"Report! Commander Liao, there is an urgent message from the general!"

In the morning, in Lu'an County, a detective rushed into the meeting hall with a letter and came to Liao Hua. Yu Jin and Chen Lan were also there.

"Let me see!"

Liao Hua opened the letter, read it once, and handed it to Yu Jin and Chen Lan. The letter ordered the three of them to organize their troops and immediately launch an attack on the Lujiang Army outside the city. Langya Cavalry would arrive shortly.

The three of them did not hesitate and immediately went into battle.

"Beat the drums and gather the troops! The whole army attacks!"

"The general has an order, all troops attack!"

Dong dong dong dong dong~

The four cowhide war drums on the city tower were beaten loudly, and the three gates of Lu'an City were opened wide. Yu Jin led 4,000 infantrymen out of the south gate, Chen Lan led 3,000 infantrymen out of the east gate, and Liao Hua led 1,000 cavalry.

Exit from the west gate.

The three armies came out together to attack the Lujiang Army outside the city.

Outside the city, Qiao Rui heard the commotion and beat the war drums, ordering the entire army to attack.

After several days of offensive and defensive battles, he still had more than 15,000 men, twice as many as Cao's army in the city.

Usually he sent people under the city to scold Yu Jin, and tried every means to lure Yu Jin out of the city to fight, but Cao's army always hunkered down in the city and refused to come out.

Today, Cao Jun took the initiative to leave the city to fight. Qiao Rui thought to himself, could it be that the Battle of Shouchun had a result? It seemed to be a good result. If Cao Jun defeated Yuan Jun in Shouchun, Yu Jin would not have to leave the city in such a hurry.

"Come here! Attack with the whole army, be sure to keep Cao's army outside the city."

Qiao Rui got on his horse and shouted.

"Yes, General!"

Wuwuwu~ The gate of the Lujiang military camp is wide open, Qiao Rui is sitting in the middle, commanding more than 10,000 troops to attack Cao Jun. It is necessary to destroy all Cao Jun and take back Lu'an and Lujiang.

"Report!!!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of shrill shouts from the Lujiang army. A spy from Yuan Army took the report and quickly rushed to the front of the Chinese army.

"Report to General Bridge, Military Advisor Zhou sent a message, be careful of Langya Cavalry's sneak attack! Langya Cavalry is going to sneak attack Lujiang Army."

"Langya Cavalry? Where is it?"

Qiao Rui frowned.

Rumble, rumble~

Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from the flank of the Lujiang Army, and the ground began to tremble. Even a battlefield with tens of thousands of people could not cover up such an astonishing movement.

Qiao Rui turned around and saw more than a hundred knights wearing iron armor, wearing iron masks, and riding armored horses, rushing over from the left side of the formation.

"kill!!!"

The leading knight brandished a long and thick iron spear and rushed through the crowd, like a colossus, sending soldiers flying all over the sky.

The army formation of more than 2,000 people was killed by this sudden cavalry in less than a moment.

"It's Langya Cavalry! Be careful to defend yourself! Set up a spear array!"

Qiao Rui roared angrily.

It was a pity that the military order was issued too slowly, Cao Xin and Langya Cavalry rushed too fast, and the Lujiang army did not prepare an antler formation and giant shield formation. In less than a moment, Cao Xin led Langya Cavalry into the central army.

"kill!!"

Qiao Rui brandished his halberd and led hundreds of cavalry to fight against the Langya Cavalry. However, they did not last until tea time, and Qiao Rui's light cavalry were killed and turned upside down.

Bang bang~

In just three rounds, Qiao Rui was also knocked off his horse by Cao Xin, lying on the ground groaning.

"Qiao Rui!"

Cao Xin held a big iron spear and put it on Qiao Rui's neck.

"I will ask you again, do you have two daughters at home?"

Last time outside Linhu City, he asked Qiao Rui once, but Qiao Rui ran away without answering.

"Thief Cao! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. Even if you kill me, I won't tell you!"

Qiao Rui stiffened and cursed.

"Okay, I'll make it happen for you!"

Cao Xin waved his gun and demanded the account.

"Wait a minute! My father has two daughters, and I have two sisters."

A young general rushed over and shouted.

"oh?"

Cao Xin's eyes lit up, "But Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao?"

"Yes yes yes!"

The young general nodded repeatedly.

"Hahaha, it turns out it's my uncle. I misunderstood. I made a mistake. Since we are a family, why should we fight? Why don't you order your troops to retreat and how about we dismount and have a drink and talk?"

Cao Xin laughed and said.

The young general didn't know how to respond and looked at Qiao Rui lying on the ground.

"You traitor, if you dare to withdraw your troops at the expense of gold, I will not recognize you as my son."

Qiao Rui cursed.

"Hey, father-in-law, this is your fault. As a family, what's the point of fighting? It's meaningless. Brother, go quickly!"

Cao Xin held the tip of his gun against Qiao Rui's throat, making him speechless.

The young general hesitated for a moment and personally rang the golden bell to withdraw his troops.

Dangdangdang~

The clear sound of bells and cauldrons spread far across the battlefield.

The Lujiang army retreated upon hearing the news.

Yu Jin, Liao Hua and Chen Lan led their men to press forward.

"The bridge has been surrendered, the Lujiang army must quickly put down their weapons! Surrender without killing!"

Cao Xin raised his big iron spear and shouted angrily.

"The bridge has been surrendered, the Lujiang army must quickly put down their weapons! Surrender without killing!"

Langyaqi followed and shouted loudly.

"Put down your weapons! Surrender without killing!"

Yu Jin and Liao Hua also led people around to call for surrender.

Surrounded by Langya Cavalry and Lu'an's 7,000 soldiers and horses, more than 8,000 Lujiang soldiers and horses laid down their weapons. The remaining people perished and scattered, and soon only the flag of Cao's army was left on the battlefield.

Cao Xin laughed loudly, but he didn't expect that the trick of "capture the thief first" would work.

Four years ago on the battlefield in Xuzhou, Xiahou Dun was caught by Lu Bu's men and put a knife to his neck, demanding that Xiahou Dun order the withdrawal. However, Xiahou Dun's general Han Hao asked Cao Jun to continue attacking and not to worry about Xiahou Dun.

After Cao Cao heard about this incident, he felt that Han Hao had done a good job and ordered that if he encounters this kind of thing again, he can continue to attack the robbers without caring about the safety of the hostages. In other words, taking hostages is useless on the battlefield.

It was also luck this time.

"Haha, General Yu, I will leave three thousand soldiers and horses for you to clean the battlefield and take care of the prisoners. Is there any problem?"

Cao Xin smiled at Yu Jin.

"General, I will ensure that the mission is completed."

Yu Jin cupped his fists and shouted.

"Haha, okay! Chen Lan and Liao Hua, take your troops and set off with me immediately!"

Cao Xin put away the big iron gun and shouted.

"Yes, General!"

Chen Lan and Liao Hua beat drums to gather troops.

Cao's army quickly gathered.

Cao Xin ordered people to take a good look at Qiao Rui and his son, and quickly returned to Huainan with Langya cavalry and more than 4,000 soldiers and horses.

In Chengde County, they gathered more than 2,000 supply battalions and Hefei garrison led by Liu Dashi, and 2,000 Langya infantry and archers led by Yu Du and Li Dayan.

A total of nine thousand troops came to Shouchun City again in the early morning of the next day.

"siege!"

Cao Xin raised his big iron gun and shouted.
To be continued...