In the early morning, the Han army was ready, and the soldiers were eating freshly cooked breakfast in the camp, and after breakfast, they would set off for the army.

Lin Yuan stood outside the gate, holding a bowl of pimple soup in his hand and drinking, in the north, the soldiers eat noodles, and the army eats pimple soup.

The cold wind on the original site was cold, and the cold wind was like a knife, hunting in Huang Xu's ears, blowing his face red, and the pimple soup in his hand had long been no longer hot.

The adjutant general walked over and said to Huang Xu: "General, the brothers have almost eaten enough, and they can withdraw their troops in a while." ”

Huang Xu pointed to Tongguan and said to the deputy general: "Look at the head of Tongguan City!" ”

Hearing this, the adjutant general looked towards Tongguan, and after a while said, "There seem to be a lot fewer soldiers and horses at the head of the city." ”

Huang Xu said in a deep voice: "Sima Yi, this guy has done this in the past few days to force our army to retreat, and then attack us while we are coming. ”

The adjutant general said disdainfully: "Why did he attack us?" They are all 20,000 horses, and although many of our soldiers have fallen ill, he has no idea of defeating us. ”

"This man is scheming, don't be careless!" Huang Xu frowned and said: "Besides, Cao Zhang is also in the Wei army, so I have to guard against it, in this way, after I personally lead the troops to break off, you will lead the soldiers and horses in front, be careful." ”

"No!"

The Han army then set out to retreat westward.

Soon after the Han army left, Sima Yi also led his troops out of Tongguan and followed closely behind the Han army, but did not catch up and fight.

After Huang Xu personally led his troops to break off, the soldiers of the tail team came to report: "General Qiyu, Sima Yi led the troops out of Tongguan, not far from the rear, just following from a distance. ”

Huang Xu's face sank: "Our army is carrying grain and grass, and the marching speed is not fast, if Sima Yi moves forward lightly, it is not difficult to catch up with us, why is it hanging behind?" Could it be that there are soldiers and horses intercepting ahead? ”

Suddenly, Huang Xu glanced at the Yellow River on the north side of the road, and his face changed: "It's not good, the Wei army must have taken advantage of the night to go around the Yellow River to the rear of our army." It was so cold that I only set up a sentry on the road, but I couldn't keep an eye on the Yellow River.

In this way, Cao Zhang is very likely to lead his troops to intercept in front, and I must personally lead the team to break through the encirclement. Watch out in the rear, I'll go to the front! ”

Huang Xu gave instructions to the soldiers, and then rode his horse to the front army.

When he came to the front army, Huang Xu arranged for the deputy general to go to the rear army and transferred his responsibilities.

The soldiers and horses traveled only twenty miles, and the scouts who were exploring the way ahead came to report back, saying that they had found traces of the Wei army on the road ahead.

"Sure enough, it went around ahead of us!" Huang Xu thought for a while and ordered: "All the cavalry will follow me to kill them, break out of the encirclement as soon as possible, and if Sima Yi leads his troops to chase after him, he will abandon the grain and grass for me." ”

In this case, Huang Xu could only let the soldiers abandon the grain and grass, there was a Wei army intercepting on the road ahead, and Sima Yi was in the rear, so it would be good to be able to lead the troops to break out of the encirclement. If you are reluctant to carry the weight of grain and grass, you will be in danger of being wiped out.

"Brothers, rush with me!"

However, after a while, Huang Xu gathered all the cavalry in the army, there were about two hundred horsemen, and Huang Xu led two hundred horsemen and rushed towards the road ahead.

After walking for a few miles, Huang Xu saw the Wei army intercepted on the road ahead.

From Huayin County, all the way to Hongnong, two or three hundred miles of roads, are north of the Yellow River, south of Qinchuan, in the middle are narrow roads, Tongguan and Hangu Pass, are built in the narrowest and steepest section of the road.

The Han army crossed Tongguan to the west but more than 20 miles of road, the road is still very narrow, the north is the turbulent and rushing Yellow River, the south is the Qinchuan River extending down the high ridge, plateau.

The 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Zhang lined up at the narrow part of this road.

One thousand archers were on the high slopes on the south side, and two thousand soldiers and horses set up spears and shields on the road.

The spear and shield formation is an offensive and defensive formation, which can be both defensive and offensive, which is somewhat similar to the Macedonian phalanx in the west.

Cao Zhang looked at the front of Huang Xu and led two hundred horsemen to rush forward, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said coldly: "Huang Xu, why don't you get off your horse quickly and surrender?" As long as you are willing to surrender and submit to my Great Wei, I will ensure that you will not lose your position as a marquis. If you resist, today is your time of death! ”

"Kill!" Huang Xu also didn't make a sound, shouted, and rode his horse straight to the Wei army to kill.

"Well come, your enemy is me, and I will slay you off your horse today!" Cao Zhang roared excitedly and greeted Huang Xu, preventing Huang Xu from rushing into battle and leading his troops to break through.

Two hundred cavalry also rushed towards the Wei army in array.

If Huang Xu was not dragged by Cao Zhang, Huang Xu personally took the lead in the charge, and it was not difficult to break out of the interception of the Wei army, but Huang Xu was dragged by Cao Zhang, and it was not easy to break through the formation of 2,000 people with only 200 cavalry.

Because these two hundred cavalry are not regular cavalry, they are just the standard cavalry in the army, such as the scout patrol team, which is composed of cavalry, and the combat effectiveness of these people is not as good as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Ma Chao, and the weapons used are also miscellaneous. If you switch to a well-trained scimitar heavy ride, the result will be different.

Soon, the Han army in the rear also rushed over.

A thousand Wei archers on the high ridge on the south side shot arrows at the Han army.

"You rush up to the high ridge and go around me!"

Huang Xu saw that the soldiers and horses in the rear arrived, and struggled to force Cao Zhang to give orders to his own soldiers and horses.

"Rush for me!" A member of the tooth generals heard Lin Yuan's order, and took the lead in rushing up the high ridge with a shield in his hand.

This place is located on the bank of the Yellow River, due to soil erosion, there are not many trees in Gaoling, just relatively high and steep, but it is not too steep, the Wei army arrived last night, and it is too late to build any fortifications, and it is not difficult to climb up, bypassing the Wei army in front of the road.

"Damn, why hasn't the Governor arrived yet!" Seeing that the Han army was detouring from the mountains, and the thousand archers couldn't resist, Cao Zhang's heart couldn't help but be a little impatient.

At this moment, Sima Yi also has a bitterness that can't be said, the Han army retreated, and threw the grain and grass on the road, because the Tongguan garrison was mobilized from the Central Plains, there was not much actual combat experience, and he did not participate in any battles, so he saw the grain and grass left by the Han army, and went to pick it up.

Experienced veterans all know that the enemy's head is more valuable than the weight of grain and grass, but the recruits do not understand this truth, and only care about the small profits in front of them, pick up sesame seeds, and lose watermelons.

"Don't care about these grains and grasses, quickly move them away for me, give me the pursuit of the Shu army, exterminate the whole army of the Han army and make meritorious contributions, the governor of Bendu will be rewarded, if there is anyone who picks up the grain and grass of the Shu army, the governor of Bendu will not be forgiven!"

Sima Yi kept urging the Wei army, and it was also a loss to him that he was pursuing the enemy, if he was attacked by the enemy, with the quality of these soldiers under him, he would have to be defeated.