On the battlefield, black smoke rolled, corpses were everywhere, flags and weapons were scattered all over the ground, human corpses and horse corpses were inserted, and crows and jackals were quickly summoned.

Cao Xin sat on a big stone and was wrapping Cao Chun with gauze. Cao Chun's mouth twitched in pain.

"Brother Six, I don't understand. Last time you caught prisoners and sold them for money, how could you let them go this time?"

Cao Chun said in confusion.

"you guess?"

"There must be a conspiracy. Either you persuaded to surrender a general, or you mixed with sand in the surrendered troops. Sixth brother, right?"

Cao Chun squeezed his eyes and smiled.

"Haha, if Jingzhou thinks so, my goal will be achieved."

"Tsk, what a trick, a series of tricks. Sixth Brother, I really obeyed you. Last time you brought a hundred cavalry to defeat Zhang Xiu, everyone thought it was luck. This time you used the attacking technique again and directly made more than 3,000 Jingzhou soldiers kneel down and surrender. Sixth Brother, you are so powerful. I think you are better at fighting than the Prime Minister."

Cao Chun exclaimed.

"Haha, I love hearing these words. I remember to say them in front of the Prime Minister next time and say them loudly."

Cao Xin patted his shoulder, stood up to patrol the battlefield, asked people to treat other wounded soldiers, and arranged for cars and horses to send the wounded soldiers back to Jinyang County for resettlement.

"Yuan Jian, what's the situation in our army?"

Cao Xin asked when he saw Liao Hua who was counting.

"The Wuba Infantry Battalion lost 48 people, 132 injured, 8 people were injured in the Light Cavalry Battalion, 35 injured, 3 infantry battalion lost 3, three new recruits, 124 injured, and 4 Langya Cavalry injured, with a total of 59 people and 395 injured."

Liao Hua said with a booklet.

"Langya infantry only lost three people?!"

Cao Chun screamed in shock. Seeing that everyone's faces were wrong, he immediately slapped his mouth, "I mean they rushed so fast, running faster than my cavalry, and they killed very fiercely on the battlefield, and they all went crazy, and they did nothing after a battle."

"Because of the good equipment, iron armor can protect the whole body. As long as you are not pointed at the face and shoot arrows, you will not be hit on the head with a heavy hammer, you will be seriously injured at most."

Liao Hua said.

"Wrong, because we are elite, the elite among the elite, can fight twenty."

Bai Feng said proudly with his arms in his arms.

Cao Xin shook his head, "Old Bai, don't brag, you lose 3 people, get more than 100 injuries, and lose one-tenth of the combat personnel. Can this be considered elite?"

"General, there are only six serious injuries, and the rest are all flesh and blood wounds, which will not affect the subsequent battle at all."

Bai Feng retorted.

"That's good!"

Cao Xin nodded.

After cleaning the battlefield, Pei Yuanshao photographed the Malay newspaper, and the 6,000 Jingzhou troops lying ambushed outside Yuyang County and the 6,000 Jingzhou soldiers lying ambushed in Tongbai Mountain were approaching here.

"Where is close to us?"

Cao Xin took out the map and asked.

"The two sides advance almost simultaneously. Once they fight with one side, the other side will rush up and surround our army within an hour."

Pei Yuanshao drew on the map.

"General, how to fight?"

Cao Chun asked.

"General, the last general is willing to lead one thousand Langya infantry in the headquarters to the mountains to block the ambush, and they will never have the opportunity to unite."

Bai Feng said with his fists.

Cao Xin touched the stubble on his chin.

"Yuan Shao, how many cavalry are there in Yuyang?"

"There is a song of light cavalry, about 500 people, and the rest are all infantry, spearmen and archers, and about 2,000 archers. Jingzhou archers are very powerful, so the general should be careful."

Pei Yuanshao said.

Cao Xin nodded. The most powerful troops in Jingzhou were archers and navy. The archers in Jingzhou once shot Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, to kill Zhang Ji, the general of the chariot and cavalry in Rangcheng, and had a brilliant record.

Before fighting with Deng Xian, many people on Cao Xin's side were lost to Jingzhou's bow and arrow.

After pondering for a while, Cao Xin made up his mind and did not divide his troops.

According to the initial idea, Deng Xian pretended to be defeated and fled, and then divided his troops to resist him. However, Deng Xian was defeated too fiercely, leaving only two ambushers in Yuyang and Tongbaishan.

