The road that the personal guard took was different from Zhang Xi's retreat. He rode alone, but he would reach Pingyuan County faster.

At this time, Zhang He led more than 1 cavalry and rushed out of the encirclement of Xia Houyuan's army. Zhang He asked a general to start counting the losses of his own soldiers and horses, and the result was about [-].

Zhang He nodded. There is no one who is immortal in a battle, so he asked the general again, and said:

"I don't know how many Cao soldiers we killed in a rush among Cao's troops this time?"

After hearing this, the general said:

"This is roughly estimated, there should be no less than 5000 people."

When Zhang He heard this, he was a little disappointed. There were too few. If Xia Houyuan went to attack the city, the [-] troops would definitely be killed by his own men and suffer heavy casualties.

Unexpectedly, Xia Houyuan did not go to attack the city, but stayed behind. If it was Xiahou Dun, he must have personally led his troops to charge up.

It seems that I have to make a new plan, I can't sneak attack like this, if I do this a few more times, I'm afraid the [-] cavalry I brought will be gone.

Zhang Xi decided to take the rest of the soldiers and horses to hide first, and wait until night to talk about it, first observe the battle between Cao Jun and Qingzhou Army, and then worry about it.

Xia Houyuan observed the other side of the city wall, and turned his head to look at the rear from time to time. Seeing that there was no more trouble in the rear, he felt relieved.

The general defending the city wall was ordering to defend Jinan City, when he suddenly saw the tens of thousands of troops left by Cao Jun outside the city and suddenly became chaotic.

So he took a closer look and saw that the two soldiers and horses were fighting together. The general defending the city couldn't help being overjoyed, and shouted to all the soldiers:

"Brothers, look quickly, we have reinforcements coming, and we are fighting Cao Jun outside the city. We must live and die with Jinan City!"

The soldiers on the city wall also discovered the situation outside the city. If reinforcements came to support them, they would join forces with the reinforcements outside the city to resolve the crisis in Jinan City.

This scene cheered up the defenders of Jinan, and their combat power soared rapidly. This was a pain for the soldiers of the Cao army who were attacking the city.

It didn't have a geographical advantage in the first place, but now the attack on the city wall suddenly became sharper, which made Cao Jun under the city wonder what happened.

However, the battle in the rear could not be concealed at all. After a while, they also discovered that the army in the rear was in chaos, and they knew that Qingzhou reinforcements must have come to kill them.

The soldiers who made the siege under the city began to retreat a little bit, and the attack was not so strong, so just for a while, the casualties of Cao Jun increased a lot.

Time passed quickly, and it was getting dark in a blink of an eye. Before Jinan City was captured, Xia Houyuan became anxious. If Jinan could not be captured today, it would definitely not be safe at night.

It would be fine if Zhang He led his troops back to Ganling County, but if he found a place to hide, he and the army might not be able to sleep tonight.

So Xia Houyuan ordered, and sent another [-] soldiers and a general to help the army break through the city, and also let people tell the soldiers who are attacking the city ahead that they don't have to worry.

The ones who just arrived were not the reinforcements sent by Qingzhou, but Yuan Shao's cavalry, which had already been repulsed by Xia Houyuan, so that the soldiers who attacked the city did not have to worry about it and speeded up their attack.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xia Houyuan didn't want to withdraw his troops, so he ordered the army to light torches and prepare to attack Jinan City at night.

Seeing this, the guarding generals in the city couldn't help feeling distressed. What are they doing? Why did the reinforcements run away after arriving for a while?

Also, what's going on with Cao Jun, it's getting dark, and he's preparing to attack the city at night, and he won't let him rest.

At this time, the [-] soldiers and horses in the city were also killed and injured. Some soldiers of Cao Jun had already climbed up the city wall along the siege ladder, and the soldiers of the two armies started fighting.

Due to the small number of soldiers who climbed up, they were all wiped out by the defenders of Jinan City.

So it didn't make Cao Jun happy, Xia Houyuan was also anxious at this time, if he couldn't take Jinan tonight, I'm afraid they would suffer a sneak attack.

After another two hours, it was completely dark. There was no moonlight tonight, and it was even darker. Even if there were torches, the sight was limited, and it became more and more difficult to attack the city.

But now on the Jinan city wall, many Cao soldiers have rushed up and fought with the Jinan city defenders.

The soldiers of Cao Jun fought and covered the brothers who hadn't climbed up yet. Because Xia Houyuan couldn't see the situation on the city clearly, he ordered the army to move forward for a certain distance, not far from the city wall.

It was because of the torch that he could barely see the situation on the city wall. He saw that some of the soldiers under his command had already climbed up the city wall of Jinan.

This time Xia Houyuan was very happy. As long as there are soldiers who continue to climb up, it will not be far from taking Jinan City.

When Xia Houyuan was happy, what he didn't know was that there were more than 1 cavalry slowly approaching behind their army.

Zhang He didn't leave at all. He originally thought that after Xia Houyuan couldn't attack Jinan City, he would choose to set up camp for a temporary rest.

Unexpectedly, this guy didn't let the soldiers rest, and he wanted to capture Jinan City even after lighting a torch overnight.

So Zhang He changed his plan. Since Xia Houyuan didn't order to rest, he led his troops to kill him once while they were attacking the city at night.

Now that Zhang He had made his decision, he began to think about how to kill more Cao soldiers.

As a result, Zhang Yun ordered all the soldiers to dismount, tear off all their clothes, wrap them all on the horseshoes, and slowly wipe them off behind Xiahouyuan's army to prevent the horseshoes from making any sound.

Xia Houyuan didn't expect that Zhang He would not choose to escape, but would sneak attack them at a critical moment. The shield soldiers had been guarding against another sneak attack at the rear.

As a result, Xia Houyuan led his troops to advance to the city of Jinan again, and those shield soldiers were transferred back again. Xia Houyuan felt that after so long, Zhang He should have returned to the Ganling Army, or was intercepted by Zi Xiao's troops.

So I don't care about the rear, just a few words, let the soldiers and horses in the rear pay attention to the movement, and report to myself immediately if there is any movement.

But because it was relatively close to the city wall, the sound of shouting and killing kept shouting, and it was impossible to hear any movement at all, so the soldiers in the rear could only turn their heads and stare at the rear.

It was dark, and there was no moon to shine, and after twenty paces there was nothing to see.

At this time, Zhang He led more than 1 cavalry, and slowly wiped away Cao Jun outside the city wall. When the distance was 1 steps away, Zhang He stopped the [-] horses.

Because Cao Jun was holding torches, Zhang He could easily see the situation behind Cao Jun.

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