Attack Jikou!"

Early the next morning, Zhao Yun climbed to a high place as usual to watch Yicheng.

The prime minister asked him to lead the army out of Jikou. Although there were many troops, they were mostly old and weak and auxiliary soldiers.

Fortunately, there is Xiegu Road behind Jikou. The Cao thieves didn't know how many people there were in Xiegu, so they didn't dare to attack easily and just guarded the city tightly.

Zhao Yun was cautious by nature, and he knew that the army he led was not strong enough to resist Cao Cao's elite troops, so he would go up to a high place every day to carefully observe what was going on in Cao Cao's city.

A few days ago, we found out that an army of Cao's thieves from Chang'an had already headed towards Guanlong Avenue. In this way, Cao Zhen on the opposite side was no longer under pressure from Longyou. I wonder if he would go out of the city to test it out?

I don't know if it was Zhao Yun's acumen that came from many years of fighting. He only thought about this idea in the past two days, and saw movement in Yicheng opposite.

The city gate of Yicheng, which had been closed these days, suddenly opened, and groups of Cao soldiers began to leave the city, with the goal of coming here.

"No! I'm really afraid of what will happen!"

Zhao Yun's heart tightened and he hurried down the mountain.

On the way, Deng Zhi and his men hurriedly came towards Zhao Yun. When he saw Zhao Yun, he said quickly, "Old General Zhao, there is some movement among Cao's thieves. I'm afraid they want to attack our military camp."

"I know!" Zhao Yun replied urgently, "Go back to the camp and reorganize the army quickly."

"The old general wants to meet the enemy?"

Deng Zhi heard this and asked in surprise.

"Of course we have to meet the enemy. Our army has been at loggerheads with Cao Cao's thieves for many days. Cao's thieves have elite troops and dare not go out to fight. They are afraid of the large army in the slanting valley."

"Now if we retreat without a fight, Cao's thieves will not only know the strength of our army, but also think that we are afraid of them. When they come, they will swarm us. Most of our troops will be old and weak, and it will be difficult for them to return to Hanzhong."

Hearing this, Deng Zhi had a worried look on his face, "Cao's thieves are attacking like this. I'm afraid we can't hide the reality of our army."

"It doesn't matter!" Zhao Yun had already considered this situation. "General Deng, you lead the army among the old and the weak. Put up more flags at the exit of the inclined valley. When you see me giving the signal, you will make noise and shout."

After Zhao Yun said this, he and Deng Zhi went their separate ways.

Although the loss of Longguan caused Cao Wei to lose the opportunity, it also allowed Zhang He and Cao Zhen, who were experienced in military formations, to finally confirm that the main force of the Shu captives was indeed in Longyou, so the Jikou Shu captives could only be regarded as a partial force.

Cao Zhen lost the pressure from Longyou and Chang'an, and saw that most of the soldiers led by Zhao Yun were old and weak, so he immediately ordered his troops to leave the city and prepare to attack the Han army's camp.

Although Zhao Yun knew that the enemy was strong and he was weak, there were high mountains on both sides of Jikou. If Cao's thieves wanted to attack, they had to go head-on, which made him feel at ease.

He quickly returned to the camp, gathered the only elite soldiers in the camp, opened the gate of the camp, and began to form an array in front of the camp.

Cao Zhen originally thought that he had seen through Zhao Yun's true and false intentions, but he never thought that the opponent did not stick to the camp, but instead gave up the favorable location and went out to fight. He was a little confused at the moment.

But seeing the Han army on the opposite side, a veteran general with white horse, white armor, white beard and white hair reined up his horse and marched to the front of the formation. He shouted loudly, "Thief Cao, are you finally willing to come out of the city?"

Cao Zhen knew that this was Zhao Yun. Back then, Zhao Yun rescued Liu Chan, the leader of the captives, from the tens of thousands of troops, and his bravery spread throughout Cao's army. How could he not know? At that moment, he felt a little excited in his heart, secretly thinking that this old thief had lived a long time.

But now his side has not set up a formation, so he has to bite the bullet and go out to answer, "Zhao Yun, the captive of Shu, you are already old and frail at your age. If you don't wait to die at home, you still dare to lead troops to invade our territory. Why don't you?

Do you think you can’t die quickly enough?”

Zhao Yun sneered, raised his gun and said to Cao Zhen, "A few days ago, I was hiding in the city and didn't dare to come out. Who gives you the courage now? I just hope you won't ask for mercy later!"

After saying that, he reined up his horse and returned to the formation.

When the two armies finally formed their positions at the front of Jikou, they each took their positions and began to move forward shouting slogans.

The first horn sound of "Woo-Woo" was heard, and the dense formation began to disperse.

At the second sound, everyone began to draw their swords, and the crossbowmen began to kneel down to prepare for shooting.

Cao Zhen had more cavalry than Zhao Yun. He separated the cavalry and moved them on both wings, always looking for the Han army's weaknesses before attacking.

"Buzzing Weng..."

Both sides began to fire arrows, which for a time covered the sky and the sun.

Although a large shield was erected to block the front, arrow feathers always passed through the protection and directly hit the soldiers behind.

Only a muffled groan could be heard, and pitiful screams were heard one after another. Some of the soldiers in the formation began to fall to the ground, and their blood seeped into the ground, nourishing the land.

Cao Zhen was in charge of the central army. Seeing that Zhao Yun not only dared to lead the army out of the stronghold, but also dared to take the initiative to fight, he felt a little uneasy: Could it be that I made a wrong judgment?
Chapter completed!