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Cao Hong did not run too far. After leaving the camp, he ordered his personal guards to form a battle line, and then gathered up the Cao army that had escaped one by one.

Many of Cao's troops fled after hearing that Cao Hong was dead.

Seeing Cao Hong and his personal soldiers blocking here, he felt like he had found his backbone.

Obediently enter Cao Hong's formation.

By daybreak, he had gathered nearly 10,000 people.

The enemy troops in the camp seemed to have disappeared.

Little did he know that after causing the chaos, Zhuge Tian and the others retreated early for fear of being accidentally injured, and found a valley to sleep and rest.

After dawn, Huang Zhong took his seal and led them directly into the Xinye Army camp.

Cao Hong felt heartbroken. Just now, his personal guards found several soldiers who were on duty last night.

Only then did I realize that the other party had rushed in under the banner of Li Dian Lejin.

Of course he knew that Li Dian and Le Jin would definitely not betray him.

Therefore, the biggest possibility is that the soldiers led by the two men have met with an accident.

His army of 50,000 was now reduced to just over 10,000 men, and all their food and fodder were gone. Even though he was reluctant, he had no choice but to order a withdrawal.

As soon as the order was given, scouts came to report that the Xinye troops, who had been blocked by them for several days, came out in full force and attacked.

"Retreat, return to Rang County!"

Cao Hong had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

As a result, after walking only more than ten miles, there was suddenly a loud shouting and killing sound in front.

Zhuge Liang had already predicted that Cao Hong would be defeated, so he couldn't possibly run towards Xinye and Deng County, so he could only come to Rang County.

So after cleaning up the battlefield, they set up an ambush here early.

As the rain of arrows fell, Cao Hong's army, which was already defeated, lost all its fighting spirit and was almost unable to put up a decent resistance.

With the Xinye Army surrounding them, Cao Hong had no choice but to throw away his sword and said, "Brothers, surrender! You can't throw away your lives just because of me."

"Hurry, hurry!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand. "Before the Xinye army arrives, take back everything we can seize!"

At this time, Zhuge Liang no longer had the wise look he had in the previous two days. He just looked at Cao Hong and his surrendered troops with shining eyes, as if he was looking at a treasure.

When Huang Zhong left, he told his deputy general to obey Zhuge Liang in everything.

Moreover, this deputy general watched from beginning to end as Zhuge Liang manipulated the enemy's 50,000 troops with almost no casualties.

The admiration for him is like a torrent of water that never stops flowing.

So whatever Zhuge Liang said was what it was.

The defenders of Deng County went up to confiscate the enemy's weapons and took away the food, copper coins and other things that the soldiers carried with them, their movements smooth and flowing.

If they didn't really dislike the soldiers' tattered uniforms, I'm afraid all of Cao's soldiers would be standing here naked.

The most pitiful one was Cao Hong, because he was a general and the focus of attention.

Zhuge Liang personally stepped forward to supervise.

"Why did you only take the jade pendant on your waist? Doesn't that belt have value? Take the belt from him!"

"And his hand holding up his pants, how could he not see the huge jade ring?"

"We really should ask Yuan Jian to give you some proper training. Shoes! His shoes are obviously good stuff from Xudu, at least a few thousand dollars."

Under Zhuge Liang's guidance, it didn't take long for Cao Hong to look at Zhuge Liang with his trousers held up and bare feet and a red face.

"Where did this brat come from? How could he humiliate me like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chu scolded him: "How can you talk to our military advisor?"

Although he lived well in Wolong Village, it was this guy who blamed him for the loss of the city.

He also sent assassins to kill himself and kidnap Wudie.

I've disliked him for a long time.

"Xu! Zhong! Kang! You traitor!"

"Bah, you bastard, you tricked me into returning to Cao's army and then set an ambush to kill me!"

"That's not the person I sent!" Cao Hong shouted with his eyes wide open.

"Guess whether I believe it or not?" Xu Chu raised two middle fingers as thick as carrots to him.

"Defeated general, if you scream again I'll take off my socks and stuff them in your mouth!"

Cao Hong saw that Xu Chu had already taken off his shoes and was really going to take off his socks, so he could only shut up quickly.

If this bastard really stuffed his socks into my mouth, what difference would it make to being dead?

I didn't have much contact with this idiot in Cao's camp in the past, but I remember that he was a bit silly, not like he is now?

At this time, Huang Zhong, Zhuge Tian and others finally arrived with the Xinye Army.

Huang Zhong saw the battlefield was almost cleared out and looked at Zhuge Liang with satisfaction.

This kid has learned a lot from his cousins.

General Xinye didn't care.

Although they were not the first to defeat Cao Hong's 50,000-strong army, they at least contributed to it, and this achievement was a gift from heaven.

The casualties caused by the ambush by Cao's army at the beginning were nothing.

The captives from both sides were gathered together. Cao Hong had about 10,000 people, and Zhuge Liang had captured Li Dian and Le Jin, who were nearly 3,000 captives.

That adds up to almost 15,000 people.

Three thousand men were left behind to escort the captives back to Xinye, and the rest of the army, after resting, began to march towards Rang County.

When Cao Cao in Rang County received the battle report, he saw darkness before his eyes.

Cao Hong's 50,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out, Cao Hong was captured, and the fate of Li Dian and Le Jin was unknown.

Now the Dengxian Army and Xinye Army that have joined together still have 30,000 people, coming towards Rangxian from the right.

Liu Biao then ordered Cai Mao to lead 30,000 Xiangyang troops from the left.

With the addition of Zhang Xiu's garrison in Rang County, Cao's army was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

What's more, the news of Cao Hong's defeat and capture could not be concealed.

At that time, the morale of the army will be severely hit.

And the day is getting colder and colder, it looks like it's going to snow.

"My Lord, given the current situation, let's return to Xudu for now."

"Hey, Fengxiao, it's all my fault. I should have listened to you and waited until spring before heading south to Jingzhou."

"My lord, don't worry. It was just a minor defeat. We can regroup and fight again next spring."

Guo Jia looked towards Xinye.

Although the battle report is not very detailed, we can still roughly grasp the enemy's military strength.

Cao Hong's 50,000-strong army, which originally had the upper hand, fell apart and was completely wiped out in just one day after the 10,000 troops from Deng County entered the battlefield.

In particular, he had already warned Cao Hong to be wary of the troops coming from Deng County.

It seems that there is a powerful figure in the enemy army.

The battle report is now vague and he still doesn't know the full picture of the battle.

So at this time he was not willing to directly confront the mysterious person on the other side.

In the winter of the second year of Jian'an (197 AD), Cao's army led more than troops to attack Rangcheng.

Zhuge Tian, ​​Zhuge Liang and 500 other people from Wolong Village participated in the battle for the first time, killing 30,000 enemies and capturing 15,000.

But all these achievements were credited to Huang Zhong.

Old man Huang, who had been unknown for many years, suddenly became famous all over the world after one battle.