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Five thousand Han troops crossed Tanxi and continued to pursue, chasing for more than ten miles. At this time, Zhang Yan rushed over to report: "General Qi, the situation is a bit wrong. All the scouts sent by Beizhi were missing and did not come back."

Wen Pin was shocked and quickly stopped his war horses and looked around. They had entered the Longzhong Mountains. Two miles ahead was Longzhong Town. There were mountains and valleys around him, which were very easy to ambush the enemy. He immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately ordered: "Go back to the army quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard drums in the valleys on both sides, and fires were everywhere. Two armies, one left and one right, rushed out of the valleys on both sides. It was impossible to see how many people were in the darkness. In the fire, a general was shot and killed. It was Li Dian, the general of Cao's army.

Wenpin's marching team was stretched several miles long, and it was difficult to gather together to meet the battle. It was immediately divided into two by Cao's army. Wenpin's army was in chaos. Wenpin shouted to Zhang Yan urgently: "Staminate the army and break back to Xiangyang!"

He waved his willow-leaf sword and urged his horse to greet Li Dian, shouting, "The thief will take me a knife!"

He slashed towards him with a knife, and the sword was extremely fierce. Li Dian also shouted, swinging his gun to fight. The two of them intertwined their horses and fought fiercely on the official road.

Wenpin was a very skilled general in martial arts. He was once one of the three powerful generals under Liu Biao. Later, he was listed as one of the five tiger generals in Jingzhou. It was not until Ma Chao and Pang De surrendered that Wenpin withdrew from the five tiger generals. Li Dian was also a famous general under Cao Cao. He was both civil and military, and was extremely strategic. The plan to entice troops on the broken bridge was his arrangement, and he eventually attracted Wenpin.

However, in terms of martial arts, Li Dian was weaker than Yu Jin, Zhang Liao and others, and they were slightly inferior to Wenpin. The two fought fiercely for more than twenty rounds, and Li Dian gradually became dissatisfied. He made a flaw and pulled out of the fierce battle circle and urged the horse to defeat the west. His retreat immediately weakened the Cao army's offensive a little.

Wen Pin seized this opportunity and shouted: "Brothers, break out!"

At this time, Zhang Yan had stabilized the morale and formation of the Han army. Under the leadership of Wenpin, they rushed out of the encirclement of Cao's army and quickly retreated to Xiangyang City. At this time, Li Dian killed him again. Seeing that the Han army had retreated, he stopped chasing him and led his army to the direction of Longzhong Wharf.

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Longzhong Wharf is half smaller than Xiangyang Wharf, and the other side is Deng County. The terrain on this area is gentle, and even if it is not on the wharf, it is possible to cross the river. The available river banks are several miles wide. Since the Cao army is mainly concentrated in the Xiangfan area, the river surface in Longzhong is not the focus of Han army's warship patrols, and there are less than twenty warships.

The warships mainly defended the north shore, and there were almost no warships patrolling in the area near the south shore. Zhang Liao's army had stopped about one mile from the dock. The soldiers blew all the sheepskin rafts, and soon, thousands of sheepskin rafts were ready.

At this time, a spy rushed over to report: "Report to General Qi, there are no enemy warships on the south bank of the river, but there are on the north bank."

Zhang Liao was even more worried that Xiangyang's warships arrived, so he immediately ordered: "Go to cross the river!"

More than 20,000 Cao army soldiers carried sheepskin rafts and rushed towards the riverside. Rafts rushed into the river one by one. The soldiers jumped onto the rafts one by one. According to the Cao army's system, there were tithings and rafts. Such a leader led the command and division of labor. Four soldiers paddled with wooden oars, and the other six soldiers raised their bows and crossbows to be responsible for the surrounding vigilance.

In just a moment, thousands of sheepskin rafts appeared on the river surface, struggling toward the other side, looking down from a high place, I saw countless small black dots floating on the river surface, with a huge momentum and spectacularity.

It was already four o'clock, the night was dark, the river was covered with darkness, the spring was chilly and the wind was roaring. The Han army's warships finally discovered the abnormality on the south bank, and more than twenty warships turned around and rushed towards the southern river.

The Han army warships on the Longzhong River were mainly five hundred stone warships, and there was also a thousand stone warships, commanded by a military marquis. He saw that the situation was critical and immediately ordered people to rush to Xiangyang for help.

"Crash them!" The Han army marquis ordered loudly, and the sound of war drums rang on the river surface, and more than 20 Han army warships quickly rushed into the Cao army group. When the ships approached slightly, the Cao army on the raft raised crossbows and shot arrows. The arrows on the river surface flew like rain, shooting towards the enemy ships that were hitting towards them.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the leader's warship hit a sheepskin raft, and the huge waves stirred up overturned the raft. Amid the screams, ten Cao soldiers fell into the water and asked for help on the river in horror.

The warship ignored it and hit another sheepskin raft head-on. Although most of the warships were only five hundred stones, they still looked huge in size and had a huge difference in strength, but in terms of quantity, they were far fewer than thousands of rafts. Although the warships rushed across the river, the number was still too small. More Cao's rafts rushed through the Han River blockade and crossed the Han River.

Zhang Liao was behind the team. He was about to wait for Li Dian's army to come. At this time, soldiers came to report that Li Dian's army had passed Longzhong Town and was coming quickly towards the dock. Zhang Liao then boarded a large sheepskin raft with his fifty personal soldiers and two war horses on the raft. The soldiers rowed hard and drove towards the opposite shore.

But at this moment, the low trumpet sound from the river surface in the distance, and the trumpet sound echoed on the river surface, followed by the rumbling drums, and dozens of Han warships appeared on the river surface. These were warships sent by the navy leader Shen Mi to support Longzhong, about fifty. They also knew that Longzhong had military information and were sailing west quickly.

At this time, half of Cao's army had not crossed the river. Zhang Liao's face changed drastically and he immediately ordered: "Order the guards to fight!"

Zhang Liao also trained a Nanyang naval army of 2,000 people in Wancheng. Compared with the soldiers from the north, they were better at water and could fight on the river. In the plan to cross the river, Zhang Liao did not consider water battles with the Han army, but just wanted to cross the river as soon as possible. However, at this time, the arrival of the Han army's reinforcements forced him to change his plan.

‘Dong-Dong-Dong!’ The sound of Cao’s war drums was also ringing, and the fierce and rhythmic sound of war drums echoed on the river. This was the order to fight. The two hundred escort rafts that were crossing the river began to gather quickly and headed towards the oncoming Han warships.

The Han army's tooth general was named Zhou Xin. He was the one who caught Guan Yu in Jiangling and was promoted from military Hou to tooth general. His bravery and good fighting were recognized by Gan Ning, and he was specially appointed as Shen Mi's deputy general. Zhou Xin was a native of the southerner and had never seen a sheepskin raft. He was also quite surprised. But at this time, nearly two Cao army strange ships attacked his fleet from all directions. Arrows on the river were like rain. Many soldiers were caught in arrows. He did not dare to underestimate the enemy and ordered: "Attack with a stone cannon!"
Chapter completed!