Cao Hong stabilized the situation, regrouped the dispersed Cao troops, and followed Zhao Yun up Beishan.
Beishan, like Dingjun Mountain, belongs to Daba Mountain. It is close to Mianshui Mountain and is wide but not high. Because of the lush vegetation, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong camped here without being discovered.
Zhang Zhuo's remnant army retreated to the Beishan camp first. Zhang Yi, who stayed in the camp, received news of the attack from the front and was hurriedly preparing to close the camp and start a defense.
After Zhao Yun arrived, he asked Zhang Yi to open the camp gate, and with the rest of the soldiers, they stopped their troops and took shelter with their strong bows and crossbows. He stood alone at the camp gate with a spear in hand and one horse in his hand.
Since Huang Zhong was not in the camp at this time, Zhang Yi could only act on Zhao Yun's orders.
After a while, Cao Hong's troops arrived.
When he saw that Zhao Yun was alone and the camp was surprisingly empty and quiet, Cao Hong raised his hand to stop moving forward.
"General, Zhao Yun has few soldiers and the enemy camp is empty. It's a great opportunity from heaven." General Bi reported the good news to Cao Hong.
Cao Hong frowned, thinking that Zhao Yun was so brave. There were hundreds of soldiers who had just escaped. Now there must be an ambush in the empty camp. At this moment, the mountain wind passed by and made a rustling sound as it passed through the surrounding vegetation.
"Zhao Yun is not a reckless person. He must have ambushed troops around the camp. He ordered the entire army to move from the rear to the front. We will retreat down the mountain immediately." Cao Hong turned his horse and prepared to retreat.
"Wei." General Pi responded.
As soon as Cao Hong's army turned around, Zhao Yun took out the whistle in his arms and blew it quickly, calling out Zhang Yi's remaining three thousand soldiers.
"Catch up and keep Cao Hong alive."
Zhao Yun pointed his spear at the retreating Cao army and shouted, and the ambush soldiers chased out shouting and holding crossbows.
Cao Hong turned around and saw that there was indeed an ambush, so he left two battalions of soldiers and horses to take charge of the rear, while he urged his horses to run forward. Zhao Yun had already called his name, and he did not want to follow in the footsteps of Xia Houyuan.
The road down the mountain is circular but not steep. Zhao Yun's rear army is condescending, like a rain of locust arrows one after another.
Cao's army at the rear was still going all out at first. They held shields to resist the flying arrows, but soon they threw off their helmets and armor and crowded forward, because Zhao Yun and his dozens of cavalry guards arrived in a blink of an eye.
The sound of horse hooves was like a reminder, and coupled with the strange noise of the wind blowing on the grass and trees, it seemed like there were thousands of troops and horses on the north mountain.
The Cao soldiers who were behind them also forgot about their mission. The desire to survive urged them to keep crowding down the mountain. In the process of escaping, someone accidentally fell down, followed by people trampling horses and killing countless people.
When Cao Jun retreated to the foot of the mountain in embarrassment, a large number of soldiers and horses fell into Mian River due to road congestion. Zhao Yun led his troops to cover up and chase them for two or three miles before withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp.
Cao Hong fled westward to the Yangshui River. When he saw the open terrain, Zhao Yun did not pursue him again. He immediately asked someone to count the remaining troops, only to find that half of them were lost.
At this time, dark clouds came from the sky, and Cao Hong's face was uglier than the clouds.
"General, look quickly." General Pi pointed to the south and shouted.
Cao Hong was surprised after seeing it. He saw a group of people walking towards this direction in the valley going south along the Yangshui River.
"The whole army is on the alert." Cao Hong shouted.
After a while, the sentinels from both sides met at the Yangshui River and realized that they were Zhang A's food protection troops.
Zhang Aqing rode a flying horse to see Cao Hong. His face was red and he looked good.
"Is the general here to rescue? The last general has defeated Mr. Huang Zhong." Zhang A couldn't hide his joy.
