It wasn't that the city's defenders were unprepared, but that Xiangyun and the sedan moved too quickly.
Almost in an instant, the soldiers outside the city were killed and dispersed. By the time the guard tried to pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate, it was already too late.
Lingzhou City, which Zhang Shanfu had not captured for more than half a month, was rushed into the city by Cao Bin like it was child's play.
However, there are still tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers defending various places in the city. If they are driven out, all previous efforts will be wasted.
How could Cao Bin give them such an opportunity? The 30,000 men who had already ambushed them quickly rushed into the city gate under the leadership of Lu Zhishen and others.
In a moment, Lingzhou City was completely in chaos.
Mrs. She was overjoyed when she saw this and quickly ordered:
"Boss, please quickly mobilize your troops and go into the city to help Uncle Zhongjing."
When the Yang family's aunt heard this, she quickly drove her horse back to the camp.
The rest of the people rushed into the city one after another.
Cao Bin did not enter the city, but waited outside for news about Zhong Shiheng. He would not risk going into the city if someone was in charge of the overall situation.
It was not until noon that the killing sounds in the city gradually faded away, and Tanesaburo ran out and said:
"Uncle, we have killed the Lingzhou garrison, captured the Lingzhou government office, and captured the city's garrison. Father, please come into the city!"
Cao Bin then nodded to Mrs. She and said with a smile:
"Old lady, please come into the city!"
Mrs. She nodded and rode alongside Cao Bin under the protection of Mu Guiying.
She looked at the large Lingzhou City and said to Cao Bin with some sigh:
"You will be feared by the younger generation. Uncle Zhongjing is very resourceful."
Cao Bin smiled modestly and said: "No, no, the old lady has given you a reward."
Mu Guiying glanced at him and said in disbelief:
"Uncle Zhongjing doesn't have to be too humble. He can instantly discover the enemy's weaknesses and defeat them with one strike. Guiying is not as good as him."
In the past, when fighting generals, it was not that no one took the opportunity to seize the city.
It's just that the defenders have their own defensive strategies, and few succeed.
The fighting skills and martial arts of Cao Bin's subordinates were so amazing, especially the woman with the white horse and the silver spear, who used the mounted combat to perfection.
Every advance directly hit the flaw in the enemy's formation, leaving the enemy unable to resist and being killed almost instantly.
Mu Guiying felt quite ashamed, and even developed a kind of admiration for Xiangyun.
She was a little jealous of Cao Bin, wondering where he had recruited such powerful talents.
Cao Bin would not tell her that this was actually Zhao Yun's power.
When it comes to head-on fighting, among the generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there may be a few who can tie with Zhao Yun, but thousands of troops can move in and out freely, even Lu Bu, who is known as the flying general, is much inferior.
He was born in the White Horse Yi Cong, and later commanded the elite soldiers of the White Horse, and his riding skills have reached the peak.
After Lu Bu was besieged in Xiapi, he also had the dilemma of being unable to break through, but Zhao Yun had no experience of being trapped because no one could trap him.
Regardless of his own martial arts, discovering flaws in the enemy's formation instantly is his most powerful ability, and it is also the basis for his dominance in the world.
Just as Cao Bin and others were walking across the suspension bridge and about to enter the city, the sound of a rolling tsunami suddenly came from the distance.
Everyone's expressions changed, and Mu Guiying said:
"No! It's Xixia reinforcements!"
To create such a momentum, there must be at least tens of thousands of cavalry. Everyone suddenly turned around and saw dust and smoke rising in the western sky, and the whole camp was in chaos.
Especially in the Yang family camp, the dust and smoke in the sky kept advancing like a giant dragon.
Mrs. She couldn't help but said excitedly:
"Zhang Shanfu, a mediocre general, actually let Xixia reinforcements rush in."
Zhang Shanfu's task was to block the Yellow River ferry and prevent the Xixia army from reinforcing Lingzhou.
Now Cao Bin and others have not received any news, and they are killed directly under their noses. They are really caught off guard.
At this moment, a Jingyuan Army soldier ran towards him with fear on his face:
"Reporting to the old lady, hundreds of thousands of Xixia cavalry suddenly arrived. Now they have broken through our army camp. General Liu Niang will be defeated. Please go to the old lady to rescue him quickly."
When Cao Bin heard this, he was a little speechless.
Mrs. She sent more than 30,000 soldiers to help Cao Bin control Lingzhou City. Now the main camp only has 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers.
What is the concept of a hundred thousand cavalry? Once the camp is broken, it will be like a flash flood and a tsunami. There is almost no possibility of resisting it and it can directly flatten their camp.
No amount of support is meaningful.
The best way now is to quickly enter the city and rely on the city walls to resist the cavalry's momentum.
At this time, there were also messengers in Cao Bin’s camp reporting:
"Uncle, please ask General Zhongjie for instructions on whether to rescue the Yang family's stronghold."
Cao Bin and others challenged in front of the city, leaving Dalang of the Zhong family to guard the camp.
Cao Bin looked at Taijun She and said, "Our camp has not been breached?"
The messenger said:
"Back to my uncle, the Xixia people were originally charging towards our army, but were blocked by the pit wall, so they turned and headed straight for the Yang family's camp."
Mrs. She suddenly understood and said angrily:
"The Xixia people took advantage of our camp because it was not firmly established. It's my fault."
