Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 623 Planning to go to Yingchuan
After the two sides retreated, Liu Xie counted his troops and found that the damage was considerable, with more than [-] casualties among the soldiers alone.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei were equally uncomfortable. Cao Cao was better, but there were [-] casualties. The Jingzhou Army was even worse, with [-] soldiers and horses lost under Xue Li's hands.

After this battle, neither side dared to fight lightly, especially Liu Bei's Jingzhou Army suffered heavy casualties, and it took a long time to recover.

The war did not stop because of this.

In Yingchuan, Cao Cao had expected that Liu Xie's target was Yingchuan County as early as when Yang Zaixing and Chen Qingzhi sent troops.

The geographical location of Yingchuan is very important, Cao Cao did not dare to be careless, and sent Cao Ren, the most trusted clan general, to defend.

After Cao Ren came to Yingchuan, he resolutely took back the soldiers and horses of Chen County, and gathered the strength of the two counties to stick to Yingchuan.

Yang Zaixing and Chen Qingzhi were also quite afraid of Cao Ren's power. After taking Chen County, they did not rush to attack Yingchuan. Come meet and fight again.

After the two armies met, Chen Qingzhi commanded the army to launch a fierce attack on Yingchuan County from north to south.

In desperation, Cao Ren could only retreat to Yingchuan.

There are many aristocratic families in Yingchuan, the city is solid and the walls are solid, and Cao Ren is even more good at guarding. No matter how Chen Qingzhi calls for war, he doesn't understand it at all. He just guards the city strictly without any mistakes.

Chen Qingzhi had no chance to take advantage of it, so he could only order the army to tightly surround Yingchuan City and cut off nearby rivers to control the water source in the city.

Yingchuan is a big city. There has been almost no war since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Nowadays, there are many people in the city, and all the major families are blocked in the city and unable to get out.

The water source was cut off, and the well water and fresh water reserves in the city would soon be insufficient for Cao Jun and the people to use. Everyone was anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

For a day or two, people could barely bear it, but after a long time, everyone became dizzy from thirst, and those who were weaker passed out immediately.

Cao Ren was anxious and angry, so he could only kill the cattle and sheep in the city to quench his thirst with blood, but it was only a temporary relief.

The first ones who couldn't bear it were the pampered families, who all united to protest Cao Ren.

After Chen Qingzhi heard the news, he immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot a letter to the city, saying: As long as Cao Ren abandons the city and leaves, the water supply will be restored immediately.

Naturally, Cao Ren could not give up Yingchuan because of this. He immediately sent troops to suppress the aristocratic families and people who took the lead in making trouble. At the same time, he personally encouraged the soldiers, saying that Chen Qingzhi's siege and water conservation was the root cause of everything.

The generals of the Cao army respected Cao Ren very much, and they all responded with high morale. None of them wanted to abandon the city and flee. Even the common people began to agree with Cao Ren's statement and hated Chen Qingzhi.

Chen Qingzhi was not disappointed when he found out. He waited for another three days, until almost all the water sources in the city were exhausted. After the people once again completely lost their patience, he issued a notice saying:

The two armies are at war, and the people are innocent, and our Lord is benevolent and loves the people. As subjects, we dare not disobey. Therefore, we are willing to prepare fresh water outside the Sifang City Gate to quench the people's thirst. We also hope that General Cao Ren will cooperate.

After hearing this, Cao Ren's complexion changed greatly. The so-called cooperation was not to ask him to open the city gate and let the people out of the city.

It's just that once the city gate is opened, it may be very difficult to close it again.

Cao Ren quickly ordered people to block the news, but unfortunately, the common people already knew about it, and they were already crowded at the gate of Sifang City, shouting for Cao Jun to open the gate.

Outside the city gate, Chen Qingzhi did not break his promise, and ordered the soldiers to prepare a large amount of cold water and meals. The common people couldn't bear it anymore after seeing it. Even the resolute Cao Jun soldiers became thirsty after seeing it. Forbearance, swallowing saliva involuntarily.

Cao Ren knew that the general situation was over, and the common people would not care so much about water and food. If they were unable to recover, they could only order people to open the city gate.

Chen Qingzhi was afraid of hurting the people, so he didn't stop him. He let Cao Ren retreat and took the opportunity to occupy Yingchuan.

However, he had already planned and ordered Luo Cheng and Yue Yun to set up an ambush on the path that Cao Jun must pass ten miles away.

Cao Jun abandoned the city and fled. At the beginning, everyone must have wanted to fight and desperately broke through.Only when you are out of danger after ten miles will you relax carelessly. In addition, people are tired and horses are exhausted, thirsty and hungry, and you will definitely stop to take a rest.

Chen Qingzhi had calculated everything correctly, and when Cao Ren's army was still lying on the riverside drinking water, Luo Cheng and Yue Yun led the troops to rush out suddenly. Can't fight.

The two led the army to charge and killed more than ten thousand enemies, but they were still escaped by Cao Ren.

After Chen Qingzhi took Yingchuan, he also announced that all the territory of Yuzhou was under Liu Xie's command. Among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie had already taken over seven prefectures.

At the same time, in Bingzhou, Li Jing led an army to Tongguan to attack Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's soldiers and horses are mainly Xiliang iron cavalry, they are brave and good at fighting, and they are very difficult to deal with. The only shortcoming is that they are not good at defending the city.

Li Shimin also intended to defeat Li Jing's plan to regain a city for the coalition forces of the princes, so he did not stick to Tongguan. Instead, on the first night when Li Jing's army arrived, he ordered generals Li Yuanba and Wu Yunzhao to lead troops to attack the camp.

Li Jing had prepared early and ordered the soldiers to turn off the lights to pretend to rest, but he hid elite soldiers in the camp to ambush.

Li Yuanba didn't know what to do, so he rushed into the camp first. Wu Yunzhao was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he led his troops to kill him too.

Seeing this, Li Jing immediately ordered people to beat the war drum, and all the ambush soldiers rushed out from all directions, surrounding Li Yuanba and Wu Yunzhao.

Wu Yunzhao's complexion changed drastically, but Li Yuanba turned a blind eye to it. He swung the drum, urn and golden hammer and rode into the formation alone.

The golden hammer was as huge as a fight, wherever it reached, Li Jing's soldiers were killed and wounded, dozens of people were killed by Li Yuanba in a blink of an eye.

Ran Min was furious when he saw this, and he took the magic hook and long-bladed spear to kill Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba was attracted by Ran Min's ferocious aura, his warlike heart arose, and he pulled out his horse to meet Ran Min.

The two fought, flying sand and rolling stones, the soldiers around couldn't bear the power of the two of them, and fled away one after another, leaving a huge open space.

The battle between the two became more and more fierce, and the hammering and halberds were dazzling, and dozens of tricks were fought in a blink of an eye.

After fighting for only thirty rounds, Li Yuanba became crazy after a long battle, and his unparalleled power became even more perverted. When he hit him with a hammer, Ran Min couldn't stand it anymore, and spit out a big mouthful of blood.

Li Jing couldn't help turning pale when he saw this, he only thought that Li Yuanba's beating of Lu Bu's entire army was just a rumor, who would have thought that this guy would be so powerful when he became crazy, and directly beat Ran Min, who had fought evenly with him before, until he vomited blood.

(End of this chapter)