The distance between Xingyang and Luoyang is not far, but for Xu Zhu's 50,000 army, it can be said to be full of crises.
Xu Zhu could have crossed the Yellow River north and returned to Hanoi County, but the current Yellow River waterway was full of Han navy ships, making it almost impossible to cross the river and return.
So he could only lead his army along the foot of Songshan Mountain towards Xingyang.
On the way, they were constantly chased and harassed by Han infantry, and suddenly attacked in a roundabout way by the Han army's tiger cavalry.
Now his soldiers will be frightened when they hear the thundering sound of the iron hoofs of the cavalry, and they will be as frightened as birds.
When Xu Zhu's army marched forty miles west of Sishui River, it was stopped by a large group of Han troops, who had formed a tight square formation to wait for the arrival of Xu Zhu's army.
They took a boat down the Yellow River and landed in formation here.
One end of the position is connected to the Yellow River, and the other end is connected to the foot of Mount Song.
It is three miles wide and consists of two Tiger Divisions.
The sharp swords in the front row were like a forest, the shields were as big as walls, and the ring-shaped armor of the heavy infantry of the Huben Army shone brightly in the sunlight, which could dazzle people's eyes.
Xu Zhu was dumbfounded when he saw this, but he came back to his senses immediately.
I thought that this place was not far from Xingyang and Sishui.
The Wei garrison in these two places would definitely not be aware that such a large force of Han troops was gathered here.
If they were aware, it would be impossible for the Holy Emperor not to send troops to support him.
So as long as I delay for a while and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, I can defeat it by attacking from both sides.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhuling's soldiers also formed a dense formation several miles wide, but did not attack.
But what surprised Xu Zhu was that the other party was not in a hurry to attack.
When the sun turned to the west, with the increasingly dense sound of drums and trumpets, the Han army finally began to attack, and the shield wall began to move towards Xu Zhu's Wei army.
How come the reinforcements haven't arrived yet?
The Holy Emperor doesn't have this kind of mind?
Xu Zhu thought with doubts, but he still wasn't too worried.
With his army formation of nearly 50,000 soldiers facing off against the opponent's formation of about 20,000 soldiers, it might not be possible Can lose.
At this moment, a sound like a thunderous landslide came.
Xu Zhu knew very well that this sound was the sound of a large number of cavalry galloping on horseback.
A large number of Han cavalry appeared behind the Wei army, which alarmed Xu Zhu.
Now Xu Zhu understood that the reason why the Han army on the opposite side waited so long to launch an attack was to wait for the Han army's cavalry to gather.
However, it was too late to change the formation now.
Even if the formation was changed, the Wei army's infantry without the support of the camp would be nothing more than fish on the chopping board to the Han army's tiger and horse cavalry.
The powerful arrows of the Guaizi horse shot at the Wei army with the speed of the horse, and penetrated their armor very easily.
The soldiers at the rear of the Wei army's formation were all crossbowmen and spearmen without shields.
Hit by an arrow and fell to the ground.
Guaizima's archery skills are very fast, one round after another, and he can shoot ten arrows in just one minute.
When they rushed to the vicinity of the Wei army's formation, they suddenly separated to both sides and continued to move back.
The iron pagoda hidden behind Guaizi's horse appeared and divided into several strands, like several awls digging into the back of the Wei army's formation.
Each "awl" penetrated a bloody alley, and the entire Wei army formation suddenly became chaotic.
The kidnapper horses that circled on both sides rushed into the chaotic Wei army.
They waved their sabers and used the momentum of their horses to cut off the heads of the Wei soldiers one by one along the "blood alley" dug by the Tiefu Tu.
Continue to expand this "blood alley".
The Guaizima and Tiefutu who rushed through the Wei army's formation turned back to fight again.
This time, under Xu Zhu's loud orders, the cavalry in the Wei army's formation finally reacted and urged their horses to intercept these Han army's cavalry.
