"Open the door!"

Xinye, the sky is dark.

Several wind lanterns were hung on the north gate tower, and the flag of Jingzhou was fluttering in the wind.

Deng Ji led more than 800 remnant troops and arrived at Xinye City in a panic. Looking at the tall tower, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After running around for days, they finally returned to Xinye City, which they had longed for.

"Who is under the city?"

Someone in the city shouted and asked.

"General Pingbei returns to the city. Please open the door on the top of the city quickly."

Deng Ji sent people to shout from the gate tower.

"What general?"

The people in the city shouted.

"General Pingbei!! It's General Pingbei who's back. You'd better open the door quickly, or I'll slap you."

The people in the city shouted impatiently.

"Downstairs, don't lie to me. General Pingbei led tens of thousands of troops out of the city. How come you are the only ones left? Someone just pretended to be General Pingbei and entered the city, killing people and setting fires in the city. We are troubled by this.

Jincai killed them all, and you came and said you were General Pingbei, do you think I'm a fucking idiot?"

The people upstairs yelled.

"Upstairs, we are really General Pingbei's troops. I didn't lie to you. General Pingbei is right here."

The people in the city pointed at Deng Ji who was riding a big horse behind him and shouted.

"Where is General Pingbei? I didn't see it."

The person upstairs shouted.

Deng Ji rode forward, raised his head and shouted, "I am here, general. Who is in charge of the city? Ask him to come over, and I will tell him personally."

"You are General Pingbei? What can you prove?"

shouted the man upstairs.

"Who is in charge in the city, he will know when he meets me."

Deng Ji shouted.

"You wait!"

After a while, several figures appeared on the tower, and the people upstairs shouted,

"Master Bo Yi is here. Who is downstairs? Come forward and answer."

"Uncle Ji, it's me, open the door quickly."

Deng Ji looked at the figure on the top of the city and shouted.

"General, please forgive me for not opening the door."

On top of the city, Yi Ji sighed softly.

"Why?"

Deng Ji exclaimed.

"Xia Guan is also from Nanyang."

Yi Ji sighed.

Deng Ji was filled with hatred after hearing this, "Uncle Ji, I have said that people from Nanyang are from Jingzhou. Uncle Ji, you are a smart man, how could you believe Cao Cao's trick?"

"General, today you arranged for Nanyang's defeated troops to go into battle naked. Why did you treat them as Jingzhou people? Since then, Nanyang and Jingzhou have been separated from each other. It is the general's fault."

"nonsense!"

Deng Ji was furious, drew his sword and ordered his men to attack the city.

Whoosh~

A cold arrow was shot from the top of the city. Deng Ji was unprepared and was shot off his horse.

"The general has fallen!"

A group of broken soldiers rushed over, snatched Deng Ji away from the arrow, and quickly left the city gate.

"Commander Pei!"

Yi Ji raised his hands to the person behind him and said, "Is Commander Pei satisfied with your response?"

"Haha, I am very satisfied, Commander."

Pei Yuanshao walked from the shadows to the lantern, showed a strong face, and said with a bright smile, "Sir, we still need a lot of help in Xinye City."

Yi Ji nodded helplessly, "It's just that there are still three thousand defenders in Xinye City. Commander Pei only has a hundred people. I can only recruit five to six hundred people. It will be difficult for us alone to control Xinye City."

Pei Yuanshao did not speak, but looked quietly outside the city. After a while, Pei Yuanshao smiled softly,

"Reinforcements have arrived."

Yiji looked up and saw a team of four to five hundred people, riding horses, running quickly from a distance.

"Only this few people?"

Yi Ji was a little disappointed.

"This?"

Pei Yuanshao laughed.

"Don't worry, they are enough."

"Open the door!!"

The flower path has never been swept by visitors, and the city gate is open for you today.

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"Report~General! The battle on the Jianshui River is over. Pingbei General Deng Ji was defeated and fled."

On the hills upstream of the Jianshui River, a fast horse galloped to Han Song, the commander-in-chief, to report the battle between Cao Xin and Deng Ji.

"Failed so quickly?"

Han Song said in surprise.

Although Deng Ji was a scholar, he was very methodical in leading troops in battles. He also made many military exploits in Liu Jingzhou's recovery of nine counties in Jingzhou. Therefore, he was assigned to sit in Xinye, and his prestige in the army was no worse than that of Wenpin.

How could such a battle-hardened Confucian general lose to a young general of Cao Jun? And how could he lose so quickly and miserably?

"What are the casualties of Cao's army?"

Han Song frowned and asked.

"According to inquiries from my subordinates, there are more than 2,000 wounded soldiers in Cao's army. They are escorting more than 3,000 prisoners and are slowly retreating towards Jinyang County."

The spies reported back.

"Is the news of two thousand wounded soldiers and three thousand prisoners true?"

Han Song asked thoughtfully.

"Don't dare to hide it, general! Cao's retreating team is less than three miles away from our army and can be seen from the mountain here."

The spy pointed to the top of the mountain opposite and said.

"Go and find out more!"

"Yes, General!"

Han Song sent three groups of fast horses, and the news they got was generally similar. Cao's army had more than a thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry left, and was escorting more than 2,000 wounded soldiers and more than 3,000 prisoners to retreat towards Jinyang.

"Someone is coming!"

Han Song summoned the generals and asked his left and right lieutenants to lead two thousand men and horses directly towards Cao's army, kill them all, take back the prisoners, and turn defeat into victory.

"Yes, General!"

The two lieutenants were about to take orders and leave.

Rumble~

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of horse hooves in the distance. The sound of horse hooves was extremely loud and made the valley rumble.

Han Song and the other generals hurriedly turned around and saw more than a hundred armored horsemen galloping towards them like a pack of wolves on the hill a mile away.

At the front was a general riding a black horse and wearing an evil ghost mask. He brandished a thick iron spear and headed straight for the center's position.

"Archery camp! Shoot!"

Han Song shouted loudly.

Swish swish~

More than two thousand arrows fell from the dark sky, hitting the armor of Langya Cavalry, making a clanging sound and creating bright sparks. Only three horses fell behind in the rain of arrows.
To be continued...