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One or twenty short steel spears were like black lightning, and they shot into the dense array of Cao's spears quickly and vigorously. A shrill scream suddenly sounded. The short spears were powerful and sharp, shooting through the shields and armor of Cao's soldiers, shooting through the bodies of the soldiers, and nailing countless soldiers to the ground.

Then the second round, the first round, one round of ruthlessly projected, with short spikes flying and crossing the night sky. Under each spike, there would be a soldier who died tragically. After just five rounds, more than five people were killed or injured in Cao's army.

The powerful lethality of the Han army caused the Cao army's soldiers to panic, and the spear formation began to shake from the inside. Pang De saw signs of being out of support in the south of the enemy, and shouted: "Assault on the drum"

He personally picked up the drumsticks and beat the war drums hard. The sound of the drums was inspiring and excited. For this last battle, thousands of Han cavalry launched a final attack on the spear formation of Cao's army like a storm.

The Cao army finally couldn't resist it. The spear formation in the south collapsed first, and the will to resist disappeared in an instant. The soldiers trampled on each other, cried and shouted, and fled in all directions. More people fled to the mountains, their only way out.

The collapse of Cao's army in the south also led to the defeat of the military formation in the north. Li Dian was in the north at this time. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he had to endure severe pain on his shoulders and stabbed the guns. Five soldiers followed him to break through.

During the melee, Leng Bao led two cavalry of more than a thousand people to rush straight to both sides of the valley, cut off the Cao army soldiers from escaping the mountain, leaving thousands of Cao army soldiers no longer available. However, Li Dian seized the opportunity of the Han army's cavalry splitting their troops to go to both sides, found a weak point of the Han army, and forced a blood to fight, and fled north with the rest of the soldiers.

Seeing that the main general fled, the remaining thousands of Cao soldiers were no longer alive. They threw away their spears, took off their armor, and knelt on the ground to beg for surrender. Seeing that the victory was decided, Pang De ordered: "Accept surrender."

Groups of surrendered Cao soldiers were ordered to stand up by the cavalry, put their hands on their heads, and lined up to leave the battlefield. The soldiers left. The bloody battlefield made Pang De sigh. Although the opponent lost nearly a thousand people in this battle, his seven thousand cavalry also suffered more than a thousand casualties. He felt sad and turned to Leng Bao and said, "I underestimated the enemy in this battle. The losses were so heavy. I want Your Highness to apologize."

Leng Bao comforted him and said, "There was a shortage of intelligence, and we didn't know that the Cao army would be so powerful. I don't think there was any miscalculation. After all, no one is a god. He can cover everything and fight to this point and eventually defeat Cao's army. We will also win. Don't take it to your heart."

Leng Bao's consolation made Pang De feel a little better, but he still blamed himself very much and could not forgive himself. At this time, he asked again: "General Leng thinks we take the opportunity to kill Ye County and gather in the direction of Wancheng."

Leng Bao thought for a while: "In the information before leaving, there were 10,000 defenders in Ye County. We annihilated 5,000 people here. There should be 5,000 people in the county town. All of them are elite troops. It is difficult for us to capture the city. More importantly, His Highness the King of Han did not ask us to attack Ye County, but let us participate in the besiege of Wancheng. We should listen to the order of the King of Han, place more than a dozen scouts nearby, and closely monitor Cao's army to go south."

Pang De nodded, "You have to be right. We should obey His Highness the orders of His Highness, and go south to Wancheng immediately."

He immediately found a scout general and ordered him: "You can lead the five cavalry to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time, guard the war along the way south. If Cao's army goes south in large numbers, we must notify us immediately."

"Abide by the order"

After Pang De finished the arrangement, he said to the generals: "Return to the south immediately and head to Wancheng."

More than 5,000 cavalry turned their horses and escorted Cao's prisoners of war, heading towards Wancheng.

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When Liu Jing led the main army to Nanxiang County, it was already four o'clock. Although he had not received Pang De's report yet, the battle report of Yuyang County had been released. He led 20,000 troops to attack quickly, surrounded and wiped out the 5,000 troops in Yuyang County.

At this time, the defenders of Nanxiang County also received Cao Hong's order and were about to rush to Wancheng to gather, but at this moment, the scout of the Cao army discovered that the main force of the Han army had been killed ten miles away. The defenders who were about to leave the city were forced to give up the eastward advance and instead defended the city.

Liu Jing immediately ordered a large army to surround Nanxiang County and prepare for a large-scale attack on the city after dawn.

The garrison of Nanxiang County was named Yu Ze, the clan of the general Yu Jin, who had always followed Yu Jin. It was difficult to be promoted because of Yu Jin's relatives. Yu Jin had a good relationship with Cao Hong, so Cao Hong gave Yu Jin a favor and took him into his subordinates. Yu Ze was quite smart and clear-headed, and was deeply trusted by Cao Hong. He was promoted from Ya Jiang to Captain in just a few years.

At this time, Yu Ze was like an ant on a hot pan, paced anxiously on the top of the city. The Han army had at least 40,000 to 50,000, and he had only 5,000 defenders. Although Nanxiang County was not a dilapidated county, it was far from Wancheng. Once the Han army attacked the city in large numbers, he could not defend the city at all.

No matter how Yu Ze thought about it, he had no choice but to ask Cao Hong for help. Yu Ze sighed. He looked at the huge black shadows erected in the night and felt a burst of grief in his heart. The huge catapult of the Han army was not big in Nanxiang County. Once the Han army launched a fire attack, the county town would become a sea of ​​fire.

At this moment, several soldiers pointed at the city and shouted: "General, it seems that a cavalry is coming."

