"Report! General, Deng Ji ordered to collect the 3,200 broken troops, and prepare to attack our army with Deng Xian and the 3,200 broken troops as the vanguard."

On the upper reaches of the north bank of Jianshui River, a scout flew to report the situation.

"Using Deng Xian and the defeated troops as the vanguard? This is a clever move."

Cao Xin tapped his riding whip lightly on his palm.

Several other generals looked at him and opened their mouths to comfort him, but they didn't know how to comfort him. After all, what the general did was really too reckless.

Cao Xin glanced at the others and said, "Why are you acting like that? Do you think I made a mistake and want to ridicule you?"

"Hey, don't you dare."

The generals waved their hands one after another.

Cao Chun grinned and said, "As the old saying goes, a wise man will always make a mistake. General, you have made so many calculations, so it doesn't matter if you make a mistake once, don't you think so?"

"Tie it, tie it!"

The generals bit their mouths to suppress laughter.

Cao Xin snorted lightly and continued to ask Tan Ma, "Did Deng Ji re-equip them and feed them and treat their injuries?"

"No, when my subordinates came over, the defeated soldiers were still wearing underwear. They were supervised in the rear and were not allowed to move around. They were not given food or armor."

Tan Ma said.

"I know, keep exploring, don't get too close, and pay attention to safety."

"Yes, General!"

Tan Ma left quickly.

Cao Xin pondered for a moment, then called Niu Jin, the publicity officer, and gave him some careful instructions. Niu Jin nodded, indicating that he fully understood.

"Report! General, two miles ahead, the Jingzhou Army has suspended its march and is forming formation downstream."

Another detective came back and reported.

"Where is the ambush at Tongbai Mountain?"

Cao Xin asked.

"I received news a quarter of an hour ago that the Tongbai Mountain ambush troops have walked out of Jiagou Mountain, about twenty-two miles away from us."

Tan Ma said.

"I know, tell Commander Pei to act according to the plan."

"Yes, General!"

He patted the horse and left.

"Xu~"

Cao Xin reined in his horse, raised his spear and shouted,

"The whole army stops advancing!"

"The general has an order, stop advancing!"

More than ten knights of Langya Cavalry shouted.

Rumble~

More than 3,300 soldiers and more than ten square formations stopped instantly.

Cao Xin rode a black horse, holding a big iron gun, and ran back and forth in front of the military formation. He stopped in the middle and shouted loudly,

"Brothers, after a long day of fighting, are you tired?"

"Not tired! Not tired!"

The Langya soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Haha, don't coax me. I am a little tired after running for a day, not to mention you have to walk, you must be very tired. I know this, so I asked Commander Liu Dashi to prepare three hundred jars of roasted knives and four thousand roasted chickens.

, is in Jinyang County behind us, less than forty miles away from us. We will go back to eat after the war, do you want to eat?!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

More than 3,000 soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly, and many people were salivating.

"Haha, I want to eat too, and I also want to have a drink with everyone after the battle."

"General, this is what you said, don't forget it."

Niu Jin shouted with a loud voice.

"Hahaha~"

The soldiers opened their mouths and laughed.

"I will never forget that I, the general, keep his word. But before we have wine and roast chicken, we have another battle. Just two miles ahead, Xinye Dengji is the brother of Deng Xian. He leads 6,000 soldiers.

The horse stopped us in front and wanted to fight with us, what do you think we should do?"

"General, of course I'm going to beat his mother."

"General, let's fight. There are only 6,000 people. It's not enough for us to warm up."

"General, please give the order quickly. After the fight, we have to go back to drink and eat meat."

The Langya army and three thousand soldiers made a loud noise.

"Haha, seeing how active everyone is, I won't waste any more time."

Cao Xin waved his big iron gun, pointed straight ahead and shouted,

"All troops attack!"

Cao Xin urged the Wuzui horses to sit down, and took the lead in rushing out of the army formation with more than two hundred Langya cavalry.

Nearly a thousand Langya infantry shouted to follow, followed closely by Wu Ba's more than 1,800 soldiers, and Cao Chun led more than 500 light cavalry to suppress the formation in a roundabout way from the rear.

During the rapid march, it was less than tea time, and the men and horses were just sweating. From a mile away, they saw Deng Ji's army in the distance, with their chariots and horses ready and ready.

Cao Xin had already chosen a place and started arranging his troops on a hill in front of and to the left of Deng Ji's army.

Seeing him preparing to set up a formation on the hill, Deng Jijun waved his command flag, and with a roar, the two square formations in the middle moved to the left and right, leaving a long passage.

I saw Deng Xian riding a war horse, wearing armor, and leading more than 3,000 lining-clad soldiers out of the military formation. They carried long spears, short knives, sticks and other simple and mixed weapons in their hands.

These people were the surrender troops who left the battlefield ahead. There were 3,200 people in total, a large and mighty force.

"Warriors!"

Deng Xian waved his halberd and shouted, "In front of us is the army of Cao's thieves. Please rush over with me, kill them all, and avenge your dead comrades, okay?"

"...."

The defeated soldiers kept their mouths tightly shut, and few responded.

Deng Xian's face darkened slightly, and he snorted coldly, "Soldiers, I know that you all feel aggrieved, feel that you have been wronged, and feel uncomfortable, but we also have to think about the general. Everyone surrendered to Cao Jun on the battlefield and was safe and sound.

Put the land back, there must be spies from Cao Jun among you, the general is doing this just in case, and for everyone's good."

"fart!"

Someone in the crowd cursed quietly.

Tsk~

The defeated soldiers couldn't help but laugh.

"Who is it?!"

Deng Xian glared at everyone and glanced around a few times. He didn't see the person who laughed out loud. He snorted coldly and pointed at Cao Xin's army formation in front.

"Now everyone just needs to rush over with me and kill a Cao Jun soldier to prove our innocence. Can you guys rush over with me and defeat Cao Jun?"

"...."

More than three thousand defeated soldiers remained silent. On the one hand, Deng Xian's words were all nonsense and not inflammatory at all. Second, Cao's army was too fierce. The soldiers in armor were like wild beasts. They fought extremely fiercely. The armor on their bodies...

The weapons are all high-end goods, and they have no armor, only simple weapons. Fighting with them is no different than getting killed.

Dong~dong~dong~dong dong dong dong~

The war drums were beaten in Jingzhou, and the beat became more and more rapid. According to military regulations, anyone who refused to advance after hearing the drums would be killed.

"Look! Deng Ji is going to shoot us."

Everyone turned around and saw two rows of archers squatting in front of the military formation, drawing bows and arrows and aiming at them.

"Warriors! Charge with me!"

Deng first led a few cavalrymen to charge forward, while Wei Yan and others dragged their feet forward.

"Hey, are those brothers from Nanyang over there?"

In front of Cao Jun's position, Niu Jin, who was holding a loudspeaker, ran out again and shouted at everyone with a loudspeaker:

"Brothers of Nanyang, the prefect let you go home to harvest wheat and visit your wives, children, and children. Why are you still here?"
To be continued...