woods. His spy reported that there were no ambushers and no people in the woods. How could the birds flew in a fright?

It was not yet completely dawn, and the woods were shrouded in a gray mist. Le Jin seemed to see someone flashing in the woods. He was shocked and shouted anxiously: "Get up quickly and leave here!"

The Cao army soldiers were so scared that they jumped up one after another. At this moment, a sound of chucks came from the woods on both sides, and dense arrows shot overwhelmed. The Cao army soldiers could not dodge and were shot down with a large number of screams. The war horses were also shot into the ground one after another. The Cao army cavalry was in chaos.

Le Jin escaped the first round of arrow rain by chance. He flew onto the horse, and didn't bother waiting for other soldiers, shouting, "Follow me!"

He whipped his horse hard and fled south. More than a hundred soldiers followed him. At this moment, thousands of ambush soldiers broke out from the woods, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky. Two thousand cavalrymen also rushed towards the official road ahead. The spears were waving, and the murderous intent was scattered, cutting off the way Cao's army fled south.

Le Jin was shocked and strangled the war horses, turned around and ran northward. At this time, a burly Jiangxia general had already rushed out of the woods. The general was silver helmet and iron armor, and immediately carried a double halberd across the street. It was Gan Ning. He held a bow and arrow in his hand and found the enemy general as the leader.

Gan Ning pulled out an arrow from behind his shoulder, placing an arrow, staring at Le Jin who was running away, and suddenly pulled the bow away. The bow was like a full moon, and the string was loosened, and a wolf-toothed arrow shot towards Le Jin like lightning. Le Jin had just run out twenty steps, and the arrow shot instantly, with an extremely strong arrow.

At this time, Le Jin suddenly heard the sound of wind behind him. He flashed quickly, but it was too late. "Puff!" An arrow shot through the back of his neck, and the tip of the arrow came out of his throat. Le Jin screamed softly, reached out to cover his throat, and his eyes turned black and he turned over and fell off the horse.

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A few days after Liu Biao died of illness, a war of sneak attacks and anti-sneak attacks broke out north of the Han River. 10,000 Cao's army attacked Dunsey Fort and eventually fell into the trap of the Jiangxia army and Wenpin army, and suffered the second crushing defeat since the Battle of Fancheng.

This battle not only was more than 6,000 captured people, but Xinye City was lost, but more importantly, two heavyweight generals, Cao Hong and Li Dian, were captured, and Cao Cao's confidant Le Jin also died under the arrow of Gan Ning.

This was an extremely heavy blow to the Cao army, and it was an inspiring victory for the Jiangxia army and even the entire Jingzhou.

As soon as dawn, several cavalrymen rushed into Xiangyang City and shouted all the way: "A great victory in Jiangbei, Cao's army was defeated, Prince Jing captured Cao Hong and Li Dian alive!"

The news of the Fancheng victory seemed to have grown wings, and within half an hour it spread throughout Xiangyang City, and Xiangyang City was in full swing.

Although it was during the mourning period when the provincial governor died, people could not help but feel ecstasy and went to the streets to beat drums and gongs and burn firecrackers to celebrate the victory. Celebration people could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Even the soldiers guarding the city cheered, hugged each other tightly, and cried with joy.

More than a dozen senior officials including the prefecture, including Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, Li Gui, and Han Song, who had just taken over as a different position, were urgently discussing countermeasures.

Although Liu Cong was the successor to the prefecture governor, he did not attend this gathering of senior officials, and no one wanted him to appear. Cai Mao and others naturally regarded him as a puppet. Even Deng Yi and Pang Ji and other non-Cai Mao factions also hated this useless eunuch and were completely useless.

"Let's talk about what to do!"

Cai Mao asked listlessly. He had just received a document sent by Liu Jing and Wenpin, asking to worship the coffin of the state patriarch. According to the Han system, the emperor would be funeral in seven days and the princes would be funeral in five days. Today is the fourth day, and the other party asked to worship in tomorrow.

Cai Mao was considering whether to let them enter the city. This time, Liu Jing's prestige was unparalleled, which made Cai Mao dare not take the opportunity to harm him. He only thought about how to refuse Liu Jing's entry into the city.

At this time, Kuai Yue interrogated: "Mr. Jing is the nephew of the governor of Xianzhou. If he is not allowed to worship the coffin, it will hinder human relations and will cause dissatisfaction between the military and civilians in Xiangyang. It is better to let them worship the coffin. If the military advisor is not at ease, he can restrict his army from entering the city."

Kuai Yue's proposal was unanimously agreed. In fact, Cai Mao summoned this discussion and knew that it was difficult to refuse Liu Jing's worship of Liu Biao's coffin under the current circumstances, but he was considering whether to let Liu Jing and Wen Pin visit the new governor of Jingzhou together.

Thinking of this, Cai Mao said slowly: "Since everyone agrees that he worships the coffin of the Pastor of the Xianzhou, I can only agree. But as a minister of Jingzhou, I think he should also pay homage to the Pastor of the New Zealand to fulfill his responsibilities as a minister. I hope everyone can support my suggestions."
Chapter completed!