"Where is Huang Zhong's head?" Cao Hong asked with a frown while looking up and down at the excited Zhang A. He thought to himself, can you defeat Huang Zhong?
Zhang A smiled awkwardly: "The old man fled into the mountains with hundreds of remnant soldiers. When I saw the lush vegetation on the mountain, I was worried about an ambush so I didn't pursue him deeply. However, there were more than 2,000 levels of beheading."
Cao Hong smiled coldly: "General Zhang has the strength to defeat Huang Zhong, why do you need to ask for help from the lord? Isn't it a bit unnecessary?"
"Uh... The general didn't know that Huang Zhong only had such a small number of troops. He asked for help because he was worried about the loss of food routes..." Zhang A heard the other party's unhappiness from Cao Hong's teasing voice.
Although Zhang A used to bully the few, the result was satisfactory. That was the man who killed Xia Houyuan.
Cao Hong saw that Zhang A was still quite proud, so he continued to ask: "It's gratifying that General Zhang defeated Huang Zhong, but did you keep your food route?"
"Could it be..." Zhang A hesitated.
"Humph, General Zhang only wanted to chase Huang Zhong, but did he know that Zhao Yun was attacking the grain ship?" Cao Hong continued to sarcastically say.
"The last general has also been sent..." Zhang A lost his confidence mid-sentence, thinking that if what Cao Hong just said was true, sending those few troops would be a sheep in the tiger's mouth.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Zhang A's forehead. Although it was gratifying to be able to defeat Huang Zhong, the merits and demerits may not be equal to the big problem in the grain road.
While Cao Hong was silent, Zhang A carefully asked: "The last grain ship in Mianshui..."
Cao Hong's eyes rolled around, thinking about how to get the best of both worlds. He integrated the information he got during the siege, and finally frowned and replied solemnly: "My general arrived too late. Dozens of grain ships were destroyed by Zhao Yun. The remaining grain ships have returned to Nanzheng."
"Then Zhao Yun..."
"Huang Zhong only brought out 3,000 soldiers. How many more people do you think Zhao Yun has? My general is tied with him, but if we can prevent him from continuing to destroy the grain transport ship, uu reading the book is considered a worthwhile trip."
Zhang A breathed a long sigh of relief. This batch of rice grains was used by Cao's army for two months. If something went wrong, it would affect the war situation. Seeing Cao Hong's serious expression and a look of unwillingness, he followed up and said: "Since Huang Zhong only has Having brought 3,000 soldiers out to serve as bait, Zhao Yun should not have too many remaining troops. The general and I now have tens of thousands of troops together, why not go back east and seize their camp stronghold?"
Cao Hong shook his head suddenly, "I have seen their camp just now. It is located on a mountain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There must be other roads connected to Dingjun Mountain. Now we must return immediately to report to the King of Wei."
"Then the battle here today..." Zhang A was a little worried.
"Zi Dan and Gong Ming were defeated at the Golden Bull Road. The King of Wei is now in an extremely low mood. I will report to him after returning to the camp. I, the general, will put in a good word for you. In short, your contribution is indispensable..." Cao Hong said calmly.
"Thank you, General..." Zhang A felt reassured.
The two men led the army back to the Zoumagu camp and saw Guo Huai, Du Xi, Liu Ye and others standing outside the tent again.
"Zi Yang, King Wei..." Cao Hong asked in a low voice.
Liu Ye replied in a low voice: "Today we stopped attacking. Instead, Liu Bei asked the pretender to come to the camp with Xia Houcheng's armor to start a fight. The King of Wei originally wanted to send Xu Chu to kill the guy, but was finally stopped by Bo Ji and Zixu."
"But why?" Cao Hong asked curiously.
At this time, Zhang A, who was behind Cao Hong, added, "It was Liu Feng who started fighting in front of the formation. Governor Xiahou left the camp out of anger to pursue him, but in the end he was killed by Huang Zhong..."
Cao Hong was startled when he heard this. He finally understood why Guo Huai and Du Xi stopped him.
"Who is making noise outside?" Cao Cao shouted from inside the tent.
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