Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were captured and surrendered to Cao Cao successively, and then, the two were let back by Cao Cao and went to Jinyang City to persuade Taishou Wang Hui to surrender.

Although the two were reluctant, they were helpless, and Wang Ling was even more worried that Cao Cao would harm his own people, so after returning to Jinyang City, he tried his best to persuade Wang Hui to surrender.

At first, when Wang Hui heard of Cao Cao's arrival, he had already had the intention of surrendering, but if it weren't for Wang Ling's dissuasion, and hearing the news of the arrival of Tai Shici's army, Wang Hui would definitely not resist Cao Cao.

Wang Hui knew that Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were defeated, and Cao Cao recruited the Huns to help, and used the Wang clan people as a threat, so he had no choice but to open the city and surrender.

The gate of Jinyang City was opened, and Wang Hui, accompanied by Wang Ling and Hao Zhao, slowly walked out of the city, holding the seal of Taishou in his hand, and walked straight to Cao Cao, who was located outside the city.

Cao Cao accepted Wang Hui's surrender, let Cao Hong and Cao Xiu lead the army into the city, and let Xun Yu, Man Chong, Guo Jia, and Xun You enter the city, and Wang Hui cooperated to take over everything in Jinyang City.

And he himself led Dian Wei, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Huchuquan, Qubei and other thousands of cavalry, all the way to the south.

At the same time, Tai Shici led Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and two thousand cavalry all the way to the south for seventy or eighty miles, and when he passed Qi County, he learned that Cao Cao's army was heading towards Nie County, so he continued to chase forward.

chased all the way, and in the evening, Tai Shici found that there were fewer and fewer footprints along the way, and when he was about to reach Nixian, the footprints suddenly disappeared inexplicably.

Tai Shi Ci reined in his horses and told all his troops to stop advancing, looking at the winding and narrow rough road ahead. I couldn't help frowning. He said to himself: "Our army pursued all the way here. Why did Cao Jun suddenly disappear here? ”

Zhang Liao suddenly realized something, and hurriedly said to Tai Shici: "General, I have an ominous premonition, we are chasing Cao Jun all the way, and everywhere we pass, it is said that Cao Jun has passed, but I have not seen a single figure of Cao Jun from beginning to end. finally chased here, and Cao Jun suddenly disappeared again. Didn't the general sense that something was wrong? ”

Gao Shun also said to Tai Shici: "I have the same feeling as Wen Yuan. Now that our army has moved away from Jinyang City, but Cao Jun has suddenly disappeared here, have we fallen for Cao Jun's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain? ”

"If we really fall for Cao Jun's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, then Jinyang City is in danger now." Tai Shici immediately turned the horse's head and shouted loudly to his subordinates, "The rear team will become the front team, return the same way, and go to Jinyang quickly!" ”

With Tai Shici's order, the army turned its horses one after another, two thousand cavalry. Along the road they came, they all went to Jinyang City.

The chaotic sound of horses' hooves faded away. Not long after Tai Shici's cavalry left, Han Meng led a thousand elite soldiers to walk out of the rock piles on both sides of the road.

Han Meng led only a thousand elite soldiers, and in order to successfully attract Tai Shici's army, he did use a lot of methods. When Han Meng came to this place, he made a decision to hide all his troops and avoid fighting with Tai Shici's army. After all, he was outnumbered, not to mention that all the cavalry led by Tai Shici would definitely suffer a loss once he fought.

However, he still had to lead his army back to Jinyang, after all, his mission on this trip was to spy on Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao won Yuan Shao's trust, since Yuan Shao and below, all civil and military officials were very wary of Cao Cao. This time, Cao Cao recommended himself, but Yuan Shao's adviser Guo Tu was very uneasy about Cao Cao, and specially asked Yuan Shao to send Han Meng to accompany him, and specially arranged for Han Meng to closely monitor Cao Cao's every move.

Han Meng knew his duty this time, and with a thousand elite soldiers, he quietly followed behind Tai Shici and the others, heading towards Jinyang City.

Tai Shi Ci took Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others back the same way, and on the way they happened to meet the infantry led by Zhang Hong. ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "Military Division, Cao Jun suddenly disappeared in front, and now we are about 100 miles away from Jinyang City, I think we fell for Cao Cao's tricks, so I quickly withdrew the army and came back." ”

Zhang Hong hurriedly said: "Even if we fall for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, we will rush back now, but I am afraid that it will be too late, it is better to find a way to eliminate the soldiers and horses that attracted us first, solve the worries, and then go to Jinyang, the belly of the province to suffer the enemy." ”

"What the military advisor said is extremely true, it's just that we can't find any trace of Cao Jun everywhere, how can we eliminate them?"

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "The general doesn't need to worry too much, the general leads the army to retreat, and the Cao army will inevitably follow, we just need to ambush on both sides of the road and wait quietly." ”

"That's very good."

The two men consulted and immediately deployed the army, laid an ambush on both sides of the road, and sent scouts to spy around.

Half an hour later, the scouts quickly returned to the area, and reported to Tai Shici and Zhang Hong, saying that they had found traces of enemy troops thirty miles away, about 1,000 men and horses.

Tai Shici, Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun immediately ambushed all the soldiers, just waiting for the enemy to arrive.