Yu Ze quickly supported the battlements and watched down. He saw a cavalry running towards him with a torch in his hand. He suddenly realized the cavalry who ordered to send a letter and quickly shouted to the soldiers: "No archery is allowed."

The cavalry rushed to the city and shouted, "Letter from His Highness the King of Han to General Yu."

After shouting, he shot an arrow, and a letter was inserted into the arrow. The soldiers had already picked it up and rushed to Yu Ze. Yu Ze looked at the cavalry who sent the letter and ran away. Then he looked at the letter carefully under the fire. The letter was stunned. He saw that the letter was written by Liu Jing, the captain of the Han Dynasty, General Yu, and Liu Jing, who actually wrote him.

He couldn't help but feel a little shocked, and opened the letter with trembling hands. In the letter, Liu Jing's handwritten handwritten letters were written by his fellow tribes. The Han army could not bear to massacre the city and urged him to surrender immediately. Otherwise, the Han army would have to burn the entire city without leaving any armor, and the Yu family would also become the sinners of Nanxiang County.

Yu Ze's heart moved. Is the Yu family mentioned by Liu Jing? Is it his target of his brother Yu Jin? Yu Ze also knew that his relationship with Liu Jing was a bit extraordinary. Although he had been in a grudge for a long time, he had a special fate.

Moreover, Yu Ze also knew that the Han army was growing, while the Cao army was gradually declining. Regardless of people's support and military power comparison, Liu Jing's unification of the world was already in a general trend.

More importantly, he now has nothing to do except surrender, either fighting to the end. Perhaps the Han army would not give them this opportunity at all.

Yu Ze thought for a long time and wrote a simple reply letter, waved his hand to him, handed the letter to him, and whispered: "You go to the Han army camp quickly..."

The personal soldiers nodded and went downstairs in the bamboo basket. Looking at the personal soldiers walking away, Yu Ze was uneasy and didn't know what answer Liu Jing would give him.

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The fifth hour passed, and the east sky turned white. It was almost dawn. Liu Jing was still paced back and forth in the tent. At this time, he had received a quick letter from Pang De. The Han army wiped out all the reinforcements of Five Thousand Ye County. However, Pang De also admitted in the quick letter that he had lost thousands of Han cavalry because of underestimating the enemy and was willing to accept punishment.

Now Liu Jing doesn't want to consider how to punish Pang De for the time being. He doesn't have this intention, and he has bigger and more complex problems to solve.

This time, the Han army attacked Nanyang with absolute superior forces, and victory was inevitable. The key was how to seize Nanyang at the lowest cost and how to consolidate the occupation of Nanyang, which was the severe challenge he needed to face.

Before this, he occupied Nanyang County several times, but was taken back by Cao's army several times. Some Cao's army took the initiative to attack, and some he took the initiative to withdraw.

In fact, Liu Jing knew Nanyang's strategic position very well. When Liu Biao agreed to Zhang Xiu's occupation of Wancheng, he hoped that Wancheng would become a barrier to Xiangfan. Today, he seized Nanyang County, which not only pushed the front line to the gate of Xuchang, but also prevented Jingzhou from being threatened by Cao's army.

The Han army was unable to occupy such an important strategic position. One of the important reasons is that the Han army's overall strength was not as strong as that of the Cao army, and they had to adopt a strategic defensive force and were forced to give up Nanyang and retreat the defense line to the Han River.

However, after the Han army captured Guanlong, it gradually changed from a strategic defensive to a strategic balance. In this context, it was an inevitable choice to break the strategic balance.

The Han army's key step from strategic balance to strategic offensive was also part of the Battle of Hefei, occupied Nanyang County and the strategic location of Hefei, and won the victory of the Hefei War. It was an extraordinary step in the Han army's shift from strategic balance to strategic offensive.

The strength of the Han army can already compete with the Cao army, so it is possible to consolidate the long-term occupation of Nanyang. As long as the Han army maintains a strong attitude in Tongguan, the Cao army will not dare to act rashly against Nanyang County.

Yes, the key to breaking the battle between Nanyang County and Hefei was to take down Nanyang County. When he launched a large number of troops to Jiangdong in the future, the Cao army would not be able to threaten Jingzhou to the west and take down Nanyang County, which would break the overall situation of Sun and Cao's alliance, and at the same time, the Cao army fell into a passive position in the battle of Hefei.

What made Liu Jing most grateful was that Cao Hong, the commander who guarded Nanyang, instead of Zhang Liao. If Zhang Liao, if Zhang Liao was not in a bad situation, he would definitely give up Wancheng and turn to Ye County. As long as Ye County is not lost, Xuchang would not be threatened by the Han army.

However, Cao Hong did not have such strategic vision. He not only trapped Wancheng, but also ordered the defenders of Ye County to come to support Wancheng, which undoubtedly destroyed his own door. This is the main reason why Cao Hong was not as good as Cao Ren and Xiahou Shuangxiong.

Of course, this is also a weakness of Cao Cao. He was nepotist in military power. He clearly entrusted the 100,000 troops of Hefei to Zhang Liao, but in the end he was not at ease and went to Hefei to supervise the battle himself, which was equivalent to undermining Zhang Liao's command.

Cao Hong lost Nanyang twice, and Cao Cao appointed him as the chief general, so he could only have the trust issue in Cao Cao's bones.

Liu Jing was thinking, and at this time, Fa Zheng walked into the tent with a smile, "Have you not rest yet?"

Seeing that he was dressed neatly, Liu Jing also smiled and said, "Don't the military advisor have no rest?"

Fa Zheng nodded, "I just walked around the military camp and happened to meet the gatekeeper's soldiers who reported that the Nanxiang County Lord Yu Ze sent his confidant to see His Highness."
Chapter completed!