What she said was a bit self-deprecating. The Yang family camp was strong enough. It also had horse traps and pitfalls. It was well-equipped and absolutely above the standard.
It's just a far cry from Cao Bin's camp.
She once saw Cao Bin's camp, which was built directly according to the standards of a small town. There were countless traps outside. Sanniang of the Yang family once laughed at Cao Bin for being afraid of death.
It's not that she doesn't want to follow that standard, but there is a gap between majors. If it is built in the same way, it will take too much time and resources.
In addition, there was Zhang Shanfu on the outside to guard against Xixia reinforcements, so he relaxed some of his vigilance.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shanfu was so useless and just let them rush in without even serving as a warning.
She blamed herself for a moment.
Just like the food and grass issue, they have fully considered the food shortage problem by carrying more than a month's worth of food and grass.
Any more will greatly slow down the marching speed.
But they didn't expect that in addition to Xixia's strong walls and clearing the fields and disturbing the grain roads, Zhang Shanfu also acted as a monster and directly robbed their grain and grass.
As a result, their previous preparations were suddenly insufficient.
It can be said that during this expedition, the female generals of the Yang family were completely tricked by Zhang Shanfu.
Mrs. She was already doubting life at this time. If she had known this earlier, she might as well not have objected to Pan Renmei being the head coach.
At least he knows how to take care of the overall situation and is proficient in military strategy. He is not as unreliable as Zhang Shanfu.
Seeing the old lady falling into self-doubt, Mu Guiying quickly said:
"Old lady, Sanniang, Wu Niang and Liu Niang are still in the camp. I will lead the troops to rescue them. You can enter the city quickly."
After saying that, she looked at Cao Bin and said: "Cao Bin, you..."
She knew that Cao Bin had extraordinary martial arts skills, so she wanted to ask for help.
Before she could say anything, Cao Bin said righteously:
"General Mu, feel free to go on the road...save people. I will send three thousand elite cavalry to help you. Don't worry, the old lady will be left in my care."
As he spoke, he patted Old Mrs. She's mount and said:
"We'll go into the city and wait for you. We hope the general returns victorious!"
Mu Guiying was quite speechless, Ma De, although she sounded nice, she acted so cowardly.
At this moment, the messenger hesitated and said:
"Uncle, today Young Master Cao Zheng went to General Liu Niang of the Yang family to ask for martial arts lessons..."
Mu Guiying's eyes lit up and she looked at Cao Bin again.
Unexpectedly, he cupped his hands and said:
"General Mu, I leave my child to you. You must rescue him!"
Although he was good at martial arts, he didn't have the confidence to fight back and forth among hundreds of thousands of cavalry. His life was at stake.
He expressed his great trust in Mu Guiying's ability and directly entrusted him with the work of working hard.
Mu Guiying couldn't help but rolled her eyes, speechless.
You're so embarrassed to say it.
However, when Cao Bin helped the Yang family several times, she had no choice but to hold her nose and agree.
Cao Bin was able to send three thousand elite cavalry, which was also a great help.
Seeing Mu Guiying setting off with his troops, Cao Bin quickly said:
"Hurry up and close the city gate, pull up the drawbridge, don't let the Xixia cavalry rush into the city."
Later, he and Mrs. She climbed onto the Lingzhou city wall to watch the battle.
Mu Guiying was seen holding a long wild goose feather sword and leading thousands of cavalry, piercing through the Xixia soldiers like arrows and heading toward the center of the camp.
There, Yang Liuniang and other generals guarding the camp were organizing a soldiers meeting to resist.
At the beginning, Mu Guiying relied on her superb martial arts to be unstoppable and invincible. No one could be her enemy.
But it didn't take long to attract the attention of the enemy commander.
So countless Xixia cavalry surrounded her, making her feel like she was stuck in a quagmire. They charged for a long time before advancing less than a hundred meters.
Mrs. She's face was full of worry and she said: "Gui Ying is in danger!"
At this time, the female general of the Yang family, Zhong Shiheng and others had already arrived on the city wall.
Sister Yang was so anxious that she was sweating profusely and stamped her feet repeatedly:
"What can we do? I'll go out of the city to save him!"
Mrs. She shook her head and said:
"There are too many Xixia cavalry, and they are very sharp. You cannot resist them head-on. Even if you go out, you will only die and only increase casualties!"
After a long while, she sighed and said:
"Leave it to fate!"
"I just hope that Guiying can delay the Xixia cavalry until all the troops are gone, so that they can go out of the city to fight!"
At this time, Mu Guiying's situation became more and more critical. She was surrounded in the center of the enemy's formation, unable to move an inch, and could only fight with all her strength.
Cao Bin pondered for a moment and said with some pain:
"Xiangyun, you and the sedan chair lead my cavalry to rescue them!"
In this frontal fight, his tiger and leopard cavalry will definitely suffer heavy losses.
No matter how powerful they are, facing 100,000 iron cavalry, they are still a bit unlucky. I don’t know if my remaining quota can make up for the losses of the tiger and leopard cavalry...
He is not short of money, but it is a bit difficult to obtain the quota of soldier souls.
Upon hearing this, Xiangyun quickly took his sedan chair to the city and ordered troops.
Mrs. She looked at Cao Bin in surprise and said:
"Uncle Zhongjing, can your personal guard do it?"