Han Meng with a thousand elite soldiers, very cautiously followed behind Tai Shi Ci's army, was walking, suddenly heard a bang sound, hundreds of arrows shot out from both sides of the road, and at the same time, Tai Shi Ci with five hundred cavalry first blocked the road, Zhang Liao with five hundred cavalry from behind, Gao Shun on the left galloped out with five hundred cavalry, Zhang Hong on the right commanded five hundred cavalry also killed, and more than three thousand infantry surrounded over.

For a time, Han Meng was surrounded by regiments, and suffered heavy losses in the face of sudden attacks and cavalry charges.

Han Meng never dreamed that he was calculated by Tai Shici, and the siege was very thick, even if he fought hard, he couldn't get out of the encirclement.

At this time, Tai Shi Ci came with a gun, picked up several soldiers in a row, and stabbed directly at Han.

Han Meng raised his blade to face the battle, and after fighting with Tai Shi Ci for a few rounds, he couldn't resist it, but was stabbed in the wrist by Tai Shi Ci with a shot, if it weren't for the timely rescue of his subordinates, Han Meng would have been pierced through the body by Tai Shi Ci.

This was a battle without suspense, Tai Shi Ci used 5,000 troops to surround Han Meng's 1,000 elite soldiers, the cavalry charged and strangled the enemy, but the infantry covered with bows and arrows on the periphery, under the double blow of cavalry and infantry, the battle lasted for about two quarters of an hour, and then ended with Han Meng's defeat.

Not only that, Han Meng's troops suffered heavy casualties, and even he himself was captured by Taishi Cisheng.

After the battle, Tai Shici asked Han Meng to be tied up, and immediately asked, "Where is Cao Cao?" ”

"Humph!" Han Meng didn't answer, and glanced at Tai Shici coldly.

"You've been captured by me, and you dare to be stubborn? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you? Tai Shi Ci asked.

"People always die, what is there to be afraid of." Han Meng sneered.

"Okay, then I'll fulfill you!" Tai Shici shouted, and immediately ordered someone to behead Han Meng to show the public.

At the sound of an order, Han Meng was pulled out by the soldiers and beheaded directly in front of the rest of the surrendered soldiers. Until the moment of Zuihou before his death, Han Meng did not beg for mercy. In the face of death, he didn't even blink an eyelid.

With a click, Han Meng's head hit the ground, blood gushed out from the cavity, and blood splattered on the spot.

The rest of the more than 300 soldiers who were captured were filled with indignation when they saw Han Meng being killed, wanted to break free, wanted to resist, and cursed Tai Shici again and again.

Tai Shi Ci was furious and ordered all the more than 300 soldiers to be beheaded for public display.

After that, Tai Shici asked the soldiers to bury the corpses, take off all the weapons and armor, and then loot the valuable things on the soldiers, and then led the army to leave here and head towards Jinyang City.

Tai Shici still led Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other cavalry first, but let Zhang Hong lead the infantry to follow.

After the order was issued, Zhang Hong came to Tai Shi Ci and said to Tai Shi Ci: "General, if it is late today, our army is still dozens of miles away from Jinyang City, and the soldiers are exhausted today, it is better to rest and rest around here for the time being." The city of Jinyang is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if Cao Cao really goes to attack, he will not want to attack the city in a day. In addition, the general can also send scouts to Jinyang to inquire about the news first, see how the situation is, and then make a decision before it is too late. ”

"If I don't return to Jinyang City first, I'm afraid that Wang Ling and Hao Zhao are not Cao Jun's opponents at all. Besides, Cao Cao may not have known that I would suddenly turn back and attack, and if I attacked his camp in the middle of the night, I would surely be victorious. Tai Shi Ci said.

Zhang Hong said: "Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers, I'm just worried about ......"

"It is precisely because Cao Cao is very good at using troops that I dare not hesitate, if we don't rush back to Jinyang as soon as possible, in case Jinyang City is captured, then wouldn't we come in vain? Although the military advisor can rest assured, no matter what happens, everything will be up to me! Tai Shi Ci said.

Zhang Hong saw that Tai Shici refused to follow his advice, and he was also very helpless, so he said to Tai Shici: "The generals are all cavalry, but I am leading all infantry, they have all been marching for a day, and they are already sleepy, it is better to rest and rest nearby for the time being, and it is not too late to rush to Jinyang tomorrow." ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "That's fine, Cao Cao's troops are only 4,000, and I lead these 2,000 cavalry, together with the soldiers in Jinyang City, which is enough to deal with Cao Cao." That's it! ”

As soon as the words fell, Tai Shici immediately led the cavalry to separate from Zhang Hong, who then led 3,000 infantry and walked five miles north, and then chose a strip near the stream and forest to set up camp.

Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun rushed back to Jinyang City with the cavalry overnight, and rushed for about forty miles, and the soldiers were already sleepy and tired.

Zhang Liao said to Tai Shici: "General, the soldiers are already sleepy and tired, if they continue like this, they will definitely not be able to support it, why don't you stop for the time being, rest for a while, and then get back on the road?" ”

Tai Shi Ci was also well aware of the situation of the army, and immediately said: "Only in this way, order the army to stop, rest in place, and after half an hour, re-mount the horse and go to Jinyang City." ”

"Whoa!" (To be continued......)