Xu Zhu himself also urged his horses to go into battle to boost morale.
Three fierce generals suddenly emerged from the Han cavalry and rushed toward Xu Zhu.
They were Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.
Xu Zhu also lost his temper, roared wildly, and swung his ax vigorously to fight with the three generals.
If Xu Zhu fought against any of the three, he might be able to draw, or even gain the upper hand.
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But fighting against three generals at the same time, the results can be imagined.
Huang Zhong suddenly made a feint with his knife, then dragged the knife away.
However, Xu Zhu was unable to pursue him and was stopped by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Xu Zhu blocked left and right, and finally managed to withstand the attacks of swords and spears.
At this time, Huang Zhong had already bent his bow and aimed an arrow for a long time.
With a "pop", a white-feathered arrow hit Xu Zhu's arm, and the arrow cluster Penetrated the shoulder armor.
Xu Zhu was so painful that he almost dropped his axe, and Zhang Fei took the opportunity to pierce his left rib with a spear.
Xu Zhu roared wildly, endured the severe pain, and struck Zhang Fei with an axe.
While the ax was still in mid-air, Guan Yu's broadsword slashed across quickly, causing Xu Zhu's head to fly into the sky.
The body and his ax fell to the ground.
Xu Zhu was killed, and the Wei cavalry who intercepted the Hu and Ben cavalry were also decimated.
The Huben cavalry once again passed through the Wei army's formation.
The Han army's Huben infantry phalanx to the east had also pushed over.
The sharp Mo Dao blade cut open the bodies of the Wei soldiers.
Countless Wei soldiers fell to the flying arrows and Under the javelin.
At this time, the infantry of the two armies were in close combat, and it was inconvenient for the Hu and Ben cavalry to charge again.
So they began to cruise behind the Wei army, either chasing and killing the defeated Wei army, or shooting arrows at groups of Wei army from time to time.
The battle lasted for less than half an hour.
It suffered heavy casualties and was attacked from both sides.
The frightened Wei army collapsed without a general.
The soldiers knelt down in batches and begged for surrender, while some fled in all directions.
But the fleeing Wei army failed to outrun the four-legged Han cavalry.
This battle can be said to have wiped out Xu Zhu's 50,000-strong army.
When the sun set, a Wei army of more than 10,000 people rushed to the battlefield and found out about this situation from a distance.
Not daring to move forward, he stepped back.
When Cao Cao heard the news of Xu Zhu's defeat, he cried bitterly and beat his chest and feet.
He kept mumbling: "I've been fooled.
I've been fooled."
It turned out that just when Xu Zhu and the Han army were encountering each other, Cao Cao suddenly received a scout report that Lu Bu's 50,000-strong army had advanced towards Xingyang, and the forward was less than twenty miles away from Xingyang.
Then he received reports that the Han army from the west had gathered on a large scale west of the Sishui River in Xingyang through the Yellow River waterway.
Finally, another scout from Yanzhou came to report that nearly ten thousand Han cavalry had detoured back to Chenliu, east of Xingyang, in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Based on this, Cao Cao believed that Lu Bu was trying to encircle him.
He responded immediately and dispatched 10,000 troops to build a fortress in the southwest of Xingyang relying on Funiu Mountain to form a horn with Xingyang, and sent another 10,000 troops to support Chen Liu.
Another 10,000 troops were sent west to Sishui to defend the Han army, and they waited for an opportunity to attack the Han army who wanted to invade Sishui with Xu Zhu, who was returning east.
He did not expect that the Han army gathering west of Sishui Pass was just to attack Xu Zhu from a flank.
The rest of the Han army's actions were all illusions.
Finally, when he learned that the Han army in Xingyang had retreated while advancing on Chenliu, and there was no sign of the Han army advancing into Sishui from the west of Sishui Pass, he realized something was wrong and ordered the Sishui garrison to pick up Xu Zhu, but it was already too late
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