If you divide your troops to resist the enemy or defeat them each, you will have a great chance of winning. The only difference lies in your own losses. If you divide your troops to fight against the enemy for a long time, the losses will definitely be greater.

"There is no division of troops for the time being. Yuyang and Tongbai Mountain are several miles apart, and it will take more than an hour to go back and forth. If we can solve the battle on one side and take the momentum of great victory within one hour, it will not be difficult to solve the problem on the other side."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"General, who will fight first?"

Cao Xin pointed to Yuyang with his horse whip,

"The terrain over there is flat, suitable for cavalry charges. Fight Deng Ji first and set off after dinner!"

"Yes, General!"

Cao Chun, Bai Feng, Wu Ba, Liao Hua, and Pei Yuanshao took the order to leave.

The camp began to make fires and make meals, waiting for the soldiers to eat and drink, Cao Xin asked people to blow the trumpet and gather troops, rectify the army and horses, and set off on the road again.

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On the west bank of Yuyang Jianshui River, an army wearing red-armored military uniforms was moving north quickly. The team had more than 6,000 people, and they lined up in a long line of more than a mile on the road.

General Deng Ji, the Pingbei general, sat on the horse's back, holding the map in his hand, frowning.

"General, General Yuanzong is back."

The Lord Bo Yiji immediately stepped forward and said.

Deng Ji nodded and glanced at the person behind Yi Ji.

"Brother!"

Deng Xian sat on the horse's back, with his head hanging deep, but his burly body seemed to have no backbone.

Deng Ji stared at him coldly, "Yuan Zong, I just asked you to pretend to defeat and lure the enemy. Why can't you even do this little thing well?"

Deng Xian's head drooped even lower, sweat came out of his forehead, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

"General!"

Several generals who escaped with Deng Xian bowed and said, "General, it was not the fault of General Yuanzong's defeat in our army. It was because Cao's army was too cunning and used attacking us, which led to the soldiers of Nanyang who turned against each other and surrendered without fighting."

"shut up!"

Deng Ji shouted coldly. Two-thirds of his troops were locals, and there were many civil servants and generals in Nanyang, including the chief Bo Yiji Yiji Yiji Yibo. Such words of sow discord cannot be said.

"Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou. The people of Nanyang are from Jingzhou. They do not distinguish between each other. What is the rebellion of the soldiers in Nanyang? Let's say that the soldiers in Nanyang are rebellious, and then the rebellion of the soldiers in Nanyang will be killed!"

Everyone stopped talking immediately.

"The defeat in this battle is one person."

Deng Ji's eyes fell on Deng Xian and said in a deep voice, "Deng Xian, you defeated Cao's army twice, causing our Jingzhou army to suffer heavy losses and facelessness. According to military laws, I will sentence you to death. Can you be convinced?"

"General think twice!"

"God of anger, General!"

The generals hurriedly came up to persuade him that if the brother wanted to kill his younger brother, if others did not stand up and persuade him for a word or two, they would inevitably make a grudge afterwards. If one more word was to listen to the other party, they would have a feeling.

"God of anger, General!"

Lord Bo Yiji bowed and said, "Our army is fighting with Cao's army, and it is the time to use people. It is not clear that we can kill the general. It is better to let General Yuanzong leave a useful body and make meritorious due to his crimes."

Deng Ji didn't say anything, but stared at Deng Xian and sighed lightly for a long time, "Deng Xian, for the sake of Ji Bo and the generals pleading for you, I will spare your life first, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the life penalty cannot be escaped."

"General, the last general accepts the punishment!"

Deng Xian bowed his head and said.

Deng Ji nodded with satisfaction, stroked his beard and said, "My Bo is right. Our army is using people. I want you to make meritorious contributions. Are you willing?"

"I'm willing, I'm willing!"

Deng Xian wiped the cold sweat from his face and nodded repeatedly.

"I received the news that the Cao army was ten miles ahead of our army. The two armies would come to war later. I ordered you to lead three thousand defeated soldiers as vanguards and attack Cao's army. If you can defeat Cao's army in one fell swoop, I will spare you if you fail again..."

"General, if you fail again, the last one will be willing to die."

Deng Xian shouted loudly.

"Go and reorganize the troops, Cao's army is about to arrive."

"Yes, General!"

Deng first clasped his fists and took the people away.
To be continued...