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The valley is about two miles long. In the Qishan area with gullies, it can only be regarded as a very short valley. There are steep and tall peaks on both sides, and dense forests are covered with dense forests. Just as more than 4,000 Cao troops rushed into the valley, earth-shaking sounds of war drums suddenly broke out on both sides of the valley.

"Dongdongdongdongdong" drum sounds like muffled thunder, echoing in the valley, with fires shaking, and shouting to kill the sky, dense arrows on both sides shot towards the bottom of the valley.

The sudden ambush shocked Cao's army to death, and the soldiers were in chaos. The arrowheads kept screaming and falling to the ground. Everyone ran away desperately, pushing and trampling each other. The wailing sounded and cried. Yu Jin reacted quickly. He was mentally prepared and was afraid of encountering an ambush. When the drum sounded, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Crash out of the valley with me."

He whipped the war horses hard, and regardless of the soldiers behind him, he rode his horse and rushed out of the valley. He was very experienced and knew that the first round was just a arrow, causing chaos in the Cao army. Before the arrow was over, the enemy would not rush down the mountain. This was also their only chance to escape. As long as they avoided the rain of arrows, they would have a chance to escape.

Yu Jin ran while swinging his knife to dial the arrow shot. At this time, an arrow shot like lightning and headed straight to the back of his neck. Just at this moment, Yu Jin lowered his head, causing him to avoid a fatal arrow. The arrow shot through his helmet and flew more than ten steps away. Yu Jin was so scared that his heart stopped beating, and he threw away the knife. He lay on the war horse and ran away desperately, gradually running away.

On the hillside, Ma Chao held a bow and arrow in his hand, looking at Yu Jin running away with regret. This arrow could have taken the life of the enemy's chief general, but he escaped. At this time, the Han army's war drum became rapid, which was the order for the entire attack.

Ma Chao pointed his spear and shouted: "Kill down the mountain, and the stubborn resisters will be killed on the spot."

Ten thousand Han troops ambushed on both sides of the valley launched a full-scale attack. The main general Zhao Yun was on the left and the deputy general Ma Chao was on the right. The two led their troops to kill the valley. The Cao army soldiers were desperate and surrendered one after another. At this point, the five thousand Cao troops in Hei Songzhai were wiped out. Yu Jin gathered more than two remaining soldiers who had escaped and fled to Jicheng in panic.

Although the Han army seized Licheng, Bailong Pass and Hei Songzhai Pass, opened the gates of Qishan, and won the first stage of victory, Liu Jing did not dare to be blindly optimistic. He knew that these victories were obtained because of problems with Cao Zhang's deployment.

Cao Cao had changed his defense measures, removed the two defense lines in Qishan East and Qishan West, and concentrated tens of thousands of troops to station in Xicheng County north of Qishan, which made Jicheng and Xicheng form a horn. Cao Cao also had 70,000 to 80,000 troops deployed in these two cities.

More importantly, Cao Cao also discovered his weakness, that is, the front line is long and logistics supply will have problems. The transportation of grain and grass is indeed a weakness that the Han army is difficult to make up for. Liu Jing mobilized 150,000 civilians and 100,000 animal power. It took nearly two months to transport 100,000 stones of grain from Nanzheng to Xiabiancheng, Wudu.

Now his 70,000 troops are nearly two miles away from Xiabian County, and grain transportation is very difficult, and the transportation and supply of grain has become the biggest weakness. Although their grain teams continue to deliver food, the huge daily consumption of the 70,000 troops still cannot solve the problem.

Liu Jing once considered building wooden ox and horses for transporting military rations, and handed over this plan to Ma Jun, but unfortunately it has not been successful yet.

Although they were worried about food and grass, they could not stop. A few days later, Liu Jing led an army of 70,000 to Xicheng County and set up a ten-mile joint camp in the wilderness south of Xicheng County.

As for logistics, they can only rely on continuous grain and grass transportation for protection. For this reason, Liu Jing ordered Zhang Ren to lead 10,000 troops to escort along the way to ensure the safety of the military grain transportation line.

Xicheng is the southernmost county in Tianshui County. The city is tall and wide, with a circumference of nearly twenty miles. It is located on the Luoyuepo high ground. It is called the South Gate of Longxi. It has a very important strategic position. The empty city plan in the Romance of the People's Republic of China was staged here.

In Cao Zhang's original deployment, Xicheng was an important defense point, a shield of Jicheng, and a logistics support base for a defense point in Qishan. It was led by general Hao Zhao to guard it.

Hao Zhao was good at defending. He led the military and civilians to raise the Xicheng City Wall, making the Xicheng City height reach 10 feet. Not only that, he also built ten platforms in the inner city facing the city wall and installed thousands of thieves on it.

After Cao Cao took over the battle in Longxi, in order to pay attention to the defense of Xicheng, he ordered the troops from a defense point in Qishan to Xicheng, and at the same time appointed Xiahou Yuan as the main general, Hao Zhao as the deputy general, and Chen Qun as the strategist to defend Xicheng.

Although Yu Yin army failed to break through, the army in Xicheng still reached ten thousand people, defending Xicheng like an iron barrel.

In the early morning, the sky was just bright and above the city wall, Xiahou Yuan stared at the Han army camp in the distance with cold eyes. He turned around and asked Yu Jin, "Can you be sure that Liu Jing is in the army?"

Yu Jin sighed, "If Liu Jing was not in the army, why would I be defeated so miserably. I saw him inspect Hei Songling with my own eyes. Of course I know him."

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Xiahou Yuan's mouth, "It seems that General Yu really has a fate with Liu Jing. With General Yu here, our army will be defeated, and every time the soldiers are killed and the generals flee."

Yu Jin suddenly said angrily: "What does General Xiahou mean? I only lead 5,000 troops. Can I defeat Liu Jing's main force? In the Battle of Chibi, General Xiahou is the same."

Before Yu Jin finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Qun next to him, "General Yu, General Xiahou has no other intentions, just saying that Liu Jing personally fought for the expedition, we need to be extremely cautious."

Xiahou Yuan's face was already gloomy. Although Yu Jin had not finished speaking, he knew what Yu Jin was going to say, saying that he was also captured by the Jingzhou army. It can be said that this was a great humiliation of Xiahou Yuan. He did not allow anyone to mention it, and even the Prime Minister did not mention it. Yu Jin actually exposed his scars in front of everyone.

Xiahou Yuan said coldly: "The Prime Minister wants to know the details of the defeat in Licheng and the annihilation of your subordinates. You can go back to Jicheng to report to the Prime Minister."

Yu Jin also realized that he had just been anxious and had offended the important minister, but he could not apologize to Xiahou Yuan. He bit his lip hard and said, "Abide by the order of humble duties."
Chapter completed!